The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-06-15
WORKING AT DAWSON
Arnold Rrehmer Was the Vic.
tim of the assault.
OTHER MEMS FgOH kLolDIKE
Description % the Sprlng Break Up
sns the Interest u Aroused
At Dawson.


TIE star ss-.s..s1z" 9. sisG' ID give lts
readers some fresh news direct from
fhe interior Of Alaska. Express Mes
senEor William = Allen. q the Kion-
dika Nassct Expresa. arrived in Sc
attic this mornlng. tho FIRST man on,
from Dawson since winter travel
ceased. The following items 81 in
tsrsst arr taken from the columns os
the late tissues - the Klondlkc Mug
set hrergh, cat ~ AR. Allen
The Death Of esshmsr
Arneii Rrehmer. an employee n
the Dawson brewery. aud well known
Ia Seattle. died Wednesday. May &.
under peculiar circumstances. Thr
night before a Doctor vak called 60
attend the 9lek man. who was un.
conscious. He was suffering from
cerebral hemnrrhaee. When Hreh.
fncr died. a post norton was held.
and a eict q blood under the left
side % the frontal bore was found.
and this was TIE eause Of death.
Further Information proved that the
man had undoubtedly come 10 his
death frum a blow On the head with
a bottle In the hands % william Rem
nett. a fellow workman. An in
quest waz held. and the evidence
proved that tho two men had quar-
relied The jury afterwards hraugh,
In 4 veriiet q death from natural
causes. but Bennett was arrested
and the charge Of murder placed
against him. Ills preliminary trial
was set for q later date. William
Irehmer was about ~ years cid. and
leaves a wife and four children in
Seattle. He was formerly an iron
rsolder at Moran bros. He was n
German and a member Of the son-
OF Herman.
sprisg Breakup at psuses.
pawxcn's big gals day earn. Wed
nesfsy. May II. when the he. whseh
had barred her intercourse with the
outer world. broke. carrying Is
frozen masses 20 the open sea. The
break came at as in the afternoon.
80 quiatiy NJ FIRST as not 20 attrncf
attention Then. AZ momentum wa.
gathered and 81 was seen to move. a
sfeamboat'p triumphant whistle rent
the AIR ana a great shout wsnt up
simultaneously from thousands II
throatA she T. golnEs.' The lee i
moving" was the cry. People quick
~ gathered on the shore. A. far as
eye could reach. both up and down.
the river was filled wsth rapidly nov
Ing lee that. a. Il increased in speed.
began TO grind ard tumble. Huge
pieces weighing tons were pushed
high into the air. and every now ard
then stray canoe would be raised
and then crushed between the mass
IS Of ice. About a half an hour fsrr
the ice began 70 move. there was a
Jam. and II was almost midnight be-
fore the Jam was broken and the
river again became cleared.
Dawson News tnkilngs.
Joe Juneau. one of the best known
pioneers Of the Alaskan pioneers %
The Alaskan gold acids. died MAY 20.
81 pneumonia The town Of juneau
Yves named after him. He had made
several fortunes in HIS life. but spent
them in rlotous living.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
james Harrison. May 20 Jim. Is
well known In Seattle. lie was for
a number % years a stereotyper on
the Peat-fntsliigencer
The steamer Flora arrived Mt Daw-
son Nay q. loaded 20 the guards
with passengers and twelve tons of
oranges. lemons. apples and veKei-
abies, the first received for over two
months.
An enterprislng citizen secured the
right 20 wash the ashes Of the late
FIRE. and he secured several hundred
dollars In gold dust b. sluiclng. and
also a large quantity u nails.
BY 4 cave-ln al Magnet Gufch. on
II below on Bonanza. May q, Frank
Julberti wns killed and g. Putatta
was badly bruised
The FIRST men 70 arrive from above
after the opening 81 the river were
two from Indian river. who reached
here Mag q. They reported Bedrock
City deserted. and prospecting on
the lover river practically abandon
ed.
The Berry Bros. together with Mr..
Edgar on No below bonanza. have
purchased the Interests OF Meaars
Jose r Mcdonald on No is. below
Upper Dominion. and the claim IL be-
ing worked 70 It's utmost
Several deaths have been reported
from gas In the shafts. L. Avri was
overcome by gns In his shaft on
claim u on Gold Run. May II, and
word was also received AZ Dawson
May II. that a German miner By the
name Of Hecht was auffocated I'm his
Fhaft near the Gin House.
Collin McGreeor, recorder Of tho
Stewart river district. has arrived at
Dawson With the following informn-
tiOn: Stewart and McQuestlon rivers
have not been much developed, ow-
ing to troublesome water. The
prospects are good. and the miners
have not given up hope. Thistle II
the most promising creek In the dis
trict, and II Il bound to turn out
well. Discovery claim and its imme-
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