The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-12

men escaped without a scratch, yet Rog-
ers was so close that the powder burned
hin clothing.
saggs VAS at once taken into custody,
and a preliminary examination was held
May 10. He entered a plea of not guilty
and the trial was set for June &
Public opinion on Gold Run is said TO
be strongly against the prisoner and In
favor of Rogers. Fully half a dozen
miners saw the shooting and say II was
most unprOVoked and numerous as
sault
Both parties to the shooting are well
known in Dawson, having been in busi-
sailant, was Jeweler. lie has been a
resident OF the Klondike for three years,
going there during the first rush in 1897.
His home Is IN the western part Of tbe
old and has a family In New York.
Rogers arrived In Dawson in the sum-
mer Of 1898 from California, whore he
made a stake Of S35 900 through the sale OF
some mines in the Randsburg district
At Dawson he was for some time lessee
Of the old Monte Carlo and had a wide
acquaintance throughout the Klondike.
william Struthers. a clerk in the gold
commissioners office at Dawson was ar
rested on charge OF accepting bride
Itself Illegal. Two other young men. VIII
liam Brown and r. n. Switzerland. were
arrested and held for Offering the bride.
The transaction grew out of an attempt
get a. claim renewed without having the
representation work done or paying the
full amount fixed by the law to be paid
In lieu OF representation work. That
amount IL 5000. The allegation is that
young Struthers agreed to accept an
affidavit OF representation and TO com
piete the record properly for a consider
alton of SIS paid to him personally, and
that he did So receive and accept this
sum and did complete the record, know
ing the affidavit TO be false. After prelim-
mary examination Struthers was held
for trial In the territorial court.
MAI. Hemmng, commanding the Yukon
field force. has received orders to with
draw his troops from the Yukon terri
tory and return them to their respective
stations in Eastern Canada. Permission
is given, however for the men to secure
a free discharge In Dawson II they de-
sire to remain there. The following tele-
gram was received by Mai. Hemmins:
Ottawa MAY l, 1900.
field force will be withdrawn Immediately
on the opening of navigation. The en-
listed men will be permitted free dis
'CiiiEF STAFF OFFICER"
The Yukon field force numbers ninety
men, eight OF whom are stationed at Fort
Selkirk and the balance in Dawson The
force Is composed Of detachments sent
from the military depots at Winnipeg.
Quebec St Johns, London. Toronto and
Kingston. and Will be returned TO their
ments were sent from, Winnipeg Mai.
Hemmins will personally report to mill
tary headquarters ut Ottawa.
A dispute as To what constitutes the
base line of hillside claims on Eldorado
creek was being heard before Gold Com
missioner Senkler at Dawson when the
will be of much interest TO the hillside
owners, IL IN expected to establish
several important points. Among these
are whether the survey made by Mr..
ogtlvie in 1897 is to be accepted as finally
defining the boundary line between creek
and hillside claims. and in the event OF
such survey not being sufficiently estab-
lished as TO be beyond question, can the
owner of a creek or hillside claim estab-
lish new survey, even though II may
the Ogilvie stakes, and with the law under
which the location was made
These questions were being tested In the
protest suit OF cullen and Blankman
against the Yukon Corporation. Limited.
Plaintiffs own the hillside on the left lin
II, adjoining the lower half Of forty Bdo-
RADIO while the defendant owns the creek
claim OF that number. II Is contended by
cullen and Blankman that creek claim
20 was staked under the law which pro-
Vided that the side lines should be from
base TO base of hill following the mean
der of the creek. The Yukon corporation.
they claim. refuses To accept certain
post as being the original stake planted
by OEilVie IN 1897 defining tho lower right
had survey Of its own made by Bar
well from post a, the lower left hand
corner OF the claim which II proposes TO
establish as the true base line.
Humboldt Gates was not born to he
drow ned SAYS the Dawson News of MAY
Is Yesterday he attempted to cross the
Kiondlke river from the mouth OF bunker
creek. astride ot a horse and came TO
gftct Tie had strapped to his saddle
81 900 tn gold dust taken from the clean
ups of his Hunker claim. when the
horse was about midstream he sank he
meath the surface, as the weight was too
heavy Tor the horse 10 bear up. Gates
jumped ofr and swan ashore With boots
and clothes on. The horse landed against
steep bank and could not get out. and
Rad difficulty to keep it's head above
water Gates dove under the horse and
cut the belly band. and with thc saddle
and E0li dust walked on tho bottom un-
der water TO the bank and climbed ashore
lie walked Under tho water instead % ON
the surface. as the Bible relates Gates
finally got the horse ashore. strapped the
saddle on the animals back and rode
70 town, his clothing torn. hts hat gone.
bat the gold sim tn his possession.
The lax ~ "a suitable place for tho con-
0pnWrut OF insane persona and means
dixie is the subject 90 much discussion
'u DAVIS There ar" eight Muattcs
iH the barra rs guard room Their cries.
I 1iGet AMI day. MAY hr heard by p2Ssyrs-
by on the road outside The unhappy
people rr8uire constant attention. ana
ga. ks visits Them every night auI often
several 'imes dnf'aE the uiEht
\ npsret w.Ehses r ounces the la-s
80 uu au the AEroo Slain ou Chcr. ha.o
am NrrN p Senator Itr.h IS sala to
have h.asht 'hr naSE.' far s." The
Hue@rf Was found ss v.tt WAS considered
waste 8trt AMI ~ Gt.H Us contains u.usit.