The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02

nIoce. and that the transportation be fur
nished for the same. The managers are
| at present at Dawson and are not eX-
nected back before the latter part of this
month. s. II. Lynn, the local agent for
the company. declares that there will be
n scarcity of provisions at Dawson. Ac-
| cordinp TO his official reports there are
| from 1000 to 5000 idle men in Dawson,
| and new parties are arriving every DAY
Inv woy of Chilkoot pass. He says the
total amount of freight landed in Daw-
son this year will not exceed 1000 TONS
Of which only $500 will be provisions
Miners returning from the upper
country who left the Klondike in the
middle of July, say prOvender was already
rnnninp very low and that it went out OF
The warehouses; just as fast as it was put
off the steamers. They say that old
timers realize the situation and that the
down river boats will be crowded win
men eager to get to some safe place lot
| winter
Distress and death are predicted by
| them ms the result of the klOndike craze.
William Ogilvie, dominion land survey,
or, who has been making a Typographical
| survey of the British possessions along
| the Klondike is here on his way to Otta-
wa. having been called home for CONSUL
tation over important matters Affecting
the new gold fields. He will make a re-
port cmbodying suggestions for new MN,
ing laws governing the sale of liquor ana
The taking of wood for fuel and many
other points Of observation which custom
alone establishes the right which is more
bonored in the breach than i'll the 0Dser-
vance. He has made u census OF the
productions of the new fields and flnds
that twpnty-thrce claims produced SS26,-
600. and he says S1.OOO,0O0 is no eXaSS,,
yeratpd estimate of the amount that VIII
l,,,t hn n
RononZa. Bunker and EldOrado creeks
in three years. There were twenty per-
sons here when the Excelsior arrived who
had come down the river from the dlS-
pings, fifteen of whom were miners. ney
are said to have all the way from Slb'-
600 TO 100000 among them. Few care
to say exactly how much they have, pre-
fcrring to remain silent on tnat poihi'
G. Il. and ". +. Patrick. father ana son,
brought out $4,000. They. took pass
age on sailing vessel which left port
two days after they arrived. 80,
K w. Cobb of Boston is credited with
S13. 1000, and c. NJ. lilly with a ike
amount. Thomas Rowan of Sitka Is Slo,-
900 better off. w. Caldwell OF Denver
has $4,000. Timothy Bell of vancouver
has Sal 600. the result OF the sale OF HIS
holdings. ,
NJ. s. Lansing of Bozcman. Mont, mas
S1O,O The others refuse to say how
nnch they have. The remaining mem
hers of the party are w. Her of Baltl-
more: William Ialn of Minneapolis; b.
III. Farman of Goodell. Ia: A. Buckley
of st. Joseph. Mo-: II. n. Goclier OF
Winnipeg: Thomas r. Dunke!S!ey OF
Ariz. Each has won what is called IN
this region a homestead" namely, the
amount which he believes sufficient to
take home to remain. Very few intend
to come back.
The hardships they have endured make
them dread the country i'll which they
won their stakes.
NJ. III. McIndoo and f. y. Gervalze went
into the country to prospect, but were dis-
couraged and did not stop. L. l.. Perrlhe
and +, A. NOvack. though not miners, are
the two most interesting members OF the
party. The former il a detective, mem
her of the Thiels detective service. IN
February last he was given photograph
and told to find the original. Accom-
panying the photograph was an accurate
description. Omaha was the starting
point of the trail and he chased his man TO
Baltimore. thence across the continent 10
Seattle and thence to Juneau. lie mere
learned his quarry was bound for the Moi
dixie with Il party of nine by way OF DEe'
and Chilkoot pass. Perrine went to VI
turning followed Novack, capturing nm
Mt Dawson City. The crime for which
Noyack is wanted is murder and arson.
| He was apparently prosperous in the mer-
camille line ut Bolton. Ia. He had some
! SAC. 900 of funds deposited with him by
neighbors for safe keeping. He enticed
one of these, Ed Murray, to his home and
after numbering him set fire to the house
and burned it. As a preliminary MovacK
had insured his own life with the travel
crs' Insurance company. and after the muir
der he disappeared. For some time Muir.
RAYS remains were thought to be those OF
Noyack, and Mrs. Novack put in claim
for the life insurance. The truth was s'ls-
pected. The body was identified as that
of Murray and not of NOvack. Perrine
was put on the trail, with the result stated.
Novack has confessed. Perrine spent SlO,-
600 in the pursuit of his man.
Orrn Gray of Grand Rapids, Mich,
went into the country this spring to save
some remnant of the fortune his son Al
bert had won. The boy had made go
600. and according to reports that came
to the father, was spending thousands IN
drinking and gambling. SO the Old man
came over the pass. but the boy was gone
and he is coming out now in the hopes that
the boy has not spent it all. but has taken
some of it home to his mother.
Two Marines bugler and bOatSwain OF
the revenue cutter Perry deserted the YES
sci at Unaaska, stole Il small boat, a
compass, seXtant and an equipment or
grub and sailed for the Yukon in July
Neither have been heard of since, and it is
supposed that they were lost. A schoon-
or. the Selma, put into this port on July
26 having aboard the captain. Peter MI
son. the owner. Christopher lieb. and two
sailors. The boat was registered from
Victoria in the name of Louis Willie. Inc
party aboard had been trading in Alaskan
waters and Customs Collector Andrews,
at this place, seized the vessel. The men
laughed at him, saying it had been their
intention to put in here and abandon her
and 90 to the Klondike. True to their
word, they took passage aboard the steam
er Holly for Dawson.
No new discoveries are reported from
the upper country. The hillside abuttlllS
ON the richest claims on Bonanza and III,
dorado have been staked off and several
quartz claims have been filed upon them
in the same vicinity. The rock taken out
of the quartz claims is rich. but the NIL
side claims are not showing up much golu'
Dominion creek. tributary to Indian
river has been staked off for distance OIL
twenty-five miles. The common report
among the returning miners is that there
is nothing in the country worth having that
has NOT hcen stakcd off and that the own
ers will refuse fabulous prices Tor thcir