The herald., 1898-02-08
SOLDIERS
WITH ARMS
Cannot Accompany Relief
Supplies
CANADIANS EVEN QUESTION
ALLOWING UNARMED TROOPS TO
CROSS
CANADIANS EVEN QUESTION
Treasury Department Officials Call
Attention to the Stringent Rules
Governing Coasting Trade
Special to The Herald

Special to The Herald
OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. I'm answer to
question put to the government in the
house tonight by the opposition leader,
the minister of the interior stated that
armed troops of the United States would
not be permitted to accompany the
American relief expedition to Dawson
City. He further said that the question
of allowing American troops not under
arms to do so, was now under consider
alton by the government and was also
the subject of negotiations with the
Washington authorities. 1t is generally
conceded that an unarmed body of
American troops will be permitted to
accompany the relief expedition over
Canadian territory.
SHIPPING RESTRICTIONS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.-(By the
Associated Press 1.-The treasury de-
partment has advised the collector of
the ports to the effect that shipments Of
miners outfits from the United States
to Victoria in American vessels for
transhipment to Alaska in British bot
toms would violate the laws regulating
the coasting trade. This matter has
been decided by the federal courts in
similar cases.
FAY ESCAPES HANGING
VICTORIA, B. c., Feb. Ed Fay,
the murderer of Rowan and McGrath at
Skaguay, was not hanged, as his friends,
headed by "Soapy" Smith, a gambler,
organized and threatened to use their
guns if Fay was hanged. Fay was there
fore sent to Juneau. The steamer Tees
which brought the news arrived last
| night, as did also the Willapa. They
brought many miners but no late news
from the interior. A big windstorm in
the Lynn Canal delayed travel for sew
eral days on the trails.
| The report that Mrs. Rowen, wife OF
| one of the murdered men. had died,
proves untrue. The news of the shoot
| ing has thus far been kept from her.
RATES BY RAIL
CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-The western roads
lagain took up the question of rates to
Alaska today, when Vice-President
Stubbs of the Southern Pacific arrived
in the city. 1t was the consensus of
| opinion that the roads could not allow
| the Canadian Pacific to have any ad-
vantage over the American roads in the
matter of rates to Alaska, and it was
also the general opinion that it was emil
nently desirable to have a conference
with the Canadian Pacific and to see If
some method cannot be devised by which
the rates can be kept from further de-
moralization. A telegram, signed by
a general officer of each of the following
lines, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific
Great Northern, Northern Pacific and
the Atchison, was sent to Vice Presirent
Shaughnessy of the Canadian Pacific
saying that all efforts to induce General
Passenger Agent McNicoll of the Cana
| dian Pacific to consent to a conference
had been fruitless and asking if it could
not be arranged for and executive Off
cal of the Canadian Pacific to meet and
confer with the general officers of the
other roads in Chicago early next week
| A FATAL LAND SLIDE
| VANCOUVER. B. c., Feb. News
has been received here of a landslide al
Quesnelle Forks, Cariboo. Three
miners, VIM. Allen, Joe Rich and Alex
Mclean were buried. The slide was
1000 feet wide, 500 feet long and 25 feet
| high.
| IOWA ARGONAUTS
| DUBUQUE. Feb. Tie Lee party OF
ten men departed tonight for the Klon-
dixie. This is the fourth party to leave
here for the gold fields.
| A NEW ROUTE
| SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. The Bostor
and Alaska Transportation company an,
nounced today that it had purchased il
New York the steamship Laurada, which
was, until her seizure by the government
recently. engaged in filibustering be.
tween New York and Cuba. The Lau
rada will be placed on the Alaska rur
from this city.