The herald., 1897-07-25


ever Mr.. Arkell will achieve by hi
claims
of course you understand that Mr.
Arkell's claims for the Clondyke dis
} trict have to be filed with the Canadian
government, whereas the Lake Clarl
district is in the United States"
LOAD TO THE LIMIT
SAN FRANCISCO. July 24.-Tht
steamer Cleveland, chartered as an extrs
vessel by the Northwestern Trading
company, sailed late tonight for Seattle
where she will discharge part of hel
cargo and take on supplies and passen.
gers for Alaska About half of hel
passenger list from this city is booked
for Alaska and she will be full to the
limit leaving Seattle for the north. II
is probable that she will carry 500 pas
sengers from Seattle when she sails for
the gold country of the north.
The Umatilla will sail tomorrow morn
ing for Seattle, where she will connect
with a steamer for Alaska. She carries
a. full passenger list from this city, a
great many of whom are bound for the
Clondyke.
ALASKAN GARDEN SASS
| WASHINGTON July 24.-Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson believes that con-
gress at its next session will authorize
the establishment of agricultural ex-
pertinent stations in Alaska. He said
today that he had no doubt the people
in some parts of Alaska would be able
to produce their own vegetables, and to
some extent, the cereals they will need.
The hardy classes of animals, he said,
could also be grown there. The cattle
from the mountains of Scotland he be-
leved could be raised successfully in
Alaska, but so far as is known now the
mining regions in the vicinity of the
headwaters of the Yukon river are about
thousand miles away from any part
of Alaska in which agriculture could be
successfully pursued.
GERMAN INTERESTS
LONDON, July 24.-The Paris cores
pendent of the Daily Mail says that
against the anneXation of Hawaii by the
latter country. Germany, the CORES
pondent says, desired a triple control of
the islands by America, Great Britain
and herself. Chagrined at the result of
her protest, Germany sounded Japan,
but the latter declined to be a party to
any concerted action. believing that the
United States would respect the rights
of japanese immigrants in Hawaii.
BOUNDARY QUESTIONS
NEW YORK, July 24-The World
says: Secretary of State John Sher-
man is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel He
will leave al once for Amagansett, Long
Island, where he will rest for several
weeks. The Secretary was asked what
he thought Of the reports that the Can
adam government proposed to enforce
the alien act against the American
miners now flocking to the Clopdyke
gold fields.
Il don't know" said the Secretary
1--WE have an alien law of our own. We
have never enforced it against gold
miners. Canadian citizens have been
free to come to the United States and
mine for gold under the same terms that
our citizens did. There has never been
any friction over the matter and do not
anticipate any serious trouble with our
Canadian neighbors on that score.
Where a man has taken up land
claim for the purpose of residence and
cultivation we have always insisted
that he be citizen. The same has been
done under the Canadian government.
Where a man has simply prospected for
gold with the intention of digging in
the ground little ways and taking
what he could find, he has never been
nterfered with on our side of the bor-
der
Il do not think that the Canadian gov
eminent will change that course of pro-
cedure. If they do it may lead to fully
as much embarra ssment to them as to
our miners.
From the meager reports already
received, it looks as if there might be
as much gold on our side of the Alaska
line as on the other
Asked about the Boring sea incident,
he laughed and said: THE letters pub
lished in the English newspapers to-
gether with their headlines are being too
readily received as the sentiment of the
nation. The English government has
made no response to the letter received
by Mr.. Hay in regard to the Boring sea
matter and it's Foreign Office has said
nothing of belligerent nature.
England has fully as much If not
more at stake in the seal trade than we
have. London is the center of the fur
trade of the world, not only in the buy
ing and selling of furs but in their pre-
parations for the market.
"These matters will be fairly adjusted
and that without trouble. America has
contended and believes she is right in
her content ton that something must be
done and done at once, for the seal race
will soon be extinct in Alaskan waters"
IN SPITE OF WARNINGS.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.-In spite
of the warnings that have been given
out by returning miners concerning
the possibilities of starvation in the
Clondyke country during the coming
fall and winter, thousands of people
here and elsewhere are bending every
nerve and energy to reach the land of
the COLDER. fleece. Most of the available
steamers and yachts have been chart
cred by private individuals and speeu-
lators and there seems to be no doubt
that they will have a full complement
of passengers when the time for sail
ing arrives. The gasoline steamer
Chetcom has been purchased by an Eng
fish syndicate for $4,000. 1t is the pur-
pose of the syndicate to take out 100
men who will put UP $1,000 each. They
will work on the cO-pnara tive pI1p