The San Francisco call., 1898-07-04
Left Boston in the StoWell Sherman
WITHOUT A NAVIGATOR
CARED FOR BY THE CONSUL Ar ::. MONTEVIDEO.
When Picked Up by the Pennsyl- vania They Were Without ... Money and the Schooner was Trustworthy.

P. Of all the foolhardy expeditions ever got together to hunt for gold, that which started out last November on the schoon- *er Stowell Sherman from Boston for the = klondike was the worst. The vessel was without Q competent navigator, was manned by school boys and clerks, and while the Stowell Sherman was well pro- visioned there was very little ready money in sight. The end of it all was that the schooner was abandoned at Montevideo and nine of the gold hunters were sent on here on the steamer Pennsyl- Vania by the United States Consul.
 When the. Klondike craze was at its height party of young men got together in the Hub City and decided to purchase schooner, provision her and start for the new Fl Dorado. There were fifteen of them, and Martin F. Culbert was chosen captain and Thomas Roose chief officer, while Charles Cousins was installed as navigating officer. A start was made last November, and for six months the schooner was buffeted by every wind that blew and her bowsprit was pointed to every point of the compass in a vain search for land. Storms were encountered and the amateur sailors had a terrible time of 1t. Finally, when worn out and dtsgusted the coast of Brazil was reached and the vessel made Para. There Second Ofhcer James Doonan, c. W. Coburn and r. $. Yerxa left the expedition in disgust and shipped before the mast on a Nor wegian bark bound for Pensacola.
 After leaving Para the Stowen Sherman was headed for Montevideo. and during the run Charles Cousins, the navigator, was taken sick and died. He was only confined to his bed one night, and the doctors at Montevideo said that beri-beri was the cause of his death.
 On May the schooner was run into Montevideo, and there she is still. There was no one left who was considered com petent to. take the vessel through the Straits of Magellan, and besides she re- quired a thorough overhauling and there was no money in the treasury. She was examined by the marine surveyors and they said that in her condition she was not fit to make the Journey to San Fran cisco The eleven men left aboard were in a guandary. They had the vessel and money. They could, of course, stay by the ship until all the provisions were eaten up, but then what were they to do?
 After a fortnight spent in considering the matter the men appealed to the Unit ed States Consul. When he understood the Tease he agreed to do what he could toward getting them home. On May II . the Pennsylvania put in there to make some slight repairs to her machinery and nine of the stranded gold hunters were put on her. Captain Culbert and First Officer Roose remained behind to look after the schooner, and the other nine are now in San Francisco.
 vania report the Klondikers on the schooner Actaea stranded at Buenos 'Ayres This expedition was got up in New York and sailed last February with Captain Mccarthy in control This party also has. plenty of provisions but no money, and in consequence there was nothing with which to pay for fresh pro- visions and necessary repairs. At Buenos s Ayres, therefore, the Klondikers will have to remain until remittanceS reach them or another steamer puts in on which the United States Consul can send them home Four other vessels are making long Voy- ages from Atlantic ports with Klondikers aboard. The bark Agate is out 136 days from New York. She piloted the Stowell , Sherman into Montevideo on May g. but as her gold hunters had some funds they were able to get away again on time The Thomas F. Bayard, out 162 days from Philadelphia, sailed for this port from Valparaiso on May g, while the Rent L. Richardson, out 143 days, and the Mildred E, out 116 days from Boston, have not e' been spoken since they sailed away from Boston, All of them. except the Agate are under 100 tons burden and the voyags on them must be, to say the least of it, 1rksome. They are all old timers, the Stowen Sherman having been built in 1876 so.it is mo wonder that they required re- pairs before attempting the Straits of Magellan
 The report of Captain Doxrud of the Pennsylvania is very short: "Eighty-f1ve days from Philadelphia; thirty-seven days from Montevideo: twenty-three days from Coronel May 1S-Put into Montevideo for slight repairs to machinery; June 7--Put into Coronel for coal. Brought from Montevideo nine destitute seamen for the United States Consul.'
 Shortly after her arrival the Pennsyl- Q vania was docked at Harrson-street wharf, and the work of discharging her will begin tomorrow morning. As soon as she is clear of freight the work of putting in accommodations for the soldiers will begin. In about fortnight the big steamer can be got ready to follow her sister ships-the Ohio and Indiana-to Manila.