Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-11
MINER RETURNS
FROM THE YUKON
Suffered from Fever, Scurvy, Pneu-
monia and Dropsy'
NE COMES HOME TO DIE.
,, Of n GoId-Isunting Party
TslI. sad story Gold Dust
from the Far North

cattle. wash. July iO.-M Fleming
q, pbiladciphia. who arrived here TO-
si-st from Fort wrangcl Alaska on
~ steamer Resale. Is n mute Wit
s... Of the suffering Of prospeo,ors
IN, rushed to the yukon gold hclds
aver the Edmonton route. Mr.. Flom-
',g prosenta sad sight. being badly
bIoated with dropsy. lie has gone
through great physical and nca'al
,grsrIng. The successive attacks OF
ever scurvy. pneumonia and dropsy
have lsft him In critical condition
both physically and mentally. The
pbysieaI pain he cndurcs constantly
Ia 20 severe that Tor the past thirteen
DAYS hc has scarcely slept
After an his HunoringH IN the norm
Ne has returned 10 civilization to die'
Nn late hour tonight he was unable
in leave the steamer. His mental con-
dltion Ia such that he cannot teh
connected or succinct story OF hiH eN-
pefiaucca,
FTm hi. rambling sentences II is
learned that In February, 1898, he
startod for Dawson from Calgary with
a Marty uf fourteen which was made
no az calgary. THE parti had eighty
horses aud IL WIS capta,ncd by John
Mason. an old California; whom flem-
Ing formerly knew IN Colorado.
Mason was drowned In the Nelson
river. 4 bulgarian named valley was
accidentally shot and killed by a
Franchman at Hell Gate ON the lower
Lard river. Three others of the party
dIed nj Dense lake Of scurVy. Fleming
could not recall their names. neither
could he give the names of any fnem-
ber uf the party
The surviving members cut trail
for Coo miles through underhruHh. For
four months they lived on short rn.
lions. Nearly an their horses died and
much of their equipment was lost
From the moment the party started
out ON the tran their Huncfinga began.
They opened trail and bHdged
streams aud swampa for 600 miles. In
the latter part of october they lost
their outfits while floating down Lard
river In boat They procured another
boat that was also wrecked. For thir-
ty-siN hours they stood In the snow on
the bank ~ the river. unable 10 80
elthor way. on account Of high banks.
The thermometer stood ut % degrees
below zero. The party were badly
frozen.
When they reached Crow river they
again. Six % them went seven days
with only one cup Of tea between them.
and they KILLED and ate their last dog,
when they reached Denae lake Flcm-
ing became 80 ~ that he determined
10 return. Dropsy had set In and his
limbs were useless. His companions
procured "a horse for him, and with
great difficulty he rode ninety miles TO
Telegraph creek. From here he was
taken 10 Wfangol In a canoe.
Fleming does not know what viii be-
come OF the rest Of the party. Some OF
them. he thinks, viii come back ut
once. ns they can never get through 10
Dawson. He says he often passed men
dragging sick men ON sleds toward civ
illzatlon. The next steamer from
Wrangcl VIII. he thinks, bring q Lum-
bcr u sick
CAME FROM ALASKA.
Victoria. n. C.. July iO.-stcamer
queen arrived here tonight with 800
passengers. oNcursionists. returning
miners, from Dawson. some diHap-
sold varloualy estimated at from
yljO,00o TO 100000. The captain Is
authority for the latter amount, the
Passengers placing the treasure at al
most any sum between the two figures
given.
Among lNt McutNleft mon from
Dawson IL John Wilkinson, OF San
Francisco. who brings 200 pounds OF
gold dust from Eldorado and Bonanza.
=. T. Hill, AN expert from South Africa.
returned after making a Tying trip 20
Dawson lie brought out $4,000 In
dust
Charles V. Parker Of Toronto came
down on the verge Of death from con-
sumption and acurvy. He was trans
TERED 10 an ambulance and taken to
a steamer leaving for Vancouver to-
hlght' In an EFFORT to reach home before
he dies. Or, Mnthlldn Wallin Will &c.
company him ON his homewnrd Jour
hey Parker had an awful trip from
ihe Interior. arriving az Skaguny
broke, The passengers on the Queen
raised collection to pay his passage
Among the passengers are Hon. Y. u.
fayhe, son and daughter. Congress
man ana Mrs. Dnlzcll. Congressman
ana Mrs. HUI, Congressman and Mira.
y, w steele and Congressman John T..
ieatWole, who had made round tripa.
,ongrcssman Payne expresses himself
immensely delighted with the trip. He
says although he had not much time