Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-17
death ON
The GLACIER
Six Men PeriShed an an Alas
kan Trip.
SUFFERERS FROM SCURVY
Come Down From the North in Crowds
--There is Much Distress
in the Gold Districts
SUFFERERS FROM SCURVY

Seattle, Wash, March 16.-News tina
scurvy is raging among the p~rosre3tors
of Copper river, Alaska, and that six men
persisted from cold on the valdes glacier
in the first days of March, was brought
here tonight on the steamer Excelsior
from the mouth Of Copper river. She
brought nearly 100 passengers, 40 per cent
Of whom We're suffering from scurvy.
Following is a list of those who persisted
on the glacier: ...t-u.
ADOLPH EHRHARDT, New York.
MACMILLAN MILLER, New York.
ALFRED ALLEMAN, New York.
DIR. EDWIN LOGAN, Denver.
RUDOLPH ELLERKAMP. Louisville,
Ky. .. a.-.
AUGUST SCHULTZ, New York.
All the bodies except that of DR.. Lo-
gan We're recovered and buried at Valdes.
Ehlhardt Miller and Alleman were MEM
bers of the scientific prospecting COM
pany of New York. n So.
They were all in one party. Late in
February, when they were encamped ON
the other side of the glacier, Ehrhardt
and Miller We're taken sick with scurvy.
1t was decided to bring them to Valdes.
Ihey were strapped down on sleds and
were drawn by the others. The party
successfully crossed the summit and had
started to cross the glacier when a biz
card came up. On the End of March DR..
Barrett, who has a camp between the gla-
cler II the summit, came into Valdes
and inquired whether the party had ar
rived there. They had passed his place
n he was fearful that they had been
lost in the storm. A party of 10 men left
Valdes to search for the men. 1t was a
bitterly cold day. On the fourth bench Of
the glacier they found Ehrhardt and
Miller ST re- mad 70 flni. c1oIe TLo;,
bodies were not stiff, indicating that they
had been dead but a short time. Near by
Schultz was found buried in a hole. His
right hand was stretched above his head.
AT the foot of the BENCH the bodies of Ell
lerkamp and Alleman were found in a
creVlce. The BODY of DR.. Logan was not
found and it is supposed that he wander-
ed away from the trail in search Of help.
Another fatality reported by the Elk
ceislofs passengers is the freezing to
death of Peter Benson of Madison,
Wis. Berson had started from the inter-
ior to Valdes over what is known as the
summer trail. In crossing a small creek
the ice broke and he got wet from head
to foot. Before he could get to a fire he
was frozen stiff.
ScurVy is reported to be present in
all the camps in the interior and many
miners are coming to the coast either
to escape it or to recover from its eff
fects. SIX deaths have occurred during
the winter. At Copper Center there are
20 scurvy patients in the hospital. he
last report from DIR. Townsend was to
the effect that they We're all improving
and that he expected no further fatalities.
Among those who are sick with scurvy
are the following: w. O.. Fl. Gully, War
renburg, Mo-; Dan Cushman, Chicago;
DR.. WinsloW, Los Angeles; Joe Marko-
WITT, San Francisco: Valentine Schick,
Santa Fe, N. M; George Crowley, Hart
ford, Conn: Sam Brady, Elliott, Iowa.;
George Lowe, Elliott. Iowa; Julian Muel-
Ter, Miami, Fla; Russell Briggs, San
Francisco; w. S. Berry, Wheatland, Cal;
and w. B. Crane, Lee Summit, Mo.