The herald., 1897-10-01
THE CROWD AT ST. MIcIAELs
WAITS TRANSPORTATION Up
THE RIVER
No Gold Has Come Down Lately But
the Portland May Bring
a Load
Associated Press Special wire.

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.j Sept. 80.
The steamer City of Seattle left here
at o'clock this morniag for Alaska, and
only two hours later e City OF Topeka
sailed for the same ptE The Seattle car
ried IS passengers. 60 II whom are bound
for Skaguay. In theFopeka's list OF AZ
passengers were fou parties. including
20 men. for Copper ver. one crowd,
consisting of four rnt from Galveston,
Texas, carried fourteen tons OF provis-
ions, small stern-wheei Teamer and
q whole arsenal of guns and Fevolvers.
LIQUOR SEIZED
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. So-One hun
dred and forty gallo4s Of whisky. bran
dy, gin and wine wfe seized today by
customs inspectors q the steamship Al
ia, due to sail tomorYw for Alaska. The
liquor was imbed]ed In barrels and
boxes and cans, W sugar. cat meal
and kerosene.
AT ST. AICHAELS
SAN FRANCISCO Sept. S0.-The rev.
enue cutter Richar Rush arrived from
Unalaska today. N1nging the latest
news from ST. Mic. els and the Yukon
that came to Unalstka from the north
by the A. c. Co.'S sAamer Bertha. The
Bertha left st. -MicT Eels on the 14th Of
September. On the 18th the steamer G.
H. Hamilton, belonging to the Chicago
corporation, returned to St. Michaels
and reported that she was unable to
ascend the Yukon river above the fats
near Fort Yukon Her passengers and
cargo were awaititg the arrival Of the
Alaska Commercii1 compa ny 's steamer
Margaret and AlIe for transportation
To Dawson City. ~ ese steamers being
Of lighter draft,w at to Dawson about
the goth Of Sepbe
At ST. MichaelYT spite'the presence
of over 300 perso there prevailed, in
the presence of z fe7eu,ie cutter, the
utmost order. AZ .mber Of the Hamil-
toms passengers Ire landed at Minook
creek, where quAt big strike is re-
ported, and plentyof provisions for the
whole party.
The Bear will remain at st. Michaels
until the arrival q the Humboldt with
the troops for the garrison.
The disabled steiner Eliza Anderson
will remain at Galaska until next
spring.
The steamep 4Fland was at Dutch
harbor when ~ kRush left Unalaska.
Coal being scalldSjhe was unable to con-
tinus her voYa8eto St. Michaels, but
the passenge3f VIE sent north on the
A.rsss. A.asss c0mnf Esl com sG@Rspz.s steamer
The FortlaH& " probably return to
Seattle without p Pceedihg to ST. Mich
aels. The steameU frames and machin-
cry she carried " y be landed at Dutch
harbor and new Tcarg9 of planking to
replace that lost in the schooner Hue
meme VIII be sem north, so that the
steamer for the Yukon can be built at
Dutch harbor durhg the winter.
The Rush reporF that twelve British
ecnooners took $3.50 seals and three
American schoonfs obtained S75 skins.
THE PoR7tAND.s CARGO
PORT TOWNsEND. Wash. Sent. 20
According to C!bt. Munger OF the cut
ter Grant. it Ii thl Bear and not the Cor
win that will quad from a III desperadoes
the tons ofkfond'ke nuggets the steam
er Portland is to bring from st. Mich
aelA Orders for Capt, Tuttle to thus
act as 'poI3temsn of the. seas were
taken to him by ne Corwin, which left
Onataska 4or st. Aichaels the same day
the Grant started for this port, Septem-
Der -. The AlasSa Commercial Com
pany's steamer Flrtha brought to I'm
eiaska news frombt. Michaels up to the
lztnRst Ihere lere over 100 men from
the ybper Yukon waiting to come down
on the Tortiand, AID according to sailor
gossip they had III kinds of gold" But
the ofncers Of the eraht say that accord
lng 10 tnelr' best tinformation no vast
amount sol treasure will be brought
down.
CAPT.. Ginger Of the tug Holyoke.
Wnlcn left at. Michaels September II,
says: y judge there were fully $50 to
4oO men at st. Michaels while we were
there' All lseemed cheerful There
were none that ran across who talked
OF coming back and no one asked for
passage with me. did not see any
miners from Klondyke at st. Michaels
and do not bhlieve there were any there,
TOT no steaner had come down lately, |
eltnougn onf was expected any day. 1t
was cold and haling' while we were
there and snow fell the day we left"
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