The evening times., 1895-11-15
ENGLISH ARE INfRIeUIN6
Father Barnunl, the Alaskan Mis-
sionary, Exposes the Scheme.
EFFORT TO GUST AMERICANS
The Catholic Priest Has Spent Years
in the Territory and Is Enthusiast
tic-Rich Gold Fields Far on the
American Side OF the boundary Line
Form the Contention.

Rev. Francis A. Barnum, s. j.. the eX-
| plorcr aud missionary, tempora ri,y n
washington, is an enthusiast concerning
Alaska and her resources. 1T cost us
| $1,000, ,0O0," says he, '.and we have al
ready taken out Of 1t $sA, 900. Zoo in hard
money. If were allowed by my superiors
L would write and write every day about
this rich empire until the American people
began to appreciate the treasures that are
slipping from their grasp. The English
know this country much better than we do,
and are intriguing all the time either to oust
the Americans or circumscribc their ter
ritories.
Their present contention Is a modifica-
ton OF their headiand to headland theory.
The Alaskan boundary starts from Mount
st. Elias; but Mount st. Elias is q congre-
CATION OF Alps. Peak, over peak they
rise, forming one OF natures wonders. Now.
one Of the questions the British Will raise
will be which peak is the starting point.
North from this the boundary runs twenty
five miles west OF the I40th meridian, and
tends southwark parallel to the mca nder-
ingS or a very sinuous coast line TO Port
land Canal. South of Cross Sound the
laud breaks up into innumerable isla nds.
WHAT BOTH CLAIM.
The Americans claim that the boundary
line meanders along the coast of the main
land. The English contend that the line
follows the outer coast line and that the
numerous fiurds. bays, and inlets cut no
figure. The head OF Portland Canal is
stated as the extreme southern limit OF
the American possessions, but the English
have very readily overcome this difficulty
by locating q Portland Canal far to the
north, SD as to cut out all these harbOrs
and the islands forming them. The result
of this would be 10 throw the American
boundary nearly 100 miles to the west and
take into British territory the most valu-
able possessions in the strip south OF
Mount st. Elias. For Instance, Juneau. the
outfitting point for the mines, and Glacier
Bay would bccuue English, and instead OF
the boundary being over 100 miles east of
Sitka. II would be only between twenty
five or thirty.
OF water On earth. People travel thousands
OF miles To see Yellowstone Park. Glacier
Bay is u combination OF land and ma rine
wonders that nothing conceivable can equal;
by mountains three miles high, rising alb
rupuy from the coast. Fairweatber, Grill
lon. Perouse and Lion mountains guard
this wonder. Ten mighty glaciers empty
into II. Picture a solid wall of ice 300
feet thick, towering sheer and clearly blue
above you. Back into the inpenetrabe
and uneNp Nplored heart OF tile mountains one
can trace their courses for fifteen or twenty
miles. and to add TO the awful sublirnity
every few minutes an iceberg is born.
CREEP INTO THE SEA.
"Thcse glaciers come down 10 the sea
and slowly creep out into its embrace. The
without warning, the whole face of the cliff
topples over into the bay. Sometimes in
these icy cataclysnls tracts more than Il
mile long plunge into the bay: but usually
the masses are of size measurable by
the understanding. say the size, OF great
hill In one of these wonderful occurrences
the huge bulk parts with q noise greater
than thu nder, and dives deep into The
water. Then il comes up rocking and
rearing, fleecy foam and tons OF water
pouring from its crest and sides, while
hsaf aka sta
a..If this Territory had no other value
than Glacier Bay, any country might be
proud of its possession and strive TO re-
tain it. But this country has untold wealth
of coal. precious minerals and timber.
The English know this aud have sent Capt.
stand guard at the line of the disputed
territory around the gold fields.
Forty Mile Creek is the scene of most or
the present excitement. Although only
sixty DAYS are open for washing the gold,
the miners sink a shaft down la the pay
dirt in the glacial drift, and by keeping
get out a foot or so every day. This they ]
pile on the dump, and when the water
comes down in the short spell of open
weather they sluice out the gold. The dirt
is rich enough To- warrant the risi: of los
ing a whole years work of such u terribly
laborious character.
ON THE BOUNDARY LINE.
''No one who goes to Forty Mile Greek
sam Patch, the boss of Boundary Bar,
takes care of that. Right ON his claim is the
boundary monument, and no one goes up
or down the river that he does not inform
of its existence. You cannot get away fran
It, as he takes you right up tn it, md, with
a satisfied There it is, lets you go. America
has no more loyal son than Sam Patch, the
name he goes by in that bleak region.
THE gold fields proper, as now known.
are about eight miles inside the line. So,
you see. the United States has good reason
TO look out for her interests. There is one
thing certain, no one has gone through this
Territory without being shown the bound
airy monument. and he knows by miles of
weary travel the distance 1t is from the
gold fields.
1T is curious fact that the British
company, under Capt Considine, have called
their post Fort Cudahy after the American
packer. He is interested in rival con-
ceru to the A. c. Company, and for rea-
THE country north of the Alaska mount
the Yukon and knocked off coal from the
mile of the river Whereabouts.
FORTUNE THE PRIEST.
Father Blrnum is familiar figure in
this city. He is a son of the late pruprie-
tor of Barnnm's Hotel, Baltimore. Genus
Barnum. and Inherited large fortune from
his father. He has devoted the bulk of il
to the Indian and Eskimo missions of Alaska
The boundary question is of vital i'm.
portance TO the Jesuit interests which Fa ther
Barnum represents, since their property