The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-08-25
NEWS FROM ARCTIC SEAS.
WHAT WHALING BARK GAYHEAD
is DOING.
Death of Captain Buckley - Sealing
Schooners 49, Kotzebue Sound Gold
Fields-Subsidence Of the Klondike.

Captain Charles II. Foley, master of
the whaling bark Gayhead, which put in
| here some months ago, writes to E. q.
| White concerning the whaling season
! and other matters as follows:
! UNALASkA, July 2S.-We have eX-
! perienced, this season such streak of
! i'll luck that one time l was almost in
-, 1espair. We lowered over twenty times
! for Right whales alone and it was only
! in the latter part Of the season that we
! had any success Mr.. Towers hand
healed nicely but has been and 49, OF
very littla uss-I- - -. - no -haE puuu
Down only few times in the boat We
sttuck ana killed instantly two large
klRht whales, but they sank and we
IlhSt both. Two others were struck. but
es "1pedi other chances were thrown
away aud finally in sheer desperation |
lowered myself to try and make a sea-
son.
In a short time two Right whales,
making over 2000 pounds of bone and
100 barrels of oil and two Sperm whales,
making 1855 barrels were secured and l
began to breathe freely again.
We saw and lowered for a number of
large Sperm whales but they We're gem
orally travelling fast to wndward. Ear
ly this month had my boat badly stove
by one. We were in the water some
enu,,ad ''' Nv 'e' ''u' esu''s
The day we left Honolulu We met the
John and Winthrop, Captain Maccomber
and saw him several times on Kodiak,
but he has not arrived here yet. so it is
impossible to know what fortune he has
had.
her of whales We baya h., ,nnst ba,,o
done vol fo,, No two ,,essaIs cn,,ia 80
had the IN Iuclf ~" bad - 0o"''' nav
The snring cater in tha Arotio
,r,on,,te ta' o,l,, 60, r,,,,na Nv
Eonf Rfo,,Int ~, 20 ,i'l,' T;,i,,,
Ravlies. was instantly killed hy tbn Iisl
cbnrya of n ,iao r. r,as bis 6rst Gov,
ago 40 ,naster ua Leaves a Widow. ~,
ne obiIdmar, ha,.i,ier 80, q miDSH put
few Years - =. 80 "
E,iSbtaen. or tventy seolirs, scboo,are
oil Fror, Iyictorio - ~ n - ,,,,,ott -
iner tbe Cnening Of the saoson A,g,,st
/ . Amarirans ne vo,,' dorhtInss tno,,,
are forbidden To seal and tbe Rritjeh
,,ase.Ie nro ,rdor 60, ,,ri,,ra,,, ,a,,,
IIatious Roth An,arican ana p,itIst
cutters arc hnre In anforce thaNla,vs
Two cutters are stationed ar 81 M
chaels at the Yokon's mouth and a rev
apu. river etoor,a,, bae 49,, ,,,,t -, ~,
Yukon princinaIlv- + rndsrstanI t6-
prevent traffic in liouor. The imnorta-
tion of which is forhiddau ~ tbis ta,,i
tory
II looks here as If the botto,n had faI
len out of the alleged gold fields on
Kotzebue Sound. and MANY tales of
hardship. privation and death nrf. in
circulation From all accOunts tha
deaths were principally caused nv can
ned meats and fruits Instead Of re-
moving the contents from the tins. thev
were let stand i'm Them until a noison
was generated, which cased fatal III
| nesses. | believe that an investigation
| Is to be asked for, from the American
Government.
| Reports from the Yukon river and
! Klondike gold diggings indicate q sI1b-
sidence of the great 'boom' in those To-
calities. Where one has made money
| hundreds have lost.
Last year affairs were Very lively
! here Steamers for river use ana har-
ges We're being built and steamers were
arriving daily, to coal or land frei,rht
! passengers etc besides a great nun-
! ber of sailing vessels on the yav 10 81
| Michael'ss called in. now tbIngs orc