Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-16

| today with sixty-three passengers and
| about Sl,OOOOO0 worth of treasure. 1t
was at first reported that she brought
| down 81 5000 900 worth of gold dust. but
this proved upon investigation to have
been greatly exaggerated. The Alaska
| Commercial company alone had on
| board about $500, 900 worth Of gold dust
| and nuggets While the passengers,
| as a rule. We're very reticent as to their
wealth, the following is the list Of
those who brought $4,000 or more:
| Ben void ................. ......S6o. 900
| a. Harper ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. GO. 900
Mike Knats ........... ......... 10000
| \. Andrews .'...........'..' .'.. np'OVO
| H. summers ............ ........ 5u,OO0
| Hank Peterson ..........,. ...... $4,000
| WIN hayes ..,'........ '''''''''' 1o'VVu
| T.. Dinsmore .............. .......30.OO0
j. MCQuestin ..,.,.,..... ........ 30. 900
| Charles Raimson ............ .... 10000
| John Horn ................ ...... 25.OOO
| O. Rapp .............. ............ 10000
w. a. Sherman .............. So. 1900
| ", l.. Leggett Neutrality-suspicious.. l2,OOD
IL. Schaefer ....... .............. 10000
At least twenty-five more brought
| from $1,000 to 10000 each.
| The miners assigned as their reason
for their reticence that in their Opln
ion too much had already been said
| about the country. and that too many
| We're giong into it unprepared on that
| account. Frank DinsmOre and y.
Andrews are reported to have made at
| least 100000 each during their resi-
| dencc in the Klondike region. but both
decline to deny or affirm this report.
| l)lnsmore, who has spent sixteen years
in the Yukon country. says this is his
| first return to civilization in eleven
| years. He and his companions are
| unanimously of the opinion that the
| rush IL unprecedented, and none Of the
| trading companies being prepared to
| meet 1t, they predict great hurdships
for all who stay there during the COM
| ing winter. They confirm the stories
| already published of the scarcity of
provisions, and add their notes of
warning TO intending prospcctors to
stay away until spring.
OF those who came down from Alas
ka, all but two are known TO have
| money; but few, If any, were cumu-
nicattve enough to admit how much
they had. one man, II, Hayes Of Port
land, was conceded to have the largest
individual amount, but upon being in
terviewed he would only admit having
$4,000.
All unite in confirming the stories
already told of the impending danger
of famine at Dawson city during the
coming winter They say there are at
| .
and that mere are swarmng in every
| day, but that the provisions are al
ready running short and the prospects
| of getting more In are very remote.
The ENcelsiOr's passengers are united
In saying that the KIondike region
II richer than at first supposed but
they are also Of the opinion that I'M
less the exodus to that country is
stopped temporarily there will be great
suffering.
Louis Sloss Jr. Of the Alaska Com
mercial company was one of the pas
sengers on the Excelsior He went
to Alaska for the company. There is
no chance for the new Corners he
thinks, unless n rich strike is made In
some other section. Mr.. Sloss says
that his company's store at Dawson
was closed for but one day, to transfer
freight from d river boat. He thinks
that provisions will be scarce, but hest
tated to say that there will be actual
starvation. There are about 800 i'm
patient miners at st. Michael's, most
of whom will have to stay until spring
unless they have already secured pass
age on the river boats. There are
plenty of provisions at st. Michael's
and every effort is being made to get
supplies up the river to Dawson.
When the vessel left st. Michael's
the steamship Humboldt's crowd
was camped on the Hats. They wer,
| u very disappointed lOlr IOT none oil
them will get through. The story that
the passengers held an Indignation
meeting and were going to lynch ex,
Mayor Woods Of Seattle, is denied
! The Humboldts were very much put
out at the poor show offered for get
ting to the Klondike, but they haC
made up their minds to make the bes
of the situation and hold down" tn,
flats until next spring, when water 1.
high in the Yukon.
River pilots reported water very low
In the river some time before tn,
Weare sailed from Dawson, but som,
weeks after that the water raised
little and the early rains swelled tn,
stream considerably. However, tn,
water was still Mt what is called 9Th,
low stage" which, means that tn,
Hamilton. Belle and other steam
ers will be delayed on their trips ul
, ! stream, because OF the necessity o
going ahead slowly, picking their wa,
over the bars and through new chan
nels.
The passengers brought word tina
there were from G000 to 1000 people II
Dawson and near there, but the Alaska
Commercial compnny's agents esti
mated that there are only about 500
people at the mines, about 1000 o
whom have arrived at the town sine
last April form all parts of Alaska am
about 500 from Juneau. from Puge
Sound and other places.
EIGHT MORE ARRIVE.
Port Townsend, WASH, Sept. 49,
The schooner Volante, Capt. II. j
Hanson. arrived this morning direc
from st. Michacs She brought oigh
passengers. The men all left Dawson
City August 18th. reached st. Michael
J In days and left FOR the sound Aug
; 2Sth. They brought down with then
an average of 100 ounces Of gold each
the greatest amount, 1874 ounces, beinl
brought by j. S. Wall of milwaukee,
Wis. The smallest amount. 81 ounces
was brought by r. w. Schreiber o
Crookston. MINI. The entire eight mr.
tubllant at getting to n land wher
there is no danger OF starvation r
w. Schneider was In the country les
than four months. He has two claim
on Bonanza and I'll Dorado, and viii
, return in the spring.
All of the passengers were unani
| nous in the statement that ever
branch Of industry is ovcrdone. Nearl
, all the newcomers who had arrived a
Dawson before the Nolantc part
, left had gone in light, the mntorit
having started on the trip with onl
} | enough provisions to last them on tn
, | trim. and their number Is now addN