New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-09
THE PASSING THRONG.

Thomas G. Drew the owner of the Pioneer Coal
Mine the only producing coal mine ths Yukon
River in Alaska, when seen at the
SAYS ALASKA Hoffman House yesterday said:
is NOT My attention was recently called
LAWLESS to an interview with the post
master at Cape Nome in which he
stated that lawlessness reisned, and anarchy heid
full sway in Alaska. 1 wish emphatically and ao-
solutely to deny these statements, whlch come
from a man, who has been but two months IN the
country and who was in spot the entire time.
1 have been in Alaska for six years, and from
the mouth to the source OF the Yukon you VIII
not come across man carrying gun, nor is such
method of self protection necessary In that eoun-
try. The who there, are selt-respeetlhs
and Industrious, seeking cans OF IEeit tS,Te
and to better their fortunes They are OF d Type pc
that would neither permit nor smut ther e{es IN
Alaska than he would be in this city desDiisse tts
police protection. The country protects Itself loI
and man robbed would the authorities, and
the river would be watched while Tor the tie bV
from starvation and exposure AnoLher $50. Saory da
or anxious for Statehood unless IS on sne
part of some cheap politician. who has an onlGe
made up of miners who wander to and fro. ana
have no fixed ha6S and ho@e S only az
porary abiding place. On the residents would ian
Witch thew do not Want All we need in Alaska Is
United States Commission and United states MAJ
Sam has there now. afford all the other proteeeEon
needed Nay d mine suppm nsf e Closed Contract to
simply Government river boats also. shall leave
here in few days, returning ulrscttS 70 90
cling by sleds hauled by dogs letter nay Just
received advises me that dogs are now seIllnk az q.
Dawson at 800 apiece. so great IS tse aeIiaIlu 20
them, account of the desire OF mining Hier 49, -
reach Cape Nome eighteen hundred ulis s aWa
My team of six dogs IS waiting I9r me al 1ii1s ne
headwaters Of the Yukon. You can make atty ff5y
miles a day this way and there are now sta }.
along the route where you can put up I1i me stI-
You feed these dogs once day at night anu si'e
them what you have. They VIII eat any td1Ins q
human being will. have even known them "
eat beans.
TT has been my i'll luck" said Horace Marstoh
of Portland Ne. at the Fifth Avenue HoteI yes
~ terday several times to witness
VARYING nainfuI accidents and they had
EFFECT OF once twice curious enect On
ACCIDENTS the sufferer. Years ago was
standing beside a gun at a State
muster at Augusta when salute to the Governor
who had lust come on the field. was being nreo
The cannon used was of the old fashioned klnd
and II was prematurely discharged, with ths resuI
that the index finger of the right hand OF the man
ramming the load home was blown on Inc Shoch
together with the Judgement of hy1ng partleles OF
nowder rad the effect of driving the blood back
from the wound, during which fragment or Tune
the injured calmly examined ms nldhSleu
with a rush, and fairly bubbled out IN torrent
The mans calmness left him as if by magic at the
sight of the blood ana with a Ioue s5 se re fau
story there of two men who were Worklhg on op-
posite sides of a buzz saw. The attention OF one
becoming momentarily distracted ne ran ms niser
against the saw and the severed piece dropped on
the other side where his partner was WORKING
That worthy picked 1t up and with the casual re.
hack TO its owner. Bill didn't faint, but II Is ony
owing to the superior burst of speed developed by
with extenuatlng circumstances at Thomaston To-
day."