The herald., 1897-11-03
Calls the Reindeer Into
Service
MORE STRIKES ARE REPORTED
BUT THE DETAILS GIVEN ARE
MEAGER
A Michigan Man Comes Back From
Dawson and Sells His Claims
for Million
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2-The threatening
famine in the Yukon Valley will be re-
lieved. Dr.. Sheldon Jackson. en- route
from the Klondike to Washington, said
that the recent order of Secretary Algei
to Lieutenant Colonel Randall, U. S. A.
in command of the military reservation
at ST. Michaels, Alaska, directing him to
use the reindeer for hauling food to this
miners, will save much suffering.
DIR. jackson has in the herd 200 head
of reindeer trained to harness. He also
has two Lapps and several EsquimauN
experts in driving deer. He states that
the present exigency emphasizes the
urgent need of procuring trained rein
deer in large numbers since the mines OF
Alaska are so peculiarly situated that
they cannot be supplied with a continu-
Gus adequate food supply until reindeer
transportation is Systematically organ
lied on larger scale.
DOMINION EFFORTS
VANCOUVER, b. c., Nov. 2.-Minis-
| Ter VI tut 1utSl iOl oiAtOAAs WAiC AAeNo o>>A
investigating the different routes into
the Yukon, arrived here last night from
Dyea on the Dominion steamer Quadra
Minister Sifton is of the opinion that the
Chilcoot Pass is better one than the
White. Regarding reports of starvation
at Dawson, Mr.. Sifton stated that his
best advices were to the effect that there
would be enough provisions to last until
spring. Major Walsh the Administrator
| of the Yukon, who is now on his way.
will, upon his arrival there, make re-
port to the Dominion government on the
situation and the necessity Of the gov
ernment sending in provisions. The
Quadra brought down meager details OF
some more rich strikes on the creeks
near Dawson.
The steamer City Of Seattle sailed from
| here for Alaska last night. She took ul
sixty head of oxen and a number of men,
who will form part of the expedition
sent out by Boston company to carry
supplies into Dawson over the Dalton
trail.
A MYSTERIOUS EXPEDITION
SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 2.-Mystery
surrounds the sailing of an Alaskan ex-
pedition. The company is headed by
George Rennick, an Idaho mine opera
tor He and his partner, George Fin
ster, are supposed to be the only per-
sons who have worked in the new camp
They came about sixty days ago and ap-
parently reliable authority says they
! brought with them upward of $4,000 ir
gold. They discovered the new diggings
the exact location of which is withheld
from the public. Rennick has been pros
recting in Alaska with varying success
for three years. After trying his for
tune at Cooks Inlet and Forty Mile, he
went to Stewar. river and thence to the
district where he met with success. The
diggings, so far as can be learned, are
between Sitka and the mouth of the Cop
per river and are about 250 miles from
the coast The expedition headed by
Rennick consists of twenty men, all in
the employ of himself and partner. FL
nancially, they are said to be backed
by Connecticut capitalists. The little
vessel in which they sailed for the north
today is a steam schooner known as the
Augusta.
TO KLONDIKE AWHEEL
/ CHICAGO, Nov. 2.-Cyclist ]. A. Brie-
gel left the corner of Washington and La
Sale streets at 9 O'Clock this morning
bound for Klondike, via El Paso, Los
Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. A
large crowd congregated to watch the
man start. His wheel, with outfit
| weighs 60 pounds. He expects to reach
Seattle the middle of February.
TWO WOMEN CLAIM HIM
NEW YORK, Nov. "A dispatch to
the World from Poughkeepsie says
When William Hayes returns again
from the Klondike, leaving his son there
be will learn that two women in Texas
claim respectively to be his wife and
daughter. Hayes left Modena 26 years
ago, after his wife's death, leaving a
baby year old. He went to Texas, but
nine years later arrived in Alaska. He
was one of the first prospectors in the
Klondike and has made a fortune there
| One month ago he returned to find his
| son in Massachusetts. After guiding
the young man to a paying claim, he in
| tends to return.
| The Police Department has just re-
ceived a letter from Mrs. Eugenia c.
Perecia of Houston, Tex, in which she
claims to be the daughter of Hayes
Her father, she says, 25 years ago, mar.
red Emma Carroll, who is now living In
Houston, and deserted her before she
| (Eugenie) was born.
! MINING CLAIMS SOLD
| CHICAGO, Nov. "A special to the
Times Herald from Benton Harbor
Mich, says: An English syndicate has
purchased Frank Phiscator's gold mines
in Alaska, paying s1OOO,OOO for three
claims-No. 81 on Bear creek and two
rich claims on IGl Dorado. The syndi-
cate pays $4,000 down and the balance
of $9S0,000 at the end of one year.
Phscator went to Alaska in February
of 1896 and cleaned up $96, 900 in seventy
days from claim No. 2 on El Dorado
creek. Since his return to his home neal
this city he has purchased homes for al
his relatives and paid off mortgages fol
others, eXpending about $4,000 in this
way. He does not like the climate Of
Alaska and therefore concluded to sell
White Has Views
VIENNA, Nov. 1.-The Tageblatt to-