Vol. L
Weekly: Rampart,
wiem
Judge Wickersliani A rrives Aloue
I>ut DispnIvlw* Business Sut
isfa: tori 1 y to all.
The Hon. Judge James Wicker
sham, of the Third Judicial Division
of Alaska, true to his word, and
really surprising Ramparters by his
marvelous trip, mu.died down from
• Eagle in ei days, an icing just in
time to hold court on the appointed
day. Mar. 4. The judge was accom
panied by Mr. Crouch and dog team
and is domiciled m the Morgan ca
bin with the marshal. He reports
Judge Post in Washington; Mr. O.
K.French, Asst. U.S.Attv. had an
attack of rheumatism, and as a
deputy clerk could be appointed,
no other member of the official fam
ily made the trip. It is rn ler
stood, as business now pending
will be cleared up, another term
will not be held here this year but
with the energy disol iced bv his
honor with the welfare of the people
of his district at heart, should iiti
g ition warrant it we may depend
upon the court being on hand. The
judge is visiting the different creeks
today.
The special term ol court was o
pened by Judge Wickersham, last
Monday, at io a.m. The day fol
lowing he delivered an able and con
vincing opinion, as to the jurisdic
tion of the court, in the 24 1. m. jr.
litigation. If the court holds to
this, the case will stand as it did
last summer, and the Register of
the Land office will again have to be
called upon to accept the filing of
an application for a patent. The
case will come up for final action
Saturday at 10 a.m.
In tine c;tse oi Goepfen vs Irelai
and the Saite creek jumping cases,
a refeiee will probably 'he appoint
ed and these eases disnosecl of al
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Kagle during the July term: no
criminal cases will be heard at this
session, the Carolan case will be
tried at Ivagle. Several residents
appeared before the court vester
i. i
day and declared their intentions
to become citizens.
A petition is in circulation,asking
that a deputy clerk of the court be
a anointed for this place.
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LOCAL TEMPERATURE.
The weather report for the week
ending Feb. 28 as submitted by Met
eorological Observer Liebes:
Minimum. . . . Mar. j. -_///
Mum mum.^iar. 2 ' ' ' 10
Mean.
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A. D. Campbell, Deputy Marshal at
Nome arrived last week after a 26 days
trip from Nome. He reports No ne very
quiet and about 3,000 people tuere.
There ha's been considerable lawless
ness due to the diet that the town was
not able to incorporate, on account of
the opposition of gamblers and their ilk.
Tlie soldiers were withdrawn and sub
scriptions were taken up by the cham
ber of commerce tothe amount of #12,000
to pay special deputy marshals to pro
tcctlife and property. After one month
no money could be collected and the de
puty marshals were discharged; so the
town was practically thrown over to the
tender mercies of thieves and thugs.
He says there is nearly 500 people in
the Kogarok country.
Provisions are reasonable in price but
horse feed is very high, #350 per ton.
Dogs are scarce and are worth from
$100 to $150.
The Kuskokwim stampede has cleared
out all supplies 011 the lowrer river, all
i supplies being 300 per cent higher than
i
‘ Rampart regular prices: He reports the
; mail service between Tanana and Kaltag
| adis grace to the contractor, poorest of
dogs being used and the carriers penni
| less with hardly enough supplies to exist
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Th<* hiiiious Old Lady Finally SiUMunnl>s
to Old and Political Krup
tinis of Past Few Years.
Dawson, Jan. 28- Queen Victoria
d’td Jan. 23. Kdward Seventh is
King of England.
Dawson, Jan. 25. Telegram re
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ceived today from Ottawa commutes
the death sentence of Jas. Slorah,
to life imprisonment.
j Skagway, Jan. 24. Blockade on
1 railroad is lilted. Trains arrived
from White Horse with passengers
and mail this morning:.
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Vancouver, Jan. 9. Pat Crowe,
wanted for the abduction of Eddie
Cudahy is believed to have got
away on steamer Miowera.
Seattle,Jan.9, Bob Moran has
gone east to close the contract for
a new battleship. The hundred
thousand dollars required was
raised by popular subscription.
Sitka Jan.9. Gov. Brady has re
quested the president to transfer
Judge Noyes to the southern dis
trict.
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Ashland, Ore., Jan. 5. The great
snow storm is still raging through
out southern Oregon and northern
California, with unabated fury.
Yreka, Cal., Jan. 5. Seventytwo
inches of snow fell here during the
I past 48 hours and it is still snowing.
Paris, Jan. 4. It is rumored that
Count von Waldersee has been kill
ed in China by officer of the allied
forces. There are no details; the
story is discredited in Berlin.