The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-30
THEY ARE WAITING.
Three Hundred Gold Seekers wait.
Ink ON characterization.

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Ryan. one OF the special correspondents OF
the Associated Press, now on route to tho
| klondike gold fields. writes from st,
Michaels island Alaska. under date o.
August is, as follows,
Nearly 800 impatient gold seekers arc
laying here in enforced idicncss awaiting
| the arrival OF Yukon steamers 10 transport
them TO the upper diggings at Klondlkc,
I or this number leo came on the steamer
| Portland and lis on the Excelsior There
seems to be little hope for a speedy trans
| fer, The II. Il. Woare OF the North
American Trading and Transportation com
| pany is now more than week overdue
aud such wind storms are prevailing that
the companye new steamer Charles II
| Hamilton can NOT possibly venture out.
For two days she lay upon The rocks
| threatened with destruction and WAS only
gotten out OF danger yesterday. Two days
after she was launched she was blown
ashore, The damage to her hull VIII post
| pone her departure for nearly week. The
high winds Will also prevent the Portland
from unloading or transferring her pas
seneere. The passengers OF the Excelsior
are compelled 10 remain aboard the ves-
sci until the arrival az tine steamers Alice
and Belle. due about the 2ath Waiting
passengers have this thought to beguile
| NhVih indA tnSft great uiIReI VI a ia
mine In the klondikc
| According to all reports from the upper
! country 1t will be impossible to find suf-
! ncient food al Dawson City to support tho
population already dependent on that base
OF supplies, During the voyage OF the
Excelsior 90 this port au association for
mutual benefit and aid was formed by the
passengers. Upon the arrival at st. Mich
aels reports were so discuuragng con
/ lr thut al
meeting Of the association was held and
a committee appointed 10 wait upon tho
| Alaskan Commercial company and demand
| that each passenger be allowed TO pmr-
chase years supply OF food az this place
and that the transportation be furnished
| for the same. The managers are at pres
ent ut Dawson City and are not expected
back before the latter part of this month
s. r, Lying, local agent for the company.
| declares that there Win be a scarcity OF
provisions at Dawson. According 10 his
official reports there are from 1000 to 5000
| Idle men IN Dawson and new parties are
arriving every day by way OF Chlicoot
pass. io says the total amount OF freight
! handled IN this year In Dawson VIII moi
| exceed 1000 tons, OF which only $500 will
bo provisions.
Miners returning from the upper coun-
try who LEFT the Kiondiko In the middle OF
July say provender was already running
very low and that IL went out OF the ware.
houses Just as fast as II was put off the
steamers. They say that old timers realize
the situation and that Tho down river boats
win be crowded with men cager TO get TO
some safe place for the winter
There were twenty persons hero when
the Excelsior arrived who had come down
tha river from the diggingG. nlteen of
whom were riders. They are satd TO
have all tho way FROM uooppo TO 100000
among them Few cure TO say exactly
how much they have. preferrIng 10 remain
silent on that point.
c. y. and j w. Andrew. father and
son, brought out $4,000. They took pas
sage on u sailing vessel which left port
two days after the arrival Thomas Ro-
wan OF Sithu u SIG 900 better on, w. g.
Caldwell OF Denver has 1000, Timothy
Hell OF Vancouver has Sii 900, the result
OF the sale OF his holdings. NJ. 8. Lam
sing OF Roaeman, Mont, has $4,000. Tho
others refuse to say how much they
have The remaining members u the
party are w Her of Baltimore, William
Zahn Of Minneapolis, II, II Farmer OF
Iowa. c. A. Buckley II ST. Joseph, Mo.
Thomas II. DunkeeIay OF Tacoma ard w.
T. Power OF Tucson. a. r. Zach has
won what Is called In this region "a homo
stake" namely, the amount which he be-
lieves sufficient to take home to remain
Very few intend TO comc back. The
hardshlps they have endured make them
dread the country In which they won
their stakes.
NJ. II Mcfndoo and Fort Gcrvaipe went
into the country to prospect but wete dis
couraged and DID not stop. e. G.. Perrine
and r. a. Novack. though moi miners are
the two most interesting members OF The
party. The former Is detective,
member OF Thiel's Detective service. In
February last he was given photograph
and told TO find the original Accompany
ing the photograph was an accurate de-
seriptioD. Omaha was the stnrting point
OF the trail and he chased his man To BAL
timore. thence across the continent 10
Seattle and thenue TO Juneau Here he
learned his quarry was bound for .hc
kiondike with party Of nine, by way OF
Dyea and Chilcoot pass. Perrinc went 10
Ottawa, obtained extradi,ion papers and
returned and followed Noyacl,, capturing
him at Dawron city. The crime for which
Novack Ia wanted is murder and arson.
He was apparently prosperous In the mer-
camille line at Waford. Iowa Il ~
charged that he had some 10000 deposited
with him by neighbors for safekecplug and
II Is further said that he en,lced one %
these, ed Murphy. to his home. and after
numbering him get fire TO the house and
burned u. Noyack had Insured his life
with the Travellers Insurance company.
and after the mdrder he disappeared For
some time Mvrrays remains were sup
posed 10 be those OF Noyack and Mrs
Noyack Put In claim for the life insur-
ance The truth was suspected The body
war Identified az that Of Murray and not
OF Noyack Perrine was put on the trail
with the results stated Noyack has con
fessed. Perrine spent $4,000 In the pur.
suit Of Ills man.
Orln Gray Of Grand Rapids, Mich. went
into the country this spring 10 save some