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The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
NEWS NUGGETS.

U. 5. Commissioner Dowd, of Norton bay, whose headquarters are located on Boulder creek, Tubuktolik river, left for his district on Thursday.
 Life is F'leeting' and "Lessons From the Life of Noah" will be the sermons at the First Congregational mon will be the second of series of Sunday evening studies of the great men of the Bible.
 Miss Marguerite Jones, formerly of Nome, died Jan. 2l at Langdon, D. C.. Miss Jones was 3 years of age. Miss Jones had many warm friends in this city who will hear of her death with regret.
 Dr. H. $. Moore has had his offices over Kelly's drug store repainted and repapered, and they are as neat and clean as "a new pin" and will compare favorably with any suite of offices in any country.
 Harry Moreno left yesterday for Council to take position on the COun- cil City News.
 The Gold Beach Transfer Company's stage left yesterday morning at 3 o'clock for Council with the following passengers: Dr. de Soto, Judge Bruner, Harry Moreno and Mr. ShafrOth.
 Work has been closed down on the Prague bench on Dry creek. The owners have all the dirt out that they can wash up this SDrinp
 w. B. Watts, the retiring Arctic Chief of Camp Nome, No. 9 A. B. was the recipient of beautiful A. B. watch charm last Saturday night, just prior to the close of the session. The charm is of beautiful design and work manShip.
 J. J. Walkenheimer who with J. F. Siener is working claim on Hotel gulch, a Dry creek tributary, was brought to Holy Cross hospital on Thursday suffering from rheumatism.
 Vivian Carlyle, formerly an attache of the Columbia saloon, went on the rampage the other night, and as a re- suit she was fined $l5 and costs in the municipal court.
 NJ. J. Farrell business man of Mary's Igloo, is in town. Mr. Farrell states that active preparations are be- ing made in the Kougarok for next seasons work.
 Judgment has been entered in the district court in the case of Campbell ct al vs. the steamer Discovery for $l275, damages sustained by the plain tiff through the loss of raft which was being lowed by the steamer last summer from Golovin Bay to Nome.
 The case of Boltz vs. Warren ct al, involving the Hope bench on Glacier crock, is set for trial on Monday next.
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COUNCIL CITY
 NEWS NOTES
Details of the Finding of W. J. HutchesOn's BOdy.-Verdict
 of the CorOner's Jury.

Council, April 9.-The body of Wm. mos near the head of Fish river, on the Candle creek trail a few days ago. Bob Rice and D. Moriarity went after the corpse and brought it to Council, ar irving here last Tuesday. On Wednes- day Judge Mcdowell held an inquest, the coroner's jury finding "that the de- ceased came to his death on or about March p from exposure and exhaus- tion.' Hutcheson was buried on Fri day in the Council cemetery, Father Devine officiating An effort will be made to notify his friends on the out side.
 The At Home" at Dr. Young's this week drew full house. A new and amusing game called ''The Pit" furnish ed much amusement until late hour.
 Father Devine's lecture last Monday night in the A. B. hall was the most interesting of the series. After the IcCbuIt JucTc W WdS d uduCC, dltcI WulCu luncheon was served. Taken as a whole, the evening was most enjoyable one.
 Look out for "Cyclone.' Our Chinik representative reports that he is put ting a gasoline engine into a sleigh, and claims that when he goes at full speed the telephone poles will look like fine-tooth comb.
 Henry Hendricks reached town on Thursday from prospecting trip on the Anaconda river. He had very hard trip down, and froze several of his toes, having gotten in an overflow on Fish river
 John Baker and Bismarck" Martens are prospecting some claims on Aggie creek, tributary of Fish river. Alex. Anton, William Rose and Martin Lea are also doing considerable work on some of the tributaries of the Anaconda and Fish rivers.
 An action for criminal trespass was brought on April 6 by l.. A. Wade against H. V. Tucker and Andrew Du. fresne. The property in question is the Eureka bench, Ophir creek. The case will be heard by Judge Mcdowell on April II. The defendants were re- leased on their own recognizance.
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TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Philadelphia. Feb. lS.-Dr. J. l.. Borsch, by the use of radium up to the intensity of 10000, has cured the blind ness of Charles H. Sharp. who lost his sight in an accident
 Oakland, Cal, Feb. l5.-Willam A. McGowan, the defaulting secretary of the University of California; has been sentenced to serve six years and eleven months in San Quentin prison.
 New York. Feb. l1.-John Alexander Dowie. of Zion City, H., has been com pelled to flee Tn a cab to escape a mob. according to dispatch from Sydney, N. $. w.. to the correspondent of the American. Rowdy scenes have char acterized his meetings, and these cul- minated when crowd broke up the exercises and drove Dowie out of the hall He escaped in cab, but howl ing mob of LOGO people followed him to his hotel. The police were unable to check the crowd, and Dowie is said to have left the hotel through rear door. Topeka, Kan, Feb. 15.-Someone unknown entered the historical room in the state capital and cut a section eight inches long by six inches wide out of the center of the picture. Gus ter's Last Battle," that Miss Blanche Boies. follower of Miss Carrie Nation, attacked with an ax on Saturday. Miss Boies, who was arrested last week, but released promptly on bail, said that she intended to totally destroy the pie ture, because it was the gift of brew ing firm.
 Port Said, Egypt, Feb. lS.-United States Consul General Skinner has sailed for his post at Marseilles, France, on his return from his expedi- tion to Abyssinia. The United States gunboat Machias has arrived from Jibutil, French Somalland. with two lions and other gifts which Emperor Menelik is sending to President Roose- welt.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16

Strictly first-ciass drinks and cigars l7 Ia cents, Discovery Saloon.
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SNAKE
 BRIDGE City Council did not Con. suit the Owners
AST0 THE PURCHASE
Owners Object to Taking a Gen. eraI Fund Warrant, Thus
 Releasing Judgment.

A short time ago the municipal coun- cil resolved to buy the Snake river bridge from the owners, Messrs. Red ding and Durham. Payment was to be made in the form of a general warrant, but it appears that the council acted without consulting the owners of the bridge. J. w. Albright, attorney for the owners, said last night: 'Under the condemnation proceedings, insti- tuted by the city last summer, judg- ment was awarded to the owners of the bridge for something like $2660. An attempt was made to get the bridge people to take a general warrant in payment of the judgment, This would be perfectly satisfactory to the bridge company were it not for the fact that by accepting the warrant we would re- lease our rights under the judgment. In other words, we would be in the same position as before we got the judgment under the condemnation pro- ceedings. It would be somewhat like taking new note for d judgment on an old note. The bridge people would like to have the matter settled. and have no disposition to stand in the way of having the bridge turned over to the city, but as business proposition they cannot be asked to do something which would certainly jeOpardize their posi- tion." And there the matter stands, and it will be for the new council to deal with it.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
Card of Thanks.

At a regular meeting of Camp Nome unanimously resolved that the camp tender, through the NOME NUGGET, it's appreciation of the good and prompt work performed by the Nome fire de- partment and the volunteers at the fire in A. B. hall on the night of April &: and also to Mr. Thomas w. White, who, at the risk of his life, went into the burning building to ascertain the exact location of the fire.
 w. A. GILMORE, A. C. F. G. KAPPELMAN. A. R.
 Dated April 9. 1904
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OUTSIDE NEWS ITEMS.

Cleveland, Ohio. Feb. l5.-The con vention of the Ohio Republican League today, practically by unanimous vote, endorsed the nomination of Roosevelt for president.
 New York, Feb. 15. Michael Davitt, NJ. F.. and family, who are going to Colorado, arrived from Liverpool on the Celtic today.
 Cripple Creek. Col, Feb. IS A most remarkable strike was made today in the Colorado Boss, on Gold hill, be- longing to the Cripple Creek and Con- soldated Company. The strike vas made 300 feet from the Anaconda tun- nel. The shoot is two feet wide: the lowest assay runs : ounces and the highest g. This lease is owned by A. NJ. Stevenson. of Denver. and Charles Crowder, of Cripple creek. It is the richest strike made in the camp.
 Rome. Feb. l3.-BOris Sarafoff. the Macedonian revolutionary leader. has reached here. One of the chief objects of his visit is to induce General Ric- ciOti Garibaldi to lead an expedition to liberate Macedonia from Turkish rule. similar to the expedition that Gari- baldi headed at the time of the Greco Turkish war.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16

If you want to hire horse and cutter see C. l.. Morris. 4l9 Front street.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16

a-half tons of freight. to the new dis trict. The distance travelled up White river proper was lS0 miles. The entire distance to Ptarmigan from Dawson is between 300 and 100 miles. The trip was made all the way over the ice of the Yukon and White rivers. This is one of the longest trips ever made in the Yukon basin on a hitherto untrav- elled river like the White. with such a heavy outfit.
 Apparatus has been sent for by the territorial government for supplies for opening chemical and physical labora- tories in the Dawson public schools. Apparatus enough has been ordered to equip the laboratories as well as the average high school is supplied.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16

U. 5. Commissioner Dowd of Norton bay, whose headquarters are located on Boulder creek, Tubuktolik river, left for his district on Thursday.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
RESULT OF
 REFERENDUM FavOrS Abolition of Poll and Dog Taxes-l84 Votes Only
 Were Cast.

The special meeting of the city coun- cil on Wednesday evening was called for the purpose of counting the ballots of the referendum, but that idea was simply side issue, the main object, judging by the actions, being to fur ther drain the city treasury by passing on bills, payable out of the fire fund, amounting to over $500.
 The opening of bids for graveling West B street was deferred until next Monday night, at which time an ordi- nance will have been drafted and pub lished, regulating the same.
 The vote on the referendum was then taken up. One hundred and eighty-four ballots had been cast, and resulted as follows:
 Dog Tax-Yes, 5l; no, 12S.
 Poll Tax-Yes, 40: no, 126.
 Scales-Yes, 137; no, 20.
 Licenses-Yes, l20; no, 5l.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
It Was a Success.

The dance given Thursday evening by the ladies of the Catholic church at Golden Gate nall was one of the most enjoyable events of the season. The attendance was good, and dancing was enjoyed until a late hour. A delightful supper was served during the evening. Campbell's orchestra furnished the music. A fair sum was netted by the ladies, who spared no pains to make the occasion most enjoyable one.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16
The A. B. Dance.

Last night at Golden Gate hall the Arctic Brotherhood gave another of their enjoyable dances. The attend ance was large, and the event fully sustained the popularity of these dances, which will be continued until the opening of navigation.
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DAWSON AT
 WORLDS FAIR

Dawson, Feb. l9.--The Dawson News Publishing Company has entered into an agreement with Wilson Foster to publish Worlds Fair edition of the Dawson News for the great fair. Mir. Foster and a number of solicitors em- ployed by him will thoroughly canvass Dawson and the creeks for subscribers as we'll as advertising contracts for this Worlds Fair edition. which it is hoped will greatly aid Mir. Foster in making an extensive mineral exhibit at St. Louis and in advertising the Yukon territory and it's vast resources and possibilities.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-16

Imperial cigar store: wholesale and retail cigars, tobaccos, pipes, etc. etc.
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approved, just as they have been IN
previous years. The practice of the
departments in this respect has not
been in any manner departed from
this year.
Mr.. Parker has evidently been led
into an error on that point. He seems
to think that the current monthly ac-
counts have some relation to these
estimates. These estimates have no
relation whatever to present expenses.
They simply represent the sums that
congress will be asked to appropriate
to meet the expenses of the various
departments for the fiscal year begin
ming July Is, 1905, and June 80, 1906
Mr. Parker says further that for
the first two months of the present
fiscal year the expenses exceeded the
receipts by "a millions of dollars and
adds:
How much more we have run
behind l am unable to state, because
the public has been denied all infor-
nation pending the campaign. This
is a very remarkable statement and
Judge Parker must have made it on
the spur of the moment without re-
Election. He surely knows that the
treasury issues and publishes a daily
bulletin each day and monthly bull
letin each month, giving the receipts
and expenses by the day and month
and that these bulletins are regularly
published in all the leading papers of
the country Fer instance, the bulie-
tin of October 20, the day before the
judge made the speech referred to.
showed the deficit up to that day from
July 1. to be $50, SAP, a decrease
of about four million dollars during
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-24
CORRECTS PARKER.
Acting Secretary of Treasury Replies
to the Judges Speech.

Washington, Oct. 24.-H. A. Taylor,
acting secretary of the treasury, to-
day issued the following statement:
1.-The attention of the department
has been called to the statement twice
made by Judge Parker that there have
been administration orders forbidding
the publication of information con-
corning governmental expenditures.
This is a mistake. Mr.. Parker seems
to have unfortunately acquired from
untrustworthy sources considerable
misinformation, especially about the
management and condition of the
treasury department, and also about
orders issued to governmental depart
mental action generally The only Or
der issued concerning estimated ex-
penses was that no subordinate should
make any estimates public until the
heads of the departments had gone
over them with the president and they
had been approved. Before Mr.. Par
ker had made his second statement
in reference to an order to withhold
Information the postoffice. interior and
agricultural departments and the Dis
trict of Columbia had made and pub
Iished their estimates. The estimates
from the other departments will be
given out in the ordinary course of
business as soon as they are made and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-24

Russian volunteer steamers Smolensk
and St. Petersburg.
Unusual activity prevailed at the ad-
miralty throughout the morning, but
owing to the absence. of Lord Selbourne,
first lord of the admiralty, no action
was taken. A strong squadron of
cruisers lies at Portsmouth ready to
sail at four hours notice The Med
iterranean fleet is off Venice and the
Home squadron is cruising off Scot
land. Thus in the quite unlikely event
of Great Britain making a naval dem
OnStration her forces are in pecunarIy
good positions.
Sir Henry King, member of parlia-
ment for the central division of Hull
went to the foreign office today to as
sist in the representations of his con-
stituents, among whom the most bit
ter feelings prevail.
The affair through, the sole top
ic of conversation among all classes at
the British capital has not created the
uproar which might have been expect
ed. A small crowd gathered at Buck
ingham palace this morning where
previously arranged council of minis
ters was held and at which William ST.
John Broderick, secretary of state for
India, and Lord Londonderry, lord
president of the council were present.
The crowd evidently intended to make
a demonstration upon the appearance
of King Edward. but he remained in
the palace.
The mate of the TrawIer Mino, which
arrived at Hull with the Moulmein,
bringing the news of the firing on the
fishing boats said today:
Between 200 and 800 scots were
fired The first vessel in line did most
of the firing. But I think two others
also fired several shots. Our whole
feet was under searchlights, which
nearly blinded US. The Russians came
within less than a quarter of mile OF
us. We could see them plainly
CAPTAIN Peaker of the trawler Mag
pie, declared it was impossible for the
Russians to mistake the trawlers Tor
boats. He added:
1.-The whole affair lasted about 20
minutes Not quarter of their shots
could have taken effect. When the fir
ing ceased the ships disappeared as
quickly as they came up"
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make any money, and the citizens of
Topeka, instead of having a self sus-
tanning. profitable undertaking on
hand. would have to be taxed to pay
the interest on their bonds. Nothing
could be more foolish under existing
conditions than to try to build a new
plant.
There are some who think that this
members of the council just as a
water company come down on IN price,
around and vote for city oVnersh, p.
The water com any is pretty we'll sat
isfed, thank you, With the present
state of affairs.
North Topeka people who are opPos-
ed to city ownership are now hard at
work circulating petitions for tkv pur-
pose of Counterac citing the one asking
the two First ward councilmen to re-
verse their votes, and get in line fer
city ownership. It is expected that
they will scour the town and get lot
of names No effort was made ia pile
up signatures on the first petitiS.. 1t
bears the names OF pretty nearly all
the business men CT North Topeka,
however.
Il don't know what consolation thel e
will be in another pefitlon," said May
or Bergundth2l today. The people
over there want the city to own the
plant; there are very few business men
not on that first petition, and another
petition would not have the same char
acter of signatures"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-24
EARNEST PROTEST
Is Made to the Russian Government
by Great Britain.

London, Oct. 24.-4:52 p. m.-The
British government this afternoon sent
urgent notice of protest to the Russian
government on the subject of the Rus
sian attack on the British fishing fleet
; in the North sea through both Am
bassador Hardinge and the Russian
AMBASSADOR in London.
The Russian officials here are as
much perplexed as to the cause of tn e
firing on the fishing boats as are the
gest it may have been due to extreme
nervousness consequent on the recep-
ton of definite information that a Jap
anese attempt would be made on the
squadron before it reached open
waters.
The idea that war can arise over
the affair is secuted. but it is admitted
that it will strain Anglo-Russian rela-
tons to a point where diplomacy on
both sides will be severely tested
Lord Lansdowne is expected in ad-
dition to making the usual claim for
indemnity for the vessels sunk, COM
penSation for the wounded and pen
sionS for the widows of those killed, to
demand a most ample apology and as
Surances that any other British ship
ping which may fall in within the
Russian squadron shall not be sub
mitted to similar treatment. These de-
mands, it is believed at the Russian
and other embassies here, will speedily
be granted.
OF the $50 fishing vessels through
which the Russian squadron passed
five are still unaccounted for, and
some anxiety exists regarding their
safety. The Wren, one of the boats
reported last night as missing, has ar
rived at Hull. 1t will probably be some
days before the foreign office is in full
possession of all the facts, alth ough
the examination of the witnesses at the
foreign office today established the
general correctness of the first ac-
counts. 1t is quite possible that in or
der to accelerate matters Vice Admiral
Lord Charles Beresford, who is with
the channel fleet at Gibraltar. almost
in the path of the Russian squadron,
may be ordered to detach cruiser and
communicate with Admiral Rojestven-
sky as was done in the case of the
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HAS BEEN FIXED.
Branner Street Viaduct Proposition
Will Be Submitted.

All difficulties in the way of a special
election to vote on the question of is
suing bonds to help build viaduct at
Branner street seem to have vanished
at least that is the way the streets an
walks committee looked at it at thei-
meeting Saturday night when they
voted to report hack to the counoi' -'~f-
ordinance providing for the election
with the recommendation that DC
passed.
The last obstacle seems to have been
removed when the city attorney and
attorney for the street railway got to-
gether and agreed upon new section
providing that in case any damages are
allowed to property as a result of the
change in the grade in Branner street,
the damages shall be paid for Jointly by
the city, the street car company and
the Santa Fe railway.
The amount of bonds for which the
ordinance provides is SIS, 900. to be is
sued at 5 per cent and to run 20 years.
The ordinance gives the city railway
The right to put a double track across
the viaduct- This feature of the ordi-
nance is being criticised by some of the
council, and will proba bly, be discussed
at the council meeting Tuesday night.
The committee also reached com
promise of the wide tire ordinance
which is follows: all wagons having
a load of from 5000 to 5000 pounds
shall have 3 inch tire; over 5000
pounds, a 4-inch tire. The ordinance
fo~ wagons over 1000 pounds weight,
and the proposed new ordinance re-
Quired a 3-inch tire on wagons weigh
ing from 1000 to 6 900 loaded.
The ordinance prohibiting the dump
ing of all kinds of refuse in the alleys
met a set back. The committee recon-
nends to the council that it be not
passed This ordinance has been favor
ably reported by the ways and means
and health committees, but there has
been a great deal of opposition to it,
nevertheless.
The question of the passage of the
two proposed ordinances giving the
Rock Island and Santa Fe the right to
construct certain sidetracks in the
alleys extending south from the river
We're both laid over for consideration
by a special meeting to be held Tues
day evening at o'clock, just before the
council meeting.
A petition asking for the creation of
4 benefit district to open an alley be-
tween Fifth and Sixth, Madison and
Monroe, was laid over, because it is
now too late to have this benefit dis
t-ict created and placed on this years
tax rolls.
City Engineer McCabe's estimates OH
the cost of a bridge at Park avenue
were approved.
A number of other minor matters
were before the meeting and disposed
of.