The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-27
IN NORTHERN WATERS.
COTTAGE CrTT Ruxs ON 4 ROCK.
WHICH aarPExs To aE FLAT.
Treaaw~ai Company, . Passenger
From Juaeas-Opstmisttc View OF
the Outlook In Southrrn Alaska.

Steamer Cottage City, Caps. Thomas,
arrived IN port yesterday afternoon AZ 3
O'Clock. after q remarkably quick trip.
in the course OF which she touched 4; al
most every port as far north as Skagway
and westward 10 S!tka- Had rock on
which the mall steamer was thrown on
the up trip been sharp and Jagged. in-
stead Of fia.. another Alaskan marine dis
asser would have been chrcnseied As it
Was, twenty feet Of the vessels keel was
taken on during sshe two hours she was
hung on the rock.
The accident 70 the Cottage City oe-
Cured in Hihtah narrows ON The up trip.
The tide was running very strong through
the narrows. which ara al times very dan
gerors. In spite OF Capt Thomas es-
fortA the tide caught the vessel and
swung her on the rock with coasidera bic
force. The rock proved to DC fas. or the
vessel would probably have been seriously
injured. For TWO hours she was on the
seck. but finally wNt or with The rising
tide. When put dh the beach IL was
found shat twenty feet OF her keel forward
was missing. A heavy timber was be.ted
on and the steamer proceeded on her run.
pairs
Capt. Thomas was Ill with pneumonia
on the down trip and the work OF nav
Igating the veasei fell on the first officer
The Cottage City left Skagway on April
~ and went from there to SitkA Conse-
suentiy she brings no lage news from
Skagway. She had i've passengers down.
meme of whom WIS from the interior.
Among her passengers was John +. Ma
et.xa q.,,r.
Company and one OF 4Naska's hsst known
politicians. Mr.. Maloney said TO Post
lnieiligencer reporter yesterday:
Alaska is very much excited just now
over the action of the government In at
tempting TO close down the saloons. Col
lector Ivey created sensation al Juneau
when hs dropped In there one afternoon
and told the local collector to close all
tho saloons. The citizens are very iadig-
nant and say that TO close the saloons
will hamper them exceedingly in busi-
ness way. They talk Of calling a mass
meeting 20 protest against the move.
Juneau ~ very much encouraged over
the development being made ON the Tread
well Mining company's property near that
point Machinery for 500 additional stamps
Is now being put In place. This Will make
SOD stamps IN operation and will moro
than double the output OF this great prop
tional men Will be employed in the mines.
There are about that number now at
work there. The company has gone ahead
with tunnel driving and development work
during the past two years and can now
get out more than enough ore 10 run the
entire number OF stamps
The Novel; mines in the vicinity Of
juneau will also be opened up shortly.
The receiver will be discharged In few
weeks as the company II again on a good
financial basis. Tho Newell company Is
among the heaviest mine owners ana win
90 a great deal Of work this summer
The wonderful Pande basin piacers st.ll
continue to attract a great deal of atten-
ton. An mpre ssion has gone out that
there is a chance for a prospeCtor in the
basin, but this In q mistake. The gold
strip Is very narrow and has all been
taken up. The property Is controlled by
some EXCLUSIONS officials.
II will return to Alaska In a few days,
as court opens at Sitka on May 2. Moth
ing but criminal cases viii be disposed 81
at this term Of court. A number Of m,ir-
derers are TO be tried. There is q strong
sentiment throughout Alaska In favor OF
the death sentence agains; most OF the Sc
men. The crimes they are charged with
were committed at Skagway during the
last few months. The men are mostly
gamblers and of 4 class that the North
can well do without"
The other passengers on ths Cottage
City were F. 8. Safe, J. A. Carthew. j.
Prairie and J. Johnson. ss