The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-26
STEAMER LAURADA
ARRIVES WITH MEN
FROM THE INTERIOR
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Gteamsr Taurzds. cSps r. ~ White. ar
rived ia port last night az tn O'Clock with
forty-thxss sasseaxefx nfsssn ~ whom
we're fron pzw~on- The trip tuxs ended
WAS the first ossr the IAursdz HAS MADE 10
Lynn canal ahe arrsvns III skagwsy izss
sufssxy morning and lesf tsssre Tuesday
afternoon. From skagwzy TO juneau rough
weather was encountered. bus trcm there
down fsse trip Was uneTsnssua
SkxgTay was having cold wave. the
Thermometer registering II degrees heiew
xsTn. Parser Frank DpnEssiy aid he was
fos. that she weathe- WAS tse codes
Skaxwzv has experienced this YEAR. AL
she water mains we're frussn.
Ansonx Tire passengers cat from Dawson
were George Alien and r. d. Semp.e, both
interested In tie E.londike Nsgges. Tnes
left Dawson January . with express mat
ter and mail. Mr.. Allen Is graduate Il
beth the Seattle high sesscoi and state uni
ssrssty.
Dawson has been auls, since the middle
OF December s4td Mr. Allen. *Au OF the
raen are az work on ths creeks and no
c3ean-ups have been made, making dust a
little scarce There have been no new
strikes. bar many new creeks are prom!s-
ing. Several large nuggets have been taken
out OF claims on Th.stie creek. but as yet
there has not been enough work done to
prove the value Of the creek.
.'acrcgxy creek. In the Stewart river dis
trtct. IL attracting attention and Is thought
90 be = xpiendla prospect. Sulphur creek
IL showing up satisfactorily. especially on
There IL no anxiety fett at Dawson over
a food shortage and thee il practically no
distress The committee that raised a, go
has relieved nil those in trouble. John
Herring. wsIi-known Seattle man, IL rep
resentlnH the Nugget on Hunkss. Domsn-
ion and Sulphur creeks He is prospering
and In in splendid health.
John Roberts. an ex-policem7n OF Seat
tie. came into Dawson the day I left with
a good team OF dogs and shotgun. Ssme
one had s,nleD two OF his dogs aud he was
looking for him. He had his irs up and
would nave made Ii warm for the thief
had he caught him.
We met Jack Carr or the trail. He was
getting alon. very slowly. his outfit being
passed ., Little Salmon February II. He
has lost his bet with joe Barrett that he
would reach Dawson In twenty days He
had - miles To make and believe his
twenty days were Up on the day we passed
him
Herbert man who carries mail for
the mounted police, has A standing offer a;
Dawson, that he can make the trip from
SkaEwsy 10 Dawson In ten days. He has a
team OF Labrador dogs and drives them In
Labrador fashion. Recently he Travelled
from cariboo crossing 10 Lake Tagish.
distance OF nineteen miles. in one hour and
twenty five minutes.
Mr. Allen VII. return in about six weeks
The circulation OF the Nugget has grown
SO that an extra supply OF paper win be
sesit In To Dawson over the ice.
Three OF the other men returning from
Dawson were: ". Bouman. merchant: c.
b, Johnson. OF the Dawson Furniture Co.
who will take Ia 4 large order and DR.
III. Peachey Capt j. E. Fairburn was a
passenger who intends TO 20 back To White
Horse In month and will run the steamer
Florence b. from there to Dawson next
summer
The Laurada had the following passen-
ger list:
!. r. Carroll. w. " Davis. F. Sell r..
Bohr. T.. NJ, Love, j. Whitmyer. r. Red
path. W. McNabb. l. Beakman, +. u. Sem
pie. George Allen. II. Peachey. J. ChidIsser
A. Bean, Mrs A. Bean e. Maxter C. Har-
rs. r. Dekanoin, A. kiink. w Nexsau. ~
Nanrosin II Riley. C. r. johnson. IL Bo.,-
man, j. T.. Fairburn and eighteen second
ctaxs.