Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-11
Additional Chapters in the Thrilling
Tale Of Gold Seeking,
some SUCCEED, WHILE OTHERS SUFFER
GlImpses of kIondike Realities
From Recent Reports.
BIG OUTPUT EXPECTED

VICTORIA, b. c., July 1.-THE steamer
Queen arrived home with $50 passengers
excursionists, returning miners from Daw-
son, some disappointed prospectors from
Atlin and gold variously estimated at from
$3.50, 600 to 81 1000 900. The captain is author
ity for the latter amount, the passengers
placing the treasure at almost any sum
between the two figures given. The Queen
left Juneau Saturday at am. making
the trip to Victoria in the quick time of
sixty-fve hours
Among the weaIthiest men from Dawson
is John Wilkinson of San Francisco, who
brings 2o0 pounds of gold dust from FL
Dorado and Bonanza S. T. Hill, a mining
expert from South Africa. returned after
making flying trip to Dawson. He brought
out $4,000 in dust.
Representative Payne and Party.
Among the passengers are Representa-
tive S. E. Payne, son and daughter; Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Dalzen, Representative
and Mrs. HUI, Representative and Mrs G..
w. Steele and Representative John p. HAT
wole, who have made the round trip. Rep
resentative Payne expresses himself i'm
mensely delighted with the trip. He saws
although he had not much time to inves-
uSate he has taken some opportunity to in
qulre into the Alaska boundary question to
endDle MN TO form a more correct opinion
on that VeXed question.
Representative Hull says every man in
both houses of Congress should make a trip
to Alaska, the boundless possibilities of
which much impressed him. The party are
enthusiastic about their reception Sn along
the line.
Big Output Estimated.
SEATTLE, Wash July 11.-SeyeraI YES
sells are now due from Alaska. Among
them are tie Roanoke and Alliance of this
city and the Garonne of Victoria B. c.
Unusual interest attaches TO their arrival
for the reason that late advices from Daw-
son by way of the Upper Yukon river ind-
cate that they will bring a large amount of
gold dust. The total amount is estimsted
all the way from two to five millions
In addition to the gold, 1t is expected they
will bring definite and detailed information
from the newly discovered Cape Nome and
Golofin bay district.
Latest News From Dawson.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1l.-Man advices
received in this city yesterday from Daw-
son bring advices up TO June 20, being the
latest news received from that point. A
letter from Dawson says:
THE conditions here are quite satisfac-
tory, and the output will be larger than at
hrst predicted, though it will be impossible
to obtain a correct estimate because of the
number who leave the place, packing dust
in grips, carpet bags, sacks, boxes, tin cans
and in many other ways and no one knows
what becomes of them.
There is quite a stampede from here and
other points toward Cape Nome and Colo
fin bay. The first steamer for the lower
nVer left Dawson June l., and steamers
have sailed each day since, carrying fun
loads of passengers.
He Came Home to Die.
SEATTLE. Wash, July I'm. Fleming
CT Philadelphia, who arrived here last night
from Port Wrangel Alaska, on the steamer
Rosaina, is living witness to the suffer
ing of the prospectors who rushed to the
Yukon gold fields over the Edmonton route
Mr.. Fleming had gone through great physi-
cal and mental suffering. The successive
attacks of fever, scurVy, pneumonia and
drcpSy have left him in . critical condition
both physically and mentally.
After all his suffer0gs in abe north he
has returned to civilization to die. At
late hour last night he was unable to leave
the steamer. His mental condition was such
his experiences.
From his rambling sentences il is learned
that in February, 1898, ne started for DaW-
son from Calgary with party OF fourteen
which was made up at Calgary. The party
had eighty horses, ana il was caDtained by
John Mason, an Old Californian. Mason
was drowned in the Nelson river. A Bui-
garan named valley was accidentally shot
and killed by a Frenchman at Hell Gate, on
the lower Lizard river. Three of the party
died at Damez lake OF scuryy. Fleming
could not recall the names. neither could
he give the names of any Of the party. The
surviving members cut TRAN through the
UnderbruSh. For four months they lived on
short rations. Nearly all of their horses
died and much of their equipment was lost.