The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-03
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thorities to be ON the Yankee Side OF
the Line, the Surveyors Of the Dom'n.
loo Governments Being Witnesses There
TO. According To Repost-Stats of Az
fair. at py~s and skasuay- kiondyks
News In General
Port Townsend, Wash. Sept "A let
ter Just received from John U. Smith.
United States Commissioner al Dyea and
SkaSuay, intima,es that government OF
ficials now on their way to the upper
Yukon may by their official acts bring
on serious International complications
with the Dominion government He
says:
1t Is announced here by . deputy
United States marshal thai the United
States government; Is 70 make claim TO
a large portion OF the Yukon gold MEDIA
which have heretofore been supposed TO
be in British territory. and that the ter
ritory which Is claimed as being within
Alaska includes Dawson City. The easis
OF the claim 20 be made by the United
States officials 10 the disputed territory
Is in the fac; tina, ne boundary line has
never been determined and the United
States authorities are claiming 20 pos
sess information as 10 the surveys made
by the Canadian government that fixes
Dawson City and a large portion OF the
gold district within Alaska"
AT DYEA AND SKAGUAY.
| 0-Ths a.
Farallone arrived last night. elk days
from Dyea and Skaguay. The officers Of
the steamer tell interesting stories Of the
| condition Of affairs at both landings.
They say that a. Dyea the people are
slowly but surely crossing the divide.
| and the road FOR ten miles up the can
yon Is strewn with tents. provisions. dis
| carded baggage and dead horses. Less
than LOCO people are on the beach at
! Dyea. as all efforts 10 get across thu d.
vide as soon as landed.
A, Skaguay things present . different
appearance. there being between 5000
and 5000 people at that place. Less than
| fifty men have succeeded IN getting
across White Pass and hundreds have
given up trying 10 cross Il until spring.
Steamer officers say rain has fallen con-
| tinuously there FOR elgh; days and that
! u is utterly impossible 20 cross All
kinds OF business Is flourishlnS. Many
men are selling outfits FOR little or moth
ing. while others are buying everything
offered .or sale and using the same 70
stock general retail etores. which they
are setting up on the beach. A ssloon-
I
II In heap in tent and selling the
empty sacks at 70 cents each.
The Fsrallone officers deny nat a man
was killed at Skaguay for stealing. bus
say that in case OF theft death would 20
the result
The Farallone brings confirmation OF
the reports that the trail has been al
most impossible on account OF rain and
mud A. many places on the rall ths
mud f. from one 10 four fee; deep ana
men with packs on their backs mirs
down and have TO be pulled out. A letter
on the Faraiione states that ore day
last week 100 men cold their outfits at .
sacrifice and started back The FaraL
lone started on her return 70 skagusy
tonight with about htiy passengers 151
horses and cattle and abou, 200 tons .
freight
HORSE BEEF. ANYHOW.
Seattle. Wash. Sept 2-The demand
for horses TO be Used in packing over ths
passes from Sksguay and Dyea - increas
ing and during the present week several
hundred head OF horses VIII be shipped
there. There are now at Skazuay about
A \ t. l.. -.
this number can be FED during the win
ter. Many predict tina, both men ana
horses Will be starving before spring snd
fnat the horses VIII De killed and eaten.
SEAMEN WITH GOLD FEVER
Santa Rosa, Cal. Sept. IA letter has
been received by Deputy Postmaster W.
y. Criggz from his son Joseph. who ss
member o, the crew o. ths United
States gun5oat Concord. The Lester 10
dated juneau. Ags1s; Is. and gives de-
tails of the dessrtion of forty-nvs men
from the Concord during ia cruise In
Alaskan waters Il says:
"Some O; the boys got ne EoH fever
and ran away. but we're brough; back.
and are row n double irons TIE snip
Jos. forty-fvs good men. bu: Z. they are
fools enough 20 90 AMI starvs tAs vim
ter they are No, ~ ~ -. ship
WORTH FLEECTNG.
San Francisco. SEPT z-J7nn Il WEB
Der. a young man from D-troi:. NicA-
iran. who has Jus: returned from AlAEkA
Is missing. and James Vl-ria &c this city
who came back With him. = ssriousiy
abou, hls diza2DeArsncs. lie
is known % have had a consids-sbis
cum OF money IN his possession ari 10 10
believed be has fallen into the hands &C
unscrupulous people.
Pr THE. ASDREE ROUTE
Toronto. Ont. Sept Z-Asronsut Tee
Stevens has successfully tested bis new
generator 20, manufacturing gas ,or rs
balloon and says se wll cave for he
Rlondike ne later part Q. this month
Stevens also declares De I'll % % An
aree's resc5e provided ais later sxp.rt-
ments are s1ccssSfsL
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