The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-21

Rev. Dr. French Earl oliver thc noted evangelist. who has been holding rcylvals iu Juneau for some tome past arrived lr Che city yesterday and gives both views as to how Che Islander met her fate and Che forty-odd passengers drowned. He took great pains Co interview oll Che crew and Che majority or Che passenger and bases hls opinion on thcir statements
 "That Capt Foot. of th steamer ls- lander. was intoxicated at mo time Of Che disaster ls my firm belief and ! can truth fully say so. only one of tho passengers whom saw ln Juneau claimed that Cnpt. Foot was sober ! have also great suspicion that Che pilot ot Che ship w.5 intoxicated ot Che time Che ship struck Che Iceberg. or rock That Che officers of Che ship were engaged in drunken rev- elrv when they should nave been attcnd- ing Co duty. is my firm conviction. Every man who was on the llfo raft with Capt Foot testify Chat hc committed suicide Tho surviving officers of Che smp did not net like sober men while in Juneau
 'I wanted Co learn Che truth about th" wreck and as soon os tho survivors reached Juneau interviewed 1u could Ind
 "I met Mir C. Ncroutsos ihc first of- accr of Che u fltcd ship. on board thc Fioslc dhc rescue boat from Juncom and asked him lf hc was an officer of thc Islander: Hc replied: No sir. use Co hc; Che Islander Ia no more ! said: Tcll me ...N..H ....rr Hau.sss H.H fNn nnniNI
 THE FIRST MATES STORY.
 "It was between e:ao and 2.5o a. m. that Che Islander struck on Iceberg. just or Douglas Island. and within twenty minutes she waa under Ono water ln seven minutes from Che time she strucN. every ufc-boat w0s in Che water Second m1to put corcllcd Jackets on large mum. bcr Of Che passengers. but thcywcrcofmid to leave Che ship. or perhaps they were too much dozcj to know Che donc'r and waited too long. and Che suction of Che sinking vessel drew them under and they were lost met Che chief engineer conn Ing from the cnginc-room just .os hc had opened an Che escape valves; Capt Footc was on dcck. and had just thrown two blunckcts Go woman. saying; You win need thcsc for your child when Che whole upper dcck was torn on by Che cN- olosion of thc boilers. following Che cy- plosIon. she pointed head dogn broke amid ship. and went Co Che boNom.'
 "pid Che crew do good work?l asked .As good os a cr'w could do.'t said Mir Ncroutsos. endorsed at this point hy iho second mate. e. S. Powell by namc.
 But here is where Che story ls'dIsputod by Che passengers
 Tho conccnsus of opinion. and state mcnts by large number interviewed is. that hcrc was no discipline of the crow during Che tragic occidcnt uo one Go give orders. to place passengers first In lifc- boats and In one Instance recorded where thc crew lowered lifc-boat one end was so rlr down that she cmptIcd Che pasecn- gers out ln Che water. and no effort wns made Go save them. and Che icy water soon oulctod Che piercing screams for hclp. md one Iifc-hoat left thc ship early without a passenger In it-an crew mon.
 DRUNKEN CREW.
 An awful charge is made against Che captain and pilot on duty. namely, that they were drunk
 nlked with large number crow ana passengers. tof course Che crew were roc