The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-07
FROM LAPLAND TO ALASKA.
The Steamer Manitoba Has Safely
Landed Its Strange Cargo OF
5ST Reindeer

Under date Of February p a New York dis
patch says: "The steamship Manitoba crossed
the bar tonight with a shipioad OF queer pas
geographically the queerset that ever entered
this harbor. Ii is the herd of reindeer pur-
chased by the Government and destined to save
and serve the miners Of the Yukon There were
in all $50 reindeer board. In the steerage
were forty-ihree Laplauders, ten Firms and fife
NOrwCglans. They are the reindeer herdgTs and
drivers. with their wives and children. Among
the hcrders are some celebrities Sam .Iohannson
Baltic is a Lap who crossed Greenland with
Nansen. and wears a heddl given him by King
Oscar II. Also among them is the northCrnmOst
mail carrier in the world John Peter Scalogare,
a Finn. lie has carried the mail on his back for
eight years TO Cape Norway, five degrees north Of
the arctic circle.
There are AIS reindeer slels 51I sets of rein
deer harness and between 1900 and 1900 bags
Of moss, the only food OF the reindeer, on the
Manitoba"
The herd of reindeer alone cost the United
States Government $4,000 The photographer
for the series of Alaskan photographs now be-
ing distributed by The Times is now at Seattle
and has been instructed to secure photographs
OF the herd upon their arrival at Puget Sound
with view to including the photograph in the
series.
Every day brings new stories of striking in.
terest in the Arctic northwest News both happy
and sad is daily received, and will continue to
riches come hand in hand with reports of ca
lamities that have overtakon some less fortunate
kionalkeI OF group OF hiOn0lkefS- Oun1
Dead on the Trail, Another Ten Strike Gold
on the American Side The Clara Nevada Lost
Thus. day by day, is Chronicled happenings that
are making history for the future, when the
Alaskan gold discoveries during the closing years
Of the nineteenth century will be coldly and dis
passionately chronicled
In the series of Photographic Views, "En Route
TO the Klondike." there are pictured the scenes
where these events, sad gay, tragic or hui
mOrous, occur.
Everyone remembers reading a short time ago
IF the explosion board the Clara Nevada,
in the vicinity OF Wrangel Narrows and LYNN
Canal. In the series of photographs there are
four grand views of this section. showing the
mountains of that will be the only monu.
ment the lost passengers and crew upon the
Inflated Clara Nevada will ever know
Part | of the series is now ready and con-
tains twenty-five large Photographic reproduc-
tons of scenes in and about Skaguay and
Dyea. also large map of the/ United States.
British Columbia and Alaska. size I5xI5 inches
printed in three colOrs; also a chart OF the Dyea
and Skaguay trails, from Dyea and SkagIiav
TO Lake LindeTnsn, where the overland water
route to Dawson City begins. This number will
be followed up by Others. qof t@enty four photo
graphs each-a new number each week. until six
port folos of photographs have been issued. This
will complete the series.
Each part will take the reader deeper and
deeper into the Businesses, of this strange new
country until its very heart Is reached. Full
particulars regarding the distribution OF this
series of photographs is given in the advertising
columns of The Times