The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-19
FROM CIRCLE CITY.
Two seattleftes Gene Home for the
Winter-One Relates a Remark
able Experience.

Three % TIRE rasserg gers hrough. from
s.. Michael On the steamer Danube ar
rived yesterday afternoon from Victoria
on the steamer City OF Kingston Twen-
~ OF the returned yukoners were ex-
pected. Their uon-srrsvsl was due 70 the
shrewdness OF Victoria bankers. who re-
fused 20 cash the miners gold dust until
o'clock IN the afternoon that cslng
about an hour after the departure OF the
Kingston for Seattle. The twenty or more
miners. all DESTROYS OF reaching Seattle as
soon as possible. were by that means de-
tanned In Victoria They will probably ar
rive IN Seattle this afternoon on the
Kingston.
Those who arrived yesterday were Mr.
and Mrs L Goth and Harry Fletcher,
formerly OF Seattle They were just from
Circle City. Goth came down. after four
years on the Yukon. with about s5.eo and
Fletcher had about 1000 70 show for two
years a. the mines. They confirmed stories
Of the pilgrimage. from Dawson City TO
places down the river. where there was
less gold. but more grub.
l. Goth, q landscape gardener, who laid
out the grounds OF the county courthouse
and has superintendent other public work
In this city. left Circle City September Ia
In a rowboat, with his wife, gold dust
and baggage and foated down the river
20 Rampant City. where he was able TO
chael.
1--WE knew that Il was time for US 10 get
out" he said last night, and wasted no
time. Not boat had been 10 Circle City
since August Is. They were stuck on the
bars below US. and there was no prospect
OF their getting through. We looked for
number OF miners 10 come TO Circle City
from Dawson. There were but fifteen peo-
pie in the town when we left, but We ex-
pected the place TO be overrun as soon as
the klondikers should begin TO arrive. !
don't know what those people will do.
They have no food and II Is a hard 500
mile journey down the river TO Circle
City.
IT have come out in search OF medical
assistance. My whole system is poisoned
and my left arm is shriveled and power
less, the result OF eating a peculiar weed
which / found IN Alaska under strange
circumstances. I was prospecting on the
shore of Birch creek with a small party.
About thirty miles from Circle City a
mountain rises abruptly from a shelf OF
land on the shore of the creek. At the
base Of the mountain is An overhanging
knoll. On nearing the place we became
conscious OF an agreeable change in the
temperature. II was growing perceptihly
warmer. Investigation showed that three
springs of boiling water were flowing from
the base OF the mountain. II was so hot
that you could not put your finger in.
After looking about the place for a time
we decided TO take up the land and in
course OF time planned to run IL as A sort
OF a summer resort. You will have an
idea OF the heat of the water when tell
you that we cooked a pot Of beans there
in a few minutes.
For many feet about the springs there
was no vegetation. but on the very brink
of the basin in which the water dubbed
and steamed was a single weed Of vari-
ETY. I, as landscape gardner, had never
before seen. l leaned over and plucked
it. The stem was long and OF vivid
green. There were no leaves. but on the
end was a single bulb. After looking IL
over and smelling II, l foolishly put the
bulb In my mouth and biting off a petal
chewed and swallowed It.
"a half hour later sudden dizziness
came over me and I fell as one dead.
For three weeks all was dark 10 me-
Occasionally I would come to for a brief
period, but such intervals were like
dreams disturbing a deep sleep. After
had come TO my senses I was for months
confined to my bed. The strength OF my
left arm seems 10 have been Slapped, and
In every muscle Of my body / feel the
powerful influence of the drug. No one
to whom I have yet spoken knows the
nature of the flower. nor have / heard
OF parallel case Within a few days I