Douglas Island news., 1900-08-08
ALASKA BRIEFS.

White Horse is about to organize a fire brigade.
 Dawson and Forty Mile are to have telegraphic connections.
 Returning miners warn people to keep away from Koyukuk.
 The sl5 rate between White Horse and Dawson is still in effect.
 skagway's rival telephone companies are warning with each other.
 Regular trains are now running be- tween Skagway and White Horse.
 Thirty mounted police passed thro' Skagway August 1st for Dawson.
 The FarallOn had 122 head of cattle for Dawson on her last trip north.
 Judge Johnson is reported to be making all kinds of money at Nome.
 Of all sad words in prose or poem, the saddest of all: be went to Nome.
 George O'Brien is now on trial at Dawson for the murder of Lynn Relic.
 A7oz 13 dwt gold nugget was re. gently picked up on Mckee creek, At lin district
 Jack Dalton, the trail builder, recent ly brought out over 300 ounces of gold from Porcupine.
 Judge John F. Malony, of Juneau, accompanied Senator Mason on his trip to Porcupine.
 President Graves of the White Pass R. R. is not in favor of repeating the bonding privilege.
 A longshoresman named Gordon had his leg broken on July 26th at Skagway while unloading lumber.
 The c. B. &.Q. R. R. has filed notice of it's intention to build a road from Valdez to Thompson Pass.
 The fare from Dawson to White Horse has been cut to S25, with pros. poets of a further reduction.
 The hull of the wrecked steamer Florence S. lies in Thirty Mile river covered with 15 feet of water.
 
 Skookum Jim, one of the original discoverers of the Klondike, went south with his family the other day.
 Capt. John Irving has contested the election in the Cassiar district and new election will probably be called.
 Those competent to know say that but little thorough prospecting has been done as yet in the Dawson dis. trict.
 White Horse merchants complain that the White Pass R. R. is discrimin- ating against their town in favor of Caribou Crossing.
 Adelard Bouard, native of St. Hen ri, Lewis county, Quebec, was killed in Klondike July 12 by frozen gravel fall ing on him in a mine.
 Danny Needham, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Kid Burns, of Boston, Mass, fought 10 round contest at White Horse July 27th for a purse of $500 and gate receipts.
 Coal has been discovered within 9 miles of Dawson, and it is believed that the output can be sold at profit in that city at the comparatively low price of SIP per ton.
 Judge W. E. Crews, of Juneau, has gone to Eagle City to defend Wm. Hub. bard, who is to be tried for the murder of Tom McNamee last May. He will visit Nome before returning.
 Indians were the first to discover the copper deposits in the vicinity of White Horse. Their lack of knowledge con- corning mineral deceived and led them to believe they had found gold.
 Herbert Davenport, was shot and killed by a man named King, near the mouth of White river, a short time ago. King was arrested immediately after the commission of the crime.
 The Steamer Clifford Sifton shot the White Horse rapids in safety and made the trip in 29 minutes. Soon after she entered the second canyon two men were knocked overheard by a sweep, but were rescued without injury.