The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-26
TO GO A NEAR WAY
CHICAGO PARTY WILL OUT ACROSS
TO TIE DIGGIEGS.

Rail to Edmontou. by Trail to Atha
basca River. Thence Down the Chain o
Lake aud River Constituting the Nc
KenzIe system, to Where They Expec
TO Find Rich Deposits of the Precious
The Willamette Brings Late News From
Dyea-KIondyks News.
| Chicago, Aug. 25.-A party OF thirteer
| men and one woman left Chicago thi:
evening for the Alaska gold fields The
expedition is cooperative. each membe.
| agreeing 10 share equally with the 9TH
ers in the gold that may be found in
| claims located.
The secret OF their exact destination /:
| carefully guarded. 1t is in the posses
sion OF Harry Card, one of the party
who has been employed on two occasions
| by the Canadian government, as a sur.
| veyor in the British possessions lying
east Of Alaska.
The party will travel from Chicago 70
| Edmonton by rail. At Edmonton they
Will buy material for boats and provi-
sions TO last year, and from there they
will go by team over a good road fifty
miles 10 Athabasca Landing. where they
will build their boats and embark on the
Athabasca river. From tina. point they
will go by boat through Athabasca river,
Lake Athaoasca, Slave river, Grea:
Slave Lake and Mackenzie river 10 the
confluence OF the latter stream with
/ Pilly river, a trip OF about 400 miles in
all by boats
Members OF the party say they will
not devote much time 10 placer gold bu,
will try TO find lodges.
THE WILLAMETTE RETURNS.
Seattle, Wash, Aug. 25.-The steam
ship Willamette pulled into the Ocean
dock today from Alaska, carrying the
following: ]. W. Virgin, ]. H. Weber.
NJ. Hockaday. H. j. Wiseman, A. Bel
and Arthur Needham.
The Willamette left Skaguay Thurs
day, Aug. 10; Juneau Friday. and Si,ka
Saturday morning. She brought down
no gold, although $1,000 was offered by a
land from Dawson City. leaving there
Sunday. July 4. These men, however.
only wanted 10 come as far as Juneau.
where they expected 10 winter, and as
the purser was not sure al the ;ime the
gold was offered that the boat would stop
al Juneau, he declined 20 take them
aboard. They reported that provisions
al Dawson are growing very short. One
of them said that he had a friend who
had several buckets Of gold, but was hv-
ing on beans and piece OF bacon as
large as his hand per day.
The Willamette saw nothing of the
Portland on her trip down and her Off
Gers said that so far nothing had been
heard Of her.
Thomas Stanton of Seattle was one OF
the returning passengers OF the steam
er. He went north 70 join Seattle par
~ that left on the Mexico. The others
had taken his outfit with them and he
proposed meet them on the trail. The
steamer was so much delayed in start
Ing that Stanton arrived too late and de-
cided to wait until spring before going
10 the Yukon. He says:
1T is shame the way the skaguay
trail has been advertised. as every day
proves it to be more and more impracti-
cable. l went over the trail as far as
Porcupine river and that was ali I
wanted. Although 1 did not have any
pack to speak of. Dead horses can be
seen all along the trail. while many 9th
ers are SO badly skinned up and bruised
that they are fit for nothing. Footsore
men and others with strained backs are
coming back. The biggest crowd OF pros
pective Klondikers is to be found camp
ed along the trail al the way from the
bay to the summit. l think very few
men will get through this year Many
men are going over 70 go in the other
way. Things are very lively az the town
and on the bay just now. AZ first it
was all tents. but frame buildings are
rapidly going up. Next week a sawmill
will be in operation. Men are already AZ
work getting out lumber for the new
mill a. good wages. Six stores. carrying /
stocks OF mixed goods. have started up
and are doing very we'll"
NEW LINE OF SCHOONERS.
Port Townsend, Wash. Aug. 25.-A I
company mas JuSt been organized mere 4
called the Copper River Transportation ,
md Mining company. The company viii .
operate line Of schooners between this I
place and Cook Inlet, Kodiak. the Prince
William Sound country and Copper Riv-
n points in passenger and freight traffic. I
The first trip north will be made in Feb
-uary.
THE ROSALIE DEPARTS.
Seattle. Wash. Aug. 25.-The steamer
2osalie has departed FOR Skag1ay with
Ibout 100 passengers and a fun load q
horses and supplies FOR miners. she also
ook a number Z wagons 10 break the
anime az tie pass. The schooner Moon
igAt had most OF her deck load % lun-
,er removed and got away win her pas
engers today.
AWAITING THE PORTLAND.
Port Townsend Wash. Aug. "a
mall army Of newspaper men are Try
ng 10 intercept The steamer Portland
With the iste-ss news from Dawson Ci:y.
he Portland was reported Of Cape
Tlattery last night hu- the vessel proved
0 he The Willamette. from Dyes.
The Associated Press tGg. which wen.
~ .ast nigh, % meet ne steamer Port
and. returned TITS morning with the in
ormatio1 that ne s-esmer reported