The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-20

York World. This was on the occasion Of
his taking the trip south, MT: ssovcl
work done by the World. He further stated
that his entire OUTFIT was at Lake bennett and
a boat was built; that after getting there he had
concluded to return to tho Sound for the pur-
pose n,G OF get getting a.s,,n IN f ;Snt Snnti.ms with Mr.;
to establish n number OF dog trains between the
lakes and Dawson. He said he had figured out
that each train could take in n number OF news-
P pSnsd; t Hn% t as to UN the BB Balance &c pf Mr.. OF p Ihf ssr
SdSeTtis sc Sasf 70, o. ptGSS i J, "o"'u % u great
at appeared to us Mt the time an inconsistent
And return to the sound 10 broanh a subject OF
no particular interest TO anybody when the
from the interior. Tho writer asked Mr.. Scovel
when he would return, and no replied. by tho
ing OF him since, Mr.. Scovel said TO us that his
material was used by u syndicate OF papers that
served $4,000, 900 readers. We feel sorry for
these people; they may have enjoyed tho sensa.
tjonpl articles. prOrusely illustrated, but they
= Tho 4iGska Mining Record. also published at
g Seporis 'tH IeF Fact that tho tbTtoriad's' special trail
opener had drawn a number OF drafts on tho
| inely cashcd for him. Last week these checks
began to como back protested. George Rice has
one iRSrd ,0T arg sZ several ni others. Parties in i JUNEAU enS
also cashed drafts on the World for Mr.. Scovel,
which have been dishonored. The holders Of
tho drafts will take legal action to recover"
Then the Mining Record says, Tho first
snowfall OF any consequence that Skagway has
on the New York Uorid, drawn by sylvester
| Scoyel. This Scoycl has been seduced into tho
irreip2nsiHlIs s &c, %sd 1nf,i egg y iosrG Ma WiI, of of which
hereafter, II known at ali. as The Man Who
Escaps;.t He sssepcd from rom GGoba and n9
narrowing stories Of The first escape, signed
by scoyel, that, rceked with carnage through
Worid also printed narrowing stories, signed by
Scovel, of the thousands OF men he had rescued.
for the WGrid. from death DE- TIL, on the Skagway
column story of the brilliant manner in which
| Scovol escaped from Skagway. That is not the
way of this particular uorld.
MIR. Scovel was on his way to Dawson City.
At Skagway be found two or three thousand
people tanning one another in a mad rush over
do-;;nobody except Mr.. Scovel, The pass was
was impossible to a man who from Key West
cnn faithfully describe the details of a battle in
enccd prospectors who had tackled the toughest
trails Of the world were at q standslill, to Mr..
Imaginable. The Horid would do il right away.
Mr.: Scovel closed the trail. bought some drills
and ginnt powder. ,dronped them hero and there
yited Mr.. Scovel to get out,
"On his way out Nj. Scovel wrote to his news
bis matter. reading: The World Breaks Up
the JAM But tho miners. when they read it,
declared that tho World had not done a thing,
and, moreover. they made the statement rhyme.
Mr.. Scovel was in such IA hurry TO get away
that he asked two gentlemen in Juneau to hire
n steamboat for him. The World, he said. was
in n hurry to do moro great things for Alaska.
He was about to start dog teams 10 Dawson
City with tons of the Sunday World
for tho furnishing miners there, that
Kid at ST. per gale. Then, of course, he could
writo it up as The Worid'S Great Relief Expc-
dition; Thousands Saved From Death by Star.
walton Through the Bravery of Correspondent
Scovcl.' This is the kind OF journalism which
has gilded with Dutch metal the dome of the
World building. The S~kagway people have had
n forceful example Of it.-and they have paid for
1t. Instead of the World giving II subscription
Of s., 500 for the trail; and. in addition. build
Of doing good. it has repudia,ed the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and board bills. The
World will now claim, of course. that tho fault
is with the skagway people; that they did no.
was this: II you will send 100, 900 yearly sub.
scriptions to the Vorld we will give you a BOO
trail as n chrome The World always means
'beesness.' But Skagwaians won't go on buy
ing the World for the satisfaction OF reading
this. They have had enough Of it,"
That Is how tho World blocked up the Skag
way trail at the expense OF the stalled miners.