The herald., 1898-09-07
The KAYUKUK CLEANUP
SHOWS THE NEW DIaaINos TO
BE VERY RICH
A HARD WINTER IS IN SIGHT
Rescue Of an Alleged Thief by Ameri-
cans Threatens to Cause Inter-
national Complications
associated Press Special Wire.

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. e-The steamer
Portland just arrived from st. Michael
with about one million and half dollars
worth Of gold dust and nuggets. She
brought six boxes of the precious metal
belonging to the Canadian Bank Of Com
merce. and three boxes for the Alaska Com
mercial Company, each box weighing over
$50 pounds. The lucky miners on board
were few. Charles Anderson, John Lee. E.
Nelson. William Young and James Nc
Ma,hon being among the fortunate ones
Anderson is said to have cleared UP $780, ,000
The Portland brought news of q rich
strike on the Yukon in American territory
The waters OF Kayukuk have panned out
rich. Four hundred men are now in there
and twice that number are waiting to
siedge In there this winter.
Kayukuk is about 1000 miles from the
mouth Of the Yukon and is about GOO miles
In length. 1t Ii this side of Minook. and
from the latter place. from Fort Hamilton
and Circle City the prospectors will go in
this winter. Two miners were recently
shot by Indians on Lake Tagish. One was
killed and the other wounded. The GRIM
inals have been placed on trial at Dawson
James Murphy, one Of the Portland's pas
sengers, says:
''It is going to be q hard winter in Daw-
son and all along the river Provisions
will be scarce and then trouble will come.
Out Of thirty river boats. at least twenty
Of them will be frozen in. The majority Of
the boats will get no further than Circle
City. If they get that far"
May Cause Trouble
CHICAGO. Sept. GA special to the
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"Klondikers who arrived by the steamer
Amur. tell Of the rescue Of Arthur Perry,
Q Seattle man. accused of stealing $17,5O
from Alex Mcdonald. an officer Of the
Northwest mounted police. by Collector of
Customs Ivy. The affair has caused great
excitement at Dawson City and may devel-
op into an international affair.
According to the miners, Perry mort
gagged claim belonging to Mcdonald.
Mcdonald swore out a complaint against
him and the police went to arrest Perry.
Perry. however. had fed down the river.
An officer was dispatched after him, de-
spite the fact that he was in American ter
ritory. The office. overlook and arrested
Perry. who had $4,000 In dust. At Nalato,
when the Columbian came up, the police
man and his prisoner took passage on her
for Dawson City. When the Columbian
reached Eagle City, Collector Ivy went
aboard and demanded the prisoner and the
money. The Canadian officer demurred,
when Ivy drew a revolver and threatened
to shoot unless the prisoner was given up.
Finally Ivy pushed the officer aside and
took the prisoner, giving the offlcer a re-
ceipt for prisoner and money except as to
the amount.
ION the affair being reported at Dawson
City,, Crown Prosecutor Wade and de.
tachment' Of police took passage on the
steamer Powers to pursue the prisoner and
retake him at all costs. The captain and
officers Of the Columbian have all made
af1davits as to how the prisoner was Sc
cured, There Is much discussion over the
matter and full report has been sent to
Ottawa"
"A Strange Crime
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. GA letter to
the Call dated Bering Straits. June q,
states that the bark Northern Light. Cap
tain Whiteside. from San francisco for
Kotxebue Sound. has arrived safely in port
with her crew and 152 passengers. after
. voyage during which It was discovered
that four large auger holes had been bored
In her bow. 1t was found that the vessel
was leaking badly. and but for the timely
discovery Of the cause she would have gore
to the bottom. There Is apparently nc
clew to the men who tried to sink the ship.
Officials Quarrel
SAN FRANCIsCO. Sept. GA special
from Seattle says: Col. McCook, United
States Consul at Dawson. has had a slight
6!fficulty with Dominion official already,
yet he has been at Dawson but q
few weeks As result he was
compelled to remove the United
States flag from the store Of the Alaska
Commercial Company at Dawson and al
Iowa Dominion customs officer, Davis,
to hoist the British ensign. The American
coat Of arms was removed from the door
and Col McCook sought another office.