Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-22

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 The Mono came down the river from Telegraph Thursday. She monkeyed around on the bay quite awhile before pulling up to her berth at the McKin- non wharf, but News man was watch ing her and as soon as her lines were securely fastened went on board.
 'ls this Captain Armstrong;" asked the News man, addressing q pleasant looking gentleman.
 "Ies sir said the captain and hand ing him our card he invited Us into his cabin We handed him a copy of the News, and after he had complmented its appearance, the writer commenced popping the questions at the captain.
 What are they doing on the Lake Teslin road?-we hear so many con hicting reports down here from Glcno- ra parties
 Well, said the captain, in the first place, to understand the situation, you must remember that the oldest, best and principal trail starts out from Tel egraph creek. There k another trail from Glcuora, that is to form june ton with the old trail, but it has not been built through to q connection with the first mentioned trail, and of course parties starting out from Glcnora find an uncompleted trail, but work iS be ing done on that trail and it will soon be completed On the trail from Tele- graph creek, tell your readers, over six ty men are at work for the Canadian government, besides q gang of bridge builders that are now putting a bridge across the Nahleen river which is about sixty miles out from Telegraph creek. From Telegraph creek to the summit, a distance of about ten milcS, there l. now completed good wagon road and from there the width of wagon road will be cut out, but only trail will be made across for a pack train and when that is accomplished the men will re turn to the end of the wagon road and complete that to the lake, From this statement it will be obscry ed that the Glenora trail is not in prop CT condition for the use of the travel ing public, but by going to Telegraph creek, parties can go through, as they have been doing for some time.
 Captain, how is the boat? 1 under stand she was built on the Stikeen river"
 All right, indeed. She does splend- idly and is the lightest draught boat on the river, and 1 take her up to Tele- graph creek every trip. Keeping post ed on the news, as you newspaper men do, you of course know but few boats go up that far. Yes, she was built on the Stikeen. We went into eight feet of snow near the boundary line last winter. put up our own saw mill and planer, and in tifty-eight days were go- ing up the river"
 Have you any other news from above?n
 "Yes, the steamer at Lake Teslin is almost completed; the machinery is all over there.n
 We mistrusted the captain was "shy- ing" around our question. There was some other news we wanted for the dear readers of the paper the captain had been experimenting. We looked at the captain and the captain looked at us. We were both probably think silence in our softest and most gentle tone.
 Captain, who was the prisoner that you brought down from Telegraph creek and transferred to the tug Czar out in the bay before you tied up at the whaf?" asked the News man.
 This took him by surprise. Really, we believe he thought he was being in terviewed by mind reader. The Cap, tain didn't know there was another mind reader in Fort Wrangel besides Inspector Hofstad. What passed through the captains mind, we of course don't know-we are only guess ing, but we got what we were after, anyhow.
 Why, that was Claus-i think that was his name-the man who murdered two men some eight miles up the river last March. He was kept at Telegraph with the expectation that he would be tried at that place, but the authorities have concluded not to hold court up there and he is being taken to Nanai- mo. l feel very sorry for the witnesses. They came from Los Angeles, Califor- mia and have been detained ever since April. They also go down. l came down the river and remained out in the bay until the tug pulled up side of me, when the transfer was made, and then for the first time this trip ] pulled up to the wharf,"
 This ended our talk with Captain Armstrong, who is one of the most affa- ble gentlemen we ever met, and who no doubt makes it pleasant for those tray cling in his boat.
 The report, current around here, that the Athenian and the Tartar had been chartered by the United States govern ment, for the transportation of troops to Manila, is officially denied by the