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VOL. X
THE DALLES, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1897
NO 197
THE TREASURE SHIP
Portland Arrives From St.
Michaels.
LATEST NEWS FROM KLONDIKE
Provisions Scarce and StarTatlon Bound
to Come Terrible- Outlook for
Tboso in the Interior.
Pobt Angeles, Wash., Aug 28. The
steamer Portland arrived from St.
Michaels tonight. Captain Kidston re
ported a pleasant voyage, and explained
the delay of three days in reaching Port
Angeles by stating that a very serious
storm at St. Michaels delayed the dis
charge of his cargo.
. He laughed when told of the reports
that the Portland was carrying over
$2,000,000 in gold. As a matter of fact,
he said, there was only about $825,000 in
gold dust and nuggets on board his
vessel.
Up to the time he left St. Michaels he
had heard of no new gold fields.
Among the Portland's passengers from
St. Michaels is Timothy Bell, who has
with him $30,000 in gold which be dug
from a claim that cost $125.
William Ogilvie, Dominion surveyor,
eays the 600 claims now staked out will
yild $60,000,000.
From a uumber of the Portland's
crew it was learned that Captain Kidston
bad expected the Weare, one of the
company's boats, to come down the Yu
kon with about $1,000,000 worth of nug
gets and gold dust, but as she did not
arrive in time he decided to bring down
the treasure next trip.
The United States cutter Bear, it is
said, will guard the Portland on her
next trip from St. Michaels to Seattle.
As most miners . will make their clean
up by that time, it is expected the Port
land's cargo will be a very valuable one.
The returning miners say that the re
markably rich claims on Eldorado creek
will number 140. Mr. Ogilvie estimates
that, at the rate these 140 claims are
now producing, and considering the
ground yet to be worked, the amount in
the next ihree years will aggregate about
$70,000,000. To this must be added the
favorable poseibilities of pockets and de
yelopmeut of claims already found, but
not opened.
There have been other rich strikes on
Stewart river. Hunker, Henderson and
Indian creeks, but none of these are as
rich as the claims on Eldorado or Bo
nanza creeks.
Until the wonderful discoveries of
Kloudike were made, ground worth 10
cents to the pan, with two or three feet
of pay dirt, was considered very good for
the Yukon, and the miners made their
money with rockets and sluices. This
year the miners are passing entirely over
ground of this richness in their Bearch
for sand and gravel that will pay like
that of the Kloudike discoveries. ,
Up to date, none of the claims were
showing any signs of exhaustion, and
scarcely a dozen are more than well
opened. Every one has large areas of
ground to be worked.
One returning miner says it is impos
sible to make anything like an accurate
estimate of the probable yield of the
mines. The ground is not at all even in
richness, -and the worth of pay streaks
varies greatly.
The most important news from St.
Michaels is that the river steamers left
there two weeks ago for their last trip
np. It is sot certain they will reach
Dawson this fall, and the passengers
who left the Sound as early as July 25th
may only reach Circle City before navi
gation closes. This makes it certain
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Mbs. Potts, Taconia, Wash.
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that hundreds who left the Sound and
California since August 1st for St.
Michaels will winter there. At the beet
they can scarcely get started up the Yu
kon before it freezes Solid.
All vessels touching at St. Michaels
this summer have had difficulty keeping
their crews, who have caught the fever.
One schooner from Victoria was entirely
deserted by her crew, from captain to
cook, who started up the river for Klon
dike. The crew of the J. M. Col man tried to
desert, but the attempt was discovered
in tine, and, by a display . of firearms,
the men were compelled to remain.
The crew of the schooner Jewett and
the carpenter of the Sander were piped
off at St. Michaels, and departed for
Dawson.
Every vessel from St. Michaels has
come away short-handed. The Portland
lost several of her crew, but was able to
obtain men by paying high wages.
THE FORTLAND'S I'ASS ANGBIvS,
Thirteen Miners. Each With a Small
Part of His Stake.
Seattle. Aug. 29. With the arrival
of the tug Sea Lion at 2 :20 this (Sunday)
morning came authentic news of the
treasure-ship Portland. She was board
ed by press representatives, off Cape
Flattery at 1 p. m. yesterday, and the
run to this city was made in a little
more than thirteen hours. The Port
land brings back thirteen miners, each
of whom brings out a small part of his
stake. The total amount of gold on the
vessel is perhaps $400,000.
The Portland was delayed first by the
tailure of the P. B. Weare to arrive at
St. Michaels, and next by a storm on
the North Pacific ocean.
The miners on board, with the amount
of their stakes, are as follows :
J. Bo wan : .$50,000
Jim riell 45.000
Joe Goldsmith 35,000
JN. W. lowers 35,000
W. W. Caldwell 30,000
Win Oler 30,000
C. K. Zilley.... 25,000
f . W. Uobb 25,000
W. Zahn 15,000
A. Bucklev 10,000
G. S. Lansing 15,000
B. Farnham 1,000
M. R. Gamier 5,000
Of the above list, C. K. Zilly and F.
W. Cobb are old Seattle men. This is
Zilly 's second year in the Yukon. Last
year he was on the American side of the
line, and barely paid expenses. This
year he went to the Klondike, and now
owns claims No. 3 and 4 on Gold Bottom,
the richest prospect in his district. He
said to the Associated Press correspond
ent that the product of the Klondike
this year would probably reach $12,000,
000.
"Papa" Cobb, as he is familiarly
known was at one time a well-known
Harvard athlete. He wonld have un-
Don't
waste stamps. Save up
your Schilling's Best yellow
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Dack tea, at your grocer s.
Rules of contest published in la
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doubtedly been a member of the football
team that played against Yale and
Princeton, only, that he injured his
knee a few days before the first big game
and was put on the sick list. He ' has
been in the Yukon two years, . and will
now make a trip East.
Cobb says that last May gold was
found on a tributary of Indian river,
known as Damman creek. A big rush
of prospectors occurred, and claims were
located at every available point.
There was alho a rush to Henderson
creek, but the excitement soon died
down, as little gold was found.
S. P. Weston, of this city, made the
round trip on the Portland. He is con
vinced from conversation with the min
ers that there will be great suffering on
the Yukon this year. He declares the
unanimous opinion of miners is that
prospectors Bhould wait until next
spring.
There is any unmber of Seattle men
who have done well in the Klondike.
Alexander Ranke, Curley Munroe,
George Baker, Eddie Lewin, Fred
Brusset, I. D. CaBbel, Charles Kimball,
John Enckson, Stiles Nettleton, C. F.
Treat, John Lough and Ray Crawford
are among those who have pros
pered. Some of them, notably Erickson and
Brusset, count their wealth by hundreds
of thousands.
After making a stake, A. Buckley
comes out of the Yukon broken in
health. He holds the best claim on
Forty-Mile, and has been in that country
for five years. He insists that the
Klondike is not the only rich district,
and that American territory will pro
duce fully as much gold.
When the Canadian government sent
its aiounted police, under Captain Con-
stantine, into the Northwest territory,
it put them on the high road to fortune.
W. R. Gowlee is on the Portland with a
good stake. Fred Webster, D. Sinclair,
A. P. McKeller, R. Churchill, A. Pink
erton and J. Thornton all have claims
that will make them wealthy. A. Ward
baa $18,000 in sight, and L. Jenkins
cleaned up $15,000.
ine f ortlana arrived at her dock in
this city 3 :55 a. tn.
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St. Mary's academy for ladies, located
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the Sisters, is one of the best educational
institutions on the coast. The building
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Besides the regular studies, especial ef
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Oar Hold on Samoa.
New York, Aug. 28. A special from
Washington says :
Instructions have been issued bv the
state department to Luther W. Osborn,
of Nebraska, the cousul-general to Apia,
Samoa, which will form the basis for the
restoration of the influence of this coun
try in the Samoan islands.
Under the Cleveland administration
Samoa was abandoned to Germany and
Great Britain, and no attempt to live up
to the provisions of the tripartite agree
ment has since been made by this gov
ernment. President McKinley, how
ever, considers the islands well worth
holding to the limited extent provided
by the agreement, and his ideas on the
subject are embodied in the instructions
which Mr. Osborn will carry with him
to Apia.
It is probable that a United StaleB
warship will be sent to Apia to show
the Stars and Stripes and to let the
people of the islands understand that
this' government has not lost interest in
them.
Swept by a Hurricane.
Denver, Aug. 28. A special to the
News from Nogales, Ariz, says.
Advices from Gua'ymae state that
hnrricane visited the Gulf of California
and the lower Mexican coast on the 22d
inst., and that information of the dam'
age done is begining to arrive at that
port. At LasGuaymas, near the month
ot the Yaqui river, the region for miles
around was inundated, and the town
swept away. Three lives are reported
lost and great damage done to crops.
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hurricane was coming, and fears for her
safety are entertained. The storm has
prostrated the wires all along the coast,
and no particulars can be gathered. It
is feared that a number of vessels have
been lost.
Another Panama Scheme.
Paris, Aug. 28. Considerable interest
has been aroused in France over the re
port that an English syndicate has been
formed for the purpose of eecuring a
Panama concession with the intention of
finishing the Panama canal. The Brit
ish company is said to possess nnlimited
capital and to intend to push forward
the work of completing the waterway
with all possible dispatch.
Smuggling on the Inhmni.
New York, Aug. 18. A special to the
World from Colon says :
Cases of goods shipped here from the
United States will be opened to prevent
the smuggling of tobacco, the protective
duty on which is eo high that merchants
do not openly import it. The authori
ties have seized several cases marked
"lard" which contained tobacco.
The Invasion of Pern.
Lima, Peru, via Galveston. Aug. 28.
The reports that Colonel Pando, with a
force of Bolivians, has invaded the Peru
vian province of Sandia, proves upon in
vestigation to be correct. The number
of Colonel Pando'e followers is consider
ably exaggerated, howeyer. It is prob
able that the incident will be diplomat
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