The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-25
FLOUR GOLD and NUGGETS
BUDGET OF GOSSIP FROM NEWS
PAPERS or DAWSON.
Wen KNOWN Seattle Man-P1nned
All Might In s.Salted" Gravel
News Of the yorthern Metropolis.


in that city MIR. Eean fsft Seattle in charge
Of the steamer Florence s., en- route to
Dawson, and thereby hangs tale that has
already afforded and Will continue 10 al
ford many a quiet smile At the yoanS
mans expense.
Ii seems that NJ. Bean has very deep
appreciation OF the humorous side OF me-
His fellow passengers on the Florence 3.
are authority for the statement tina, Bean
w1A go TO any length for the sake Of a
good joke. especially il the joke = directed
At some one else.
One evening tz1e steamer was tied up Ter
the night waiting for wood. Mr.. Bean tul-
proved the opportunity by taking bis gold
pan ashore and prospecting for gold Not
succeeding IN his quest. he ''sa'sed a pan
from his pocket and returned on noard. re-
porting has find. Considerable exeatenent
followed and a stampede resulted Then
Bean admitted the sell and enjoyed hear-
~ laugh at the result
A few nights later die Florence 5. stop
ped again, and Mr.. Bean proceeded TO pan
out q little gravel taken from the oeaca
While 50 engaged Lloyd Bosss. one OF the
passengers. stepped up behind and sue
ceedec In dropping about Is Cents worth OF
god dust into the pan ufiooSerVed py bean
Inn s, as Hs was o' un as
over the result that ne could scarcely con-
tain himself long enough to stake claim
He thought he would Try second pan ana
by Bolts. who. however. increased the
quantity to 80 cents. Bean at once pro-
ceeded to stake his claim. the limits Of
which. according to the veraciolis MARIA
tor. extended as FAR as Bean was able TO
walk before darkness completely shut HIM
off. When he returned to the boat, he caE-
ed a miners meeting. Of which Bolts was
elected chairman and Bean secretary. A
committee was appointed TO draft ragu'a-
tons governing the new district. The first
regulation presented by the committee cut
down the size OF all claims TO 10 feet.
Bean der1urred strongly to this action.
and in a lengthy speech set forth thet facts
OF Their Indebtedness TO him as original dis
coverer of the gold, and argued for claim
90 feet In length. at the very lowest. for
himself. After considerable discussion
Bean wac granted discovery claim of 500
feet. The meeting lasted nearly three hours
and the records OF the proceedings care
fully kept by Bean himself, entirely filed a
Closely written notebook.
After the meeting Bean took his gold pan
and went to work again. When he had
reduced the contents Of his pan to about
a cupfui he placed the residue in bucket.
All night long he remained on the beach
washing out gyaya. When morning came,
it is said, there was a hole IN the beach
large enough to hold the boat, cargo and
all.
The next day Bean took his bucket and
PANIED out its contents for results. Il is
needless to say that not single color
showed up. Silently taking his bucket. ne
dumped the contents overheard and sought
solace in his bunk for the remainder Of the
day.
There was very little prospecting done
by the passengers on the remainder Of the
trip to Dawson. and Mr. Bean was espe-
ciaily silent on the subject- The joke on
him had completely overwhelmed him.
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Gold Commissioner Ogilvie has Issued the
following notice under date of sepsem-
''On and after the date hereof all appl.ca-
lions for abstracts of titles for mineral
claims mist be made to the gold commits
De valid they must bear die personal sigma
e1re OF the gold commissioner.
For ordinary abstracts fee OF $50 will
De charged; where special search and La
Dor Is demanded, the fee will be doubled
=
Blank Morrison paid a fire Of SIS and
costs. to which was added a reward OF $50
to the man who had informed on him Nor
rson's offense consisted in starting tim
Der fire on Henderson creek and lea wing ii
to destry valuable timber and endangering
cabins end caches. The justice read Nor
rison the riot act. saying that che next Of
fender would get term n jail az tim
Der was getting too scarce in the country.
An amateur theatrical Cub has been
started in Dawson by Miss Mertie Horck
with Crown Attorney Philip Sheridan as
president; Thomas MACEDONIAN. vice presi-
treasurer and f. De JoruneI stage mana
ger. TIE first performance was given Oc-
tober Is.
Capt Henry Bailey. well-known on Pu-
get sound. was N command OF the steam
e. Ph.hn p. Law and barge New York
which arrived at Dawson September q.
They carried government supplies, whicsa
wereto be taken TO Fort Selklrk where the
boats were to so into winter quarters
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The Miners Association OF the Yukon
Territory ia arranging to make an EXHIBIT
a. the International mining exhibition a.
Earrs court London. II viii consist ri
MODELS OF cabins. sseds. horns Of game
Klondike dress. footwear. FISH. timber. etc
Capt Harper has returned from his trip
np ne river, Installing a aetaeaFnents Of ;s1e
river points decsded on by Col Steel.
Two erftsrprsIng men have landed large
stock q spring mattresses at Dawson.
Eagle City is rapidly coming TO the from.
among The towns OF, the American SIDE I,
the creeks within rs immediate vicinity,
bu, for all the creeks entering on the North
Fork OF Forty Mile as we'll as tina. stream
itself
TIE local officers OF IRE North American
Transportation and Trading Company a,
Dawson are now IL the hands OF NJ A
Hann.l.
Prof Mark Baiey. jr.. late professor OF
ancient Languages IN the University Of
Washington, arrived IN Dawson in San-
tsM5sr. He ief, Seattle IN June ard rem
reSsn.s 4 large financial concern winch
has ALREADY secured Valuable nlsra-
grounds in that district. During the win
ter he VII he engaged experimenting rhe
Development o. E:s co.nparys properties
AB5sIE ROWE SAFE.
With Her Boston Passengers She
Reached Golovtn Ray
Passengers returning on the stea ner Ga
rome from kotZeoue sound brig rews