The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-01

SoE that everything pertaining - TIE
great river Yukon s. x paramount infs--
-. t1aE welI-algh forgotten gagzntlc fall
DE q ne c@nt2ry, the Russian CT CoElss
tsAsSrzph can sxE@zSfon g - WeSse-r
tGs9-l - cTcs more brgugh. 70 rlna1. szvs
the Outlook THIS ltn4 was 70 co-na~< Ire
Telegraph sys-s-z = the United States wS4n
tEaaE - Russia. va British America. Rus
san American fAlaskzl. Berzrg straits
acrcss the sseppss q Arctic Ssnsrsz 20 rs
mouth q TIE Au10or. Is was a project
which. but for lis defeat asrs< rs route
O. mere than s,se9 miles had been fuzzy sx-
2iozsd. Thousands ~ telegraph poles cut
and transported where needed stzt5o1-
ao1ses ard magazines built. roads sut n
immense labor ard cost woGiG have made
tire western Union virtually ths owner q
the oes1 BART OF Alaska: for al the ttrae
when the news came nat tke Atlantic
cable vas a success. i had been decided
~ Hiram Siolsy. PRESIDENT Of tbs Western
I Mon. wn0 na1 negotiated Ire matter
WIKI the Russian government with au-
tn1TIfy % act. that the company should
pay s7sa0N9 for 4 perpetual lease . a
tract from 10 70 30 niles z width. ex-
tending fnland from the coast-tAe hess q
the barren territory l. vas taough1 =
narrow escape for the Western CaE1z that
the purchase had lot been completed
when tire click C The Atlantic cable czns
as the ceath-blow % TIE overland august
= 1870
The four divisions ot thu expedition
British Columbia. the Yuksu. Siberia and
TIE Anadyr-did not hear the news q the
cables success for naocths after.
When the fleet q the overland sailed
from San Francisco n shs summer q is65
great ard whispered was the public re-
1oicing. Russian stock xzs booming;
Atlantic was down % one and half;
only -ian2tics ike Field we're buying
Atlantic" The feet was quite 3 navy
some thirty steamers and navy vessels
the Saginaw. q The United States navy;
ships q the imperial squadron OF Russia,
and British ship q the line 20 follow IN
tine. One hundred and twenty men were
enlisted Il various apaclties-Cseorga
KEENAN, among them, who wrote his first
book as one result OF this expedition.
Tent Life Il Siberia Frederick
WAympeF, afterwards author % "0ur Ar
tic Province" II " Elliott OF Travels
in Alaska and the yukon Thomas Knox.
who wEots TIE Boy Travellers. Richard
J. Bush. OF Reindeer, Dogs. and Snow
Shoes ard William X. Dali. the authority
upon Alaska and It's Resources names
telling much for the character q the EN-
pioyes Of the company
Two cables we're a part of the cargo.
one for the Bering straits. the other for
the Bay OF Anadyr.
The Yukon branch OF the expedition IS
OF most interest az present: its little
steamer, the Arson Stager. was the first
craft q the white man 70 enter the mouth
Of the Yukon and go sailing Up It's wide
waters
Where under the sun did you CINE
from ?" cried out the traders az Fort Yu-
kon- Up 20 that moment they had be-
ueyed what the maps taught. that the Ia
ken emptied into the Arctic ocean We
are the only party" wrote Dali. who Up
20 ls66 have descended from the Upper
yukon 70 the sea by river" The standard
map OF the Yukon was drawn from SUP
veys made by the scientific corps Of the
overland
When the telegraph 20 the Klondike IS
completed. let X not be forgotten that on
New Tears day. IsE8 the first telegraph
pole IN the Yukon valley was erected near
Nulato bay--the telegraph boys making q
il Tag staff for the Stare and Stripes,
and giving Il a grand salute q thirty-two
guns. 10 which was added the explosion
Of an old Russian blunderbBss. No doubt
they sang what they were much given 20
sir tng:
II eighteen hundred ard sixty-eight--
Hgrrahi HurrahI
The cable viii he il. a miserable state.
Ard veil all feel gay
When they use II 10 hsh for whales
II eighteen hundred and stxty-nine-
HGrrahs Hurrahf
We're rotng to flash this overland lire;
And well all feel gay
When IL brings the good news from home
WhympeY tells how the bad news came
70 St Michael The boys" had had
hard winter digging post holes or snow
shoes-sfx holes a big days work Nor
did they enjoy living II the huts q the IA
tives on a fare composed largely OF rein-
deer srtraIlz ard talI0w. They had not
received orders 20 start fcr home, but they
knew it would be fclly 10 wait longer than
vas necessary. Not until June. Is61, did
the party on the Upper Yukon hear the
great, and % them depressing. news. ard
neatly 3 year after the overland had heeE
ABANDONED the poor fellows were digging
post holes. surveying ard exploring. and
herolcafly enduring terrible harusnigs
When they dia hear the news. they hung
The poles 1hat had b&e1 ersc-se with al
the black elosh they could spare-weird
monuments % a defeated success. Taeir
abandoned stores were LETT 70 tire IA
tiyes-rot tie cables, those went hack %