Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-02-04
ALASKAN NUGGETS.

BOGUS customs officials have been
llcccing the miners in the vicinity OF
Lake Lindcrman.
If the crop OF Klondike gold proves
to be as big As the crop of klondike
liars, there will be no reason to COM
plain OF the former.
Several OF Hoquiam's klondike en-
thusiasts are said to have slept in the
woodSIcd during the cold, snowy
nights last week, just for practice.
The schooner Bcring Sea arrived
at Seattle, Sunday from Cooks Inlet,
bring down % Malamook dogs which
are intended for the Klondkc trail.
Skagway is rapidly filling up with
the most notorious bunco and con-
tdcncc men in the United States, who
see there a rich field for their opera
tions. There are not few cases of
men being buncocd out of hundreds
oil dollars.
A business house is getting ready to
ship 5000 gallons Of fresh Washington
oysters to the Klondike. They will
pack them in five gallon cans, and
freeze them solid. The oysters will
come from Shoalwater Bay, on the
south coast, Oyster Bay, near Olympia,
and Samish.
+. J. Livcrnash, one of the COM
missioners sent by the Klondike min
crs to Ottawa to lay their grievances
before the government, tells people to
beware of fake Klondikc reports. He
saws little is known OF the district be-
yond what was known last spring, and
that no new discoveries have been
made. Wheat schemes are just as
plentiful as in other mining camps.
A barge for the Alaskan trade is
being built at Old Tacoma, which
is the largest vessel ever built on this
coast. 1t is $50 feet long so feet beam
and II feet depth midship and Is
forward. The carrying capacity will
be 1900 tons. She will require Co.,
600 feet of fir lumber and cost $50, 600.
The barge will be launched on the 22d
inst. Washington" has been sng-
gestcd for a name.
The route out from Dawson to
Skaguay is a rough sort Of bridal path,
but Mrs. Lou Keller, the second wo-
man to come out that way, expects it
to lead to the altar. She has been a
vaudeville dancer at Dawson, and
made $4,000 there, but Leonard
Sedgewick paid her expenses out, on
condition that she should marry him.
Scdgewick is said to have sold his
claim for good price.
A riot occurred at Skaguay, OH the
22d ult., on arrival of the Alki from
Puget Sound, between local longshore-
men and the crew of the steamer.
The Captain of the Alki had brought
number of Indian longshoremen
from Juneau to discharge the vessels
cargo, and as soon as the steamer was
made fast to the dock and the Indian
laborers began to work the trouble be-
gan. A mob of at least 100 men made
an onslaught on the Indians, striking
and beating them in ferocious
manner. The first mate of the steam
ship interfered, but in n moment was
knocked down by the enragcd mob.
Then Captain Henkle, of the steamer
ordered the hotwater hose turned on the
crowd, but the order was not executed.
Had it been, serious loss of life would
have been inevitable. Several of the
Indian longshoremen were badly cut
and bruised, but no fatalities resulted.
A parley was subsequently held, which
resulted in the white longshoremen
securing the work of discharing the
Axis cargo, the Indians being kept
OH board the steamer.