The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-09
TWO STEAMERS FROM NOME.
Charles Nelson Brings Advioes
Up to June 25.
THE skooKUM REACHES PORT.
Arrived IT Her Destination in Safe
~ june 27-Indians at Cape York
Turn Pirates and Loot Dark
Northern Light-Eavorable Re-
ports From Great Gold Camp
The Centennial Also Returns.

ports From Great Cold camp
Tho Centennial Also Returns.
Two steamers. the Charles Nelson.
Capt. Anderson, and the Centennial, Capt.
Eagles, arrived from Nome. and two
others, the Senator and Aberdeen.
sailed for that destination yesterday
From Lynn canal came the steamer Rosa
lie. and In the evening the Humboldt left
for Skagway. Yesterday was. in fact,
vsrHable Alaska day on the water front
which has not presented 80 lively and
animated an appearance since the clos
ing days OF May, when the Nome rush
was at its height. Idlers were out In
force and were kept busy between the
various vessels going and coming. The
Mono steamer Robert Dollar Will san
early this morning on her second voyage
The Nelson brought the latest Nome
adyfces She sailed from Nome City June
2s coming by way OF Cape York and
Dutch harbor for Seattle. Leaving York
June n. she made Dutch harbor, where
she coaIed. departing from that port
July 1.
Three passengers. f. L. Fielder, DR..
A. II. Smith and man named Ward
came on the Nelson. They were but
few days at Nome. Mr.. Fielder is n resi-
dent Of Terre Haute. Ind. He went to
Nome on the Cleveland. and returned to
purchase machinery and supplies. Dr.
Smith took passage on the bark Northern
Light. He. too. expects to return to
the district,
Mr.. Fielder Is an intelligent and OBJ
serving man. He says that the Nome
district. In his belief. is just as good as
II has been represented.
work Plenty in Camp.
II consider Nome" he said. "a splen-
did camp for the poor man. Any one
who wishes work can ind II there. The
district r. undoubtedly rich in gold I
took walk up Penny river. where I
found many men digging gold. They had
only the orudest appliances. but with
these they were washing out from "a
10 $40 day TO the man. The average.
] should say, was not under sl2. And such
old rickety rockers as many OF them
were using!
Il heard good reports as TO mining
everywhere. or course there are going
20 be many failures In Nome, but It win
not be tho fault of the camp. Whisky
and innumerable other temptations will
be the undoing OF many a man. saw
hundreds ioafing around saloons and gam
bling houses. men who In this state would
not think OF going TO such places. They
20 up there and get discouraged, won't
work, and drift into the srog shops and
tell OF their fate.
"On the beach offered men 80 an hour
20 handle freight. and many of them
laughed at me. They were not apparently
working on their own account and did
not seem to want to labor for any one
else"
Tho Nelson's officers report great activ-
ity at Cape York. Several hundred men
were mining In the district. They had
not been long at the work. as the dis
trict was moro backward than Nome.
stili all appeared satisfied with the out
look.
The quarantinsd steamship Ohio ar
rived at Nome a few hours before tho
Centennial sailed. June %. at . p. IN.
She had begun diseharging before the
Centennial put TO sea. Her officers stated
that the Santa Ana, which was tied up
Mt Egg island with the Ohio. was sx-
pscted TO be- released from quarantine
June 70.
nsrEs Skookum At Nome.
Steamship Garonne reached Nome June
q. and the barge Skokum June IS. In
tow Of the tug Richard Holyoke.
purs.r ". O. Macdonald. OF the Cen
tennial. noted the following vessels at
Nome the day his vessel sailed. Victoria,
Ohio. Rainier. Dispatch. Signal. Albion,
Wheeling. Seward. Thrasher, c. u. Lane.
Noyo. Edith. Aiiihu Thomson. seauoia,
faralion and Winslow.
The steamers san Juan and San Jose
had gone 20 St Michael
Tho Albatross, Rush. Patterson, I.akme
Nome City and ST. Paul were at Dutch
harbor when the Centennial sailed from
that port June 50 The Nome City lost
two propeller blades In tho Bering sea
Ice.
ter. left Dutch harbor June 30 for Nome.
Early the morning ~ June d the Cen
teaniai met the steam schooner Ncwsboy
sixty miles south OF Nome.
The barge skookum made the trip In
good shape. and her steam launch, the
Hoot-Mon. was doing n great business
IN Nome harbor when the Centennial
sailed
on Cape RomAnRor the Centennial
found untold quantities OF broken Ice
but II was OF such character as NOT
60 endRnser navigation.
Tho Centennial sailed for Nome MAY 81
with Ss passengers and nfteen stow
Always. arriving June Is She was just q
week an dtscharsinE and making ready 20
sa4i Returning she had nlno passengers.
as follows, lehn ReSeae. John Book
William Carroll. H. l.. Gr,ndie, r. Ab-
totL II. T. Gotter. W. T. Holman. f..
Walter and John Morrow.
sceae. on the Reach.
Mr. Roscne Il president % the NORTH
western Commercial Company which op-
crates the Centennial lie said
III Is great sight 60 so Nome IN It's
pFeseut stale. E-oF i've miles up anI
down the water front who're last yeAr
there WAS 30 much mining the ground
g. sfrvwn with outhts nna general rfer-
chRnd'sS Beach mining in that locality
vas ont - the question when we left
The goods are piled Down Co the water .
edge onn could not get standing rocua.
mueh less eh0ugh yunw g. dis for sold.
"a " 81 80
removed. and presume thar their places