VoL
No. 12
•them Commercial Company R&tes
On Summer Shipments Announced
Yukon Freight Rates. Not. Known.
FAIRBANKS, March
* ing is a copy of' a
4»—ThefoUfrw
ing is a copy of a telegram- from
the iiome office to the manager of- the
Fairbanksstationof the Northern Com
mercial Company, giving advices* cpiw
ceming the newly determined tariffs
for freight to be handled by the steam
ers of the company’s fleet next summer
Freight rates to Fairbanks, via St.
Michael, $75 per ton, 2,000 pounds, ex
cept:
Hay, double compressed, for which
add 15 per cent.
Liquors, tobaccos, cigars, drags;
doors, windows, kerosene, add' 20- per
cent.
Dry goods, hats, shoes, clothing, mil
linery, carpets, robber boots, fancy
goods, crockery, glassware, stoves, tin
ware, enamelware, fresh eggs* fruits,
vegetables, evaporated fruits and veg*
, etables, add 33 1-3 per cent.
Furniture, bar fixtures (knocked
down), add 100 per cent.
Vehicles, boats, canpes, hydraulic
pipe and special heavy pieces, percent
age additional.
Lumber, thousand, $112.50.
Potatoes and onions, fresh, $75 per
-• ton:, 2,000 pounds.
Strike on 3a Glen Gulch
a
Butler & Oslin, working a lay on 3a
Glen for the Eagle Mining Go. have
struck a body of pay that pans as high
as $48. This news was brought in this
morning by Jim McHugh.
D. McLean, Tom Antonsom, Tom
tind John Palm are in town -from
Vlinook jr.
Nevv* Notes
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Jotter from Ta%» ,
t” ®ic*«rdand -KM’' 2?*““ that
I n™ *00’™ “Porting nS, ,ftgWJr
. “*• opened ooTk,?0, *0njierjy of
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terw"rf“^CZa ','en»? andT
complaint .bring defective.
A well known old prospector at Bluff
city named Willey died at that place
several days ago. He had been engag
ed in beach mining for several years
past and was well thought of by the
miners of- that seetion. He was 73
years-of-age.
Report comes that a g
'been-made on Flat creek,
I strike has
a tribatary •
of'Wonder creek. The lessees are bus
ily engaged opening up the ground. It
is thought that the paystreak is a con
tinuation of the one found on the Port
land bench.
Old Channel Pay Located
rich: strike >was -made
yesterday, high,up on Anvil mountain
opposite discovery claim on Anyil creek
near.the pipe line. It is believed to. be
the old Anvil channel The gold, is
very coarse ami the ground is reported
•to. be-as rich, aa that found- on Brown's,
claim, Little creek.
Huddleston Bros. Arrive From Fair
banks And Report- Strikes on The
Upper Tanana on The Delta, River
! Huddleston Bros, arrived: last even
ing from Fairbanks via, Karsbaer's hot
"Brings. The, men are interested with
•Dad .Karshner in the hot; springs farm,
I and went* to. Fairbanks to purchase nec
| eaeary agricultural implements aod> a
team of hones. They were success
| fol in procuring Hie outfit required;
Mr. Huddleston reports that good
strikes have been made on the upper
Tanana river reeentlv: one on-the riel.
ta river, and the other across the Tan
ana opposite Hie Delta, one creek ^nam
ed Cheechako. The ■ latter- strike was
made by Dick Lowe, at one time most
prominent among the Klondike kings.
anu in
terested with Lowe in his ground. As
to the richness of the new strikes noth
ing definite is known* butfeoth are re
ported .to be exceptionally good*
A Trust Of Trustr
LONDON.—The biggest trust ever
organized began business recently. All
•the steel interests of tbe world we un
der its control. Itis the first: time in
the history of the world that such an
amalgamation of the steel trade or any
other business has been effected. Bri
tish, German, French, Belgian and Am
erican interests have been combined.
The new pool went into operation Jan.
1- Prices were raised immediately.
Heavy rails, hitherto 86 shillings per
ton are now quoted at 100 shillings.
The agreement extends over a period
of three years. The head offices oft he
combine are in London.
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Eagle mail is due tonight.