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Douglas Island news., 1901-08-07
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lnTOrmaTlOn TOT EVeTyDOdy.
A rate war is imminent on the Yu-
kon.
The Yukon Delta was clear of ice on
July 18th.
skagway's cold storage plant is now
in operation.
Fishing on Skagway wharves has
been prohibited.
Gambling is now permitted on the
quiet in Dawson.
Scarlet fever has put in an appear
ance at Skagway.
Now comes report of strike on
the Hootalinqua.
Bonanza and ElDorado creeks are re-
ported nearly dry.
Wages in the Koyukuk this season
are S1.25 per hour.
! Lake creek gold assays from S18 to
to $3.50 per ounce.
The Jualin mine at Berner's Bay has
closed down for repairs.
Metlakahtla was nearly wiped out of
existence July 22nd by fire.
An $500 nugget was taken out on
Livingston creek July 25th.
All Dawson recently rejoiced in the
arrival of 319 barrels of beer.
The government mint at Vancouver
will pay spot cash for gold dust.
Good miners are said to be in de-
mand in the Ketchikan district.
Judge Dugas of Dawson is holding
territorial court at White Horse.
Home grown lettuce and radishes
are drug on the Skagway market.
1t is misdemeanor to ride with BIZ
cycles on the sidewalks of Skagway.
There is prospect of o'Brien the
Dawson murderer, securing new
trial.
Only nine deaths occurred in the en-
tire Yukon country in the month of
June.
Late arrivals in Dawson from the
Tanana report very encouraging pros
poets.
John Stanley, skagway's first mayor,
is now chief of the fire department at
Nome.
The people of Victoria subscribed
$3.50 to the sufferers by fire at Metla-
kahtla.
It is rumored that General Manager
Hawkins of the w. P. Y. r. r. has re-
signed.
Ed. Lilly, the skagway commission
merchant is taking two scows of sup
plies to Dawson, via Lake Bennett.
The saving in freight to White Horse,
/ he believes justifies the venture.
Douglas Island news., 1901-08-07

There are said to be 300 miners in the
Kotzebue Sound country hard pressed
for food.
The first mail of the season from
lower river points reached Skagway
July 30th.
Orlando McCraney was sentenced
last week at White Horse to two years
in the pen.
The transfer of McCabe college at
Skagway to the government has at last
been made.
A crusade for the abolition of gold
dust as medium of exchange is again
on at Dawson.
D. Heffy, of Dawson, went south on
the Victorian last week with $4,000 in
Klondike gold.
Gov. Ross of tho Yukon territory fa-
vors gambling when conducted under
proper restraints.
Persistent prospecting in the Koyu-
kuk country has developed gold belt
100 miles in length.
J.P. Bell was a passenger south on
the Humboldt last week in charge of
s5OOOOO in Klondike gold.
Mr.. Tenant of Skagway took out
over fifty pounds of gold from his Jack
Wade creek claim this season.
An allowance of s48O,OOO has been
made for the current expenses of the
Yukon government for the year 1901.
There is plenty of game in the Bear
creek district and some people have a
suspicion that there is gold there too.
U. S. Commissioner Mcintosh of
Haines, is holding court at Skagway
during the absence of Judge sehlbrede
Ex-Governor Ogilvie of Dawson mar
rowly escaped drowning at Nome by
the capsizing of steam launch in the
surf.
A Skagway paper refers to the con-
gressional junketing party recently in
Alaska as "a lot of government stall
fed hogs"
The Rabbits Foot, Anaconda and
White Horse copper claims at White
Horsewil be developed with machinery
this fall.
$4,000 was taken out last year on
Discovery on Livingstone creek, and
this year the claim is said to be produ-
cling $1,000 per day.
Philip Deidrich, 80 years of age, am
pushed, shot and killed his partner,
Louis Boruf, near Holy Cross Mission,
on the lower Yukon. :.
$1,000 was taken out of a hole in one
day on Livingstone creek. The coun-
try is inclined to be spotted, and this
was one of the spots.
Dawson's death record shows that
there were ten funerals in November,
IS in December, II in January, II in
February and 13 in March.
The Skagway gun club has attained
that degree of proficiency where they
are thinkingof discarding the club and
relying upon the gun altogether.
There are 300 hundred men working
on Lake Creek, in the Big Salmon dis
trict, and three stores a restaurant and
saloon are doing good business,
Douglas Island news., 1901-08-07

Owing to certain alleged Irregularities
in the administration of affairs in the
Atlin Lake and the Bennett Lake dis
tricts, the Government has commits
stoned Chief Justice McColl to hold an
investigation and report on the conduct
of public business by the Government
agents and gold commissioners of those
districts.
Appropos Of suggestion made to
the Chamber Of Commerce that Skag-
way needs advertising, The Guide
attacks the project in the following
vigorous language: "In the name of
common sense what has the town got
to advertise but skinning railroad
that has already sucked the life from
the bloodless corpse?" Poor bloodless
Skagway!
Prospecting work is being continued
at the Golden Fleece mine, with results
apparently wholly satisfactory to the
management. The little one-stamp
mill is kept in operation for the pur-
pose of testing the pay quality of the
ore, which so far shows an average of
abont s45 per ton, $50 of which is free,
So in the concentrates, and 81 in the
tailings, most of which can be saved
when the proper appliances are had.
The ore will concentrate twenty to one,
and the assays show the concentrates
to be worth upwards of 5000 per ton.
A big lawsuit is soon to be sprung
against the Canadian government for
the recovery of royalty paid in 1898 and
the succeeding years. The claim is set
up that when the miner paid the fee
demanded for their "grants" it entitled
them to "all" the gold taken from the
ground and constituted binding con-
tract with the government that made
subsequent assessment illegal. Alex,
Mcdonald, Tagish Charley, Phiscator,
"Swiftwater" Bill, Carmack, Stanley,
Anderson and number of other well
known Klondikers are behind the
move.
The story of desperate fight to the
death by lone man against an infur-
lated bear, within 40 miles of the city,
has just been brought to light in Daw-
son. Two prospectors, while on a
stream directly west from the city,
found the bones and torn garments of
a man, and other unmistakable eviden
ces of grim struggle for life. Bear
tracks were everywhere about the
ground. Scarcely any flesh remained
on the bones and apparently the big
brute of the forest, after overcoming
his enemy, had torn and eaten his flesh.
The identity of the man has not been
learned.
When the steamer Kimball left st.
Michael it was likely that a battle
would be waged in the Kougarock any
day. Twenty men, we'll armed are said
to have left Nome the Sunday previous
to the sailing of the boat for Quartz
and other creeks, their object being to
take possession of a number of mining
claims in that district which they claim
as their own. Not two hours behind
the posse of twenty followed Chris
Schneider with two trusty men and
number of Winchesters. Schneider ex-
pected to pass the other men and get
into Kougarock ahead of them and to
summon the miners in his support
The prospective trouble is over disput-
ed rights to certain mining claims that
are said to be very rich.
Douglas Island news., 1901-08-07

An old fashioned stage coach such as
was familiar feature of the wild and
woody west in days gone by, went north
on the Islander en- route to Dawson.
Now comes a citizen of Skagway, who
has investigated, with the assertion
that 'sthere is more hot air and wind
than gold in the new discovery on Big
Salmon"
The Skagway Guide is authority
for the statement that it costs as
much now to get freight into Daw-
son by the railroad and steamers as it
did in 1897.
Secretary Reid of the Skagway Y. M.
G. A. left last week for Seattle via the
Yukon and Nome. He proposes to
scatter seeds from the fruits of his la
Dor all along the route.
The Yukon council has decided that
only British subjects can vote at muni-
cipal elections in the Yukon territory.
Heretofore, American property holders
in the district were accorded the privi-
lege.
A party of French capitalists is
studying the proposition of building a
railroad from st. Petersburg to Circle
City, using immense ferries for the
transportation of trains across Behring'S
Straits.
There still remains in the Cassiar
district some so or 60 Cinnamon who
went in there 25 or 80 years ago. Most
of them are said to be we'll fixed finan-
cially and some are supposed to be
quite wealthy.
By recent order of DR.. Foster in
charge of the United States quarantine
station at Port Townsend, no Indian
curios will be allowed to enter the
Sound country from ports in Alaska
other than Skagway.
One of the latest rumors flying
around in shipping circles is that the
P. G. S. S. Co. has decided to enter in
the Puget Sound carrying business,
and, in consequence, may decide to
withdraw from the Alaska run.
The miners lost their test case in
their fight against crown grants and
concessions in the Yukon, on techni-
cality. 1t is generally believed, how
ever, that they will win on the appeal
which they have taken to the higher
court.
Moose we're so plentiful and tame in
the Koyukuk district last winter that
when fresh meat was wanted, the pros
pector had only to step out of his cab
in, whistle, and big, fat animal would
walk up and patiently wait to be hit
with club.
The Vancouver World says that a
party of engineers has left for the
North to survey an all-Canadian route
for railway from Kitimax to Hazelton
the first division of the proposed line.
The Provincial government granted a
bonus at the last session of the legisla-
ture.
The Daily Alaskan says that the es-
tablishment of the Dominion assay Of
flee at Vancouver and the many induce
ments made to miners to bring their
dust there including a rebate of one
per cent. is liable to lead to rate war
between Vancouver and Seattle steam
ship companies.
Douglas Island news., 1901-08-07

An old fashioned stage coach such as
was familiar feature of the wild and
woody west in days gone by, went north
on the Islander en- route to Dawson.
The age-herald., 1901-01-03

men were interviewed by an Age-Herald
 reporter. Miller who is under death sem tence declined to talk. His case has been
 appealed to the Supreme Court, but no
 hearing has yet been had. Duncan, who is in for life and whose case is also pend- ing in the Supreme Court, was more com
 municative. He said that 1t took them long time t. file through the iron bar about three or four weeks, and that they worked on it at odd times. That none of the other prisoners knew of their plans, and that the whole matter was kept se- cret. He said that the longest of the rope. was made in one night, and that they wrenched the iron off of a bed to make the hook That they had thought out their plan of escape sometime before. He said that they had no outside assistance, but
 declined to say where they got the pistol and the saw. He claimed to be Innocent of the charge against him. saying that he had never seen Kirlxley and had nothing to do with the killing of Adams He said that Thomas Fay knew nothing about their plans. That he didn't want to escape, and that they did not take him into their con- fdence.
 Edwards, West and Fay complained bit terly of their being kept in jail for months without being given a trial. They said that they were kept there without warrant or indictment or being allowed a prelimi- nry examination. Edwards and West stated that they had given up quietly when they saw the game was up, and Edwards ----~~>~~-~-~-~-~-~~
The age-herald., 1901-01-03
THE SITUATION
 GROWS SERIOUS BOer Invaders Are Rapidly Ad-
 Vancing on the Colony RECEIVING AID FROM DUTCH An Early Proclamation of Mar
 tial Law is Expected UPRISING OF THE DUTCH LIKELY The Burghers Are Now Close to Ma raisbure-lt is Believed That En- gland Has Not Fully Appre-
 ciated the Situation.
UPRISING OF THE DUTCH LIKELY

Capetown, January 2-The British bat tleship Monarch will land guns tomorrow as precautionary measure. The situation is undoubtedly serious.
 It Is true that the Dutch have not joined the invaders in any considerable numbers, but lack of arms is believed to be the true reason for it. In many places horses are freely offered and information readily supplied to the Boers.
 The early proclamation of martial law in the Capetown division is expected. This division does not include Capetown itself.
 The latest report shows the situation to be generally as follows:
 Kuruman, if still uninvested, probably soon will be.
 Griquiland West is filled with small par ties of Boers, who are working southward toward Prieska, for the purpose of cooper ating with or supporting Commandant Her zog, whose advance parties are in the neighborhood of Frazerburg.
 The Boers we close to Graf Renet, where of late the Dutch have given many demon- stratdons of extreme sympathy.
 In the eastern part of the colony the ad- vance guard of the Boers is close to Ma raisburg, about twenty-five miles northeast of Craddock.
 The general opinion here is that the po- sition is not properly appreciated in Eng land. The Worcester conference excited the Dutch throughout the colony. Many old res- idents who are by no means alarmists re- gard general uprising of the Dutch as quite likely.
The age-herald., 1901-01-03

through the bar, and that none of the oth- CT prisoners knew anything about it. Not even Thomas Fay, the fifth member of the gang knew of it. He was not taken into their confidence and made no effort to es- cape.
 The piece of iron sawed out of the win dow shows that work on 1t was commenced some time ago, as end was rusty, but the other end was smooth and bright, as if recently sawed. Only one bar was sawed out of the window which left space 11& inches by inches. It seems a miracle how Miller got through this space, as he is a large man, weighing about 17o pounds.
 Having selected and prepared window for their escape 1t became necessary to ob- tain two ropes with grappling hooks; one to enable them to descend quietly from the window to the jail yard, distance of about fifteen feet, and another by means of which to climb over the jail wall which is twenty-five feet high in some places and in others thirty feet. These two ropes, and grappling hooks, they made in their cells at night while the other prisoners were wrapped in ,slumber. All the material was obtained from their beds. The ropes were made of blankets, wrapped carefully with wire taken out of the wire mattresses, and one grappling hook was made of heavy wires which they took out of the springs. They also had hook made out of piece of iron rope which they obtained some where in their cells. One of the men stated to the reporter that the ropes were made in two nights. If so, it was a wonderful piece of work, as they are carefully made and wrapped with fine wire.
 With these two ropes and the open win- dow the four men succeeded in getting out of the jail and when they were discovered three of them had reached the top of a gate which Is hung between the northeast corner of the jail and the eastern wall next to the Catholic Church, from which gate they could climb to the eastern wall and by drawing up the rope and hanging 1t on the outside they could descend into the alley between the jail and the Catholic Church yard. and thence reach the street.
 The Recapture.
 Duncan, Miller and Edwards were on top of this gate waiting for West to climb up when Oliver Shaw, negro boy who is one of the cooks at the jail, happened to go to the back of the jail where he saw the men and gave the alarm. Before he could get away, however, he was knocked down and roughly handled by one of the men, while another drew pistol on him and threat ened to kill him. He finally got away and ran to the front of the jail yelling that the white men were escaping.
 A. B. Suddeth, the day jadlor, rushed out into the yard, having first sent hurry message to the sheriff's office in the court house to surround the Jail. Fortunately the sheriff and number of deputies happened to be on hand, and in few seconds Sheriff Burgin and two deputies were guarding the western and northern wall of the jail. yard, watching for any one who should gex over. and Deputy Sheriff Stradford al
The age-herald., 1901-01-03
Roer Horses Are Foot Sore.

Carnavon, January 2.-The Boers, com manded by Hertzog, Vessels, Pretorius and Nieuwenhaut, are continuing their mar oh on Frazerburs. It was reported that they have arrived at Spionberg.
 Looting continues. The Boer horses are footsore and there is a great want of fod- der, as the country is barren
 Communication with Frazerburg is sus- pended and it is doubtful when this will be restored, nasmuch as the Boers are travelling along the line Colonel Thorney- croft and Colonel DeLise are continuing the chase, but their horses and mules are very tired
 Many Dutch residents attended the fu- neral of a Boer killed In action and placed wreaths upon his coffin.
 The Boers captured and destroyed the mails due December 30.
The age-herald., 1901-01-03
Pat Grove Has Friends.
ANNIsToN.
The First Wedding in the Jewish Syn.
 aqoque=Natahle-E -EAsensAt-

Anniston, January 2.-(Specfal)-Th first wedding to take place in an Anniston Jew ish synagogue occurred here at 5:80 o'clock this afternoon in Temple Beth El. the con- tracting parties being Isadore Ksyser. a wealthy merchant of Selma, and Mfss- Helen Morkstein of this city.
 The event was of great interest in Hebew circles and about twenty visiting Jews from several Alabama and northern cities were present. The festivities were eIabor- ate, dances and receptions having been given in the last few days The ceremony was performed by Rabbi Levy of Selma.
The age-herald., 1901-01-03
Concentrating at vryburg.

London, January 3.-A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Capetown says:
 Lord Methuene is concentrating force at Vryburg, whither a thousand troops have been sent from Kimberley and others from more northern towns, to deal with eom- mando that is raiding around Kurman.
 "The Boers have reoccupied Jagersfon- tein, which, together with Fauersmith, the British evacuated on Christmas Day The convoy of retiring inhabitants, with hun dreds of wagons, extended for several miles, It was a mournful spectacle. Camp was pitched at Ednburg. l gather that the mo- tive for the evacuation was the difficulty of maintaining food supplies so far from the railway"
The age-herald., 1901-01-03
Enlistment is Active.

London, January 3.-"Martial law has been proclaimed in the Worcestershire, Ceres, Prince Albert, Frazerburg and Suth- erland divisions" says the Capetown cor respondent of the Daily Mail wiring yes- terday.
 ''The enlistment of volunteers is active and the best authorities anticipate favora- ble delevopments shortly.
 ''The great trouble is the scarcity of horses Seven hundred Boers have broken through the cordon at Zuurburg and are advancing upon Richmond. The magistrate there reports that they are burning and footing a few miles from the town.''
The age-herald., 1901-01-03
NEGRO LYNCH[D BY LARGE MOB
 FOUR MILES FROM W|LSONv|L[E
Louis McAdams' Body Riddled With Bullets for His Attempt to Kill =
 "a Prominent Merchant

gro. About four miles from town, however, the deputies were surprised by the appear ance of body of about one hundred armed men coming from under a bridge over which they were passing, stopping their team, un- arming the deputies and at the point of shotguns demanded the prisoner. The dep uties were powerless in defending the pris- oner.
 The mob then took the negro to tree underneath which was a fence A rope was securely fastened about his neck and he was forced to mount the fence while the end of the rope was fastened to a limb.
 The fence was then knocked from under him, and while he swung in the air. the contents of about fifty guns were emptied into his body
 The mob then quietly dispersed and the deputies proceeded on their way to Colum- biana, where they reported the matter to the proper officials.
 The coroner at once repaired to tGae scene and held an inquest but the verdict has not yet ben announced.
 Perfect quietitude prevails tonight
The age-herald., 1901-01-03
LITTLE BOYS JOKE CAUSED HIS DEATH Put Sack Over His Head to Scare His Playmates
 and Was Shot

Columbus, Ga., January Civilian Rut- ledge shot and killed George Bass, a IA year-oId lad at the formers home, one mile west of this place, about dark to- night. Young Bass playfully put sack over his head and went to the Rutledge home to frighten some of the children. when Rutledge, not knowing his design, or who he was, shot and killed him. I
The age-herald., 1901-01-03

THURSDAY FAIR, EXCEPT IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION; FRIDAY FAIR; NORTH TO EAST WINDS.
The age-herald., 1901-01-03
Man Dropped Id.

Annston, January 2.-(Special. )-Robert Jelks, postmaster at Rock Springs, small station on the Louisville and Nashville Rail- road between this city and Gadsden, drop pee dead while in his office about 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
 Jelks was 65 years old, and leaves a fam 4Ixx
The age-herald., 1901-01-03
Dewet Headed Of.

London, January 2.-The War Office has received the following dispatch from Lord Kitchener:
 "Dewet tried to move toward Bethlehem but he was headed off by Pitcher and re- treated toward indley or Reitz.
 ''One hundred and thirty Boer horses have been captured near Thaba NChu.
 "rhe railway has been damaged south of Sarfontein. Williams engaged the Boers southeast of Middleburg, Cape Colony, and the British now occupy Graaf Reinet."
The age-herald., 1901-01-03

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The age-herald., 1901-01-03
Campbell Knocked out.

Canton, O., January 2.-Loudon Camp- bell of Pittsburg was knocked out in eisht rounds by Art Simms Of Aron tonight.
The age-herald., 1901-01-03

Wilsonville, January 2.-(Special.) .)-Louis McAdams, the negro who cut and seriously injured J. ". Ray at this place on Christ mas eve, and who was arrested in Childers- burg yesterday, was taken from the officers by mob of 100 men this afternoon and hanged to the limb of tree about four miles from Wilsonville As the negro's body swung in the air the contents of fifty shotguns and rifles were emptied into it. Their work we'll done the mob quietly dis persed and as every man wore mask there is no clue to the identity of the lynch CTS.
 Officers have been securing the woods for the negro McAdams every day since his dastardly attempt to cut the throat of MT. Ray, who is a prominent merchant of this place. When word was received that the negro had been received in Childersburg the Mayor and two deputy sheriffs went for him last night
 The town was quiet and orderly when the deputies left and 1t seemed that no prep arations were being made to lynch the ne-