The herald., 1898-02-06

Tomorrow he will be tried by a com
mittee of twelve persons Judicial form
will be followed as closely as possible
It is the general opinion that IL foun
guilty Fay will be hanged. The theate
has been closed by the citizens. Th
murder had sad sequel in the death o
Rowan's wife, and his child, which wa
born O short time previous to the muir
der of it's father. Rowen was on his wa.
to obtain medical assistance for his wifi
when the shooting occurred. The shoot
ing grew out of a brawl in the theate
in which McGrath was a participant
McGrath appeele to Marshal Rowen
who was shot and killed while trying t,
arrest Fay.
CONGRESS NOTIFIED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The Wal
Department has called the attention OF
Congress to the need of additional mill
tary protection in Alaska, and in this
connection says:
Information received at this depart
ment indicates the necessity of legisla-
tion to provide effective means of con-
trolling the disorderly element among
the large number of people now in and
flocking to Alaska, and for preventing
persons who are without an adequate
supply of food and clothing from enter
ing the territory to perish during the
severe winters unless relieved by the
government"
Urgent recommendation is made for
further military posts and adequate
force in line with the recommendations
of the Presidents message and Secre-
fqry of Wars ranOrt.
SALMON RIVER STRIKES
VANCOUVER, B. c., Feb. 5.-The
steamship Coquitlam, which recently
struck on a rock near Mary Island, Off
the southwest coast of Alaska, while
bound north, has arrived direct from
Skaeuay, bringing news of affairs
in the northern territory. The news
that rich strikes had been made on the
Big Salmon has been confirmed by
party who came out for supplies. Pay
dirt yielding 80 cents to the pan had been
discovered in gravel above bed rock,
which at last report had not been
reached. On Henderson creek, five
miles below the Stewart, good strikes
have been made. 1t is likely the stream
will prove rich in gold.
--latest reports from the interior of
Alaska are especially encouraging.
Minook river and it's tributaries, as we'll
as scores of other streams in that region,
promise to surprise the world, says a
returning prospector, in the next year,
and all the United States will rejoice.
1t is now generally conceded that the
winters cleanup will not be more than
$40, 100000
The Coquitlam passed twenty steam
ers bound for Skaguay. Skaguay is al
ready overcrowed and work is scarce.
ADAWSoN STAMPEDE
JUNEAU, Alaska. Feb. 1, by steamer
City of Seattle to Victoria, Feb. 5.-A
stampede from Dawson is imminent
The news was brought out by party
of about a dozen men which reached
Skaguay on January 2S, several of
whom reached here by small steamer
on the evening of the same day. Among
them was George McKenna of Douglas
Island, who has been in the Yukon for
two years. He also states that a num-
Der of very rich new strikes have been
made. This is the very latest from the
Klondike, as four men in the party left
Dawson as late as December 26.
A party of twenty four men left Daw-
son on December 10 for Stewart river.
They intend to prospect the Stewart
river up it's entire course to and into the
Rocky Mountains. Gold has always
been found in the bars of the Yukon. For
years the sandbanks of the Stewart have
produced gold, and in some places there
has been a rich yield to the pan.
AS much of the gold in Yukon came
from the Klondike and its un-
rich MISUNDERSTANDING, Ell
Dorado, Hunker and other creeks-it is
argued that so, also, the gold in the |
Stewart river bars may come from the
same situation and from deposits equally |
as rich.
Two new creeks have been discovered. |
One in the Kloudike district. Here the |
ground shows 40 cents to the pan, with |
seven feet of pay dirt to work. The |
richest creek is in the Indian river dis |
trict, in the same vicinity. Eighty |
cents pan was found in this dirt a few
inches below the surface with bed rock |
many feet below. This is said to equal
anything found at first on Bonanza or |
Ell Dorado. There was a stampede to
the Indian river district as soon as the |
discovery became known.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The Post |
office Department has awarded to the |
klondike, Yukon and Copper River
Company a contract for carrying the
nails for four years from Seattle, Wash,
@ Dyea, Alaska, including Juneau, Sit
IA and Skaguay and other intermediate
points. There are to be five round trips
Zach month throughout the year and the
is to be $E5. $50 per annum
WILL STRING WIRES
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5.-Dawson
City will soon be in communication with
he coast by means of wires. The Sun
let Telephone Company will, in a few
lays, commence the construction of a
elC1hone line from Dyea to a point on
lake Linderman, fifty miles distant.
This is only the beginning of the enter
Prise. Nothing definite could be learned
oday as to when the line will be COM
,leted, or how rapidly it will be ad-
,anced from the present prospective
erminus, but enough was learned to
Justify the statement that the distance
bove mentioned will be in working oper-
tion by early spring. From there on, the
will be as rapid as crcum-
tances will permit.
THE RECORDS SAVED
SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 5.-Advices re-
eived here today from Juneau, Alaska,
n the steamer City of Seattle state