The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-07-19
DOINGS AT DAWSON
Passengers ON the Portland
Have Sad Tales TO Tell

San Francisco. July is-The steamer
Portland arrived here today from 81.
in gold on board. The most Of the roturn-
ed people are without means aud about
SloJOn of thc gold Is owned by a few
lucky people, The balance being the prop
orty OF the Alaska Commercial com
pany.
The miners speak Indignantly OK The
| treatment accorded prospeotors who
vent o. the Cape Nome district at the so
ue,tation OF the transportation companies
The reports arriving today by the Port
land fully confirm the Associated Press
adWccs received from DR. Stone. former
y of thia city who went north during
tha first rush TO the Cape Nome district
The Portland passengers say unqualified
iy that the district has been "salted" ia
the. interests Of the transportation com
panies and that great suffering prevails
in tho district, food, fuel and clothing be.
ing scarce Reports OK a slmlar nature
/ come frcm passengers who went as far
| north as Rampant City. A few rich peck
cts have been struck mere and there but
/ 300 very important finds have been report
/ cd. a. SON as some prospect0r
makes 10 strike his JOY gets the better
oi him and Doc tells others This causes
"a rush aud among the great number whi
| Join these uishec possibly a dozen Or even
| less may take out a few hundred or pos
sibly few thousand dollars. chey sem
orally make their way TO the settlements
| followed by "a large number 81 the larh-
less ones and tine arrivals OF so many
miuora at one time at n settlement ac-
compan cd hy a few who spend their
money lavishy. gives rise To tho rum0rs
] .| r.faI ~ al
not slow 60 take advantage of this fact
ana the transportation companies are
to deIudo prospcctor8 into going to the
districts. Many of the miners who re-
turned on the Portland spent their last
dollar to obtain transportation TO this
city
*. b. Edgar, one OF tho passengers on
the Portland. takes a very glooh.s view
oi the state or affair In Dawson.
There is nothing doing there. ne said
"It is fughtfully dun. The place Is 50
overun with unemployed men that there
are at least ten men for every job. No.
thore is uu suffering. There seems Go bo
food for an, but there are great many
men who are without money mad WHO
Will unddoubtcdly suffer [ have no
doubt .i1t che government will have 90
step iu anI take care OF tnesc men
There are hundreds auxo.s 60 cave
Dawson and would leave f they had tho
means. but they have no'. 1nd .h,va Is
uu ell 1t IT,
How many have loft within the last
month";
"Fulls 2.O0o. a great many have work
cd thcir way out and others are on tho
road A great many worked the en.iro
way down on the Portland. No. there
have been no new strikes There are cer-
taluly men " there who have msUe a
good thing and they are pleased but tha
majority are heartsck with the Kion-
dixie country"
skaFuay. Alaska. July III, vlaVancou-
yer, y c., July i8-J. l.. Gerouare, a
member ot the Yukon council OF admin
istration arrived here today from Daw.
SON on his way to Ottawa, with a n3rl-
cial report TO be laid before tho cabinet
| Officials
Concerning royalues. he stated thot
whom he left Dawson the report OF the
month OF June had not been completed.
But enough returns had been made TO
state that the royalties Tor this season
would run over }So00oO. The total OUT
put for This season no estimated az s20-
$4,000 and the discrepancy Of the roy
atty a8 against this total output he ex-
planned ou tine GROUND that the royalties
had been dlmin shed because it was now
only levied on over 5000 instead OF 5000
aud that tho output OF claims which
would thus escape the royalty tax
| amounted 80 "a large sum.
Commissioner Oerouard remarked that
the administration had expended SO 005
ou Improvement in The city, $4,000 on
hospitals and in addition had WORKED an
the prisoners ou what may be tern,sI city
Improvements.
| Charles Anderson stands az ;he held
of royalty payers. having haaded over 10
the government so )O9 lie has claims on
EldoIldo creek and also on Lom.niyn
Prof Lippcy. Of No % Ellorad7, IS n
god secoud Han q Plcotte. of 40 II El-
dorado paid a trlne over $4,000 in royalty
and Stanley g. Wardner OF 5elt,o from
No 20 and no % Eldorado, pali the roy
atty on f235 900 0f gold dust. EldlrnIo is.
therefore. this season. by far tho heaviest
producer
Chicago. July B.-The fight between the
regular democratic organiza lou of Cook
county and the state OF Illinois, repre-
sonted by Mayor Harrison aul national
Committeeman, Geban IA the og- side and
the Altgeld wing of the democacy which
supported Ex-Governor Altgeld AS an in
dependent candidate for mayor 10 the nst
/ | election on the other, reached au acute
stage today and threatens 20 INVOLVE the
national commintteo 10 spite lt hp trer-
u0u5 attempts being made Go keep local
. quarrols out or the proceeding at hext
, Thursdays moeirs OF the national eem-
] mlttes - lh.s city.
Hralay1 st Afchaels island. July 3, via
" ancouuver. B, O. July iS.-The steamer
Roanoke and Gafonue have sillei from
here with the Grst big installment OF the
seasons output N gold from the Klondik,
The former has aboard nearly s. 000 20
d dust and "a quarter million in drafts Th'
principal portion of dust belongs 10 th,
. North American Trading ana Trausporta
Ton company. Tho Canadian bank OF
. Commerce and The Bank of British Eortl
America. An employe OF the bank and
. sergeant Of mounted police accompany
: the shipment
There ~ probably 81 10000 on the Car
onne the principal portion of which be-
= longs 10 the Canadian bank ~ commerc'
X o. s. Llppy and eE-F9yeruor John II
e McCraw. both OF Seattle. Among th'
"a usaseueers cu the Roanoke ami Caronn'
b. are many who possess small amounts o
't dust ranging from l2o00 t1 s2le Th'
'f Alliance and I1u~1da which have already
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