The Nome nugget., 1904-01-02
NEWS or
 DAWSON Stewart River PIaCerS Command Attention. SKAGWAY ROBBERY The City of DawS0n's Expendi. lures Up to Oct. 5l Reached
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SkAGWAY ROBBERY

Dig sale or practically undeVelOped placer mining property was cOnsum- mated last week when Weldon C. and Robert Young were paid $l0, ,000 in cash for an undivided one-fourth interest in their holdings on Clear creek, which comprises interests in IS claims. The purchaser of the interests is a Boston syndicate and the purchase price was telegraphed from Boston to Daw son that day and paved over to "Weldy' Young, the older of the two brothers, who has been in Dawson for seveaal days. Robert Young has been on Clear creek almost continuously for the past 90 months.
 A local company has installed an electric light plant at Gold Bottom with . capacity of 100 sixteen-candle power lights. They started up Wednesday evening for the first time,
 A white man who has spent many years with the Peel River Indians, but who declines to give hi, name, possibly for family reasons, is now in Dawson having arrived about week ago. He reports game as being very scarce in the country whence he came, and pre- diets hard winter for the people with whom he has cast his lot.
 One of the largest robberies ever committed in Skagway occurred Oct. 20. The robber broke into the back door of P. F.. Kerns' jewelry store and stole over S2, 900 worth of watches and nugget jewelry. He was evidently frightened away. as tray of diamonds and several boxes of nuggets, besides costly articles in the show cases were not taken. It appears as if one man did the job.
 Two years at hard labor in the police penitentiary is John Sulies' punishment for robbing a sluicebox of No. 20 below on Sulphur. He was sentenced by Mr. Justice Craig in the territorial court. Sulies maintained that he was innocent of the crime, while admitting that circumstances were strongly against him.
 Ex-Governor Williom Ogilvie and party have gone outside. Mir. Ogilvie has been in charge of the Ogilvie dredge, on a giant river concession, of which he is manager, on the Stewart. On the result of the company's work on the Stewart with the dredge last summer depends the decisions of the directors as to whether or not they will install several dredges there next year. Mir. Ogilvie made this announcement some time ago. The present dredge, although by no means an insignificant affair, is much smaller than others which have been contemplated for the concession.
 The total expenditures of the city of Dawson since the beginning of the year reach $IO2, ,2lO.4O, according to q report filed with the city council by G. I. Me- Lean, who audited the city's books for the period named.
 Judgment for $2OO.9O in favor of Ron ald Gillis against Alexander Mcdonald, the "Klondike King" for wages, was given by Magistrate Wroughten. Judg- ment went by default. George Cor mack, the local representative of Me- Donald, did not appear to defend. Me- Donald has gone outside.
 Provided the assessment court of ap- peal makes no reduction in the amount this year the tax levy will be on Si0,- O99, ,92O. according to the estimate of of City Assessor E. Ward Smith. He gave the following report to the city council: Total number of persons as-