Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-09-16
mss At DAWSON.

N, BY the Cleveland.
..,;sco. Sept. 13.-The Ex-
eadv r. ' ~ an extra edition contain
"ISvipg news from Dawson
mini. B. c., Sept. 13.-The
r.,sland has arrived from st.
aAL INN singing with her from the
!, 6slds story OF distre y
r e., The miners she has on
AMI q osoers in charge of the
lister a.. .aroy Of disorder and dis.
ton. Dawson. ...
NOV, -, his Get in at the mining city
~. iell ...sr north, and the two great
~ "'snt lat ~ place have closed their
Ocosta b, hsy have nothing to sell.
yment to q =. have been seeking gold must
i for food or starve.
4 loggers Az \ ,here may be tendency TO
arbor CONT ~ the actual conditions of
hsre can be no question that
sh commit. Aratens all the vcnturesome
hatcho.- l, ,omen who made their way
'r the fall Ihndike.
49, Of unruly spirits are flock
eino nj LnrOn Threats of violence are
will ~. r,ls on every side.
'or grain :. ,rms prices are now being paid
ls 4 Dawson, and it is impos-
~ =, N more than four vessels with
H.. o q, can reach that camp before
tho co.. freezes.
.5o ~" ,s,tjon meetings, heavy with
b,, AZ" a1q - threats of vengeance, have
I'M At St. Mchaels by those who
-. hone Of advancing up the river,
~ :. Vof al getting back to civilization.
lug 'unde int signs of winter are apparent
y ~, 'nouseA iyer Yukon, which is Begin
."' sN freeze, and in a few weeks will
~ mat "A against all navigation. A
'''''ssry i has come to the Excelsior, and
:. Ne frozen north comes the story
dlng the cher disaster in which AZ men
n, ue WV hsir lives
saiia will M Cleveland there are SO pas
VII be III Who have come from Dawson
" . death, There are few miners in this
uaen1, Incl that are able to tell of prosperity.
's'loo. o them wish to exaggerate their
oner McD rsius, and if one We're to believe
to look d indefinite stories they tell he
jaw. & II ny the treasure ship with
% recently M they come carried $4,000, 900.
Kingcou hin Hall, Of the Cleveland. says he
m tubefu nM0Q0 in his safe. The purser be-
IL, not n an account for $3.50, 900 on
commits
akims =, IL Cleveland left Bt. Michaels
Of the pkM She has some OF the pas
DlOyed in emd the P. B. Weare on board.
b Vun left Dawson City in time to
because d nKA With the Portland had she not
n threebs y With mshap and stuck on the
The bundl abibNe Circle City.
the cy]ina ID miners from Dawson report that
hh Is the stores of the Alaska
one n \. nnscial Company and the North
dixie. NJ nKnn Trading d Transportation
MON n npny closed their doors, and an.
made ~ upce1 they had no more food to sell.
tile = hen the announcement was made con-
1t tia nation seized upon the people of
Q e5oo Il sDn, with gOld-seekers crowding in
Befo, the rate Of 20 to 30 per day. Drunk
0 the ~ rs and disorder, gambling and
|ness we're rampant.
sou,. At St Michaels the condition of
y., ~. his is also the cause of gravest con-
NJ. ~. n There are not enough structures
. town to accommodate the crowd,
boon = Cores OF the people are living in
inc II " Shortly before the Cleveland
tbst ~. R& Aichaels two expeditions, those
: and De National City and of the South
o oNIc., ~ held indignation meetings,
hev - a'enlng dire vengeance upon those
wo,t Nhad brought them there and then
). AZ unable to carry them further.
~ u August rs the Excelsior left st.
a.n! aaels with large number of min.
~ '.e ~ md large quantity of gold. Re-
- W. ~ we're current that her treasure
oanted to a million dollars. Soon
so Y leaving St. Michaels the Excelsior
'ne =. aught on the dangerous flats of
~ ':. Yukon and broke two blades of her
sol ~. peller When the Cleveland reached
.1 ArI aalaska she found the Excelsior I'M
: :.I.s song repairs. 1t is probable she
:, ,ooo Ounalaska last Monday.
> '0'~ hoftiy before the Cleveland left fos
nile On her journey home the United
, sanks1 e revenue cutter Bear put Into
a, Achaels to tell another story Of
- h and disaster in the ice bound
NC The Bear had on board Cap
" Nhiteside, his wife, the first and
y" n,S no oficers and four seamen of the
; ADu 10 whaler Nevach. They are all
tnmain to tell terrible story of
Ompmy h In an ice pack. OF her crew AZ
dla lost. Thirty-one were crushed in
proepe lie and ten frozen to death. The
aw the vessels signals of distress
! IN ~ Point Barrow, and went to her
and ltance The captain, his wife, two
The an and four seamen were persuaded
put up aVe the crippled ship, but nine
sm positively refused to 60. They
!, !. re left on a desoate field of ice, and
IA nieared perishedwith their comrades.
'ohae 'ne terrible tale of suffering told by
III pain Whitesides and his officers
zns but an incident in the story that
Cleveland brings. 1t was believed
" ~ " she had left st. Michaels she was
fast y earn no more of the Klondike, it's
ep W. een and disasters, but the Cleve.
'rllef mad hardly gone 85 mics when she
sed vessel that told of evils to
20 ha ne' OF dangerous spirits ready for
mit ID outrage, of excited and angry men
L. hII y nave left black record on the
M on their own pathway to the
ng ief Ma
|, " lne Cleveland and Humboldt had
n Il = and new stories OF the abandoned
ned 'enturers the latter vessel is convey
des& the gold fields were sent back to
world.
stop Snen the Humboldt stopped at Oun-