The herald., 1897-09-11
THERE'S GOLD IN THE YUKON
BUT ALL THE DI00ERS Rum
DEADLY RISKS
The Cleveland's Passengers Repeat
Warning to Keep Out Of the
Klondike Region Until
Next Spring
Associated Press Special Wire.

steamer Cleveland, Captain Hall, twelve
days from st. Michaels, arrived this even-
ing with sixty-five passengers and about
$400, 900 in gold dust. Thisamount u only
approximated. as many OF the miners
on board refused to state the exact
amounts they brought with them. Pur-
ser J. w. Whitbeck of the Cleveland had
in his charge $4,000. and he states that
this amount, and what he knows Of on
board, will foot up about 100000.
Thirty-eight Of the passengers came
from the gold fields and twenty-seven
were carpenters who went to St.. Mich
aels to construct boats for the North
American Trading and Transportation
company.
The Yukon river steamer P. B. WeAre,
Of the North American Trading and
Transportation company, en- route from
Dawson City to st. Michaels, struck on
sandbar, thirty miles below Circle City.
July. 2Sth. The river was at very low
stage and the passengers remained on
board until August 18th, when the steam
er Healy, bound down the river, took
them off and conveyed them to St. Mich
aels, where they took passage on the
steamers Excelsior and Cleveland for
San Francisco and Seattle. The Wearo
was hard aground and it is doubtful II
she will get off.
The story of the fabulous wealth Of the
Klondike, Bonanza, Ell Dorado and other
creeks tributary to the Yukon is reiter-
ated by the returning miners, but the
warning which has already been given
to wait until spring is emphasized by
every one on board the Cleveland They
say that hundreds must go hungry this
winter and that many will certainly
starve to DEATH as the food supply in the
mining regions is far below what will ba
required to keep alive. those already in
and around Dawson City. If the river
steamers wait to get up the. river the
suffering will be something terrible. On
July rs the stores of the Alaska CONNER
cial company and the American Trading
and Transportation company were closed
and notices posted on their doors that no
more provisions would be sold un til the
arrival Of another steamer from st.
Michaels.
The steamer Excelsior Of San Fran
cisco left St. Michaels two days before
the Cleveland, but when six days out
she broke two propeller blades by run
ming on bar in Bering sea and put into
Dutch harbor for repairs. When the
Cleveland left Dutch harbor, September
3rd, it was expected the Excelsior would
complete her repairs by September 9Th
and continue on her journey. The Ex-
celsior has on board about 100 passengers
and it is stated that she has gold dust
amounting to nearly 81, 000. 900. The fol-
lowing is the full passenger list Of the
Cleveland:
A. ]. Green, S. Croft, John Guyer,
James Galliger, Mrs. A. P. Henderson,
L. v. Holder, P. Kelly, William Lowdsn.
F. e. Leonard, Samuel Matthews. John
Quiner, George Reynolds, Frank Segrin.
H. Shredder, Walter Sherman. 7. ].
Allen, H. Anderson, B. Anderson, Mrs.
F. A. Bieber, Miss Lotta Burns. T. H.
Beaumont and child, A. Barker and wife,
H, ]. Burrows, A. Bolthoff, Mike Broo-
lardig, ]. o. Bergo, S. r. Churchill, Fritz
Kloak, Charles Engle, wife and four
children, George Forman, Rudolph
Flour, Charles Ross and M. Misamore.
The following is list Of the miners
who brought the larger amounts in gold
dust:
T. J. Allen. $35, 900.
A. Segrin, 81, 900.
| p Shredder, $4,000.
| Miss Lotta Burns, $1,000
Charles Engle, $4,000.
| A. P. Barber, $4,000.
! Fritz Kloak, $4,000.
| Samuel Matthews, $5000
George Reynolds, $4,000.
M Misamore, $4,000.
Hans Anderson, $500.
| B. Anderson, $4,000.
James Gallager, $4,000.
Bank of British Columbia, $5000
Perhaps the most serious disaster
which has befallen any Of the expedl-
tions is that which may have overtaken
the old side-wheel steamer Eliza Ander-
son, which, in company with the stern
wheeler w. X. Merwin, the schooner W.
]. Bryan and the tug ]. B. Holyoke, the
latter towing a barge, the old Poly
toski, sailed from Puget sound for 81.
Michaels month ago. The captain OF
the Cleveland reports that on August
oath heavy gale sprang up of Kodiak
and the Eliza Anderson became sepnr-
ated from the rest Of the fiotilla. a
short time before she had signaled to
the Holyoke that she was short os
coal and wanted the tug to coma u
her aid. Before the tug could % 90 ~
barge she was towing broke looeG onA