The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-12

Ex-senator Blair, accompanied by John
j Brady aad lie wis L. Villa ms visited Sec
retaries Alger and Long today and had a
long conference with each concerning the
necessity for the Government to furnish
protection TO the people Of Alaska. Mr..
williams is the United states marshal for
Alaska and Mr.. Brady is United States
commissioner They showed in 4 most
conclusive manner that the marshal and
the few deputies allowed him are wholly
unable TO suppress the existing lawlessness,
which, they say, is mostly created by adj
venturers who COME across the Canadian
border.
In the Yukon Valley the mining populd
tion is about Z 900 persons, and there is
scarcely a sembance of law or it's enforce
inent, and desperadoes have full sway.
Marshal williams and Brady
asked Secretary Algcr to send troops to
Alaska, aid asked Secretary Long to send
q, gunboat there. The Government has had
this matter under consideration for several
weeks, and ii has been discussed at Cat
met meetings
The Administration is inclined to view
with favor the request for protection, and,
carrying out instructions, Secretary Of
War Alger has had several conferences
with Col Noel, of Boston, one of thelargest
miners and business nlen III Alaska, and
has given the subject much careful ekaTni-
nation He said today that he was much
impressed with the necessity of having
IN 4 inf
ed Messrs Blair, williams and Brady that
he was also inclined to 10 all in fiSkOwer
to preserve order.
The result of the two conferences was
that Secretary AIger and Secretary Lonl:
Will recommend that the Government send
a gsnhoat to Juneau and keep number
OF marines on duty at that port, or that
the Government immediately establish u
military station there Juneau is but a
few miles from the disputed boundary line,
and should a military station be placed
there If might lead 10 diplomatic corTe-
spondenCe. 1t is certain, however, that
the Government will adopt one Of the
recommendations, and perhaps both A
Eunboat would be sent up the Yukon River,
but the delta is too shallow to permit
the entrance OF one.
Commissioner Brady, who is taking such
au active interest in the matter, is u
prominent caadidatefOrg governor Of Alaska.
Naval orders have been issued a. follows.
Commodore A. Walker. detached from
the Naval Academy, to command the Con
cord, May %: Fast Assistant Pa ymaster
- McGowan is ordered 10 the Michigan,
Lieut.. A McCrackiH is detached frC-I ti-e
Naval Academy and assigned TO the COM
mand of the Standish, May %; Lieut.
II c. Gearing, detached from the Naval
Academy, May 20, and ordered 10 the
StanCfish; Past Assistant Engineer L. T
Holmes il ordered To the StanCiish; Lieut.
Comma nder z =. Rodgers is ordered 10
League Island in connection with Tire com
mission Ofthe Iowa Lieut. e. CClvocoress-
es is assigned 20 the Concord as executive
officer; Lieut. j C Cresap detached from
the Franklin; Lieut.. T. W Houriran de-
UaChed from the Naval Academy; Ensign
Il H. BurraEe, detached from the Thetis,
and Ensign l. A Walker detached from
Monadnock, all ordered TO the Concord
Lieut.. r Andrews, detached from the
Columbia and ordered To the Rrooklyn,
May / :; 4 n Cons and II. A. Evans are
ordered To Newport News, Va, as as
sIStantS 10 the experimenting CObSITuCJeT.
Lieut.. T 6. Dewey, ordered to Washing
ton for examination for promotion.
Attorney General Mex enna today gave
an opinion to Secretary Aleer as to his
authority to permit the Port Arthur Chan
mel and Dock Company 70 eXcaYate ship
canal or channel from Saline Pass to Port
Arthur in the State OF Texas, a distance OF
ABOUT eight miles.
In his opinion the Attorney General says
the Secretary of War has the authority TO
authorize and permit the construction OF
the channel.
Applications for appointment to official
positions were filed with Secretary Gage
today as follows:
NJ s. Farmer, Flat Rock, n c., to be
auditor for the War Department at Wash
incton, ID. C W. c. Palch. Manassas, Va 4,
to bedeputy uditor for I he interior Depart
ment at va shngton, ID. C: ID. o Newberry,
Columbia. n C, to be collector of customs
at EdentCn, n C: F c. Harper, East Sound,
Wash to be collector of customs at Port
Townsend, Wash; c. A. Dickinson, Rocii-
ester, n. Y, TO be collector of customs ut
Rochester. n. Y: NJ Brunswick, Las Vegas,
n NJ to be collector of internal revenue
at Santa Fe. N NJ: Z. S. Stover. Albu-
nuerque, n. NJ, to he collector of internal
revenue at Santa Fe, n. NJ: H. d Knox,
Marietta, Ohio, to be supervising inspector
of steam vessels at Cincinnati, Ohio