VOLKART DROWNS
IN KOYUKUK RIVER
Accident Occurred About Four Miles Above Gold
foot—His Companion Barely Saves Him
self—Body Not Yet Recovered
On the Julia B., arriving yesterday, was Heinrich Bismart
returning from the Koyukuk country, bringing the news of th«
drowning of Henry Volkart, formerly of Cleary City, in the Koyu
kuk river on July 5.
Volkart and Bismark were floating down the Koyukuk on s
raft, about 6x15 feet in. size, and when about four miles above Cold
foot they were struck by a “sweeper” hanging from the river bank
far over the water, and both were knocked into the stream. As
the river was very high and the current swift, Bismark had greal
difficulty in reaching shore, and then only by hanging for dear life
tp a piece of timber, as he is unable to swim. He never caught
sigl}t of Volkart alter the accident, and it is presumed that was
struck and held helpless by other “sweepers.” Bismark made his
way to Coldfoot, where he related his sad story to Commissioner
Frank Howard, who, with several others, searched for the body
for two days without success. During his struggle to reach land
Bismark lost a pocketbook containing $1000 in currency. Vorkart
also carried considerable money and valuable papers, which, of
course have not been recovered.
Henry Volkart was formerly in the hotel and saloon business
in Cleary City where he and a brother, with Lester Gardner, con
ducted the Golden Eagle resort. His wife is now residing in Seat
tle,and the brother is conducting a hotel at Everett, Wash.
Bismark, the survivor of the accident, is also an old resident
of Cleary City, where he worked for a couple of years.
Bismark also tells of the loss of a scow of merchandise being
towed up x-iver by the Mutchler boys at about the same place where
Volkart was drowned, and from the same cause. No lives were
lost, but it was only by fast work that the horses were saved by
cutting them free. The loss is placed at $2500.
Killed His Wife and Himself
Crazed with drink, a millioniare of New Bedford, Mass., Robert
Fanning, fancying he had just joined an Indian club, grabbed a
tomahawk and hacked his beautiful wife to death. After butcher
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ing his wife he carefully hid her body in the bushes. Then he
wrote a crazy confession of the murder, rode to the police station
in his automobile and told the officials what he had done. Then he
became a good Indian by putting a bullet through that section of
bis brain which contained what reason he had left.
MARSHAL INVADES
A “SOCIAL SESSION”
Last night about io o’clock Mar
shal Vautier and an assistant made
a raid on a small tent-house on
Second avenue where a drunken
gang was holding high carnival by
making the ambient atmosphere
heavy with loud and vulgar lan
guage. The residents of the neigh
borhood had patiently awaited an
abatement of the nuisance for sev
eral nights, and the climax came
shortly after the arrival yesterday
of a couple of ‘'cronies” and a
new supply of the ‘‘oil of joy.”
As a result of the raid Paddy
Carney and one other were taken
to the skookum house and today
they are sleeping off their jag; to
, morrow they will appear before the
: commissioner.
Mr. Carney is an old offender
“against the peace and dignity,
etc.,” and always keeps himself
ever fresh and green in the peace
officer’s memory.
Bill Cheeseman.the pioneer pros
; pector who is now on Grant creek,
| arrived in the city last Sunday on
| a short business trip.
QUARTETTE OF BRAVES
HAVE HI-YU BLOWOUT
Pour sons of the forest—
Messrs. Big Moses, Jacob Starr,
Basco and Slim Dick—on Tues
day last secured a liberal amount
of the ‘'white man’s burden,” and
proceeded to enjoy an impromtu
celebration which gave promise
of being one of the greatest and
noisiest social successes of the
season in the neighborhood of the
mission, above the city. The un
expected arrival of Marshal Vau
tier and assistants put a damper
on the jollification by landing the
above named braves in jail where
they have since been confined.
Jacob -Starr, Big Moses and
Basco, tame, silent and repent
ant, appeared before Commis
sioner Gallaher at 10 o’clock this
morning to answer to a charge
of being drunk and disorderly.
Basco admitted the “drunk” part
of the charge, but Big Moses and
Jacob could not be made to un
derstand the judge’s remarks, so
an adjournment was taken until
2 o’clock this afternoon in order
to secure an interpreter.
Slim Dick, the wily wolloper of
the quartette, will be tried sep
arately.
SECOND ROUND.
At the hearing this afternoon
Marshal Vautier testified that
when he decended on the quar
tette of braves at the camp of
John the Fisherman his presence
caused quite a scattering. Basco
made a dash for the river bank,
Big Moses galloped toward the
the bullrushes, Jacob Starr was
too drunk to get in action, and
Slim Dick got busy by assisting
in the capture of his three com
patriots.
The judge, after summing up
the evidence, fined each of the
defendants $10 and costs,
SLIM DICK’S INNING.
Immediatly after the trial of
Basco, Big Moses and Jacob
Starr the hearing of Slim Dick
was commenced. Dick testified
that he could only remember of
having been drunk but twice. He
found the whiskey to make the
first “skate” on the river bank;
for the second jag he secured the
goods from Basco, Big Moses
and Jacob.
The commissioner in sentenc
ing “Slender Richard” to 20 days
in the jail took occasion to re
mark that the river bank was a
very dangerous place for the de
fendant, and advised him to
“keep shy” of where the sad sad
waves waver. The judge also
stated, en passant, that it had
never been his good fortune to
find full bottles of “valley tan”
along the shore, nor in the
woods, or upon trees, but it
seemed to be an easy task for
NOTICE.
Artie Brewing Co.’s Beer
on tap at the Gibbon Bar,
j “Poor Lo,” he of the untutored
j mind. _.
New Army Surgeon
Arrives at Ft, Gibbon
Captain J. \V. Grissinger, of
the Meidcal Corps U. S. A. arrived
on tire steamer Delta from Fort
Kgbert where lie has been stationed
for the past year. He will take the
place of Capt. J. F. Hall who will
leave here shortly for the states.
Capt. J. F. Hall has been stationed
here for the past two years and it
is with regret that his many friends
see him leave.
For a good shave or lirst-elass hair
cut call at Malt Stewart’s barber shop.
See us for Cloth Posters.
ARCHDEACON SUMPS
WINTER ITINERARY
Arohdeacon Stuck is due to arrive in this city tomorrow and
will in a few days begin his year’s work. He plans to go on the
launch Pelican to Fort Yukon. If the season warrants he will go
to Rampart House on the Porcupine river. He will freeze in at
one of these two places and as soon as the trail is good, will go
over the ice to Coldfoot and Betties, thence to Allakaket or St.
John’s in-the-Wilderness, where Miss Carter is located. He ex
pects to spend Christmas at Allakaket. After Christmas he will
go to Tanana, up the Yukon to Steven’s Village, then return to
Fort Yukon, Rampart, across to Hot Springs, then to Fairbanks
via Nenana. After a brief stay in Fairbanks he will go to Sal
cbaket and thence to Eagle.
Flies From France to England
For the first time in history an airship has safely flown across
the English Channel. Louis Bieriot, the French aviator, was the
successful air navigator, making the trip without accident in his
aeroplane on July 26.
Louis Bieriot, the Frenchman who successfully passed over
the English channel in an airship, was presented with $5,000 the
English government had offered for the first success in that line.
Now, Great Britain fears that France may in time seek to attack
England by way of airships, and that England’s coast defenses
are thereby rendered useless.
Morgan May Buy Alaska Road
The Sunday Times contained an article which asserted that
J. Pierpont Morgan, the richest msn in the world, may decide to
purchase the Alaska Central Railroad. Perkins, his representa
tive, is now inspecting the road, and if his investigation proves
satisfactory Morgan will take it over. A. N. Gray, the confiden
tial agent of Morgan, is now at Seward with the millionaire party,
assisting Perkins in arriving at an understanding of the conditions
there.__
QUARTZ LEAD BECOMES FAULTY
Fairbanks, Aug. 12.—Louis Rhoads, who has been
working on a vein of quartz on Bedrock creek for the past
three months, has lately found the lead so faulty that the
ordering of the stamp mill he proposed placing on the
claim will be deferred until the ledge shows sign of getting
better. Prospecting work will continue as usual.
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