Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-14
FROM ST. MlCHAEL'S.
STEAMER HUMBOLDT RErunu1
WITH ABOUT siS,ooo IN 0oLn
WEALTH OF THE KLoIDIKR RErolD
'srhere Will ne Privatien,~ Hswevsa
"sickness, Starvation, scsrvy, ane
Death on the Ynkon," all,tAs GELD.
Hunters Say.

SEAL LIE, WASH, September n-yh4
steamer Humboldt arrived this .mornina
from st. Michaels. She brings fourteen
passengers and about ll5.ooo In gold. The
humboldt also brings news that the side
wheel steamer Eliza Anderson. from
Seattle, which was reported lost. II ssf<
in Dutch Harbor.
The Humboldt was eleven days from
st. Michaers. The steamer Eliza An.
derson Is anchored IN Dutch Harbon
where she arrived on the 9TH instant
and Is now detained by revenue ofsicern,
Her passengers have by this tina entered,
the Bering sea. on schooner chartered
for that purpose. Two Of the passenger
on the Anderson were so frightened that
they gave up their search for gold and
returned south ON the steamer Hum
boldt.
Mayor Wood. of Seattle, who chartered
the Humboldt. is still In st. Michaers,
but letters received from him indicatq
that the stories OF dissension and str,fa
between members OF his expedition are
untrue.
The Humbolt brings back advices which
reiterate the stories OF the untold wealth
OF the klondike and the Yukon, and
verify the previous rumors OF the short
age OF food supply In the interior. There
Will be prtvation. sickness, starvation,
scurvy, and death on the Yukon thiS
winter" This Is what the gold-hunters
all say.
Only seven passengers on the Humboldt
have money. IL Is impossible TO induce
them to say how much money they have.
J. NJ secretan, who came back on tho
Humboldt, and who has but very little
cash. says he came out to avoid starva-
tion at Dawson. He satd: Thus far.
upwards OF 1900 men have pushed
through the passes from Skaguay and
Dyea, and have arrived at Dawson City.
The influx of miners over the passes has
frightened the old-tlmers in the Interior.
ana all that can are coming to winter
I'm the States. and thus avoid what tney
believe VIII be a winter OF hardship.
suffering and probably murder ond
thievery."
AN ILL-STARRED EXPEDITION.
w. b. Price. Of Danvils. Ill.,. whc
went up on the Eliza Anderson, and
who left that vessel at Dutch Harbor,
returned on the Humboldt He saidi
''rhe entire trip was a series OF mis-
haps. The third day out from Dixon's
Entrance bad weather came on, and tha
wind blew terrihcally. The waves would
lift the guard UP and leap In under II.
During the first night after the storm
began the rudder-chain broke five
times. or course. after this broke. there
was no controlling tho boat. Every
minute II seemed she would go over.
The passengers were thrown out Of
their hunks. The crew was insufficient
TO work the pumps, so the passengers
took them In charge. / was put IN COM
mand. and divided the passengers up into
squads Of four men each. Each squad
worked two hours. also did the sound
ing to see how much water there was.
We kept this up for forty-eight hours,
and during that time the Anderson
drifted back fourteen miles. The second
day OF our trouble the other vessels
were In sight Then the Merwin. which
was being towed by the HolyoSe. along
with the Bryant and Polistofsky. broke
loose. and the captain OF the Holyoke
turned about with the other two boats
I'm tow and picked up the Merwin. The
next place we reached was st. Paul.
on Kodiak Island.
after leaving st. Paul. tho sea was
heavy, and we were forced to cruise
along shore. We arrived within 130 miles
of Dutch Harbor when the coal gave o0t.
We were rigging a small boat to send
out for relief. when we sighted small
fishing smack, with one man In II. He
told us we could reach an abandoned
cannery. about twenty miles distant,
where coal had been lying for five or six
years. We had enough coal 20 reach
that point. All day long the passengers
worked In a drizziing rain to take on
the coal. and finally, on September 4th.
we reached Dutch Harbor, Captain
Hooper. OF the revenue squadron. board
ed us at Dutch Harbor. and seeing the
unseaworthy condition OF the Anderson.
forbade her 10 go further. IL was not
necessary for him to ga below, but UPON
seeing that we had insufficient life-boats
nc gave the order to tie up the steamer.
The passengers, with the exception oA
Mr.. Scott and myself, raised $1,000 10
charter the schooner Parisof 10 take the
passengers from there 10 st. IichaePs.
The conditions Of the trip OF the Ander-
son from Dixon's Entrance to Dutch
Harbor cannot be pictured too vividly.'
REMARKABLE STATEMENT.
IL was a remarkable statement that
Captain Chiicot, one ot the incorporators
OF the company which runs the Ander-
son. is reported 10 have made to Chief
Bonlheld. OF the Humboldt, this morning.
He Is alleged to have said: I'VE knew
that the Anderson was unseaworthy, es-
pecially for an ocean voyage, hut we were
bound TO get her there. anyway. We pur
her In charge Of one Of the best sea cap
talns on this coast--Captain Powers. IL
anybody could get here there no could