The Anaconda standard., 1898-01-23

Ihofp, wcll-knoWn cattleman of
Washington. In November last Thorp
, drove 30 head of cattle from Skaguay
TO Lake Bennett, where he slaughtered
| them. The question of duty was not
! preached until a few days ago when
| dr Thorp received a communication
| from Captain T.. g. Wood, inspector of
| Northwest mounted police stating that
ne had been requested by the collector
OF customs at Tagish to call upon
Thorp to pay the duty. sic head
| Thorp was also told that in case of re-
| iusal to pay the duty Captain Wood
would send men to secure the beef. or
as much of ii as was necessary to cover
| the duty.
| Thorp called upon Captain Wood
| whose headquarters are temporarily
| located here, and formally refused to
/ pay the duty demanded on the ground
| that the cattle We're killed on American
territory. and not in the Canadian Do
minion, as claimed by the Canadian Of
! fcials. He also objected to the duty
OF Slb per head. claiming that If IL were
legal for the Canadian customs officials
To collect duties at Lake Bennett in this
case the duty should be levied on
dressed meats and not upon live cat
tie.
Thorp viii lay the matter at once be-
fore the United States government
and in the meantime he has warned the
Canadian officials not to seize his beef
dbltf SutH tlIIl6 DIS ne can receive Il re-
ply to his communication from Wash
ington. ID. G.. MIR. Thorp claims that,
according tn a survey made by Do
minion Land Surveyor William OgiIvie,
Lake Bennett is clearly within Ameri-
can territory, and that fhe Canadian
government recognizee this when they
established their custom house at Lake
Tagish. that point being clearly within
the Canadian dominion. Recently the
collector of customs at Tagsh made a
tour OF Lakes Bennett and Linderman.
and collected duty upon the outfits of
number of people who are camped
there for the winter
Death From Exposure.
Daniel Lopez a barber. about 26 years
of age. was found in n semi-conscious
condition on the summit of White
Pass last Thursday afternoon. He
was taken to "A neighhoring cabin, but
died before reaching IL.
Lopez left Skaguay ON Tuesday
morning for Lake Bennett. where he
proposed to open a barber shop. He
had a dog and n sleigh on which he
carried his blankets and provisions
When found on Thursday afternoon he
was lying in the snow with his tent
over him. Nearby We're his blankets.
which had not been unrolled. How
long he lay there can only be surmised.
as when he was found he was delirious
He must have lain in the snow, how
ever FOR at least "a hours He was
thinly clad. and his delirium was prob
ably caused from exposure When
found his dog was guarding him, and
it was with some difficulty that the an
imal was beaten off. Lopez's body was
brought To Skaguay and buried. Lo-
pez came here last August from San
Luis obispo, Cal, where mis- relatives |
reside.
Colonel w. Il. Fisher of san Fran |
cisco who Tod a ha
drowned in White Horse rapids about |
Nov. last. arrived i'm .1kaguay from |
Lake Leharge few days ago.
At Dyea work on ths different tram |
ways and vharvcs Is heine rJshed. The |
Dyea Klondikc Transportation COM
pany announces that II is now ready to |
receive freight to be delivered at the
lakes.