Steamship Admiral Sampson Goes Down
Princess Victoria Rams the Adlmiral
Ship off Point No Point in a Dense
Fog, and Two Passengers, Captain
Moore, Chief Officer Kenney, the
Chief Engineer, and Six of the Crew
Go Down With Wrecked Ship — Mrs.
George Banbury, Wife of the Ad
miral Agent in Skgway, Among the
Missing.
scat tie. Aug. At An early
hour Uiis iiioriiiu^ nonl was re
nuctl in this city tluit Ule Pacific
\l.iska Navigation t*oni|»any'j» steam
ship "Ailiniriil Sampson," sailing
lit hi this port «t I c'cliik this
mi.tiling, hail Iteen rammed by tin'
t .wiadian Pacific steamship I'riuttv.
\ ictortu off Point \o I'oint. while
steaming in a heavy fog, and tliat
-hi was a total loss, having ip'ni'
iloun within four minutes alter sl)i'
hatl Uen struck.
Tlic first details of the disaster
were very meagre. hut later in 'lie
ila> a full account or the aciideut
was receive*!.
llie Admiral Sampson, with Capt.
Moore iu command left this port
loi Vloska at four o'clock, being de
bited in I'er sailing on account of
lak'm'g on freight. She had gotten
f isihleen miles out, to a point off
in-ill Point No Point, when she was
i jiiiiih')! |>j the Princess Victoria, of
the t 'anadian Pacific Railway l>. t*.
i oast Service, i-periltin^ from \ ail"
rouver to Seattle, the latter luiv
ing l#t Vancouver at 11 o'clock
last night. The weather was very
foggy. ami after the British l»oat
rammed the Siunjison. Captain I'. M.
Ilickey. master of the Victoria kept
'lie nose of his vessel jammed in
• lie ln»le thus preventing tlie wreck
ed ship from foundering at once.
The work of rescue was begun |ni
j'» * « . .... .—.——
mediately, hul liefoie all could I to
'akeu off, there was an t'\|)lusiun,
and the Victoria was forced to
hack off.
Captain Z. >|. Minh*>, Chief Of
liccr Kenney, Chief Engineer \ooii
anil si\ others of the crew are be
lieved to have l>ecu lost, it being
claimed that they stayed too long
on the boat, and were caught in the
whirlpool as the ill-fated \ es
se! went under.
In addition to the above officers
and uieiuliers of the erew, it is l>r
lieved that there were two passen
gers lost, as they are unaccounted
for.
There were fifty-siv pa.vsengt on
hoard Die Admiral Sampson, main
of whom were bound for the West
ward among them being W illiam
Martin, a milling man of kiiik, T. < •
McCurrin, of the Alaska (iaslinoan
Mining coui|>aiiy, Juneau, who had
with him twenty structural^ iron
workers, and James Wallace, private
•secretary of I*rol<lciH Alexander of
the Admiral line, \»lio was making
the round trip to the Western Al
aska cities.
The Ih'inccss Victoria arrived here
at ten thirty tliis morning with the
rescued passengers and crew. She
was badly damaged from the im
pact, the steel plates being torn
for a distance of 20 l"cet back from
the bow. It was only through the
most heroic work on the part oi
her crew that she was able to pro
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J cecd, and they lia<l hard work to
patch tlio opening so as to prevent
. the inrush of the water.
Within a few moments after the
Sampson was struck, the Admiral
| Watnon, on route to San Francisco,
[ of the same line, arrived on the
; scene, hut there was nothing that
i she could do to assist in rescuing
j the shipwrecked people.
JIKS. tt'KOKtiK UVMUUV
AMOXU T1IK MlSSlXfl
Shortly at'tui' the I'irst advice#
telling of the sinking of the Sani|»
sou, (ieorge Itanhury, local agent
for tlio Admiral line, received a
dispatch from a friend in Seattle
Hint Mrs. IJanhui}, w!io was on the
ill-fated vessel, eiirout© in join her
hiishaud was one. of the missing. Mr.
ISanbury at once cabled for further
particulars, tint the reply he receive
only confirmed the first sad news.
Although Mr. Uanbtiry is a new
coiner to Skagwuy, during his short
stay lie has made HUUIJ friends, ami
lias the ttii'St heartfelt sympathy
of all who know him.
THKKK-YKAK-OI.I) (ilKL
has vkisv x.vuianv i i a:t,
4 The little t!tree-ye.u-o!d daugh
ter oi' Mr. and Mrs. Win. .Matthews,
who live on a laS'-U ut Nyea aud
are engaged in raising hogs, had a
fry narrow tHeap© from depth yes
loon v.-hen s-'e climbed
over ;i l'.-:ice ive.r whirh she was
jilayiiijj into aa carp ;ro where a
sow with a lii'o;* of young pigs was ,
iron fined,
entered tiro pea than s e w..s sav
agely attacked by '!• ' sow and be-|
tore ltoH< could reach tor had been
*
on one cheek and ilso the side of,
her neck. IS : h of her liamls were
Isio considerably mangled.
The aceit',Mit o urr»d at about
:j o'clock p. m. and tlio fa'her and
mother at once s'a.icd for Skag
way with the child in a boat to se
They roachod here at 4:30 and
went to the home of Mr. Matthews'
parents at tho approach to oae of
the old unused doeks south of
town, and summoned Pr. Gaibie t0
attend tlio little sufferer.
Dr. Gabic said today that nlthoug
tho child h;i' been badly injured
there was no reason to supiuse that
she would not recover unless some
nnlooked for complications sef in.
NO MOXKY XKI DKl)
AT TIUS MAX'S Si'OIlK
Berkely, At.j'llst 2''—"You don't
ilie motto In 'lie window of the
opened in IVrkely. Campbell keeps
:ill sorts of household utilities,
groceries, ve; (tables, everything
useful, in fact, that he can got, not
for money, but for some goods of
I some other kind. In cases where it
is impossible to make change or a
I visitor with something to sell to the
; store needs nothing p.t the tinie,
Campbell gives exch nigo checks.
third axnual pair to
RE HELD ON SEPT. 12tl»
Pursuant to a call In the Daily
Alaskan yesterday a meeting of the
citizens of Skagway was held in the
town hall last night at 8 o'clock
which, while not attended as num
erously as could have been wished,
nevertheless went ahead with the
business of making arrangements fir
the holding of the third annual hor
ticultural and agricultural fair
Skagway, and got everything to
moving in the right direction in fair
ly good shape.
All the old officers of the asso
ciation wero continued in their
places with the exception of the
secretary, to which position F. J
Van do Wall was elected, to suc
ceed Bert Howdishell, wh0 is now
living in Juneau.
It was decided to hold the third
annual fair of the association on
Saturday, the 12th day of September,
and for one day ouly, instead of two
as has been done heretofore.
Premiums and cash prizes are to
be offered by the association, by
the merchants of the town and by
individuals as well, particulars and
a full list of which will be given
in a later issue of this paper.
After some discussion It was de
cided to preserve in glass jars the
best of the vegetable exhibits and
to send them to the Panaina-Paci
lic International Exposition at San
Francisco next year. It was also
suggested that a' some future meet
ing the mater of making permanent
exhibits at Skagway, Seattle and San
Francisco be taken up.
President O. L. Dlckeson of the
W. P. & Y. R., said that two bar
rels of preserving solution had al
ready been ordered by that com
pany for the purpose of preparing an
exhibit to be placed in its offices
at Seattle, Vaucouver aud
San Francisco, and that there
would be enough to supply
the horticultural and agricultural
association with as much as it would
need. The exhibits would be label
ed with the names of the growers
and the places where raised.
Mr. Dickeson stated that the same
rates would be given over the rail
and steamboat lines of the W. P
& Y. R. as were in force last year,
and that all exhibits from the in
terior points would be transported
free of charge.
Applications for space should be
made to the secretary, F. J. Van de
Wall.
PRKSIDKNT ANI) TRAFFIC MGR.
LEAVE FOR THK INTERIOR
President O. L. Dlckoson a»d
Traffic Manager J. E. Dempsey of
tho \V. p. & Y. R. company, to
gether with their private secretaries
John Blanchard and Chas. Dodd, left
on the train this morning for the
interior on business connected with
the company.
Mr. Dickeson will probably not
go farther than Dawson while Mr.
Dempsey will continue ou down to
Fairbanks.
Mrs. Dickeson and Mi&i Keen ac
companied the party, but will stop
over at Whiteliorse for a few days
and then return to Skagway.
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Something entirely new; the most
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ever shown
45c per pound
Coming on the S. S. Alameda, a complete line of
Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Etc.
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FIRST BAD IP. NEWS
ffli ALLIES ON FRONTIER
TAKING BODY OF HUSBAND
TO OUTSIDE FOR BURIAL.
| Airs. a. L. Wigel came out 011
the train last night having in
charge the body of her husband,
who died on the way out.
About two months ago the de
ceased, with iiis wife and son came
'v Skagway with a band of cattle
bouud for the interior. He was as
sociated with a man named Wach
ter, a well known interior trader,
in taking the cattle in and thoy all
stopped at the Golden North ho
tel for several days getting ready
for tbe trip into the Cliisana, that
being the point for which they were
headed.
After getting to Whitehorse, how
ever, they changed their minds and
took the animals down into the
Ruby country, where they are now
in charge of the son, a young fel
low about 18 years old.
A short time ago Mt. Wigel was
taken sick and accompanied by his
wife started for the outside, but
died on the road. Mrs. Wigel had
the body prepared for shipment and
is now taking it out to their home
for interment.
KOYAli l'L.WKIlS WUJj XOT
<«ivk su.uiw.vv i'i:i:i <)i:.M \\<-i
A. c. Fox, auvauu© agent of the
1 toy;i| Players company, which gave
a rendition here in tlie KIks' 'hall
I on June 23nl or "The Lion au4 the
Mouse,1' arrived out from the in-1
terior last night. He reports th'at
the ti'H> was tairlv successful in a
financial way, hut tltt a damper
was put on t!ie spirits of the mem
bers of the company by the illness j
of Mrs. Royal, who had to undergo
a serious operation while in Dawson, j
The operation was successful, how-!
lever, and the lady is now all right
again.
Owing to the poor encouragement j
i.e has received, Mr. Fox has de
cided not to make a date, for Skag
way and the company will go
through to Douglas on its arrival
Saturday, and later open in an en
gagement in Juneau, after which
the boat will be taken for the
states.
London, August 26—The fall ot
Namur, coupled with the failure of
an audacious attack of the French
right upon the position of th« Ger
mans in Belgium and Luxentbujgi
is the first really bajl wor Mf*»
received here of the outcome * of
the engagements that are know*
to have taken place. Th« west
ern frontier is now practically U
the possession, of the Germans wA
Lork Kitchener says that there will
probably he 1,000,000 troops trout
Great Britain and her dqpeadonciai
mshed to the aid of the allies Im
mediately. - - -
AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR ON
THE JAVANESE TODAY
Rome, August 20—Tbet report
lias reached here that AuaSria to
day declared war tipoa Japan.
GERMANS HOPE TO ADVANCE
UPON THE FRENCH CAPITAL
Paris, August -0—The disquiet
ing announcement is made here to*
day tlmt the German Arnica har*
great hopes of being able in * tbaf*
time to advance upon this cttj.
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ITINERANT PEDLARS ARE
FINED $23 AND COSTS
Two itinerant canvassers, * sua
and a woman, who made the roukd*
of Skagway several months Agd la
tlie interests of some outside con
cern which, wns getting out a nvap
of Alaska, and who secured quite
a number of subscribem here, are
having troubles of their owa now
that the time for delivery haa ar
rived. :
They were cited to appear fe*far«
Police Magistrate Conway y«8t«r
day, charged vlth peddling without
a city license, and Upon conylcltoa
were fined $25 and caoM^ wWch
they paid.
MM, A INSISTS ON CARRANZA
ELIMINATING HIMSELk1
Washington, August 26—Late axt*
viceg from Mexico City say
General Villa is seemingly isuiiat
ing on General Carranza elimlnatjiig
:.ip'-telf from the permanent govern
uent of Mexico. • ■> .
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