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Canadians Collect Outrageous Du-
ties From the Yukon Miners.
THEY MUST PAY“OB LEAVE
English Flag Raised on United
States Territory, and Every Tent
and Cabin Levied on—Sa-d Scene:
on the Skagua Trail.
Dyea, Alaska. ‘Dec. 27.—American
miners throughout the Yukon country
are beginning ”to complain bitterly of
what they term the rapacity of the
Canadian customs inspectors. F. K.
Scott, an American prospector; who has
been in the Lake Lindeman district for
the last three years, says:
“The Canadians have taken posses-
sion of United States land and are de-
manding high duties on all articles
bought by the Americans Within six
months. They are even levying toll on
the clothing worn. by our miners. These
Canadian officers have left their post
and are
plundering every Arderican tent and:
cabin on American soil, twenty miles
inside the limit of Uncle Sams terri-
tory. E
“If Americans fail to pay the duties
demanded their outfits are confiscated.
The Canadians have taken possession
of the whole country within ten miles
of the seaports and have negotiated
sales of American land and timber.
They have sold licenses for the sale of
liquors within twenty miles of the
coast.
“One American near here had an out-
fit that cost $40. The Canadian cus-
‘toms inspectors demanded $40 duty on
it. When the American declared that
he had not so much money, the officer
told him he had better go back to the
United States,
wanted in this country. This hap-
pened on American soil, as we claim it
to be here.
“Here are some of the taxes the poor
American miner .must pay to Canada:
Five dollars 'for a license to prospect,
25 cents per cord for the privilege of
cutting firewood, $8 for a. permit to put
up a log cabin, 10 cents apiece for the
logs he cuts for his cabin, 50 cents per
ton if he cuts any grass for hay, $15
to record a claim, if he gets one.
“If a. miner cannot make his claim
pay and abandons it, the Canadian
Government appropriates it, and the
next man who wants the property
must buy it from Canada.
“Many persons were unable to get
over the Skagua before W’inter, and so
are camping along it until Spring. The
Canadian officers at the port of entry,
realizing that. all these people would
eat most of their grub before
and hence have little to pay duty on
then, came over here to force the peo-
ple along the trail to pay their duties
now instead of waiting till they reached
the Canadian port of entry. Ignorant
people are paying from 25 to 100 per
cent. duties on their 01: -tfits, and it is
claimed that few of them have been
given receipts for the sums paid.
“Canadian officers are {.12ng to cut
mining claims to one—fifth the usual
size in the new districts, so as to in—
crease t'he Government revenue there-
from fivefold. Canadian police are here
to'either force the payment of duties
or to confiscate miners’ outfits.
"Moose and caribou have been near-
ly killed off. along the Yukon route.
There are a few grouse, and the Amer—
ica-n pt-armigan is here in large num-
beds. The ptarmigan, in early Winter,
is pure white, save his back. Later his
tail and wings become black as a crow.
In May he has become a beautiful
brown all over. This bird must be
wealthy to pay duty on so many 'suits
if he crosses the line. 1.
“Pres' ent McKinley should give im-
mediatenatte-ntion to the settlement of
the boundary question here. The Can-
adians are taking possession of much
land bought from Russia by the United
States. They are raising the English
flag on our soil and firing military sa-
lutes" to it every day.”
Reindeer for the Yukon.
New York, Dec. 27.—The Rev. Dr.
Sheldon Jackson sailed on the Cunard
steamship Lucania Saturday morning,
on his way to Norway, where he goes
as the special agent of the War De-
partment to buy 500 head of reindeer,
which the Government is going to use
in forwarding supplies to the miners
throughout the valley of the Yukon
River.
William A. Kjellmann, superintendn
ent of the Government reindeer herd
in Alaska since 1890, is now in Sweden
on the same errand, and it is believed
that he will have the new herd all se-
lected by the time Dr. Jackson reaches
his destination.
Dr. Jackson will go to Christiania
first, and if the animals are not picked
out he willI go further north along
the coast of Norway, probably as far
as Hammerfest, the most northern set-
tlement of Europe.
Dr. Jackson will also purchase com-
plete outfits to go(with the reindeer—
sleds, harness, etcL—and also expects
to hire several drivers experienced in
the management of the animals, who
will return with him, bringing their
families with them.
After Klondike Funds.
P0rt1and,'0re.. Dec. 27.—The Paw:—
land Chamber of Oommerce has scat
the following telegram to Secretary of.
War Alger:
“It is feared by the people of 11:-
Northwest that the Government 1013:
expedition cannot reach the Yukon in
time to prevent suffering. The City of
Portland is prepared, with your assis‘
ance, to equip and forward an ad'.” w
expedition with enough food to :61 '
immediate wants. We are proper . .5
start an expedition with expel-1);:
volunteers and reach Dawson 1n
days if the department will appo1' .‘i 1.1
$10, 000 of the relief fund for this p.111-
pose.
“Do not be deceived by reports emfl- .
nating from interested speculators who
have forwarded supplies to sell "at high
prices that there is food sufficient to
prevent actual starvation.”
Damages from Spain.
London, Dec. 27.—A dispatch from
' ,Madrid to a. news agency here says
that the United States have demanded
of Spain $8,000,000 as
American traders for damages sus-
tained through the war in Cuba.
as paupers were not.
Spring,~
. indemnity . g to'
. workday,
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every workingman in. the country. .
.upon conviction be punished by a fine
loft Nov. 5.
from 5,000 to 7,000 people in Dawson [and
..- 4 . 4 _ .
T H E E EVEN 1 11 G-‘- G AZE TT E
GRAB AHCLCICAN IAND‘
AN EIGHT HOUR BILL.
Congress to Consider an Amendment
for Shorter Hours. ~ ' '
New York, Dec. 27. —While the labor
unions in this country, and especially
this city, are fast securing eight hours
for a day’s werk, and 60, 000 English
mechanics are on strike for a shorter
any action taken by Con-
gress in so amending the old eight-hour
law as- to cause its general enforce-
ment on all Government work is a.
matter of the greatest interest to not
only members of trades unions, but. to
The old law, making eight hours a
day’s work on Government work, was
so faulty that Attorney General Miller,
in President Cleveland’s Cabinet, de-
clared that it could not be enforced.
An amendment to the old law h'as now
been drawn up, which it is claimed
will be a. great improvement over the
old one, and the present Congress will
act upon it. .
This new bill will be read with in-
terest by workingmen, and is as fol—
lows:
“An act to amend an act entitled ‘An
act relative to the limitation or the
hours of daily services of laborers and
mechanics employed upon the public
works of the United States and of the
District of COIL mbia,’ approved Aug. 1,
1892.
“Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
bled, that section 2 of an act entitled
‘An act relating to the'limitation of
the hours of daily services of laborers
and mechanics employed upon the pub—
lic works of the United States and of 1
the District of .Columbla, approved
Aug. 1, 1892,’ is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
“Section 2. That any officer or agent
of the Government of the United States
or of the District of Columbia, or any
contractor or sub-contractor, or if such
contractor or sub-contractor be a cor-
poration or association, then any of—
ficer, agent or employe thereof, whose
duty or the duty of any of 'whom it
shall be to employ, direct or control
any laborer or mechanic employed
upon any of the public works of the
United States or of the District of
Columbia, who shall intentionally vio—
late any provision of this act, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
for each and' every such offense shall
not to exceed $1,000, or by imprison—
ment for not more than six months, or
by both such fine and imprisonment,
in the discretion of the court having
jurisdiction thereof. The term ‘public
works’ shall be construed to include
any article or property in process of
manufacture or construction, contract-
ed for, by or on behalf of the United
States, and upon which any payment
or payments, by way of installments
or otherwise, is or are made by the
United States, its ofl‘icers orwagents as
the work thereon progresses, as well as
to include any and all property, real,
personal or mixed, the title or owner—
ship whereof is veste-d in the United
States, or of which the United States
has exclusive direction or control.
Each and every day in which the law
of which this act is amendatory shall
be violated shall constitute a. distinct
and separate offense, and shall be pun-
ishable as such; provided that nothing
herein contained shall affect any crim-
inal proceedings brought for a. viola-
tion of the act of which this is amend-
atory, and pending at the time of the
passage hereof.” '
MRS. BOOTH IMPROVING.
Physician Says She Can-
Her Former Self.
New York, Dec. 27.—There is a steady
improvement in Mrs. Maud Balling-
ton Booth’s condition. The patient
passed a quiet night and is favorably
responding toftreatment. It was said
yesterday at the Presbyterian Hospi-
tal that Mrs. Booth’s recovery is now
looked for. The doctors do not say
any more‘ than that, but they declare
that they are now fully confident that
she will eventually get well. How long
it will take they say they do not know,
as her illness is still serious but not
dangerous.“
One of the physicians in talking about
the case said something about it which
puts a new aspect on. the mystery and
Which will be heard with sincere re-
gret by all the friends and well wishers
of Mrs. Botth. He refused to allow
his name to be used, but he has been '
attending the woman during her ill-
ness and is qualified to talk of her
case, not only because'of the fact that
she is his patient, but because he is a
physician of ability. He said:
“Mrs. Booth will now get well, but,”
and he shook his head, “she will never
be the same Mrs. Booth.”
Never Be
INDIANS NOT BLAMED.
Government Officials Do Not Think
They Fired Court House. '
Washington, Dec. 27 .—Government
officials are rushing forward supplies
to replace those burned in the Ardmore
(I. T.) Court House. They have also
ordered a thorough investigation to
learn the cause of the fire.
Reports sent out at the time of the
blaze stated that it was caused by In-
dians who resented the substitutmn of
Federal for tribal courts. They wanted
Indian justice, it was said.
But Indian connection with the fire
is doubted by Government officials, be-
cause of the skillful manner in which
the destruction of the Court House was
brought about. Kerosene was distrib-
uted 'so effectively that the building
and all the records were lost.
Suspicion is said to be directed to-
ward some ‘citizens under indictment,
who hoped, by destrbying the records.
to escape trial.
. The Rev. Mr. Taylor Dead. .
Wilmington, Del., Dec. 27.—The Rev.
W. XV; Taylor, 86 years old, the
oldest Presbyterian preacher in this
State, died yesterday... He was grad-
uated from Yale sixty years ago. At
one time he was pastorof the church
which President ~ McKinley’s wife’s
parents attended, and officiated at
their marriage. In his career he had
held many charges.
Food for Only-Two Thousand.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 27.—George Ruth,
of Flathead, Mont, reached Portland
on the steamer Elder, having come di—
rect from Dawson City, which point be
Mr. Ruthsays there were
that vicinity, and he estimates the pro-
visions there are sufficient to winter
only. “ .000.
.‘ .
GDDMANY__ AND CHINA
Pormer Does Not Know How Far
She Will Be Permitted to Go.
THE POWERS WILL DECIDE
Prince Henry”: Mission Character-
ized as a Spread-Eagle Display.-
Klan Chou Buy Not So Desirable a.
Port as Has Been Pictured.
Berlin, Dec. 27. -—China has occupied
public opinion,1 to the exclusion of
everything, throughout the week. The
Government and the Foreign Office
continue reticent, even the occupation
of Port Arthur having failed to elicit
any official statements, with, the ex-
ception of a 'denial of the extravagant
utterances of the Cologne Gazette and
other usually inspired papers. The rea-
son for this exceptional taciturnity'lies
in the simple fact that Germany her-
self does not know where she stands,
or 110w far the other powers will per-
mit her to go. Germany, Russia and
France are still negotiating, and while
there isstrong pressure to bring about
another joint action of these three
powers in the far East, equally potent
influences are working to frustrate
such plans. It depends largely upon
the outcome of these negotiations as to
what instructions Prince Henry of
Prussia will find awaiting him when'he
arrives at Hong Kong, early in Febru-
ary. In the meanwhile the mission of
Prince Henry may be characterized as
mainly a display of spread-eagleism.’
A prominent_diplomat said: “Rus-
sia’s occupation of Port Arthuris per-
manent. She thereby secures a much-
desired terminus for the Siberian Rail-
road, which will forthwith be extended .
from Vladivostock to' Port Arthur,
making Russia the undisputed mistress
of Manchuria and the whole of North
China. Her interests in China in no
way collide with those of France,
WhOSe sphere of action is in South
China. Between them is an immense
territory, which may eventually be dis—
tributed between Great Britain, Ger-
many and Japan. A movement is no.w
on foot between Japan and Germany
to arrive at an understanding, as Japan
sees clearly that this course is the wis-
est. Russia will not tolerate Japan in
Corea, as it would upset all the
schemes sh; has been preparing for
the past two years. Therefore .Ger—
many and England are the powers to
which Japan must look for an alliance
in the coming events.
From a misssionary the correspon-
dent here of the Associated Press
learns that the Bay of Kiao Chou is by
no means so valuable as at first be—
lieved. Part of the harbor freezes dur—
ing three months of Winter and ice
breakers are required to keep it open.
The Hinterland is barren and treeless,
and the nature of the ground necessi-
tates the erection of costly, large forti—
fications in order to hold the bay and
the adjoining territory against at—
tacks. If Ger many concludes to retain
it, she will have to spend large sums of
money.
BRITISH GRAB IN CHINA.
Seventeen English Warships
Chemulpo, Corea.
London, Dec. 27.—A special dispatch
from Shanghai says:
“It is reported that seventeen British
warships are off Chemulpo, Corea,
southwest of Seoul,’ supporting the
British Consul’s protest, really amount-
ing to an ultimatum, against the
King’s practically yielding the govern-
ment of Corea into the hands of the
Russian Minister.
“The protest is specially directed
against the dismissal of ‘McLeavy
Brown, British adviser to the Corean
Customs, in favor of the Russian nomi—
nee. The news has produced conster-
nation at Seoul, which is heightened
by the knowledge that Japan has a
fleet of thirty warships awaiting the
result of the ‘British representation,
that Japan fully, supports. Japan is
irritated by the arrival of Russian
troops in Corea, and it is believed that
she will oppose, them.
“According to advices from Tokio,
Japan has offered to assist the officers
at Pekin in drilling the Chinese army,
and to consent to a. postponement of
the payment of the war indemnity.
Many of the viceroys and Pekin offi-
cials favor the proposal. ”
According to a dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Shanghai, it is reported
there, from reliable sources, that a
.British force landed at Chemulpo on
Saturday and caused the reinstate-
ment of McLeavy Brown. The same
dispatch refers to “a native rumor that
the Union Jack has been hoisted on an
island in the mouth of the River Yang-
tse-Kiang.”
Ten Lives Lost In a. London Fire.
London, Dec. 27.—A-Mrs. Jarvis and
her nine children, the youngest a baby,
were burned to death at 5 o’clock yes-
terday morning in a four-room cottage
occupied by the Jarvis and' two other
families in Dixie street, Bethnal Green,
London. The Jarvis family occupied
the upper floor. The occupants of the
lower floor escaped.
By a strange coincidence, Mr. Jarvis,
the woman’s husband, who had been
suffering from consumptiou,d1ed in the
-Workhouse Infirmary yesterday aitel-
noon without having heard of the dis-
aster. Mrs. Jarvis earned a scant live-
lihood by making matchboxes, and her
rooms were filled, with inflammable
material. '
Railway Employes’ Federat'ion.
New York, Dec. 27.—A movement is
on foot to combine more than two hun-
dred thousand railway employes in the
United States into one big organiza-
tion. Themovement has for its pur-
pose the amalgamation of the- five or-
ganizations of engineers, firemen, con-
ductors, trainmen and telegr...phers 11-.
one confederation, which bids fair to
number in its ranks all the railway em-
ployes’ organizations in North Amer-
lca.
Big Hardware Firm Fails.
Syracuse, Dec. 27 .—Deputy Sue: 1:1” 1'
I. Cahill has closed the wholesale h:_1..
ware store of Bradford. Kennedy 1.-
Sons on executions aggregating $40.
626.36. , The liabilities of the concerh
are about one hunched thousand dol-
lars and the assets $120, 000. The assets
consist of the stock, which is wortl
570, 000, and the book. accounts, some of
which are bad.
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DEATH 10111111101111
'vana Against United States.
swears AGAINST THE 1103
Shouts Against Autonomy: and Blan-
eo and in Favor of \Veyler and.
the 'Volnnteers —— Seditious Docur
ment: Found a. "i
Havana, C1. be, via Key West, Fla.
I ec. 27. —The Christmas saturnalia was
brought to a close by a serious riot;
which Was quelled by the police, Who
used their swords.
'In accordance with their custom, the
night in the Parque Central to cele-
brate Christmas by dancing and sing-
ing songs peculiar to various provinces
of Spain. Almost all were armed with
knives and clubs, fights being frequent
between groupstfrom different prov-
inces. A large force of police was
present, but there was no interference
with the. festivities until
o’clock, when most of the crowd be-
came frenzied from drinking a'guardi-
ente, and hostile cries were raised;
“Death to Americans!” “Down with
autonomy!” “Down with Blanco!”
“Viva W‘eyler!” “Viva los Voluntar-
ios!” were some of the cries. Then the
police closed ,in and a sQuadron of
mounted gendarmes, drawn up in front
of the German Club,
drawn sabres.
A panic ensued, the mob, in which
were many women, flying in every di-
rection, but the crowd was hemmed in
or; all sides by the police, mounted and
their swords. This. continued until the
mob was thoroughly cowed, many
being wounded, and then the police
formed a. cordon’ around the square and
proceeded to make prisoners of the
ringleaders of the demonstration.
Two hundred. prisoners marched to
Prefectura. Among them were many
officers of the volunteers. On four of
the officers were found bundles of cir-
culars declaring Spain’s honor had
been compromised by granting autono-
my, and calling on all loyal Spaniards
to resist to the utmost. Copies of these
circulars were also found scattered in
the streets this morning.
No further details are at hand re-
garding Gen. Pando’s operations in the
Orient, but it is expected that a serious
engagement has already ‘ occurred.
News of the result is anxiously awaited
at the palace.
.A correspondent in Santa Clara
writes that Gen. Gomez is again in the
saddle and using all efforts to prevent
the grinding of cane. “’ork on sugar
estates is practically suspended. The
proprietors of the Caracas estate, the
second largest sugar. plantation in the
world, have been notified that the
slightest attempt to grind will be the
signal for the total destruction of this
valuable property. The Spanish troops
are chiefly in garrisoned towns and are
unable to afford adequate protection.
Six estates in Havana province were
burned this week.‘
The rebels raided Eucrucijada, a
town of several thouaand inhabitants,
near Sagua la Grande, on the night of
Dec. 21, and carried off all the supplies
they found. Five days ago twenty-
seven volunteers of Cumanayagua
went over to the rebels.
COLONEL RUIZ’S DEATH.
An Alleged Statement from Con-ul-
Gencral Lee.
Havana, Dec. 27.—La Lucha has pub—
lished a document claimed to have
been authorized by United States Con-
sul-General Lee, saying that Li’eu't-
Col. Ruiz was executed because he pro-
posed peace in contravention of a de-
rcree issued by Gen. Gomez;
Reports from Pinar del R10 to the
authorities Say that two commiésioners
who were sent to propose peace with
autonomy to the insurgents in that
province have been hanged in conform-
ity with the decree of Gen. Gomez.
Senor Antony Givin, the secretary of
the autonomist party, who has for
nearly a year past resided in the Unit-
ed States, has cabled to the Govern-
ment his acceptance of a post in the
Colonial Cabinet.
Rumors .which have been circulated
here that SyIVester Scovil, a New York
newspaper correspondent, had been
banged by the insurgents, are untrue.
It is reported that he and Senor Rafael
Madrigal, the United States Consul at
Sancti Spiritus, were the bearers of an
important message from President Mc-
Kinley to “President Masso" ’and Gen.
Gomez. The condition of the concen-
trados is as pitable as it- -was during
the administration in the island of Gen.
Weyler, despite Gen. Blanco’ s relief de—
cree.
A relief fund of $100,000 will hardly
give the sufferers 20 cents each.
Sp urri er Mystery Unsolved.
Harrisburg, Pa, Dec. 27.—The police
authorities after Working incessantly on
the case of Rev. Samuel Spurrier, who
disappeared under mysterious and sus-
picious circumstances on Dec. 17, have
reached the conclusion that he is still
alive and that he adopted the name
Samuel Stranger. That is the name
given by a strange man to whom
Frank Westfall, of Inglenook, gave
breakfast on the day of Mr. Spurrier’ s
disappearance. He said he was 71
years old, the age of Mr. Spurrier, and
spoke familiarly of locations in Perry
County, where Mr. Spurrier has been
stationed in a pastoral capacity.
” Stranger’s description accurately fit‘s
Mr. Spurrier, and the policé confidently
expect the clergyman’ 5 return when he
wearies of roaming about the countly
under/an assumed name. -
Women Accuse a Judge.
Houlton, Me, Dec. 27.—Gov. Powers
has received from the Maine Women’s
Christian Temperance Union’s execu-
tive committee a. protest against the
reappointment of Judge Enoch Foster
to the Supreme bench. They accuse
him of .gross immorality with the
daughter of a. barber in the Judge’s
home town of Bethel. The protest is
:lgned by all the State officew and fif-
teen county presidents of the union.
Six Injured at Fire.
Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 27.—In a
ouilding in North Water street at 5:30
p. m. yesterday, several men were
Christmas Demonstration in Ha- .
Spanish population gathered Friday"
about 4 .
charged with ,
afoot, who struck out savagely with,
fire which broke out in the Coburn'
,seriously and one perhaps fatally in-__
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