The herald., 1897-08-30

The others refuse to say how mucl
they have. The remaining members o,
the party are Winfield Oler of Balti.
more; William Zahn, of Minneapolis; B
H. Farman. OF Goodeal. Ia; E. Buckley
of st. Joseph. Mo-; M. N. Goweler, o.
Winnipeg; Thomas R. Dunkerley, o.
Tacoma, and N. w. Powers of Tucson
Each has won what is called in this re.
| gion home stake" namely the amouni
which he believes sufficient to take hin
| home to remain. Very few intend tc
come back. The hardships they have en-
diured make them dread the country in
which they won their stake.
Orrin Gray OF Grand Rapids, Wis.
went into the country this spring to try
and save some remnant of the fortune
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 gambling. Sc
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.
| NJ. H. McInd'oo and F. X. Gervais we mt
into the country to prospect but were
discouraged and did not stop. c. C. Per-
rine and E. A. Novak, though not min ners,
are the two most interesting members of
the party. Perrine is detective "a mem
ber of the Thiels Detective service. In
February last he was given a photo
graph and told to find the original. Ac-
companying the photograph was an ac-
curate description. Omaha was the
starting point of the trail and he chased
his man to Baltimore, thence across the
continent to Seattle and thence to Jun
eau. Here he learned that his quarry
was bound for the Klondike with a
party of nine by way of Dyea and Chill
coot pass. Perrine went to Ottawa, OBJ
Gained extradition papers and returning
followed Novak, capturing him at Daw-
son. The crimes for which Novak is
wanted are murder and arson. He was
an apparently prosperous merchant at
Walford, Benton county, Iowa. 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 preliminary, Novak had insured his
own life with the Travellers Insurance
company, and after the murder he dis
appeared. For some time Murray's re-
mains were supposed to be those of
Novak, and Mrs. Novak put in claims
for the life insurance. The truth was
suspected. The body was identified as
that Of Murray and mot of Novak. Per-
rine was put on the trail with the result
stated. Novak has confessed. Perrine
spent $1,000 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, a compass, sextant and anequip-
ment of grub and sailed for the Yukon in
July. Neither have been heard from
since, and it is believed they were lost.
A small schooner, the Selma, put into
this port on July rs, having aboard the
captain, Peter Nielsen, the owner,
Christopher Lie. and two sailers. The
boat was registered from Victoria in the
name of Louis Willie. The party aboard
had been trading in Alaska waters and
customs collector Andrews at this place
seized the vessel. The men laughed at
him, saying it had been their Intention to
put in here and abandon her and to go to
the Klondike. True to their work they
took passage aboard the steamer ]. j.
Healy for Dawson.
No new discoveries are reported from
the upper country. The hillsides abut-
ting on the richest claims on Bonanza
and Eldorado have been staked off and
several quartz claims have been filed
upon it in the same vicinity. The rock
taken out of the quartz claims is rich,
but the hillside claims are not showing
up much Dominion creek a tributary TO
Indian river, has been staked off for a
distance of TWEEN ty-five miles. The COM
mon 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 fabu-
lous prices for their claims.
BACK FROM DYEA
SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 29.-The
steamer City of Kingston arrived today
from Dyea and Skaguay. The following
letter was brought from the Associated
Press correspondent:
Skaguay, Alaska, Aug. 25.-The new
deputy collector of customs al Skaguay-
Dyea has imposed a duty of $50 on all
Canadian horses unloaded at this port
from Canadian territory to be used in
packing miners outfits over the summit
Since the new British collector a few
days ago announced that his govern
ment would waive all duty on miners
clothes and outfits Intended for per-
sonal use for the next six months, it is
feared this action on the part of the
United States collector will react on
American miners. The duty was paid
under protest. The collector also as
sumed the right to appraise their horses
at their value here. One man paid s540
on horses that cost him $500 al Victoria
An effort is being made to improve the
Skaguay trail The miners camped at
Skaguay and on the trail are to do the
work, while the citizens of Skaguay
furnish all food and transportation of
supplies. There are not less than 5000
miners between the landing and the sum-
nit and all travel is suspended. Trees
have been felled across the trail and no
one will be allowed to proceed until the
entire trail is finished.
There are only five bad hills where
much blasting will be needed, the rest
can be done with picks, axes and shov-
els. Charles King of Tacoma an ex-
perienced railroad contractor, will be
superintendent of construction. There
are several civil engineers here with
their instruments and they will proceed
at once to make the survey. The work
will be completed and thrown open to