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No. 212. TWELFTll YEAK. SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1910 PKICE, 10 CENTS
fARALLON IS WRECKED ON REEF NEAR KODIAK
Strikes Rocks In Blinding Snow Storm ? Passengers Are All
Saved ? Five Sailors Lose Lives ? Survivors Reach Seward
(By Alaska News Bureau) ?
SEWARD. FEB. 5 ? THE STEAMER FARALLON OF THE ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, CAPT. HUNTER IN COMMAND, WAS WRECK-?
ED ON A REEF NEAR ILIAMNA BAY ON JAN. 5 WHILE RUNNING FROM SELDOVIA TO KODIAK. THE BOAT WENT OFF HER COURSE?
IN A BLINDING SNOW STORM. A HARD GALE WAS BLOWING AT THE TIME. ?
ADMIRABLE DISCIPLINE WAS MAINTAINED AND ALL THE PASSENGERS AND CREW REACHED SHORE WITHOUT A LIFE BEING?
LOST. 5J
THE SURVIVORS SALVAGED SUPPLIES FROM THE WRECK AND CAMPED ON THE BEACH. Bl
ON JAN 7 THE SECOND MATE AND FOUR SAILORS STARTED FOR KODIAK IN A SMALL BOAT TO OBTAIN ASSISTANCE. THEY? :
HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD FROM SINCE AND THE BOAT UNDOUBTEDLY FOUNDERED IN THE ROUGH SEAS. ?
THE PASSENGERS AND CREW WERE BROUGHT TO SEWARD THIS MORNING ON THE STEAMER VICTORIA. ALTHOUGH THEY?
WERE CAMPED ON THE BEACH FOR NEARLY A MONTH WITH THE THERMOMETER OFTEN RANGING FROM THIRTY TO FORTY?
DEGREES BELOW ZERO ALL OF THEM ARE IN GOOD HEALTH, ?
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KILLS II COIL IK
(Bv Alaska News Bureau)
ERNEST. Pa. Feb 5? Seventy min
ors were killed today by an after
damp explosion in the bis collieries
near this city. Most of the miners
were overcome by the deadly gases.
Some were also crushed by the eav
vinn ill of the tunnels.
More than 100 miners escaped alive
from the mine. Of these many were
rescued while in an unconscious con
dition by comrades and were with dif
ficulty revived.
Heart rending scenes occurrid about
the pit entrance where the wives and
families of the miners were clustered.
Mil ATTACKS PROPOSED
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS BILL
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 5?
Senator Heyburn of Idaho today vi
ciously attacked the proposed postal
savings banks bill. Ho said they
would interfere with the legitimate
banking business of the country and
scored the abuses of the secret meth
ods of handling deposits.
The name of Miss Bessie Blanch
ard should have been Included in the
roll of honor from the public school
published in The Alaskan yesterday.
Lattle Miss Blanchard is one of the
best students in the primary grades.
Her name was Inadvertently left off
the list handed The Alaskan.
The Jefferson will sail from Seattle
Monday and is scheduled to arrive
in Skagway Feb. 11.
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Thomas Kendrick, a licction man
at White Pass, was instantly killed at
10:20 o'clock this morning, being
struck by the big rotary plow. The
accident- occurred just at the entrance
of the snow shed south of the summit
Exactly how the accident occurred
; is not known. Kendrick -was seen to
step in front of the rotary which was
moving at a fair rate of speed, and
when the rotary and engines passed,
his lifeless body was found by the
side of th- truck by several section
men.
Ed Barry was on the rotary and
John Olson and William Shearer were
driving the engines behind the rotary.
None of them saw Kendrick before 1
lie steppi'd in front of ih<- rotary and
they do not know how he happened !
to be struck.
The body of Kendrlck was brought |
to town 011 this afternoon's train. An
Inquest will probably lie held by U. j
S. Commissioner LeFevrc.
Kendrick is known in Skagway as
"Flip." He has been stationed at
White Pass ever since the road has
been operated. He was about sixty
years old and quite eccentric in many
ways. He wrote the prize winning
limerick in the Hoard of Trade con- j
test some twenty months ago. So
far as is known Kendrlck has no rel
atives in the United States. He was
sending most of his money below to
the Sisters of Charity at Bell Ingham,
Wash., where he expected to spend
his declining years.
SUB-MARINES
ARE NEEDED
(By AlasKa News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Fob. 5?
The representatives in Congress from
the Pacific coast states will ask for
an extra 'appropriation for a fleet of
sub-niarincs. They say 'hat sub-mar
ines are needed to supplement the
coast defenses.
The Whitehorse dog poisoner added
two more canines to his list this wee
The people of Whitehorse are highly
indignant over the persistent outrages,
Customs Collector Butler of Sum
mit came down on yesterday s train
, and attended the Icy Breeze dance.
Mr. Butler returned to Summit this
j morning.
LEGAL PILOTS
HIE SELECTED
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 5?
It lias been formally announced that
.John Vertree and Carl Rasch. former
ly U. S. district attorney in Montana,
will represent Richard Ballinger In
the concessional investigation.
S. H. Hamilton came up from
Haines yesterday on the Ilegg.
Capt. Madsen reports very heavy
snow at Haines. He says that on the
level places the snow is piled up ful
ly five feet deep and that in some
places the drifts are very large. The
road to the Porcupine and Rainy Hol
low is impassable on account of the
enow. .
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SHU SIS M SEA
(By Alaska News Bureau) 1
NEW YORK. FV?b. 5 ? The steamer '
Kentucky, en route to Seattle from
New York, sank about midnight last
night, !240 miles southeast of Cape Hat
teras. The Kentucky was buffetted
by bad Bales and her seams opened.
Word of the boat's plight was flash
ed ashore by wireless late yesterday
afternoon and several steamships, wa
ships and cutters started to her as
sistance.
The steamer Alamo reached the
Kentucky at 7 o'clock last night and
took off Capt. Moore and the crew
of forty-six men. The water was al- !
ready flooding the fire room when
the Alamo reached the Kentucky.
The Alamo proceeded to Key West.
The wireless operator on the Ken
tucky was publically thanked for stay
ing at his post and summoning aid.
The Kentucky was recently purchase
ed bv the Alaska Coast Steamship
company to ply between Seattle and
the Westward.
She Is insured at $70,000.
As yet the Alaska Coast company
has no plans to replace the Kentucky.
Capt. 55eb Moore, in command of
the Kentucky, is master of the Dora
on the Valdcz-Dutch Harbor run. He
is well known along the Alaskan
coast and is considered a capable and
careful captain. Capt. Moore was In
command of the Dora in 1006 when
she was blown off her course in a
gale while running from Valdez to
Dutch Harbor.
The Dora drifted nearly over to Ja
pan and her food and coal gave out.
Fart of the cargo was opened to sup
ply the needs of the passengers and
Capt. Moore sailed her into Fort An
geles after being out for 96 days.
There were 100 passengers on the
Dora at the time.
STOKES HIED;
SI? RETIRES
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Fob. 5? |
Medical Director Charles Stokes has
been nominated surgeon general of ;
the United States Navy succeeding P. !
M. Uixey, who voluntarily. retired.
The Peterson made the round trip j
from Port Sewnrd today. Capt. and j
.Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Wolfe and a mini- I
her of privates made the trip.
W. H. Cook, section foreman at
Glacier, came to town on yesterday's
train and will remain here until Mon
day when he will return to Glacier.
Major A. E. Snyder, commander of
the Royal Northwest Mounted Police
at Whitehorse. returned to White
horse Thursday from Dawson where
he weiit on official business.
IH WANT TO
810P SHE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CHICAGO. Feb. -I? Thirty-thre<>
thousand engineers and firemen to
prevent strikes on fifty-one railroads
are asking for overtures in the wage
negotiations. z
Ell Hume has been elected chief of
the Whitehorse Fire department, suc
ceeding Mr. Robinson.
.Jimmy Barragar is acting as sub
editor of the Whitehorse Star in the
absence of Stroller White.
Miss Julia Phillips came up from
Haines on the Hegg yesterday. She
will remain in Skagway until Monday.
On account of the deep snow last
night the members of the Icy Breeze
club wer?; taken to A. B. hall in
sleds.
The Collegian Clothes Store
Certainly Offers Its Customers
Exceptional Values. They must
be constantly on the alert for
Bargains, for they are Always
Able To Undersell All Other
Stores
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You Buy
WILL CLAVSON. cloThier