Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-11
BAD NEWS FROM THE KLoNDIKE.
Famine Threatening the Goid-seek-
ers-Disorder and Violence.

SAN FRANCISCO September 1o.-The
| Examiner prints an extra edition con-
| tanning the following news from Dawson
City:
OTTER POINT, Il, c.. September TO-
The steamer Cleveland has arrived from
St Michaels, bringing with her from the
Yukon gold-nelds a story or distress ana
disaster. The miners she mas on podrG
and the officers in charge or the snip tell
story Of great suffering al Dawson.
The winter has set in at the mining city
of the frozen north, and the TWO great
stores of the place have closed their
doors. for they have nothing to sell.
Those who have been seeking gold now
must seek food or starve. Whlle there
may be a tendency to exaggerate the
actual condition of affairs, there can De
no question that famine threatens tne
men and women VINO maze IhelI way ~
the Klondike. Hundreds OF unruly spirits
are fiocking TO Dawson. Threats OF Nlo-
lence are being made on every side.
The first signs of winter are apparent
on the Yukon, which Is beginning 10
freeze and in a few weeks viii be closed
Enormous prices are now being psld Tor
food at Dawson. and il is impossible that
more than four vessels with provisions
can reach Dawson before the river Is
mass of ice.
passengers-men. women, and children-
who have come from Dawson city. Ihere
are few miners in this party that are
able TO tell of prosperity. Most OF them
wish to exaggerate their possessions a,lu
II one were to believe the stories they
tell he would say the ship in whlcn they
came carries $5O0000O. Captain Ham,
master of the Cleveland, says that ne
has 100000 i'm his safe. The purser pc
lieyes that he can account for $l5OVO on
board. A., nos-
The Cleveland has some Of the pas
senGers of the =. Il. Weare on boaru,
The Weare left Dawson City In time 10
connect with the Portland. had she nor
met with mishap and Struck on the i''s
above Circle City.
NO MORE FOOD.
They report that on July 18th the stores
of the Alaska Commercial Company anu
of the North America Trading ana
Company announced Una
they had no more food to sell. Ihree
weeks before that the same companies
were unable to furnish outfits. and when
the announcement was made that no
more goods were available CONSERVATION
resulted among the people OF Dawson,
with gold-seekers piling in at the rate Oh
twenty TO thirty day. Drunkenness
and rioting were rampant.
There is gold enough, but the people OF
Dawson want food more than they want
gold now. At St. MichaePs there are not
crowd Scores or people are living in
tents If fortune favors, five vessels VIII |
be able TO reach Dawson from st. MichaeIs
before the Yukon river freezes. Tney WIZ |
carry provisions, but II Is by no means |
certain that they will reach the Klondike. |
They offer the only hope, however, for a |
renewal of supplies.
August 2Sth the Excelsior left 81. |
Michaers. Reports were current that her
treasure amounted to SlO00,OOo but there |
are none on the Cleveland who can verify |
his assertion. The Excelsior was caught |
IN the dangerous flats of the Yukon ana |
broke two blades of her propeller 1t IS
however, that she left Onalaska
asst Monday TO resume her journey 10 |
he south.
The Cleveland brings the news that
when the Humboldt stopped at Onalaska,
IN her journey 20 st. MichaePs, the pas
engers were in open rebellion.