The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-09
LOADED UP WITH MINERS.
THE sCUPPERs OF THE NATIONAL
CITY AWASH AS SHE SAILED.

Disaster IL Likely TO Result n n storm Arises
Tho business OF the Trnnscontincn entail Reads
Doubled -BritIsh Columbia Miners strong
In Condemnation OF the New Mining Law.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. ST vessels are sent
out for Alaska as overloaded as the steamer
National City, which sailed la st evening for st,
Micnael. the same fate that bcfcll tho steamer
Colima ON the Mexican coast last year may be
expected to ovortake some OF these Northern OK.
petitions. The National City was formerly the
lumber carrier Drogher. which was recently con-
verified into q passenger boat to meet tho Yukon
rush.
While tho Government officials granted q
license for her to sail, all those who saw the
vessel pull out expressed surprise that she
should be permitted to soil. Her scuppers were
awash. and II a heavy blow finds hor It would
take moro than good seamanship to keep her
afloat.
On either side of the deck bunkers had been
constructed to carry coal, and great casks of
water were dashed near them. On top Of the
coal and water wero placed all kinds OF freight.
A large barge to carry passengers up the Yukon
was on deck, filled with freight and provisions
and then deckcd over; while at tho last moment
ne cargo was made more topheavy by a guam
A small gasoline launch Is expected to tow the
barge up the, Yukon, and a large rowboat was
added. All these things were stored on tho
main deck. and planks were laid on them to
an 4 leg room for the passengers; Underneath
hold. and over tho hatch was constructed n
tunnel TO cover In the place devoted to the
'ls Wl.b 4 a s%ootR sea ai sf IF sixty S ys 9I11oP pie; ror.,
weather, which may, be expected this month.
will certainly bring disaster.
East the Northern Pacific Company is running
stances putting on extras. In less than a month
the business of ranscontinenta roads having
1t was anticipated that the steamship VILLA
mette would complete loading In time TO sail for
until to 5IiS %esSl"f Her oT' Seattle sae Ien e con kss nSe 81
passengers is 565. San Francisco and Tacoma
contributing 235 additional.
The only vessels going north to-day were the
barges Ajax and Bijax, carrying 800 horses to DO
used in pack trains over the passes. They are
Passengers arriving. from Victoria this even
ing report that the British Columbia miners are
nouneins il. in unmeasured terms. Meetings
are being called in ali the mining districts Of the
its repeal. Mr.: John Grant, ex.member Of the
British Coiumbia Parliament, denounces it an
1T amounts" said he, ito offering a premi-
um on crime. NO miner is going to pay 20 per
thing / ever III heard o%ep OF. and Nc i for rhe the %H RE s Of me
cannot understand on what grounds the Domin.
ion could have framed the measure
The Victoria Coi0nist questions the rights of
say that ',an imperial order in council. passed
80 a.C~s 'iShhSa tho StiNhCCh i hb \
tending to the sixtysecond parallel Of north
latitude. and placed its administration in the
hands of the Government of British CO.
lumbia., 1t is asserted that this order has
never been repealed, and it is therefore
aquestion whether the control of the country.
and incidentally the mining revenue. does mob
still belong to British Columbia rather than to
the Dominion, which by its purchase OF the
territory from the Hudson Bay Company did
not acquire any rights that tho company did
not possess.
It adds, "If the ideas of those who know
what they gre talking about go for any
thing, the Dominion Government will find
that their Proposed mining law with re-
go. A Coionist reporter interviewed as
many of the old timers as could be reached yes
terday. and one and all, without regard to ma
tionality, or political leanings. utterly condemned
the regulations without the slightest Qualiaca-
tion."
klondike gold excitement having reached
Melbourne and Sidney. the Australians arc
cabling to their friends on the Pacific coast for
all the particulars possible to obtain. A big
rush Ia expected from that country in the spring.
Very rich samples Of gold quartz are coming
northwest territory. confirming statements of
Mr.. Ogilvie, the Government surveyor. of the
existence of large gold lodges in that country.