MtkLMiKV PARK TOI BIHT
I’UWS ARK AXNOl'NrKR
Tourist travel into McKinley Ni
tional Park will be opened this suni
ver by the Mount McKinley Tourist
Transportation Company. according
to Dorothy Haley, tourist agent for
the Alaska Railroad. The mute of
travel will be from the entrance of
the Park, at McKinley Park Station
on the Alaska Railroad to’the Toklat
Ktver, 36 miles into the Park.
Dnn Kennedy, who has been in the
Interior many years engaged In the
transportation and packing business
and T. A. Marquain. Mayor and At
torney of Fairbanks, are chiefly in
terested in the company.
A permanent camp is being con
structed at Savage River. 14 miles
into the Park from the entrance and
the trip to this point will be made
regularly in connection with the ar
rival and departure of the Alaska
Railroad trains. The trip from the
station and return will be made in
two days, conveyance being by sad
dle horse and backboard. The camp
will accommodate SO guest* at one
Tourists may remain as long as
they decide and arrangements are
being made to provide temporary
camps at Sanctuary River, nine
milea from Savage. Igloo River. 16
miles from Sanctuary, and Toklat
River. 20 miles from Igloo, for those
who desire to go further into the
Side trips from the camps are
interesting will he from the Savage j
River camp to the upper waters of |
the Sanctuary and down this river to
the Sanctuary camp or from the San
ctuary camp up the river and down
to the Savage River camp. This trip
will be made in from two to three
days and the route passes through
'scenic grandeur and the haunts of
| wild game life.
I The company will also make a
j specialty of conducting hunting par
ties in the fall, into the Yanert River
j country, the entrance b-.ing directly
•opposite and across the valley from
the Park entrance.
Mr. Kennedy will go to the States
shortly to secure horses and camp
equipment.—Juneau Empire.
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j ATTENDING CRIMINAL COURT
Hereafter no children under six
teen years of age will be permitted
in the District Courtroom during
criminal proceedings, according to a
court order issued by Federal Judge
Cecil H. Clegg. The order does not
exclude them from attendance dur
ing the hearing of civil actions.—
Fairbanks News-Miner.
Ray Lor.son, the well knowu busi
ness man from Anchorage, arrived
in Seattle this week from Southern
California on his way north. Mr.
Larson is at the Savoy.
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EXPLOITS AND ENDING
OF “SOAPY” SMITH
(fU’prinu-ri from Alwka Wwjkly)
•‘Soapy” Smith, more properly Jeff
erson R. Smith. th*> bad man, who,
for a time, dominated a wild ele
ment that feathered at Suagway and
Dyea, the gateway to the Yukon »n
the Klondike rush days, was known
to every person who participated in
! the historic stampede to the gold-j
fields of the interior, says a recent |
number of the Dawson News, and re- i
publishes an accoun* r.i the tragic j
ending of Smith and Frank II. R*:d.|
both of whom were killed in a batt'"
to the death at Skagway, which ap 1
pea red in the Skagway News of Jul> !
S. 1.S98, as follows:
''Soapy” Smith i# dead! Sh .t
through the heart, his cold body H-*c ■
on a slab at Peoples* Undortakir.c
parlors and the confidence men arc! (
bunco steerers which have had the!r
headquarters here for ‘ome time
have suddenly taken *t>elr departure
• he tragic death of the;r leader hav
ing completely unnerv. »j them.
It was at 9:30 last n-sht that the
checkered career of •'Soipy” Smith
was brought to a suj len end by a
.?s calibre bullet from a .-evolve in
the unerring hand of f'!ty Surveyor
Frink H. Reid, while the latter lies
at the hospital dang* »ou«.*y wound* i
I)-. .. bullet from Smitu : rif!••
The cause which led up to \ .ie
trouble which ended Sm h s life had
its origin in the morning shortly be
fore 10 o’clock, when J. D. Stewart,
a young man just out from Dawson,
was robbed of a sack containing from
1*.» to fifteen pounds of gold. There
are conflicting stories as to how the
robbery was committed, the accepted
version bei-ng that Stewart desired to
sell his gold, and that one Bowers, a
well known member of Smith’s gang,
represented to Stewart that he was
here for the purpose of buying gold
for some big assaying company be
pa-nied Bowers to a point in the roar
of Smith’s place on Holly Avenue,
near the Mondamin hotel, where, it
U alleged, two of Bowers’ pals wen
in waiting, when the three men over
powered Stewart, wresting the gold,
containing *2.6*0. from his hands,
and disappeared around the adjoin
ing buildings, leaving the returned
Klondike!- as poor as when he started
for the land of gold and hardships
nearly a year before.
As soon as the news of the bold |
■md daring broad daylight robbery
became circulated about the city,
there was a fire of indignation. Peo
ple were inexpressibly surprised and
-hocked that such o flagrant outrage i
should have been committed ;-n the
city. Business men quietly discussed
the situation, and feeling - assured
that it was Smith’s men who did the
job. many of the best and most influ
|the gold must be returned, a: d that!
■'•f Skagway from the'r feet.
During the earlier part of 'he ex- j
citenient. Smith partially promised !
several men, including the writer,
that, in case there was no “roar” j
made in the papers, the gold would i
be returned by 4 o’clock last evening, j
and that his influence would be used
to prevent his men from in any way j
interfering with returning Klondik- I
ers in the future.
The promise was not kept, how- .
ever, nor was the gold returned. On ’
the contrary, Smith began to drink j
heavily and talk in a rash, defiant ;
manner. When told by a News rep- !
resentative that unless the gold was
rc turned there would he trouble last
night. Smith replied: “By -,
trouble is what I am looking for.” !
He got it in a way he least expected, j
The gold not being returned public
irdignation continued to increase un
til at 8 o’clock it had reached fever |
heat. Cool heads prevailed, how-1
ever, and no outward demonstration
was made, although there was an
ominous lflok worn by several hund
red men. including the best of Skag
way’s citizens, which plainly said:
“Sure-thing men must go.” At 9
o’clock last night a meeting was
started in Sylvester’s Hall, but the
space being inadequate to handle the
crowd, an adjournment w-as taken to
the Juneau dock, where, at a point
half way to the warehouse, a meet
ing was called to devise ways and !
means for ridding the city of the «
lawless element which for some time j
has infested it.
The meeting was called to order by :
W. T. Hnyne, foreman of the News «
office, who suggested the eelctfon of !
\ chairman. Thomas Whitten of the
Qolden North Hotel being chosen. I
r*e chairman appointed a committee :
of four—Frank H. Reid, Jease Mur
phy. J. M. Tanner and Mr. Landers —
to guard the approach to the dock in
order that no objectionable charac
ters might be admitted to disturb
the deliberations of the meeting.
I? was while this committee of four
was stationed at the end of the dock
that Jeff Smith appeared carrying a
Winchester rifle in his hands. He
walked straight up to Reid, and. with
an CHttb, asked what ho was doing
there, at the same time striking at
hwn with the barrel of the gun. Reid
grabbed the gun in his left hand a*
:t descended, pushing it down toward
the ground, and drawing his revolver
\. th his right hand at the same time
When the point of the rifle was |
close against Reid’s right groin.,
Smith pulled the trigger. Th<* ball ;
pissed dear through and came out '
through the lower part of the right
hip. At about the same time Reid i
fired two or three shots in rapid suc
cession. one of which plersed Smith's
heart, another striking one of his
legs. Smith also fired a second shot
striking Reid in the leg. lloth men
f« 11 at about the same time, "Soapy"
Smith stone dead, and City Kngineer
Reid dangerously, perhaps mortally
Needless to say the meeting which
vaa in session further down the dock,
was speedily adjourned. The dead
and w'ounded men were picked up
and brought to town. Smith’s re
mains being lak*-n to the undertakers
and Mr. Reid being carefully carried
fr I»r. Moore's office. ‘ where a num
ber of physicians made a careful ex
amination of his wounds. At first it
was thought the wounded man could
live but a few hours, but he has
since rallied materially and nls
chances of recovery are now consid
ered very fair, and strong hopes are
Later in the evening citizens again
convened in meeting, with the result
that a thorough organization was eff
ected. It appearing to the citizens
that Deputy Marshal Taylor, by his
affiliations with the Smith crowd,
was not the proper man to head an
armed body of men. Captain .1. M.
Tanner was sworn in as Deputy Mar
shal by r. S. Commissioner Schl
brede. About 25 others wore depu
tized to assist Captain Tanner. Cap
tain Sperry was placed at the head of
the Deputies, each of whom carried
a Winchester rifle.
All last night the measured (read
of the guards could be heard as they
patrolled the streets. All the haunts
vhOre any of those supposed to be
in any way connected with Soapy’s
gang were liable to be found, wore
visited. Hut in most cases the birds
had taken warning and fled. How
ever. quite a number were placed un
der arrest, and are now confined in
the city jail, which is closely guard
eti. If is feared that the three men
v.'ho robbed Stewart of his sack of
gold have escaped to the hills, as did
several others of the gang last night,
on learning of the death of their
All the avenues of escape from the
city have been .closely guarded, and 1
unless the bold highwaymen got out
by small boats yesterday, their chanc
es for escape are very small. Every
wharf is closely guarded, and detach
ments of deputies have been sent to
Dyea. as well as to Lake Bennett. The
entire trail from Skagway to Bennett
Is closely watched. Business Is prac-!
ically suspended today. Hundreds
31 men. the majority of them armed
with Winchesters, are congregated or
:le streets, but the best of order pr. -
Pour Deputy Marshals. Caswell,
loy, Barney and another, were sent
Jver the trail to Lake Bennett this ;
norning in search of the notorious '
:hree who stole the bag of gold. Joy .
s an ex-detective from New York and i
smart as a whip. Caswell is equally ;
is brave, and when they return it is
tafe to say that they will render a
;ood account of themselves.
The Dead Man's Family
Although there is not a single per- |
ion In Skagway who appeared to do j
lonor to the man who yesterday was j
i popular hero and is today but a j
lead highwayman, yet there are i
hose who will deeply mourn his un- j
Imely end.
Smith received on the last mail,
•botographs of his wife and six |
children, who are living at St. f^ouis. j
Iso loving letters from them. Smith
vas born at Camilla, Georgia. 48 1'
ears ago, and had a brother who is |
•re of the editors of the Evening
Itar. Washington, D. C.
He had a large correspondence with :
ceding politicians, and by the last
rwiu received a letter from the Sec- '
retary of War declining: the tender of
the volunteer company which he had
organize, on account of the cost of
transportation, but the Secretary ac
companied his declination with warm
expressions of the Government’s ap
preciation of Mr. Smith’s patriotism.
City Surveyor Reid was taken after
♦ he shooting, to Dr Moore’s office,
where all the leading medical men
t f the town called later and tendered
their services. These formed a med
ical cotincil for his treatment, and at
?. o'clock this morning decided to re
move the sufferer to the Bishop Rowe
Hospital. Three hours later, when
Mi. Reid had recovered from the
shock incident to his removal, the
cotincil made tin examination of his
The sufferer wag found to have
been shot with a Winchester .45 cal
ibre, the hall entering two Inches
above the groin, on the right side,
and making its exit an inch to the
right of the point of the spinal col
umn. The ball made a compound
comminuted fracture of the pelvic
bene, and several fragments of this
were removed at the time of the ex
amination.
It needs no words to tell the agon
izing pain attending this operation,
yet Mr. Reid showed the same Spar
tan coolness and endurance w’hich he
had exhibited since first struck by
the rifle of “Soapy" Smith. Before
the doctors began the operation he
asked for a cigar, and this he calmly
smoked while the shattered frag
ments of his anatomy were being re
moved. The opinion of the medical
ecuncil is that Mr. Reid’s chances
for recovery are fairly good.
As we go to press Mr. Reid is rest
ing easily, and talking over the stir
ring events of yesterday with philo
sophic calmness that excites wonder
(A few days later Reid died.l
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ITEMS
W. J. Bugurd. an Alaska sourdough
rune South for a visit on the Vie
Dave House], Juneau business man, j
is in the city, a truest at the Hotel 1
Torn Riordun, old timer of Juneau, j
- a guest at the Puget Sound Hotel i
.Veil Watiamaker, business man of
Anchorag- . nine south on the Vic
J. J. Chisholm, business man of An
•borage, was an arriving passenger
W. Wen rick, game warden in the j
Juneau district, was an arriving pass- j
•nger on the Victoria.
W. F. Taylor, mining man of the i
•iantishna country, was an arriving
>assenger on the Victoria.
Col. I-.ee H. Landis, general man
iger of the Alaska Railroad, came
south on the steamer Victoria.
Mrs. Eli I>ehon, wife of a promin
*nt business map of Anchorage, was
in arriving passenger on the Vio
A. G. Shoup, United States Attor
ley in the First Division of Alaska,
vith headquarters at Juneau, arrived
»n the steamer Victoria.
Miss Dorothy Haley, publicity
icent for tho Alaska Railroad, was
n arriving passenger on the steamer
Victoria, and i« registered at tba H>
el Savoy.
[ L. v.'. r. 'Jrc*r.. c .minii
sioner at .McGrath, in the Kusko
kwiin district, was among the Alas
kans who came south on the Victoria
O I) Cochran. prominent Nome at
it- rney, who is -m the outside for the
j v inter, has just returned from a trig
j: ■ the Dalles, Oregon. He is a guest
at the Willard Hotel.
—
Oscar Anderson, prominent busi
ness man of Anchorage, came soutl
on the Victoria. A son is attending
[the U-nIversity of Washington, anc
h» comes to see how his heir is get
[tine along at the seat of learning.
Dan Kennedy, sourdough freightei
and packer, who now operates a
transportation line from the Alaska
tional Park, was an arrival <»n the
steamer Victoria, out on a brief busi
Lieut. Clayton Bissell, with the V
ir. Air Service, who made a trip tc
Prince Rupert in connection with the
proposed Arctic flight of the airship
Shenandoah, was a returning passen
ger on the Victoria.
The U. S. Cable Office reports th..l
the Dellwood, which started on Jan
uary 22 for London. England, fot
cnble for the new cable line, reached
Ban Diego safely, without experienc
ing any trouble, on the evening of th»
Gus Borgen, Nome pioneer and un
til recently engaged in the mercan
tile business at Seward, was in Seat
tl< this week. He is now located ir
Oakland, in the apartment houst
business, but is planning a mining
trip into Mexico.
Mrs. Carl Orlennder. of Seward
who recently entered the Virgin!*
Mason hospital for special treatment
is improving nicely, and will probablj
James Murray, the well known A1
askan mining man. now concernet
in th*- Cache creek district., is mak
ing a hurried trip to the Fairbank
country, where, it is understood, h
goes to take a look at Caribou creek
to size up the possibilities of install
j ing a dredge on that gold-bearin;
1 S. .1. Marsh, Nome and Cbandala
! pioneer, who has been on the outsid
j for a number rtf years, is a Seattl
^visitor fljis week.
AI E. Holben, proprietor of tin
Overland Hotel and the S-*ward Grill
in Seward, is a guest at rhe Hote
Atwood. He is out -m a brief busi
Charles Milot. Nome sourdough, b
passing the winter at Austin, a sub
urb or Chi.ago. with a brother. He
"ill arrive in Seattle a short time
before the boats sail for Nome.
Gord-.n Hetties, about the oldest
Alaskan in captivity, is passing a few
days in Seattle. Ho rame outside
!• ‘-t fall, to visit a brother, who has a
f:rm on Whidby Island, this state.
H. S. Balderston. of the Bank of
Anchorage, is in Seattle on a business
tr p. Mr. Balderston is stopping at
the Savoy and taking advantage of
his presence in Seattle by visiting
with Ins dapghter. Miss Hel.-n Bal
derston, who is a pupil at Madame
Last week the Alaska* Weekly stat
•'1 that W. A. Coghili. of Nenana
with a baby girl, had passed through
Seattle on bis way north. The news
was alright, except that the new ad
dition to the family of the well
Kay Smith, an o’d timer from the
Katalla distri.a of Alaska, and at
>ne time the best buck and wing
'hot in the coal country, came over
rom Tacoma to visit with the Bal
1* rstons last week. Kay still has a
lankering for the North and may
trab any loose steamer headed that
Pete Ogle of Seward has closed
or the agency of the Overland and
EVillys-Knight cars in the Kenal
jeninsnla. The automobile business
n Alaska is booming and with a few
Tore roads and trails, the “Play
ground of America” will take on the
tspect of Southern California, at
east as far as cars are concerned.
Mrs. Lester Lake.* of Ketchikan,
vho has been visiting Mrs. Lola
)ichard, for five weeks, has gone to
’ortland. where she will visit with
■datives before returning to her
*.* rthern home. Her parents. Mr.
md Airs. Frank P. McCurdy, also of
<etchikan, are considering taking
ip a permanent residence in Port
rownseod, the boyhood home of Mr.
ilcCurdy.