The San Francisco call., 1898-10-02

[ mia; James Reyes of San Jose, Cal. :26th. typhoid; John Cameron. South I Bend, Wash, .27th, typhoid, and F., |: :Balmer. 2Sth, typhoid. .3 fs Flags are: at half mast to-day be- cause of the death of Captain Barring ton, master of the steamer Willie Irv- | ing, that has made such. record this summer in plying safely and swiftly the Upper Yukon. = Captain Barring I.ton has been sick a bout two weeks and has received the. best of care. The steamer, with his brother, Sydney, | aboard, is now up: the river. The broth | CTS, with two others, bought. the steamer early in the summer; payin g s21,000 for her. She was put on the run between here and White Horse and became so popular with those go- i ing out that she has already returned the purchase. money. Captain Barring ton came from the Puget Sound and was for years in command of a speedy boat plying between Tacoma and Se- attle.
 Robbery and assault. that had be- come notable for it's absence, has re- gently broken out with considera ble violence. The ferryman on the Klon- dike has twice been held up within the week; a man on the Fl Dorado trail was shot at, beaten and robbed a few days ago; a hole was cut in a window on Front street and a thief made away with a handful of nuggets. A number of thefts are reported of caches. Few arrests are made. The disgust and disappointment of thousands who are camped here, and who know of no other way to recoup themselves, are in this finding some expression. On the whole. however, this is a marVelously orderly town, considering the composition of it. The building of the town keeps up it's tremendous pace.
 Almost every day sees the foundation laid for some big warehouse or business house as well as score of cabins. The little city takes on new complexion with each week as it passes. The two big companies, the Alaska Commercial and North American Trading and Transportation, are still at the front as the two largest commercial houses here, but they are by no means the only ones as was the case last fall. Immense warehouses of full dozen other com panies have ranged themselves along the water front beside them. Tons and tons and tons of provisions have been landed here, together with boat loads of other freight in which is included aI- most every article that by any possi- bility might be desired. Prominent in this varied freight are silk: dresses. There was ev a high silk hat came to town and a man wore 1t: down through the main street against wager that he dare not. " It returned to to the starting point intact, but ap- peared upon the streets not again. Thirty boats lave landed their freight and passengers here thus far this sum- mer and many more are on the way. Many Of these brought barges. The Louise alone, with two barges, brought nine hundred tons.. The Seattle Nos and 2 have just landed 300 tons of flour. No, there will be no scarcity of pro- visions this winter, but 1t Is quite evil dent that high average price will be maintained. Flour is held at $16 a hundred and 1t is likely that will be the price of it for the winter; bacon cannot be bought in the big stores under 25 cents: while butter is still $1 50 a pound Butter is either really scarce or is. be- ing withheld from the market. None of it has a. peared in the auctions for some time. The cry of the auctioneer is heard everywhere about the streets in the evening. He has an infinite variety of wares to sell and they still go. off at very low prices, save the provisions which run as an average a little below the store prices. The tendency of the crowd is to get rid of its outfit and get out. Rates have been quoted lately as low as S60 to St. Michael by regular steamers Since my last dispatch the steamers Seattle No. and Seattle No. 1, the Rock Island. the Rideout and the G. F. Gustin have arrived up. The Linda also returned from the flats,