The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-03
City Of Topeka, City Of Seattle
and Dirigo From the North.
HEAVY TRAVEL FROM ALASKA.
A &73,aNpo Consignment OF Atm s'oia
Yukon hIyer steamers sttfi Held
ia an ley GrIp-Exeeinior Aspoft-
~d-Topper River Contingent
Can't Glenn, L. =. A., Hetarnins
Prom the sashitna River section

Following the fetgTn II the i9an2s~.
Eufnaui8s ana FaraLon three fh4t arfa+eA
Wednesday. another trio u Alaskan
steamers. tbe Ctty - Seattle. city . ~
peke nj Iplriga. reached port yssief1Ay
AMI !ast night. The Topeka did not gu
III until after midnight. but her coming
Inay pc rsckoned IN the days marine al
rivals The C!ty a. Seattle made another
Of Aer record areakin. trips y hiie she las
done letter 14ns "a the past. she !.eS ~r-i'e-
less completed toe r5aud fos&K% IL a-A
oays and eighteen hoGIs.
One hundred aug Ten passengers and s3i3-
Or worth q Attn and Kiondk' soid came
TIE D5ri%G. He passengers w"*e dl%is4r'l
into thtrtg -nins farst-claSs. twenty three
secpat4-cl4ss ard f0rty~eigat Storage. Tns
latter were sIi Chinese, constituting q tqroe
that has been employed al Inc D"sA SO
SIadrA carBErS
OF tn, gold. s73Go In one shipment came
CONSIGNED to fra Seattle aa@ay offfCe ~
the Bank # British North Americas ALTA
branch individuals owned fhe rest.
The DiriEu + kiofGihe passengers AID
for that matter those al the City OF Seat
tie. were ~ no later date than those Of
the Humboldt. photographic adFices re-
cetyea AT SAaewAy from Bennett ani
down-Tlver points indicated that the
STEAMERS Joseph Ciosselt and Anglican were
still held h4Fd and last IL the grip Of the
ice a SelwYn
The Dirigo mad a cargo Of 1870 cases Of
canned salmon and - tens Of general uler-
Ch3ndlhe.
The remains ~ samuel white. who died
Of natural causes some time ago In The
Interior Of Alaska, were brought down GA
the Dirigo and delivered 10 ButteTsor
d sona, local unaertaksrs.
some Who Came Down.
Tho City - seattles passengers repor.
business rather ouief ~ skagway owing
to the condition OF Yukon navigation. j.
J: sts2nghressy. tie well known San
Francisco commercial traveller, accompa-
I'D ~
Cay 81 seatte from business trip north:
also Capt. f. ". Johnson. shipper and
contractor. Capt. Johnson has been In
the Atlin district for several months. He
SAYS practically nothing In 4 mitiug way
Was being done In that camp when ne left.
Alexander Campbell resident Of New
Jersey, returned On thr Seattle from Cook
Inlet by way II Por, Naides He says
There is great deal 81 activity and In
ferest IN copper mining in the Copper river
ton inst now, also IN the Islands ~
Prince William sound Samples from the
latter 6sss yiet running ~ ana 10 per cent
copper and from 80 to 30 per ton gold
were shown Mr. Campbell
The City Of Seattle passed the Copper
river steamer Excelsior, bound FOR this
port III O'Clock Thursday morning She
had no passengers nearly nil from Copper
river. Capt Glenn. leader Of the govern
ment expedition which undertook 70 finf
al overland route from the Inlet hv way
OF the Susti'ua river II the Yukon. !.
aboard the Excelsior Comply ting with In
stfuctions recently received from WAsh-
ingfan. Can't c;t"nn having 6enan~frate4
thai such a g0ute you'd nat Ne praetiea bic
took his forces % Pert ya'dcS where they
were consolidated with Capt. AbcrCfon-
bie's Copper river expedition
tn, TIE CT 4f Se1tt'" IN rsaeh'nE he
Of Washinst ton both wing across the gacs
Of the Jesler dock. thts compelling her 70
take the north side Of the wharf. In lin
ing up SHE brushed against he stem q.
THE STATE. breaking ana bending two ar
three starch 'ons that support the life
line. also tearing away corner II the
wheel house. The damage amounts 10
perhaps So
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