The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17
ALL READY
To DEPART
NORTHVARD
Gold-Hunters to Sail on
the Big Steamer
Humboldt.
PLENTY OF PROVISIONS
TAKEN.
1t Is Expected to Reach Dawson
City by the Water
Route.
PROMINENT MEN HEADING FOR
THE KLONDIKE.
No Abatement in the Excltem ent
PLENTY OF PROVISIONS
TAKEN.
1t Is Expected to Reach Dawson
City by the Water
Route.
PROMINENT MEN HEADING FOR
THE KLONDIKE.
at Seattle and the NorthWard
Rush Continues.

SEATTLE. WASH, Aug. 16-Consider-
able Importance is attached in Seattle to
the expedition of the Seattle and Yukon
Commercial Com pany, which is sending
the Dig steamer Humboldt to st. Michael.
At that point barges will be put together
and passengers and freisht taken UP the
Yukon River to Dawson City. During the
day there was continual stream of peo-
pie to and from the Arlington dock, where
the Humboldt ran in at Il O'Clock this
morning after having finished coaling
at the Oregon Improvement Company's
bunkers. The work of loading then be-
gan. the freight consisting largely of pro-
visions and clothing, many of the passen-
gers taking the hmit-1000 pounds
allowed by the company. A quantity OF
merchandise is being taken by individuals
who will engage in business in Dawson
City. There are several Yukon sleds in
the pile of freight, the property of pros
pectors who intend putting them to good
use this winter in their search for hidden
| treasures of the KIondike. The freight
amounted to nearly 400 tons, while the
passengers from Seattle numbered 1872.
The Humboldt will sail at about 9
| O'Clock tomorrow morning. The mana
ger OF the company is Mayor w. D. Wood.
who accompanied the expedition. Before
departing he expressed the belief that ne
will land his passengers at Dawson City
before the river freezes. and have fifteen
days to spare. If this is true the Mayor
will get back down the river himself this
| season and not be compelled to come
| overland.
Only small proportion of the Hum
boldrs passengers are Seattleites. Promi-
| nent, however, among the mum Der are
Mayor William D. Wood and his private
secretary, Sam Edwards; r. c. Washburn,
! State Senator and managing editor of the
Post-Intelligencer; G. D. Peck, formerly
in the business offices of the Post InIelli-
| gencer; c. M. Anderson, civil engineer.
OF the Hum boldts passengers who
boarded the vessel at Seattle nearly the
entire mum per came by train from points
| east of Chicago. and large proportion
| of them are representatives of moneyed
| interests. ]. G. Flanner and Henry Shoe
maker represent Clarence King, the
prominent metallurgist and consulting
engineer. who is now here and has
equipped an expedition for the upper
Yukon basin.
Among other notable New Yorkers are
Colin Beaton, DR.. P. A. E. Boetzkes and
c. E. Markham. Eleven men constitute
| the HaverhIIl party.
John j. Malone of Tacoma went north
to represent syndicate of New York and
Tacoma capitalists He has always been
prominent in the Democratic politics of
this State. w. H. Smell, Prosecuting
Attorney of Pierce County, is also one of
the. gold hunters. Professor A. w. Un.
thank, mining expert OF Kettle Falls,
Mont, also went north as the representa-
| tive of some syndicate.
This morning graphing hooks were
| used in the effort to recover the body of
John Desha, who was drowned shortly
before II O. clock last night. Desha was
waiter on the Hum boldt and the fatality
happened while he was in an intoxicated
condition. In falling he hit his head on
| fender and disappeared between the dark
hull of the vessel and the o. l. Conpany's
bunkers. This is the first accident in port
| to any OF those connected with the Alaska
steamers since the big rush northward be-
gan. There have been many narrow
| esca pes, but no one has actually fallen
| over board. Fate seemed to be against
| this poor waiter. who was serving as such
| only that he might get TO the Kiondike.
| He was assisting passenger aboard with
his dog at the time and the rope got tan
gled in his legs. Desha was so years old
and leaves a brother and sister in San
| Francisco.
The people of Seattle feel deep interest
| in the new gold mining and development
company that has just been organized in
Chicago with ca pital stock OF $25, 600, 900.
l. Is known as the Cudahy- Healy YUKON
Mining Company, and in all proba biity
| its offices will be located in this city, as
are those of the North American Trans
portation and Trading Company. Practi-
cally the same people are in both COM
panies. The transportation company has
been doing considerable successful mining
| exploration in Alaska, and, it IS alleged,
secured mining property worth many
| million dollars. These interests are now
| TO be worked by separate corporation.
The claims are said 10 be mostly quartz
| lodges OF various kinds, carrying free
milling and smelling ores and running in
value from $50 per ton for the smelling
ore to unheard of values in the free mill
| in-.
The company has also picked up some
valuable placer property all along the
river since its organization five years ago.
An official of the old company who looks
after the management of the Seattle
Offices thus expressed himself to-day On