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Fairbanks’ city fathers are as deaf as a sfcpne wall when any question arises upon which Councilman Dan Callahan has anything to say.In conformity with the recommendation of the grand jury that Officer Jack Hayes be dismissed from the force for *. * misconduct altogether uiir befitting one whose duty it is to 'ub-hold the law * * *” Mr. -Callahan last night made a motion that the action recommended by%the grand jury he taken, ^d 'that Officer Hayes , be relieved of his star.inhere was nothing doing; not a sec-ond- was heard, and the members o£ the council present .were far off In dreamland in sweet reveries from which the trump of the Angel Gabriel could not have awakened them.Dan got hot under the collar and paid his respects to the officer, m which he made accusations against Hayes' moral character which, in justice to the force, the council might at least have had investigated. There has never at any time been any question of the efficiency of Hayes as a police officer. He is conceded to be one of the best men the force has ever had in the performance of hie duty. It is his personal character which has been attacked, and was attacked by both the grand jury and the councilman last night. The recommendation of the grand jury was placed on file, and there the matter ends for the present.Dan was on the rampage generally last night In the course of his remarks during the discussions of the council be made use of some pretty free and easy language, which didn't meet the approval of the mayor and council, and in. the argument which followed stated emphatically his objections to the manner in which he had been treated by the members since his election to the office of councilman. He declared his intention of bringing to the attention of the body any irregularities he might discover from time to time, and stated for the information of the members that the methods of transacting public business was not in accordance with his ideas of business. He specifically made one charge of irregularity is the payment of a bill, and stated that the lax method in which the accounts of firms against the city receive the O. K. of the city fathers was not for the best interests of the people. One bill, in particular, had received the O. K. ofcouncilman without anything but the most superficial knowledge of the work performed on the part of th ecouncll-man- The bill was for the hauling of thirty-three loads of gravel, and Mr. Callahan said he had the most positive evidence that but thirty had been hauled, and payment for the extra three loads (if they were paid for by the city) was in the nature of a gift to the party doing the work. Dan didn’t put it quite so politely as he stated the case to the council. The bill was passed and ordered paid as read, Mr. Callahan dissenting.I have no desire to stir up a fuss in the council, said Mr. Callahan to the Miner man after the meeting, belive that there is a proper way of doing everything, and there is certainly a great deal of laxity in the transaction of public business which should be remedied, and as long as I am the council, I am going to see that the attention of the public is called to this loose manner of doing business: Iconsider it my duty to do so, and I’ll tell you when a lot of things are'made known, my position will be justified.“I don’t have no more consideration than a white chip in the doings of the council, as I told them tonight, but that isn’t going to stop me drawing the attention of the members to anything I conceive to he wrong when it comes to my attention.”What the other members of the council said of Mr. Callahan was not for publication.A GUARANTEE CURE FOR PILE*.Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Files. Druggiets are authorised to refund money u PAZO OINTMENT toil* to cure In six to fourteen days. «*• *happened and the government is now prosecuting Adams with the utmost vigor, trying to establish his guilt ia connection with the embezzlement.Mr Hawkins will leave Fairbanks for Seattle on one of the boats leaving about, the last part of the month and when be arrives and the Adams case’ is culled to trial he will be one of the principal witnesses against him.A number of claims for reimbursement of dust alleged to have been stolen have already been made, and there will he many more, doubtless, in reply to the advertisement inserted today. .LITTLE ELDORADO IN DISTRICT COURTWhich Clearly Indicates That Some Pay Must Have Been Found,Pay must lately have been found on Little Eldorado.'.The district court- Is the barometer nowadays by which to ffnd hut on what crooks the likelihood of properties turning out right are good.Esther, Goidstream, Cripple, Dome and a host of others have already had their baptism of litigation, and now Little Eldorado cames merrily along when some one discovers gold in pay-ign quantities.The latest suit to he filed is that of John L. Long, Louis Schmidt and George Moor vs. F. E. Becker. The plaintiffs allege that they have been the owners against all others since May, 1903, of the claim known as No. 6 above discovery, first tier, right limit Comes along Becker, who has taken out $1,500 already, and is still producing at the rate of about $50 per day, and refuses to be dispossessed of the good thing.The court is asked to declare plaintiffs sole owners of the property and for the award of damages to the tune of $2,500, as well as all the costs in the case.In the mail received on the Seattle No. 3 yesterday came a communication, in the form of an advertisement, which will be found in another column of the Miner, of interest to a great many miners in the Tanana district.Will H. Thompson, sitting as a special master in the case of the gold dust robbery from the Seattle assay office, under appointment from the United States circuit court for the western district of Washington, commenced hearing evidence in the matter of claims from depositors who are believed to have lost money through the alleged peculations of George Edward Adams while the latter wa the employ of the United States assay office in Seattle. The hearing was commenced on the 6th day of September and will continue until the evidence of every individual depositor is in, or until the further orders of the apposing court. Everyone who claims to have been a sufferer through the peculations of Adams is requested to send their claims, with proof thereof, to the special master at his office in the Colman building in Seattle as soon as possible, and the claim will have every attention at the hands of Mr.There are a number of Fairbanks people who are interested in the case of Adams. It was right here in the Washtngton-Alaska bank that the first positive proof of crooked work in the assay office in Seattle was discovered, and through the diligence of F. W Hawkins, gold dust teller of the bank, a case was worked up against the office which left.no doubt but that men shipping to the Seattle office were being robbed right and left, it may he difficult to prove the indictment against Adams, owing to the technicalities surrounding it, but the fact still remains that the thefts actuallyGREAT QUANTITIES OF FREIGHT FOR RICHARDSONFlorence S Left Yesterday With a Record Load for Tenderfoot,The steamer Florence S. left yesterday at 6 p. m. for upper Tanana river points. She had in tow a barge and took one of the largest consignments of freight yet shipped to the new town of Richardson.Besides the unusual amount of freight she carried many passengers, mostly prospectors, who are going up to look over the promised land.Owing to the unusual demand for space the boats running to Richardson are taxed to their capacity, and it is feared that when navigation closes much freight will remain undelivered by the boats and will have to be freighted up by teams.CHURCHES ARE LOOTED BY A ROBBER BANDBrass Pulpit Fixtures in One Brooklyn Edifice Ripped Off and Poor Box Rifled.NEW YORK, Sept. 12.—Brooklyn headquarters detectives are making a vigorous search today for the band of church burglars who broke into the Prospect Heights Presbyterian Church at 1048 Eighth avenue, Brooklyn, and the Twelfth Street Dutch Reformed Church, in Prospect Slope.The robbers were not only sacre-ligious in the choice of the place of their depredations, but displayed likewise a thoroughness in their methods. ‘‘Jimmies were used by them in making their entrance at rear windows of the edificeg.From the Prospect Heights Presbyterian Church the thieves took six ornamental brass rods, wrenching them loose from the pulpit. They also broke open the poor box and took its contents, about $8. Evidently disappointed that this amount was not larger, the robbers tore up the carpet from the main aisle and carried it away. It is not known what other loot they may have taken, for the pastor is away and no complete inventory has been possible.It is supposed that the men were frightened away from the Dutch Reformed Church in Prospect Slope, or else they became weary of looting for heavy articles, as the carpet there was also torn up but left behind.NO street obstructions.The city council last night passed to third reading an ordinance prohibiting the erection of any Sign fence or other obstruction on a public thoroughfare, and the same will be passed at the next meeting of the council.WILL WINTER HERE.Miss White of St. Louis, a sister of Mrs. Erwin, arrived on the Seattle No. 3 yesterday and will spend the winter here with Judge and Mrs. Erwin.STORE FOR RICHARDSON.W. E. Getzendaner recently took a stock of general merchandise to Tenderfoot. He will open a store at Richardson.
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Fairbanks Evening News
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Thu, Sep 13, 1906
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