Show 1 I GOLD SEEKERS RETURN eight disappointed miners liners IV reach san francisco 1 I 1 11 1 1 HAD DREADFUL experience I 1 1 I I 1 ono ot of the party 41 martin who left i his friends in starch tor for gold wintered on the cerenzie Mc Me Kenzle Renzie two of his companions stricken with scurvy ono dies the other ile he dragged on ft a sled to fort son where he lett left him perilous trip ot of men lien in harness san francasco francl oct 1 L among the crow crew of the steam whaler I 1 mary ilary D home just arrived here are arc eight ills disappointed gold seekers villo mho ment into the aichle region over the edmonton lid monton boute they shipped on the whaler at ll If erschel island at the mouth of the mackenzie river which they reached after much privation their names are arc it 11 1 V lares st sl paul J martin y I 1 thompson F A dillman W S mason V F ilsk elf all of chicago thomas thomaa tipton edmonton Kd monton N W T AV V C mcgunn sheboygan mich J martin had bad perhaps tho the most dreadful drea drill experience of the lot at fort 1 mcpherson leil lerson he to follow his friends further in the elarch for sold gold and meeting T anderson and paul schneider of britain S L D the ibo three tarca decided to return up lip the mackenzie they got sc se nicely mate than a bundled milan on tile the journey when winter pet pat in anti and the three were compelled to prepare shelter for the long lon stormy season andorran andersen and schneider were attacked m alth fill scurvy both became very ill and almost ritty fifty mlle miles away mas tta a physician in winter alth till it a party of belated and ills cou courne raged cd minars and tu twice lee alardin attempted to mako make the journey to that camp to ill secure medical ald aid tor for hll his sick comrades when he ha came bark with medicines he be found t alic to dead body of anderson anderaon the other marv mair was near death schneider improved ra s the medic medicines inee wele n unit anil when volien he rained strength to move con lausted se a sled and dragged its his coni cam panion buck back over the snow to lo fort sic pherson and there left him when spring came martin vent ment to clerch island aland and sought nought succor from thi the 11 balers amo amons g those who died led at fort me pherson from scurvy was mas ex bayot mayot of hamilton out dittman mason and thompson were ere on oil the shores shares of the arctic ocean at the mouth of tho Babage river chec A hoc the it winter inter closed JAI iff and there they remained for nearly seven months they were free from scurvy and they say that they owe their health and life to t the kindness or of the natives who mho supplied them with mith treah fresh meat while NV hll we me were boere at herschel Hei schel island said crept capt hogarty four men arrived chete in harness harn sa drawing sleds sleda they had walked all the way may from froan silks the they y hid b been e en to dawson thence up 1 the he yukon and porcupine and thence 1 across the mountains to herschel on a wild goose roose ellase chase for gold they stayed played over night at and pulled out for the south facing tile tho Ir lr ackles akles and illimitable waste I 1 gave them sonic some deer meat they had only a little bacon and ilour hour and sala gala they ate ale very little TOWNSITE commissioner reports result ol of hla his investigation Sk aguay sept 2 27 17 via seattle Se attl oct I 1 E B st stratford ratford united states Tonn townsite site commissioner has returned from the westward and has mado public hla his report to the government in regard to the investigation as to tho the of Sk aguay lie ho aas he finds to have a population of 0 to 0 o be on oil it a rite lite of 0 acres and that there aro are not now and never have been in said gold townsite private or church claims hold held or claimed under russian convey conveyance anee as originally granted or claimed at the dato date of acquisition of 0 alaska NEW COMET APPEARS gacoboni Gaco bini binl at nice discovers discover a visitor sn in the sky cambridge masai oct I 1 A telegram lias has been received at the harvard college observatory stating that a comet was disco discovered ered by at nice september Gree greenwich mean time lei in it A 14 16 hours 25 26 mill utes 23 22 seconds and dic dec 6 degrees 10 minutes dally daily motion lo in R A 2 minutes and I 1 second dally daily motion in 11 A dec 0 degrees 10 20 minutes cheerer THE SOLDIER BYS north dakota a welcomes her heroes from manila fat go N U D oct I 1 the north dakota volunteers reached their nathe state today in ano trains from son san francisco Franc laco every toun tonn along the line in this state stale yelled its itself elf hearm in honor of the troops faido was reached at 8 tonight and people and dozens tit of stearn steam whistles and bell anil and salvos of artillery hy by tho the lisbon artillery the occasion unparalleled ull in north dakota CARTER carterra ava CELL fortuer captain will soon be taken to fort leavenworth ren pen new tot boik k oct 2 ex capt cap oberlin carter ho is con lined lit in a cell in bostl boatle william G governors lover nors island hlll aill probably be taken to prison arl ton nt at fort leavenworth non kan tomorrow or Wel gen merritt has haa been no ne I 1 filed that the official papers will reach him front roni washington hy by mall tomorrow As soon as po possible thereafter cabot carter it ill III be removed rem oveil from rom governors er noree island |