The times., 1898-01-30
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! came on and he returned to his home
/ TO escape the cold. He did not secure
! any gold on his last trip but his super
: fetal Investigations led him to start
early this year. satisfied that he would
come back a rich man.
/ Connecticut, which sent a vast num-
I Der of men around the Horn to Cali
/ fornia, when the gold fever broke out
there, in 1S49. is going 10 do even bet
ter by tke klondike The Republican
majority stands good chance of be-
! ing greatly reduced at the next cleo
tion owing to the exodus.
-Four New Haven men left for the
/ gold fields in one day last week and
/ others are to follow. They are Charles
/ E Libbey. recently Of the Singer Sew
ing Machine Company: William Glib
! son, a machinist: If. H. Dean, carpen.
ter, and William Austin of the New
4 Haven Sawmill Company. J. H. Pater-
/ son, of Seymour, will go with the New
Haven party.
AS many as sixty men from Connect
| icut left to try to better their fortunes
/ in the gold fields in one day. They
/ met in New Haven last week The
J emigrants are from all parts of Con-
necticut, a party of twelve coming
down from Manchester, six from Nor
walk. and thirty-eight from Stamford.
Norwalk and Danbury, besides the
four mentioned.
About fifty Of the men have engaged
their transportation straight through
to Alaska. but few, including Messrs
Libbey. Dean and Gibson, only so as
far as Seattle, where they VIII remain
a week or two before starting out for
the Copper River.
Arthur Brennison. who was to have
gone from Manchester, Conn, was
SHOT in the groin the night before he
was to start. He was displaying his
outfit when the accident happened.
Brennison says that he will recover
and go to the klondike yet
The Copper River Valley seems to be
the goal of Eastern men.
David Pollock, of Chicago, will be-
come one of the passengers on Ladue's
Government relief train, which will be
propelled by the Glover snow locomo-
tive. The expedition will move from
the head of Lynn canal and will go
over the Chilkat Pass and the Dalton
Trail.
Pollock's ticket takes him over the
Northwestern to Portland. His passage
on the snow train cost him 5000, and
he was required to sign a contract in
which he agreed TO give the Snow and
Ice Transportation Company his serv-
ices. He also agrees not to hold the
company responsible for injury TO his
person.
At the offices of the transportation
company which is in Chicago, it was
said that it was not yet known how
many passengers would be taken on
the train. The Government had at first
contracted for the passage of sixty
soldiers and 100 tons of supplies. intend
ed for the relief of persons at Dawson.
But the Government official had since
wired that it would send 200 tons, and
every time the quantity was increased
passenger facilities were cut off
The train will leave the canal about
February 8. and the company hopes to
be in Dawson by March l. 1t has con-
tracted with the Government to be
there in seventy days. 1t may make
ii in twenty days.
Charles A. Walsh. a prominent Dem
ocratic politician Of Iowa, is going to
join in the rush for gold. He will be
one Of q large party of Iowans.
In this mad rush for gold men do
not stop to think that they may be dis
appointed They read only glowing
reports from the gold fields, which
make them believe that they cannot
help but get rich in a few months at
the longest. Those who are not pro-
vided with ample means to return will
undoubtedly suffer.
Here is a story that shows that one
man has gone to the klondike, who
wishes he was back home:
In the early part of August three
young men named Kirk, Bergensen