The record-union., 1897-10-06
SAILORS DESERT
THEIR VESSEL.
The Revenue Cutter Perry Loses
Three of Her Crew.
Steal a Quantity of Provisions and Strike
Out for KIOndike.
DR.. Vose, Resident Physician of the
Alaska Commercial Company on
st. PauI's Island, Meets With
Tragic Death - Killed in an
Accident Caused by a Runaway
Mule Team.

H1 1O4C
PORTLAND (Or), Oct. 5.-The Unit
ed States revenue cutter Perry, Cap
tain NJ L. Phillips, arrived this morn
ing from Dutch Harbor, by way of
Sitka.
On the night Of July @0th three of the
Perry's sailors, Terp, Erase and Nc
Cuen, deserted at Dutch Harbor, tax
ing everything eata5e from the cut
ter's refrigerator. They stole white
hall boat, two barrels of salmon from
the Alaska Commercial Company S
store, and struck out for the gold fields
of the Yukon. Two days were spent IN
cruising along the coast in search of
the deserters, but to no success.
Two days after leaving Dutch Har-
Dor and three days after the storm,
during which the schooner Bryant
broke away from the tug Holyoke, the
Perry spoke the English cutter Pleas
ant. Captain Garforth, and was in
formed that the schooner Bryant had
put back in safety to Dutch Harbor.
Captain Phillips says the report that
the steamer Portland will not be able
to secure coal at Dutch Harbor is not
correct. as. while fuel is at a low cob
there, enough has been reserved for the
cutters Rush and Corwin and the
steamer Portland.
A vessel with 400 tons Of coal from
Comox was long overdue, and t was
feared she had met with an accident in
the terrible storm which ragged on sep
tember Doth and Dist. Captain Phil
lips did not learn the name of the col
lier.
An abundance of coal is reported at
Sitka, and the collier Willamette, with
2,000 tons, was due when the Perry
left.
Word is brought down by the Perry
of the tragical death on st. Paul's ISL
and of DR.. Vose, resident physician for
the Alaska Commercial Company, by
an accident caused by a runaway mule
team. DR.. Vose was from California,
and well known on the coast. His pc
sition has been filled for the winter by
Dr. Tucker, who went north as physi-
clan on the Perry.
The United States Fish Commission
steamer Albatross accompanied the
HeIIY uOWn DIS ld1 c%S NOAAAC-N- WIZ
she stopped for coal. She is expected
to arrive on the Sound tonight or to-
morrow and will at once be put on The
dry dock for repairs.
On receiving department orders here
this morning Captain Phillips an
nounced that his instructions were to
proceed within a few days to Astoria,
at which place the Perry will be sta
toned for the winter
THE BRYANT NOT YET REPORTED
PORT TOWNSEND CWash), Oct. ..
The steam schooner Aleut of San
Francisco arrived tonight from Ko-
diak, Alaska, where she has been tend
ing the Alietak Cannery during the
fishing season.
From word brought down by the
Aleut. it is evident that the informa-
ton given to the officers of the reve-
nue. cutter Perry by the Captain of the
English cutter Pheasant to the effect
that the schooner Bryant was safe at
Kodiak was a mistake The Aleut left
Kodiak on September 25th, two days
after the Bryant was reported there,
and up to the time of her leaving the
Bryant had not arrived. nor had she
been reported. Captain Rasmussen
gives it as his opinion that the Bryant
is yet all right
The Aleut reports a light salmon
catch in the North this season. The
Alietak Cannery has put up about 50,-
600 cases this year. as against 10000
last year.
WILL BE NO FAMINE AT DAWSON.
TACOMA. Oct. 5.-Henry Bratnober,
the celebrated mining expert for the
Rothschilds Of London, reached Taco
ma yesterday direct from Dawson City.
He came over the Dalton trail, and
made nearly the whole trip alone. When
within a hundred miles of Lynn Canal
he found the mail carrier who was lost,
and they came the balance of the dis
tance together.
Mr.. Bratnober said that the amount
of gold on the tributaries of the Yu-
kon was not exaggerated. He believes
that while there will be a shortage of
provisions in Dawson City this winter
there will be no famine. The hard
ships are greatly exaggerated. None
but healthy men should go there, how
ever.
GOING TO COPPER RIVER.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. ,. The
steamer Farallon is to be taken off the
Dyea and Skaguay route for the time
being, and will make one trip at least
to another gold field. She will come to
San Francisco for an overhauling, and
from here will go to San Diego to take
a party of Southern CaliforTians to the
Copper River. It IS expected that fully
/ GOO men will winter up there this year
and will be ready to make the journey
into the interior in the early snring.