_ _— BUBDENS FUR IIINERS. A Tax to Be ImpoScd on the Earnings ~ of the Gold Seekers. \ A HEAVY GRADED ROYALTY. In Addition There Will Be a Registra- tion Fee and an Annual Assessment , of $101 For Each Claim—An- other Steamship Sails. } “lam I ‘ Ottawa, Ont, July 29.—At the close of l the second sitting of the cabinet it was I announced that the government had decided to impose a royalty on all placer diggings in the Yukon, in addi- tion to $15 registration fee and $100 an- nual assessment. The royalty will be 10 per cent each on claims with an output of $500 or less monthly and 20 per cent on every claim yielding above that amount. Besides this royalty it has been de- cided in regard to all future claims staked. out on other streams or rivers that every alternate claim should be the property of the government and should be reserved for public purposes and sold or worked by the government for the benefit of the revenue of the Dominion. ‘ At the meeting of the ministers Min- ister Paterson was authorized to send two more customs officers by the Is- lander, which will sail for the north to- morrow. _The officers will be taken from the Victoria customs house and will be accompanied by a couple of provincial police. They will open stations as outposts of Victoria beyond the head of Lynn canal, which is in disputed territory and at present in the United States possessions, and at Lake Tagish. There is a collector at Fort Cudahy, only 50 miles from Daw50n City, and these arrangements, backed up by a strong force of police, are considered ample for the protection of the revenue just now. The greatest question of all is one of communication. It is reported that a pack trail exists for 20 of the 80 miles which will sep- arate the coast from the first post to be established at 60 degrees of latitude, in undisputed British territory. If so, a narrow gauge railway can be built where there is a pack trail. The cost would not be great, and if cars could be hauled twice a day over the mountains facing the coast, a tre- mendous obstacle would be overcome, because in winter it is impossible to ‘c'ross the mountains except at the risk of. life and to be caught in a storm would be fatal. The mounted police force will be increased from 20 to 100. Thomas Fawcett will be continued as gold commissioner, and the regulations already adopted will be amended. A strong customs and police post will be established just north of the British Columbia boundary beyond the head of the Lynn canal, at 60 degrees of la'ti- tude. Estimates will also be obtained of the cost of building a wagon road and of a -narrow gauge railway from the coast to this post over the mountains, a dis- tance of 70 to 80 miles, about 40 of which are overmountains. This post,‘which will be where Chil- kat and White passes converge, will command the southern entrance to the whole territory. I ‘, u Time to Call a Halt. ‘ Seattle, Wash, July 29.-—L. M. Tur- ner, who spent 11 ymrs in Alaska and the arctic regions in the employ of the government, says: “It is about time to call a halt on this mad rush to the Klondike goldfields. Hundreds of men are going as far as they can, relying ~ on others to heir. them. That help will be meager enough and scores will certainly endure hard- ships that death alone will relieve. “The transportation companies can- not possibly accommodate the number going by way of St. Michael’s. The small river steamers will not afford room for one-third the number going by that route. The provisions will have tc be furnished by the transportation com- ‘ panies. and two-thirds of the passengers will board at St. Michael’s or along the Yukon, and they will not see Dawson City until next spring. Many of those who go by way of Dyea will be com- pelled to winter at the headwaters oi the Yukon." For Xukon Military Post. Helena, Mon, July 29.—Captain W. R Abercrombie, Second infantry, U. S. A, stationed at Fort Harrison, four miles from here, has tendered his services offering to go to Alaska with 60 picked men for the purpose of establishing a military post on the Yukon at Circle City to protect miners against lawless- ness. The probability is that he will be detailed and will depart by the next steamship. He was in Alaska in 1884-5 with Lieutenant Schwatka of arctic fame, when he made a survey of por- tions of Alaska, including the scene 01 the present excitement, and he is there- fore familiar with the country. The troops sent to the Yukon will be clothed with constabulary authority, similar tc that of the Canadian mounted police. Claim Owners Won’t Sell. San Francisco; July 29.——Local capi- talist‘ who are endeavoring to secure options on mining claims in the Klon- dike country are not meeting with much success among the miners now here. The men seem to realize-they have a good thing in what they have and are not disposed to submit" to modern forms of! conveyance even‘ though not I forced to sell until the value of the property is investigated: San- Francisco, July 29.—The depar- ture of the steamer Excelsior occurred this afternoon. Many persons inquired for passage, notwithstanding notice had been given some days ago that every berth had been taken and that no more tickets would be sold. It was reported on the street and on the dock that as high as $150 bonus had been offered for a passage by the steamer 'i and that if more money were needed to secure it there would be more forth- ; Bonuses Offered For Tickets. coming. But all who had secured their , tickets seemed to be satisfied to cling to them, and no sales were reported. One Day‘s Government Receipts. ' ' Washington July '29.—National bank ‘ notes received today for redemption, $409,868; government receipts from in- ternal revenue, $557,270; customs, $465,» 438; miscellaneous, $44,162. c—u— --— “fl- ‘ : no WAR For: JAPAN. Marquis Ito Says His Government Has No Desire to Flght_Us. Paris, July 29.—Marquis Ito, the for- mer prime minister of the Japanese em- pire, has given out the following state- ment regarding his opinion on the Ha- waiian situation: “I do not think it possible that any opposition manifested in Japan to the annexation of the Sandwich Islands by the United States will take any more extended form than a mere protest made—remember this point—made in order that the interests of Japan in those islands may not suffer injury. “Japan is simply seeking to protect herself and her subjects, and this she has a perfect right to do; this she is in duty bound to do; but that she will look after her interests in other than a dignified, diplomatic way is absurd. “The Japanese are bound by sentiment and sympathy to Americans. From the very beginning of modern Japan it is America that has given her every mark of friendliness, encouragement and sup- port. There is not a single European country that has manifested such a strong feeling for Japan as has the United States from our very birth as a constitutional country. “As you know, I was at the head of affairs during the war with China. That placed me in a position to realize'the debt of gratitude felt by all classes of Japanese for the generous sympathy America gave us. - “There seems to be an idea that the Japanese are seeking a quarrel with the outside worldythat their success with China made them nourish ambitious pretensions, but you must not forget that the war with China was brought about by unavoidable circumstances. It was inevitable, and when it finally broke out the sentiment of the nation was practically undivided in favor of its being prosecuted to the end, of its being finished with completely. “The emperor, I know, will not sup- port any I'Iellicose policy. All my friends in the ministry or in the control of the different branches of the govern- ‘ ment are of the same mind as the em- peror upon this subject, and Japanese public sentiment is one of strong friend- ship for the United States. “Thus the Hawaiian question cannot possibly bring about a conflict, either armed or diplomatic, with the Ameri- cans, in spite of the jingoes.” Donials From “Vashington. Washington, July 29.—The sensational statements purporting to indicate the belligerent attitude of Japan toward the United States, resulting from the con- templated annexation of Hawaii, were given an unqualified and explanatory denial by the. officials of the Japanese legation. The quotations from English and French newspapers are pronounced utterly absurd. The broad declaration is made that there is no present or fu- ture possibility of war being inaugu— rated by Japan. 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