The Nome daily gold digger. [volume], July 19, 1909, Image 1

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VOLUME V, NO. 14._MONDAY, JULY 19, 1900._PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
6 INVADERS
CAUGHT
Special Gold Digger Service.
TRADER. July 11* - Six of the Rus
sians who landed at Pape Prince of
Wales a short time ago, coming from
tin* Siberian coast in skin boats, forc
ing an entrance into American terri
tory after they were refused admit
tance at Nome, have been arrested and
landed in Jail by Deputy Marshal Pur
rs-. who received instructions from
headquarters at Nome last week.
Three of the invaders were Vaught
last night, and as many more tills
forenoon. Assistant United States At
torney E. Coke Hill is here, and he i
investigating and aiding tlx* conditions
presented by the forced entry of the
Russians.
Telephone messages report that
twenty other Russians are on route
here from the tin region, and they will
he arrested ns soon as they arrive.
There is one woman in the party
The* Russians are held here under a
charge of vagrancy and they arc i«
be sent to Nome where their eases will
be further investigated It is probable
that tin* rest of the number will he nr- j
rested and placed in jail before tonight.
QUARTZ INTEREST
ENLIVENED
According to W. <\ Kurtz, publish
er of Seward Peninsula Quartz, the
interest in hard rock mining is being
greatly enlivened by the men who are
striving to develop a new era of min
ing for Seward Peninsula.
, Kurtz sav; that efn***» 1** d FrMny fie
has received at hi: otllces on Steadman
Avenue, nineteen fine specimens of
quartz from different sections of the
country. They arc now on display at
ms piaee ni business.
The samples come from Candle, the
Kohuk, Koyuk, Koyukuk, Innoko and
tin* Kougarok. Among them isa speci
men of antimony taken from the Dia
mond Ij. claim on tile third beach line
operated by Messrs. Reed and Malon
ey. The men found the antimony in
the sluice boxes wh *re its heuv\
weight prevented the water from tak
ing it to the tail race.
The specimen contains antimony, al
most pure, and weights about six
pounds.
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Imported CoDurger draught beer. j
Board of Trade.
Drink Oliver’s pr ivate stock straight ,
whisky by the bottle or gallon.
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Go to the Eagle and get a gobon of
their double stamp whisky for family
use, either Bourbon or Rve.
Code Amusement Co.
MOVING PICTURE SHOW
EAGLE HALL
Wednesday Night, July 21
PROGRAM
1. Overture—-Pioneer Orchestra.
2. Moving Picture—The Hu by Wonder.
3. Moving Picture—Troubled Artists.
^ 4 Moving Picture- Money Mad.
r*. Illustrated song.
I 0. Moving Picture^—Making of a
< 'hampion.
7. < >v«Tture—Orchestra.
8. Moving Picture—Game Cocks.
1*. Moving Picture La Las Ricochet.
10. illustrated Song.
11. Moving Picture — Women Chauf
feurs.
12. Moving Picture—Buster’s Re
venge.
j 13. Moving Picture—Prairie Town
Romance.
14. Closing Overture—Pioneer Orches
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Tickets on Sale at Kappelman’s
400 WERE KILLED
BY EARTHQUAKE
Special to (lie Gold Digger.
By the United Press.
ATHENS. Greece, July 10.—So far
lhe number of deaths reported by the
dlicials who have been investigating
the extent of tin* fatalities in Elis,
where .1 s<*v<*re earthquake occurred
Friday, is 400 and the count has not
been finished.
It is probable that the death list
will reach more than six hundred, a
half dozen cities of large population
not having been reported by tin* offl
•ers of the Grecian army who have
been sent out from the military posts
lo give aid to the people.
In tht* city of Pyrgns tne death list
was very heavy, fine hundred and lifty
persons having lost their lives I lien*
upon the oeeurrenee of the first shock.
I*'ire did heavy damage to the ruins
and to buildings that withstood the
shocks, causing food supplies to he
very short.
Danger of Starvation.
Tnoro is much danger from starva
tion owing to tin* destruction of hand
lings by fire. Some of tin* smaller
‘•ities have lie n completely destroyed.
•Supplies will be rushed to the scene
of the disaster at the expense of the
government, and every possible aid
given to the survivors.
The island of Xante, a few miles
from tin* mainland, is believed to have
I suffered heavily from the earthquake;
MYSTERIOUS DEATH
TO BE INVESTIGATED
Special to the Hold Digger.
By the United Press.
AXXAT'OLIS. July 17.—The myster
ious death of Lieut. Sutton, an officer
in the marine corps, whose remains
wire found in October, 1907. between
the marine school and academy, Is to
l»c investigated by the civil court, the
suicide theory having been scoured by
the officers engaged in looking up the
case.
Lieut. Sutton’s death was considered
m he a mysterious affair, and after
much d lay, a coroner’s jury returned
i verdict that the officer had commit
ted suicide while despondent. Xo let
ters or other messages were found in
his off i ts after his death to show that
In- had premeditated the act, and many
of his Hose* friends were doubtful
whether he took his own life. How
ever, Ur* verdict of the corner’s jury
was accepted.
State officers engaged on the cas*
since that time, have found clues that
indic ate lie was murde red by an enemy
who accomplished his death while the
officer was making the trip between
the academy and marine school one
morning shortly after midnight.
The civil court will begin the in
quiry into the details attending the
lieutenant’s death next Monday. The
announcement of the court’s intentions
has created much interest in both
naval and military circles and the
hearing will he* attended largely by
officers in the government service.
TAFT’S BROTHER
GETS BIG CONTRACT
Special to the Gold Digger
3y the United Press.
TAFT, Tex. July 19.—Charles P.
Taft, a brother of the president, and
the publisher of a newspaper in the
city of Cincinnati, has been awarded
the contract for supplying the govern
ment employes with beef products at
the Panama Canal.
Tile contract was awarded to Taft
after a number of bids were opened by
government officials in the quartermas
ter’s department. Taft lias arranged
with several ranchers in this neigh
borhod for a supply of beef cattle t<>
lill the contract.
The contract stipulates that a sup
ply of the provisions named in the
contract is to be sent to the Panama
• 'anal site every month on a govern
ment vessel leaving (Jalveston.
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REPAIRS MADE ON
BLUE GOOSE DREDGE
AGA'N IN OPERATION
Gold Digger Special Service.
CoUNnh, July 19.—Supt. Phillips,
who has charge of the Ulue (loose
dredge, lias been busily engaged in
making extensive repairs on the ma
chinery and reports that the plant is
again in operation, after being closed
down for four days. A new bucket
chain has been put in place on tne
dredge and the machinery was started
at live o’clock Saturday night. The
dry season still continues throughout
this district.
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I WE LEAP THE WAY
TO better things in Groceries and to
lower prices for life’s necessities. If
you are not getting the satisfaction you
desire in these particulars we can render
you material assistance and save you
many a dollar. One visit to our store is
sufficient to convince you that we mean
what v, say. ^
3 Grocery
Agent far Chase &, Sanborn Coffees and Teas
Don Carfos Spanish
Pretender Dies_
THE LATF DON CARLOS.
Snecial to the. Gold Digger.
By the United Prelit.
PAHJ8, July PLV Don Carlos, the
Cnrlist pretender tolthc Spanish throne,
died here this moaning of apoplexy at
Hie age of sixty-* iK
Tli pretender tp?«he throne nas been
residing in this city and other enpitals
of Europe since thy edict some years
ago prohibiting hH residence on Span
ish territory.
The late prot aid i* * o.'vos a wif*» and
h/ar children, Urn* daughters and a
son. Prince Jaime, born in 1870. The
remains of the pretender will lie in
terred in the family vault of the Carl
ists in Madrid if arrangements can be
made with the Spanish crown.
The full name of the pretender was
Carlos Maria do Ins Dolores Juan Isi
doro Jose Ernneiseo, Duek of Madrid.
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SHORT IN ACCOUNT
SUICIDES
Special to tlio Gold Digger.
By tho United Press.
SAX KUAXnSGO. July 19— Short
in his accounts $140,000 William Von
Moyerint'k, paying teller of the insti
tution, today blew out Ids brains when
the hank examiner closed the place of
business until a further investigation
of the hooks could he conducted.
The examination of the accounts
showed that a large amount had been
misplaced, and when questioned Mey
icrinek, confessing that he had misap
propriated tho funds, took a revolver
from the drawer in front of him and
I shot himself before he could he over
I power d.
The hank will he closed for a while
until the examiner can expert all the
hooks and make a report n the same
■It is not believed that any of the othci
hank officials arc responsible for the
shortage. All have expressed great
surprise over Meyerinek’s shortage
and subsequent self-destruction.
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The Eagle only handles douDK
stamp straight whisky.
FRISCO PAPERS
FIGHT ENGRAVERS
Special to Urn Gold Digger.
By the United Press.
SAX KRAX<TSCO, July 19.—Every
newspaper in the city has been pub
lished for three days without picture:
>f any kind whatever, because of a
fight that is on between the publishers
and engravers.
The publications Saturday appeared
on the stre t with solid reading matter
[the pages of the papers appearing
| strangely without any half tones in
illustration of the news of the day,
| causing much surprise to the San
Francisco public which has been . (bl
eated to seeing illustrations on almost
every page of morning and after loon
pa pot s.
An announement in every paper ex
plains the absence of the pictures, also
a declaration from the publishers that
the present state of affairs will exist
until a settlement has been made with
( the engravers.
The trouble arose over demands
made by the engravers, who insist upon
j higher wages and shorter hours. The
j first tight occurred in the office* of the
TOxaminer, one of Heart’s papers, and
j a hurried meeting of the publishers re
I suited in the agreement to lock out
I the engravers. 10very paper in the
city entered into the agreement, and all
are appearing without pictures.
The publishers, having their publica
tions as weapons against tin* engrav
ers .are using every edition to tight the
engravers, and it is probable that the
latter will plead for arbitration to set
tle the difficulty. It is noticeable that
since the lockout the papers have re
been selling on tin* street as rapldy
as before, which fact is expected to
cause much annoyance to the publish
ers, unless an early settlement is
reached.
HYDE ACQUITTED
OP MANSLAUGHTER
Special to the Gold Digger,
By the United Press.
PAItfS. July 17 James Har.cn Hyde,
formerly the head of an insurance
company in the United States and one
me fiiusi powerful of the inunejvi.
magnates in America, was acquitted
today of a manslaughter charge.
Hyde was arrested a short time ago
by local police directly after fie had
run into a taxicab with an automo
bile killing two passengers on hoard
tile former vehicle.
The American was entertaining a
number of his countrymen in a spin
over the boulevards of the city in a
new powerful machine lie had just pur
phased, and was exceeding the speed
regulations when the accident occurred.
The accident was due to the violation
of tile speed ordinance.
Hyde was driving his machine and,
rounding a corner of the street at a
higa late of speed, the taxicah was
run into by the reckless Americans,
and two of the passengers received in
juries from which they died in the
hospital a few days afterward.
Hyde gave bail and left the city to
make a journey to a summer resort in
Switzerland returning hero yesterday
to stand trial. The evidence in the
case was strong, but Hyde was ac
quitted on the grounds that ho was
innocent of any criminal intent.
CITIZENS WILL AID
IN WELCOME
The coining of the Shriners from the
Nile Temple in Seattle is to be cele
brated by the citizens of the city as
well as by tin* Masons, and a c munit
tee has been chosen to aid in extending
to the visitors a warm welcome on the
• lay of their arrival.
Mayor Cochran today appointed Dr.
13. E. Ilill chairman of the committee
and with him will act the* same citi
zens who composed the Fourth «► f July
committee two weeks ago.
The chairman of the committee said
this afternoon that it is the plan to
hold a public reception at Eagle Hal'
on tiie evening of the day when the
Shriners arrive*. The program for the
evening wll be a hand concert and the
serving «»f refreshments to the guests.
FOR SALE CHEAP.
1,200 foot 12 to IS inch pipe. No. 2
('Slant, couplings and etc., first class
condition. Apply AT. D. Samuels.
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The best baths in Nome* at the Elite.
CARD OF THANKS.
Wo desire to extend our sincere
thunks to the friends for their kind
ness and sympathy shown us in our
i bereavement over the loss of our son,
Michael Noelin.
W. J. ROWE AND WIFR.
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Gasolene Boat Hettie B. in first class
condition, ready to launch. Apply to
M. D. Samuels.
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EXCURSION
FATAL
Special to the Gold Digger.
By tho United Press.
NEW YORK, July 1!».—An excursion
in tne lower bay last night ended fatal
ly for ten of twenty-two passengers
when the sloop Roxana capsized and
drowned almost half the number of
persons on hoard.
'Pile little vessel, owned by private
parties, went on an excursion yester
day morning to Long Island and was
returning at night when the accident
occurred.
Tho craft was nearing home when
going to the gunwale of the vessel the
passengers capsized the boat throwing
tne passengers and crew into the wa
ter. helpless.
The darkness made it impossible to
rescue the passengers who were unable
to swim, and when the boat was
sighted by a passing tug only twelve
of the excursionists and crew were
alive.
The tug picked the survivors up and
carried them to the wharf where they
were hurriedly taken to their homes.
The bodies of the drowned may never
!»e recovered owing to a strong tide
that is expected to carry them out to
sea.
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NONE IS REPORTED
DESERTED
According to a telegram sent to the
Gold Digger Saturday by the News
Miner of Fairbanks, n report lias been
received there stating that Nome has
been deserted because ity a stampede to
a new strike at the mouth of the Kus
kokwim River.
The News-Miner sent a query asking
if the statement was correct, advising
that news of a wild stampede for the
mouth of tlie river is believed to have
I occurred in this section of Alaska. The
report probably is due to the fact tha
several prospetors have quietly left
Nome for the Tuluksak.
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JAFET LINDEBERG AND
T. C. NOYES EXPECTED
AT CANDLE TONIGHT
Special Gold Digger Service.
CANDLE. July 19.-Jafet Llnde
berg, of the Pioneer Mining Company,
and T. C. Noynes, president of the
Candle Alaska Hyldraulic Mining
Company, were reported leaving Ku
gruk tills afternon, and are expected
to arrive here tills evening. With tnetn
is Bob Adams, president of the Nome
Bank and Trust Company at Nome.
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If you want a good night's rest stop
at the Elite Baths.