The record-union., 1897-10-26

the warehouses would be -raided, and
that the people would help themselves,
paying. of course, a liberal price for
what they took. The stores would not
sell more than six cans of milk, three
cans of meat and other articles in pro-
portion TO any one person. Canned
meats sold at 75 cents a can, milk at
80 cents, beans at 25 cents and sugar at
80 cents a pound.
Six steamers were daily expected to
arrive from st. Michaels, and their ar
rival would end the flour corner, and
insure ample provisions for this win
ter.
On their way up the river and lakes
Mr.. Moore and party met from five to
twenty-five boats daily going down to
Dawson City. They only heard of one
wreck en- route, no lives being reported
lost.
Dominion, Sulphur, Quartz and Mon
tana Creeks and branches of Indian
River, a tributary of the Klondike. and
Moose Skin Creek, a tributary Of the
Yukon, a few miles below Dawson,
which were discovered last summer,
are all exceedingly rich, but do not
A@OAAc~AAL~N
A MILITARY GOVERNMENT.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The War
Department has just received a most
interesting report from Captain Ray
as to the condition of affairs in the
gold regions, as he has found them
from st. Michaels to Fort Yukon. The
officer who was sent especially for the
purpose of making recommendations
for the betterment of affairs there. has
some radical suggestions to make.
Among them he urges the division Of
Alaska into two districts, the southern
district to remain under the present
jurisdiction, While the northern dis
trict including the gold region, is to
be placed under a form of military
government, until Congress can make
other provisions. The place selected
by the Captain for a military post is
near Rapid City, about go miles be-
low Dawson.
MURDER NEAR LAKE TAGISH.
SEATTLE (Wash.), Oct. 25.-The
passengers of the steamer Farallon
which arrived here yesterday from
Alaska, bring the news of a murder
committed near Lake Tagish on Octo-
Der 1st. Two men from Seattle named
Henderson and Peterson quarreled over
trivial matter, and Henderson, after
stabbing Peterson with a bowie knife
several times, drew revolver and beat
his victims head into a jelly. Peter
son died soon after from the effects Of
his wounds, and Henderson was arrest
ed and bound to a tree for ten days,
until the arrival of the Canadian
mounted police, who took him to Daw-
son City for trial.
DISGUSTED MINERS RETURN.
SEATTLE CWash.), Oct. 25.-The
steamer Navarro arrived here this
morning from ST. Michaels She left
there on October 10th, one day before
the steamer Humboldt, and conse-
quently brings no late news. She
brought thirty passengers who failed
to reach the Klondike, and were so ut
terly disgusted with themselves that
they exacted a promise from Captain
Higgins not to give out their names.
The majority of them went to Alaska
on the schooner North Fork from San
Francisco.
DOGS FOR KLONDIKERS.
CHICAGO, Oct 25.-Exactly 220 dogs
of high and low degree, mostly the lat
ter. the property of w. H. Lewis, a Sc
attic lawyer, are on their way to the
Pacific Coast from Chicago, and will
be sold to Klondike miners. Lawyer
Lewis hoped to get from $50 to $50
apiece for the CANNES, and should his
fond hopes be realized. he will take two
more carloads of the product Of the
Chicago dog pound. Dogs are said to
be precious animals in Seattle, when
every miner who intends to enter the
newly found gold regions wants a quar-
tet of ours to haul his sled. Mr.. Lew
is intends to do his utmost to fill the
demand, and reap the reward.