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In The News
The Klondike Nugget.
Dawson, Y.T.
Vol. 1, No. 52
Saturday, December 17, 1898.
Page 1.
BOHEMIANS AT CAPT. HANSEN'S.
On Thursday evening the Bohemian club and their friends were royally
entertained at the residence of Capt. Hansen. About 50 guests assembled
upon the hospitable Captain's invitation. The elegant drawing room and
parlors were thrown open to the pleasure of those assembled and everyone
entered most heartily into the spirit of the occasion.
Mr. D.W. Semple was voted into the position of toast-master.
Among the assembled guests were the following: Mrs. D. W. Semple, Mrs.
West, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Meadows, Mrs. Jourdan, Mrs. Heil, Mrs. Laurenzen,
Messrs. Ranks, Hall, Heron, Ben Davis, Fulda, Fairbanks, Adams, Jourdan,
Yeamans, Walter Watrous, E. C. Allen, Burrett, McKay, Lithgow, Sullivan,
Wilson, Geo. M. Allen, Senkler, Semple, Hemen, Storey, George Noble,
Bolster, Esterley, Vogel, Meadows, Capt. Ogilvie, Capt. Searth, Judge
Watrous, Dr. Richardson, Dr. Wills, Capt. Burstall, Col. Davis.
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ST. MARY'S.
For the week ending December 14th, there were eight patients admitted
and 18 discharged, leaving 85 at present under treatment at that
institution.
The deaths were Samuel Fitzpatrick, of Seattle, Washington, aged 27
years, on December 9th and J.J. Connelly, of Boston, Massachusetts, aged
38 years, on December 10th.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
"Kid" Williams and Bert Moss are on the boards for a 20-round contest on
the 23d.
Col. Steele has been appointed license commissioner for this territory
by Governor Ogilvie.
Col. T. Y. B. Evans, in charge of the Yukon field forces, has been
appointed a justice of the peace by the governor.
Sheriff Harper's court has been removed from the orderly room in the
N.W.M.P. barracks to the south room of the court house.
W. H. Snell, clerk of the territorial court, has removed his office from
the postoffice building and now has rooms over the court house, south of
the N.W.M.P. barracks.
At 2 a.m. Monday morning a spark from a chimney in the Victoria house
started a smoldering blaze on the roof and caused an alarm of fire to be
run. As usual the boys turned out.
O'Brien, who escaped from his guard last week and disappeared has been
brought from Forty-Mile by Constable Lynn who with Special Constable
McBeth had been dispatched to overtake him. O'Brien was serving out a
five months' sentence and was out under guard cleaning ice from in front
of the public buildings.
Martin Anderson is a very much wanted man for misdeeds doing on the
Yukon. The warrant accuses him of misappropriating the outfits of his
partners at Forty-Mile and of skipping up the river with $3,000 thus
obtained. G. G. Berg, late of the Arctic Meat Co., is one of the
sufferers. A warrant has been started up the river post haste in charge
of a policeman.
Mr. Gosslin, the gentleman coming in supposedly to fill the position of
crowns lands and timber agent is hanging back unaccountably. when the
gold commissioner's party passed him he was still at Lake Lebarge and
expressed himself in such manner that it is not at all certain he will
attempt the trip over the ice at all. He is drawinghis salary whether he
gets here this
winter or not, and that of itself is sufficiently arduous an undertaking
for the dark months.
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ROBERT AIDEN DISAPPEARS.
Fred Shade, who owns a cabin about seven miles from town on the ridge
between the Klondike and Moosehide wishes to find out the whereabouts of
his partner, Robert Aiden. Aiden left the cabin a week ago last Tuesday
for Dawson. He purchased about 60 pounds of goods from Fish's store and
it is presumed that he started on his return trip the same day with the
pack on his back. Shade has heard nothing from him since and is at a
loss to know what has become of his partner who is quite an old man.
Anyone who may have any information concerning the missing Aiden may
report same to the Nugget office.
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Page 4.
SKAGUAY AND UP-RIVER POINTS.
Alex Schwartz and Party Leave Bennett by Boat but Travel on Ice.
Soapy Smith's Old Headquarters is Now a Lively, Bustling, Well-Governed
City - Railroad Nearing Completion.
Alex Schwartz reached Dawson over the ice on Wednesday last. In company
with Mr. and Mrs. Insley he left Bennett on Oct. 4. The started with a
large scow which was loaded with merchandise bound for Dawson. The scow
was wrecked on Windy Arm and nearly two and a half tons of goods were
lost. After beaching the scow they spent four days in repairing damages
and again set sail for Dawson. They succeeded in getting down nearly to
the Stewart river before the freeze=up overtook them and since that time
they have been waiting an opportunity to come down over the ice.
Mr. Schwartz states that when he left Skaguay the town was experiencing
a substantial boom. Business was good in all lines and the town was
assuming the proportions of a substantial and permanent business centre.
The four men, Trip, Bowers, Wildes, and Slim Jim, who were implicated in
the hold-up of Stewart from Dawson, have all been sent to Sitka for
trial under $25,000 bond.
The murderers of Robertson, the Dyea faro bank dealer have been
sentenced to the penitentiary, one for 10 years, and the other two for
20 years. Robertson's wife was on her way to join her husband at Dyea at
the time he was murdered. She reached the town a few days after he had
been buried.
The White Pass railway is being rapidly pushed to the summit. The
company now has 2250 men in its employ with a monthly pay roll
aggregating in the neighborhood of $60,000. They will continue work
through the winter until Bennett is reached which it is expected will be
the case about Jan. 15.
Skaguay now has its own water service. A lake which lies on the bluff
above the town has been tapped and the water is conducted over the city
in pipes. The pressure is so great that the top of the highest building
can be reached without any artificial assistance.
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CREEK ITEMS
Bonanza and Eldorado
A peculiar and almost fatal accident occurred on Bray and Cleland's lay
on No. 6 below Bonanza. When one of their employees fell down the shaft
27 feet and although the windlass fell on top of him still he escaped
unhurt.
No. 8 Victoria, belonging to J. A. Elwell is proving as good as
expectations. Mr. Elwell is working quite a number of men on it. The
prospects are even better than in his famous shaft sunk this year on No.
6 Eldorado.
A stampede was in progress last Sunday to Eldorado benches.
Mr. J. Jackson who owns a bench off No. 2, Monte Cristo, is rapidly
recovering from the operation which he underwent for tumor a short time
ago.
H.E. St. George's claim off No. 2, Monte Cristo, is proving itself to be
very rich, as high as $6 to the pan.
Accidents are an every day occurrence up the creeks now. Reports are
continually coming in of men getting their limbs broken from wood, sleds
and buckets. Great need is felt for a public hospital at the Forks and
plans are being prepared looking to the establishment of one.
Gunden Smith, who was severely injured recently by being struck by a
bucket falling down a 55 foot shaft, has so far recovered as to be able
to be removed to Dawson where he will receive treatment.
DOMINION NOTES.
Bert Nelson, who is working a part of No. 13 below upper on dominion
reports three holes on the pay direct which runs as high as $2 to the
pan.
GENERAL CREEK NEWS.
Fred Martinsen, the man injured a few weeks ago by a falling bucket, is
rapidly recovering and although he received a compound fracture of the
skull, is in a fair way to recover. He seems afflicted with paralysis of
the right side of the face and tongue.
Mr. J. W. Wilson, employed on the discovery claim on Hunker, received a
very painful fall on the 6th of this month while sledding a load of
provisions to his cabin. He slipped and fell heavily on the ice,
striking his back and in some way injuring it so that he has been
confined to his bed ever since and can move only with great pain.
Jas. Brand, of No. 7 Hunker, received a sudden stroke of blindness while
working in the drift during the recent warm weather. He was led to the
cabin helpless and has been unable to see at all since. A similar case
is reported on No. 6.
Several cases of scurvy are reported on the creeks and it is not unusual
to find a jar of spruce tea in many of the cabins - simply as a
preventative.
Capt. Wm. Frazier, ex-government scout from Wyoming, has established a
road-house at the head of Caribou, on the Gold Run trail. Capt. Frazier
is a hunter of national reputation in the United States, and has already
placed six moose and three caribou to his credit in this country. A fair
trail leads over this divide to Brimstone and thence to 32 below on
Sulphur.
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PERSONALS.
Miss Braid entertained a few friends at the residence of Mrs. Harper on
Friday evening last.
Dr. McNeill, of No. 13 above on Sulphur, froze his feet and hands
slightly when out moose hunting the other day.
Capt. Jack Crawford, the poet scout, has quite recovered his accustomed
health, much to the gratification of his many friends.
Mrs. J. M. Pickel and daughter Josephine will spend the week before
Christmas visitng Mrs. W.C. Lowden on No. 19, upper Bonanza.
Mr. and Mrs. James Brown, C.I. Helene and Hyman Harris left Saturday
morning for the outside by dog tam. Mrs. Brown will be the first white
woman to make the trip in winter.
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I wish to notify my friends that I have severed my connection with the
Eschwege syndicate.
Edwin C. Riggs.
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A. J. Merriweather, a prominent American from Kent, Washington, died of
typhoid fever Wednesday morning and was buried from Green's undertaking
rooms on Friday afternoon.
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POLICE COURT ITEMS.
D. McPherson, S. Kane and E. Borden were let off with $1 and costs.
S. Bowers took one too many and wanted more. He got $25 and costs.
W .L. Stanton has white hands yet works a regular shift. $50 and costs.
J. Monaghan imbibed unwisely, talked voluminously and paid $25 and
costs.
P. Moran played the string from "soda" to "bock" when he dug up $50 and
costs.
J. Linchan was inclined to be disputative, so for committing a nuisance
was fined $5 and costs.
G. F. McDougal wanted his wages from Ben Laws and was allowed $63.50 -
defendant to pay the costs.
J. Morils got full, was unaware of that fact, and was indulging in
self-employed argument. $25 and costs.
S. Gilpin over-estimated his capacity, denied it to friends, and other,
and is out $25 and costs as a consequence.
S. Murphy was obstreperous from the fumes of something he had sallowed -
wonder what it was - $25 and costs.
Dr. Schuman, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, was
dismissed. He is already awaiting trial on a similar charge.
C. Caruthers exhibited poor judgment in issuing his own allowance of
liquid misery. $20 and costs is supposed to act as a spar in future.
Nellie Green was committed for trial in the superior court for tendering
to the Northern a forged check on the Bank of British Nor America.
G. E. Gustav Arcontla, an Italian harp player, was fined $25 and costs
for not knowing the character of the people in the Nidga when they
engaged him.
T. Dawson believed himself perfectly sober and was really at any moment
to dispute upon that point. Next day he meekly paid $25 and costs
without dispute.
A. A. Abbey, a gentleman of long fingers and leisure, who dexterously
manipulates the paste boards for the delectation of the boys was let off
with $50 and costs.
J. McEwen looked upon the wine when it was red, until he could see it no
more. Though somewhat disputative, a fine of $20 and costs cleared his
vision and all is well.
Alice Janesville, Lillie Gilmore and Eva Durant were fined $50 and costs
each, for indecent and nameless acts at the "Nidga." Complaint had been
made at headquarters from time to time but no one was willing to appear
as witnesses of the prosecution. A detachment of police in civilian
dress was ordered to the scene and a long term of imprisonment awaits
the three if the thing is repeated.
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