The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-12
A KLoNDnGE MELODRANIA.
Jimmie McNnmee's Love Nearly
Costs B0atIoad of Passengers
Their Lives.
From The Philadelphia Press.

Their Lives.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Tacoma.-Jimmie McNamee, the real
though mushroom millionaire of the Klon-
dixie, is the hero of romance, and until
yesterday, when he fell a victim to strong
drink, he played his part well. The heavy
villain is the second mate Of the schooner
Fred S. Sanders, which has just arrived
from ST. Michael A schooner was needed
to carry provisions to st. Michael for the
miners at Dawson City, and, accordingly,
one was chartered, and Capt. Carlson, ac-
companied by his wife and baby, was
placed in command. Mrs Anderson OF
Port BlalIely was engaged.
Lille had winning ways, and soon Mrs.
Carlson told the captain that Second
Mate Gus Easterberg was in love with
Lille. Carlson was ready to listen, be-
cause he considered Easterberg worthless
and depraved, but Easterberg believed ne
had smooth sailing in his efforts to win
the orphans hand "a few days later
| however, Jimmie McNamee was taken
aboard the Sanders as a passenger to this
port He had a large stock OF nuggets
and scattered them freely. OF course, she
| fell in love with him.
Easterberg heard of this and became
Jealous In a letter to Lille he said she
| ought not to keep company with an old
tOgy lkG McNdInee, ana pIOiA44SIN tAAe't
within three years he would be worth as
much as the Klondike millionaire. He
| proposed marriage and insisted upon an
immediate reply. The little orphan became
alarmed and turned Easterberg over to
Capt Carlson and his wife, who drafted
a letter for the girl to copy, in which she
tried to allay Easterberg's suspicious by
telling him that Lille ought not to think
Of matrimony for at least three years.
This did not satisfy the heavy villain,
and he wrote many more letters, ending
by making threats upon the lives OF the
passengers and crew of the vessel just
before the schooner reached the Aleutlan
Islands, where word was passed among
the gossips that Jimmie was engaged to
Miss Anderson, Easterberg became fran
tic. He did not sleep for three nights,
and CAPT. Carlson became fearful that
he would scuttle the ship or send them
ashore on the rocks of an uninhabited
island, where drowning or starvation
would be their fate
The second night after the announce
ment that the millionaire had been &C
cepted the schooner passed through
Umiaak pass, one Of the gateways from
the Bering sea to the Pacific oceon. The
second mate was in charge of the vessei
and the captain and passengers and the
heroine were asleep in their berths. At
a 2:45 o'clock in the morning Carlson
awakened him and walked on deck. He
saluted the man at the wheel and then
turned toward the course along which
the vessel was sailing. Instantly he
threw UP his hands and shouted:
"My Godi man, don't you see the rocks
ahead?"
The sailor at the wheel replied that he
did Capt. Carlson demanded an explains
ton Of his evident intention to wreck the
vessel. The sailor pointed to the second
mate, who pretended to be asleep at the
mizzenmast, and told the captain that he
had been directed to steer with the wind
upon the rocky beach. Carlson saved he
ship and it passed into the ocean with ala
on board safe There was no further
danger from rocks, and the villain turn
ed his attention to writing letters TO him.
self and signing the heroine's name to
them. In the letters he said the heroine
wished only to get McNamce's money ana
that he was too old for her to live Ht1.
These letters he showed to his friends and
caused their contents to be made known
to McNamee.
The millionaire believed he had been
trihed with, and doubted the sincerity of
the GIRL who had won his heart. But
the orphan, in her confession TO Capt.
and Mrs. Carlson, convinced them thai
she loved only McNamee, and that she
did not care anything for his undug mug
gets When McNamee heard Of this ne
said his fortune would be placed al the
disposal of the girl; that she would be
educated in an eastern college at his ex,
pense; that she fould marry whom she
chose and whenever she pleased, and THAI
all he asked was that she would corre-
spond with him for two years, after which
he would set aside a fortune for her, ana
not even ask the favor of letter from
her now and then.
No sooner had the schooner which
brought them from st. Michael arrived
than McNamee, with his sacks of gold,
accompanied by Miss Anderson and Mrs
Capt. Carlson, as chaperone, went ashore
and engaged dressmakers and milliners
to robe the girl. McNamee then loaded
her with gold, putting aside $500 to defray
her expenses to her uncle's home in Mon
tana. Now that happy old miner is
spending $100 a day, principally Oh cham
payne and creating a sensation by pur-
chasing 5000 watches and other tribes.
--s-o-s-
London was considered overbuilt in
1880. and in that year law was passed
against building on lots previously unoc-
cupied. The cry was renewed in 1900,
when London contained 100000 buildings
and again in 1873, the number of inhabited
houses then reaching 52s,7A In spite Of
the prophets the big city has continued