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No K TWELFTH YEAK. SKAUWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY JUNE IS, 1901I PRICE, 10 CENTS
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Work To Start Soon And
Ore Will Be Shipped By
Fall? Predicts Smelter
For Skagway
Col. J. 11. Conrad, owner of th?>
Bljj Thing and other mines in the
Windy Arm distrct. besides control*
ling big placer properties in the i'or
cupine. arrived In Skagway on the
Jefferson and left this morning for
Conrad, where he expects to remain
all summer. Col. Conrad has been
in Toronto and New York all winter,
conferring with his associates.
He confirmed the report first pub
lished in The Alaskan of June 2. stat
ins that an aerial tram would be
built from the Big Thing mine to
Caribou, a distance ot four miles.
Vhe tram will cost between JSO.OOO
and $110,000 and work will start on
it n the near future. Mr. Vance isj
now in the south purchasing forty j
pack burros to be used In construc
tion. He will return with the anl-|
U!?*ls in about ten days. Col. Conrad [
stated that the traui would be fin
IsIhiI before fall and that shipments
of ore would be started at once.
In speakiug of his proposed train |
way from Lake Bennett to Ska" way
or Dyea, of which there have been
rumors from time to time. Col. Con
tad said that nothing would be done
with this if satisfactory railroad I
ntes could be obtained. He thought ;
tha* this would be adjusted, for F. j
T. Congdon of Dawson, the Member
cf Parliment from the Yukon, had
succeeded In having the White Pass
& Yukon railroad placed under the
jurisdiction of the Dominion Railroad
Commission. He thought this would
have the effect of lowering the
freight rates. If the rates were ad
justed satisfactorily no tram would
bo built from llennett to Skagway.
"The mines in the Windy Arm dis
trict have treineuduous possibilities." ^
sail Col. Conrad, "ami as soon as the
lates are so that wo can ship ore
with a profit we will do so. And w>
will ship ia groat quantities. Ther j
is an unlimited supply. 1 think i' !
Quite probable that there will be a |
smeltering plant in Skagway som
day. I believe it will prove cheaper (
than to send the ore to he LadysmitV |
and Taeoma smelters."
Mrs. Frank Manley, wife of the bi
llot Springs operator, who is now in
Texas facing a charge of forgery at
t< r having been cleared of a murder
charge, arrived on the last Dolphii
and left for Whitehorse this morning
.Mrs. Manlev is going to the I lot
Springs to l?H>k after her husband"
interests.
Mrs. Manley scouted the idea thai,
the charges against In-r husband wer
true. She said it was a conspiracy
against him with blackmail the pur
pose. That he would soon be freed j
she had no doubt.
Frank Manley is one of the bigger
operators in the Chena district.
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(By United Press.)
DES MOINES, la., June 15.? Be
cause he was reprimanded by Cnpt.
Raymond for a dereliction In duty,
Corporal Crnbtree of the United
I States army, seized a rifle and after
: fatally wounding Capt. Raymond lull
ed three privates and then blew out
his own brains.
I His comrades believe he was in
sane.
BRIBED UK KILLS WTO
(By United Press.)
! NAIVASHIA, East British Africa,
June 1.5 ? A native runner arrived
here today and staid that an English
I hunter who was with the Roosevelt
party was killed and almost torn to
pieces by an enraged lion which he
; had wounded.
4 STEAMERS
REACH KOI
(By United Pres*.)
SEATTLE. Wash.. June 15.? The |
steamer Victoria arrived at Nome
last Saturday. The St. Croix arrived
a few hours later. Her bow was bad
ly beaten* in from bucking the Ice
flows and she was leaking. The
Olympia and Ohio also arrived Satur
day night. Nome wore a gala ap
pearance and every one in town was
on the water front to greet the pas
sengers.
TARIFF BILL
IS DENOUNCED
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. C\, June 12.?
Senator Lee S. Overman of North
Carolina made a sweeping attack on
the Payne tariff bill in the Senate
today and denounced the stand ol
the Republicans and accused them of
double dealing by promising to re
vise the tariff before election and
claiming now that the revision was
to be upward.
(By United Press.)
SEBASTAPOL, Crimea, Juno 15.? I
Twenty men went down in a Russian
submarine during the naval mano
vers off tiiis port and the boat is be
lieved to have been damaged in souk
v. ay anil can not get to the surfaci
again. Desperate efforts are beinj;
made to rescue the men. So far tin
boat has not been located.
More than $1.. ".00 ,000 in gold in
registered mail came in on last|
r Khi's train from Whitehorse ami
vas shipped south on the Jefferson.
Most of the gold came from Fair
tanks. The rest was from Dawson. I
A large portion of the gold was from |
individual mine owners. It is ex
pected that more gold will be sent
out by mail this season than by ex-1
press.
F. Breeze and W. R. Jameison of!
?Atlin came in on the train yesterday J
and left for Seattle on til Jefferson.
M r. Breeze stated that there would
1 e a big clean-up in the Atlin dis
tiie* this year.
(By United Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Juno t"i.? The
prosecution had its innings yesterday
in the Calhoun trial and today t he
attorneys for the defense took the
floor and made the closing speeches
to the jury. Heney and Spreckles
and all those behind the so-called
graft prosecution were bitterly de
nounced.
Capt. P. A. Pope of the Alaska
Koad Commission left this morning
for Whitehorse from where he will
take a steamer to Fairbanks. After
a brief stop in Eagle he intends t(
go to Nome, returning to Fairbanks
1; ter in the season.
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TINA WILL HI BIG
CLEANUP IF HI FALLS
Edward Clausen, for years con
nected with the Northern Commercial
company in Fairbanks, who has just
arrived from that camp, says that the
outlook for the mining industry in
the Tanana valley for the coming
season was never brighter.
"All wo ask up there this year is
rain," ho said. "We have every
thing else. If it rains the clean-up
in the Tanana will not only surprise
the people out here but will, by the
riches put into the hands of the min
ing men, result in opening of new
creeks and districts. Placer men are
working to get out all the dirt they
can. The clean-ups before I left were
satisfactory.
"Quartz .however, has set the
camp aflame, and where a few years
ago a man bringing a piece of rock j
?nlo camp was joshed about getting
it in Colorado to raise a grub stake |
in Alaska, the old game, there
Is not a day now but that some hard
rock man comes from the hills with
a now find. Those veins which were
first struck are being rapidly devel
oped, and a number of runs have
been made at the mill constructed
during the past winter. The value
of the ore, as run through the mills,
is generally kept secret. Were it not
for the fact that after each one of
those runs there is redoubled effort
on the part of the owners, one might
be led to believe the ore was so poor
its value it not worth mentioning.
"I hardly think a camp can be
named where outside capital was not
tailed for Immediately upon a dis
covery being made. Just tiiiuk of
it. Kd. McConnell took a quartz mill
in over the ice. A country is pretty
good when it can stand the expense
ot" hauling a mill over 375 miles of
trail on sleds. ? Seattle P.-I.
BIG CROWD AT
CELEBRATION
The Klag Day exercises held last
evening under t h<> auspices of the
Elks in their hall were successful in
??very respect. Lout? before the exer
cises started the hall was crowded
lo tiie doors and the long and inter
esting program was enjoyed and
heartily applauded.
Tin- parade held earlier in the even
ing was not a spectacular event, but
the streets were lined with people
and as the little procession, headed
by I lie band with George Mow), flag
bearer in advance, followed by chil
dren carrying flags and with the
Elks' lodge bringing up the rear, filed
through tiie streets it served to em
phasize the patriotic spirit of the
day.
The program at Elks' hall was
printed in Saturday's Alaskan and
COUNCIL WILL
MEET TONIGHT
A special meeting of the town
council lias been called for tonight
for the purpose of discussing the
plans for the Fourth of July celebra
tion. The Chamber of Commerce has
hitherto done this, but the meeting
called for last Friday night was un
attended and no farther steps were
taken in the matter. The council will
therefore take charge of the celebra
tion.
All business men and citizens are
invited to attend tonight's meeting
which will take place in the town
hall at S o'clock.
was followed in every respect. The
ritualistic ceremonies of the Elks
were particularly interesting and im
pressive.
Britt is serving Stokes famous Se
attle Ice Cream at his fountain.
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