Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-09-17
THE MAD RUSH FOR GOLD
DEATH AND STARVATION OVER.
TAKING kLONDIkERS.
M.~v WIN he Unable to Reach
Their IestinatiOn-Arrivai OF
Cleveland.


land, Captain Hall. II days from St
Nicllaels. arrived last night with % pas
sengers and about s5OOOO0 in gold. This
amount is only approximate. as many
of the miners on board refuse to state
the exact amounts they brought with
them.
Purser j. w. F. Whita'eck Of the
Cleveland had in his charge Sl4OOOO,
and he states that this amount, together
with other sums on board To his knowl-
edge, will aggregate about $40O,OOO.
Thirty-eight Of the passengers came
from the gold fields and ~ were carpen'
tiers who went to st. Michaels to con- |
struct boats for the North American
Trading L Transportation Company.
The Yukon river steamer r. Is. Wesrs
Of the North American Trading l. Trans
portation Company, en- route from Daw-
son City to st. Michaels. struck on
mnd bar 30 miles below Circle City July
%. The river was at low stage and
the passengers remained on board until
August Is, when the steamer Healy, 60
ing down the river, took them of and
conveyed them to st. Michaels. where
they took passage on the steamers Ex-
cclsior and Cleveland for San Francisco
and Seattle The Weare was hard
aground, and it is doubtful is she will get
of.
Reports OF fabulous finds on the klon.
dixie, Eldorado, and creeks tributary to
the Yukon. are told by the returning
miners, but the warning which has been
already given, to wait until spring, is re-
peated and emphasized by every one on
board the Cleveland. They say that hun,
.dreds must go hungry this winter. and
that they will certainly starve to death,
~ the food supply il far below the guam.
tity required to keep alive those already
In and around Dawson City.
II the steamer fail to get up the river
the suffering will be something terrible
On July 20 the Alaska Commercial Com
pany and the North American Trading h
Transportation Company were closed and
notices posted on their doors that no
more provisions would be sold until the
arrival VI the steamers from st. Mi
chael.
cisco left st. Michaels two days before
the Cleveland, but when three days out
she broke her propeller blades by running
on a bar in Bering sea, and put into
Dutch harbor for repairs.
The Excelsior has on board passen.
gers, and it il stated she has gold dust
to the amount Of nearly million dol
lars.
Following is the passenger list Of the
Cleveland: A. J. Green. S. Croft. John
(. Guyer, James Galliger, Mrs. A. p. Hen
derson, l.. v. Holder, p. Kelly, William
I1owden, +. Il. Leonard. Samuel Mat
thews, John Gunner. George Reynolds
Frank Segerin. II. Shredder, William
Sherman, r. j. Allen. II. Anderson. d
Anderson, Mrs. r. A. Bieber, Miss Lott,
Burns, r. II. Beaumont and child. A
barker and wife, II. j. Burrows, A. Bolt
hoff, Mike Broolardig, j. o. Berg, $. r
Churchill, Fritz Kloak. Charles Engle
wife and four children, George Formau
Rudolph Fleurs G. II. Ross and NJ. Misc
mare.
Following 10 list OF the miners VIII
brought the largest amounts Of gold dust
T. j. Allen, $4,000; +. Segerin, 1000
p. Shredder, $4,000; Miss Lolita Burn
$1,000, Charles Engle, $4,000; A. p. Bal
Der, $4,000; Fritz Kloak, $4,000; San
uS Matthews, $4,000; George Reynold
5000; NJ. Misamore. 5000; Hans Al
derson, @250O; b. Anderson, 5000; ia
Galliger. 5000; Bank Of British Colun
bia, 5000.
Tho Cleveland has on board three me
from the sealing schooner Aurom Bor
/ ais, who were lost from the vessel duriu
. dense fog last month. The men WEI
Ave days and nights in an open bo,
without food or water, when finally Il
fog lifted and they put into Dutch ha
Dor.
n. Miasmore Of Portland, Or, who vi
. passenger by the Cleveland, brinl
about $3OOO. He was tho sole represe
tative ON the Cleveland Of the newly d
covered diggings ON Minook creek.
WIS lack Of food which forced him
leave . promising claim, and when
goes in the spring II will be with col
plcte outfit.
1.-The Minook,' he says, runs into I
Yukon about 400 miles below Circle Gil
About 20 men are working ON the n
nook and its tributary, Hunter creek. /"
Two brothers, Robert and Charles Ca
son, rich claim owners on Bonanza cre<
died on July l Of typhoid fever. Tn
had sold their claims in the spring
$4,000, and were preparing to leave I
country for the winter when strick
down. The former partner Of the Ca
sons is passenger on the Excelsior.
10 said to be lying at the point of dea
and may not reach San Francisco to Z
JOY the wealth he has earned.
Mrs. A. p. Henderson Of Chicago, o
Of the returning passengers, has been
the Yukon since spring. Her trip "
for the purpose of gathering material
newspaper and magazine articles. NJ
Henderson nid: 81 would not live
the Klondike country for all the e
there il in it. Dawson City is one