The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16

ford and Peoria, for instance. expeditions OF l5C
gold region; through Ohio. fndiana and par
news Is general. About ali the towns. of 5000
and 5000 population In that part Of the ,coun-
ar. going 70 try their fortune along tho Yukon
and the Klondlke. A score or more students
S St Ann n A is Worst G{PP GE,S. f SSyS re on Sl SoStIo'
man, q millionaire in Detroit. who is at tho
% nS2d O. IN a t SbS% RgioSSdf * yfS o4 twd msn mo ontGs oh nSt
how. The gentleman loves adventure, and he
is counting the days until he can be of for tho
when You como to the New Workers and the
Yankees you don't find the Klondikc fever so
that. way, and n large part OF them are still
fearful that the reports OF tho wealth We up IN
ations. This Is n little strange. too, because the
bulk OF the mon who had the California fever
in lst9,S9 and d suffered 4 Es. severe physiSsl l rlsss
ers and New Englandcrs. But, nevertheless.
there will be a small army Of men from New
across tho continent soon to sail for Alaska.
Maine, l believe, will have several hundred
gold or trade up north. have found that the
old men in New York and Boston, who made for.
fornia gold. fields arc the, most Interested in
the klondike lectures, They ask the most
P prasn SIoS CHRISTIANS SsasTso he ! f hsa s SnS SId ,S ssn aRes IN
embark in biz shipping and businessoperations in
the klondike regions as he did to San Fran,
cisco in the 6ftics. Ono man who established
his. enormous business house by selling hats
and overolis in tho California mines years ago
work for tho new gold trade as he did once.
"'Ah, the enthusiasm of youth is gone,' said
The number of women going to the Klondike
rs soon as navigation opens Is increasing az the
continuous reports OF richer and more album
The allurements:of the.yellow metal are almost
rs potent among tho women Of CALIFORNIA as
nuggets and golden dust In the store and bank
windows and public, places. and. the personal
1895 and came back rich. have all had their ef-
feet. The booksellers say they have had hundreds
n knowledge of Alaska In the last few months.
and the neWspaper accounts OF the work and
fb,neGc reaG 81 by tn as m m,nSr ca III rhG Kt%%ank as men'
a few women residents who are making ready
two, In Los Angeles there are twenty women
making klondike preparations. San Diego
Portland. Or, n score, and Seattle twice as
many more. But few Of these women are GO
them have no husbands, and they will go to the
gold regions, expecting that where men may
81 o. mining iiln ', Claims sS thew @S' also may IA i" do So Or owners
ors. Miss jennie Hilton. who has made a small
men to spend two years in gold mining in the
members MtGnSaF Of ff the synd ins p ,Who viii hfG pa sS III 80 H III?
ton q good salary end give her 20 per cent: Of
Women MS have been i formed in Oakland for mining
In the Klondike region, and each will send sew
efal M women G,nr to seek Rs gold f0 Hh them Inc bri6s success
With her husband to Circle City and later to
Dawson, and helped mine gold TO the value of
moro than 100000 in ten months, has been a
powerful incentive to a multitude of young wo;
men in Galifornis; Seven or eight school
cided to go to the Klondikc and dig and dclve
for gold alongside Of tho men as soon as the
The competition among the transcontinenta
railroad companies, for the transportation bust.
Seattle en and aH Taeom ,he for S.t'f tSe OF ea san Grsne sn@s
outfits between March and September is get:
companies have cars filled with Klondiko cx-
hibiis travelling from town to town in the
the same. Each contains glass jars of nuggets
ard gold dust. literature about Alaska and the
sortnont Of the articles necessary for living
and successful mining in the Arctic. regions.
, There s arc miners n Pa ans = rockers, picks; nam \
holding, particles of gold. besides samples OF
fur ard wool garments worn in the Arctic re-
gions. fur hoods and muffs and. walrus skin
shoes. There are hundreds of pictures show.
ing how the gravel Of the mines is thawed and
warmer. weather of midsummer comes; pic
lures of miners life in the Yukon cabins. and
photographs of Dawson City and the surround
The rush Of people to the Klondike during
TIE iiye months Of navigation in 1898 will BIO
gold or otherwise" said eX.Gov. Wilson at
Portland recently. He has been in Alaska and
prospective travel to the Yukon region; There's
somSthing appealing in the thought that in all
starting KIondikeward with a common i'm.
pulse and ambition. White, red. brown and
a now gold field and all are coming over sens
from The antipodes and across continents to
join in a grand rush northward up the Pacific.
OF, the oldest steam transportation company to
Alaska. This company alone has received
next spring and summer Why, there arc 300
the first steamers. There must DO at least twice
that number in San Francisco and Oakland.
are getting every day show that the KlondiEe
fever Is by no means local; 1t has reached Rus
STA ana even staid; Old Jerusalem where one
Arctic circle would not have a moments con-
sidcration. 4 gentleman in the Central Pacific
salem who says that he and a company of other
Greeks in Jerusalem are going to Dawson City
Swedes ,haye-been more deeply interested in
the newly found gold mines In Alaska than any
their co oa you Know \ NHfS we're a neEgrsi the Ss
Klondikers who came down from Alaska last
fn1l With N6 dGrtsnGs; ! 1ef fl09 SRri haiEinE on Is, bO@ ard
probably reach San Francisco next April. A
small army of Swedcs and Norwegians bound
for the klopdike diggings arc about to leave
at about this time. Hundreds OF letters from
Englishmen have been received on this coast.
and. there are large concerns doing a thriving
business In London in fitting out prospective
Kl0ndikers with Arctic raiment and miners
tools. The Canadian Pacific Railroad people
expect to carry several thousand young English
men and thousands of Canadians across the con-
tincnt on their way to the Klondike during the
spring months. Dozens of large expeditions
are forming In England and Scotland for dig
ging, gold In tho Yukon River country.
THE Britannia Columbia Company has sold
thousands of pounds worth of stock and will
send more than 500 men to mine and trade in
the new gold region. An expedition of 300
Scotchmen will sail for Montreal in the lutter
part of January on their way to Alaska. A
company of young Italians Is now In San
Francisco. impatiently awaiting the sailing of
the first boat for the Yukon. They say they arc
tho advance guard of several hundred OF their
countryymen who have been charned by the
news, of the fortunes made on the Klondike.
The Chilians and Pcruvians. who have boon
the best miners in South America, have also
been fired by the last INNER news from the
frozen north. and a dozen vessels are plough