The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 3, 1897, Page 1

LXXXIL— Y vouLuME FLEE FROM THREATENED STARVATION Returned Klondikers There Is More Gold at Dawson Than Grub. STORES . CEASE PROVISIONS. Hundreds Leaving Over the Inland Ttail, and | Those With Insufficient Food Are in Danger of Perishing This Winter. UNEATU, Avask4, Sept. 26 (by steam- Farallon to Seattle, Wash., O. news from Dawson C; au was" brought out ‘to-day by a’ pa: of three comporned. of L. F. b of West Superior, Wis.; W. H. Tucson, Ariz., and Louis” Lang Ysakima, Wasbh.: They fled from 1 thieatens in the Klon- territory, but will“rewurn -in_ the Mrs. -Geerish. went - inito the 1 a year ago la<t March and is’ re- g to West Superior to settie up the e of liis father, who died in tbe mean- Tue party came over the Dalton trail When they reached Chilcoot over the in pass of the same name they tarefooted ‘and ‘without a pound of ons. Their story is, in a few words, this date ke than grub. Klo 0. ar SAN FR 125. ANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1897--THIRTY-TWO PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS. Say TO SELL ANY hard to overcome. T have brought out a small sack of gold for my daughter, May. | It is from No. 13 Eldorado. She is 16 | years old, and when I lef: home I prom- | | ised her that if she gotinto the Normal | School by the time I returned I would | | bring her a little sack of gold. A letter | from her mother, which I received in June, | stated- ‘tbat sbe had jumped two grades yand is now in the Normul. She shall have the gold. - Here it is,”” said Mr. Geerish, i exbibiting a buckskin sack larger than an [ ink bottle full of coarse wold. + “‘Hundreds are trying to get out of the country by way of the river and St. Mi chael,” resumed the returned Klonaiker. i “Many wiil get to 8. Miccael, but1 am | afraid others will leave th-ir bones by the | way. Tyvhoid fever has started a grave- | yard -a1 Dawson. This comes from hard- re is more pold in the Mr. Geerish says | anvthing else, that Dawson is the only place on the face | ships and impoveristied blood as much as “Thers is no epidemic, but many have of the earth where gold is a drug on-the | died. There is also considerable dysen- market and food is at a premium. 1eft Dawson on Augast % The boats had not zot up the river at } that time :aid Geerish, “and il they sbould not get through there will be great privation and suffering in region. The stores of the two commercial comparies had stopped sell On the last day that provisions wers sold w lines of men a quarter of a mile long for their turn 10 get into the A few would be letin at a time. tuen filled only orders thathad issaed on them prior to that date. I icy of the companies is io he next boats get up on their They at there will b» any al starvation, but there witl surely be from lack of food. The boats the river from St. Michael. vy ice was running in the mber 28. It may form before hat date this year. Nobody can . Al we 100 pounds. We caught :almon in one 0 the creeks junning of Lake Hootchie-eye, and that helped saloug coasiderably. Thers is plenty of along that trail, and if the exodus ws the Daiton trail it need not suffer for food. Thorp party and another which nfrom Juneau a few weeks ago beat'le will not get through Soup lat 0 centsand fresh meat ac und in Daiwson. Three other met on the trail, will get all right. This meat will proba- Dal- ns, cartie trai througn bly sell at not less than $5a pound. ton leaves Dawson City to-day with a pack train. Hehad a thousand for passace, but could not £ll them. I thiuk he ebarges $500 per man. He will bring out about 100 men if he can get pro- visions to feed them. We ran out of grab on the latter part of the trip, but pur- chased enough at Dalton’s post, about a day’s travel back of the Chilcoot Pass, “Hundreds are coming over the inland trail. I do notsee how all can ever gzet throuch. They wiil be overtaken by win- terand with in<ufficient grub they muat starve. There 0 way out of it. People ow are ol losing a Thev are pushing through with all possibie haste, Evon yet we.| passed many on tue river eoing in ‘light,’ with only enoush grub to 'ast them fo D iwson. That is icidal. It is serf- destruction. Iam gt to you for the reason t peovle 1o kep out of spring. ‘‘Sometbhing quzht to be done to stop tkis mad rash1ato Dawson. Disappoint. ment will kill many men. T:ey haveno idea what they must facein order to find 1 to be able to 1alk bat I want te warn the country. until #old and hundreds will fail. However, 1he | Klondike is all thatit has been painted and more. There is gotd galore. in there, I have seen it lying around in sacks 1wo feet long. in But it ‘must be found; “There was & new sirike on Bulphur Creek in August a short time before we left. Men rushed up there with. not Kalf enough to eat. My partner and I resisioq the temptation and.1 am glad now we a:d, Iam now sureof enciight to eat and I have @ chance to make a Wwinning in there next year. Sulpbur Creek is about filty miles over the divide from Dawson. It was but little prospected and I expect to hear big things from it. The'trouble with all pre. vious prospecting in the Klondike is that they did not go deep.enough. They have experience to profit. on BSulphur Creek and they will go to the bottom to see what they nave got. Dominion Creek was an- otner stream'thai showed up well. Some Kuy good claims were located there in une. “The Klondike has not been exagger- ated. byt the hardships to get there are the Klondike | 2 provisions. | e up the provisions | applications | tery and -ome scurvy. They have sarsa- parilla and other medicine to fizht scurvy with. “Bill Teg-ett rocked out $45,000 in | thirty days from his. cizim oa the El Do- | rado vefore Lieft. - He Liardly had a doliar before in his lite. Thatis oniy the scum | of his claim. “The overiand newspaper parlies have | reache Dawson. Newspapers =ell at $1a | copy inDiwson. Reports that Klondikers | | are being treld up on the river for their pro- | visions are not true. We saw none of it, but unless the river boats get through all | provisions are lable to be seized and divided up. No man’s stake will beex- empt if this'should be decided upon, Last winter there was a scarcity of grub at Circle City and al' the grub was appro- priated and divided equslly. The boats | did not get up the river. [ “What are the opportunities for ladies | in Dawson?" was asked. | A woman’s best claim in there is a | marriage. ~ The ladies are scarce. All | who bave gone 1n there are doing well. | Swift Water Bill agreed to give his wife $10,000 a month, and he hasdone so. Any | woman can get married at Dawson as | soon as'she wants to, and if she will use | a little sense she can marry a man with | money. If she is good looking she will | have suitors by the score. 1 expect to | bear of more rich strikes in the Kiondike | this winter. Keep away from the Klon- | dike now. If you are going start in the spring and take plenty of grub; it will be worth neariy its weight in gold by March. That is my advic=.” Har HoFrMax. s st VAST WEALTH THERE. But Hundreds Will Leave the Klon- dike to Escape Starvation in the Winter. JUNEAU, Araska, Sept. 25 (by steam- { ship Farallon 1o Seattle, Wash., Oct. 2).— Fred Hoyt, the Yukon maii-carrier, and a companion arrived here three aays azo from Dawson City, They leit Dawson on August 15 and came over the Daiton or Chilcat trail. Henry Bratnober, a confi- dential azent of the Rothschilds and be- lieved al<o to be a representalive of the London Exploration Company, c:me out with them., Mr. Bratnober lert to-night on the Farallon on his way to London. He said to Colonel Lamb-th of Helena, Mont., a millionaire mining man, who is also hiere: *Colonel, you ana I have seen some wonder ul countries and some won- | derful ‘mines, but we haven’t seen any- thing that can bs compared with the Klondike.”” . He deciined to be inter- viewed, but that express on is a summary of what he thinks of the K ondike. It is understood that he succeeded in purchas- ing aninterest in several EI Dorado and Bonanza claims. Mai-carrier Hoyt says that owing to the scarcity ol provisions the season’s output | of wold will fall far short of what it would {'b2 if men’could be pu’ to work todo the winter thawing and drifiing. He saysif { the grib shortage had not happened the ouiput from the Kiondike placers wou!d tigure in the close neighvorhood of $20,- 1000,00). It is now impossible to buv a ¢laim for any sum less than the real value that the ground contains, Considerable atterition is being paid’ to quartz, but owing to the nature of the couulry pros- pecting is exceedingly -difficuit. Reports | of new discoveries on Stewart .River that | are very rich are now corroborate and Hoy: said nobody was known who could teli where they were located. He says that as many men will leave Dawson as can possibly get away and- that at Jeast | half of them will come out by the over- 1ind trails to Juneau. He says that there is bound to b2 much suffering on the way out and some deaths from siarvation. Bupplies are exceedingly short and the slores have stopped selling provisions. Only three letters for Juneau parties P AR ettt £ S AR R e RS Continued on Second Page. UNITED STATES SENATOR STEPHEN M. WHITE, Who Writes an Exclusive Statement for “ The Cali” Telling Why He Cpposes the Annexation of Hawaii. BERTHA BEST AFTER STOMP Creates a Scene at the Agent’s Office and is Arrested. Sequel to a Transaction That Occurred Here Several Years Ago. The Woman Had a Mania to Ba Married, and Once Took a Min- Ister to S'ump’s Hou e. NEW YORK, N."Y. ‘Oct. 2.—Mrs Bertba Best, a middle-aged woman of San Francisco, created a scene in Irwin C. Stump’s office in the' Mills building on Broad street this afternoon. She rushed in and crie “Where is that man Stump?’ Sconchin Maloney had ' been did not see the woman. to the Jonnson building, where he souznt security in the office of a friend. kill you,” Mrs. Best said to Maloney.” He finally pushed her out. “I'll notleave this building till [ attend to my business, Stump knows what I want, and if he don’t give it he'll get the worst of it,” the woman said. It was learned that Mrs. Bestcame from 3an Francisco three ‘months ago. Since that time she has persistently annoyed Stump, going to his office almost daily, at one time demending that he marry her. It was explained that many years ago Stump knew the woman in San Fran- cisco. For ten years he lost track of her. In the interval he had married. For the past three months the woman has been calling at Stump’s house and his office, even is- tercepting him on the street. She re- fused 10 believe that Stump was murried. Last week Stump lost all patience with the woman. One duy when she called at his office he took her by the arm and showed her to the door. The next day che appeared before Magistrate Hedges, from whom she secured a summons jor Stump, charging bim with assaulr. When the case was heard the magistirate immediatety dismissed it. Mrs Best called on Elliot F. Danforth, chairman of the Democratic State Committer, and asked him to heip her. Belore she left sie flours ed arevolver at him. A detective was seni to Stump’s office from police headquarters. Afterward a policeman was sent. The officers started to remove her. She screamed and fougu1, Finally they took her to the old slip sta- tion. Afterwara Stump went to the sta- tion and charged her at firs: with hreats again-t his life, but changed it to raising a disturbance in bis office. The woman repealedly asked Mr. Stamp, “Why did youdo this?" The sergeant ordered that all complaining witnesses bein the Tombs Police Court to-morrow morning at 8:30 | o'clock. On his way to his office Stump said: “I bave known this woman about four or five years. I bad charge of settling ap the affairs of a firm of stockbrokersat San Francisco, which falled about that time. Among the creditors was this woman. The amount going 1o her was small, but like many women she felt anxious about the dividend and visited my office fre- quently—much more than was neces-ary. “Ever since that time she annoyed me standing guard outside, but it seems he | Stump escaped | | “If you don’t tuke your hand off me I'1i | ' more or less, but her conduct did not take a violent turn until recently when she came East. 1have been here about two |-years. On Augusi27 la-t she wrote me a | note asking for money. I wrote to her. | politely tellingher 1 had nc money for her, “One night she came out to. my house with a minister wiom she had in- duced to believe that I wus her prospect- ive biidegroom. The minister evidently came in good faith, thinking that his services were wanted, but when he found I was already married be leit. The Best woman wanted to tell my wife that 1 was not legally married, and in varions wavs iried to make a sccne, and did make it very unpleasant. “‘Her object was self-evident. ButI am not the man o be pulled by the nose, and L ordered her out of the house. ! *I informed Insrector Brooks of the case, and be has been engaged in look- ing up the woman’s record. I did not wish to take any legal action against ber, but when I learned that she had threai- ened my life I determined to puta stop to her visits, even at the cost of publicity following an arrest. The woman was a dressmaker in 8an Francisco. “Her former husband was, I think, a cigar-maker. She got a divorce, I believe, | in San Francisco nine years ago. From the report made to me by a detective agency-of that city I learned that she was born in Maumee, Ohio, foriy-five yedrs ago” Mr. Stump, since coming from Califor- nia, has been the confidential agent of | James B. Hagein and oiher California millionaires. 5 B.THERED BY iHE BOWES, Experts for the Defense of Luetgert Contradict Each Gther on Cross- Examination. CHICAGO, Irn., Oct. 2—The close 'of the sixth week of the celebrated trial of Adolph Luetgert for the allezed murder of his wile showed the case far from com- pleted. The consensus of opinion at the close of the week t afternoon by close observers of the tral since the cpening was that the prosecution had the beiter of the argument as 10 bones. Experts for the defense had contradicted cach other other on crogs-examination. To-day Dr. Mariliat added to the confusion of the defense by in.entifyine a. hog femur in & mannér in d rect conflict with ihe, identificatios of Dr. Allport oi the same bone on Friday. Dr. Allport said tbe tone in evidence wa the unper or hip joint vor ion of the femar. Dr. Marillat testified positively that the bone was the lower end of the temur. r Eckles, iistructor of anatomy and poysiolozy in the Colleze of Physi- cians and Surgeons, the Northwestern University and the University of Illinois, wax called by the defense th's afternogn. He created some surprise by po-itively asserting that he could not pussibly iden- tity or place ‘ome of the bones in evi- dence, as ‘it would be tne most extrava- gant speculation 1o attempt to do so.”” Ssigrw LT i SALVATICN ABMY CGLOMY. Commander Booth-Tucker Feady to Cecupy Land in Konterey County. CHICAGO, Iun., Oct. 2—Commander Booth-Tucker of the Salvation Army ar- rived in Chicago this morning frrom the West and leit in the afternoon for New York. He bas made a trip through Cali- fornia and Colorado in the interest of the colonization scheme and is very hopetul of its success. The commander says he expecits to place 300 people from San Fran- cisco on & tract of land in Monterey Coun'y, which will be subdivided inio tracts of five and ten acres. Oplions bave also been secured on land in Arkan Valley, Colorado, and he will soon locate colontes there. Commander Booth-Tucker believes the farming of five and ten ascre tracts will prove the salvation of this country. P ARRANGING THE COMING SALE P SUETTLE R H'oadley Confers with McKenna on the Union Pacific. It Is Learned the Reorganiza- tion Committee Will Be the Only Bidder. Plans for Easy Payments In Order Not to Disturb the Money Market. WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 2.—Ex-Gov- ernor’ Hoadley, counsel for the United States in the matter ot the Union Pacific foreclosure sale, spent several hours to- day. in close conference with Attorney- @eneral McKenna arraneing the details of the sale on November1 and the subse- quent transfer of the government’s inter- est in the property to the highest bidder. Both the Attorney-General and Hoad- ley were reticent regarding what further concessions had been made by the reor- ganization committes, but it is under- stood from perfectly tiustworthy sources that the committee has acceded to the Governmeut’s contention that its lien on the Union Pacific road includes the Omabha bridge, and that it has increased its cash bid 50 as to'make the entire con- cession approximately $5,000,000.- This would make their guarantee offer for the properiy, including the fund now in the treasury, about $50,000,000. So far as can be learued the reorganiza- tion committee will be the only bidder at the sale, and in ail probability the trans- fer will be consummated by the payment vf the purchase price by December 1, or very soon thereatier. Treasury offic:als recognize the fact that the withdrawa! from circulation of $45,- 000,000 in cash at one time might havea very serious effect in the money market, and 'n consequance are devising a plan by which the force of the shock may be re- duced to the minimum. No determination of the question has yet been reached, bu: it seems probable that a least §30,000.000 of the amount may be placed on deposit with Government de- pository bank: unul Jjanuary 1, when it will be needed for the redemution of the 6 ver cent subsidy bonds maturing on that date. The remainder of the purchase money, it is thought, may b: safely tran.- ercred to the trea-ury. CHICAGO, Iin, Oct. 2.—The corre- spondént of the Post at Washington tele- graphs tkat a high treasury official, who has intimale knowledge of Union Pacific matters, suid thisafternoon that he would not Le surprised if the settlement of dis- puted points arising out of the expendi. ture of something like $2,000 0CO from the Uriion Pacific earnings for the subsily of a Pacific Coast line of steamboats would be included in the $4000,000 additional received by the transaction. In other words that the purchasers of the property would make this subsidy item partof t e $4,000,000 extra which th«y would give for the road. By adopting this course the Union Pacific would head off the pro- posed attack next winter of Harris of Kansas, Pettizrew of South Dakota and others. 2. —_— Max Horwitz Is Dead. BERLIN, GerMany, October 2.—Max Horwitz, the weil-known writer, is dead. WHY WHITE IS AGAINST ANNEXATION In a Signed Statement the Senator Expresses Some Terse Views. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OF NO USE TO THIS COUNTRY. “ We Cannot Make It Easier to Protect Ourselves by Acquiring Other Territory Which Needs Protection,” Says the Statesman. N continuation of its series of papers from eminent statesmen on questians of [ current interest, THE CALL publishes this morninz a statement of ‘the views of Senator White on the proposed annexation of Hawaii. The Senatoris familiar with all phases of this issuz and thoroughly. understands its relations tothe inter- ests of California and those of the United States generallv. No man in public life is better fitted to pronounce judgment on this matter, and therefore his lucid state- ments of the subject can b2 read with interest and profit even by those who may not agree with his conclusions. The Senator evades no issue of the problem. He deals clearly and forcibly with every point that it presents and discusses with an equal directness its relations to questions of national defense, commercial advantage, territorial expansion, the welfare of labor, the political problems that would be raissd by the addition of so many per- | sons of an alien race to our voting population, and, finally, the moral issue involved in the forcible subjection to our rule of a peaceable and friendly people, who so far from doing us harm have, on the contrary, shown a most cordial welcome to all immediate politics or the day. be settled by Conzress. It is impossible for me at this time to | enter elaborately into the Hawsiian situa- tion. I expressed my opinions briefly in an article in the August Forum, and'duor- | ing the coming session I anticipate par- ticipating quite fully in the discussion | which will attend the consideration of the | pending treaty. I have no objection, however, to stating in a general way some of the grounds upon which I stand. Perhaps I ought to say that I have been always very definite as to my impressions | ic this regard, and my conciusions are ! thoroughly understood. I(ppose aunexa- | tion because the carrying out of such a | poliey will not resuit in benefit to the | peorle of the United States. I concede that'a limited number of individuals will profit by the ratification of the proposed | ireaiy. The gentlemen who will make substantial gains are among tne most estimable citizens of the United States, and 1 would rejoice at their prosperity, but I do not feel ju-tified in yielding my | convictions of public duty tuhat persons for whom I have respect may become wealthy. It is urged that the posses-ion of the Hawasiian Islands is necessary for pur- poses of national defense. I have always | regarded this claim as absurd. In order | 10 protect our cossts we need that which | we do not now possess—adcquate forti- | fications and numerous war vessels thor- oughly equipped. When the large guns | now in process of construction are located according to the present plan at San Fran- cisco and San Diego, those cities will be tolerably guarded; but the rest of our ocean front will be at the mercy of the enemy. How can it aid the Pacific Coast | to fortify islands 2000 miles from our shores? We cannot make it easier 10 pro- tect ourselves by acquiring other territory which needs protection. | 1f we take the islands we shouid defend | them. Such, at all events, is the theory of those who advocate annexation. Every now and then some one announces that England or Japan intends to intervene. Two or three days =go oue of our admi rals declared that Jupan would undoubt- | edly attempt to prevent annexation. These and kindred announcements are daily published for the benerit of those | who are easily deceived. There will be no opposition to annexation from Japan or | England or any other country. The most ardent opponents of annexation are the people of the Sandwich lslands. Hono- lulu is about 3500 miles from Japan. We have for years notified the world that we intend to preserve Hawaiian autonomy, | and our wishes in thatregard have aiways | been respected and are specially conceded by England and by Japan. The only con- troversy to which Japan is a party is with reference to compensation to which she claims she is eniitiea on account of trans. actions not necessary here to enumerate, | This controversy will, no doubt. be set- | tled in a1amicable manner. I might add that England does not want Honolu!u for | foriification purpose , as her magnificent | establi-hment at E-quimalt is nearer | home and is closer 10 the path of Asiatic | commerce and fuliv answers all her needs. | It is no! generally known that the usual | sailing route frem San Francisco to Asia does not bring commeice any wirere in (he | neighbor ood of Honoluiu. Do we need the islands for commercial reasons? Plainly not. Our proximity is such that the trade must continue to be as it has | been with the Uniled States, unless, in- deed, discriminating impositions are levied, which no one bere desires. While many well-informed persons believe that the prevailing treaty gives Hawaii too Americans who have visited their islands either for business or pleasure. This article is one of the most timely of the series. had published heretofore from Speaker Reed, ex-Secretary Carlisle and the Hon. W. J. Bryan were largely of a speculative nature and dealt with questions outside of the Senator’s White’s paper treats of an issue soon to Hawaiian annexation is practical politics, and all who are interested in th= larger questions of national affairs will find instruction in reading this presentation of it by one of the ablest of the younger leaders of the Senate. Those which THE CALL many ‘advantages we all concede that commercial arrangements should be made which will result in bringing the Ha- wailan {rade to the Uuited States. There is no difficulty about this. We can there- fore have all the advantages of Hawaiian commerce without the burden of govern- ment. We are also told that tne climatic ad- vauntages of that part of the world are great and that the seductive Lreezas and other aminble surroundings make an- nexation desirable. To t it must be answered that those in search of pleasures of this kind can obtain them ascheaply without as with annexation. Nonational advantage is thus presented. 1t has also been hinted that annexation will be very beneficial to the, cause of iabor. I take no stock in this claim. The man who believes the Hawaiian planter will pay higher wages merely because we have absorbed the country is not very conversant with the infirmities of human nature. Without going into the makeup of the povulation in general, it is enough to say that there are betweea 20,000 and 125,000 Chinese and a greater number of | Japanes: in the islands working at rates h can never ex- aad performing labor w cite the envy ITCHING SKIN . DISEASES SPrEDY CURE TRRATMENT for torturing, disfig. uring, itching, burning, and scaly skin and sealp iscases vith joss of b arm baghis with CU- TIOURA SOAP, gentie applications of CUTICUBA (ointment), and fuil dos's of CUTICURA REsoLe VENT, grealest of blood purifiers and humor cures. (Uticura ghout the world. Porrzs Prape., Boston. vG & Crmy. Coxe.. 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