The San Francisco call., 1897-12-15
Returned Yukoner Saws
Food Will Soon Be
Exhausted.
supply Cannot Possibly Last
Longer Than the Middle
of March.
Urges the Government to at Once
Equip MIdW ter Relief
Exp edition.
Special Dispatch TO THE CALL
CALL OFFICE. RIGGs HOUSE. J
WASHINGTON, Dec. IA.

CALL OFFICE. RIGGs HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Dec. IA.
Senator Mcbride of Oregon has received
the following from Z. P. ASH, W no arrived
at Portland on November 80 direct from
Dawson City:
Il know that the supply OF provisions
IN Dawson City cannot last longer tnau
the middle of March. No supplies can
reach the interior by the ordinary con-
veyance until next June, and believe it
WIIi require the resources of the United
states Government TO equip an expedition
stTonS enough TO overcome the obs acles
OF mldwlnter journey. This expedi-
ton should be authorized at once, as it
VIII take from forty TO fifty days to reac b
Daw on from Skaguay and Dyea. am
certain that there Will be intense suffer
ing unless relief Is at once provided tor. "
Senator Perkins OF California and Sena-
tor Wilson of Washington have had a con-
sultaIIon with Secretary Gage, in which
tney recon- mend that the SUPPORT of en-
Try at Dyea he abolished. They presented
numerous propositions to this effect,
which represented that Dvea as q sub.
port now furnishes advantages to persons
from British Colum bla which are not
given to nited States ciuzens goiny
country. British subjects now snip goods
to Dyea in bond and it passes on to the
Northwest Territory unhampered by Gus
toms OF any kind.
United States citizens, the petitioners
say, meet with annoyances as they reach
the lakes In British Nor Invest Territory
Although /, Is claimed that 100 pound !
per man is exempt there i often a great
deal OF trouble experienced. Secretary
Gage SAID he would Investigate the whole
matter, and would also ask the Commerce
Committee OF the Senate to make a thor
ough investigation.
SEATTLE. Dec. I4.-Passengers of the
steamer Ak, when arrived here TO- day
from Skag1ay, Alaska, report that Col
lector Of Customs Godson, who is stationed
at Lake Taglsh, came into Skaguay on
Decem Der Z, bringing Confrmatory news
OF rich strikes On the HoOtaiiuQua River.
and tnat many prospectoTs ~ Lake Marsh
ana other places on the road TO Dawson
had gone into the HOotalinQua country.
According 10 new ruling of Deputy
United States Collector OF Customs Floyd
at SEaguay goods purchased in Canad a
and brought to Skaguay must either pay
duty or 80 per day TO a customs Official
while the goods are in transit to inlerna-
uonal boundary line. Collector FLOYD
has already collected duties on five out
fits from British Coium bia, the owners
q customs official 10 travel with them to
the line. Owing to the dispute over the
location OF the boundary line it is feared
that considerable ilI-feellng will be engen-
dered by Collector FIoyd's Interpretation
of the customs laws.
VICTORIA, Dec. 14.-One OF the pro-
lected new Canadian roads to the Yukon
has come 10 naught with the return TO this
city OF the exploration party sent out by
the Provincial Government 20 locate, if
possible, railway route from Alice Arm.
At the head Of Observatory Inlet, 10 the
Mas River. The surveyors, Messrs. VIII
kilson. Little and Jones, have been O.
month on the expedition. THey procee l.
ed inland about twenty miles over a
course becoming more ana more difficult.
until the last dav they advanced only one
mile, and decided to abandon the at
tempt on that route. When the crust
forms on the snow in February lhev may
think II worth while to make another
IT al In direction more easterly than that
which they found so practlcable.