The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-24

,es, the latter 1t Lake L1ebarge. Accord
trs 20 Lindsay. the food supply in me
Kloadsks Ia exceedingly short
Rich strike 1T white Horse.
News Of a rich strike reached skaFuay
from White Horse rapids just before fsae
Seattle sailed. Two Ergiishrnfn v91o pros
pected tas3e came out recently WIZ -.
pounds OF gold In dzaSs and nuggets Ins
was the result Of eleven weeks seafcfs lor
the precious metal, but the entire amount
vas taken Out In a few days The men
came out ard had their gold weighed a.
cabin on the mountains. and refused 10
give any more definite inforulat ton than
the above
4 Tevvnssfe af Lake Linderman.
j. NJ Flower, who has just come out
from Lake Lnds-nsan. says rs met 20
hackers between tho summit and sheep
camp or the Caiikoot pass These pack
ers ne says. were going ever rapidly ana
the trail was In nrst-ciass condition The
weather has greatly moderated. and this
mild weather, Mr.. Flower says. will pack
down the snow At Crater lake and make
the traii even better. Long lake and Deep
lake are well beatsn down and o9fer no
trouble TO packers
Mr. Flower has plated ard taken up Q
townEfte a: Tinderman and says that ev-
cry man who comes over the Dyea trail
10 go by way OF Lnde.man, viii have 10
pay him tribute The charge VIII be about
cent per pound. When Mr.. Flower made
known his intention OF plating tina town
site, the settlers on the site. 20 the num-
Der OF esghty-ffye. gathered together and
held an Efsdlgna ton meeting. They threat
ensd 10 hang him IL he did not cancel bis
fling. He compromised by giving each of
the settlers a lot. He says that the set
H.. ID l. 81
Cd police are Oh good terms with him. and
that ne viii make lots OF money this sum-
rner- He VIII put up warehouses and pro-
vide boats at Linderman for those who
desire them 10 go down the lakes. Ground
10 erect tents on will be rented at about
s. per tent for three days.
Mr.. Flower says that he has laid out
ron and Sioux City, Ia, and Superior City,
MINI. His home IL at Oecnomowoc. Wis.
where he has d large blooded stock farm.
Breaks the Record.
The trip from which the steamer CITY OF
Seattle returned yesterday is the record
for the round voyage between Seattle and
Lynn canal ports. She left here De-
esEber Is AZ Ii O'Clock st night. and re-
turned at almost the same time last night.
In going TO Vancouver on the way up she
was delayed twelve hours. She took up
fise large coils of wire cable for the tram
way OF tho chiikoot Railroad q Transpor-
talon Company.
The passengers on the steamer City of
Seattle saw an exciting adventure at Van
couver on the way up. just as the boat
started, cab drove down 10 the wharf
furiously and Z man aiighted and ran ur,
the gang plank az II fleeing from certain
death. He fell al the end of the plank and
rolled over on his head and spun along the
deck. When he resained his feet he sough,
a stateroom and locked himself in. Close
after him came a woman with fury In her
face. She got on the gang-plank just as il
was being hauled in, and was given the
choice of going 10 Alaska or getting off.
She jumped of. The man proved 10 be J.
Knight Smith. expert representative of the
klondike Transportation Development
Company. OF Vancouver. Is. c. lie said
that the woman wanted 10 20 TO Alaska
with him.
Olsen Went Overheard,
While the City of Seattle was unloading
Thorp's cattle at the wharf an accident &C.
CURED which nearly resulted In the drown
ing Of iongshoreman named Nels Olsen.
one Of Thorp's steers made a break for
liberty and got partly into the water. In
order 10 get the animal out, long rope
was attached 10 its head and crew of men
commenced TO pull the beast up the chute.
A sudden jump OF the steer Stacked the
rope SO quickly that Olsen went overheard.
1t was dark. and Olsen became so ex-
hausied before rope could be passed to
him that he was unable 10 help himself out.
a sailor had 20 be sent down, who put a
rope about the Swede's body, and Olsen
was hauled out more dead than alive.
Cable Running to sheep Camp.
Lumber II selling In Dyea for $35 for
rough and $50 for dressed. Three scos
loads arrived within the last week, but
ths demand is much greater than the sup
ply I4ahorers get * cents per hour and
carpenters ~ cents The days are so short
that full days work cannot he perform
ed. Experienced packers on the trail re-
eeive 81 per day and board. and workuen
on the uamways get IS to 81 per day and
toard. one OF the ca bles at Sheep camp Ia
carrying gods 10 the summit for Ia cents
per pound IL has been In operation three
Gays. Men are pushing In over both trails
ana camping at the lakes. The Skaguav
river Is frozen nearly its entire distance
and the Ice Is used as roadway. III
tie more snow Is needed TO make the trail
perfect and the packers are praying for a
warm spell followed by a cold SNAP. which
VIII put a crust on the snow
The seaftIr's Passeuxcr>
Fotlowing Is HIST of the passengers for
Seattle the xfesu1ar T~if,, ,s