Auk's Story Is Not True

Seattle, Wash., Dec. 14. - The story :hat an Indian named Auk had come rom Dawson City bringing the news hat a large number of people were fleeng from Dawson is generally discreditü here. G. W. Wood, who arrived here 'rom Juneau, said: "While in Juneau saw Auk. I am ?atisfied from his answers to my questions that he had not come from Dawson at all. Auk had Deen in Juneau ten days before I left nd none of the people supposed to be a few days behind him had arrived et." Other arrivals from Juneau coroborate Wood's statement and saythat no credence should be given to the tory at Juneau.