The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-15
TEOMLApLAND TO ALASKA.
The Steamer Manitoba Has SAFELY
Landed Its Strange Cargo of oS'

Reindeer.
Under date OF February nth. New
York dispatch says: rho steamship
Manitoba crossed the bar tonight win
snip load OF queer passengefs-proDaDy
the qucorcst that ever entered this harnof'
Il Is the herd OF reinuoor purchased py
the Government ard ucsuneu 10 save ana
serve the miners OF the Yukon. There were
bs7 reindeer on board In the steeiase
were fOrty-three Lapianders, Tea f4i"S
and fifteen NorWegians. Ihoy are tae
reindeer hcrders and divers VITA thtf
wives and children. Among the hearuela
arc some cciebrit.es. sam Johanso"
Baltic is a Lap. who crossed Green an1
with NanEcn. and wears medaI gwen
HIM by Ming oscar H. Also among tneh'
Ia twre northernmCst mail carrier IN tne
world. John Peter Scal0gare, flnn ht
has carried the nail on his back Tor
eieht years 10 Cape Norway, Ave degrees
north of tne ArCuc circle
There are AIS reindeer sleds. 81 SETS
OF re noeer harness. and between three
and four thousand bags Of moss, the only
food Of the re ndeer. on the Manitoba
The herd Of reindeer alone cost me
United states Government $4,000 The
photographer for the soIiss OF Alaskan
photographs now being distributed by
Tho Times is now at Seattle, and mas
been Instructed 20 secure photographs OF
the heard upon theio arrival ~ fuke'
sound with a view 70 including the pno-
tograph IN the series.
Every day brings new stories OF striking
interest I'm thoArctic Northwest. News
both happv and sad is daily received and
Will cont nue. 10 be- received. Reports
Of discoveries Of new riches come hand
IN hand with reports Of calamitles that
have overtakcn sOm0 less fortunate
"Klondiker" or group OF "Klond kcrs.
Found Dead on the Trail" Another Ten
Strike" Gold on The American side.
"The Clara Nevada Lost" Thus day by
day is chroniclcd happenings that are
making history for the future, when the
Alaskan gold q scovcrcs during ihe clos
inv Years OF the nineteenth century wiz
be- coldlv and dispassionate'v chronioled
In tho series OF Photographic Ni'ws en-
route t0 the Klondlko there are pictured
the scenes where these events sat on
gay. tragic or humorous, occur.
Evory ono remembers reading a short
time ago Of the explosion ON board the
Clara Nevada. IN the vicinity Of Wraneel
NarrOws and Lynn Canal I'm the series
Of photographs there are four grand
views of this section. showing the noun
ta'ns or snow that will he the only mOnu-
ment the lost passengers and crew upon
the Inflated Clara Nevada VIII ever
know.
Part % the series is now ready and
contains twenty-five large phctoeranhic
reproductions Of scenes IN and about Ska
cnny and Dvoa. also o LARGO man OF the
United States. British Columbia and
Alaska. SIZE l5X15 inches. printed IN three
colors. also n chart Of the U~e1 anA
Skaruay trails from Dve1 ana Skaguav
20 Lake Tindernan. whore the overland
water route 70 Dawson CITY begins. This
number will he followed UP bv others
NJ twentv-four photographs c0ch-a new
number each week until six portfolios of
photographs have hccn issued. This will
comu'otc the series
Each part will toke tho reader dcener
a~d deeper into tho faet7e~ses 90 this
strange new country ur'U its vorv heort
rs ~---'-1 Full po~fi"u'ars regarding
tNo S'st-'h'fion Of th's se~'es Of nhoto-
crowns &c Given IN the advertising columns
Of The Times.