The herald., 1897-12-27
Are Not Enough to Prevent
Starvation
THE 0LYMPIA'S PASSENGERS
AGREE IN SAYING RELIEF Is
NECESSARY
Yukon River Frozen Over and the
Piled Up Ice Makes Progress
Almost Impossible

Associated Press Special Wire
SKAGUAY, Alaska, Dec. II, via Seat
tie, Wash, Dec. 26.-John Lindsay of
Olympia, WASH, who has just arrived
from Dawson City, says that there will
surely be starvation there this winter.
He examined into the food situation in a
thorough manner. he says. and after sat-
isfying himself that there would be
starvation, he sold his outfit and in COM
pany with Frank Ballaine OIL olympia,
Tom Story Of Victoria and Bob Glynn of
Seattle, started out on foot, each man
drawing sled carrying about 140 pounds
Of provisions. Lindsay says the Dawson
people believe that there is no great
amount of food at Fort Yukon, as has
been alleged. The river rose sufficiently
and remained open long enough to en-
able food supplies to have been brought
from Fort Yukon had there been any
there.
The people Of Dawson. believing that
there were not ample food supplies at
Fort Yukon, refused to go there, pre-
ferring to remain in Dawson. Not more
than 300 or 400 people took advantage of
the Transportation company's offer to
take the people to Fort Yukon free Of
charge.
When the miners at Dawson found
that no more provisions would reach
town by the river route they announced
that a meeting would be held to take
steps for apportioning the provisions in
the town. Those that had plenty. they
said, must share with those who had
none. Captain Constantine Of the
Northwest mounted police interfered
and told the miners that no such thing
would be permitted. The meeting was
not held.
Coal oil sold for $45 gallon and can
dies as high as $3.50 per box of 100. Even
IL men We're able to work their claims
they cannot get light to do SO.
These statements are borne out by all
returning Klondikers, quite a number of
whom have reached here the past week.
Few of them, however, take so gloomy a
view of the situation as does Mr. Lind
say. DIR. A. L. Bradley of Roseburg,
Ore, says that food is scarce, but he
does not think there will be actual
starvation.
Neither does w. B. King of Merced,
CAL; P. J. Holland Of Butte, Thomas
Story of Victoria, nor Robert Glynn of
Seattle, all of whom reached here this
week from Dawson. the most Of them
having left there on Nov. 2.
AS an instance Of the scarcity Of food
in Dawson, Lindsay relates the case Of
DR.. Van SAINTS. formerly of Spokane.
William Van SAINTS is an elderly man,
and being without provisions or money,
he offered gold watch for a sack of
flour. He could not get it, and he re-
marked to Lindsay, God only knows
how I am to keep body and soul to-
gether.'
Lindsay says 200 or more miners are
prospecting at the mouth Of Stewart
river but as yet nothing is known as to
what success they have had.
Henderson creek, five miles below
Stewart river and forty miles from Daw-
son. is a promising stream and it is be-
ing developed this winter.
The weather about the Stewart and
Big Salmon rivers has been bitterly cold,
70 degrees below zero being recorded at
Major Walsh's camp, IL miles below the
Big Salmon, on Nov. II. The Yukon
river is piled full of ice in great ridges as
high as an ordinary house and roadway
will have to be cut through 1t before dog
or horse teams can operate upon it. The
outlook, therefore, for taking supplies
down to Dawson in the immediate fu-
ture Is not good
Inspector of Mines McGregor left here
week ago with a number of dog teams
and horses to make the attempt to reach
Dawson with about 20 tons of provisions,
but nothing has since been heard of
him.
CANADIAN CO.
OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 26.-Hon. Cliff
ton Sifton. minister of the interior, and
ment, left today for Washington. Mr..
Sifton goes on the invitation of Secre-
tary of War Alger to discuss the best
means of sending relief to the miners in
the Yukon district. Mr.. Sifton expects
to be in Washington about week.
A JUNEAU FAILURE
PORTLAND, Or, Dec. 26.-By the
steamer City Of Topeka, which arrived
today from Juneau, it Is learned that the
Newell Gold Mining company and Ber-
ner's Bay Mining and Milling company
have passed into the hands of receiver.
The receiver is E. F. Cassel of Juneau,
formerly Of Seattle.
Thomas I. Newell was president and
manager Of the companies, which have
been in operation since 1883, and which
embraced more property than any one
corporation in Alaska. Besides the
Newell mine and Berner Bay mine the
company owns large interests On Doug
las island and 100 acres Of placer mines
in the Silver Bow basin. The heaviest
stockholders in the company are east
ern men. No statement of liabilities
and assets has yet been made. Forty
eight thousand dollars in bullion from
the Treadwell Mining company was
brought down by the Topeka and trans
ferred here for San Francisco.
TRAVELLERS TALES
SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 26.--Among
the passengers on the steamer Rosalie.