New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-03
COMING BACK FROM ALlShA.

STORIES OF RETURNING FORTi Nf'h' ~ Pms
FAMINE PRICES oN THE YUKON.
Seattle. Wash. oct 2-Thc steamer Farallon ar
rived here to-day from Skaguny. Alaska. Inc rar-
allon had on board 10 returning prospec'orS "'o.e
tho number hing Louis Long. direct from Dawson
CIV which placc he left August %. coming out
on tho Dalton trail lie stopped at Juneau III d"
interview Long said: g.,
"yvh.n left Dawson the stores had stopp'' s'"
ING supplies and restaurants had closed oc'du''
they could get nothing to COOK po'''. ''"' -
visions will be scarce although many or 'he miner
oro leaving there In my opinion two hundred OF
,hro. hundred Will come out over the pdItoh N"'i
w,,hin the mex; few weeks. while great many
others are going doEn hy 81 Mchaers.
-, was = great mistake In trading companies 10
bring so much whiskcy up the river ins'e"" OF sup
niles Before We left Dawson nine cat''c ma" "''"
d,,.e, o., and four Of them butchered. Choice cuts
hroucht 81 - a mound. while soup bone was "o'"
IN cents paid 81 and 81 . a pound ior OK in'"'.
Az we wanted 10 get out as quickly hs poSS'"'''
brought scant provisions. the entire PACK o' 'd'"
man blankets and all weighing ahou' SN'S
,orrds We .amc up the river to Fiv" Fingers
49,, ,ncr ON, over the Dalton trail w" crossed IN"
summit on September q IN a snowstornl ana hah
Indian guides to show us the way We ia" !"
wade knee deep In snow. We met the shatp parry
,u,eIva miles this side OF Summit. with their cat.e
and II seemed to me doubtful whether they "ould
a. In II took us Just twenty seven days TO get
down 10 icwa'er
Another passenger on the Farallon was f'hry a
p,,,oh.r the mining expert OF the London TX
ploration Company. which Is controlled oy the
po,bscbilds He has been over the Yukon disgings
going I'm and returning over the Dalton tran. lie
undoubtedly thinks well OF the COUNTY, "u' =
closemouthcd.
Others on board were Lieutenant ; l. Ad"'r' ''h
I-ritod States Cavalry. Colonel -. q Darro"' iof-
merly "A capitalist Of Denver. but no" living AZ
uor,reuer Ind: A. Lambeth. n wealthy mining
q ID T.. y.
,, ~ this city Mr. Garrett reached the summit
of White Pass with his partner one McAf'hur
There they decided that they could take III pro-
visions for only one man. and tossed UP 20 oe''"e
who should push ahead Garrett lost ana came
hack 70 Seattle He expects TO try 1t again next
spring. . . .,
Tacoma Wash oct. 2.-The steamer North FORK
from Alaskan ports. brings the news that me
steamer Portland, which sailed for ~. MchaeIs :
with a Maxim gun on her bows 10 "a'd OH pi'"'eS
"a on her way home again. without having accom-
n,shed the object OF her voyage She got az far ms
Dutch Harbor only. There a portion OF her pas
sengers and freight were disembarked' ana S'e l.
now homeward bound having neither nuggets nor
miners nor company gold aboard her.
The latest news in regard TO the steamer Ha''-
ton is TO the effect that she cannot possibly get De-
vond Rampart City. but that twenty OF her pas
sengers were making the EFFORT to poe up '"e ''c'
10 Dawson. with little success
Thirtv-0ye passengers who have given UP all
hone OF reaching the Klondike this season returned
on the North Fork. All reports coming from ,nc
mining district confirm the rumors OF prospective
The steamer North Fork brought here las, night
the following letter from II. VI. Morgan. the AS
sociated Press correspondent: 49,,
Dutch Harbor Sept 22-Thc wreck OF the
seroImsr ser thrae rver boats to BE built at ST. Mchaes
Island for service on the lukoD, mas NAG IN 'ne
land. which had on board the matcrai FOR 1ne one
river boat also for service on the YUKON. ~"
/ nd yviil
bor) and leave Moran Brothers. the contractors for
pioyes who will proceed with the construction OF
one OF the bonts brought up on the Portland. as
the Portland has unoaded shr VIII reou,n ~
to Seattle where arrangements VIII be- inahe 10
send material for the construction or three poatS
as Originally intended to be constructed here ana
| forwarded to St Michaels In the spring the pas
| sengers and G. II. Hamilton and the Barber party
TO be to Ne nyns which ia OK
| pected to leave Unaaska on Friday the 2ith inst
up C. Richardson, OF Seattle says there are at
least $500 people at Dawson. the greatest number
living in tents. There are from 200 to 800 here
! Transportation and Trading Company close. rs
store being out Of provisions and unable to l about
four hundred paid orders The Alaska CONNER
paid orders with a bare chance OF the Margaret
with one hundred Of provisions. and the Alice;
! be compelled 10 close The Margaret ought to have
! arrived by August g. hui II Is almost impossible
! to get up the Yukon on account Of the lack OF
wv F. Langdon. Of Seattle. also passenger on
the North Fork has been w the Yukon as far as
water fell four and onc-half feet In five days. and
that 1t IS impossible for any one 10 get through to
Dawson CITY this year. He says II Is impossible
exaggerate the danger from starvation In the Klon
! dixie this winter. and early winter is predicted
and there absolutely no provisions to be had
| CITY living in te"ts The Hunter and Minook
| creeks are all .ocated."