The herald., 1898-02-05
ALGER'S DEER
Started on Their Journey
to America
FOODFOR THE REINDEER HERD
Is PLENTY IN SOME PARTS OF
ALASKA
FOOD FOR THE REINDEER HERD
The Rush Growing With Vengeance.
A Thousand Passengers on the
Steamer Queen
Associated Press Special Wire


Jackson at Alton, Sweden, announces
that the Manitoban chartered by Lieu
tenant Devore for the government has.
just sailed from that port for New York
with $50 reindeer and 81 Laplanders to
care for the animals and drive them on
the government relief expedition
when they arrive in Alaska. The war
department is now making arrange
ments for the transportation of the
deer across the continent fsom New
York to Seattle.
In answer to inquiries that have been
made at the departments instance as
to the probability of finding in Alaska
the moss upon which the reindeer feeds
altogether in his native country. the bu.
reau of education has submitted some
correspondence its agents have had
on this subject. The inquiry had
special reference to the vicinity of the
Chilkat region, and samples of the
Norwegian moss We're sent up there for
identification. In response. the Presby-
terian missionary at Haines, Mr.. w. w.
Ware, writes as follows:
1.-The reindeer moss came by the last
mail, and I have been asking good
many natives and whites about it. The
net outcome is that there is very little in
deed along the coast, but fifty miles
over the coast range there is a great
abundance. Some say the whole coun-
try is covered. l accept that statement
with some reservations, but l should
judge that there must be a great deal"
CROWDS COMING
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Feb A party
of twenty-four Klondikers from St.
Louis passed through here today in
special car over the Burlington road.
The guiding spirit of the party is Alex.
c. Wilson, who prospected in the Klon-
dixie last year and secured claim on
Hunker Creek. Among the others are
F. NJ 3. Tidd, widely known st. Louis
bicyclst, and DR.. C. A. Jessop, who was
accompanied by his bride of one day, and
who Will practice medicine in Dawson.
The party will go in over the Chilkoot
pass. The expedition is well equipped
with such supplies as clothing and hard
ware. supply of provisions sufficient
to last two years will be purchased at
Seattle.
a THOUSAND MINERS
TACOMA, Wash, Feb. 4.-The steam
ship Queen, the finest vessel in the Pa
cific waters, and which has hitherto been
the summer excursion ship to the ice
fields of Alaska. sailed from Tacoma to-
night for Skaguay and Dyea. She car
ried northward 1000 passengers, 1900 tons
of freight. 200 dogs, so horses and score
of dressed cattle hogs and sheep, the
latter for the markets of the coast cities,
Juneau. Skaguay and Dyea.
TEUTONIC ARGONAUTS
NEW YORK, Feb. A party of forty
eight Germans, mechanics from New
York, Brooklyn, Paterson, Hoboken and
other towns, left for Seattle last night.
on the way to Klondike. In the party are
carpenters, shoemakers, brewers, cooks
and tailors. Hector Shammen organized
the party and has charge of it. Each
man who joined put up 5000 in cash.
which provides his ticket through to
Circle City and provisions enough to last
nine months after arrival in that place
Their friends said good by to them at an
East Side saloon, and 2000 persons
thronged the streets in the neighbor-
hood. There was much singing and jol-
lification. AS the hour of departure an
preached the members piled into three
big brewery wagons and the journey
began. They presented a novel specta-
Gle as they We're driven through the
streets, and thousands of citizens
stopped to cheer them on.
The first wagon carried an immense
banner inscribed, "Auf Mach Klondike"
The men We're dressed in big fur over
coats, caps and leggings, and each one
carried revolver strapped in his belt
Their warlike appearance contra stcl
with their jolly manner. for as they
passed through the streets they all sang
German songs of the fatherland. The
mems ages range from % to 40 years,
and they are all healthy, vigorous look
ing fellows. Their strong, deep voices
made the strees ring with their songs.
NEW PLACERS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4.--Gen. c. W,
Turner of this city has received several
letters from the Yukon which tend to
contradict the report of Captain Ray to
the Washington authorities as to the
failure to discover new placers along the
river last year. The letters We're writ
ten in December last by Colonel Samuel
Ward, who was in camp on the Yukon
five miles south of Five Finger rapids.
He is a wealthy pioneer of Montana, and
took with him to Alaska six men to as
sist him in prospecting. He reached the
river in September last and his camp
was in a situation where he had oppor-
tunities of talking with outgoing min
ers.
Under date of December 7th he writes
"rich strikes on Hunker's, Indian Creek
and Henderson, the latter one mile below
the mouth of the Stewart" He is conf
dent of the future of the country from a
mining point of view.
SAWMILL AND STEAMERS
STOCKTON, Feb. 4.-Captain TYLER,
who has been a well-known steamboat
man on the San Joaquin river for many
Navigation company's steamer Mary
Garratt, resigned a few days ago and to-
night started for the Yukon. He left
here on the steamer from San Francisco
this evening with a fifty-horse- power
engine, which he will pack over the pass
at Chilkoot and use in a sawmill which
he will build at Lake Linderman to get
out the lumber for a steamboat He will
run this boat to Dawson and declares
that he will run through the White
Horse rapids if a raft can be sent
Steamboat men say Captain