The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-26
DISEASE AND DEATH.
STORIES or TERRIBLEsUFFERTSGs
BRoUGHT FROM THE kLONDIkE,
Yet Others Are Pushing on--snpplies
short--A seattle Man Drowned--Ihree
Alleged Thieves Arrested.
A modal 70 the Sow York Herald fror

A special 10 the New York Herald from
Victoria, B. c.. says:
with starvation and plague taking hVe
lives a day and daily discoveries OF goa
only hooking their desperation, the pic
ture Of Dawson city drawn by Klondikers
who reached Victoria this morning Is
pitiable.
These latest messengers from the goId
fields are fourteen IN number a comDi-
nation OF four parties. the last Of which,
headed by Grey Stuart. left Dawson city
scptember 1c,b Charlie" Fries Of Claim
No. 4. bonanza: Archie" Burns and
Mart" Wood were two days IN advance
OF them, and broke the way.
SAVED TWO LIVES.
Early In the hazardous march me frles
party picked up two half-starved men,
ODonnell and schwatka, and by "A sacrl-
flee Of part Of their own slender stores
saved their two lives. A. Dalton cdoln Il
company Of six headed by John fty' was
picked up. and q tale OF suuering was
heard such as only men who have braved
the terrors of starvation in the wilderness
can understand. C.,..
When the Fses party left Dawson Clty'
they had only thirty pounds OF provisions.
all the citizens committee Of safety would
allow To be taken from the general store,
The snow had ohlitcrated all traces OF
the trail The fugitves from me famine,
threatened city staggered bllndly onward
for DAYS. their last ounce Of food gone ana
desperation forcing them forward. After
fasting three days and dragging out u
similar period with an owl as ratlons lot
tho entire party. Fries ana ms men were
reduced 10 the necessity OF boiling ana
eating q piece OF rawhidc and the tops OF
their boots. this last emergency diet giN-
ING them sufficient strength 10 push on 10
the river. whore several dog salmon were
caught by On, indians. ....l.,.r,
MAD FROM HUNGER
When thev reached Dalton's. two were
mad from hunger. Each OF these fell eN-
hausted a quarter OF a mile rom the
cabin. Friends. dragged them there ana
the door said he had nothing to sell but
that starving men could enter and take
enough to relieve their suucrings. mus
the danger of death was removed
When Fries left Dawson city fulE four
hundred persons had bought tickets for
ST. Michael. intending to go down on the
20 add to the misery Of their position. -
saws Fries. every day sees the terrible
satire enacted OF two or three hundred
new arrivals Now that they are there
they would give anything TO escape.
"Pcstilcnce, too. prevails No one seems
to know what the plague Is. but II Is re-
ducinc the population by from three to
five "A day II is like typhoid fever. but
has one unusual feature, I'm that the body
turns black from waist 10 neck within
twenty-four hours from the time the suf-
ferer Is taken III.
DROWNED IN THE LAKE
SKAGUAY. alaska. oct 18th, via
steamer Farrellon. 10 Seattis Wash. Oc-
tober 2j.-Silas II Hamilton. Of Seattle.
was drowned Friday morning IN Fort
Summit lake. sixteen miles from Lake
Bennett. on the Skaguay trail Hamilton.
Wesley Young and X. \. Re6held, also OF
Seattle were going down the lake in a
small boat heavily laden. The morning
was very foggy. making navigation dim
cult and dangerous. a heavy squall
sprung up. driving the boat into the
breakers along the edge Of small ISL
and in the lake. where IL was capsized.
Its occupants were thrown into the Wa
ter and Hamilton sank. Young and Red
field were rescued by passing boat.
Three alleged thieves were captured
Thursday on the Skaguay trail Their
names are Charles O'Brien. John :. Day
and William Davidson. They were former
~ residents of Seattle. Fred. Bernard had
found that a cache on the trail had been
robbed. and he tracked the thieves. found
where they had hidden their plumber and
set a watch upon IT,
A few days later O'Brien. Day and Da-
wilson appeared. opened the cache and
loaded the provisions on their horses.
Then Bernard and his companions seized
the men and took them down the trail a
few miles. where twenty-five or thirty
angry men debated the fate OF their pris-
oners. Lynching was urged by some. but
ultimately the men were brought down %
town and turned over TO the deputy Unit
ed States Marshal. They are now in jail
awaiting trial. The prisoners assert their
innocence and say that Bernard's cache
was oupued nv mistake