The herald., 1898-03-21
WILL PAY CANADA,S REGULAR
CUSTOMS DUTIES
ORDINARY WEARING APPAREL
And Articles Necessary for the Jour-
ney Go Through Free-All Craft
Find Cargoes
Associated Press Special Wire

WASHlNGTON, March 20.-The Depart
ment of state is informed by the United
States consul general at Ottawa. Ont, that
the same duties are imposed on goods des-
tined for the Klondike region as are im-
posed on goods imported into any other
part Of Canada. The instructions to the
Canadian customs officers touching ON this
matter are as follows:
Wearing apparel, articles Of personal
adornment, toilet articles and similar per-
sonal effects of persons arriving in Canada
to be passed free, without entry at Gus
toms as travellers baggage. under the pro-
visions of the customs tariff; but the pro-
vision shall include only such articles as
actually accompany and are in the use Of
and as are necessary and appropriate for
the wear and purpose of the journey and
present comfort and convenience, and shall
not be held to apply to merchandise or arti-
cles intended for other persons or for sale.
In the absence of rulings by the board
of customs as to articles included in the
foregoing regulation, customs officers at
the port of entry are to decide the classes,
quantity of wearing apparel and like ar.i-
cles entitled to pass free under the above
provision, having due regard to the length
of the journey to the reasonable require
ments of the traveller for his comfort and
convenience Of the journey.
Articles of personal adornment, however,
may be held to include one watch and the
jewelry ordinarily in use by the traveller.
For traveller to the Klondike region a
pair of blankets and fur robe and change
of apparel for use on the journey may be
passed free.
Miners old pans are free under tariff
item No. 555 as separators.
MINERS DRIVEN BACK
VICTORIA, B. c., March 2O.-The steam
er Danube arrived from Skaguay today
She bringe many miners from Wrangel
who were unable to go in by the Stickeen
route. The bark Canada, wrecked near
Skaguay, has been seized by the United
States marshals at Sitka, who refuse to al.
low the cargo. which includes much lum.
ber for the bridges on the Skaguay wagor
road. to be discharged.
"A VESSEL OVERDUE
SAN FRANCISCO, March n.-Some anx-
iety is expressed here for the safety of the
schooner Nellie G. Thurston, now 159 days
dikers. The schooner Thos. F. Negus
which arrived here yesterday from New
Haven, Conn.,, reported that the Thurston
left Playa Parda cove in her company, but
that when about eighty miles off shore
they were separated by furious hur1i
cane. The passengers on the Negus ex-
pected to meet the Thurston here. The
Thurston carried nineteen passengers
among whom are Mrs. N. Bowles, the onl,
lady passenger. and son of New Yorl
brewer named Mills. Shipping men seen
to think that the missing schooner will puI
into this port within few days, and ex.
press the opinion that she has met w
adverse weather.
CARGOES FOR ALL CRAFT
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2O.-The dis.
engaged tonnage in this port is smaller
than 1t has been for years. It is a cues.
ton as to whether, since San Francisco
has been port Of any size, there have
ever been so few idle vessels in the ha~-
bor.' The large grain crop of last year
cleaned the port of deep sea ships and the
gold discoveries in Alaska and the conse.
quent rush to the north have provided oc.
cupat1on for all available vessels,
DOWN FROM DYEA
ASTORIA, Ore, March 20.-The steamer
Oregon arrived this evening from Dyea
and Skaguay, making the passage In five
days. She brings fourteen passengers. The
passengers report that the epidemic OF
spinal meningitis in Skaguay Is abating
no deaths having occurred for several days
The Oregon will leave for Portland tomor.
row morning.
A MINERS QUARREL
DYEA, Alaska, March 4, via. Astoria
Ore, March 20.-Frank Clement of Hills.
boro, o., was shot and killed at Sheer
camp this morning by Gottlieb Schneider
Of Howard county, Maryland. A lynch
ing was averted only by the prompt action
of the officers in getting the murderer out
of the way. He Is now in jail at this place
Clement lived several hours, but failed
to give an account of the quarrel. Schneid-
er's story, told to an Associated Press cor.
respondent, is as follows:
II met Clement coming up on the steamer
Elder in February and saw him once here
and in Dyea afterward. Several days after
we got here Clement came to me and said
that his partner had decided to go back
and he wanted me to buy the outfit and &c
to Dawson with him. I told him that
had nothing with which to buy it, He then
told me he had enough money to buy out
his partner and If would go along with
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