The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-04
Utah Contingent Makes a Start
From Seattle.
HOPES TO A HIGH PITCH
CAPT. CARRIERS CROWD LEAVES
ON THE TACOMA.
Salt Laker and His Wife Get Sep
arated in the Confusion Incident
to Sailing-Horsfan Disguises
Himself IN Woman's Attire-AI
in Good Spirits.
(speclal Correspondenee.l

Seattle. Wash, May 31.-Last night
terminated the anxiety of the Utah
contingent bound for Cape Nome. The
steamer Tacoma, which was booked to
leave May Is, was delayed five days,
mostly on account of freight she was
taking aboard, and 1900 tons is the
admitted weight of her cargo.
Five hundred and fifty individuals,
including many Utahns. took passage
on the ex-transport, and no doubt, now
that she has been headed for Nome
about twelve hours, every heart is ex-
periencing the rapturous hope Of fabu~
lOus riches to come.
The Tacoma could only take ten of
our horses, and we have yet several
thousand feet Of lumber, a number Of
scrapers, some machinery and pipe,
hay and grain, which will go forward
on the Victoria about Sunday.
L was left here by Mr.. Carter to look
after the forwarding of the balance Of
the freight and the bringing through
O" the Farallon of eight horses.
OF all the busy men in Seattle, I do
not think any were more rushed for
the last week than A. r. Carter. He
had lost, through sickness, the services
of Elwood Madden, ard was compelled
to be up day and night. But he
weathered il and when l shook hands
with him at o'clock this morning as
the Tacoma backed from the wharf,
he was as well, happy and cheerful
as eyer.
Mr.. Madden was much better ana
assured me he would be perfectly well
by the time the golden shores are in
sight.
They Got Separated.
Mr. and Mrs Buck, although thor
oughly in the swim at last accounts,
had not been able to find each other
on the vessel. They either got in the
wrong staterooms or the steamship
company made serious error in num-
beTing their tickets and berths But
some of the boys said they would as
sist them to find each other before
they got to Nome.
NJ L. Fletcher and daughter went
ahead Of the Tacoma about a week
ago on the Garonne.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencerr records
as one of our passengers Mrs. Hors-
fall" AS nothing was seen of Engineer
HorsfaIl for the last day or two, some
good reason no doubt has prompted
him to don a Mother Hubbard" The
disguise was certainly complete, but
with the experience some of the boys
have had, 1 think his identity will be
revealed before he has given a half
dozen steps in the skirt dance.
Mr.. Smell moves along in his usual
happy mood, and several words of
praise have been overheard regarding
his gallantry.
slim" Pilgerrim of the Rio Grande
Western does not seem to have a care
in the world, and after looking at the
gold in the sands from Nome and the
piles of nuggets displayed in jewelers.
windows here, bought an extra dozen
dust bags.
Ed Bell, the ex-Oregon Short Line
conductor. for a day or two before
sailing had serious symptoms of a lump
in his throat, and from the amount of
stationery he was depositing in the
mail box I have an idea that some
precious little damsel has been ere this
the recipient of a truly faithful lover S
goodbye.
Harry McDougall, being young and
innocent, had little to say, and if mel
ancholy had any hold upon him, his
face did not show it.
"Reddy' Wells and three BOstonians
with lace boots and Klondike bearing,
have been interesting figures before the
| Seattle public.
It Was All Of
it was thought Ben Pearson of Ter
race, Utah, would have to be carried
bodily aboard, but when vessels an
chOred off shore, swept the piers with
their great search lights at a. m,
and no angel form was to be seen, he
sighed and said, It's all of" The rest
of the contingent are well and happy.
Mr. Carter could have taken many
] to af
at $40 per hour with his teams. but
declined all, saying his machinery is
the first consideration. Immense stores
of provisions and material are being
shipped, and there cannot be any
shortage in Nome hereafter.
AS to the value of this Alaskan rush
to Seattle, 1 will cite one instance:
Hotel room was scarce and ten of US
were given eight cots and one double
bed; IS cents each was the price, and
at this rate the room turns into the
hotels treasury S225 per month. There
are hundreds of hotels, all doing BUSH
ness similarly, and reaping a like
harvest.
Steamer Was overcrowded.
The Robert Dollar steamer, on which
| the Cahoon-DeLaney party departed
| from here, was somewhat OvercrOwded,
| and seven or eight OF her passengers
returned to Seattle and sought passage
on another vessel that could furnish
sleeping room. She was several hours
/ getting rid of stowaways and had to
/ carry some of them bodily from the
vessel. as they were so determined to
! get off for the EldoradO that they
/ would not walk off the ship.
| A. z. Brewer and wife from Super
| intendent ]. H. oung's Office in Salt
Lake spent a few days taking in the
| busy scenes, and seemed to be subjects
| for quarantine against the Nome fever.
| Mrs Brewer did not feel very well in
! the cool summer atmosphere here, and
| they returned to Portland to spend a