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A. W. CHUNKY, Publisher.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
Interesting Collection of Current Eventf
In Comlenaed Form From
Both Continents.
There were 834 deaths from plague
daring the past week at Bombay.
The Italian government has called
out one class of the army reserves, ow
ing to the bread riots.
Chief of Police Jansen, of Milwaukee.
has decided to put a stop to all boxing
contests in that city in the future.
Mrs. Julia Dorr, the well-known
authoress and poet, is reported to be
critically ill at her home in Rutland,
Tt. .
Mrs. Hearst, widow of Senator
Hearst, is visiting the City of Mexico,
, and has been received with public
honors.
Bishop, the man who assassinated
the Brazilian minister of war lust No
vember, has committed suicide in
prison.
There is much excitement in Bolivia
and the press is urging the govern
ment to prepare for an impending war
with Peru.
Over half a million pounds of
naptha were burned and several per
sons kwt their lives during a conflagra
tion at Baku, Russia.
Roar Admiral McNair, who hns beon
succeeded in command of the Asiatic
aquadron by Commodore Dewey, has
arrived in San Francisco.
' Three men were killod and four in
jured in a head-end collision between
two freight trains on the Louisville &
Nashvillo, near Upton, Ky.
A ledge of free milling quartz tea
feet wido and assaying as high as $501)
a ton was struck in the Roanoko mine
near, Mukelumne hill, Cal., at a depth
of 400 foet.
An anti-trust ill, explicit in its
terms and naming a penalty of $10,000
fine or from 10 to 15 years' imprison
ment, has been introduced in the house
by Greene of Nebraska.
The Central Labor Union, of New
York, has passed a resolution opposing
the bill pending in the Now York log-
iBlnturo for the opening of the theaters
in that oity on Sunday.
George 8. Yantio and A. M. Hyde,
of Sheboygan, have started on a jour
ney to the Holy Land, where they go
, to oarry assistance to a colony of Duu
kards, who wont to Palestine in No
vember, 1895.
, George C. Howard, superintendent
of schools of West Bridge water, Mass.,
moderator at the last town meeting
and ex-stato representative, is a self
confessed forger to the exeat of $(00,
and is under arrest.
I Ross W. Latsbaw, of Kansas City,
ex-justice of the peace, was acquitted
by a jury in the criminal court of tho
charge of attempting to bribe a iuror in
the recent trial of Dr. Goddard for the
murder of Fred J. Jackson.
Tho Now York Pigeon and Poultry
Society will open tho ninth annual ex
hibition at Madisun-Squaro garden.
According to the report of the secre
tary, nearly 0,500 birds have been en
tered in the several clauses. Many
entries have been received from Canada
and the far West.
Mrs. Lucille Blackburn Lane, daligh.
tor of ex-Senator Blackburn, of Ken
tucky, who accidentally shot herself
with a revolver two weeks ago, is again
in a serious condition, after a period of
improvement, and her relatives ami
physicians are apprehensive lest the
wound, with new rum plications which
have set in, may result fatally.
A grain elevator was destroyed by
fire in East St. Louis, entailing a loan
of $1,000,000.
Judge Lewis F,. Mo-Comas has been
been elected United States senator to
uucoed A. 1". Gorman, of Maryland.
The reorganised Union Paeillo rail,
road had to pay $30,403.CO fees to In
corporate under tho laws of Colorado.
The observations of tho eclipse in
British India were successful, condi
tions being most favoiablo. Many
valuable photographs were seemed.
William Hepburn, an alleged count
erfeiter, has been arrested in a lonely
cabin in Placer county, Cal., and all
tho paraphernalia for counterfeiting
was found in his possession.
Russia will demand the immediaU
payment by Turkey of the i'lVS, 000,001)
war indemnity yet duo, as a means of
making tho sultan more docile in th
treatment of tho Cretan question.
The National Stockgiowers' conven.
tion is in session in Denver, Colo.
About 1,000 delegates, representing Si
states and territories of tho West,
Northwest and Southwest are present.
On Fiidav a gale sprung up on Putin-Bay,
Lake Krie, and tho lee com
menced to break up. Two hundred
fishermen occupying shacks built on
tho ice, were in imminent peril, but
made shore in safety, assisted by res
cuers, who put off in boats and battled
with the ice lloes.
O. K. Maher, of Grand Island, Neb.,
surrendered to tho Sacramento police,
confessing that ho had embezzled
money belonging to Armour ei Co.,
which ho had collected while traveling
as salesman for the company.
A St. Louis dispatch says: A gale of
wind that reached the highest velocity
of any experienced hero since tho tor
nado of May 27, lS'Jtl, prevailed
Wednesday, Its highest velocity was
60 miles an hour, and up to noon two
deaths, one fatal injury and several
minor casualties had been reported.
CAUSED BY BRUTALITY.
Bailor Taken Oft" the Stetson a Raving
Maniac.
Portland, Or., Feb. 2. If the story
of John Burke, who came around the
Horn on the American ship Geo. Stet
son in the capacity of sailor, can be
believed, the officers of this ship are
guilty of the most barbaric cruelties
that have been reported at this port in
many a day. The Stetson arrived at
Astoria with a cargo of coal Thursday,
being 74 days out from Baltimore,
where she took on cargo. Captain
Murphy is in command, and George
Harvey is first officer.
The victim of the brutality of the
officers, and especially that of First
Mate Harvey, is a seaman named Amos
Stone, son of a wealthy jewelry mer
chant of Boston. Stone is said to have
been taken off the Stetson at Astoria, a
raving maniac, having arrived at this
condition as a result of the treatment
bo received on the voyage.
"Stone was singled out as the special
object of Harvey's brutality soon after
we left Baltimore," said Burke in
narrating his story. "Harvey, for
some reason, knockel him insensible
with an iron top maul, and as tho rest
of us feared we would be treated like
wise we were at the point of turning
back four hours after we left port. As
soon as we saw what had happened,
we scampered up tho masts to turn to.
J. he mate, however, informed the cap-
lam, woo uunieu us into remaining
with tho ship.
Stone, as a result of the injury he rei
ceived, was laid up for some days, dur
ing whioh time he was given but littlu
to eat. As soon as he had reoovorei
sumcientiy to venture out and report
for duty, Harvey kicked him off th
forecastle. .From that time on Stone,
was unable to leavo his cabin. He
was starved and beaten almost daily
and by the time we reached Astoria he
was sidn and bones and a raving man
iac. As we were rounding tho Horn,
where the seas were very bad, Harvey
would open the door of Stone's cabin
so as to lot the water in to soak his
clothes and bedding. I have also seen
Harvey open the door to Stone's cabin
and with a heavy leather strap beat
him until big welts stood out on his
legs and back. Stone, who was al
ready losing bis reason, would not
wince under this scourging and stood
liko a statue, without saying a word in
remonstrance. An eft'o-t was made to
obliterate tho marks on Stone's body
before tho ship reached Astoria, but
without Btiocess, and ho will carry the
marks with him to the grave. During
much of the time that Stone was
cooped up in his cabin ho had nothing
but rofuso to eat and the place was the
most foul smelling I was ever in. He
was abused like a dog oven during the
time he was in Irons. It made me sick
to look at him, even as accustomed as
I am to see displays of brutality on tho
high seas."
Burke's story is corroborated in ev
ery detail by Ernest Weyl, Ira Dierks
and Charles Russell, three other of
the crew.
DYING BY HUNDREDS.
Harrowing Tale Ciiinn From
the
Newfoundland Count.
New York, Feb. 2. The Red Cross
lino steamship Portia arrived today
four days overdue from St. John's, N.
P., and Halifax, after a desperate en
counter with a pack of ioe off tho New
foundland ooast, and with a harrowing
tale of blizzards and destituion in the
coast soction of that country. Hun
dreds of men, women, and children
dead or dying from exposure and star
vation with abundance close by and
hundreds more threattmcd with a like
fate are tho conditions reported by tho
Portiu.
Tho Portia was penned in by huge
Arctic floes in plain sight of St. John's
unabe to move. She managed to es
cape by tho merest accident.
Many other craft, several of them
relief vessels sent by the Canadian
govomment to succor destitute fisher
men, had to abandon their errands of
mercy and return to St. John's, where
they were still in the ice when the Por
tia struggled into clear water.
Among tho detained fleet at St..
John's wore a dozen or more sailing
vessels loaded with codfish for England
and Brazil.
The oity of St. John's was in a terri.
bio condition on account of the bliz
zard, tho streets being rendered iinpas
sable. Railroads had suspended, work
and tho poor were suffering through
hunger and cold. The price of food
advanced until beyond tho reach of
the poor.
Several miles off shore the Portia
passed tho steamer Grandland, fast in
tho ice, and in a perilous condition,.
TO GO TO SAMOA.
Warship Will He Sent Thereto l'rotcrt
Our liiUrsts.
Now York, Feb. 3. The American
flag will soon bo displayed in Sanioan
waters by a man-of-war says a Herald
correspondent. The vessel will be th
Mohican, which has been converted
into a training-ship. Since the arrival
in Washington of ex-Consul-Genoral
Churchill, the president and assistant
secretary of state have been convinced
that American interests demand that
an American man-of-war shall visit
Samoa.
There is no intention on the part of
the administration to abandon the in
terests of this government In Samoa,
and Mr. Churchill does not recommend
it, although he says the only reason
why this government should continue
its bold on the islands is because it is
morally bound to do so by tho course
pursued in the past,
Mr Churchill states that if the
United States was to withdraw from
the islands they would bo divided by
Geruiuny and Great Britain. ,
TRIUMPH OF RUSSIA
China Giving Her All That
She Demands.
AND ENGLAND DOES NOT OBJECT
Severe Defeat of British Troops by
Indian Tribesmen Eighteen Men
and Five Gutters Killed.
London, Feb. 1. A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Shanghai says a secret
dispatch has been issued by the tsung-li-yamen
to certain high officials, in
forming them that Russia warned
China that if Kiao Chou were granted
to Germany, Russia would demand
either Tallen Wan or Port Arthur.
According to the same dispatch, it is
asserted at Shanghai on good authority
that China consents to have Russians
at the head of ' her customs and rail
ways. At the present moment, says the
Daily Mail's correspondent, there are
10,000 Russian troops in Tallen Wan
and Port Arthur. Russian agents
have been sent to Tien Tsin (the port
of Peking) and to Japan to purchase
coal and food, 0,000 bags of which have
been bought at Tien Tsin.
The Daily Mail says it learns from a
source "hitherto accurate," that China
is inclined to make the best possible
bargain with Russia, whose diplomacy
appears to have triumphed at Peking,
England having resolved not to force a
conflict by further opposing Russia's
claims at Port Arthur and the Liao
Tung peninsula. Japan, says the same
authority, has been thrown into a state
of consternation by the British back
down, and has shown a more friendly
attitude toward Russia. This state
ment, however, the Daily Mail admits,
is "incredible and probably a bluff
with a view of forcing England to take
decided steps." The Daily Mail coun
sels its readers not to be alarmed.
The Odessa correspondent of the
Times says a volunteer fleet will convey
in the quickest possible time over 10,
000 Russians to the far East. The first
cruiser, with 3,000 men, will leave
within a few days.
British Troops 8u(Ter Henry Loss.
Calcutta, Feb. 1. General Westma
cott telegraphs from Camp Mammami
that the fourth brigade beoame en
tangled in a gorge near Shin Kumar
Kotilla yesterday and suffered serious
losses. Lieutenant-Colonel Houirhton.
Lieutenants Sweing, Dowdall, Hughes,
walker, together with 15 men of the
Yorkshire light infantry, and three
Sikhs were killed.1 Major Earlo, Lieu
tenant Hall, 81 men of the Yorkshires
and two Sikhs wero wounded, Maior
Earle severely, and 13 Yorkshires are
missing.
ii appears mat a combined move
ment was planned to cut off the retreat
of a number of Afridis, who bad been
driving their oattle to graze upon the
Kujurai plain, west of Bara fort. Two
columns marched from Ali Musjid,
and Jam rod to block the way north; a
third column form Bara marched west
ward over the plains toward the hills,
while a fourth, consisting of the York
shire regiment and a regiment of
Sikhs, advanced from Mammami, with
a viow of getting to tho rear of the
Afridis and preventing their escape.
Tho first three columns performed
their allotted duties without loss, rneot
lng with vory few of the enemy. The
fourth, under Colonel T. J. Seppings,
loft Mammami early Saturday morning.
Tho leading troops reached Shin-Kumar-Kotiln
at 10:80.
Finding no opposition, Colonel
Houghton, with the Sikhs, proceeded
about a milo to search tho caves. On
the arrival of tho main body at Kotala
a company of Sikhs had been with
drawn from tho high ridge from the
west, the key to the position, which
the enemy forthwith took possession
of. To retake it involved heavy losses.
Lieutenant Dowdall was killed while
charging at the pass, Tho enemy's
losses wero severe, as they charged
within 80 yards to tho troops.
About midday tho troops began to
return to the camp, the enemy harass
ing the rear guard, and left, and caus
ing many casualties. The rear column
cleared tho pass about 5 o'clock, with
tho assistance of General Westmaeott,
who came up with two guns and 400
rifles, on receiving Colonel Stopping's
message that tho forco had become en
tangled. The retreat was conducted
admirably, tho officers speaking in tho j
highest terms of the gallantry of the !
troops. Colonel Houghton's body has !
uuirii i win ui cu, ami searching oodles
have started for tho others.
Tho column has been reinforced by
823 men from Bara. General Sir
Power Palmer, who succeeded Sir Wil
liam Lockhart in the command, is pro
paring to mako reprisals.
F-nglncer's Agreement Signed.
London, Jan. 31. At a meeting of
committees representing tho federated
employers and allied trades unions to
day the result of a ballot accepting tho
employers' terms was communicated.
A formal agreement embodying tho
terms of settlement was duly signed
and arrangements completed for a
simultaneous resumption of work in
the federated shops.
A SKATING ACCIDENT.
Two Boys Drowned In Coeur d'Alene
lake.
Spokane, Feb. 1. A special to the
Spokesman-Review from Coeur d'Alene,
Idaho, says: Oscar and Ammi Joslyn,
aged 10 and 12 years, sons of Musician
Josyln, of the Sixteenth infantry band,
stationed at Fort Sherman, were
drowned at 8 o'clock today while skat
ing on the lake. Two other boys went
through the ice with theui, but
rescued.
were
DEFEATED IN THE HOUSE.
The Teller Resolution Rnried by a Ma
jority of Fifty Votes.
Washington, Feb. 2. The house to
day buried the Teller resolution, de
claring the bonds of the United States
, payable in silver, under an adverse
majority of 500 votes. Tho Repub
licans were solidly arrayed in
opposition, with two exceptions Lin
ney of North Carolina, who voted with
the Demoorats and Populists, and
White of North Carolina, the only col
ored member of the house, who an
swered "present," when his name was
called. The desertions from the Demo
cratic side were McAleer of Pennsyl
vania, and Elliott of South Carolina.
Both voted with the Republicans
against the proposition.
Speaker Reed, although it is not cus
tomary for him to vote, had his name
called, and, amid the cheers of his fol
lowers, went on record in opposition tc
the resolution.
The vote was reached after five hours
of debate, under a special order, adopt
ed at the opening of the session today.
me limited time allowed for debate,
and the pressure of members for an
opportunity to be heard, was so great
that the leaders on both sides were
compelled to farm out the time by
minutes. This detracted much from
the continuity of the discussion, but it
in some measure intensified the inter
est in tho galleries, whioh wore crowded
all day, and the combatants on the floor
were cheered by their respective sym
pathizers. Many of the senators from
the other side of tho capitol were pres
ent to listen to the arguments. The
majority, under the leadership of Ding
ley, who made a carefully prepared
speech, sounded the key-note of the op
position, assumed the position that the
last clause of the resolution was in
reality a disguised declaration for the
free coinage of silver, while the assault
ing Democrats, under the direction of
Bailey, maintained that the defeat of
the resolution was another step in the
direction of the establishment of the
. 1 J A I. ! .1. I M . .1
guiu Buiiiuuiu, io wjiieii ne auogeu noth
the president and Secretary Gage bad
irrevocably committed the Republican
party.
Tho debate was at times fast anc
heated, but there wero no sensational
incidents, beyond tho hissing of Rhea,
whon he said that, as tho author of the
' crime ot '73," the hottest place in
hades would be reserved for the present
secretary or the state.
rm .i ...
ine vote on tne rosomtion was:
Ayes, 133; noes, 182.
loday's session of the senate lasted
six hours, two of the general appropria
tion uiiis mat lor tho army, carrying
$33,;i43,4U2, and that for the legisla
ture, executive and judicial depart
ment, carrying $21,658,520 were
passed, the latter, consisting of 121
pages, oocupying tho attention of the
senate during the greater part of the
session. After a brief executive ses
sion the senate adjourned.
CRIME OF IOWA BRUTES.
Frozen Bodies of Mother and Daughter
Found Near liurlington.
Burlington, la., Feb. 1. The dead
and frozen bodies of Mrs. Fanny Rath
burn and her 12-yeur-old daughter
Mary were discovered this afternoon in
pools of "blood at their lonely homo
west of this city. The woman's head
had been split open with an ax. The
body of the child was found in a bed
room off the kitchen with tho throat
cut from ear to ear. Evidences of a
horriblo struggle for life were present
on all sides. Evidently the girl had
been brutally assaulted by tho mur
derer, and her torn clothing indicated
sho had fought desperately for her
honor. Having accomplished the deod,
her assailant had cut hor throat. The
girl's hand showed cuts received in at
tempting to defend herself. Blood was
ssattered all over the bed and on tho
floor. The body of the woman was
found to be badly eaten by rats, and
presented a horriblo sight.
Several arrests have been made, and
the police are actively engaged in run
ning down several clews. It is be
lieved the crime was conimited several
days ago. The woman was a widow of
good reputation, and quite poor
Mecca of the Tower.
Constantinople, Feb. 2. Tho Rus
sian auxiliary cruiser Saratoffam, be
longing to the volunteer fleet, with 12
quick-tiring guns and 1,000 troops on
board, passed the Bosphorous yesterdav
on her way to Vladivostock. According
to a dispatch to the London Times,
from, Odessa, cabled to the Associated
Press hiBt night, the Russian volunteer
fleet will convey in tho quickest time
practicable over 10,000 Russian troops
to the far East.
Aged Couple Murdered.
Grayson, Ky., Feb. 2. "Virginia
Bill" Riley, an old citizen of Elliott
county, aged 80 years, and his wife,
about 70 years old, were murdered
tonight at their home, and robbed of
from $S0O to $1,200. There is no clew
to the murderers. A maul was the in
strument used.
San Franisco, Feb. 2. Hulda John
eon, aged 3's years, was run down and
killed by an electric car this evening,
in front of the residence of her parents.
The child attempted to cross the track
in front of a rapidly approaching car,
when she was struck.
Ills Horse Full t pou Him.
San Francisco, Feb. 1. George
Slankard, manager of the Wild West
show at Central Para, weas seriously
injured today just before tho time for
the exhibition to begin. He was
thrown from his horse which fell upon
him, crushing his head against the
ground. He sustained a fracture of the
base of the skull. His condition is
critical and his recovery is doubtful.
The wheat crop of India is harvested
usually in February. i
WRECKED ON A BAR
Grain Ship City of Duluth
Lost Off St. Joseph, Mich.
PASSENGERS AND CREW RESCUED
The Vessel a Total Loss She Carried a
Heavy Cargo of Corn and Flour
High Sea Was Kunning.
St. Joseph, Mich., Jan. 31. The big
grain steamer City of Duluth arrived
off this port, from South Chicago, laBt
night, and attempted to enter the har
bor. There was a tremendous wind
from the northwest and a very heavy
Bea running. The Duluth kept on her
course into the harbor, and at the
mouth of the river Btruck a bar and
Was thrown heavily against the north
pier, breaking in two. The mammoth
Bteel arches on either side of the boat
gave way immediately, and the bow of
the boat dropped two or three feet.
A largo hold was stove in the port side
as she swung around, and Bhe went to
the bottom in an hour, leaving only
her cabin and part of her bulwarks
above water.
The two big tugs, Morford and Pro
tection, which had accompanied the big
boat on her trip across the lake, made
desperate attempts to reach her and
get her crew and passengers off, but
were unsuccessful. The lifo-saving
crew were summoned and reached the
Boene of the disaster in quick time
considering that it bad disbanded for
the winter. At midnight they had
shot a mortar line to the boat and the
rescue began. The first one to be
takon ashore was August Kerwein, of
this city. He dipped into the water
several times during the perilous trip,
and was badly frozen when he was
pulled out onto the pier. The rest of
the passengers were taken ashore in
this manner, one ut a time. There
were 17 passengers and 23 of the crew.
Captain McLean was the last to
leave, being taken off at 5 o'clock this
morning. There were several ladies on
board. The members of the life-saving
crew took turns going out in the
car after them. Mrs. William Tryon
is suffering from the effects of the trip.
She was in delicate condition, and
was badly frozen and seized with nerv
ous prostration. There is no hope for
her to live.
The City of Duluth had a heavy
cargo of corn and flour, and a deckload
of merchandise for local merchants.
Theie is no hope of saving anything ol
the wreck, as thero is a very high sea
rolling. No boat can reach her, and
sho is rapidly going to pieces. The en
gineer says that when the boat struck
the engine jumped a foot and was im
mediately torn to pieces. The water
rushed in and put out tho fires, and
the firemen barely escaped up the lad
ders. The floor of the deck gave a mighty
heave upward, nnd the passengers were
thrown into the wildest confusion.
The City of Duluth was an old but
stanch steamer. Sho was under char
ter of the Graham & Norton Transpor
tation Company, carrying principally
through freight from Chicago to this
port, in connection with the Big Four.
She was owned by the Lake Miobigan
& Superior Company. Her capacity
was about 1.000 tons, and her value
about $30,000. She was laden with
package freight and grain. Tho steamer
is well insured, and it is understood
had $10,000 insurance on her cargo.
On several previous trips she stuck on
the bar while entering this harbor.
SNOW LOCOMOTIVE SCHEME.
Mr. Glover Explains In Chicago
the
I'lans of Ills Company.
Chicago, Jan. 31. George T. Glover,
an inventor, has solved the problem ol
getting supplies into the Klondike reg
ion this winter by means of bis snow
traction locomotive. Seven of these
locomotives are now building in Chi
cago and New York, and 33 freight and
passenger cars will bo built at Port
land, Or., for this work These will
be at Dyea by February 15 for Dawson
Citv over tho Dalton trail.
"The locomotives that are now being
constructed for this Klondike trip,"
said Mr. Glover, "will weigh about
eight tons each, half the weight of the
logging locomotives. Their capacity
will be about 100 tons' burden respec
tively. I find that an eight-ton ma
chine will do the work and run easier.
Those locomotives are practically ready
now for shipment to Portland, where
they will be assembled and then ship
ped, together with 32 cars to Dyea.
Here they will be put up and placed in
readiness for the expedition which
leaves that point February 15 for Daw
son City, in charge of Captain Brain
erd, of the United States armv.
"Chilkat pass will bo the greatest
obstruction encountered on the first
trip. There is no part of the pass.
however, that presents a grade greater
than 30 per cent. These locomotives
can climb such a grade readily. Each
machine will have a steam windlass
attached and by means of this the train
can easily pull itself up at a remarka
ble speed. I calculate on getting over
the pass in less than 48 hours with the
first train. The way once open sub
sequent travel will be easier.
"The cost of building and equipping
these trains will be less tiian $35,000.
Each locomotive will cost about
$1,000. The cost of the passenger and
freight cars and their transpoitation to
Dyea will not exceed $5,000.
"On reaching Dawson City four of
the locomotives will be used in trans
porting supplies and passengers to and
from the various points and villages
locate! in the Klondike gold fields.
The others will return and make an
other trip before the winter in Alaska
is over. "
PILOT'S FIRST TRIP.
Wreck of the Cor na Said to Have Been
Due to Carelessness.
Seattle, Feb. 1. Twenty-five of tho
pasengers of the ill-fated steamer Co
rona, which was wrecked on Lewis
island last Monday morning, arrived
here tonight on the steamer Al-Ki,
which rescued them from the lonoly
island. E. W. Pollock, who was a
passenger, on the Corona, in describing"
the wreck said:
"The accident ocourred at 9:10 A. M.
in the morning. The gong had just
sounded to awaken the passengers for
breakfast, and about 100 of them had
already risen. Captain G. H. Pierce
and Pilot H. F. Coffman were on the
bridge. It was Coffman 's first trip as
pilot. There was light enough to see
the Bhores on all sides. Suddenly,
while the ship was going at full speed,
without warning a terrible shock oo
curred, followed by a grinding succes
sion of lesser shocks. Instantly it was
realized the ship had struck a rock,
and a scene of great confusion followed.
The wheel was reversed, but the ship
remained on the rock. Thre sea was
calm. Captain Pierce ordered the
boats lowered. The women were taken
ashore first, and by 10 o'clock the pas
sengers were all landod. The stock
and some baggage and provisions were
then taken ashore. The passengers re
mained on the island until Thursday,
patiently waiting for a passing-steamer
to take them away from a place of
great personal discomfort. Thursday
the steamer Al-Ki arrived, and 200 of
the castaways boarded her. About 100
remained on the island in the hope of
catching a north bound vessel.
"About 10 o'clock Thursday night
the Al-Ki met the steamor Oregon,
bound from Portland to Dyea and
Skagway. , The two steamers were
lashed together and all but ,25 of the
Corona's people were transferred and
started north again."
It is not believed that the injury to
the Corona is serious.
Pilot Coffman, who was on duty at
the time of the wreck, tells the follow
ing story:
"The directions on the chnrt say to
steer direct from Gibson's islands to
the northwest side of Kennedy's island.
In this water there are no soundings
marked on the chart less than seven
fathoms of water, and eeven fathoms
is only found at the extreme end of
Lewis island, close to the shore. The
soundings taken all around tho ship af
ter the accident ranged from 5 to 10
fathoms, with the exception of where
the ship struck, which was only 2?
fathoms.
"It is 6 miles from Gibson's island
to the northwest side. I kept the
ship due northwest for 17 minutes af
ter passing Gibson's island, and then
altered it to northwest by north.
Seven minutes later sho struck."
Mr. Coffman declares that he fol
lowed the directions laid down, and
that he is not to blame.
Against Pilot' Coffman's statement
that he was on the correct course is
Steamer Pilot Thompson's statement,
who went off duty at 4 o'clock the
morning of tho accident. He says
that the reef upon which Coffman ran
the ship is well known among marin
ers, and that she was two miles out
of her course. He characterizes the ac
cident as sheer carelessness.
SWINDLED IN MEXICO.
Americans Kuncoed In
Deal.
a Fake Mining
City of Mexico, Feb, 1. Another
bold swindle has been brought to light
hero by which New York business men
have been swindled out of $21,000. It
appears that last autumn an American
giving the natno of Frederick P. Gra
ham, claiming to be a half brother to
the criminal lawyer, John Graham, of
New York, and married to a grand
niece of Sir Robert Peel, persuaded
three or four New Yorkers to go into
pnospoate mining in the state ot Oaxa
ca, reporting that very rich phosphata
was on the market, and that he con
trolled it. Graham further represent
ed that be had organized hero a com
pany known as tho Mexican Phosphate
Mineral Company, and when the par
ties were taken into the concern
Graham was made treasurer and presi
dent. Recently two parties from New
York came here to inspect their prop
erty, and now they find that there is
no phosphate, and that Graham has
fled with the cash, which had been de
posited to his order in the bank of the
city of Puebla. Graham .played the
game very bodly, representing that b(
was in close touch with the highest
officials, and could bring Influence to
protect the property, and in case other
things were wanted, they would ba
forthcoming. Tho police are suro
Graham is one of the gang who swin
dled Franke, of Chicago.
CHILKOOT ROAD COMPLETED.
Time From Tidewater to Hheadnntcr
Shortened to One Day.
Tacoma, Feb. 1. Hugh C. Wallace,
president of the Chilkoot Railroad &
Transportation Company baa advices of
the completion of tho company's aerial
tramway over Chil.kout pass, in Alaska.
The company's B.vstem is a railroad
from Dyea to Canyon City, thence a
system of aerial tramways over Chil
koot pass to Lake Limiermann. This
marks a new era for Klondike travel.
The time between tidewater and the
headwaters of the Yukon is shortened
from a month to one day, besides re
moving peril and hardship. The com
pany made a contract last night with
the Canadian government at 15 cents
per pound for transporting 200 tons of
its freight for the mounted police fioia
Dyea to lako Lindeuiann.
Chinese brides of high station fre
quently do not see their husbands until
the red veils are lifted at the marriage
ceremony
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