The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-08-26

determined to collect royalties from
the miners in the Klondyke and else
where in Canadian territory on the
Yukon. Upon that point there is no
doubt.
Arrangements are now being made
ed. Inspector Strickland of the
mounted police left Ottawa on August
IA for the Youlton. He is taking de-
tachment of police with him from Re
gina. They will go by way of Dyea
and across to Tagish.
Major Walsh, who commanded the
Northwest mounted police during the
Riel rebellion, has been appointed Ad-
ministrator for the Yukon district at
salary of $1,000 a year. Major
Walsh, who is in comparatively easy
circumstances, has accented the oner-
Gus position at considerable pecun-
iary sacrifice, and will probably re-
sign after the territory is thoroughly
organized, in year or two. and ev-
erything is in running order.
SKAGUAY, Alaska, August 11-by
steamship Al-Ki to Seattle, August 1S.
The miners held meeting this af-
| ternoon' at bridge they are building
across the river two miles up the trail
and decided to allow no one to go over
the White Pass who had not at least
500 pounds of provisions. A number
have started in with scarcely enough
| food to last them to Dawson City, and
the action was taken to avoid the ne
cessity of feeding hungry people in
the Yukon country this winter.
The faces of the gold hunters take
on a different expression when they
come from the ships to the shore. The
change is from the very lively to the
extremely grave. The naked truth
stripped to the bone is that at least
1000 miners must winter here or re-
turn home.
Skaguay is at this date a city of ell
even frame or log houses, saw mill
five stores, four saloons, a crap game
a faro layout, blacksmith shop, five
restaurants which are feeding people
all the time, tailor shop on which
is hung the sign "Bloomers fitted fol
shotguns," real estate office, two
practicing physicians, another profes
sional pathfinder who specially is now
shown by the sign painted on boart
nailed to a tree, Teeth extracted,
some 300 tents and population o
about 1000 men and II women.
Horses are worth their weight II
gold The boniest plug that would b.
spurned by horse meat factory at
cent pound is worth 5000 here.
Twelve hundred men are waitini
here for horses to pack their outfit
over. Many have been waiting tw,
weeks without having a pound of thei
freight moved and with nothing I
sight to move it. Many are discour
aged. Many have sold their Who'll
outfits for so per cent of cost prit {
. and returned home.
About fifty control $50 horses, wh'c
are carrying their own supplies in -
pound packs in relays to the summit
n slow and laborious process.
: Packers will charge 25 cents
mound after their own stuff is move
to the lake. It will take an army corp
, Of horses to move all the stuff now o
the ground before the season closes
Some miners say they will kill thei
| horses at the lake and pack the mca
in the frozen country to be fed 20 III
docs or men this winter.
The situation in brief is this: III
. man who has horses can get over III
, pass TO the lakes; the man who ha
no horses cannot.
2 JUNEAU, Alaska, August I ~ III
steamer Al-Ki to Seattle, August IS
Ceor~e Mcmahon has written to hi
da"rhter May here from Dawson Cit!
under date of June s, that the "d'e