The Nome nugget., 1901-12-11
Cause Another Deadlock in
 the City Council.
FIGHT FOR WARREH
Harris, Jourdcn and Stevens En- deavOr to Have Warren Reinstated,
 But the Vote Results in a Tie-. EIectric;Lights Will! Soon Be Ready.

weekly meeting on Monday night transacted good deal of routine busi- ness. There was little to relieve the usual mOnotony of session of the council, although during the day it was whispered that there might be an overhauling of police affairs. This was because of the removal of Police Cap tain Warren by Chief of Police Jolley, on Dec. l, pursuant to the action of the council in reducing the force by reliev- ing three men. Capt. Warren being one of the three selected by the chief for decapitation. The vote to reinstate Warren resulted in tie, Harris, Jour- den and Stevens voting for, and Geiger, Tierney and Valentine against. Mayor Giese. who is i'll, was absent, and Councilman Valentine was called to the chair. He makes an excellent presiding officer, and dispatched the business before the council in method ical manner.
 | The first matter considered was pe- tition signed by 36 of the indigent men of Nome. asking that the council take some steps for their relief; the peti- tioners stated that they would work, but could find none. Later Rev. w. C. Fowler addressed the council, and stated that with the endorsement of the council he would open q bunk house where honest men could obtain a nights lodging, but at present he did not think it would be advisable to fur nish meals; later it might be found necessary to do so. MT. Downing, the owner of the building. was willing to give it free of charge, but applicants should be endorsed by some business man. Mir. Fowler thought that any man might earn 90 cents day, and he could live on that amount.
 N. B. Solner endorsed Mir. FOwler's project, and stated that he would con- tribute a ton of coal, a statement that was received with applause.
 Tierney, of the police committee, re- ported the police department in first class shape, and he recommended that Chief of Police Jolley be sustained in his action in retiring Mr. Warren: he suggested, however, if Jolley needed a fourth man, that Warren be put on the force. Harris led for Warren. He said he was going to move that Warren be reinstated; if Warren was the effi- cient officer that he was reported to be he should be put back on the force. Warren, he said, had an excellent record both in Nome and elsewhere. Harris intimated that councilmen had made promises that they now found difficult to fulfill. Stevens backed Harris. He wanted to know why Warren was removed, anyway. War ren was captain of police, but he had been discharged where patrolmen were retained.
 Geiger took the ground that to re- instate Warren would be Overthrowing the authority of the chief of police.
 Jourden said the chief of police had been instructed to relieve three patrol men, and Jolley had removed an officer. No man should be removed from office unless charges were preferred against him. He wanted Warren replaced as patrolman No. l.
 Geiger moved to refer the matter to the police committee.
 Harris objected. In council, he said, was the place to fight this matter out Then he moved that Warren be em- ployed as one of the regular patrol, and not as an addition to the force. The vote resulted as stated above.
 Geiger of the light committee, re- ported that arrangements had been made for 3S street lights, two lights to the pole for the most part, as follows: Railroad crossing, Arctic Cafe, Ern's grocery, Pacific Cold Storage Com pany, Geiger's bridge on the sandsRit, Illinois building, Manhattan laundry, D street and First avenue, B street and First avenue, Hunter way and FisBt avenue, alley rear of Nome kitchen, rear of Northern saloon, Steadman avenue and Second street, near Bank of Cape Nome, N. A. T. & T. Company, S-Y. T. Company, Pacific Steam Whal' ing Company. The committee reported that the lights would be installed al once and they would cost $228 per month.
 Bills of Captain Hansen for money advanced for fire purposes were allowed.
 The bid of the Pacific Steam Whal ing Company for coal was accepted a S25 per ton, Wellington coal.
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