The herald., 1898-01-17
A MINERS
! SCRAMBLE
Over Thirty-five Miles O
Arctic Trail
MERCURY WAS FROZEN
Northern Sun Had Long
Since Set
DRAHAM BEAT THE RECORDS
THE PRIZE WAS WELL WORTH
THE WINNING
A Midnight Race From the Kloudika
Registers Office to an Owe
looked Claim on French
DRAHAM BEAT THE RECORDS
THE PRIZE WAS WELL WORTH
THE WINNING
A Midnight Race From the KlOudika
Registers Office to an Owe
looked Claim on French
Pete Creek

1SACoIA, w dSIl., jail. lo.~-WllH AitS
thermometer at 30 degrees below zero.
a midnight race over thirty-five n. es II
rough mountain country in the heart
of the Klondike has earned for George
Draham. Shelton logger, the frs prize
of stalking off an overlooked and unreg-
stered placer claim valued at $20o 300
Draham was at the Canadian regis
ter's office on the afternoon of November
18th, when a man rushed in and fled u
claim on French Pete creek, which ad-
joins the richest part of the Ell Dorado.
He had discovered that in the rush to
stake off the Klondike district Ave
claims on French Pete creek had been
overlooked. Draham FASTENED from The
registers office and grabbing his blank
cts and loaf of bread from his cabin,
dashed off into the hills, shouting to
three of his companions to follow. Two
hundred miners Joined in the chase for
the prize, and an exciting scramble fol-
lowed.
Draham ran for seven hours and was
the first to stake a claim, breaking all
the Klondike stampeding records. Three
! logging friends came next and hundreds
Of other miners soon arrived.
| Details of the race were contained in
a letter received today by Senator w.
H. Kneeland of Shelton.
DOWN FROM DYEA
SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 16.-(By Assoc
ciated Press) The steam schooner Noyo
arrived here tonight from Skaguay and
Dyea. Among her passengers was Hans
Larsen Of Circle City, who came out TO
Dyea with a dog train by way of Dawson
City. He says there is plenty of food
at Circle City. He also confirms pre-
vious reports that there will be no suf-
fering at Dawson this winter from lack
Of provisions.
He does not think that the government
relief expedition is feasible at this TING.
J. A. Lacy of San Francisco, who took
a cargo of lumber to Skaguay on the
Noyo, says so great is the demand for
lumber that the people can hardly wait
until it is unloaded.
Mr.. Lacy says that but small part
of the hundreds of people arriving at
on to Dawson have any conception Of
the difficulties before them. He predicts
that the congestion on the trails will be
greater than it was last season.
THE DAWSON DOG EXPRESS
TACOMA, Wash, Jan. ia COM
pany of which J. j. Mckay, the Yukon
freighter and the man who made tte
quickest trip ever made from Dawson 10
Dyea during the winter, is the head. has
been organized here to run an express
between this city and Dawson. The
company will operate steamers on tho
lakes and from the White Horse rapids
to Dawson, using dog and horse trains
in packing from Dyea. The first trip
will be made on February 20.
SAILED FOR SKAGUAY
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1G-The
steamship Walla Walla sailed today for
Seattle en- route for Dyea, with forty
four cabin passengers, four being wom-
en-, bound for the Alaskan gold fields,
and 800 in the steerage. The numuer OF
passengers was so great in proportion to
the accommodations that about one.
half of the gold seekers were glad T.
secure sleeping accommodations on the
cabin floors. Some expect to begin their
march on the Klondike early in Feb~
ruary. All are thoroughly outfitted anu
the steamer was unable to carry al the
freight offered.
In the vessels hold is slowed 127.5eD
pounds of baggage and provisions--tha
supplies of the passengers. The freishk
manifest includes four horses, four bur-
ros and forty eight dogs. These aniinais
20 oly hoc ftsJ
visions Af their owners over the rous&
roads from Dyea and Lake Bennett
Three-fourths of those who sailed
away are going over the Chilcoet pass.
Some are prepared to make the over
land trip to Dawson before the winter
breaks. Others intend to take their cut
fits to Lake Bennett. where they VIII
build boats and await the breaking uS
of the ice in the river in the spring,
THE ALASKA FLEET
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16.-The nego-
tiations between the Cramps & Sons Shin
and Engine Building company and Tbs
International Navigation company For
the purchase and sale Of the OhSo, indi-
ana, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Conne-
maugh for the trade between the Pacific
coast and Alaska have resulted tn the
international Navigation company dies
Gliding to organize company tc be un-
der its own management. The comnanv
will be called the Empire TransportaSfon
company, OF which Clement "A. sriscora
will be president
Cramps shipyard is now busy thor
ouehly overhauling these boats slad re-
hitting them with passenger aoooEn1polip-
|tions especially adapted 1or The Peello
coast Alas1ken trade 16sX V1Il he pesSly