As we stated before, the American fleet in Hawaiian waters is to be
reinforced by the battle-ship _Oregon_, one of our first-class cruisers.
This will give the Admiral three vessels under his command--the
_Philadelphia_, the _Oregon_, and the _Marion_. There have been several
rumors that the _Marion_ was to be recalled, because she was an
old-fashioned wooden ship, and was badly in need of repairs. She will,
however, remain where she is for the present.
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Reliable information has been brought to us of an enormous find of gold
on the borders of British Columbia and Alaska.
The accounts of the find read like a fairy-story.
Those familiar with placer mining declare that the new gold-fields are
the richest and finest ever discovered; they say that the California
find of 1849 cannot be compared with this present one.
The place where this great discovery has been made is on the borders of
Alaska, not many miles east of the British Columbia boundary, and
therefore on English territory. It is called the Klondike district.
The Klondike is a river, a tributary of the Yukon River, into which it
flows above Forty Mile Creek.
The story of the find is interesting.
It was discovered by an old hunter named McCormick.
McCormick had married an Indian squaw, and was therefore, according to
the custom, known by the uncomplimentary name of squaw man, and was not
much liked by other white men.
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