The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-23

front is at premium today. Ten steam
ers. three barks and innumerable smaller
schooners are loading for Alaskan ports.
Every buoy in the stream has one or more
large ships attached, waiting for a chance
to load or discharge cargo. The steam feet
that is loading today for Alaskan ports
consists Of the Alliance. Del Norte. Far
allon, Navarro. Hueneme. Fulton. Dora
Rival Willamette and Discovery. The
banks Mercury, Cleaner and Guardian are
the large sailing vessels in port that are
In the Alaskan trade. Among the schoon-
ers may be mentioned the Helen. Loyal
and Columbia. which win leave shortly for
Kotzebue sound. and the Gen. Siglin. Liz
ze Colby. behring Sea and j. w. Phelps.
for Copper river. The only vessel clear
ing yesterday for the north was the three
mas,ed schooner Hera, bound for Copper
river.
Six of the steam fleet will go out today
with over thousand passengers. The Al
lIance will leave some time tonight with
her increased accommodations crowded
with prospective Copper river miners. An
entirely new deckhouse has been put on
and the vessel generally overhauled.
Steamer Rival will also clear for Copper
river, and the trim little Dora will take
a large number of passengers direct to
Yakutat bay. The Del Norte and Hue
meme will sail during the day for Lynn
canal ports.
The old redwood lumber carrier Fulton
arrived yesterday from San Francisco with
some fifteen passengers. who will continue
the trip to Skagway In the steamer. Some
work will have to be done on the Fulton
before she can go on the northern run In
the way of building a new deckhouse for
the accommodation Of passengers. A largo
number OF dogs are tied to her high rail-.
and are making their presence known BY
a noisy chorus OF banks and howls.
The biz collier willamette will sail on
Friday with an enormous freight cargo
and u number of passengers. The Faral-
lon coaled up yesterday, and will probably
get away for the north tomorrow evening.
The well-known tug Discovery has been
enlarged and will go on the Alaskan run
as a passenger carrier. Deckhouses sinh-
lar to those on the Utopia have been put
on and accommodations provided for nine
~ passengers. sixty of whom Will be car.
RED first class. She is tied up at the Mad
ison street bunkers, receiving a final coat
OF paint.
The bark Cleaner is tied up In the stream
with her cargo of lumber. freight and gen.
eral merchandise aboard. As soon as the
tug that Is to tow her north arrives the
vessel will clear Loading OF the bark
Mercury at Schwabachcr's dock win b
completed today. and she will probably gee
away tonight. The Guardian was tied up
alongside the White Star dock yesterday
morning and will begin loading for Skag.
way.
The schooner Hera, operated by HavneP
e. Co., sailed yesterday morning at 80
o'clock for the mouth Of the Copper river.
She carried eighty-two passengers, whose
outfits and the general merchandise car.
ried completely fiiled the schooner. There
were several large parties aboard the
Hera. Among them were the Portland.
Yukon companys outfit; thirty men from
Connecticut under the leadership Of J. n.
Alexander. and party OF twenty-five Sea-
dinavians. headed by Prof. j. Il. Hudscn.
The tug Mystic lowed the Hera out a.
far al Point Wilson. from which point she
will proceed under sail. The Hera has the
following passengers:
IHogna5 FLYNN, fatrick McArde1, w. -.
Mct;ee. w. G. Bruce, r.. q. Ames, james
Marker. ". Dston. Il. III. Campbell, A.
T.. Kirkbridc. John Baslh George NJ. La
haye. A. M Wagy. Thomas Foster. Chas.
Wilcox, William Savigny, Mr.. Taylor.
j. w. Luppoid, r.. r.. Uppercue, Ernest
With. John A. Schilling. Prof. John Hud.
son. ". Rassman. r. j. Sweany, f. w.
Sweany, Morton Ramsdaic. John A. Mat.
thews. j. NJ. Marculius. Robert f1o6.
Frank Zolond, John Webster John r.
Kelly. A. J. Norcutt. Guy r. Bisbln. ThosL
O'Neii. Martin Babel. r. Anderson. Syivso.
ter Grogx. William Grogg. Swan JohnsoQ,
Charles Kelly. John Makes. Frank Laws
rar. Albert Waiser, III. l.. Dover. j. rckes.
J. ~. Ickes. John Mcdonald, John Banett.
John +. Moon. A. n. Van Lake. Harry
Fayer. John Fietgen. w. q. Bowen. Chas.
Morgan. ID. NJ. Denny. Charles Ganke,
VIM Deyett. Ed Dyett. Oscar Larson. HaP-
old Engetson. Gust Djerf. John Davidson,
George r. Sharp. J. Jorns. r.. L. Olsen. 3.
A. Hemples. u. +. Fuller, James z. Bow.
on, ]. r. Christensen. A. 8. Jensen, ~.
Nelson. Henry A. Bepsen Andrew Hoef.
Ter. Julius Erickson. Paul Woock, jr.. l.
Kuentz. John OberbsIlig. II. A. Ash.