The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-17
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

James Young, general agent at Milwaukee
OF the Great Northern road, spent yesterday
here attending to matters in connection with
the companys freight business in the Badger
state. Mr.. Young says that Wisconsin has
sent her quota of people to the Klondike, and
that from Milwaukee, Madison and other
points in the state parties are being organized
to start during the month of March. Mr.
Young himself sent up several parties from
his territory last month.
Ihree st. Paulites embarked yesterday for
seattle, armed with a splendid outfit and
will carry their stuff across the hard places
The party consisted of Swan Johnson. o. w
buchanan and Q. L. Bennix. They are bound
definitely for Dyea and will look around
when they reach there fore the best Iocations
They pulled out Of here on the Great North
ern.
Two enterprising young Duluthians, S L.
Sessions and Harry Cullyford, came down
from the head of the lakes yesterday and
started off on the long trip to the gold fields
Ihey are not determined to do much rough
work for what reward they can get in gold
but will depend upon their wits to win out
Cullyford has been purser on one of the lake
boats for several years.
F. B. Vrooman, president of the Klondike-
Yukon and Copper River company, who is at
present III Ottawa has secured a lease from
the Dominion government for dredging sixty
miles OF the Klondike river 100 miles of the
Yukon and other tributaries below the Klon-
dixie, and options on the Big Salmon and
Lewes rivers for the same privilege for a pc
riod OF 100 years.
Rather and son having decided to try their
fortunes together in the New EIdorado left
loving family behind, and are now rolling
over the country towards the coas'. They are
Guy V. Law, 7. A. Law and his son Guy
v. Law of Babcock, Wis. Their destination
is the head waters of the Big Salmon.
Ihree Bostonians, with an itinerary which
Will take them as far as Dyea left here
yesterday on the Great Northern after adj
ding substantially to their stock of supplies
IN st. Paul. They were P. r. Kimball. F. S.
Kimball and Roland S. Frame
George Berry and Peter Smith OF Duluth
left Minneapolis yesterday afternoon for
Seattle. The two men are bound fer Dawson
CITY and intend to leave Seattle early i'm
March, as their transportation through to the
gold fields has been secured
A Rockford. To-. party, on the Great Nor h
ern tram. comprised l.. d. Barton, Luke
Guile, Emil and Hurley Barton. The men
er SUITS, and have made steamship reserva-
lions for Skaguay.
Among the people who purchased Alaska
tickets via the Northern Pacific Yesterday
were A. e. Green. of Chicago; C. F. Cum
mings, Of Winnipeg; w. B. Walton, of Green
of ST. Paul.
Among the purchasers of tickets here in
81 Paul during the day were o. H. Goodrich
OF Sioux City, who Will go it alone to PeIIy
river Charles A. Landeasley and b. c. TYLER.
j. W. Craig and julius Klenfelter. of Lam
caster, Wis. took passage on the Northern
racine train for the coast from which noint
they will sail for the Copper river country
Joseph Turner and Joseph RyIe Of Minna-
aPoliS. were passengers on the coast train
Isavlng yesterday afternoon. Their final desti-
nation is Dyea. ''
~; j.; s. Mills. of Chicago, passed through
dixie. i'l 'He Moi