The record-union., 1897-08-30

the amount which he believes suffi-
cient to take him home to remain. Very
few intend to come back. The hard
ships they have endured make them
dread the country in which they won
their stake.
Orrin Grey of Grand Rapids, Wis.
went into the country this spring to
try and save some remnant of the for
tune his son Albert had Won The
boy had made $4,000 and according to
reports that came to the father. was
spending thousands in drink and gam
bling. So the old man came in over
the pass, but the boy was gone and he
is coming out now in hopes that the
boy has not spent it all, but has taken
some of it home to his mother.
M. H. McIndoo and T. X Gervais
went into the country to prospect, but
were discouraged and did not stop. C.
{. Perrine and F.. A. Novak, though not
miners, are the two most interesting
members of the party. Perrine is
detective, a member of the Thiels de-
tective service. IN February last he
was given a photograph and told to
lind the original. Accompanying the
photograph was an accurate descrip-
ton. Omaha was the starting point
Of the trail and he chased his man to
Baltimore, thence across the continent
to Seattle and thence to Juneau. Here
he learned that his quarry was bound
for the Klondike with party of nine
by way of Dyea and Chilcoot Pass.
Perrine went to Ottawa, obtained ex-
tradition papers and returning followed
NOUaL n h i'm. To
The crimes for which Novak is want
ed are murder and arson. He was an
apparently prosperous merchant at Wal
ford, Benton County, Ia. He had some
100000 of funds deposited with him by
neighbors for safe keeping. He en-
ticed one Of these, Ed Murray, to his
home and after numbering him set fire
to the house and burned it to the
ground. AS a preliminary Novak had
insured his own life with the Travel
ers' Insurance Company and after the
murder he disappeared. For some
time, Murray's remains We're supposed
to be those of Novak and Mrs. Novak
put in claims for the life insurance.
Truth was suspected. The body was
identified as that of Murray and not
of Novak. Perrine was put on the
trail with the result stated Novak
has confessed. Perrine spent 81. 900
in the pursuit of his man.
Two marines, bugler and a boatswain
of the revenue cutter Perry. deserted
that vessel at Unalaska, stole a small
boat, compass, sextant and an equip
ment of grub. and sailed for the Yukon
in July. Neither has been heard from
since and it is believed they were lost.
A small schooner, the Selma, put into
this port on July 10Th, having aboard
the captain, Peter Nielsen, the owner,
Christopher Lie and two sailors. The
boat was registered fom Victoria in the
name of Louis Willie. The party
aboard had been trading in Alaskan
waters and Customs Cnector Andrews
at this place seized the vessel. The
men laughed at him, saying it had been
their intention to put in here and aban-
don her and go to the Klondike. True
to their word they took passage aboard
the steamer j. j. Healy for Dawson. No
new discoveries are reported from the
upper country. The hillsides abutting
on the richest claims on Bonanza and
Ell Dorado have been staked off and
several quartz claims have been filed
upon 1t in the same vicinity. The rock
taken out of the quartz claims is rich.
but the hillside claims are not show
ing up much. Dominion Creek, a trib-
utary to Indian River, has been staked
off for distance of twenty-five miles.
The common report among returning
miners is that there is nothing in the
country now worth having that has not
been staked off and that the owners
will refuse fabulous prices for their
claims.