The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-03

-. thc preates, sensation the mssh-
-, eftv Of Nome has ever witnessed -
ss<s,f 10 be sprung Is the belief OF those
ssss snent the summer in that camp and
~s. arr now In Seattle. They are most
n mem familiar with all phases OF the
800 sangle OF litigation which. during
~ spaxon just closed. practically par
~ivred mining operations In the district.
80 knowing the bitter animosity exist
ss~ hesweer, the l.tigants. they are for the
ss..s usrt but little surprised at the press
ss-rs tehes from San Francisco announcing
ss.f the circuit court Of appeals has or
$3.50 The arrest OF Alexander Mckenzie,
ss~s1rer under Judge Noyes. at Nome. for
IsSsh~dlence Of sn order made BY that
sssns,nal on an appeal from the district
orrrt at Nome
80 sooner or later clash between
Il. dlstrfct court at Nome and the court
Y snu<ais al San Francisco was bound to
~sfns has. II Is said. long been foreseen by
sss11<nf4 OF the northern city who had
s'7seed the course Of the litigation, and
~ announcement Of It's coming only
Npy~d to renew interest In the matter In
116 xisy. What the outcome VIII be Nome
ssssrtors now here do not pretend to
sS11icf. but they intimate that before the
kSS Il closed a clearer insight into Re-
s11Ier Mekenzies connections with the
&1&<df{da in the ilflRAuun may be khiHcu.
Suage Noyes' Hasty Action.
- fnct that within a week after his
syijyai III the gold fields on the steamer
Sr61afor. which also carried 10 Nome Hon,
7S72ur n Noyes. the newly appointed
fs2Se IL The district court 81 Alaska. Mr..
m ensle had been appointed receiver Of
~ less than FIVE Of the most valuable
Sfsi1as In the district, as IL alleged, en-
MN without hearing OF the claims OF
re mine owners. and with bond less, In
= Iaat two cases. than the average daily
SS8n0t q the claims In dispute. has been
S33s Tie basis OF most OF the stories dt-
r. Yfory 10 the receiver and the court
= m eOpented him. Even Judge Noyes
ii1fS i}st he acted for the public benefit
r fontinuiug the operation OF the claims
r. IN { receiver Ia not wholly satisfactory
y 1heee critice.
r. several months has been that Re-
37S6P Mckenzie In the president of n
We31tky New York corporation which was
oG6nnt6sd to work mines In the Nome dis
- and which had purchased from the
Si1lstjlIs In two Of the most important re-
1i12or1hip suits their rights in two Of the
- valuable claims on Anvil creek
61tosefy claim and No. 2. bclow-both
8faGtnF 10 the Pioneer Mining Company.
II Which the organizers we're I.indeberE,
il11kjoan and Brynteaen, three OF the
V16lthlsst OF the original Sdiscoverers OF
r. 1lllrtct.
Ihnp1 VINO think there IL foundation
q &et IN this rumor profess 10 bellows
~ ~ reason Receiver Mckenzie II stili
TotufnG 10 surrender possession of the
e. Ae has been working under the or
~ $3.50 hy Judge NoseA, and to give up
~ n11ai quantity OF gold that he has
TO- ~ In course OF his mining opera
IT. 4 That he wishes 10 force the orig
M Iojolprs OF the claims to compromise
Z u1A ~. knowing that IN case the order
q ~ circuit court OF appeals Is obeyed
MNM nat only receive nothing for his
el13e q receiver but will also lose
IN npney he has advanced In the per-
lM0oAce 81 his official duties.
Gcltay Mckenzie, II IL estimated by
49, FAMILIAR with his operations on AM
Wpsek, has between 500 on and 500 900
n IN dust In the hank At Nome, which.
k81gf the advice of his lawyers, he re.
- % surrender, although Il is claimed
III hta duty 10 do so under the order
IN circuit court Of appeals. The latest
nl4344h rom Nome state that when they
H. ~ camp this gold was being guard
- " soldiers, the members Of Z. ~
nfs Wild Goose Mining and Trading
NQMpAny ana the Pioneer Mining Com
9W, who own most Of the claims insoiv-
a \ the litigation. fearing tina, some at
1921 might be made by the receiver to
Fe1txv the treasure,
Mtstery of the Litigation.
Ar exhaustive history OF the receiver
~ litixatkca al Nome was given yeater-
y ~ n, T. II. Hatch, Of the Meme law
~ 81 Jackson n Hatch. who arrived In
~ ely Monday ON tire steamer senator
M the purpose az forwarding 90 the eir-
exs court az appeals large number 81
a9idavits prepared ih Nome BY his arm
nf nse IN the contempt proceedings In
~ Ffaneisea
Tha Anvil crack claims In dispute"
s4M Mr.. Hatch. were located hi the fan
y iSN BY Swedish missionary named
Aaasssan and a number OF his country
Mrns together with two Americans and
sxe lAntanaefa The locatera we're Rrynt.
sasM LindehsrE IAnihlofn. Anderson,
h<tsiln, Hasthefk, Kittlnseu, Price, kteil-
mAn fasnenals and %akkllA
r4uahsS OF these locations were mad,