The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-21

z1,srs were 70 stranded miners G. III
stsasn Schooner Iskuae, Cap CafF'-T"h'
which arrived yesterday a. o cioex lf'h'
g. M.cazel. Stacked away IN grip I'd Ne
canvas bags and strong boxes. piled ia ''e
xLs,,sr. cabin or slowed away with tas
.ur.<r Tor safety was god dust sEgFss~e-
Ing not less than .Dopoo. DOT speaking o.
n. smaller Individual amounts kspE "
Ana usss.nrers on the Lskrae IN their STATE
re.arns or In belts on tae!r persons.
IT,. we're r.inety-three passengers on
IN. IaI1ne. Practically all Of them came
from Dawson. Some Of them had Formerly
r,frea IN Circle City. Others had t'a"eo
SIN ard down tae Yukon. AL Hess more
,h.,n satisfied with thgfg experiences IL the
Yukon gold aeids.
The f.kme left 81. Michael July 6. She
reached Dutch Har5or On july - ana lex
:he following morning. Only far weather
VAS encountered on the downward Trip
Til. richest people On tae I.akns were
two families Of French-ttanad.aiiS 'le'oF
I.'Henraaux ard nAs wife. and Jo@ePa Iii
lsld. Mary. hrs wife. and Annie, "a" dang q
Ter. bore substantial evidences With theh'
Of the richness Of the kiondlke mines. ano
OF tae fact taat Industry. perseverance afa
pienly OF hard work do not 10 unrewaiaed
in ,hs Yukon. The possess iooS IN gold
dust OF the Two E'TeCeil-Ca0adian f&nA-
hes were kapt Ia common 1n the c9NB OF
Can't. CarrolssoI. Tasy Included two large
leather grips filled w.ih sold d9st and mug
gels and "A strong box containing iully 10
pounds Of tle precious Tetal.
Resides thia larxa sum. aggresating
about s6o.ooJ the bHeureagx and tlnileid
families haA drafts and small sacks filled
with nuggets which they kept under their
mattresses III their stateroons.
The golden possesssora VI four OF the
Kloudlkers who returned on the i.akiae
made the trip from -. Michael 10 Seattle
IN a little Iron SAFE in Capt. rafro.son'5
cabin. A Post-Intelligencer reporter "a"
the receipts which the captain is=uej when
he received the gold j. ". MGCreay. OF
Spokane had two sacks OF nuggets ard
dust which weighed sL.11, lie had made
that amount in less than year on a very
yi.h lay secured on bonanza crsek ella I'm
owned ~ 4 friend. james Dunlap, who
has lived around tie Sound fOr a Iong time
gave tho captain fous small sacks which
weighed twenty pounds. W :. Rsblets.
OF California, deposited st,o,p and ", \.
Clarke had a small box weighing over ten
pounds. whleh was valued a. about $500
As most OF the passengers kept their gold
IN their stAtegooms under guard, IL viii be
seen that Tho I~akme does rot come a, the
foot Of tie list ot treasure ships.
jealousy were these Vdiuabiss guar deC
and not once was the statetooms without
the presence OF some member Of the two
families,
Waiting for the Dwst.
There was bat little stir on tie water
front yesterday morning IT o'clock when
the I.akmes shrtu whis,ls announced her
coming AZ the Waite star dock ,he
'husses ana hacks Of TIC ei,y were lined
up and there vera several express wagons
all in waiting for the dust that was known
"a lie aboard Except on The part II tas
hotal "sriairrs" and tho jehus there was
litie excitement attending the arrival o;
THE steamer WIKI her store of treasure from
thu yukon
The ninety-thres passengers OF :he LAX
me- sTeoa on hep forward deck aaxiausly
scanning uia small crowd ga tlr dock
many of them PERHAPS hoping 20 see a "a
mili.r face. When the steamer haA d)rkrd
tbe passengers hurried down thu gang
plnrk ard sought hotals. barber shors sa-
looms srd restaurants. Thelcs WAS 4 do
sire - ria Themselves Of al exterior an.
even Interior evidences that tAey had ius,
emerged from the Yukon II IN.
~NsTihy. hordfuusc'sd miners au th.
Steamer thu first impulse vas % discard
ihelr frontier apparel. replacing it with the
habtiin'enjs ~ civilization and then Ia "a 10,
away all remembrance Of canned Yec.-,3
hies. salt meats and siek}y dried truth
with stea0lin- het bcrgaseAk, some fires,
garden onions ana the who's washed dow
w,'h a foamieg PSF - lager or sparkling
glass OF champagne
Lucky French
The fskne's Passenger l4s: contains 4
eenS derAlsle percentages OF french lana.