The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-08

three Of the isesr posted nlen on .he
Ger Yukon river arived In SEATTLE yes
s.,6zy On the stsam4 FaraiIen direct from
uN,s Horse rap.GSS W. G. Myers, r. A.
asoes ard George 3.aagd0a compose The
Nsarsy. and vii LEG in few days for
CIR homes IN tb4 East George Lang
IN mas for the 80 swo years been a
les known dog fannsr,' on the Yukon,
I'D recently pssood the Canadian Bank
= commeree out4 which Included s. e,0.-
II n currency. Trough the White Horse
~n,ag. down Thley Mi.e river ard across
Nfxte Lebarss. ~ IS positive that the par
q reached Da~en safely. Ianrdon was
4 Circle city i4s January. and this led
ii : report thd some OF The FsraiIon's
1..s~nsers werstust out from Circle city
4 4as Marty ka Waite Horse rapids on
,,s4 e. coming UP 10 Lake Bennett on
H.. steamer r. n. Kiibourne. They bring
=. rsvs Of II wreck OF the big upper
. ser steamer towa and the loss Of the
...a.s IL thru-e4ght IowaBs. They give
- ART reiIsks information regarding
sssth, by dYn1 ming In White Horse rap
us Ttry ssSI that no one has come Up
- yiser fron Dawson during the past
.nrssh ard fhtr the three small steamers
| -, cot shreeh the rapids have not yet
,sssrn~d. Tae estimate that 700 boats
~ scors. WI an average CT four pass
] ssrers esca, pxsei through the rapids up
] Is Tie time tafy left.
Ftys Men Drowned.
/ " Lansdes yesterday afternoon said
I sThe stories seBt out about deaths from
IAaxn.Sg hasr been greatly exaggerated
n. .osI NEE have been seer 10 70 down
n the ans.r waters Of the ripitss this
l rear There IL a possibility of one other
! h.trx arasud, but no one saw the acci-
Az, Thrx men persisted OH tho day
/ n June Two Of them were from San
rrsnsi@eo md the other an Enghshman.
ons Of sae San Frsraclseo victims was a
u.c ram6s Mafhee0n. The Engi.shmau
| ~s, tnossfa of his raft by sudden
s,lns 81 he current. and was caught In
| AZ. unasspw On June II colored man
| ,.ses n4d. who came from Seattle. was
. | S-.wped IA Ia, rapids. lie was helping n
| rm,ty Of friends through ard the boat was
! svsuoed Field never came ur. A q. A.
n asa named Clancy. who came from
4 Ia,tan died Il. White Horse on June IL
! Neara nothing of the drowning ar the
| fxysn.aeh party Of fourteen in Windy
.fr AID don't believe II occurred.
wreck Of the Iowa.
.sThs hg river steamer Iowa was to-
,al,v wrecked about June Is on Thirty
eI, rtrer. sixty miles below White Horse
II rxat.. She bad bean successfully roped
ve,oagh the RAPIDS and was proceeding to
lnaxson wHh party OF thirty~eight men
from lava. Sc ran with great force on
es. ~ n. biz rocks shat stud the channel
Ard sank altast Immediately. The valu-
she otta,s the party were ruined. but
al e~rsped shore in small heats. They
were know as the StafbiIck party. and
bnsl. The bat On lake Bennett. The
| fass vas f,et long aud % feet beam.
Tosy ietsied takl0.E the machinery on,
Of hsr ar huiid ng RATS 10 continue the
"Trip.
4, M estimated At White Horse that
Eco ht% had passed thrargn up TO the
tine . left This Included three river
rsanfs The William IRWIN. tho ora ARD
l,hs stsdard are the river boats that got
,.rnjh 20 tho lower river. The William
lrrx vas taken through nN hiEn WA
81 tloss. and they ran her on a rock.
,zbirg hole In her stle she d!a rot
Il bad !s now on The lower river None
ses bats had arrived back M rs the
Ia We laft. Al these river boats were
sslak on Lake Rennett. The trassay
II fea Nv Norman y. NcCauiiay. Of Vie
s4ta Is IN operation around white Horse
eAss. and Is doing a fair amount Of bus
Ms
II The Canadian customs house was NOV
from the summit of chiikeot pass 20
axe Lin9eman on July ! do not know
reason for the change The M united
oat VII not allaw more than cre boat
= time 10 enter me White Horse rnp-
r They are Eert AZ least 100 yards
tsr The police are building a suhStan-
al Posi- Al the head OF the canyon
" Lsngdon brought DOWN two Nno rs
NO dogs en she Farailan. lie Intends
ssk@ them g his hope at Salt Lake
give 'hem thelr liberty. He SAYS they
entitled - rest until they die after
Good wcFk they have done for him.
paid their fare down on the boat, and
6ogs gel the bust meuu in their Nnss.
IN are aae animals. and worth coasld-
ole money
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