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The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18

jury indicted R. II. Macarthur, well-known mining man of this section, for obtaining money under false pretcnses. Specifically, the charge means substan- tiallv that he "saltcd" tundra claim on Anvil creek nearly two years ago, but no charges as to his turptude in this matter were presented until two or three weeks ago. The defendant, McArhur, came to Nome from Ophir creek, where he is engaged in mining, upon hearing of his indictment. He gave bonds; he arrAigned and entered plea of not guilty: through his counsel be then asked speedy trial his witnesses were here, and he was anxious hat the cloud which hung over him should be speed lv dssipatcd for he asserted his entire ability to clear himself of the charge. But the government, which, after two years had elapsed from the alleged commission of the crime, had procured his ndict- mcnt intcrpostd ohieotiors The district attorneys office repro sentng the power ma esty and dignity of the government of this great republic, not ready for trial. The district attorneys office however, was ready to procure an indictment against the defendant without giving him opportunity to be heard in his own defense.
 The district attorneys office ignored the fact that a man accused of crime iS entitled to a speedy trial r,accline-S, however. has been for more than two year, past characteristic of the district attorneys o1cc in this judicial division only when it suited the convenience, inclination purposes of the office = administered by Assistant District Attorney Me- Gnn.
 McArthur was denied trial and the went over until the third IUe.day of June, 1903. In the meantime the indictment survives and he moves among his fellow men with cloud above h.S head, because probably the agency which procured his in dictment is unable to produce the proof In the meantime McArthur's witnesses may die ar be scat
 tered to the four corners of the earth. He is not the government of the United states, and cannot hold them in durance pending his pleasure.
 We have selected this because it is of recent occurrence, exempliiyng the manner in which criminal actions are, and have been prosecuted, or wherein there has been prosecution where perhaps
 there should have been, for than two years past in this judicial division. The district attorney's office may think that the public is afflicted with mental and moral strabsmus. Perhaps it is, but outrages permitted in the name of the law upon cit- of this republic will not always be patiently borne.
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To C. P. Church.
 Notice k hereby gwen you that the under signed Martin Angel being a cu.oWncr with you of thuJ certain plac'r mining claim in thc Cape Nome Mining District, District ui Alaska. situated upon that certain 2iucn known as Gsuu~" g-ich. and being known aHd tcSi-uaitd
 ls the Au~rl fractional claim. has performed on the aforesaid placer mining claim. ut his own expense. more than one hundred dollars tfiOOl worth ul labor and Improvements iur the year le0l: that the aforesaid (. v. Church io the owner of uu undivided one half 1-3l interest in tn. aforesaid placer mining claim. Hui he uH- dor>igacd ie thc owner of the remaining one half N-!3 interest of said claim; that the said C. r. Chut.h has not CeutrIhutcd his proportion ot said v&prl.e incurred by the undersigned lu
 rerI1r',a.i. .,uil labor and Improvements on
 said tl!m made GUriug the year lNul, which said expense k in th" -um Of one hundred dollars. and the proportion of said cApenSeS that should have bc"n contributed by (. r. Church i~ elD
 And notice is hereby gircn that unless the said C. r. ChUrih shall cou'rihut" his prppur-
 tion of the aforesaid expenses the said C. r. l Chutch'> undivided onc-hIf interest in said { placer mining carm will. at the expiration of | ninety GOD days from this 10th day of July. | I4,l2 be forfeited unto the said Martin Angel. | and the interest of said C. P. Church Tn the ! aforesaid placer mining claim will become the ! property Of his CO-oNu"r. Martin Angel. who ha, made the required expenditures, Us afore- said
 Dated Nome, Alaska, this 18th day of July,
 1go2.
 MAHTIN ANGEL. 1-lG3mW to-owner.
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18
A SEARCHLIGHT IS NEEDED.

A searChlight should be thrown upon the district atorney's office. For more than year past that office has been practically directed by John L. Me. Ginn. McGinn was the chief assistant under the regime of Joseph F.. Wood. From August 1901 up to the time that Col. Grigsby Woods successor came to Nome, McGinn acting district attorney. Since Col. Grigsbys advent he has practically had control of tho criminal department of the office.
 While TIE NUGGET has criticism to make of Col Grigsbys discharge of the duties of his office it has to say that McGnn has not the confidence of the people yet to him is entrusted the direction of the criminal machinery of the department. Why we do not know. It is open, pa pablo and notorious fact that the modus operand of the district attor- neys office in prosecuting under the direction of McGinn has been most peculiar Men in dicted for alleged crimes year and half ago have never been brought to trial. The indictments hung suspended over their heads like the sword of Damoces, ready to descend whenever the acting dis trct attorney the har that to say when he got ready to dismiss them. Men indicted by grand juries have been induced to plead guilty to ofenses charged and then released payment of q nominal fine This has been done only, it may be remarked here, where the defendants had the wherewithal to pay their fines. To layman it would seem that there is surely something rotten in a system which permits, if it does not aid, countenance and abet, such extraordinary procedure.
 In this matter of holding indictments over the heads of persons charged with crime for many months, will cite in point: The late grand
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18
HOW DEVEL OPNENT IS RETARDED

Speaking of the mining future of this section a few days ago a gentleman, a we'll known mining man, who has invested many thousands of dollars in mining property, and who has real ed substantial profit from his investments said
 "1here is by far too much mining property held in this section by the business of Nome. Now do object to the business holding claims but do say that there thousands of of gold bearing ground cont guoUs to Nome which being held simply for speculative purpo,es. No attempt is made to develop the ground, and consequence the development of the country is greatly retarded. and the growth and prosperity of the town itself suffers greatly And this state of affairs will con tinue SO long this l2rnicouS practice Is folowed
 There is much truth in the above statements. Non-productve ground is but a source of expense to the holder. There are too many mining claims held for speculative purposes there is too much of that spirit evinced which has for its object letting the other fellow" do the work and demonstrate that a certain creek certain tier of benches contains pay It is wolfsti spirit and that really in lures the wolves themselves There are tens of thous ands of Of gold bearing ground in this section of Alaska which lies totally undeveopcd. Ninety per cent of 1t ha~ not been prospct ted. Yet it is held mineral ground man locates a claim or 160 acre tract for an association of indivdua and then goes bacl. town, to the "outsile' and waits for else to demonstrate that contiguou, property contains pay. It may he, in truth it ire quently happens that not even assessment work which latter by the way is an extremely vague and indefinite term in Alaska, has been done. It is so easy to make ailavts of labor and file them in the recorders office And the thing zoe. on from year to year. while the honest hard working miner wonders how such things be. Yet they exist. There is a moral obligation which rests upon every legitimate miner and mining man, and that is to see first, that his own ground is developed, and then try and make his neighlor get off the fence and do likewise. This is no country for drones and yet the crop s all too plentiful There should be no room for the "pcnc!l and hatchet miner" and no tolerance should be shown the man whose only aim, hope or ambition is to profit by the sweat of his neighbours face. If man has appropriated twenty of the public do main he should be compelled to either demonstrate te its value its worthlessncss.
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18
NOTICE OF MARsHAL,s SALE.

In the United states District Court for the
 District of Alaska SecoiN Division.
 samuel D"~champ~, plaintiff ys. k. K McAr- thur defendant
 Whereas under and l., virtue of m execution issued on the 9th day of September. 1902, out Of inc IrntCd states District Court for the District of Alaska, Second Division, ufon Il judgment in tht. abOvC entitled acton, dated and entered on ...o ,utn duy of November, X n. lgo1. in favor of samuel DeSchnmpS and against k. \. McArthur nm cCLuaudcd To sell the property of said defendant or So much thereof dS may be ncceS- Sury to satisfy plaintiffs judgment aforesaid, for tho sum of four hundred and thirtY-eight dollars and sixty three cents (Sl3S,6N al the date of said execution due thereon, together with costs. interest and accruing costs. and wherca, pursuant Ia the command of said execution. have levied upon the interest of said defendant in the mining loca ton hereinafter described; now thcIrfore notice i> hereby given that on Wednesday the 2gth day of Octotcr l9r'. It the hour of o'clock D. m of said day. Ut he front Goor of the United states Di~tric, Count house, in the town of Nome. in sail pi>ttict of Alaska. will sell at public aut - t.0a to the highest h.ddCr for cash the real thereof H> may be necessary la satisfy plaintiH \ judgment aforc~uiL together with interest cost and Ev. rujUg costs.
 Said re2l property i, particularly described
 Ali the ri-ht urd ,itlo Of the said defendant, in end tu that certain placer mining claim lo. catrd cu the second bench of the right linit of Deer crr,N or -ucu a. tributary of Dexter trict ot Alaska, and known a> the Regina bench citim,
 Dated this 3jh day of September. 1902. at
 FRANK II. RIcHAEps. Tnii,a states Marshal for ihr second Division of the District of Ald>h. Date of i!rst publication sept. 2i. i.os. Wir. r. Love Attorney for pIaintiu.
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18

TIE NrcGEr would like to suggest that Congress should be asked this winter for appropriation for the mouth of Snake river. That stream its mouth is continually changing its and it cer- tainly becomes the duty of Congress to make an ap propration for the purpose of contning the river to some channel or other. It would not entail heavy expense. The river affords the only refuge for small craft and barges in of storm the channel should be kept free, permanent and deep circumstances will permit, thus allowing the free entrance of small steamers, barges and other vessels the river where they may lie Tn safety.
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18
THE GOLD OUTPUT.

TIE NUGGErs estimate of the gold production of he summer of 1902, as published in TIE NUGGET of Oct II, Is a most conservative one. MT. J. D. Leedy who prepared the estimate for the paper was re- quested to be conse rvatve in his figures That he is evidenced by the fact that number of Candle creek miners state that the estimate for Fairhaven district was too low by $lOO,OOO S125,Ooo This is encouraging. We would rather underestimate the gold output than to eXaggerate it. Exaggeration is not needed It is always better to take conservative view especially when it comes to figuring on gold production.
 We want to say, however, that the production this year, taking everything into consideration makes a satisfactory showing. It can, We believe be set down at $f,5OO,O0O, about the same as the output of last year. The past season the dryes of rec ord, and but for the completion of the Mocene Co., $ ditch to Dexter creek and Snow guch there would have been considerable ling off in the production of the yellow metal. There is no doubt that next year will witness q substantial increase our gold out put. The country has passed the trial stage and it's pcrmanency producer of gold for many years to come is fully assured,
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the commi,siouer- court ill and for the
 Nome precinct. District of Alaska. second division. Iu probate.
 h the matter of tho estate of Frank SeTupt kuchier, dcceGscd.
 Notice i- hereby given hy the undersigned cXecutor of the last will and te,tameutof Frank Scrapt k uchler deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against, the Sald deceased. or against the said debonScd and the undersigned, late cO-partncr> under the firm name of Becker Euvhlcr. to present them, with the proper vouchers, within six months from the date of this notice, to the undersigned, ut h., place of business, the Columbil saloon. 26l Front street. in the town and precinct of Nome District of Alaska. the same being the place for the tranSaC ton of the business of the said estate
 Dated Nome. Alaska, Sept. 2i 1909.
 JOHN J. BECKER.
 g2i5wW EXccutOr.
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18

"lt is now demonstrated conclusivey that Alaska has an inexhaustibe supply of coal that can be mined easily and cheapy; that it is the greatest mneral-bearng country in the world; and that, over immense areas. both soil and climate are admirably suited to the successful and profitable pursuit of agri culture," says the Seattle PostIntelligencer Twill someone please rise and state what is to prevent Alaska from becoming one of the most populous and richest sections of the United States.' Nothing, whatever.
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18

The bold highwaymen who stuck up' the Lobby saloon still travelling incog.
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

,r ,,,, Nome, August 30 1902. To Whom It May Concern:
 You are hereby notified that the undersigned has expended the sum of sl0O on each of the following named placer mining claims during each Of the seasons of 1900 and 1901, according to the provisions of Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amend mentS thereto approved January 22d IS8O con corning annual labor upon mining claims Said claims are located in Nome mining district Dis trict of Alaska. to-wit: No. Twin Mountain creek; No. Butterf.eld canyon: No bench on Moonlight creek; No. above on Boulder creek; No below on Bangor creek; No. north fork American gulch; No. 1 east end American gulch: No. Jerosa creek: No. I Miller gulch: No. NeDber gulch: No. Lookout creek: and II within 90days after the service of this notice by publication you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditures as co. owners to me the Pacific Coal and Trans. portation Company, l47 Milk street. Boston. Mass. at expiration of said time your Interest in each Of said claims will become the property Of the subscriber under the provisions of said section |i24 and the amendments thereto
 PACIFIC COAL TRANSPORTATION Co.,
 A. G. kingsbury, Agent.
 First publication. Aug. 3O.
 Last publication, Nov. @.
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To J A. Folger
 You are hereby notified that I. the under vices and labor v ffe tGIlif or s5ls .s.. si lowing placer mining bench claim for the years 1901 and l9tS, t0-wit: The Martini bench claim. situated on the right limit Of Hard Luck gulch, a tributary Of Dome creek. in the l(ougurok re cOrding di- trict. District uf Alaska, certificate cf location being recorded in volume -, page -. of the records of said recording district. And you are further notified that if you do not within ninety t.0j d:4yS from the date hereof cause to be paij to the undersigned your pro portiouGtc share of said expenditures as co owner yotr interest iu said claim will become the property of the undersigned, under Section 239i. Revised Statutes of the United States
 F. NJ. AVER
 Co-Owner of the Aforesaid Property. Dat" of first publication. Sept 2i lsN2. 3mW
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18

local contemporary which is long on "courage' ought to know but it does not that there are several kinds of courage. There is the courage" to black mail for instance; and a must have certain amount of 'courage" when he everlastingly persists in writing himself down an ass There is also o"dutch courage" and perhaps that is the kind which the paper has on tap.
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18

The NrGGl,l on tEe following in North western Alaska where subscription, advertisements will .lao he'receiled
 so|mfi6f O. F. Davis Bluff (hechaco Mercantile Co. Chinik ~ x. C. Co. .l'c-to}icct White Mountain w. GarNrd Wild Chose M d Y. Gel Council C. \. Adam, Kane House Nome River t.G ItorNtt! Dexter Creek Nhrl Nctia"h Candlc City j. F. McGinn,>e Teller r. f. Mllc~ Seattle John Mcl arthN. 2l2 Columbia Nf. St. Michael .J. H. Janc~
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To Frank Buell., s. E. Heist and Fred c. Spray: You are hereby notified that l. the under signed have caused to be performed work labor and services to the value of two hundred dollars on second tier bench, No. ,. opposite left limit Of placer claim No. ;. Snow @ulch, in the pres ent Cape Nome mining district, District of Alaska for the years 1901 and 1909. and if you GO not, within % days from the date hereof pay proportionate share of said expenditure as CO owners, your interests in said claim will be. come the property of the undersigned under section %2i Of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
 Date hereof, and of the first publication, Aug 30 1902
 LATE SPRAY, s-3O-3mS Co-owner Of aforesaid parties
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18

President Rooscvelts conference with the coal op- orators and John Mitchell of the United Mine Work CTS on Oct does not to have borne the desired fruit. And in the meantime the fear of a coal fam inc this winter spreads among the people of the east
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-18

The mining season has ended, and when the final returns are all in it will have been found to be em nently satisfactory
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-26
ROITE or the mo CtNtI.
Buffalo opposes Any Detour FROM the
Irie Mark NaN begin IN 1904.

ALBASY. Nov. 25.-iov. Odrll has taken
T., coat of and plunged into the problem
of conetruc, ing thousand-ton barge canal
The plan already outlined provides for
the carrying Of a thousarS barge cana
through the stat" praC lCally along the
line of the present Erie Canal and the
present OsWcgo Canal AMI for soNcn-foot
Champlain Canal calls for an expenditure
If ssi OOO, 600, divCed as follows Erie
Canal, $50, 500 900. O-wego Canal. s5,2p,On
and the Champlaip Canal. s., 800, 900.
II was said tonight THAI the desires
Of Roch aSter ~ regards either route would
have much weight The Bufalo CONNER
ii Il interests object 10 the ali in1oumpnt Of
-" present inc of the / RI by making a
Diet our through the O,weyo River and Lake
ontario because they fear thai the lake
and canal freight would be transshippod
"a, the city of Oswego rather than al Buf-
falp.
The question of practiCahility. Of cour-e,
depends upon the passage by two success
~ivc legislatures. and the adoption by ia.
people al the polls in 1905. Of a proposition
to amend the Constitution by extending
tn" time IN which loans may bc mad" for
canal improvement purpose, from eighteen
To fiftv wears First. however. the DrODOsl-
tion TO spend s,l 900 900 must he passed 10y
th" Legislature next winter a'.I passed
upon by the people at neat falls election.
If that proposition goes through, there il
no question about the success Of the Con-
stitutional amendment.
II il contemplated that work on the
canal can bc begun in the summer OF 1904.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-26
NORRIS NOT TO RETIRE.
VIII lie Reelected County Chairman and
Serve Another Year.

Senator Plat. President Robert e. Morris
Of tho New York Republican County Com
mittee, National Committeeman Frederick
S Gibbs and Edward Iauterbach, former
president of the New York County Com
mittee, -aid yesterday that there was
no truth whatever in the story to the effect
that Gov Odcll had effected a compromise
between the Morris and anti-NIorris peo-
ple in the New York County Committee
which secured the reelection of Mr. Morris
az president, with the proviso that he re-
tirc later on,
senator Plat said Gov Odel did not
in any way interfere in this matter" Presi-
dent Morris said The Governor would
not meddle with an AFFAIR of this kind"
Mr.. Gibbs said cit is dope story" Mr.
lauterbach, who was the leader Of the anti
Morris forces, said: Il never heard any,
thing about this alleged compromise eff
fected by Gov. Odell until read it in the
afternoon newspapers on Monday. There
is no truth in il. Mr. Plat evidently de-
sires Mr.. Norris reelection. and Of course
what Mr.. Plat wants will he done"
just who put out story of this kind
at this time nobody in Republican circles
seemed to know. but all pronounced it I'M
true in every particular, Mr.. Morris
will be reelected president of the County
Commit ee. and he will serve for another
year. About that there can he no mistake
whatever.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-26

4. Il. HOardr,an Tells the Automobile club
About Ills Long Trip.

{. Il Boardman Of tn" New YORK. and
Chicago Road Association tod the mem
beers of the Automobile Club last night
about a ,o0O-n..ln trip he took in a Gasolcnc
machine Last September from this city
to Chicago. In this state the run Was
through the southern tier e counties.
Accord ny to the lecture and the s'cTe-
cptcon views illustrating il, the New York
roads wcrc lad almost all the way beyond
Bnghamton. and in Ohio and Indiana
the reads were much worse. Mr. Beard
man was twen'v-threc days on the trip,
and IN the last IN days 'h' going was 80
bad that he lost tpo t:I.s Il day
MIR Boardmar crossed the Hudson at
this city and cut across New Jersey 10
Sufern and Tuxedo then went north TO
kingsto on and from Their" West
Col. John Jacob Aston il greatly in
tercs;ed in a road from thI- city 10 Chicago,
but he wants II 20 81 VI The Hudson on
the east side of IN" river a. far a. Rhine
beck before crossing TO run west. Col.
Aston was not AZ he club meet lnc lat night
but he said yesterday that he would give
SiO,OOO toward huildiu: the road If il fol-
lowed the route Glp:uv,d by him
President \. II. NI'attuCk 81 the Artomo-
nile Club showed IT. of photographs Inst
night of poor roads n this ci'y. He said
that he had ried 10 induce the officials 10
do sonnet hing TO better them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-26
TRAFFIC ~ FRENCH Girls.
Justice Wyatt's Orer Of LENT, To a
Woman Refused.

When Bertha Glendion was brought into
Special Sessions Yesterday for sentence
for keeping a dioorlorly hou,c in West
Sixty-fourth street fiat rhe asked that
the court be lenient. With Ter when she
was arrested, was a girl who gave her name
a. Carmen Geudron and declared that sh"
was - years old Al the Trial II turned ont
that her name was Chatrcs and that she
was only 10 years old The older woman
declared Yesterday that she did not know
the girls real age.
IF YOU will tell me the name of the man
who placed YOU and the girl in the fat. |
will grant your request said Justice
WYATT
The woman refused TO do this and was
sentenced TO thirty DAYS in the city prison.
Supt Jenkins of the Gerry society, who
was in court explained Justice WAITS
remark by saying that this case is on" of
many which 60 to prove the existence Of a
syndicate of Frenchmen who are bringing
young girls to this city for immoral pur-
poses.
He said that while the Chatres girl was
in the custody of the society several men
were seen standing across the street from
the building in which she was confined
making signs To her as she sat AT the window.
Nothing will induce the girl 10 tell who
placed hcr in the fiat" he said. -She
seems to fear that something will happen
to her if she tells anything about them"