The San Francisco call., 1899-09-16
SlXty-SeVen Men Arrive
at Wran gel.
TELL TALES OF HaRDsHlPs
BELIEVE CAPE NOME PLACERS
BUN OUT TO SEA
Sad Plight ot an Old Man Recently
Arrived in Seattle Who Is IN
able 10 Establish His
Identity.
sp=c,sl Dtzparca 70 The call.

SEATTLE. Sept 15.-The Scickeen River
steamer Scratlcoua arrived at Wrangel
On September u with stxty-seveu survt-
vors q TIE Edmonton trail. The major
tty Z them were without means Many
were suffering from he effects Of scurvy.
Their stories q hardship and suffering
endured n their eighteen months OF the
trail arc IL e similar strain 70 those
which have preceded them No new IA
ta-irtes are reported. L IS thought that
a. east seve1ty-tve prospectors are still
CT the trail They viii have 70 come
down the Stickeel II small boats Gs the
low stage ot water VIII prevent the
S--athcona from making another trip
This year On her last trip she was hung
Up On = san6bar I've days, eighty miles
above WrangeL
The list q the arrivals ~ Wrazgel fol
lows. 2. o. 'E-ieC. Vancouver. 3. c. s 9.
Ray, Nova Scotia. s. z. Parker. BCdgetOl.
y. J: c. 3. Parker. Brtdge1or. y. :;
Z Bell. CALGARY. J p NcGiU. Los Ange-
= L Lowe, Montana. J. g Burke Can
ada. ! NJ State. Quebec, T. ". Wells,
SS-e9-cs A n. H-i1, gaCz-a. 4 l. Mar
IN. Los angeles. 2 H Crane. Nova SEQ
ia, :. els, quebec " Ferguson. Can
ala, r Z Bowen Canada. A NJ Swift.
quebec; r Southwark Chicago. y. c.
Hanson, Calgary, \. BCoscol, New York
City, r Z, BeCsnaC. Los Angeles. 7.
Hutton, Vancouver, !. Holmes, Pliladei-
I2ia. W. Gi-Ees, ChicaEo. & Eei-narl,
winnipeg; h Best Chicago. Napol con
SEYMOUR, Montreal, :. T. Hayden, Nova
scotia; Louis Snyder. EdgertJu, No: J.
" DUR. Ohio, D. Staudeter. Los Augs-
les, ! :. Cox. Yarmouth, =. Grandiea1,
canada. =. Ryan. Winnipeg, J. Barrett.
lawson cry J. Mills Montreal, y. c
slrcEerts Spokane, " P. Borden, Cana
@, y. r LhompsoE- Canada. " Bel,
Toronto 4 !. knife, Wisconsin; J. y
E-iOC, Canada; W = Oliver. Edmonton;
". Barnet. Phiia 5elphia: \ Mccormick,
7 f.r| mi .z zf~-r-T "a @
! 2 Cole. Phtladelphta; q. 5 Mont
g1DS-E, california. ". ClapD. California,
S4sqt H AcLolald, Kansas; c. Deloria,
E---acelp mia, " E Davis Chicago: W
y laws. OElCazo- = SLODenal. Canada.
: " Burton. Utah; 2. Cu1nI1 Mani-o-
Er-Ice Edward Island, ;. LndsCron.
E---aSQs = b Kuhn Chicago, !. 3.
.5-7S2' 15-eago; \ r Brooke. Edmonton;
I,e, " oodslock, canada; 4. -
= E1Cs=1. Northwest Territory.
-E5 steamer Ak from Alaska today
brought down fOrty-sevsl OF these men.
About tyyo--h-r1s Of them left the steamer
q Port Townsend, whence they will 20 %
.aCl5-F5r % await money from the-r
Eastern homes
o r Southwark OF Chicago. who came
On . this city, said he and MS Two part
-=-s. Johnson and Palmer. LEFT Edmonton
March 9, IcSe, and have been travelling
country 10 Peace River and buil- 2 boat
and thence proceeded 70 Slave Lake and
On % Fort Simpson They laid over Two
months rli-ry--lye miles Below Hell Gate
ana then began -cboggal Journey.
finally reaching the Deass River country
and eventually G.eCoTz-
T. 2 Hz-1Ce-. The well-klOEC mining
man. who has Just returned from Cape
Nome z-ya1CeS the novel theory that Lne
god deposits extend out 70 sea IN sup
port ot -le theory hes6ys that two miners
placed q Cats=Cl ID feet from low tide
The Dirt which was taken out ran from
: 70 - cents Per saoveltuL Similar ex-
rsrIne1-s were tried a. z further dis
-a-ce from tide mark with better results.
Among the many unfortunate prospect
C-s that have returned from Alaska this
season : an old man who cannot tell who
ne : Or where he came from. There =
g clO- OF blood in his brain due 70 typhoid
fever. which has caused paralysis q
speech
The only words he can utter are an
t1dtsti1ct yes and no By the aid OF a
map i was learned that h came from
Cambridge Mass. \ man. who accom-
panied him from Dawson says his name
i something ike Fisk Efforts are BE-
ing made 70 establish the mans identity.
IFS limbs are also paCaIyzed-