The herald., 1898-02-03
RAYS REPORT
Concerning Affairs in the
KlOndike
RESTRICTION OF IMMIGRATION
Is THE ONE MEASURE REALLY
DEMANDED
RESTRICTION OF IMMIGRATION
Prevalence of Lawlessness Also Shows
the Need of Military Patrol.
Relief Measures
Associated Press Special Wire

the Columbia, today wired the acting
from the reports of Captain Ray:
strongly recommends restriction OF
emigration to that country this year;
says not one should be allowed to enter
without two years supply of food; rec
ommends military post at mouth OF
Tanana. with light-draught, highpow
er steamboat to patrol the Yukon with
detachnents of troops; also overland
of Tanana. He seized all supplies at
Fort Yukon Oct. 80 to prevent capture
by armed mob of about eighty men,
Says mob was influenced by deliberate
robbery and not by hunger. Nothing
but provisional military government will
meet the necessities this year. Full re-
ports by express today
READY TO RELIEVE
WASHINGTON, Feb. General
Merriam commanding the Department
of the Columbia, has notified the acting
secretary of war that he has completed
the details of the relief expeditions to
be sent out by the government to the
gold region in Alaska and to the Klon-
dixie. These are as follows:
Major d. Rucker, Fourth cavalry, is
assigned to command and to take tenn
porary station at Dyea, where he is to
establish Il camp and supply depot.
Captain George Duhlen. assistant quar-
termaster, is designated as quartermas-
ter and commissary of the expedition,
and is to report to Major Rucker at
Dyea. Captain D. l.. Brainard, commits
sary of subsistence. has also been as
signed to duty at Dyea as purchasing
and distributing officer of the eXpedi-
ton. Captain Bogardus Eldridge, with
detachment consisting of Lieut.. E. w.
Clark and fifty enlisted men of the Four
teenth infantry, together with First
Lieut.. F. NJ. Kemp, assistant surgeon,
and two enlisted men of the hospital
corps, fully armed and equipped for
escort duty in the interior of Alaska,
with one hundred rounds of rifle ball
ammunition per man, are ordered to
proceed from Vancouver barracks to
Dyea and report to Major Rucker First
Lieut.. Guy H. Preston, of the Ninth
cavalry, in charge, with Lieut.. Ryan.
Ninth cavalry, and the pack trains from
the Department of the Platte, are also
ordered to duty at Dyea.
Orders have been given ~ the chief
of the Department of the
Columbia to ship by steamers from
Portland and Seattle, about Feb. .. II 900
complete rations with proper proper
ton of subsistence stores and property,
and also tandem and single sleds, to
Major Rucker at Dyea.
JUDGE LYNCH PRESIDES
SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. >. - The
steamer Alliance arrived here this af-
ternoon from Copper river, Alaska, with |
news of a double murder and lynching
at Valdes pass, Jan. >.
n. A. Call of Worthington, Mimi, and
". A. Lee of Salem, Mass, were mur
dered by NJ. F. Tanner. known as the |
Montana cowboy" who in turn was
hanged by about 40 prospectors.
A correspondent of the Times. writ
ng from Valdes under date of Jan. II, |
gives the following account of the trag
.dy and the cause leading thereto;
Last fall several boats landed at this |
,lace with passengers from all parts of |
he world. seeking an entrance by way |
# the Naldes trail over the glacier into |
he Copper river country. Among them |
vas a party of Massachusetts pros /
1ectors, who had picked up en- route the |
cowboy Tanner, who had nothing but |
experience, and was outfitted at Seattle |
" the rest of the party. The cowboy |
vas very overbearing and at last his
became unbeara BILE, and four
If the party. talking the matter over,
ame to the conclusion that the best
hing for all parties concerned would be |
o divide the outfit, give the cowboy his
hare and let him shift for himself The
took place in a tent with |
he cowboy overhearing the remarks. He
walked to a shanty one-half mile dis
ant, got his six-shooter and returned. |
The four men were sitting in a small |
ent, surrounded by baggage. The cow
BOY stood in the doorway of the tent,
loding the flap aside with one hand, |
lis other by his side. He said: Il over
heard your talk about me and | am here |
or business"
He then shot twice in rapid succession. |
killing Mr., Call and Mr. Lee instantly |,
The conclusion put out the light, so that |
mis- next shot was in the dark. The man |
at whom it was aimed fell down and the |
cowboy, thinking there was only one |
eft. went outside and waited for him |
TO come out. He at last gave it up and |
went away. The survivors notified all |
he men in the community and they |
went in body for the cowboy. who |
without any resistance
He merely said II had intended to get |
hem all. Thirty-eight men as jury |
deliberated from II o'clock that night |
until 4 o'clock in the morning At the |
end of that time it had been decided
hat the cowboy must hang. When |
daylight came a path was broken |
through the deep snow. rope was
thrown over a limb and Tanner was ex-
acuted. The whole affair was conduct |
I'd with decorum and solmnity. The |
cowboy was game to the last and coolly |
asked the crowd whether they were
aware that they were hanging the best
shot in the northwest. He offered to
lie the knot around his neck. The
wounded men We're shot in exactly the
same place. through the right lung, and
expired without word. AT meeting
called, it was decided to sell the nur-
1ered mems effects at auction and send
he proceeds to their families in the
east.
The steamer Queen arrived from San