The herald., 1898-03-08
REPORTS OF STRIKES
LEAD TO A STAMPEDE FROM
DAWSON CITY
MUD ON THE AMERICAN CREEK
Paying Five Dollars to the Pan and
Big Salmon Dirt Fifty Times
as Much
Associated Press Special Wire

VICTORIA, b. c., March 7.-F. Nicholas
who arrived from Dawson City today, con-
firms reports of big strikes on American
creek, and a stampede to that place from
Dawson. He also reports rich strikes on
Rosebud creek. fifty miles this side q
Dawson. Prospectors took out from 81 to
Sc to the pan, and when the news reached
Dawson, a big crowd started for the dig
gings. The creek Is said to be very rich
A NICE NUGGET
SEATTLE, WASH, March 7.-Among the
passengers on the steamer FarallOn from
the north were Thomas Graham of Ontario
and Thomas Elliott of Monroe, the lates;
arrivals from Dawson City.
They left there February l, with H. Peter
of Indiana, and it is alleged that they
brought out $4,000.
Before the trio left Dawson nugget OF
gold valued at S1036 was found in El Dorado
creek.
Elliott says that when they reached the
mouth of the Big Salmon river they found
the Canadian police much excited over q
find of gold that had just been made ur
the river only little distance.
A half-breed Indian connected with the
mounted police sank three holes in Siffer-
ent parts of the river bar, and dirt aver
aging $3.50 to the pan was found.
A committee of six physicians sends out
the statement that there have been only 19
deaths at Skaguay during the past six
months
SEATTLE, Wash, March 7.-The steam
err Alliance arrived today from Copper
river, Alaska. Captain Hardwick reports
that everything was quiet when he left.
Prospectors are now going over the Valdes
pass into the interior without any trobule.
The trail is reported to be in good cond-
ha cit nf ('nnnpr
des bay, have organized a court for the
purpose of dealing with lawbreakers.
A set of laws have been drawn up which
provide that all offenses are to be tried by
q jury of twelve. The accused person is
to have the right of three peremptory chal-
lenges in the impaneling of the jury. In
the case of murder, the penalty is to be
death. In all cases of larceny of over 500,
the penalty is to be the same as that for
morder Under 500, complete restitution
is to be made, and the offender is given
ten days to get out of the country.
The Alliance came down the inside pas
sage, and nothing was seen or heard of the
overdue schooner Besise X.
A SCHOONER SAFE
ASTORIA, Ore, March 7.-Advices re-
ceived from Tillamook tell of the safe ar
rival of the lumber schooner Del Norte,
which was supposed to have been lost The
Del Norte had a very severe passage, and
was twenty days overdue from San Fran
cisco.
YUKON STEAMERS
SAN FRANCISCO. March THE first
steamers for use on Lake Bennett and
the waters of the upper Yukon are to go
to Skaguay on the steamer Dirigo this
week. They are fifty feet long, ten fee;
broad and two feet six inches deep. They
have been built in sections and will be
taken over Chilcoot pass to their destina-
ton. Twelve men are going up with the
boats to put them together at Lake Ben
nett
BOUND TO EARN MONEY
SAN FRANCISCO, March 7,-Captain
Blackburn and his crew of gold hunters
from Gloucester. Mass, who came around
the Horn in the schooner Hattie l. Phil
lips, are not going to patiently await the
opening of the Yukon. They have char
tered their vessel to carry lumber from
Grays harbor. and are going to do all
the work themselves. Lumber freights are
now high, and the fishermen miners from
Gloucester will earn considerable money
while awaiting the opening of the river
If they can sell the Phillips they will so
TO ST. Michaels by steamers. If they can't
get fair price for her, they will sail her
to the mouth of the Yukon or Kotzebue
sound.
CANADIAN TROOPS
OTTAWA, Ont, March THE state.
ment that the Dominion government in
tends sending a military expedition to the
Yukon is not altogether accurate. What
the government is contemplating is the
sending out of men and officers of the
Permanent corps to the Klondike in future
instead of taking away more of the
mounted police. which would necessitate
the enSaing of more policemen. In this
way a saving can be effected and the
permanent troops can have a little ex-
perience at roughing it in the west, instead
of lying in idleness in the garrisoned
cities.
THE REINDEER HERD
VANCOUVER, Wash, March Brig
adierGeneral Merriam, accompanied by
Captain Allison chief of commssary and
Lieutenant Graves, one of his aids, left this
afternoon for Seattle to make arrange
ments for the shipment of the government
reindeer from that point to Dyea and
Copper river. Captain w. p. Abercrombie
Second infantry, also left for Seattle to
take charge of the reindeer when they ar
rive there. He will select 200 reindeer and
proceed up the Copper river and down the
Tanana river to the Yukon. He will be fol-
lowed few days later by Captain Glenn
and Lieutenant Brookfield and twenty
five enlisted men of Captain Eldrdge's de-
tachment now at Dyea, who will accom-
pany the Copper river expedition. They
will follow the same route Captain Aber-
crombie took in 1884 when exploring that
part of Alaska under instructions from
General Miles.
CROWDING TO KLONDIKE
SAN FRANCISCO, March THE steam
er Victoria, which sailed for Puget sound
ports today, carried nearly 800 passengers
and their departure caused a large crowd
to gather at the dock. Many of those on
board the Victoria are going to the Klon-
dixie, but large proportion are eastern
bound travellers, who intend taking adj
vantage Of the low rates on the Canadian
Pacific.
THE HOMESTEAD LAW
TORONTO, Ont, March 1.-The Ottawa
correspondent of the Globe, the Liberal
governments mouthpiece, referring today
to the passage of the Alaskan homestead
law by the United States and the conces-
sons to be asked from Canada in return
for the privilege of bonding goods at Fort
Wrangle, says: 'The answer of our gov
ernment to the remarkable legislation
passed by the senate at Washington on
Friday, should it receive the presidents
sanction, will be courteous reminder that
we intend to navigate the Stickeen under
the treaty rights, which give us this priv
ilege forever
ut will be probably intimated to the au-
thorities at Washington, as plainly as
diplomatic words can intimate it, that
Canada will shut up the Yukon as tight
as a bottle. turn back all American miners
and keep the gold fields as they are. unde-
veloped, until a railway can be built from
an ocean port of British Columbia into the
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