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A DUEL WITH SWORDS. Cavalotti. the Italian Poet and Slate«, man, Killed. » ! ) I y > IS ANXIOUS. Wauti to Know When the Report May Be Expected. BUILD THE CANAL. Object of a Newly Formed Syndicate of £io»lern Capitalist«. Washington, March 7.—It was de Chicago, March 7. — The Tribune veloped this afternoon, through tele says: A syndicate to take the conces graphic correspondence between Secre- sions granted the Maritime Company tayr Long and Admiral Sicard, that the by the republics of Nicaragua and court of inquiry is unable to fix even Costa Rica for the construction of the an approximate date for the conclusion canal is in process of organization by of its investigation into the disaster to E. F. Cramin, of this city, who is now CONSIDERED AMERICAN SOIL the Maine. Sharing in the general in New York negotiating the contracts anxiety for information. Secretary Long by which the newownersof the conces % today, at the instance of the cabinet, sions granted by the Centra) American Miner« Will Ke«i«t Payment of Duties at telegraphed Admiral Sicard asking republics and for the work already ac That Point—Warmer Weather C'auses when it was probable that the report of complished will come into his posses Kush From Dyea and Skagway. the court would be made, and late to sion. T. E. Cooley, who has been as Seattle, March 7.—Five steamers night the following was received: sociated with Mr. Cramin in the enter arrived from Alaska today—the Uto “Secretary of the Navy—I have prise, is also in New York, gathering pia, Hueneme, Del Norte, Protection talked with the president of the court material for the specifications, which and Queen. The Queen left Skagway of inquiry and agree with him that it will be within the next 10 days present last Sunday. E. R. Knapp, of Boston, is not yet possible to fix a date for the ed to contractors for bids on the differ who came down on the Queen, author finding, as so much depends upon the ent sections of the work. izes the statement that the Canadian The new syndicate for the construc progress of the divers and wreckers, authorities raised the British flag on and the results they obtain. Every tion of the Nicaragua canal will soon the summit of White pass on Saturday. effort is being made to advance the in know within a few million dollars February 26. This has heretofore been quiry. The court intends to return to just how much it is going to cost, fin considered American territory. Mr. Havana this evening, having finished ished and ready for the passage of the Knapp’s authority for the statement is first ship. A rough estimate from the the investigation at Key West. the foreman of th« Humbert Trans data at hand on the return of Mr. SICARD.” portation Company’s pack train. He Admiral Sicard’s message is regard Cramin and Mr. Cooley from their trip reported the affair to Mr. Knapp, who ed as disposing of the reports that the J over the canal a few weeks ago, placed is connected with the company, jus: Mr. court has obtained positive or conclu the cost within $75,000,000. before the latter left Skagway. Cooley was of the opinion that as fur sive information beating on the subject In reference to the report that mar ther data was collected regarding the of its investigation. It is taken to tial law had been proclaimed at Skag mean that upon the testimony or dis nature of the excavation over a part of way, Mr. Knapp said that when he left coveries of the divers will depend the the route, the cost njight be cut down last Sunday no such action had been finding, the examination of the officers to $65,000,000. This is far inside the taken; neither was it anticipated. Mr. and crew having been insufficient to estimates which have been presented Knapp also said that the reports of enable the court to even form an idea to congress in the appeals of the Mari deaths at Dyea, Skagway and on the as to what lines may be opened up from time Company for government aid. trails had been very much exaggerated. The preparation of the specifications the investigation of the wreck itself. He had made a personal examination, of the contractors has been as thor While the telegram was naturally and ascertained that since November somewhat of a disappointment, in leav ough as the data in existence permitted. 1 there had been 19 deaths at Skagway, ing the termination of the inquiry as Mr. Cooley secured all the material col and 13 at Dyea. This is not at all much in doubt as ever, it was wel lected by the engineers for the Mari large, considering the population of the comed as practically setting at rest the time Company. He then took the re two places. reports as to the results of the invest ports of the commission from the The report that two men from Daw igation up to date. It is stated that Uidted States engineer corps and to son had perished on Whtie pass, with a the board, in all probability, will not these he added all the material to be large amount of gold dust on them, is CUSTOMS INSPECTORS. return to Key West, the department had during his thorough inspection of said by Mr. Knapp to have no founda having intimated that it was its desire the canal at the capitals of Nicaragua tion. Immediately upon Mounted Patrol for the Northern Part that the examination of the officers and and Costa Rica. The rivalry between the towns of of Washington. men should be concluded at this sit his return from his trip of inspection a Skagway and Dyea is characterized by Port Towsned, Wash., March 8.—A ting. as they are needed for reassign force of engineers was set to work un Mr. Knapp as being “at white heat,” der his direction, bringing into form feature heretofore unknown in the ment to other ships. and is the reason, he thinks, that so this mass of material. Just prior to Pnget sound customs district has been many exaggerated stories of death and his departure from New York, he inti THE SOUND'S DEFENSES. hardship are sent out. Each town is inaugurated. It consists of mounted mated that the specifications were so doing all it can to throw discredit ou inspectors, ami the first man appointed Contractors Are Offered Bonuses to nearly completed that in a short time to a position on horseback is Enoch the other. Expedite the Work. they would go into the hands of the It is feared that serious trouble will F. Plummer, of this place. Collector Port Townsend, Wash., March 7.— contractors for bids. Bonds will be re Huestis was recently authorized by the grow out of the Canadians’ attempt to It is reported here today that both firms quired with all bids, and when the collect duty on the summit of White treasury department to establish a of contractors, now constructing fortifi figures have been added, for the first mounted inspecotrs ’ patrol on the and Chilkoot passes, ami the Americans cations for the government at Marrow time in all the years that men have will resist the payment of duties on boundary between Eastern Washington stone point and Admiralty head, have been trying to join the Atlantic and and British Columbia, with headquar what they consider American ground. been offered bonuses to expedite the Pacific by ship canals it will be known Another complication will result from ters at Northport. A mounted inspector work. An additional gun pit, not pre somewhere near the actual figures just is allowed a salary of $3.50 per day, the various tramways which are being viously provided on the estimates for how much the work is going to cost. constructed to carry freight over the with 50 cents extra per day for horse this year’s work on Admiralty head, at “The Nicaragua canal,” he said, “is hire, and is expected to cover the passes. The officials of these tram the entrance of the straits opposite this being treated as a business proposition. boundary line for a distance of from 25 ways are reported to have declared that city, will be commenced in a short time. Our people want to know where the any interruption with their construc to 40 miles as often as possible. The pit will be about 50 feet square, thing is going when they begin putting tion work or any attempt to exercise Fierce Street Battle. sufficient to accommodate guns and the in their money. We are going to tell any right of ownership will be resisted. Texarkana, Ark., March 8.—A fierce machinery for operating them. In ad them. There is no great mystery in It is thought at Dyea and Skagway street battle occurred here this after dition to the pit proper, there will he canal-building that it should not be that the next movement on the part of noon in which one man was killed out underground rooms for storing ammuni determined approximately what a canal the Canadian authorities will be to right, another mortally wounded and a tion. is going to cost, if engineers are honest claim sovereignty over those two places. third seriously injured. Vinson Gra- The work of securing title to land to enough to estimate properly the work Last Sunday the boundary line was at viani is mortally wounded, shot be used for the government fortifica before them. The construction of the Lake Bennett, then at Lindemann, and through the breast, shoulder, arm and tions at Point Wilson is being pushed Illinois drainage canal has educated the now is at the summit of the mountains, leg. Pete Darigo is seriously wound as rapidly as possible, nnd the work of contractors who did that work, and they which is only about 20 miles from salt ed. The participants were barbers. construction will be under way there know just what to expect on the Nica water. S. A. Gingola and his son-in-law, Mike early in the coming summer. ragua canal. Their representatives Two days before the Queen left Skag Cannela, were about to come to blows, have been over the ground, they have way, the wind, which had blown from when the Graviani boys and Darrigo Spain Bought Two Cruisers. studied climatic conditions, learned the north continuously for seven weeks, attempted to intrecede. Gingola and London, March 7.—Spain has pur« what their labor would cost, can esti shifted and began to blow from the Cannela turned upon theGravianis and chased two cruisers which the Arm southwest, causing a general thaw to both sides drawing revolvers, the battle strongs have been building for Brazil, mate closely the cost of transportation set in. The changed weather caused was soon in progress. More than 30 the Amazonus and her sister ship, no to the canal of their machinery and hundreds of people who had been de shots were fired. Gingola and Cau- named, of 4,000 tons each, 23 knots mateiial. With the specifications in their hands they can bid as intelli tained by the severe cold to start over nela fled. and 10 guns. Spain is also negotiat gently as if the work was in an Ameri the trails from both Skagway and ing for and will probably secure two can state.” The Corona Flouted. Dyea, and when the steamer left, a gen cruisers of a similar type which have Seattle, March 8. — The steam The terms by which the control of eral exodus from both towns was taking been building in France for Brazil. The place. Both trails are reported in ex schooner Lakme, which arrived this af Amazonus is ready for launching, and the property and concessions of the ternoon from Alaska, brings the news Maritime Company has come into the cellent condition. that the steamer Corona, which went her sister ship will soon be ready hands of the new syndicate are not The Spanish government is also en on a rock at Lewis island, was floated A Portland Man’s Opinion. given out. Their arrangement was the Portland, Or., March 7.—Northwest last Thursday evening. The Corona is deavoring to secure guns and large work of several months before the trip territory officials have taken the initi considerably injured, the worst place | supplies of ammunition in England to Nicaragua was made. ative in the contest for possession of being under the forward hatch, where i and the Continent for immediate use. Who are back of the syndicate is not The government of Spain seems to Summit lake, by raising the Canadian she first Btruck the rock. At this i given out by the promoters, but it is flag on itsBhores. This lake, according point, her keel is turned over for 20 have funds, for it is understood to be claimed that the contractors have lieen to Dr. Horace R. Littlefield, one of feet. This can be temporarily fixed paying a large part of the purchase satisfied of its financial stability. How the best-posted men regarding Alaskan from the inside. After entering and money in cash, giving good security I much government aid and in what affairs on the coast, is situated, as its clearing at Victoria, the Corona will for the balance, these being the only shape will be asked are b I bo matters name implies, at the summit of White be brought to Port Townsend, where terms upon which the Armstrongs which neither Mr. Cramin nof Mr. would deal. pass, about 16 miles from Skagway, her cargo will be unloaded. Captain Cooley givee out for publication at the Both the United States and Canada Goodall then expects to take her to San Will Be Authorized. present juncture. Mr. Cramin and Mr. claim it, and the dispute regarding it Francisco without going into a drydock. Washington, March 7.—The senate Cooley are expected to remain in New has engendered bitter feelings between Cruise of an Fight-Tonner. committee on military affairs today de York about a week longer in the settle Americans and Canadians in Alaska, Port Townsend, March 8. — The cided to recommend the passage of a ment of the transfer of the canal from which have rapidly increased in inten eight-ton schooner Anna Catharine put joint resolution authorizing the aban the Maritime Company to tiie new sity of late. The American claim to J into this place last night en route from donment of the expedition for the re syndicate. the lake is generally considered to be San Francisco to Alaska. When the lief of the miners in the Klondike re quite as well founded as that of Can schooner left the Golden Gate, nearly ALASKA BILL PASSED. gion,which was authorized last Decem ada, and the action of the Dominion three months ago, she carried five ber. There solution provides for the officials is premature, if not wholly un persons, four men and one woman. On sale of both the reindeer and the sup Conce««ionn Given Cannda in Lieu of justified. Certain Privilege«. the way up the coast the little craft plies purchased for the expedition. came near being Suffering Is Terrible. „ wrecked, and was There was a suggestion that the rein Washington, March 7.—After a de Portland, Or., March 7.—Following forced to put into Tillamook,where the deer brought here from Norway could bate lasting several days, the r,enato is an extract from a letter dated Febru- woman deserted and returned to San be utilized by the interior department, late this afternoon passed the bill ex ary 21, from Rev. W. W. Warne, at Francisco. Fresh supplies were taken but the committee took the view that tending the homestead laws and pro Haines mission, Chilkat, Alaska, re on her today, and the schooner headed the animals should be sold in prefer viding for right of way for railroads in ence to holding them for any depart the district of Alaska. Comparatively ceived by William Wadhams yesterday: for the north. little discussion of general interest was ment of the government. “Winter set in four or five days ago Mounting Gun« at Point Loma. created by the bill. Section 13, pro and now we are experiencing all the San Diego, Cal., March 8.—Lieuten Proctor Saw a Fight. viding for certain bonding concessions rigors of an Alaska winter. The suf ant Humphreys, commanding battery New York, March 7.—The Herald’s to Canada, in lieu of privileges to be fering of some of the newcomers is ter D, Third artillery, stationed at this I rible. The Perry Humbert expedition, place, has received orders to eend his Havana correspondent says that in his extended by the Dominion government stationed here,is going to lose 130 head company of artillery at once to Point I recent excursions Senator Proctor saw to this country, however, induced a of horses and oxen in a day or two Loma to mount the three 10-inch rifles a lively engagement lietween a band of rather lively debate, as it brought into more if they cannot get feed. I have recently delivered there by the United 250 insurgents and an equal number of the controversy the old fisheries ques loaned them all I had; now we are all States government for the defense of Spanish infantry. This took place al tion on the New England coast, which most within eight of Matanzas, in the has been pending between the United out, except a few sacks of grain I kept this harbor. streets of which city the senator was States and Great Britain for 100 years. for myself. Ruola Takes a Slice. later approached by a messenger from The statement was marie on the floor “There is not a bale of hay to be had London, March 8.—The Peking cor General Gomez, who openly proclaimed of the senate that there was every rea in the country, and all of the grain is son to believe that by the passage of gone. Mr. Smith is now feeding 1,000 respondent of the Times says: “Russia1 his identity and mission. the bill the fisheries question could lie sacks of flour to try and tide over the has demanded that China surrender to Marine« Sent Went. settled without great effort, as assur storm. They have a little rice they her all sovereignty over Port Arthur Atlanta, Ga., March 7.—The navy ances to that effect had been received will feed next. They cannot keep the and Talien Wan for the same jieriodi poor animals either tied or blanketed, and on the same conditions as given ' department is transferring marines from a large and influential element in Germany at Kiao Chon. from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. Canada. as they chew everything up. For three days a party of two or three One Engl inhinan’• Opinion. “There have been several cases of Tn the Hon«e. London, March 8.—The Daily Mai), marines have passed through Atlanta freezing before this on the passes, and Two more appropriation bills were I expect when the storm is over and discussing the "probability that the 1 each Jav on their way to the Pacific time elapses for people to get out and United States may goad Spain into de- ' coast. The marines come from Norfolk sent to the president today, the pension bill and the consular and diplomatic back, there will be a good many dead daring war as a late desperate move,” j and are all going to Vallejo, Cal. bill, both of which went through their bodies brought in. So far as I have says: Wan(« Cuban Correwpondence. “In America’s unprepared condition final stage in the house today. This learned, no bodies have l>een recovered Washington, March 7. — Senator was private bill day. The most im yet from the ill-fated Clara Nevada. Spain could inflict appalling damage. Winter is a terrible thing up here. I Neither could conquer the other, and Morgan said today it was his pur|«iee portant action taken was acquiescence don’t see what possesses people to the utmost America could gain would to introduce a resolution at an early in an agreement to make the bill ap come. My heart aches for their fool be the equivocal triumph of securing ( date making a second call upon the propriating about $1,300,000 for war ishness. They should at least wait Cuban independence. If Spain takes « president for consular correspondence claims, approved by the court of claims, until spring, when the trails are open the first step, America will have herself ' bearing upon the condition of affaire under the provisions of the Bowman in Cuba. . to thank.” act, a special order for next Friday. and the weather not so severe.” Canadians Raise British Flag on White Pass. .A Rome, March 8.—Signor FelTce Carlo Cavalotti, the poet, dramatist, publicist and well-known radical mem ber of the chamber of deputies for Cor- telona, was killed here this afternoon in a duel with swords with Signor Ma cula, member of deputies ami editor of the Gazzetta di Venezia The encoun- | ter was the outcome of a press polem ics in the columns of the Milan Secolo at un unfrequented spot outside the Porta Magore. Signor Macula’s sec onds were Deputies Signor Guido Fu- sinato, a professor at the university of Turin and member of Foltre, and Signor Bizzoni, the publicist, and Signor Tassi, member of the chamber of deputies. Shortly before the meeting, Signor Cavalotti seemed in excellent spirits, and even joked with his seconds. When the word was given, he attacked bis opionent vigorously. The first two engagements were without result, but in the third, Signor Cavalotti re ceived a thrust in the throat that severed his jugular vein. At first, it was thought he was only slightly injured, but the gravity of the wound was soon perceived on his put ting his hand to his mouth. He with drew it covered with blood and could not utter a word. The doctors and his seconds carried him to Zellino, and laid him in a bed in the residence of the Countess Celiro. There, tracheot omy was performed, and artificial breathing attempted, but all efforts were useless. Signor Cavalotti expired in 10 minutes, without speaking again. Signor Macola did not receive a scratch. The news, on reaching the city, caused a great sensation. Numerous | deputies and friends hurried to the 1 scene, and there is universal regret over the death of Cavalotti. CABINET » PACIFIC COAST TRADE. I'ortlauil Market. Wheat—Walla Walla, 74@76c; Val ley and Bluestem, 77 @ 78c per bushel. Flour—Best grades, $3.85; graham, $3.40; superfine, $2.35 per barrel. Oats—Choice white, 36 @ 37c; choice gray, 38 @ 34c per bushel. Bariev—Feed barley, $19@20; brew ing, $20 per ton. Millstuffs—Bran, $18 per ton; mid dlings, $23; shorts, $18. Hay—Timothy. $12.50; clover. $10 @11; California wheat, $10; do out, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9@10 per ton. Eggs—Oregon, 10c per dozen. Butter—Fancy creamery, * > 50@55c; fair to good, 45@50c; dairy, 35 @ 40c per roll. Cheese—Oregon full cream, 12lac; Young America, 13@14c. Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $3.00@ 3.50 per dozen; hens, $3 50@4.00; geese, $6.00@$7.00; ducks, $5.00@ 6.00 per dozen; turkeyB, live, 11 @ 12c per pound. Potatoes—Oregon Burbanks, 40@50c per sack; sweets, $1.75@2 per cental. Onions—Oregon, $2.25@2.60 per sack. Hops—14@16c per pound for new crop; 1896 crop, 4@6c. Wool—Valley, 14@16c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 7@12c; mohair, 20@ 22c per pound. Mutton—Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton, 7c; spring lambs, 5 lae per pound. Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, $4.25; light and feeders, $3.00@4.00; dressed, $5.00@o.50 per 100 pounds. |Beef —Gross, top steers, $3.50@ 3.75; cows, $4.00; dressed beef, 6’a @ 7c per pound. Veal—Large, 6@6'ac; email, 7@8c per pound. Seattle Market. Potatoes—Yakimas, $14 per ton; natives, $11 @ 13; sweets, 2c per pound; box of 60 pounds, $1. Butter—Fancy native creamery, brick, 27c; ranch, 22 @ 23c; dairy, 18 @22c; Iowa fancy creamery, 25c. Cheese—Native Washington, 12@ 13c; Eastern cheese, 12J^c. Eggs—Fresh ranch, 15o; California ranch, 14c. Meats—Choice dressed beef steers, 8c; cows, 7@7 *-jc; mutton, 81^c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 8c. Poultry—Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 11 @ 12e; dressed, 14c; turkeys, live, 12c; dressed, 16c. Fresh Fish—Halibut, 6@7c; steel heads, 6@7c; salmon trout, 10c; floun ders and sole, 3@4o; tom cod, 4c; ling cod, 4@5c; rock cod, 5e; smelt, 2)^@ 4c; herring, 3o. Olympia oysters, per sack, $3@3.50. Wheat—Feed wheat, per ton, $23. Oats—Choice, per ton, $23. Corn—Whole, $23; cracked, per ton, $23; feed meal. $23 per ton. Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton, $23; whole, $22. Flour—Patents, per barrel, $4.25@ 4.50; straights, $4.25; California brands, $4.65; Dakota brands, $5.40@ $5.75; buckwheat flour, $6. Millstuffs—Bran, per ton,$17; shorts, per ton, $18@ 19. Feed—Chopped feed, $18 @20 per ton; middlings, per ton, $24; oil cake meal, per ton, $35. Hay—Puget Sound, new, per ton, $12@ 14; Eastern Washington timothy, $18; alfalfa, $12; straw, $7. Ban Francisco Market. Wool—Nevada, ll@13c; Oregon, 13 @14c; Southern coast lambs, 7@8c. Hops—12 @17!^o per pound. Millstuffs— Middlings, $20@22.50; California bran, $16.50@ 17.00 per ton. Onions—Silverskins, $2.50@2.8oper cental. Eggs—Store, 10 @ lie; ranch, 11 @ 12c. Cheese—Fancy mild, new, 10c; old, 8t^@9c per pound. Butter—Fancy creamery, 18c; do seconds, 17Jxc; fancy dairy, 17c; good to choice, 15 @ 16c per pound. Freeh Fruit—Apples, 40c@$1.25 per large box; grapes, 25@40c; Isabella, 60@75o; jieaches, 50c@$1; pears, 75c @$1 i>er box; plums, 2O@85c. Potatoes—Early RoBe, 65@75c. Citrus Fruit—Oranges, navels, $1.25 @8.00; Mexican limes, $5.50@6.00; California lemons, choice, $2.25; do common, 75c@ $1 .25 per box. Hay—Wheat, $16@ 18.50; wheat and oat, $16@17; oat, $14.50@ 16.50; best barley, $I3.50@15; alfalfa, $10.50@ 11; clover, $11 @13. Old Romance Recalled. A Washington correspondent writes to the the Chicago Tribune: Madame Bahkmeteff, who visits her mother, Mrs. Beale, every year, is again in the city. She is a sister of Mrs. John R. McLean and widow of a former Rus sian charge d’affaires in Washington. A romantic story of their first meeting is told. It was in this way: Miss Beale was sitting on the door step of her mother’s house, one of the col onial edifices of Lafayette square, when her little pet dog, seeing the count gazing admiringly at his mistress, en tered a barking protest. The young lady called the dog off, the count apolo gised and the acquaintance began which subsequently led to their marriage. Engllnh Petroleum Ge«. The natural gas from the well which was struck about a year ago at Weldron, in Sussex, is being analyzed, and is pronounced to be probably of petroleum origin. The Americans would have analyzed it and lighted the town with it long ago, as the supply is ample. Miss Florence Hudson, of Baltimore, Md., has a tooth of solid gold, with a diamond in the center of it. The orna ment cost her over $150. The postal authorities of Paris are said to be about to introduce motor cars and omnibuses for the use of car riers in the delivery of the mails. The Smithsonian institute has just come into possession of the Hallett Phillips collection of Indian imple ments ami antiquities from the Po tomac valley. DUNHAM’S STORY. Interesting Report of a Government OMr-lal on the Klondike. Located in Circle City, 180 miles northwest of Dawson, which all the river traffic to and from the Klondike passes, is the man whom the United States government has sent out to gather information regarding the Klon dike which the public may know is ac curate—Samuel C. Dunham. Mr. Dunham is under the direct jurisdic tion of the commissioner of labor at Washington. All the long winter months he has lived in a room in a $20,000 house at Circle City, a house that is made of logs and boards, and whose real worth seems preposterous. Mr. Dunham has sent some valuable information to Washingion—or to the United States, as he puts it. While Alaska is a part of the United States you never would think so if you lived there and heard the people talk. They always refer to the rest of the nation as: “Back in the States.” It is safe to say that of the thousands already en route to the new Eldorado only a small percentage are actually aware of the real conditions that exist in the land of their destination. As gorgeous pictures of wealth have been painted for their edification as imagin ation could devise, and that is why the oold facts that have come to us by the ijid of carrier, dog and sledge, and finally the United States mail, create something of a feeling of astonishment. Mr. Dunham tells us that there is not work for the people who are al ready in the Klondike, and that before, the spring rush is half over the coun try will teem with the destitute and homeless. However, the destitution is not now so great as it was imagined would be the case, and this because it has been found possible for the differ ent camps to help one another. When Mr. Dunham’s report, which is now on its way, reaches Washington, it will be sent to congress at once, but owing to the fact that the report is not likely to reach the department be fore March, after the Klondike emigra tion has passed flood tide, Mr. Dunham has deemed it best to forward the more important facts here presented. In hie latest letter to the Commissioner oi Labor Mr. Dunham says: “I am making fair progress on my report, and have reached a point where I can give an outline of its practical features. I have completed an intro duction, giving a short sketch of the stampede us I saw it from the other side of the mountains; a chapter on the Klondike containing the first accurate account of the original discovery and the development of the mines, and what I hope will prove an approxi mately correct statement of the output (an exceedingly hard subject to handle); a chapter on Dawson and its surround ings, giving full information relative to wages, cost of living, opportunities for employment, etc., and ending up with an account of the food famine and the exodus, and a chapter on navigation of the Yukon. “I have well under way a chapter on Cirole City and the Birch Creek dis trict, and have all necessary data for one on mining laws and local regula tions, incidentally touching on the only form of government that has been known here previous to the present year—miners’ meetings. In addition to these I shall give considerable space to the trails and the best means of get ting here, ex|>ense, eto.; the best routes ' for railroads, which we assume are bound to come within a few years, al though we do not know what is going on outside; the possibilities in agricuP' ture, which are considerable in the Yukon valley, as wheat, oats, and veg etables of many kinds can be grown here successfully; the outlook from the commercial point of view, etc. "A thousand pages could be written on the situation without exhausting the subject or the reader; but I shall stop short of 400 typewritten pages. It is exceedingly difficult to get information here, on account of the great distances and the unsettled condition of the pub lic mind on the food question. It is hard to work when one hears constant ly on every hand stories of starvation and death from exposure. I consider the situation grave, but not desperate. There is food at Fort Yukon for 600 more men than are wintering there, and this can be freighted to Dawson or part of Dawson can go to it. It may be that the transportation companies can feed the population next year, but it is doubted here. “I have secured an accurate state ment of the amount of freight landed in Dawson by the steamers during the season, made up from the manifests of the boats and from information obtained from the agents of the companies. Less than 2,700 tons reached there, and between 700 and 800 tons of this con sisted of furniture, whisky, hardware, etc.—less than 2,000 tons for 5,000 men, and much of it was consumed during the summer. Prices are increasing in Dawson, flour selling for $150 a hun dred and many more other staples in proportion. Luxuries are not quoted, simply commanding what a man feels dis|>osed to pay for them. Dogs have sold as high as $500 apiece there, and $300 has been offered and refused here. "Our mail carrier is still here, stranded—without dogs or provisions to get out. The government pays $600 for a trip that costs $2,500. Nobody blames the poor carrier, but everybody damns the government and the con tractors. I send this out by privets parties. "I am well and strong, The weaihei is fine, the coldest to date Iteing 26 he- low zero. Two feet of «now on the ground. The sun rises at 10 and sets at 2, giving us seven or eight hours daylight. Moon swings in the heavens all night, giving a light by which one could read a newepader if it was to be had. The trails are open and men are starting out in every direction with their dog teams—to Fort Yukon for freight; to Birch creek mine«, to drift, •nd to Dawson and thence to Juneau.” «