The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-12
Mcdonald Coming Out.


COS; OF transportation over the divide and
down The river
Mcdonald Coming Out
Alexander Mcdonald. the bonanza king
OF the Yukon. came mp the river on the
Domville and made ms way 10 Sksgway
He viii come down Oh tae Cottage City.
which Is due tonight He Will NOT bring
much wealth with him. H. owns sixty
or seventy claims in the Yukon country.
which are among the best in the richest
districts Jack Dalton also came cut as
far as The Domyi.le could take nm
Among the Seattle's passengers WAS
william Lesgeit. who has spent four sum
ners In the Yukon, making Circle city his
headQuaFters until the kiondike strike
when he vas one Of the first on the new
ground lie located claim No j. on Eido-
rado which he sold for a high figure He
eth retains interests III Il number Of vaiu-
Abe claims near Dawson and Circle CITY.
Much alarm has been felt q Skagway AS
result OF the report mat ex-Mayor Grant
Of Vancouver. Is. u and a number of 9th
sr Canadians. according - supposed reli-
abb adv ces. have Jumped the claims on
Nngh; creek, the richest stream vet d.s-
covered In the Attn lake district /; ap-
pears tina; as sbon Grant arrived on
De scene the recorder for some reason
discovered that the original locators had
no complied with the law relatiye to the
Ay-over season, and so the new arrivals
nlshel up 10 Surprise lake and jumped
Wright creek. Il IS reported that the gold
eo'nlnf sssnllrF OF that district has said that
the original localors are entitled To- the
claims ana t.iat when the matter goes be-
fore HIN for dd tust ment in the spring he
viii ous Grant and his party.
The afternoon OF October > the White
Pass ukon Railway Company celebrated
the breaking Of the first SOIL on British ter
rtory. \ number of distinguished Cana
dian officials were present and took an ac-
tive part in the ceremonies. The first
shoye.fm VAS turned by Capt Cartwright.
OF the Northwest mounted police and
fbf 70 Al " bn
On his way 10 Dawson 10 assume hir dtl-
ties as judge Of the Yukon district. Among
Others present were: Chief Engineer HIS
lop who Is in charge of the work; Con-
Tractor Honey. Superintendent Teal Of the
tram on Chilkoot pass: Joseph Aimee Du-
gas son Of Judge bUgaS. Aimee fompre OF
Montreal {. 9 Hartman the newly-ap-
pointed postmaster for Dawson. and Mai
cropper. OF London.
Work VIII he Pushed
The work of construction viii BE pushed
al winter with eco men al work. II ia
expected that trains Will be running 70
Log CABIN thirty miles from Skagwsy. by
the middle II February The road on thu,
Canadian eide Will De known as the British
Columbia nixon railway. that beirg the
nane under which the charter was
granted.
Dr. II l. RunnaIis OF Skagwav 70
turned there few days ago from Pleasant
camp on tle Dalton traii Il IL reported
mat he saw i've prcspertors who had Just
returned from tributary Of the klehena
river. whore they took si(o In dusr from
bench claim In i've days. The place they
found IL 3 seventy miles inland from Pyra-
mss haropr. The snow and ice drove them
cg,
one Of ne passengers on The city OF Sc
attic Wa T. W. Trounce. Who was a flnan-
elai broker here for Ten years. ana then
went 70 Victoria where he was aprolrtad
agent at Dawson Tor the Canadian DaveI-
onren. Company. which has SfeN rreTe. on
the Yukon he came out - Victoria %