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TANANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1910.
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Grand and Trial
Jurors Selected
Fairbanks, Jan. 18.—Jury Com
missioner N. A. Shaw and District
Clerk E. H. Mack on Thursday, in
the presence of Judge Lyons, Dis
trict Attorney Crossley, Marshal
Love, members of the bar and a
number of citizens, drew the follow
ing grand and petit jurors for the
term of the district court which
convenes on Monday, February 7.
The list follows:
GRAND JURY
W. H. Godfrey, Richardson;
Bernard Carr, A1 Smith, John S.
McCann, S. P. Raymond, August
Wolff, Walter Anderson, R. E.
Whittington,* L. E. Ward, Theo
dore Witte, E. T. Bradbury, Minor
Bruce, C. C. Medill, O. B. Tack
strom, Albert Hughes, Raymond
Brumbaugh, Fairbanks; P. R. Kel
lett, Goldstream; W. A. Donald,
Circle; O. W. Fisher, Engineer;
R. T. Penrose, Cleary; F. E- Jones,
Ester Siding; F. S. Cleveland,
Dome;|Bert Cnrrier, Dome.
PETIT JURORS
E. T. Townsend, Rampart; C. M.
Craemer, Graehl; Pat Campbell.
R. T. Engelbreclit, J. W. Farrell,
P. J. Rickert, Joseph Voegtlin,
Charles Ostrom, H. T. Ray, Bair
banks- C. H. McGrew, Koyukuk;
Los Fager, Dan Averill, Nulato.
STAMPEDERS
READY TO GO
*For-several weeks a pood many peo
ple hereabout have been all cocked
and primed for a big stampede, The
feeling has'been very strong that there
is “something up,” but nobody seems
to?bave been able to figure the propo
sition out to a satisfactory focus.
About six weeks ago “Hot Air Bob”
left for the Koyukuk, and a lot of
people believed he had been put next
to something by native prospectors. It
got whispered around that he had been
joined by Harry Chapman, of Rampart,
and that they had not gone to the
Koyukuk, but—some said to the Old
Man and some to a tributary of the
Melozi. Mrs. Herrold received a latter
from Bob through the last Koyukuk
mall dated at Bergman.
Nearly all“the localities mentioned
by the* would-be stampeders are good
enough to take a ohanee in: but if
there has been anything unusual found
in any of them this paper is unable to
verify the fact.
WEEK'S WEATHER
Observations taken at Fort Gibbon
at 7 p. m. daily. M. U. Grissinger,
observer.
Max. Min.
Thursday, Jan. 16, clear —18.5 39.3
Friday, Jan. 14, cloudy —3.0 —34.0
Saturday, Jan. 15, cloudy 18.5 —10.6
Sunday, Jan. 10, cloudy 14.0 2.1
Monday, Jan. 17, cloudy' 7.0 —14.5
Tuesday, Jan. 18, clear —13.5 —33.8
Wednesday, Jan 19, clear —29.0 —59.7
Lut lllae Rediscount |e Idebe
Boies, Idaho.—Prospectors through
out Idaho are preparing for a spring
rpsh to the Bruneau country, a some
what isolated district where one of the
famous “lost mines" of the West has
just been relocated. For thirty years
there has been a tradition of a sheep
herder who came to civilization with
samples of quartz yellow with free
gold and told his friends of a great
ledge from which the samples were
taken. Starting, back alone, he disap
peared and was never heard of again
The finding of a skeleton recently in
tbe region where the sheepherder
ranged paused a revival of the story
and a renewed search for the storied
ledge. The search has been successful,
D. A. Bourne, one of the pioneer dis
ooversrs, has returned from the Bru
neau and gives details of the develop
ments there..
He says the ore is a tellurium and
carries values as high as 180,000 to the
ton. The smallest return from a ran
dom sample was 886 a ton, and there is
In sight un the surface ore to the value
of 81,750,000. It can be quarried like
Building stone, the prospectors say.
DEATHS
THE TRAIL
Fairbanks, Jan. 20.—Franz Giebel an aged German
tailor, froze to death on the trail, near Yost’s, Jan. 10. He
was with Walter Scheela, but refused- to try to make the
roadhouse. Scheeler bundled him up and lashed him to a
double-ender sled. He had lost his horse. Scheela reached
the roadhouse, maimed from freezing, the 11th. Giebel’s
body was found some distance away from the sled Jan. 12.
Joe King, a widely known Nome miner, died at Miller’s
from freezing Jan. 13. He was coming in on his way to
the Iditarod.
Mrs. H. A. Rockefeller, of Cbena, died on the stage
near Yost’s, going out, Jan. 12.
Many are freezing on the trail. Blizzards are still
raging on Big Delta, the worst in years. The stage com
pany is refusing to take passengers.
Giebel was a veteran of the Franco-Prussian war, was
president of the Harmonic society here, and was on his
way to join his wife in Seattle, whom he had not seen in
four years. In response to telegrams his body was ordered
sent to Fairbanks, where it is eipected to arrive tonight.
ROCKWELL HEARING TODAY
Mrs. Lottie Rockwell Discharged—Tom Held in $5,000 to Await the
Action of the Grand Jury
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The preliminary hearing of Tom Rockwell and his wife com
menced at A, B. hail at 10 o’clock this morning.
Leroy Tozier asked for separate hearings for the accused, as
well as a separation of the charges resulting from the two crimes
—the killing of Smith and the shooting of Chanquist. Both re
quests were granted.
Mrs. Lottie Rockwell’s connection with the Chanquist case was
the first subject of examination.
Deputy Marshal Donovan and Arthur E. Barney testified apd
Mr. Tozier moved the dismissal of the complaint. He said'thet ^
evidence had been produced showing the remotest connection of
the accused with the crime prior, to the shooting, and even if it
should develop that she was accessory after the fact another com
plaint would be necessary to hold her to the grand jury. Justice
Gallaher reserved his ruling on the motion.
Tom Rockwell’s case in connection with the Smith murder was
then taken up.
Captain Donovan testified to the circumstances of the killing
and of Barney’s arrest.
Barney was put on as a government witness. Under cross-ex
amination he told minutely the story of the murder and the shoot
ing oJ Chanquist. He said he bore Smith no'ill will, and does not
know what ever possessed him to kill him, He said he does not
now and never did claim either of the Rockwells in any way insti
gated the crimes. He first told the Rockwells he wanted the gun
to kill rats. After the killing he went back and Rockwell reloaded
the gun. He then told Rockwell he had got Smith. After shoot
ing Chanquist, and returning to get the gun loaded again, Mr. and
Mrs. Rockwell both told him to go on and go to bed, that there
was nothing doing.
The hearing adjourned to 1:30 o’clock.
In the afternoon session Mr. Tozier continued the cross-exam
ination of Barney. Witness said he had never used drugs of any
kind. He smokes cigarettes to excess, sometimes using 10 cents’
worth of tobacco in a day. He was very positive in the statement
that nobody aided, prompted, instigated or abetted him in any way
in the commission oCthe crimes. It is absolutely false, he said,
that there was any conspiracy for the killing of any one. No com
munication has passed between the Rockwells and himself during
their incarceration. After Barney had shot Chanquist and again
gone back to have Rockwell reload the gun, Rockwell said, “Why
in the bell are you coming here all the time? I want to go to
sleep.” At the time he first got the gun he told Rockwell he
bad just moved into a cabin and the rats were so bad he could not
sleep.
On redirect examination Barney s$id when he got the gun the
first time he called Tom outside and told him he would clean up
the town; asked him if he had any enemies, saying, “Is there any
body you don’t like in this town?” Rockwell did not make any an
swer. Witness said at the time he borrowed the gun he had no
grudge against anyone. He first thought of killing Smith when he
was in Smith.’.-, saloon. He had not thought of shooting Chanquist
till he was passing and saw thedight in his place.
Pete Coloumbe gave testimony in the main as he had given it
before the coroner’s jury.
R. P. Noble was called, but on'the objection of the defense he
was excused. He had been summoned to testify regarding a con
versation supposed to have taken place between himself and the
Rockwells the day previous to their departure for Hot Springs.
Both the defendants declined to make any statements. The
defense introduced no testimony.
In the whole proceedings Barney’s testimony and his two con
fessions constituted practically all ihe evidence that had not been
brought out at the inquest.
At the conclusion of the taking of evidence Mr. Tozier asked
the court to decide favorably on the motion to discharge Lottie
Rockwell, which was done. The defense pointed out that such ac
tion would be no bar to the investigation of her case by the grand
jury.
At 4 o’clock Mr. Tozier was addressing the court on the charge
against Tom Rockwell.
At 4:45 it is learned that Tom Rockwell was held to the grand
jury in the sum of $5,000.
Much Sickness Among Natives
Big’Ellen, wife of Blind Paul, the native preacher, <fied at the Mis
sior. last Saturday of consumption. Rev. Winthorp Peabody conducted
the funeral, which took place Tuesday.
Several natives have died recently. The death of Lucy Onespot
and Silver have been mentioned heretofore. Besides these, the,three
months-old baby of Jennie, a woman from the Mission, diedat Cross
jacket of inherited syphilis; and Metabeth, an old man from Ditfkaket,
died at Crossjacket also, of consumption. ; I
Matilda Frank, a woman at the Mission, is in tbe;,fesfcitag£k trf
consumption and may die any time; and there are four or five-others'
who cannot live longer than a few months.
Dr. C. M. Rosin has recently returned from Crossjacket, where he
made two trips w bile the recent big potlach was in progress. There
were natives there from Diskaket and the Kuskokwim, as well as from
points along the Yukon and Tanana rivers. The doctor gave medical
aid to a large number. While at Crossjacket be operated on Chief
Evan’s wife for goitre.
A large number of visitors to the potlach came down to Tanana in
order that they may continue to receive treatment. Altogether 135
cases are now receiving the doctor’s attention, the ailments including a
wide range of human ills.'
Archdeacon Arrives
Archdeacon Stuck, accompa
nied by Arthur Wright, reached
this city last Monday from the
Koyukuk camps, after 15 days of
fearing traveling, during which
time he made only 125 miles. He
journeyed with Mail Carrier Bob
Buchan most of the distance and
assisted in the breaking of the
trail through very deep snow.
Wolf Robe for Sale—New, has
never been used, 7x9 feet. Apply
Kentucky Restaurant, Tanana.
At St. James Chapel
Archdeacon Stuck will conduct
the services at St. James’ chapel
on SundayJ evening next at the
usual hour. A cordial welcome
is extended to all to attend.
Harry Stockman and C. Har
per, each with a team of 11 dogs
and ?00 pounds of mail, left for
down-river points on Wednesday j
morning. <
Herman Rosourg, of Hot Springs, is !
a late arrival at Tanana. He is just
takiug a look around. ;
Fairbanks Newspaper Changes
The grand three-ring 'hippodrome of newspaper enterprise
that has been running rampant in Fairbanks for the past)l8 months
collapsed about ten days ago. The supply of “angel food’1—a
commodity upon which many newspapers thrive—seems to have
finally “pinched out” in that camp. The Daily^Tribune plant has
been sold to the.News-Miner people and put~out of commission,
■and the News-Miner moved part of its plant to the home of the
Daily Times, from which quarters the paper is issued—thus leav
iajf Fairbanks to drag along with but one morning and one evening
newspaper. Both papers have been reduced in size, and the rea
son therefore is succinctly told in the following paragraphs from
theNews-Miner of January 12:
ACCORDING TO THE CLOTH
“Having demonstrated the fact that we cannot publish a large
daily newspaper in Fairbanks during the winter months without
loss to ourselves, for the remaining winter months we will print a
smaller paper. We may not be able to make that pay, but we will
lose less the less type we set.
- “We have a certain amount of newspaper cloth in which to
clothe ourselves, We find that by stretching that cloth to build
clothes that look swell across the breast and in front, it causes our
financial suit to bag at the knees and gap in the seat. As the cold
weather of finance catches the newspaper suit coming and going,
we are attempting to avoid financial pneumonia by protecting our
rear.”
Democrats to Win
Havana, Cuba, Jan. 18.—Secre
tary of War Dickinsou, who has
been staying in this city for a few
days, predicts that the Democrats
will be successful in the next gen
eral election in the United States in
landing the presidency. To bring
about this success, says the secre
tary, a platform with a free trade
plank must be adopted. He also
added that the people of the coun
try would never again believe in
the sincerity of ante-election prom
ises of tariff revision. The secre
tary was on his way back from
Porto Rico, where he went to study
the political conditions.
Baths —luxurious — Wednesdays and
Saturdays—Williams’ new barber shop!
Chris George
Badly Frozen
With his face looking; like m
warmed-over beefsteak and his
hands and wrists discolored and
bloated from the effects of the cold,
Chris George, a returning Iditarod
stampeder, arrived in Tauaua last
Saturday evening on his way to
Fairbanks. He reported a tough
trip.
He and two companions started
out light, not even having snow
shoes, and had to buck deep, un
broken show practically the whole
way. On the Yukon above Mouse
Point they struggled along in the
snow all day, faciug a steady
breeze, with the temperature be*
tween 50 and 60 below. They con
stantly had to stop and rub each
other’s faces, aud when they
reached Kokrines they were about
all in. They were all severely
frosted, but none of them are per
manently disabled. The others
stayed behind to rest up at lower
river roadhouses.
Mr. George predicts that 500
men will be coming out this way
before spring. He says conditions
in the Iditarod are very discourag
ing. Only two claims on the Idit
arod are pronounced good by him.
Willow creek, he says, is anything
but promising.
It was on Willow that Felix
Boucher killed Gustafson in a dis
pute over ground last November..
Mr. George'says the faction of the
coroner’s jury in exonerating
Boucher is approved by people ac
quainted with the circumstances of
the killing.
People are going in all directio is
from the Iditarod, Mr. George says..
Fourth of July creek, 911 the Kus-.
kokwim side, is attracting a good
many and arousing considerable
enthusiasm. Coarse gold has been
found there, but he had not heard,
of anyone getting on to the pay
streak. The creek is 50 miles long
and is 50 miles trom Discovery.
Iditarod.
He was in the Innoko diggings,
and says that is a good little camp.
BEAUTIFUL STAR
TAKEN FOR COMET
As a general proposition, this is not
an ideal country for star gazing. In
winter, when the sky is cloudless the
temperature is usually such as to nip
any little enthusiasm that is inclined
to bud; and in summer the stars are
obscured by the light of the sun.
Several evenings ago. however,
cbrough a rift in the clouds that had
hung over us almost continually since
Christmas, several persons declared
they had seen Halley's comet in the
firmament to the southwestward. Mon
day night, the sky being tfien cloudless
and clear of even a suspicion of hazy
smirch of any kind, a great and very
brilliant star was seen in the direction
indicated,'and by many it was without
question taken for the Star of Bethle
hem, by the moderns dosigsqtted a
comet. It was glorious enough for
that or any other heaven-sent messen
ger. The very prominent spangles at
one side of tho beautiful object were
taken for the comet’s tail. People
who claim to know say it is only the
inferiot planet Venus, now the evening
star. It has attracted a great deal of
admiration, but as a comet it seems to
be discredited by most people.
Dance Well Attended
Although the thermometers
registered about._60 below zero
last evening] the social dance at
A. B. hall was largely attended
and a very'pleasant time;was]re
ported. The Peerless orchestra
furnished*splendid;music for, the
dancers until after 2 o'clock this
morning, when the merrymakers
reluct utl/ jitr ted iceward.