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. Alaska News Notes
Stroller’s Weekly, in a recent issue,
states that Harry G Steele, proprietor
of the Cordova Daily Times,- passed
through Juneau recently on his way to
Cordova accompanied by a bride whom
he took unto himself while in the
States.
Nels Nelson, trapper and prospector,
was found dead in his cabin recently
by Frank Gasseh, while the latter was
i hunting in the vicinity of the Nelson
i ca in, about eight miles from McCal
lum siation, on the Valdes-Fairbanks
road.
Al Sharpe was found guilty at Fair
banks a few days ago of violating the
dry luw. and was given a term of eight
i months in jail, with a tine of $600 and
costs. Notice of appeal was immedi
i atelv s-erved and a bond given in the
sum of $750. the sureties being Martin
Martiu Kuuppe and Joe Smith
The steam boiler in the Knutsen
Bros, sawmill at the m< uth of Peters
burg creek. across Wrangell Narrows
from the town of Petersburg, exploded
a a few nights ago, about ten minute*
after the crew of the mill had knocked
off work No one was in the at ill »t
i the time. The boiler, tire room, dry
kiln and one lumber shed were fieinol
• ished bv tne explosion.
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FairvJew, ionoko River!
camps in the Territory, or in the
West, in the near future, according to
Frank Metcalf, mineral surveyor, wo
recently returned to Juueau from a
trip to that place and Ketchikan. Ti e
entire district is good and there is
much activity at the present time, he
said. Considerable development wot k
has been done on a number of proper
ties on the British Columbia side, Mr.
Metcalf said, aod not a few, but many
properties on the American side are
showing much promise.
George Dillon, who went to Skagwav
with his family in 1897, and who con
tinued to reside there, died recently on
the street. He was found by Mrs. N\e.
who was on her way down town when
she noticed the form of a man on the
walk, and found it to be Mr. DilloD.
He had been down town during the
night and was returning home when he
was stricken. He had been dead for
several hours.
Father A. P. Kashevaroff, secretary
of the Alaska Historical Association
and curator of the Territorial Museum.'
recently spent his vacation in -tSifcka.
Before returning to Juneau he located
and uncovered the grave of Princess
Maksutoff, an ^English woman who died
in 1962 and was buried in the Lutheran
•oemetary. The marble slab with the
‘dates on was covered with moss, aDd it
‘required a hard aay*s work to find it
and clear away the overgrowth.,
Rev. Fr. Jette, who underwent an
unusually delicate operation in the Ne
nana hospital recently, after having
been rushed over the trail from Tan
ana, was taken to Fairbanks to dbra
plete his recovery at St. Joseph’s hns
pi'al. He was accompanied by Dr.
R >mig and Sisters Eioberta aod Ar
cadia. The patient, wno had a slica
chance of recovery when be arrived in
Nenana, is said to be getting along
Od« George Mason, a native, hue
tiled an action in the Usstrict court of
the First division, through his attor
ney, W. L. Paul, seeking to recover
$6,000 from L. M. Churchill. The lat
ter was one of the judges of election at
Wrangell during the primary election
last April, and as such refused to re
ceive the vote tendered by Mason, thus
depriving him of his alleged right to
vote. Tho action is generally alleged
to be an attempt to intimidate election
judges so that the natives may be per
mitted to vote.
Recent arrivals at the coast from
the interior state there is much excite
ment over a gold strike on Kleanzu
creek at LJsU, where nuggets are said
■to have been found in the stream bed.
Nearly forty prospectors arrived on
two trains, and a great deal of ground
has been staked. The nuggets are -aid
to be nearlv as large as a man’s thumb
Native gold has been found in tbe
creek before, and it is often known as
Gold creek. ,
Willie Jackson, a native on trial re
cently at Juneau for the murder of
Captain Lott, a homesteader near Ju
neau, last summer, was freed by a jury,
which brought in a verdict of not
guilty- Lott was beaten to death with
a club, and Willie Hansen, auother na
tive, testified he was with Jackson at
tbe lime of the killing, but not in sight
when the killmg was done, though he
later saw tbe body and Jackson told
him he had killed Lott because the
latter refused to give him some more
beer, Other natives, however, testified
thatJacksoD was at taotpe at the time
be said Hansen was at Loit’s place.
Dr. W. F. Green
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