Vol. 1.
Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Thursday, January •>, HMH.
No. lo
Overwhelmingly Klected —They ISweeive
Two Votes to One for Bryan.
Other Telegrajtli.
Washington, Nov. t j. McKinley
and Roosevelt have swept tile elec
toral college but it looks as it Bry
au will have the popumr vote.
McKinley electe d by a larger ma
jority than he had in 1896.
The majority tor .McKinley in
Indiana is 28.000, Greater New
York 146,000, Ohio 17,000, Mi: -
igan 100,000,Maryland 10,000, Vir
ginia 8,000.Nebraska gives a small
m jority lor McKinley. LT tali,Con
necticut. W.Virginia, Kentucky.
Minnesota and Massachusetts are
eonceeded to McKinley Total ie
turns to date McKinley 281, Bry
an, 142 wit 1 24 electoral votes not
yet in. In 96, McKinley 271, Bry
an, 176.
Seattle, Nov. <V Rogers elected
Governor of Washington defeating
Fi ink.
Dawson,N_>v.2. Yukon Museum
organized tor the collection and
preservation of specimens pecu iar
t > this region.
Dawson,Nov. 2. The authorities
have telegraphed for 10,000 vaccine
p ints, for use in enf rcing ihe vac
cination ordinance, passed last week
by the Yukon Council, making vac
cination compulsory throughout
tue Yukon Territory.
Victoria,Nov. 1. Str/'ity of Seat
tle was quarantined near Port
Townsend with nearly 400 Klon
dykers aboard. The steamer was
released but the passengers held.
A case of smal pox breaking out
atter leaving Skagway is the cause
of the quarantine.
YY ashington, D.L. Oct. 31. John
Sherman,ex-secretary of state and
ex Senator from Ohio, died here
this morning from brain exhaustion.
His age was 78 years.
Hartford, Conn. Oct. 31. Chas.
Dudley Warner, died suddenly here
today.
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Cape Town, O. t. 31. Guenilia
attacks hv Boers are still a source
of great trouble to the British.
Skagway.Oct.31. Western I'nion
Co. is to build a telegraph line be- !
tween heie and Juneau.
Seattle,Oct.25. Tne population
of Seattle is to,671 and Tacoma 37,
714. both cities are dissatisfied.
Hongkong, Oct.23. Boxers is
sue a proelam ition calling for tile
destruction of all foreigners. The
mission at Lienc utn is threatened
bv Boxers since the issuance of the
order.
M«*Kenzio Han^s On.
The Nome News S'pt. j i, says:
Judge Noyes has stayed proceed
iiigs in three of the Anvil creek
su;ts and properties are released
from the management of Receiver
McKenzie. Acting on the advice
ot his attorney McKenzie refuses to
give up the gold in his custody un
til he is so ordered hv the circuit
court of appeals. The last ciean
up under the receivership yielded
5 j.i ounces of gold.
Attv. Gen. Griggs discredits the
scandal about Judge Noyes at Nome.
Local T«»»npi*rature.
The weather report for tile week
ending Jan. 3 as submitted by Met
eorological Observer Liebes:
Maximum.Oec.jQ ' jo
Minimum. . . . Dec. 2j. -0
Mean. 14
Rampart, Alaska, Jan. 2, iyoi.
Notice is hereby given that all pa
pers required by law to be recorded
; must be filed for record in the office
: of the undersigned, and all records
in the possession of local recorders;
1 must be delivered at the office of
the undersigned,
i Andrew J. Balliet,
U.S. Commissioner and Official'
Recorder.
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A large mail containing the elec
tion returns arrived from Eagle and
t. e outside, Dec. 30. Twelve sacks
passed through here for lower river 1
points.
Mai»> Stmii From Itainpart imi .an
< lnair N« w ai v So
Ho >1 a iiy Ot hors.
It is estimated that fully 75 pe< -
] le left camp New Year's eve, with
tneir little hatchets, to relocate
claims upon which the required as
sessment work had not been dorc.
Judge Halliet was busy all dav ti e
31st. giving th.e < flicial time totlu
boys who 'sabed a goo< 1 claim.
Many fiom up 1 >ig Miuook ciossc<l
the divide and relocated on some of
the numerous creeks on that side.
Dr. Tweedie and Lieut. Rogers
were among a party who visited
Hunter creek and were footsore and
lame the first day of the year.
l!.*lians H'»v«* Skuoliuni Titn«*.
'Die Indians make New Yea is
the biggest'day ot the year and the
celebration in Rampart was a joll\ ,
grand affair. All (lanced the New
Year in and during the day the en
tile tribe paraded the streets, col
lecting gratis, supplies irom the big
stores ot which they received
many. Part of the day was con
sumed by the Indians at church,
and part in tossing the whites in
blankets and the squaws wrestling
them in the snow- lew escaped and
all were amused. At night a grand
"pot-latch" or banquet was held at
Pitka’s and later, a vaudeville dance
at the Indian village.
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O. 1\ Thomson was busy receiv
ing callers New Year’s day. He
thinks the injured limb will bear
him up in another week when he'll
do a little calling himself.
Farmer Jones observed reception
day on New Years at his mansion
on the government section across
the river.
Commissioner Balliet is having
the new court room, north of tl.o
Reception, made into first class
shape and will soon be settled.
Mrs. Boothrovd is cooking for the
McGraw boys on S l.m.