New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-31
,DFV WITH KLONDIKE GOLD
I'm MILLIONS OF TREASURE on THE
ROANOKE AT SEATTLE
,.,,sr CONTAINING $4,000 sToLEN-sH1P
.xD PASSENGERS SEARCHED IN VAIN
FAMOUS CHARACTERS ABOARD.

,vD PASSENGERS SEARCHED IN VAIN
FAMOUS CHARACTERS ABOARD.
,oy TELEGRAPH To THE rmnuNEl
, wash Aug 3O-Eight tons Of gold.
,earlv S4.oODrpO was the naGnifcen;
VIZ .,o brought to Seattle this morning 10y the
IT, Roanoke the largest gold cargo that
ANA out of the Klondike or any other
-,.c camp in the history of the country.
,onlion dollars worth of IT belongs TO the
18th American Transportation and Trading
,,,,anv and consists OF the greater part Of
49, accumulated treasure at its Dawson trad
- most \ shipment of StrO 600. consigned 10
,,e local Assay Office. cama from the Dawson
,ronch Of the Canadian Bank of Commerce
Tho rest vas in the hands Of about one hun
drad passengers on board.
Strange interest was added TO the arrival Of
tho richest treasure-ship of the year from the
Zoe, that a big robbery had been committed on
hoard. and that the gold was supposed to be in
roesession Of some one Of the passengers or
crew She did not touch the wharf. but lay
IN the stream until battalion Of police had
besn put on board As a thorough search Of
the vessel developed nothing. II was decided to
Iet the passengers land after being searched.
They were let on the gangplank one at time
ond searched by two officers on reaching the
wharf. The passengers who had sacks of dust
we're compelled to show them to one of the three
men that had been robbed
THE RAPE OF THE VALISE.
The robbery was committed at St Mchaels
shortly before the steamer sailed a valise
tanning So 600 the property of A Fox. William
Folmer and Dr. Charles f. Adams. Of Chicago
Was taken from a stateroom shortly after the
owners went on board. AS the work Of dozen
officers FOR the last twelve hours has failed TO
discover any trace OF the gold II is believed that
the thief got ashore at ST. Michaels Fox fortu-
nately has $4,000 left. The other two men have
nothing Fox and Fomer are Old-time Yukon
ers and have sold their claims
II took all day to unload the golden cargo
from the steamer The company treasure was
not taken off until after nghtfan. 1t was
hacked in heavy wooden boxes and there were
many of them. No one will ever know just how
much the value Of the company's gold was. but
II was over 50 100000 The miners brought
their gold in boxes and bags. Rox after box. so
heavy that three men could hardly carry one.
was taken off the steamer and carried to the
Assay Office Several OF the miners had over
$50 900, all in dust
SOME OF THE STRIKES"
A few Of the lucky men. with the amounts
brought follow: c. W. Jenkins. a well-known
Yukon pioneer. go pounds in several boxes.
S54 00o: Theodore Anderson $4,000; George
Carmack. Stick jim" and "Tagish Charles
so. 600 each: Ike" Powers. who has been on
the Yukon fourteen years, $4,000; II. Dorne and
+ Renauli $1,000 each: Emil Gay. Frank
Pichen c. 5 Henning. "Tagish Patsy" Dan"
McGnvary. Knute Munson. Frank Atkins. John
Baynard and Frank Bushong. each over $1,000
<lx> N, ~
10 81 000 .-f--
George Carmack is the discoverer Of Bonanza
Creek. and the man who started the whole
Klondike business. On August Il, 1896. he
stuck his shovel in the sand Of the Bonanza
and found gold. Since then the eyes Of the
whole world have been turned toward the Klon-
dixie He is somewhat broken down in health.
but was once a pillar Of strength. with him
is his Indian wife and extensive family OF
children They have $4,000 10 spend before
going back 10 Dawson.
He is also accompanied by stick jim" and
ia gish Charley" his Indian partners who own
rich claims adjoining his. They have as much as
has the discoverer. stick Jim" has already lost
some of his wealth. on the trip down the Yu-
<on some one took $1,000 out Of his sack and
substituted shot for II Jim" discovered the
oss at ST Mchacls but has not found the gold
NEWS FROM THE WHALERs
DR. Sheldon Jackson. Government Superin-
enGeni Of Education for Alaska. returned on
he steamer. after a trip to the Siberian coast
or reindeer. He brings news OF the ice-imprs
med whalers 10 whose aid the Government has
ent a relief expedition and the cutter Bear.
rhe whaler Delvedere succeeded in getting out
If the ice at Point Barrow. and was at Port |
Clarence loading supplies when Dr. Jackson
reached there Her captain reported the sink
ng Of the whaler Rosary in the ice jam early in |
Juy He beneFed that the crew were saved. |
The cutter Bear Was expected at Port Clarence |
IN her return any day