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TANANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1910.
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MANY ARE
RUSHING IN
Cy Noble, accompanied by Mace Far
rar, arrived from Arctic City yesterday
afternoon, where he hud been in com
pany with Deputy Marshal J. C. Mur
phy. Mr. Farrar was summoned to go
to Fairbanks as a witness in the case
of Jens Christensen, charged with cut
ting Joseph E. Burns in that city the
first of last September. He proceeded
on the way thither today. The deputy
marshal remained at Arctic City.
In going in, Messrs. Noble and Mur
phy were overtaken by extremely cold
weather and then got tangled up in a
blizzard that kept them busy to out
general. It happened this way: They
reached the Forty-five-mile cabin and
after staying ail night found the tem
perature so low they concluded not to
start out. It was calm and did not
look so all-fired cold; but out of doors
it was impossible to keep up the circu
lation. It was afterward learned that
it touched 78 below at Betties that day.
The third day it had moderated suffi
ciently to allow of a start, and every
thing was lovely till near noon. Then
the blizzard struck with such force
that the trail was lost; in fact, nothing
could be seen and there was no way of
keeping to a course except by the di
rection of the wind. There was no
timber and the only alternative was to
strike for a creek several miles ahead,
where was a cabin, failing to find
which timber and at least some pro
tection might be had. The wind was
so fierce the dogs attempted to dig into
the snow for safety. But the men per
sisted, reached the creek, and, hunting
up and down, found the cabin.
So it is that they were enabled to go
on to Arctic City and later to Red
Mountain, whence Mr. Farrar had
stampeded and whom it was their busi
ness to search out and duly summon to
•court.
The mouth of Red Mountain creek j
is 35 miles from Arctic City. The
mouth of Indian creek is 25 miles up
Red Mountain creek. Indian creek is
•where all the gold excitement sprouted.
Messrs. Murphy and Noble reached
the vicinity Feb. 10 and left Feb. 15.
About 75 men were thereabout—from
Betties, Arctic City, Wiseman and
other Koyukuk points.
No holes bad been bedrocked. On
Indian creek a depth of 10 feet had
been attained, with good prospects and
water. On this creek it was reported
as high as 12 cents to the pan had been
panned. On Red Mountain creek a
•depth of 8 feet had been ieached; some
£old, no water.
There are many creeks flowing from
the great Red Mountain dome. There
has been much staking, but the coun
try is big.
And this is all the essentials of the
knowledge of the Red Mountain situa
tion possessed by anybody on the 15th
«f the present month.
SUSPECT "A NI6GER
IN THE WOODPILE”
There was a rumor in Tanana a day
or so ago that a new strike has been
made in the Iditarod. It is said tele
grams have been sent out booming the
country and declaring there is four
miles of pay.
Returning Iditaroders just arrived
in Tanana assert that before they left
a scheme was being ribbed up to in
duce a lot of people to go into the
district so that a few traders would be
able to dispose of their surplus stock.
The men fresh from the ground are
clearly of the opinion that the boom
ing reports are false, and their opinion
of the persons circulating them are
expressed in uncomplimentary terms.
Frank Slavic, the weil-known pugil
ist and oldtimer of Dawson, now living
in Victoria, is organizing a company to
•exploin the Iditarod. He expects to
take in a big outfit in March.
NOTICE
An election for Clerk, Treasurer
■and Director of the Tanana public
school is hereby called for Tuesday,
March i, 1910, between the hours
of to a.m. and 6pm ,at the school
house in Tanana, Alaska.
A. J. CAMPBELL,
Clerk of the Board.
Under the advice of the cletk of the
District court.
ROCKWELL COES FREE;
BARNEY, SECOND DECREE
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Grand Jury Reports uNot a True Bill99 in Case of the Alleged
Accomplice, and the Principal in the Tanana Crimes
Names His Own Terms
Fairbanks, February 24.- -Last Saturday, February 19,
the grand jury returned “not a true bill” in the case of
Tom Rockwell, bound over from Tanana for complicity in
the shooting of Charles C’hanquist.
Arthur E. Barney, "who confessed to the murder of
Charles J. Smith and the shooting of Charles Chanquiat,
and alleged that Rockwell furnished and loaded the pistol
with which he shot them, will plead in both cases today.
LAiiiK,—barney pieaaea gumy to me crime oi Killing Dmuu, without premeditated mance—mat is, to murder
in the second degree. He will be sentenced by Judge Lyons on Monday, February 28.
Fairbanks, Feb 22 —Three indictments were returned by the
grand jury last Tuesday morning, each charging a serious offense. The
most serious .vas that which charged Arthur E. Barney with ti e tryir
Her of Charles J Smith at Tanana. Another was a true bill against
Barney Jackson, charging that he sold liquor to an Indian at Tanana
I'lie third was in the case of C. C. Morgan, charged with an attempt to
commit rape on a young lady in this city on December 17 last. The.
jury reported that a true bill was found in this case, which means that
Morgan must stand trial in the district court on the charge against him.
\ bench warrant was at once issued for Morgan and he was lodged in
tlie federal jail. His bonds were increased from $3,500 to $5,000, dur
ing the filing of which he remains in jail.
Another indictment was on last Wednesday morning returned bv
the grand jti.y against Arthur E- Barney. This charges shooting with
intent to kill Charles Chanquist, the same night on which he killed
Charles S Smith. Barney, whose real name is Arthur E. Bernier, no
tified the court last Thursday that he had no counsel or means to pro
duce any, and Judge Lyons appointed H. J Miller and Bion A. Dodge
to conduct his defense. James Stamates was indicted last Wednesday
011 a charge of furnishing natives with liquor at Tatiana.
Carmack Attempted to' Escape
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Seattle, Feb. 22.—David Carmark, sentenced from Fairbanks to 15
years at McNeils island for attempted imi:der, made a desperate at
tempt to escape from 1 lie. steamship Victorian as the vessel was nearing:
this city. Blit for his inability to find a sharp instalment to cut the
rope which held the life raft to the tipper deck, he would have been
able to make his getaway. Carmack made his attempt in the dead of
night. He waited until midnight when Deputy Matthews relaxed his
guard and went out after something he needed, and slipped from the
stateroom during Matthews’ absence. He crept to the upper deck un
observed and attempted to throw overboard a life raft on which to
make his way to shore, but could find no sharp instrument with which
to sever the rope. He then hid in a coal bin for four hours, to create
the impression that he had gotten safely away, hoping to he able to slij
ashore after the ship reached her dock. He was discovered by coal
passers, and the deputy diagged him fiotu his hiding place and landed
him at McNeils.
Washington, Feb. 22.—When the Beveridge bill conies up again
in the senate, various senators are going to jump the whole bill and
propose instead a nominal form of self-government. This will be done
as a substitute for the railway subsidy proposal, thus placing the re
sponsibility upon the territory itself.
In the fight upon the hill, Delegate Wickersham has written a sec
ond letter to Secietary Dickinson demanding the removal of Major
Richardson from WasLiogton. The latter is charged with working to
secure a grant of 5,000 acres of coal land for each of the railways in the
coal district, with being a Guggenheim agent in helping to-get a gov
ernment guarantee for the construction of the roads, and an agent ol
the interior steamboat companies in securing appropriations for the
canal at St. Michael. Falcon Joslin, of Fairbanks, is named as the as
sociate of Major Richardson in tire operation of the railway b'ils.
Snowsllde Kills Railway Worker
Valdez, Feb. 22—Word lias reached here from the line of the Cop
per river railroad that an immense avalanche of snow slid down the
side of Abercrombie canyon and buried beneath it W. E Burke, a see
tion foreman. The body is believed to lie ander 70 feet of snow and
there is no hope of recovering it until the snow melts in the spring
Burke was at work trying to clear the track for the opening of traffic
The avalanche practically fills the canyon and effectually blocks the
railway. Unless the snow is tunneled, no trains can he run over the
road until summer time. As a matter of fact, the entire month of Jan
uary and February up to the present time has been one succession ol
blockades. Only two trains have been run over the length of the road
du’ing that time.
SMUGGLED RIFLES FOUND IN PHILIPPINES
Manila, P. I., Feb. 15 —Several thousand rifles of Japanese make
were discovered a few days ago on the south coast near the city of
Tayabas. They had been smuggled ashore, and are presumably for the
use of the patriots who are endeavoring to foment a rebellion against
the authority of the United States. Governor Forbes has ordered a
stricter patrol of the coast to prevent further smuggling, and in the
meantime a search is being made to discover whether the natives have
stored up a magazine of firearms and ammunition.
Declares President
“Complete Failure”
Kansas City, Feb. 22.—On the first j age of the Kansas City Star |
last Tuesday in a broadside article. Editor William R Nelson declares
the verdict of the people that President Taft has been a complete failure
as President. The article has created a profound impression. The
Kansas City Star is the most influential newspaper between the-Missis .<
sippi and the coast range, and Edilbr Nelson has long been a personal
friend of the President.
TANANA'S FIRST GULF
HAS HOTEO ANCESTORS
John Eeboe is the possessor of a new
calf, the only member of the bovine
family that ever had the distinction of
being a native of Tanana. It arrived
last Friday and is a female.
The parents of this noidd youngster
sailed from the United States on the
Mackinaw, and the mother' gave milk
for the officers of that vessel without
remuneration. The kindness did not
meet with reciprocal favors; on the
(contrary, she, with her kindred and
friends, was stranded on a sandbar and
herself and her fodder held in hoek for
exorbitant charges for so-called salv
age. How Mr. Kehoe met the de
mands for more tr onev and finally
landed the cows is history chronicled
in the public prints of 1909.
The sire shared the vicissitudes of the
voyage, and all winter has been paying
back the cost of his passage by hauling
wood. Next summer he will be draw
ing a plow while his happy offspriqg
frisks over the verdant pastures of her
native land.
Throughout all future time let us
hope there will be no prouder boast
among the aristocrats of the cow kind
Maj. Ballaine After
Piles and Me Craw
Washington, Feb. 22. —Senator Piles and ex-Govertior John H
McGraw of, Washington, are accused of resorting to deliberate f; l>e
hood in opposing the leasing scheme for the Alaska coal fields. Majoi
John E. Ballaine, promoter of the Alaska Central railway, charges
them in a bitter letter with distorting the facts to bolster up their ob
jections. He proposes to show up both gentlemen at a later time in
their true light.
in this country than that their ances
tors sailed in the Mackinaw.
WEEK’S WEATHER
Observations taken at Fort Gibbon
at 7 p. m. daily. M. U. Grissinger
observer.
Max. Min.
Thursday, Feb. 17, cloudy 5.8 .0
Friday, Feb. 18, clear 4.7 — 3.2
Saturday, Feb. 19, clear 1.3 —18.1
Sunday, Feb. 20, cloudy 3.1 — 4.0
Monday, Feb. 21, clear 4.0—27.8
Tuesday, Feb. 22, clear 2.0 —24.5
Wednesday, Feb 23, clear 2.9 — 27.0
Home at Last
‘‘Scotty’’ Dixon, for creating a dis
turbance, was yesterday evening fined
$50 and costs. It is suspected that he
had been scheming to break into jail
for some time. On his was to the
lockup he remarked that he was “go
ing home at last,” and at the trial he
told Justice Gallaher not to forget the
costs. _
Deputy Marshal Returning
Commissioner Gallaher has received
a wire stating that Deputy Marshal
Donovan was to leave Fairbanks for
Tanana today.
CHILDREN
ENTERTAIN
The schoolhouse was filled by friends
of Miss Marcy and her pupils, Monday
afternoon, who admired and applauded
the program so prettily rendered in
honor of Washington's birthday. Most
of the men considerately remained
awdy so that the ladies might be ac
commodated, and even so the house
room was all occupied. The young
performers were well drilled, remarka
bly self possessed and entertained their
visitors admirably. The program fol
lows:
Beatitudes—School.
Song, “Jesus Bids Us Shine’’—School.
Recitation, “The Young Patriot”—
Frank Cuffe.
Mandolin selection, “On the Danube"
—Tom Cuffe.
Recitation, “Wynken, Blynken and
Nod”—Frances Warren.
Dialogue, “The Lost Pig”—Henry
Kokrine and Charles Munro.
Song, “The Little Mothers”—Helen
Tiffany, Frances Warren, Leah Chase
and Juliet Haskell.
Recitation, “Keep on Trying”—Ju
liet Haskell.
Song, “There Are Many Flags in
Many Lands”—School.
Recitation, “Like Washington”—
Barnard McKinney.
Mandolin selection, “Loveland
Waltz”—Tom Cuffe.
Dialague—“The Sick Doll”—Frank
Cuffe, Leah Chase and Frances War
ren.
Recitation, “’Tis Grand to Live So
Grandly”—Henry Kokrine.
Song, “The Snow Brigade”—Henry
Kokrine, Frank Cuffe, Tom Cuffe and
Charles Munro.
Reading, “George Washington’s
Kindness”—Charles Munro.
Mandolin selei tion, “If You Splash
Me I’ll Splash You”—Tom Cuffe.
Dialogue, “The Story-Book Visitors"
—Tom Cuffe (the manager), Juliet
Haskell, Helen Tiffany, Frances War
ren, Leah Chase and George Miller.
Song, “Peek-a-Boo”—Leah Chase,
Juliet Haskell, Frances Warren and
Helen Tiffany.
Flag Salute—School.
“America,” sung by all present.
Men Leave for Red fountain
Four dog teams left ICalland’s Land
ing last Monday for Red Mountain'
The men going over have all been
prospecting in the Gold Mountain dis
trict for some time, but their names
have not been learned. Ernest Lind
holm, who stayed at Grant Creek
toadhouse Monday night, says people
in that vicinity have heard no news of
the conditions at Red Mountain.
Try Williams’ new barber shop for
an easy shave or a stylish haircut.
Job Printing at The Leader office.
Enjoy the Bestj
It’s like the good old sum
mertime all the year ’round j!
within the hospitable doors
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