The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-13

- 7uene1 60 sn he A1isasc~-
0opoueAa neash In m Iey crevssae
- vn11as olssles-The Exeessssr's
oea1nu vsyase-Lssa far fesr
uAys Dstween Ores snA vs4.es.
1tenmer Excelsior. Capt. John c. DOWN
-. sssivsl h pert today. twelve days oat
1sem P0et yaid<s and eight from Resur-
1actsn nAy. ehe brings the news Of tbs
1fst grid discovery made s.is year In the
csDpsr river country. The strike was
ma1e - Rrsmner river. ths second branch
- The Cops,sr river above tts mouth. and
Nas pannfug a. high ~ q 10 the pan.
Ths 1xce1saor encountered the usual tsr-
11bie storus. but the most exciting inci-
Ut On her down trip was the disap-
oaaranas ~ Chris Weber. diasusted
psespecsor. who was returning TO Seattle.
~ was supposed 10 have Jumped over
oeae1 - ths m0sn.ns Of April while the
B1ceistor was going from Orca to Portage
I lag,
Aecor1:ng 70 passengers who returned
- ths steamer. i.9eo people are scattered
ev3 ~ sjaeier. The remaining i.seo Of
ths crowd thst has been landed at valdss
~ 3etwesnsh . shore ana the foot OF the
Gla4er. 1nst before the Excelsior iefs
1892 reached Port valdes that pros
Deceor had accidentally slipped into
hr1p cswvasse Of the glacier near the
eunnit ard In spite Of the efEorn Of hss
eompan.ons could not DO reached. although
ut 1erseusiy injured BY the fall. lie lived
shoot two hours before being overcome
With cold The Citizens Safety Commit-
- vas preparing TO punish d thief on
- day the Excelsior left. Hs had paen
epndemned 10 fifty iashes and haalsh-
ISN'T.
When the Excnisier first arrived In port
1W sphfcers created a small sized seasa-
0on ~ announcing that one OF her rassen-
osrs had committed suicide by Jumping
evsyAoArd during snowssorm, while the
eaPer Was on her way from Urea 70
1atA9e bay. The passengers, officers and
esew told the story in detail. They said
Ae passenger. whose n1me was Chris
Weleer. Of Seattle. had become despond-
eat yecaute hi. steam snow sled would not
Nofx. and had anfseuhieiiy Jumped from
NE stern rail- while the other passengers
NefN xatssred forward looking tor rocks.
which they feared Capt Downing would
eNn durins the storm week.-mrs. effects
Gefe 10 the steerase. ard when he did not
nov n:: those on board did not hesitate 10
Jronounce him dead
- steamer Alliance arrived late last
SI9nf from Port vaides With Weber on
0oAm. aase and sound He had not been
- 8e Excelsior d n.rute after taking his
4egesgs aboard and buying his ticker
mo boas left fhres hours earlier than he
expecfed. and be had been left behind
Persshed Ina AN Icy Crevasse.
Anothe- unforiunets prospec.or met
tsrz1bis death on March % In an lev
srevasse OF tae va;Jcs glac.e-. With
pary Of frles1ds who hailed from the
1as he Id made god progress aerass
Tho eiacisr. and at the time was work
inx o. TIE fourth bench near The summit,
n srsar was be slipped into one N the
oaE9etoas cfseks thai are beginning to
appear on the glacier He tried 10 .tan
himself. but could not. How far h. wen.
Gown INTO the terrible Ice round hL
n1euds could not tell. They could hear
as FRIES. AID lowered fae lonxes; rcpe
Sue4 coGld secure. They could nat s-ef
neaf fte edse OF the crsya&se and me
unfertuaate man WAS una ode To get hold
81 Their rolse. He told them he could
never ret out. and fil'y realized that
0sath was but a matter of few hours
HIS last feeble cry sas heard ahou, swo
hours after the accident The aoi, was
not recovered The news was brought "a
Copper City the night before the Exeelsl3r
sailed The men who came In had not
tearoad has name. hut the officers ard
ssxHkers OF the Excelsior souehesi for the
truth OF the dismal story.
nremn~r River Geld.
TIE Excelsior brings back the renor, 81
tn first gold discovery made hy this
years ArRonauis 10 the Copper river gold
hs!th II cemes from the Rremner river.
the second important branch on the east
sf-e.of the capper river. nuHabsx of
pfssrccsers have located taere. and oas
who returned from orea brought hack sile
story or the discovery az important Slg-
e.ngs He claimed that pans running as
nigh az 81 To the pan had s-eun taken on;
ANGST On the xurface. To get twenty
nve svr ATTY eclefs 20 the pan was no eS~
csnsior- Very little work had been dans
up 70 Tire sirse this man isfs. ami no Ae'es
Rad hscn sunk Ia bedrock. The reaer;
and topper CITY snd number were think
snx OF quitting the glacier isat fer tire
Premier river. TIE discovery. n con-
nrmej. IS OF considerable importance
The discoveries en issemaer river were
made b. these who started 30 The Cop-
per fives over the Old lnsitsn traiI from
ESak f,sesnaeT river IL about forty
rifles frpNa the mouth 81 the river. huf
the distance IL CONSIDERABLY further oyer
thu Indian trait. The route will not be
ssaisable after the ice breaks ap In
tee COPPER river. A considerable nar1 es
tAe distance Is Travelled over lee. cSpe-
csalsy iarosgh baird earyoa. which IS ~
efficient barrier tn nzssgat1aa from tae
usasstA. After tAs Tee breaks Ngs Brssn-
ner river can only ne reached BY egasssng
the faisIcs glacier ant coming dssa The
Copper river tn beats.
ttneter Travel Dangerous
William fisaian. OF isig ssaar Dakota.
who weE; nor.h wssh party ~ sostx-,ve
cn the sirxs trfs OF the zieznssr Valencia.
Vas ere 81 the PASSENGERS wao returned
yea;efday On the ExcVsssoT
lie was taken with rAsvmatissn seoa AFT