Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-11-30
NO DANGER OF FAMINE
Major Walsh Will Relieve Any Distress
Arising at Dawson.
The Richest KlOndike Claim Wner-HOW a
Missionary Had Saloon Close
Up on Sunday.


famine. At this moment 81 head
of cattle are being taken over the
White Pass to be killed and float
ed away to Dawson. Although
William Thorp returned to
Haine's Mission the day we ar
rived here, finding it impos sib'e
to get on with drove of cattle,
his con Edward proceeded with a
number of 9th cattle over the
Dalton trail and will try to get
through to Dau son before Christ
mas. Major Walsh is not going
into that country and burning his
bridges behind him, but, on the
contrary, is proceeding slowly
and endeavoring to make connec
tons with his base of sup lies at
Dyea, Skagway and Tagish. A
line of permanent ports will make
it possible for men to venture to
travel. The steamer Qnadra will
probably be sent up a4ain imme-
diately with further supplies, and
NJ sjor Walsh will convey these in
as fast as possible. Any scarcity
of food will not be felt until the
end of the winter, in April and
May, aud by that time a great deal
will have been done. Major Walsh
does not propose to feed Dawson
City, hut he told me If he finds
distress he will spare no effort to
relieve it, and it will make no
difference whether the sufferer is a
citizen of the United States or Of
Canada.
Aleck Mcdonald, a Nova
Scotisn, mentioned in a former
letter, is the richest man in Daw
son. He has an interest in over
score of claims, aud is still in 70
vesting. The chances are he will
be worth four or five millions,
and much more if he works the
CLAIMS. Mcdonald is said to have
laid in $4,000 worth of supplies
for the winter, and all the big
mine owners did likewise. Major
Walsh will not al ow these men to
live 10 luxury if others a,e iu
want. IT famine came, all the
food in the city would he pooled
and rationed out in equal shares
TO each. In such an event tn re
is no question of resistaucr
Major Walsh will be An autocrat
lu power, and would have every
body, except score or two, sup
porting him.
There is proposal to import
Norway reindeer and use them II
transporting supplies to DAVIS N
Mr.. Sims of Doug las, a native oi
Norway, says that they are il
wlut, r the principal draught AMI
mails, especially for long distances
They are capable of covering
from 40 to 30 miles a day with I
sleigh and 300 to 500 pounds
They can find their own feed un
der the snow.
The number of profe- siopa
men who have come up to 60 t.
the gold fields is very largs. Tn
big money 10 pacRing induced
many to 60 into thar bushes
VINO had previously no thought q
it. To earn $50 day sometime
was no small thing Anon
;, those who engaged in packin
were Mess s. Scott, ID L. S., grad
uate of Queens University, King
ston; Harris, son of Prof. H4rri
of the Royal Military College
and McFarlHne, also II graduate O
| Queens, Kingston. The repol
that these gentlemen were unjust
| ly made to pay $50 head Gus
toms duty on some horses whic
were bouded through is explained
| by the fact that they used the an
mails in packing supplies owe
aud thus made them properl
subject to duty.
| Bishop Bompas brought OF
here from London, England,
! young mis-i nary named Bower
| who knocks around among th
| people of the Yukon great dea
| Last summer, on Sunday, /
told a saloon-k epar in Dawso
tn t he could not keep open c
Sunday. The liquor dealer wi
| in a joculsr mood, and said
! Bowen: "Will you throw dice f
the drinks ?" "No," replied Il
), missionary, "but l will throw di
with you to see whether you k
open or close up Tor the day" II