The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-16

TT will be Ike Sunday on the streets
this summer" SAID g business man yes
tsrday, who stood on Ocean dock watch
ing the crowd which was fling up the
gang plank OF the steamship City OF To-
rSka. ABOUT TO SAL for Alaska The num-
bers OF Alaskans who have been making
things lively IN this city for several weeks
past IS gradually thinning out and the de-
parture OF some OF the picturesque char
acters Is making those who remain seem
less interesting.
II was a peculiar thing. in a city of Sc
attis's size and character, 10 see chained
along the front OF the Northern hotel
four huge dogs, their deep-throated bays
mirgiing with the roar Of street cars ana
wagon traffic. II was an Alaska team,
and the property OF j. G. Beetles. Mr..
BEETLES Is the man whose careless hand
ling OF a box containing $4,000 in gold
dust in San Francisco. furnished story
which has gone the rounds Of the press.
He left here last night on the steamer
Kingston for Nanalmo. where he VITA
meet the steamer Dora and proceed 10
Juneau. The Dora is due 10 arrive to-
morrow at Nanasfno. from San Francisco.
Capt. J. L. Hanson viii also 20 north on
the Dora. and he and BEETLES viii jour
ney overland 70 the Yukon.
Capt Hanson will have charge OF the
stes mboats OF the Alaska Commercial
Company. now plying On the Yukon river.
There are now five steamers and a num-
Der Of barges To these viii be added this
Summer TWO new boats, TO be built in
San Francisco. BEETLES rs connected With
the spasmOdGc newspaper published IN
Circle City. and has valuable mining In
teIests. His principal business Is furnish
ed by three trading posts, Of which he Is
managing owner.
The steamer Bertha, Capt Hayes, left
San Francisco yesterday for Cook inlet.
She viii cali here en- route, being due
about March % Aboard win be a large
crowd OF miners for Anchor point, and
eighty laborers will be taken from here.
Capt. Edward Kelly, the man who took
the steamer Chehalis into Cook inlet. two
years ago. and who was last year master
Of the steam schooner J.. j, Perry. may
take passage on the Bertha. Al present
plans materialize he viii again be In COM
mand OF the Perry this year. The steam
schooner has been wintering at Kodiak
and Will be chartered by the Alaska Com
mercial Company TO transfer passengers
from the steame. Bertha and Dora. at
Cook inlet, to Turnagain arm.
The latter part of this month ]. Hop
kins. of Boston. will arrive in this city.
and Will leave here in time to catch the
Bertha on her first voyage 10 the inlet in
June. He is the owner of 1900 acres of
land just above Tyonic. and will take in
a large party OF men 10 develop the prop
erty. II is hydraulic proposition, as is
the Anchor point property, and 1t viii be
worked on large scale.
Steamship Ctty of Topeka. sailing yes
teTday about ,-Jon, had the characteristic
crowd which may be seen from now on
loading down each boat for the gold fields.
/ GLOWING is a list OF her passengers: w.
T. Fee. Joseph Bus. a b. Buck. H. \.
Bauer. Mrs. kask, X. j. Kyle. w. J. Beat.
A. II. Turnbull. Mrs. May Willard Mrs.
keene. Charles Scoby Miss Jennie Elwell.
r. ]. Rosemary. 4. u. Nash. Thomas II.
Martin. A. +. Hildebrand, John Martin.
a. u. Stevens. Percy Nash. II. ]. Baronis.
Fl. r. Baskerville Charles Flynn. NJ. God
frey. Miss Fl. Cleveland. W. Cuthbert. Miss
Hilda Nelson. Charles Christman, f.. w.
Quincy, John Cassidy. +. f. eagle.
Thomas Corkish. owen Morris. G.. X.
Beedy. Henry Shattuck. j. W. Kerry. l..
Renney. Maggie Montgomery, Floss Mont
gomery. J. c. Stephenson. Mrs. ID. F.
Shearer and two children, Mrs. 5. A.
Cleveland. u. r. Lutes. T. c. Luellen and
/ sixty second-class.
Steamship Willapa VIII sail today. Her
| accommodations were filed several days
ago.