The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-10
GOLD HUNTERS
HOME FROM THE
FROZEN NORTH.
Homer Arrives From
Cape Nome.
WEATHER DELAYS VESSELS
A SOUTHEASTERN IS RAGING
ALONG THE COAST.
German Gunboat Geier and Steamer
China sail-Rush of Freight to
Hawaii-The Pathan's
Lascar Crew.

The Alaska Exploration Company's
steamer Homer arrived yesterday from
Cape Nome, via Dutch Harbor, with
eighty-one cabin and ninety steerage
passengers. There was not a great
amount Of treasure on the vessel,
about $2O0o worth of dust being in the
vessels safe for the company and the
passengers having about 1000 more
among them. The richest man on the
steamer was r. B. Dawson, a saloon
keeper. He started in business in a small
way and sold out just before the Homer
sailed for $50, 900.
w. w. Hatch, who went 10 Nome in
June. 1888, says Of the conditions up there:
The prospects at Nome this winter are
very poor. Hundreds of men are afflicted
with typhoid, and the death rate is about
two or three q day. After the Cleveland
and Albion leave there will be about 1000
people left to pass the winter at Nome.
provisions are scarce, owing to the wreck
OF the steamer Laurada. The vessel car
Tied supplies for the soldiers and when
they were lost the army people bought
q large amount Of provisions at Nome.
Flour Is now SO sack, potatoes So
crate, while meals cost all the way from
81 50 TO 50 90. Fuel is also scarce"
Three Of the Homer's passengers were
left at Dutch HarbOr suffering from ~
phoid fever. When the steamer left Nome
the Cleveland and Albion were there and
expected TO sail for San Francisco in
about a week. The Homer left the steam
Whalers William Baylies and Alexander
at Dutch HaTbOr.
1t is blowing a southeast gale outside
and IN consequence all the vessels bound
south are having a hard time Of 1t. The
North Fork was 80 hours coming from
Eureka and the Jmatilla SO hours from
Victoria, 3. c, while the Arcata and
South Portland from Coos Bay and Sa-
moa from Eureka are away behind time.
The North Fork usually makes the run
IN - ana the Jmatlla IN 90 hours, so it
can be imagined what kind of a gale they
had TO encounter.
There is still no news from the bark
Ferris :. Thompson and schooner Ameri-
can Girl. They left here in a bowling
Northwestern on October 8 for Puget Sound
and the chances are botn stood off shore.
linen the wind chopped around to the
southeast and has been blowing strong
from that quarter ever since. The
chances are that both bark and schooner
have been driven away past the straits
OF Fuca and have been unable to beat
back
been IN this port for some weeks, sailed
Tor her station on the South Pacific yes
terCay. She will call at all the Central
American ports on the way south but
for the next year 10 come. The Geier
received a full complement Of officers
from Germany while in port. The old
oIilcers who came here from South Amer
lea on the vessel went home overland.
The Pacific Mail Companys steamer
China sailed for the Orient Yesterday /
She carried 1l5 cabin passengers and a
crowd of Chinese that filed the steerage /
20 overlooking. Every inch OF space in !
the holds was taken up with freight
The Oceanic Company's Australia can /
not begin 10 carry all the freight offer /
ing for Honolulu. The vessel does not /
sail until W ednesday next. vet last night |
there was a string Of wagons from Pa
citc street to the. Chief Wharfinger's
othce. all waiting a chance to get load
u Sous On lHe wharf. MOST OF the stun
Is Christmas goods, and the rush to get
II away IS making the hair Of the freight
clerks on the wharf turn gray.
The steamer Humboldt, which arrived
from Puget Sound Wednesday afternoon
is going 10 Antioch in few days to lie
up for the winter. While up there she
viii be overhauled and painted. During
her stay Of ten months on the Seattle
Skaguay run the Humboldt proved her
self TO. be one OF the fastest and best
fitted vessels in the business, and in con
sequence was a pronounced faVorite with
the travelling public
TWO OF the doctors at the Harbor Hos
pitaL-Drs. Morrison and Cherry-are on
the sick list, and in consequence DIS
Robinson and Holmes have been COM
PEELED to work night and day. esterday
they had to handle fourteen cases, in
Guiding Tv,o amn1Itatfons There was No
grumbling, however, and the two doctors
who are standing double watches, took
Captain Butler Of the British tramp
steamer Pathan is still having trouble
with his Lascar crew. Sixteen of them
have made their escape, but two of them
returned after a night of shore liberty
The others viii be hunted up and arrested
and taken to HOngkong, at which port
the captain win be glad to get rid Of
them.
The Santa Fe cargo steamer Carlisle
City arrived from the Orient via San
Diego last night She was detained at
the latter port through having lett Homo
lulu without bill Of health. The matter.
was Strengthened out, however, and she
came on to this port.
There was some difficulty in docking
the British ship Metropolis at Union
street yesterday. 1t took three tugs to
get her over the bar that has silted up
at the entrance of the slip. Then there
was no trouble in getting her to her
berth.