The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-19

4 rseard you and your ship as pirates.
- would treat you as such were / a GUS
- officer OF this government" is in
X.<f What Capt. Mason, of the steamer
SsnIe said 10 Capt. Buckholtz, master
= ~ British steamer Alpha as the YES
= jay At anchor in Monies harbor. The
s4vrvfew. a most stormy one. according
I. those present. took place aboard the
S>sje. Capt. Buckholtz has called upon
y. master OF the American ship with
snarrnt great satisfaction nj having
~.uexied his way into a United States
- in defiance of the laws and explicit
~a~rx of the governments officers.
m were on officer stationed here"
r.rs Mason resumed with some warmth,
Z would order you out OF this hnrhor.
Van should not have landed a pound OF
e,ssht here and | would not have per-
r1lied you 70 discharge your passengers
MI I had thoroughly satisfied myself
~ you were in distress. No. sir. con-
,1ler you pirate of the seas.
why, even I, commanding an American
-. cannot have Alaska for my home
~ without proper clearance. Here you
Ne discharged freight and passengers
An . British ship in United States ter
fsory, which Is not a port OF entry"
fspt. Buckhotz, in his reply. is report
= 10 have been as defiant as he was In
- execution OF his unlawful act In en-
sing the port. He rctorted that Amer
IN vessels called regularly at the Can
ensn ports of Victoria and Vancouver.
~ fact was cited to him In return that
g American vessels violated no law
= doing So but, on the contrary, had war
mi In the law and customs regulations
n gotng TO those ports of entry for bust
- The two captains exchanged FUR
~ words and the master OF the. Alpha
tSea withdrew The roast given him by
cApt Mason did not seem TO make much
4 IN impression upon him.
Cart. Mason before leaving Nome re-
eeiyed direct reports from the new Top
kuk beach disgings. About thirty OF the
tesnies passengers left the vessel, pro-
esedina direct to the new discovery. Five
tf six 81 these returned to- Nome before
~ Jeanne sailed on her return, and every
ose Of the party report the find an excep-
FINALLY rich one. Twenty or more of the
nen are experienced prospectors. one OF
~ number reported that pans running
fFom SIS to 500 had been taken from the
eggfngs.
Lighternge concerns are reaping n rich
harvest In the Nome harbor II cost tho
,sAnie an average OF $40 per ton TO land
Yer cargo on the beach. Capt. Mason
rzve Louis Lane $500 spot cash 10 lighter
we consignment OF eighty tons OF freight
lane Is a -on OF Charles u. Lane the Cal
fornia millionaire mining man, and Is
h the lighterage business merely as "A side
sue He told Capt. Mason that the dis
rict would provS fabuioualy rich.
The Alaska and Pacific Steamship Com
sny's steamer Robert Dollar proba bly,
1rived al Nome June =. She IL reported
D have been at sinrock. the district i'm
nedlataly up the coast from Nome.
~ y.n mia xya Ia ha Ia ka n
large proportion of her cargo was con
agned 10 Sinrock and Cape York, both
II which places w. L. Dudley, general
of the company. says she would
make before going to Nome Mr. Dudley
'prrived letter via the Jsente from Cant
= J. Rathbone. master of the vessel IN
which tho writer says this Robert Dollar
rrived at Dutch harbor MAY y, and
would Sail for Sinrock and York the fOl-
swing day.
Capt. Rathbone stated that he had Hal
3 pleasant voyage and that the passen-
fsfs were well satisfied with their treat
nsnt He closed his letter with the
statement that tho Dollar would arrive
n Seattle June 20.
The Santa Ana fire appears not "a have
ken serious. A. L. Hawtey, general man
sssr OF the Seattle Yukon TranSporta-
t1n Company, which operates the vessel .
fseeiyed n letter from Capt c. y. Strand
read that on June 2, when about half
~ was discovered In the hold OF the vea-
NIL Tho matches were AZ once battcncd
aHwn and the flames Amothervd Within a
seart space Of time Capt. strand satt
nat the extent ~ tho damage could not
y asceriatnsd until he had reached Nome
sna discharged lie thought, however
Ia, the loss was not serious, The vessel
kssf was not damaged at all, the are
sng confined to the cargo and baggage
Mrcis OF the passengers.
NJ, hawivy does not credit the report
nat the IRE originated fr0m The oil sack
ssseFingx ~ individual outfits He SAYS
sans we're aboard unless they were SNUG
bsa on the vessel by the passengers, Pre-
cahtions against such tndtScrettans were
hssn az the time the vessel was being
ssaea. flacards announcing that no oil
Ass would be- allowed aboard were post
g 70 many places On the vessel and about
~ wharf All luggage was closely exam
ned hy the company dock employees and
Mr. HawiNy's belief that there wns
~ . single oiirloth outfit covering In the
sasd OF the vessel whore the Are started
tnAlaska letters received Yesterday via
~ fsAnie nv Mr. y A Bell. ~ the seat
~ steamship Company state that the
sssrsr Discovery arrived tn that port
.Me and that the Oregon arrived the
az following
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