The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-09
ALASKAN AFFAIRS.
Details Of Knapp scandal-Census Agent
Petroffs Trials-Tread well Mines.

PORT TOWNSEND, Oct. Especial 1.-The lat
est adyices from Alaska received by steamer to-
day from Sitka say that George Knapp, son of
the governor OF the territory, whom public opin-
ion forced to leave Sitka on account of
his ill-treatment of his wife, challenged DR..
Stone, OF the United States navy, to fight duef
before taking his departure. Considerable ex-
element was occasioned by the affair, and
unless protected by the fathers inhu-
ence young Knapp will be tried by
the territorial courts. The whole affair
grew out of Knapp's brutal treatment of his
young wife last summer, when he subjected her
to such abuses that a mob of citizens organized,
took his wife to her fathers home then carried
the furniture to Governor Knapps residence and
left IL there with instructions to the governor to
take care of it. The governor at the time called
upon the United States marines for protection.
but no attempt was made to do him harm His
son was finally forced to leave Sitka, and had IL
not been for his fathers protection would prob-
ably have been roughly handled by the indig-
nant populace.
The trials of the census takers in Alaska are
such that the position is not very desirable
one. Some of Census Agent Ivan Petrofrs
thrilling adventures have already been told
Another OF his unpleasant experiences
has just come to light During
the summer after he had been left
by the revenue cutter Corwin at Eupiyak for a
two-weeks stay to take the census of that local
ity, he was left alone among savage natives
Everything he had was stolen, even his
matches ana spectacles. For ten days he
was left with no food except dried sal.
mon, covered with msggots, and to 0es
that had 70 trade the shirt off his back. He
tried to cross swift stream but his boat was
capsized three times. Finally he induced some
oil the natives 10 take him across in a canoe.
out 10 DO so he had to cut the buttons off his
coat and give them. When the Corwiu returned
q anil Alo
blind, nearly starved and but half-clad.
reports from the Treadwell Gold Mining
company are as follows: Number of tons of ore
mined, 2O,9s0; cost of mining per ton.
IL cents number of tons treated in the
MIL, ZlO,9oO; cost OF milling per ton AZ
cents. The number OF tons concentrations
treated in the ehlorination works was 5,777, and
the cost per ton of ore worked was y cents,
thus bringing the whole cost of mining and ex-
tracing gold from ton of ore up 70 sL35.
figures which will be hard to beat for this class
OF ore. The net profits last year amounted to
s4ls,2s0
A great deal of smuggling of LIQUORS into
Alaska from British Columbia is reported The
customs officers are unable to cheek the evil
Two large seizures were recently made from the
steamer Mexico while ON her last trim. Inst
after arriving at sitka a large quantity of
whisky landed from one of the Mexico's
boats was captured by the custom house ,vsfrb-
man. Two DAYS later Collector Hatch seized 200
gallons more found concealed in store Neither
duty nor revenue Is paid on liquors here. and
great quantities are smugged in and sold
The whalers and sealers in northern water.
report good catch. Two vessels have taken
$4,000 worth of whalebone each.
Deputy Marshal Edward A. West of Rod,at
writing from Nuchek, Western AIaska md,
date OF August 20, says:
on the 18th OF July Mr.. Fisher, an agent of the
Alaska Commercial Company stationed here.
came 70 Kodiak and told me that woman OF
Little hlak island had shot and killed her hus-
Dano- took the first steamer that came along
ana went down to Copper river, but when /
reached there found that the man had killed
himself with rife. Mr.. Fisher had told me
tnat In last June, while he was taking the CEN
sus OF Little Kiak island, ma