The record-union., 1899-09-02
Some Of the Returning Prospectors Were
Fortunate in the Northwest Territory.
While Others Were Glad to Get
Back AIive-Reports From the
Cape Nome District Still Con-
flicting The Two Vessels
Brought Down About Half a
Million Dollars Worth of Gold
Dust.

SEATTLE, Sept. 1.-Two steamers
arrived from Alaska to-day, bringing
about 500 miners, fortunate and unfor-
tunate The Laurada came from ST.
Michael and the Humboldt from
Skaguay. The total amount of gold
dust they brought down is estimated at
half a million.
The reports from the Cape Nome
district are still conflicting. S. M. War
rem and H. O. Roberts Of Denver
brought out $4,000 from the Eagle
City district j. Dickinson, who has
been in that district six years, had
$25,000.
From the Klondike, come j. H. Ladd
with $4,000, E. McGrath with So0,0Oo
and Charley Anderson with S4O,OoO.
Many hard luck stories are also told.
T. C. Martin of Chicago lies in Prov1-
dence Hospital, and his old partner,
Thomas Cragie of the same place, is
dead on the barren and inhospltable
shore of Kotzebue Sound. Martin went
in two years ago, and is physical
wreck glad to have escaped with his
life.
P. J. Peterson of Chicago who came
back on the Laurada, said he had an
iron constitution, and does not seem to
be much the worse off for hard win
ter spent in the Kotzebue country. L
was the only one through, out of thirty
one who pitched camp, that was able
when the ice broke up to walk out on
straight legs"
Peterson wintered about 265 miles up
the Kobuck River from the Mission, on
Hoodum Inlet.
DR.. Graves of Redding, Cal, died in
the Koyukuk country Of spinal menin-
gifts.
Behring Sea was swept by q terrific
wind storm on the 10Th, 10th and list
of August, that made all shipping
caught out in it struggle hard to live
The British gunboat Pheasant, the
United States cutters Rush and Cor
win and the Laurada were caught out,
and had a hard time to live it out. All
escaped, however, but the Pheasant
lost two of her lifeboats, which were
smashed by heavy seas washing her
decks. The Rush and the Pheasant,
after the storm, put into Dutch Har-
Dor, where the Laurada saw them.
MURDER OF THE JESSIE EXPEDI-
TION.
ST. MICHAEL (Alaska), Aug. IA (via
Seattle, Sept. D.-The investigation of
the reported murder of the members of
the Jessie expedition by Indians at the
mouth of the Kuskowim River last
summer has begun. The revenue cut
ter Corwin, Captain Herring, left to-
day for Nunivak Island, where r. G.
Marsten a, trader who says the mem
bers of the expedition were massacred,
will be taken aboard. The Corwin will
then go to the mouth of the Kuskowim
and land an investigating party which
besides members of the crew will in
clude United States District Judge
Johnson. 1t is expected the investiga-
ton will last several days.
The small military jail at this fort is
almost filled with prisoners They
have all been remanded for trial at
Sitka this fall. 4
Another murder is reported to have
taken place early in July near Ham
ilton on the Yukon River.
Martin Engbrechsten, a prospector,
while sailing down the river from Daw-
son in a small boat with a companion
named Tokelson, was shot and killed by
an Indian in a canoe. The Indian has
not been apprehended. The murder was
inflicted in the past by a white man.
A veritabIe stampede has set in from
this place to Cape Nome, not less than
fifty employees of the Alaska CONNER
ciaI Company and Northern American
Transportation and Trading Company
leaving within the past few days for
the new diggings. The men, many Of
whom have been working for salaries
ranging from $50 to $75 a month have
been crazed by the reports recently
over from Anvil City by returning min
ers, every one of whom is loaded down
with beach gold. Added to this is the
demand made upon the trading COM
panies for quicksilver, copper plate,
cynaide and other articles used in rock
ing Money is no object in the purchase
of these articles and it is not an un-
common occurrence to see men offer So
a pound for quicksilver and as much for
copper plate.
THE DIRIGO ARRIVES.
VANCOUVER (B. C), Sept. 1.-The
Dirigo arrived from Alaska to-day with
200 passengers and gold dust estimated
at S250,000. The biggest winner is
Barclay of North Dakota with $780,
600 Among the passengers was C. S.
monton route. He reports that Dr. Ma
son of Chicago and others who were
sick with scurvy at Wind City had got
through safely.
Since the opening of navigation, ac-
cording to passenger lists, 9,447 people
have left Dawson, and 1850 have ar
rived there. This aggregation does not
include 1000 or 1,500 men who floated
down the river to Cane Nome TT is es
timated that there are 5000 "broke'
men in the klondike who must get out
of the country or become objects of
charity next winter.
The Government is building a wagon
trail from Caribou Crossing to a point
below White Horse Rapids through
Watson Valley and around Thirty Mile
River This will lessen the distance on
the winter trail fully 100 miles.
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