The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27
BOGUS CUSTOMS OFFICERS.
Duties Collected w tfh out Warrants
Council Of seven organized
sam WycOG Dead.

Special Correspondence.
SkAGCAY, Alaska, Dec. E.-Reports
have reached here that alleged Canadian
customs officers have been operating up
on the unsophistIeated at Lake Linder-
MAN. and under The suise of authority
have been collecting customs duties, is
suing therefor printed receipt 10 which.
however. 40 sigma uTe is attached.
Il is needless 10 state that the only
Canadian customs house in this region Is
located AZ Tagfsh house. on Lake Tagish.
where force OF officials is stationed, and
that those alleged customs officials. who
have been levying duties on ''tenderfee;"
are swindlers. Just what the extent of
their operations has been is not known.
but IL Is said, that quite a harvest has
been reaped.
Collector OF Customs Godson. OF the
Tagish customs district, has been in
Skaguay this week. lie states that but
few people are making their way down
the lakes. He Is strongly OF the opin-
Ion that mutual arrangements should he
made whereby American purchased goods
can be bonded through Canadian terri.
tory 10 Alaska points IN the interior and
like plan adopted for passing Cana
dian goods through from this point 20
the boundary lire.
The Alaska Guarantee Company ts a
pose OF furnishing bonds for goods which
Will be shipped through Canadian terri
tory 10 Alaska interior points. The presi-
dent is II. A Bauer OF III. a. Bauer &
Co; Fred c.. +. Ia Penotiere. cashier Of
tho First bank OF Sksguay is secretary
and treasurer, ana Otto Schiessinger.
manager.
Skaguay's new council OF seven organ
ICED last night by eleeting Col II. f. Bat
In vAra 10
ell Will take a hand in the regulation o,
LOT jumpers. who are beginning To 90,
rather numerous. and that strong A.
tempt will be made to abate the LOT
jumping nuisance. This will prohsh iv
meet with strenuous opposition from the
local lawyers. who are reapin- A harvest
upon the litigation which arises from lot
jumping cases
Another promising source Of trouble
which Is found here IS in the influx Of
japanese. Many Of the little people. male
and female. arc coming In. and II Is open-
~ stated that 'the Japs must go" There
IA strong feeling against them. and u -
not unlikely that an anti-1apaneee cru
sadr will he begun. Where Il viii end 10
another story
AZ Lake BENNETT quite A town "a Sr,rin-.
ing M. Hotels ard restaurants are being
erected in anticipation az the lnfl-x Of gold
seekers. The saloon men and gamblers sx-
rect harvest VIII be reanesf there hut az
fhr location OF the town Is IN British o.
lumbii. where liGno' can be sold only m
hotels, and the number IS regulated nv .ha
population. not few wouis-h h. saloon eoa
hotel keepers viii ltkaly Re doomed % dis
appointment. Among those who have Sc
cured concessions for hotel purposes are
George l. Rice, the saloon king % Alaska
and r. j Hiltz, formerly OF Skaga.av.
Work on the wagon road to Lake Bennes.
Is being pushed rapidly. The connanv ,s
employing no men. S'eds ara being driven
over II for about seven miles and Sunsr-
tntendent Bracket intends 20 have N.
road completed So that Il can be used &c a
sled road by January l.
A number of business men went over the
road today as far as Il IS corxtr,leta4f ard
AZ meeting Of citizens tonight in sam
sons hotel resolutions approving tbs wore,
ard che method % construction were 0azs-
ed unanimously. Endorsements Of the work
were also signed ~ large number Of
business men
President Baitin Of tire trarnNsv COM
pany. announces that the lire win b. com
pletod tn TIRE summit by March next. ana
In the meantime sled road will ~ built.
Treasurer Ash. who has been in the Fas.
fer some weeks. IN the interests OF the
company. w!ll return January with ample
funds to cornpiese the work
F. = Holden ~ Victoria. Z. =. sustain
81 q fracture % the skull Yesterday. He f.
employed on the wagon road aud felI f-cn,
4 badge. a distance ef six feet striking
his head On some rocks. He 1as brought
20 Sssgnav. whore he received medical a.
te8tfon yfe VIII recover
Sara wycoT whose parents reside n
Hesiaseurx Cal hst Who wAs 4 ~srr9er,
~ TaCo5Ta previous - coming sere 'sS4
August 31ef suddenly IN Saturday even
ivg ~ congestion % TIRE brain. wyca~
was engaged To a ycuag lsdv whose home
IS - Pavalu>. Tho remains Will be taken
- T9cisna for inIarmeus.
Mss jessie Nrpooesit II Sea:ti>. waY
has hoen dangerously ~ wifh snaaaua1a-
tory 'ael7as'isvn az ere head Of Ike
MsTsa. w5eFe ~ha is ca7ssst ca neg Nay
- taa k;ondlAe, is recovering