The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-26
NO FOOD TO BE HAD
DAWSON CITY SETTLES DOWN TO
A STARVATION BASIS.

No More Cargoes to be Got Up From the
Rivers Mouth and No One From the
Get staked So as to Go After ANY of the
Stuff Cached by Turned-Back Steamers
and There Your Slondiker Is-G enerai
News From the Klondike-The Alaska N
Boundary.
Victoria, Oct. 25.-Miners who came
down on the steamer Farrallone from
Dyea and who left Dawson City about
forty days ago, say that the day before
they left, Hansen, one of the managers
OF the Alaska Commercial company, ar
rived in a canoe and told Of the aban-
Comment of the efforts 10 get food UP the
river.
Fully 400 mlnres at once made prepa-
rations TO start out over the trails, but
the citizens committee refused to allow
them sufficient provisions for the jour
ney; so, save those VINO had already
started, all will have 10 remain and
snare in the privations at Dawson.
Charles Fries, Of Tacoma. who came
out with Butt Woods and Archie Burns,
says that besides the famine a myste-
rious disease has broken out which Is
carrying off an average OF hVe men
daily. Twenty-four hours after the VIC
tim is attacked he turns black from the
waist 10 the throat, and two days later,
Of * dead
On his way out over the Dalton tran,
which in many places runs along the
Yukon's banks, the party met many
boats bound OWN. Abunt 800 boats are
now going down The river with from 4
10 Z men in each boat.
The Fries arly was last 10 leave DaW-
son. Al Five Finger Rapids, they fell
in with a party headed by Kay Stuart
of New York, which left six days before
and after reaching Dalton's boat they
caught up with the party made up OF
John Fry, F. L. ana j. Trippe and {.
Holden OF New York, with an Indian
guide.
This party ran short Of food and for
four days none Of the party had any
fling 10 eat save an owl which they
shot and some soup made from some
rawhide cord which they were using in
packing their goods
The Farallone brought down about
$50, 900.
AN ALASKAN BLIZZARD.
Seattle, Wash, Oct. 25.-Only the
merest chance and the lucky discovery
of the half hidden trail by one Of their
Of -
headed by p. L. and Julius Trippe, from
a horrible death by starvation on the
Dalton trail late in September. The par
ty consisted of the Trippe brothers, for
merly of Chicago; Charles Wilkes, OF
Whatcom; Chas. G. Dugas, a miner
from Juneau; John Frye, Of this city;
w. Gillier, Of Wooiman, and prospec-
tor living al Fort Wrangle. They left
Dawson City for the states in a small
steamer August IS and after reaching
Fort Selkirk prepared their outfits for
the long and arduous journey over the
Dalton trail A week after leaving the
Yukon river they encountered deadly
Alaskan blizzard. The trail was COW
cred with snow until they lost their
bearings Their provisions ran out and
after cropping for three days through a
binding snow storm they were finally
rescued by Indians and taken TO Dali
Ton trading post, where they obtained
the first real food they had had for
nearly four days.
After resting for two days they re-
sumed. their march to the Chilkoot pass
and reached the end Of their journey
without further misnap. All of the men
were very weak from their sufferings
and ii vas several days before they were
restored to their accustomed strength.
LAKE BENNETT VICTIM.
Skaguay, Alaska, Oct u, via Steamer
FaraIlone, Seattle, Wash, Oct. 25.-Silas
H Hamilton of Seattle was drowned
Friday morning in Fort Summit Lake,
10 miles from Lake Bennett. on the Ska
quay trail. Hamilton, Wesley Young
and r. N Redheld, also of Seattle, were
going down the lake in small boa
heavily laden. The morning was very
foggy. making navigation difficult and
dangerous. heavy squat sprung up,
driving the boat into the breakers along
the edge Of a small islet in the lake,
where il was capsiZed. Its occupants
were thrown into the water and Hamil-
ton sunk like a stone. Young and Red
field swan toward the shore and were
rescued by 4 passenger boat. Hamil-
tons body has not been recovered and
owing TO the intense cold Of the lake
water il is thought it never viii be. His
parents reside in Iowa.
Three alleged thieves were captured
Thursday on the Skaguay trail Their