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TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1898.
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WORK FOR DEMOCRATS
The Democratic executive committee
for Los Angeles county will meet In this
city next Saturday, March 26th, when,
among other things, the plan of organi
sation and work for the coming campaign
will be considered. In anticipation of
this meeting the reorganization sub
committee, composed of Abbot Kinney,
chairman, D. Neuhart and M. W. Conk
ling, has issued a circular to the Demo
cratic voters indicating the following
lines of work that, In their opinion,
Should be taken up.
In national affairs there are two
amendments that should be made a part
of the federal constitution: First, the
election of United States senators by a
direct vote of the people; second, the abo
lition of the electoral collage in the elec
tion of president and vice president of
the United States, the vote for those of
ficials In the state to be direct and with
out the existing superfluous and danger
ous intermediaries. There can be no
valid reasonable opposition to these re
forms. They are not party questions,
and the necessity for their establishment
has long been apparent.
An amendment to the state constitu
tion along the following lines is recom
mended: All ships operated en the ocean
outside of the marine league, and juris-
Siction and protection of the state at Cali
fornia to be freed from state or local tax
ation and placed on an equal footing
with those of states and nations not tax
ing such ships, and to free California
ocean ships from the present handicap.
A new county government bill is de
clared to be a necessity. It should place
In the hands of each county the power to
fix its own salaries and all details of gov
ernmental methods not in conflict with
the general plan of county government
throughout the state.
Second, a mandatory act obliging
municipalities to accept the county as
sessment as the basis of their taxing
values, and the collection of all taxes at
one place, by the county tax collector.
The grand jury list submitted by each'
judge to he published fifteen days before
the grand jury Is drawn, and all exam
inations of public business to be public.
The petit jury is also in need of remod
eling. No juror should be called upon to
try more than one case each year.
A reform should be undertaken In the
management of aid to indigents. The
present system is making beggars.
What is needed in county affairs is a
Judicious revision of the system of gov
ernment, looking to better service and
lower taxes. These our candidates must
be closely pledged to secure. The cen
tral committee should be instructed to
hold to strict and prompt account any
Democratic officer who may neglect his
duty.
The district attorney's office needs
overhauling. The county treasurer
should also be county tax collector.
Mortgage foreclosure fees and the
charges for the public administration
of small estates require modification on
careful and conservative lines. County
expenses must be reduced. This is an
easy thing to do without injury to the
public service. The referendum, so
favorably known in the voting on bond
Issues, should be extended in its appli
cation to other important public ques
tions.
Is there any good citizen who could
conscientiously decline to subscribe to
a platform composed of the foregoing
planks? The duty of the Democratic
party of Los Angeles county is set plainly
tefore iv ' ---^
ALARMING SYMPTOMS
Much has been said of late, by public
men and journals on both sides of the
Atlantic, regarding the dignified poise
and serenity of the president since the
disaster to the Maine threw the country
Into a state of excitement bordering on
hysteria, and his coolness and compos
ure during the trying ordeal has been
highly commended. Abroad It has been
taken as an Inspiration of the purest
patriotism; at home it has been other
wise accounted for.
While doubts of his loyalty have never
been raised, there are those, and not
without reason, who have feared that his
deliberate assumption of an attitude In
somewhat striking contrast with pre
vailing public sentiment—an attitude
which he has sustained without the
slightest indication of weakening—was
more due to Influences that have sur
rounded him than to any natural Im
pulse to be unwarrantably conservative.
His most intimate advisers, since a cri
sis became imminent, have notoriously
been averse to a conflict with Spain,
under whatever provocation or pretext.
He has been dally closeted with Senator
Hanna, the recognized representative of
Wall street, who is conceded to have
greater influence at the White House
than any member of the cabinet; with
Levi P. Morton, the acknowledged agent
of one of the greatest money syndicates
in this country, largely Interested in
Spanish securities and with Mr. Mc-
Cook, also concerned In such' a settle
ment of the trouble as shall least dis
turb extensive investments made by
himself and the people he represents;
and it is not denied that the single mem
ber of his cabinet who stands for heroic
methods has the least Influence with him.
Between the Scylla of this Wall street
influence and insistence and the Charyb ■
dis of popular acclaim, dally growing
louder and more imperative, It is not
strange that the executive, as described
by our dispatches. Is "almost at the
point of collapse;" that his condition be
gins to excite the alarm of his friends;
that he has frequent spells of despond
ency, and Is in a state of nervous terror;
that he has apprehensions of assassina
tion, and suffers more or less of remorse
over the loss of the Maine.
It is possible that his condition Is not
as alarming as Indicated by the latest
advices, and yet it would be rSmarKable
if he were to pass through the ordeal
without some evidences of the physical
as well as mental strain he has endured.
His position, under the most favorable
circumstances, would be far from en
viable; obviously controlled by an In
fluence which he to resist, but
which'he has comVVo see is'antagonistic
to prevailing public sentiment and'
a'clng to the success of .his adminftatra
tion, it Is not strange that his rrtental
collapse Is regarded as imminent.
The country has become measurably
reconciled to an Inane administration of
the state department and the practical
assumption by the president of the duties
of the secretary; but if Mr. McKinley has
become the victim of "moods," such as
. ..* ~i
are described by the Washington cor
respondents, there Is grave cause for
alarm. Fortunately the executive's er
raticism, unlike that of Germany's ruler,
pursues lines of pleasantness and peace.
It gives promise of a sufficiency, If not
an abnormal surplus, of deliberation.
FRANCE AND SPAIN
The London Spectator of February"
19th contains an Interesting article on
the relations of Spain and France, to
which the more Importance attaches be
cause it was written before the Spanish-
American crisis became serious; Indeed,
it refers more to France's interest than
to anything else.
France, says the Spectator, is the
neighbor, and the only neighbor, of Spain
(How about Portugal?). Therefore,
France is bound to concern herself with
Spain. Whatever concerns France must,
in the long run, concern Europe, for
France holds, geographically as well as
morally and politically, so central and
so commanding a position that, weak or
strong, perplexed or at ease, she is almost
of necessity the pivot state of Europe.
In spite of the fact that Spain is, from
a military and naval point of view, a
weak state, her direct hostility to France
might be a matter of the most
vital importance. France has, be
sides the neutral states of Belgium,
and Switzerland, three neighbors,
Germany, Italy and Spain. Sup
pose her at war with Germany and
Italy, and obliged to place armies along
both the Alps and the Rhine. Under
these circumstances the ability to leave
the Pyrenees unguarded would be most
Important. However weak that country
might be, a hostile Spain would require
at least 100,000 men to watch the
Pyrenees and prevent the southwest of
France from being plundered. A hun
dred thousand men locked up in this way
might mean the difference between vic
tory and defeat.
Continuing, the Spectator says that
Spain's difficulties have of late been
France's opportunity, and that the secret
archives of the foreign offices of Paris
and Madrid would show that France had
given help to Spain in many ways un
dreamed of by the public. It hints that
the stiffness of the Spanish last fall when
Spain and the United States came
to close quarters over the Cuban ques
tion, was due to the fact that Spain
knew that in the last resort she could
appeal for help to a power which could
not afford to neglect her demands. This
view, of course, will be taken with sev
eral grains of salt in the United States.
In any event it could not influence the
policy of the United States in the Cuban
question.
In conclusion the Spectator says that
no one could be responsible for the gov
ernment of France for a single day and
not realize the absolute necessity for,
keeping Spain from falling into the
hands of Germany. If France did not
help Spain that country would apply,
and almost certainly with success, to the
triple alliance, with which the queen
LOS ANGELES HERALD« TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 22, 1898
regent has, owing to her birth, such
close and Influential relations.
This Is a moat Interesting view of the
situation, and shows that tbe money In
terest the bankers of Paris have In
Spain Is not the only consideration that
keeps Paris and Madrid in touch with
each other. However, that can make no
difference to the United States, when
this country once determines that it is
right and proceeds to go ahead.
GROWTH OF THE WAR SPIRIT
A local official, whose duties bring him
In contact with a large number of peo
ple, and who has occasion to frequent
numerous places where the multitude is
wont to congregate, gives It as bis opin
ion that ninety-nine of every hundred
in this community favor a declaration of
hostilities, believing a conflict Inevitable,
and holding to the opinion that the
sooner the blow Is struck the shorter
will be the struggle.
This may be an overestimate, and yet
there can be no doubt concerning the
drift of sentiment, here as elsewhere
throughout the country.
In New York and Boston, centers* of
conservative thought, the war spirit has
been conspicuously manifested since the
Maine disaster, and It is noted that the
orchestras In all of the theaters of those
cities have apparently been unable to
satisfy the popular demand for national
airs, and upon numerous occasions re
cently the regular program has had to
give way to efforts upon the part of the
musicians to meet the patriotic demands
of the audiences In that behalf. Ad
vantage is taken of every Incident, In
plot and score and program, to manifest
zealous loyalty and patriotism, the sen
timent being naturally and notably in
fectious.
On the other hand, tbe pulpit orators
all over the land, In deference to the
unconcealed demand for ministerial ex
pressions, are discussing the probabil
ities of war, and outlining the duties of
Christian citizenship in the crisis im
pending.
Absent Americans, whether in Paris,
London, or elsewhere on the continent,
are also In a state of nervous expectancy,
and frantically eager for Intelligence of
the opening of hostilities. Distance
seems to have no Influence In diminish
ing their patriotic ardor, which finds ex
pression In various ways. The most sig
nificant demonstr.il inn of the past few
days, as Indicating the loyalty of Ameri
cans abroad, developed at Mazatlan,
where $6000 was speedily raised to swell
the fund for the national defense.
One year ago the citrus fruit growers
of Southern California declared that a
tariff of one cent per pound would bfe a
great .blessing* to this country, but now
that they have the tariff they declare
that unless the railroads reduce the
freight rates it is probable that three
thousand carloads of seedling oranges
will rot on the ground; and some of
them are beginning to ask themselves the
question, "Does protection prdlect?"
The bill to be reported by the senate
committee on Pacific railroads will pro
vide that the purchasers of the Central
branch must pay the principal and Inter
est of the debt due to the United States.
This is the cheerful information Mr.
Huntington will glean from his morning
paper today. He will probably early tap
the wires of the Western Union Tele
graph company. Suc*h nonsense will not
be tolerated.
The Marquis de Hoyas affects the be
lief that the United States has inspired
the Philippine patriots to another re
volt, and threatens us with a counter
demonstration against the Stars and
Stripes "in the southern states of the
union." This constitutes the most amus
ing suggestion yet vouchsafed by the
enemy.
Blanco, in his messages to the Spanish
minister at Washington, Insists that "af
fairs In the island are quiet." There
can scarcely be a doubt about that state
ment—it is the quietness of death and
of desolation. Dead people are not
usually active or unduly assertive.
The house yesterday passed, by a
unanimous vote, the bill reported by the
naval committee for the relief of the
survivors of the battleship Maine. And
in the same spirit will the American peo
ple unanimously approve of the action
of their representatives.
The parity between the administra
tion's war pledges and its ante-election
promises is being maintained without
much difficulty. It may safely be said
that a move on Cuba will be made when
the mills are opened.
"With the sincere friendship of Brazil,"
the Amazonas was transferred to the
United States. We are grateful for Bra
zil's friendship, and we hope to be
pleased with her big battleship.
The Pinkertons indignantly deny em
ployment in the Spanish interest.
They have done some pretty mean things
for all sorts of people, but they draw the
line on the Spaniards.
The Monterey and Monadnock left
San Diego yesterday, but the place is
not left wholly unprotected. It still has
the armored cruiser Daily Union.
The naval bill, besides providing for at
least three battleships of the first class,
will contain an item for four docks, one
of which will be on this coast.
The mobilization of the French fleet
should cause no alarm. Mobilization of
battleships has come to be regarded as
simply a fin de siecle fad.
On the question of war the president's
cabinet is said to be evenly divided, four
in opposition and General Alger ram
pant.
Spain wants Austria to help her let
go of Cuba.
A SAD SURPRISE
San Diego Won't Get Its New Water
System
SAN DIEGO, Cal., March 21.—A genuine
surprise was sprung In the common coun
cil this evening, when a request waa made
by the Southern California Water company
to be released from its contract with San
Diego. The company Is building the Mo
reno water system, which Is designed to
furnish a water supply for this city, and
also to Irrigate 100,000 acres of land. The
city voted 21,500,000 In bonds to pay for tbe
water supply. Owing to litigation none
of the bonds have been issued. The com
pany, however, has expended over 2600,000
on the work, which is well advanced.
In his letter to the common council. Pres
ident E. S. Babcock of the company gives
several reasons for asking to be released,
the principal one being "the present unsat-
Isfactory conditions of business In this sec
tion on account of the policy of the Santa
Fe railroad, the present railroad combine
and accompanying discriminations."
The request was referred to the joint
water committee.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS
The nearest approach to a blizzard ex
perienced this winter is now in progress
at Huron, S. D. The wind comes straight
from the north at a velocity of forty miles
an hour.
A. St. John Gaylord, manager of the
Highland canal, near Mesa, died last night
In Phoenix, Ariz. Deceased was prom
inently connected in New York, whither
the body will be sent for Interment.
The British bark Crocodile. Captain Wil
son, which arrived at Cardiff on Saturday
from Tacoma, via Falmouth, encountered
a number of gales on the Pacific, during
which she sustained damage to her deck
work and lost one seaman overboard.
President Charles de Garmo of Swarth
more college has resigned to accept a chair
In the pedagogical department of Cornell
university. Prof. William W. Blrdsall,
formerly an Instructor In mathematics at
the Richmond, Ind., high school, was
chosen to fill the vacancy.
Replying to a question of Inquiry, the
attorney general yesterday sent to the sen
ate a statement to the effect that the rec
ords ot his department do not show that
any writ Of injunction or restraining or
ders have been issued by United States
courts against labor organizations or their
members engaged In strikes during the
years 1897 and 1898.
In the case of the United States vs.
Benjamin Butterworth ex rel., the United
States supreme court has again decided
that the name of a successor of a govern
ment official could not be substituted by
the court for the name of his predecessor.
The opinion handed down yesterday went
a step further, holding that this could not
be done even In a case in which the suc
cessor in office was willing to have the
change made. Justices Harland, Brewer
and Peckham dissented from the opinion.
The attorney general of the United
States has commissioned E. E. Elllnwood
as special assistant United States district
attorney to assist in the trial of the case
of United States vs. Copper Queen Con
solidated Mining company. This Is a suit
by the government to recover 3183,000 from
the Copper Queen Mining company for
alleged timber trespass, and Is probably the
most Important case of this nature in the
west. It has twice been tried, with the
result of. a disagreement of the jury at
each trial.
WILD WEATHER
A Blizzard Raging in the Middle
West
BARNESVILLE. Minn., March 21.-A
terrific wind and snowstorm set In about
2 p. m. today, the wind blowing at the
rate of sixty miles an hour from the north,
accompanied by a blinding snow and sand
storm. All traffic is delayed.
Fargo, N. D.—The first real blizzard of
the season prevails In Fargo tonight. There
has been quite a snowfall during the day,
and a raging wind is blowing, whirling the
snow In blinding masses everywhere.
Denver, Col.—A blizzard struck this vi
cinity this afternoon. The mercury fell
from 56 degrees at 3 oclock to 14 at mid
night, with every Indication of going much
lower before morning.
Spokane.—Last night was about the cold
est experienced in this section so late in
March since the establishment of the
weather office here, seventeen years ago.
The temperature here fell to 15 degres
above zero. It Is feared that the fruit crop
on Snake river has been ruined. Reports
from that section say apricots and early
peaches are kflled and other fruits seri
ously Injured.
Montreal.—The water In the St. Lawrence
is still receding tonight, and apprehension
of a flood has almost passed away.
Two Ocean Races
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21,-Two ocean
races through the Pacific and Atlantic have
just been completed. The British ship
Olive Bank came out the winner, but with
little time to spare. The Olive Bank and
the British ship Primrose left here for
Great Britain October 27. The Brltisti Virk
Drumalis, Captain Campbell, sailed on the
following day. A dispatch was received
at the Merchants' exchange today that the
Olive Bank had arrived March 17th, and
the Primrose and Drumalis on the 18th.
This was close sailing, but for time none
of the vessels compared with the Italian
ship Salvatore Ciempa. The latter and
the British ship Inchcape Rock sailed from
here for the United Kingdom tWvember
4th. The British ship Aberfoyle left two
days later. The Salvatore Ciempa arrived
February 23, the Inchcape Rock on the
27th, and the Aberfoyle on the 28th.
A Missing Man
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21.-The
whereabouts of H. H. Craig, a prominent
merchant of Rochester, N. V., has been a
mystery to the police since 5:15 oclock this
afterinoon, when he separated from his
daughter, Miss A. B. Craig, in the crowd
at the ferry depot, as.they were on their
way to take the train at Oakland for Pas
adena. Although the matter was prompt
ly reported to the police, and a diligent
search was made for the missing man, no
clew has been found to account for his
sudden disappearance. It is still 'an open
question whether he has met with foul
play or succumbed to paralysis, to which
he has been subject for some time.
Union League Reception
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21.-Governor
Daniel S. Hastings of Pennsylvania was
tendered a reception by the members of
the Union League club tonight. Prominent
men in nearly every profession were pres
ent, and many made short addresses In
honor of the occasion, among them being
United States Senator White and Attorney
General McCormlck of Pennsylvania.
FOREIGN FLASHES
The Japanese parliamentary election re
turns show that the two parties will have
about equal strength and that some fifty
neutrals will probably hold the balance
of power.
The London Standard says that It has
reason to believe that the Earl of Elgin
and Kincardine, viceroy of India since
1893, desires to resign his post, and that
the novernment is considering the ap
pointment of a new viceroy.
Vienna newspapers announce that Japan,
between 1895 and 1905, will have devoted
193.000,000 yen to the building of warships.
Forty-seven have already been ordered,
with short terms of delivery, In England,
France, Germany and the United States.
The Calcutta correspondent of the Lon
don Times says that Sir James Westland,
financial member of the council of the gov
ernor general of India, when making his
statement to the council yesterday morn
ing, expressed his regret that he could
not include a statement on the currency
question, but he intimated that the Indian
government had communicated Its views
to the imperial government.
THUGS AT SKAGUAY
SEIZE A ROAD AND HORRIFY
THE PEOPLE
TROOPS ORDERED OUT
THAT LITE AND PROPERTY MAY
BE PROTECTED
SOME ONE PAINTED IT YELLOW
Late Reports Are to The Effect That
Everything Is Quiet and Every
body Orderly
Special to Tbe Herald
TACOMA, Wash., March 21.—A telegram
from Washington stated that upon Infor
mation from Skaguay that the rowdy ele
ment of Alaska had seized Brackett's road
leading to and over the White pass and
placed the country In a state of terror, In
structions had been telegraphed Gen. Mer
rlam at Vancouver, Wash., to order the in
fantry garrison of Skaguay to take proper
steps for the protection of persons and
property regardless of expense attending
movements of troops.
*The facts are that there Is nothing ap
proaching a state of terror in the Skaguay
district. The latest Information which
came down on the boat arriving at Taco
ma last Saturday said nothing about any
trouble; everything was reported to be
entirely peaceable at both Skaguay and
Dyiea.
The report that a mob was in possession
of Brackett's road, was sent out by inter
ested parties in order to obtain government
aid in the collection of tolls from Klondlk
ers who"desired! to go over this road to the
White pase.
For several weeks Brackett has been
engaged in attempting to construct a dirt
road connected by bridges over numerous
small streams from Skaguay to the pass.
It Is merely a wagon road for
use and is not completed. The material f#r
the main bridge across Box canyon, the
largest and most dangerous crosslg, was
lost in the wreck of the ship Canada last
month, anfli the fact that the Klondfkers
were unable to haul their supplies over this
road the entire distance caused them to re
fuse to pay the tolls demanded; This was
accomplished in a perfectly peaceable
manner, however, the men simply brush
ing Brackett's guards aside and passing
over the road' as far as practicable, then
making their way over th* summit. Brack
ett came down from Skaguay last week
and wiredi the war department for protec
tion. It Is said that he had previously ap
plied to Capt. Anderson, in charge of the
troops at Skaguay, for protection, and
that It had been refused, on the grounds
that no permit had been granted hlhi by
the government for the construction of the
road. The matter of granting rights of
way for the construction of highways
through Alaska is now before congress and
the disposition of that body, as shown so
far, is in opposition to the granting of such
permits.
Brackett's attorney In Washington Is
Bill King, formerly ot Minneapolis, and
an old friend and comrade of Gen. Alger's.
He was appealed to by Brackett to obtain
prompt aid, and the result of this effort
was an order from the war department,
which was sent out last Sunday, Instruct
ing Gen. Merrlam and the comander of the
troops at Skaguay to give Brackett the
protection needed.
Brackett received his order on Saturday,
and with It In his pocket, sailed away for
Skaguay on the City of Seattle. He stated
before leaving Seattle that he Intended to
erect a toll gate, and, backed up by govern
ment troops, he thought he would have no
difficulty In collecting tolls from everybody
who passed over his road.
Every precaution was taken to prevent
the mater from becimlng public, and
Brackett got away before anybody ex
cept the department at Washington knew
what was going on. Brackett was very
careful to conceal the fact that any state
of terror existed on his road while talking
to newspaper men of Tacoma and Seat
tle, and this Is the best evidence that no
such trouble really exists as had been re
ported to the war department. The ob
taining of this order from the war depart-
ment demonstrates that Brackett Is a
shrewd manager and that the war depart
ment has fallen Into his trap as neatly as
it was caught by the scheme of the good
people who induced Alger to start the re
lief expedition to Dawson.
The troops in Skaguay were sent there
for the express purpose of preserving or
der, and tt was easy to see why it is neces
sary for Mr. Brackett to come all the way
from Skaguay to the coast in order to de
mand protection from the war department.
Capt. Anderson, in charge of the troops at
Skaguay, is a highly efficient officer, and
knows his duty. If any real disorder had
existed on the White pass wagon road he
would have put It down quickly, and It
would not have been necessary for Bill
King to secure the special order from the
war department.
HARD LUCK STORIES
SEATTLE, Wash., March 21.—The
schooner Bering Sea arrived today from
Yakutat bay, Alaska. Whien she left there
were about 300 people there waiting to go
over the pass into the interior.
Capt. Grotle reports that little progress
has been made at Disenchantment bay.
The bay was frozen over hard and fast last
winter and when the Bering Sea left It was
just beginning to float out on the tide.
There were too many Icebergs in the bay
to makie navigation safe and the schooner's
passengers disembarked at Yakutat, a
small village on the coast.
Trouble of a serious nature was reported
on the schooner Morrill. Bef ore the Morrill
arrived at Yakutat adverse wlndls were
encountered and she was driven some dis
tance out of her course. Then the passen
gers, so it was statedi to Capt. Grotle, be
came almost mutinous, During the trouble
the captain of the Morrill, ,it is said,
queiled the row by a liberal display of
guns in the hands of himself and crew. Fi
nally the schooner was put about and ar
rived safely at Yakutat, where the passen
gers andl freight were discharged.
The British Columbia, Seattle and Pa
cific Coast Railway company today made
application to the city council for a fran
chise thirty feet wide over Railroad ave
nue. It is stated to the city council fh*at It
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Seattle and thence to the British Coluntbia
boundary. The company was willing that
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a condition be imposed l In the franchise
that the work should) begin In thirty days
and the line be finished! within eighteen
months.
The incorporators of the company are
Henry J. Broker and Austin J. Fletcher,
well known financiers of New York. The
road will cost between $4,000,000 and $5,000,
--000. It is intimated that the proposed line
has the backing of the Vandwrbllts and it
is In furtherance of their purpose to have
a continuous line from New York to the
Pacific coast. It is also stated that con
nection will be made af the boundary line
with the Canadian Pacific.
The schooner Gen. Siglin arrived tonight
from Copper river, Alaska. Capt. John
son states that 300 people have crossed the
Voldes glacier and are now making their
way Into the Interior.
The day the Siglin left Copper City,
which has now 600 Inhabitants, the theft
of a quantity of bacon had been discovered.
Notices were being posted that the thief,
if caught, would be hanged.
A COPPER RIVER ROUTE
BAN FRANCISCO, March 21—At a
meeting of capitalists interested in the con
struction of a railroad to the Yukon coun
try, W. C. Alberger presented a report
based upon recent explorations and trom
observations made during an exhaustive
surveying trip to Alaska, and showing that
a route up Copper river was not only feas
ible but practicable. It was decided to or
ganize a party of surveyors, which Is to
start as soon as weather conditions will
permit, possibly by May 15th. The pro
gram Is to start for Orca and proceed up
Copper river to Its head, and thence across
to the Yukon to a Junction with the Amer
ican boundary line.
TENS OF THOUSANDS
SEATTLE, Wash., March 21.—Figures
compiled by the Post-Intelligencer show
that since January Ist 14,565 persons have
left this city for Alaska. Of these 2083 went
to Copper river.
The steamer George W. Elder sailed
from Portland for Alaska tonight, with a
full cargo of freight and 70 passengers.
SEATTLE, March 21.—Officers of an
Alaska transportation company state that
the noted filibustering steamer Laurada,
which is reported ln"a Wilmington (Del.)
dispatch today as being off on another ex
pedition to Cuba, is on her way to this oity
to be placed on the Alaska route. She Is
expected to arrive In a day or two. (The
vessel is now' at New York.—Ed.)
John V. Clum, United States postal In
spector, left for Alaska today on the
steamer Queen, for the purpoße of estab
lishing postofflces in Alaska. Clum has full
authority to establish offices and appoint
postmasters. He will establish offices at
all points where the exigencies of the place
demanfl. The Queen carried 197 passengers
from this port.
NOBODY HURT
VICTORIA, B. C, March 21.—CT4»rSTeam
er Farrallon arrived tonight from Alaeka.
She reports that all the saloons at Fort
Wrangel had been closcdi andi the liquors
seized. The collector says he Intend© to
strictly enforce the prohibition law. The
brewery at Skaguay is also closed. A lot
of toughs arrived from Dyea and' Skaguay
and there has been several fights, but no
one hurt.
WORK AS IF GREASED
VANCOUVER, B. C, March 21.— H. B.
Carter, who has just returned from Alaska,
says the American customs regulations at
Skaguay and Dyea are working like *a
charm. Collector Ivey Is carrying out tbe
treasury instructions of February 2d. Car
ter says the Skaguay trail Is breaking up
by reason of the early season and mild win
ter. The wagon road Is not yet in opera
tion. The Dyea trial Is no better. Many
Klondlkers are stuck at Sheep Camp with
their outfits. The electric tramways are
not yet working.
DANGER IS OVER
WASHINGTON, March 21.-(By the
Associated Press.) Information has
reached the war department that Tbe
rowdy element of Alaska has seized Ben
nett's road, leading to and over White pass,
and has placed the country In a state of
terror. Instructions were telegraphed to
day to Gen. Merrlam, commanding the
Infantry garrison at Skaguay, to take
proper Bteps for the protection of persona
and property In the disturbed regions, re
gardless of the expense attending such a
movement of troops.
NOT THE TRAMWAY
TACOMA. Wash., March 21.—The re
ported trouble In Alaska refers to George
Brackett's wagon road from Skaguay, and
not Bennett's railway and tramway front
Dyea.
STATE NOTES
San Francisco, No. 70, the new lightship,
was given her official trial trip yesterday,
and, except in a few minor points, satisfied
both the representatives of the govern
ment and Captain Lowell, her commander,
that she was all right.
The Marysvllle city election yesterday re
sulted In the choice of C. S. Brooks for
mayor; J. A. Maben, marshal; F. EX'Smith,
clerk; W. C. Swain, treasurer; Adam Ful
ler, L. C. Williams, F. W. Potter, H. Sei
ber, councllmen; Powell, Carden, Boorman,
school commissioners.
United States Commissioner Heacock
yesterday presented to United States Dis
trict Judge De Haven his report of the
sale of the property of the Woodbridge
Canal and Irrigation company to E. C.
Card for 15000. Several persons Interested
In the litigation appeared In court and
protested against the sale. The matter of
the confirmation was therefore laid over
for two weeks.