The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-11
GOLD NOTES WITH INTEREST.

- Ike Williams. Frank Oyler and William
DAVIS, OF Dowagiac, Mich. came 10 town yes
terday morning and left on the Northern Pa
enc train for the coast. They will sail for
EaldeS and VIII prospect for gold in the Cop
per river country.
-Four Frenchmen. three Of them from Nor
rs and the fourth from West St. Paul, Will
take passage Monday via the Northern Pacific
for Alaska. They arc Xavier St Pierre
James Parce and Ernest E Hall of Morris
ana Narcisse. the son of Xavier. who lives
across the river. They will take a fairly big
outfit, and will make for Cooks Inlet. on the
Alaskan coast.
St Paul furnished a quartette of descend
ants Of the Northern races yesterday in tho
contingent which left here for the Pacific
slope-J. T. Thornquist. o. Holms. George
donaldson and Elmer Olson. ThOrnuuist was
employed by Field, Schlick & Co., while his
pals are carpenters and railroad men. A
large number OF their friends went to the de-.
pot to bid them good luck and goodbye
They went out in the Northern Pacific tourist
car.
New Jersey was represented yesterday in tina
volume OF traffic en- route for the Klondlke
by William Eker, Henry Pearce Gottfried
Gustafson and Frank Mirtzwicke all of them
practical maChinists and pattern makers
They are starting off with the intention of
digging for gold themselves, but falling to
md 1t IN sufficient quantities. they are hope
lul that their practical knowledge may BIO
put to profit. They came via the Baltimore
Northern Pacific
Bob" Campbell. OF This CITY loft yos+r
Jay Tor Winnipeg, where he will join his part
ner ana together they will organize a marty
OF kIondtkers, composed Of st. Paul and Win
hlpeg men, who will go to the Northwest
and work in claims which Mr. Campbell has
there. These claims are near Dawson and
the party will consist of about twenty men
who Will take passage over the Northern Pa,
cifc. II u
With reyolyers and dangerous looking bowie
knives IN theH belts, I. Williams, +. OyIer
ana W. Davis, of Dowagiac Mich. were pas
sengers yesterday en- route for the Conner
river country in Alaska.
D. Frisendahl of $50 Twenty-second avenue
south, Minneapolis, who has been a resident OF
the city for a number of years, passed through
the gates at the depot yesterday, accompanied
by z. F. Peterson. of Rush City, Mimi. en-
route for Alaska. They are destined to Daw-
son City, and intend to sail on the PAX shan
from Seattle Feb 10.
Alone, but with plenty of courage Ole Matt
son, Of 1898 Second street north babe good
bye to his Minneapolis friends yesterday and
boarded the train for Seattle whence he hopes
to get passage to Alaska.
The far-away state of New Jersey furnished
q party of three to the rush to Alaska yester-
day, in the persons Of II. Pearce j. Gustafson
William Acker. all Of Newark They had par
tial outfits, including dogs and are bound for
Dyea, where they hope to go over the pass.
St Paul furnished another crowd of pas
sengers on the Klondke cars yesterday
Among them were J. T. Thornqust Gust
Donaldson. o. Holm and Elmer Olson, who
have been engaged in various occupations in
st. Paul for number of years. They will
go to Dyea. where they will pause to consider
their further moves.
The Klondike fever has reached Niagara
Falls, N. Y and Frank Cain ana John
MARKHAM. who became infected, passed through
the city yesterday to the country where the
ailment is said to be cured. They will go TO
the Stewart river country in search of gold
In broad-brimmed hat, a black sweater
and a wide russet belt, from which c0nspic-
uousy hung a big revolver, D. Schwap, OF
Buffalo, n. Y, was lazily reclining upon the
cushions of a sleeper on an overland train
yesterday. He goes as a newspaper CORE
spondent, and incidentally to pick up nuggets
The Kasawka Prospecting company every
member of which aboard a transcont-
mental train yesterday, destined to the far
away gold region, is composed Of citizens OF
Charleston, w. Va. The members were Dr..
Joseph Fleckinger. Edward Brurin, Christ
Brurn. John Gasparia, William Winner, John
Nolle. Herm Braggen. William Karreiden
They will go to Victoria, but have not de-
cided by which route they will reach the in
terror Of Alaska They have all had expert
ence in the coal mines Of the East, which
they hope to be Of value to them in mining
gold.
Joseph Weilhaman and William S. Wilkes
halling from Albion New Orleans county
New York, viewed Minneapolis from the car
windows yesterday. being passengers on the
overland for Alaska. They will go to Dyea
thence over the pass. They go as an ad-
vance guard, with instruction TO report the
exact state Of affairs in the New Eldorado
II their reports are favorable, a party of forty
people will follow them.
Late duFlceS snow the conditions OF the
trails to be slightly improved. Travel over
the. Dyea and Skaguay trails has kept them
broken up to a certain extent. But little
has been done the Skaguay wagon road
and but one tramway is completed to Dyea
What travel there now is over the White
pass is up the Skaguay river and not over
the old trail used last year. The old Chill
koot trail is being used from Dyea. but no
one on either trail is trying to get beyond
Taggish lake at present.
n: St Pierre wiz cave for Alaska next
week with his brother and two Morris men,
Three Minneapolitans started yesterday to
seek their fortune in Alaska. Charles Erickson,
OF 1884 Sixth street northeast, has been at
Seattle for about six months making arrange
ments fer his party, which numbers three
in all. The other two left yesterday. They
are Ole Johnson. also of 1884 Sixth street
northeast and Peter Peterson. of 300 Twenty
ty-1fth street south. The trio expect to sail
there.
The Klondike party of New York Germans
is expected here today. They have had
trouble adjusting their loss with the wabash
railroad company.