New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-19
ALASKA MAKING RAPID PROGRESS.
GOVERNOR SIIEAKLEY IN HIS ANNUAL REPORT
SAYS THE TERRITORY Is GROWING IN
PROSPERITY.

PROSPERITY.
Washington. Nov ls-That Alaska is steadily
/ advancing in civilization Is shown in the annual
report of James sheakley. the Governor Of the
! Territory which he has just submitted to the Sec
rotary of the Interior. During the year the fish
cries have been successful. the mines nave yielded
profitable return, the population has been largely
| augmented by immigration, and the people nave
| enjoyed a season OF unusual progress ana pros
| perity.
The civil officers have been vgilant and FAITHFUL
| and in view Of the extent of the territory over
| which they exercise authority and the absence OF
! TRANSPORTATION and other facilities indispensable
for the execution OF the law. crime is less frequent
and law and order quite as well enforced as IN
some Of the more densely populated and highly
| civilized communities In addition TO this showing
! tn. building of sawmills and the manufacture or
lumber in the territory have revolutionized the
manner Of constructing habitations in nearly all
The Indian police force OF Alaska consists of two
chiefs and nineteen privates This force has been
OF great utility in giving Information to the civil
officers. preventing the making of native whiskey
in the Indian villages. keeping the peace ana pre-,
venting boodshed among their own people. and
| compelling the Indian children TO attend the Gov
| eminent schools. The two chiefs OF police receive
| sl5 month each, the nineteen privates receive
According to the census Of 1880 Alaska - had
population OF i.29s white people. or whom 40 were
women and girls; and an Indian populat5iom on, OF
| are slowly decreasing in number especially on the
seacoast. where they come In contact with the
western
food supply is the cause OF the decrease. but II ls
predicted that the experiment of breeding domesu-
| Gated reindeer in Alaska Will soon furnish both
sustenance and clothing.
| Education in the territory Is Increasing. The
United States support fourteen day schools and
nftcen mission schools. while the Greek Church
of Russia provides for six more In this connection
! Governor Shrakley says. THE natives of Alaska.
unlike the North American Indian. do not recede
before the march OF civilization but rather follow
i'm the wake of the white man Wherever there Is
a centre Of white population in Alaska near by Will
| be found the greater number OF Alaskan natives
The tendency OF these people Is to abandon no
madic life and seek employment In the mines and
mills by which they can earn "A living with GER
tanty. have white mans food and enjoy some OF
the comforts of civilized man. In whatever posi-
ton or occupation the Alaskan native may be. he
| Is always 10 Toe found self-supporting. receiving
nothing from the Government of the United States
and wants nothing but fair treatment from the
local authorities. | earnestly recommend an In
crease in the appropriation for the education of
children in Alaska
Efforts To suppress the liquor traffic In Alaska
have met with little success. Liquors imported,
landed and sold without stint in every white set
Element Within the last year the collector OF
customs for the territory has seized and forfeited
776 gallons of whiskey and brandy. t62 separate
bottles OF whiskey and seventeen pounds OF opium,
all struggled
Governor Sheakley says that the law prohibiting
the importation, manufacture and sale OF ntoxi-
eating liquors. In Alaska should be attended in
such a manner as to enlist at least portion OF
b the people OF Alaska In support of the court and
the civil officers In their efforts to enforce its pro-
I Visions