The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-10

Address Electors in Canada at
various Places, Including Ottawa.
ri Dgniezvy. It British subject, born
- s-sigh, up in the gold fields OF Aus
-, ard Africa, arrived from the frozen
- last SATURDAY,. after an absence 0s
] s-.rlsnths Of the Yukon. fighting the Ca
i .sssr o.geia.s ard fyuitiess attempt 10
- fhs elsrren, e alleged corruption tina,
I ss,nasde the mama OF Dawson UNANIMOUSLY
s~s.re is. perhaps. no man more geaer-
l .s~ta.cdtr these offictaiz than Mr.. Dun
i s~~r for tie reason that, as a Disguised
r,v.lsman ard firing Of their alleged
.-sa..d TRANSACTIONS hs took the lead in
=. pavement Of reform In that cornmun-
- and organized q miners association
~. las since grown TO be a power In
=. northuezt ana which has for i.s OBJ
-, the overthrow OF the ring. the aDroga-
,ssa AZ arbitrarily obnoxious rules. the
.n.ndng Of inconsistent mining laws and
| a. SECURING OF an honest administration
e. .he general interest OF The miners lie
~ FOR the kioudike last Apr! and, in an
..,sys.eE with a PostInteiifgencer report
-. ysrerday sad that from the time ne
.exehea the summit and vas frs brought
!. eontsct vita the Canadian officials ne
sas made the victim OF their extcrtions.
.aIeh Increased in holiness as they went
- down the lakes and rivers the climax
AZ .9o.G-ups and mala ADMINISTRATION be-
.av reached in Dawson. His expert
srrs ne says WAS that OF every man who
~snt into that country, and he left Daw-
ar september intent on reformation and
Sslegated By the association TO bring the
mztfer squarely before the electors of
canada and 20 secure the much needed re-
srrms on the Yukon from the Canadian
esrament az Ottawa.
VI Danleavy gave an outline OF the
troubles he met on his way TO the Yukon
which ne said could De extended into
large volume:
Graf.ers on All sides.
u found everything carried on in a slip
shod manner from the time ! reached the
summlt They had no established forms
.er administering the customs laws. They
would Just give you a memorandum slip
o, paper, SAYING: Please pass Il. J. Dun
ssyv' I bad secured q free miners IL
rense al Vancouver. which gave me the
rght to cut timber for building boat,
bg on reaching Bennett ] found that my
miners license did not mean what II said
ard | was compelled 10 either take out
slosgsr's license or buy boat from some
ens having Il ,0ggcr's license. AS soon as
the lakes opened | went down TO JaglSh,
where had to put IN 10 show my papers.
found about fifteen hundred other boats
waiting 10 have their papers examined,
Grating delays ranging from one to three
DAYS These delays were caused not 50
much BY the large number OF boats pres
CIT as by the inability of many Or the
Parties there to pay the hold-uP charges
Imposed by the inspectors far passing me
ages were frst moderate
Is put at 81. but gradually Increased until
SIC was eXtcrted. The system adopted ny
Az a a
lie as possible during working hours and
70 hackmail prdSpectorS after hours. All
the ist.er would stand In order 10 have
their BEATS PASSED. Al the canyon above
he White Horse rapids the inspectors con-
sssiaa o. two members OF the mounted po-
Ice f3Ycc, who instead Of attending to their
duties had sst9b shed themselves in tho
pdo.ase busi1icss and were making on an
average 500 day. one of the mc:i pilot
ed the boats while his companion drummed
N customers. There were other men
engaged in plotting and when trade slack
ened These two men endcaVOred 10 form an
association OF pilots with the view Of driv-
hg off a number of their competitors.
Falling IN this. they boldly arrested one
or two o. them ard by threats ana intim-
imation finally frightened away the poor
fellows who were trying 10 make an hon
es, living. and these two men were left I'm
!all possession OF the field
Police Fire on the Bonts
AhV NAil'l s9Nltt-bP flttttS WIRE * inc
sot Of Lake Leharge HootallnQua and
Biz Salmon At the latter place the cur
feni Is very swift and heavily laden boats
Gmetimcs were too far eat 10 make
hhilng and were carried past unintention-
ally. In every such ease while ! was tfere
Tor two or three days the Officers would
rush for their rifles ana commence rr.us
a. 'ae boats. In one ease thoE. fret sores
shess AT large barge
= '"H - i'ffftt u N1stN come
banned Of th'S 5utTt~, t- tfaf.r WatSA
- ahepf other abuses mon wt;r ~'l+iect-
CO 10 IN their way WV. The WA for ali
Htied that ne shooting was an outrage
ard eatlTriy unauthorized and che hoa-up
NaS rot ~ h'S instructions. II. assured
ne that MS ,trscti1ns Were that the
h.sis were ouly to he held tp ana search
81 far waisNt only when breaking hulk
~ WAT" Nerse rs25ds. have snce
rare tt1' nc police were rcprlmanded
yer re shooting ana The hold-up general
y b0' z ga BAT little good
Had ir~- nmd Corrupf Officials
~ jewsar ! found chaotic con-
ehon % AFFAIRS with fhe existing mining
@*s 'n'aup...,. baby constructed and
worse air.".-tr..t According - chose
avs whoo r.4c ~takeA 4 claim ne haa
,e Nafk s. -.--n'iSiv ard was vrt .'-
Nws9 a. absent Am-elf for more than
twenty 'tNe Atsrs without reasonable
esess otherwise Ha forfeited his claim,
wa Comm -si .ryr tlwte changed tiiat
s* whereby IRE .srBkcr need nct work
:, ans Rae tet yft.9 - ISL king un mites
" country arH bedding SO xfthunt any b.
"epneTt wash N5r Fewos,t ia.sr ,,n
go altered t'.. ext.r3..E -ar tt-se s-9nl
faws.,o q" s.. months. 3ni s-1rs lr,t
- stFerrn:to- AZ OTTAWA have passed a
"lfrFh V q miner cNuld he't Nts ca ~
a. s'.aitrE '1r hY S.wav ravire $50
A. this leads ~ a e-.a, feA, ~ -,af.i..,n