The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-28

puRsER's SAFE WELL FILLED.
Unknown Additional Amount IN
Draffs--C ongfetfuE Statements ~
to Fare Asoard--Psssengers Reg
fster q n lex an 4aaifty OF Fooa-
r.. guuroe In Positive That
the Provisions We're fientitaL

A SLUG quarter Of million 10 god asse.
win an atstsla amour; o. wealth !I' drafts
was aG5ea TO he magnificent tota4 o.
+. lons,ske treasure whies. has besn hrotsh.
"a Seatfle since the opening Of TIE seafo'A'
The Big sseAuzsssio PFogreso reached I''F'
YESTERDAY morning few minutes after
c-elock. after q somewhat exciting HIP 70
10 the mouth Of tAe Yukon. sac had
aboard uaoTe than 90 passengeTF- Capt
aauroe. master Of ths Psogscso. sa!d he
didn't know how many people ne had
aboard. ard purser Griffith gave ast 70
.iaa reporters containing IA NAMES PSs
sengers Oh tie ProgFeao said that there
were nearly 80 people on her.
Some sevsnty-odd people taken On ct
Dutch Harha< increased the stea nser's l.sss
II nearly hundred over the number Tor
wnlGh she had accommodations, Outside
OF these. The bulk OF the steamers passen-
gers were returning K!ondIkers. Twelve
or fifteen Of the passengers went norih on
her and returned to Seattle. being con-
WINGED that life IN the States was more In
wiling tilan a ceatext with the adYefsltes
ard .sarisniys Of the Yukon.
sacks of yellow Dust.
Ia psrEar (irififh's safe w<Ie racks and
sacks filled with yellow gold dust and mug
gets. There vas according to all esst-
raasaa, nearly half ton Of the precious
stuff counting that In the purser's room
ana in separate amounts carried by the
Individual miners How much came in
q: ats. Il IS Impossible ID estimate. Some
authorities placed tas total II xNo 60.
Iegw han half OF the Progresses rassen-
gers Rad plenty Of money TO spend about
tawa. however. "a result the barber
shops. hotels MERCANTILE houses and ga
looms ala 8 rushing business all day. and
tse record OF hank deposits OF the city WAS
increased ~ u very handsome sian there
by II was lively day also at the assay
oTsee.
The Progresses decks were black with
Isasasngefa az she !oomed up through the
epaiescepf FOG and smoke oyerhanging the
hay al o'clock yesterday morning. AZ the
steamer locked al Schwabacher's dock ths
impatient kiondkers almost pushed ever
each other In an eager attempt 20 make
land. They hurried into carriages and ho-
se! orns1iaus.s. lol.ing back at ease In soft
leather cushions. riutching meanwhile
their precious bags of Klondke gold. The
spectator was reminded OF the DAYS when
the arrival OF gold laden ehips from the
north sent tie city OF Seattle ana the Ell
tire country into fever OF excitement.
Gold and treasure ships have secona so
common nowadays In Seattle that the ar
rival OF a band of fortunates with a half
million or more IN gold and drafts hardly
awakens a ripple OF excitanent.
ELre's Treasure BOX.
ons OF the Progresses passengers. q
short. stockiiy built fellow. bronzed and
bearded. waited till the last of the men
had AFT the gangpiank. Then he directed
three OK the deck hands 10 his s.a,eroorn
and soon reappeareG with them, carrying
between the four a square box, bullying
with treasure. 1t weighed more than les
pounds and was the property Of J. O. Ekre
an od-timer In the Yukon, who has inter
esis scattered along Eldoraao and Bonan-
IA creeks. according TO the statements OF
his fellow passengers. 4 number OF the
rich men on the PTogreso waited TIL the
crowd left the dock before they brought
out their precious dust. Then they cana
struggling down the gangpiank at inrre-
ouenE in,ervala bearing from five to rftv
pounds each. The aggregate OF these
smaller amounts. according 10 the officers
OF the steamer and the passengers. was
net Iesa than $1,000 and none OF then, are
II ne counted IN the lot consigned 70 the
cara OF tho puFsser
Passsnss rs on ths steamer progreso
make charges OF aserious n allure AGAINST ia
management or the steamer ard the Alas
IA Commercial Company agents at 81. Mi
chaei. They say that tbs boat was over
crowded; a,at the sccouTnoda tons were
fnadsQaate aaa the food miserable They
sl'ege that they bought nrss, class t'rkafs
from Dawson 70 San Francisco from ths
Alaska Commercial Company. and ina,
they ~ere 70 have taken ths 81 Paul at
s.. Michael. Arrived tfere. they found na
steamer on which they could continue their
Journey except ths Progress, and TIE com
rsny Itisced thsn on thai vessel In lieu of
the -. Paul
1ae story az lie sufer.ngs Of the mas
s~GseFs Oh ths rvoxreso II best tea bx
James T. Nltchru. of san Frar-!s.o fnr
sen ytars x member of the fire department,
q hat city; George II. Ferguson OF Ne,,r,
Vernon, AMI George Lee. OF Everett, rhes~
tarHs moa returned from Dawson or .he
Leah Il -. Michael. and there hoarast.
TIE FFogrsso eat the instance ara -
eae@r." as the lawyers say. q the A,aska
commercial COMPANY. Mitchell r,ads the
following statement yesterday IN ~. pres
snre 90 Ferguson anl Lee Both u whom
Endorsed what he said:
rass~nG~~~' Complaint,
4aF FFo61''a> had many n;cra IA a~an<
eeTs 'asn she should have carried We
ra'3 sd each 70 the Alaska t'o,ornrrcta1
>esoi,suy Al Dawson faz tickets rcarn pa,y-
49, 20 San f'f&aelsco. We were - take
tie = Pan, ~ =. MseAae,. Arrived there
" fHt.ft TIA re s.. Fag} hal 20; arrives