The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-07
Yankees Away Up in the Northwest Are
Ready To Fight.
AND TROUBLE is ANTICIPATED
Canadians Are Trying To Collect Duty
on Summit Lake, U. S. Ground.
ATTEMPT TO CHANGE BOUNDARY
rsta Arrivals from Alaska Assert That
English Claims of American Lana
Has Aroused Bad Temper.

Seattle Wash. March 3.-FlEe steamers
arrived from Alaska today. The Queen
brought the latest news. having lett 9ha-
quay last Sunday. The most important
rows brought down was a continuation OF
previous reports that Il Canadian oHlcl'i
has raised the British flag on what Is re-
carded as American soil, and trouble az
Sl1aguay with longshoresmen who "oJe'teu
to Indians unloading freight from Steaii-
ers.
The presence Of United States troops
atune proNepted serious trouble.
Il is feared serious trouble VIII gro"
out of the Canadian attempt to coitect
duty on the SUBMITS of White and Chhkool
pa aes and the Americans VIII resist 'he
payment ON what they consider American
ground. - other complication VIII result
from the various tramWays Whl|h are Ne
inc constructed to carry freight over the
passes TIE officials Of these tramWayS
are said 10 nave declared that amy inter-
ruption of their construction WORK OF any
attempt to exercise any right of ownership
will he resisted. il is thought AT Dyea ana
Skaguay that the movement OF the Am@r!-
can authorities Will be to claim sovereignty
over those two places
Last summer the boundary line was at
Lake Bennett, Thea at Lindernann. and
now at the summit of the mountains. which
is only about twenty miles from salt wa
ter.
+, r. Knapp, Of Boston, Mass, one of
the arrivals authorizes the sta temcnt that
the Canadian authorities raised the British
hag on III, summit of White pass on Sat
urday. February 9th.
This has heretofore been considered
Amer can territory. Nr. kuappS authors
ty for the statement is the foreman Of the
Humbcrt Transportation Company. lie re-
ported the affair Mr.. Knapp who is
,Iln fpI no. INST hGt al
Mir. Knapp left SkaGuay.
Nj Knapp reports that the deaths at
Skasuay. Dyea ana along the trail had
been very much exaggerated. He had made
personal examination and learned that
since November there had been nineteen
deaths 1T Skaguay aud thirteen at Dyea.
This is not at all large, considering the
population at these PAGES.
The report that two men from Dawson
had persisted on the White Plains with Il
large amount Of gold dust on their persons
IS said by Mr. Knapp to have no toundst-
ton.
1ne rivalry between the towns OF ska
quay and Dyea IS characterized by Mr..
Knapp as beins at white heat and this,
he thinks. accounts for the many exag-
serated stories of death and hardship sent
out. Each town IS doing everything it can
TO throw discredit on the other.
Two days before the Queen left Skaguay
weather mad caused hundre,is Of n,., ',i,
who had been detained by the severe cold
to start over the trails from both s5i.aguay
and Dyoa, and when the steamer left : /
general exodus from both towns wa. aos
ing place. Both trails are reporter
80 '' epart
Canadian Makes De'sonb
Vancouver b. G.. March &ed
er A. 3. Perry, of the norGa,
~ police who returrase
hett this morning, -
u was present .s
Eotsted at Sugllo-
collecting d6osts@
flor
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