The herald., 1897-12-24
FLOUR SCARCE
But There's Meat Enough
at Dawson City
FOUR STUDY PRoSPEcToRS
MAKE A TRIP DOWN wITHoUT
TROUBLE
FOUR STUDY PRosPEcToRs
They Came Afoot All the Way and
." Packed Their Provisions
on Their Backs

= Packed Their Provisions
on Their Backs
: Associated Press Special Wire
TACOMA, WASH, Dec. 23.-Among the
passengers from Dawson who came
down on the City Of Seattle tonight arc
Col. Lamphere and M. p. Gregory Of
Chicago, D. p. Quinlan Of Seattle, d. p
Gardener of Oconomowoc, Wis, and T.
B. Denny of Rieslyn, Wash. Quinland
Gardener and Denny came out from
Dawson, having left that place Nov. 4
They walked all the way and carried
their food on their backs and on sleds
They occupied little more than forty
days on the trip. Mr.. Gardener says
nobody is going to starve in Dawson this
winter. There will be shortage Of some
supplies, such as flour and coffee, but
there is a great abundance of meat and
plenty of other food to last everybody
in camp all winter. Mr. Gardener and
his companions made the trip out with
out any trouble, although they struck
some weather that sent the mercury 81
degrees below zero. This was on the ex-
posed mountain tops and did not last
long or cause them any inconvenience
These men say there will be no great diff
ficulty in getting into Dawson all winter
II the roads and the weather do not get
worse than now. They report the coun-
try as being rich with gold and say new
and valuable discoveries are being made
every few days. No gold was brought
out by any of the men who came down
on the City of Seattle.
Col. Lamphere and Mr.. Gilbert bought
two mines within fifty miles of Juneau
which will be worked by company with
a capital of $1.0O0,000. These gentlemen
say work is being rushed on the Dyea
aerial railway and also on the Skaguay
trail and that both will be in shape for
the miners to pass over in the early
spring.
LATE ARRIVALS
SEATTLE, WASH, Dec. 23-Three
miners from Dawson City arrived here
on the City of Seattle. They were d. p.
Quinlan of this city, ]. N. Jenny of Ros
lyn, WASH. and. S. Gardner of Wis
consin. They left Dawson Nov. l. Bert
OWtlOeIS VI OdH HidHCioCO, WIZ iClt
Dawson with them, stopped at Skaguay.
The party left Dawson two days before
the Kastner party. which arrived here
last Friday, and consequently brought
no late news. They confirm previous
reports ot-a scarcity of provisions. but
say there will be no actual starvation.
The going of large number Of men to
Fort Yukon has greatly relieved the sit
uation.
The Seattle brought news of the death
of Samuel Wickoff f Tacoma. Dec. II,
at Skaguay of congestion of the brain.
The application Of Bernard j. Moore
for patent for 160 acres Of land COM
prising a part of the town site of Skag-
uay has been rejected by Register Dud-
ley of Sitka.
FOOD ENOUGH
VICTORIA, B. c., Dec. 23.-A. P. Quin-
Ian, who arrived here this afternoon on
the steamer City of Seattle brings late
news from Dawson. He says there Is
enough food in Dawson to last the 5000
men now there all winter, those WITHOUT
food, 1000 in number, having gone to Fort
Yukon. Two hundred will come out over
the trails.
Major Walsh, who is now encamped
at Big Salmon, will sndeavor to break
a trail through to Dawson but he does
not expect to reach there till February
!. He says he will allow miners to make
claims in blocks Of ten, retaining the
adjoining ten for the government. All
the claims on Quartz creek are now
staked and it will probably be as rich as
Ell Dorado and Bonanza creeks.
ORDERED TO MOVE
CHEYENNE, Dec. 23. - Orders were
received here at o'clock last evening
by the Quartermaster of the Eighth
United States Infantry to have the army
pack train of the Department of the
Platte, stationed here, leave for Alaska
at the earliest possible moment. The
pack train is in charge of Chief Packer
Tom Mooney. He will have the entire
outfit, consisting of ten expert packers
and eighty trained and drilled pack
mules. on the cars today, ready to start.
The destination of the pack train is
Taiya..
SUPPLIES SCARCE
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23.-The
chamber of commerce today sent the
following dispatch to Secretary of War
Alger: Assurances have been given to
the military authorities in Washington
that San Franciscoco can furnish sup
plies for the Klondike relief expedition
promptly and cheaply. The newspapers
indicate that supplies are to be obtained
elsewhere. Can 1t be so arranged that
our coast merchants will have an op-
portunity of bidding for these goods %
AUSTRALASIA TRAVEL
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 23, = Travel
from Australasia to the Klondike will
be very heavy next year, and the
Oceanic Steamship Company Is prepar-
ing for 1t. All the available space of
the Mariposa, due here in February. and
the Moana, due here in March. has been
engaged. In the case of the Moana, the
most of the passengers will come from
New Zealand, and a permit is to be OBJ
tanned from the government to erect
berths In some of the space reserved for
freight. No passengers from Honolulu
will be carried on the steamer, and tour
lists will have to depend on the regular
boat.
FOR THE ALASKAN TRADE
NEW YORK. Dec. %. = The Red d
steamship Curacao has been sold by its
owners, Messrs. Boulton, Bliss & Dali
lette, to go into the Alaskan trade. The
purchasers are said to be Pacific Coast
residents. and the price paid $1S0, 900. The
Curacoa was built specially to trade be-
tween this port and Curacao and Mara