Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-09-11
STEAMER CLEVELAND BRINGS NEWS
FROM THE KLONDIKE.
FOOD RUNNING LOW AT DAWSON
BOTH STORES ARE CLOSED AND
MANY MUST GO HUNGRY.
Hundreds of Unruly Spirits FIoclxing
to the Camp-Miners Left Strand
ed at st. Michnels Threat-
en- vengeance-An Arc
tic Sea Disaster.

cS.-k MI. .+oor,.I,;r,
Cleveland, eleven days from st. Michaefs,
arrived in the straits at 2:30 this morning,
and was boarded by representatives of the
Associated Press, who were In waiting on
the tug Sea Lion. She brings sixty-fve pas
Ihirty,eaght OF the passengers are from ron
thew went to construct boats for the North
,ney wen " s..'o Sona. uo's Iva '"g T.aa;,,a LII -,
companY cmep.uan anSpof'a'''n anu "0'S
The story of the fabulous wealth of the
Klondike, Bonanza, Eldorado and other
streams tributary to the Yukon is reiterated
by the returning miners, but the warning
which has already been piyen-to stay away
from the gold fields this winter-is emnha-
sized by every one on board. They say that
hundreds Of people must go hungry this
70 deatb az the food s,,nnl, IN the country
so h.,e,,, .ms ,u IN, supp,y ~ - . .ou,s =. 10y
Is lar peioW What Will De required 10 keep
alive those already in Dawson City.
On July 26 the stores of the Alaska Com
mercial Company and the North American
Transnortation and TRADING Comnanv AZ
ns..1saS poi ct. .an -, CIV s npa " az
their doors that no more provisions would
be sold until another steamer arrived from
the mouth of the Yukon.
The winter has set In at the mining city
of the frozen North, and since s the two two
great stores of the place have closed their
doors those who have been seeking gold
must now seek for food or starve. While
there may be tendency to exaggerate the
actual condltlon OF aHairs, there can 6e no
question that famine threatens the adyen-
Way to then the KondiEe ana Mmeh VINO maze 'her
.R HRHnoreas OF unruiy Splits are noekiing
10 70 lawson. IhLeats 9. Hloienee are penn
sa, on ,,,yy,ttara5 thast ~
ntf,a hona af ' oduaneino NY ny the r,,ssr onG
Tst ei sp9s of nter are 10 on the
,s uH9 ~ airer, .e, aaLs ,I ha ninsse ~
aIu Ennro,,s ~ nc" nr;ces ore nn%, he;nr mid for
food At Dawson. and it is impossibie that
.oora thon fnur ,,aouaIa With nroy;a;nno can
reach Dawsosl before the river is q. mass
There &c gold evervwhere but the people
ad IoSd ma. there are not
enough structures to ACCOMMODATES the
crouS and scores of neopIe are living in
tents.
Michaei's. two of the expeditions. those of
fhs national Cyifv and al the South Coast
held indignation meetings, Threatening dire
thamS 1hera and were ,,nahie tn carry them
t,eth .nerT T,.a,, au hud hann ieft ~ stran5ed az
St. Michaei's. and cannot possibly reach
foamrs fn,,I 1,esseIs u,;Ii he abIa to reanf,
nn, iSur frn g. sh %a e afnro ~ tba V,,l
Ia. SUI , aioa s o.. srha,, Iii oerr e W.
kon river iIeeEes. lney WIN Ca,ry nso.
VISIONS ,, E.I pu. IL Is py ~ ss h far .Ta.
tes WI, Mi ~ ,eaeh !'a ,me YIN a,'ayo1 Hhet 81
.,, .,,e 1i,iy hope' however, iof fehe"ai VI
supPhes. WV
captain wall master OF she Cleveland
| says:
iWo amportant nacts shoulo NOT pe ior-
gotten When we tell anything OF the hlon-
dixie. IT IS Impossible, think. TO exag,
| gerate the rlcnness OF the country, ana
| quite as lmpossiole 10 overestlmate the
dangers and the prospective disasters at
Dawson
While we were IN st. Michaefs the
| angry mutterlngs OF the members OF tne
| showed that troublous times are ahead
there as Wen as on the kiondike.
1t is my beneL tnaI tne Nesseis tnat are
70 @ return urn TINS iaii VIII come heaVi's iaoei'