The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-16
PARTY OF MINNEsOTANs ARRIVE
FROM Alaska WITH LARGE /.
TREASURE.
ALL TELL OF FAMINE COMING.
MINERS AT DAWSON CITY HAVE A
WINTER OF SUFFERING BE-
FoRE THEN,
NO CHANCE FOR NEWCOMERS,
Unless They Make Rich Strikes of
Gold in Regions Now Unex-
pIored.

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. Sept.
J. Hanson, arrived this morning di-
rect from ST. Michaels. She brought
eight passengers, r. w. Schneider, j.
S. Wall, B. J. Hayward, Alex Wilson,
Theodore M. MITCHELL John Parrott,
James Aver and Andrew Hoag. The
men all left Dawson City Aug Is,
reached st. Michaefs in eight days,
and left for the sound Aug. %. They
brought with them an average of $50
ounces of gold each, the greatest
amount, 1874 ounces, being brought by
J. S. Wall, of Milwaukee. The small
est amount, so ounces, was brought by
R. w. Schneider, of Crookston, MINI.
The entire eight are ,jubilant at ge--
ting to a land where there. is no dan
ger of starvation. Mr.. Schneider was
in the country less than four months.
He has two claims on the Bonanza
and the other on the Eldorado, and
will return in the spring.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 15.-Tha
Alaska Commercial company's steam
er Excelsior, which sailed from St
Michael's, Alaska, on@Aug. IA last, but
was compelled tos5putinto Unalaska
for repairs on account@Of an accident
to her propeller while 5at sea, arrived
in port today with 636 passengers and
about million dollars worth of
treasure. 1t was at $frst reported
that she brought dewn StWo and half
million dollars worth8of gold dust,
but this proved, upon investigation,
to have been greatly exaggerated.
The steamer had on board about
$4,000 worth Of pureEgold dust and
nuggets. While the passengers, as q
rule, were very retfcent as to their
wealth, the following isfa list of these
who brought down $4,000 or more:
Ben Void, $50, 600: A. Harper, 100000; Mike
klatzen, $4,000; A. Andrews, $4,000; H. Sum-
mers. $4,000; Hank Peterson, $50, DOC; Will
Hayes $50, GOO; F. DenInore, $50, COO; j. A.
McQuiston, $50, 900; Charles $Raimson, $50, Goo;
Sherman, $4,000; E. P. ,Leggett. $12 600; H.
Schafer, $1,000 At sieast twenty-five more
brought down from 81, 00oato $4,000 each.
The miners assigned as their reason
for their reticence that in their opinion
too much had already been said about
the country and that too many were
going into it unprepared. Frank Dins-
more and A. A. Andrews are reported
to have made at least 100000 each
during their residence in the Klondike
region but both declined to deny or
affirm this report. Dinsmore, who has
spent sixteen years in the Yukon coun-
try, says this is his first return to civil
iZation in eleven years. He and his
companions are unanimously OF the
opinion that the rush is unprecedented,
and none of the trading companies be-
ing prepared to meet it,, they predict
great hardshils for all who stay there
during the coming winter. They con-
firm the stories already. published of
the scarcity off, provisions, and add
their notes of warning to intending
prospectors to stay away until sum-
mer.
All passengers unite in conf ming the
stories already told of the impending
danger of famine at Dawson City dur
ing the coming winter; they say there
are at least 1000 people now at Daw-
son City, and that more are swarming
in every day, and that the provisions
are already running short. The pros
poets of getting more in are remote.
The EXcelsior's passengers are unani-
nous in the opinion that the Klondike
region is richer than was at first sup
posed, but are also of the opinion that
unless the immigration to that coun-
try is stopped temporarily, there will
be terrible suffering.
Louis SlOSS Dr., OIL the Alaska COu-
mercial company. one of the paSSen-
gers on the Excelsior, went to Daw-
son City for the company and reports
that all good claims are taken up.
There is no chance for the neWcom-
ers unless rich strike is made in
some other section. !. Mr.. Sloss says
that his company'S store at Dawson
was closed for but one day, to receive
freight from a river steamer. He
thinks provisions will be scarce, but
hesitates to say there will be actual
starvation. There are about 300 i'm
patient miners at ST. MichaePs, most
of whom will have to stay until spring,
unless they have already secured pas
sage on the river boats There are
plenty of provisions at st. Michaeps
and every effort is being mS1e to get
supplies up the river to Dawson.
1t is difficult to say how much money
was brought down by the Excelsior.
The miners are secretive and will give
no accurate information. Some of
them, it is known, could not bring
much and will be glad to go to work
down here. The Alaska Commercial
company received a large consignment
of treasure, but will not say exactly
how much When asked as to the
amount, Mr.. Sloss said: 1--WE brought
more than came down on the Port
land, and we did not need Maxim guns
to protect it,