The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 3, 1899, Page 1

tam omy Cents a Month By Mant or Carrion VoL. I, railway DEATH REAPS A Chileott has not arr SEATTLE, WAS crowds of excursionists that she has Her age nm has t jolt, The Geattic will take north a jlarge #hipment of steel raiie and spikes for tho White Pass & Yukon In the Desolate Regions Along ee seme TALE TOLD BY PROSPECTOR 61 CONDON separ ea Chileott ie probabily new en fonts to Seattle DREYEU DEPENNE He Also Describes important Discoveries Made Upon the Mysterious Volcano of Mt. Wrangel. An accurate list of the deaths on the lower Copper | River since June 1, 1898, is as follows: RENNES, France, July %.—Labort and Demange, | yrus’ lawyers Brown, colored, San Francisco, hard at work making preparat + ~ : , for the comin courtmartial it H. C. Shaw, Rochester, N. Y. ak thee a ‘propane, i urt Nick Whan, address unknown, vd senate Ai, Nis mae hey scam S. Mulligan, address unknown. produce eviden nelue Jack Hayden, address unknown. j Would employ . — Cushman, St. Louis. leg Dravius this Dan Menard, address unknown. lace we «cla 4 Ben McCullough, address unknown, inne : Wesley Schneidicker, Chicago, | thems 5 7 and ¢ t ‘ © several A. Lewis, South America. If ates \ i. When fabt ak t Th J. E. Hackett, address unknown, po : ; rye ~~ Wilheim, address unknown, emg an £ Alex Stuart, address unknown, . ih i beri had t , yi ‘The steamer Humboldt, which arrived from the north today, brought «rer tne @own a party of Copper river miners who story of death and diss (gave Drey iu ter in inhospitable regions which is frightful in tte sombre featities, wihat had r i >» we ‘The party i composed of men who were in the Copper river district for (om ins over a year. during which time they endured terrible hardehips, and faile fue mento Mt ' att 4 to find any gold. The personne! of the party is as follows: Roland 8 | much beter t b Condon, bynn, Masa; —, Simpson, Los Angeles; —. Miller, Black Mil Dreyfus hb 1 Hoffman, South Dakota; —. Divelbias, Oregon; Charles Owens, K ae | Picquert did « ‘ 1 hein Ofty. He bor . ou Dreyfus (way w write to Ploquart : Mr. Condon, who has been in the Corner river district for over 15 Months, gives & Mest gruesome nerratiy. of hie experiences, He saw many af hie companions perish of the dread scourge scurvy, of cold, and Srarvation. Condon gave the Star an exclusive interview, in which he in his name, expressing hie gratitude, | Mme, Dreyfus cated on her husband }teday and took him the uniform he | wore on the day of his de =, ve the wames of (he unfortunate miners who had met death recently ath Niet, as given abowe, he says, is authentic, and is the first complete jon which she han resewed the stripes one yet brought down. " Frawetired will reden hie uniform tm- am “The Copper river country,” sald Mr. Condon, “is eimpty a death. UCR ho gold Chere, and a man can consider himself lucky to went up there a year ago lest April, and my experience ible nightmare to me. I saw some of the poor fellows who me Gin like dogs, miles away from any help. It is simply starvation. During the time I was there I kept a | to gtve facts, The list of the men that have | . ‘ec, TL Believe, Deen published. Men up in alt Sm or i nama. an iin hard toot | t out the names of men that | | it avi COMET PROJECTED canes we mg to 3 pode apd don’ that the letters @ver reached Most deathe occurred from scurvy, and the in- y ? ! inna oe The mont cane that came under my observation was that of : ‘| Wesley » Of Chicago.” With @ partner, he started from the | What is to be one of the largest | interior. that is, Wood's Canyon, to reach Oreo. He was half-dead from | convents on the Pacific coast, wilt scurvy the time when he undertook the journey. Fred Goodwin ac- 9 Whey reached @ point about five miles from Algenak, < medicef hefp dot Mave been obtained. They pitched their tent, ‘end Schnedicker got very il. Goodwin knew that tt would be neceswary |eoon be eetabliahed in Keaitie. Ne getiations are now on foot and the tocation of the new structure will be made known in « few days ine ‘to get help right off, and started out slone for Alganak. Two days after, The Moore Investment | When he returned, Schnedicker was found in the snow near the ten has submitted a site in the corpse. He had apparentiy come insane, and had rolled around in the dition near Denny way, for many yards from the tent before death came to Mw relief “Another very sad case was that of a man whom we called ‘Old Man ‘Witheimm.” He started last winter from Alganak to Eyak, and was Rever beard of again. We Enew very little about him, “Alex. Stuart, anether victim, also disappeared mysteriousty. | whether tt tas been accepted, not be arcertained Architects MeManus & Robertson are working on the plans, and they stated to a Star reporter this mort Hie r Partner. Simpson, who t* with me here, says he left his tent early in the fend senna gy iPro « Cath M on winter to reach a certain point im the interior, traveling up the Copper | o¢ was) gion, D. C. 1 river 4m the ice. It appears that he had some provisions cached, whieh (bo ine convent. and th halve he “wished to get. His footateps were traced to a hole in the toe, and it fo suppowed that he was drowned oe weer een convent is to be finished in 0 “The horrors of the Copper river district can’t be told in words, (style. Those are interested | ‘There is hardly any gold in the country, and my party traveled nearly | the new r n th y * ; 200 miles, only to be deceived ae to reported rich placers. We went up | fuse to state the names of the pro to Wood's Canyon, and put in a terrible winter, half the time starving pore, and freezing. There are nearly 206 men still im the district we proepect- —_ and they are ina bad way. As many as can are lenving the country. | 1V vy and starvation bare caused many deaths, and probably the com. Plete list will never be published.” sides, extending far down the sides) of the mountain, One remarkabie | Y Y . T Phenomenon noticed 18 jets of r x(t RMON AY 1 Proached within 15 miles of the great ik, the closest that any white man s, & far, succeeted in getting. and apparently were independent of | the smoke funnel. 1! suppose they| The Seattle & International wil! were geysers, although I never saw | TUN & sper jal train from Vancouver Pa esting information concerning Mount pulsations. These jets would spring rangell, the mysterious volcano mear the head of Copper river. Ac- high inte the air and then fall away. They came from different points in cording to his siatement, he ap- the snow and ice around the crater, Mr. Condon brings some very inte’ steam shooting upward with recular ‘With a party Of eight friends, he left the Copper river late in February Gnd crossed the country % miles to the Kotasina river, up which a trip any other geysers, so I cannot state| to Seattie, in order to accommodate of over 80 mites was made to a point | definitety. Wrangell was a most, British Columbia people who desire Just east of Wrangell Here | desciate-looking peak. No trees or | to celebrate the Fourth in this city sHouPtain unnamed was ascended by other vegetation grew along its| The excursion train will leave Van Corton, and one of the other mem- slopes, and even below the snow and |Couver at Il p. m. tonight, and reach Bers of the party. and they obtained | ice the bare la projected. I naw | Seattle between 7 and § o'clock to the Bret close view ever secured by the mountain as late as May, after MOTrow mornin Heturning, it will white men, of the largert volcano the summer sun had began to meit | leave Seaitic 10 p. m. tomorrow Alaska. the snows. It fe in a frightfully | Di#ht, and reach Vancouver about Comion gives a graphic dereription or f Im presstons. Said = he “Wrangell revealed iteelf as a giant Josi,epunded off at the top, with a Crater which appeared to be fully haifa mile in diameter. Dense black rough country. I could not judge|* % ™. the next morning, Already the height of Wrangell, although it | pearly 75° people in evidently a very high peack. Tt can and it la expocte easily be ascended. I could see the wilt arrive today whole stope, as the mountain upon which I stood was next to it, and arrived from th 1500 and tomor hav amoke Was rotling up from the crater, | there was nothing between except a) The Columbia River & Pus 1 could see no signe of fire and vatley, Tt was not over 15 miles dis. | Sound Rallway company i ; snow surrounded the vent t"" run special Fou of July tra MORE YELLOW ‘SHIPS TM AT a ere re of All Precautions. SENATORS WILL BANTIAGO, July 9 New casex a yellow fever continue to develop not Steamer Farallon, Capt. Roberts, | TALK FINANCE withstanding the removal of troops, "led yeeterday for Lynn canal| ports, having on board 1% passen- from the camp near (he Spanish bar- racks. Fifteen new gers and @ large freight cargo. Among her passengers were Rev. J cnsew are re At the Meeting to Be Held in * 1 © last three days coesyeaeheprmernda YS 13. Walter and Rev. W. W. Fetter, Rhode Island. At a short sexsion of the city coun-|tWo missionaries who have been or iy a eee aharnioon, the question |“ to Haines Mission. Another) NARRAGANSETT PIER, RI donut onibeaw tte (tn neer was Nick Lawson, who,| July 3.—A number of United Si of a consolidated «treet way fran) with three men, Is going to Ketchi- senators arrived here and mor Ghise took a new turn, The matior, kan. ¥. C. Hatrington, the well coming to attend a meeting at which was taken out of the hands of the| known assayer, wae another pas-|the financial situation of th un a eorporation ¢ ams tee, and the fol- | eenger. try will be discussed Th will Jov/ing committee of neven coun ‘The steamer City of Seattle, of the | organise an the senate committee on men wer nted to have ct *ame company operating the Far-/fnance: Among those already here Of it: James, Crawford, Mula allon, will #ail for Skagway tomor- are: Platt, of New York: Allison, of Ardic, Taylor, Diller and Gill, rer night with one of the largest | Iowa; and Borrows, of Michigan. HINGTON, MONDAY Children Wreck WASHINGTON, Ind, July la and Willam MeQuire, 15 and rtf were arrested yesterday, charged with wrecking a Halt & Oboe Southwestern train, near male, Inst Saturday placing «pikes upon the track WHITWORTH TO COME HERE Not Much Doubt as to Se- —attte’sSecuring it. — That Whitworth college will be! brought to Seattle seems almost an assured fact The committer ap pointed by the chamber of commeree to receive bide, will meet this after noon at & clock, The subsidy required by the college trustees will be nominal, and if 40 acres of land in sore accentible bocation is donat-| ed, the cotlege will be moved here at} once. Th has already been sub-| weribed $50,000 toward the buildings, and many wealthy are inter eated in the re-o#tablishment of the institution, The chamber of com meree commitiee consists of C. J Smith, chairman; Griffith Davies, J A. Nedeau, H. C, Henry Sclram THE SEWER COMPLETED Work on the Sast Republican street sewer ts now completed. This sower #ystem Was started March 3, and Cowt $26,000, YEW CARS ORDERED Rail- Electric The Grant & treet for - pew care » be the same wise ax the Lake care of the Seattle action company The bod * to be built by the John Ham- mpany of San Fr trucks are to be wi th nghoure company will fur- nish the electric equipment, The are will have two double rows of ts, ten on a aide, giving a of @ Veatibute placed on each end to prot brakeman from the weather. * to the contract, the pleted adn ready firet week in cinoo, and or operas ptember ferred there to the old cars ipany will aleo build several 1 stations alone the line Severel weeks ago the White Pasa! & Yukon ratiroad offered a $35 prize) for the best monogram submitted. The contest wiil cloae July 15. conmpany stated in the announcement | that it was desired to have the mon- oxram on a funnel background, and | that It contain the words Pars & Yukon A large num- ber of monograms have already been mitted, and more will undoubted- ly be re fice before the con at clones. MEETING OF THE COMMITTE Chairman Johnson Issues a Call for Gathering. ST. LOUIS, July 2—J. G. Johnson, acting secretary of ‘the National! Democratic committee, has taued a sll for & meeting to be held at the Sherman house, Chicago, July 20. THIS FIEND HAS A | NEW COMBINATION NEW YORK, July 2. 1 cimarette under observation at pital. The physicians way s euffering from neurasthena. He admits emoking 100 cigarettes a combina - A tion tea and latest pat tellevue } dey and drinking at least 25 cups of tea between emokes, He is Allister Digney, 47 rs nd edited a antiago. He was born For many years he was ¢ on a plantation as a hewspaper at in Caloutta employed the ten t r and got the then took to amoking cigarettes, NO STRIKE AT HOMESTEAD | Every Bepertnent ts Running With Full Crews. PITTSBURG, Pa, July 3—The re- ported strike at the Homestead plant | did not materialize. To those this step apr ur correspon 1 the imaide n through the lepartment is in working ¢ d that both sites 1th Ay NOW for sured that the strike Is a fatiure, A RIOT CAUSED BY SMALLPOX NORFOLK, Va works, comp July 8.—From ! ky Mount, on the Norfolk & Car ol a railroad, comes th « of smallpox were discov ed and orders were given to have the patienta removed to the pest h Hoth patients are negroes Two undred ¢ thelr friends, well armed fsemt 1 and swore that th yuld not allow the negroes to be taken to the pesthouse The whites, armed with rifles and " attacked the mob, In die persing it peven or eight negroes we er clubbed with guns. One negro's aleull te crusted and he is expected to die, The authorities have removed the pa nie to the pesthouse under @ heavy guard, | EVENT? and no. | ly of the! ears will be rum from here | “Wiite | ived at the company's of-/ fiend is the! tea habit, He} G, JULY J ANSAYS EATTLE Fred Baruch, one of the best- known minere in the Kiondike, part ownerr of No, 11 on Bidorado, is in gold dust to 'Frinco, an I traveled ler, He is a Norwegian, tthe eky cal owners on Midor ado creek. | Mr. Baruch is | statement that @ cine for his gold in Beattle | Francisco: | In view of the fact that ‘Princo in making @ strong bid for Kiondikers who have the pr metal to ex jehange, Mr. Baruch’s experience interesting To a Blar reporter he waid at the Diller hotel this morning: “Frieco will have to take a back seat in the | matter of asmayin When I © down last year I took nearly $80,000 in gold dust to ‘Frisco, as Itraveied an and is one authority for the can get more than in Ban lon the steamer St, Paul, which went | direct to that city “Well, two days after 1 put my money in the aemay office, they in- formed me that all 1 would get would be $15.30 per ounce, The gold was particularly pure and clean, and I was more than astonished that I dnt not get at least $16, ax men 1 knew, who had exchanged their gold in Seattle had nearly always got that much. Beattie the other day, I made up my mind to give your assay office a trial 1 had quite an amount of gold with me, and I ean tell you that I was more than satisfied with the treat- | ment 1 received | can get better results in Beattie than he can at San Francisco, and when I way thie, I am talking from exper- fener. The gold I had ammnyed here | went nearly $16, amd I have saved hundreds of dotlare by coming to Re- atthe. 1 would tke this known, as I Frise deal.” are not getting a squ ‘FOX’S VICTIM DIED YESTERDAY inty, Who Was Shot j Saturday, Expires. EVERETT, July 1—Afenry Monty, who wae chot late Baturiay afier- noon by Stmon J. Fox, died yester- self up immediately after the shoot- ing. and ia pow fn fall. Monty, who | bed « large family, was not provid. | ing for them in the way he ought. | Fex rented a house for the family | and boerded Mra Monty, Saturday The} | Monty returned from Beattie, and,! learning that Fox was living with | hia faanity, became enraged and went to the hounre looking for Fox. When he saw the intter be knocked him down several time. Fox at last got! up and went in the house to procure la gun. He told Monty that if he) came into the bouse he would shoot| | him. Monty evidently, thinking the threat an idle boast, entered the room where Pox was, w immediately shot. Fox in asingle man, Monty had seven children, The war in the Philippines is mak~ ing busy times for the local recruit- ling offices, No official advices have | been received of @ call for addit al men, but the applicants for ad- | mission to the army form @ con- tinuous line al) day. w ASHINGTON, D. C, July 2— The quartermaster of the army says that it will be impossible to bring the last of the volunteers back from the | Philippines until the middle of Sep~ tember, MONTREAL, July %-—-A Three | Rivers message says the village of Grand Mere and the immense paper pulp milis there belonging to Sec- retary of War Alger, have been de- stroyed by fire. WASHINGTON. D. C., July 2.— Gen. Otis today made reply to the in- quirtes of the War department ¢ cerning the number of men required to fill upthe regular Philippines rea- imenta. He ays they need little more than 6,000 men. He also re- quire® 1000 men to fill volunteer regi- ments, This will give him 44,000. | WASHINGTON, PD Cc, July 3— | General Otis called at the War de- partment this morning and paid his respects to Secretary Alger, Corbin, andothers. He will remain in Wash- ington for two or three days, and then go to New York on private bus- iness. It in eaid that all nonsense. WASHINGTON, PD. C, July %— ‘The report of a gunboat Panther ix not believed here. | trouble | appears in Tdeut. Ward's oficial report | No mention of the alle mmnander } Humbordt arrived tn om the north, with 129 and gold dust an d drafts ngers, amounting to about $100,000 jof the passengers from the interior jleft Dawson about June 18 and, of | course, brought down the Jatest ne wa | from the Tuken gold flelds, Exchange today, very little stock be- red, amd none sold following stocks were offered Asked. Bid cifle Coast wor 3% 84 ver Vault cas . . 2 1% wat Creek as. 4 Goid Crown 4% Sunset ‘ » 6 | Legal Tender Seattle's defaulting olty treasurer, who has just been paroled by Gov. Rogers from the Walla Walla penitentiary, where he has beon serving @ seven-y sen- tence, was due to arrive tn the etty this afternoon, He has served about wto years and four months of his sentence. Adolph! Kru ‘When I came down on the City of | 1 way that a miner) am sure that Kiondikers who go to! utiny on board the | Most | Tt was slow at the Seattle Mining 4 | crackers and Torpedoes. eee a quarter-dollar, you would be greatly pleased because it cost you no effort, and it would be clear If you should find gain. It's just like finding dollars to buy your house furnishings of us = SPELGER & HURLBUT PAINTERS’ GUPPLIES” Glass, Wallpaper, Etc. “| Third and Pike. STAR PAINT CO. ° : eres . Come See Our New Lin rp cRHCR Crockery and Glassware) Just Received. It Will Pay You. | | GOLDEN RULE BAZAAR CO. e ae PEEP ARE YOu GOING TO BUILD? H. N. RICHMOND PAPER CO. Sell Sheathing Paper; 500 Square Peet of Paper for 34s, 213-215 Occidental Ave BRUNNER & CO. 3 Groceries, Wines and Liquors | 502 Pike Street, corner Fifth. We have on hands stool of fine, olf Colitornia (Bono, / wines, vintages of IAM, 180, 1801 to ou mip, ard to give sti Sto the sick. 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