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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21
WILL WATSON ENTER RACE?
THE ALL-ABsORBING QUESTION
IN GEORGIA NOW.
He Is Engaged in Deep Ihoush' o'ei
the Situation and REFUSES
to Talk.

20 March 7.--(Special)-Al-
.boreb Hon. Thomas u. watson 10 nav
a.. have returned home from baA'''' 0
r,,o, decidedlv mot at home to such ile"'
- ,,,,,, % called at his residence
a, u,retratjon of this was turhlsheu ny
49,. aau op , client who wanted to consult
~, We, t., regard to a, case in hama.
ru,e aor,,ort insisted that Mr.. Watson was
~ az home refusing to announce ms ar
,r,l and the caller being just as ccrtaii
that the great populist was "lLhn' i,no
intnrchanee OF words became so lou" t'aL
Mr.. Watson overheard 1t, ana
the voice of his friend, called out' 40
''Come in. / was only not 1T NUM-
newspaper men.
The Present Situation
There 10 no doubt that Mr. watson IL
Inst now doing great deal OF thl"kinR,
49, - oil tbirne he is a conscientious
man When some months ago, he deci"leu
that he would not be candidate lol ",0
governorship, he meant II. MI. "t'' ma,
a poor man. with family to Suppol' lno
best years of his life are slipping ""0S
from him lie was on the road to success
in his profession when he was led ny
laudablc ambition to aspire to scat ia
congress- What followed is known TO 3I4
men. In the political uphcaVal theIe was
a severance of friendships, a loss OF p'"'-
tice, and time thrown away IN PuplG "a
fairs which interferod with private pu7l-
ness Looking at the question in a plain,
common sense light Mr. watson a5hI"
himself if it was necessary thal ms Wnpio
life should be given up to the uhProItldpI0
profession OF politics
There Are Others.
While Mr.. Watson had d right to enjoy
populistic opinions that did not impose
upon him the duty of setting aside the
interests of his family to follow the angry
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Third Party Convention Nominat,s Him
for Governor.
IT WAS OVER HIS PROTEST
Those Closest in Touch with Him Con-
WINGED That He Won't Accept.
STRAIGHT TICKET rs PUT OUT
Trouble Over Proposition To Put Re-
publicans and Democrats on the
judicial Slate.

After a whole day of downright hard
work. the populist state convention ad-
journed Wednesday with a declaration OF
principles which calculated to stick
throughout the whole campaign and with
the nomination of a party slate about which
there is evCence of a whole lot of unsta-
bIity The platform is a ringing reafiirm-
alton of old-time pOpuistic doctrines, with
a. few newly fashioned whacks at the dem
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Colonel Nesbitt III Moultric.

Moultrie, ca, March. i.-(Specal Hon
r. r. Nesbitt commissiQner OF agriculture.
Saturday. Mr. Nesbitt said what surprised
him most was the size of Mouitrie; said
he expected to find a town of seven or
eight storcs-instcad he found about fifty
business houses, electric lights, waterworLs
and all the modern improvements. The
Sparks Moultric ana Gulf road will put on
a mail service on the DIST instant. thus
giving us another daily mail. This will be
ante a convenience and give US our mail
from the north much so0ncr.
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Senator Clay called Mr.. Dessau to the
chair Or repeated the declaration thal ne
had made in the beginning that under no
circumstances could he consent to continue
as chairman of tho committee. lie sad
that when he was elected senator he had
made up his mind to resign. but tina, nc
not feel it was worth while to call tho
members together for that purpose alone
He did not believe it to be consistent with
the duty he owed to the people OF Georgia
t. oCcupy himself with such matters at II
time when questions of grave import Wcro
pending before congress. He said his pres
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occasion in the past l have differed with
the majority of my party before it's will
was recorded when conscious that l stood
in the minority, and openly and fearlessly
expressed my views, as ! had right to
do. But, as God is my judge, never, openly
or secretly, have ! antagoniZed any plank
ct it's platform after that platform was
made. In my judgement the worst plat
form that the democratic party ever made
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CHATHAM'S GAMBLER CLUB.
1t Met Last Night and Elec5ad Pope
Barrow as Chairman.

1t Met Last Night and El7H52d Pope
Barrow as Chairman.
Savannah. Ga. March 1.-THE Allen ID.
Gambler Club Of Chatham county held its
third meeting at the courthouse tonight ana
the canvassn& committees, which have had
only two days for working, reported 80"
new members, all of whom are voters and
duly enrolled This makes total mem
borship of $50 and the club has not yet been
organized 4 week. The committee appoint
ed to select officers tonight named Hon.
Popc Barrow as president, Colonel Merritt
". Dixon as first vice president and John
J. Morriasy as secretary. These officers
were unanimously elected ana Mr.. Barrow
and Colonel Dixon made appropriate
speeches of thanks for the honor confer
red on them. A committee was appointed
to select two vice presidents from each
militia district ana the president was di-
rectcd to name an executive committee OF
not less than Twenty-Five. y time ana
place for holding big mass meeting viii
be selected within day or two, and 1t is
understood CoionG Gambler viii be invited
to attend and speak.
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ocratic party, based on purely local and
state issues. The ticket is as follows:
FOR GOVERNOR,
Thomas E. Watson, McDuffie.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
L. o. Jackson, Decatur.
FOR COMPTROLLER GENERAL,
Ben Milliken, Wayne.
FOR TREASURER,
j. H. Traylor, Troup.
COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICULTURE
w. L. Peek, Rockdale.
FOR PRISON COMMISSIONER,
J. S. Davitt, Polk.
FOR SCHOOL COMMISSIONER,
B. NJ. ZettIer, Fulton.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Carey Thornton, Muscogee.
FOR CHIEF JUSTICE,
Walter B. Hill, Bibb.
FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
Long Term),
w. R. Leakin, Chatham
Republican,
FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
(Short Term),
claiborne Snead, Columbia
7, tbi. latter nomination Of candluale7
TO-. the s,nrcmc court there was so mu'h
aversion of sentiment that the places on
the official ticket thus flled III alH "''''
,1,;,d fron, the official records of the sec
rotary AS n matter of fact, hoWcEti' M
craad's nomination was never Suhlhlteu ~
tho conventions and in the maj con U.s. Oh
tho+ overcame the gathering carry tiS
,.nf,t the recommendation OF the com
mittee that Hon. Hal Lewis be lhaofSeu
was lost sight Of. The conNel''ol
IN . zyhirl of partisan enthusiasm lndi
~ @ tnrnreted to mean that they wanted
W. ,ln b,t n0DuliSts on their state ticket
;t,or indic;oI or executive, hut tlc Lo"'
49, too late and the delegates were NO
sIpnnv for them to understahu tit't t,icrc
was any sort of a state tl'N' '"'' "'O
charged Ia put through
The Convention Assemblies.
At exactly j. o'clock Chairman 'o'il -
Cunuing,ham, of the state "Necu'iNe eo''A
n,ittee. climbed into the speakers St2Ad
and announced the opening of the conFeh-
tion with a few sharp rap5 of his gaVel'
H., WAS warmly appla uded, and, as the APP
nIause died down, produced u roll OF manu-
fcriDt and began the reading of a speech
t1at was by long odds the most remarka5 bic
bounced alike the democrats and the re-
nl!3!icanS and when he spoke OF the pur-
cha sable character of the negro vote there
were Inurmurs of discomfort on the part
of the tWen;y-odd CoiOred brethren in the
audience chat led to laughter on the other
side.
Fight Over the Platform.
As soon as the night session met Chair
ian Sbley. of the committee on resolu-
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INDIGNANT Over the Report.

Brunswick, Ga. March 16.-(SpcCial)--
Judge Atknson's friends here Indignantly
deny the report wired from Atlanta last
night that he would retire from the Suber
Material race.
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Atlanta on the Hilltop.

From The ThomasviliV. Ga, Enterprise.
Hurrah for Atlanta From her lofty
heights, the whole southern coast ana lied
WILL be watched, Georgia is IN it,.
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was eXpeditously and almost unanimously
disposed of by a motion from Mr.. Howell
that both reports be laid upon the table,
no action being taken by the committee in
reference to the matter OF joint debate.
A Contest Over Dates.
When Chairman Wright concluded his;
short talk Mr.. Bloodwortn presented. on
behalf OF himself and Mr.. Lawrence, a MI
nority report fixing the date of the first
primary on July 9Th and the convention
on July 10Th. He asked for the extra
month because he thought it would be
needed In order TO give the three candi-
dates time to be heard by all the people
of the state, They both spoke of the
facts that the farmers would not have their
crops laid by on June 9th, and they thought
it right to give the farmers chance to
hear all that was going on.
Mr. Howell moved that tho resolutions
be taken up separately in order to simplify
matters. and the committee promptly put
through, all of them except that in which
the call for the first convention appeared.
Then the debate was resumed. Mr.. Wood
ing said he was a good deal amused to learn
that his friends Bloodworth and Lawrence
had become so solicitous about the farm
ers- and awoke a laugh by complimenting
them on the agricultural knowledge 'they
had displayed. But he thought that any
man who couldn't in eighty days give his
reasons why he wanted to be elected gov
ernor of Georgia ought not to be elected
at
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the utmost fairness to adj concerned and
he hoped the majority report would be
adopted.
The result was as follows-the majority
reporting favoring June 9th and the MINORS
ty report July 9th:
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The Constitutional Limit.

Mr.. Howell spoke in favor of the majori-
ty report, and called attention to the fact
that June 9th had been the date set for the
primaries i'll the last Gubernatorial cam
naien. But even beyond considering that
as a precedent, he thought an early con-
vention was especially necessary this year
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The Convention Assemblies.

As soon as the night session met. Chair
an Sibley. of the committee on resolu-
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THE STATE DEM0CRACYS
!: CALL FOR TWO CONVENTIONS.
Strong Declaration in Favor of Uniform Primaries and the
Giving of Every Democrat Chance to Vote-Ful
Text of All the Resolutions Adopted

resolutions which the state committee
adopt
nsnnnice is snlInN
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-07

The Office Of the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company. on Ocean dock. is being again
moved. and the clerks, hardly settled at
their desks sincs the last change, must
get s'leir bearings anew. n slide IL re-
sponsihIe for considerable destruction on
the southeast corner OF the wharf. An
attempt was made some time ago 10 ell In
tne space between the railroad tracks and
nhe inner end OF the wharf. The filing
was OF dirt and stones with q baikhead OF
brush. The buIkheai has been unable 20
bold the banked up dirt. ard it has sid
down. pressing with such force against
the pling OF the dock as 20 break down
one corner. Repairs VIII cost several hun
Hraa dollars
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COLBY SAILS FOR alaska.
Miner bruce and ,. W. Hanna so
Prospect kotxehue Country.

Eo;Eshae sound Is the destination 81 the
schooner Lizzie J. co,by, Capt. DAILY.
which sailed last evening with Minor W
Bruce ana John ". Hanna as passengers
ard a cargo % miscellaneous gcos.s for
trade with she natives. Tire schooner will
call en- voyage at Dutch HayhUT for water
and VIII there take a+feard Judge Thomas
Reed. os Olympia who leaves here today
on the steamer B-ixahrn. Miner Bruce
wc1s known through his many voyages in
the Arctic and his thorough acquaintance
with Alaska VIII visit trzdiag posi- he
has established 81 TIE kotEehle country
ard VIII than Lead The party on a EFs2spacs-
ing expedition which may carry thaTs1 10
the headwaters or ira Tanana river.
II any claims OF importance are discov-
cred Mr. Hanna ard NJ. Reed VII stay
there 20 develop them Mr. Bruce er-
r<scts 70 come oat ia the fall. bu. tas
others are prepared to remain two years
Mr. Hanna was formerly manager OF che
Seattle ;hester. and has large number
OF friends here.
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who savs he saw she rarsy n question
and talked with him the cay tie vessel
sailed The letter says.
He told re he had his catat bought
and aboard the beat He promised 20
rrt:s ne <roru Alaska and let ne know
Of ols success haee him farewell -
he started 20 the schooner. which was set
say departure an faassr later.
Mr.. McKeiney.s mother, sisters and
brothers reside IL Eau Care. ard he has
4 hrcsher-si-law. J. c. Donneiiy, OF the
Dcnnsiiy hotel. living in Tacoma
Il happened 10 be In Seattle the day
the Jane Gray was towed Ont. and hearine
ths. Mp. Mckeiney was about 20 sal On
her. I made IL my business 10 look him
Up. had not seen him for nearly twenty
years. found Mr.. Mckinney aboard the
Jane Gray, and together We went 10 my
rooms IN the Dfiier hotel. where we had
a long talk together. Ny family Is vel
acquainted with Ar. McKelney and his
relatives. xho reside In Eau Claire. Wis"
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ANXIOUS no FIGHT.
volunteers at Vancouver Drilling
Hard-Hefndeer I'm Alaaka


Lieut.. Graves. OF the Vancouver bar
racka. arrived In the city yesterday 70
purchase supplies for the troops now at So.
Michael. and 20 turn over 10 DR. Sheldon
Jackson the Lapianders. who are now az
Port Townsend Lieut.. Graves has had
charge OF the Laps ever since they have
been at Port Townsend. In an interview
with Observation-Disclosures reporter last night
Lieut.. Graves said:
THE LaplaDders are 10 be sent through
70 Alaska 10 take charge OF the ra,ntleep
now there The Lapps will BE- used drtv-
ers and herders and will have charge OF
anos her herd which Is to be ae1t ia Asae,x
by the government ! understand thar there
are about 1So OF these an nnaLS still alive
and thriving on moss which was secured
about 10 miles from the coast OF Alaska
Ii Ia the intention OF DR. jackson, 10 breed
these animals in Alaska. as he Is sfiil OF
the opinion that they are tho only so,ution
Of the transportation problem in that coar-
try.
The four companies Of Washington WI
untsers row at Vancouver are drilling Ave
hours every day, and by hard work are ar-
curing q high degree of proficiency and
IN a snort time they VIII compare fayora biy
with many OF the older companies
TIE boys are all anxious 10 bss sep. 20
either Cnna or the Philippine islands ht,t
a. they are al raw recruits. T believe IL In
wise 30 keep them al Vancouver until
their services are actually needed and
fsen they Will be more fully prepared for
duty. The companies also lack uniforms
and other suitable equipment. ard in fact
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FIVE REPORTED DROWNED.
MEN RAsHLr ATTEMPTING TO
CRoss LAKE BENNETT.
Beneath TA<m anA TAey Are Pre-
etDttateA lnte the waters Of
Deash-DoaIes Not Yet Recovered.

Eseamstsp Discovery, Capt Thomas
Grant, arrived IA port ~ 30 O'Clock yes
serday afternoon from skagway and way
ports. She brought down three passen-
gers, two OF whom boarded the staxmsr ~
Skagway and she other AT wrangel One
OF the skagway passengers was from I4aka
Lnasrnan.
The Discovery saiied from skagway June
] on her southwark trip, and called into
juneau where she took On freight Her
last stopping place was wrangel. She
sailed from there on tina evening Of June
z The trip 10 the sound was peasant and
uEeyentful-
While the Discovery was at Skagway
news reached there OF the drowning OF
hve men ia IAks Bennett. Tia accident
was mid 70 have occurred on the morn
lag or May .. The men had bsen camp
tng for several days near the shores Of
LAks Bsnnstt, preparatory 10 pasning on
into the interior. On the morning OF the
9th. they broke camp and started across
the axe on tho sce. They had proceeded
a considerable distance when without
warning, the ice beneath their feet sud-
denly gave way, and the five msa were
precipltated into the cold waters of the
lake On coming 10 the surface the men
became wedged under the ice and held
there until they perished. No one was
near at tbs tina OF the accident to render
assistance The men bad been camping
near Lake Bennett only q snort tine, and
were not known by the other traresers.
Up TO the time of the Discovers sailing.
the bodies OF the men had not been recoy-
cred.
On Sunday morning when OF Johnson's
entrance near Seymour narrows. the Dis
coveEy sighted and passed the twelve river
steamers built By Moran Brothers, en- route
TO Alaska As the steamer approached the
boats came round the point one at
tine until tina whole twelve were In sight,
As the last boat rounded the point, che tug
Hicharo Hoiyoke with three scows In tow
Followed slowly in the rear. One Of the
Steamers was travelling slower than the
others. and appeared 10 have broken some
connection In her machinery, During the
voyage from the north the tug Tacoma
with the barge Skookum in tow. was PASS
ed by the Discovery. Other vessels were
aaso seen The Discovery brought down
the following passengers: J. d. MacPaer.
son, L. BeYeridga and II. Rimer.
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The list Of those who have taken pas
sage on the Brixhana scheduled to sail to-
day, is a. follows: @. II. Emmons,
Thomas +. Ray. F. g. Bean. T. II. Wei
don. Frank L. Worthy. James p. Smith.
William r. Brown. G. AIbeon. f. r.
hard. u. b. Taylor, Walter Merrill. W.
w. Sanborp. James Woollery. DIR. E. A.
Dyer. Charles r. Noyes, Frank F. Ment-
Eel, Robert Moir. T. S. Mitchell. Arthur
Knowles. Z. W. King. Frank p. Smith.
u. E. Spisrs, s. J. Randell. c. r. Poirier.
Dennis Daigie. p. c. Flambeaux. d. Bor-
dreau. Samuel Lsvqus, John Booth. Mich
asl Ryan. r. Gripando, c. Olson. +. w.
Bremen. Joe Browhmacker. Peter Hereard.
William Lamb. Daniel Bordreau. Z. Z.
Pace. A. c. Cruchst NJ. l. Kirkeby, j. w.
waterman, Fred II. Milne, James Brown,
Benjamin b. Clark. Frank L. wolcott.
Robert Z. Allen, T. r.. Rayner. George L.
Manning, u. +. Holt. l. X. Harrington.
William +. Sawyer, William r. fitzpatrick.
d. r. Seribner. Charles 8. Taylor. L. +.
CHM. Gilchrist Clark Thomas s. Pear
sen. William +. Maydole. Samuel Big
low, Arson wsodworth. Henry c. Par
ley. James Barager, Thomas p. Whit
ticar. Charles p. White. Albert Hege-
man. Charles Graham, ]. f. N. Dupluis.
Frank Mcmahon. Mrs. Frank Mcmahon.
William r. Wilkes. Mrs. w. F. Wilkes.
sAtSs 0lEa. H. 6ldESCnCf,
Samuel L. Quick. Mrs. Jennie Knowton,
Frank p. Wood Mrs. Lizzie Brooks. Mrs.
Brener. Mrs. II. n. Pullsn. Mrs. J. +.
Mcknight, Miss Helen AcEanght, Capt.
Pearca. J. w. Rockford. J. w. Rockford,
jr., Daniel Hayes, E. b. Edgerton,
Thomas F. Wan. WIZ +. Schneider,
Thomas Ball. Robert Schumacher, Emery
Frink. Wilson r. Jones. Walter H. Prebie.
Thomas +. Mooney, G. Hall Smith, W. q.
Huhiey, Alexander Hill, NJ. Bailey, jr..
Paul Schuitze. NJ. Cressley. Louis Hofy-
man, s. Packer, E. s. Chen, A. Fl.
Brener, Thomas Adair William Cook, d.
NJ. Peoples. Henry Kent. Thomas w.
Schneider, Edmund Maine, E. Johnson.
L. C. A. Phil. Peter Lundun. J. Johnson,
NJ. Stumer. E. waymier. II. ID. Fountain,
Alex. kenney. r. p. Dabney, NJ Trot-
ter. Daniel Shaw. W. S. Fart, Mrs. w. s.
Fart, John Ward. Mrs. Ward. d. W.
Brucket, T. NJ Reed. John Frawley.
Mike Sullivan. William H. Pease. Frank
c. Colder. James Il. Wells. Il. F. Beck
with, S. f. Provost, William F. Sten-
ner. /. Il. LeSuer, John Il. Maxwell. Mrs.
Lydia Smith. Bert Herd. VIII N De
Bots. John r. Williams, c. p. Young f.
q. Brakeman, Ben Soule, G. L. MCGEE.
Thomas speiercy. Walker Greenleaf. j.
NJ. Malone, G.. L. Walker, T. I. Slade. NJ.
Primrose. VIII S. DeBarr, f. F. Layton.
George II. Collins, p. s. st. Clair, T. /.
Fletcher, T. II. Amidon, W. r. Joyce.
Bella l.. Jones. Miss Sarah L. Crowley,
Thomas r. lowering, Arson b. Ciapp,
and tweEty-six others from Vancouver.
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RiOjun Maru Sails Today.

The Nippon Yusen Kaisha liner fssojun
Maru. which has been In port since May
q. win leave for the Orient tomorrow
morning. Capt. A. Es@ Moses. command
ing the Riojun. IL better known IN, this
city than any OF the captains OF the line.
He has been here oftener than any or
the other officers. and his ship has al
ways been most hospitable. Three times
has he brought the Riojun Maru into
port. On the last trip OF the Rioiun
she was stabbed by the Alaskan steam
schooner Hueneme. and Capt. Moses was
here nearly a month. Not n day passe4
while In port bat that q party 0f the
shippers friends is entertained on board.
Capt. Moses has been In the Nflpon
service some seven years. "A
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Involuntary hath.

Two Jap sailors belonging TO the crew
Of the steamship Rsotun Maru were yes
serday given a bath In the placid waters
Of Seattle haroor. The Japs had besn
working on the huh OF the steamship
Ohio. and were returning to the shore on
q raft. Just at this time the steamer
Flyer left her dock on her noon trip TO
Tacoma. and backed rapidly out into the
stream In the direction OF Arlington cock.
The raft which held the Japs was directly
IN the track OF the Flyer, and in such q
position az to be ohseured from the Cap
tain's view. The Japs were unable 20 get
out OF the steamers way and the, stern,
OF the Flyer struck the raft square In the
center, completely overturning IL and
throwing aus occupants into the water.
The accident WAS seen by the men IN the
steam launch which was coming ms from
the gunboat Wheeling. The crew Of elle
launch rescued the Jars and landed t9sssA
at the Seattle boat house.
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The only sailing OF yesterday for the
Nortn was the steamship Portland She
left port ct 6:3o' O. clock last evening. her
destination being ST. Michael. She was
alongside the south bunkers all day yes
tsrday. loading coal for the trip.
On the present trip no passengers or
freight were taken north from here by
ti.e Portland. She has on board nearly
rs men, who came up from San Francisco.
They are in the employ OF tho Alaska
Commercial Company. and constitute the
crews OF the cornpany's river steamers.
which are az st. Michael. The captains,
engineers and other officers are among the
number. The men are travelling on the
Portland as iirst-class passengers.
From here the Portland viii go 10 Vie
soria, where she loads freight. On the trip
north she will stop at Dutch Harbor and
take in tow two river steamers belonging
to the Alaska Commercial Company. On
the return trip Sile Will go 80 San Fran
cisco. calling az Seattle on the way down.
She is commanded by Capt. Johnson.