The herald., 1897-08-25
Is Coming on the Steamer
Portland
NOBODY KNOWS HOW MUCH
BUT PEOPLE ARE PRIMED FOR
MILLIONS
A New Route to Be Established, and
Still Another Thought to Be
Discovered
Associated Press Special Wire.

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 24.-Great
interest is shown in the expected arrival
of the Portland, and all sorts of specula-
tion as to the probable amount of gold
she will bring is heard.
She will probably arrive tomorrow,
being reported off Cape Flattery to-
night. Lookouts have been posted all
the way to the mouth of the straits to
report the first sight of the steamer, and
the populace is ready to go wild with
enthusiasm when she arrives. A large
party of newspaper men left by the
steamer City of Seattle for Port Town
send tonight. They expected to inter-
cept the Portland with a tug, but are
rather late in starting. Thick weather
caused by fog and smoke. makes the
chances about even that they may miss
the treasure ship.
The steamer Rosalie departed this
evening for Skaguay with about 100
passengers and full load of horses and
supplies for the miners. She took also
a number of wagons to break the famine
for them at the pass.
The schooner Moonlight had most of
her deck load of lumber removed today
and will get away with her sixty pas
sengers tonight. The steamers Will
lamette, Utopia, Edith and Topeka and
the schooner Rapid Transit are expected
from Skaguay tonight or early tomor-
row. The Willamette and the Rapid
Transit are overdue several days.
A NEW ROUTE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. PA new
route is to be established to the placer
fields of the Klondyke. The journey will
be made from this city to Wrangle,
where a steamer will be taken up the
Stickeen river, a distance CT seventy
miles. From that point to Lake Teslin
the trip will be made by stage. Lake
Teslin is at the head Of Hootalngua
river, and from there a steamer will ply
on the Lewis and Yukon rivers to Daw-
son City, a distance of 450 miles. The
stage line will be owned and managed
by John Altman, the well known stage
proprietor. He will place ten coaches
and 100 horses on the road. The fare Is
to be for the staging 81 mile for pas
sengers.
MOUNTED POLICE
OIl "A w "A, OLt., August If.- L lie Mill
lister of the Interior has left for brief
holiday on the Atlantic Coast, but be-
fore his departure he reached most i'm
portant decision. 1t was to the effect
that small detachment Of mounted po-
lice should at once proceed from Edmon-
ton, Alberta, and endeavor to reach the
Klondyke country from. the eastern
slope of the Rocky Mountains. Edmon-
ton is the most northerly railroad point
in the Canadian Northwest Territory,
being 1870 miles north of Calgary The
route to be followed is by the way of
the Nelson and Lard rivers to the Deafe,
and up this river to the Pelly. They will
follow the Pelly river to its junction
with the Lees, and the Lees to the Klon-
dyke, a total Of 1870 miles. This is not
the Mackenzie river route. As the po-
lice are to take horses with them, it is
obvious that the authorities consider
this route practicable. or, at any rate,
worth examining.
ARKELL'S CLAIM
NEW YORK, August 24-W. J. Arkell,
who claims large portion of the Alaska
mining region, has made deal for the
sale of part Of his property to syn
dicate Chauncey M. Depew is said
to be a member of the syndicate which
has bought Mr.. Arkell's land and also
a slice of Joseph Ladue's holding in
Dawson City. Besides DR.. Depew, H.
Walter Webb and other Vanderbilt di
rectors are reputed members of the new
company.
VANCOUVER, B. c., Aug. 24-The
steamer Coquitlan left again tonight
for Dyea. She had large number of
passengers and a full load of freight.