Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-05-31
Distinguished Visitors.

composed the Hartman party. They
have chartered the ocean steamer George
w. Elder, and will start for Alaska June
Ist.
Among the party are number of cap
italists who are interested in the O. X. &
N. railroad. President Mohler, of the
o. r. & N; President Cotton, of the
Snake River Valley road Traffic Mana
ger Campbell and Engineer Kennedy
lJolned the party at Pendleton and accom-
panied the III TO this place. The distin-
guished visitors just passed through the
city from the train to the steamer and
proceeded down the Snake.
This party travelled by special train
over the Northern, and they kept the
steamer Spokane in special service for
three or four days, going through to
stopping at Riparia.
| Mr.. Hartman is regarded as the rail-
road man of the hour, being chairman of
the executive board of the Union Pacific
and Oregon Short Line roads and promi-
nent i'll the reorganization committees of
large eastern lines, notably the Baltimore
& Ohio. He is bearing the expense of
the Alaskan trip for the philanthropic
purpose of procuring accurate scientific
data for the public benefit, and professors
| from the great institutions of learning
a
The party arrived at Colfax Monday
morning i'll the finest train ever seen in
that city. Ii was composed of seven
private cars of the o. X. & n, Oregon
Short Line and Union Pacific officials,
drawn by two large engines. At Moscow
the party left its special train and took
the Northern Pacific train for here The
special train went to Ainsworth to await
the return of the excursionists.
Aim most every branch of scientific re-
search has representative in the party.
The Smithsonian institute at Washing
ton is represented by {. Hart Merriam,
scientific expert of the department of
conchologist. The last named has made
many visits to Alaska and is a naturalist
of authority.
Two other scientists accompany. the
party are Professor William Trelease, di-
rector of the Missouri Botanical Gardens,
in st. Louis, and Pre- ofessor Gilhen, the
government geologist. From the
American Museum of Natural History
in New York comes Frank NJ. Chapman
ornithologist, and John Rowley, taxi
dermist The field Columbian Museum
Daniel G. Elliot, zoologist, who make.
La specially of manuals. Professor
Emerson, the geologist of Amherst col
lege, is al, other member. Leland Stan
ford university, of California is represent
ed by Professor c. II. Gilbert.
w. b. Devereaux, of Colorado, J. II
Hague, of New York, DIR. Lewis Ruther
ford Morris, of New York, and George
Bird Grnnell, editor of Forest and Stream
are among the guests. Mr., Grinnel
will probably make some studies of the
Alaskan Indians. DIR. Morris is to be
the physician of the expedition.
Professor Pritchard, of the United
States coast survey; Professor Coville, o
the department of agriculture; Charlie.
Kell Keller, custodian of the California
Museum of Science; T.. S. Dallenbaugh
an artist of New York; Professor w. II
Brewer of Yale university, and Professor
Henry Gannett topographer and geogra
pher, of Washington, are also i'll tht
party. Two artists with the scientists ar,
Swain Clifford and Louis Agassiz Fuertes
! The latters's specially is birds.
. The Elder will he equipped so tina
much scientific work may he done OF
board. She will carry many guides
packers and bearers, so that all sorts o
explorations may he inland. To grea
: extent each member of the party ma,
\ work independently, having an outfi
and servants placed at his disposal, an,
having only to notify Mr.. Hartman O
the nature of the experience he desire
and name a place at which he will rejoil
! the ship.
\ As for the route, all that has been de
. cided as yet is that the steamship viii
make the inside passage to Sitka, thenc
to Cook inlet and around Kadiak island
' Even these plans NAV he modified 4
\ meet the wishes of members Of the party
, or to follow up some line of investigatio
which may sugges, itself later on.
For the side expeditions into Alask
Mr. Hartman will have tents and SUI
plies, packers, bearers and guides. On
; of the researches talked about is a hun
= for the Kadiak bear, said TO he the large:
) of the bruin family in the world. Th
: skull, at least, if not the entire skeleton
of this animal. is much wanted by tn
American Museum of Natural History.
: The expenses of the expedition will b
> large, the first cost being not less tina
: s5o,oso.
; A stranger appeared on the street
Monday morning with conspicuor
errnptions on his face. A small po
scare resulted. Even the city healt
officers would not positively assure III
, city marshal and through him the publ
= that the man was not suffering wit