The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-07
Steamer Eugene, Which Left Victoria
in Leaky Condition, Now Going
To Pieces in Alert Bay.
EFFECTS OF THE GOLD CRAZE
UNITED STATES MINT FLOODED
WITH SAMPLES OF MINERAL.
Evidence that Many People Forget
that All Is Not Gold That GIitters
-Canada's New EldoradO.

VANCOUVER, Sept. 6.-The steamship
Capitano, Captain Fowls, returned this
morning from Juneau, Dyea and Skaguay.
She brings down miner from Juneau
who is Disguised with the outlook for get
ting into the gold fields this fall Her cat
tie and horses were landed safely but
American customs officials charged duty
of $50 On each horse. on the way down
the Capitano spoke the steamer Bristol and
the stern wheeler Eugene, which left Vic
toria last week at Alert bay. The Eugene
commenced leaking soon after leaving
Union, where she was seized for violation
of the Canadian customs regulations but
got away by cutting her hawser. 1t took the
Bristol twenty-four hours to tow her back
to Alert bay. An attempt is being made
to patch her up but the passengers refuse
to travel on her. They wanted to charter
the Capitsno, but as she had passengers for
Vancouver, Captain Fowls was unable to
assist them He spoke the steamer Tees, of
Victoria on the way down and doubtless
she will go to their assistance.
Under date of Aug. 20. the special corre-
spondent of the Associated Press at Juneau
says: The steamers City of Kingston, Far
alone, Elder Rosalie and Queen have
brought upwards of three hundred people
from the sound ports and San Francisco
together with horses, cattle sheep, ETC.,
during the past few days, carrying about
the entire cargo in each instance to Dyea
or Skaguay Those landed at Dyea are get
ting over the Chilcat pass all right, but
none as yet have got over the White pass
via Skaguay. Many horses have been ruined
by the mire and the men know they can
not get through, that many have had
their goods carried around TO Dyea, hut it
Is expensive and a large portion of the
army of travellers have no money for suLE
purposes and just what such goldscekerS
are going to do is a mystery. They are now
eating up supplies which they expected to
use in the Yukon country. Juneau mer-
chants have sent up a stock of goods TO
sell at Skaguay and small amount of
lumber has gone up, so that few Shacks
can be erected. Quite number have turned
taken off the boat bringing them up, and
many are dropping out from the camp COM
ing to Juneau and finally returning to the
United States. In Juneau at present there
are quite a number of well-known mining
men who are desirious of procuring for the
Eastern markets some mining property of
southeastern Alaska. An important sale
was made last week of a group of mines
at Hunter bay. Admiralty island
Reports received tonight say the Eugene
has begun to break up. The Eugene is now
lying in Alert bay in a badly damaged con-
dition, her house being nearly demolished
The officers of the tug Pioneer which re-
turned to-day from Skaguay, report that
both Dyea and Skaguay are free of law
lessness and violations o. the civil law
Considerable rain is falling, and many per-
sons will return to the sound for the winter
as soon as arrangements can be made.