The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-14
THE XLONDIKE GOLD FEVER,


 THE XLONDIKE GOLD FEVER. The Mountain Passes Reported Blocka ded Not Half the Gold-Seekers Cau Get Through Before Winter-Inquiry for Tickets DiIninishing-A New England Party.
 Astoria, Ore, Aug 13.--The Oregon
 Railway and Navigation company's
 steamer George W. Elder has arrived here from Dyea. She left Dyea the ninth instant. She confirms previous
 reports that both the White and Chl-
 from Skaguay and White Pass is more level and easier travelling, though twenty-five miles further; the pros- pector is landed on Lake Bennett, the
 second lake above Linderman, where travellers by the Chlkoot Pass are landed. Besides there is plenty of timber on Bennett Lake to build boats,
 while there is none on Linderman. 1 Nearly all of the Elders passengers were landed at Dyea, the vessel lying
 mile and a half out in the bay. Pas-
 sengers and goods were lightered
 ashore at a cost of ten dollars per ton
 for freight. Officers of the Elder say | that not one-half of the gold seekers will get over the mountains this win ! ter. Many are selling their outfits and l returning. Letters from parties who | went up on the Elder advise their
 friends not to go this fall as they can-
 not get through
 1 The steamer Mayf1oWer towing a
 large barge loaded with supplies, left
 Dyea to-day She will take the inner 1 passage, and her captain expects no
 trouble in reaching his destination.
 San Francisco, Aug. 13.-During the
 past week the Klondike fever has
 abated somewhat in this city, owing,
 probably, to the discouraging reports received from Dyea. There are plenty
 of persons who announced their inten-
 ton of trying the Chilkoot route in the
 spring, and of those who are anxious i to go at once a large proportion seem
 disposed to travel via St. Michaers and
 up the Yukon. Promoters of expedi-
 tions by this route are ready with pro-
 fuse assurances that the trip can be | made before the closing of navigation 1 | to bind themselves in any way to take
 passengers through this fall At the
 offices of the steamship companies it
 is reported that inquiry for tickets is 1 diminishing.
 Seattle, Wash, Aug 13-One of the
 largest and best-equipped parties that
 have started for the Klondike from
 Seattle this season has just arrived in
 this city from New England. The i members are organized on military | basis, the captain being Arthur E. Sev
 mour son of a mind-reader, Charles H
 Mosely, formerly of the Boston Herald i is secretary, and A. E. Rogers of Nor
 Wich Conn.,, is treasurer. Each mem l Der of the party originally contributed
 S1, GOO, and each agrees to share alike
 in all expenditures and profits of the
 expedition The corporate name of l the expedition Is the Haverhill Minine.
 company, from the fact that Seymour
 at the time he organized it was at | Haverhill, Mass, although his home is
 at Utica, N. Y. The members of the
 company have done all of their own
 quitting in this city. The members of
 the company are as follows;
 Arthur E. Seymour, HaverhiIl; J. G.
 Williams, Charlestown; I. c. Hill
 Deerfield; G. R. Allen Boston: John R.
 Nicholas, Providence, R. l.: l.. l.,
 Hobbs, Springfield; George H. Wesson
 Chelsea; c. N. Brown, Alfred F, Roe- CTS, Gales Ferry, Conn; I. A. Malloy Hudson; J. D, Spicer, South Boston; Thomas Mortagh, South Boston: | Charles H. Mosely, Boston P. A. Cum
 mlngs and Master Cummings, South Boston; A. R. James, Buffalo, N. Y: l. U. Twins. Portland, Me; Charles Thayer, New Haven, Conn: Dr. M Townsend, Albany, N. Y; Walter l. Dodson, ST., Eugene Cummings Hart ford, Conn.
 MT. Williams is seventy-four years l old and California forty -niner" He will instruct his company in mining | and the usages of mining companies. Their outfit is elaborate. There is nothing extravagant about it, but ev- cry necessary article is there, and every one of the best quality. The only
 thing they brought from the east are
 some sheepskin sleeping bags. Their passage was engaged by telegraph sev- eral days ago on the steamer Hum boldt, which is due to sail from Seattle for St. Michaers next Sunday morning, and their tickets guarantee them arri- val at Dawson City before the river is | frozen up.
 | Tacoma, Wash, Aug. 13-Mrs. Eli A. i Gage, Second Vice President William 1 Weare of the North American Trans
 portation company, and William H.
 Hubbard have engaged passage on the | City of Topeka, which leaves Tacoma
 for Alaska on the 18th. They will go
 to Dawson City over the Chi1koot Pass | The City of Seattle will take 800 pas
 sengers.