Douglas Island news., 1902-04-09
wstobman George McMillan has con.

the steamers Mona and Gleuora HI Steamboat Slough, opposite Dawson on the night of March 2S. In his comics fession he implicated several others and warrants have been issued for their ar rest. The extreme penalty for the crime is imprisonment for life.
 The pay on Conglomerate is proving to be richer and more extensive than was known some time ago. On No. B the pay has of late proven much bet ter than was anticipated. Two to five feet of pay has been struck yielding pans running 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 cents each. The depth is about 30 feet, ali though there are some shallower work ings.
 Mount Redoubt, situated on the southeast side of Cook Inlet, near Hi anna Bay, which acquired the smoking habit untold ages ago, went into con vulsions January 18th, and the country for 15O miles around was covered with ashes, sand, lava, and other evidences of badly disordered liver, coughed up up from the internal recesses of its ap- paratus.
 F. A. Marquam, of Haines, says that two prospectors working on high bar on Mush creek are taking out 40 cents to the pan right along and have not yet reached bedrock. This bar is located on claims Nos. ? and below discovery. He says that there is steady stream of prospectors passing through Haines on the way to the diggings and every steamer brings load.
 The Nome Gold Digger says that the wood dealers have certainly put a crimp in the coal barons that is not likely to be strengthened out this win ter, for with wood going begging at Sl0 per cord the people, especially the cab in dwellers, will not pay S30 to $40 for coal. Good dry wood is now being of fered by the dealers at from S10 to SIP per cord and it is hard to dispose of it at that low figure.
 The Skagway Guide says that it is not unlikely that some astonishing rail- road developments will show up pretty soon. The Guide would wager nickle that as soon as Mr. Hawkins common ces work on the Yukon the w. P. & Y. R. R. will push on to Selkirk with all possible speed. They will not be con- vinced that Hawkins line is to be lim- ited to few short miles. It is said by competent and we'll informed engineers that the little general has practical route laid out to reach Southeastern Alaska. From the best obtainable au- thority he has all the funds necessary for the work at his command.
 The White Horse Star says that picturesque scene never to be forgot ten by the sourdoughs and one to de- light the eyes of a cheechaco was pre- sented Tuesday morning on Front St., when fourteen staIwart drivers with arms at tension reined up twenty eight fine big thoroughbred horses with glistening harness and silver bells hitched in pairs to fourteen sleds each carrying two tons of eggs belonging to Coleman X Carroll to make the trip for Dawson. A most encouraging start was made and all White Horse citizens wished them success. Such energy and enterprise as theirs is the material that makes a prosperous country.
 The Alaskan says that before the sailing of the Dolphin Col J. w. Ivey related the circumstances of an event that can scarcely fail to have at least little bearing upon the eventual settle ment of the Alaskan boundary ques- tion. During the latter part of last summer and within the past six months Dick Frazier, an official civil engineer of the Canadian government, and one of the most prominent civil engineers in Canada, destroyed Russian bound ary monument. The monument was of stone, resting upon stone base, and there was Russian inscription upon it. It was situated IS miles beyond the modus vivendi line on the Canadi- an side. In the presence of two Amer ican miners, Mir. Frazier ordered his men to destroy the monument. It was torn down, broken into small pieces and was covered with sand and gravel. The affidavits of the witnesses were