Douglas Island news., 1900-11-21
ALASKA BRIEFS.

The lake steamer Cleaner mas been tied up at Atlin for the winter.
 Traffic over the ice on the Yukon in the vicinity of Dawson began Nov, 2nd.
 Coal bunkers with capacity of 5000 tons have just been completed at Skag- way.
 The Victoria Times denies the story that the Dominion telegraph line over laps.
 Dawson recently experienced cold spell in which the thermometer got down to B below zero.
 Two U. s. deputy marshals were re- gently fined $25 each at Sitka for as- sault and battery on prisoner.
 Engine No. 53 with two flat cars were ditched at Porcupine hill on the White Pass road Nov. 7th. Not much damage | resulted.
 The steamers City of Seattle and the Dolphin will leave Seattle for Skagway Nov. 29th and an interesting race be- tween them is expected
 After January 1st there will be four To-day boats on the Seattle-Alaska run. The City of Seattle, Dolphin, State of California and Humboldt.
 The American voters of Dawson poll ed 3337 votes in their presidential con- test. Of these Bryan received 24O4 and Mckinley 933. The British vote of Dawson is less than 1900.
 The White Horse Star says that an enterprising individual has taken pos session of the slough north of town used for skating purposes by our young people and now charges 9 cents per skate.
 A bet of 82OO has been made in Skag- way that one-half ton of picked ore from the Cleaner mine on Taku Arm will yield more than $12OOO. Two and half ounces of the rock crushed up in hand mortar yielded S1.36.
 American horses bound for the Klon- dike must be inspected at Skagway by the Canadian authorities before they will be permitted to proceed. E. S. Bus by, in charge of Canadian customs at Skagway, has notified the traffic de- partment of the railroad of that fact. Mir. Busby will conduct the examina- tion which is provided to prevent the introduction of distemper or other dis eases.
 A contract has been let by F. D. INowelI, receiver of the Novel; proper ties at Seward City, for the erection of building covering the blanket sluices at cost of about s2OOO The mill is now dropping it's entire forty stamps on rock from the Kensington, and is milling on an average 125 tons per diem. The concentrates are shipped to the Tacoma shelter, as we'll as few tons 1 of selected rock, which pays handsome Iy.
 Jos. Molineaux, who has been absent in Boston for several weeks securing capital to develop copper mines in the Big Salmon country, has written to Jas. Salee of Skagway, who is also interest ed in the property, that be has been successful and will return to Skagway in short time and go into that coun- try as soon as navigation opens. He writes that it was very easy to secure capital for an Alaska enterprise as peo- pie of the east think we'll of this coun- try.
 The Alaskan says that E. s. Johan- neson, a fisherman, picked up,a mon- ster vhale in the canal vetween Skag- way and Haines, and the Alert lowed it to Skagway. The whale is 45 feet long and was dead when found, though in Q good state of preservation. Mir. Johan- neson says he had great difficulty in se- curing the leviathian. He at first thought it alive and tried to avoid it but when his fishing line crossed it and failed to disturb it he found it was dead. He then made fast to it and lowed it to Chilkoot inlet and tied it to the bank. At Skagway it was put on exhibition for two or three days and then tried out for it's oil.
 J.R. Montgomery. a pioneer prospec-