The San Francisco call., 1898-07-28

| SEATTLE. July 27.-The steamship
 Humboldt reached Seattle this after
 noon with a golden cargo of nearly $2,OOO,OOO. She Is the sixteenth treasure 1 ship to arrive from the North this
 month. Bag after bag of dust and nuggets was brought ashore while the | fortunate Yukoners were cheered bv several thousand spectators who crowded the wharf.
 | Three lucky miners who were anone the first to arrive in the newly dis | covered Klondike region had about $S00,000 between them. J. D. Mienach
 sold his rich claim on Bonanza to a l rpresentative of Drexel, Morgan S. Co for s250,000 This amount, with a few additional thousands, he has just brought out.
 John Erickson is another wealthy passenger. He located No. 10 on Bon anza and has nearly $SOO,oOO to repre- sent his cleanup for the past two years.
 Gold and drafts in the possession of Antone F. Stander represent over $250,OOO He is the man who won and married the vaudeville queen Violet Raymond, with whom he is now going to Paris to see something of life.
 Humboldt Gates and his father-in- law, William Hall, of Eureka, Cal. had two grips filled with gold in the safe keeping of Purser Twiggs, who esti- mates their value at over $150,O00.
 Mrs. Williams of San Francisco has been in Dawson two years and returns with s10,000.
 Among the other wealthy passengers was J, D. Thaggard of this city, who brought out about $50,000. He realized $27, ,000 of this amount from the sale of half interest in a saloon at Dawson
 The steamships Alice and W. K Mer- win brought the Humboldt's 105 passen- gers down the Yukon River in seven days. The miners report having passed the steamers Healy and J. c. Barr. The former was in a short distance of Dawson, and the Barr was making pro gress up the lower Yukon.
 The 10 per cent royalty imposed by the Canadian Government Is rapidly driving out all of the old Klondikers, who prefer to leave their claims un- worked until next year, believing that by that time the royalty will be lifted It is said that mine owners who former ly employed from twenty to twenty five men are now working from four to five only. Many of those who remain North will develop the American dis tricts, which give promise of good yields, and where no eXtortion is prac- ticed.
 Most of the passengers on the Hum boldt will go direct to San Francisco. Among these are John Erickson, F. Stander and many of the other wealthy prospectors. They evidently prefer to turn their gold over to the Mint to hav- ing 1t cashed at the Seattle assay office
 Stander owns an interest in claims Nos. 4, 5 and 6 on Fl Dorado and 40 on Bonanza. for which he has refused s1 ,000, 900. He is accredited with having given Clarence Berry his start by talk ing him in as a partner during the fall of 1896. Last year Stander purchased Berry's interest in their holdings, and he is now one of the bonanza kings.
 Edward Dion of Quebec, Canada, a1- leges that claims above 42 on Bonanza Creek do not pay for their working.
 Several of the big ocean steamers are experiencing serious difficulty at St Michael. Some of them are unable to unload their passengers because of the absence of lighters and having no light-draft steamers to go up the Yu- kon. In speaking on this point Cap tain James Bonnified of the Humboldt said this evening:
 There is a lively time on some of the big boats at St. Michael. The steamer Progresso Is in a bad way. The company that sent her north is now insolvent. Her 160 passengers cannot get ashore because of the lack of light CTS Besides, they do not know how they are to get up the Yukon. Their passage is paid to Dawson. The con- pany had expected to use some of the Moran fleet of river steamers, but they had not yet arrived when we left. But if they should turn up there is no money with which to make the neces- sary payment before they can be used.
 "The National City sailed from Port land with over 100 passengers and has been at St. Michael three weeks. Her river steamers were lost at sea, and she has no lighters on which to get her passengers ashore. The Brixham is short of supplies and when she un- loads and starts Southward her crew and passengers will live on short ra- tions The Dirigo sailed from San Francisco with big crowd. The cap- ashore and is short of provisions. Food cannot be purchased at St. Mi- chael and the angry passengers are gradually eating all that is left The passengers may have to be brought back, in which event the cargo will be broached to get supplies.
 Mrs A. M. Baber and Miss Jeffer- son, both of Chicago, who went north on the Progresso, returned on the Humboldt. They say that the passen- gers fear they will be returned to Seattle. A number of libel suits have been prepared against the Progresso by the passengers
 Captain Bonnifield says that the Moran fleet was supposed to have pass ed through False Pass on July IT and to be making their way through Boring Sea. The Western Star was wrecked and one other was left behind for re- pairs, leaving but ten in the fleet, If they arrive safely at St. Michael