The evening times., 1897-07-23

floated the Stars and Stripes, commenced
signing '.Good-by, Ny Love, Good-by."
The most conspicuous figure on the deck
was that of John McGra w, former governor
OF Washington. He stood six feet, tower
ing like a giant above his little son Tom,
| a mere lad, wboacoompanies him to the far
off land OF promise, hoping to assist in
rebuilding a lost foItune. The governor 6
x-ife-brave woman that she is-stood at
her husbands 81 de.
Hardly less conspicuous was Gen. E.
| NJ Carr, OF the National Guard OF Wash
ington. TAN, massiv eofform, and handsome
Of feature, he forsakes the life OF the city
and 5uues himself in the land that viii
soon be locked in the arms OF ice and snow.
He is independently rich. Thirteen years
ago he was in the Yukon Basin in search OF
fortune, when placer mining was In its
| infancy.
on a rugged mountain pass one stormy
night Carr ran across three prospectors
aud trsppers nearly perished for want or
food and with cold With his Indian guide
Carr rescued the men and supplied them
out uf his stores of whisky and provisions.
One or them was so nearly gone that Carr
had 20 carry him out on his back while
the Indian drew the sled
These men are still i'm the Yukon and
have rich claims staked on Bonanza Creek
IL is IN response to letters from them that
Carr leaves, for he is assured of a chance
to make a great fortune.
Capt. A. j. Ballet, brother OF Princeton's
most famous football player, stood on the
lee side OF the steamer. BE was once as
dear to the hearts OF Yale oarsnen as his
brother was to football men Princeton.
George Folsom, welrknown in Boston
society, stands next TO the mighty Ballet,
George Hyde Preston, one OF Seattles
most prominent attorneys, is near at hand.
The son OF cignitary was in the Port
land crowd, In the person Of G. st. L. Nc
Kintosh, whose father is Gov o. II Nc
Kintosh, OF tile Northwest Territory, in
which is located KIondke.
Gov. McXiniosh came TO his former home
10 bid hisso adieu, and during his stay here
declar red that there area hundred Klondikes
in British Yukon, and that they contain
hundreds of millions, fol gold has accumu-
lated in those streams for ages.
Among the brave Argonautsare number
OF women and one little girl. They are
cheerful end eager 10 be going.
They are from Seattle, and give tl.s....
names as follows: Mrs Thomas Urquhart,
whose husband goes north'with her; Miss
Rose Kenna, Mrs. william Clark, Mrs s.
Lychtenstadter, Mrs. j. ID. Barnes, Mrs.
Ernest Maynard, Mrs E Hopkins, Miss s.
Beaseley, Mrs. j Muigan, Mrs. Chaput,
Miss Esther Loselle, Mrs A b. Llewellyn,
Mrs J. Williams and Mrs. Tyler
VIII they come back, OF will that little
girl be laid to rest in a grave Of snow and
ice?
The thought brought to mind how Prof
L. S. Lfppy, who came back from the
Klondke with S65,OO0, left his baby's
grave as monument to the fortune he
took from the shifting sands.
The crowd on the ship was as interest
ing and picturesque as that on the dock
Great swarthy, bearded miners, with dark
flannel shirts and heavy boots, crowded
adm Jostled the more aristocratic tender
feet, who go for the first time in search of
gold in the mountains.
The passengers were Representatives of
all social grades TO be found in the North
west; but. while there might have been a
difference in the outward exterior of the
men, they were all animated by the over
pOwering. Unsuitable thirst for gold Urged
on by the stories Of the KlondiIe dig.
gings, each felt sure in his heart that his
fortune would be made within six months
after his arrival In the new Ell Dorado of
the North. IL was a jovial crowd alto
gether, In spite OF the weeping of the
women on the dock as they bade good-by
to their husbands and sweethearts enlisted
i'm the army OF gold hunters
While the donkey engines on the decks
OF the steamer splurted and wheezed away
in the work OF landing the baggage and
freight, tie crowd stood patiently through
four long hours under blistering sun, and
when finally the last trunk was loaded
aboard and the customary late passenger
had hurried down the gang plank, a cheer
wen tup from a thousand throats
Slowly, and weighted to waters edge
with her precious freight the Portland
poked her black nose northward and began
her long journey to St Mchael's. There
was a fIutter OF handkerchiefs and ban
ners, aud as the steamer disappeared In
the distance the big crowd separated.
There arc fresh arrivals OF gold hunters
daily. The outfitting companies are run
ming low in supplies, and new vessels are
being pressed into service
When the Portland reaches st. Michaels
she will anchor outside, and tie river
steamers owned by the North American
Transportation Company VIII come along
side and commence taking on passengers
and provisions
This transportation company viii land
seven Thousand tons OF food at the Klon-
dixie this year.
Today the steamer Queen sails with