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The San Francisco call., 1897-09-08

He would not allow them a light. An
Indian stole candle and sold it for q
dollar The Weare went on to the bar
sideways, says Miner Lamb. and if Mate
Phil of the boat had been able to impress
Captain Thielen with the praclicability of
his plans for getting her off she would
have been making her trips to-day.
After seventeen days of futile work the
passengers on the Weare were glad 10 for
sake her for the Healy.
The steamers Cleveland, South Coast
and Bertha and the schooner Volante and
brig Courtney Ford are waiting at ST.
Michael. The Novelty was met in Uni
max Pass by the National City on her re-
turn trip. The South Coast had secured
about twenty passengers before the Ma
tional City left.
The Bertha had quite few and the Vo
lante had eight berths spoken for. The
Cleveland had already sold about fifty
tickets.
TIE ST. Michael feet, all told. will prob
ably bring down about 81, 500. 900. pro-
vided the gold that the Bella and Healy
arrived with at ST. Michael is all shipped
this year.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-08

EUREKA, Cal, Sept. THE
steam schooner National City ar
rived here this afternoon from St.
Michael, Alaska, with three pas
sengers from the goldfields aboard.
They are G. Ralston of San Fran
cisco, F. Lamb of Portland and F.
Leonard of Nanaimo, B. C.. All
went into Dawson City last spring
over the ChiIcoot Pass. Two of
the men have done well. The
bird, +. Lamb, does not care to
talk of his experiences in the El
Dorado. Fortune has probably
not smiled on him to the same eX-
tent that it did on his more Ioqua-
cious fellow-vOyagers.
Leonard has a half interest in a
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-08

on board, according to Lamb and Leouard
about 81, 500 600 of gold. The passengers
were very reticent on reaching St.
Michael, but their gold was seen and it
spoke more eloquently than words.
The Cleveland was left at st. Michael by
Captain Andreason. She was wa:tin. for
more passengers returning to civilization
with their boards of precious gold. Over
was expected on the 9th of Au ust, when
the National City sailed, that the CIeve-
land would depart in few days.
The Excelsior lett twelve hours before
the National City. She had on board over
100 passengers. The Bella, another river
boat arrived on Wednesday, August 25,
within two hours of the Healv, which
was fourteen days coming down from Cir
Gle City. The Bella came down in seven
days from Dawson. The Healy was de-
layed two days with broken crankpin a
quarter of a mile from where the Weare
struck.
Passengers Lamb and Leonard, who
were on board the Weare when she
struck, say 1t was due to nothing but in
competency. Captain Thielen OF the
Weare did not understand the channel.
The Indian pilot who was on board at the
time protested with Captain Thielen for
taking the course that he did. but to no
avail.
The Indian left the pilot-house and Cap
tain Thielen ran her ashore with his own
hands. The North American Trading
and Transportation Company showed the
passengers ON the Weare no favors after
they struck.
President Weare of the North American
Trading and Transportation Company was
on board the ill-fated boat. He showed
the passengers whom his incompetent
captain ran ashore no favors.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-08

claim valued in a conservative es.
innate at $25, 1000. Ralston also
has a half interest in diggings
for which he would not take
$4,000.
The National City made the trip
in eleven days from St. Michael.
Alaska, where she left siXty-five
eager gold-seekers. 1t is very
doubtful whether any of the pas
sengers who went up on the Ma.
tional City will get through this
year. The small boat which some
of the passengers had taken up on
the deck of the steamer has proved
a disappointment. Her machin-
cry has gone wrong and she draws
too much water. There is enough
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-08

provisions in the party, however,
to winter it out, and proceed up
the river when spring opens. The
cleveland was expected to sail on
the day after the National Citv's
departure. The Excelsior left St.
Michael twelve hours before the
National City.
Miner Leonard came down the
Yukon on the river boat Healy,
which, on the way, found the miss.
ing steamer P. b. Weare fast on a
sand bar about sixty mil 8 below
Circle City. All of the Weare's
gold, which is said 10 amount TO
over 81, 100000, was transferred
to the Healy and taken to St.
Michael. 1t is in charge of about
80 men, who are expected to take
passage with their gold on either
the Excelsior or the Cleveland.
When asked why he returned.
Leonard said:
Il found / had to get out or
starve. There are about 1000
men in Dawson, and not more
than third of them have work.
LII you have not a stock of grub
you can't get work at any price.
L had provisions for three months
and no one wanted me. badn,t
enough to work my own claim
until spring, so / sold my stock at
a good figure, and will wait until
spring. Jim Dunsmuir, the EI Do
RADIO King, has had $4,000 worth
of provisions ordered for some
months, but has not been able to
obtain more than fifth of it. even
with the cash put up in advance"
Lamb is authority for the state.
ment that over fifty men have
already died of scurvy this sum.
mer. Many of them were return.
ing with enough gold to give them
many years of the joys of civiliza.
ton when stricken down.
The National City came into
port without foremast, having
lost it at St. Michael by the rig
ging parting while provisions were
being hoisted from the vessels
deck.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-08
BRINGS THE LATEST TIDINGS
FROM THE KLONDIKE GOLD FIELDS

Frank Dunsmuir, the veteran prospect
or, is among the passengers on the Excel
sior. He has been there for sixteen years
and has not been out for eleven years.
He bought claim on the FL Dorado.
Mr.. Ralston, one of the National City's
passengers, says there must b, fully
but it is impossible to tell how much of
this can be taken out. On one of the
claims he said it was not an uncomm on
thing to take out $40 in pan.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-08
OF a great trip down the Yukon
On a steaminp. floating iail.

OF a great trip down the Yukon
On a steaming, floating jail.
We started in good spirits,
Some with and some without gold,
To go down the Yukon in six days,
SO most OF US were told.
We steamed along quite beautifully
On down the muddy stream;
When we struck in the night sandbar-
Shattering many happy dream.
Dreaming of home ana quick transit,
We sent up many wall
To find as day grew into weeks,
We were fast in the floating Jail.
At length after seventeen weary days
The, Healy she came near
To relieve from present troubles,
And took US from the Weare.
We started once more on the Healy,
On Sunday clear and bright,
To resume our broken journey.
Thinking the Healy was all right
But lol our hopes were shattered,
For very soon we found
That at every fisn camp and woodward
We had to go aground.
We had reporters and photographers,
And missionaries, too;
And stowaways and preachers,
A cosmopolitan crew.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-08
PROVISIONS ARE
VERY SCARCE
All the Stores in Dawson
City Reported Practically
Closed.
If Food Could Be Taken In There
Would Be Work for Thousands
on the Klondike.

EUREKA, CAL, Sept. THE returning
miners think that the steamers will be
more than overcrowded with men coming
from the Klondike.
Some will have stakes. but greater
mum Der will have little dust, and it will
be i'm possible for most to stay there this
winter without suffering untold hard
ships.
Provisions cannot be bought for love
nor money, and the stores at Dawson City
are practically closed now. PAY in ao-
vance from $4,000 to $50, 900 cannot secure
provisions.
Frank Dunsmuir calculated on working
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-08
HOW THE WEARE
WENT AGROUND
Passengers Say the Accident
Was Due to the Captains
lncompetency.
Those Who Returned on the Ma
tional City Tell of the Gold on
the Way From Dawson.

EUREKA, CAL, Sept captain An
dreason OF the steamer National City,
which made the quickest trip to Alaska
and return yet recorded, was seen by a
CALL correspondent this evening. He
was very proud of his ship, but says he
always knew it was in her. Thirty days
not think the National City capable of the
trip.
The river steamer P. B. Weare has been
located, and is apt to stay where she was
found until she breaks up and falls to
pieces. She is stuck fast to a sandbar
below Circle City. Her gold and passen-
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-08

gold
al afternoon Cevend
eft
he atona
P Wearem
the
the
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o ExceSo
is the
n gddf
Siderable wealth.
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HUNDREDS WILL PERISH.

Predictions Made by Govern
ment Official Who Writes to
the Treasury Department.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Sept. THE
Treasury Department to-day made public
the following letter from a Government
official now on his way to the gold fields,
stating at the same time that the writer.
whose name is withheld, had been twelve
years in the service and was thoroughly
reliable:
DYEA, ALASKA, Aug. 22.-I deem 1t my duty
to write you on subject that does not come
strictly within my line of duty, as it trenches
somewhat on the functions of the Treasury
Department. / have had long talk with Mr..
Ivey, Collector of Customs for Alaska, who is at
present at Skaguay, three miles below here.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-08
STEAM SCHOONER NATIONAL Night While
for Nor
h h Arrived a

result is that horses which two weeks pre-
vious were selling al $3.50 head are now
drug on the market at So Horse feed
is selling at $40 ton and is hard to get at
any price. James says it Will be cheaper
for those who cannot cross the pass this
fall TO kill their horses now and ship in
others in the spring. He says language is
inadequate to describe the terrors OF the
pass since the rainy season began.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-08

Captain Anderson reports hav-
ing passed the steamer Humboldt
August % at s A. NJ. fifty miles
south-southeast of St. Lawrence
Island, making her due at St.
Michael on the following morning.
Every one on board the National
City thinks the Humbol dts
chances of getting up the river
this year are decidedly slim.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-08
TERRORS OF THE PASS.

Recent Heavy Rains Have Made
the Chilcoot Pass I'M
paSSable.
PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, Sept o.
From a letter received here last night
from John James, who left here six weeks
ago for the Alaskan goldtields, an idea of
the present condition at Dyea may be OBJ
tanned James and his partner, Lawrence.
succeeded in packing 1900 pounds of pro-
visions over the Chilcoot Pass to Lake
Llnderman. While building boat the
latter place Lawrence cut one of his feet
nearly off with an ak, and will not be able
to continue the journey before spring.
James is staying with Lawrence as nurse.
The letter says that recent heavy rains
have made the trail impossible. and the
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aundpei Die @esiez
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6eEen. MaFau.

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perf@ipanb Der 8u@balter unb aaflt@
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mann, nit 9interlafung zines gr0Bezz
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-20
MAINE POLO LEAGUE.
POLO NOTES.

Bath Times: At last we have seen
Barnum's-we mean Burnham's whit"
elephant. For the past week or so we
have been hearing strange stories of
the untamed Furbush, who apparently
was the only polo player in Maine.
Burnham brought him to Bath, Sat
urday night, and we saw him play and
heard him roar. and he is not so ter
rible after all. That was great game.
though, Saturday night. The Maroons
were accompanied by band of 100
rooters. armed with tin horns and n
mascotte, in the form of white bull
dog, the property of one Quinn. dressed
in a red blanket and tall hat, and car
Tying life size pipe in his mouth. 1t
was sporty crowd, dog and all. They
occupied a block of seats on the stage.
They poured numerous libations to
Bacchus, and footed the horns vigor-
ously, but neither libations, footing,
shouting, nor mascotte could save the
MaroOns from defeat.
Portland Argus: Well! Well! Maine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-20
NO WAR--NO CRIME.
Steamer Three Friends Violated None
Of the Neutrality Laws.
Judge Sustains Exceptions TO Libel and She
Virtually wins Case.

Jacksonville. Fla. Jan. 19.-In the
United States court here. Monday,
Judge Locke rendered decision in the
case of the United States VS.. the
steamer Three Friends for violation of
the neutrality laws. The Judge de-
cided that no state of war existed and
no law had violated. The libel affirmed
that the Three Friends was fitted out
and armed with one gun or guns and
with munitions of war thereof. with
the intent to be employed in the service
of certain insurgents in Cuba and with
the intent to commit hostilteS against
the subjects. citizens or property of the
King of Spain on the island of Cuba -
To this the exception of the respond
ents was That said libel does not show
that said vessel was so armed or fitted
out. or so furnished with the intent
that such vessel should be employed in
the service of any body polite recogni-
Zed or known to the United States as
body polite
The answer of the libellant, the
United States government, TO this eX-
ception was that the law, as set forth
in section $3.50 of the Revised Statutes,
did not require that a vessel that was
subject to condemnation for the viola
ton of the section should be employed
by any body recognized by, or known
to the United States, as a body polite.
The point made by the respondent
was that the statute contemplated the
condition of war already existing and
when no war existed there coulu be no
violation of the statutes.
The question was suggested as to
how the state of war was to be deter
mined. 1t could come only by action of
Congress. 1t was far beyond the power
of the judiciary to determine the fact.
In other words the insurgents must be
recognized as belligerents before the
statutes could be violated.
The court sustained the exceptions of
the respondents and gave the libellants
10 days to file an amended libel. If a
new libel is not filed within that time
the $1,000 bond is to he cancelled and
the vessel released.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-20

Honolulu. Jan. 10. (via San Francisco:
The funeral Of Albert Willis, United
States minister to Hawaii. was held o.,
the Sth inst, under direction of Presi-
dent Dole and members of the cabinet.
The procession was attended by hun
dreds of friends and admirers of the
deceased. The cortege was headed by
a company of police. followed by band,
grand marshal and aide. battalion,
First regiment. n. G.. H: battalion from
the Alert, Knights of I%rthias and clergy.
rali bearers in carriages late minister s
family. President Dole and aides, cabi
net ministers. chief justice and justice
of the supreme court. judges Of the
circuit court. members of the legisla-
ture. captain and officers of United
States ship Alert, consular corps and the
general public. The funeral procession
was the most imposing since the burial
of the late King Kalakau. Mr.. Willis
remains will rest in a vault until the
18th, when they will be placed on board
the Australia, to be taken to America
The Hawaiian government will probably
send military escort.
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Congressional Notes.

The Senate committee on judiciary,
Monday, reported favorably the bill in
trcduced by Senator HILL which regu-
lates the term of office Of postmasters.
fixing it at four years from the date of
the commissions.
In response to a resolution the Presi-
dent. Monday transmitted to the Sem
ate, under the seal of the Executive,
the correspondence leading up TO the
negotiation of the general treaty of
arbitration between this government
and Great Britain. 1t was ordered
printed and referred to the committee
on foreign relations. The correspond
ence contains nothing of Importance
that has not heretofore been published.
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She says to Mrs. Pinkham ="
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