The San Francisco call., 1898-09-30

The bark Northern Light got back from Kotzebue Sound yesterday. She is tho first Of tho fleet to return that left here for the gold fields on the Kubuck River five months ago. and the people who came back on her bring all kinds of news. There are tales of disaster and tragedy, of blasted hopes and good for tune: a love story with problematicol ending, and many sudden deaths. of the 1590 people who rushed to KotZebue in search of a fortune twenty-nine are sad to have lost their lives in the treacher- ous waters of the Kubuck River. Strange to say, not one of the men who came down on the Northern Light can tell the names. of those who perished. All they can tell is that launch was sunk in such and such place; a landslide covered a boat at another point on the river while yet another launch struck a snag and went down with all hands. :. Those who came back on the Northern Light were: A. O. Lindsey, c. E. Cor don, G. w. Pickett, J. G. Williams, Charles Gleaves, c. T. Le Mare, pr. B. A. Robinson, H. Mather, w. Scott, J. Blumer, J. r. Larkin, T. Johnston, C.. A. Haehl, c. E. Watson, W. L. Rockwell, A. L. Vincent, E. S. Gutierrez, l.. E. Easton. w. w. Gurgles, Captain w. r. Johnston of the schooner Louisa D, L. w. Johnston and Walter Johnston. Of these Dr. Robinson and T. Johnston went up on the Northern Light They did not like the prospects and returned. The other passengers GAS all told) decided to remain and try their luck. Mate Triton of the Northern Light asserts that not more than seventy-tive gold hunters out of the 1500 who went up will return with the fleet Color was struck in mum Der of places, but nothing great. While the Haynes party from Los Angeles were awaiting the arrival of their provisioZ %l1r r.f first attempt brought up a nugget.
 However, the love story comes
 Charles w. Baumann was fornZ member of the Pacific Coast Co-o/
 Cigar Manufacturing Company
 living at the New Washington
 formed the acquaintance of a
 mann, handsome young marri She fell madly in love with
 and finally made his life mise
 her attentions In order to es
 sold out his interest in thd
 tory and quietly took passagel
 Alaska for Kotzebue. Ever
 kept very quiet, and Charlt
 without Mrs. Hermann kn
 thing about 1t.
 A few days after the flask
 Mrs. Hermann discovered tn
 her lover. She went to CapN
 side of the Northern Light
 tears in her eyes told of he
 having deserted her and their
 in order to reach the new Es
 She told of the sale of his busiN
 flight on the AlaSkd, ana DegBe
 passage to KotZebue. Captain
 side made some inquiries on the
 and refused the lovesick lady pa'
 He was not to get rid of her so eN however.
 Three days after the Northern LigN got to sea 1t was reported to the captain that the vessel was leaking. The pumps were sounded, and Capain Whiteside found the bark was making water. fast. The story of the three auger holes in the bow of the ship and their location by Mate Triton has already been told exclu- sively in The Call, but his other ind has not yet been made public. Slowed away in a snug Hitler nest among the cargo was Mrs. Hermann. She was well supplied with food and water but nearly dead from seasickness and her cramped position. She told Captain Whiteside when brought on deck that she would kill herself if she was not taken along. Once when Baumann tried to dis card her she nearly killed him, so she said, and twice she attempted suicide be- cause he would not love her with all his heart and soul. Life held no pleasure for
 her apart from Charley, so whether he