The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

FER NJ 900 to change hands on tho turn
OF a card OF course 1t is that mucn in
gold dust. for real money is a scarce
article out there. Every man has a
sack OF dust, money being used but in
few cases. Men buy, sell or gamble by
the ounce or fraction of that amount.
The dancing halls are lively places
There are lots. OF women in Dawson
City; not the kind you would want to
Introduce your sister to. These women
have gone there from San Francisco
and Seattle. Altogether there are about
45o0 people all told, and they can make
enough noisesfor twice that number.
There is not much killing going on i'm
Dawson City. as one would imagine
from the class of many of the people up
there, for they do not think very much
of bad men" up there. The vigilance
committee takes care of them. and has
planted" about a dozen OF that class
in the past few months. and that has
had the effect of keeping the tough eie-
ment quiet.
The Canadian government early rec
ognzed that it would require a man
with iron nerve and Of great force OF
character besides being we'll acqua int
ed with the class OF people. to govern
have been made than that Of Major
Walsh who was recently appointed
governor OF the Klondike. on Oct.
Major Walsh with 1870 picked men OF The
Northwest mounted police left Victorit
on H. NJ. S. Quadra for Dyea. His plan
is 10 proceed overland 10 Dawson City.
Major Walsh is not the man 10 be turn
ed from his duty by the intimidation OF
numbers.
After the massacre of Custer and his
men. sitting Bull and his 5000 warriors
crossed into Canada. and IL was Major
Walsh who promptly rode into the In
dian camp and notified Sitting Bull that
he could only remain upon Canadian
soil so long as he obeyed the laws He
worked the bluff so well that soon Sit
ting Bull and his men decided to get
over the boundary again.
Lots OF queer people have got money
up there, or as they call il, have struck
it rich one kid from San Francisco
that everybody knows by the name OF
Wild Dick went there recently-no ono
knows how. He secured some old tools
and pan and went to work He is just
16 years old and Is as tough a kid as
you ever saw. but he has cleaned UP al
ready 50 COO for every one OF his years
Frisco wild money 90 burn" Re said
10 a friend, when I'm goln Go go back.
say Gully, I'm goin 60 wear rothin but
glimmers ON me mitts when ! gifts back
TO town"
man i'm the employ OF oro of the
big companies in Dawson City in q ~e-
cent letter 20 friends In the Trjad
States gave tho following pic'urc~ouc
incident which well illustra es life in
the great mining region and evcmpli-
fies TO a remarkable extent the two
kinds Of people to he met there
IF the papers print half OF the queer
things ! see up here. IL would be bet
ter than any book. About three weeks
ago there was an old fellow came from
back east. and he had with him a boy
about IS years of age. He was one of
the incest boys I have seen I'm this
country. He and his father staked out
a claim just east Of a claim right on the
river that the boys called Blue Rich
ness. | think the old man said he came
from Massachusetts,. He was a quiet
pcaccablc old man, minded his own
business and paid no attention to any
body. but after he commenced work on
his claim a few days ago IT got around
that every pan he washed out had 81
worth Of gold In Il. There are a lot OF
mean sons Of guns up here. and when
they think a man that has a good thing
can be run OF they Just get together
and try 60 run him off. So one night
two or three of these fellows went 10
the old mans tent. showed their guns in
the face of him sid his boy and told
them 81 they ala not get OF that claim
within - hours they would ret shot.
The old man wouldn't say anything TO
them al al, 20 one ~ them aftcrward !