The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-03
DEMONS OF ILL-OMEN.
They Keep Prospectors From
Leaving on Friday.
THREE BOATS LEFT YESTERDAY.


Iayed Until saturday.
No vessel Will leave for Cook inlet today.
This Il Prtsiay, and according 20 the gold
hunters 10 Is '-hooslooe1-' The clocks viii
strike the hoar Of nssenigh, Thursday and
the "hosg0oT will - On. The graves OF The
dead spirits Of ni-osnen viii yawn. saa
ever land and sea the industrious demons
Will hover giving the evil eye TO all who
venture on new enterprises. and rsservinx
q stony stare OF particular rigidity for the
igckless voyaReg 10 Cook Inlet 1t has
always been So. said sorae OF the miners
yesterday. and they don't want 20 tr.ae
with the fckie goddess Fortune IN such an
open and obtraRivs manner When the
gloomy twenty-f0gr hours have passed the
graves Will close on their occupants. the
vacation Of the demons VIII be ended. ard
the miners can 80 braVely forth. with clear
eonseleness and son1e chance Of success.
That r. why the steamers Utopia and
Iakrne will not sa! untl after Friday
Midnight.
The steam schooner r.akrne. Capt An
cerson was lying az Gaines dock yestsr-
day afternoon. She has taken on so tons
OF BLACK Diamond coal and will be ready
10 saii Saturday morning at 10 O'Clock.
she will have over 80 passengers. and each
viii bc allowed 900 pounds OF baggage.
which In more than has been allowed by
any vessel sailing heretofore. The Lskme
has hold fifteen feet deep. between decks
nine feet deep and lower hold i've feet
deep. She has about sixty tons OF general
merchandise. beside the coal and outfits.
for which the shippers are paying so
ton.
The I.akme, being an old coaster which
has stood many a hard blow, will take the
outside passage. and viii carry along
steam tug thirty feet long, nine feet wide
and drawing tares feet Of water. In which
passsngers will b. landed. This II done
the Lakme's draGEhf would prevent her
going Up the creeks. A lighter thirty feet
BY fourteen feet will also be taken.
The list Of passengers includes lawyers.
ex~pFeaehers experienced miners and all
kinds Of practical mechanics. w. NJ.
Wheeler. who u going on her. will take In
stock Of goods and VIII start a general
store at Sunrise city. Tnrnagain arm.
Another party will start a boarding house
al the same place.
The new pilot schooner ". J. Bryant.
Capt. u. y. whitney, got away on its long
voyage 10 Cook inlet yesterday afternoon
about O'Clock. during a rainstorm. She
went out under a good spread of canvas
ard was very heavily loaded. About thir-
ty-iive prosPoetOrs stood on the deck as
she drew away. taking n last look at
friends on the dock. The boat viii 40 as
near Six-Miie creek a. her draught VIII
permit and xlli return as soon as her
ras3@rgerS are landed. In order 20 make
another frip by the middle Of May. Each
passenger paid s5 and was allowed from
ea to $40 pounds OF baggage. Bunks. each
provided with mattress. had been built
20 accommodate nifty men. 4 galley had
been built an deck for the cook and fitted
up with a good range. The object was 20
keep the sleeping quarters free from the
smell OF tho cooking. Those who went up
he 4 ~ Er1Ff y
stetson. J. +. Fitzpatrick. James n Byers
T. r. Swsscy, frank Pierce. r. A. Pierce
lawrence a. punning. II. Brockham. A J.
Caas. James Ttnio. John w. Coleman. H.
ksyli. J. L. Vincent o. r. Reans ~
Christensen, F. NJ shoup. w. y. Keller
y. c. Coon. Harry Potts. II. V. wheelock
Charles l.. Arcy. John Alexander. Ben
Yoss. Emit Meyer. T Huering. Walter
Merritt Charles Smith. ~ l. smith
James Merritt H. c. Dimmock. G.. Miller
AMI James H0rtcn.
Steamer General Candy got away nj
o'clock yesterday afternoon. and Capt
" @. c. Thornton expects 10 make the
voyage 20 Cook inlet by the inside passage
IN eight days He expressed great salts
faction yesterday at the way the work OF
renttins tho vessel has been carried out
here. many OF the contracts being fufiilel
a. n loss.
1--WE started TO rent the Candy thirteen
aAys ago" said Thornton yesterday. and
have put her IN first class shape. practi-
eaiig rebuilding her machinery Passan-
gers are "A secondary consideration With
~. as the boat s. Intended Tor the use OF
the company. and We shall only take ten.
n ~ my intention to call a. juneau and
unload eome coal there. This will make
room FOR passengers 10 the number OF
Nifty. which we are licensed 10 carry when
We arrive at Coal bay. which is az the
edge ~ the inlet. we hope to fad the
steamer ENcelslor all unloaded and ready
60 have the effects OF the company lowed
up The Inlet IN the scows we have there.
The purchaHs and improvements on the
Cen. 'snhy hav. cost &.Sa. and have
an Anpralsement % the boa, as r row
stands ~ 81. 600 by r ]. Burns" The Can
by was heavily loaded and lay very low
IN the water
steamer Citycf Topeka sailed for Juneau
and Sitka yesterday morning a u O'Clock.
CARVING the passengers whose names we're
published yesterday morning and about
81 tans % freight The dock was black
wish people when the boat left who stood
about ready TO iauEh o. shout a. the least
rroNc.atian. As though especially Tor
fNeir divNrftSagreat. one 81 the chicken
corps with Vhich the vessel was being
loaded. broke open ant let out a number
a. excited fowls The chickens rushed
about the lock. pursued nv shouting men.
u omen and children AZ ioined In the
chase. ana several ~ ths -hickrns in striv-
Tag to ESCAPE ran oT tho wharf and we're
arown~l When al had been either
Crowned. captured or iost. the crowd found
new fnnt - amusement ln the arrival
~ "a nambas NJ pigs ln crates ard six COVE
an1 then as \ browning satisfaction. MI
had AZ opportunity 10 cheer Justify vAsu
tho steamer trft
The cuplsvs~ % ere Steamboat ONE
cal WIEN characters o. al varieties. but
thrf say an oit maa Who came IN while