The sun., 1902-02-27
COLLECTOR IVEY is DEFIANT.
REFUSES TO RESCIND ORDER
CLOSING PORT or UNALASKA.
Treaty or No Treaty. Orders or No orders.
He Won't Let Canadian sealcrs In
Also. He Has Fired Out some Cam
adian Onirers Washington Is sending
Up Another Kind of Man. Post-Haste.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.--Lieut. D. Fl.
Jarvis will be sent post-haste TO Alaska
TO take charge Of the collection of customs
at Sitka. The reason for unusual haste
Is that j. w. Ivey. the present collector,
has taken revolutionary action in the name
of the United States Government. which,
II not disavowed by this country, would
involve us in serious trouble with Great
Britain. Incidentally Ivey has grossly
insulted the Secretary OF the Treasury.
Ivey recently issued an order closing the
port OF Unalaska to Canadian sealing
schooners. The Treasury ordered him to
rescind the order. In his reply. received
to-day, he fatty refused to do so
sITKA. Alaska. Feb. 20,
via Seattle, Wash, Feb rs
SECRETARY q The Treasury; Washington, d; g;
to Ss SP tsea 81 nasssS oS ssa E poschas
orders, as you have received that before
sells on ga ged IN ale ged seal hshing but against
Canadian vessels actually engaged In pelagic
sealing, which is illegal and criminal when
the United States. II there is an ancient
treaty between the United states and Great
BIa m nch sss9 SS prom
thousands OF dollars annually, while our
sooner such treaty IS abrogated the better
pcaiSas Gl SS'''%H With dpeSt Britain nSod cause @
Is not yet opened Your new Collector will
arrive In time 70 enforce your orders My
VIII nd not sow giSS prts ne 70 snbdt Tfs'Ha
privileges within our marine jurisdiction
when are denied our own people.
your attention have recently issued orders
TO the deputy at Skagway, copy OF which
has been sent you, which has put the Cana
and sent them 20 their own territory You
are aware OF the fact that this, ohicer became
so offensive that he in,erfered, with Amerl,
duties opened United States Customs mail.
dominated over the railway officials discrimi--
Canadian merchandise against that shipped
from seattle. establishing z Canadian auaran-
tine at sksgwsy. collected moneys and per
In a port ot the United states, such az hosting
with bravsdo the cross OF 81. George from
the fsgstsff OF his Custom House.
have sent the concern. bag baggage.
fsg and other paraphernalis aying out Of the
country You may fear ne SHADOW of inter
national complications and resctnd this order,
but Reed, an olney or q Blaine would not
J. W. IvEY, Collector.
The Treasury officials are at loss 70 un-
derstand the grossly insulting and revolu-
tionary conduct OF Collector Ivey. A few
weeks ago Lieut.. Jarvis Of the Revenue CUT
ter Service, who won fame in the winter OF
ls97-ss by leading the Government rescue
expedition 10 Point Barrow. on the Arctic
Ocean, and who is one of the best Informed
men on Alaskan affairs, wns appointed Col
lector at Sitka by President Roosevelt.
The collection district covers tho whole
territory OF Alaska, which Is about one.
sixth as large as the rest OF the United
States and the Office is, therefore, important.
IL Ia supposed that Ivey resented the APP
pointment of a successor. and that this
IL tho catise Of his defyiup both the Federal
authority and the terms Of our foreign
treaties. Lieut.. Jarvis is now in Washing
ton, but will start for Sitka I'm view Of Ivey's
alarming action on the seal question and
in the territory near the disputed interna-
tional boundary.