Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-28
KLONDYKE TELEGRAPH LINE
A Company Organized 10 String
Thousand Miles Of Wire.
The Colo Fever ain Prevalent In
Chicago Not Anxious
To sell Claims.

BAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 2S.-
The Klonuyke is promised clio O. M.
muniGation with the rest OF the woslj
In a short time. AT least Telegraph
company has been incorporated which
will get 10 work Immediately, its pro-
IN tiers say, struggling the wires.
Articles IT ipcorp ration OF the
Alaska Telegraph g. Telephone com.
psny have been tlieu with the county
CLERK o! San Frsncisco.
The directors Of the new compan ny
are q. w. Wright, Theodore Reieher,,
ID. b., B1hsnnoD, j. w. Wrlght suu J.
| h. Fassett. The capital stock Of the
Company lie $3.50, 900, Of which 500, 600
has been Subscribed by the uITec ore.
The object Is tu build lines which cor
meet Dyea with the Town OF Dawson
anu branch lines connecting Dyea
with JuResu aud Dawson with Circle
city, The estimated length or the
proposed line lie 1000 miles. The
plan OF construction VIII be after the
style OF military syetem used in war
tmes. A wire quarter OF On inoh
thick covered with Rerite insulatlOn
viii be used. The wire will be- laiI
along the ground instead of being
stretChei on poles. Tue promoters OF
the novel enterprise Expect 10 get to
worn laying the wlres Ia three weeks
and to have them lald six weeks iRter.
The Company does not intenu to have
telegrsphic communication south ir IN
juneau, unlese SOME OF the larger
com panies construct line north lr0u
Puget Sound.
TWO SISTERS FOR THE GOLD FIELD.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2S. - Two
stsleTe UI he Uiuer Of 81. Anne have
fiered their services tor ten years.
nrduous labor in the frozen north, anu
have been accepted by the superior Of
their community.
They have arrived in San Francisco
on their way north ana we've to have
called for 81. Michaeis on ihv
steamer Excelsior, bat a. 1t was
crowded The officials OF the Alaska
coinmercinl company ADVISED the sis
tiers to wait over Tor the sailing
Of the Bertha either Saturday OF
MOnuay next The two VINO Will go o
The north are Sister Mary Of the Cross,
formerly Mits Peterson. she h. 8 bee.
recently eng .ged In educational work
at Hol yoke, Mass. Her com pa MON /,
Heart, who was Miss GOulet, "a native
OF Quebec.
THOUSANDS ASK FOR INFORMATIoN.- -
CHICAGO, july 2S.--At tnu railroad
ana steamship Offices the sens Ca eI-
ntes for information about the passage
to the klondyke gold fields was shown
that characterized the rush Of in
quirels q week ago. There is no sbAte-
nent OF interest in anything psrtsin.
log directly or indirectly to tue new
EiduradO. Not less than an average vi
l,OO0persons day have called at the
Office Of tho North American Trans
pOrtation anu Trading cOmps y,
Thomas COuk & son, tna Northern
Pacific and the Great Northern rail.
rOaus. The number OF earnest in.
quirisss yesterday exceeded those OF
MoI day.
MINERS NOT ANXIOUS TO SELL.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2S -Loca!
capitalists VIM are enuUavOrlng 10
secure options on mining claims IN
the Klondyke countIy are not meatiug
with much eucUess sm0ug The miders
now mere. The men seem 10 realize
they Lave good thing in what they
nave anu arc not disposed 10 auDmit 10
modern iorms OF cOnveyauce even
though not forced 10 sell until the
value OF the property is investigated.
LOOKING FOR PASSAGE 10 ALASKA.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2S.-rhe
departure OF tue Tanner Excelsior has
been Bet for . u'cloog tuIs afternoon.
Captain HigSings has determined not
20 Temsin any longer after that hour
than 10 absolutely necessary. Many
peTsons inquired this morning for
passnge nOtwilhstanding notice had
been given some Gays ago thai every
berth had bsen tnken ana that no
more tickets would he sold. II was
reported on the street ana on the dock
that as high aB $3.50 bonus had been
offered loT pEssage by The steaAeE
aud that II more money were needed
10 secure It tnern would bs more COM
ing. But all seemed 10 bs satisfied
anu 10 salos were reported.
EXPEDITION POSTPONED.
CHEYENNE. Wyo, July 2S.-Col.
RAnuaii OF the Eighth infantry re.
oeiveu u Telegram from Washington