The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-27

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T.1ns fhs Alaska steamer City Of Topeka
Handed in porf at O'Clock last night after
a., ,fu-sentful voyage from the p DORADO
az the Sorfn She had aboard about mir
Is passsngsrE and about 100 tons OF
freight including go barrels % oH and
forty tons Of faA0at There was. besiaes
this. some ore ard = quantity OF sAiias ana
fars The oil Is consigned 70 the Alaska
ou and Guano Company. OF San Fran
sssco aud comes from Btllisnoo- Tne hsh
Il also consigned 20 San Francisco.
Aunssux The arrivals on the steamer was
Cart James carroll. one or the nsost wide
" known men IN Alaska and also one OF
the most largely interested. To Post
InteIllgencsr reporter Capt. Carroll said:
There IL nothing of a startling nature
20 ten you OF Juneau and Alaska IN gen
sral The spring Il an unusually early
on. not a particle Of snow being visible
I'm Juneau or vicinity. The rain has fallen
tn great quantities. coming without eessa-
ton for as much ar ten days al time.
The reports from the Yukon are most
gratifying and point successful season.
The properties about Juneau are looking
up well. and will also be in active opera
Ton within a very short time. In a few
steady downfall. the properties in Silver
Bow basin will be started up full blast,
and building in Juneau viii also begin.
From all can hear the miners going
into the Yukon from Dysa have had
hard time OF 81, for the reason that the
early spring weather has melted the
snow in the canyons leading from Dyea
TO the sun init, a distance If about nine
miles. leaving a number of large boul-
ders 20 be elamored over and causing 9TH
er impediments. Farther up they have
had trouble in getting over the soft snow.
Altogether. probably between LOO and
100 people have gone into the Yukon so
far thls year.
Say what II this ! hear about the
Post-Intelligencer publishing a story
stating that I am interested In some new
motive power-somethlng about harness
ing denizens OF the deep. | am going up
TO the office with a gun and clean out
the whole place. Hy the way. do know
little romance that might interes; you
ON my last trip 10 Juneau on the Al-ki
about month ago I got a couple Of
young people from this city married. II
was a runaway affair and / guess a love
match. The girl was pretty little thing
and said her parents lived la Tacoma. 1
think though. that she lived in Seattle
One day. az we were nearing Wrangel
she told me her troubles. and / advised
her 10 think over the proposition. and
when she arrived in Juneau and desired
IL. would buy her ticket and send her
20 her people In charge OF a ships officer.
She said she would think It over.
Soon after this I retired 10 my state
room for n nap but was not IN there long
before some one rappod on the door
Come In said. II was the girl again.
She said she had made up her mind TO
get married TO her lover. who / a a.crwarti
found out was cheap actor. / told her
to go into the cabin and wait until dress
ed myself. which she did. I went out
and ran into the actor the first thing and
talked 10 him pretty plain. l Just didn I
exactly Ike his looks. but he was bent
on marrying the girl so when we landed
az Nrangel I took them before Judge
jackson ard had them hitched up IN true
legal form. with witnesses and all that
sort OF thing. They went back aboard
ship and continued on to Juneau.
what are the names of the parties
Well. can't remember. What's that? Me
GTath9 Yes, that's -le fellows name.
bat the little ones l forget"
Inquiry about town developed the fact
that the parties are James McGrath, who
did a buriesqus turn on the strong man
at "a variety thcater south OF Yesler way.
and tho glri Leila Shaw. "A pretty little
brunette whose parents 1--we in Tacoma.
Charles Espiln was n passenger on the
steamer also Mr. and Mrs. \. u. Novel;
and daughter. Mr.. Novel; Is the big
niine owner 81 peruer's bay.
Following Is a fall list OF cabin passen-
gers:
Miss Eva shear.r Miss Annie Harineut,
Mrs. 8. l.. MeConnsll. Miss NJ. Willard
l.. RENEE. Maggie Montgomery, Flora
Montgomery. II. r. Miller. f. e Maithy
e. y MeGsnnis. &. T.. Davis. A. Montelth
T. Moore. {. s. Eaplln, ]. T. o'Gorman,
IL. McEay. II. V. Burner and wife. Mrs
3. Woodbridge. w. II. Mcuair. y. Knua.
son. Louis l. Williams. capt. James Car
roll Miss Fannie Louise Parker. Mrs
James .sufei. r NJ. Shinn. r. Valentine
L. ID. Newell ana wife Miss Ethel Novel;
and ten sieorage.