The Alaska citizen., 1915-06-07
OF INTEREST
to ALASKANS
SAILS FOR NOME

! SEATTLE, June 1.-The steam
ship Senator sailed for Nome today
being the first large vessel to leave
for Boring sea this season. The
! Corwin and several smaller boats
sailed some time ago.
SHOOTS WOMAN
JUNEAU, June bob Dupee. a
dope fiend and old time habitue of
the restricted districts of this city
and Douglas, shot and perhaps fatal
ly wounded Clara Collins at the
1 latter place yesterday. Dupee i'm
mediately surrendered to the officers
and is being held pending the out
I come of the affair. The Collins
woman was shot in the abdomen
/ and is in a precarious condition.
DEATH EXPLAINED
4 JUNEAU, June 1.-The mystery
| surrounding the death of Charles
Vaughn, who was found in his cabin
near town on Saturday night, vita
his throat cut from ear to ear. was
cleared by the local authorities to-
day by the discovery of bloody
knife in the pocket of the dead man.
/ The failure of the officers to find a
weapon OF any sort near the body
caused the belief that Vaughn had
/ been murdered but the discovery of
the pocket knife today is regarded
as proof that the man deliberately
closed the knife and put it in his
| pocket after he had drawn the blade
across his throat.
VICTORIA SAILS.
! SEATTLE, June 2-The steam
| ship Victoria the second large yes
sci to sail for Seward peninsula this
spring, got away for the North to-
day with a capacity load of passen-
gers and a large quantity of freight
for Nome and upper river points
Among the passengers booked for
Fairbanks are Mrs. ID. H. Cascaden,
Freeman Anderson and Nick Kodak.
Captain O'Brien is in charge of the
boat.
MANY PASSENGERS COMING.
DAWSON. Y. T., June 8. - The
American-Yukon Navigation COM
pany's steamer Yukon, the first
through boat to leave Whitehorse
this season for Fairbanks, started
down the Fiftymile river last night
with full load of passengers for
Fairbanks and lower Yukon river
points, and barge loaded with cat
tie and hogs for various Interior
towns. The steamer sailed from
Whitehorse at o'clock and is fol
lowed by the steamer Casca for
Dawson, the latter boat having sail
ed shortly after midnight. The
Casca has mail and freight for the
lower river, but the Yukon is carry
ing only passengers and livestock.
The passenger list of the Yukon
is as follows;
Fairbanks-Miss Moore, Mrs.
Hart, Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. owen. Mrs.
l.. w. Wells, A. Anstrann. A. o.
Hanoi, Mrs. E. r. Jones, maid and
ebaby, James Function, Mr. Eagan,
Mr.. Grant, F. w. Carr, Jack Solmes,
J. T. Hugh, Mrs. Hugh, c. w.
Aichter w. S. Heat, Dave Dunbar,
C. J. Ellis. J. Mathews. Miss Bailey.
Mrs. Pierson, Mrs. Y. Harmon. r.
Loghry, Miss Luke, Mrs. Durand and
child, Mrs. Lund. Mrs. |. Barrow,
E. Worster, Joe Nichol, Mrs. Wick
ersham, Mrs. T. Mofford, Mrs. w. A.
Shinkle. E. Elken, P. Ringseth. B.
Leavitt. II. Nethery. w. E. Phillips,
A. j. Johnson, w. S. Saunders, f,
Pierson, Mr. Withers, George Aarons,
J. J. Sherry, r. Lozeau, E. Parke.
J. Ellengove, J. O'Shea, Mr.. Fun
chion. w. N. Withers, NJ. Nash. A.
w. Best. S. Hodorbut. G. Swenson,
J. Dobler, J. H. Bender.
Tanana-J. NJ. Hart, Miss Anna
A. Harper.
Dikeman-C. r. Peck, Mrs. Peck.
Rampart-Mrs. G. w. Gasser.
Circle-H. J. Weller, George Kill
roy. Mrs. Dalrymple and two chill