Show LOTS OF GOLD IN DAWSON from the north big oat put tl ie the etaamer city 0 seattle ha arrived at seattle from skagway and other ports in southeastern alaska with a large number of passengers among them was captain J libby manager of the puget sound tugboat company who is just out from daw eon ife left there on the of april came up the river to selkirk in a boat and then hit the trail to white horse and the railroad it has been a bad winter in dawson for dogs and a very good one for gold captain libby said in an interview A large proportion of the dogs in eluding some of the most valuable ones have been killed the police did the work a short time before I 1 left ahe animals were afflicted by a sort of hy dro phobia and a number of persons were seriously bitten before it was de aided to minimize the danger by shoot ing all dogs found at large sluicing has begun in the creeks but operation were not very extensive they ape now probably in full swing us there was a thaw on when I 1 came up the river the output of gold is going to be immense it is thought by people in a position to know that the total production of gold will be at least one fifth larger than last year or about 30 and there is no reason in sight why it should be any less next year dawson is quiet in general though the hydrophobia caused a little flurry for a while there has been plenty of grub all winter |