DISTRICT COURT
In the case of John A. Christensen
vs. the Thomas-Colross Company, the"
jury returned a verdict Wednesday
night in favor of the plaintiff for
wages, which, with the costs, amount
ed to about $2,500. This trial lasted j
two days and the plaintiff was repre-1
seated by Atorney C. M. Frazier. j
The jury in the case of Fortunato ■
Mednini returned a verdict of not
guilty after being out but a Jew min- ,
utes. After tlie verdict had been
rendered the court called the com
plaining witness up before him and
gave him a thorough going over in
plain but forceful language. He
utes. Alter the verdict had been
the cause of the whole trouble and |
had put the government to a great
deal of expense, for which be had rea
son to feel anything but proud. The
prisoner was discharged.
in the case of the United States vs.
John Jackson, on the charge of ille
gal fishing, the court made an order
reducing the hail bond to $100.
in the case of the United States vs.
John Neckinbaugh. for illegal fishing,
' I tic accused was allowed to go on his
own recognazance.
In the case of Christensen vs. the
Thomas-Culross Mining- Company, a
motion to set aside the attachment was
denied.
In the case of the United States vs.
Helmer Swanson, Ole Sandanger, Matt
Jacobson and Nick Nelson, for illegal
fishing, the defendants pleaded guilty
and were fined $ln each.
The grand jury returned an indict
ment against John Rankin, charging
him with maliciously cutting and stab
bing with intent to kill, wound and
maim.
In the case of the United States vst.
M. Ronnies, indicted for giving lkiuOr
to an Indian, the prisoner withdrew his
plea of not guilty and entered a ple5i
of guilty.
S. Shimizi was acquitted of the
’harge of giving intoxicating liquor, to
wit, sourdough, to a native Indian, one
Max Simms Chickelushin of Kenai.
Two defences were interposed.
First, that the defendant didn't do
no such thing; second, that Mr. Chick
elushin was not a tribal Indian, and as
evidence of the latter contention he
w»s induced to admit on cross-exami
nation that he has been voting at Ke
nai for delegate to congress for sev
eral years; also,.that he works around
with white men and wears white men’s
clothing. Visible evidence of the lat
ter fact was shown by the clothes he
wore, which were better than the rai
ment adorning the persons of either
of the attorneys in the case, or almost
any member of the jury, to which at
tention was directed by the defense
as an auto-optic profference.
Mr. Chickelushin testified that he
visited Shimizi at the latter's cabin
last winter and was given a gallon of
•sourdough in a pan, of which he im
bibed about three-quarters during the
ensuing fifteen minutes, lie said the
result of this was that he became
much spifflicated and was arrested
for "gettihg drunk and raising hell.”
The defendant testified that he did
not give Max any hootch, but Max
might have soaked up some while vis
Itlng in the cabin. He testified fur
ther that Max and rither dnskv hreth
ren who lived nearby were regular
manufacturers of sourdough and some
times had large quantities In n barrel: j
that he often absorbed libations from
this tank at the invitation of the hobs
Vhen visiting there. He also testified
that two other Indian gentlemen wore
very drunk the same day and all three
were arrested nsid fined $77. each upon
the charge which Max described as
"getting drunk and raising hell."
All this caused the gentlemen of the
jury to entertain doubts and the
returned in a short time with a ver
dict of not guilty.
Joe Bourke appeared in court with i
a bottle containing about an inch and
a half of chalk colored liquid to illns
trate the corpus delecti. but it wn
not introduced in evidence. It i al
legod that the bottle was once full,
hut when it was in the grand jury
room the cork flew out like a cham
pagne cork and gave the grind jury
a shower hath which put the married
ones tinder suspicion when *hoy went
home.
The jury were not called upon to |
decide directly whether Max is i yiti 1
sen and entitled to vote, so that ques
tion is still unsettled and Max is open
to offers for the coming election, He |
was unable to pass upon the matter
himself when interrogated, although
he pondered deeply as if trying to re
nieniber what ihe governor cf N'oith
1 Molina said to the governor of South
Carolina.
The court fixed the time for the
sentencing of Osgood, Fitzgerald Ro
nodi and Davis at 10 o’clock a. m. Fri
day, October 13.
There will be a smoker for the men
>f tlie Loyola Social Club, Thursday
evening, October 12. There will be
igars and refreshments and entertain
ment Members are earnestly request
mi to attend and are at liberty to in
vite their friends. Fraternally yours,
IT. I. O'NEILL, I'rsident.
F. A. JONES, Secretary.
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Secretary A. S. Koch, of the An
chorage Chamber of Commerce, has
received notice that that body has
been elected to membership in the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States.
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Lost \ hunch of keys. Finder will
please return same to The Mint.
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ITEMS GENERAL
INTEREST
Mr. and Mrs. George Zinn, of Somer
set, Va., returned to Anchorage re
cently from a hunting trip in the Tue
tumena lake district. Crit Toman and
Tom Finnegan accompanied them as
guides, and they succeeded in bagging
four moose and six mountain sheep.
They brought back a moose head mea
suring 62 1-2 inches from tip to tip.
A report comes from Seattle that
another attempt will he made to raise
the steamer Northland, which sunk
at the wharf at Kake several months
ago. A former attempt to raise the
steamer was abandoned after several
weeks of hard work.
it is reported that if the water |
holds out the gold output of the Tolo- !
vnna district this season will exceed
$606,000. Most of the cleanups re
cently have been better than antici
pated. Ail of the ground is running
better than $1 per square foot of bed
rock, and some as high as $2. ■
in reply to inquiries from the land
department of the government rail
road, the homesteaders along the line
of the road complain of the difficulty
of securing farming implements and
seeds on account of excessive freight
charges. They also state that the
rates on live stock makes the Impor
tation almost prohibitive.
Dr. and Mrs. E. O. Campbell, pio
neers in the government and mission
service to the natives of Alaska, who
for ton years were stationed on St.
Lawrence island in the Bering sea.
left Sitka recently for California to
reside. They have been at Sitka for
(he past two years.
A report that the hank building was
on fire brought out the fire depart
ment at Petersburg recently and after
the enthusiastic firemen had broken
in all the windows and flooded the
building with water it was discovered
a defect in the heating apparatus had
filled the building with smoke.
C. 11. Arundel, chief of the field di
vision of the general land office, who
is now in Fairbanks, has warned the
homesteaders of that vicinity that
many of them run a risk of not get
ting a patent for failure to observe
the provisions of the homestead law,
which requires seven months yearly
residence on the property homestead
ed by them.
Windsor Hoiel
L. Wain, Prop.
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PATHE NEWS - - PATHE NEWS
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Republican
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For Delegate to Congress
James Wickersham
of Fairbanks
For Attorney-General
Geo. D. Schofield
of Nome
For Territorial Senator
Geo. Dooley
of Cordova
For the Legislature
Jos. H. Murray
of McCarthy
W. P. Henry
; of Seward
For Road Overseer
Ed Wood
of Valdez
CAUTION The Republican
voters are advised that while
four menthol's of the Legislature
are to he elected from this divi
sion, there ire but two candi
dates on the Republic as tiekel,
therefore vote for but two. A
complimentary vote for any
other party candidate may re
sult in defeating the regular
Republican nominees.
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eat of fresti Olympia and Hast
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Ladies’ Boots, Khaki Skirts, High Top
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