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Weekly: Rampart,
A la ska.
Saturday
JUSTICE VERY BUSY
A Tanaua Hound-up-- Oiip Kscapps Hut
Two go Into Hftii-uuMil For Tlirri*
Months-- W. J.TIaniill Acquittrd
Marshal Dribelbus arrived at 2
o’cIojk last Sunday morning from
Tanaua. Guards Hughey and W.
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J. Hamill with two squaw prison
ers and witnesses proceeded him hv
a few hours. Jas. H. Huntington
was araested at Tsnatui on a charge
selling liquor to Indians, but es
caped while in Hamill’s charge at
lMe..chy’s rcadhou.-c, the hr. t
out of Tanaua. Tne marshal deft
tiie other prisoners in charge of J.
Hughey and started in pursuit but
did not succeed in catching him.
Huntington h<id a cache at Fish
creek about 18 miles up the Taua
11a and which is only 12 miles a
croas country from where he e.-cap
ed. The marshal had to mush 20
miles to the Tanana and then 18
miles to the cache, which gave
Huntington ample time to have got
there ahead of him; supply his needs
and move on. This he evidently
did. The marshal then returned to
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the Mission, left there the fol
lowing morning and arrived in the
camp, as stated above, making the
usual three day’s trip in 14 .hours.
A reward of $150 is olfesed ft r
the arrest, or for information lead
ing to the. arrest 6f Huntington,
within ten days from the date of
bis eacape. Marshal Dribelbus im
mediately on his arrival placed Ha
mill under anest, ch.-nging him
with, assisting a prisonei to escaj e.
ilamill was released on $500 bail.
The cases ot Babe and I.ucv Al
bert, squaws charged with giving
liquor to Hllen Finney another Ind
ian, came up before Judge Balliet
last Monday morning. A. A. Sel
den, lay missionary at Tanana
was the complaining witness. Both
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squaws confessed to the commiss
ion of the offense charged. They
vveie remanded to jail to appear for
sentence the foliowing morning at
which time Judge Balliet ordered
that they reside at Marshal Drlbel-»
bus’ hostelry for the next three
months and pay the costs.
The case of W. J. Hamill charg
ed with-assisting a prisoner to" es
cape was tried before Judge Balliet
last Wednesday morning. Atty.
Green counsel for Hamill called
for a jury trial. The case was
turned over to the jury late in the
afternoon, and who rendered a ver
dict of acquittat. Hamill was dis
charged .
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LOCAL TEMPERATURE.
Maximum Dec. 22 4
Minimum _ Dec. 2/ -48
Mean temperarure for the week. -39
The proposed scrap between
Berber aud Parker has been set for
Monday night. A special meeting
of the J. C’s. was held last night
and the preliminary arrangements
settled.
WOHKEO YEARS AGO.
\YoiEj»ij>s Found in Tlie . Kotign rn .
Corbusier Takes I niiiortuni a«\vs.
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(hmmI IJeen.se Ficures From Noiih*
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Nome Gold Digger, Xov. 13. D
ternal Revenue Officer Flagg cans,
ed the arrest of Richard Irvine, the
manager of the Emporium, tot sell
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| ing liunor without a licen.se
! Evidence has been found which
establishes the fact that mines in
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| the Kougarok district were worked
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| man}’ years ago. A. coffer-dam
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!. built of rock on No. 3 Gold R1.11
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j similar to the one on No. 8 and the
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bed-rock drain 500 feet long 011 No
14, bear undisputable evidence.
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i Within the confines of the cofit.
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| dams the bek rock yielded no gold,
i while on claim 14 where the drain
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was found little or no gold has been
j taken out. These discoveries
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were made at a considerable depth
from the surface.
Last evening Capt. Hanson of
the N. C. Co. received the follow
ing message from Frank Corbusier
the comyanys special ageat at Tan
ana datedTanana, Nov. ii: “Wish
to consult you. Letters of import
ance. Can I arrange to meet you?”
Hanson itnmdiately wired him to
come on to Nome at once, and to
take in Inoka strike eti route, wir
ing important information.
The amount of licenses taken out
in the city of Nome is $52,855.
Among others 27 are for sa'.ocn and
84 ior mercantile business.