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Xn. 231 TWELFTH YEAK. SKAGWAY, ALASKA, vVEi?NE8DA7, MARCH 2, 1910 PRICE, 10 CENTS
DinT FIR WORSE
111 FIRST REPORTER
(By Alaika New# Bureau)
EVERETT. Mar. 2? More than 60
persons wore killed In the groat av
alauche which burled the Great North
im Overland Limited train at Wel
lington. Wash., yesterday. Twenty
four bodies have been recovered anil
the rescuers are still at work.
The snow slides swept down the
mountain from an elevation of about
1. 000 feet and left a scene of desola
tion in its wake.
Scores of houses were demolished
in Wellington.
The only information from the
scene of the slide is being sent out
by messengers who travel ten miles
ou snow shoes to the nearest tele
graph station.
EVERETT. (Later report) A Great
Northern messenger is struggling
through the snow this afternoon with
a complete list of the known dead in
the Wellington disaster.
The relief train Is snow bound and
out of communication.
The Great Northern officials an
nounced this afternoon that 23 per
sons are known to be dead and that
passengers are missing. Twelve
arc injured.
There have been several other
snow slides In the vicinity of Welling
ton.
Several Alaskan mushers have been
dispatched to Wellington to act as
messengers.
THIRTY ARE RESCUED II MAGE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WALLACE. Idaho. Mar. 2? Thirty
persons have been rescued alive from
the debris that covers the ruined
town of Mace.
Slides are occurring over the entire
range.
There is no means of even approx
imating a correct estimate of the
death list.
GOAL VEINS
ARE TWISTED
(By Alaska Newt Bureau)
SEATTLE. Mar. 2 ? George Evans,
a government geologist. made a pub
lished statement today that many of
'he alleged rich coal deposits In Alas
ka are worthless, as they cannot be
worked with a profit. He said that
the coal strata was folded and crush
ed between rock deposits In many
cases in such a way as to render the
mining operations very difficult and
'?xpensive.
WASHINGTON
IS FLOODED!
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SPOKANE Mar. 2 ? Tin- worst floods
ever known In the state arc reported
throughout eastern Washington. The
, damage will be enormous. The wa
ters are still rising
Earl Hamshaw, son of Fletcher T.
Hamshaw of Atlin, received a cable
gram from his father stating that
Clarence Hamshaw, the big Atlin and
? Fairbanks operator, is on the Cot
tage City.
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(Bv Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 2? Sec
retary of Agriculture Wilson today
stated Glfford Plnchot lied when he
testified that Secretary Wilson had
sanctioned Plncliot's letter to Senator
I Dolliver calling for an Investigation i
of Secretary Balllnger.
It was this letter which led to the
dismissal of Plnchot by President
Taft. Plnchot testified yesterday
that he had written the letter with
the approval of Secretary Wilson.
KLONDIKE II HAVE RICH
DEPOSITS OF RARE RADIUM
Klondike may have radium and
have It In such quantities as to es
tablish a world's record, says the
Dawson News. A few days a?o
the News printed information from
the Colorado School of Mines de
scribing pitchblende, which carries
radium, and giving all details as o
its appearance in crude state. Wil
liam Steinberger, to whom the infor
mation from Colorado was addressed,
received a sample of pitchblende.
Since that date many prospectors
have called at the home of Mr. Stein*
berger to see the sample. No less
than five of the callers who are old
time prospectors declare that they
believe they have located pitchblende
not far from Dawson.
Some of the men are so enthusiastic
that they are planning to ro after the
deposits at the earliest date possible,
ami some may mush out from Dawsca
over the snow.
One of the prospectors says that
lie found a seam of black material a
quarter of an inch wide, and has
drifted in on it a long distance, and
it lias widened to six inches. If the
| seam is pitchblende, nothing better
could be desired, the prospector says,
and he Is wild in the delight of an
ticipation of possible fortune.
All the men are keeping the loca
tions of their strange deposits strictly |
secret. The sample of Colorado pitch
blende has been placed in the charge I
uf Assayor Cobb, at his office on
Third avenue, where anyone may see |
CflfW BffBSfS IB HBBIIBi Iff
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
PHILADELPHIA. Mar. 2? The Phil
adelphia Rapid Transit company has
absolutely refused to arbitrate its dif
ferences ' iv^Uithestrlki^
men, although strong pressure hus
boon brought to bear on the company
by business interests that are anx
I ions to end th?-' strike.
(By AJaska News Bureau)
SEATTLE. Mar. 2? Charles Hamil
ton, the aviator, will make an at
tempt to fly over Mount Rainier in
his flying machine after he gives his
exhibition flights in Seattle, March
12. 13 and 14.
Street Commissioner Dillon is keep
ing the steam thawer working nights
in an attempt to prevent frost from
entering the mains. The frost is
creeping down rapidly and several
service pipes in different parts of
town are frozen.
NEW OFFER FOR
THE BIG FIT
(By Alaska News Bureau)
LOS ANGELES. .Mar. 2? Dick Fer
ris, a well known theatrical manager,
has offered a purse of $150,000 for
the Johnson-Jeffries fight. If his of
fer is accepted Ferris will stage the
battle at Los Angeles.
Walter E. Marrett, who has a
homestead 011 Lynn canal about twen
ty miles below Haines, arrived In
Skagway on the last Cottage City, i
after spending the winter In the
Sound Cities, and will go to his home
stead in his gasoline Ijoat as soon as
the weather moderates.
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Made bold by hunger, a largo grey
timber wolf attacked and badly man
gled a black dog owned by James
Adams, native, at 8 o'clock last night
at the west end of Second avenue
near the river. The attack took
place near Adams' residence.
The frantic howling of the dog and
the savage snarls of the wolf attract
ed Adams' attention and seizing his
rifle he ran out of doors. He saw
the wolf tearing at his prostrate dog
and fired twice at It.
The wolf fled at tho first shot and
apparently neither shot took effect,
as Adams could find no trail of
blood left.
Mr. Davlea the wood cutter, stated
today that he had seen a fresh wolf
track with a trail marked by blotches
of blood across the river.
Residents living on the west end
of Second and Third avenues have
noticed the suspicious actions of the
dogs in the neighborhood for several
rights past. They have howled dls- ,
mally and showed othfcr signs of
alarm and uneasiness.
Monday a dog owned by a native
hunter who has a string of traps over
i toward Dyea, was killed by a pack
of several wolves. The native had
mushed over to Dyea to inspect his
traps and the wolves attacked his
two dogs, which were several hun
cred yards behind. The hunter heard
the outcry and hastened back Just in
time to see the wolves disappear. One
of his dogs was killed and the other
was lacerated.
S. Urbiu, track walker for the
White Pass and Yukon, has seen sev
eral wolves north of the shops this
winter and It is generally bolieved
that Joe Beauchamp's dog was de
voured by wolves some' weeks ago
at Herb Taylor's wood camp near
Denver Station.
Indians report a large pack of
wolves near Dyea. The heavy snow
fall probably has driven the wolves
in near the settlements in search of
food. ?
TOWN IS SURROUNDED BY WATER
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CALDWELL, Idaho. Mar. 2? Both
Middle river and Indian creek are
on a rampage and this city is aur
rounded by floods. The communica
tion 1s threatened and the destruc
tion of the town is possible. The
tloods are the worst of years.
GOVERNOR IS
INAUGURATED
(By Alaska News Bureau)
SANTA FK, N. M. Mar. 2? William
Mills was inaugurated governor of
New Mexico today.
The Cottage City had not reached
Juneau late this afternoon, and is
hardly expected in Skagway before j
Friday morning.
HILL HITS AT
THEPACKERS
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON, I). C. Mar. 2? A
bill was introduced In he House to
day making the indicted meat pack
ers fugitives from justice. It is not
believed the bill will pass.
'
The Humboldt Is scheduled to sail
from Seattle today. ?
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