The herald., 1898-02-06
TRAFFICON
THE YUKON
Subject to Very Intricate
Regulations
MINERS RELIEF SUPPLIES
STARTED ON THEIR JOURNEY TO
DYEA
Lawlessness at Skaguay Leads to q
Request That Martial Law
Be Declared
MINERS RELIEF SUPPLIES
STARTED ON THEIR JOURNEY TO
DYEA
Special to The Herald.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The commits
sioner Of navigation of the treasury de-
partment today issued some additional
regulations governing the navigation Of
the Yukon. They state that in navigat-
ing the river in Canadian territory the
usual Canadian regulations must be OBJ
served. These permit only vessels hav-
ing British registry to carry passen-
gers and cargo from one place in Cana
da to another. If river steamers, trans
ported into the Yukon, have American
registers, they may clear with passen-
gers from a customs station on the Yu-
kon In Canada for ports in Alaska, and
vice versa. In cases of emergency,
pending the receipt of registry. steam-
ers may proceed down the Yukon for
one voyage without certificates of reg
istry.
RELIEF MEASURES ..-.
PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. Shy As
sociated Press.) The expedition which
the United States government Is. send
ing into the interior of Alaska with sup
DllGS IOT tI16 TGllel VI fIllIlCIS VIII IS-
ported to be in want sailed for Dyea
tonight on the steamer Geo. w. Elder.
The Elder carried $50 passengers, 81 Of
whom are officers and enlisted men Of
the army. who will act as escort to the
pack train, which, it is expected, will
carry the relief supplies over the passes.
| About 200 tons Of provisions were sent
forward by the government from here.
and an additional supply will go from
Seattle in a few days.
The government has let a contract to
the Snow and Ice Transportation COM
pany for carrying 100 tons of supplies
from Dyea to Dawson. but, as the
paraphernalia Of the company has not
yet arrived on the Pacific coast, it is
probable that Gen. Merriam will push
on a portion of the supplies by pack
train to Lake LIE Barge, and there build
boats on which to carry the supplies
down the Yukon.
1t is expected that the 500 reindeer
brought from Norway by the govern
ment will be landed in Alaska within a
month, and. il possible. additional sup
plies will be taken in with them.
TIRED OF DISORDER
SKAGUAY, Alaska, Jan. 31.-(Via
Seattle, Wash, Feb. 81 A petition is be-
ing circulated here and at Dyea, asking
the war department to send 300 troops
here, that law and order may be pre-
served. The petition also asks that mar
tial law be declared. The petition Is be-
ing signed by nearly all the best ele-
ment. 1t says:
"Passengers and freight are being
dumped off at these two points. to the
number of 300 day. which will soon be
largely increase.
"In view of the fact that there Is no
local government in the territory of
Alaska and no one with sufficient au-
thority to execute the laws of the land.
much less to prevent crime and disor-
der, and in view of the large number Of
the undesirable and criminal classes
who are now flocking to our community,
to prey upon unwary and innocent pill
tgrims, and in order to have some one
with sufficient authority and in sufficient
numbers to prevent disorder and block
ades on the trails leading to the Lakes
Lindemann. and Bennett and to protect
the property of citizens of the United
States:
"We the undersigned. petition that
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authorities;
r'And, believing this to be an ext.dor-
dinary emergency, we believe that mar
tial law should be declared in all this
part of Alaska, comprising the COM
munities of Dyea and Skaguay and the
trails leading therefrom to the interna.
tional boundary, and that sufficient
troops, not less than 800, be Immediately
dispatched to these points to enforce the
laws and preserve order"
1t is stated that Governor Brady will
order one of the government cruisers
stationed at Sitka to this place to pre-
serve order. The cutter will arrive in q
few days.
Good prospects have been found on the
Big Salmon river. Prospect holes have
been sunk to the depth of forty-five feet
but water interfered with the work be-
fore bedrock was reached.
Inspector of Mines McGregor, who
started for Dawson some weeks age
with several tons Of supplies and num-
ber of horses, has abandoned the trip
McGregor got as far as Lake LIE Barge
where he received orders from Major
Walsh, administrator of the Yukon dis
trict, who is camped at Big Saln'or
river, to abandon the trip, because of the
impossiblity to reach Dawson with
horses. McGregor has gone to Big Sal
mon to confer with Major Walsh.
The recent order of the Canadian GUS
tom officials at Lake Tagish prohibiting
any person to pass there with less than
1000 pounds of provisions for each man
has had the effect Of stopping many peo-
pie who had started for Dawson with
less than that amount.
A double murder occurred here at
o'clock this morning. Deputy United
States Marshal ]. M. Rowen, formerly
city marshal of Mount Vernon. WASH.
and Andrew McGrath, a native Of Con-
%sord. Ont. were shot and killed in Jake