NEWS OF THE WORLD
Virginia City, Nev., is slowly sinking out of sight and all the
people are moving their belongings away. This condition has been
brought about by the honeycombing of the foundations of the city
by mines.
Governor Curry, of New Mexico, has forwarded his resignation
to the President. He asks that he shall be allowed to relinquish
his office next March.
In a lecture at Seattle on October 29 United States Senator
La Follette, of Wisconsin, who carried on such a valiant battle
against the interests in the late tariff fight, handed out some plain
truths about the senate. He characterized it as a millionaires’ club,
or a sort of a close corporation, where the power of the board of
directors is being absorbed by a very few men. He went after
Senator Aldrich and criticised his attitude on the tariff question,
predicting that the Republican party had done itself a great injury
in not securing a revision downward.
Robert White, for 22 years .supreme keeper of the records of
the order of the Knights of Pjtliias, died suddenly at Nashville,
Tenn., October 29
The Yankee Robinson circus was held up by masked robber.
on the afternoon of October BlVat Pine Bluff, Ark., and the cashier
was relieved of $5000. Thef thieves made their escape, and no
trace of them has been obtained.
During the second half of the football game at West Point on
October 30 between Harvard and the army team, Eugene Byrne,
the left tackle of the army eleven, broke his neck, injuring himself
fatally. The game was at once djscontinued. At the time of th<
accident the score stood 9 to 0 in Harvard’s favor.
Rufus W. Peekham, associate justice of the supreme court ol
the United States, died at his home in Albany, N. Y., on the night
of October 25, from a complication of Bright’s disease and heart
failure. He was 71 years of ago, and was appointed to the supreme
court bench by President Cleveland.
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger has denied a statement that
he will resign and become a candidate for United States senator
backed by the federal administration.
Judge Thomas Burke, of Seattle, has declined the ministry to
China, offered him by President Taft, he being the third man to
decline the post since the recall of Charles R. Crane, of Chicago.
Mrs. John Jacob Aster is suing for divorce, on grounds not
made public.
New atrocities in the Congo Free State have been reported in
Belgium. However it was intended, the interesting of great, Amer
ican capitalists in the exploitation of the Congo may yet turn out
to be a very diplomatic move on the part of the criminals who
have been operating there.
General Oliver O. Howard, of the United States army, retired,
died at his home in Burlington, Vt., on October 26, at the age oi
79 years. General Howard was a conspicuous Union commander
.throughout the civil war, and also saw much service on the frontier.
The Deep Waterways convention on November 2 at New Or
leans decided to send a delegation of 500 men to act as lobbyists in
the national capital this winter to prevail upon the congressmen to
enact legislation appropriating means and money to deepen the
channel of the Mississippi river.
The National Geographic Society, after a careful examination
,.of the proofs submitted by Commander Peary, publish the an
nonneement that Peary is the discoverer of the North Pole. This
society is the recognized authority in the United States. The en
dorsement of Peary will add fresh fuel to the controversy.
The.suit of John Belsea and W. P. Beardsley against Tyndall,
Finn and Finger, laymen on 2 above Ester, Fairbanks district,
praying,for damages and forfeiture of lease, after a trial lasting
eighteen days, resulted in favor of the defendants. Belsea and
Beardsley moved for a new trial, and in case that fails, will take
an appeal.
Camping on Uncle Joe’s Trail
Chicago, Nov. 4.—Special advices received [here this morning
r re to the effect that Uncle Joe Cannon’s pronunciamento recently
regarding his intention to buck the bond issue for the furtherance
of the deep waterway proposition that is being fostered by Presi
dent Taft has called down some wholesome advice to him from the
congressional party that is now with the President. It is intimated
that Mr. Cannon was told that if he is a candidate for re-election to
the speakership he is endangering his chances if he continues to
take sides against Mr. Taft, the members insinuating that he
would have to be elected without their aid.
COMMODIOUS
DOG HOUSE
With characteristic enterprise,
Mrs. M. E. Cooper, proprietor of
the Kentucky restaurant, is having
a large, substantial and warm
‘‘hotel de dog” (excuse our kitchen
French) built on Second street—16
X40 feet in size- -for the accommo
dation of the traveling public.
Roomy stalls lor 26 dogs will be
provided as a starter, plenty ol room
to shelter sleds, and a large stove
with lots of fuel will he provided
for parties desiring to cook feed for
dogs. When completed the house
will he a “strong card’’ for the
Kentucky. Jack McMullen i> doing
the construction work.
Frank Smith, the road supervisor,
has this week been making a big
improvement on the bridge in front
of the Wiekershatn building, Front
Street, by making the structure
about ten feet wider. He is now
putting on the finishing touches.
See us for Cloth Posters.
Tanana Restaurant
Under New Management
BEST MEALS IN THE CAMP
SHORTTORDERS AT ALL [HOURS
Best of Everything on the Market Service Unexcelled in the North
Fresh and Delicious Bread, Pies and Pastries Always on Hand
Pioneer On the Way Here
Gordon C. Betties, a noted pioneer
in interior Alaska, is on the way from
the const, where he went last summer
with a prospectirg outfit, to join his
family at Tanana. He will visit mining
property in the Kantishna en route,
and is expected to arrive here about
the last of the present month.
Comes Homs Sick
Frank McGraw, well known in this
vicinity, returned from tlie Koyukuk
trail a few days ago suffering from
stomach trouble, and is now confined
at his home on Second avenue. He has
been employed in the commissary of
the road crew now at work on that
route.
JAMES BLODGETT
©ft INITIAL TRIP
James Blodgett, the Mot Spring
freighter, arrived in town Iasi
Monday afternoon with his bit
teams to take the first loads ol
supplies to the signal corps station;
at Hut Springs and Cltena.
Mr. Blodgett is the proud pos
sessor of the largest leant of horse.
in Alaska, we siting nearly twenty
hundred each.
He. slatted hack Tuesday after
noon.
NEWS OF
ALASKA
William T. Lopp having been made
chief of the Alaska division of the bu
reau of education to succeed Harlan
Updegraff, A. N. Evans has been ap
pointed to the place of assistant for
merly held by Mr. Lopp.
Sam Bonnifield, known by all old
timers of the Klondike and a banker
and business man prominent in the
former affairs of Fairbanks, who had
been discharged from an asylum as
cured of a mental disorder: recently
suffered a relapse in Seattle and is
now apparently hopelessly insane. His
brother John has been appointed as his
guardian.
J. Lindley Green, for a long time
United States commissioner at Ram
part, is now assistant district attorney
at Seward. He was instrumental in
precipitating a certain very discredita
ble crusade by the federal authorities
which caused a number of people to be
haled to court at Fairbanks on trumped
up charges, just before the spring
breakup, when travel was hazardous
and next to impossible, and thereby
dealt Rampart a parting blow from
which the camp has never recovered.
While drunk in Fairbanks Nov. 1
Patrick J. Mahoney and prick Fonaas
engaged in a scuffle ia the Pioneer
saloon and when the scuflie ended
Fonaas was dead. An autopsy re
vealed a rupture of a blood vessel of
the brain, and Mahoney was exonerated
by a coroner's jury.
In the last days of October thousands
of cariboo in their regular early-winter
migration to the southward crossed
the trail between Circle and Fair
banks. They had come from the di
rection of Beaver river.
W. A. McKenzie, chief special agent
for Alaska of the United States census
bureau, is interesting himself in the
matter of recommending to the govern
ment a feasible plan of keeping a cor
rect record of the vital statistics of the
territory—births, deaths and cases of
contagious disease.
The Langley brothers, owners of the
steamer Tana, which was forced to go
into winter quarters at Fish creek on
the Tanana on account of the early
freezeup, contemplate the construction
of another boat at LeBarge in which
to bring down freight next spring.
The Miners’ Union Bulletin, of Fair
banks, says the outlook for wage
workers in that district for the winter
season is not encouraging, and points
out that men are being employed at a
reduction to $4 per day, with an iron
clad agreement that wages will not
become due until June 10, 1910. The
paper contends that the spring clean
up will be practically ended before
June 10, and there will be abundant
opportunity for unscrupulous operators
to defraud laborers out of their pay.
As a laborer the Japanese has
cea<ed to figure in the future of
Mexican industry. It is believed
the policy of the Japanese govern
ment, announced some time ago, of
forbidding the emigration of the
laborer of that country to Mexico
will be continued for many years to
come, and that the administration
of the policy will be such as to ren
der the emb, rgo absolutely effec
tive.! _
The Mexican government has
completed arrangements with the
Krnpps to establish a plant for the
manufacture of Mauser bullets,
smokeless powder and gun cotton.
SOMEWHAT
MIXED UP
Fairbanks News Miner, Nov. 2:
The sale to Alexander, Morrison &
Johnson of the option held bv Je
rome Chute and his partners i:i the
property 011 Eureka creek, over the
water rights to which there has
been such extended litigation,
promises to still m >re complicate
the situation.
Tlie deal consummated last week
was one of the most important
which 1 as taken place in years in
the Hot Spiings country, The pur
cha e, which is in the neighborho >d
of $30,000, was almost double the
residue of the amount due on the
purchase price to have been paid
by Chute, Stier and others.
It was believed that the transfer
of the option to Alexander, Morii
son & Johnson would simply mean
that the mining operations would
he continued under the firm’s man
agement. It now appears, how
ever, that Chute and his partners
did make another payment on
the purchase price after September
i ot this year, when the«last pay
inent was due, and that Spicer and
others; the owners, accepted the
money.
Chute and Stier assert that they
have an equity in the property for
this reason, and if 110 settlement is
made it is likely that the case will
oecome more involved by a fight
oetween Chute and the new holders
of the option.
Chute, Stier and Sinclair secured
the option on the laud from Spicer
about two years ago and were to
have made the payments out ol the
cleanups, 50 per cent of the gold to
apply 011 the purchase price. The
final payment was to have been
made on September 1 of this year.
The operations on Eureka creek
have attracted widespread attention
by the water-rights fight which
has been going 011 in the district
court between Chute 011 the one
s de and Aitken & Curry 011 t e
other, owing to the prominence of
the persons involved in the suit. 1
Cluite and Slier built a ditch to j
What Cheer bar on Pioneer creek
and conveyed the water from the j
bar to their properties. Aitken &
Curry, who own the ground adjoin-'
ing, objected and interfered with,
the ditch, cutting off the water sup
ply. Chute then sued Aitken &
Curry for this interference, seeming
a temporary injunction restraining
the defendants from inlet fciing
with the water flow. This injuuc
tion was renewed the beginning of
September, and the case is still
pending in the court.
The sale of the property to Alex
ander, Morrison & Johnson came as
a complete surprise to Messrs.
Chute and Slier, who knew noth
ing of the deal until it was consum
mated. The payment of the in
stallment after the option had ex
pired clearly indicated tueir inten
tion to continue the operations
which was sanctioned by Spicer, as
it would appear by his acceptance
of the money.
Phonographic records of eminent
actors are used in the Viennese
schools in teaching declamation.
Special Sunday Dinner at the Ken
tucky restaurant from 0 to 8 pan.—
Mrs. M. E. Cooper, proprietor.
THE FORT GIBBON
DRAMATIC CLUB
A meeting of the Fort Gibbon Dra
matic Club was lielil at tho post
amusement ball Tuesday evening and
plans made for the casting of several
comedies in the near future. The fol
lowing officers were elected:
President—Harry Barber.
Vice President—O. D. Richardson.
Secretary-Treasurer—Dr. D. L, Mc
Ginnis, Jr.
Stage Manager—W. A. Reid.
Musical Director—Guy Winterstein.
Property Custodian - Joseph Novak.
Many members of the club have had
previous experience in dramatic work
and some good work is to be expected.
NEW CURTAIN
FOR POST HALL
The new drop curtain for tho post
amusement hall has just been com
pleted and reflects much credit upon
the painter, Joseph Novak, of C com
pany, I\ S. infantry. It is the first
work of the kind ever attempted by
this scenic artist and possesses many
excellent points. The scene is painted
from an original painting of a sunset
scene near Fort Yukon and is an ex
ample of some of the many remarkable
sunset scenes characteristic of this
North country.
GOLDEN NORTH GAFE
Carrying tire Best Supplies on the Market
OYSTERS, FISH AND GAME
IN SEASON
Centrally Located. In Connection with Grand Hotel.
ED Y. LEE, PROP.
HEADQUARTERS FOR TRAVELING PUBLiC!
Pioneer^ Tower Houses
Two FIrs1~ Class Resorts
Stables for Horses and Dogs. Warm Bunkhouse where
you can doy your clothing and sox.
Joe Anicich, Prop. Tanana, Aiaska
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