The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-21
Four Vessels Sail for North With
1000 Passengers,
GREAT CROWD ON WATER FRONT
Fully 1900 People Assemble to Bid
the Departing ArgODauts Bon
yoyaEe-Steamers Senator, Ore
gon and Aberdeen and Barken-
tine Joseph l.. EvistOn Depart
Some of Prominent Passengers.

In no one day of the future, probably
will larger number OF fortune hunters
leave for the new gold fields at Cape Meme
than sailed yesterday. Three steamships
and one sailing vessel put to sea, all bound
for the new Eldorado. They were the
Senator. Of the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company; the steamship Oregon, operated
by Sol G. Simpson, Charles ID. Lane and
associates; the steamer Aberdeen, under
charter to the Alaska Transport Company,
and the barkentine Joseph l.. Eviston.
freighter for the North American Trans
portation and Trading Company They
carried an aggregate Of 300 passengers
and 5000 tons OF mining machinery out
fits and general merchandise.
While 100 persons departed. fully ten
times that many congregated on the water
front to bid them bon voyage. Such
crowds have never before been seen in
that part OF the city. People thronged the
docks from early morning until la;e at
night, leaving only with the departure
of the Aberdeen. Probably the greatest
crowd was witnessed about the White Star
dock. from the fact that two vessels, the
oregon and the Aberdeen sailed from this
wharf
The Senator sailed at 1890 O'Clock yes
terday afternoon. Hundreds of people
were at the ocean dock to see her off. as
she is one OF the Pacific Coast Companys
newest and best appointed ships and has
Just retired from the government trans
port service TO Manila. The Senator is
commanded by Capt. Patterson, who was
I'm the service of the company on the
Southeastern Alaska run a number of
years ard was given the Senator as soon
as she was built at San Francisco. abou.
two years ago.
The crow a that left on the Senator, the
passengers themselves boasted was enc
OF the most select that has left Seattle for
Nome A Piukerton detective stated yes-
terday morning just before she sailed.
that there was not a bunco man or a
known tough character aboard
The delay In the ships sailing was caused
by an extensive paralysis OF the transfer
system Of the city on Saturday, owing to
the number Of ships leaving for Nome and
the heavy freight to be handled Many
shippers of freight aboard the Senator bad
never had experience In that line and I'M
expected delay was caused on this ac-
count.
one Of the heaviest shippers OF freight
aboard was ]. j. OConnor. well known
here ms a capitalist of Elmira, n. Y. He is
shipping up bar fixtures. buggies and gen
eral merchandise valued at 10000. a
speculation. Capt. George j. Wiley, Of the
La Conner Transportation and Trading
Company was passenger. He goes north
10 superintend the sale of about $4,000
worth OF lumber and building materials
ehipped by the bark Theobold and schooner
Eclipse. Both vessels and their cargo are
owned by the trading company, OF which
he is n member,
One OF the big shipments on the Senator
was by VIII A. Steel the well-known
newspaper and mining man OF Seattle. He
sent north q complete newspaper and job
printing plant with steam power attach
rnents. to establish Nomes first daily pa
per, as n company I'm which he IL interest
ed started the pioneer weekly at Nome.
IN October last, Mr.. Steels brother, Harry
@; Steel will turn over the management
of the Dawson Daily News TO Capt Rich
urd Roedgor OF Tacoma. and go tor Nome
20 establish the thoroughly up to-date
daily the Nome Daily News
The Senator crowd included a number OF
Eastern capitalists and business men, All
told she had 40 passengers
The Oregon took b33. Among others were
T.. O Lindberg. one Of the discoveries of
Che Cane Nome district He is rich on his
own account and IL extensively interested
I'm Nome ventures with Charles ID Lane.
the Californil millionaire mining man. lie
had a twenty-ton outfit James Keller. a
well-known Seattle lawyer. was a passen-
ger with a tension outnt as also was
William II. Brinker formerly United States
The Bank OF Cape Nome. Of which y
solner is manager. took M complete
banking OUTFIT including 10000 I'm coin
and currency. S. q. simpson and James
u. Hoge, jr. Of this city, are the principal
stockholders and are directors Of the In
stitutlon. Charles II. Lane Of san Fran
cisco. is another stockholicr and director
Mr. simpson and Mr. Ian" took about
thirty-dvc mining men ON the oregon to
opeIate and Develop their Cape Nome
propertlcs Mi Simpson was himself a pas-
scngor.
T. J Powers. late proprietor Of The Ne
vada saloon. took thrty-ton outfit e
liquors and bar fixtures lie proposes start
ing a saloon in Nome city.
THE rails and much or the equipment
for a scvcn-mie railroad which he will
construct from Nome city Go thcicr creek
and other mining streams Of the district
was taken north ty Mir Lane This road
VIII he constructed and operated by the
villa Coos, Mining Company Two icco-
r,otfvea and a lot of tat ears are II te
shlppca nom this city ou th" steamer
Charles II Lane formerly toe IyrAwdd ~
which salts aheut MAY q
The Oregon sailed about 100 IN.
TIE Abcrl,ou had $40 passcus.rs and
nhout eo tous ~ general merehtud .se car
A. Ndui.n Wacht,r. big kloud.h. ,tt-
Il, dealer. was a passenger TIE >a.2H.t
,h,.t Nn h,4t ~ i've st',k ON the barge
~ ,k,im. WHICH sailed several DAYS .E'
Other passengers of the Aberdeen tr
laatua Pierce tar Tacoma piaNr"r ana
/ L. WoIrr " W ENl0S K'hrrt pr>
and Manso ItWte. aI residents 90 lHis
city
during tho sftvrrn,u Sno t-uk 40 PAS
aensfrs. but lal cargo ~ S'"n feet ~
n,mner a. tons % coal aai 90 tons q