The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-13
ROANOKE KLONDIKERS.
What a Tacoma Paper Has TO
Say of the Party.

The Tacoma, Wash, Ledger of Feb
ruary 6 has the following to say:
a we'll organized and carefully outfit.
ted party OF nine arc among the Cleve-
lands passengers on her initial trip I'M
der the management of the Washington
and Alaska Steamship Company, of Ia
coma. Two members OF the party, Mr.
II. II. Flaharty, of Bucyrus, Ohio, and II.
l.. Hensel, of Roanoke, Va, have teen
on the Puget Sound for nearly six
months. They have leisurely investiga-
ted prices at the various Quitting
points, and through them the Citizens
Klondike committee was enabled to sup.
ply valuable Klondike and alaska litera-
tire and information to various inter-
ested klondike parties AS II result of
inquiries the entire party outfitted at
Tacoma, and have, moreover, advised all
their friends to do likewise.
The other members of the party are J.
r. SeesholtZ, Tacoma; +. i. Flaharty,
w. T. Reid and w. Il. Clymer, of 3ucy-
rus, Ohio; II. l.. Hensel, b. p. Fitzger.
aid. T. w. Hawkins and r. Z. Parker,
of Roanoke, Va. The members of the
party who did the buying foi the party
were Messrs Hensel, Flaharty and
SeesholtZ. They looked the ground over
for five or six months aud became thor
oughly conversant with prices and the
quality of the goods Offered on the coast.
They purchased with great care, and their
outfits are complete in every respect and
amorv the very best ever taken north.
Two members of the party, Messrs Par.
ker and Hawkins, did rot arrive until
last week, and just before their arrival
the other members Of the party were
photographed in costume by French. a
special sitting WAS subsequently Mr.
ranged for Messrs. Parker and Hawkins
and the Ledger artist sketched in the
entire PARTY.
All the members of this party are we'll
known and representative men. When
Messrs. Parker and Hawkins lett Roam
oke, The Times Of that city published a
lengthy article regarding them, of W hich
the following is but a small part:
"Mr. Parker has for some time been an
employe Of the auditors Office Of the
Norfolk and Western railway and is sent
TO the Klondike 10y the Parker Klondike
Association, which was recently organ
Zed in this city. Mr.. Parker leaves Il
wife and family here to await his return
from the and of snow and ice. Mr.. Hawk
ms is member of the grocery firm of
Hawkins & Fielding, and is also very
we'll known in this city and county. 4
large number of the friends of both these
gentlemen were at the depot yesterday
speed and when the train pulled away a
mighty shout went up from IL hundred
throats, and the eyes of many warm
friend was moist as he gazed on his
friends face for possibly the. last time,
and in every heart a silent prayer was
offered for their safety on this most try
ing trip and for n safe return
Mr.. Seeshol'z has been connected with
the tailoring house of Charles Drury in
this city for several years, and during
his residence here has made two trips to
his old home near Harrisburg, Pa He
was very active in aiding his friends in
learning the whole truth about QUILTING
! properly. For fifteen years H. B. Fla
harty has been an en- ploye of the Penn
sylvania railroad with headquarters at
Bucyrus His brother, f. c.. Fiaharty,
has been in the en- ploy of the same com
panv for ten years, and their father has
served the Pennsylvania System faithfully
for a quarter of n century. He is the
station agent at Bucyrus, and his boys
are we'll and favornbly known through
out that part of the country and along
the railroads leading into Chicago. Mrs
Flahurty, the mother of the Flaharty
boys, is AN aunt of Mrs. s;eesholtz, and
the latter will remain with her during
| the absence OF the gold seekers. Mrs.
| Flaharty came here from Ohio to bestow
/. mothers farewell upon her sons upon