Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-11
KL0NDYKERS warned
Secretary 6liss Advises Them Of
Some 0ifficulties They
Wll Meet
IF THEY 90 aoLD-HuHr1He now

IF THEY 90 aOLD-HUNTINa NOW
Much Trouble Ahead for These who Are
Too Eager to Reaeh the Arctic n Dorado
-Dominion TO Have . Time OF II En-
forcing Its. Mining Regulates, Besides
Some "RetaliaHion" That Uneis Sam h
Preparing for the Canuck.
Washington. Aug. 11.-Secretary Bliss
has taken cognisance Of the rush to the
Klondyke gold fields and Alaska and
has issued the following warning to the
general public. addressed ITO whom IL
may concern:
I'm view Of information received at
this department that 5000 persons with
1000 tons Of baggage and freight are
now waiting at the entrance to White
Pass. in Alaska. for an opportunity to
cross the mountains to the Yukon river.
and that many more are preparing to
Join them. I deem 1t proper to call the
attention Of all who contemplate making
that trip to the exposure. privation, suf-
fering and danger incident thereto at
this advanced period Of the season, even
II they should succeed in crossing the
mountains. To reach Dawson City,
when over the pass. 700 miles of difiicult
navigation on the Yukon river without
adequate means Of transportation will
still be before them. and ii is doubtful
II the Journey can be completed before
the river IL closed by ice"
Row Over Those Gold Regulations.
A telegram from Seattle says that at
Victoria, B. c., there is much wrath
over the recently announced mining reg.
uiations. The Victoria Colonist cues.
tions the rights Of the Ottawa govern
ment in the premises. and says that "ar
imperial order in council, passed in 1882,
defined the Stickeen territory as extend
ing to the sixty-second parallel Of north
latitude. and placed its administration
in the hands Of the government Of Brit
ish Columbia. 1t 70 asserted that this
order has never been repealed, and II
is therefore a question whether the con-
troll OF the country. and incidentally the
mining revSRue. does not still belong to
British Columbia rather than to the
Dominion. which by its purchase OF the
territory from the Hudson Bay company
did not acquire any rights that the COM
pany did net possess
says the Alining Law Won't Go.
1t adds: III the ideas Of those who
know what they are talking about 20
for anything. the Dominion government
will find that their proposed mining law
with respect to the Yukon placers SIM
ply won't go. A Colonist reporter in
terviewed as many OF the old-timers as
could be reached. and one and all, with
out regard to nationality or political
svtfo ~
lions without the slightest qualifica-
ton"
Proposed Telegraph Line.
The state department has not get re-
ceived the application from the British
government for permission to run a
telegraph line through the United States
territory connecting the gold fields OF
the Klondyke with the outer world. 1t
Is said that the application viii raise a
new question only comparable to that
which was involved In the establishment
Of the mixed mail route in Alaska which
gave rise to 50 much talk. But, accord
ing to some Of the men who say they
know all about II there will be some re-
taliation against Canada. because It has
concluded to get q share of the gold on
the Klondyke by taxation.
win Retaliste ON the Dominion.
1t is alleged that at a special meeting
Of the cabinet, which will be held in
Plattsburg some day next week. q mat
ter OF the greatest importance to trans
continental and Canadian railroads will
come up for consideration. 1t appears
that the alleged discrimination Of the
Canadian authorities between miners
bound for the Klondyke has stirred up
the people OF the Pacific coast, especially
those Of the state Of Washington: to
such an extent that they have ap-
peaied to the secretary Of the treasury
to put in force q clause Of the Dingley
bill. which will practically deprive the
Canadian roads OF the bonding privileges
which they now enjoy. This alleged
discrimination" in the collection OF a
customs tax on the outfits Of the
American miners. all OF which are of
course purchased IN the United States.
NAVAL ARMOR BOARD AT WORK.
viii Visit the Bethlehem and Carnegie
Steel Plants for Points.
Washington. Aug. II. - The naval
armor board was in session again yes
terday in the ordnance bureau, devoting
nearly all of the time to a study OF the
dCCufhutdscu HuAoimdAioH III tuS navy
department bearing on the subject of
their investigation. OF this there ID q
great store. Including the great mass
Of data collected for the benefit Of Sec
rotary Herbert when he reported to
congress upon the cost OF production OF
armor and alss the material collected
in pursuance OF the Investigation into
the defective armor supplied some years
ago by one Of the firms. The board has
arranged for visit to Bethlehem and
also to Carnegie's armor works.
Bethlehem will be visited Monday
morning; just how long a stay will be
made there has not yet been settled.
but from there the board will 70 to
Carnegie:s place near Pittsburg. Both
of the armor makers have volunteered
to admit the members Of the board in