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No. 280 FIFTEENTH YEAR " " SKAGWAY ALASKA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 88, 1?1? I'BICK 10 CENTS
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Newport, Dec. 28? Somewhere
on the Atlantic ocean there la an
unidentified ahlp struggling h*'P
leaaly In a atorm and alowly burn
ing up. During the night the wlre
leaa atatiou here received calla from
a ahlp In dlatresa; ahe naked for
aaalatiinre and reported that there
waa a fire aboard. Then the mea
augc ceaaed, but whether owing to
the aeverlty of the atorm or the
Abandonment of his post by the
operator through tho presence of
the flames, no one can tell and per
haps no ono will ever know.
The Atlantic Is storm bound and
a gale prevents a ship from leaving
to go to the assistance of the dis
tressed vessel, which may by this
time have gone to the bottom tak
ing the crew and passengers "where
no storms ever rage."
BAD SNDWSLIDE
510PS TRAFFIC
Cordova, Dec. 28? The Copper
River & Northwestern railroad la
again suffering from a blockade
caused by a destructive snow slide.
Reports came last night from Mile
eighty-nine telling that the snow
has come down off the mountain
bringing an avalanche of rocks,
trees, dirt and debris of various ?
kinds, which would stop traffic for
several days. No personal injuries
are reported.
IMM.S MADE BEST
RECORD OVER TRAIL
In these days of record-breaking,
or alleged record-breaking, ancleut
Yukon history makes interesting
reading, says the Whitehorse Star.
For the first two or three years
after the rush to Yukon began in
1897, all winter travel was done
by dog team. Dogs were succeeded
by "doublo-ender" sleighs drawn by
one horse. The country was then
thought to be civilizing rapidly. The
single horse and "double-ender"
wore smooth trails on old Yukon's
Icy bosom until the ' overland'* trail
was built in 1902, and two, four
and six horse stages were employ
ed, after which year the single rig
existed only in memory.
At present there is a desire to
supersede the comfortable stage
with automobiles, which. It is claim
ed, will make faster time, and per
haps they will if given good trails
on which to operate. But the fact
remains, recorded In history In
black and white, and In the minds
of many old-timers, that the best
time ever yet made southward wns
made by dogs.
In December of 1899 and when
the railroad only ran as far north
ward as Bennett, a dog team made
from Dawson to Uennett by the
river and lakes In three days and
twenty-one hours, a distance of
460 miles. In those days only let
ter mail was carried but the south
bound consignment averaged from
400 to 600 pounds each trip. That
record has never yet been lowered.
The best stage record ever made
from Whitehorse to Dawson was in
1903, when on the 28th of Febru
ary, a stage left this place which
reached Dawson In three -days, five
hours and thirty minutes by the
overland trail which, at that time,
was 322 miles in length. Scores of
stage trips have been made In three
days and twelve hours, but the rec
ord of the trip made by the stage
cited and made nearly ten years
ngo, has never been broken.
LOVE SERUM
London, Dec. 28? It is under
stood that Austria refuses to with
draw her soldiers from the southern
fron ier until the Servians evacuate
Durazzo. The Servians are In no
mood to evacuate anything and so
there is another tie up to prevent |
the workings of sweet peace.
SHOES 1
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HE EL, NO SUPPIN6 HERE
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H. J. LYNCH
The Leading Haberdasher & Ladies Furnisher of
Skagway, Alaska
DARROW tJKTTINti READY
FOR SK(X)XI) TRIAL
l*>8 Angeles, Dec. 28 ? When the
second trial of Clarence Darrow Is
taken up, Judge Powers will be the
council for the defense. An effort
will be made to have the case dis
missed, because of the fact that
there Is no new evidence to Intro
duce showing that Darrow had at
tempted to bribe witnesses, nil of
the evidence having been ?*??<? by
Dlstitct Attorney Fredericks in the
former case.
SILVER CHEEK
J M. Ruffner arrived last night |
from Discovery and took the Qeor
gia this morning for Juneau onroute|
to the south.
In speaking of the reported stam
pede Into the Sliver Creek country,
Mr. Ruffner told the Dally Alaskan,
that about six weeks ago Judson
Ward, an Indian In his employ, had
been over In the Tealln lake region
and returned with a small quan
tity of coarse gold which he had
washed out on Silver Creek. Ward
informed him that he thought It
possible th.it some disc6verlos might
be made over there, but he could
not tell from the amount of work
he had doue whether wages could
be made or not.
The story toon gained popularity,
and like ail stories of gold strikes,
it grew with the telling until some
uftonishlng reports have been circu
lated regarding it. Mr. Ruffner!
said tha? eight or nine people have I
gone over from Atlin.
STILL MAKING FORTUNES
IN ALASKA INTKRIOH
Fairbanks, Dec. 28 ? When John
Konan. John Cunningham and J.
Letterman affixed their signatures
a few days ago to certain docu
ments, the most important quartz
deal in the history of Interior Al
aska became a fact. By the trans
action, J. Letterman sold to Messrs
Konan and Cunningham a half in
terest in all his holdings on Dome
creek, in what is known commonly
as the Spalding property. The con
sideration was $30,000, of which
$10,000 was paid in cash. The bal
ance is due within a period of six
months, as the final payment falls
due June 1, 1913.
Taken in a matter-of-fact way,
the sale establishes a record for
wages among hard rock men of the
north. Mr. Letterman reached
Fairbanks on February 22, 1912,
after completing a 311-mile mush
over the Fairbanks-Chitlna trail be
hind a two-dog team. He was pos
sessed of but scant funds. He be
came interested with Captain Spald
ing in a lease on the Soo claim
shortly afterwards and now he
leaves for the States with $30,000
virtually in his pocket. For the
280 days that he has been in Fair
banks, he has earned an average
wage of $125 for each working day.
Indlanapolln, Dec 28? Thirty
eight of the forty men who walked
Into court at Indianapolis on the
sixth of October and pleaded "not
guilty" to the charges that they had
Illegally transported dynamite, were
found guilty thin morning.
The thlrty-?'lght men were found
guilty on the fifty-two counts of
conspiracy? two escaped: Daniel
Buckley of Jowr* and Herman Relf
fert of Milwaukee.
After an absence of the Jury of
forty hours ar.d twenty-fire minute*,
the twelve men walked into the
court room where Judice Anderwm
and District Attorney Miller await
ed them, and rendered the verdict
of utility Wh#n the convicted men
heard the aentence nearly every
one of th?m wept like children,
many of them protestln* their In
nocence
Judge Anderson thanked the Jnry
men for thetr ronaf deration of the
rase and ordered the convicted on#*
hack to Jail. Court waa then ad
journed until Monday
FREEDOM FOR
IWO MORE
Valde*, Dec. 18? The fourteen
Indictments against Frank Hawkins
charging him with misdemeanor* In
contributing to the wrecking of the
Fairbanks bank, were diamlsaed this
morning, there being no evidence
against him The ludlctmenta again
st Albert Jackson were also dis
missed.
coKnoYA DWri'sfliNo rRor
OSITION fT)lt ORF, 8MELTF.R
Cordova is entertaining a prop
osition to aid in the building of a
smelter In that city. The proposi
tion that ts being put up to them
by a representative of the proposed
company Is as follows:
"Will the Cordova business men
support a proiK>sltion of building, to
t>egtn with, a one-stack, 50 ton per
day capacity, (first unit), Oll-Blaat
Copper Reduction Plant In your
city. This slr.a plant only Is to be
built at first, and from that let the
profits go to Increasing the capacity
o' the plain as business (ore sup
ply) will warrant in the future.
"For this purpose me deeire at
least ten acrew of land o^ the wa
ter front, with good dockage facil
ities ? both land and water ? not too
far from the Railroad, where spur
track can be ceslly connected up for
the delivery of ore shipments, and
of course you would want It In cloee
proximity.
"The people whom I am repre
senting, ask that the Cordova City
and business men give this tract
of land; and also supply the build
ings required for the Copper Re
duction riant which will cost In the
neighborhood of $15,000 ? the office
and assay office building could be
located and provided In iome sub
stantial building In town. Besides
this, they will be asked to furnish
no less than $25,000 cash, and as
much more as they may desire up
to $60,000. "
APPLES
Sptuenb?r(p?? flaw* wtat* Ap
ple (frown ? $2.50 per bo*.
Jonathan* ? $2.50 per box.
I Ionian n?muty ? extra flae
ity ? $1.75 per box.
You will find the## excellent r?l
ue for your money.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
MAftONM KI.MT (WTN'KM
AT I.AHT ?U.KT1*<?
White P<m i 'I'W'" No lit, P A
A. M held their regular
last night and elected officers for
the coming year, and Inlttlated a
candidate Into the mynterte* of
Masonry. The new officer* are
W R Miller?, W. M ; W. C
Wright, 8 W ; T J Rtandlah, J
XV ; P H CJanty, Trea* , and Phil
Abraham*. Pec
NORTH TO FIGHT
THE A. B. SOUTH
Juneau, Dec 2 7 -Camp Sit ha
at a meeting last night paaeed *
resolution asking all northern
ramp* of the Arctic Brotherhood
to *end delegates to a convention
to be held In Juneeu on March It
for the purpose of organising a
northern control of the Orand
L*>dge.
Southeastern Alaska camps are
incensed at the action of the Grand
Lodge which authorised the forma
tion of camps at Seattle and Van
couver The lodge here has been
notified that a movement has been
fttarted by Camp Haineft to secede
It I* practically certain that *11
camps In Southeastern Alaska will
participate In the organisation.
Remember that there will be no
dance gl<ren by the Ragle* tonight
MTII.I, TALRflm AMHT
SIIVKH CMH MMVfW
itnni Hlld?brand. who kM flxntl
the p**t few month* In ID* Tele
rmph rropk country, M a En?mlvr
of Ik# Canadian ?rrn. f??? wrt
laat night i*4 left on lk? O?orgl?
for ianeii *h?r# M will take the
ne*t beet for Vanroarer
Mr. Hlldebrand Inform* w that
the people In tke Atlln dtntrVt ar*
?till dtarnaatat the recent dlecwvery
of coarse gold tm Silver creek near
T<elln lake, and that aereral prna
??rton hare gone In for the pit
poa- oi" Investigating
JtmikM wort* noiMfT
KfMiWO ??? MIM
Waaklngton, Dee II? f)a?M Starr
Jordan, Ike egpert on flak and ma
rine life, la In Washington todar.
and e?prn??>il hi* opinion thai II
tn?M ke jaat aa well |? lift tke
Nan an?l allow tke killing of aenl
m rrlklloff lalanda
IKE WILSONS
CEI TOGETHER
Rtaanton. Dar >? ? Today la
the Mth annlveraary of Ik* klrtk of
Woodrow Wilaon, and when ke ar
rived at hi* old home In Staunton
'he entire city wu out to greet
him There la going to ke a big
family reunion among tka Vlrglniana
tkla evening Including all tka Wll
?ona from an 'a H*aaklak to aant
samant1)*
Mr. Wilaon la at til anffertnc
from hla rw?*t attack of grig, bat
there will b? family romedlea eawagk
offered to care him aereral tlm?-a
oror, who'i all tke Wilsons gather
for the bin feast
Wash! .g:oo, Dec It ? Wood row
Wilson I mtata on getting hork aome
what to tk- Thowiaa Jefferson sya
tem of Inaagamtlng prealdenta He
nay* tkat he la not going to pwrmit
an elaborate show when he takes
the oeth of office In Ike opinion
of Mr Wilaon the csntry haa ke?n
Imitating Oriental pageantry In pro
during *p*>-tarolar Inaagaral dis
play*. not In keeping witk tke an
derlylng prlarlplen of popular gov
ernment He will kare none of It.
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