The herald., 1897-09-03
THE ORDER
is ISSUED
Establishing the Yukon
Mail Route
CANADIANS WILL DO THEW WORK
BUT UNCLE SAM WILL PAY HIS
SHARE
Boundary Questions Again Loom Up
on the Diplomatic HORIZON.
Dawson Is in Alaska
BUT UNCLE SAM WILL PAY HIS
SHARE
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-Pastmas-
ter-General Gary has issued formal
order establishing the exchange of mails
once month between postof11ces at
Dyea, Alaska, and Dawson City, Can
ada The service is to consist of one
round trip each month, the first trip to
commence at Dyea upon the arrival at
that place via Juneau Of the mail steam
er scheduled to leave Seattle September
II, and 10 arrive at Dyea on the goth, and
subsequent trips to commence upon the
arrival at Dyea of mail from Seattle.
The mails in question shall contain only
letters and post cards, to the exclusion
Of all other articles. Mails made up at
Dyea for Dawson City shall contain let
ters and pest cards addressed for de-
livery al any place in the Yukon district
Of Canada, and mails made up at Daw-
son City for Dyea shall contain letters
and post cards addressed for delivery
at all places in the United States. This
is the formal announcement Of the in
auguration of the new postal service into
the new gold region, which has been es-
tablished through agreement between
this country and Canada. The contract
for performing the service will be let
by the Canadian government, the United
States paying the latter for its share of
the expense. based upon the stretch of
our territory that the route traverses.
AROUND THE HORN
PHILADELPHIA Sept. 2.-It Is re-
ported that the wooden steamer City of
Philadelphia, which has been lying here
Idle for some months, has been purchased
by syndicate 70 go TO the Klondike, and
will be fitted out ready to leave for Alas
ka Within few weeks.
A STEAMER SEIZED
PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 2.-News has
Just been received here to the effect that
the river steamer Eugene, which left
here August 20 for Dawson City was
seized at Union. B. c., by Canadian GUS
toms officers. No reason for the seizure
is known here.
Later.-The steamer Eugene, going to
St. Michaels to carry the passengers on
the steamer Bristol up the Yukon river
to Dawson City. was seized at Comox
by order of the Collector of Customs, she
having called in at Comox after having
cleared from Port Angeles for st. Mich
aels. A small fine will probably meet
the case, but the seizure means further
delay to the Bristol's passengers, who
were here over a week waiting for the
steamer.
THE BOUNDARY QUESTION
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. Sept. g.
A letter just received from John U.
Smith, United States Commissioner at
| Dyea and Skaguay, intimates that gov
ernment officials now on the way to the
Upper Yukon may, by their official acts,
bring on serious international complica-
tions with the Dominion government.
He says: 1T is announced here by a
Deputy United States Marshal that the
United States government is to make a
claim for large portion of the Yukon
golG fields, which have heretofore been
supposed to be in British territory, and
that the territory which is claimed as be-
ing within Alaska includes Dawson City.
THE basis of the claim to be made by
the United States officials to the dis
puted territory is in the fact that the
boundary line has never been deter
mined, and that the United States au-
thorities are claiming to possess infor-
nation as to surveys made by the Cana
dian government that fix Dawson City
and large portion of the gold district
within Alaska"
THE CONCORD DESERTERS
SANTA ROSA, Sept. "A letter has
been received by w. B. Griggs from his
son Joseph. who is member Of the crew
Of the United States gunboat Concord.
The letter is dated Juneau, August 25.
and gives details of the desertion of As
men from the Concord during its cruise
in Alaskan waters.
1t says: Some of the boys got the
gold fever and ran away. bu. were
brought back, and are now in couble
irons. The ship lost As good seamen, but
if they are fools enough to go and starve
this winter, they are not fit for the ship"
THE SKAGUAY ROUTE
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 2.-The steam
er Farallone arrived this morning from
Skaguay, having left there August 26th.
The Farallone brings confirmatio of the
reports that the trail has become al
most impossible on account of rain and
mud. At many places on the trail the
mud is from one to four feet deep, and
men with packs on their backs mire down
and have to be pulled out. A letter on
the Farallone states that one day last
week 100 men sold their outfits al sac
rifice and started back.
The Farallone will start on her return
to Skaguay with about 50 passengers 1853
horses and cattle and, about 200 tons of
freight.
BIG DEMAND FOR HORSES
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 2.-The de-
mand for horses to be used in packing
over the passes from Skaguay and Dyea
is increasing, and during the present
week several hundred head Of horses will
be shipped there. There are now at Ska
quay about 1000 horses. and 1t is difficult
to see how this number can be fed dur
ing the winter. Many predict that both