AMUNDSEN’S
ACHIEVEMENTS
Archbishop of Alaska Cor
rects False Statements
Relative Thereto.
An interesting ami timely communi
cation, prompted by numerous mistakes
ami misrepresentations in various news
paper articles ami partieulnrlv in one
front the Nome Nugget relatino to the
achievements of Captain Amundsen, has
been addressed to the Fairbanks Times
by Kt. Kev. Hudson Stuck, Episcopal
Archbishop of Alaska. It may be truly
said, however, that the two main points
set right by the reverend gentleman's
letter were widely and correctly printed
immediately after Captain Amundsen’s
arrival at Eagle. The most important
part of the archdeacon's letter follows:
“Two claims are commonly made for
Captain Amundsen : that lie is the first
navigator to make the northwest pas
sage, and that he is the discoverer of
the north magnetic pole. Neither claim
is just. While the Nugget article does
not make these claims in so many words,
the language used in the opening of the
article implies them, and they have been
made again and again in newspapers in
Alaska and on the Pacific coast. Captain
Amundsen himself has never made such
claims, and as lie speaks and reads very
little English, has probably never heard
that they have been made on bis behalf.
The honor of the northwest passage
belongs to Captain Uobert McClure,
made Sir Uobert fifty-two years ago, as
reward for accomplishing this feat. I he
standing offer of $->0,000 for the discov
ery of the northwest passage was made
good (iy the gift of this sum to McClure
ami bis ship’s company, by vote of the
British parliament. It is truethat Mc
Clure did not make the passage in one
vessel. Sailing from west to east, the
Investigator was left in the ice of Hod’s
Mercy bay on the north of Bank’s Land,
and the eastern portion of the passage
was made in the rescue ship Besolute.
But nothing can ever take from McClure
the fame of being the first to pass around
the North American continent by water,
and Captain Amundsen's feat must 'al
ways be qualified by saying that lie was
the first to make the passage in one
ship.
“tor thf i-laini tli.it l attain Ainuml
<i(.n 11AH iliscown-il tlio north iminin-tir
l»iie tlr.-re i* no gn»un l what* ><-r. Tliin
interesting anil valualilf • l:»v»• ry was
111,1*li* by Sir Jaun-s l» - in 1S.11, no t -s
than seventy-five years ag->, ami hr also
was knighteil for his exploit. To the
Muir inlrepht navigator is <ine tin- >li
i-ovvry “f tin- south nugnetir |»>le, li-n
wars lati-r. Tin- position assigned by
K>.»s to tin- north maguetit- |«>le, on tin
wi-st roust of tin- Pruinsiila of lloothia
tVlis tin- most nortln-rly laml of the
American eontinent agree s uith
AtuttmlseiTs n •h-t* -rtuinatiou when al
lowance i» ma-le for tin- prunra-ive
change that is taking place; f-*r, as
Vmiintl-i n bnn-rll «a>«, tin magnet a
!■>!«• i* not a point, lull a <llstri»-t.‘
remarks are not intern ie*1 in the
hast to >h-lraa-t Iran tin- gr«at emit!
ami praise that arv justly >hm lot aptalit
ItutiisUit 1* tin |4a l» rml |*twi»r
ing voyage and for his valuable con
tributions to scientific knowledge. They
arc prompted solely by a desire that
honor should be given where honor is
due; and though the memory of news
papers and the public at large is pro
verbially short, the student of polar ex
ploration is not willing that the names
of the earlier navigators should be for
gotten or the credit of their discoveries
given to others. McClure is the knight
of the northwest passage, and Hobs is
the knight of the magnetic poles—in the
chivalry of geographical discovery as
well as in the knighthood of Great
Britain.”
HEALY’S COMPANY
GOES TO PIECES.
Only 60 Tons of Supplies Taken to
Kuskokwim and Prospectors
May Run Short.
Tile following may lx> news to a good
many prospectors, although it is seven
weeks old. It bore date of Seattle, Oct.
7, and was taken from the Nome News.
It may be that other expeditions took
supplies to the Kuskokwim to trade this
winter, but such is not known to be a
fact:
“The Central Alaska Company, organ
ized by ( apt. John J. Healy to explore
the Kuskokwim and establish trading
posts on that river, went into the hands
of a receiver. The court appointed
Hugh Beyer to act as receiver. Healy
objected to the appointment, and K. A.
Wright was appointed in Beyer's place.
The receiver was instructed to close out
the company. It has been ascertained
that*onlv sixty tons of provisions went
into the country all summer, and it is
feared that there will be a shortage of
food if many people should go in this
winter. The stockholders charge that
llealv spent too much money on his own
personal expenses. He has been thrown
out of his position in the company, and
is now suing it for $111,000 damages. The
steamer Nunivak, which is now in the
Kuskokwim, will hi' sold.”
FORMER RAMPART SPORT
Runs a Swell Flace in a New Camp
in Nevada.
Many j*|*U- in this district remember
tleorge Lain*, a gambler and saloon
man win* \\.t< here three year.* ago. For
a while 1m* wa- with NeUon Bro^.ut tlifir
old jdaee «»n Front street.
I .a n»- ha.-* ju.-t Uen heard from in the
lmm*in rountry of Nevada. By the Min
ing N* w.». printed in Wonder, it i* M en
that he i- a partner in a n|*orting retort
railed * * *r» e t -l-t l* leek“ wllieh recently
o|H-ned in that |»!aee. fh* Mining Nrttn
*ay* the report i-* very ?*wcH.
Wonder i- a new cutup and from the
look* of the pajier it i« a I mi miner.
iHive T. fnaitor, in Fairltunk* the
iir-t of the month, told the Northern
Light flier*' are f*ill\ Mm men over the
dlffeient ereek4 in the t ir* dnlru t,
|*rii)« t|i«fellv Ma«lo*loit and I Had wood.
t oniit ToU|..i «rot»- * |*iiiiphkt enti
tled "I* It hnwiltW’’ and the police
iiiiimdMtrU conti-ruled it t*> *h*»w that
in kuk*in e\ervthing in pMHtiklf.
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DR. JACKSON HELD
GUILTLESS.
Presbyterian Synod Thought the
Reindeer Superintendent Had
Been Falsely Accused.
The Washington Presbyterian synod,
held at Walla Walla last month, adopted
resolutions exonerating I>r. Shedlon
■lackson from the charges made against
him by Commissioner Churchill. The
resolutions express profound indignation
at the fact that unwarranted charges
and insinuations should have been made.
A copy of the resolutions were ordered
sent to President Koosevelt. The reso
lutions were passed unanimously on the
report of a committee eoni|>osed of Dr.
Hutchinson, of Tacoma, K. II. White
worth, civil engineer, and Frank Black,
mechanic, of Seattle. The committee
spent four months in investigating the
charges.
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