The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-24
FOOD ENOUGH Al DAWSON
GOVERNMENTS PROPOSED RELIEF
EXPEDITION NOT PRACTICAL.

Men of Experience Agree That it is I'M
possible TO Forward Supplies Down the
Yukon River ON Ice-Only Feasible Plan
is to Freight Supplies to the Foot of
Lebargo.
Skaguay Alaska, Jan. 7, via Seattle,
Wash, Jan. 29.-Thirty persons have
arrived here during the past week from
the Klondike mining region They say
there is food enough at Dawson to last
until the Yukon river opens. Supplies
must be received by that time, though,
if suffering is to be ayerted. In refer
ence to the proposed government relief
expedition all agree that 1t will be i'm
possible to forward supplies down the
river on the ice. In the first place, the
Yukon river, between Dawson and Pei
ley is so rought that dog trains can
haul but a small amount of provisions,
barely enough for the party accompany
ing them, and the route is impossible
to horses. The Thirty mile river is still
Guilty that dog trains of men on foot
can make their way along the shores,
The winter in the interior up to the
present time is remarkably mild and it
is the opinion of old old timers that the
river will not freeze over this winter.
Inspector Of Mines McGregor, who
left Skaguay some weeks ago with sew
en- tons of provisions and fifteen horses
has only reached White Horse range.
1t will be impossible for him to take the
horses down Thirty Mile river unless
he can build RATS and float them down.
He and his party are now building a
road around White Horse rapids and
are making fair progress. Among
the arrivals was a committee Of miners
bound for Canada. They will endeav-
or to secure a reduction of customs
duties. They declined to make any
statement for publication until they
had conferred with the Canadian gov
ernment. 1t is understood that they
have with them a petition bearing sew
eral thousand names for a reversal of
the royalty clause.
Speaking of the food situation, DR..
Wills, said: If we can get food into
Dawson by the first water, the situa-
to sled provisions down the Yukon to
Dawson. 1t cannot be done owing to
the fact that the Lews river is still OPP
en- and the great ridges of ice which
block the Yukon. If the American gov
ernment wishes to send in supplies, the
only feasible plan is to freight supplies
to the foot Of Lebargo on the ice and
have them ready to ship down the riv-
er as soon as navigation opens, proba-
| bly, about the 18th of May"
| The question of the right Of Canadian
customs officials to levy duties on Am
! erican goods at Lake Bennett has been
| explicitly raised by Will S. Thorpe, a
| well known cattleman of Washington.
| In November last Thorpe drove thirty
head of cattle from Skagaay to Lake
| Bennett, where he slaughtered them.
| The question of duty was not broached
until few days ago when Mr.. Thorpe
received communication from Captain
| F.. G. Wood, inspector of the Indian
mounted police, stating he had been re-
guested by the collector of customs at
| Tagash to call upon Thorpe to pay the
duty of $16 head.
| Thorpe was also told that in case of
refusal to pay the duty Captain Wood
| would send men to secure the beef or
| as much of it as was necessary to cover
| the duty. Thorpe called upon Captain
| Wood, whose headquarters are tempo
| rarily located here, and formally re-
| fused to pay the duty demanded on the
| ground that the cattle were killed ir
American territory and not in the Can
adian dominion. He also objected tc
| the duty of SIG per head, claiming that
| If it was legela for the Canadian Gus.
| toms officials to collect duties al
Lake Bennett in this case, the duty
should be levied on dressed meats and
| not upon live cattle. The matter viii
| be laid before the United States gov
| ernment Mr.. Thorpe claims that ac
| cording to a decree made by dominion
| land surveyor, William Oglive, Lake
| Bennett is within American territory
and that the Canadian government rec
ognized this when they established
their custom house at Lake Tagash.
| Seattle, Wash, Jan. 23-Arriva1s here
| from Dawson City report an attack by
| mob of 150 men upon the warehouse
| of the Alaska and North American
| Trading companies at Fort Yukon
| Captain Ray, in charge of the ware
| houses, called upon Lieutenant Rich.
ardson for protection. Martial law was
| proclaimed and the property protected
| TyrT Ayn SIASHYn TN nE6nu