The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-12
DEATH On THE TRAIL
a. Van BaPeu. of >nohOszfsb. Drops
Froas fse Rare-sf Wa. Heart
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Dezts vas ahr0a1 or skaxzsy p2as Fri
day n2zsst- Se2tsssser 3 and % ths sosl9w-
ias rscralaG = WOMAN zEsk= % Gz1 lE&s
a. TIE ha-s7sps eaearsz ~ herself ard
husband g. - hoD@ % -sxsa.Eg &c god
aei2as s@a s.zzEssy zA5e Ger widow.
II. dead mans same Tas Var Bar@z.
ard cts farus@s honss wzs a. Saohomas5.
Although re le-ss- T. ~asch TIE tsso-nz-
ton reached Sea s-is does Eot gre .rsa-ssss
there appears 10 D. Mti8s do1sr zaat A
Van Barsa Is neznL he and als wtfe are
sno~u 70 - or sAe skaEaAy trail
The ss.sex announcing VA Eareu's
death Vas wrEten 20 Pete Bzrns ~ Wa
Ham J. Header. from sx&xHay. unoe- dzte
q Sep sneer & ne says. a maE 6roppaa
dead q TIE trail las. uLght from he4r1
failure his nAuzs Ezs VA Bursa. He
was from SaoaoEnisa- KS wAEe was over
TIE summit gsth --7s oGtl- and be Vas 90
Inx II after feed"
Ar. ard E-s. a. Var Buren,. Harvey
HoEe12 ard james Hazzn constituted a
party from snoaomisn wh1eA had been
pushing along ever the trail As lie dead
uaan spokeG q II ne letter l=ft 6 we
-1eTe seems g - 10 escape from re cor
cluslon shat a Van Buren, i IKE one wno
dropped dead
Holder says thas Up % September very
fsE had gone down ghs lakes. ouf that f.
a few days many would - unter way. as
they were getting over TIE summit fast
8e said ne iran 81 re lake side was
much be-zer thar o. the ss2r water SIDE
7 take pleasure 81 letting yuu know.
says Holder. ~tsat I have Started over
the araEL / traseG ouths> with young
Augustine. q S@s-tle. He had bis ~ On
TIE trail Sore OF Il r4s over the sum
mll ard tie rest q. sse tOo- Augustine
got thzt tired feeling and wanted % QsE.t-
50 I traded gith hirn- boaxht svo horses,
al asve been Up Tie trzil 20 Ghe foos %
Tee saa1nif. She Is a rad one. There are
SIX men Il CIR party. ard szo1 Of Is Les
a aorss- / tllak re VII make = al r@gat.
The Seattle policenssn are sra on the
trail. nsaTiy Up % Us
SNoHOMISH. sept. u.-WoF5 was -
cesved here today from skag0ay thai
Mr. Alyah Van Barren. OF this place.
dFcE ped dead OF the tran near Skag11ay-
The iaformaxio came n letter 10 Roo
ct {. Alien from hss brother, George Al
len. vho Is n sskgGEy conducting gen
srAl store The letter vas dated Sep
temher 3 ard said thai James Hag1n
had Just come IN with the information
that Van Burea had dropped dead four
miles out on the trail Mrs. Van BuTon
vas out Oh the t-aEl eighteen miles De-
ycza where her husband lay dead. and
knew nothing Of his death. Arrx1lge-
rnents had beNn made 10 hox the body
ard seua II Down On the next boak. &C
compantsd ~ Mrs. Van Buren,.
Mr. Van Earen was a nan nearly. y
not quite - years OF age. he had been
a resident q Snohomlsh FOR about SET "a
ysars. cozning hare from NaskeEon. Men
TIE past sosr years have been trTins
ores o. him ard when the klcneiks
fever broke cut re determined 20 60 %
the land of gold. Mrs Var Buren,. who -
rzsuch yoarssr than her husband. there
upon Decided 70 20 with him Ex-SAsri1
James Hagsn and Harry Horton. = youns
business nan q The town, completed re
party They started CT TIRE steamer ISL
ezaer ard So tlssy were equipped with
ho-s~- haA made good progress. ard
probably were On about ths.- last trip
hack 70 sksEuav Frequent letters from
Hagaa ana Horton told OF thsir hard
SHIPS ard trials. bot always spoke %
TIE great help Airs Van Burens pre-
cree was 60 them. Both Eagaa and H3r-
tor are men q great strea zfh, Al. msa
used 20 roughinE H. but the ietter bring
fur the news 81 Van BGrens death says
that they are both tlTtd ard worn ogt-
Both lock "a. II seems that the work
was too heavy Ter Van Bureu VIII his
three score yea-s. ard death called
halt or hiss march 70 ne field q The
sands ~ gold.