Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-11-28
GOLD FOR BOfRS
PLAN OF THE YUKON CONSPIRA.
TORS IS UNEARTHER IN
SKAGWAY.
SEIZE ALL BANKS and ALL GOLD
THEN DISPENSE AND SEND BOOTY
TO THE BOERS IN SOUTH
AFRICA.
PAPERS OF REBELS ARE SEIZED
HELD BY AMERICAN AUTHORITIES
UNTIL THE MATTER CAN BE
Adjusted.

Vancouver, B. c., Nov. ga Yukon
Canadian government official of high
standing arrived yesterday on the
steamship Amur from the North. He
tells straight story regarding the al
legged conspiracy in Yukon, and is on
his way to Ottawa to put the facts be-
fore the Canadian government. He is
the same man who was mixed up in the
flag incident in Dawson recently, but
the present instance does not wish his
name used. He says that it has been
known tor some time that some sort of
a conspiracy was on foot, and certain
information secured by secret service
detectives convinces the authorities
that a stop should be put to matters at
once, IS an attempt was being made
to get in 1000 sympathizers and des-
perate characters from the Puget
sound. It was ascertained where the
private
Papers of the ConspiratOrs
We're deposited at Skagway, and these
papers were seized by the Canadian
authoi''es' but, according to the in
formant, the American authorities
would not allow the Canadian authori.
ties to take possession of the nanars
as they were seized in American terri
tory. The safe in which the papers
We're locked, however. has been sealed
and the American authorities arc hold
ing 1T until the matter can be adjusted
between the governments,
Inc papers disclose the plot, but as
they We're not closely axa.njre,; it
would not appear that the plan oe the
pro-Boers, or FeHians, or whatever
!ney might be, was very hazy. Their
intention was evidently "a raise an
array of 1000 from the sound cities and
Yukon and seize the banks and mines
and take possession of Dawson, The
idea was not to attempt 10 hold the
British Yukon against all corners, but
they relied upon the fact that there
would be some
International Difficulties
OF passing British troops over Ameri-
can territory at Skagway and they
would have three weeks to Law their
plans, disperse and scatter into the
states. The money and gold seized
was to be sent to South Africa to help
the Boers against England.
The names of the ringleaders are in
the possession of the government, but
they are now in American territory and
no arrests have been made. The Can
adam government is striving to devise
SoAAe means TO prevent the growth OF
F'enianism in the Yukon. At present
there is in the Yukon a large section
who bitterly hate Britons and resent
what they claim are their encroach-
ments in the Yukon. Many of these
would join any movement if they
thought they could do violence to
British institutions and escape from
British vengeance. At present, al
though the scare is over, Maxim guns
control the highway at White Horse
and police are doing double patrol duty.
Confirms Conspiracy Story.
Seattle, Wash, Nov. 22-The Evening
Times prints story which is offered
as confirmation OF a report published in
the San Francisco Call to the effect
that conspiracy had been planned
covering the entire Northwest Terri
tory for the overthrow of the Canadian
rule and the establishment of an in
dependent republic.
The Times in it's article lays great
stress on the story obtained from Fred
CLARK, formerly a stage manager in
this city, but who has been in the Yu-
kon for some time, in which he admits
knowing of the Order of the Midnight
Sun, which is supposed to have been
organized for the sole purpose of the
rebellion. The conspiracy is said to
be now dead, owing to the publication
of it's secrets.
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