Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-10-05
M'KENzIE TALKS.
Alexander Mckenzie Refutes the Re-
ports Being Circulated by the
Lane Claimants.
Matter of the Receivership Not Dis
cussed or Agreed Upon
Beforehand.

Efforts of the Lane Shouters to get
Solid with United States
Judge Noyes.
The Minneapolis Journal publishes
a long Cape Nome letter in which the
following interview regarding the re-
ports of his receivership being circu-
lated in the United States by Lane and
his supporters, is published from Alex
ander Mckenzie:
IF denial is worth anything, reg
lister one at once These stories are
lies made by men who have been
beaten in a game to rob honest men.
The story that came to this country
in the capacity of professional re-
ceiver is a lie; that made arrange
ments for surety bonds before leaving
Seattle is a lie; that ever talked with
Judge Noyes or anybody else about act
ing as receiver until it had been asked
for in court, is a lie I know Albert
Noyes too we'll to dare to suggest any
thing of the kind to him. 1 have been
in Alaska now two years, last year be-
ing in the Klondike, where the COM
pany l am interested in has several
good claims. Last fall we sent trusty
men to this country to stake some
claims for us. EARLY last spring Capt.
Mccormack of Minneapolis came here
and bought lot of claims and came
here to manage the business. Our
property is largely tundra claims and
we thought we had a perfect machine
for working it, but it did not prove a
success and so our engineer returned
to Indianapolis to try it again. With
these 116 claims it is not likely that I
would be looking for other business.
1t was simply a coincidence that when
left Seattle it was on the same boat
as Judge Noyes and party. Although
l have known him for long time, yet
we were thrown together but seldom
on the boat We certainly never had
any talk about receiverships. When
the Chfpps case came up in court I
knew nothing about it except that
some man had contested Lindeberg's
right to locate and hold claim. One
day just after the receivership had
been asked for, met Judge Noyes.
In talking about the matter he re-
marked:
Il don't know what to do about the
matter. I want a man who has abil-
ity, has a will Of his own, has money
enough or influence enough to put up
a bond; some one on whom I can rely
to do this business in proper man
ner."
That was all he said at the time.
Either the next day or that same day,
the judge sent for me and asked me
to act as receiver. I demurred. NV
other interests were occupying my at
tentdon at the time and was as busy
as cared to be. But the Judge was
firm and forced me to take it. I am
now receiver for five claims. One of
them is being worked on lays, so am
only looking after the clean-ups,
which to date have been about $15, 900.
OF the other four claims two have not
paid expenses and won't without ex-
pensive machinery. OF the other two
claims, Discovery cleaned up about
$4,000 the first two weeks, a larger
sum than at any time this year. No.
2 has yielded about $35, 900. You know,
everybody IN camp knows, that these
claims are being worked more econom-
ically and to better advantage than the
Pioneer company worked them. Let
them talk. It won't hurt me. If I
am a rascal, then there are some men
in Nome for whom there is no name in
the English language. When every
thing is known and my work is done
no one will question the honesty or in
tegrity of Alexander Mckenzie"
The correspondent continues:
This ds more than Mckenzie has said
to any one since he has been here. His
reference to Others who can be classed
as rascals is plain. 1t is well-known
fact in Nome that a most determined
effort is being made to cast discredit
upon Judge Noyes, to stir up trouble
and have him removed. The hackers
OF this move are well known. The
late papers show how we'll their work
is being done, but it is very coarse.
l have seen five different interviews
with certain man who left Nome
about four weeks ago. In all these
interviews he alleges an understand