The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-08
THE NEWS OF ALASKA
Port Townsend Nan Arrested
for Burglary.
A PACK TRAIN TO THE YUKON
Road to BE Cut Acruss the Pass Too
Many Immigrants Indian Land
Claims at Sftka.

The Alaska papers brought down by
the city OF Topeka yesterday tell OF the
capture Of fne juneau bargain. who
proves to have gone there from Puget
Sos1-rs Of a packtFain 70 rUn oye- tAe
Chsiikoos pass. OF Indian agitation over
their claims TO Land at Sitka and OF CON-
gsnuea excessive immigration
Gus wInkier. formerly Of Port Town
send. aged - years, was arrested and
examined February - la the commits
sionerss court at JuDeau on a charge OF
grand larceny Of si.lzs from VIM Bros.
saloon. ana held for trial under $50
bends James Wfnn and Henry piets
better. known as the Gamblers Ghost
testified against the defendant James
VIM stated that the money was stolen
from his saloons safe one night about
thirty days ago, and that an entrance
was made By q trap door in the rsar
OF the stage. His suspicion fastened on
the defendant and among others he was
searched and Swallowed Becoming
alarmed. according 10 the testimony OF
Dietz. WinkIer stated that he had found
the money cached and wanted DIetz
TO return 10 TO James VIM Finally
Wlnkler weakened and returned tina
money minus about So. From stories
rurnored about IL is whispered that there
were others implicated In the haul and
that II was cut out for the boy to do the
theft when the coast was clear. as they
knew IL was the habit to turn the safe
lock only a trifie. 1t is said that after
the theft the boy refused to tell where
the money was cached. Finally he made
proposition to pietz to take the swag
with him and upon reaching the Sound
divide up D!etx did not ACCEPT. and no.
ufying VIM and others said he had sos
clue and afterwards made wiuki@r re-
turn the coin. He had hidden Ii under
the pavement of the Hub block.
An Alaska packer intends TO nut ON
packing train OF twenty horses and
transport the outfits of the Yukoaers
over the summit from Juneau To Lake
Linderman for seven cents a Mound
zig-zag road will be built up the steenas,
part OF the summit, so that horse can
pack from 30 10 300 pounds and mako
the round trip in four DAYS This new
project viii place the Yukoners fnsenens-
ent OF the grasping Indians. who have
charged heretofore at the rate Of four-
teen cents per pound. Capt. sHealy has
induced the North American Trading ana
transportation Company to purchase a
.o.i steamer and place her on the
route between San Francisco ard 81
Michaels TO connect with t,a
Weare. which is TO make two trims ~
Forty Mile from the mouth of the river
Inc Juneau Record of February g says.
Inc crowd the Chilkat brought nm 81,
morning Is another evidence az the ,a.s.s
immigration which We are to have ,h,s
summer. Notwithstanding nine out of ev-
., zen VIII ma that there is absolutely
49, .o' them 10 do when they get
mere The best advice we can s;,-a -.
one In search OF employment of any lila
- 10 stay away from Alaska. There are
had. Sose'oii 10 De
constantin Schumacher. a moun,a,r
guide ana hunter, and chime-ringer IN ,ba
~ 1"ss'an church, died at Sitka February
The Sitka Alaskan Of February IL save.
me indian section OF our town continnas
20 noin mass meetings to discuss the own
eIsnip ana extent OF their claim. and fhev
sun aahere 10 the decision of the frs,
mass meeting that the real estate sho,,td
oeiohg 20 them collectively and the dwell
,, WINE having individual ownerNA.n
couia NOT be disposed of in any way wifh.
out the consent OF the other indians The
Iurtner maintain that their ground ~,
tends from their village to the lake They
aohiit Ihat they have not Cultivated TIA
GROUND, but say the berries grow wild
mere and afford them quite an ANIMAL
harvest which satisfies the present rannr.
a,'oiI, Out their children viii abandon the
homes on this berry patch: In fart coma
.. ALREADY made a move lin this direc
ton, and last Saturday evening put stakes
uoWh where they intended to build but
mi were speedily pulled up by the older
INDIANS, who thought then, white an.
croachers; another meeting was held ana
explanations made and the stakes allowed
10 De replaced. One very sensible concIu-
sion arrived at was that as there was no
nor roon IN their present town site. ev-
cry available foot being atraas,. h,,s,.
over. their children would have to inr,e-
uaately begin to build over the hin when
they wanted homes OF their own. ana
therefore the road now being built through
IIe perry patch was an excellent thing for
the Indians. for which they should ba
very thankful. AT present Indications
there VIII soon be row of houses an
along the road, as tho Indians seem 10
Know mat IL they do not occupy this
ground at once the white people VIII.