The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-05
TOO MUCH WHISKY
AND TOO LITTLE FOOD TAKEN TO
DAWSON CITY.

| tn Sell and Restaurants Are Closed For
| Want of Anything to Cook-one OF
| Dawson CIty's Founders Denies That
ANYONE VIII starve-News Of the klon-
| dixie aud Klondikers
| Seattle. Wash, Oct. 1.-The steamer
Farallone arrived here this morning
from Skaguay, Alaska. The FaraAone
had on board 10 returning prospectors.
| among the number being Louis Lang oi-
rect from Dawson City, which place ne
left August &C. coming out on the Dal'on
trail. He stopped at Juneau
In an interview with the Associated
Press correspondent, Long said:
when 1 left Dawson the stores had
stopped selling supplies and restaurants
had closed because they could get notn-
ing 10 cook 1 believe that provisions
will be scarce, although many OF the
miners are leaving In my opinion 2oO or
200 will come out over the Dalton traiI
within the next few weeks, while a great
many others are going down by ST. MI
chaels.
ct was a great mistake in trading
companies 10 bring GO much whisky up
the river instead of supplies. Before we
left Dawson nine cattle had been driven
in and four Of them butchered. Choice
cuts brought $50 per pound. while
soup bone was worth so cents. l paid 81
and 81 per pound for elk meat. AS We
ialyl r- a.
l brought but very few provisions, the
entire pack Of each man, blankets ana
all weighing about sixty pounds. We
came I'D the river to Five Gingers and
then out over the Dalton trail. We
crossed Summit September q, in snow
storm and had Indian guides 70 show US
the way. We had TO wade knee deep IN
snow. We met the Sharp party twelve
miles this side of Summit with their cat
tie. and il seemed doubtful TO me
whether they could get in. 1t took just
twentv-seven days to get down to tide
water
, Another passenger on the Faralione
was Henry Bratnober, the mining expert
who is confidential man for the London
Exploration company, which is CONTROL
ed by the Rothschilds. He has been over
= the Yukon diggings, going in and return
ing over Dalton trail He undoubtedly
thinks well Of the country, but is close
mouthed.
Oslers on board were Lieutenant S. l.
Adair Fifth United States cavalry; Col
;, onel G.. G. Darrow, formerly capitals
i. Of Denver, but now living at Indisnap,
{ mil g
man Of Helena, Mont; o. d. Colvln anc
T. A. Garrett Of this city.
Mr.. Garrett reached the summit Of
: White Pass with his partner, man nam
t ed Macarthur. There they decided tina
n they could take in provisions for only ont
man and tossed up to decide who shout
e push ahead. Garrett lost and came bacl
e to Seattle. He expects 10 try it agar
s next spring.
e JOSEPH LADUE DENIES 1T.
n Chicago. Oct. 2-Joseph Ladue. III
founder OF Dawson City, Alaska, an
owner of a large par, of fhat city, Is II
Chicago on his way to San Francisco
The stories Of suffering TO come thi
winter in Alaska and the positive asser
y ton that many people will be starved Il
70 and around Dawson are denied by Nj
. Ladue. He says they are greatly exag
gerated and that supplies are not shor
T. nor will they be before spring.
SIS IT don't believe any one will perish,
r said he, for at the mouth Of the Yuko
L there are ali the supplies necessary. DaW
=. son City is LOO miles from there, bu
distances do not count so much IN Ala:
h. ka. 1t takes only twenty days 10 max
at the distance with small boats, and thes
ST. will be kept busy transporting foot
is There are not more than 1000 or posSibl
$500 people in Dawson and many OF thel
will be employed in going back and fort
"A between ST. Michaels and Dawson. If
were not for the fact that getting SUI
plies will occupy 50 large a part of Il
time of many of the 5000 people IN Ala
ka. I believe that $40. 900 in go
, would be taken out before next sprin
AS II is, l believe that at least s15,00o.O
worth Of the precious metal will be IA
* en- out"
Mr.. Ladue has made arrangements Il
the shipping to Alaska gold fields OF m
* chinery for hydraulic mining. which W
be used next season. This. he says, W
reduce the COS; OF mining 10 about p
% cent.
POLLING Up THE YUKON.
Tacoma, Wash, Oct. 2.-The steam
IS Northfork, from Alaskan ports brings Z
news that the steamer Portland, Viii
sailed for 81. Michaels with q Maxi
gun on her bows 20 ward off pirates, is
her way home again wi;nou. having a
compliehed the objects OF her voyas
$50 she got as far as Dutch Harbor on
There portion Of her passengers al
freight were disembarked and she is NJ
hcmewlrd. having neither miners n
~ nuggets. nor company gold aboard her
- The latest news in regard 20 me s,eal
ing or Hamilton is 10 the effect tha: sae c
lei not possibly get beyond Rampant CT
/. but tia, twenty Of her passengers We
making the effor; % pole up me river
- - Dawson, With little chance Of success
-. Tajrty-five passengers VINO have Civ
- Up all hope OF reaching the Kloniihe Z
season returned on the No-thfolk-
=. VESSEL INSPECTORS
| San Francisco. Oct. flames A. I
:, mons. supervising architect Of steg
:. vessels. is in The city on official busine
- He came IVES, 10y way Of Puget Sou
and Portland. He spent two days
ne Seattle during waich ne gave his ats
Ie-t ton 20 several cases which have been
ne fore The local inspectors of ina, place
NJ. centlv The ,asss of--ba ofti,a-s NJ