Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-10-01
NJ K]EENzzIE], ) I TALKS.
Alexander Mckenzie Refutes the Re
ports Being Circulated by the
Lane Claimants.
Matter Of the Receivership Not Dis
cussed on Agreed Upon
Beforehand.
Efforts Of the Lane Shouters to get
Solid with United States
Judge Noyes. I'M. Il

Solid with United States I'll $
Judge Noyes. =5s, .,
The Minneapolis journal publishes
a long Cape Nome letter in which the
following interview regarding the re-
ports OF his receiverghip being circu-
lated in the United States by Lane and
his supporters, us published from Alex
ander McKenzie:. 3 5,.55. AS VI " "
IF a. denial is worth anything, I reg
lister one at once. u. These stories are
lies made by men who have been
beaten in game TO rob honest men.
The STORY that I 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 I ever talked with
Judge Noyes or anybody else about act
ing as receiver until it had been asked
for in court, is a Tie. know Albert
$NOyes too we'll ito dare to suggest any
thing of the kind to him. have been
in Alaska now two years, last year be-
ing in the Klondike, where the COM
pany / am interested in has several
good claims. Last fall we sent husty
men ito this country to stake some
claims for us. EARLY last spring Capt
5McC Cormack Of Minneapolis came here
and bought a 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 At is not likely that I
would be looking for other business.
1t was simply a cofnci dence that when
n left Seattle it was on the same boat
as Judge Noyes and party Although
have known him for long time, yet
we were Thrown together but seldom
on the boat. We certainly never had
any talk about receivenships When
the Chipps 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, I met Judge Noyes.
n talking about the matter he re-
marked: s1z5& /. NJ. s';4
i don't know WHEAT to do about the
matter, want man who has abil-
ity, has q. will Of his own, has money
enough or influence enough to put up
a bond; some one on whom can rely
to do this business in a proper man
ner.' = l3s tSs 4s tx i;i
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 demurred. NY
other interests were occupying my at
tention at the time and was as busy
as I cared to be. But the judge was
firm and forced me to take 1t. & I am
now receiver for five claims. One Of
them is being worked on lays, SO I am
only looking after the cleanup
which to date have been about SIS 900.
OF the other four claims two have not
paid expenses and won't without ex-
pensiye machinery. OF the other two
claims, Discovery cleaned up about
5000 the first two weeks, a. larger
3 sum than at any time this year. No.
2 has yielded about $50, 600. You know,
everybody in camp knows, that these
claims are being worked more eeonom-
ically and to better advantage than the
Pioneer company worked them. Let
them talk It won hurt me. If5 j
am rascal. then there are some men
in Nome for whom there is no name in
the English language. When every
4 ching is known and my work is done
no one will question the honesty or in
tegrity of Alexander Mckenzie. 3
The corresp pondent continues. 95
This Dis more than Kenzie has said
to any one since ne has been here. His
reference 10 others who can be classed
{ as rascaIs Il plain. 1t is a vel known
fact in Nome that 4 most determined
effort is being made to cast discredit
upon Judge Moves, to stir up trouble
and have him removed The hackers
( Of this move are. well known. The
s late papers show how wen their work
is being done, but It is very coarse.
hare seen nve different interviews
with 3 certain man who LETT Nome
about four Y 6ezs ago. d All tllese
interviews he alleges an understand.