The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-12-10
Big Travel Over the Winter Route Opens With Snap.
WEATHER AUSPICIOUS
City Of Seattle Arrives wIth a Large Inbound Delegation - River Freezes at FIVe Ringers.

me great winter movement Co Dawson and Nome by the way of the Skagwav- Yukon rOute may be Slij Co have opened this week, and Co have received a lasting impetus wi,h the arrival of the steamship City Of Seattle veStefdly, bringing nearly 100 passengers from the Sound and British Columbia ports, the greater number Of whom are bound for the interior.
 Almost simultaneously with this big arrival the temperature throughout the north began to drop and the travellers wei tomet the frosty conditions and looked upon the circumstances as suspicious. News of the closing of the Yukon river yesiertly a, Five Fingers was received by telegraph, and the wires also Kicked out the information that the mercury had gone Co eight below lt Glacier, on the White Pass roai. Al this came IS glad tiiings Co those who are anxious Co push on Co the interior. The brisk and bracing cold weather in Sklgwly Was herllIed as the PeretourSer of greater cold Co come, and with it all there were expressions and feel ingS tha, the trattic for the winter has in- teei begun, and will keep up for months.
 The arrivals by the City ct Seattle and those by the AK the ilv before veSter- day were conspicuous figures in outhtting stores, on the streets and around depotS, whlrveS and hotels, and Sklgway spoke in tones Of revival.
 Not all those who arrived veSterIlv are Co ee accepted as bound iirect for Dawson or Nome, but many are the number among them wao lre planning Co later in some way push through Co the big gold fields that Skic, the berng. 4 number of the arrivals by the Seattle are bound for the extension front 0f The White Pass X Yu- kon rl..roll. where some of them plln Co wo-N lDl Inter so 0a Co Dawson or Nome. o' Che passengers arriving on the Civ oi Seattle. cl.,- a nlm,er were variety thel'e- r-ors t1uoi t1- Dawson, art o,ne-S are the general tIlS, ot trlye'e-s that have bushes, Co ,llI them bl,N and forth.
 Many of the arrivals Of the week have Brought with them tog teams from the states. and others are getting teams here. On the whole, mIny teams of i5gs are being ,rgln.lel lnt daily s,lrtei for th. interior, and dogs I-e one of the great at. fractions o, the streets snt Co some eNtelt -..- ,, ,'-- ru'urrgut -.>'urb.ng elements in --.sItl,l'uts Ah--e qe2p. are won't Co s .,r.
 The S-l,,ls also b-oush, mail and Si3 tons e, .-s.Sht. The g,slter part Of the ,...-u,., ,u>,-u,.',n equipment Coz use o, ,s. extension oi the White Pass \ Ys.,n. ,al m.Iu1-s 1S dump ta'S. one mle of gazing ;-lc> and other material ,r5.ot.ng ia a.l Co I5o tons. Iee ma ,...,l v.fI s- forwarded Co Caribou as soon ,s Lake Bennett freezes. The other freight oo oh. >elu.s WIS general merchandise io' l0cal c51s.suees.
 Tn. Seattle slilej last evening with p,sSengers for seattle and Juneau ana other way ports
 Following Is the list of passengers that came from the south on the Seattle:
 Seattle to Slagway- Miss surke,J A Ma guirs. E Frnner, \ Winters, MD Alklev, H Wolf, J C Wickens, J D MtClurg' n F,rg,r. Miss N Gould. Geo A Braekett' \ Williams. Mrs Williams. Chas A b'own' Mrs Brown, Mrs McGregor, E Madden, Or MB Anthony, AR Mcleod, Mrs Summer 6.lt. t.PA Chisholm, F Olon, A Colder, | Coesi,h, Mrs C F Shaw, Mr and Mrs DYboi>e. Miss McG0nge, K Martin, Maute Well. Mr ant Mrs F A Well, Henry Rog- CTS O c Hiss. Lee Nelson, A C Easel, M,<a. John Suborg. J C Graham, II Best "A Wallace. " Davis, sandy Lotle, O Iobb. Geo Casey, N Geieto. I \ Taylor. Wm Bs,le. A N Hoffman, Savyo' Wm Ries. : n SNinSon. l. N Storiock, Ro- s.nf.lit M Gates. Geo C Gates, Jas euS>. Dr Bonner. N Veren, F w Kripr, J Erickson. Robert Coimo, Ed Burns P J Dol,n. Wm Sheehan. E C Robinson, r Rison. Johnson. p Nelson, J ? Ho- gan. Wm Kipling, E D Wilkeson, Mrs H Wright. Geo Y Nal .olm, R Lee, Gus An s,-s n. Swan OIs-n, E Jacobson, George Jorgsnsso, n Williams, p Carer, K Ja' eobs, c Enstrom. c Swanson.
 Vancouver Co Sklgway-MrS Butler, G Armstrong. K Palm, J Kainty, George C Johnston.
 The Seattle also had number of pas sengers from Juneau.
 The steamer sailed last evening.
 Nnsty-three plssenSe,S were carried s,ytb souni by ,he Seattle. There we'e s.yertv.,hree tor British Columbia DOTS and Seattle and twenty for Juneau. The frs.-lisSs pAss-rEeis WeT,;
 For Se ,ule-F F KeIlosg, ] D ThagaIi' W Elliott. F T Young, H Leaeh' J b Graham. J MacEay, H L Eastman, \ e,ool<s W H Vi,<ers W L Baird, t O Sylvester. Miss Frames Lilly. Mr and Mr' CChristopher. F T Keelar
 For Vantouver-J H smith, C White
 E,,s.r. Arthur St. Cvr, John Dean, r
 B7tv. n n Turin, \ McFee.
 Tor Z,c,ora-J T Bethune, Mr ani Nr
 Alex Wili ms, Mrs Law, J A MeNsil
 Clpt Rant
 For J1neau-W A Kelly, E N SeiSurS
 " Sehu,k, John Grant
 Clo,hing cleaned and reraired on shoT
 notice. Mrs. Mowl, opposite new post