Stikeen River journal., 1898-04-02
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the Pacific Coast.
 The San Francisco Examiner of March F had g telegram from Van. cou yer giving An alleged interview with Capt. Nevcomb, of the steamer CoQuit- lam, which contains . great number of downright lies ! to tho square inch. They are:
 l. 5000 miners are camped st Wran. gel.
 2 They are enduring "sll manner of hsrdships."
 3. An epidemic of pneumonia has broken out.
 I. 2,OOO men are camped on Stikeen island.
 5. Snow is 15 to 20 feet deep on the Stikeen.
 6. l,20O employees of the contractors, Mackenzie, Mann X Co., were unable to leave Stikeen island.
 :. The river is open for 40 miles.
 s. Hundreds are suffering from frost bites.
 9. Those who are able have un- packed their outfits, and are waiting for a steamer to go to Skagway."
 10. Many men at Wrangel are desti- tute."
 II. "Three very serious stabbing atfrays in Il saloon at Wrangel" "
 l2. "'Rcd Ink Whisky is distilled in Wrangel by French-C Canadian, which makes men fight whether they want to or not"
 Upon the arrival in Wrangel of the Examiner containing the article there was more or less excitement, and Cap tain Newcomb was severely condemned by many.
 Every allegation of the article k totally false and untrue. The Examin- CT owes an apology to Wrangel for pub fishing such an infamous and scandal Ous article. The facts are
 l. There are not. nor have there been, 5,000 miners camped in Wrangel. There have not been. probably, over 1000 at any one time, prospective miners are meant.
 , Those here endure hardships of no kind whatever. let alone "all manner of hardships.
 3. There is not, nor has there been an epidemic of pneumonia, nor of any other disease here.
 I. l.20O men were the greatest num- bcr camped at any one time on Stikeen island. They are now on the trail going up the river, and on to Lake Tcslin.
 ,. Snow was, probably, lj or 20 feet deep in places the last winter on the Stikeen river. but at no time has the trail been impossible. Men have gone up and come down the river all the winter.
 6. Mackenzie. Mann X Co. have been sending men for the past six weeks up the river in small detachments, prob- ably POO would be the total SD far The latest reports were that the advance guard had long ago reached Glcnora, and was pushing on to Lake Tcslin. There are very few people on the is land now: they are all on the trail. |. The Stikecn river has been closed for navigation all winter and has not been open, nor has any part of it been open. At this date the ice is four feet thick at the mouth of the river. $. There have been about six cases of frost bite on the river. and these came of gross carclcssness in exposures People have gone up and come down the river all winter in ordinary. cloth- ing.
 9. The number who have come here from Skagway will probably offset the number who have gone from here to that point.
 l0. There arc no destitute men here in evidence. nor have there been.
 II. There has been no stabbing atfray in Wrangel. l2. If there is French-C Canadian here making whisky out of red ink or anything else, the U. $. officials would like to see the color of his hair.
 This article of the Examiner is silni- lar to many that are appearing rcgl- larly in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Victoria Times. We have singled out this one. and answered it point by point. as it contained in one condensed statement about all the lies that the Examiner. Post-Intelligencer, and Times are industriously repeating in one form and another from day to day.
 Upon the arrival of the steamer Co- quitlam here on Thursday Captain cwcomb furnished the following written statement
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