The record-union., 1897-08-26
The City of Topeka Brings More
News From the North.
Three Miners Who Have Just Returned
From Dawson City.
A Large Amount OF Dust Said to be
on the Port1and-Some of Those
Who Struck 1t Rich-Five
Thousand People at Skaguay
Waiting to Gross to the Mines.

VICTORIA B. c., Aug. 25.-MOre
good news has come from the Klondike
by the steamer City Of Topeka, which
arrived tonight, leaving Juneau just
after the arrival there of Joe Birch,
James Mckay and Archie Shelp, who
made the trip from Dawson over to
Dyea in twenty days. They did not
come any further than Juneau, but in
tend to go back to the mines. They
had a pretty rough trip, having to pad
die and tow their boat up rivers.
In conversation with one of the pas
sengers who came down on the Topeka,
Shelp spoke very highly Of the Stewart
and Indian rivers, although there have
been no sensational finds. From $40 to
S15 per pan is being taken out of these
rivers. Close upon S20OO,OO0 in dust
has gone down on the river steamers,
the owners intending to take the steam
er Portland at St. Michaels. Gold
passes at ST. per ounce at Dawson
City
Shelp gives this list of Juneau men
who struck it rich. They are: Dick
Law, 100000; J. Smith, $4,000; Os-
car Ashby and W. Leak, refused $150,-
600 Tor their claims; Joe Brant, $50
600; Cornelius Edwards. $50, 600; Whip
pie. $4,000; Harry Ash, who left on
the last boat for San Francisco, $780,
600: an old man, who, a few months
ago, was cutting wood around Juneau,
$50. 900.
About q dozen men who went north
within the last few weeks intending to
go to the mines came back on the To-
peka, and they say many viii follow
them.
Two surveying parties have been sent
out TO try and find a better route for
the Skaguay trail, and if they succeed
the men promise to go to work on it.
Among those who threw up the
sponge and came back to civilization
were Sam Brown of Seattle and VIII
liam Albert NJ. Miles, an attorney of
Los Angeles. also came back, but he is
going to make another trial this time
by the Stickeen River route. Chief
Factor Hall of the Hudson Bay Com
pany. who also came down on the boat,
having been to Cassiar. reports the
route q splendid one.
THE UNIATILLA SAILS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25-The
steamer Umatilla sailed to-day for the
north with about forty prospectOrs des-
tined for the gold fields of Alaska
Several incidents combined to delay
her departure for some hours later than
that advertised. In the first place, an
incipient fire was discovered among
the passengers baggage, acid in va
lise Of q Youngstown, o., newspaper
man having caused the destruction of
its contents. and caused a scare. Then
Detective Egan appeared and arrested
NJ. ". Bishop of Los Angeles upon a
charging him with leaving the State
for the purpose of defrauding his cred
itors. Shortly afterward Detective
Wren arrested J. NJ. Worth upon a
warrant charging him with having OBJ
tanned A small sum of money from A.
NJ Shields. manager of the Equitable
Life Insurance Company of this city,
upon a worthless check drawn upon the
los Angeles National Bank.
Among the passengers are twenty
three prOspectors from Los Angeles,
who were to have sailed upon the Cas-
par The Umatilla will connect with
the City of Topeka at Port Townsend.
SCHOONER MOONLIGHT.
SEATTLE. Aug. 25.-The schooner
Moonlight went out tonight in tow of
the tug J. NJ. Coleman, bound for Dyea
and Skaguay. She carried fifty passen-
gers. Lumber and shingles We're ship
ped by enc of the passengers, who in
tends to build a hotel. The tug ]. M.
Coleman having the mail contract be-
tween Juneau, Dyea. and Skaguay, will
remain on that route.
The fl eight steamer Rapid Transit,
which sailed from here August I'd with
horses. arrived here this afternoon. She
had neither passengers nor freight
NEWS BY THE WILLAMETTE.
SEATTLE CWash.). Aug. p. - The
steamer Willamette Of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company, which left Seattle
August 9th with passengers bound for
the Klondike, arrived back this morn
ing at 10 o'clock She came via Sitka
and the outside passage, and entering
the straits at the time every one was
looking for the Portland was mistaken
for that vessel. She was spoken by
three tugs in the straits. the last one
stopping her about o'clock this morn
ing out from Port Angeles.
The Willamette took up the largest
number of passengers ever TO go TO
Alaska. but brought back only seven.
OF thirty-six sailors who went up, only
six returned. the others having deserted
or quitting at Swaguay.
News is received by the Willamette
of the suicide Of an unknown man on
the Dyea trail, and the poisoning of
several Indians at Sitka- There are
conflicting stories as to the condition
OF the Skaguay trail.
The first dav or two out on the up
trip there was much confusion and an
noyance at meal time. and especially
in the steerage. where 600 men were fed.
The tables would only accommodate
about sixty-five. and consequently ev-
cry plate had to be set nine or ten times.
AS fast as a man would get I'd another
would slide in. The organization known
as the committee took things in hand
at once and endeavored to arrange with
the steward some plan to avoid con-
fusion. The stewards plan was for the
committee to allow only enough men
in the salon at once to fill the tables.
But every one wanted to be at the first
tables, so that plan failed
The story of putting eight men in
chains is denied by the officers. but they
admit that one man who was drunk and