The record-union., 1897-10-13

There is an order here called the Yu-
kon Order of Pioneers Its members
have a regalia which they wear ON GER
tain occasions. One of the old pioneers
died two or three weeks ago, and during
his sickness, death and burial. they
took entire charge of him. One Of the
brother pioneers delivered a funeral
oration
There are supposed to be 5000 or
1000 people in the vicinity Of Dawson
City. The greatest drawback is the
Government People are taxed out
landishly. The first recording fee on
claim is S15, the next share is 500, and
for seven years following it is 500 for
each claim. They even charge stump
age for cutting wood at % cents a
cord, which amounts TO considerable
where so much is used in thawing the
ground Even the dead wood on the
ground is charged for at 10 cents
cord. House logs are charged for at
the rate of cents log. All goods are
subjected to a heavy revenue tax,
which is said to be a retaliation on the
United States. It is estimated that the
Canadian Government will collect
81, ,0G0. 900 here between last spring and
next
There is much complaint because the
United States Government is slow IN
determining the course of the boundary
lire. It is reported here that President
Mckinley has notified the Canadian
Government that a strict account Of the
revenues must be kept until the location
of the boundary line is settled. A rep
resentative of the Rothschilds is here in
Dawson City"
TROUBLE IMMINENT.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-Sheldon
Jackson, United States General Agent
of Education for Alaska, writing from
ST. Mfehaels, under date Of September
18th, has sent report to the Interior
| Department regarding the gold boom
| He says:
II am still detained at this place,
waiting upon the movements OF the
Bear. Since reaching here, August
| 24th, several expeditions of miners
| have arrived on steamers and sailing
vessels from Puget Sound, Seattle and
! San Francisco. They bring with them
lumber and mechanics. expecting at
this point to build small river steamers
and barges in which to proceed up the
/ Yukon to the mines. There are eight
or ten of these vessels now in the har-
| Dor, and thirteen are expected from the
south.
The season is now closed for get
! ting up the river this year. The most
that the miners now here can do will
| be to get perhaps hundred miles Up
the river to timber, then go into winter
| quarters, erecting log huts for shelter
! Those that come up later will be COM
! PEELED to winter at this place. AS all
/ these people were pledged to be taken to
the mines this fall, you can imagine
that there is not only much disap-
pointment, but also much Irritation and
anger that is liable at any moment TO
! break out into open violence.
Among the hundreds now camped
upon the beach in tents are all classes
from the best to the lowest. profession
al men of ability and standing, gam
| blers and desperate roughs, the wealthy
and the poor, and the presence of the
| Bear is the only restraint of lawless
ness. We are hourly expecting the ar
rival of another cutter, and when she
! comes the Bear will at once sail for
| the reindeer station, Siberia, and St.
| Lawrence Island.
Some of the tents have been flooded
for three days past and all are uncom-
! Portable. It has been showing for two
days, and the whole landscape is
white"
THE BEHRING SEA ARRIVES.
SEATTLE (Wash.) Oct. u. = The
! schooner Behring Sea arrived here to-
/ day from St. Michael, which place she
left September Goth. The Behring Sea
brings no news of importance beyond
what has already been reported. When
the schooner left the Eliza Anderson
expedition was preparing to start up
the Yukon The sensational stories
about the threatened lynching of May
or Wood Of Seattle and D. K. Howard,
manager of the Eliza Anderson party,
are said to be without foundation.