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Nome U *r Strikes Iceberg:
Konr Drowned
Nome. June i3? The White Star
Steamship Company's liner Ohio
struck a submerged iceberg near Port
f u r>iy ?esterd.iy morning and immedi
ately sprvig a bad leak The passen
gers, 1:7 v of whom were women and
children out from Nome on their
summer vacation, became panic strick
en and rushed for the' rail. Jumping
iuto the lifeboits thav attempted to cut
t! e [ ill-; ai :d lower the boats. The
oftic.-rs rallied the deck crew to the
rv'< and fought off the terrified passen
gers until calm could be restored.
Two whitemen auj two chinamen
tiunajjed to crowd into a boit and were
t into the sea wheu the fall* were
? The other passengers crowded
thov trying to launch a lifeboat so that
they were uuable 10 rescue the party
and they were drowned. Late last
t. i,'ht t tv steamer reached port with a
bail l.st, and arge lighters were lashed
to ? r to ho^i ter arloat. This moruing
the pumps were able to hold do?n the
water. The Ohio was en route to
Statt <? with 100 i> ssengers and was
the first large li.ier to reach port and
sail th'S season. When the news
reached here th*t she was in trouble
ute. ,se excitement prevailed as it w??
known that -li ? h .1 on board a crowd
of women and children. Commeut
fr> u i he passengers is favorable to
0 ' c<*r> mil crew for their bravery dur
the cri> s
Iryiu? to R?p?ir Dimi(n
Nome, June 14 ? The crew of the
W L e Star iicer Ohio are trying to
p.v up 'he sunnier but if a stoam
ai si ?? ?be is doomed. This morning
the -learner I'matiHa picked up the
:s- ugers u* Si .Michael.
1. Ullk.it Cauiiery Ml^ht Mom
Chilkat cannery might be
m t l to \. ui s on inlet. The traps
ihe cannery ut that place worked so
w-:i 1st year that if thev ? hen Id repeat
tlit- rerformauce :1ns year vhe change
>* til lie made.
Muuii'lpali'T M?t Haiu
The Fourth of July coimnittfe ex
:>-c - .. .. oa ot CS9 from the oitv
auuc i ? the firemen's races This
?v -we le fun J to the larg
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theastern Alaska.? .1 1 mean
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j A Convict's Scheme.
jo 6
^ [Copyright, IW7, by I*. c. E ailment.]
j A rich man coveted a certain piece of
I ground belonging to a poor man. lie
I wanted the land to get the poor uinu
out of his neighborhood. The poor
| man refused to sell, aud In his auger
! and chagrin the rich man Srnuie a fe
lonious assault. This was squarely
proved, and. although with his money
h?* made a great tight of It, ho was sent
to our prison for two yeaiV If he had
come like other prisoners, it would
have been better for hi m. but he came
, in a defiant spirit, began kicking at
' once aud lu a day almost had all the
] oifiiials dowu ou him. When he refus
i ed to work or abide by the rules aud
? regulation.*, he was punished, and there
j was war between him aud the warden
! for long mouths. There was sufficient
[ outside Influence to secure his ]>urdon
! after fourteen uiouths, and the mau
. left the prison vowing vengeance,
j He determined to get revenge for
; what he called his indignities, lu prls
j ou he had but one friend, and that was
the doctor. He made friends with the
j doctor because he lent the latter mou- !
! ey. It was no sr. ret lu the prison that i
the doctor was given to drink. There
were occasions when he was drunk for j
two or three days at a time. As a rule, \
such a man would soon have l>eeu |
fired, but In this case he was a friend
of the governor of the state aud bad a
political pull. When too much under
the Influence of drink to attend to busi
ness. his place was taken temporarily
by a doctor from town. We sot to
know this substitute, of course, and be
was alloved to pass everywhere, the
saiue as the regular man. It was on
this substitute that the rich man work
ed after his release. The town doctor
was In pecuniary difficulties and was
offered $.".000 to carry certain plans
through. What he did was to work
upon the weakness of the prison doc
tor and keep him drunk more than
half the time for throe months. None
of us had the least susplciou that any
thing wrong was going ou. Convicts
were treated lu the hospital, lu their
cells, and the substitute made sanitary
luspectiou of the kitchen aud other de
partments. He made friends with
turnkeys and wiih prisoners and was
voted a good fellow
It took him three mouths to lierfect
his plans, aud but for a litt'e slip he
would have brought about the biggest
mutiny and the greatest prison deliv
ery uu record. Wo thou bail In tUo
prison over CUO convicts. ami nearly
luu wvre lifers. Anion? the others
were :<>li ben, burglars anJ generally
desper tte characters men who would
not hf.sltate a moment to take life to
set lievoud the tars. We were short
hamlet, and every official hail to exer
cise t'-.e utmost vigilance, tine ilay In
the ctulr shop 1 pulled a careless pris
oner 1 ,i? k from a -.tw tlwit would have
certai. lv Inflicted a fatal injury, in
return for this when he had recovered
from 'tis scare he asked to speak a
few words to me In private that night.
1 managed it so that he was taken
from !ils cell aud brought to my room.
1 did not anticipate that the iiyervlew
would amount to much. In any prison
: there tre always a certain uumber of
convicts looking to give soiuethlns
away for their own betterment, and
their Information Is seldom worth
heeding.
This man had not been talking to
i :oe hie minutes when I felt my hair
' Tying to stand on end. The substi
tute doctor lifid not only had false
,,.ys i. a.le to tli ? several wickers, but
j tail p anned a general outbreak with
he nvlcts. No oue slh^le "convict
ad b.-eu left out. Those who had at
Irst p-ftiseil to join Mere forced In by
?elug told that they would lw killed.
;'h<- tevolt was to take place next
uorn'.tg as the men rose from the
?reakiast tables to march into the
arda and to the shop-: Fifty revolv
ers hu-i been stcuglcd in for the cou
vlcts. and the lender was a highway
dI,!*'.' under a long sentence. The ofll
lals were to be shot dow n or locked
jp. th-? convicts were to resume the
Itlzen i lothlug stored awa>. and what
loot could lie f. und was to be evenly
"ivldel. Ti e prison was then to be
dred fud the 00O men to scatter.
Onea in possesion of the particulars,
you t-sn believe 1 lost no time !u noti
cing -lie warden. He in turn bestirred
Idmse.f The . ouvlcts had been locked
in foi* the night. A guard of four meu
visile/; the cells In rotation, and they
:iot oily found the revolvers, but a
great many other weapons. 'Ihe rule
.f the prison was to search every cell
even third day. bnt this had beeu neg
lected atid the substitute doctor knew
that i* had.
Tin* j-onvlets realized at once that the
plot had beeu betrayed, and from that
momeat to daylight next lfiorning there
.vere yelling, screan ing and cursing.
Ther<; was no getting nut of their cells,
but tUey made the night hideous aud
acted ilke so many wild beasts. Their
cells vere not unlocked next morning,
and ceitlier did one of them have a
inouCiful to eat. As a matter of fact,
they u'ere kept under lock and key and
without either food or water for forty
hour* before they gave in. Then the.v
became bumble. And order was re
stontl. Even the leader of the plot
r?a? willing t.? answer all quest lous.
and we mimiu bad all the details, but It
vviu too late to catch the town doctor.
He Sail taken the" alarm and tied. The
prison doctor sobered up sufficiently to
try ;o blurt !t out. but his place was
vaeint after three days. The man who
beU-ayed the plot had to be taken from
amoug the prisoners to save his life, as
<usiilclon at once attached to him. and
a mouth later the governor pardoned
aim and gave him money to reach ft
distant state, M. QUAD.
1
1 1 |
| A Dangerous Man. |
[Copyright, 1007, by G. I). 0*q1?Ih.}
The colonel commanding the military
post of Uhoorka. In the province of
Nepal. India, had heard of the strange
doing'4 of Kam Lai up In the- Hlma
ia.vn mountains to the north. Ever
since the grent mutiny the British In
India have been vigilant to suppress
any native seeking to be conspicuous
! in a way to appeal to popular super
i atitlon. Queer tales were told auout
Ram Lnl. Qe had suddenly appeared
| among the people, coming from no one
; knew where, and he had performed
miracles. He had made 5,000 people
i believe that he was a gud.
1 When things began to get a bit seri
ous. the colonel dispatched a detach
ment of cavalry with orders to bring
Kam I. a! into Uhoorka. He did not
| ntu away when he heard of their coin
ing. Ou the contrary, he met the rid
ers two miles out of the hill town
w here he made his headquarters and
waited for tbem ou the bank* of a
creek. It was midsummer, and the
Ix-d of the stream was almost dry.
Kam I.al took his station on a knoll a
few yards away from the stream, and
as the cavalry cauie up to cross he
stopped theui with a wave of his hand
and said:
"You have come for me. Your sahib
colonel says that I am a fraud and a
cheat, and you would take me to
Uhoorka and expose me. Very well, f
will go."
Wtieu Kam La! was brought out the
colonel sniU to hi in:
"I have heard about you aiid your
doings. You are a fraud and an Im
postor. Your so caried magic Is all
nonsense, and 1 am going to expose you
here and now aud then have you whip
ped off the grouuds!"
"It shall be as the sahib colonel
wishes," was the bumble reply.
.V tine big burse bought for the artil
lery six months before had been found
Utterly useless, owing to his vicious
teu:j>er. lie could not l>e harnessed.
:iud he could uot be saddled. He had
killed two men and Injured three. No
oue would have him at any price, aud
while walling on red tape to dispose of
i lie animal somehow he was kept ehalu
ed in a stable. After the colonel had
addressed Kam I.al the horse was
brought out. 1 here were ropes around
his neck uud four men banging to the
free ends. The horse reared, kicked,
squealed and flung himself about, and,
pointing to him, the colonel said:
"If you are a maglciau you can quiet
that beast."
"Raul Lai called out some strauge
words, and the horse dropped to his
four feet aud whined and stood with
ears working. The men were bidden
to let him loose, and at a nod from the
colonel they complied.
"Ho. you, come to me!" called Rani
Lai, aud the horse slowly advanced
und rubbed his nose against the mau'n
shoulder. He whispered some words
In his ear, aud be lay down. He beck
,ined to a boy and tossed him upon
the animal's back, and the lad rode
about for Ave minutes.
"I have told him to make you no
more trouble." said the man to the
colonel, "and he will not. He will be
the most obedient of horses In the fu
ture."
There were murmurs of astonishment
aud admiration from the soldiers and
the natives, aud the colonel ground his
teeth with vexation. Instead of dis
gracing Ram I.al he had been made
un object of ridicule. The major at
the post had an Kngllsh bulldog thut
lk.nl to be kept chained up most of the
time. He would permit a few native
servants to approach hliu, but tie
presence of a stranger would make him
t'urious. He was brought out and halt
ed for a couple of minutes within ten
feet of the magician. He flew Into a
passion at outre. Iudeed, the man pro
vol ?<! him by gestures aud taunts.
Wlii-N the chain was slipped, every liv
ing man on the ground expected to see
the native torn to pieces. The dog
sprang forward with good Intent, but
of a sudden the man was uot there.
It s reined as If the earth had swallow
ed h'm at a gulp. The dog ran about
looking for hliu for a moment and then
dropped his tall and began to whine.
Then Ram I.al was seen again. He
took the dog by the tall and dragged
hi i n around. He stood with his foot
on' him. He beat him with a stick
aud sent him to hla kennel In abject
fear.
There was a great shout of admira
tion. aud the colonel became white
faced with anger. In a voice vibrating
with passion he ordered a sergeant's
guard to load their carbines and step
to the front. Then, turning to Ram
Lai. he said:
"You who can do snch great things
should not fear the bullets of my
troopers."
"Surely, no." was the reply.
"1 shall order these men to Are on
you."
"Very well."
The troopers were making ready
when the colonel was suddenly missed.
Thousauds had seen him standing
there, aud now thousands looked for
him In vain. The firing party was or
dered back Into the ranks, and the
multitude was hushed when the colo
nel was seen at the other end of the
parade ground.
There were uo more experiments.
Rain I.al went back to his hill town,
but a few days later he disappeared.
He was not kidnaped and Imprisoned
| or murdered, btiC with a large sum of
Prltlsh gold In his pocket he left the
country forever. He had been bought
of? as a dangerous asm. M. QC-itV
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