Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-10-22
TO CUT UP ALASKA.
A Proposition Under Way TO Establish
New Territory.

from Behring sea, dropped anchor in
the bay this evening. She brought
down from the north, DR.. Sheldon Jack
son. United States general agent Of
education in Alaska; Lieutenant ID. H.
Jarvis, from the cutter Bear; Whaler
J. A. Peters. of the wrecked whaler
Eeyarch, and Richard and Rollo Cam
den, who went up on the Eliza Ander-
son, but who returned to wait until
spring before going to Dawson. DR..
jackson spent the summer in the
Yukon river valley in the interest Of
the government. He reports the rein
deer herds as doing finely, 150 trained
deer being ready for freighting.
The cutter Corwin, after carrying
dispatches to the cutter Bear, sailed
from St. Michaels on Friday, Septem-
Der "a. On the 26th, the Corwin
called at st. Lawrence island. Dutch
harbor was reached on the Both, where
she met the steamship Portland. After
taking on coal and leaving her cargo of
shipbuilding material, the Portland
sailed on the goth for St. Michaels.
The original purpose of the North
American Transportation & Trading
Company to build additional steamers
for the Yukon trade this summer at St.
Michaels has been changed, and the
steamers will be built at Dutch harbor.
Special correspondence from Alaska,
brought by the Corwin, conveys the
news that it 10 proposed to establish
new territory known as Lincoln, out of
the northwest portion Of Alaska. Its
boundaries have not yet been fully de-
cided npon, but it will include the
Yukon river country and extend north
TO the Arctic ocean. The scheme
meets with the approval of the North
American Transportation & Trading
Company, the officers Of which recently
held conference on the matter with
Senator Carter and several other United
States officials. The new town of
Weare, situated on the Yukon river,
about half way between Dawson City
and st. Michaels, has been chosen for
the capital of the proposed territory.
1t is understood that Eli Gage, son of
the secretary of the treasury, is a can
didate for the governorship, as soon as
the territorial organization is effected.
Captain Herring, of the Corwin,
states that many of the steamers going
up the Yukon are unseaworthy, and he
strongly advises prospeetors. especially
those from the East, not to buy tickets
on any vessels until satisfied they will
be able TO make the trip. When the
Corwin left st. Michaels, September "a,
the Hamilton started up the Yukon, ex-
pecting to winter wherever timber
could be found. The Seattle No. also
was going ON with Mayor Wood and
party. She will also winter on the
river. The Merwin. an old side
wheeler. carrying l40 passengers, and
the Mare Island have started from
Dutch harbor for winter quarters, but
it is doubtful whether they will get
further than st. Michaels, as they have
so miles of rough water to cross, and
both are cranky river boats.
The steamer Eliza Anderson still re-
mains at Dutch harbor, but her passen-
gers have gone on to St. Michaels in
the schooner Baranoff. They wanted
to board the Merwin but the captain
declared he could not accommodate
them. They were persistent, and
wanted to draw lots with those already
on the vessel for the use of sleeping
quarters. Upon the captain refusing
this request, some of the Anderson s
passengers became aggressive, and
bloodshed was only averted by the ac-
tion of Captain Herring, who advised
all parties against any breach of the
peace. There is intense feeling against
the promoters of these winter expedi-
tions to the KlOndike, and serious
trouble may yet occur. The statements
by Captain Herring regarding the un-
seaworthiness of the old river boats
sent to the Yukon are corroborated by
DR.. Sheldon jackson.
There is plenty of coal at Dutch har-
Dor and in Alaska, supply having
been recently landed by the steamer
Bristol At Dutch harbor, 20 men are
engaged in putting two steamers to-
gether, which will be taken north in
! sections. About 1000 miners will
l Wlut0I db Cb. 4utChdclo,
north and south. There are two hotels
already built, and another in course of
construction, and food is said to be
plentiful.
While at Unalaska. the Corwin
pulled the sealing schooner Pearl off
the rocks, where she had stranded
The sealer was not seriously damaged.
The steamer Portland may be expected
at Seattle about October 90, though
the Cleveland may come in her stead.
The steamer will bring the last of the
miners who will leave the Klondike for
the winter with the result of their sea-
sons work. 1t is possible that large
; amount of treasure may be brought, and
the Bear has been ordered to act as
convoy to the departing treasure-laden
vessel from the mines.
, Died In q Spanish Prison.