The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-07
ENOUGH FOR A SMALL CITY.
Great Exodus Of People for the
Land of Shining Gold.
TWO STEAMERS CARRY 100.
alH Hundred - Them Bssnd for sns
CopDes River Coustry, the Ne
nafning Oses fer skagwsy, Dyea
anA the yukss-SnseresssnG sses-
Aeats Connected with SUNDAY
scenes On the water Front

Scenes on the Water Front
Two o. sise largest steamers OF the Be-
oGsis-A;aska feet left yesterday for North
srn pcrts. with fully loo passengers The
steamer Valencia. for Nalaes and Portage
bay, got away shortly after O'Clock with
the biggest crowd that has ever left fais
e any other port for Copper river Tbs
seeames Queen, Of the Pacific Coast Com
pany.s feet. took nearly ali Of her Go
passenSers from this port. Some wiil
BE- picked UP at other places.
Ths sailing OF the Valencia with soe
prospective Copper river miners Was one
Of the most interesting departures that
has been witnessed along the wafer frons
Cor some time. Yet very few people saw
the passengers acEamhis up the steep
Gsngpiank or Witnessed the otasr tnkcr-
essing details connected with the Aas.ias.
II was Rot the fault Of the spectators.
however. that they did not M every DIT
0f available room on Arlington dock. get
IN the way OF the freight trucks, and de-
lay the loading of the big boat. Early In
tho day IL Was seen that there Was 10 De
q rush. and measures were taken 10 pre-
vent IT, The Seattle passengers wsre Dot
even allowed to 20 aboard until o'clock
They were kept In the warehouse and the
crowd piled in after them Al the en-
trance to the wharf two guards were sta
slone6. who let no one pass unless ne
had q truck load Of freight. The women
AZ the crowd were particularly curious as
- what Was going on cut on tas dock.
They would so up TO the guards and with
. sweet smile and soft voice beg to so
cut. Just for q minute"
The guards had their orders and the
spectators were compelled 10 content
themselves with shs parting scenes that
were being enacted In the warehouse.
There are more tears shed over the de-
parturs OF boat for the Copper river
country than there were last year when
the fathers and sons started for Daw-
con. The Dawson trip is now considered
quite cafe. owing 10 the number OF people
that have made II. The women. however.
cannot get the wild Indian stories that
have been connected with Copper river In
the past out OF their heads. Then there
are 80 many people always around who are
Of the opinion that m one can come back
from Copper river alive. All this makes
. parting very fearful. and ga about
Of tbs 60 persons who sailed or the
Valencia yesterday parted from someone
About J o'clock the passengers were let
ouf on the wharf and started 20 go aboard.
Every one of them was heavily loaded
with personal baggage ana none az them
had been aboard before The steerage
passengers could be easily picked oat by
their rolls OF blankets. Every man had
biz rife. The gangpiank was pitched AT
Q very steep angle and there was oonsid-
cradle excitement during the loading. The
his heavy boots which most Of the pass
engers were made climbing the plank a
somewhat dangerous undertaking.
One man saved himself from a fall into
the water by grabbing the rope railing
ard letting q big bundle Of blankets 80
overheard A saitor went down rope
after the blankets, A big German found
that he had hcsn robbed when he came to
look for bis ticket. He yelled out TO the
ticket tater. Grab the man that has
Ne -. Hes tho thief" They would not
let him on without q ticket. so hs tried
20 crawl through a port hole. He was
sent ashore again in hurry. Then
German friend. who had the careless
mans ticket. tossed II ashore 20 him and
the careless man went W thu plank with
the others.
i, was come time after the passengers
got aboard before the steamer sailed.
Tha Valencia aan been on tho Coast bat
twenty days having been brought around
the Harm BY the Pacific Steam Whaling
Company. She hopes 10 make a quick
trip to the mouth of the Copper river.
She carries sersy-one fret class and rs
second-ciass passengers from this city.
while there are sighty-ssx first and ninety
ak seeond-cisSs passengers on the steam
er who came from San Francisco.
The steamer Queen sailed from Ocean
dock at ff;so for SkaEway. Dysx and Ju-
neau. She viii carry nearly 60 passengers
north &c this trip and = iarEs cargo OF
freight. Most 81 this passengers and
freight were taken on ~ this port. A
very iargs crowd Witnessed the departure
Of the Queen. The passenger list follows.
fsrrt-ciass-rrescots Warren. e II Fer
xuson. Thomas Iowlln. Mike Hayes.
Jacob nsker. William Hayes. r. A Lewis,
y. c. Dodge. 4. Murphy. n r Newman.
Or. c. NJ, Root. linsh L. Ford. George q.
Wilson. Jonas Eeppen berger H. puiiin-
ser. II. Mivinsn. T. A. Johnson q. 8 Ben.
nix. W. A. sfrasten. c. T. Rood. A. A
Evsrman. A. NJ Ss~art A. Peters e W
Rosser. II. II nehrnuey, r. Frost T. e
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II. y. Atwood. T. McN4ity. ". II Wala
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