The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-26
THE PASSING THR0NG.

by. reached The city last evening on the
steamer City OF Seattle The necror1aneer
who originated the silent City mlrage
IS On his way 70 see a brother IN Kansas
City. No, whom he has accustomed him
ssl< for thirty-eigat years 20 think Of as
an angel. The un5oa about 20 brighten
the old age OF the brothers Was directly
brought about through the poSt-Intslii-
genceE. Dick Willoughhy told the story
last night n the New England hotel WIN
3 protusloa of detail which sPrsng from
the Sgllness o. his heart.
Early IN ISL. when I was mining n
the Ca-iboo country" he said, = received
a letter from my mother in Missouri say
ing that my brother Alec had been killed
81 the battle % Lone Oak. u which ne
fought under Gen. Price Though my
mother spent sl.ooo in searching. she was
never able TO recover Alec's body. ] also
heard that another brother, preacher,
had been killed n the war. and that was
really true.
Shortly after hearing from my mother
I cleaned up sZ2,eo in gold dust. bought
q mule and packed 10 the coast 10 take
the steamer Golden Gate. In 1851. as Old
timers will remember. the Golden Gate
was wrecked OF Acapulco. In the press
reports Of the wreck my name appeared
among those lest.
THAT year my mother died and | went
70 Alaska, believing that had not reis-
tive on earth. 4 year ago last September
l was in Seattle and was interviewed by
the Post-rntellige1cer After / had re-
turned 10 Juneau I received a letter. ad-
dressed % the Post-Tntelligencer and for
warded, signed by Alex Wliloughhy, kan
sss City. No. I had just sold mine for
s50.e9o or $4,000, and thought 20 myself:
This is some scherner who wants 20 claim
relationship and set my money. so l
did not answer. Later another letter came
the same way. This time | sat down ana
wrote: Tell me something about your
boyhood home and family traditions. II
you are the right one, I will come to see
you
THE answer satisfied me fully that 1t
was really my brother Alec, and wrote;
'You have been dead thirty-eight years
and I have been dead tAirty-eight years,
but still we are brothers and will meet In
the flesh as soon as I can reach Kansas
city i am on my way there now.
Among the passengers who came down
on the City OF Seattle last evening was
an old newspaper man who has been In
every gold rush that has taken place IN
recent years. The last memorable rush 10
receive consideration at his hands was
the one that started IN South Africa, and
which resulted in johannesburg changing
in a few months from village TO great
city.
YES" said this old newspaper man. II
have searched for gold in Africa. and had
plenty OF wild experiences down there.
/ have gone four days in the severe heat
without water, and finally, when l found
a stream, its contents were salt water.
But give me Africa with my mouth as
dry as the outside of buffalo hide to life
on the Skaguay trail VIII 1 ever forget
IL? Not IL I am allowed TO retain my
memory. Skaguay trail viii pass out of
my mind when 7 die Until then 1t will
haunt me as a nightmare.
II worked for twenty days with the
Ward party, OF which l was a member,
TO get over White pass with tons of pro-
visions. We lost 81 $50 before we changed
our mind and went to Dyea and crossed
Chilkoot, consuming just fifteen days.
left the party at Lake Linderman Septem-
Der 26 on account of sickness. and returned
TO Skaguay.
''At Linderman, when 1 left, there was a
big crowd. Ice was forming on the lake.
\ number OF parties had left the lake a
few days before. They did not expect to
reach Dawson. Their idea was to get over
the lakes. BY so doing they will be in a
better position TO get down the river ear
lier in the spring, as the Ice on the Yukon
breaks up much earlier than does the lake
ice. Many Of the sleds that have gone from
the lakes are badly constructed in that the
runners are far too narrow and viii cause
their owners much loss and serious trouble.
ut is a great gathering at Skaguay. You
find there men who. after paying to get
their outfits over the pass, did not have
sufficient cash left to buy a good cigar.
Others are there who had all the tools nee
essary in constructing a boat, but they
did not know anything about using them,
and consequently, their boats are in the
forests. These men who are al the lakes
Will 90 aa hn Sga hraa LyS f,
the spring"
A. J. Rose, an insurance broker on
Lloyds, OF London, was at the Butler yes
terday. Mr.. Rose visited Seattle five years
ago. His present visit here is due to bust
ness interests IN the insurance line which
take him 10 the United States at stated
intervals To a Post-Inteiligencer repre-
sentative Mr.. Rose said last night that the
Klondike has become almost a household
word In England and that the young men
OF the British isles were preparing to come
West In the spring and try their fortunes
in the newly discovered gold Acids.
There are a great many sturdy, we'll
bred young Englishmen who will under
take 10 gain a fortune in the gold fields of
the Northwest Territory next year" said
Mr. Rose. 'EThe London newspapers print
ed from two TO three columns daily during
the first Of the excitement, and every one
became familiar with the stories of peril
and hardship 70 be encountered on the
Chilkoot and White passes. Several steam
er loads viii be sent 10 ST. Michael around
the Horn next spring. and snany others
viii come direct from Liverpool to Mon
treal, and thence over the Canadian Pa
cifc and by way of the Sdckeea river route
TO Dawson.
II am glad to see the evidences on ev-
cry hand OF prosperity IN the western part
~ 10 Tinted States Main
attic Is having a season os activity and
enterprise. due perhaps very largely to the
development OF the placer fields of Alas
ka and the Northwest Territory"
DR.. r f. Z. Newberne. government ply
Stefan on the Nez Perce Indian reserva-
ton IN Idaho, ls IN the city for few days
on business. DR.. Newberne was formerly
supervising Inspector OF Indian schools
with headquarters NJ Tacoma. In the ups
and downs incidental 70 political life. Or.
Newberne found himself succeeded by
James J. Anderson. formerly Puyallup In
dian commissioner al Tacoma who was
ore OF he most vociferOus advocates Of
Turkey Fawcett and fusion IN Pierce
county. Mr.. Anderson was pronounced
silver man. but soon after the defeat OF
Bryan he worked himself into the favor OF
President Cleyeland'S secretary OF the In
terror. a sound money man. and was ap-
pointed az supervisor Of Indian schools
Dr. Newberne was given q lucrative posi-
tion IN the Neg PeTce reservation.
THE Nez PIERCE Indians are receiving
nearly s4oaV00 every six months from the
government from the sale OF their superfu-
ous lands" said DR. Newberne. The dis
trihu,ion OF this large sum makes times
lively on the reservation, and townsite
looms are cutie common The sIprems
court having declared the gambling laws
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