The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-04
Oregon, Senator and San Pedro
Arrive at Seattle.
BRINGING FEW PASSENGERS.
First Named Vessel Breaks the Rec
ord for Quick Trip-steamer
Charles Nelson Not in Quarantine.
hut Was safe In Nome HarbOr-
Cant. Patterson Denies That SEM
ator Was Injured I'm the Ice.

Three Of Seattle's Cape Nome fleet. the
Oregon. Senator and San Pedro. returned
from the North yesterday. They left
Nome City. June "a. q and n respective
~. Capts. Seeley, Patterson and Zad-
dock are their respective masters.
The Oregon set out for Seattle at mid
night. June "a. and arrived here at III
a. m. yesterday. making the run back in
8 days and II hours. the best time ever
recorded between Cape Nome and Seat
tie. Though leaving twenty-four hours
later than the Tacoma. which arrived
yesterday morning, as told in the POST
lntelligencer. she brings no additional
news of material importance, save that
the Pacific Clipper lines steamer Charles
Nelson is not and has not been In quar-
ported by Purser Harris. of the Tacoma
The Nelson was in Nome harbor June
freight She was observed by less
than half a dozen of the Oregon's Off
GERS. as also several Of the passengers
The La Conner TRANSPORTATION and
Trading Companys bark Theobald also
arrived at Nome. prior to the oreson,s
ter and Eclipse and the Santa Ana and
Ohio, both in quarantine all but proba-
bly, one or two of Seattle's tirst-voyage
Cape Nome fleet had arrived, at Nome
The oregons officers say there were
probably forty vessels. steam and sail, in
the Nome harbor when their vessel sailed.
The steamer South Portland. Capt Hall.
had hole stove clear through her bow,
about foot above the water line. through
contact with the ice The injuries, how
the information is obtained say, was not
such as to prevent her return after tenn
porary repairs. which wete being made.
ns thaee cosesd T st
passengers, only seven or eight of whom
wintered at Cape Nome. All three ves-
sells are scheduled for a second Northern
voyage. and to leave between July and
July 10.
senator Not Injured.
Capt. Patterson. of the Senator SAYS
there Is no truth In the reports sent out
from Nome that his vessel was injured
in the ice. lie stated that he had hard
time among the foes. but that at no time
did the senator inture herself. His re-
turn to Dutch harbor, after being long
in the icefields. was TO secure additional
fuel
The Nome beach. Capt. Patterson says.
presents such a sight as he never saw
before For three miles above and below
the town proper the beach is strewn
with miners, supplies, machinery and
general freight. Hundreds of thousands
OF dollars worth of merchandise is lying
around on the ground. unprotected from
sun or rain. though fortunately there had
been little or none of the latter. II will
he weeks. probably months, before the
slnterminable mess and mixup has been
cleared away There are scores Of
protect the property from the thieves,
pirates and piunderers who swarm the
water 'front.' night ana day.
The Senator sailed for Nome, Nav 20.
with so passengers. She had ten return
ing They were:
" f Kracht Or. s. T.. Nevins. l..
Handkerchief. p. Murphy. f II. F-.nald.
y. A. rrison. II Levi S. ,Mogcl. c.
Or. NeUns was passenger North on
the San Bias. making the trip merely
for pleasure and recreation Levt went
up on one OF the San Francisco steam
ers To look after his uSrng sea goldfish
Industries Fernald and Harrison were
Dawson passengers Of the Senator. while
the Mogels went North and returned ON
the same vessel Murphy returned after
being In the district but a few days. Van
dertaclen took North lot of machinery
for a Belgian syndicate which he repre-
SCENTS. Lange was but short time in
the district He attained some n0torietv
two years ago by driving a team Of DON
keys from New York to San Francisco.
He Is a man wei along In years
Passengers of the other Vessels.
May ~ the Oregon sailed from Seattle
for Nome with about 600 passengers. She
reached her destination after the usual
BerinF sea ice. MAY u. Returning she
had thirteen passengers. as follows Mrs
Frank johnson. u. Fletcher +. s. Spof-
f,srd Miss Aiine philins II. b. Philips.
Sanderlin, J. l., Bpshno. Y. 1erwin. r.
L. seeley, Thomas Marks. J. II Hall
The san Pedro. with about 500 passcn-
gers, sailed MAY II. from san Francisco
four passengers, follows: Sam Kc-
hoe. s Sherwood. =. " Peterson. J. \
Estis. .. Peterson. John I.anchaw A.
s F5islSE \ p sava nS'i p fs1ers9n z
q. Kenyon. r, y. Baratch. w Jones W
" Johnston: Frank adams. Fred Dohs
Charles pohs. William Duhs. Miss A
Dohs, Mrs. Forsyth Joseph Beach