The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-30

Steamer City OF Kingston arrived direct
from Sk&glay yesterday afternoon AZ
about s.ts o'clock. No customs officer was
present and none ceui5 be found for three
hours, watch compelled the officers o. tas
beat 70 hold the passengers during thu long
delay. The steamer whis.1ed again ard
again. bar no o2icsr came.
Passengers on the steamer brought the
news u the drowning % feur men on their
way in a small Columbia river ashing beat
/ 20 sksgusy. There were eight men on
board. bat four we're rescued by the
steamer Islander The Kingston also
brought the inteliigencs fhAt Sylvester SEQ
vel. Of TIE New York Weird had been
put IN charge OF the concerted work on tire
opening Of the White pass ,ran and HAT
the tran Is 10 be opened for travel within a
week
Among the passengers who came Down
on the Kingston were T. p. Wallace ard
Philip Tiilinghasf. well-known bankers OF
Tacoma Mrs. George Rice. wife OF ne
Dc packer and ail-roand business man Of
sAagsay. was also aboard. and she was
accompanied By Miss Goidstein. daughter
OF leading merchant OF Juneau
AR. W. H. Beoer, Of Detroit Mica, went
Up 10 shaguay on a pleasure and sight
seeing trip. he took a blanket and a
couple OF days rations and started up the
Il found tents ana supplies scattered all
along the yraii." ne said. and saw an
sorts OF sishts- l got over the train with
oiFflcCi1y ana would say that two DAYS
rain would make Ii utterly impaSsaale.
Many dead horses We're scattered along
the uaA and one or two were right in The
pain The csrcasses save our tad oaor.
Dut no one TOOK time 20 cover them I'D or
drag them away. The trail needs punch-
con. for the horses sink knee deep in the
I mud ana II Is practically blocked az The
present time
MIR. Beoer was aboard the Excelsior last
Monday when they came across the four
survivors OF the unfortunate party OF
eight which left Juneau in a fishing beat
and eapslzed
We were about fifty miles this side OF
Skaguay." said Mr.. Bebsr. when the
pilot sighted the four men clinging 20 the
overturned boat. We ran over 70 them
ana picked them up. Two We're able 10
Sit up, and they were holding the other
TWO on. All were very rnuch exhausted.
for they had been clinging there since 3
O'Clock in the morning. and Ii was then
after o'clock. The boat lay on It's side.
almost submerged. and every moment tie
waves. which were running high would
break over them. They had been unable
10 secure passage at Juneau. ard had
loaded their supplies into the small boat
Rough weather was encountered. and the
boat cs psized and threw the party all into
the sea. In another moment all came up
again and secured holds on the rigging
Suddenly a second wave OF fearful vio-
lence came and when the men looked
around there were only seven left Three
others Succumbed during the succeeding
hours. and when the rescuers came two
more were about 20 drop eff, The sur
vivors were Frank A. Brown. Of Juneau;
Mr.. Gregmirs. of Portland. w McMurdo
and ]. Dudley OF Nanaimo. Those who
were lost were James Armstrong Of Sc
attic; Thomas Trevylan, W. Mcdonald
an Hugh MeLaren. OF Nsnaimo.
"A great many are moving back 70
Dyea, with the intention Of going over
by that route. There Is really a stampede
in that direction from Skaguay and the
scows cannot accommodate the demand on
them. Up on the trail are many aban-
doned boats. The owners found they
could not get them over and dropped
them on the trail one of them bears this
legend in large letters: II you want me.
take me- A good many Peterhoro canoes
are being gotten over. / saw one man
who had sold his outfit for less than Is
per cent. OF its cost and was coming
| back"
Thomas s. williams, one OF the passen-
gers says that wages are s. a day AZ
Y.
buildings up in Skasuay. and more are
going up-all one-storied houses. Mr..
Scovel told him that not ten parties had
gotten over the Skaguay pass with their
outfits as yet
T. p. Wallace. Of Tacoma. said that he
went up TO skaguay on a pleasure trip.
and that what he saw well repaid him for
the Journey.
Il went out on the trail about six miles"
he said "and found & blocked with goods,
piled and scattered IN every shape over
the route There are fully 1000 people at
skag1ay. and half as many al Dyea.
| They are getting over az Dyea. but arc not
on the White pass tran There are alto
! gether too many people on the Skaguay
! trail
Mr.. THmughast said thar se0vel. OF the
World. had come down 20 Juneau with
them TO secure powder and tools 20 go 20
work on the trail. Scovel was going 10
/ spend 81 200 for dynamite and picks and
other tools. and was going 20 organize the
| forces for effective work, on The king
ston going north was party OF six Klon-
| dikers whose equipment greatly amused
/ the passengers.
They Rad three Saratoga trunks" said
| Mr. Tuinghast 1--WE handsome satcheIs.
/ dress suit case. guitar snd one ton q
/ provisions for the crowd Several % them
/ we're actually dressed 90 white shirts.
| They hailed from Ps'tsburg and the East,
and they got or ~ Haines' mission %
/ TAX. the Dalton trail schwatka, the IN
| dian guide. was with them, and they had
/ ten csyuses fn tire party Old Schwafks
was getting 3 a DAY and plenty 20 eat.
and was perfectly happy
/ Mr. TlHlnrhast slso said that those who
had gone NJ had taken altogether too
much goods and supplies AT mat was
/ needed was one thick Tu}s % dack.uRw
! = change Of Undertaking = besrSktn 20
sleep on. one pair Of blankets 8nd -
1 pounds o. provisions c1nsietiuE q moth
/ ing but beans. bacon and four. Canned
goods ne said were 10 good and they
wera being thrown away
/ The passenger list was as follows.
r p Wallace 2. TiltnEhast O. Jack
son. Thomas s Williams q. Matthews.
I Miss VI Coi8stein " II. BeneT Mrs.
George RIee. Or ard Mrs. g.. q. seldom.
+ Miss Bochuan ard three steeraFe.
I News comes down hy She Kingston u
r. lively row on She British steamer BRA
fs1 while sAs las in port az Ska quay.
Cnln's two barges Ajax ard Bjax we're
( engaged hy the Ed3th tte Elder and ere
KlTgst5- % Hxhter their cArgpes The
rrrIras ware g rar ten FOR goods and =
-a- hezd for horses Tre EfrEatcn paif
ssE for thia service alone. bar tie Brlsto.
+ management refused 20 pay TIRE price.
I TIE paxseux gers demanded taat the car
saIn pax tbeiF goods ashore, hut - per
SISTED ia refusing Then ere passengers
bsts meeting ard threatened 20 put the
~sa,air In chalns ard thraw algn over
hard Il ne d}8 not arrees % thetr de-
-uarsss. W<hen Ire Kingston left the frgD-
Die vas net yet settled
ore returning Yuxener cane cut q TIE
rrir~s whsle TIE Kingston vas no-fh- ,
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