The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 30, 1900, Page 1

Tall, SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ZEALANDIA BRINGS FIRST NEWS OF CAPE NOME GOLD HUNTERS Might Is Right on the INorthern Beaclhh and Shooting Affrays Are of Frequent Occurrence. Dot 0000000000000 000000t0e0+0s0tIt0GeO+0+0+0+0+-0+020 . . : ® . 4| | . +! ¢ + > 3 § ‘ ¢ * pS * > 4 P 6 - * ® @ * * b ¢ + b 2 < . ® 3 - * ¢ ol . + 1 ® | s 3 . 3! ® 3l . 4! < ®§ | ® L4 * - i e ¢ ® * ¢ + of the GOLDFIELDS. RS, HARRY CLARK wes the heroine of Nome and the aa- jacent _ goldfields - when the Zealandla was there. She stood guward ‘over her hus- band's town loth while he wae working his beach claims and when provisions ran short She made-trips of 190 miles alone to bring’ back supplies. Mrs. Clark is the wife of Harry Clark, the former swimming igstructor of the Olymple Club, and sister-in-law of Dr. Waverly Clark of the Zealandia. She and her husband haye a host of friends in San Francisco and the news of her adventures will come as a surprise to them. “Might is tight” ‘in Nome at the present tinie and whatever a man holds he has to defénd. Harry Clark owns some valuable lots in Anv/l City and many & timeuMrs. Clark has had to drive would-be squatters away at the point of a slivtgun. During the win- ter the stock of provisions ran very low at Neme and it became & question of either Clark or his wife going to Norten Bay for a fresh snpply. Mrs. Clark decided that her husband would make & batter guard than she, so she harnessed the ‘dogs to the sied and drove alone ever 190 miles of ice and snow to Norton There she se- cured her supyiies and then drove home agaln. Three times during the winter she made the trin and on each occa- sion brought home a string of ptarmi- gan which she had brought down With her shotgun. Fvery night she made her camp in the snow and with her dogs curled np sround her slept with- out thought of danger. The accompany- ing cut shows Mr. and Mrs. Clark at work ongthelr claim behind their cabin. The largest pugget found In Nome @ Out of that hole and Dr. Wa- verly Clark brgught it down with him as & souvenir. [ Rassssssacassssnssasanad ] B S L R S L S R S ST STe TS YE TS ee e AR e R et e R e e R e e g 00000“00*00¢H60#0 e S e e R R g ’ : : THE HEROINE:|Tales of Marvelous Finds in the Topkuk Diggings Sixty Miles South of the Cape. B n e o o S o S e e SR S e e THE CLARK CLAIM, WHERE THE BIGGEST NOME & laska she had still twelve tons of coal in | was also liberally praised, and the Mid-| her bunkers. | Ocean Message, printed on board, said of | The Zealandia made a splendid run from | him: “He deserves the generous thanks | Nome to San Francisco. On the way north | of the passengers. The task of feeding the the Ohlo and some of the cracks tried con- | crowd has been a great one, and had it b i e 3 r AN Y OTT > ain of the Bk sald all he wanted was | clusions with her, but she beat them all 'not been for him some of us would have AKING HER WAY THROUGH THE ICE. four tons of coal. This the San Pedro re. | into Dutch Harbor and was coaled and | gone hungry. . o L2 R il A e B ¢ | fused to give, and when the request was | away eight days before the Ohlo. Captain | There was only one row on the steamer | Do o0 0i0ieieitiedsittstsierdetsrdedsdsittstsdsd s+ e640 cut down to half-a ton it also was -met | Dowdell was presented with a flattering | during the passage, and that was when = Ik and found her out | with a curt refusal. The EIk then decided [ testimonial by the passengers. It is sigred | two gamblers began quarreling. Guns > s made to take her | to sail in, and five days later made Dutch | by 200 of the Zold hunters who went north | were drawn and shots fired while the ves- % 9 b 1 assengers and crew aboard, but the cap- | Harber, When the San Pedro made Una- | en the Zealandia. Chief Steward James | sel was at Dutch Harbor, but no one was | roug 4 i hurt. The men were put In irons, but es- 2 t a 5 e SEr | caped’ while the vessel lay at anchor off ! Y | Nome. The mail for Dawson, Unalaska, St. 14 1 . Michael, Nome and Yukon River points n g xS i | | will leave on the steamer Portland to-da: wis, two_nartmers, one of | ones nt. Top- | een them. %0 apiece | among s ot about $37.000 bef Irishmen, wh HANGHAI, June 20.—It is reported here that the United States battle- ship Oregon is ashore on the island of Hoo Kie, in the Miao Tao group, about fifty miles north of Chefu, and that a steamer of the Ind ina Steam avigation Company has gone to her as- No. § on NDON, June 30.—The Shanghai cor- out $40,000. | Tespondent of t Times, telégraphing owns a claim on. Anvil terday, says: “The battleship Oregon went ashore in-a fog off Hoo Kie Island, thirty-five miles north of Chefu. Messrs. Jardine, Mathieson & Co. are sending her fon of 1000 people | assistance.” very well. | WASHINGTON, tion_confirmatory battleship Oregon his dust from June 29.—-No informa- of the report that the 1s wrecked off Chefu had reached the White House or Secre- Long at midnight. The Oregon is t at Chefu, and no surprise would be | expressed If there should be truth in the port, though afficials naturaily hope that the press report is exaggerated and that when the Oregon is lightered she will float off the reef upon which she struck. .In airt was from Nome Numerous Accidents has | sixty miles from Nome, {3 t deal of attention lately. | of the claims have turned cut as well as | © Buster or Anvil creeks. | aying §1 per hour for | & labor and cents for five gallons | Fuel and lumber at the present time | arce nnd high, but soon will take a drop, | sailing vessels are expected In. A horse and wagon is busy all day | per hour. Many dog teams ‘are n la which was crushed Island. The N Ra riing, carrying freight around town. Unlucky Vessels. ‘l'he Z ndia brings the news that the was not the only vessel to reach Nome with smallpox aboard. There were two cases on the Roanoke and one on the nta Ana, all of which went north from Puget Sound. The vessels and thelr pas- ngers were sent to Egg Island, where were still In quarantine when the | andia safled. | barge Falkenberg, which started in tow of a Sound s$teamer, was 4 at sea. Later she was picked the steamer Lakme and towed to the Nome, where both vessel and cargo were | sold by the agents of the steamer. | The t ntine Catherine Sudden and | go were sold by the agents of the r Corwin, Vessel and cargo will total loss to the owners a generu- f litigati would not t them back Might is right at Nome, and the th the gun ries the aa; ansport Rosecrans that by the Portiand they coul be sadly ¢ was re as ashore on a at was towed off by the tug Meteor afe at Nome when the Zealan- | The Government vessel with for and b Michar the soldiers aboard on the mud during The steamer Valen tried to render a got into shoal water 1 16 sheer oft. The ¢aptain of the | Valencia offered to take the crew of the s off. but the captain would not 2 his ship. r the Alaska Exploration Company's me along, and inside of an in a place of the supplies went hard and he night of Jum B R S O R TR ARRCIR SRORY SORY SORR SRR SRCRE S Do rev e eIt tesebeoed the absence of pfficlal information Secre- tary Long is ynable to take action. It is thought that ¥ the Oregon has gone aground Captain F. F. Wilde, command- ing, will immediately notify Rear Admiral Remey, who fortunately does not leave Hongkong until to-morrow, and that offt- cer will make immediate arrangements for sending lighters and wreckers to the battleship's assistance. The Oregon received from the Zafiro at Hongkong a detachment of seamen and marines which were intended as reinforce- ments for Rear Admiral Kempff at Taku. Her dispatch to Taku was primarily for | utenant | ruse@ to | Rosec aband re omplisi; 5o} » no < . but demanded sal- | wances are the mishap will Sam $100.000. A Stingy Skipper. | Trers was coneiderable indignation both utch Harbor and Cape Nome over the « little steamer Elk No. 1 £an Fedro. The latter ves. in a e Call w A corresy lows New Fmds at Topkuk, @ s i e fl+o+éww+. ASHORE NEAR CHEFU: Strikes on the Island of Hoo Kie During a Fog -Steamer Sent From Shang- hai to Her Assistance. L e i e i o o ] ® 4 - ¢ ® . . ® é . . @ P'S . © . b L3 + ! : ® - ¢ 3 { . ¢ ® . * L4 . £ ¥ THE UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP OREGON the purpose of giving the United States an adequate naval representation at that point, the authorities deeming it advisable that this Government should show by a strong naval force that it proposed to carefully look out for American interests during the present Chinese trouble. The Oregon is a first-class battleship, not only one of the best—if not the best— in the United States navy, but, all things considered, one of the mest formidable fighting machines in the world. San Francisco and the Pacific Coast have al- ways had a proper and pecullar pride in [ L e e e et ] | Mail closes at Station D (ferries) at | The Zealandia brought down only $40.- {000 in gold dust and the chances are that | there will not be many larger shipments is ‘vear, as-claim jumping has prevented | the diggings from being worked. 2o ped ek TWO FATAL SHOOTING AFFRAYS AT NOME Steamer George W. Elder Brings News of Operations in the Gold Fields. PORTLAND, Or., June 20.—The steam- | | er George W. Elder arrived this evening nine days from Cape Nome. her and her doings, built as she was at our own-Union Iron Works, and mamed | " “008 O Coms e quick one. after a sister State. | She left here on May 2 and arrived at | The Oregon was launched on October | Nome June 14. The Elder brings news of | 2, 1593, and put into commission, Cap- | { Suarding some land for the company, NUGGET WAS FOUND. B e e 2 S 2 Pe et ed et s ed et et et eteieP two shooting affrays which occurred at Nome recently. On June 18, A. G. Lucas. for the Alaska Commerctal a watchman Co., while was accosted by J. Lyons, another claimant The men became involved in an alterca- tion and Lucas shot Lyons, the bullet taking effect in the man's stomach. Ly- ons was also armed, and fired five shots at Lucas, all taking effect. Lucas dled instantly. Lyons’ wound was fatal, and he died the following day The other shooting scrape occurred in a saloon. A stranger in Nome, who had arrived on June 20, got into a fight on the same day and was shot and instantly killed. The trouble was the result of 3 gambling dispute. The name of the mur-4 dered man had not been learned when the Elder left. Restaurants are doing well, a fquare mesl costing $4, while ham and eggs are w $150. Everything is bustle at’ Nome and the activity at Dawson aar- ing the height of the Klondike execite- ment is surpassed. The following vessels were at Nome when the Elder safled: _ Reanoke, St. Paul, San Pedro, Rainfer, Luella, Dewey. Albion, Olympia, South Portland. U. S. Bear, Tacoms, Fulton, Santa Ana, Sena- tor, Signal, Aloha, Utopia, Grace Dollar, Alllance. Valencia, Lakme, San Jose, Signorita, Elihu Thomson, Ohio and Charles Lane. Purser Hayward describes the scene at Nome as one of unparalleled activity. He says the beach claims have been worked over three or four times, but is of the opinifon that the creeks near Nome are rich. He thinks the population of Nome may reach 50,000 before the rush subsides. tain C. E. Clark commanding, on July 15, 18%. On the approach of hostilities with Spain she was ordered to the At- lantic, and left San Francisco on March 19, 1§98, and arrived at Key West on May 26, making the phenomenal run of nearly 15,000 miles, down to and through the Straits of Magellan, and up the Atlantic to Jupiter Inlet, Florida, in sixty-six days, without the smallest mishap to any of her machinery or belongings. She went from Key West to Santiago and took a leading part in the destruction of INSTRUCTIONS TO CHAFFEE PREPARED | WASHINGTON, June 29. — Secretary | Root devoted the afternoon to the prepar- ation of instructions to Brigadler General | Chaffee, who has been assigned to the | command of the troops ordered to China, |'and after a conference the President ap- Admiral Cervera's squadron, -especially | Proved them with only a few verbal the ‘Cristobal Colon. She was one of the | Changes, which did not alter their gen- Vessels named for the expedition fte | Fal character. Although Secretary Root | would not ‘make public the text of the | Chaffee instructions he said that gener- ally speaking General Chaffee had been | ordered to look out for the Interest of the United States in China, to avold en- angling alllances, to act concurrent with the other foreign powers where it was to the general Interest to do so and, | in'a word, to continue the policy that has marked the actions of the United States since.the beginning of the Boxer troubles in China. These Instructions will be tele- | graphed to General Chaffee at San Fran- cisco in order to reach him before the | departure of the Grant on Sunday even- ing. Secretary Root sald that in case the progress of events made it necessary it Wwould be an easy matter to modify Gen- eral Chaffee's instructions” by cable to Nagasaki, which would be the first port visited by the Grant after her departure from San Francisco. Becretary Root was asked if any more troops would be ordered to China and he replied, “Not yet,” but intimated that the ) further action of the War Department in that matter would be governed entirely by the exigencies of the situation. To-day's instructions are supplementary to his original orders “to proceed to Peking by way of Nagasaki and Taku.” e T GERMANY PREPARING FOR A LONG CAMPAIGN BERLIN, June 2.—It 1s evident that the ,German Government expects the disturb- ances in China to last for a long time, in- asmuch as all volunteers joining the naval battalions for China have been pledged for service until the autumn of 1%01. The ex- pedition will take 2200 tents, each to serve for two men. Bishop Anzer, the German missfonary Bishop at Shantung, who has been in Spain and was Admiral Watson's flag- ship. Later in the year she was ordered | back to the Pacific, and on arriving at | Callao, went on to the Philippines, where she has been ever since engaged in va- | $ PP OTODIDE VP DIV E PO ODIIDIPEDEDEDOHEDH D e e e e e e e e e ] rious duties connected with the Filipino ‘war. Captain A. S. Barker relieved Captain Clark as commander on August 6, 1808, and he in turn was relieved by Captain G." F. F. Wilde, her present commander, some months ago. NDON, June 30.—Lord Wolseley i = The “Ore has a dispiacement of 11,- readily understood from one end 000 tons, 16.79 knots speed, 11, orse- poyer. e is #48 feet long and draws awaliting development. Bt Test of water b cost more = ajers. They are plucky and able to live loading rifles, eight S-inch mmh.n"o.' Ting 2 sides’ hm“-yr"s-ln "’“5 nasr: eleh o5 you can, where the end will be.”" m‘fumderm fln two Colu. lnd + inch rapid iu 1d guns. | piy | points for naval use. "C‘:“‘ll possesses every requisite for overrunning the world. She has a population of 400,000,000, all speaking the same language or dialect, enormously developed wealth and still more enormous natural wealth Her men, if properly drilled and led, are admirable sol- Europe for several months, will leave Ber- lin in a few days to rejoin his mission, go- ing by way of the United States. Consid- erable comment has been caused by the fatlure of Emperor, William to grant him an audience during this visit, which Is said to be due to the fact that the Bishop's views do not coincide with the Emperor's. PREPAREDNESS OF NAVY FOR ANY EMERGENCY WASHINGTON, June 2.—A prevaredness of the navy for any em gency that may arise in the East ex- hibited in the alacrity with which Admiral Bradford, chief of the equipment bureau, has taken steps to maintain an ample sup- of coal in readiness at convenient Almost before. there were any general misgivings as to the re- sult of the Boxer movement in China the equipment bureau was looking over the colliers purchased in the Spanish-Ameri- can war and since lying out of commis- sion at the navy, yards, with a view to loading them up at once for foreign ser- vice. Steps have been taken to anticipate the arrival of these ships in Chinese waters by diverting nearer cargoes of coal to Admiral Remy's support. The Navy Department to-day received news of the arrival at Singapore of the Ataka, with 6000 tons aboard. She is from Norfolk for Manila and put into Singapore for orders. She will probably be diverted to Taku, carrying her cargo to Admiral Remey. S S L TIME FOR A MASSACRE. HONGKONG, June 20.—A river boat which has arrived at Wu Chow reports that it was detained for twenty-four hours at Wu Chow Fu by order of the British Consuls in order to afford protec- tion for fpreigners. The gunboat Robin arrived. It was added that anti-forei; n placards had been posted at: Wu Chow saying the time had now arrived for the massacre of foreigners. The British gunboat Sandpiper. it was further announced, was still between Wu Chow Fu and Nghau King Fu and could not be recalled owing to the wires being cut. sign of the e o TO COMMAND ALLIED FORCES. SHANGHALI, June 29.—It is officlally an- nounced that the Russian vice admiral Alexieff, will take command of the allied forces in the north. BHO+O+0+0+ GHO+0+0+0 +0+0+ 040 +0+0+0+0+ THO+CHO+ O+O+0+e 3 WOLSELEY SAYS CHINA COULD OVERRUN THE WORLD + n an interview published this morning of the empire to the other. She has 3 ; on next to nothing. Moreover, they are absolutely fearless of death. 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