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In The News
The Klonidike Nugget
Dawson, N.W.T.
Vol. 1, No. 14
Saturday, August 6, 1898.
Page 1.
THE ORA RETURNS.
The trim little steamer Ora of the B. L. & K. N. Co. came into port at
1:30 p.m. Friday. Contrary to general expectation she did not have on
board the new officials who are now enroute for Dawson. It is reported
that they are at some point on the river waiting transportation to
Dawson. From purser H. G. Freese it was learned that twenty-seven sacks
of mail which had been brought as far as the White Horse Rapids on the
steamer Josie Closset. The Closset was wrecked while being brought
through the White Horse. She stuck three times on the passage through
and sank just below the rapids. The mail was uninjured but nearly all
the freight was seriously damaged. Her perishable freight which was
saved came down on the Ora. All told the Ora brought between fifteen and
twenty tons of freight, mostly whisky. There was also a large
consignment of fruits, vegetables and other perishable goods.
There were fourteen passengers aboard as follows: Mr. Stoddard, David
Kay, Mr. Heilpin, M. A. Cohen, F. M. Bair, L. E. Miller, G. Armstrong,
S. W. Grum, J. G. Cornforth, J. F. Murphy, H. A. Still, Sargeant of
Police in charge of mail, H. C. McCauley, J. G. Bracket and Mr. Russell,
inspector of steamboats for Yukon district.
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FAREWELL TO DR. YOUNG.
The farewell social given in honor of Dr. Young, pastor of the
Presbyterian church was a success in ever sense of the term. More than
100 people were in attendance though contrary to the established order
of such affairs the masculine sex predominated. This must be attributed,
of course, to the comparative scarcity of ladies in Dawson.
The program was as follows:
Instrumental duet, Messrs. Lee and Chisholm;
Song, by Mr. Long;
Recitation, by Mrs. Alice O'Neil;
Song, by Mr. Lee;
Quartette, Goodwin brothers;
Song, by Mr. Erhart;
"True to Her Majesty," song by Mrs. Davison;
Farwell address, by Dr. Young;
Instrumental Trio, by Messrs. Chisholm, Lee and Long;
Song, by Mr. Chisholm;
Address, on behalf of the non-church going people of Dawson who have
known and loved Dr. Young, by Mr. Tozier;
Duet, by Mr. Fawcett and Mrs. Davison;
Song, by Mr. Hayward;
Duet, by Lee brothers;
Recitation, by Mrs. O'Neil.
The program was ended by the audience singing on verse each of "My
Country 'Tis of Thee," and "God Save the Queen."
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COULD NOT REFUND THE PASSAGE MONEY.
Shultz is a very unfortunate man. The birth of a little girl ten months
ago in one of Dawson's cabins had left Mrs. Shultz in very poor health
and last winter the family had to be assisted by contributions. They
named the little one Klondike Dawson Shultz, and the child was
considered the heroine of the hour and quite a quantity of nuggets were
turned over for its benefit. However, Mrs. Schultz got no better and
this summer the cabin was sold and $300 paid to the N.A.T. & T. Co. for
transportation for the little one and the mother to Seattle. The balance
of the money for the cabin, some $700 was given to the wife by the
husband, he having no doubt of obtaining enough work in Dawson to
maintain himself.
Mrs. Shultz died on her way down the river and was buried on the bank.
The child and personal effects of the deceased were turned over to the
United States commissioner at the mouth of the Yukon. Shultz has just
received word and is crazy to go down and mark the grave and take
possession of the child. He has asked the manager of the N.A.T. & T. Co.
to refund him part of the fare seeing that the company had only carried
his wife a part of the distance to Seattle, but it was refused on the
grounds that "they didn't want to take her in the first place" and now
couldn't refund.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Staff Sergeant Bates has been detailed exclusively to the hospital work
of the force for which he has peculiar qualifications and in which line
he had considerable experience.
Reid, the man who shot "Soapy" Smith in the Skagway, is dead. In the
exchange of bullets it will be remembered that "Soapy" Smith, the famous
confidence man and all round crook, was shoot dead and Reid severely
wounded, Reid died at Skagway July 20.
Emil Jonson left his home in Wisconsin last December for the Klondike.
He arrived in Dawson July 20. June 20 his wife decided to follow and
wrote a letter advising him to that effect. She got here Wednesday,
ahead of the letter, and now Jonson is the most surprised man in the
country.
J. W. Rogers, of Ramsbury, California, formerly owner of the Wedge mine,
out of which he took $130,000 in five months and finally disposed of at
a round figure, has made several investments on French Hill. It is
reported that in three weeks he has taken out of the claim east of and
next to discovery, about $15,000.
The cooler weather of the last week has lessened the number of dysentery
cases in town by about half. Men who have spent the last two or three
weeks in bed are now to be seen walking the streets. Their appearance is
not particularly indicative of robust health, but a man is something
like a horse in that if he can be gotten on his feet he is half cured.
Lane street has been improved beyond recognition. Slabs and sawdust have
made it the best street in Dawson. Its entire length, from the river to
the hill it has been transformed from an impassable morass to a complete
thoroughfare. Judge Morford donated the slabs and sawdust *slabs are
worth 25 cents each) and the teamsters did the rest. The users of the
road hope that the shadow of the judge may never grow less.
West Dawson is taking metropolitan strides. From this side of the river
can be seen a large number of cabins going up and within a few days has
been erected the largest tent in the district. The West Dawsonites have
dubbed it the "circus" from its resemblance to those canvases, but it is
to be used for an altogether different purpose on Sunday next. The first
church services in the town will be conducted there by the Rev. Dickey.
At 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon a boy named Babcock was playing Indian
in a birchbark canoe, at the landing place for steamers, when he fell
overboard. Two men in a boat were passing down the river at the time,
when one of them immediately jumped overboard and rescued the boy, who
was none the worse for his bath. Before the man's name could be learned
his partner pulled round and took him on board, proceeding down the
river, while the rescuer was busy changing his wet garments, no doubt
conscious of having rendered a good service.
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DIED AT THE BARRACKS.
Constable Harry Dundas, of the N.W.M.P. died Friday morning - Typhoid
fever laid him low and he will be buried on Saturday with military
ceremonies. Dundas came in with the first force of police a year ago in
June and would have gone out this summer had he lived. He formerly
belonged to troop "G" at Fort Saskatchewan and when stricken with his
fatal illness was stationed at Stewart post. He was quite popular with
his fellows and the boys in uniform will see that his remains are
interred with every rite which could be desired even by his own people.
During his illness the boys paid him every attention possible, staying
up with him night and day.
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JUDGE McGUIRE WILL LEAVE.
Judge McGuire, who has so ably and satisfactorily administered the
affairs of the upper court in Dawson, intends leaving on the first boat
which will go down the river. The judge consented to accept the Dawson
appointment for one year only and, as the term for which he agreed to
act has now expired, he returns to resume his former position in the
bench.
As this is the regular time for the long vacation, no court will be held
in Dawson after Judge McGuire's departure until his successor arrives.
The best wishes of the Dawson's citizens will go with the judge when he
leaves us.
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PHYSICIANS MUST CEASE PRACTICING.
Doctors Chambers, Green, Merryman and Leiser were summoned before
Justice Stearnes on Wednesday, for practicing medicine in the North West
Territory contrary to law. The gentlemen are from the United States and
regular graduates and practitioners. The territorial law in force as
this place provides that it shall be an offense to practice without
registration, or even to assume a title, abbreviation, suffix or affix,
which might lead one to suppose they were physicians or surgeons. The
doctors pleaded not guilty, but made little or no defense, simply
desiring to see on what grounds they could be convicted. They soon saw.
The case went over until Thursday and the charge was withdrawn against
Dr. Chambers, he having sold out some time ago, and pulled down his
sign. Dr. Green was fined $25, it having been proved that he had out a
sign. The other two gentlemen were fined $1 and costs.
The licensed physicians have formed an association and the complaint was
laid by them.
The complaining witnesses, Doctors Norquay and Mr. Wm. Rourke, were
simply acting for the association.
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Page 3.
GOLD NO LEGAL TENDER.
Judge McGuire Decides an Important Case, Which is of Interest.
The case of Hebb v. Healy has been decided on its merits by Judge
McGuire, who took occasion to remark during the case that if the point
was ever brought up he would have to decide that gold-dust was not a
legal tender. The case in hand, however, did not depend upon the tender
of a price at all. It appears that in the first place Monahan owned the
claim over which the controversy arose. Monahan secured Hebb to go out
and superintend the working of the mine, and as an inducement offered
him the privilege of buying the mine at a stipulated price, if he wished
to. Hebb went to work with some men, and after a while Monahan sold the
claim to Captain Healy. When the was up came Hebb decided that the claim
was a good one and would be a desirable possession, so he tendered the
new owner the price stipulated by Monahan earlier in the season and was
refused.
The judge held that an offer to see at a certain price could not be
construed into an option good for a stipulated period of time. An offer
to see was only good until withdrawn. By selling his claim to Healy,
Monahan had practically withdrawn his offer to see to Hebb. It was then
the judge suggested that even had the offer to see been a written option
he would still have to rule that in tendering a bag of gold dust Hebb
had made no legal tender.
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Page 4.
OPENING OF CHISHOLM'S HALL.
Chisholm's hall was formally opened Tuesday evening, August 2, with a
social dance, and when the grand march was called the hall was filled
almost to overflowing. All guests speak of the occasion as one of the
most enjoyable in the history of the camp and one long to be remembered.
Chisholm & Smith, the managers, were the recipients of many
congratulations and well wishes for future success. No "sourdough"
clothes were in evidence and Alex. McDonald, who led the grand march,
appeared in one of the swellest of swell suits.
Excellent music was furnished by Prof. Pickerell's string orchestra, and
the management of the floor was in the hands of Jake Kline.
Among those present were: J. McIsaacs, M. King, L. H. Herd, J. E.
Scoville, B. H. Moran, Harry Cribb, Ed Thorp, E. B. Brown, A. Delfel,
Alex. McDonald, A. E. Agnew, J. E. Dougherty, A. D. Field, Sam Stanley,
Mr. West, N. Demers, Casey Moran, Earl Crutcher, Dave Evans, Chas. W. H.
Schulz, Mr. C. G. Debney, J. J. Corbett, Wm. Emerson, J. E. Sullivan, M.
J. Sullivan, Mr. Bolton, Misses Bemer, Pickington, Mulrooney, Anna
Cushman, Mr. and Mrs. E. Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Spencer, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Boorman, Mesdames Harry Ash, D. Schiller, A. Primus, J. P.
Douglas, Wm. Huson, Delmey, Rapp, Davis and a host of others too
numerous to mention.
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PERSONALS.
Louis Coste, chief engineer of public works in the Dominion, is in town.
M. Jane, Louis Frame, Tom Warner and W. F. Mitchell, all of Washington,
D. C. , have decided to wind up their summer's trip by floating down to
St. Michaels in an open boat. They started Friday.
Walter Phillips arrived in Dawson a week ago. A severe attack of summer
complaint decided his party that he must be gotten out at once. Friday
he was carried aboard their boat and the party started down.
Jas. L. Wilson, of Tacoma, well-known on the sound, and brother of W. M.
Wilson, proprietor of the Monte Carlo theater, arrived in Dawson some
time ago. Mrs. Wilson is interested in Rossland, B. C., properties, and
will probably make some investments in Dawson should favorable
opportunity present.
W. H. Glass arrived in Dawson this week having started from Australia 12
months ago. Knowing little of the moods of the country he was coming to
he was utterly astounded last fall when the river boat he was on, the J.
J. Healy, tied up at Ft. Yukon and calmly allowed herself to be frozen
in. He considers himself a hardly used man and claims that nothing was
said to him by the steamboat company about the possible tying up of the
boat before the trip was completed.
Miss Edith Van Buren and Mrs. Admiral Hitchcock are the latest additions
to Dawson society. The ladies are wealthy and are very well known in the
United States. They travel for pleasure and are simply "doing" the
Klondike country, as they have done many other famous points of interest
in Europe and America. They came in by way of St. Michaels and expect to
go out again before the freeze up, and possibly by way of the Chilkoot
Pass. The Nugget is indebted to them for a very pleasant visit at the
office.
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THE MONTE CARLO OPENED.
The opening of the Monte Carlo theatre on Thursday night, was a great
success. It will long be remembered by those who secured admission, as
an evening of real enjoyment.
Bright, sparkling music, under Harry Waranock's leadership, gave
finishing touch to the efforts of Fred Breen and his corps of talented
artists.
Miss Beatrice Leon was given an ovation, as she made her first
appearance before a Dawson audience.
Grace Robinson, Emma Forrest, Caprice, Rosaline and a host of others
received a share of the honors of the evening. Mr. Frank Howard,
well-known in Dawson, made himself more than popular.
After the performance Edward Cowley took charge and a grand ball
finished the evening's entertainment.
The executive staff of the Monte Carlo theatre is as follows: W. M.
Wilson, proprietor; R. C. Gardner, manager; Fred Breen, stage manager;
Harry Warnock, leader of orchestra; Edward Cowley, floor manager;
Russell Bates, scenic artist.
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LOST AND FOUND.
Found. -- A pocketbook marked Alex. W. McKnight. Owner can have same by
paying cost of advertisement.
Lost. -- A watch and chain. Lady's small, plain gold watch; three links
of chain - one with gold-pan, pick and shovel; the other two nuggets.
Finder return to Miss Flo Wright, Combination saloon, and receive
reward.
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PERSONAL.
Will person who received my letters by mistake please return same to
Post Office. Am anxious. Jas. or J. J. Kearnan.
Personal -- Will A. D. Cowan please leave his address at the New England
bar.
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