The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-17
FOR 4 NEW FISH HATCHERY. THE PASSING IHRONG.

ne Boston. Mass, Herald OF February
I says:
The steamship F~thu Thompson. which
has been engaged during the past few
years in carrying coal and towing eayses
from Baltimore. Newport News. Norfolk
and Philadelphia 10 this peri and Lynn.
has been sold by Sgrague Il Bree4. 4
Lynn, 80 the Seattle Il Yukon Steamship
company, Of Seattle and Chicago. She
VIII sail from Lynn toda" fer Baltimore.
where she Will load 1.1aA tens or caal.
which viii be taken 10 San Francisco AMI
disposed Of on reaching there less the
amount consumed IN taking the steamer
around
The Thompson IS expected to make me
ran 10 san Francisco. through the Straits
CT Magellan, in sixty days. capt Gariaek.
her cd commander. VIII navigate her 10
the Pacific, and Chief Engineer J. L. Long
or Everett Will remain with her until she
reaches san Francisco
In addition 10 the crew Of Eighteen men.
TWO carpenters wiz be taken around on
the vessel. and on the voyage around they
VIII build accommodations fer 10 passen-
gers As the steamer is 10 engage in both
passenger and freight business between
Seattle. Dyea and Juneau untii the Yukon
river opens 10 navigation, when she VIII
enter the service between Seattle and ~
Michael
The Elihu Thompson is one OF the best
steamers vet purchased 10 ply 10 the New
Eldorado in the Northwest She was built
in Newcastle. England. in lSss. and vas
then the British steamer Italia. but some
years ago she stranded in the West Indies
while engaged In the fruit carrying trade.
ana after being noated she was brought TO
this country and purchased by Sprague x
Breed, under whose direction she was ex-
tensively overhauled and given an Aneri-
can register. She Is an iron vesse, OF AS
tons net and $50 gross, with a carrying
capacity Of nearly 100 tons.
An expedition composed OF newspaper
men from Cincinnati. o. arrived here yes
terday over the Northern Pacinc railway
on their way to the Stewart river. The
gentlemen have taken an experienced pho
tographer and engineer with them for the
purpose Of Illustrating and investigating
the true facts about the frozen North.
They Will visit several of the mining dis
tricts ard report their experience 70 those
papers in which they are interested. This
expedition will leave with. the steamer
Cleveland for Dyea, February y, and 20
by the way of the Chilkoot pass March !,
Each one Of the members is provided with
I,40o pounds OF provisions. one weil-trained
Newfoundland dog and ali the medicines
and clothing that are necessary in the
far-off North. This company is composei
Of the following gentlemen: Julius ii.
HaSs. leader of the expedition. August b.
Gorbach. reporter OF the Cincinnati Free
Press; Paul Taube. photographer, William
Ggaessle. formerly with the Westlcher
Courier: Rudolf Meili. engineer. herman
Eyer and Adolf Perschke. of Cincinnati
Ohio
dispatch a few days ago announced
the death al London OF Gen. Sir Daniel
ysoua. constable OF the Tower of London
ssnca 1890. Deceased was an uncle OF j.
". IySons Of Port Townsend. and Alto
ney Fred ii. Isysons. of Seattle. lie was
born in 1915 and entered the First Royals
in 1884, serving through the Canadian re-
bellion Of 1888. Five years later he was
wrecked on a transport ship. received
honorable mention Ia the dispatches and
was promoted to the rank or captain He
served through the Crimean war. winning
the Legion Of Honor Turkish and Sardi-
MAN medals. and was sent TO organize the
Canadian militia at the Trent affair In lSbi
H. y. Rnker, of Seattle returned here
yesterday from a trip to Alaska. where re
went seven months ago with party made
up of himself his brother G. &. Rinker
Dr. {. w. Stewart and John Cameron
These men were among the countless vic
tins of the Skagway trail last fall and
did not succeed In reaching the lakes. a.
though Or. Stewart and Mr.. Cameron VIII
continue the journey this spring.
III. l.. Bryant. Charles Bryant, H.
Brown and c. A. Birmingham party
from Bloomington, H.. en- route for the
gold fields of Alaska They are stop
ping at the Dller.
Arthur l. veazie. OF Portland, is in the
city.