The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-05
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| Transportation compasy.s business ~
| Dysa.
TIE city of Seattle brought DOWN three
| bodies. Ont CT The Touga boxes stored
| IN the steamers freight roam gave mite
testimony 30 the horror Of the terrible
/ Gnsikeot slide OF April .. The Cry of
Seattle was ore Of the FIRST stsamsrs 10
bring down bodies after the slide, and the
one brought down yesterday was prcpa5.y
The las. that will b. seat eu: The box
contained the remains % Timothy CHM,
cf Portland. Or. one OF the eighteen I'M
fortunate employees Of the Chilkoot Rail-
way and Transportation Company Dao
were buried On the trail a short distance
below the big side. TIE body viii be
shipped 20 Portland.
THE remains ~ George SHELBY GIL. 81
Kansas city. No. were also on board
He was a young Klondsker. . years Of
age. who had struggled across the stormy
Fhilkoat with his outfit only 10 die OF
spinal meningitis al Lake Lindsman. He
d.ed en- April 3. The body ia being he'd
here awaiting news from relatives.
The third body was that Of Frank
Charles Ramn. ~ ST. Helena. Cal, WHO
died al Lake Bennett on April q. The
body will be- shipped to California and Is
under the care 0f the Masonic and Knights
II fsyfhias orders
The city of Seattle brings news of the
death OF =. ID. Pike. Of this city. He died
about ten days ago al Skagway OF spinal
meningitis He leaves wife and family
al the end Of the Grant street bridge.
The bedy Is being held az Sksgway. but
will probably be shipped here for inter-
ulent.
Advices from skagway under date OF
April 90 are as follows:
An end was put 10 the long drawn out
troubles OF the derelict and iibeled bark
Canada BY Deputy MarsnaIs c1idihee and
johnson. when. upon an order OF the Unit
ed States district court. both ship and cargo
were sold at auction TO the highest bidder.
e. A. Buslen. OF the Rullen Bridge Conn
pany. was the successful bidder for both
atiip and cargo. the former being knocked
dawn at tsE and the latter at sl,5s5.
There Ia a merry war on among the pack
ers and freighters OF the two trails. The
cfilkoot Railway e. Transport Company
has finally succeeded In getting Its bucket
tram over the summit into operation. and
TO make mp for lost time and the falling
off IA traffic. has begun the siashing OF
rates. It's rival concern. the Dyea-klon-
alike Company, which has had its line I'm
operation some weeks. Is meeting the cut,
and the competition for business Is keen.
All the individual professional packers
have been run OF the trail By the compa-
nies. and the war has now been carried 10
Skagway.
Freight rates have tumbled from io and II
cents TO D. s and IL cent?. When the trou-
bic was over the business was divided.
part OF II going over the Dyea trans and
part by pack train over the White pass.
Deputy Collector F1oyds men made .
Wholesale raid upon the liquor dealers here
on Thursday. They were followed about
from saloon 10 ~ 1ou by wagons engaged
for the purpose. into which were dumped
a miscellaneous collection of ccntraband
stmuianis. which were conveyed 10 the
custom house. From here they viii be de-
ported TO Oregon sold 10 the highest bid
der. and In all likelihood smuggled again
into Skagway The saloons were all wide
open again within fifteen minutes after the
raid was over. and are running unmo-
iested.
AZ public meeting held Wednesday
night citizens organized the Skagway MIN
Ing district. \ recorder was elected and
the necessary machinery set into opera
ton TO enable filings and locations to he
made The district embraces all the ter
ritory Immediately adjacent 10 the town
of Skagway. reaching back TO the summit.
One of the pack trains operating out OF
Skagway was stopped by the Canadian
police al the summit yesterday, six OF
the animals shot and the remainder or
dered off the trail until such time as they
were in better condition TO travel. The
orders OF the police are to permit no
cruelty 10 animals on the road to the Yu-
koa.
The detachment OF the Northwest
mounted police which, under the command
of Capt. Wood. has been stationed az
Skagway all winter has been ordered to
Lake Bennett. one sergeant and one man
will be left behind Capt. Wood and the
remainder Of his contingent left for the
interior today.
Col Anderson's detachment of United
States troops stationed here and at Dyea
expecting orders 10 about face for
the south.
The arrival Of the steamer CITY OF Sc
atteat an early hour this morning bring
ing the first authoritative informa lion
that war had been declared and open hes
tilities begun set fire 10 the military spIri,
that has pervaded the Alaskan atmosphere
for some weeks past. Col Anderson be-
lieves that his command viii be recalled.
or at least the major portion thereof at
once. One company. perhaps. may be LEFT
/ behind to continue police duty here
Company 4. First regiment. National
Guard Of Alaska. has been organized I'm
/, This city. The captain Of The company is
Jefferson X Smith. who Is none other
than the il!uS;rious and indoui.able
'Soapy" Smith