The Alaska prospector., 1907-09-05
Of Local Interest
From Fridays Bulletin

D. Boston will officiate at both services.
 4 very enjoyable dance was held in Mckinley Hall last evening. under the auspices of the Cotillion Club. About o5 couples were in attendance.
 Mir. and Mrs. Levy, sailed on the Yucatan, and will make an extended tour of the States.
 Contractor J. SbeldOn received a cable from Seattle yesterday, that 10 carpenters, together with the cement fol the new bank building, as we'll as concrete man will arrive on the Bertha. new dock of the Alaska Coast Co, in- specting 1t with reference to the laying of rails upon which to disembark the engines These are no toys, but l2 ton locomotives capable of handling the heaviest construction trains and will aid tremendously Tn the rapid advance of the track gangs
 Jake Nafstad of the Tonsina Road house. is io town for few days. Jake has cue Of the finest hotels on the trail, accommodating 60 people.
 Got. Hill of the Str. Chittyna. who has Deen running since spring on the frs line to navigate the river of the same name, was passenger on the Yucitan Tue Captain looks pretty thin after bis work of the summer, and goes to his home in Seattle for the winter.
 Mrs St. Marie, formerly of Valdez, is dangerously i'll, and is now in hospi tai in Seattle.
 The Saratoga will go into drydock at Seattle while down on this trip. ill consequence of which. she will not sail from there until Monday.
 Mrs Chas. Simenstad entertained this afternoon in honor of Miss Mary Go1:.r"s of Seattle. who will be the guest of ..lrs. Simenstad few weeks
 C lander < Donohoe returned from F-dalso Bay yesterday.
 From Saturdays Bulletin.
 4 telegram received last evening from the Department of Justice at Washington. to United States District Attorney Judge N. V. Harlan, in sub stance directs that the proceedings for
  ing vessel Nitto, be discontinued. and the crew released This will allow of the release of 22 men now held in cas- tody here and they will probably be sent west on the next steamer to re- join their vessel. Should this be done it will mean that the Captain Of the Nitto and the six men of his yes, el who were fined, as well as the three of the crew of the Kaiyo, will be held pepding the receipt of the amount of their fines. or that in payment Of their fines, they will go west with those not convicted
 The captain of the "Nitto' was fined S3G0, and six of the crew S200 each. while the three men of the "kaiyo," were fined s3O0 each. In the matter of these fines, the court directed that. ill ease they were not paid. the men be imprisoned on tine basis of g per day If the fines are not spaid, all those of the crew wbO were not convicted, will be sent west to their vessel, and the others deported via Seattle as their terms of i'm prisonment expire.
 A press despatch from Washington announces the substance of the above. and adds that. extreme measures of punishment will be awarded any seal poachers who may be apprehended in the future.
 It was lively times on the street this morning, with the several freight teams loading and starting up the trail Busy times all along the line, from the pier head to the canyon.
 Chief Engineer Blamey Stevens left