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R PLAN A NEW NATIONm!-LDf®t-U3 iCONSPIRACY SIGNED FOR ANOTHER REPUBLIC.They Banded Themselves Together in the Order of the Midnight Sun for the Purpose of Throwing Off i- ] Canadian Rule in the Northwest11 i Territory—Publication of Secrets:e j Blasts Their Hopes.a a t|eicill tr | Seattle, Wash,. Nov. 21.—The Fven- ! pff , ing i'ttfrts pul lisbes today a stDvy of- I un as confirmation of-the story pub- !ps lishc.l in tiie Shun Francisco Call to the i“| effect that a conspiracy has been plan- j fi1 nod covering the entire Northwest ter- j p. ritorv for the overthrow of the Canad- j pa ian rule and the establishment of an in- j tI: dependent republic. ! hj Order Foments Rebellion. i hs I The Times lays great stress on the !i story obtained from Fred Clark, for- ;r*s - merly stage manager in this city, but- who has been in the Yukon some time, ?i1 in which he admits knowledge of the I*1Order of the Midnight Sun, supposed j! to have been organized for the sole “purpose of rebellion.It is claimed that the order ' was £ originally instituted in strict secrecy , j £ in Dawson in December, 1900, and from ■5 . there spread along the length of the 113 -.upper Yukon with branches as far as E Circle City, on the one hand, and nSkagway and Atlin in the other direc- ^tion. It is claimed that men came to 111 t Seattle in the interest of the uprising:™ ■ and solicited support in the way of fi- , ls• nancial contributions. The Times j ?lt; says no arms were bought. i• ! 3.15; Total Membership. j ja| The total membership of the order SI ; of the Midnight Sun is placed at 1,500, at .; although the members confidently ex- m ; peered outside assistance that would je .; bring the total of the army of insurrec- to ; tion almost to 5,000. The Times says : ^ ! in the early days cf the organization a 1 tb : circular was distributed on the -upper ; cc ■ Yukon, in which 19 reasons were given | for the uprising. These dealt with thedefective mining laws, corruption of t pi- vofficials, royalty, liquor traffic, gambling. delays in court. British Colum-; bia alien act, duties, miners' and log- j M gers’ license, recording fees, and boun-; dary disputes.Operates a Junta.Similar circulars were handed busi-i ness mer. a: Skagway, in which they • were solicited to add financial support ■ fQ ! to the enterprise, ami for a time Clark ■ ut made his headquarters at the latter ; ne place, conducting a junta in the inter- jW,est of the order. The raid was to be . erstarted on the border, and, as fast as f0 a town was overpowered, a revolution- I c.■ ary gr-.-emment was to be installed. ' Local officials were to be seized, and ; ca ; held as hostages. Telegraph lines to ; ca ; Dawson were to he cut in a dozen dif- : an v fereut places. * j W]! Hopes Are Blasted. j silt;The leaders believed the Canadian !I government would be months getting j i in men, and that at last it would have j i been compelled to make terms with the 1 Ge : insurgents before they laid down their j ni. arms. The corispiracv is .said to be • of I dead owing to the publication of its j Gr ! secrets. , i ne
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Davenport Daily Republican
Davenport, Iowa, US
Fri, Nov 22, 1901
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