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, "sixteenth YEAR SKAGWAY ALASKA, THURSDAY. SEPl'EMBER 35, 1913 PRICE 10 CENTS
Albany, Sept. 25 ? The first wlt
u?*s to be called In the Sulier Im
peachment proceedings yeatorday
alttruoon was Secretary of Statu
.Mitchell May.
The witness was unable to throw
any light upon the subject of the
Governor misappropriating campaign
funds.
This morning witnesses were call
id, and they testified that they had
donated money for the campaign o
Sulzer, but that they had given th
money with the understanding that
It could bo used for whatsoever pur
post- Governor Sulier saw It.
Just before adjournment for the
recess, the impeachment Court de
cided that all testlmouy would bo
heard before a decision would b
rendered. This method of proceed
ure Is considered quite Irregular
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bv i? LLtrrs kiki.i\<;
Clrvclniiil, Sept. !S ? Ldeutena
William R. Loughborough, attached
'o the United Static Infantry de
tachment at Kdgewater I 'ark,
f.as learned the identity of the man
who accidentally Blew Corporal
Michael Fonuessejr at Camp Perry,
September 1.
The man who fired the shot whlc
I r jnght death to the United States
;*riuy corporal In said to bo of the
French army, a member of the tean
participating In tho target practic
Curing which Feunewey was killed.
The officer solved the mystery of
the shooting by finding tho arm
with the uuusual rifling by which
tho bullet which killed Fennessey
wus marked.
When the Identity of tho owuer
<>' this gun was learned, Lieutenant
loughborough watched him care
fully.
The death of the marker appeared
to affect the marksman not at all.
and tho day following, according to
the lieutenant, he shot uncommonly
well, making a large score. The lie
tenant was named recorder of iv
investigating board which heard tlii<
?:.se and sent the information to
Washington.
The Frenchman is said to be still (
:.t Camp Perry .and Ignorant of tho
In-ard's findings. Fennessey, attache
'o Company M, Third United States
Infantry, was shot In the abdomen
Jitst before noon on September 1.
tie was marking target No. 3 on
the 75 yard mlnature range in the
Internatlonet matches.
The bullet found In tho body was
not battered and offered the only
The recorder called for all the
rifles In use on the range at the
time. Shutting hlnisel up In the
room with the guns, a can of gun
oil, a box of bullets and a ramrod.
l o carefully oiled each gun and pus
? u a lead through the barrel. It
came out with the Imprewtlon of
' ho rlfllug and wus placed In a mar'
i j envelope. Theee envelopes were
Oi-ened by the board and the var
iuos rlllngs compared with that on
the bullet which killed Fonnessey
One bore marks that wore identical
ATTACK KKAItKl) ON
OI'KltATIXG MIXKIt
Trinidad, Sept. 25 ? Word ha
Ik on received here that every pre
caution is being taken at the mine
it Segundo to prevent a genera
attack on the miners who still con
tinue to work. Tho strikers hav
lieen very lawless since tho killing
of Catnen by Marshall Lee, and 1
il believed that an attempt will bo
made to close tho mines still lu
operation.
WASHINGTON' TEAM BETS JAIS
Seattle, Sept. 25 ? A cablcgran
from Toklo, Japan, from Graduat
Manager Ralph A. Horr says th
1'nlverslty of Washington baseball
team wou the first garao of the
u score of 13 lo 2.
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Concord, Sept. 25 ? Governor Fol
ker yesterday granted counsel In th
Thaw extradition case until nex
Monday Sept. 29. to file addition#
briefs.
Tho Steamship Northwestern ar
rived lu this port at 0:20 o'clocl
li>8t evening and sailed south a
7:30 o'clock. She had thlrty-flv
first class and 22 second class
I-nssengers for the States l?oke
from this port.
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CALIFORNIA FORESTS CONSUMED
Bl FIERCE FOREST FIRES
San Francisco, Sopt. 25 ? For tho
pant several days fierce forest fires
?huvo been raging In various parts
o? the stato, and owing to the con
tinued dry weather, tho state forest
fiio wardens have been having a
severe trial in getting them under
control. At a late hour today, en
couraging reports from various part*
; of ihe state were bolng received
Mid it Ib belloved that from this
time ou tho flames can be kopt un
tier control.
Tho State Firo Warilon has gon?
o\ er tho various estimates of tho
Icrees caused by the fires, and be
lieves that tho total loss will ox
rood ono million dollars.
l.AMilAItT SAYS SCX)L1A
PASS TIIAIL "IS HUM/'
H. P. J. I^imbart, together with
his party of surveyors, arrived In
Skagw.iy Tuesday night from their
Inspection trip of tho International
Douudry.
Mr. Lambert's work during the
i-iist mii miliar wac the Inspection of
thai, portion of the 141st Meridian,
Ivlug south of tho White River, and
uirth of Mount Natuch i , and i
?5iidldo;-od o.iu of tho mast difficult
pl? ces of country through which
th'> boundry line was ?U'- O^e '
Speaking of his wcsk, li.', I..W
I'urt said -hut his p.rt. proa-UIy
made tho omc-.i of the hlghojt uiou
la. n in Alaska this summer, outstd
01 the ascilt of Mt. McKlaley,
which was climbed by ArchJuacon
Stuck. Mt. Nntashat, with an eleva
tion of 13, -tut) feet lays directly in
Hue with tho 141st Meridian, and
it was necessary for lilni and his
party to pasj ever it in their work
cf Inspection.
All MasUanti know that the
"l?ambart Party of Surveyors" have
teen passing in and out of the coun
try contiguous to tho Chisumi for a
number of years and the additional
fact that 'he 241st Meridian being
but 20 uillori directly east from the
new diggings, and that Mr. Larnbai '
par'y surveyed that portion Of the
lln?\ should add groat weight to
hij opinion uti to the best route
of Ingress and egress to the country.
In speaking of tho new goidolrlk
at Chlsana, .Mr. Lanibart said that
he knew vory little about the val
ue of tho strike as regards th
a mount of gold that has been or
would be take a out, when question
ed on that polul by a representatlv
rf this paper, but when asked as
lo what he considered iho best rout
Into the country, bo had no hoslt
ency In sayin; that h? considered
the Whltehorsc-Kluane, tho Yukon
White, or the Yukoa-Coffoe Creek
trail to bo far more practicable than
any other. When asksd as to the
Scolai I'ass trail, all that Mr. l.nin
bart said was, "It Is Hell," which
Ive term to denote his opinion of
seemed to be a sufficiently suggest
that route.
Mr. hambur' was then asked the
following questions; If you were
asked to adv's* n frload will Mi route
?o take Into the Chlsana, what
would be your reply?" ]ie said,
"1 certainly would advise th'-m ta|
r,o In cither over the Whltehors ,
t\ Inane trnll to the Ik- id of the 1 ik
(Kluanc) and then down to tho
lionjek. or would advL'o thein to go
down the YuKon and up the White
to the Donjol:."
Mr. l/imbart and assistants will
have this ovjnlng o'i the Priness
May for Vancouver, onroute t<
Ottawa,
FAMOUS HUSH EDITOR
CLAIMED BY DEATI
Now York, Sept. 25 ? Patrick
Ford, founder of the Irish World
and for forty years odltor of the
famous paper, died at hie homo In
thU city from an attack o' pnoumou
la last night.
NEW JERSEY ELECTS
DEMOCRATIC GOVEIl.VOI
Tronton, Sept. 24 ? Early return!
tocelved from the election hold In
tliid stato would Indlcuto that Act
ing Governor James Fielder had
been elected by the Democrats by
over tea thousand plurality over
Edw. Stokes, the Republican candi
date, while tho third party dclegat
polled a very light voto.
DEMS., REl'IBS., AXD PROGS.
NAME HEADS FOR TICKET
Boston, Sept. 24 ? As a result!
of the primary elotlon hold In thln^
stato yesterday, Congressman Gard
iner, Republican, Lieut. Gov. Walsh
Democrat, nnd Charles Dlord, Pro
gressive, will head their respective
tickets at the general stato election
lo be held In November.
REAR WILL SEARCH
FOR MISSING WASP
Washington, Sept. 2? ? The Revo
iitio Cuttor Rear has been ordered to'
make a search of the Alaskan water*
In tho hopes of finding tho missing
schooner Wasp, which has been mak j
I'.-S a cruise of tho Northern waters
under tho direction of Commissioner
< f Education Evans.
? HICAGOANS COME FROM
CORDOVA VIA SCOLAI PASS
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Rumstead, and
son of Chicago, arrived In Skagwnyj
l.-.at evening after making a most
inttrestlng trip through Southwest
ern Alaska. From Seattle, the par
ty went by boat to Cordova, and
thoro securing horses and a guide,
made the trip over the Skolal Pass
route to tho head of the White
liver, and thense via tho Kluane
Riooko trail to Whltohorfo where'
tlioy took tho train for Skagway
They are guests at tho Pullen House
while awaiting the sailing of the
Prlncoes May tonight.
In speaking of the trip, Mr. Rum
stead states that it Is ope of the
most wonderful and Interesting out .
lugs ho has ever lia?. While out,
they secured the limit of big game
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IB LORD STARTS FUND
TO INDEMNIFY ANII HOME RULERS
Belfast, Sept. 25 ? Sir Kdward
Carson has subscribed fifty thousand
l<(.unds an a starter towards a fund
which Is scheduled to bo lucrcusod
to flvo million pounds and Is to be
known as the "Indemnity Fund" to
take care of any person who may
hereafter bo wounded in rosistlug
the Homo Rule for Ireland move
ment.
Mrs. Bumstead succeeding in bagg
ing three big horns. This is not
the first trip .Mr. Bumstead has
made in Alaska. Two years ago he
wis in the north on a similar hunt
log trip.
DOMINION COURT OK AP
PEALS UPHOLDS OFFICERS
Montreal, Sopt. 2G ? Yesterday tho
Court of Appeals handed down a de
cision upholding the action of the
i migrant officials In the deportation
of Harry Kendall Thaw from Coat
lcook across the border Into the
1'nited Slates.
SKAUWAV VISITORS
ARK KXTKRTA IN'ED
On Monday evening, Sept. 21st
the Rod Dragon Clubhouse was the
scene of a pleasant entertainment
given in honor of several Skagway
visitors who returned a fow days
before from (.lie Chlsana gold fleldB.
A splendid dinner wan served, the
tables being tastefully decoratcd
with flowers and well supplied with
all the fruits of tho season. Danc
ing was indulged in by tho young
people, after which the entiro gather
lag accompanied tho visitors to the
M earner .Mariposa and wished them
lion voyage.
Tho affair was enjoyed by about
twenty of the young people. The
r.iiestfl of tho evening were William
Diluting, Bert McKonzle, Charles
Kappuzzl, Teddy Tyler and W.I
Drummond. ? Cordova Tltaies.
H. H. Phelps, representing tho
Iturrou -lis Adding Machine companyl
with hindquarters In Seattle, Is re-j
plstored at the Golden North, liav-i
lug arrived In Skagway on tho,
Georgia Tuesday. This Is Mr. Phelp
first trip to Alaska, and ho Is much
pleased with tho trip. He will sail
for Juneau 011 tho Dolphin, where
ho will clean up some business mat
ters before returning to the States.
Mrs. Jtoone will be a passengor
south on tho Princess May for Cal
gary tonight where she will visit
her daughter for sevoral mouths.
M. Edgerton arrived in Skagway
last evening from Atlin, enrouto to
London, Eng., where ho will spend
tho coming winter in financing the
Otto Cartridge mining proporty.
Mr. Italdon Roach, of Now York,
| who has been hunting in the Mc
Hlllan river country for the past
j few months, arrived in Skagway last
j evening and will bo a passenger on
the May tonight for Vancouver.
Mr. and Mrs. Stockton, of Ottawa,
will be outgoing passengers on tho
May tonight after spending somo
tlmo In tho North. Mr. Stockton Is
the general auditor for tho Domin
ion government.
[ According to advices received at
I the Alaska Steamship company's of
flce, the Steamship Dolphin will ar
'ilve in this port at midnight and
'sail (or the Sound at 3 a. m.
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J. L. Uurnside, Transportation
Agent of tho Northern Com
mercial company, after spending a
?ew days In Skagway and Whitohorso
nn company business, sailed for tho
i Sound on the S. S. Northwestern last
night.
Rev. J. Hawksley, wife, sou and
daughter, were passengers for Whlto
horse on today's train enrouto to
their home In Dawson. Rev. Hawks
ley wont out a short time ago with
Llluhop Stringer, accompanying tho
latter as far as Wlnnepeg, where his
family have been visiting for some
time past.
M. VanMartre, of Clninnati, Ohio,
arrived on the Princess May, and
Is spending a few days '?> Skagway.
It Is Mr. VunMartro's intention to
take back with him to the states a
considerable supply of fossil and
mastodon Ivory, which ho will use
In the manufacture of novelties and
Jewelry.
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