No. SW TENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY OCTOBER i 1907 PRICE 10 CENTS
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Yesterday The Alaskan printed a story to
the effect that the Independent Steamship
White Seal had bsen refused assistance by,
rival boats 011 the Yukon river. The news
was gotten to The Alaskan at 5 o'clock, and
afterwards a denial of the story was given1
The Alaskan by the White Pass & Yukon of-;
ficials. It came too late for last night's paper,
but is given be'ow- The Alaskan got its story
j ast as it appeared in the paper- Major Rich
ardson did get a telegram from General Gree
ly, but he was not instructed to send food or
supplies. His instructions, so far as The Alas
kan can learn, were simply to investigate the
facts and report to General Greely; but the
true facts, according to General Manager
A. L. Berdoe of the White Pass & Yukon
railroad, are different. The passengers who
were on the White Seal will not arrive in
the city until tonight hence no chance has
been had by The Alaskan to get their ver
sion of the affair Mr. Berdoe's statement to
The Alaskan is:
"The White Seal broke down at 1 o'clock on the
morning of Sept. 8oth, about ten miles south of Tantalus
Post, Carmack's roadhouse, where there is a police post,
coal mine and general store, carrying a large general stock,
conducted by S. Rowlinson. She proceeded in a crippled
condition to a point about six miles south of Little Salmon,
thirty miles from point of her accident, and tied up on the
evening of the 30th. The steamer White Horse, bound
up stream, was hailed at 8 p. m., Sept. 30th, by the White
Seal and requested to tow the White Seal. The captain of
the White Horse replied he could not tow her on account
of his boat also l)eing in a crippled condition, but offered
to take all of her passengers. This the White Seal declined
and refused to transfer to the White Horse. The White
Horse then proceeded, after informing them that the Casca
was following close behind. The Casca was hailed at about
10 p. m., Sept. 30th, the same night, and requested to take
on board two passengers, but as the White Seal was an
American boat running on a foreign clearance from Port of
Kagle, Alaska, to Whitehorse, Canada, the Customs regula
tions would not permit such a transfer, ? the Casca being a
Canadian boat running on coastwise clearance. The Casca
was then towing a barge for Whiteliorse, which was badly
needed there to load out a large quantity of supplies for
Dawson before the close of the navigation season and could
not tow the White Seal.
"The White Seal proceeded up the river, reaching a
point about two miles south of Hootalinqua sometime during
October 2nd, which is about 108 miles from the point of ac
cident and 88 miles north of W hitehorse. At this point the
Bonanza King was hailed at 10 p. m. Oct. 2d, and all pas
sengers and baggage transferred, and reached Whitehorse at
5 p. m. Oct. 3d.
"No request was made by the White Seal for food from
either the White Horse or Casca, and after her breakdown
the steamers Selkirk, Dawson and Canadian passed her
northbound, any one of these steamers would have supplied
the necessary food on request. After the White Seal's ac
cident she passed trading posts at Little Salmom and Hoot
alinqua, where supplies might have been obtained, if neces
sary.
"The Steamer White Horse, in her disabled condition,
could not tow the White Seal, being only able to care for
herself. The Casca and Bonanza King were both towing
barges.
The White Seal made 108 miles under her own steam af
ter the breakdown, but was compelled to abandon the
attempt to reach Whitehorse by the swift waters of the 30
Mile River and prevailing heavy head winds encountered
after passing Hootalinqua."
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AN EXHIBIT :
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The Dawson Camp of tho Arctic ,
Brotherhood has uken up the proposi
t on to have a brotherhood display at
the a. V. -P. exposition in 1909. After
an enthusiastic discussion, one member
offered to su'oscrio; $.'i00. The camp is
favo.-ab e and pi ins are to be recom
mended to the grand encampment a
r&ooma, November 6, to have all north
ern camps co-operate in a brotherhood
building exhibit. The Dawson camp
also instructed the Dawson delegates tc
the encampment to vo'e for Thomas
Bruce, of Dawson, for (J rand Arctic
Chief. Bruce is i'*st Chief of the Daw
son camp. He moves to Seattle next
month to establish in business. The
Diwson camp thinks it desirable be
cause he is right from the North and
will be in a central location for the ex
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M POWER'S MIL
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
Lexington, Ky. Oct. 4 ? Julia Gentry, the woman who
claimed that Turner Igo, the farmer from Rowan county
to whom she was engaged to be married had confessed
to her the day after the shooting of Governor Goeble,
that he had committed the murder, was arrested here yes
terday in the court house. The warrant by which she was
taken into custody charged her with subornation of perjury
in the case of Caleb Powers. The arrest caused a sensation
! here among Republicans, as it is regarded as a demonstration
on the part of the prosecution that witnesses for the state
will not be given protection when testifying for Powers.
The report that several other witnesses for the defense
will be aorested and many of them, it is feared will flee
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20 OUTLAWS
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Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 4? Twenty
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section of the Island by murders and
depredations against the owners of
hacienda9, were put to death here to
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