The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
FIND 1T IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH
DAWSON CITY BY THE
YUKON.
STEAMERS ARE FROZEN IN
AT THE MOUTH OF THE YUKON
NAVIGATION FURTHER IN
LAND IsEPRACTICABLE.
FAMINE is ALREADY FELT.
Lost in an Attempt to Reach st.
MichaeIs.

VICTORIA, B. c., Oct. 17.-Steamer
Danube has arrived, ten days from ST.
Michaels. She brought eighty-tWo
passengers, most of them men who
failed to reach the mines by the ALL
water route. Some got as far as Fort
Yukon and had to turn back. There
are twelve miners from Circle City,
who bring about $4,000 in gold dust.
Most of them have been working
around Circle City, but a few are in
terested in the Klondike claims. A LOT
or provisions are at Fort Yukon. but
it is feared that, if there is rush
from Dawson, it will cause a shortage
further down the river 1t is predicted
that many men will perish in the at
tempt TO escape from starvation bv
coming down the river.
The steamer P. B. Weare. after be-
ing on a sand bar two DAYS. got off
and arrived at ST. Michaels. Sent %
she started up again with a load Of
IrelSht but it is feared she will not
get up the river this fall. The steamer
Allce arrived at st. Michaels Sept. "a
with 10 miners, and, after starting
again on the 9th, ran aground at the
mouth Of the river. The steamers Mare
island and Merwin tried to get I'D but
tailed The Merwin and Alice at last
accounts were on a bar and freezing
up.
The Mare Island had returned to
otebDlnS, twelve miles from ST Mich
aels. Few men with very little gold
were at st. Michaels when the Dan,bo
leIt' The ice was in the upper river
Wheh the Weare started down. and
lclcles were foot long on her when
she reached st. Michaels. The steam
ers Bertha Cleveland, Portland Excel
slor, Bear and Iakkam were at G.
nlchaels When the Danube left aIeo
the steamer Queen. A party which,
arrived at st. Michae1s from Stebbins
oct say that the steamers Mervin
anu MARE Island are frozen in at
the mouth of the Yukon, and fears are
entertained that they will all be de-
stroyed when the river breaks IN in
the spring III
dISSsengers who started up the river
~ nose steamers We're endeavorine
10 get to st. Michaels overland Tbe
steamer Healy which. with baroa
was loaded at St Michaels unIoado1
Mhen the news came from Stebbins Tho
hXcelslor and steam schooner Navarro
WIN Tow arrived at ST. Michaels on
OCTOBER 3. M. B. Tucker correspond
ent OF the Associated Press. of Troy
N. y, died of exhaustion on the trail
d rev miles from Rampant CITY. He
ana friend started out at night with
lttle food to locate claims on Hoosier
creek. They spent two days and
nights in the woods, and they turned
back. Tucker fell from exhaustion.
His friend went for assistance. but
when 1T arrived Tucker was dead. OF
the men who reached st. Michaels re-
Gently most of them have been work.
ing for wages in the vicinity of Circle
city. They made the trip to Fort Yu-
kon IN row boats, and from there came
down in steamers. There was not S10O.-
900 in the whole crowd so that the
rest of the boats this fall will bring
very little treasure. There Is consid-
cradle talk among the men who failed
to get In of taking action against the
steamship companies which took them
up, particularly against the owner of
the Eliza Anderson. Of a thousand
odd men who started since July, not
One-third are miners. A large majority
are coming south.
Mayor Wood, of Seattle, and his
party got their steamer built and
started up the river, but they cannot
go far as they are sure to meet float
ing ice If they escape the sand bars.
There are now eighteen steamers on
the river as against five last year.
Some of the men who reached Circle
City on the steamer Hamilton will try
to push on to Dawson over the Yukon.
No news comes from Dawson.