The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-22
THE NORTHERN
Ell DORADO.
Excitement Over the New Discoveries
Shows No Abatement.
Steamship Companies Unable TO Accomno-
date Applicants for Berths.
Seattle Left Almost Without a Po-
lice Force, so Many Officers Hav-
ing Resigned to Gro North in
Search of Fortunes - Tacoma
Also Has the Gold Fever.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 81. - The
steamer Umatilla, which arrived to-day
from Puget Sound, brought down al
most 5000, 900 of Alaskan gold, of which
S136, 700 was in gold dust from Seattle,
consigned to Wells, Fargo & Co. There
were several other shipments of gold
in sacks, some of which was shipped
direct from Juneau, and advices from
that place are to the effect that at least
$4,000 of dust is awaiting shipment
at various Alaskan stations.
Among the sensational advices re-
ceived was one from st. Michaels, to
the effect that over four millions in gold
which has not been included with the
fortunes recently brought to the coast
by miners will be shipped through
Wells, Fargo & Co., other lucky miners
having reached the island since the de-
parture of the Excelsior ard Portland
who have secured greater fortunes in
dividually than those whose stories have
already been told.
Although the capacity of the steamer
Portland, which sails tomorrow for St.
Michaels, and the Excelsior, which sails
sengers, over 1000 applications have
been made for berths. Most of the dis
appointed ones are making arrange
ments to travel to Tacoma by rail and
secure passage on the Mexico and To-
peka, which sail thence next week, but
many must inevitably wait until spring,
and their disappointment is sore.
THE RUSH FROM SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, July H.-To-morow at
noon the steamship Portland leaves
Seattle for ST. Michaels with her pas
senger accommodations taxed to the
limit, and with full cargo of provis-
ions. On the Portland will be the second
party of fortune hunters to leave for
the Clondyke since the news of the big
finds was brought down by the Port
land last Sunday, the first party going
on the Al Xxi on Sunday.
Among the Portland's passengers will
be. Ex-Governor McGraw, General E.
McCarr, prominent attorneNss and
Captain Ballet, once a great college
football man. Mrs. J. D. Barnes, who
was the first white woman to go into
the Yukon Basin by way OF Dyea, the
overland route, is returning to the North
to join her husband after a years alb
sence. She is called the heroine of the
Yukon and is known by all the Yukon
old-timers. On board also will be S. p.
Weston of the st-Intelligencer, who
will take with him a dozen carrier pig
cons. Mr. Weston will come back on
the Portland, and will let fly the pigeons
at varying distances, SO that the latest
news from the Clondyke will reach the
'PostIntelligencer" and the Associated
Press several days before the ships ar
rival. At st. Michaels the Portlands
passengers and freight will be trans
ferred to river steamers for the $500
mile trip to Dawson City.
Next Friday the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company's steamer Queen will
leave Seattle for Juneau ana Dyea~ She
will have a full list of people who will
go into the Clondyke overland. On Sun
day the Mexico will sail for the same
point, with accommodations all en-
gagged. Tomorrow the S Gamer Island err
goes from Victoria to Dyea and Skaga-
way Bay, and the company's represen-
tatives here say she will have all she
can carry.
To-day deal was about closed for
the purchase Of the steamers Eliza An
derson and w. ]. Mervin, sound boats.
which will be put on the route. 1t looks
as though a daily service to the North
would soon be a reality.
AS an incident of the great excite
ment here, a special meeting of the
City Council was held to-day to take
action concerning the necessity of
raising the pay of policemen SO
many officers have resigned to go north
that the department is badly crippled,
and it has been found impossible to
get men to take their places at pres
ent wages. The fire department has
also lost several men.
A loan and trust company here has
received a letter from j. L. Jewett Of
Clondyke, saying he was sending out
by some boat to the mint at San Fran
cisco enough gold dust to pay off the
mortgage on his home, which is prob
ably the first real application OF Clon-
dyke gold to that purpose. In his let
ter Mr. Jewett says:
ut is estimated that 1000 men came
into the Clondyke this spring. There
is plenty of work for all of them, and
next winter many more will be needed.
This is the richest district ever found.
and there will be millions of dollars
taken out during the next two years ,"
Seattle itself has had a wonderful
stimulus in business. The stores are
crowded all day long with men buying
their outfits. Some of the big houses
receive letters daily from other cities
to make up outfits and hold till the
senders of the messages arrive here.
There are hundreds of such cases
People are coming in from all the near
by towns. Last night a party of fif.
teen arrived from Mount Vernon. Ska
git County. Ellensburg has sent a
delegation, and from Ballard. King
County, at least thirty men are giving
up their positions to follow the yellow
fly northward.
There will be sequel to a pretty
Canadian love story when Joseph Ber-
gevin arrives at Beauharnos, a small
town up the st. Lawrence. not far from
Montreal. Several years ago. while
but boy, Bergevin became exceed
ingly fond of a young woman named
who also lived at Beauhar-
nois. But her parents were stern. His
parents were poor and Antoinette was
pretty and a magistrate of the town
was having some attention fo tho c;y,-