Show NEWS S OF TIE YUKON i Friction Between Americans and Canadian Officials TO L CLEAN OUT GRAFTERS BUSINESS MEN OF SKAGUA ACT AS VIGILANTES Springlike Weather Nov Peai Hundreds of Argonauts Lave For the Interior 0500 People Lining the Route BetRam Skaguaj and White Pass Klondike Ncvra Skaguay Alan March 6 via Seattl March nOn Feb 27 a Montreal party with Customs Inspector Gates acting a l rerhed the Canadian convoy rt customs house at White pass Deputy United States Collector Floyd of this port had Issued Instructions to Jnspector Cotes to accompany the party clear through to Lake Bennett Arriving at the Canadian customs house however the chief of the part conferred with Captain Strickland the Canadian collector as t whether he was compelled to take thj American inspector in-spector to Lke Bennett Xo replied Captain Strickland you are on British soil now and you can tour t-our convoy to get Inspector Gates returned to Skaguay and reported th1 currence to Deputy Collector Floyd iii Floyd will continue to instruct the convoys to accompany any goods to Lake Bennett even if they nr turned back by the Canadans until he hears from Washington ICO TOLLS Colonel T M Anderson In command c a detachment of regular soldiers stationed her and rt Dyea arrived this week Colonel Anderson says tho troops will lot only be used to preserve order but wii qnaeavor to keep the route to the lakes open The BrocKet wason road is about completed and the company is preparIng to collect tolls but Colonel Anderson has intimated thru no tolls shall be cole ted until the company secures a franchise from the national natonal government VIGILANCE COMMITTEE j Bunco and confidence men are plying their vocation with great persistence ana scarcely I day passes that does hot bring I i to light a victim A vigilance commute I I composed of 150 of the business men of Skaguay has teen organized to ihie the grafters out of town Sictness in the town Is abating and no sew cases of meningitis have been reported re-ported this week The Skaguay board of trade was or canizeu last night with E O Sylvester president and Wake Church secretary SPRING WEATHER The warm weather by melting the j snow has irlured the trails this siae if the summit to a considerable extent but hundreds of Argonauts arc leaving daiiy for the l teror I Between Skuguay and White pass there are estimated to be SO people lining the route whUe beyond the pass an equal i number are making their way toward th < > lakeMajor Major Walsh administrator of the Yukon district is expected to arrive here within a few days on official business Captain K Z Wood of the Northwe mounted rollce In the Selkirk distric hose temporary headquarters are lo at i here rettired thIs week from a trio TO the foot of Lake Lebarge He says tnre lis u great deal of sickness along the rout the cause chiefly being colds OUTFITS BURNED With the burning of the steamer hle law the outfits of 11U passengers were 1 most destro ed A portion of the cargo gi niNse In the hold was saved but it is in a v rj badly damaged condition 1 the livestock live-stock which consisted of 16 horses and 2 dogs was saved borne of the horses were badly scorched The cargo of tho AVhlteiaw ws valued at 7I5POO The Insured steamer itsef 1 said to have been fully For Copper River Tacoma Wash March 1L Steamer Protection left tonight for Copper river with 6 mead tons of ouUits Thy will land at Port Valdes and proceed Into the interior Ihe passengers are mosty Norwegians from the east The steamer North Pacific left tonight i I for Wrangel and Skaguay I Boundary Issue Not Esttled Washington March 11it Is said at the state department that the Ottawa reports re-ports that Great Britain and the United states have signed a treaty for the settlement settle-ment of the Alaskan boundary dispute are Incorrect the matter still being a subject sub-ject of negotiation |