The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-08
YET No SIGN OF THE SHIP.
Cleveland Has Not Been Sighted
From the Cape.
ARRIVAL EAGERLY AWAITED.
Entire Country Looking Anxfousiy
for the Long-Exp~cted Treasure
ship. With ridfn=s From the Alas
Kan PactoIus-Even the Portland
Is Being Eciipsed by Interest In
the Coming Vessel.


Sim no word OF the Cleveland.
Ten days have elapsed SINGS the last
news from the interior OF Alaska and the
Northwest Territory was sent broadcast
over The country by the Associated Press
and the special correspondents in Seattle.
In year from now Will IL be said thai
the world must wait till steamers arrive
here from the north before information
concerning the development OF natures
great storehouse OF mineral wealth is TO
be had?
Perhaps the remoteness of the golden
Eldorado and the infreQuency OF communi-
cation with the people living in the fav-
ored region is factor in stimulating pub
lie interest In everything concerning the
hlondike. and whets the public appetite
for news TO such a degree that the big
newspapers of the country are forced to
detail dozens of special correspondents and
trained news gatherers, not only TO go 10
the scene Of the great gold find but 10 the
avenues where the first tidings of the dis
triet are to be gained from returning
steamers.
Varied as has been the career Of the
treasure ship Portland. and interesting
as are the stories that could have been
tcid or ner SIX months ago the staid old
vessel has been suddenly swept into s1leh
fame and Importance 10 the world OF
newspapers readers as her builde RS never
imagined would be her lot The Port
land is now known IN every town of size
from one coast to the other on the Amefi-
can continent, as the first ship TO bring
out big cargo of gold from the richest
placer dis5g1ngs on the hemisphere. The
Portland must now temporarily occupy
a back seat, while on the steamship
Cleveland is focused the attention OF
an expectant and eager public. The
Cleveland is depended upon TO lay before
the world the very latest news from the
land of Midas.
II is this fact, perhaps. and not the
srrmise that the steamer may bring down
large quantity of gold. that makes he~
arrival on the Sound a news matter OF
the highest Importance. The Cleveland
ought 10 arrive not later than Friday.
Under ordinary circumstances, and in
the absence OF unusual delays, she should
be sighted off Cape Elattery by the Post
intelligence tug almost any minute. Cal
culations made by those posted on her
capacity for covering miles of watery
waste in given time have given the date
of her arrival here as September 8. but
on account of the nature of her trip she
cannot be said to be overdue.
Meanwhile. interest on the part of the
public all over the Union. and particular
~ In Seattle. is keyed way above concert
pitch, and the first tiding of the ship will
be received with almost as much salts
faction as any event of national import
ance.
There does not appear to be a possibility
by which the Cleveland can enter the
Straits without being sighted by the Post
lntelhgencer tug now Off the cape, so
that until n bulletin announcing her ar
rival is received at this office people must
continue to conjecture as 10 the nature
of the news she brings from the far
North, and the amount of treasure that
has been sent down the Yukon to ~.
Michael since the departure of the Port
land.