Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-04-08
ALASKAN NUGGETS.

Packing from Dyea to Lake Lindc.
man is only 8 cents pound.
There are five acres of outfits at
Sheep Camp, on the Chilcoot trail
that have been hauled over from Dyea.
1t is reported that a vein OF rich
ore has been discovered about two
miles from the Skagway postoflice.
T. l.. Freezing, OF Pittsburg, Penn
sylvania, is in Seattle, on his way to
Alaska. He says that at least 1000
men from Allegheny county, that
State, will so to Alaska.
John G. Brady, Governor of Alaska,
arrived in Seattle, last week, on the
steamer City of Seattle. He is on his
way to Washington, d. c., to consult
with officials there in regard to the
sale Of liquor in Alaska.
AS an indication OF the abatement
of the Klondike excitement, we note
the fact that the steamer Cleveland
has been, temporarily at least, taken
off the Alaska run, and is engaged in
transporting wheat to San Francisco.
Mrs. Sarah Wright Mcdonald, n
New York club woman, who is head.
ing party for the Alaska gold fields,
has been in the city the past few
weeks. Mrs. Mcdonald is one of the
most noted newspaper women of New
York.
1t is reported that a gasoline launch
has lately been built at Port Town
send, and will soon leave for Alaska
where, it is reported, rich finds of gold
have been made on the American side.
The exact destination of the boat is
not known.
The contract for carrying mail from
Juneau to Weare has been awarded to
P. C. Richardson, of Seattle, at an an
nual compensation of $4,000. The
contract provides for two round trips
month, the distance being 1918
miles. Necessary supply stations will
be established along the route.
Death and suffering followed in the
wake of the stampede OF Dawson min
ers to Swedish creek, which COM
menced at midnight on February 16.
1t was the most remarkable stampede
that has gone out of Dawson this year.
At least five men lost their lives from
exposure. They were brought back to
Dawson, along with a number of 9TH
ers, by friends and members of the
Northwest mounted police, and died
at the hospital after parts of their
limbs had been amputated. Three
men lost both feet as the result of
their efforts to obtain claims.
The robbery of $500 in money of
the North American Transportation
and Trading Company and dust de-
posits of miners was reported in let
ter received on the LIST inst from Fort
Yukon by Miss Helen Healy, of Seat
tie, daughter of Capt. J. J. Healy.
Together with the money, the thief or
thieves secured n number of drafts
and other valuable papers. These are
worthless to the illegal holder. The
crime was committed January 10 in
the store OF the North American Trans
portation and Trading Company at
Fort Yukon.
The story that started the big
stampede to Swedish creek, reached
Dawson on February 16, and every
one who could get away started for
the creek. The weather at that time
was the coolest of the year. The ther.
mometers hovered between 40 and GO
degrees below zero. Many of those
who started out thought they could
get to the creek, make their locations
and get back the same day. They
were not thoroughly posted on condi-
tions and did not make proper prepar-
alton for the trip. The men got to
the river and found that locations had
been made far up the creek. They
pushed on recklessly through the
snow and cold, and most of them
finally got far enough up to find un-
located ground. They did not have
food enough with them to stay until
properly rested up, but pushed back
toward Dawson. The night they spent
around campfres trying to do an i'm
possible thing-keep warm without
blankets, which had been left behind
in their haste. In the morning the
feet Of many of the men were frozen
and some were nearly dead from ex'
posure.
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