The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-06
WILL EXPLORE ALASKA.
TWO SCORE EMINENT SCIENTISTS
 STARTED FROM PORTLAND.
Number of Noted Men and for Conn pIeteness of Equtpmcnt--Yale We'll feL

Represented.
 The Portland Oregonian of May 30 ha'
 the following:
 Two score scientists of note, consti'
 tuting the Hartman exploring expedi,
 tion to Alaska, will arrive in Portland
 this norning by special train over the o. R. X N. This afternoon they will leave for Alaska, going down the Co., lumbia river on the fleet steamer Hassa- To to Kalama, and there boarding spe- cial Northern Pacific train for Seattle There they will embark on the steam ship George w. Elder, which went around from Portland a few days ago to take on a supply of coal for the two months cruise in Alaskan waters.
 This remarkable scientific expedition remarkable for the number of emil nent specialists brought together in it, and the completeness of all arrange ments for facilitating their work and preserving the results of their investi- gations-oWes it's existence to the prac- tical generosity of Edward H. Harri- man, the railroad manager and capital ist. In order that the fullest benefits may come from it, he has enlisted the cooperation of the Academy of Sci ence of Washington, D. C. How cor dially the scientists of the country fell in with the move is shown by the fol- lowing list of the members of the par ty:
 Edward H. Hartman, patron of the expedition; Mrs. Hartman, Misses Cor nelia and Mary and Carol, William Av erell and Roland Hartman of Arden, N. Y.
 w. H. Averell, Mrs. Averell and Miss Elizabeth Averell of Rochester N. Y.
 William H. Brewer of Sheffield Scien- tific school, Yale university, New Ha- ven, Conn. He was botanist for the California state geological survey back in the sixties.
 John Burroughs, ornithologist and au- thor of several charming and valuable books on birds, West Park, N. Y. He is also a vinyardist of note.
 Westly R. Coe, Ph. D., assistant pro- fessior of comparative anatomy, Yale university, New Haven, Conn.
 Leon J. Cole, taxidermist, Ann Arbor, Mich.
 Frederick V. Colville, curator of the national herbarium and botanist of the department of agriculture, Washington, D. c.
 Edward S. Curtis, photographer, &c., attle, Wash.
 Dr. William H. Dall, paleontologist of United States geological survey, honor- ary curator of molusks in the national museum, Washington, D. c.
 Frederick s. Dellenbaugh, artist, Cragsmore, N. Y.
 w. B. DevereuX, mining engineer, Glenwood Springs, Col.
 Miss Dorothea Draper, New York city.
 Daniel G. Elliott, curator of zoology in the Field Columbian museum, Chi cago III. He is the famous authority on seals.
 Beniamin K Emerson, professor of geology in Amherst college, Amherst Mass.
 B. B. Fernow, professor of forestry of Cornell university, Ithaca, N. Y. He is also connected with the department of agriculture.
 pr. A. K Fisher, ornithologist of the | United States biological survey, Wash 1! ington, D. C.
 I,ouis A. Fuertes bird artist, Ithaca, | N. Y.
 Henry Gannett, chief geographer of the United States geological survey, Washington. D. c.
 R. Swain Clifford, artist, New York city. His work is frequently seen in the leading magazines.
 G. K. Gilbert, geologist of the United States geological survey, Washington, D. C.
 Dr. George Bird Grinnell, editor of Forest and Stream, New York city.
 Julian l.. Johns, stenographer, Wash ington, D. c.
 Charles A. Keeler, ornithologist, di- rector of the museum of California, academy of science, San Francisco.
 .up.aln Luther 5. Kelly, scout, Yel- lowstone National park
 T. Kincaid, entoniologist Seattle, Washington.
 Dr. C. Hart Merriam, chief of the United States biological survey Wash ington, D. c.
 pr. Lewis Morris, physician, New York city.
 John Muir specialist on glaciers, Mar tinez, Cal.
 Rev. Dr. George F. Nelson chaplain New York city
 Dr. Charles Palache, geologist of Har- yard university, Cambridge, Mass. Robert Rdgway, curator of birds in the national museum, president of the American Ornithologists union, Wash | ngton, D. c. William E. Ritter, president of the California academy of sciences, profess sor of biology in the university of Cali fornia, Berkeley, Cal.
 De Alton Saunders, botanst of the South Dakota experiment station, 3rookings, s. D. ' Edwin c. Starks, preparator of United :, | States biological survey, Washington | ). c.
 Louis F. Zimmerman, New York city Dr. William Trelease, director Of the Shaw botanic garden, St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Edward l.. Trudeau, jr., assistant U physician at Saranac Lake, N. Y. For two days this distinguished party las been looking about the interior. q President Moher, Secretary Cotton, a Traffic Manager Campbell and Chief II Engineer Kennedy of the o. R. and N. U eft Portland Friday evening in the | V residents car and met MT. Harriman's $ rain at Shoshone, Idaho. All went to 1 v Boise and thence around through Bak- U Y City, La Grande Pendleton, Walla ! l. valla and ColfaX to Moscow, over the N . T md Thop hn rty oh l