The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-04
~TRUrHEUL sooYED.


HoEanoer 81 the stngway Trail Instructed te
"Presetve This naviahie ueoorA.n
The name Of the Worlds correspondent in
Havana IL Sylvester scovol. In order to mis-
lead the unwary and TO create the impression
that the World had 1apses during which Il told
some truth, the World recently printed this;
Following are copies of the WorLd's In
structions TO Its correspondents at Havana,
Sylvester Scovel. given on his return 10 Cuba
before the Maine disaster:
"cahie tho truth and the truth only, whether u 10
favorable or unfavorabls 10 Spain. Your aim should
be TO get not only the truth. but TO get It AZ least
twenty.four hours earlier than anybody else. You
will, I am sure, strive TO maintain the high confidence
In your fidelity. discretion and seal which your pre-
Vious work has already inspired in the public mind.
And after the news Of the destruction. first
cabled by Mr.. Scovel, this specific instruction
was sent to him:
Every fact, every statement abled 70 the world
must DO sent with the fullest sense Of responsibility
that your highest duty IL TO tell only the truth. II
Maine was blown up by accident, be the nut to ind
It out and cable IL to the World. Do not assume that
disaster was result Of design. DO not charge that 10
was unless you have proofs. Write exactly rs II you
were under oath. or were reporting to the President
Of the United States, who knows you. Remember
been denied or Questioned. Preserve this enyisble
record; Your supreme value as q correspondent rests
Ns
Before Sylvester scovel went to Cuba he
was tho Worlds special Alaska correspond
emit He earned his reputation for truth toll
Ing there. Here IL one thing that he wrote'
FIRST HILL ON THE SKAawAy TRAIL, Aug.
2s.-Yesterday afternoon q ton of.7O per cent.
nitro-glycerine giant powder and the tools with
which to use 1t arrived at the foot of TINS man
killing hill. o gift of the World to the strug-
Cling men on 1t. and the other four Jagged bar
riers of granite on skagway trail. Sixty
hours before I started for Juneau. Within
that time two tons Of powder and tools had
been reused out Of three small towns, towed
ninety;;nve miles BY . special chartered steamer,
and Stored At saI points iint"O Il ATTACK itssi ana 1n.0" TSe
World Miners Committee sent out 400 axe
a %Sn and e%ril!'F' w Sao ! passsd hS sStl ytb for .r sTp
the WSriids git and their appreciation q Il"
was plaehrdcd under this double heads "Worid
Completely Opened by the Use of Dynamite
.p gRsSF p ,hss ans a 1 1st T %S5p 1 Safls & tho m MSssS,s
,modestly recounted his triumphs In this fashion;
,,o "skSgTay trail was damned in every sense of
Dramatically used under: the WSria's. superin-
and blasting tools. have changed ali that. Money
is being literally subscribed to pay for a rof;
msne ,Rs 'n Wdpts snDe,f q way party t that aha. saa1l
bitter cure of four days ago there are three
happy thanks t9,de -. fo !. a neTTspaper,s enter;
the miners are already sureing over g..
had estSabiisSed + REGULAR mali &C c~o@munication
These are the facts Of the Incidents related by
the Worlds Alaskan correspondent. They
are reported by the Alaska Mining Record.
MI Scovel was on his wsy to Dawson City:
people As pis'5 3S@zni me fO one another sSS Of IN tnfs g m aaSus ras5
over q narrow pass, that will only permit OF
p asaaabsa1 in s s,Ps1s n H.. Sss ssSsi. kH FEs T yass
was declared impossible and impossible: Moth.
battle In the forests Of Cuba. While " 6undreds
of experienced prospectors who had tackled
standsti1, to Mr.. scovel the solution was the
simplest thing imaginable. The, Wortd would
DO Sought y tis soms sT Galli, a and s sfsns p SlsSsa t dfo 1gs,da
that the miners invited Mt; seovel to get out.
on his matter. %readinss; The Toria Breaks Up
declared that the World had not done a thing.
and. moreover, they made the statement rhyme.
,on The work as sbo II ", whifh he had rs eoaa ssat 50
ho had made it worse. And under the Euise ofe
puuilC ucuclhCtoh no u1o .CdJoicu. - hicI
NEE ing into closing the trail entirely while he
blew the only passageways full Of rocks and
pass that one Of the highest Territorial officials
recently reported that not fifteen outfits all told
had ap susSsede tsi in getting seTiasis sG Esea1a " cable, III,
World to Mr.. Scovel now. your supreme
value as q correspondent rests on your veracity.
" = > Try to maintain the high confidence
in your fidelity, discretion, and zeal which your
work has already inspired in the pub |
lie mind"