Evening journal., 1897-10-14

SEATTLE. Wash. Sept. pa mem-
Der Of the wealthlest police force in the
world arrived In the city last night with
his $4,000 in gold as the result Of two
years service on the Klondike in the
ranks of the Canadian mounted police.
S. r. Churchill is the name OF this
lucky officer. who is worth anywhere
from $4,000 to 100000. He brought
down a sack containing somewhat over
$4,000 for spending money. lie was not
proclaiming his luck from the masthead
and the fact that he had money was
overlooked by the press representatives
who boarded the steamer yesterday.
Churchill is not the richest of the
mounted policemen by any means.
Some Of the members OF Dawson's po-
lice force are worth a million dollars;
all Of them have over $4,000. When
the strike on Bonanza was made Capt.
Constantine, i'm charge OF the police,
allowed his men TO stake out claims
and file locations. They We're not per-
mltted to work them. but hired It done
on lays. AS a result the following
claims are owned by policemen S. r..
Churchill. 50 above discovery on Bo-
nanza; James Murry, one-half Of
claim "a on El Dorado. II below dis
covery on Hunkers Creek and SO above
on Bonanza; J. Brothers. 81 above on
Bonanza A. Ward owns 3S above on
Bonanza and an interest in so above
A. p. Zeller has sold his claim on Bo-
nanza for large sum. Others own
ing claims or portions of claims. none
of which are worth less than $4,000,
are Policemen Pinkerton, Thornton,
Webster. Sinclair and Gowler.
Hasn't Had Enough of II.
Mr.. Churchill commenced spending
his little stake last night by buying a
complete outfit from top to bottom. He
has a claim on Bonanza Creek, as is
mentioned in the list above, and will
return to look after his interests. lie
was at police headquarters all morn
ing talking over the Klondike with De.
tective Cudihee. He said:
1T will be a wonder to me IL NOR,
than half the people at Dawson City
keep their stomachs from touchins
their backbones If they remain ther,
throughout the Winter. There surei,
will not be enough provisions. Ever
last year. when there were not nearl,
so many people and considerably NOR
provisions per capita, there was suffer
ing Even the mounted police had t.
go on short rations. Well, I'm glad In
out Of it; If it is the richest camp il
the world. it may also prove the dead
lest.
That Weare AFFAIR.
'I was forty-six days coming out
which breaks the record. 1t happeneI
that was a passenger on the fl-fatel
Weare. which was hard aground Of
the Yukon flats thirty miles below Cir
Gle City. Going up Two years ago W
were forty-six days, but that time W
were caught in the freeze-up. whic
was nobodys fault. This time II was de
cidedly somebody's fault. The steame
was coming down river one mornin
with the captain and an Indian pilot a
the wheel, when suddenly in goin
around q sharp turn we ran aground
the Indian pilot having mistaken hi
channel. For seventeen days we sa
around and swore at each other. For ex
ercise we waded around in the Yul1oi
as the water was only six inches dee
where we ran aground. The steamer wa
verylight and stuck in themiddle. The
pried her bow off into deep water an
at the same time pushed her stern har
and fast OH the sand bank. The Heal
came along and we got started agaii
The accident TO the Weare was cause
: by the ignorance of the captain. VIII
: did not know his business. 1t was
five days steam TO st. Michaels, but
took us eleven days to make it the wa
we came. only steaming a few hours
day, and tying up at night.
Dawson is undoubtedly a hot tow
Drinks are 500 a round and Il
2 steamers have been carrying moi
e whisky than provisions. There is deaf
= from starvation staring them in n
= face for this very reason. There va
no caribou last season, and there prol
ably viii be none this year. There al
a few moose around Dawson, but 7
birds and few FISH"