The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

coyeries of last summer and those who
have found 1t not only possible but not
dangerous to make the overland journey
from Nome to Seattle in the last winter.
have not found the northern winters so
difficult to bear.
Steamers That Hape Departed.
IN, has been stated, the schooner Gen.
A Mcpherson, long of Cook inlet and
u u Prince william sound fame, was
the vessel to inaugurate the rush
to Nome, and since then half a hundred
have followed in her eventful wake, the
second one to depart having been the
schooner Francis Alice, April 16, and the
Mermaid and Fischer Bros, both sailing
craft, the next day. Seven other sailers-
the Nellie @. Thurston, Mary ID. Hume,
Northern Light P. j. Adler. Theobald,
Emma and Louise, Lily L. and Eclipse
completed the April fleet OF twelve ves-
sells.
The first one to go this month was the
bark Mercury, which departed Mayday in
tow Of the good tug Wallowa, loaded to
jeanne, May 2, which was the first steamer
to leave this season for Nome. She had
sixty-six passengers. The bark Hunter,
with a load of lumber from this port. went
the 4th, and was followed a day later by
the steamer Dora with forty-two passen-
gers. Inc ftCHdTuSOH anu 1dsco tWu
schooners, made up the total of three craft
sailing the next day, with forty-four pros
pectors on the former and none on the
Casco. which was loaded with goods. The
revenue cutter Bear, with nine officials as
guests of the officere saiied May 6. The
next day not a beat left the harbor on
that voyage, but May there were five.
all sailing craft, the Nellie Coleman, IVY
LauSel. Leslie D. and the Martha w. Tuft
with only six passengers In the bunch,
who went on the Ivy. The schooner Bow
head followed two days later, with TWEEN
ty-eight passengers, and then, May y,
went the Discovery, with sixty-three.
The earliest of the large vessels to go
was the new steamer Robert Dollar, which
got away May 10. with 400 persons aboard
This fine craft had that day all to her.
self, and had four days start of the next
other large steamer, the schooner Queen
OF the Pacific, with nineteen pei pie, the
Corwin with forty, and steamer Fulton and
schooner Winslow, getting away before
May II. when the South Portland Joined
the fleet with quota of ITO passengers.
This was the liveliest day on the front
In point of numerous departures, as six
craft lifted anchor and hauled out into
the stream before the 18th was ended.
The others were the schooner Spokane,
Falcon. Annie M. Campbell and Ruby A.
Cousins and the barge Skookum, all with
out a single passenger. The schooner
Thomas F. Bayard was the only one to
depart May IS. She had nineteen passen-
gers, including launch and several dories
which II Is intended to use in conveying
people and goods ashore from the steamers
to the Nome beach. The Cleveland and
Alliance, two we'll known steamers paired
out the 18th, with 40 passengers between
them. The schooner Una, with seven
teen aboard, sailed the same day.
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another Gala Day.
cTro HE 10th was gala day on the water
front, as 1t was the busiest Nome
day or the season. From morning
till night the wharves from the
Ocean pier to Schwaba chers', were lined
with thousands of people who were rush
Ing their supplies aboard the Senator.
Oregon and Aberdeen, and kin and friends
who had gathered to wish them all the
luck that came to fortunate Nomers.
Twelve hundred and fifty persons embark
ed on these steamers. which also had all
the freight they could carry. The large
schooner Joseph L. Eviston sailed the
same day as the cargo carrier for the
North American Transportation e. Trad
ing Company.
The Lakme and Charles Nelson steamed
away May 81 with a total of a9s passen-
gers and the former towed to sea the
schooner Jane A Falkenburg, which was
to go on her own power as soon as the
vessels reached the straits The Garonne
and Olympia, the former the largest YES
sci that had departed up to that time. and
the latter transferred from the Oriental
run. departed Wednesday, taking 9s7 pas
sengers and thousands Of tons of cargo
Business Horses Rushed.
cTN HE business house of Seattle have
been working this Swing harder
Al than ever before in their history to
attend to the demands of the Nome
prospectors. 1t is well known all over
the country that this Is the best place,
and in fact the only feasible place TO get
supplies suitable to Northern conditions.
and knowing this the dealers In ma
chnery and supplies laid In what they
considered would be abundant stocks of
goods TO iii all demands. But they found
the trade far greater than they antic-
pated, and the result has been that they
have been forced to telegraph to the East
and elsewhere for increased stock. and in
some instances have handled the
trade only after considerable diff