ACCIDENT AT LANDLOCK
Landlock Bay, May 21—A miner
named Alex McCloud who was
employed hv the Standard Copper
Mine at IliD place, fell Lorn the
trail on the mountainside day be
fore yesterday and was precipita
ted more than three hundred
feet down the side of the mountain.
He struck on a snow slide at the
bottom of the of the cliff, and tbo
fatally injured is still alive. I)r.
AVinans is in attendance, hut has
little hope of s ving the man.
New York. May 22—The ball
game lure -.esierdnv between
Chicago and New York teams
ended in an attack on the umpire
by the crowd. They v ere dis
pleased with his discis o is and
came near killing him.
Boise, May 22—A detective who
was in the employ of Ha}’wood,
yesterday made an offer to the
proseculion to sell them documents
which w;) u i l i incriminate the de
fense. The deal was not closed at
the time and this morning nothing
can be found of the man. It is be
lieved he has skipped to avoid
trouble with the friends of the
defense.
Denver, May 22—Gardner won a
fight with Hairy Lewis last night
in ten rounds. The contest was
one of the fiercest ever put up here.
London. May 22—Richard Mans
field, who has been seriously ill,
but was convalescing, had a relapse
yesterday afternoon and this morn
ing is failing rapidly. He is not ‘
expected to live through the dav.
Seattle, May 22—During a raid
on an opium joint last night a
number of white women of good
families were caught. They were
released by the police after their
identity wras established, and the
officials refuse to disclose their
names.
Tonopah. May 21—Jeffries has
refused an offer of a $40,000 purse
to fight here on Labor Day
San Antonio, May 21—Gover
nor Little, of Arkansas, is slowly
dying at this place of lung trouble.
He came to this city last fall, hop
ing that the change of climate
would restore his health, but he
has been steadily sinking and is
not expected to live through the
week.
Seattle, May 21—Patrick Jen
nings, a counterfeiter, was convic
ted yesterday and sentenced to
serve five years. He wa^ formerly
an operator on lower Hunker in
the Klondyke, under the name of
Charles Burton.
Washington, May 33—The Cor
telyou boom for president starts to
night ,in a great banquet. It is re
ported that Roosevelt is rather dis
couraged over the Taft boom, say
ing that it is not working as satis
factorily as was wished, and he
may turn his support to Cortelyou.
St. Petersburg. May 22—For
several weeks the Czar and his
whole family have been living on
a private yacht, because of the dis
covery of a plot to kill the entire
family. The Czar has lost faith in
all his followers and is expecting
^ every day to be killed.
San Francisco, May 22 —Ger
i trade Boyle, the famous sculptress,
! wedded Takeshi Knnno, a Japan
ese novelest, last flight at the home
of the bride. Many protests were
made by friends of the girl against
J the marriage, and several preach
i
ers refused to perform the cere
mony, but they were determined to
wed and had the Service read by a
I
justice of the peace.
I' Washington, May 22—The an*
■ nouncement is made that presi
dent Roosevelt has determined to
j stand behind Judge Wickersham
regardless of Charges against him,
and has ordered the investigation.
which was under way by Alfred
•
Cooley, to stop. Roosevelt is cred
ited with having made the state
ment that he will maintain the
judge in office at any cost, and
will not consider any more pro
test against Wickersham.
Seattle. May 11—The story of
the slave who saved Athens, of the
slave who saved the cathedral of
St. Michaels and the city ofCharls
ton, and all similar stories that
adorn the pages of history coincide,
insomuch as in each case the slave
asks as an only reward, his free
dom.
It will Surprise many to hear
that in the last half decade a story
exactly of the kind above men
tioned, has been played on this
continent with the conventional
ending.
The hero is Skookum Jim, the
Indian who accompanied George
Cormack the discover of the Klon
dike gold fields on that fatefu1
sixteenth of August when accident
led him to uncover the richest
placer deposits since the days that
Solomon and Hiram, King of Tyre
exhausted the great placer deposits
of Central Africa. Some accounts
indeed give Jim the credit for the
discovery of the first handful of
nuggets that revealed the river’s
richness to the little party' of iso
lated prospectors.
Now, when the Canadian gov
ernment, anxious to reward all
that had any hand in the discov
ery that so enriched the nation,
reached Skookum Jim, and asked
him what he desired as a token of
a fond country’s gratitude, Jim
began to think. He wanted many
things but chief of his desires \vas
the one for strong water.
The thirst of Skookum Jim was
of tne right, ro3ral, double-distilled
brand. Every expedient thftt his
fertile mind could suggest, was
tested, and still the whiske3r 'could
not be obtained. One whole win
#r»
ter’s wages was expended on Pe-ru
na. but even this Wke rapidly ex
hausted.
With a nobility that at the time
rang all over the Dominion, Jim
replied to the government’s com
j missioned “I want no reward for
; the doing of my simple duty. There
is one thing, however, that I will
i accept, and only one. If the gov
i eminent wishes to reward me, let
I it make me a free man. Let it
take from off my shoulders the
civic disabilities that are imposed
upon me because I am an Indiah.
Make me a free men, allow me to
vote, l only ask for the privileges
that are granted to the poorest
white man in the country.”
When the government received
the commissioner’s report there
was an instant acquiescence A
bid was hastily introduced into
Parliament and unanimously
passed giving Jim all privileges of
nship.
Jim got his certificate. Five
minutes afterward he was on his
way to the nearest saloon. Twenty
minutes after he was mellow; ten
minutes after that he was offering
to fight seven men at once with
his hands tied behind his back;
fifteen minutes later he was weep
ing bitterly because the small log
cabiP saloon stock of whiskey had
been exhausted and he couldn’t
get any more till the following day.
Jim is still at Caribou Crossing.
He is the envy and the darling of
his tribe and of all other Indians.
For what other red skin in t all
America could walk into a saloon
like a real gentleman and buy and
drink his whiskey without any
fear of the police.
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