The herald., 1898-02-16
REPORT OF LOSS DOUBTFUL
ON STRENGTH OF STATEMENTS
OF SEAMEN
The Wreckage Marked "Hassler
Could Not Have Come From the
Vessel reported Burned
ssoo,ated Press Special wire

| Arrived at am. after a very windy
trip from Wrangel. Will arrive at Skag-
| uay Friday night and start home Sunday
morning, Feb. 6.
"It will be noticed" said Mcguire.
that the Clara Nevada is reported to
have been due at Juneau on her return
trip February 81
w. r. DAILY, one of the crew of the
| steamer Rosalie, which arrived here last
night from Alaska, does not think the
steamer Clara Nevada is lost. He said
| that the Rosalie passed the Nevada last
Wednesday morning, February 9. near
Juneau, for which place she was head
ed. The Clara Nevada answered the
Rosalie's signal and passed on seeming
ly in no trouble.
Captain o. Brown of the steamer Ros-
allie. which arrived here last night from
Alaska, said this afternoon that the
published statement that the Rosalie
had passed the Clara Nevada December
9Th was untrue. On Tuesday night, De
cember Sth, he saw vessel which re-
sembled the Clara Nevada just south
of Douglass island. He was not positive
that 1t was the Clara Nevada. 1t might
have been the United States gunboat
reached Juneau when he left.
w. w. MCGUIRE states that when the
steamer was overhauled. new life pre-
servers were put on, and the name
"Hassler" was entirely effaced from the
vessel. He thinks there must be some
mistake about the reported picking up
Of wreckage with the word "Hassler" on
it at Seyward City.
HEINSCH'S HARD LUCK
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15-Late last
night H. w. Heinsch Of Los Angeles was
arrested in his berth on the Alice Blan-
chard, which was ready to sail for the
Klondike. Heinsch's wife had accused
him of having for the past two years
failed to provide for their S-year-old boy.
At the CITY prison Heinsch put up cash
bail of $40 and was released. When his
case was called today In Police Judge
Joachimsen's court Heinsch failed to ap-
pear. He was at one time shoe mer-
chant In Los Angeles. but it is said he
failed two years ago. his liabilities
amounting to $4,000.
A BLIZZARD RAGING
JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. g., via Seattle
Feb. 15.-During the last four DAYS a
terrible blizzard has been raging along
the coast from the head of Lynn Canal
to Fort Wrangel. Accounts differ as to
the number of the blizzard's victims.
varying from seventeen to twenty seven.
There are no means at present of getting
at the facts
TARIFF TROUBLES
OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 15.-Mr. McIn-
Of RritiSb Co1t,,,,b;o
the House of Commons, asked if the gov
eminent was aware that the United
states authorities at Skaguay and Dyea
continue to compel all purchasers of
Canadian goods to take an official and
escort while crossing the disputed ter
ritory to pay s6 per day for each escort.
Mr.. McInnes also wanted to know if
some arrangement had not been made
with the United States and the Canad-
ian governments doing away with this
'intolerable discrimination.
Premier Laurier, in reply, said that
the arrangement referred to was an
unofficial one and consisted Of an under
standing that regulations should be is
sued by the Secretary of the Treasury
which would render effectual the priv
ileges of bonding Canadian goods over
United States territory at Dyea and
Skaguay.
These regulations, he said, had been
issued, though they had not yet heen
officially communicated to the Canadian
government. He believed that the regu-
lations would prove satisfactory to
Canada.
A TEXAS CROWD
DALLAS, Tex, Feb ia veritable
rush for the Klondike region started
here Monday. Nearly forty tickets were
sold from Dallas to Seattle.
SKAGUAY QUIET
SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 15.-F. w.
Simpson of San Jose, Cal, and B. Burn
ham of New York, arrived here last night
on the steamer Rosalie from Dawson
City. They brought no late news. At
fairs at Skaguay and Dawson are re-
ported to have quieted down.
THE PACK TRAIN STARTS
SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 15.-After de-
lays which seemed inevitable, the pack
train of the Alaskan relief expedition
sailed on the steamer Lucille for Dyea
where it will join the main body of the
expedition which left Portland, Ore, on
the first of the month. The pack train con-
sisted of ITO mules and % packers, under
command of Leutenants Preston and
Ryan.
THE RELIEF ESCORT
ORTLAND, Ore, Feb. accompanies A
and G, Fourteenth infantry, under COM
mand of Captain F. F. Eastman, left last
evening over the Northern Pacific for Ia
coma, where they will take a steamer for
Skaguay.
THE ALASKAN FLEET
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15.-The steam
ship Walla Walla sailed for the north to-
day with large number of Klondi1ke-
bound passengers on board. She also car
ried large number of dogs. The wrecker
Whtelaw may get away tomorrow. She
goes directly to Dyea and Skaguay, and
will carry, it is claimed about $50 passen-
gers. The fleet bound for Alaska in con-
sequence of the gold excitement is unpre-
cedented in size. There are now under en-
gagement and on the way to the various
ports in the extreme north no less than
125 vessels of various classes, from all
parts of the world, many of which will
make San Francisco their stopping point.
THE YUKON OUTPUT
OTTAWA, Feb. ia return presented
to parliament today gives the amount of
gold taken out of the Yukon from 1886 to
1881 inclusive, as over $4,000, 900. In 1895
.