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The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22

stream will revolutionize the mininI history of this district. It is a cominl producer.
 Luther NJ. Davis and Henry Hyde, ! is feared perished recently on the tral from Hootlanapa. The trip is usual made from Hootlanana in one day b4 these men left Hootlanana ten days aa with two days provisions.
 The first sale of mining property-N any magnitude since 1897, when Got McGraw, of Seattle, paid Sll.00O ft No. Little Mnook, was made TueF- dry, when John Moore, Dawson mil. ing operator, bought 5a Rhode Islar6 creek, from Joe Kaminiski for s6etl cash. Mr. Moore will open up tf claim this winter.
 Capt. Al. Mayo has dug all his pP taioes. The crop amounted to Bf( pounds, taken from piece of greudd barely loo feet square. Five of tl ls spuds weighed l6 pounds. E
 News came from Deakyme a few dafl ago that the operator at Cinema ri~di station telegraphed to Deakyme that strike had been made 20 miles nps tAt river. A prospector came down to' 'tfli trading post at the mouth of the Chevt and reported the strike, showing"p pokeful of dust.
 A number of new buildings are nnddI way and others will be started shortI ti This, with the rapid rise in the vatt of town property, is healthy sign dI returning prosperity.
 The evil results of leaving Rampasi without commissioner are becoming more apparent every day.
 Geo. G. Belt, formerly N. A. T. & Y Co $ agent at Tanana, has relieved Bef Baker, the company's agent at tHt place. Mr. Baker will work lay dt Glen gulch.
 Joe Cooper and Joe Anicich WI shortly open the Pioneer saloon.
 Belt & Hendricks are erecting stori building at Deakyme.
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22

Ihe s"t, 10 "TONI. TtaTINT dWHN IN' storm porch of Jose X Co. When the team reached Lanes alley it attempted to run up that thoroughfare, up-etting several barrels of water on the sidewalk in front of the Bank of Cape Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22
NEWS OF CANDLE Party of Miners Reach
 ed Nome Thursday.
& BRIGHT OUTLOOK
Steam ThawerS at Work on Sey. eral Claims. ...COaI From Chic.
 ago Creek Sl5 a Ton.

John Kirby, James Kirby and Michael Cullinan, who own fraction on Candle creek, arrived from Candle Thursday evening, coming hy way of Inmachuk and NoXapoga, making the trip in ten days. The party camped two days on lnmachuk. As yet there Is no trail, dhe men breaking their way down. They left Candle on Nov. 10.
 Mir. Cullinan states that mining in that section has d very brig sht outlook this winter. On the claims owned by Sam Pepper. the Rydine Bros, Tom Moves and Duncan Mcdonald. steam thawers have already been Installed. while several others are cUul empiatlng doing the same.
 Coal is being furnished the miners on i Candle creek from the mlne on Chicago creek, about l5 nIIie, distant. which was discovered last summer by two Swedes. The coal is of very fair quality, the depth of the ledge, as yet. being unknown. It can. and i, beng laid down on the creek at $l5 Der ton Winter work was Just about com nenClng when Culllnau ana party lelt, but preparations have been made for some eXtenslve work. It Was estimated that Candle has a population ol l2j, Ill., cludins 25 women.
 On Bear creek, which is about 40 mics from Candle, quite d bit ol work Is being dune. According to the latest reports the creek Is showing up well.
 Work was continued at least three weeks later this year than last, rocking and sluic.ng being done as late as Oct. l1. The | eewuhk and It's tributaries fr' Ze over about the 10th, while d year ago 1t was l1 days carrier. There were about five inches of snow up to the time of their leaving Candle.
 The party, whlle crossing the Good Hope dlviue. came upon band of about lJ wild reindeer. beng within 800 yards of them, but, as generally happens in such cases, they had no rifles, and could do nothing but watch the III get away.
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22
DOWN FROM !.
 TIE IMYAChUR
 { A Great Deal of Pros. pecting Under Way. !,
A Big Gravel Deposit Located Or Imrluchuk. ....Bedr0ck From
 6Feet to 20 Feet.

The latest arrival from the Inmachui1 is R. w. J. Reed who got in Thursday evening. spending two months in doing the assessment work and prospecting on the Utica group, which joins the famous Dashley claim. Mr. Reed states that while he got as high as 4o cents to the pan. he cOnndn't say just how good the ground may be. The creek ranges from l50 feet to 300 feet in width. and is very fiat. A big gravel deposit lies under all this and from the pay struck on the claim below. gives every reason to believe that this gravel contains the same. Bedrock is from 6 feet to 20 feet deep.
 On the Dashley claim. which out of a pit 90 l5O feet Sl2,60O was taken out this summer, a steam thawer has been placed and five men will be employed during the winter. A waste ditch has been dug his fall and when the season opens up in the spring the claim will worked in systematic manner.
 About a mile above the Utica group are Fox Bros. and SchibSby, who have gone to Kougarok to purchase steam thawer to be used this winter. Fred Ruhl, whose claim lies at the mouth of Pinnell creek, has also gone to Kougarok for q thawer, and, taken all in all, the Inmachuk is very busy creek. Above on the river there is very little doing, while below the Dashley property several men are opening up claims.
 On Nelson gulch, a tributary of Old Glory, seven memare at work, using a a thawer.
 "A man needs steam thawer to open up claim," said Mir. Reed, Gas willows, while in some places quite large, are very poor. The ground caves in around the pit, making more work and slower in progress"
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22
Loses Two Horses By
 Drowning.
BROKE TnA0UGIi ICE
Yesterday Afternoon in Port Safety Lagoon. .--Men Have
 Narrow Escape.
Especial 10 TIE NrGGGr. ]

Port Safety. Nov. 2l. - Thomas Dwyel''s stage, to which was attached two horses, broke through the ice in the lagoon about half mile from Port Safety this afternoon about o'clock, and both horses were drowned. In the stage were Thomas Dwyer, of Council, and Frank Bartlett, of Nome. Two other passengers, II. C. Gordon. United States commissioner at Council, and R. T. Chc>nut, Of Nome, were q short distance ahead. testing the ice. Bartlett and Dwye" jumped out of the stage as the team went through the ice and escaped with slgh: wet ting. Judge Gordon hastened to Port Safety and returned with Deputy Mar shaI summons. Gee Leach and Dr. l,am- say, of Council. who were in Safety en route to Nome. and. with the aid of two or three men from this place. attempt ed to rescue the horses. While thus engaged, the ice, on which the men stood, gave way, precipItatin3 theFa ln- to the chilly water. when IS about len feet deep. All succeeded in getting out, however. but not until they were thor oughly soaked and benumbed. The thermometer was 10 below. and quite a heavy wind was blowing. The men made their way to Meyers rOadhOu'e, where they were kindly cared for by M G prietors. All attempts to save the horses failed. notwithstanding the fact that the animals were freed from their harness. They sank and disappeared beneath the ice. The sled has not yet been gotten out. The team of horses was valued at $500.
 The passengers will leave her" for Nome tomorrow morning by dog team.
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22
Work on Benches.

Charles J. Koen was in town yester- day from the Snowflake claim on Dex- ter creek, where he is engineer in charge of the steam plant which is now being put in on the claim. Eleven men gre ut work st present, and thfs force win be shyrtly increased to 2. [ A big dump will be taken out this winter.
 On the Lena claim. U short distance from the Snowflake, a gang of men are working day and night. A steam plant is also in operation on this claim.
 On Dexter and Dry creek benches dumps are being thrown up in all direc- tions. as representation work is being done on large number of claims. The weather has been pretty cold of late out in the hills.
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22
Attempt Fails to Lower
 Price of Gold Dust.
SURVEYOR WARPED
At the Yukon River TOwn....A New Strike Reported On the
 Cinema River.

Rampant, Oct. 4.-An attempt, on the part of the merchants and business men of Rampant, to establish the price of gold dust in trade al $l5 per ounce, a reduction of $l on the former price, caused quite an uprOar.
 So strong was the feeling aroused that the former price was quickly re- established. There is only one creek m this district that produces gold that assays under Sl5- he nugget run on Big Mnook. Glen dust assays Sl5.S0; Hunter, Hoosier, Slate, Little Minook Junior and Hootlanana range from $l9.30 to Sl9. D per ounce.
 There are fully fifteen claim owners who desire d patent on their ground. but are unable to proceed as there is no surveyor here.
 The body of a man was found near Circle during the latter part Of Sep tember. It is supposed that this Was the missing fourth member ol the party of Frenchmen who were murdered on the upper Yukon last June. Thi, man 5 face was partially shot away and the body had been in the water for some time.
 Jerry Ford, who returned from the HootIanana few days ago, says that
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22
Council News Notes.

Ed Simmons. known as "Slim, the Barber" who escaped from the custody of Acting Deputy Marshal Biuawanger, and was re-arrested in Nome, has beer bound over to the grand jury Tn the sum of 5000 on charge of obtaining 80 by false pretenses. Simmons is in jail.
 The Council City Electric Light & Power Company may close down as the license fee of $500 is excessive, and the company does not consider the town large enough to warrant its payment.
 Council postotfice now has nUney order department.
 On Nov. & there were - men at work on the Wild Goose Company's Ophr creek ditch. Supt W est stated that he expected to continue operations two weeks longer, by which time he hoped to have the ditch completed to a point opposite No. l9.
 Commissioner Gordon has placed three red flags along the river Oppo- site town as notification to every body that all garbage and refuse must be dumped beyond the line.
 About four weeks ago Jim Foley started for Nome intending to go out side. Or way he became lost and
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22
HE HAD h
 CL0SE CALI. Marvellous Escape of Tex Cox From Death.
 s .5
A Bucket Filled With Rock Fell Down a Shaft 95 Feet Deep,
 Striking Him.

A bucket filled with rock, weighing 8 pound-. fell down a shaft yesterday afternoon on the Daisy claim, striking Tex" Cox on the right shoulder. frac turing his collar bone. The shaft was 95 feet deep and the windlass broke when the bucket was about l2 feet from the top. Cox came to town and went to Holy Cross hospital, where Dr. Rinlnger attended to his injuries. Had the bucket. in it's descent, struck Cox fairly he would have been crushed to death.
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22
A Sudden Ending.

The case of Webb vs. the Northern Mining and Trading Co.,. w. J. Malley, ct al which was called on Thursday came to sudden end in the afternoon, Judge Moore in-tructing the jury to return a verdict for the defendants. The Ira D. Orton, Judge Johnson and k. Coke Hill represented the defendants and 0. D. Cochran the plaintiff.
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22

Sliced Evsporated Potatoes 20 cents Pound. OOggin's Log Cabin Store.
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22
Real Holly and Autumn Leaves at
 GOggin's Log Cabin Store.
Musf Ice Appears.

Mush ice began forming in Ecring Sea Friday morning about l0:3o. and continued to accumulate during the day. A mile or so out at sea today there seems to be considerable quantity, but thc shore i, practically clear. Tho arctic pack is yet to come
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22

The Pacific Cold Storage Co. have in their markets the finest lIne of mutton ever seen m Nome. It wa, slaughtered n Nome and Is the best ever placed on sale in this market. See It for your self.
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22

Moonlight Springs water delivered: p cents bucket. $l.50 per barrel. Leave orders room l, New Eldorado building.
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22

The North Pole bakery is now To cated in the new building opposite the Warwick. The best can be found at the North Pole.
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22

Moonlight Springs water delivered; D cents U bucket, Sl.5O Der barrel. Leave orders room l, New Eldorado building. -
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22

Meadow Brook Butter. Northwest eru Commercial Co.
The Nome nugget., 1902-11-22

High grade dental work at lowest prices. Dr. Linton, over Cranes gro cery.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-25
STEPPED OFF TO MEET HER.
Amusing Incident Told by Louisville
Courier-JournaI.

Sunday when the excursion train
from Paris filled with negroes bound
for the camp meeting, reached this
city, says the Louisville Courier
Journal, 1T passed the station and
went through Cynthiana at the rate of
about twenty-five miles an hour, tho
idea being to keep the crowd on board
until the arrival at the grounds at the
Falmouth pike crossing. Just before
reaching Pike street negro man
jumped from the train. OF course,
the momentum of the cars carried
him along at a terrific pace. His
body was going so fast that his legs
could not possibly keep up, but they
made valiant effort to do so, and
such lickity-split a negro never cut
before. He galloped across the gut
ter at Pike street at tremendous
speed, barely missed telephone pole,
flew up into the air, turned a couple
of somersaults, and landed all in
heap in the middle Of the street. His
eyes were as big as saucers and seem
ed to pop out. AS he slowly gathered
himself together his trousers were
split, his knees were bruised and
bleeding, his arms were wrenched, his
coattals were in tatters, and his
battered stiff hat was mashed down
tight over his ears.
At that moment negro girl who
knew him came along.
why, how do you do, Mr.. Hop.
kins?" she exclaimed
why, how do you do?" he an
swered in deep, calm tones, with care
fully measuI = accent. How do you
do? You are looking quite we-we-well
| just stepped off the train to meet
Won"
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-25
KANSAS LOST TOWNS
coRNFiELDs WHERE ONCE WE'RE
THRIVING COMMUNITIES.
State Historical Society Is Anxious to
Make a Record of Cities Projected
During the Boom Days DOZENS OF
Them Known to Exist.

In almost every county in the state
there are one or more lost towns. In
the early days towns which were ex-
pected to become great cities were
projected, and in some instances be-
came thriving communities. Now they
are nothing but cornfields or prairie
land. A county seat fight may have
wiped them out of existence. A rail
road may have come through and To-
Gated new town a few miles away,
and the first town have been moved
bodily to the railroad.
In the western counties towns were
projected during the boom days which
were heavily bonded. Waterworks
plants were built and other public i'm
provements were made. All that is
left of some such towns now are water
pipes buried in the ground with the
hydrants sticking up here and there
on the prairie.
A short distance from Fort Riley
stand the ruins of the first capitol
building of Kansas. Around it in 1854
was built the city Of Pawnee. Nothing
marks the site now except the old
ruins of the capitol building.
When Preston b. Plumb first landed
in Kansas, a young man, he helped to
lay out town a short distance east
o. where Salna now stands. A small.
pOx epidemic swept through the town
and drove away nearly all the settlers
who did not die. The next spring
Plumb went to Emporia and settled,
and the very site of the town on the
Saline Is almost forgotten.
There have been dozens OF such lost
towns in Kansas. Some of them have
history and some have not. In or.
der to preserve the records as far as
possible George w. Martin, secretary
of the State Historical Society, has
addressed a letter to all registers of
deeds in the state and many old-time
settlers, asking for data and all pU,-
sible information concerning these old
towns. In his letter he says:
THE Kansas State Historical S.p
ciety desires to make record Of the
lost towns of Kansas. Will you please
consult with friends who were pio-
neers and make a list of the towns
once existing in your county which are
not now known--not on the map-an-
swering on this sheet of paper? n
the material development of Kansas
there were many who sacrificed means
and ambitions-who did many inter-
esting things in which there was great
enjoyment-that this state might be
nodded in their way. Please help put
them on record. A few years more
and it will be too late"
In connection with the letter Secre.
tary Martin is sending out blank on
which he wishes detailed information.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-25
TRIBUTE TO HORACE GREELEY.
An Interesting Letter Written by Hen.
ry Ward Beecher In 1872


Immediately after the conclusion OF
the political campaign in which Hor-
ace Greeley was showed under by y.
s. Grant for the presidency of the
United States. the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, in common with thousands
of others, felt sad over the terrible
desolation of his old friend, and just
as soon as Mr.. Greeley announced him
self once more in journalistic harness.
addressed to him the following letter:
Brooklyn. Nov. 8, 1872.
my Dear Mr.. Greeley: read your
card In the Tribune with sincere pleas
ure, and congratulate myself and the
cause of journalism on your return to
a field in which you have won 80 much
reputation and whore you have done
such service that the history OF Amer
lea cannot be written without includ-
ing as an important part Of 1t your
life and services.
you may think. amid clouds ct
smoke and dust, that all your old
friends who parted company with you
In the late campaign viii turn a mo-
mcntary difference into life long
alienation. 1t will net be so. | spca"
for myself, and also from what | par'
cciYc In other mems hearts, l,u'
mere political influence may for
time be impaired. but your own puwc!
for good In the far wider field ol m
dustriai economy, social and ciVil crit
iclsm. and the general well.bcing ol
society, will not be lessened, but aus.
mentcd II Is true that hitherto the
times called for warrior and such
you were, yet cannot but think w!;h
regret how much ability has bc"E
spent by you that died with the occa
sion. and which might have built mp
positive and permanent elements. Bat
look upon your years to come "a
likely to be more fruitful and irrahl'
ated with IA kind and beneticent light,
which viii leave your name In honor
far greater than II you had reached
the highest ONCE.
Il beg that you will pardon my In
trusion. especially when you stand In
the shadow OF great domestic trou'
BILE. | hoped that word OF honest
respect and sympathy might not dis'
please you. There are thousands who
would like to do az | have done, and
who with me will rejoice once more to
be in sympathy with you in all things
benefcent and patAotic. ! am, my
dear Mr. Greeley. very truly yours,
Henry Ward Beecher."
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-25
Personal Acquaintance Necessary.

Governor Stone tells of an eccentric
resident Of his county whose wife
died after a long illness. They had
not been happy pair, perhaps; but
there was some surprise when Il @
widower. replying to the comment Of
relative that Poor James gone at
last Well, she's better on" roared
"YcS-and so am T.
He went to a neighboring village
to engage a tavorite preacher TO de
liver the funeral sermon, and was told
that his selection was no longer there.
bat had been replaced by a younger
ard equally efficient clergyman.
NO" he roared. "Ill have John
son or none. He knew her. and
knows just what to say! II can't get
him, III do the preaching myself"
When James relatives heard this,
they bestlrred themselves and saved
the day by bringing the Reverend
Johnson on from distant town.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-25
PRESIDENT IN EXILE
PAUL KRUGER DOES NOT GIVE
WAY TO SADNESS.
Venerable Ex.Chlef Of the Transvaal
Republic still Full OF Hope and
couraae-profoundly Religious, hs
Constantly Reads the Bible.

A Paris Temps reporter has had an
Interview with the sculptor Carles.
who returned from Utrecht. whittier
he had been sent by the French pro-
Boer committee to execute n bust of
Mr.. Kruger. 1t being the eve OF the
sculptor's marriage the conversation
was naturally brief, but as he Is the
frst foreigner who had seen Mr.. Kru-
ger since the conclusion of peace, we
quote his words:
Il had two sittings a day OF about
half an hour each. At the first I told
the president that he might In my
presence do whatever he liked, for,
unlike photographer. did not re-
quirc him to remain motionless.
LEFT him to cat, smoke and talk Pres
ident Kruger proftcd by this to work
with his secretary. As | do not un-
dcrstand Dutch, was not In the way
or indiscreet. AS far as tho
mind is reflected on the countenance.
! noticed In the president signs OF
calmness, strength and confidence.
There was not the slightest appear
ance of sadness or detection. In those
around him | thought sometimes
surprised an expression of passing
dscouragemcnt, but in the president
never. His whole frame breathes en-
ergy. as people say. There is In his
serious attitude and look the stamp,
rs 1t were. of his profoundly relig.
iMs sentiments. You know that he
passes the best part of his days In
reading the Bible. An imposing Bible
lay open on the table Of the room
where | was working. re-
member his loud voice and outbursts
when discussing with his secretary.
did not understand, but heard. Tho
secretary must have dropped n remark
or an opinion that did not please the
master. One day | asked the secretary
to say to the president on my behalf.
"A people like that OF the TranBvaal.
which has shown such civic virtues.
cannot die President Kruger replied,
No, 1t cannot die. A great nation, on
the contrary, will spring from It's un-
deserved misfortunes.' The president.
! repeat, has at no moment seemed
discouraged. In truth he Is ignorant
OF the latest events In the Transvaal
and the real conditions Of peace. He
knows that the Beers have laid down
their arms. and that Is all. To those
around him the English news--the
only news given to Europe-appears
to require confirmation and they arc
waiting"
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-25
SKINNER.
Farmers are. extremely busy.

Farmers are. extremely busy.
Ezra Ward visited kinfolks near
Kansas City recently.
Bybee Bros. purchased new
Moline wagon recently.
A good deal of timothy is being
sown this fall by our neighbors.
G. l.. Bruce is improving slowly
from his recent attack of typhoid
fever.
Clark Il Householder had several
head of cattle to die of mad itch
lately.
Corn in our vicinity is all ont of
reach of Jack Frost when he
comes.
The G.. c. G. C.'s had another
m erry outing Saturday evening
over on Youngs Creek.
Protracted d meeting going on at
Liberty. Rev. A. w. kokendoffer
is assisting in the meeting.
We understand that John Me-
Dowcll has sold his valuable farm
of 1GO acres at $40 per acre. He
will, he thinks, 60 West or South
to live.
George Lewis sold his valuable
farm of 240 acres just east of here
last week at $40 per acre. Wcarc
sorry indeed to lose Mr.. Il. and his
estimable family from our midst.
Miss Essie Crews of near Col
umbia after short visit to Judge
SpurIing's returned home recently
Miss Byrd Locke was the recent
guest of Miss May Lewis for II few
days.
PrOtracted services closed al
Bethlehem last Tuesday night witt
five additions to the church. Rev
Westbrook left for school ut Viii.
liam Jewell while Rev. McAtc,
left to fill his appointment neaI
Vandalia.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-25

Sunrise school house, south of
Benton City, was nicely papcred
last week. Our correspondent ont
that way, referring to the matter,
says; "This shows progressive
spirit, We must move forward or
retrograde. Education does not
only consist of II training in books
but II cultivation of taste for the
beautiful as well. Nothing is 81
promising in this direction as neat
and tidy surroundings. Clean
walls, nice pictures, window
shades, library and other orna-
mental decoration should be in
every school house. 1t should be
a place of attractiveness rather
than IL place of gloominess, as it
generally is"