The record-union., 1897-10-08
GOLD SEEKERS
RETURN FROM NORTH.
The Schooner Sailor Boy Arrives
From St. MichaeIs.
Brings Back Nine Passengers Who Started
for the KIondike,.
John Quincy Barnum of idaho Re-
lates the Rough Experience of
the Eighty-Six Passengers Who
Sailed ON the Steamer Eliza An
derson, Now Lying at Dutch
Harbor in a Disabled Condition.

PORT TOWNSEND (WaSh.), Oct. Z.
The schooner Sailor Boy, Captain Pc
terson, arrived this afternoon direct
from st. Michaels, having left there on
the 10Th of September. The Sailor Boy
brought nine passengers from ST. Mi
chaels, who came south to spend the
winter, rather than endure the hard
ships incident to life at ST. Michaels
until the river opens in the spring. The
returning passengers went north on the
steamer Eliza Anderson and the bark
Merwln.
Among the passengers who arrived
from St. Michaels was John Quincy
Barnum of Murray, Ida Barnum was
one of the eighty-six passengers on the
steamer Eliza Anderson, which was
forced to put into Dutch Harbor in
disabled condition, where she now lies.
OF the trip from Dutch Harbor to
st. Michaels Barnum says: lone hun
dred and seven people made the trip on
the little schooner Baranoff, on which
there was not comfortable standing
room, to say nothing of having to go the
entire time without sleep. Although the
distance from Dutch Harbor to st.
Michaels is about 450 miles, ten days
were consumed in making the trip, ow-
ing to a strong wind which sprung up
when we were within forty miles of st.
Michael, and blew US so far out that
we could plainly see the Siberian coast.
The schooner shipped water until every
thing and everybody was soaked, and it
took four and a half days to get back
to ST. Michaels.
'Owing to the crowded condition of
the schooner, there was actual suffering
aboard, and on reaching ST. Michaels
they were worn out, and the sight we
met there only added to our disgust.
The result was that several of US took
the first opportunity to get out"
Barnum said there had been no news
direct from Dawson City received at
81. Lie -.els for four weeks previous to
his leaving, and no news can possibly
be brought by river before next sum-
mer, as ice was already forming in the
salt water at the mouth of the river,
and the fresh water must certainly
have been frozen to considerable thick
ness at that time.
I'm a month from now" said he, ''I
do not believe there will be 100 persons
left at St. Michaels, as nearly everybody
is preparing to come back. A great
many will come down on the steamer
Portland, but a majority left ere this
on the three-masted schooner Novelty,
which was discharging cargo at st.
Michael when we left.
THE Captain of the Novelty will
bring down with him all of those who
have sufficient money to pay for their
board on the trip, no fare being charged.
This is done simply as an act of char
ity, and in the interests of humanity.
Many persons have not sufficient mon
ey to even pay for their board on the
schooner, and unless they can sell their
outfits for cash will be forced to re-
main at st. Michaels during the win
ter"
Regarding the steamer Eliza Ander-
son, Barnum said the revenue launch
officer at Dutch Harbor told him that
the old craft will never be permitted
to leave there in the capacity of pas
senger boat.
The schooner Sailor Boy will remain
here awaiting orders from her owners
in San Francisco.