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Having put In a steam boiler and
other tnacuinery we are better pre
pared thun over to do lirst-class work
ou short notice.
6-23-tf Skagway Laundry
Having completed reliable arrange
ments for an adequate tupply of the
best
British Columbia Coal
for the coming winter we offer for
Sku?way Coal Consumers, Coals at
following prices; ?
Wellington (Departure Hay)
Uun of Mlue Jl2.'per ton
Wellington (Ladysmlth)
Selected Lumps J13 per ton
Anthracite (Banff B. C.)
Chestnut Size $20 per too
Priees aboul arc on wharf and in bulk
or sacked and for cash. fX'livery $1.00
per ton extra.
SHAW &. JOHNSON
Phones 1 1 or I0t? Skasrway. Alaska |
?100 H.wrd SIOO
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pleased to learn that thero ia at least
one dreaded disease that scienoe has
beon sble to cure in all its stages, and
that is catarrh. Hall's C'atarrti Cure
is the ouly positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
s constitutional disease, requires a con
stitutional treatment. Halt's Catarrh
Cure ia taken Internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disea.se, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature In do
ing its work. The proprietors have so
I much faith in its curative powers thac
they offer Ono Hundred Dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials.
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Murder on the High Seas.
Cabin Boy Tells of Pirate Scheme That Cost the Lives of American
Sailors? Mystery of Wreck Found Off Gilbert Island
Cleared Up by His Confession.
l<u the glistening coral of Apamaua i
lagoon. In the Gilbert Inland*, Cap- i
tain Malcolm und the engineer of th<>
Sydney trading schooner Laurel found
the wreck of a line American built
schooner. Like that strange wreck
which the adventurers of ltobert Louis
Stevenson's "Wreckers" found 011 the
beach of a south seu Island, this wreck
was a mysterious oue. When the trad
ers solved It they learned a tale that
savored more of the eighteenth than
the tweurteth century. From two men,
oue of whom gave his name us J. Tay
lor and said he hailed from Manches
ter, England, and the other who gave
his name as G. Jackson and said Lon
don, Kugland, was his home, the trad
ers learned that Joseph Mortimer, a
Belgian, forty yea 11* df age, had forced
the captain and mate of the vessel
overboard and they had stolen the
schooner. They were afterward ar
rested for piracy aud murder and taken
to Suva, FIJI Islands, for trial.
The II. M. S. Muraiua, now at Syd
ney, N. S. W.. brought the retnark
uble story of tin' pirating of this
schooner from Callao, Peru, and the
murder of the captain and tnate, who
were forced overboard after a desper
ato struggle for life when nttarked
with a tomahawk.
Captalu Malcolm, muster of the trad
ing schooner Laurel, sighted the
twenty years of age and an English
man. His companion, Joseph Morti
mer, who was about forty years of age,
was a Belgian and was employed as
cook on the schooner Nenvro Tlgre,
which left Callao with a cargo of coko
for oue of the coastal ports. There
was a crew of four all told, including
the captain, mate, Mortimer and him
self, who was engaged as cabin boy.
Mortimer had previously planned to
pirate the schooner, for they had not
been at sea many hours before he made
a bloodthirsty Attack on the mate. ?
The mate was attending to some por
tion of the rigging when the cook, who
had secured a tomahawk, crept up be
hind him and aimed a blow at his
head. At that Instant the mate moved,
and Instead of killing him, as was in
tended, the blade-struck his arm, caus
ing a severe wound. The mate then
grappled with his assailant and at
tempted to wrench the tomahawk from
his grasp. Mortimer, however, was a
powerful man, and the mate was se
verely handlenpped with bis injured
arm. After a desperate struggle last
ing some minutes, be found he was un
able to overpower his antagonist and
niado a dash for the rigging. Morti
mer was taken aback by this move,
and the fugitive reached the rigging
before he was aware of his Intention.
Mortimer again rushed at him and
"OVERBOARD WITH YOU OH I'LL BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT!"
schooner lu Apauiaim reef wheu his
vessel weut to the village to truile. She
wus on the weather side of the Island
and far up on the beach. lie and the
engineer were able to wade to her.
Two uieu were seated on the deck.
They said the remainder of the crew
had gone ashore, but. forgettlug. uald
a few minutes later they had left the
vessel In u boar and had not been heard
of. They decllued to give further In
formation concerning themselves, nnd
the traders went bark to the Laurel
ruystilled.
They discussed the mysterious wreck
tiutll late at night. but were unable to
form any opinion. Next moruiug the
two men came off to the* I.anrel and
sUcd Captain Malcolm to give them
? ?.ssage to 1'lji. Shortly before the-4ta
ve magistrate had visited the trading
liooner and warned Captain Malcolm
ot to give the two men a passage, as
:ie Intended to send them to Tarawa,
headquarters of the Itrltlsh resident
commissioner In the group, where they
would have au opportunity of explain
ing their position to the authorities.
The dusky magistrate was of the opin
ion that everything was not Just as It
should have been.
(,'aptaln Malcolm was curious, and he
cross questioned the two men. He was
auxlous to solve the mystery.
"There's no uanie painted on your
vessel. Why Is thatV" asked the trader.
"We forgot to p::hit It In when we
repainted the ves-vl." said Taylor, the
elder of the two men. "We had re
chrlstened her, you see. We Intended
to crII her the White Uose. She used
to be called the I'uelche of Valparaiso,
from which port we sailed on Oct. lu
last. We bought her from a Mr. I'ssh
ley."
"Got your roglsterV" asked Captain
Malcolm.
"No; we dldu't get a register. Mr.
Usshley of Valparaiso refused to give
It to us wheu we bought the schooner.
"Got a clearance';" queried the trader.
"No? that Is, we lost It," replied Tay
lor hesitatingly.
"Oh, what's the use of lying!" he sud
denly said. "I'll tell you the whole
bag of tricks. The schooner was the
Neuvre Tlgre. about Ufty tons, and
sailed under the Italian tiag. She was
employed out of Callao In the coasting
trade."
Captain Malcolm refused to give the
two men a passage, and they weut
back to the schooner, where they re
mained until the steamer 1,. J. Kenuey
came, and they were taken on this ves
sel to Tarawa, headquarters of the go
ernment, and placed uuder arrest pend
Ing Investigation.
During the trip Jackson, the younger
man. made a coufesslon. He said lliat
his name was Jackson, but that he also
went by the name of Skeirett. He was
mink' slushes at blui with the ax, but
the mate by this time had reached a
place of safety.
The commotion brought the captain
on (leek. Before he could arm hlm
self, however, Mortimer spied .him and,
leaving the mate In the rigging, at
once turned his attention to the cap
tain. Before the captain could get
anything with which to defend him
self be was struck on the head with
the tomahawk and rendered uncon
scious. ,
Mortimer now hud full charge of the
ship. He hurried to his bunk und se
cured u rllle which he had secreted
there. After deliberately loading It he
pointed It at the mate clinging to the
rigging jfinl threatened to shoot If he
tlid nut Jump overboard.
"Overboard with you or I'll blow
your brains out!" he shouted nt the
mute.
1 be mate tried to pacify Mortimer.
He cajoled while the angered Belgian
stood aiming at him with the rifle.
The cook then tired, mlsslug the mate.
Before lie tired again the mate took a
header into the sea. He rose to the
surface a short dlstnnce from the ves
sel und struck out, trying to swim to
the shore, several miles distant. A
few minutes Later he disappeared, ap
parently being drowned.
By this time the captain had recov
, ered consciousness. Mortimer gave
liini the option of Jumping overboard
or belug shot. The captain chose the
j former course und Immediately leaped
over the rail. Young Jackson, the
cabin boy, who had been looking on,
threw the captain a plank. He was
unable to say whether the captain se
cured this plank, but was of the opin
ion that he did npt see it and was
drowned.
When the captain and mate were
forced overboard Mortimer made Jack
son promise to stand by him. Afraid
that he would lie forced overboard, tho
| . abln boy readily assented, and the
two decided to uavigate the vessel to
Australia, where they proposed to sell
: Ijer and decamp. The coke was Jet
: Isoned and the name of the vessel
tainted out. Neither Mortimer nor
Tackson knew much aliout navigation,
ind they always sailed with the wind,
j They had several narrow escapes. In
.'act, it was remurkable that they
reached as far as they did without dis
iBter. One murnlug about 8 o'clock
; the -vessel brought up In the Apamana
lag' .on. where she drove on the beach
i und was a hopeless wreck. The two
men were Ignorant of their position on
luu ling, und It wus this fact that made
the uutlve mugistrete suspicious, com
bined with the lack of papers.
The pirates were sent to Sura. In
formation will be sent to Callao, and
they may go there for trial.
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Terminus W. P. & Y. Route
All South Bound Steamers Arrive and Depart FromThla Dock
REGULATION? 1906
Warehouse? pen for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5 p.m.
Perishables ONLY" delivered on Sunday or at night.
All freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. S. customs
office) and must be delivered before 6 p, m. No freight will be re
ceived on wharf after this nour.
BAGGAGE? roils win oe oollected on Checked Baggage Onlt. No
ohargc for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be cloa3d to tho publio when steamer Is nearlng
dock and will be opo& donly when passengers have disembarked,
Wharfage Tariff can bo had on application at office on dock,
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