Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-12-21
nd FOR STARVING MINI
Both Houses Vote for R.li
Appropriations.
VOTE ALMOST uNANlmoDl

House Bill Appropriates SIZE nm
the Senate Bill $3.50, OOO-ss,,.."
of War Given Full Control.
washington, Dec. 1S.-Cpppre,, !.
needed the petition of PortlerS u
for an appropriation fol- transnor,,s1
of supplies to the starving Klond;L.
The bill which passed the house ansl
PIRATES $l75, 900, and the sepats ,a, Is
ton $3.50, 900. 1t will be necessa,,
fore either becomes a law, for con,,.I
to get together on a common basil.
The house bill encountered pra,i.,,
ly no opposition. As passed, the ~.
carried by it is to- be expended NJ
the direction of the secretary Of ~,
for the purchase, Transportation and AZ,
tribution of subsistence stores. r. -
vides that these subsistence stores m",
be sold at prices fixed by the %secret,,,
of war, or donated where the peoule j..
unable to pay for them. 1t emnOus,
him to purchase reindeer and emnIa,
drivers not citizens OF the TnitJ
States, and allows him to disDo,a N
the reindeer.
Representative Cannon brought t,.
ward the bill, and Savers and Bails,
spoke in favor of it. Cannon submii.|
ted to the house a statement urepara|
by DR.. Sheldon jackson, one Of f,|
agents of the commissioner of edua.l
ton, who was in the region as late AL
September 10, that there would be mI
suffering as far up the river as FOt|
Yukon, but that the food supply on the
Upper Yukon would not last beyond
March, and he Endorsed the recommeD.
dation of the secretary OF war that food
be sent in by reindeer via Dyea
Cannon said:
whether these miners are in Amer.
can or British territory, whether they
are American or British subjects, il
they are starving, it does not become
the American congress to hesitate abou.
voting them relief"
The bill was passed without division,
although there were scattering noes
when the speaker called for the mega.
tive vote.
Secretary Alger was on the floor dur.
ing the debate.
Hawley, of the military affairs com.
mittee, reported to the senate the Me-
Bride relief resolution. The committee
struck out all but the enacting clause,
and amended the resolution by apprO
priating $3.50, 900, which is to be used
by the secretary of war for the purchase
of subsistence and supplies and for theil
transportation and distribution, the con
sent of the Canadian government trs
to be obtained to pass over Canadian
territory. The resolution further pro
vided that the supplies are to be dis
tributed among the needy minersa as th
secretary of wal may determine, ant
that the supplies are to be Transported
by means of reindeer, the reindeer t
be sold after they have performed thel
service.
Hawley asked for immediate cOn'ld
Grafton of the resolution, and 1t wa
adopted.
Secretary Alger. in anticipation Q
immediate action by congress, has O'
gun to prepare plans for carrying on
the intent of the bill. To this enc
this afternoon he sent a telegram !
General Merriam, commanding the OF
partment of the Columbia, at Val
couver barracks, directing him to sen
two or three competent officers OF VI
army to Dyea and vicinity to recoO'
hotter and report to the departing,
how supplies can be sent across u
passes to Dawson.
Sent to the Senate.