Vol. 7.
Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, July 2. 19Jt.
No. 1
FLEET ESCAPES
From Tladivostok--Japanese Greatly
Wrought-up—-Coast Towns Being
Rapidly Placed in State of Defense
Tokio, June 16 —It is reported
the Japanese csuiser Nstaka has
engaged the Russian Vladivostok
squadron off Tsu island, in the
strait between Korea and Japan.
The report lacks confirmation. The
‘ Japanese transports Ugo and Fayo,
homeward bound, met the Russian
vessels near Okijoki island. The
Russians pursued and fired 16
shots. The transports escaped.
Reports of canonading heard are
being received from various points,
but the exact nature of the opera
tions of the Vladivostok squadron
has not been disclosed. It is known
to be possible the Russian vessels]
have surprised and captured the
three Japanese transports which
left Sbimonoseki yesterday for the
army bases in Korea and China.
Ail the warships in this vicinity
are hurrying to the scene. Sasebo
is to be closed at once. No south
ern qity of Japan is exposed to an
attack by sea. but the raid may
prove expensive to shipping.
St. Petersburg, June i6.—There
is great elation here over the es-1
caping of the Vladivostok fleet and
the consternation being created in
Japan all along its inside coast line. ’
The absence of any confirmation to 1
the report that the fleet had been i
overtaken and sunk is taken to |
mean that the fleet has escaped, \
after in flicting great damage, sink-!
ing transports and merchant ves
• sels, and that its whereabouts at
this time is unknown to the Japa
nese admiral. It is thought to now I
be a standing order for the two j
squadrons to affect a union at any
cost.
FOR CASH ONLY
:
.
Beginning July 15, the N. C. Co.
will sell for cash only. Commer
cial dust' will also be taken for
$15.50 per ounce after that date.
This new departure on the part ot
the N. C. Co. bas been foreshad
owed for some time by a similar
action of the N. A. T. & T. Co.
taken last May. The same rule
holds, in Dawson and all other
Yukon stations of both companies.
Just what effect this will have on
the future development of the camp
remains to be seen.
HILTY UOKS f'KKK
*
Chas. Milly has been acquitted
of the murder of “Roosh” Massey
at the Fairbanks session.
DIUKDKK ON CUDAHY
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According to advices per Lavelle
Young, one fireman killed another
on board the Cudahy at Nenana on
her way down from Chenoa to St.
Michaels. No particulars of the
crime could be learned.
KILLS TWO PARTNKLS
Marshal J. H. Johnson, of Cold
foot, Koyukuk district, took a
murderer to Fairbanks a few days
ago. ' The murderer is named
Ledger and he is charged with
murdering two partners and woun
j
ding a third. He dumped all
three in a shaft, but the wounded
man escaped and gave the informa
tion which led to Ledger’s arrest. I
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New York, June 23.— A Tokio
dispatch says the Anseit Maru and
Yaw’ata Maru, sunk by the Rus
sians, were but small schooners
laden with fish manure.
ROOSEVELT-FAIRBANKS
The Men Who Will Lead the Republi
can Party to Victory in November
Kuropatkin Will Soon Give Battle
Chicago, June 23—The Repub
lican national convention - met at
10 o’clock this morning. The par
ty managers agreed that Alabama,
the first state on the roll, should
yield to New York and allow that
state to nominate Theodore Roose
velt. It was also agreed that Ala
bama should would yield to In
diana to place Senator Fairbanks
in nomination for vice-president.
I Ex-Gov; Black, of New York,
nominated Roosevelt. Senator
Beveridge, of Indiana, seconded
the nomination, and it was carried
I
by acclamation. Fairbanks was
‘ nominated for the vice-presidency
without opposition.
RUSSIANS WILL ATTACK
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| St. Petersburg, June 23.—The
expectation of a great battle is to
day intensified by the report of
Kuropatkin’s speech to General
Stakelberg’s corps at Kai Chou,
whon he said he would see the
! troops again soon, tor he must set
tle the Japanese promptly and was
not going home until this was
done. The general is understood
to have meant he would return to
Liao Yang with a large force and
himself give battle.
MILLIONS THROWN OVKKBOAltD
Vladivostok, June 22.—The Jap
anese tron sport Sado, captured in
the Straits of Korea, threw over
boarn ^1,000,000 in English gold
when it became apparent there was
no saving the ship from capture.