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ALEX GAGOFF PLEADS GUILTY f
10 THE CHARGE OF MURDER
Whitehorse, Y. T., Oct. 20—Hon.
Chas. -V. Macaulay, justice of the
territorial court at Dawson, accom
panied by the court officials, ar
rived hero yesterday ou board the
L'pper Yukon Tiver steamer Daw
S',u, for the purpose oi presiding at,
the trial of Ales Gagoff, the qua
druple murderer, who, ou the oOth
oi last September, ruthlessly slaugh
tered four section men of the W.
P & Y. R., against whom he had
fancied grievances for gibes which
he claims they levelled at him
several months ago jvhea he was a
part of the section gang.
A sitting of the court was hold
LATEST NEWS OF
IDE STEAMERS
The Princess Sophia came in this
moruiog at 7 o'clock and will sail
seuta at 7 o'clock tomorrow even
ing.
The Dolphin arrived la Skagway
at cue o'clock this afternoon and
sailed south at three p. 111. with
60 outgoing passengers, 10 of whom
were for Juneau.
ALASKAN INDIAN
CURIOS ARE SCAKCE
Valdez Vrospector: Real Alaska
curios of the kind to appeal to the
ordinary tourist are getting scarce.
Attu baskets and caned ivory are
held at prices which cannot be called
popular and it is apparent that the
time is not far distant when this
typo of work by Alaska Indians will
be difficult to secure at any price.
LAW BREAKERS MAY
LOSE THEIR PROPERTY
Seward, Oct. 20—It is reported
here that the officials of the land
office In Juneau have issued in
structions to its agents to 6trictly
euforce the rule of forfeiting the,
lots of purchasers at Anchorage who
are convicted of selling liquor or
permit gambling on their premises.
One of the provisions which the.
purchasers of lots at Anchorage are
required to otserve is that their
premises should not l>e used for
this afternoon, at which the ac
cused entered a plea oi guilty as
charged. calmly; stating, "I said
two or three times I was guilty, i
and I say so again," and in conse
quence the jury that had been sum- j
moned to try the case was dis
charged.
The taking of evidence of the ,
witnesses is expected to be con- j
eluded this afternoon before the
hour of adjournment.
LATEK
Information is received just as
we go to press that Gagoff h;is
been sentenced to be hung on March
10th.
any illegal purpoe The recent
arrest of tea o£ the property own- ■
ers in the new town on the charge!
of having permitted gambling or
selling liquor without a license
caused a sensation as it is believed
that many more arrests are soon
to follow.
A r.ulnber of the men arresetd in
the recent raid, aud whose cases
will come before the court at the
Seward term to couvouo November
1, are the owners of some of the
best b'X'ldings in Anchorage.
MINING COMPANY CLA1MKI>
NOME BEACH DIGGINGS
Xom» Nugget: An attempt to
stoo the beach miners working on
the Leach near the Standard Oil j
company, recently, at Nome created
considerable excitement among the
men w'io follow that line of mining.
According to the story told by some
o' the men an attempt to 6top •
minine opreations at that point was
made by Powell, the dredge man, |
under claim that he was the own- i
er of the beach, having acquired
title to it through adjoining pro
perty. Some of the men state that
Powell claimed to have a patent to
the property and claimed that his
patpLt rights extended to the
water's edge. The men have j
generally refined to be driven away
from their occupation and they are
evidently right, as it is a matter of
court decision that no one can claim
permanent title to mining ground
along the beach below the meander
line, which is something like sixty
feet above the water line. If it is ,
remembered rightly this was one j
of the earliest decisions of tho ,
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KING GEOflGE OF ENGLAND IS
URGED 10 IE CHARGE OE MIT
London, Oct. 20—Various news
papers in England aro urging King
George '.c dissolve parliament and
Liuistlf take charge oi the .British
armies in the field, as it is pre
dicted there will be an immediate
collapse of the coalition cabinet
whenever vital issues arise for
consideration and which demand un
ited action, such as the conscrip
tion measure for the recruiting of
STKKXIOCS E1TOKTH
WILL SOON HE MADE
Pt-trcgrad, Oct. 20—It is gen
erally understood hero in military
circles that strenuous efforts will
seou be made by the Russians to
cpeu the road to Constantinople.
ITALIAN' Syl'ADKOX IS
OilDEltED TO NEAK EAST
Fa: is, Oct 20—The Italian squad
ron has been dispatched to the
Xear tfast under sealed orders, sup
posedly to participate in the block
ade of the Bulgarian coast.
The Gorman attacks on Souchez
have been repulsed.
COFFEY KNOCKED OCT
IX THlItD KOCN'D
New York, Oct. 20—Frank Alor
au knocked out Jimmy Coffey last
night iu the third round by a right
to t^* jaw.
A. gold and securities shipment
uf $25,000,000 arrived in this city
from England today.
X'AN SEX CHEEK TO BE St'EXE
OK FUTURE Ol'EIt AT lOXS
Whitehorse Star: Five years ago
this fall, Captain Back, then 7S
vears of age, discovered gold on
Naasen creek, a few miles back
from t.irmack on tho Yukon river
anl about 125 miles north of
Whitehorse. While tl;e discovery
created sonio excitement at the
time-- sc much so that a large num
ber «•" claims were staked—no big
stampede w;is occasioned and of
those who secured ground, only a
tew were ablo to work it owing to
the difficulty in get'ing in oupplias
ever an unbroken trail. Of those
who securcd ground, one man, E. L.
C. de la Pole, who, as a young man
came to the Yukon away hack in
1<5S9, mining on the Cassiar and
Hootalinqua bars, going to Fortymile
In '03 and on to Chela in '95, re
turning to Dawson in '96 where he
secured ground on Eldorado, Bon-1
anza and Hunker crooks, realized
that Nansen was a "comer." For
two vears he worked hl3 claim there
and said but little of what lie was
taking out. Aa de la Pole did not
reach Nansen until everything was
staked, he secured ground by pur
chase of a half interest In one
claim owned by Conrad M. Printz,
with whom he is still associated,
the latter having remained on Nan
sen almost continuously for the
oast five seasons.
Realizing that they had dropped
onto one of tho greatest hydraulic
additional troops and also in the
question of the military and naval
operations in the Near East. Vari
ous leading business men in Eng
land havo been urged to accept cab
inet I)OSitiOllS.
It is claimed now that the Czar's
crder for tho enforcement of mar
tial law in the city oi Moscow may
be attributed to tho stirring up of
6trift» by Germans.
propositions in the north, do la |
Pole and Printz quietly began buy
ing up other claims on tho creek
one by one until they owned seven
miles on Nansen and twenty claims
011 Discovery Pup, adjoining their
other property and known to be
quite rich in gold. After thorough
ly prospecting llieir holdings at dif
ferent places, some o£ thorn miles
apart, and finding them to yield
gold all the way from ?10 to ?25
per day to tho man, they decided
that they had something with which
they were justified in approaching
capital. But capital is reticent un
til "shown" and that do la Polo
succeeded in doing, not 011 his own
word, although he is one of the
most experienced placer miners in j
the north, but by having the ground
thoroughly gone • over, prospected
and oanned by exports w lio reported
most favorably on tho various '
showings.
Un lao reports iu;iue a rutuinm*
was formed and ilo la Pole, who j
wag here last Saturday on his way
to the outside, will return within '
a few weeks with tta-j first consign- I
men* of hydraulic machinery which I
will be freighted to Nansen over |
the six w and installed ready for I
operating when water runs next
spring when will bo started a min- i
Ing industry that is destined to add
largely to the world's supply of |
gold. While it is not expected that
operations during th3 year lit 10
will be on a gigantic scale, enough j
will b<? done to pave the way for i
more extensive operations in future
years.
The gold from Nansen creek is j
nearly all coarse and wholly freo |
from dross, its value being upward
of $17 per ounce. As evidence that j
gold is there, Priutz alone and with
only the most primitive methods
for obtaining it, has already washed
out 104 ounces tho present seaswi. I
A3 Whitehorse is the gateway to
Nansen, it is believed the inau- j
guration of mining operations there
on a big scale will bo of great |
benefit to this place to say nothing j
of the Impetus it will impart to pros
pecting and mining in other se^
tions cf tho territory. Do la Pole
and Printz are both well and favor
ably known to all old timers in Yu
kon and they deserve to be richly I
rewarded for their perseverance and j
stick-to-it-iveness.
In connection with the above un
dertaking, arrangements aro now
under way with the Five Finger
Coal company by which the latter
will install a power plant for tho
purpose of furnishing power by
which the hydraulic machinery will
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PRESIDENT DEGLARES EMBARGO
ON ARMS SHIPMENTS TO MEXICO
Washington, D. C., Oct. 20 —
President Wilson lias declared an
embargo 011 the shipment ol arms
and ammunition to Mexico, but a
supplementary order excepts the
Carranza government from its pro
visions.
Detention camps are now pro
posed by United States military au
OVEIt WHELMING VOTE
AGAINST WOMAN SIJFFHAGE
Trenton, N. J., Oct. 20—Practical
ly every city and almost all the
towns in this state cast overwhelm
ing majorities, estimated, at between
CO.y.jiJ and 75,000 votes, against
woman suffrage at the election held
yesterday.
I'l'Mi'S FROZEN IX
AUGUST OX THE Vl'KON
Valdez Prospector: On the trip
down the 'river, tho A, Y. N. oil
burner Yukon was pushing a big oil
barge Like all barges, the one in
which tho Yukon was pushing her
fuel started to leak. Naturally the
pumps were started. Early in tho
morning it was noticed that the
pumps were not working right, and
uu investigation disclose! that they
hai' frozen up. This is about the
earliest that such a condition has
been noted, although tho cold weath
or hits the Yukon Hats before it
dots Fairbanks.
U AliEHOl'SE UESTKOVED
J!V THE HIGH WATEK
Cordova Times: Two ol' the Al
aska Commercial Co.s big ware
houses at Talkeetna were destroyed
by the high water which prevailed
on the susitna during the past
week. The loss was caused by the
caving ci" the banks. Ample warning
was given to permit the saving of
all contents of the structures. Tho
first warehouse toppled into the
river before the arrival of the Gov
ernment boat Chulitna from India
river, and the other was about to
topple into tho rushing waters as
tlu buiit passed.
TWO l-'ISHEUMKX DIJOWXE!)
OFF CAPE ST. EI.1AS
Two members of tho crew of the
halibut schooner Onimar.ey were
drowned the other day off Cape St.
EMias, was tho word taken to Cor
thorities where the officers and
sailors of interned German warships
may be placed under strict surveil
lance to prevent further escapes.
Torreon, Oct. 20—General Car
ranza arrived here this morning aud
it is rumored that he will short
ly visit tho Texas holder to confwr
with representatives of the United
Slats.
\ (lova by Walter Werner, who re
cently returned from a trip to K&
talla 011 the launch Prospector. The
men were fishing in a dory when it
upse» and both were drowned and
the boat lost. It was impossible to
learn »hu names of the unfortunate®.
SAYS TOLOVANA'S OUTPUT
THIS YEAH WILL HE $00,000
Falcon Joslln, president of th<3
Tauaua Valley railroad, who is now
I:i Cordova, rnports that a conserva
tive emulate of the output of the
Tolovaiia for the season Is about
$GO,uuO, which is considered a re
markably good showing for the first
year's work. He is optimistic and
declares that it is only a question
of how large a camp the Tolo
vana will be. Mr. Joslin reports
that plenty of good pay has been
located on Liringood creek and
that promising prospects have
been found on a number of others
in the district. Jle is the owner
of a wireless plant which was es
tablished in the new camp last
summer and which is reported to be
working very satisfactorily ia c*r
itiir for the business offered.
SMKIXKD WORSE THAN A GOAT
Judge Hurt, of Madill, Oklahoma,
hud u curious ease before him re
cently. it appears that a socialist
who lived in the neighborhood Lad
been arrested, accused of saying
that Mr. Johanson, a neighbor, 110
torieusiy dirty, and noted for his
unclean habits, sraelled worse
thau a goat. Johanson had the
socialist haled before his honor, for
Blander. The socialist claimed that
he had not slandered him, but that
he had remarked to him that "a
democrat sraelled woi-sse than a
goat.
The judge, hailing frcm an East
ern city and knowing nothing about
how bad a goat smellei or how an
Oklahoma democrat sraelled, ordered
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