The San Francisco call., 1899-07-22
Cape Nome Diggings
Are Very Rich.
GOLD is FOUND IN THE MOSS
TRANSPORT TARTAR TO SAIL
TO-DAY FOR MANILA.
Bark Northern Light Sprang Leak
and Had to "Reminiscences
Tai Flu at VIadivostok.
Shipping Notes.

The Oceanic Steamship Company's $
steamer Australia arrived from Honolulu
yesterday with sixty-three cabin and
eighty-One steerage passengers. Among
those in the cabin were Mrs. c. T Mills
Of Mills Seminary, Rabbi Levy and Miss
Levy and General c. P. Eagan and Mrs.
Eagan. Two stowaways also came up on
the steamer. They were Pat MCGin-
mis- and 'Rastus" Newman, two boys who
wanted to go to the war. They therefore
secreted themselves on the transport
Sherman, but were discovered and put
ashore at Honolulu. The Government
took charge of.them and sent them home
on the Australia. Rastus is q colored boy
and says he's going 10 de war sure.
Captain A. Frietsch OF the Coke also
came back on the Australia. Frletsch
built the Coke here and announced that
he was going TO sail in her TO Honolulu,
thence TO Manila and then to New York
via the Suez canal After leaving here
he ran into some heavy weather and ms
boat nearly went down. At Honolulu he
passage for home on the Australia
The cabin passengers were: Miss Zoe
Atkinson, George Angus, Mrs. +. +. Ser
ger, Mrs. {. NJ. Bean, Michael Brotner'
T Barton, Mrs. NJ. {. Crozier, E. L. Cut
ting, Mrs. P F. de la NesTrgnse' Ms MIS-, J.
Dunn. the Misses Dunn, N. ). Damon
Eagar. Mrs Francis. Miss E. Francis,
Mrs. Gray, Miss r. H. Green: Miss c. P
Green, J. y
Hacket, ". H Howard, Miss a, Z.
Knapp. r D. King. Miss Levy, s. J. Lud-
wigsen, H. F. Lyons, Mrs. William Mutch
and trhee children. Mrs. c. T Mills, c. A.
Macdonald. P. Meigs. D. F. Miles, c. H.
W Norton, 3. H. Phillips and wife. Rabbi
Levy, H. \. Russell. 5. (. Sayres and
Stausbury Mrs. Stockbridge, Mrs. NJ. NJ.
Scott J. T. Soper, E. P. Shaw, +. Towse,
Mrs. S. G. Wilder, Miss White, Miss Wall,
q. P. Wilder, Arthur Wall, Dr. Watt,
A B Wilkins, Frank Wong LeOng, Har-
ry AIcfarlane and Mrs. H. B. Langley and
maid.
Manila. Two battalions OF the Nineteenth
Infantry which are TO go in her left Ogden
early yesterday morning and will reach
here tonight. General joe Wheeler
Will accompany them.
The Cape Nome gold fields are rich.
letter received from Charles kimball of
the steamer Albion says the fields are
better than the KlOndike. The Albion
left here as a tender for the revenue cut
ter that was TO carry reindeer f,Om the
Siberian coast TO Alaska. on her way
back from Cape Prince Of Wales the Al
biOn stopped at Cape Nome and Mr.
Kimbau wrote his observations from St
Michael TO his father. He says the ground
IS staked out as far back as the hills and
for fifty miles along the beach Working
IN the sand a man can make s. q day.
Even the moss covering the ground con-
tains gold. Out Of the thousands Of
claims located only three are being
worked. and Mr.. kimball says they are
producing $1,000 day. Some of the men
have located from forty to sixty claims
and there is a great deal OF Jumping
and fighting going on Nearly all the men
are sailors who have deserted from steam
ers and WhaIeTs and labOrers. Very few
are miners. although many Of the latter
We're arriving when the Albion left. Snake
River IS naVigabIe for twenty-five miles
IN a small boat. Lumber was selling for
SI50 per thousand when the Albion was
there, flour for 81 a sack and potatoes at
Z cents a pound. other things in pro-
portion.
The North American Commercial Com
pany's chartered steamer Homer is due
to-day from St. Michael. She carries big
crowd Of returning klOndikers and a lot
Of bullion.