The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-02
FROM THE NORTH.
The Mexico Briaes News From
AlaGka.
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- $500 ~ from those who have lefs
~ ,rv ,nxtr forfune IN Alaska does Rot
~o,,r'ars vifb fhs anxiety felt 81 the
sv.,,a hunters themooiv<s, who count the
osvs lei : 81 the nsS1vai OF each steamer.
Far narfh' q he great basin Of ths fu-
ion inc frosuecfor YEARLY fosiins IN the
frozen ground ~ Z three months ~ait
betweera mails. ard dur.ns that Time can
conjecture al ponibie nisfoftunss as be-
Ealing his Ioved enee q rome me bach
fhtse mopths 10 know the result OF The
LACK Fyfsssnzs,ons combat After the
dafe ~ the preadensizl election the cynic
,hn has found me ftunes out OF joint or
she Sound. ara has hied him forth 10
search ~ shA hrsghf metal. can enjoy
loua rer,od a pessimissie conjsctur1ng as
10 the pefsoaality Il the new executive
head Of the nafLon. II costs dollar 70
sepd letter 70 ne postof1iee. 80 miles
distant from Tie Yukon dixsings
White the uur15er 70 come down on the
las, steamer fsaua Alaska was large. the
rnaiarity x t:ssm are here on business and
have already purchased return tickets.
Among the pafBengTs was Frank Peek
sftuc. who has been searching Juneau for
: loaf wife The Honla1. according 70 the
story told by Peclstine to seysra; OF TIE
passengers "a Ne Mexico. had iefs 5im
about Aprn n. uhiie thsy were residing
In Seattle, end hsd taken $l.sso worth Of
coupons with her. He did not state what
kind Of coupoas thsy were, sst seemed %
consider them valuable, as he WAS heard
20 atate that he would look for the coa-
pens ~ lone - bis money he'd out. yut
dida't care about the woman. He has
learned that the woman and ceatonf are
now In San FRANCISCO. and he proposes to
follow them south.
Purxer cart.s. OF the Mexico. was qBes
TONED In pxsard to the steamer Lakme.
and said ste had reported Al stks In good
condition
Jonn 9. MIchel. who returned from
AIazka on ths Mckee. says the rfeadweii
and Mexican mines. on Douglas island,
are going 10 Increase their milling cspa-
city from ~ to ~ and from forty to 30
stanips, respectively. Among a collection
of curiosifi&s and samples OF ore which
Mr.. Michel hsings home il the complete
shell Of an Alaska crab. which shows the
variety 70 b. somewhat larger. smoother
and of 8 more edible quality than the
ordinary species. the shell being very thin.
the color lighter. the limbs extremely long
and the whole more dslicateiy con-
structed.
The MEXICO arrived from Alaska yes
tert4ay morning 1t O'clock. She brought
down seventy-seven passengers and had
a. freight ~ barrels Of oil. which VIII DO
1ransbipped 10 the steamer Waila Wg.ia
for San Francisco. Those who came down
on the MEXICO were: J. II. Warner, Miss
y. J. Anderson. W. II. White. Mrs. W.
q. Jack. g. W. Deiamater. DIR. q, lis
dale. J. "a. Zahn. o. 8hattuck. Lieut.. O..
X. Brown y. u. BurGeii. A. 4. Bur-
veil. Lieut.. J. II. Heiherington. l.. L.
Wiliiaus and two United States prisoners.
George Moore. Myrtle Drummond. @. A.
Anderson. John Simpson. Thomas j. Case.
John fSrness. Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Mills.
Charles Mann. X. A. Kaienborn. J. g.
Michael, A. o. Wright, II. A. Buck. A.
p. Murphy. W. d. Harlan. Bessie Fuller.
Violet ~ Ford. Mrs. A. III. Ross. MIR. and
Mrs. J. Cartwright. Mrs. Minnie Fugsiu.
J. W. Morrison. Mrs. T. ID. Soper. W. +.
HinderMn Mrs =. Hinkey. II. Gsrilnker.
Capt. J. ". McAliep. c. 3. McDuffee.
Mrs. Jennie Higglns. y. w. churchouse.
Mr.. afd Mrs. w. II. Guard. W. +. King.
y. u. Bates. II. II. Woodruff. j. Towns
end. Edna vyse. Mrs. Max Levi. Frank
peckxtine. Annie Pcckstine. r. James.
James pufori. Mort Fisk. n. Hanson. r.
Timmerman. H. kaul. Charles Peterson.
Fred Wyde, Il. I.aughlin. John A. Deels.
l.. n. Turner. y. Nef. j. =. Miller. l..
jacobson II. Newman. 7. J. Jones', =. II.
Brown r. Morgan. u. W. Day, John
Sem. Peter Simpson and twenty-six Sec
ond class.
The steamer sails on the return trip
this afternoon at O'Clock. A number OF
bertha are already taken. and both her
passenger and freight lists win be large.