The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-06
ON THE WATER FRONT.
Four Ocean Steamships Make a
Busy Time.
THE Alike IN FROM ALASKA.
steamer Queen sails fer the Ncrth-A
Projected whale Chase or the
California Coast.

-Four large ocean steamships were at
the Ocean dock yesterday ncraing. Tho
race OF the wharf WAS breasted three deep
by the City 90 gsehsa. U1ratssla aud Al-ki,
White ia the slip lay the Queen. TX GER
tainly gave al appearance Of lie on the
water front Strings Of drays and hacks
moved on AMI of the dock. longsherernen
were trunaling heavily laden trucks. or
ders were being shouted and repeated.
blocks creaked and ropes strained. and
the ubiquitous PASSENGER, laden with va
Uses and bundles. stood eyerywhere with
a question on his lips.
The steamer Ai-ki arrived from Alaska
at half past o'clock in the morning. She
had about twenty tons OF freight aboard.
principally made up OF four boxes OF furS.
measuring two tons each and valued at
a high figure- There was one box OF ore.
News was scanty aboard the Ai-I<i. she
had bat one Cook inlet passenger aboard
and he had been at Juneau for some time
and was consequently not in touch with
the latest developments on the inlet.
Capt. Patterson. of the A-lSi gentaily
volunteered Information OF an experiment
tai salmon hatchery at Fort Wrangel in
response to the reporters request for
news. Capt. Colhright has been sue
cessfully experimenting In Matching SAL
mon OF a fine variety at Fort wrsngcl.'
he said, land the first fish from the eggs
planted four years ago are coming hack IN
the stream. Capt. Colbrlght IL much en-
couraged at the success attained and viii
stock other streams this year with about
2.edo, 90 eggs
C. l.. ponahue. Miss NJ. II. Mason, Miss
NJ. Anderson. @. W. Tackaburg. Mrs. @.
w. Tackaburg. II. Bostwtck, Mrs. ii. POST
wick. Mrs. Pearl. Miss Pearl, l.. X. Bur-
ton. Mrs. l.. r. Burton. Mrs. 5. c. Che
zani. Claude Chexsnl. Miss Mary Graz
mer. DIR. 5. Leonhardt, Mrs. s. Leon
hardt, Miss r. Leonhardt. Miss Helen La
rem. Mrs. A. Levy and child, II. Crockett.
]. w. Higgins. III. l. Miller, A. T. Beede.
F. A. Gresay. Joe Mason. r. +. oberiand-
err, II. Marteiie. A. Thomas, H Freeman,
r. wiiloushby, Mrs. II. wiiioughby, Miss
A. Wlloughby, c. III. Whipple, Mrs. 4.
Stevens. II. 8 Stevens. II. Gillespie. +.
Cunningham. Mr., and Mra J. Burke, A.
NJ. Burke. Miss X. Huett. Mira. II. j.
whipple, Mrs. Warren. j. l.. Gould and
fourteen second class.
A large number OF tourists took advant-
age OF tho last opportunity 10 make the
Alaska excursion voyage on the steamer
Queen, and she sailed yesterday morning
with full list OF passengers. The Queen
Will be transferred to the Southern excur-
sion route after this voyage and novel
departure is contemplated. IL Is called
a whaling excursion. and those who sign
for the voyage 10 the Farallon Islands Will
enjoy from the broad decks of palatlal
steamer a sight generally witnessed from
an il-smelling whaler. They are sure 70
see the whale. for the chance or meeting
one or these I.eyiathans or the deep has
been calculated TO a certainty. When the
proposition was first laid before Capt.
James Carroll OF the Queen he agreed
that II was a great scheme IL the whale
agreed. He was assured that arrange
ments would be made With one or the
whales IN Prince Williams sound. In 9TH
er words, the monster viii be captured
In that locality and taken south to be on
hand for the hunt.
The few who bought tickets for the
Queen at Seattle we're: Miss Olga Hilton.
Or. j. p. kimbaa. g. A. staddarl. Mr.
and Mrs. IT. l.. Norvai. winlfred Norval.
w. i. Wadleigh. II. La Roche, A. G. Burn
ham. s. Green. Mrs. Almeda Green, Miss
Meta Mitchell and Mr. and Mrs. r. j.
Halter.
Steamer Umstllis sailed for San Fran
cisco yesterday morning AZ 3 O'Clock. She
had ]. 100 IONS OF Franklin coal aboard and
a good cargo of freight. Those who took
passage were: Carl hratz. Addie krasx.
Alma Kraiz. Miss Garwood. Mrs. Emma
Ruiter. Miss ~. Sherson. Miss Hattie
Hastings Miss NJ. Patton, Mrs. A G.
kratz. J. v. uirlch. Mrs. ]. II Trumbley,
Miss l.. EngIeker. Miss III. n. Linton. Miss
L. Mcb.aiHcf3s AFs- - W, TpFout. MIS-.
j. j. Shaugnessv. Miss Alice Smith, Horace
A. Turner. Fanny ID. Ball. Miss R. Miller.
Miss Nellie Spencer. Mrs. J. 8. Graham.
Mrs. q. Henderson. Mrs n. Mathews.
Miss w. Abbott. Mrs. r T. Smith. j. ~.
White, W. II. Hudson. Mrs. r. A. Hudson.
Miss Lucy. A. VI. BURNS. Miss AZ. Cornish.
Mrs. o. l.. Seavey, Mrs. Meyer. G. Ecciea,
Mrs J. r. Black. c. A Meldrum. " !.
Hahn. Miss f. 8. Peasants. Mrs.
G. Peyser, ysna Rowe. Lillian Mo-
rev, Sadie Morgaus. Hasper Kos
suth. T.. b. Cadie. Mrs. VI. L. Mad
sen. A. r. Butler. Miss Josie Ferry. T..
Cunningham. Mrs. s. fselivean G. p. Haw-
ley. Mrs. G. Fulton. Alma Johnson. Mr.
and Mrs. o. A. Wentworth. Mrs. q. Wat
son and two children. Edgar watson. Mrs.
A. Levy and child r. H. McMelign, Mr.
and Mrs. II. W. Wright. Mrs s. Murphy
snd twenty-five Storage.