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No. 77. TWELFTH YEAR. SKAOWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27. 1909 PRICE, 10 CENTS
STEAMER OHIO CRASHES ON ROCKS M FOO
Six Drowned ? Wireless Calls Humboldt To Rescue
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(By United Press)
KETCHIKAN. Aug. 27? Running off
her course In a dense fog, the steam
er Ohio struck a rock off Steep point)
at 1 o'clock this morning and sank,
six persons being drowned.
Purser Stevens, George Eccles. the
wireless operator, and four others lost
their lives. The men drowned were
all lost through their devotion to
duty, as they refused to leave the
ship until all the passengers were
safe.
The Humboldt was summoned by'
wireless and came to the aid of the
Ohio, taking off the passengers and
crew in small boats. Had it not
been for the Humbold the loss of life
would have been much greater. The
steamer Rupert City was also summo
ed from Prince Rupert and arrived
at the scene of the wreck early this
morning, rendering all the aid pos
sible.
The first news of the accident was
flashed to Ketchikan by the wireless
operator on the Humboldt. From Kite
chikan the news was sent to Seattle.
Prince Rupert, Juneau and other
points.
The Humboldt will reach Ketchi
kan tonight with the passengers and
crew of the Ohio on board.
The Ohio was coming north, hav
ing left Seattle last Tuesday night
with 125 passengers and 50 crew.;
The Humboldt left at 9 o'clock Wed
nesday morning, north bound.
M. J. Honey, the Cordova railroad
contractor, and Thomas Nestor, the
big Nome liquor dealer, were passen
gers on the Ohio.
Steep Point is below Kennedy Isl
and, 150 miles south of Ketchikan,
just below Dixon's entrance. It is
near ttio- spot where the English col
lier Bristol sank some six years ago.
Capt. John Johnson was in command
of the Ohio and Capt. J. C. Hunter
is believed to have been the pilot.
Both men are well known in Skagwa^,
as they were on the Dolphin until
about a year ago.
The Ohio was built 36 years ago
in Philadelphia. She has a gross ton
nage of 3448, is 343 feet long, 43 feet
beam, and draws 24 feet of water.
The Ohio has been on the Nome run
for about nine years. In the spring
of 1903 she was caught in the ice
floes for about forty days and was be
lieved to have been lost. She reach
ed Nome in safety, however.
Reports received late this afternoon
through the local cable office state
that the Ohio sank in deep water
thirty minutes after she struck the
rock. It is hardly probable that she
will be raised.
The King Fisher, a cannery tug
boat, assisted in the rescue of the
passengers. The maority of the pas
sengers of the Ohio are returning to
Prince Rupert on the Rupert City and
the King Fisher. About twenty-five
are on the Humboldt.
CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE
ALASKA GOAL LAND FRAUDS
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 27? The
Alaska coal land frauds will be made j
the subject of Congressional Inquiry
next winter and the whole matter
will be thoroughly investigated. This ,
Is the news that leaked out from
the Department of the Interior.
The Naval Department is also In
terested in the ease, as the Alaska
coal fields may supply the future
coal for the navy.
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New lines of merchandise are constantly being
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All the newest noveltief. and staple weaves are now on
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We respectfully solicit a continuance of most
pleasant business relations with you, we in turn pro
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PROTEST IS MADE AGAINST
MAIL SERVICE REDUCTION
The Skagway Commercial Club
held a well attended meeting last
night at the town hall for the purpose
of discussing the recent reduction of
the daily mall service between Skag
way and Haines to three times a
week. After the matter had been
thoroughly discussed upon vote Sec
retary Miller was instructed to cor
respond with the Haines Chamber of
Commerce and co-operate with that
body towards lodging a protest with
the post office department.
The concensus of opinion last night
was that Haines and Skagway are en
titled to a daily mail service the
year around and that the postal de
partment will save but little money
by reducing the service, as the con
tractors cannot afford to make much
of a reduction In the present bids.
The White Pass & Yukon railroad
through A. L. Burdoe, general mana
ger, donated $100 to the Commercial
Club to be used In advertising the
advantages of Skagway In attracting |
stop over tourists here. In his let
ter Mr. Berdoe expressed confidence
that the club could obtain results
through a campaign of publicity. It
Is highly probable that the other
transportation companies can be in
duced to co-operate with the club to )
wards exploiting the attractions of;
Skagway.
The advertising committee reported i
progress last night and urged that J
all the business men in Skagway i
have printed matter placed on their
stationary advertising Skagway. Some
very attractive matter of this sort
has been prepared |
GREW CONSPIRED TO
STEAMSHIP'S STRONG BOX
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
PRINCE RUPERT. B. C., Aug. 27?
With her strong box broken open and
a package containing $25,000 in bills
missing, the steamship St. Dennis
arrived in harbor from Port Essington
last night.
The harbor officials were notified
and went on board and thoroughly
searched the ship. All of the money
but $2,000 was recovered. The bills
were found In loaves of bread, stuffed
In mattresses and pillows, and in to
bacco boxes.
The engineer, several firemen, the
steward and two cooks are Implicated
In the theft and are under arrest.
GOLD MEDALS
FOR STORIES
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE. Aug. 27? James Brown,
formerly editor of a newspaper at ;
Eagle City, Alaska has ordered four
medals made from gold taken out of
Alaska mines at Cleary creek to be
presented to the author producing the
best article on Alaska, either historical
scientific, fiction or poetry. Those
competing must have lived north of
'53 for at least one year.
FOURNIER HAS
SLIGHT CHANCE
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(By United Prest.O
RHEIMS, France. Aug. 2C ? Henri
Fournier, the aviator, who was thrown!
from his aeroplane yesterday, has a
fighting chance for life, his physi
cians say, although he Is suffering
from Internal injuries and is terribly
bruised and shaken, by bis fall.
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FIMII FLIES HI FBI
(United Press Telegraph-Cable 8ervlce.)
RHEIMS, Franco. Aug. 27? The
grand prize in the aeroplane races
held here was won today by Henri
Faiuab who flew one hundred miles
in two hours and thirty-three minutes.
Ho was awarded the $20,000.
A very interesting article entitled
"Haines, District Alaska," appeared i
the August 7th issue of the Mining
and Scientific Press, by Mr. \V. A.
Scott. First giving a short history
of the founding of Haines as a Mis
sion, then the Porcupine mining dis
trict is described, giving the method !
of operation of the entire system J
dwelling specially upon the cost of |
che entire plant.
In part it said: "As to values, it
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is claimed that tests and operations
by Dalton and others, show a rccov- 1
ery of $6.50 per cubit yard and that
cleanups this spring showed an even
higher content. But E. E. Harvey,
general manager of the property, es
timates an average of |3.00 per yard.
The Cahoon Creek Mining Co. is
describe 1 as a placer operation on al
luvial deposit from forty to sixty feet
wide, which Is rich ground, and mak
ing regular cleanups of placer gold.
The Rainy Hollow district is des
cribed as having limestone and schist
country rock, with copper ore on the
contact between the two. "The New
York and Custer veins are said to
be from five to sixty feet wide, con
taining a good grade of chalocopyrite,
with some bornite. Tests aro said to
show considerable gold and silver."
Mr. Scott, who is a mining expert,
has used no superfluity in his arti
cle but has given a fair and con
servative description of the country,. ?
Halns Pioneer Press.
United States Senator Charles Dick J
of Ohio, his wife and two sons and j
two daughters will arrlvo In Skag-^
way Sunday on the Dolphin^, accord- 1
ing to a cablegram received yester
day by Mrs. H. S. Pullen from Major
General Franklin Bell In Seattle.
Senator Dick 1b Interested In proper
ty in the porcupine and will make a
visit to that point. He is a mem
ber of the Senate military committee
and will Incidentally inspect the gov
ernment road to the Porcupine.
Senator Dick was chosen to succeed
Mark Hanna to the Senate In 1904
Mr. Dick's term will expire in 1911.
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