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The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
A ACUR|0US
People Found on Two
 Africa Islands

London, March 1l.-Lieutenant Boyd Alexander, who has just returned from the islands of Fernando Pc and Shain, in the Eight of Biafra, Western Africa, gives an interesting description of the various inhabitants of the practically previously unexplored interior of the islands. Very few of them have ever seen g white man and they never leave their primitive dwellings in the rocks except on organized drinking bouts. The race is fast dying out from the effects of rum and palm wine. The natives are mostly quite naked, except for curious straw bonnet. They paint their bodies with colored mud. They never wash, but occasion ally use knife to scrape of the sur face dirt and create artificial defOrm- aties by tightly enwrapping their limbs. The Fernando Pc natives when sight cd by the whites bolted into the depths of tho jungle, where they set up fear some walls. At certain hours each day the villages are quite deserted, every one, including the children, going on a carouse.
 The lieutenant could find no traces of the burial places of the natives Of the island.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
MINING NOTES.

The winter dumps on Dry creek, it is said, are turning out finely and some good clean-ups are reported. Among those who are taking out good money are Paul Denhart and partners and An derson and partners.
 On Bourbon creek F. l. Reed and his partners have finished sluicing and report satisfactory returns.
 On Peluk creek Stanley Kuzek who owns bench of No. 3, has taken out . good dump, having worked the ground only B days with steam plant. He is now engaged in Sluicing and the dirt is showing up we'll. He has not found bedrock although he has sunk dis tance of 34 feet. He has tapped small lake on the tundra from which he gets water for sluicing.
 Work on ,he stamp nili Of the Lane quartz mine on Little liurrah. Solomon river, has been suspended. owing to the impossibility to secure the neces- sary timber. The mine continues to look promising.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
Who Live in This Sec
 ton of Alaska.
wAa HAS SEEN 1hEM
Another Strange. Uncouth Story, Told and Believed on
 the Outside.

One of the strangest stories ever told of this section of Alaska is the follow. ing, which purports to have been re- lated by one Henry J. Dieter, to Can. adian paper:
 Half the citizens of Nome, Teller City and other far northern Alaskan gold towns and camps are minus fingers, noses, ears, toes, feet and legs. This statement has been brought back from the goldseekers' country by Henry J.. Dieter. who was one of the first to enter Alaska, says the Hastings, Ont, Re view.
 The gold seekers have paid q high price for the metal they have secured, he says. They have been 50 frozen and frostbitten that their heads and trunks are about the only portions of their bodies which have not been in- jured.
 This prospector is of the opinion that there is hardly one entirely able bodied man in the entire far northern country. After hearing of his own experiences
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
NOIICE OF FORFEITURE.

To s. W. Curtis, T. w. Curtis, G. w. Curtis, s Walls, T. Walls G. Walls, Robert Aber- nethy. J. T. Hamilton, Vim. Abernethy and any and all persons interested in the Rose Bud Group mining claim
 You and each of you arc hereby notified that the undersigned have expended during the year
 1902 one hundred dollars in labor upon the min
 ing location in the kougaroS Mining and Rec
 ording district, of the District of Alaska, known and described as the Rose Bud Group mining claim, situated on the right or eaSterly limit Of Dahl creek, 6 tributary of Quartz creek oppoS- ite creek claims Nos. g. ', g. g. 10 and Il in the second and third tier of benches. Of Dahl creek, in order to hold said claim under the provisions | of Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendment thereto 0p- proved January 22nd. 1880, concerning annual labor upon mining claims, being the amount re. Quired to be done on said location during tho year ending on the 31st day of December 1902, to hold said location; and you and each of you and all persons interested in said location are nOtt.
 ded that if within ninety (9W days after the date of the final publication of this notice you or any of you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditure aS co-OwnerS,
 your interests in the said claim, or thetnt crest or interests of those failing or refusing, will become the property of the subscribers, your co-owners, who have made the expenditure re. Quired by the terms of said section 232l Of the Revised Statutes and the amendment thereto. E. A. WHITTARD. Trustee. F. MAUZY.
 C. D. YOUNG.
 Co-owners of said property. Date of nrst publication April 5, 1904 Dats Of Mst pubfiraeion July s5. fo3. .
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06

If the nocturne of your burro pro- duces insomnia, tie strong white thread tightly around his tail-close up-and he will cease his sad singing long enough to put you to sleep.
 The quickest and easiest way to make money out of non-producing mine is to sell stock--or the mine-or both.
 A hair lariat stretched on the ground around your bed will keep rattlesnakes away. It is not as exhilarating as whiskey, but it is cheaper and lasts longer.
 In locating q wedge.shaped fraction do not drive the wedge too far in. By 90 doing you not only shorten the Abuttlng claims, but arc liable to shorten your liie.-Tonopsh, Nev.. Miner.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
A FAILURE
Prospecting in the Koyuk
 River Section.

According to reports received ct Council City the koyuk river, which has attracted more or less attention for the past two or three years, is not at all promising as a mineral section, but those who spent the winter in that section express their intention Of re- turning to it and continuing work. Among these are J. r. Maede and G. Schwartz, who sank hole to depth of 40 feet on an old channel of the k0yuk, but did not reach bedrock. The gravel was frozen solid, and at a depth of 50 feet a strata of decOmpOsed porphyry was encountered. Sinking through this. gravel was again discov- cred, and the shaft was continued do" as far as it was deemed safe, but, as stated, bedrock was not reached.
 Mir. Maede states that only very few microscopic colors were. found in the gravel, but good prospects were found on the surface of little draw about 100 feet closer to the rim of the old channel on which they were work ing. Sinking on the spot where these prospects were found revealed the fact that the gold-bearing streak was only a few inches in thickness, and the strata could not, by any stretch of imagina- tion. be termed a paystreak.
 There is plenty of timber in the country, but it is stunted in size and of little use except for frewood. There is no game in the country beyond few ptarmigan. The men who wintered in this section of country were: Messrs. Ed. Maloney. Shagnon, Bouchard. Jef' ferson, Geo. Kesrer, H. Schwartz and J. F. Maede.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06

one does not wonder that the country is filled with cripples.
 The disasters of the winter of 1900 killed all his companions, who were located with him north of Teller. Many were lost in the blizzards, some died of hunger, and many others succumbed to the cold.
 During these days Dieter recorded the temperature readings. The aver- age is 40 degrees below zero. He de- vised a unique method of determining the extreme temperature. Mercury froze at 39 degrees below zero, at 60 degrees below his can of kerosene would burst, at 72 degrees below his bottle Of pain killer, which every Alas. kan prospectOr cherishes, would go pop" and when the whisky turned solid he knew that the temperature had reached the limit of termination--tha, it was 80 degrees below zero.
 Deiter tells one pitiful story of the killing of one of his companions and the injuring of another. The two set out on a three-quarter of mile journey across the ice. They had scarcely started when blizzard swooped down on them. They lost their way, being unable to see a foot ahead of them selves. For five weeks they wandered about in the ice and snow. At night they buried themselves in the snow for protection. They ate the roots and buds of reindeer moss. At last they fell faint from hunger and exposure The older of the two men died. The younger lost his reason. The dead body and the crazy man were found by a relief expedition, but the survivor never has regained his senses.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATORS
 SALE.

Tn the United States Commissioners Court,
 for the Precinct of Nome Second Division of
 the District of Alaska. Before Hon. Nj.
 Reed. U $. commissioner and ex-ofiicio pro-
 bate judge.
 In the matter of the estate of Clarence 4. Catiin, deceaSed
 Under and by virtue of an order of sale duly and regularly made and entered by said prob te court on the 27th day of August, lYU2, and under and by virtue Of Supp"mcntai ordcr muae by Suid court on the 3rd day of June, ls03, b. whirh said orders am ordered end directed to sell at pubic auction all Of the real estate and prem ises belonging to said estate lying and being in said precinct and particularly described as follows, toWlt:
 Commencing at a point where the west line of Clafiin street interSectS the north line of Front street for d point oi beginning run ming thence nOrtherly alon. the west line of Clahln street distance of about 6O feet to the south line Of First avenue, thence westerly along the south line of First avenue q distance of about 30 feet to point ut the northwest cor. ner of the two story frame building situated on this tract, thence Southerly along the line
 where the said two story frame building unite, with the one story frame building owned and
 now occupied by Fred Scheid and Louis Niye | luS, Il distance of about 60 feet to tine nortl
 line of Front street, thence easterly along thC
 north line of Front street d distance of about 3t
 feet to the point of beginning. together with tn,
 two story frame building situated thereon. l Notice iS therefore hereby given that on the 6tl | day of July, l903, at the hour of 10 am on .ail
 day, in front of the above described premises oI | Front street in the municipality of Nome, Pre- cinct of Nome. District of Alaska will in obe dence to said order sell the ahts,e described parcel of land. together With the1mprOvement' | thereon and all appurtenanceS including th' | boiler room, situated under the property, ad | joining the premises to be sold, on the west | together with space for the storage of coal, sit uated under said premises on the west of saiC 1 property, all Of said premises to be sold In al entire tract and will at said time and place sell said premises to the highest and best bid der for cash.
 Dated at Nome. in the District of Alaska, Uni 4th day of June 1903.
 A. E. CHAPLIN 6-6-5t-S Administrator of said Estate
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
' TRAVELLING
Difficult Between Nome
 and Council.

F. C. Hampstead, the Council City druggist, Russ Leach and Nels Swan berg arrived yesterday morning from Council, which place they left On June 3. The travelling is very bad, and in fact is almost impossible. F. c. Can non and Joe Lee, also of Council are laid up at Big Hurrah roadhouse sui fering from sDOw blindness. Mr. Hemp stead was also blind for two days and the others suffered severely.
 Mir. Swanberg states that the rivers and streams are breaking up. D. w. Simmons, Judge Gordon and a large number of Council men, witnesses in the case of the United States vs. Cor don, Simmons and Ramsdell indicted by the grand jury, are on their way to Nome and should arrive today.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To F.. II. BergquiSt, co-owner No. 3. Balto creek Cape Nome mining and recording district: You are hereby notified that the undersigned have expended in labor and improvements upon the placer mining claim known as No. on Bal to creek, iL the Cape Nome mining and record ing dis trict. as co-ownerS thereof, the sum of one hrnlred tSl0O) collars, the same being the expenditure required by law to represent said claim for the year ie0.; and that upon your fail ure to contribute, within ninety t9O) days from the date of the fnu publication of ahlS notice, your proportion of such required expenditure, all your right title and interest in and to the said placer mining claim above described, will be forfeited and become the prnperty of thf undersigned. DateC Apri! 19, lH0j.
 Ficst publication Nay ,, 1903.
 Last publication Aug s. l903
 NORTHLAND MINING Co.
 CHAS. l.. LEWIS, CoownerS.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
The WOman'S Club.

The social meeting of the Kegoayah Kozga on Wednesday was held at Mrs Theo. Aliens and was delightful affair. The hostess had provided 2 surprise, in the reading by Mrs Watts of that quaint story Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" and she did full justice to the authors work.
 Little Anita served her mother. guests, assisted by her little friends Dorothy Winslow and Helen Marr, and the refreshments were dainty.
 The club quartette, under the direc- tion of Mrs. Brown rendered selection and the afternoon closed with many thanks to the charming hostess.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
SELL LIQUOR
Charges Against a Rus
 sian Priest.

Seattle, March 10.-Priests as well as laymen in Alaska are said to be guilty of unlawfully selling liquor to Indians according to reports brought from Valdes by passengers arriving on the steamer Portland last night.
 Deputy United States Marshal L. Bowers of Kodiak arrived at AfOgnak Jan. II, and served papers on several persons for their appearance before the United States commissioners court at Kodiak for the illicit sale of intoxi- cants to natives. One was Russian priest, who is charged with selling wine which he procures at the Russian church at Afognak and sells to the In. dians.
 Papers were also served on C. PajO- man, the proprietor of store, for selling both wine and whiskey to the natives. Pajoman is the husband ol the government school teacher Ut Afog. nsk, his store being next door to the school. A large number of witnesses arc to be taken to Kodiak for the trial of these cases.
 Marshal Bowers arrived as AfoRnak in the Alaska Commercial Company 's schooner St. Paul. The vessel was sach0sed jn She boy and in . heavy wssterly gale duiing tho night she was driveo ashore. Neither the vessel nor |sarGo was seriously injured.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
NOTICE OF MARShAL'S SALE.

In the United States District Court, District of Alaska, Second Division. Fred w Dash ley plaintiff, vs. Thomas N. Jones. defendant. Under and by virtue of q special writ of exccu- ton and order of sale of attached property is- sued out of said court on the 2Oth day of May 1905 in the above entitled action, wherein Fred w. Dashley ss plaintiff, obtained judgment and order Of sale, of attached property agnins. Thomas M. Jones, defendant. on the 18th day of February, \. D. isO2, which said judgment is in the sum Of fS827. .06 with interest thereon Ut the rate of per cent. per annum from the date hereof until paid, and costs of said suit taxed As s54. 70 and was on the 18th day of February. l009 duly docketed III the clerks Off1ce of said court in judgment book No. on page eS, am com IT. anded to sell all that certain real property tn the District ot Alaska, described as nll that certain plarer mining claim. known as the Badger bench claim a fractional claim de- Scribed as follows, to-wit: 40 feet northerly from initial stake to corner stake No. 2, thence ESQ feet eastcriy to corner stake No. 5. thence h6I feet southeriy to corner stake No. | thence 6.5 feet west by northwest to initial stake. bounded on the west by creek claim No. ;ibovr discovery on Gold Run. and on the north by creek claim No. below discovery on Alder cf e,a. Il. the Port Clarence Mining diStrici7 Dist ct uf Al lSka. Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that ct Wednesday the 34th day of June, 1903 at o'clock D m of that day in front of the United States court house in Nome, District of Alask~. will in obedience to said special writ Of eIer'l- tiOn and order of sale of attached property sei! the above described real property, or so much therof as ma be necessary to satisfy plaintiff |, judgment, vii Il interest thereon, with costs ami accrued costs. to the highest and best bidder for cash in lawful money of the United States or America.
 Witness my hand and oticial title on this 2Oth day of May, 1903
 FRANK H. RICHARDS,
 United States Marshal Of the Second
 Judicial Division of the District
 of Alaska
 w. H. Bard. attorney for plaintiff.
 5-33-5t s
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To r. K Scott and Harry Richards
 You are hereby notified that we. the under signed have caused to be performed work, labor and services of the value of one hundred dollars. upon each of the following placer mining claims for the year ending December 31, 1902. towit: Hyland No. ?, No 3, No. { and No 6 bench claims, lying between Daniels and Eldo. radO creeks, Nome mining district District oi Alaska certificate of locations being recorded in volume I, pages I05 l0o Old Chinik mining records.
 And you are further notified that if you do not within ninety days from the date of the final publication hereof, cause to be paid to the un. dersigned your proportionate share of said cx. pcnditures as co.owners. your interest in said claims will become the property of the under. signed, under Section 232l of tho Revised Stut. utes of the United States.
 J. RoYCnoYT, W. c. CoPYoCx. First Pub3katioa March E. 100 2
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
DAWSON NEWS NOTES.

Governor Wood has issued a number of proclamations defining exactly, for the first time, the boundaries of a num- Der of the mining districts of Yukon territory. The districts described are: Dalton Trail, Dawson. Whitehorse, Hootalinqua, Pelly and Stewart.
 Hunting is good in the Duncan re- zion. Late arrivals report that the miners are getting all the moose they desire. A large number of these ani- mals seem to be feeding in the district, and fresh meat can be obtained at al most any time. Rabbits are also very plentiful and can be snared by the hun. dreds.
 Dog feed is short in the Duncan dis trict, dog bacon going at 40 cents a pound; rice sells for 25 cents pound; good bacon costs 75 cents. The road houses on the trail to the creek charge 4l.5O q meal. The trail is in good con. dition.
 Five boilers are in operation on the creek. Two others are being taken by Jim Butler from the mouth of Clear creek to Duncan. He is going to work 0n, the hillsides.
 many pupils of tho Dawson public seAool ride to the institution on their wheels that they would like the author. i4ies to fix . place in the basement where they could store their bikea while the classes are in session. The pupils are forced to leave their wheels In the open Ut present. The necessary space in the basement for wheel roonl [ is available. A room can be construct. d at small expenditure.
 An order hes been placed wth . Daw. con nrm for pips boiler for Taosns. Ths boiler will weigh three-qusrters oi s.tou. Carroll end Psrksr are gsttiss tho boiler to take oveF the ics. It ia oseoi the largest of the kind ever or ,,llesel af . local hrm.--De~son News.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
Saw Three Whalers.

Chas. Code, of Council City, arrived in town yesterday morning. Mir. Code says that while coming oyer the Solo, mon divide he thinks he saw three steamers out in the ice pack. He had thought, however, that steamers would have already arrived in Nome ard paid no particular attention to the vessels, which he concluded were whalers.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
Notice of Forfeiture
To Humboldttiute

To Humboldt Gates:
 co o-owners with you of those certain placer min ing claims known as Nos, 2, and below dis covery on Old Glory creek, . tributary of Pin nell river, Fair Haven recording precinct, ant No. above discovery on Old Glory creek Fail Haven recording precinct. District of Alaska have expended the sum of t40O in labor and i'm provements thereon during the year ending Dec 3. 1902 as required by section 2'24 of the Revised Statues of the Uait:d StAtc. to hold same. and if within 90 days from the final date of publica- ton this notice. you fail refuse tu ntribute your proportion of such expenditure to the un- dersRned. your interest in said claims will be come the property of the subscribing co-owners under the sI d scc,iuU of tn" ReviSed Statutes of the United States. D. T. ROGERS.
 l.. Nj. DODSoN,
 C. C. SyTIR,
 N. F. DAVIS,
 5. M. ROGERS, Date of first publication March 2. l0)3. 3
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
Want Them Retained.

Deputy Marshal Simmons has no, been suspended from office as was CT. roneously implied in the last issue oi the News. A petition asking that Messrs. Simmons ard Ramsdell be re- tained in office was circulated yesterday y and unanimously signed. This will he sent to the proper authorities in the course of g few days.-Council City News.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
Accident to Roanoke.

Seattle, March 14.-The monster shearleg in the Moran shipyards fell across the Nome steamship Roanoke amidships last night, demOlishing the upper deck cabin and cutting away ses- sral feet of the stateroom in which Mrs. Mcintyre, wife of James Mcintyre, the first officer of the vessel, was sleep ing at the time.
 Mrs. McIntyre's escape from instant death IS little short of miraculous.
 It is estimated that it will take S30O0 to repair the damage done to the Roan- oke by the falling shearleg. Wall Paper. Nome Trading Co.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
For Starving Finha1derS.

Portland, Maine, March 'l4.-Steam- ship Ycruba has sailed for Finland with an immense cargo of oat~ for the starv- ing Finlanders.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06

Ranges all sizes, Family end Hotel, single and double ovens, at any price tC make room for new stock. at Lang's.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06

Cook stoves, largest stock in the city; must be sold to make room for new stock, st Lang's.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06

Fresh beef and poultry at the North Star Restaurant. Fresh chicken din- ner Sunday.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06

Moonlight Water at City Batl House. Water for the public also.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06

Discovered at the North Pole
 Bakery the best bread and pastry: the only coffee house in town.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06
Hints to PrOSpectOrs.

Shoe Sale at Nome Trading Co.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-06

White Lead. Nome Trading Co.
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D PIOV0IGy Date of erst publication April 2, leM Date Of Mst pubfiraeion July s5. f163 {
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-11-20

Chicago. Nov 20-All efforts of the
mayor TO secure arbitration of the
differences between the Chicago City
Railway company and it's striking en-
ployes have failed
This announcement was made fol-
tween Mayor Harrison and his media
tion committee of aldermen and COM
mttees representing the company and
the strikers
1t was stated that the days meet.
ings developed no common meeting
ground for the opposing sides and that
for the present there is no sign of an
amicable settlement.
A meeting OF the executive councils
of all Transfers unions was called to
meet during the afternoon to take ac-
ton upon the refusal of Mayor Harri.
son to accede to a demand by the Chi.
cago Federation of Labor that the po-
lice be recalled from the car lines
pending negotiations for arbitration.
A novel and annoying trouble for
the company has arisen in the refusal
OF ash removers to work at the street
railway powerhouses. 1t developed
that sentiment rather than fear, the
alleged reason of their refusal to work
was responsible for the mems attitude
as they are not unionists. The com
pany produces eighteen cars Of Gin
ders daily and il is fast piling ur
about the plants.