The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-13


Z mechanics railroad men and others
preparing 10 Join the expedition, v aicn
Will be backed ~ capital
Aurora has au association 81 SIX sturdy
fellows. who have put $3.50 each into
: purse which they .ili take 70 the north
( for investment
( Bloomington sends party OF four this
week-aH prominent business men-and an
other klonaike expedition Is getting ready
10 ieave a little later.
champaign started seven men last week.
Clinton hac eleven men ~ "a -oEaa
king the final arrangements for sailing.
Dee8turs delegation OF eight left last
night II IL headed for the Copper and
Tanaua rivers. The equipment cost each
member soso and the sum total OF baggage
was only 800 pounds. a company % farm
ers left the same place a week ago taking
aicug forty dogs.
Dixon started enough men and luggage
last week 70 I'll a car.
Daniel Fraser who thinks he has a
claim worth s5e9.o0o will be guide for
about ten tlen who Will leave Elgin the
last OF thl1 month.
Freeport saw four men of for the Klon-
dixie last week.
Gmfenn's Second Expedition.
Gaiena has an association of twenty-four
men. who will leave next week. comprised
O. "A doctor blacksmith. a carpenter. an
experienced miner. practical proSpector.
and an expert In ores. besides several men
who have dug ores. This Is the second
expedition from Galena
Gsleshurg win send next week com
pany OF nine. backed by $1,000.
Joliet Is minus twelve well-to-do mer-
chants and citizens. who are already on
the way.
Lincoln has six men as Ear as Seattle.
kankakee has fifty argonauts 10 leave 40
soon as tho weather Is right with several
thousands Of dollars as working capital
Moline has a corporation with $4,000
planning 10 have twenty-ilve men in the
Yukon territory before April l.
Ottawa MENDOZA ard Gaiva have a close
corporation Of eighteen stockholders who
have p1t up s9.fo0 fer supplies.
Fekin and Princeton have each delega-
tens FAR along enough to figuring with the
railroads FOR transportation to Seattle.
Rockford klondlkers have engaged spe-
Cial ear for March l. There are about
thirty good men enlisted In the enterprise
Rock Island reports thirty-aye men who
have paid money for the initial costs Of
the trip and has also a company with
Ssaeao capital. which is building a boat 10
ran on the Yukon.
Sterling bids go0d-by To nine leading clti-
Gems February - This is thought to he
only tAe vanguard as Frank Waa,ilcton
!
Eon and his stories have filled the city
with excitement.
warsaw and Waukegan are also In the
midst 81 the gold fever, end each has its
company, with the route al picked ont and
the site OF operations selected,
:ush From the Hnvi.cyc state.
Iowa seems to be entirely under the in
hutncs OF the rage. II Is reported by the
correspondents az the Times-HeTald that
- men have given their names as bona
iide klondikers-to start during February
II Is calculated that this s. only fraction
81 the total number - leave ana figures
sent from peS Masnes show that fully i001o
farmers professional men mechanics and
la6orers VIII risk their s1vings ard lives
along che Yukon this fan and coming win
Ter. There has already started a pilgrim
aeg Ike thai - The 'l9ers. The stories 81
fabulous wealth have caught the rich ana
the poor alke. AMI even politicians are
planning To take ne risks.
Charles \. Walsh secretary Of the Dem
ccradc national committee. has resigned
hiz place ard ~ already on the way north
". N Mcfarland. former secretary oe
state and a California campsicner Is
ahaHt ready 90 start James Callahan 4
capitalist at nss Noines. has organized a
crub-siakinE company and "a Sending q
delegation "a the yukon There Is an IL
most as.ly exodus from Dcs Moines. ard
railroad men There are busy night md
dav with ticket buyers and seekers os IN
formation
The Burlington y Copper Eiver Mining
Company wiN START It's prospectors ia Is
f.w days. ii has had a man GA the acta
for nearly scar and hls reports have ex-
cited EHfa0sf0n
Twelve 'eff Cedar Rapids last week
Feer worc alll stset freu the same lace
thl- vs. S-efe oeiuE A woman.