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The Washington times., 1906-11-11

G. r. L. TuberviIle is again at work
in the folding division after having
spent a pleasant vacation at various
points IN Virginia.
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The friends of 7 II. Mcintosh. widows
section. western division, are glad to
learn OF the Improvement in The condi-
ton OF his wife. who has been i'll with
typhoid fever
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Philadelphia last week. It happened
be about election time.
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s. Z. BOmaT, Of the application dIvi-
sion, Is enjoying a ten DAYS leave of
absence from the office.
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Miss Edith c. Nixon. or the army di-
vision. is visiting friends in Cincinnati.
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The women employees in the gold room
ars being furloughed for lack of work
The furloughs are in three-day periods.
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J. O'C Roberts. Of the board Of re-
view, is quite III.
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n. c. Stoddard, Of the watch force, has
returned from New York
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p. S. Noble of the army division,
helped 20 swell the vote ia Wisconsin
last week.
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Alvin J. Tanner. OF the bindery. ras
work after spending two weeks
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w +. Gallagher. of the bindery. is
back from a voting and visiting trip to
Rochester, y. Y
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William r, Mahoney. Of the machine
shop. is the inventor of "a pneumatic
dusting machine recently placed on trial
in the foundry FOR cleaning out and saw
Ing black lead from electrotype moIds.
The apparatus is said to be very salts
factory and economical
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DR.. A. ]. HIJtoon, OF the examining
division, left Monday Tor a three weeks
visit 10 relatives in Ithaca
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that station and ordered to his home IN
Baltimore to await retirement He has
had long and honorable career in the
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A slight Improvement IS noted in the
condition OF Mrs. Margaret Hughes. OF
the mail division.
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Charles Meier, division foreman in
the bindery. has returned from Penn
sylvania. having cast his vote at the
election. Mr. Meier is vice president Of
the Pennsylvania Republican Club, Of
this city
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Harry Newell. OF the folding division,
IS taking his vacation and is hunting
wild turkeys ia Virginia,
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Peter w. Blazer. special eXaEninatI tIoT
division. is eonvaleseing after long i'll
nes.
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James Z. Harper, one of the best
known compositors on Uncle Sans pay
roll. has returned TO the office after
taking a two weeks vacation for the
benefit of his health.
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Capt Frank Mcintyre, acting chief O.
the Bureau OF Insular Affairs, spent tn.
first two days of last week in New YorI
on Government business.
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II. C. Watson. OF the folding division.
mas returned from a visit to points in
Ohio.
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Thomas b. Eaton, OF the certificate
division, who has been dangerously III
ic- some time at his home ia Indiana. is
imprC wing
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Robert +. Frailey. of the bindery. has
returned from Philadelphia. where he
voted
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George Graham, of the watch force, is
back from trip 10 New York.
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MISS Kate Scroggy, western division
has rendered her resignation.
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Arthur C. Rowhiit. of the folding div-
sion. has returned from pleasant visit
to friends iE Indiana polls. where he also
cast his ballot
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William Avis. Of the watch force. has
returned from a trip TO his home in New
Jersey.
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William II. Nevis. of the Eindery, was
in Boston for the election.
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George =. Long availed himself of
leave November ? and will not return
until the 18th He is an emplOye of the
compilation division.
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Harry s Gum. bankman in the first
division, has returned from visit to
home folks IL, Illinois, where he cast
his vote.
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AIiss Margaret Evans, composition in
the nth division. has been detained
from the office several days because Of
the death Of her brother-in-law.
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7. b. Easily returned TO duty in the
Quartermaster Generals Ofice Friday.
after an active fortnight spent in the
Empire State
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partment.
The superintendent of documents. Mr..
Post, IS receiving congratulations on a
recent increase of salary.
Robert A. Joyce. Of the foundry. has
been granted extended leave of absence.
The press room on the seventh floor is
Obliged 10 work Sundays and overtime
daily IN order TO catch up with an ln-
preeedented rush of business.
The stork has been busy lately in the
households of several employees OF the
JOB division. Harvey Graham reports
another lusty boy at his home and j.
J. C. Wilson is proud of a daughter.
Tsrs7gs OF visitors view the immense
establishment daily and marvel at mod
ern methods Of printing and bookbind-
ing Thomas Peters. the accommodate t.
ing chief guide, says his force Is buster
than ever before.
William r. Mahoney. Of the machine
shop. is the inventor OF "a pneumatic
dusting machine recently placed on trial
in the foundry for cleaning ont and saw
ing black lead from electrotype moIds.
The apparatus IS said to be very salts
factory and economical
Charles Meier, division foreman in
the bindery, has returned from Penn
sylvania. having cast his vote at the
election. Atr. Meier is vice president of
the Pennsylvania Republican Club, of
this city.
Robert T. FraiIey. of the bindery. has
returned from Philadelphia. where he
voted.
Harry S. Gum. bankman in the first
division, has returned from a visit to
home folks ia Illinois. where he cast
his vote.
Edward Coleman. of the first division
ring alley. has returned from sho-,
visit to his home IN Danville. III. where
ne had the pleasure OF voting FOR Uncle
Joe Cannon. Mr.. Coleman says that the
reported labor opposition 10 Speaker
Cannon did not materialize at the polls.
John Onyun. compositor IN the first di-
vision. has returned from a trip 10 Ili-
noIs. having taken in the election"
AIiss Margaret Evans, composit0r ir
the nth division. has been detained
from the office several days because oi
the death Of her brother-in-law.
William T. Reed. referee IN the maiT
proof room. has returned from Camden
~ j.. where he put in a number OF good
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Joe Berger. of the bindery, has return
ed from Cincinnati. where he visited
friends for fifteen days, and incident
ally helped 10 swell Representative
Nicholas Longworth's majority.
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William F. Reed. referee In the main
proof room. has returned from Camden.
n. j.. where he put in a number OF good
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j. M. Churchill. chief Increase section,
western division. went 10 New York 20
vote, and he is still on leave.
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Albert C. Hindman. of the division OF
appointments. returned Friday. after
a weeks absence from the office. Mr..
Hindman spent his brief vacation in
Clarion, Pa. his home where he voted.
II. L. Sweinhart. OF the examining di-
vision. has returned TO the commits
sion. after an absence extending from
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George John Hearst, of the gold room.
bindery. has returned from an election
uip TO Albany, n. Y.
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John OnyUn. compositor In the first di-
vision. has returned from trip 10 Ilh-
noIs. having taken in the election
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Dr. F. H. Pipes. of the Western d.
vision, is back from West Virginia,
where he went to visit friends and at
tend the election.
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T. A Warheld. chief. western division
IS on annual leave. and he left town II
time to cast his vote in Connecticut
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George r. Davis. OF the return.
branch, was one Of the home-comers
last week. He had spent several days
pleasantly at his old home. in PennsyI
vania.
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D. J. O'Leary. foreman of the main
press room, is in Massachusetts on va
cation.
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service. He is graduate OF Hamilton
College, n. Y, and IS also a Spanish
war veteran. Mr.. Collins reported to
the printing division for duty on Thurs
day.
Samuel Jacob Transferred.
Samuel Jacob, jr., clerk IN the 81, 400
grade, has been transferred from the
division OF printing. ONCE OF the secre-
terry, 70 the division OF naturalization
Mr.. Jacob is both popular and compe-
tent, and while the transfer does not
bring with It an immediate Increase in
salary. his friends predict that he will
continue 10 rise In the salary grades.
Notes and Personals.
James II. Richards has been trans
ferred from the office of the secretary
To the division OF printing at an increase
in salary. where he will continue to do
messenger duty.
W. l.. AIger. messenger in the dlvi-
sion OF printing, has been promoted 10
the clerical grade and assigned 10 the
Bureau OF Navigation. the change
carrying with IL an increase in salary.
c. Louis Allen. OF South Dakota. has
been reinstated as a clerk In the Office
OF the lighthouse board al a salary Of
5000 per annum.
Frank T. Horner has been transferred
from the office OF the secretary to the
Bureau OF immigration and Natur;.liZa-
ton. where he will continue TO do cleri-
cal duty at the same salary,
Miss Adelaide Ten Eyck. of the Blu
reau OF the Census. has received a hand
some addition to her salary. being pro-
NOTED from the 5000 to the 400 grade.
Miss Virginia NJ. Brown. of the Blu
reau OF the Census. was among the
number TO receive an increase in salary
last week. having been promoted from
$500 20 $1,000 per annum.
Henry Hayward Allen, OF the Bureau
Of the Census. who Is classified as an
expert, was a few days ago made happy
by a very substantial increase in his
annual compensation. He will hereafter
sign for 5000 per annum, instead OF
$3.50.
James p. AcKeon, by original appoint
ment. has been added 10 the skilled la
borer force In the Bureau OF Standards
at a salary OF 500 per annum.
Mrs. Maude A. Tieman. or Missouri.
has been reinstated as a clerk OF the
s1,e) grade IN the Bureau Of the Census.
Mrs Francis Smith Parker. OF Con-
nectlcut, has rendered her resignation
as clerk IN the Bureau Of the Census.
Major B. Fowler. OF Indiana. has been
reinstated as a clerk in the Bureau OF
the Census and assigned to the s. .eOC
grade.
Walter + Carruthers OF the Bureau
OF the Census has been promoted from
clerk at 500 TO a similar position al
Sl,e00 per annum.
Charles T. Graf. editorial clerk in the
division of printing, was in Williamsburg,
Pa, for the election.
Mrs. Rosa Garrison. OF the Bureau OF
the Census. has resigned her position.
at his home in Kansas City. Mo. Mr.
Tanner was a warm supporter of Rep
resentative Ellis. who had the hearty
Endorsement OF organized labor. aud who
The Washington times., 1906-11-11

Francis Drum. jr.. OF the folding diYi-
sion. is spending his vacation in Frost
btsrp
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Miss Mabel MalOy. of the gold ROOM
was on her vacation last week
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stayed with ropes Of hemp steel, is of the
greatest possible use
Sometimes two officers mount together. one
from the artillery and another from the sig
Mailing corps The major of artillery from his
high perch detects the cunning manRuvres of
the enemy and whispers instructions to his sig
mailing colleague. who ut once begins to wave
the curious kite-like linen SexaEons which are
used for signalling in the high Alps in cases
where the field telephone cannot he brought into
requisition.
slowly across the valley toward the snow peaks,
and disappears among the lower crags, conveyed
by special officers. Each infantryman of this
mountain corps is Il man of high intelligence
accustomed TO think and act for himself. They
are mountaineers by instinct. Not a man among
them but is sklful an AlpiniSt any guide
allotted to the summer tourist by the guide chef
ut Zermatt Chamounix. The load they carry
is surprising. German infantrymen are said to
carry kit containing enough to stock store;
but il is doubtful whether they bear the load
of their Swiss brothers, who. besides the service
rifle and bayonet. carry sEowshoes. spiked
clamps for the heels. aIpenstocks of ash. ice
axes. ropes cooking utensils, various parts of
wear and boots pick axes ana shovels, a variety
of personal articles, ana last bat by no means
least the wheels. carriage and sections of light
mountain guns Maxim Nordeufedt quckfirers
and other impcdimenta
For there a time in the ascent when
even mules cannot travel in the Wild precipitous
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way which suggests a fly upon the window
pane.
And sometimes on attaining the desired posi-
down their outfit ard mount a small quick
firer the ingenious prop they have carried
with them. Then the gunner. lying his back
under the gun and directed by confrere, VIII
begin to fire the automatic weapon. whose curl
Gus crackle echoes and re-echOes through the
lonely wastes of ice and snow and rock
So hardy these men that frequently when
the line of eternal snow is reached they VIII
bivouac in the deep drifts, and pass the
night in great holes scooped out of the snow. and
lined with waterproof sheets. branches of spruce
and fir, and army blankets. Sunday is OBJ
served with puritanical strictness by these
soldier mOuntaineers. on Sunday morning the
men assemble the floor of the valley. dressed
in full parade uniform and with massed bands.
\ temporary pulpit has been erected for the
chaplain, and after touching prayer and a brief
simple sermon hundreds if not thousands of
powerful voices take up some grand old hymn,
accompanied by the thundeTous brass and wind
Instruments. and the deep tones roll from noun
tain to mountain and are often heard in far
off little villages scattered among the Alps of the
Grisons.
one wonders what our soldiers would think
if called upon for manPuvreS of this kind, in
volving almost the work of a horse a mule.
and all for the meagre pay of from IS to 20 cents
a day. More than this. the recruits. who fire.
guently have the hardest work of all in helping
to drag the great guns up the steepest slopes,
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Hcstess-Oon't you sing

track: and the heavily laden soldiers painting
and perspirinG in an icy atmosphere. are obliged
to climb lahorously. step by step. with the aid OF
their alpenstocks Now and then halt is called
and the tired men throw themselves down amid
the rocks for fifteen minutes before
Stunning the upward march.
One Of the most laborious tasks of these AL
pine troops is the dragging up steep slopes OF
ponderous mountain howtzers- Sometimes the
engineers lay down little temporary railroad
with miniature fiat On these the dis
mounted guns are laid and then dragged eau
hously along the track by elaborate block and
tackle gear.
When the slope becomes much steeFer, how
ever. and the region so rocky as TO preclude the
laying OF even the toughest track the guns arc
mounted on their wheels again and gradually
)erked. almost inch by inch. UP the mountain by
files of troops. hauling and pushing like men
engaged In an elaborate tug OF war.
Accidents not infrequently happen through
the breaking of cable and the backward de-
scent of a mountain gun Weighing half a ton
This is. however work of inestmable value from
a military point OF view. and both officers and
men of the different regiments vie With one
another in the matter of placing the heaviest
ordnance IN position en- tremendous cras,s ard
pnnaclcs Of rock SO to dominate the artillery
fire OF the enemy"
AS a result these heavy pieces are sometimes
mounted in a position which the ordinary sDec-
tator would consider remarkable If attained bv
an ordinary unencumbered human climber The
soldiers themselves perform stin greater WON
ders when they are sent out in scouting parties
or as individual reconnoitrerS The summer
visitor to Andermatt who cares to so out into
the wild moutains beyond the valley will often
see solitary scouts literally crawling step by
step. UP the face Of some rocky or glacial preci-
pice. holding on by foot clamps and ice axe In
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PICTURESQUE ZANZIBAR.


ment-stranSe as II may seeul-produces IA
vorable reaction, IN which case there are never
lacking onloOkers ready to assert that they
saw the devil run" No sooner is this victory
over his satanic majesty announced than the
ceremonial Is broken up and a triumph scored
for oldtime traditions.
At one OF the dances. at which visitors were
welcomed. about thirty sturdy Africans took
part Their bodies We're covered with little else
than freshly applied oil To further augment
their beauty. some had filed their teeth TO points
Others had sheared their heads so as to leave the
hair only on one side. stin others left only a cir
Gle OF outstanding wool. while the rest reioiced
IN hirsute diamonds. halfmoons and other de-
Vices upon the otherwise close shaven Uranium
Each man had drum. upon which he beat Un-
ceasingiy: the drumming attracted women who
gathered from all quarters until the assembly
being considered OF sufficient SIZE the druuner,
withdrew to the sides OF the shaded roadway
where all were gathered
The women then formed a circle three deem IN
winch the dancers were TO perform The cJrrIa
or women now began revolving Taking a sho-,
QUICK stamping step. they ACCOMPANIED, thetr
"hirnns with ciappins Of hands and a hmm
ming Like that produced by a swarm O. boo.
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receive only 10 cents q day with the cold con-
ISOLATION that IL they lose their lives by the de-
scent OF 4 rock or ice avalanche q pension Will
be paid 70 their families. \ pension is also paid
for permanent disablement, which. as might be
supposed, is a pretty frequent occurrence among
the troops OF the ST Gothard forts against
Italy, those of St Maurice against France and
Luciensteg against Austria
Yukon Valley news., 1906-10-03
WENT OUTSIDE
 WITH SNUG SUM

Paul Leister, an old Ramparter who stampeded to the Panama three years ago, passed up on the Sehwatka Monday night bound outside.
 Thirty thousand dollars has ls.lged in the rifles oi his oveFalls during his stay in the Panama.
Yukon Valley news., 1906-10-03

H. F. Fleming, coming down the kantishna in a small boat, was shot in the shoulder and hip by two masked robbers last Wednes- day. Fleming had 100 ounces in dust and S1 ,000 in money, and when ordered to heave to he pulled toward the other side of the river. After he was shot the current bore him out of the robbers reach. He is very seriously wounded.
Yukon Valley news., 1906-10-03
I,5Oo TONS FREIGHT
 REMAINS AT TANANA

It is reported that fifteen hundred tons of goods are at Panama awaiting shipment to Fairbanks. X third of the amount is for the N C. Co. and the bal anee for the \. A. T. & T. The \. C. having the larger number of light-draft boats has been able to move goods up the Panama more rapidly than the other company.
 Water is SO low in the Panama now that it is doubtful if the stuff gets up.
Yukon Valley news., 1906-10-03
COLUMBIAN
 DESTROYED

News was brought by the Ida May today of the destruc- tion of the big White Pass steamer Columbian, which occnrred Sept. p.
 The Columbian was bound from Whitehorse to Dawson. Among other things she car ried a large quantity of pow der. Twenty miles above Tantalus, at 6 o'clock in the evening, there was an explo- sion which shattered the boat and filled it with flames. It drifted ashore and burnt to the waters edge. One person was killed instantly and all the others injured, several perhaps fatally. The captain went to Tantalus for assistance, arriving the next evening. The officers of the Columbian were: Captain John Williams. Pilot H. C. Baughman, Mate Joe Welsh, Chief Engineer Frank Mavis, Purser L c. Cooper, Steward c. D. Phillips. There was but one passenger.
Yukon Valley news., 1906-10-03
SHOT BY MASKED ROBBERS

Two men named Tousey and Swift were arrested for the crime. They answered to the description given by Fleming and one of them wore shoes both made for the same foot, which correspond ed with tracks found where the outrage was committed.
 Deputy Marshal Vautier, of Panama, made the arrests, and it is thought by people from the Panama side of the divide he got the right men.
Yukon Valley news., 1906-10-03
S. J. MARSH
 WAS HERE

Samuel J. Marsh, the man who was recently appointed commissioner of the new dis trict that will probably be called the Chandlar district, was on the Ida May today bound for Fairbanks.
 MT. Marsh is fresh from the shores of the Arctic ocean, with two companions having mushed across the five hundred and odd miles of wilderness between the Yukon and Herschel Island, forward and bacK,,s the sum- mer just past. At Herschel island he expected to find stores which were to have been left by the Robert Dol lar, but could get no news of the boat, and had to com mence his return journey. He reported the loss of the whaler Alexander, and the Dollar reported the same at Nome Sept. z, so it is proba- ble the hardy adventurer missed connection with his supplies by a very narrow margin.
 Mir. Marsh came down the Salmon. He first heard of the Chandlar strike when he reached Fort Yukon. He will probably begin his off, cial residence at the diggings soon.
Yukon Valley news., 1906-10-03
THE CHANDLAR STRIKE

Such news as is obtainable from the Chandlar is favora- ble, but, it is impossible to obtain many particulars of the strike.
 Mike Larson came up from Panama on the Cudahy last Monday. He said Bob Bu- chanan and two other men arrived in Panama Thursday, six days and a half from the new diggings. Buchanan is an old Koyukuk mail carrier. He said that on one creek five men shoveled in 100 ounces in IS hours. They had but three sluiceboxes. They said some of the richest ground is on the benches. The only people there are from the Koyukuk.
 James Scofeld, a prospec- tor who is we'll known here and who is now here on his way to the Chandlar from Fairbanks, saw letters from reliable acquaintances saying
Yukon Valley news., 1906-10-03

that the country is all right and that pay had been found on five different creeks.
 William Midgely is also here on his way to the new field, basing his faith on let ters from people of known integrity.
 Mike Laboski and Al Allen went up on the Schwatka, we'll outfitted.
 Bob Schaber and Dr. Car ter sent an outfit to Fort Yu- kon on the Cudahy. They expect to go after the river closes.
 Men who know the coun- try we'll say the diggings can be reached inside of 15O miles from the mouth of the Chandlar, winter travel. In summer it will be easy to take in supplies in polling boats.
 Men on the Ida May today said the strike is not causing much stir up the Yukon.
Yukon Valley news., 1906-10-03

Seattle, Oct. 3.--Advices received here today state tcat the steamer Oregon, which went on a rock off iIinehinbFcok broke up in storm last week.