Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-31
SKAGUAY JUSTICE.
Man Who Stole Flour Strung Up aud
Hanged.
THEN Is FILLED WITH BULLETS.
Tabuloutly Rich Strike on Mcmillan
River that Is Reported Richer
Than the Klondike.

quay trail by committee OF vigilantes,
and his bones are now rotting beneath
n nile OF rocks within few rods OF the
rasa. This news was brought down
nv the steamer Utopia which arrived
this morning at o O'Clock from SKA
quay.
The Utopia left Skaguay August
2s. The story in general Ia ali that can
he learned, the details being unknown
among tho Utopia's elk passengers.
some time ago o sack Of flour was
stolen. Suspicion pointed to man
who was encsmped near the summit.
A COMMITTEES OF six was chosen to ferret
out and punish the thief. These men
went to the tent of the suspected man
and found the missing sack. The man
begged for mercy, but the committee,
satisfied OF his guilt, decreed that ho
be Immediately killed.
The man was dragged from tho tent
and tied upright 10 pole. The COM
mltte.men stood of a short distance
and ct q word shot together. The
ihiei's body was pierced in six places.
Feeling their duty done anu sick OF
their tack the vigilaDtes LETT at once,
not even waiting TO put the bleeding
form beneath the ground.
For three days 1t hung there In full
view OF thuse passing with their pncke.
The odor emanating from the bO0y
became 30 offensive that two men cut
1t loose anu carrying 1t up a hillside
covered 1t with pile OF stones.
The steamer Detroit sailed for Dysh
ana Bksgusy this afternoon with
forty passengers.
sKAGUAY TRAIL OPEN. ...,
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 30.-Ths fol-
lowiug letter was received per ste amer
Utopia TO-DAY by the Associated Press:
Sksguay. Aug. 23.-rhe am IL
broken on the Skegusy trail. a num-
brr OF outfits have gotten over ara
there IL q steady stream Of moving
humanity mixed up In an indescrib.
able mass Ut horses OF all sizes, ages
and conuitions, mules, steers, mich
cows, goats ana dogs, also vehicles OF
every description. Three steamers |
are now unloading on lighters which |
convey the freight MS near the shore |
us ~ iuhubu uu
wagons or carried over In the high |
tide.
The Utopia 10 loading ut the only |
wharf, which IL o shaky etrucInre.
Two pils.drivers are at work on an.
other dock which Is Intended to be q
substantial affsir. A new saw mill got
up steam for the first time this morn.
lug. Rough lumber is worth s27 per
ihou.and but cannot be got half last
enough at any price.
The city OF tents 10 not being dis.
plscet, but reinforced by city OF
"shsckt" of all s,xes and degrees OF
hni,h. Skaeusy Ia the boom town OF
Alaska. Every man whose heart
iaile him when he encountered the
first hardship has turned townsite
b omsr. Four weeks ago Skaguay was
not known; today there are not less
than 1900 people here In addition to
those On the chips in the harbor.
They have surveyed II the tow nsite,
the fret corners having fret choice.
The United States commissioner IL
Issuing some kind OF certificate, fee IS;
Rurv yot another s.; then the ,quatler
sticAs up his tent, snack or corral, and
Ia ready to skin the first tenderfoot
that comes along. Transfers by quit
claim are quite Common and as high
rs $500 has been paid for 3 choice 10.
cation.
Skaguay has all the usual accom-.
panimepts OF frontier mining town.
Dance halls, roulette, faro, stud poker
and craps find devotees ready TO tempt
fortunes smiles.
There 10 no danger of q famine here,
lhough there may be shortages In osr.
lain lines. On ell sideB s'smiling
plenty as II conjured by some en-.
ohantef" hero aboundR.
Great piles OF hay, grain, -four, ba.
GOD, sugar, and all the neosssaries are
10 stock apparently for some time t.,
come. There are not less than 2, 900 {
horses al work on the 6kagusy trail,
but u Ia hard TO get anyone TO contrsct
10 deliver you over the eummil-at
my prlce-but you can get over for
about 30 cents pound II you are will ,
ng TO wait and contract by sections,
The pacRers ut this end OF The trail do {
ioI like To contract farther than the
lfst hill, six miies out, where one has
o hire another outfit
Al Dyea the Indians are moving the
feight in an almost uboroken stream
rom the landing to Lake Linderman,
Ahu II 10 no Trouble to contract to get
'ne's entire outfit put over at one trip
Or ~ TO S6 cents per pound. No one ]
mould come expecting to get over
nls fall for less rate, anu no one
hoaid bring boats. There are boats c
o. W. knocked down In sections anu | d
lngle boards on both trails from land b
ng TO base OF summit, but not yet a
AIKEN over. v
NEW AND RICH STRIKE. '
TACOMA, Aug. 8O.-A letter to the .
ledger has just been received from I
he north fork OF the Macmillan river,
aIsaka, from George Lennon, nd
ie,sed 10 his wife in Sjuih Taooms, q
wing particulars OF fabBloosly rich .
, ,,,1 on this tributary Of the Mac u
lillian river. Q
ne AID his partner went there from .
le Yukon on Information from an u
naian who accompanied them last a
,nng, and he says they have struck n p
salty richer than the Klondike. In D
itee months they have made o clean p'
p Of $4,000.
dc says they have large bucket
w dig can iull of nuggets anu al -
i0ugh they have no scales they -
'neve II VIII reach the amount ~
lhey have staksd Of five claims Is
w ne tells his wife 20 SEND up Jour W
'ehue whom hp d salQ mater, as quick | o.