The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-19
STARTLING NEWS Wy
FROM ALASKA
Canadian Officers Not 50 Friendly and
Trouble May Arise.
THE SKAGUAY TRAIL OPENED
New Riches Reported M-ki Arrives and
Humboldt Sails-rugent Starts Mach
ENeitcment-keak Hearts Return.

Seattle. August is.-Thc s:-amshi5 Al
HI which arrived n pot this morning
from skaRuny ana Dycn. brought the
following letter FOR The Asso lated Press
skaguay n"ar pyca, Alunka, Angus 4
Twelve Canadian customs officers ar.
rived here and In few days will estab
lish "a custom house portage between
Lake Bennctt ana Tagish lake. poin.
by which all yukon AMI KlonJiks trlv.
elcrs must pass u they start from Dycp
and skaRuny, The rates Of duy Will
OF the Yukoncr Thv officers are well
armed and will have the nss!Stanc~ o
tho mounted police 10 enforce th' collec.
ton Of DUTIES, Further down tho ri e.
viii b. stationed glnrds 10 intercept
any one who might tiude tho vgilance
OF tho officers Tho miners and proEp c,
tors are much exercised over tie .itua-
tion and low grumbllng f. heard o.
ecvry sid". which may Lad 10 5omplicA.
uons.
The Canadian ofiiocIs IN very arm and
positive tones declare THAI they win
enforce the law impartiully ant will no
discrimlnnis ugalns, Amer cans though
they incidentally claim that year or
two ago the Canndiln miners wcr- drlv.
ga OUT Of ,hc m.aes at circlc city be-.
cause thy We're no, naturallEei Amerl.
cans Il r. useless 60 argus that .h-te
IL not serious fvcl.ne between the 'wo
is-opIra: whether &, Is Jus,inltlc or no.
1 DO No, prc,cod 10 .ay. tn, Canadian
officers mr.. taking with them a fln YEAR
supple aud with .hr assistance ol th.
mounted police propos- 20 mantnl1 an
ofnc.nl monthly mail service r,r oincisl
purposes only between KlonI.kc and OF.
tawa.
At present there ara fully jo0 head Of
horses here and about 100 are due 10
arrive IN the next ten days. tn us
tancc to the lakes Is about forty ml-s.
and the highest altitude 70 be crossed
is sloO feet. Horses can make Two round
trips a week. each pack averaging about
go pounds. one company here Is ship
ping into the Klondike complete set
OF machinery for op rating a saw mill
skaguay trail TO tho lakes Is lust opened
and It Is said 20 be IN good travelling
condition.
The following significant telegram was
received hyre today pt Healy " WILSON,
trading post from Ottawa, under Date
OF July %: II poss hle kindly send
word 20 Dominion surveyor. Macarthur,
to come TO Dyca for important instruc-
tIons He need not bring his party.
(sign'sD f. Deville, surveyor general"
Macarthur wen, into the interior Of
Alaska through Chilkoot pass early Inst
spring ana Intended 10 come ont at this
pclnt. Locating the exact boundary te-
tween the two countries on the Yukon
Is supposed TO he the "importon. IN
struclnns" referred o, though many ex.
pcrlcnced Alaskans profess to believe that
Macarthur win receive instructions 10
definitely locate the boundary lNir this
point 80 that the Canadian customs
officers now at Skaguay can locate a
custom house as near 10 the boundary
line rs possible, The newly appointed
collector OF Alaska, Mr.. Ivy. OF Oregon.
was hers the other day and said that
he had been in telegrapic communicated
with Secretary Gage Just prior to sailing
from Seattle on July %, and that he
was ordered TO install a SUPPORT OF entry
at Dyea as soon as possible. Unless III,
governments are very careful system
OF retaliation will he in vogue before
either are aware Of the fact ard much
Ill feeling win follow and the miners
will he great snNerers
w. ]. JONES.