The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-10
NEWS FROM ALASKA.
Steamer Elder Returns-Another Vo1ca
Territorial Politics

steamer Elder Returns-AnOther Volcano
Territorial Politics.
PORT TOWNSEND. Sept 9-The steamer George
w. Elder arrived today from Sitka. She ran
into an iceberg in Glacier bay on the up-trip,
was delayed twenty-iour hours and received
dents in her starboard side. The damage is noe
serious. She brought down 1900 cases and
fifty tons of salmon in barrels for san Francisco
and 200 cases for Astoria. Captain Patterson
expects to receive orders for the future of the
vessels movements when she reaches Tacoma.
She belongs to the Union Pacific railway. Her
charter has expired, and the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company cannot get 1t renewed at q
reduction, and will give her mp The ship Mex.
leo, which relieves the Elder on the Alaska run.
leaves San Francisco for this port on the 18th.
The cutter Corwin arrived safely at Sitka.
She averaged ten and a half hours going up.
Instructions to Captain Hooper on her arrival
were to report TO Collector Prache
for duty. Alter the sailing OF the
Elder Collector Pracht was to make cruise on
the cutter throughout the side passages, looking
for whisky smugglers 1t ia rumored that tho
Corwin Is to be permanently assigned TO Al
askan waters
The annual report OF the district clerk to the
United States attorney shows that al the be.
ginning of the fiscal year 1870 there were pend.
ffty-two; disposed OF by Judgment
for plaintiff, twentyseven, amounting
in the aggregate to S7,5234; iudg.
ment for defendants, three, aggregatng
1886. 16; dismissed, Is. leaving pending, June
80, 1890. 50 cases. The grand jury in a report
to the district court at the term held in juneau
last June recommended the appointment of
deputy marshal, to be permanently located ~
Douglas City. Acting on this recommendation,
Judge Bugbee forwarded q communication to
the attorney general requesting that such
official be appointed. The last steamer
took word from the attorney general
that the recommendation had been approved
and, as congress had failed to make any appro-
priation, authorizing the judge to pay the SAL
ary out OF the fines and forfeiture fund. The
new deputy has not been selected by Marshal
Porter, who is authorized to make the nomina-
tion.
The natives around ounalaska fear the erup-
ton OF another volcano which promises to breaS
one OF these days. 1t is located
about 100 miles from OunalaskR at
Oomnak. The mountain Is very
high one. Most of the time the huge crater is
enveloped in clouds but lately, however, OBJ
servers near the volcano have noticed that the
sky above the crater is decidedly black. and
later on reddish tinge lit up the top. This is
sign that the volcano is to become active for
the first time in over hundred years.
Candidates to represent the territory in con-
gress are very numer Gus. w. r. Peekinpaugh.
who recently purchased the Juneau Mining
Record appears to be IN the lead. His oppon-
ents are Capt. James Carroll and A. X. Delaney,
Clevelsnds collector of customs. Carroll prom.
ised if elected to pay his own expenses TO Wash
ington City and serve without pay.
VICTORIA, B. c., Sept 9.-The steamship
George W. Elder arrived this morning from
Alaska. While passing through Glacier bay on
the down trip the vessel, while going At half
speed, struck an iceberg which was nearly sub.
merged. jagged hole three feet square was
torn In the port bow a short distance from the
water line. She Immediately began to make
water and in twenty minutes there was twelve
feet of water in the hold. The vessel was st
once beached and the break temporarily re-
paired SO as to allow her TO continue the voy-
age TO Victoria After making the usual calls st
Sound ports the Elder will go to San Francisco
to bo docked and thoroughly repaired.