The Alaska citizen., April 17, 1911, Image 5

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Women Depositors
Petition the Court
Ou Thursday last the committee
t f » m. tt depositors tendered a pe
ti'i n t. Ju c. Ovtrt’ehl calling f"r
a r. g i f ’he Washington
M . ; ■
results ,ir.' s minted ip in Mr fol
lowing report
At a meeting • l<
posit rs of the W.i hing’on-Alaska
bank of Nevada at. i of the Washing
March I'M KM1. it was decided to
< .id .1 nia - uni ting of all the de
positors of lii.'h of tiie above bank
rup* Ins itutions, «li: h mass meet
Auditoriui
Maiaji J.’. U-11
' At Mii - mass meeting, certain
r, -■ : it ten nai • ; i
e’i. to ! ,• submi nd to the court for
on.- rraMo;. A 1 tiirni Me of five
was thin unanimously appointed, to
take charge of affairs f r the ilepos
i’ rs 1 f the two instituti uis: to < ir
■ ula’e the res dutlons passe'l among
•in 1 for th-ir signatures,
in Fairbanks and on 'he . reeks, and
• - submit the signed resolutions to j
the court. I'j ard of 4"" signature
were set tired; m re will come in
fr in 'he m re remot" districts, said 1
districts having reques ed copies of
the resoiu’ii r.s for signatv.n s. The
oomm!’’ee th tight lost no’ to wait
for those la-- --ignaures before
placing the abov. mcn'i tied resolu
ti ns t i f re Mie < ■ urt for considera
tion.
"The print ipal aim of the reso
lutions being t si- tire an invest!
go-li ii w hi. !. wi ; : • suit it. • ■ • in
dic tnent of E. T. Harnette for loot
ing the two banks mention! d above
and Ills ultimate conviction f r such
looting, they embodied the f Rowing
The removal of Receiver Haw
kins
"An invesMitaM a 1- fore another
grand jury.
"The appointment of an exper
bank accountant, it. order to secure
facts 11 j "ti which to base such a
grand jury investigation.
"On April 1J the undersigned com
mittee waited upon Judge Overfield
and ]ire-. tit.'I the resolutions pass
ed by Mo depositors for his consid
era’ii ■ After pursuing same. Judge
tlverfleld stated as his reply to the
committee that he w uld not re
move R. 1 • iver Hawkins upon the
rt-pre-i.qi'ati a- of said resolutions.
AM- .1::. agreeing with M..mtni’
tci t..a’ ti.*- work of nu expert bank
aeeoun’ant uld be necessary in
order to ure new evidence upon
which to liase an investigation by
another grand jury. Judge Overfield
refu.-ed all -v the deposi’ors the
rci|ui sm I expert bank accountant
.it present.
"The committee dots not submit
the at; vo as a final report, but feel
that th" depositors arc- entitled to
a knowledge of progress to date
AI.IN'E RRADEEY Chairman.
ELIZA RHTH SMART (Mrs J K.l
MRS KATE FARRELL.
MRS MARY C CAM RRI lHiH.
MRS J H CON’DIT. Secretary
The petition, which is not the cue
presented to the mas- meeting held
tin Marcli Hi*, recites that the tin- ■
derslgr.ed petitioners. I)r. Aline
Bradley. Mrs. Kate Farrell. Mrs. J.
K. Smart. Mrs. M. (’. Cambridge
and Mrs. J. Ii. Condlt, representing
them, elves and several hundred
o'Ip r dep sitors. who had signed a
memorial reques'ing 'item to so
represent them, made the follow
ing peti'ions and prayers to the
court.
After reciting the history of the
two banks, and the fact of the Fair
banks Hanking company becoming
insolvent "through the fact that its
direct r- appropriated from its funds
$250,0uo to purchase from W. H
Parsons, the capital stock cf the
Washington-Alaska bank." it gees on
to say that :
V.—That on October 1. liiio. H. T.
Barnette, president of the Washing
ton-Alaska bank of Nevada and of
the Washington-Alaska bank of
Washing' n. caused the directors of
the two institutions to enter into
negotiations, the result of which
was a secret and fraudulent sale,
a pretended and purported sale, by
which the Washington-Alaska bank
of Washington sold to the Fairbanks
Banking company, then insolvent for
more than six hundred thousand dol
lars, in consideration of which the |
insolvent Fairbanks Banking com
pany promised and agreed to become
responsible for the debts and lia
bilities of the Washington-Alaska
bank of Washington. From that time
the insolvent Fairbanks Banking
company carried on the business of
both institutions at its own place j
of business under the name and
style of Washington-Alaska hank of
Nevada.
i iuu u:e uiuiieis oi win buiiem
Washington-Alaska bank were paid
out to the depositors and creditors
of both banks indiscriminately, and (
without regard to the rights of the
respective institutions. That the bus
iness of both said banks were con- j
ducted under the name of Washing
ion-Alaska bank, without notice of
any kind to the public.
Then the change in name was j
done, or caused to be done, by E. j
T, Barnette for the purpose and with
the intent of deceiving, and ulti
mately to (heat and defraud, the |
depositors of the Washington-Alaska
bank cf Washington.
In sections VII and VIII of the po- I
tition it is stated:
VII.—That the officers and direc-i
tors of both banking institutions j
were in possession of knowledge of:
the matters set forth In this peti
tion, and knew that the Fairbanks
Banking company was insolvent In
September, 1909. That notwith
standing this insolvency and their
duty to the respective depositors of
hotii banking institutions, the direc
tors of said institutions, and espec
ially the directors and officers of the
Wasliington-Alaska bank cf Wash
ington, turned over all of its moneys
to tue insolvent bank, believed to
be upward of one million dollars,
besides all its properties and ef
fects. That the directors and offi
cers cf the insolvent Fairbanks
Banking company received tlie said
moneys and effects, knowing the
hopeless insolvency of their own
Sinking institution, and the jirac
•: al snivel; iif tie Washlngton
Aii 1: i h.uiV if Wa iilnpton.
\ III I liat the directors of both
-tnkltip ■ ■ Ta1 ,"tis istr'ii Ipa'ed in
• in.,tings wii|i h resulted in the
pretend. I ■ r purported fraudulent
ile. and * lit r« f >re in law, do know,
• eli and every one. and are person
redi and de
Wa hinpton Alaska
• ink of W. iingt.n I hat the dir
:or- at. i :V.i ,ir. of the Fairbanks
■ bo had knowl
• igc f the appropriation of $2.10,
1 1 r -h :n i.ase of si . k of the
Wa-i.it . •• n Alaska bank of Wash
no part of the
la-in. - of Imnkinp of the Fair
ink- Hanking company, for which
a; .- . ely it advertised its exist
ence ar- pe.s-nally liable to the
■ -redi'ors f ..id Fairbanks Hanking
company.
st. tion X asks that an expert
bank examiner be employed to ex
a: in.- the ! nks and tha’ pe'ition
• • s' co • rmlt ■ 1 to go over
he b ks wi ll -aid examiner.
SecMon XI gives reasons why Re
. eiver Ilawkin- siioald be removed.
The petitlcn is closed with the
f Mowing prayer
1. — Tha‘ ti e; be made parties to
.■ suit entitled. Tlie Tanana \’al
y Railroad company, a corporation
organiz tl under the laws of the
t.n- f Maine, and dohn 7.up. plain
•iffs. vs Washington-Aiaska bank, a
• orporation organized under the
laws f tli- state of Nevada, defen
dant.
2. Tlia; they may be permitted to
defend the same against plaintiffs
at.d di-'l iidant, until a receiver shall
have bi'ii appointed for the Wash
ington-Aiaska bank of the sta'e of
WasHng'on. and thereafter if neces
sary.
< iver f.-r the WasninRtpn-Alaska
ink nf Wa-hin .• n. with full power
in the premises
t. Thu- 1 In > be permitted to
• :njil >. at 'In ;r nv.u expense, an
•■xpcrienct d. skillful and incorrupt l
lib ■ bank examiner or accountant,
and that the a'tnrncj for petition
ers be allowed t i examine hooks
. ith said examiner
That Mr. F. W. Hawkins be
lemovi : as one of the receivers of
W. -! 1 • i; Ala-ka bank of Hie
hi a ft* - f \’f\atln.
i; TIi.f the r- ■ eivers of the
. . a nk t : Xt vada
be itistnn td by order of this court
to di-d-ursc tin m ire moneys, other
titan for r. ■,aired necessary ex
penses. itti il the legal status of the
••rpora’b u f r which they act, and
•lie It tal status of the Washington
Alaska batik of Washington, be de
termined am! established, or until
further order of this court.
BLAZE AT THIRD AVENUE
What might have resulted in a
very bad blaze was checked in its
incipient’.* at a little before I o'clock
on .Sa'urda* afternt >n in the kit
i hen of the Third Avenue Hotel.
The department was quickly on the
stone and in a very short time
the fire wa gotten under control by
the u.-t of the chemical and the
watt r. Some of ib Katherine Mills'
setk in the back of the sore was
slightly damaged but little harm
■. as dt ne to the building. I
DOINGS IN DISTRICT COURT
The case of the United States vs. |
1. H. Henry, the editor cf the Hct
Springs l-lcho, was tried cn Monday, |
and when all of tite evidence for {
the prosecution had been tendered
[he court, on motion of the counsel
for the defendant, instructed the
jury to return a verdict of "Not
Guilty." Henry was indicted on a
charge of having endeavored to pro
cure and incite a witness to commit
'he crime of perjury, the specific
charge being that he tried to induce
Benjamin Drury, an agent of the
Northern Commercial company, at
Uot Springs, to testify before the
ccurt in the Alice Taylor case that
he had never sold liquor to the
Taylor woman at Tofty. Mr. Drury
gave his testimony and the records
of the commissioner's court at Hot
Springs were introduced and then
the defense moved for the instructed
verdict, which request was granted
by the court. The jury trying the
case consisted of A. McDougal, F.
Shoemaker, H. J. Johnson, J. J.
Filbin. Carlo Jacket!, P. J. Berry,
William Haldane. Charles Nelson. T.
A Johnson and W. B. Barb.
The witness. Mabel Bishop, being
unable to appear on Tuesday in the
ease of the United States vs. Mabel
Bishop, an adjournment was taken
to a later date. The woman is suf
fering from a nervous breakdown.
The defendant in the ease of Will
iam Bruce vs. John McMahon, a
suit tried by the commissioner at
Chatanika, filed an appeal from the
decision on Thursday. The suit was
crigina'ly started by Bruce to re
cover the sum of jwoG.SO, which he
claimed was due him from the de
fendant for work he did for him
with teams and for wood and hay
sold. Judgment for the plaintiff
was awarded in the sum of $639.50
with interests and costs.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed
on Thursday by Hugh McKinnon,
as an individual and as a member
of the co-partnership of C. F. Me
Gilvray, Dougal McPherson and F.
J. Cotter, this firm formerly operat
ing on tne Owl association claim on
Engineer creek. The schedule shows
debts of $3,583.50 incurred for labor,
wood and supplies, well no assets, j
An order was on Friday issued al
lowing Thomas Morgan and John
Litsey to join in the receivership in
the case of John E. White vs. John
E. Tobin. April 29 was set as the
date cf filing of an answer by the
defendant and by the receiver. ■
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CONSIDERABLE WAS TRANSACT
ED AT THE MEETING HELD
ON FRIDAY.
The first real business of the new
city council was transacted at the
meeting held on Friday night, when
all were present. Fnlike the first
meetings of previous councils there
was but a limited number of spec
ta'ors present.
The first matter to be brought up
was that of the school election and
a change in the date of holding
this was effected.
Councilman Driscoll then moved
that the books of the city clerk for
the past year tie audited and this
was decided upon and the clerk in
structed to call for bids for the
same.
Mr. Driscoll then moved that J. K.
Chovin, chief cf the police; P. A.
Peterson, patrolman; J. j. Buckley,
chief of the fire department; H. J
McCallum, city phycician; Whitney
\v. oinik, city clerk and magistrate;
and Geo. Hutchinson, city treasurer,
be continued in office, and the coun
cil unanimously agreed to this. On
motion of Councilman N'ordale their
bonds were fixed at the same rate
as last year and they are to be
ready for acceptance at the next
meeting of the council.
The ordinance fixing the salaries
of the officers of the ensuing year
was then read and approved, Cal
lahan voting no. At this point
City Attorney Dignan tendered his
rcsigna'ion. which was accepted.
It was then voted by the council
to continue in force the ruling
made by the last council that the
old warrants could be exchanged
and tendered in payment cf de
Unguent taxes.
The old rules and regulations
governing the council were then
read by the clerk and on motion by
Nordale they were adopted for the
guidance of the present council.
Mayor Gordon then announced the
following appointments to the stand
ing committees.
Ways and Means Peoples, Cal
lahan, Xcrdale.
Streets, lights and public works:
Xcrdale. Heacock and Peoples.
Fire protection and water supply:
Xcrdale, Heacock and Peoples.
Public health, sewerage, and po
lice; Frey, Driscoll and Heacock.
J. D. SOLLEK INQUIRED FOR
As will be seen from an adver
tisement appearing ou another page
of this issue Mrs. Ida Sollek, of
Cincinnati, O.. is inquiring in regard
to the whereabouts of her son. Jos
eph D. Sollek. The young man
wrote on May 19, 191u. to the effect
that he would sail a few days later
from Seattle to Nome. Frequent
letters to that city and to other
parts of Alaska have failed to
elicit any tidings of him.
SON IS SOUGHT.
"Your mother is awaiting im
patiently to hear from her son,
Joseph D. Sollek, who Is 25 years
old, tall, has black curly hair and
has a dark complexion. Write to
your father and mother soon for
y u are breaking our hearts. Send us
a telegram stating that you are
coming home soon. “Mother.”
“Our address: No. 72G Hopkins
street. Cincinnati, O.”
Alaska papers please copy.
On Friday Judge Overfleld signed
'he order relative to the $101,000 I
consigned by the Washington-Alaska !
bank to the Dexter Horton bank in
Seattle, denying the petition of the
Dexter Horton bank but allowing the j
petition. The order makes the point
that the gold while it was in transit
still belonged to the Washington
Alaska bank and did not belong to
the tonsignees until it had been re
ceived by the latter and had been
entered on the books of the Dexter
Horton bank to the credit of the
Washington-Alaska hank
The court on Friday, on account ■
of the departure of Attorney R. V. j
Nye to the Outside, ordered the on-!
try of new attorneys of record in the
district court cases of Ora Mining
company vs. A. V. Thorns, F. W.
Carter and A. B. Ferguson and Mary
K. Perry, executrix of the estate of
Jerry Cousby, deceased, vs. H. J.
Miller and F. de Journel. In the
first cases Stevens, Roth & Dignan
will appear for the plaintiff and in
the latter they will act for the de
fendants.
Judge Overfield expects to leave
Fairbanks for the Iditarod about
the first of June, and, in order that
there will be no interruption of
court here he has arranged with
Judge Cushman of the Third divis-;
ion to come here during his ab
sence and continue the trial of the
civil cases on the calendar. Judge
Cushman Is at present holding a !
term of court in Seward and he will
later go to Juneau to sit on cases |
in which Judge Lyons is disquali
fied. The term here will be opened
by Judge Cushman on July 6 and the
grand and petit Juries will be drawn
in advance so that there wilt be
no interruption. Judge Cushman will
be accompanied by his wife and son
and possibly by his mother.
So that there will be no delay in
the opening of court in the Iditarod
on the arrival of Judge Overfield in
the lower camp lists of names cf
residents of the camp are being
prepared and the drawing of lha
juries will be made here and the
notices of the term issued before
the judge's departure. If he gets
through in the lower camp in time
Judge Overfleld will return and oc
cupy the bench here Jointly with
Judge Cushman untl' the latter has
to leave.
Judge Overfield on Saturday or
dered the clerk of the court to in
dorse the post office department
warrants of the defendant in the
case of E. T. Rarnette vs. J. A. York,
the defendant having failed to exe
cute his power of attorney to the
plaintiff to enable the plaintiff to in
dorse the warrants as he was or
dered to do in the Judgment issued
from this court.
PERSONAL MENTION
v.»u u.i u. n ,,r r.* .in inun Inf rmnlnir on rinht awav to Fair
i n Tuesday.
A Miller, of Fish i reek, was In
! town on Tuesday.
Pete Johnson, of Jhatanlka, was
i in town on Thursday
Matt Kambrlch. of Cleary, was In
'own during the wen
Archie McBride w.s a visitor to
[ the city during the .veek.
Pat .Mcldtughlin. of (fold Hill, was
a visitor to lo.vn on Saturday.
August Bullock. • f ^B Ohio road
house, was in town ^^JVicr-day.
Jim M< Kc n. "Ma^^Atm." Is a
commercial traveler California.
Pat Meehan, the Fairbanks i reek
operat r. was in own during the
week.
Allan Cunningham, w ho Is opi r
ating . n Steele creel. came in on
Friday.
Ed Hendrickson, vorklng on 17
Coldstream, was in town during
the wee k.
J. Bos;rum, of Fish creek, came
in from the new producer during
the week.
Mrs. E. W. Griffin tnd Mrs. E A.
Davis came up from Citena on Fri
day's train.
Jim Cody and Claries Murray
came up fr m the Iditarod on
Monday last.
Mrs. Birnbaum, of Chena. was in
town visiting friends 'he early part
of the week.
Mr anil Mrs. Dave Patterson. <f
Engineer creek, were in town dur
ing tne week.
Billy Clark and Larry LilUco re
turned from the Iditarod on Wed
nesday evening.
.It'll y I tiuisuil, IU. ninu 1 Uiv
N'iggerhead group on Dome, was In
town on Tuesday.
A. ,T. Godski was during the week
notified of the dpath of his father,
ill St. Paul. Minn.
Miss Gillian Smith, the teleph ne
• pe-ator at Chatanika. was a vis
itor to town on Tuesday.
The Aim brothers of Fairbanks
creek returned on Friday evening
from a trip to Denmark.
Miss Anna Wolf, <f Juneau, is In
quiring in regard to the whereabouts
of her brother Muse Wolf.
Commissioner A. J Griffin, the
Pooh Hah of Richardson, was a vis
iter to town on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bigelow were
in town during the week to meet
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Berry.
Mrs. Beldon. of Cliena. came up to
St. Joseph’s hospital during the
week for n minor operation.
William Upton and Vnl Flemming
arrived from the Outside on Wednes
day, coming ever the Valdez trail.
H O. White, formerly Judge Over
field’s secretary, is now engaged in
t.ie real estate business in Valdez.
Fred Huprich and C. 1C. Kern
were passengers on the Hot Springs
stage which lefl on Thursday morn
ing.
Mrs. E. II. Boyer is getting along
nicely, and it is hoped she will be
able to be around again in a short
time.
J. E. Moulton and D. H. Emping
er, the Seattle drummers, returned
from a flying trip to the Iditarod on
Wednesday.
Dr. C. M. Moore, tlie dentist, who
went Outside last fall, is now locat
ed in Tacoma, in the Electro den
tal parlors.
John G. McGinn, who was taken ill
at Chitina, expects to be able to
leave that place for Fairbanks some
time this week.
Attorney Roy V. Nye, J. Cleve
land. S. J. Marsh and Mrs. Acklen
were passengers on the stage which
left on Thursday.
Dr. Spalding has written to Dr
McCallum to the effect that there
has been very little sickness in the
Iditarod this winter.
Andy Hoey, the electrician and
wrestler, broke his collar bone
while wrestling with F. E. Dundon,
at the rink, a week ago.
William Hjelvik. of Cariuou creek,
in the Kantishna district, returned
to his camp on Wednesday, after a
sojourn of a week in town.
Jonn Murray, of the firm cf Whit
man and Murray, who has been win
tering Outside, returned to the camp
at tlie beginning of tne week.
E. G. French, who was formerly
foreman for Condon on Dome re
turned to the city from the Outside
at the beginning of the week.
Tommy Wright left for the Cliand
lar on Tuesday, going to do some
further work on some quartz prop
erties he is interested in in that
camp.
Jack Adams and George B.
Wesch, formerly with the Wasli.ng
ton-Alaska bank here, will wrk
this summer for the American bank
in Iditarod.
Gus Koellner, the jeweller, form
erly with W. H. Mendham, tame in
on Tuesday, accompanying Charles
Davidson, (he surveyor, with a
double-ender.
Deputy Marshal Hansen returned
from Hot Spring on Saturday, hav
ing in charge L. Anderson, who is
charged with assaulting Alice Tay
lor in this city.
Reed Harris, formerly of the Ester
creek stage line, and A.ex Fowler,
formerly with the Washington-Alaska
bank, came in over the trail on bi
cycles cn Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jatres Lushbaugh,
of Engineer creek, were in the city
during the week. Since selling out
his lay on the Niggerhead Jim has
been taking things easy.
After a winter spent on the Out
side Charles Bertrand and George
Lueder returned to the camp cn
Tuesday afternoon. Bo'h of them
visited in the old country.
A. L. Koevic, who has been in
the Tenderfcot country for several
weeks returned to the camp at
the beginning of the week. He re
ports that Val Diebold is in the
money.
William Mates of No. 8 Goldstream
returned to the city on Tuesday,
He stepped in Valdez on the way
in and may return to that camp to
further investigate the quartz pros
pects.
J. A. Jamison, who vas formerly
foreman of the Ready Billion Mining
company, returned from the Outside
on Monday, having spent the win
ter in the old country.
Barney Simon, James Doherty, W.
R. Cunningham, Georg* M. Harp,
Gus E. Green, William Meer, A. \V.
Best, R. Sprecht, F. R Short, John
D. Co-,'ell, Herman Koch and J. R.
Sloan arrived on the stage on Thurs
day.
Harry Edwards and "Barney’’
Barnett, who left the nmp a year
ago o investigate north of the cir
cle. were reported at Rampart a
week ago with serious intentions
j hanks.
Captain McCann, of the -teatncr
Schwatka. returned fr m the Out
side on Saturday Ho wir.'ered it
Wisconsin. His family will not J n
him until after the opening of nn\
Igation.
Tommy Watts, formerly foreman
for .lesson K- C nradt, has wrlttei
• McIntosh * Kubon his lmpr< s-i n
of Georgetown and the ldkarod.
They are anything but fluttering t
tiie lower camp.
The stage arriving Monday las
hrougu 'he followitig pasengers
’ C. Fitzgerald, Dan Fields C I I-’1
usen. J. 1). Stryker. G. V. Goss. Mr
and Mrs. S. Wiltner. Katie Phlie’i
Mrs. Dora Jacobson and it II
Dodge.
On the stage arriving Saturda
' were Milo X. Miles and James V.
, Hill, of ihe Wells-Fargo Expres
company; Volney .Il'chmond an*
Hob Menzie, < f the Northern Com
merclal company; Captains l.emle;
McRobbins and McCann, of th
Northern Navigation company an
J. W. Parker.
SCHOOL ELECTION APRIL 2f
An ordinance was passed at th*
city council meeting on Frida
night fixing the time 1 r the boh
ing of the school election cn th
day following the city election
that is, the first Wednesday af *
j the first Tuesday In April i
specified, however, that the ek*
'ion this year should he held *
Wednesday. April 21’
The following were appointed o'
ficials to act at the election a \ve<
from Wedne day: Cl 'Ts, Percy 1
Palmer and E. Hendrickson; Judge
G. I’. Erwin and Adolph Wei,-.no
inspector, Witney W. Clark.
ALMOST FATALFiRi
AT CHENA
GLOBE HOTEL AT MILLTOWf
WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED
LAST MONDAY.
_ i
Early on Monday morning tin
Globe Intel at Chena was to -ill
destroyed by fire, with nearly all it
Contents, a property loss of abmi
Sl.noo, resulting to Mr. and Mr- 1
.1 Burger its owners. In additl
Mrs. Burger, John Raap and G. I
Boulter, tho superintendent of In
tin schools and Charlie McDcnno ••
the town marshal were scriou ly burn
ed. Mrs. Burger was at tinte put <
the train and brouglr to St. M;i
thew’s hospital, and is now t'uiu |
nicely, ns Is also, Mr. Boulter. \vb
later was taken to the same In-ti 1
tlon. Mr. Raap was badly burin
about the face and cheeks ami lip
and is still suffering considerabi
Mrs. Burger had nearly all of tb.
hair burned from her head while In
arms, hands and face also suffere
severely. Mr. McDermott, who ret
j dered much assistance, was pa'nfu!
| !y burned on the side of his free.
The building was a thri ester
structure, situated at the upper ( ,
of Front street and it original!
cost $5,000. It was pruchased b.
the Burgers three years ago.
Mr. Boulter was staying at tin (
| hotel, having a room on the recoin
: floor. He had left a call for
o'clock and at that time when Mr |
Burger called him, tnere was n I
sign of anything wrong A sir r
time after this Mrs. Burger hear
something fall, but thought it wa
ice loosened up from tne roof am j
| paid no further attention to it. /
little later Burger went upstair
| again to call Boulter, as the gues
j had gone to sleep again, and <:i :
the first landing he noticed that the ■
I ceiling in two rooms, occupied b; :
| Boulter were on fire. Shout ins !
' “Fire,” and awakening Boulter tin |
hotel proprietor rushed downstair.
! again to save what ho c uld o'
his belongings. Boulter kicked ou
j the window pane, cutting his foo’ j
in doing so, and jumped to tin '
snow below. His hair was nearl |
' all burned from i.,s noad and h« !
; received numerous small burns be I
With the help of John Raap th 1
1 Burgers recovered from the hum
ing building a chest, a washstam
and a drawer containing their paper,
j and. also, most of their money, bu
i the flames spread so rapidly that
they had no more than five minu'e
in which to do the work. While
Mrs. Burger was in the kitchen she
stumbled and fell. Before she could
rise a section of the burning cloth i
and paper from the ceiling fell on
her and set fire to her clothing. She
started for the door, but fell again
and was rescued by her husband,
who rolled her In the snow and ex
tinguished the flames.
By the aid of the townspeople
the tire was prevented from spread- !
ing further, and a cabin used for
storing provisions and ether supplies
was saved after it appeared certain
it would be destroyed.
DIVIDENFnW BEING PAID
The payment by the receivers of
the second dividend of I673 per
cent, to the depositors of the Wash
ington-Alaska bank was commenced
last Monday and lias been in pro
gress all week. Not nearly so much
of a rush as was expected 10 k place
and the office force wus easily able
to cope with the demand for coin
and currency. The bank will remain
open until all of the depositors have
been paid.
INSANE PATIENTS ARE
ALL SAFELY LANDED
—
Chief Deputy Marshal Charles re- j
celved a wire on Saturday to the
effect that the insane patients tak
en Outside by Deputy Marshal Mat
thews had been delivered at their
destination, the Mount Tabor sani
tarium.
Copjrrlfti
1**10, by
L. ADLER,
BROS. £ CO.
IN BUYING
A SUIT OF
CLOTHES
WWHIl'IH JO—
1it--Consid3r QUALITY
2d-0bserve CURABILITY
3d-Reflecl Oil STYLE
4th--Reprd C3L0R
5th-Weigh PRICE
If you are dealing with a relia
ble house, the LAST thing to be
iUMbiDr.nt.jj is rnllh. In buying a $20 suit you are getting $20
worth~NO MORE or NO LESS—for it was bought to k said for that
amount.
We sell suits for $20, $25. $30, $35, $10, $15 a.:' $’!|. all mark
ed on a percentage basis and are values demonstiated by two of the
best clothing houses in the States—
.A. PINSKA,
Successor to Sargent & Pinska.
SKS B 1 W——— wm i - •» - - - -,
SALARIES SLASHED
POLICY OF ECONOMY AND RE
TRENCHMENT BEING PUR
SUED FROM START.
In p irsuance of their determlna
:'ii *o reduce tile city’s expenses
fur tin- fonh .nilng yi ar the mem
ers (f tlie city council voted on
I riday night to cut tlie salaries of
ill (he di\ employes, and a resold
i-'it was adoped which places the
.Slavics at a future which will mean
i saving to the city of m re than
' i.ciWt in tic next 12 months. The
." avli st cm, cue of $75 per month,
‘■is made in the salary of the d'y
rtorncy. while the city clerk, city
hysic ian mid p.ti loluiau \seie cut
down $30 ]ier m nth.
The offices of the city chrk. mag
istrate. 'ax assessor and deputy tax
i olieotor are combined under one
head. The salary vi.. be. until Oc
ober 1. $2 i0. and after that time to
i he expiration of the term it will
be $2"'i.
The fallowing table shows the
present salaries to be paid for the
ther offices and the reduction in
each case from tlie salary paid last
year:
Present Ke
Salary duetion
Chief of p lice . $223 $25
City attorn . 50 75
Patrolman . 200 50
City physician . 50 50
Chief lire department 2_;» 25
Captain fire dept . . . 100 15
Firemen (0) . 125 1"
For ,:e [mi; -m ii coiip.ting (ia'a
f T a i.piv * ; i ' r. of Ai iska. to be
i-sm I lit Ii I.. F Ik ,v Co. I!. H.
I toil g (.line ii.'o o :i on 'I'm slay's
■tage. Ii.' '.ill |■ ally be here for
lo- gr rcr pa: ■ (f the summer en
gage I in i. ■ nl i .mu ding the
m w I . -ok : i tar a !' lirbanks and
the rri rk an- i m eri.i d.
11 is two ears . • the last di
rect ry of the territory was issued
hj tiio 1’ lk [n <11F•• and tliat work
lias ttlioni sen..! its |iur[io.-e. The
work for tin- i- ue in tiiis district
w as don 1 1' 11 Denning. Mr.
!1 i • ed dire tory
man and in b in in- I . n to ex
ercise ext rein. • care in the work.
1-Tor dp I.ov ia. King of Havana
Cigar; Sold I d., r.. wIm.n . *
W. G, ATKINSON
Has reopened tho
..Sheet Metal Works..
Second Ate., opp. Cold Storage
Am prepared lo figure on any
and all kinds of work In my line.
Happy Home Canned Goods
Gold Shield Coffee
Schwabacher Bros & Cosine.
SOLD BY ALL DEALERS
NOTICEI
The Fairbanks Quartz Development Company will receive bids
for sinking of 200 feet of shafting, as per plans and specifications
on file at the office of the secretary, W. F. Whtely, corner Second
and Turner.
Copies of the specifications can be obtained upon request.
Bids will be received until noon, April 25.
FAIRBANKS QUARTZ DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
By W. F. Whitely, Secretary...
MfiCD APTIfUlM IS NOW A WH0LE CLAIM, HAV.
rnAli MlIN ING annexed adjoining prop
i nnw i iwii erty. .highspire rye is still
SELLING AT $1.00 THE BOTTLE. WM. F. KRAMER, Prop.
You are Invited to Drop in and Mingle
Fred
Flying Pictures
AT AUDITORIUM NEXT WEEK
Bill