The Portland daily press., 1897-04-30
LAST OF THE SEASON.
Steamship Vancouver Sails With Large
Passenger List.

She was the vancouver OF the dominion
line and took away many Portland PEG.
pie as passengers.
The Vancouver of the Dominion line
cleared yesterday morning and lay out
Capt. Jones was kept busily engaged in
looking after the welfare of the large
number of passengers who will make his
ship their home for the next fortnight.
The Forest Queen took the passengers
out to the Vancouver and left the wharf
at O'Clock. Her decks were covered
with passengers, friends, sightseers. BIZ
cycles and baggage. The wharf was
crowded with people to wish the Elwell
tourists happy voyageTand to wave the
last passenger boat that will leave here
this season an earnest goodbye, while
the clouds which overcast the sky all the
morning, suddenly parted, and the sun
shone benignly on the scene OF gayety.
The steamer sailed about 2 O'Clock,
and hutterinR handkerchiefs waved from
her decks until Der black hull disap-
peared from view and the forms Of
friends were no longer visible. Some Of
the lady passengers were literally sur
rounded by beautiful flowers and the
handsome steamer certainly feceived a
notable send off. The excursion on
which the Elwen tourists started yester-
day afternoon will be the most compre-
hensive tour yet arranged by Mr.. Elwell
The handsome Dominion steamship
Vancouver will land the party in Eng
land the second week N May. the most
delightful season of the year In that
country. They will wheel to London by
short and easy stages, stopping en- route
at Chester, Warwick (kenilworth Castle).
Stratford-on-Avon, Oxford, Windsor and
Hampton court. A week will then be
devoted to London. The party then
wheels to Southampton and Crosses the
English channel to Brittany In France.
They land at the old seaport Of ST. Malo,
aud from there proceed to- Mount st.
Michel, the most picturesue spot 10 all
Europe. From here the route will be
through Norma n dy to Paris, stopping at
many interesting places The next OBJ
jectivs point will be to one of the most
beautiful. departments of France, that
of Jura. After eight days in this region
they coast down the mountain to the city
of lGenoa. Italy will be entered by way
of the Mt. C,nis Tunnel ana Turin,
Genoa, Pisa, Rome, Florence, Venice.
Milan and the italian lakes will be Wis
tied In the order named. The great
Simplon Pass will be crossed, and tour
of Switzerland will follow. They will
enter the famous Black Forest of Ger
many, through Strasbourg, and SO. on
down the Rhine to Holland. After Edo
ing" this little country they again cross
the channel to England, take in the
charming lake district, visit the Isle of
Man, cross the Irish sea to Belfast and
after glorious ride up the famous
Antrion Coast Road to the Giants
Csuseway, catch the returning steamer at
Londonderry and return home by way
of Montreal aud Quebec. The time re-
quired will be. about liz days.
The party who sailed yesterday was
made up of the following ladies and gen.
tlemen: Miss Hannah A. Anderson,
Mrs. Edward Stanwood, Miss Nellie
Lamson, Portland; Miss Grace Tompson,
Miss Kittie Thompson. Newtonville,
Mass; NJ. Carleton, W. Mason, Mr..
Leonard Sutro, New York city; MI.
Gardner Cram, Brunswick; Mr.. Fred H.
War, Portsmouth, N. H.: Mr.. u. A.
Elwell. Portland; Mr.. Frank Wells,
Plaintield, N. j.; Miss Laura Carlton,
Portland. Mr.. r. ". Piokard OF the
Transcript, though not intending to
make the tour with the party, will &C
company them across, but will return
before they do. Mrs. F. A. Quimby was
prevented from going by sickness and
her place WAS taken by Miss Carlton.
Other passengers on the Vancouver
were: Mrs. W. B. Chapman, Bishop
Courteny, Mr.. Kellogg, Mr.. Kinder,
Mrs. Binder. MIR. Ciegg, Mr.. II. E.
Douglass. Mr.. French. Mr.. W. P. Kerr,
Mr.. Kruger, Mrs. French, DR.. W. W.
Goodwin, Mrs. Goodwin, and cousin
Miss Godfrey, Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon,
Master Gordon. Mr.. and Mrs. Hyslop,
NILE 1ycO3 0aIso AySC, Nopbs Es A.
Macy, Mrs. Macy, Miss S. c. Macy. Mr..
Mcdonald, Mr.. and Mrs. l. X. Haley,
Mr.. A. Hudson, Mrs. and Mrs. A. John
son. child and maid, Mr.. E. 8. Klegg,
Miss Klegg, Miss Kellogg, Miss
Hayzand, Rev. Father N. J. Power,
VIM. Phillips and chilli, Msstress R.
Price and H. Price, Mrs. p. l.. Price,
Miss Elsie Price, Mr.. John Terrence, Mr..
Alex Turner and Mr.. Wooburn.
The Portland contingent in addition to
the above list was: Miss Carter, Miss
Hannah Anderson, Mrs. Edward Stan
wood, Miss Nellie Lamson, Miss. Grace
Thompson, Miss Kittie Thompson, EMr.
Fred Ward, MIR. Gardner Gram, MIR.
Carleton Mason, MIR. Frank Elwell, Mr..
Fred Piokard, Mrs. q. Carter.
The Vancouver took cargo of about
4.0Go tons. 1t comprised 10, $50 bushels
of peas, 43. 79S bushels wheat, 2s6 pieces
birch timber, 6. 800 maple logs, ], o47 sacks