The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-17


- lasts - sAs Victims ~ sh~
sunAay nsrres Uave ret Bees
usAe-rrSsnAs 81 TIE Missing May
Anneal 60 Col. AnAsssea Ter Help.
0AH % sesnm1 oMesa ls9a Gkagway
afsalay nnsfning sass. fhs work Of digsing
Ghroueh tons of snow and ies Of the avai-
Ga9hs that biocksd the Chilkosf TRAIL
noasfne scerss ~ gold hunters 70 thar
nnom, was suspsndsd and the work Of get
Glng ths outfits Of the impatient minsrs at
0oeep Camp and other places svrr the
GpAti MAS resumed.
Over the spot where IT leaR nfty-three
sod men met death = motley procession
= packers. men en- foot carrying their
Uoeds On their backs. horses and burros
onlGn With merchandise. soatA and dog
nnane hau:inx provisions are ascending
- neuntAtn ssds on ths way 70 the sam-
NIX Little respect = shown Tor The les
temb Of the many victims Of the disaater
ohas, Il u believed. stiil remain under thai
nnnas o. snow and debria Net until the
het winds Of summer shall hlsw down the
eanyon win the last Of The bodies b re-
ocvered.
r4ss bodies wsrs brought u ssattis res
oor1ay. Tho Resale brought fsux. asSiv-
- ae IN early hour In the morn.ng. TIC
xnhms came ia later n the DAY With an
ether cefrse.
Ehs rsmains a. Conrad 0sp6ssG 81 Seat
-; =, J. Hudson. Of Cleveland. o.: Z.
- Johnston. Of sen Francisco. and K
Anssund. of Tacoma. wers on the Rosa,se.
Aaoiund.s body WAS sent to Tacoma to his
aoaatives He was = member oe the party
- Gnpisyes AZ To wailace Transway Com
nnnu At Dysa- The other three bodies
e1s n charge Of Fred G. Steward. OF Be-
a111e 0spfert's remains were imnediate-
ISN'T To the family SssidAncA No. rs
Dpyletoa avenue north.
Xudson's via II rssidsnt q Cleveland.
=. Ths BODY awAita Instructions from her
- y ~ disposition.
Johnston's remains wsn b shipped hy
nxprsas 10 his relatives In San Frencisoe.
me rsma.ns Of Curtis Turner. ono Of the
stosixs ~ the s.ids. were brought TO Be-
o1sle on the Lakme. They were shipped
r. Omaha yesterday afternoon. where the
800 Klondtker's relatives reside
~ DyeA the number - grayes In the
utt,s csmetery has rapidly increased. a.
ths bodies Of the dead who were either
-.
Wsrs laid under the frozen sod and The
SNOW. Numbers were buried ., Sheep
camp. Several corpses are a, Sheep camp
Awaiting tho Instructions Of the friends OF
1As dead o. else being prepared fer burial.
Up to April II the number or bodies that
lad bssn identified was fffty-two. Besides
ehis. the committee CT citizens who ocn-
Quoted an Of The rescue work and the
1Isin,ermeGt OF tho dead has list Of AK
essn men who are missing and who are
believed 10 DO under the snow.
One Of the most unfortunate features OF
Che affair Hes In The lack Of definite snfor-
nat,on that can be obtained concerning tina
exact number Of dead and the names o..
those who have been identified Accounts
Brought down on the steamer Queen. the
latest 70 leave Skagway. differ Several
Hats Of victims are In existence. but alt
OF them are more pr inss Inaccurate.
The reason for this condition Of Affairs
= easily found. Within two DAYS after
Che Disaster. men with burdens Of provs-
otcns end clothing on their backs were
Impatient 20 resume trave, over the pass
1hs packing companies that were under
contract TO perform = certain amcun, OF
work were chatting at ,ha restraint nece.-
cary from tia fact that the trail was
occupied by shs men working To recover
ehc bodies OF the dead People were con-
tinuaily moving 10 ard fro ever the pass
% that there MAS lasting confusion both
~ TO ths identity OF the dead and the
probable number or missing. Frequently
q Was found that The companions OF a
deaf man dia rot hear Of thu death Of
thSlr friend fer two or three DAYS after
she slide.
The citizens COMMITTEES has aa.ha~sv.a
the resumption Of travel ever n. trail.
This means that the work ~ recovering
The bodies Of the dead viii be given nm
The packers called meeting q. the com
nsissec Friday afternoon. Aprss s In 70
that hour. the packers had been warned
~ keep away fran the srall 10 the .!esnlss
81 the snuw slide.
The packers made rsaues, that the
blockade be raised They pointed 10 the
fact that hundreds cs gold hunters were
being delayed on their way 90 the YuSoa
by sac blockade ard thar w.thsn a saovt
time the snow would disappear and shea
travel by the winter trail would have 10
b< discontinued
ur. j. A. Cleveland n chairman az the
cosnIsa.stte AID pgvslesi at this meeting.
Evidently sae packers aad their friends
were cat IN force. for the motion 10 allow
the Resumption az travail was adopted
after considerable debate.
This action aroused the Ire az the
fr.enes az scnss af the missing. who were
enxasea In trying - recover sAe hodses
heisss-d to Re under toe slide There was
sease talk. The day eeseee .hs Queen let,
ct eog.eettr,x 10 Gel Aasfe.xsas IN s-ss,.-