The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-02

An e-en quarter % million was accea
60 the seore Of kiondixe wealth brought
"a tbs city by tbs STEAMER Discovery,
Capt. Grant, which arrived yesterday
uaorssnx from Dyea. skagway ani other
Alaskan ports.
There were sixty-esven passengers en- the
Dscovery. OF these perhaps ten were
oIajm owners in the Kionalke district.
The remainder were people who had gone
into the Yukon with stocks OF supplies and
had realized handsomely from their en-
ferpsiges. The era OF speculation whiea
began with the opening OF navigation Oh
the Yukon had not ended when the Dis
coyery.a passengers left Dawson Oh Sun
day night, July Il. Many OF those on tie
little steamer had taken butter. eggs. fresh
oranges. lemons and fancy canned goods
TO the capital OF tbs Kioadike and had ex-
caaitged them for shining gold dust and
nuggets at "A ratio which made certain
hans isone profit.
The treasure OF the Discovery consisted
OF $1,000 .a gold dust and tile remainder
In drafts. Not one OF her passengers ha6
less than $3.50. Perhaps the wealihie9t
passenger was &. NJ. Johnson who sod lis
two claims on Hnnker creek for $500 a
few days before he left for tAe OUTSIDE.
Ano Their rich passenger on the Discovery
was f.. j. Ward. formerly a Canadian
mounted policeman. who owns No Is
sboss discovery Oh Bonanza creek. besides
interests In other valuable properties In
The district. Wards pile aggregated 81 900
In rosd dust and drafts principally the
latter.
e. r. Downie. a wel-known resident OF
Seattle. was a passenger on the Discovery.
He brought out some slono IN gold dust
and small sim In drafts, the aggregate
being not far from si5.sa. This tidy sum
was the result OF commercial transsa atiorts
extending over about four weeks In Daw-
son.
Late Dawson Adviees.
AdSces UP TO Sunday night. July II.
wertf received on the Discovery. No inn
pertant events are 10 be chronlcled since
the letser or l.. c. Branson dated July
II. published In yesterdays Post-lnteiIisen-
Ger. was written. One Of the pas
sengers OH tbs Discovery charac-
terizea Dawson as the mud hole
OF creation" Il il stated that there
are 300 men now on their way from Daw-
sen TO Seattle, who intend TO purchase
stocks OF merchandise of various kinds and
fssar BY steamer or on seows and suiall
poatc. Spectators are numerous Since
the river opened hundreds OF men have ar
rived. bringing supplies Of every kind but
principally fresh butter, eggs oranges lem
ons. canned goods and reading matter sra.
pie supplies Of every kind are plentiful at
Dawson. according IA tina statements OF
the men on the Discovery. II IL said that
some articles are being sold al less .haa Il
costs 10 get them there. For instance.
beans. IL liz said, are plentiful. at : cents
per pound while the cost of landing them
IN Dawson Is not less than ~ cents per
pound.
One or the best informed men who has
emerged from the Yukon IN months past Is
y. J. Ward OF kaBtvlle. Nova Scotia.
Canada. who was until August /. 1857. A
nensher of the mounted police In the Yu
ken. Mr.. Ward first egHtered the service
OF The Dominion government I'm 1889 at
Regina. the seat OF government for TIE
Northwest territory. In lsga he was trans
1erred TO the Yukon, being sent into the
country along with Capt Constantine. Tha
command established Headquarters that
winter AT Fort Cudahy. 4 year later
when the first stampede 10 the newly Dis
covered dlggings in the klondke began.