The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-29

ne I'VE steamers thA. have tef, &C.
attic since the news OF TIE cionsvke rns4s
reached this city nuynher IN round r1sr-
bers about 1870 passengers. eighty per
Cert OF whom we.a furnished t,y sea.fIs
TIE steamer Ak saslse for juneau
ard Dysa Sunday. July u, carrying 7ya
shssp, s. head OF cattle, 60 tons CT gen.
erai merchandise ard 100 pasAenxers for
Dawson City.
Perhaps never befoss IN esae history 90
Seattle nas shere departed fror. tia en-
bfaciag aAr50r steamer sreighted with
q cargo so Interesting and destined SO
vaguely ~ the Portland which swung
out Thursday afternoon frons n wharf
covered WITH hundreds Of waving. weep
Ing people, and pushing her nose to the
north sailed Tor the Yukon The air was
fa1i OF good -oys" az fssIs monster fever
germ detached itself FROM ;as hot IN
valid. Seattle. and noated away.
X was like tha parting Of a san from a
E.os5sr. and the Queen city seemed 10th
10 admit the gsing- There were men
sssoara 80 beloved by her that In the
great grssf OF tbs mother Individual tears
seeH1@d petty. There have been hundreds
who have gone before and hearts wnfen
ecsed a, their departure. but this seemed
more Individually boat load of Seattle
peslie; some hzving not only q circle OF
frisEds. such as fails TO the lot of the
majority. but holding position in the
public eYc which made their exodus an
event oe general Importance. Among the
watchers from the wharf there was none
who, did not feel the exciting influence Of
the scene. AZ well known faces passed
up the short Eangpiank. sympathetic
whispers s.gnined their reeognstacu and
brtashed hopes Of ,hair success
The cargo OF the Portland Was about
i.sao tors. destined for 81 Michaeis. Daw-
son City. Fort Cudahy. Circs. City and
Unalaaka. The manifest at the local cu.-
toms house showed the following items:
Paint. cases. beer, i33 casks. windows, Sc
bundles. groceries. fa2 exses; dry goods. Is
cases; picks. fio. shoseis. $50. potatoes so
crates: onions. 100 crates; orauses 20
crates; lemons. g crates; rice 800 mats:
Hour. 1850 sacks; dried fruits, l.s77 cases:
groceries. I,i2s cases. hardware. Iss
bundles; cigars. cases. lumber and ma
terial for warehouse
There were Lass packages OF Canadian
goods In transit covered by a transporta-
ton and expectation bend
srcng the Port!ands prominent pass
engers were ex-C;ov. John H. McGraw.
Cen. T.. NJ. Carr and Capt BaIiie.. The
Portland had aboard Mr.. r. r. Weston
and Mr.. George Hyde Preston, two spe-
cial correspondents OF the Post-Iutslli-
gencer
The steamer Queen left tho local port
Friday, july ~. with go Passenger 60
Of which were bound for Dawson City
via pyea.
The Topeka left yesterday for juneau
carrying $40 passengers many Of whom
will go to Dawson City
Steamer Islander ief. yesterday for
Dyea~ The Islander had over 300 passser-
gers when she ief. Victoria The mat
ter Of customs duties at Victoria was
cared for by the Canadian Pacific rail-
road. which viii cover IL wah an ia
uansi.u bond Wails no instructions
have passed through any OF the customs
Offices in this eistrie, to tho officer sta
toned at the newly created sab port.
Dyea. II In a fact that by the United
States shipping law the collector at Dyea
would have the right 10 coliec; duties on
every pound OF dutiable goods landed
from the islander That It Will be done
is not thought probable. and In any event
the passengers would net suffer, rs the
tax would be carried by Capt Irving The
ingoing prospsctor IS confronted with the
possibility OF another customs collection
when he reaches the borderiand OF Brit
!sh territory, within which lie the rich
Ciondyke discoveries. Here again there is
small probability tha. the duty will he en-
forced. the small force Of twenty-five or
more mounted police stationed In the
Northwest Territory being a light power
20 contend against rush OF hundreds OF
excited fortune hunters.