The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-09-02
PROsPEUTORs LEAVING,
Before KlOndyke Winter Sets
In-Three Thousand VIII
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Starye.
Seattle. Wash, Sept. 1.-Two steamers
arrived from Alasloo today bringing about
500 miners fortunate and unfortunate. The
Laurada came from st. Michael and the
Humboldt from sixagway. The total
amount Of gold dust they broght Is estl-
mated at half million. The reports from
the Cape Nome district are stll conflict
ing but the fact remains that consider
able sold dust was brought fro mthere by
passengers on the Laurada.
The dust IL very fine ami has 70 be
amalgamated..
8. A. Warren and o. H. Roberts Of Den
yer brought out $4,000 from the Eagle
city district j Dickinson who has been
In the district for six years had 81 900
From ehe TSfondise come j. H. Iadd.
with S2oo00i f. McGrath with $4,000, and
Charles Anderson with $4,000 one stall
wart miner struggled toward the essay
office this morning with a sack Of dust
fifteen inches long and was asked where
he came from: Eagle City sir and that
on the American side and I'm an Ameri-
can miner ana don't forge tit
lie seemed TO take as much pride IN the
latter part OF his statement as ne did IN
his sack OF gold dust.
Many hard luck stories are also told.
T. S. Martin of Chicago lies in PrOvi-
dence hospital and his old partner, Thorn
as Craige is dead on the barren and in
hospitable shores Of the Kotzebue sound.
Martin went in TWO years ago and Is a
physical wreck. glad to have escaped
with his lie He says the terrors they
experienced were awful and cannot be.
described. He had to be helped of the La
rada and into and out OF the conveyance
by a friend named Kyle who took him 10
the hospital
Z. ]. Peterson Of Chicago who came
back ON the Laurada does not seem to be
mucn the worse of Cor hard long win
ter spent in the Kotzebue. III was the
onl one though out OF 81 who pitched
camp, that was able when the ice broke
ap 10 walk out on straight legs. said he
Peterson wintered about 265 miles up the
Kobuck river from the mission on Hood
um inlet.
MIKE Daily and Two frenchlnca are re-
ported to have died In the Koyukum coun-
try. Their bodies were found tlis spring.
Dr. Groves died in the Kcyukum coun-
try Of spinal meningitis
Bering sea was swept by a terrific wind
storm ON the 18th, 10Th and 2lst Of August
that made all shipping caught out n the
sea. a hard struggle to live The British
gunboat Pheasant. the United States cut
tens Bush and Cordan and the lAilrada
were al caught out and had "A hard time
40 live II out All escped however, but
uhe heasant host Two of her life boats,
which were smashed by heavy seas wash
ing her decks The huge waves that broke
over her piled down into tho fOrecasle,
driving every Jack tar 10 the different
parts OF the ship.
TWO HUNDRED PASSENGliHs.
/ Vancouver B. c. sept. 1-The Dlrgo ar
rived from Alaska today with 200 passen-
geia and gold dust estimated at a quarter
OF million. The biggest winner Is Barclay
OF North Dakota. with 500, 900. Among the
passengers were c. s. Coatesworth who
went In over the Edmonton route. He re-
ports that Dr. Mason of Chicago and 9th
ers who were sick with sourvy at Wind
city, got through safely.
Since the opening of navigation to th
passengers, 947l people have left Dawson
This aggregate does not include 1000 D.
800 men who fioated down the river &,
Cape Nome. t is estimated that there ar,
5000 broke" men In the Klondike who
must get out Of the eountr or become ob.
jects OF charity next winter
The telegraph line has reached point
ON the Klondike river. 150 miles south Ol
Dawson. The work Is being pushed al IA,
rate OF fvo miles a day.
The government Is building a wagOI
trail frCln Carfboa crossing 90 point be.
low White Horse rapids through Waltor
valley and around Thirty mile ryier. Thil
wHl lessen the distance on the Edmont )I
trail fully 100 miles
STORY or MURDER.
ST. Michael, Alaska. Aug. IA via Seatue
Sept 1.-The Investigation of the repOrte
murder of the members OF tho Jessi eek
petition by Indians at the mouth Of .h
= KuskOWan river last summer has begun
The revenue cutter COrwn, Capt. Her
ring left today for Nuniyald island wher
X. &. Marsten, a trader who says th
members OF the expedition were ma8aa
cred, will be taken on board. The COrWil
wiz then 80 20 the mouth OF the kusk1
wan and land an Investigating party. }
I ID expected the iEvestig CATION win last soy
/, seral days. II any evidence OF murder
I found the suspected nauyes VIII Do an
!, rested and taken 10 Sitl1a for trial.
[, An Incident occurred seYerd days a.,
. mat Strengthens the murder theory IN
n schooner BoWhear. Capt Cook reporte
2 That on July IS she put into Kusloowin ba
e yttn supplies for the Morayian mission 8
a Bethel. A small boat was launched an
q put ashore in charge OF the hrst mat
g and two men to secure help Il tighten ia
l. supplies ashore. Capt Cook waited tw
days Tor tho men 20 return. on the thir
day a gale caused him 30 put 10 sea. u
returned to the boat Two days aftorwal
and waited for his men without succ5s
Ilo then sailed for 81. Michael and lal
the matter before the revenue officers.
The small military Jail at this fort
almost filled with prisoners. They haS
all been remanded for trial at sltka Ga
fall. Among the prisoners are Hom'
B I'd OF New Orleans who shot and hlls
two companions last winter and an Ind d
named Azzusuk who killed Clarence BOZ
Martin Engbrechsten, pro- pec9t
whils sailing down the river tom DAVIS
in small boat with a companion nami
Tokelson was shot and killed BY an /
dian. The Indian was not apprehen6e
The murder was probably 20 RYengo a IA
cied wrong inflicted in the past by
white man.
A yerttable stampede has sot iu fro
This place to Cape Nome. no less than
employees OF tho Alaskan transportatl'
company leaving within the last few da
for the new dggings.