The Minneapolis journal., 1901-02-01
Settlement of the Case at
San Francisco.
OPPOSITION Is BEATEN
McKenzie's Attorneys Spring a Sur
prise in His Case.
THROW OUT THE CONTEMPT CASE
Then the Other Side Asks for q
SettIeH2ent-MarshaI Rich
ards Case.

From The journal Bureau, Room 40, Post
BUttdtst0, Washington.
Washington, Feb. 1.-Reports from San
Francisco say that the contempt pro-
ceedings against Alexander Mckenzie
were dropped yesterday along with all the
other disputes. The score has been wiped
off the slate on each side and everything
is where it was before the trouble be-
gan.
ment was taken by the interests opposing
Judge Noyes and Mckenzie, who saw they
were in position to get the hot end of
the poker unless they quit.
After the contempt cases against Nc
Kenzie, which were called for trial Jan.
29 had been on for a few days
the defense made the point
that the San Francisco court had no juris-
diction for the reason that no official no.
tice of the proceedings had been filed
with the court at Cape Nome. Decisions
showing the supreme court of the United
States to be in harmony with such a posi-
tion were cited, and the Lane syndicate
was decidedly up against the real thing
The syndicate has been trying to put
Mckenzie in jail, and had staked every
thing on winning. The coup sprung by
McKenzies attorneys was on the point
of throwing the contempt cases out of
court. The mining season would come on
and none of the men prominent in the OPP
roci+;on ~ AgoKon1io and Tudpa Moves
would dare go back to Nome, where they
have large interests, for Judge Noyes
would promptly put them in Jail, all OF
them being in contempt of his court.
AS a last resort the syndicate on
Wednesday went to McKenzies attorneys
and expressed a desire 20 compromise.
After some deliberation they agreed to
drop the proceedings in all their various
| phases and accept the rule of Judge
| Noyes without any further question. Nc
| Kenzie, after some hours of delay, ac-
| cepted the offer, and both sides then went
| into court and the motion to dismiss was
made by agreement.
! This sudden and unexpected turn of af-
| fairs puts Noyes and Mckenzie on toI
| of the heap and in possession of every
point for which they contended. The Lane
/ syndicate proposed the settlement be-
cause there was absolutely nothing else
| to do.
There is still some opposition to the
confirmation of j. A. Richards of Wash
| ington state as United States marshal al
| Nome, and neither California senator has
thus far received word from home to per-
nit Richards to be confirmed without
opposition. The confirmation, however
will probably be made without difficulty
even if the California senators continue
| their opposition President Mckinley is
said to have made careful investigation
| before appointing Ricards, and to have
! learned that he was not identified with
! either faction. The Lane syndicate had
a man named Baldwin, one of its en-
ployes, whom it was urging for marshal
but the president stated pointedly that
| in view of the scandals that had arisen
| at Nome he would not appoint anybody
who was tied UP with either side. Sena-
tor Foster pledged his word that Richards
was disinterested and has decided the
matter. The Lane syndicate promptly
charged that Richards was a Mckenzie
man. but there is no evidence here in
| support of the charge.
| w. w. Jermane.