The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-21
Journey From Dawson to Seattle
Made in Sixteen Days.
ALL KLoNDIKE is AT WORK.
j. 9. McGregor Says More Miners Are
Employed In the District This
Winter Than at Any Time since
Its Discovery-Heavy Gold Output
Cattle shippers Reach Bennett
begin Bufchering for Dawson.

A record breaking trip, as regards win
ter travel between Dawson ana Seattle,
was made by McTavish. =. Klondike pas
senger Of the steamer Resale, which ar
rived In port yesterday morning. NC
lavish left Dawson February !, sledded
up the river over a not exceptionally good
trail. reaching Seattle In sixteen days
from the date Of his departure. a Few
hours after his arrival he took the train
for Vancouver.
There were two Alaskan steamer ar
rivals yesterday the Resale and Cottage
City, February Is and IA respectively from
skagway The latter had three Klondikers
and thirty-six OF the Rosalie's passengers
were from the great gold camp. on the
Cottage City we're Col. -. G. Foster Bliss,
OF the Northwest mounted police; George
Leonard and John Fay. Leonard left
Dawson January rs, and j. = McGregor
departed February /. The latter reports
the death AT Dawson OF J. T. Wilson. for
twelve years a resident OF Juneau. VII
son died from liver complaint. He was
ons OF the proprictors OF the Dawson opera
house
More men are employed this winter in
the kiondike than ever before" McGregor
said There is a vast number mining.
II Is true that thawing machines and
other labor-saving devices have been in
troduced but they have not reduced the
number OF men. All this work Is going
TO bring about a big cleanup"
Seattle man, whose name Mr.. Nc
Gregor did not learn, is at Skagway with
badly frozen feet He was en- route to
Dawson, and frozc his feet when In the
vicinity OF White Horse He continued,
with his partners, to Lebarge island,
from which point he was sent back to
Bennett on a horse sled. and thence to
Skagway by rail
Three hundred people bound down the
he nd
passed by McGregor and other returning
Kiondikcrn. All appeared to be faring well
and NAVY were making good time. The
number Included score or more of
women, who were hard on the heels of
their male companions.
II. |. Miller reached Bennett With his
15o head OF beeves. February 10, and be-
gan butchering preparatory 10 shedding
their oarcasses to the Klondke Jack
Carr, with thirty-seven head. got 10 Ben
net ten days In advance of Miller, AMI
had his butchered when the natter ar
rived. Carr drove the cattle across the
White pass. and Miller shipped his over
the railroad.
A. Gustavson reached Bennett with
twenty tons Of butchered beef February
10, With Mller's 40 head. Cars thirty
seven and Gustavsons twenty tons. Daw-
son viii soon have an abundance of
fresh beef which Is selling as nigh as
Is cents pound In quarter lots.
J. r. German, J. r. Webb and r. Burns
were arrested at Juneau on "A charge OF
having been implicated In the theft OF
slboo worth OF diamonds from Gertie Du-
val, a variety actress,
The remains OF Mrs John VI. Tenny
were brought on the Cottage City, ne
eompanied by MIR. Tenny. They are be-
ing shipped 20 Madison, wis. Mrs. Tenny's
former home. for interment
The Cottage city had nifty tons OF
Wrangle narrows haibut Her passen-
snra for Seattle Mnre.