The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15
STOPPED BY 4 BllIlI
WORK OF REsCIING AyAIAu~;--Ax
DEAD RErARDEn.
steamer Pink shan Freu L~..
Ports Brinx. Contradictory y.,
Concrrning the List 81 Deaa-S.
Der Of Victims Vet 50 Lar

The latest news from the seens A. s..
death-deaIing snowslide on chukoes 49,
came down from the north YESTERDAY q
the steamer PAX Shan. which left Dive. !.
Thursday. April I. and arrived in vancas.
yer yesterday morning. Passengers -.
came down on the Pax Shan reached sn.,.
tie yesterday afternoon and aecordinr =
their stories the lives hlotted out hy a.
snowslide win not he as many a v,n
at first supposed Up 10 the tina -
PAX shan left the death list numbered 3
and II was hoped that all OF the 49,
were out OF the pie. Work. however. IA
stopped on account Of a binding snos.
storm.
The list OF dead brought down hs ~
PAX Shan Is not at all satisfactory. III
so many inaccuracies that il Is Of lnth
value IN determining the names II TIT
really dead. The list as brought IN ~
PAX Shan does not contain the names Of W
l.. ESterbrook. Frank Spragae and @. n.
Smith. Tho bodies OF these three -
were brought down on the steamer Csty e
Seattle last Sunday. and have been huFie4
which shows its inaccaracy. The paaseoe
gers Of tic PAX Shan report that e bodila
had been recovcEsss
The arrival OF the steamer Rosaik
which is supposed 10 have left Skaguay
Saturday night or Sunday, is anxtcu6a1
awaited. On the Resale will be z CO
plete list. which vii, unde;.btedIy oe tn
oughiy correct. II win remove mar
doubts new existing regarding the safety
OF friends or loved ones. II will und0u1ls
edly make some homes places of mournlok
hut many fortunate ones very happy.
The PAX Shan had one klondlnf
aboard. who left for Seattle Immediate
on landing. He il X. A. ELLIS, who u ~
ported to have $4,000. He says that r.
output OF the kiondike will reach $tapAe
COO. Capt. Phil Ray. who during the VII
ter has been In charge OF the United 6en1M
troops at Fort Yukon. and who mas hGuees
ed prominently in several emergencies, -
companied Ellis to Dawson. Capt. -
arrived there on March 8. and IL txpectol
down on the Resale or the Queen.
Ellis says he left Dawson on March ~
When he had gone about $50 miles q ~
600-mile Journey TO salt water he NJ
overtaken by Capt. Ray. who was travAe
ing with ten dogs. He had made the NJ
up from Fort Yukon in fast time. IT,
had some very bad weather during ~
trip OUT. anu l9E u HuHiuti VI uaS -
very poor progress. From Thirty-M1
river to Lake Lebarge the Ice Was In pooe
condition. bur from Lake Leharge to LMn
Bennett II was In excellent shape. W.
his party crossed the Chiikoot A snoWs
storm was on, and the work of taking ~
bodies out -of the slide had stopped
Ellis, in speaking OF those he pAa1ed II
the trail. remarked that for three IL
from Long lake to Dyea there Wa -
unbroken line OF peop.e. and from ~;
head OF Lake Lindeman to Long ~
the stream with their faces turned ~
ward k,onsiike was nearly as thick. 49,
going towards the coast had to keep al
the side OF the trail. The latest dlDcoS.
cries before Ellis left Dawson Wefs -
Boulder creek. on Bonanza. NJ crsekl
has long been staked, but few dnys b.
fore Ellis left II gave 81 70 the pan.
Dominion creek and Its tributaries ucss'
making excellent siowinxs. DominioA
claims are said 10 be equal to thoM 60
Eldorado In color. Swedish creek, @
which the rush recently took place,
staked from mouth 10 source. There p
no danger OF famine In Dawson neNss
Flour, which used to sell at $l3 sacE
- now down 10 so. according to Enk