The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-22
ON TWO RIVER STEAMERS.
SIXTY MEN AND wOMEy LEAVE 103
THE MOUTH OF THE YUKON.
Alfred j. beach and W. ~. Esans
start on the Long Journey Norfh
fu Tow of the Schooner AOy0-
re Charles Nelson Also Clears.

yEgzesIaS On TIC two river ktss@ufrAs. %i.T
Alfred J. Esacs. and tine w. n Evans. y
tow II the gieaEa schooner sSyo.
The rev Blue Star liua steamer Chairs
Nelson 80 c4eaFsd yessgr4ay for the
mouth OF tae Yukon she has aboard ms
largeyt f.ufT1bc. OF SssfseBgeFs that has lett
this port this year for y. Michael ne
Nelson carries the supplies and Ee4n
launches for Capt. Prafts party Of Ya-
kan river surveyors she has 1850 tons
o. supplies besides
There Is 10 marine Law 20 keep persons
from sy7parklag on river steamers 10 be
sowe1 aorta. and the men who took pass-
age oa the Bach and Evans were 100 anx-
sclg3 Se get north to grow t4fIEd at the risk
They hope for good weather. In mos. cases
they speGt every cert they had botSins
their steamers and getting outfits together.
Tney j<now that the contract under which
the Mayo Il towing them provides ff5t the
sows are 20 se cut l8ase 10 storm II the
strain on this ocean steamer IS too great
They expect 70 g0t up steam, II worst
conlea - worst. snd make Il ran Oh their
own engines.
T.euty~turee men and two women viii
have stathsng between f1fm ansl the bot
touleas ocean bat the Eight shell u the
AlfraliH pes1eh They i5,aif her nj Pal
lard aHa are really 70 meet death IN her II
necessary Sic Ia f2s feet long aud q feet
beam, with electric lights and atant steer
ing 9esr. The company is known ass the
Alass3 Mutual Transportation ard Mining
Asaort5fsn. ard nearly al OF the meTr-
hers ftsc from Chicago. ON Tue steamer
they haze a sawmlli outfit and Z pump far
Tie u II. Evans is somewhat larger. but
nevertheless Il vessel That none but kion-
dlkcr& would trust themselves TO- The
Noyo's tow line viii De attached directly
TO the, Evans and the strain or pulling the
Reach viii fall TO her. Thirty-fye men
and women GONE Of whom came around
Cape Horn IN the Inflated City Of Column
bla. have taken passage on the boat. They
are nearly all members Of the Evans klcn-
dixie EXPEDITION Company. which owns the
vessel. sIhe purser sad yesterday that no
one would be aboard who was not an en-
piogs OF the boat. but several who went
out Ola her claimed 20 be passengers
Tie Soyo finally got away from The coal
bankeys With the two steamers in tow
about 5:a1 O'clock. The Reach WAS about
three blocks behind her when the taw llae
straightforward CAT Capt. Hansen says It
will tsiso ssghtsen days TO make the trip.
if thae have good weather.
The Charles Nelson has no tow and Capt.
Andersen expects 70 make the tripsn con-
siderable less time. Bssdes the govern
rnent supplies ahaard she has the steel
river sts aclers OF the Concori-New Hamp-
shirerAiaska Mining Company
Tliafe were soue 40 passengers on the
boats sailing yesterday. These on the AL
fred }. Reach were:
J. Ah!strand. Henry shupak. I. NJ. Brew
sier. /. Erauu l.. Il. Larson &. L. Mark
stroin. +. A Marks.rum. ]. r. Nilsson G.
s. 0iusiod IL T. Carey A. Dounersberger
A. tiundersan. W Helmet. A.. kwiatkow-
Smith ". w Tucker, c wilhem 4 Il.
brewster Mrs l. +. Carey Airs. A. II.
Rrlwe.er. Capt w f. Eiwood. Chief En-
g:deer = $. House. Assistant Engineer
Among these on the ~. II Evans were
Mr.. aud Mrs. Farmer Mr.. ard Mrs. Mitch
eli. and Cap. Partridge " New York. and
Capt. and Mrs Perry efossn, Of Chicago.
The Charles Nelson's passengers were:
J W Johnson. { /; Parsons. r. Y. VIII
iatns. D. a. Walker. William Miner. John
I3cenan. J. =. hyeu. r. NJ, Rouady. JOSEPH
lfonehaes William CatriHan. =. j. Richard
ron. ]. II. Nils. ~. Z. Morreil {. II. Bar
fett, A &. Morrison. Robcrf Forester. W
II. Hammond. ". y Peek. John Craven.
L. +. swain Mr.. ami Mrs T. IT, felth-
royd -. n snrEan. General Manager l..
$. Ryan. Hue Star Jne. Secretary Z. L.
Dcdae B3ue star liue. I9sec ha.slnr Agent
Benjamin Rlgtn. Giue scar ,!ue James ny
al. George e. ieit<s .sitd Wife Mrs. Wheel
e., Cnarjcs Il. t'iow. I. y. Mar,seuy. W. +.
HFeNnenAn. .. K. Ihisuam. \ Huglan, \.
a Hutton. J = Williams ssai VIE Phoebe
Hoover, Miss Eitnof Courtney j. Stein5erg,
a. f1oc3ttie. Nrs u. x Howard. Mrs L.
j. Becker Ms Carrie Plough Ainrent
Msgse. i. y. oTeoie, j. e., " hi, worth Or.
v. T. NhItwetth / : f'l"~ef. Madame
barn. /. Holman, SNeI Anderson II. e..
GrEga +. I. Farres=teg T. l.. Parker. u.
y i<,Sihoa. I !, lay. j. < }etfrie~ II
Stams fCn u + koei0s3u George N etu-
cry. L. =. Pose. II Goldman. John naEe-
line. John Hus nson. T. Taker,hio X. i<o-
tmujo. r. kol@F.s. d. aults AeF-sa.!sn. j.
Coleman, !. " keayon James Lawrence.
sam ftirs, JHan fs3.&afe Il =. Paeas,