The San Francisco call., 1897-08-22
less anxious to purchase iightweights,
which are becoming scarce locally.

less anxious to purchase iightweights,
which are becoming scarce locally.
The Danube will waste no time on her
present trip, but will make all possible
speed in order to reach st. Michaels as
soon as possible with the material for the
construction of the new vessel to be built
for the Canadian Pacific Navigation Com
pany service on the Yukon. This mate
rial she will load Immediately on her re-
turn from her present trip.
Among the passengers on the Danube
we're Sergeant Raven and Inspector
Strickland of the mounted police. Ac-
com panying them were also SIX addi-
tional mem hers of the force. They Will
carry a mail through to Fort Cudahv,
Dawson City, Forty mile and intermediate
points. The Stickeen- Yukon Transporta-
ton and Development Company to-day
filed articles of incorporation with cap
ital stock placed at $4,000 000 The trus-
tees are Julius Steinberger of San Fran
cisco. Daniel o. Fisher, Joseph A. Kuhn,
Charles A. Dyer ana w. Turner of Seat
tie.
The schooner Moonlight will not get of
until tomorrow niGht for Dyea and
Skaguay. Tickets on the schooner have
found ready sale and it is evident that
she will have full load. She has accom-.
modations for sixty passengers and Will
take nearly fifty tons of freight. The
Moonlight is to he towed north by the tug
J. NJ. Coleman, which is now on the ways
a Ballard receiving repairs.
The steamer Willamette is due from
Alaska August % or "a She will load a
return cargo, including large amount OF
feed, livestock, lum Der and coal. 1t is
possible that she will make still another
trip to the north.
The schooner Q1een saiied to-day from
:he Kerry mill Ior St. Michael. She is
chartered by the North American Trans
portation and Improvement Company,
and is loaded with lumber and parts of
two river steamers which have been con-
structed by the Morans for the North
American comrany. Her lumber cargo
amounts 10 $50 900 feet.
The bark Shirley which expects to
leave on Wednesday ior Alaska, IS receiv-
ing nearly $1,000 worth of new M achinery,
aud local dealers are furnishing lum Der,
oakum, pitch, paint, ETC., in giving the
ship thorough repairing. A marine In
su.ance company has placed $4,000 insur-
ance on the vessel While making the trip
TO the Yukon.
The steamer Rosalie is due to- morrow
from Dyea and Skaguay, but nothing has
as yet been heard from her and Manager
Peabody rather expects that she will be a
dav late in arriving.
Information received from Victoria
states that much interest is expressed
about that city in connection with the
report that Hon. Clifford Sftou, the
Minister of the Interior, is coming 20 the
coast with Major Walsh, the newly APP
pointed administrator OF the Y Yukon dis
trict, and that the Minister had been so
much impressed by the protests with re-
ard to the roy atty and reservation Clauses
In the mining regulations that he has de-
cided to hear the com plants OF the British
Colum bans and then go in person to the
Klondike. in order 10 acquaint himself
with the exact condition of affairs. Cap
tain Gaud, resident agent OF the depart
ment of marine, has received no official
intimation as to the Governments inten-
iions other than contained in dispatch
asking him to have the Quadra ready to
proceed to Dyea by September 90 if neces-
sary, the party planning to take advant-
age of the SHOWS and frozen rivers to go in
by dog trains.