The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20


 doctors to the water consumed. The town is very poorly provided for in tnls regard there being few deep springs, the water in general use being surface and seepage, having the brown color or the moss and very cold, as coming ul- rectly off the ice. Half the big town IS sick on account of 1t, as the warm weather has tempted to an incorporate use of 1t. A mad dog went snarl1ng through the streets a few days ago snapping at the great number Of dogs in his path. He was killed, and an or der is now in force requiring all dogs to be tied up until the 18th of August A negro boy has received the very lucrative position of poundmaster. He is given the right to capture and tie up the dogs found running at large. His charge for care and feed IS at Dawson rates.
 The Dominion Creek affair, in which Gold Commissioner Fawcett locked the creek up until certain day in July and then threw it open three days De- fore the date fixed. to the great ad- vantage of a number who knew that the order was to be changed, has been the subject of constant irritation since then, not only between the Commis- siOner and the people, but between tne Commissioner and Major Walsh. The friction there has resulted almost in a II the committee appointed by the mass meeting charged the change in the or der to Major Walsh. Major Walsh being confronted with this declaration fatly denied the truth of it, and there was immediate cause for trouble. The relations of the two officials are not cordial even in a slight degree. Mass meetings of miners have recently be- | come of frequent occurrence, and Tn | them all the officials are severely crit licized, especial pleasure being taken Tn i speaking plain concerning the Gold i Commissioner. The last meeting Of this kind framed a petition to Major l Walsh, asking him to suppress the l Mine Exchange. This is the instttu- ] ton where claims are auctioned every l afternoon. The low prices at which
 many claims have sold at the exchange
 have had a tendency to demorailze the market. Claim owners and brokers
 say the place has done more injury to
 the mining industry than has the roy
 atty tax, and this expression was useu
 in the petition to Walsh. It was sui
 fcient to cause him to refuse to grant it. He said that inasmuch as the or,
 dCS2Is and the law had been coup4ed
 as evils alike in character It would ps inconsistent in him to suppress one anu ta not the other He had the power hs said. to do away with the royalty aL5 all ne naQ IlOl uOIS It, bAANA NA0A
 not suppress the exchange. , | Auction houses are doing big DuSl-
 ness in disposfng of outfits or those
 who. not finding here what they e pected. are eager to get away IHei i are three regular auction houses so eI,
 gagged. not to speak Of the lnoepelIu is l individual who rises up at Inter S'io ~
 along the water 1roht anu
 The cIean-up in so far as 1t will be
 oomnleted this year is almost over A
 great deal of ground will not be washed ] at all, so 10th are the miners to rehGet- ] ino m the 10 per cent royalty. This
 -aI,of+T has given the whole district the 1 iaundice. The disgust of the mine 1 owners. big and little, is felt in the
 street and on the trail, everywhere. i Very many claims that would other
 wise be worked will not be touched,
 beyond the necessary representing
 work this winter. The hope ls' or course. that the tax will be lifted and if it Is within the year the gold that lies frozen in the ground will have earned very good interest over that which has been dug and washed out Generally, however, preparations are begun for the coming winters mining operations.
 The Monarch the Columbia NaVlga- tion Company's steamer, Captain Clark w Sprague, arrived on Thursday with a number of passengers and to-day the Sovereign of the same line arrived. The Monarch's arrival is the first instance so far recorded of a new boat getting LID this river on its first attempt Tor In it's first season. Captain Sprague was congratulated among steamboatmen
 throughout town. The feat to have been repeated by the same company Tn such quick succession was considered remarkable. The Monarch started on her return trip this afternoon.
 The big naval victory at Santiago de ! Cuba was celebrated by the Americans ! here to-day. Major Walsh turned the 1 town over to them until o'clock to- morrow morning. A procession marched | up and down Front street bearing | American and English flags and ban
 ners wearing the portraits of Dewey and Schley. From a platform in front 1 of the Alaska Commercial Company
 store speeches were made by number ! of Americans and very pretty speecf
 by Judge Mcguire of this district. Song:
 were sung by men and women and 1T
 some of which the big crowd Joined
 The town is quite wide open tonight.