The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-15
ALASKA STEAMERS.
The wilIapa Arrives and the AI-k1
and Riakeiey Leave Today.

Steamer Willapa arrived from Alaska
Yesterday morning with a very light pas
senger list and an equally light cargo Of
freight. The latter consisted OF about nine
boxes of fish. The trip down
was without incident. the weather
being fine all the way. The
Wflapa viii have all the freight she
can carry when she sails Thursday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, but the passengers are
not coming so fast. Up to last night none
had been signed, though rush is expected
today Painters We're at work on the
steamer yesterday going over all the state
rooms on the upper deck. Those who
came down were: George Myers, ]. Nc
Mullen. ]. Hogan. Jerry Sullivan. Joseph
Bound, Mrs. l. n. ketcham. Mr.. and Mrs.
II r Macgregor, and seven steeraSe.
From officers on the Willapa, II was
learned that saloonkeepers Mackroon and
Derry two of thirty Juneau saloonists in
dicted by the United States grand jury for
Illegal sale of intoxicants. pleaded guilty
and were each fined 500 by Judge A. X.
Delaney. The others preferred to stand
trial While practicing law In Juneau sew
eral years ago Delaney tried 10 convict
several saloonists on the same charge. out
failed. while Juneau has between thirty
and forty saloons. the steamer officers say
II Is impossible to get a drink Of good
whisky in the town
Steamer A-ki will sail for Alaska this
morning at 9 O'Clock with about 10000
feet Of lumber. go tons Of coal and some
general merchandise. She viii have the
following passengers: Barbara LON. ]. r
Rooney. Mr.. and Mrs. John T. ConkIn.
r F. Harrington. p, Collins. Henry Bode.
Miss Hattie Hewitt. J. c. Saunders. W E
Hiatt. l.. NJ. Soule. Z. u. Dixon. +. c.
Brumer. T. r Burgess. ]. o. Holt. Louis
Hansen. .. NJ. Cole, .. i. Saunders, L. L.
Hogue. W J. Robinson. W H. White. Mr..
and Mrs. T. 5 rippy. ]. J. Putraw. p
Starr. y. Shannon. =. II. Gowran. c. ;.
McDufee. c. c. McRae Orlando Hutch
ins, Miss May Parker and seven;y-slx
Storage.
The Yukon basin has another rival The
sloop Be7sie r. win sail this morning az
6 o'clock for Copper river. which is seven
ty-fiye miles this side of Prince William
sound The Bessie 2 is q neat little craft
of twelve tons burden. She is painted a
bright green. and as she lay alongside
the Harrington & Smith dock yesterday
she presented the neat. clean appearance
Of a schoolboy whose rosy cheeks have
fast felt the application OF soap and
water. The party which will sail in the
slOop Is composed Of Capt. George Tyler.
]. Rough. J. c. Boyd. a W Foy and :
" MenSen. The latter Is a practical
miner and the others have all had some
experience IN mining. Capt. Tyler was
trading on the Copper river last year. and
considers II a superior country TO either
Cook inlet or the Yukon. He SAYS the
Indians there have always kept people
away. as they are inclined TO he hostile
toward strangers, but the party will so
well provided 70 repel any attacks from,
natives. In the hold OF the sloop is slowed
a good outfit for quartz prospecting and
placer mining
The brigantine Blakeiey did not san for
Cook Inlet yesterday noon as expected
Her agent said yesterday she would prob
ably get away at noon today. He said
further that while about ffteen passeu-
gers have been secured in Seattle he ,sfa