The herald., 1897-08-06
LAST SHIP Of THE SEASON
TO CONNECT WITH THE YUKON
RIVER BOATS
At Least a Score Of Vessels Are
Billed to Garry Passengers
to Dyea
Associated Press Special Wire.

Cleveland, under charter to the North
American Trading and Transportation
company, sailed for st. Michaels today
with 200 prospectors bound for Klon-
dyke and 1000 tons of freight. Passen-
gers and freight will be transferred to
river steamers at st. Michaels. The
Cleveland is the last steamer this year
to connect with the Yukon river boats
from ST. Michaels. Twelve or fifteen
more steamers are yet to leave for Alas
ka this month with prospectors for Yu-
kon. but all will go to Dyea, and take
the land route over the White pass and
canoe down the river.
Among the passengers on the Cleveland
were Captain p. NJ. Ray and Lieutenant
Richardson, u. S. A. who will be followed
next spring by sixty soldiers from For.
Russell.
BUILDING A BOAT
PORTLAND, Or, Aug 5-Secretary
Mcguire of the Portland and Alaska
Trading and Transportation company,
this afternoon announced that the steam
chip Bristol, a large ocean steamer of
1900 tons, would convoy the river steam
er Eugene on her voyage north to tha
mouth of the Yukon. The Eugene is
now on the ways, being Strengthened
and having protective decks built for
ward, The Bristol is now at Victoria.
Is. c., from which port she is scheduled
TO sail August 10.
DUNHAM'S MISSION
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5.-Samuel
c. Durham. statistical expert of the
Tinted Statac danort,,oopt oF 10 bo, a.,
here, en- route to the Klondyke gold
fields, for which he will leave on the
steamer Humboldt next Monday. His
mission Is to ascertain the economic con-
ditions Of the country in this compare
tlevly unknown region, and prepare the
necessary data for a bulletin which the
March l next.
TO WHAT BASE USE
OAKLAND, Aug 5-The brig Pit
cairn, which was built and used as a
missionary craft in the south seas. has
been purchased from the Seventh Day
Adventists by syndicate of treasure
seekers, who will at once fit her up for
voyage to Alaska.
MINERS MAIL
WASHINGTON, August 5.-The hosts
who have emigrated to the Alaska and
Klondyke gold fields during the past few
months will not be wholly without Dos
tai facilities during the coming winter
There will be round trip month to
Circle City until July 1st next year. This
monthly service began on the first of
last month, and while 30 route is special
ly designated, it will be via Chilkoot
Pass. This service carries only letter
mail, no provision being made for other
classes of matter. Heavy mails have
been carried 80 far under contract for
five steamer trips via the Yukon river.
and the last of the five trips will be
started from San Francisco about Sen
tember 1st
COOPERATION"
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, August s.
The determination of the leading life in =
surance companies to carry no risks on
Klondyke explorers has fallen with
dampening effect on the co-operative
companies which were forming in this
city and upon number of men who ara
preparing to start for Alaska during the
coming winter. One of these companies
was sending ten representatives. each
insured for $4,000, giving each man $1,000
besides money for contingent expenses.
all of them to cooperate in the search
for gold. dividing equally with the COM
pany, and in case of death, the insurance
money to be paid to the company. By
each death the company stood to win
$780, on the basis that no more than
$500 would be spent on each represen-
tative.
FREIGHT WAR ENDED
TACOMA, Aug 5.-The Withdrawal
of the Kruse steamers Lakme and
Cleveland from the San Francisco
Puget sound route to enter the Alaska
route leaves the San Francisco Puget
sound field to the Pacific Coast Steam
ship company and ends the freight war
which was inaugurated by the estab-
lishment of the Kruse line last spring.
The Kruse steamers carried freight
from the Golden gate to the sound for
81 ton. The Pacific Coast company cut
its rates to the same figure every time
steamer of the Kruse line sailed from
San Francisco. With the absence of the
Kruse vessels the rate of SO a ton pre-
walls, but it is not expected that there
will be any advance i'm passenger rates.
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