The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 16, 1897, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1897. be celebrated Graves- strike, raversed and prospected by the scene o has been the many worked- The old prospectors have remained for a new geners and bring to the attention of 1t placers of early day. rone, and it has ion to discover the world the magnificent deposits of gold that probably have been the feeders to the gulch and which exist in boundless wealth on the hiilsides along the placers of the “pocket? country of Shasta and Trinity counties. lliam McKeag, now a prominent hant 1n the old pioneer town of , was one among the early pros- 5 of the Coffze Creek country. Me- ;, to,ether with John Baugh, Homer and Truman Head (California three of whom are now lying at b very earth they tore up hidden treasures, camped on Mor- rison Gu the middle of the zoiden ’50 . The gulch acquired its name about that time. An old prospector named Morrison had since '49 mined along its banks, and it was in his honor the gulich was named. It was asmall tributary of e Creek, of no at length and con- d of no importance. It was being worked by three or four com- who were ground sluicing and shoveling in,” each man, however, mak- ing on an an ounce a aay. Mec- Kes: »anions worked there uceess until n unusuaily ere winter, with a heavy fall of snow, in and drove them to a more comfort- able climate. They were compelled to their animals from under the trees \ve them from injury by falling limbs, witl take rom which they wou!d undoubtedly suffered ' privations and perh d T 1d when'w no ath. to Shasia, returned t closed 1 weaith could remained al their more | now thinks of returu hope of finding his o r, Emil ne Tal- -time prospectors and mining leave Lere to-morrow with an ex- he new fields. They Dayton, Nev., for yse of going to Coffee : eldest brother, was n of the Mexican mine at Empire, e that for the ilings” so He will hly ion, and if ar- s can be made with his com- erect extensive works near the son Gulch. v are doing & rush- lies and cCormick. over 100 outfits the ess. d to tho satisfactory the sold COAL STRKE SITUATION, Labor Leaders Flan to Raise Sinews of War—Further Sweeping Injunctions. PITTSBURG, De Armitt t, accom- Pa., Aug. 15 from the vas, whom it 1s supposed v have been protecting him because of sarks made about him since the strike Labor Leaders Gompers, Sovereign and Ratchford to-day addressed a meeting of strikers and De ArmitVs miners at Plum ek. The United Labor League to-night called & meeting {or to-morrow nightof the presi- dents and vice-presidents of labor organ- izations in and about Pittsburg, to discuss the strike and adopt further measures to help the miners. It was noised about the strikers’ camp at Turtle Creek to-night that De Armitt had hbired a carload of Italians to work in his mines in place of the men who have | quit we WHEELING, W. VaA., Aug. 15.—Labor leaa have hit upon a n which they feel will resnlt in the continuation of the strike for an indefinite time. An effort| will be made to levy a daily tax upon all on laborers in the State and very kelv in the country. It is said the scheme is recommended by the officials who attended the conterence at Monon- Frid The Wheeling labor are now contributing to the strike the leaders say that under the each man will contribute a sponding to his wages. With ion labor of W Virginia thus strikers could remain s time. This plan was spoken e occasion of his last visit and it is more than sum cor all the assisting them the idle foral of by De to t Virgin ikelv th ARKER G, Judge Jackson of the nas issued sweepin all strike agit interferir the six a district. U z in g ions aghinst tors, res ing them from 1z with the miners employed - by sociated coal companies in this . FLIES WITHOUT HIS MACHINEF, Slysterious Disappearance of Felts From Pikes Peak. MANITOU, Coto., Aug. 15.—William B. Felts hasmysteriously dissppeared. His flying-machine, with which he was to have atiemypted the flight from Pikes Peak to Colorado Springs, is still housea on the top of the peak, There have been rumors th its' nerve was becoming aky, which re offset by statements from the professor that he was waiting for a clear day. F:lts went down the moun- tain side Frid. fter stating that he was going for a w nee whech time noth- ing has en seen or heard ol n. His friends say he has probably lost his way in the wilderness west of the pesk, and e fallen down & precipice and d or isjured. They have been Il day to-day aud last ajority, however, are skep- tical enourh to believe that the professor had not sufficient faith in his own inven- tion, and while they acknowledge that the conditions ha been unfavorable they think the incident which has created so much excilement ior the past two weeks is closed. —_— UNDER “UNWEITTEN LAW.,? Dastardly Murder by a Jealous Ken- rucky Husband. LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 15.—Another murder, committed under “unwritten law” as interpreted by Judge Falconer of Lexington and Governor Atkinson of ‘West Virginia, occurred last night at Sugar Hill. Joe Jones’ wife was dancing with a good-looking mulatto named Will Rankin and Joe accused him of improper intimacy with her. Friends interfered and sent Jones, who was drinking, home. After the festivities Rankin and Mrs. Jones while wa'king toward the latter’s home were by Jones armed with a aouble-barreled shotgun, who upbraided his wife for her conduci. Mrs. Jones and Rankin declared they were innocent of any wrongdoing and Rankin promised he would never pay attention to Mrs. Jones again. Jones retused to accept this, say- 1 miners, and it as been considered one of | LER FROM THE COLLIER BRISTOL Passengers Frightened by the Rather Heavy Rolling. SOME DESERT AND WILL NOT RETURN. Men, Horses, Cattle and Sheep Loaded Promiscuously on the Vessel. DANGER AHEAD IF THERE IS ROUGH WEATHER. Storles of Hard Luck and Disaster Fall to Check the Rush to the Kiondike. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 15.—The most exciting scenes since the Klondike exodus commenced were witnessed atthe ocean dock here this morning in connection with he departure of the Brisiol for Skaguay. he Bristol is none other than ihe well- known Costa Rica, a huge collier which had been lying unemployed in Esquimalt harbor for maay months, until some en- terprising Victorians realized the pos: bility of coining money by securing her under charter while the Klondike rush lasts. She can carry, perbaps, 3000 tons of coal with perfect safety, and so loaded is as steady going a crait as one could de- sire. But things seemed different this morn- ing. The Bristol bas been fiiling up with about 400 men, 500 horses and 100 cattle and sheep. With the men below near the water line and the live stock in three tiers above, reaching to the hurricane deck, it works a rather unusual distribution of | weight, though this fact does not. seem to | bave impressed itself upon any one during | the several days since her loading. This morning, however, there was a rude awakening. The mail steamer Charmer, bound for Vancouver, passed out | about daylight at unusual speed, being late, and in the mile traveled between her dock in the inner harbor and that where the Bristol was berthed, had acquired suf- | ficent way to make quitea heavy swell. | This started the Bristol, and with her first gentle undulation’ the startled horses and | cattle ranged around her upper decks | commenced to sway in sympathy with | the motion of the boat, which minute by minute became more violent. Soon every man on board was out of his bunk, and when the astonished inspectors found that all the commotion was due to the wash of a passing steamer they very quickly lost confidence in the seaworthiness of their huge ship as then loaded. 1t was not many minutes before men and bundles commenced to come up from the hold and gain the( safety of the dock, | where a great tumult was soon in progress. | For upward of two hours the vessel con- tinued to roll, and it was oniy when the screw was started slowly revolving that she steadied down. The expostulations and assurances of the ship’s officers had the effect of bringing back the least fright- ened of the passengers, but nothing could induce several to again board her. Some time after 6 o’clock the Bristol steamed away, the motion of the screw holding her as steady as one could desire. But there are many misgivings as to what may happen should the weather be rough on her passage. She is evidently too lightiy ballasted and carries an over- balancing load of a very dangerous char- acter on her upper deck. At Departure Bay she will coal and the several hundred tons then putinto her hold will no doubt make an- improvement, but it would re- quire more coal than she proposes to take onto give the Bristol the stability her passengers migat naturally expect. Some of those who deserted her took the morn- ing train for Nanaimo, with the intention of going aboard there if reports are favor- able as to her behavior on the way, but others have taken passage on the Islander, booked to leave to-night for Skaguay. Toe incidents of this morning are the great topic of conversation to-day, but weather conditions being favorable, there is no anxiety as to how ihe Bristol will make the paseage. HORSES ARE VALUABLE. Plenty c¢f Money to Be Made in Packing Outfits Over the Rough Passes. PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 15.—Jess Mor- gan, who went to Klondike on the Elder in company with Claude Smith, sent a let- ter down, dated from Skaguay, August?, in which he details his experience on landing in the frozen land of gold., He says: “We are going to cross the mountains at Skaguay, which is about five miles be- low Dyea, and which is the oaly trail that pack animals can go over, so that all who have horses are going to land here, and some of those who will pack their own goods will cross by way of Dyea. Our goods are billed to Dyea, so they cannot unload them here at Skagunay, although we have unioaded our muies already. We have chartered a sailboat to bring our freight from Dyea to this port, which will cost one-half of a cent a pound. It costs| about 30 cents a pound now to get the Indians to carry over Chilcoot Pass from Dyea to the lake. “A man here who has a team of horses and a wagon is making $100 a day hauling over the first five miles of the White trail. I am glad we brought pack animais, and especially mules. Horses are-worih §200 each and mules about twice as much. Last nignt almost a dozen men came ! aboard aad tried to buy horses and mules, but no one would sell. One man ~was of- { ing'a husband had a rignt to kill any man he caught with his wife, according to Judge Falconer’s unwritien law. Raising his gun he fired, tearing the top of Ran- kin’s head off, and escaped RIS P (T 0 Pirenomenal Harv-sting Ewn. TULARE, CsL, Aug. 15.—George Gal- braith, a prominent resident of this county, has just completed a phenomenal harvesilng ran. Witn a single barvester ge has eut 3260 acres of grain in sixty-two fered $800 for four small horses. The ani- mals are being loaded on a scow from the Elder,- and when near shore they are pushed overboard and have to swim the rest of the way. Our mules stood the trip well and swam straight for shore the mo- ment they rose to the surface. One horse broke his shoulder by striking the scow when pushed over, and although he at- tempted to swim ashore, his strength failed him and he drowned in four feet of which way to go, on account of the fog, and began swimming out to sea. One horse swam back to the Eider and had to be towed ashore with a small boat. *“We expect to be here about a month, as it will take gboat that time to get our things over the pass. A man and a mule can make about {25 a day packing over the pass here. We had our goods insured for $400 at a cost of $5, which will prevent 4 lie-up in case ofa charge for towage.” . GOING AFTER GOLD. Letters From Those Crossing the Passes State The Trip Is a Terrible One. SEATTLE, Wasi., Aug. 15.—The are rival of twolarge steamers from San Fran- cisco, en route to Alaska, caused a large delegation to swarm along the water front to-day. The Humboldt came into vort this morning at the first peep of daylight, and about 10 o’clock left for Ta- coma, where it was expected that she would coal, but, being unable to procure fuel there, she returned to this city about 5 o’clock thiseveningand ran into the Ore- gon Improvement Company’s bunkers. She had expected to get away for St Michael early in the morning, but as there is considerable freight to takeon board there will likely be some delay, Captain John Roberts stepped from the steamer Farallon at Schwabacher’s wharf at L o’clock this alternoon, four days out from San Francisco and way ports. He ex- pects to leave to-morrow evening for Dyea with 120 passengers, eighty head of horses and considerable freight, part of which, as well as fifty passengers, came from California. The steamer Al-Ki was expected in from Dyea to-day, but nothing has as yet been neard from her. It is presumed that a loss of time in unloading has resulted in a slight delay in her return. Sheis booked 1o leave again for the nortih on Ttiesday, and shouid she arrive here to-morrow it is ex:remely doubtful if she gets away be- fore Wednesday, as a big passenger list and heavy freight cargo wili go north on her. Superintendent Trowbridge of the Pa- cific Coust Steamship Company states that no steamer has been secured to take the place of the Mexico. Robert Meilke of Everett has written his prother, and relates hisefforts to reach the Klondike, as follow: *1am at Lake Lindermar. It took thir- teen days of hard work to cross the di- vide. There are about 200 Indians at| Dyea, and you can hire them to pack your outfit over the divide at 17 cznts a pound, and it's worth it. Part of the time we had to wade through water that was deep enougl to wet you to the hips. It was running at the rate of ten miles an hour and as cold as ice. July L, after having crossed the summit and borrowed a sled, we hauled our stuif about four miles. - By packing cur outfits eurselves we made $4 | per day. Theie are about thirty tents on the shore of the lake, and like oursalves the people are ali builaing boats. We have our boat built. It took us just five days to rip out the lumber and build it, and she’s a dan too—twenty-two feet long, two feet wide on the bottom and three feet on the top, and pointed at the iront end. “We leave here for the north te-morrow morning. The current is quite swift, and with the aid of a sail we expect to make good time, There are several dangerous rapids above here, but we are not going to take any chances; we are going to pack around them and let our boat through with a rope. “Klondike is about 555 miles from here, and it will take us about two weeks to get there. We expect to sail day and night. At this time of the year there is scarcely any night here, as it is broad dayl 10 o'clock at night and 2o’clock in the morning. It is quite warm daring the day—about 75 degrees. The nights are cool. The country all around is moun- tainous. I haven’t seen a level piece as big as an onlon patch yet. Livingis high. 1 paid 50 cents for & two-pound can of to- matoes, and tobacco is about four times as high as back there. There are lots of wild ducks here, ana we will have fresh meat soon.”; A. H. Eddy of Snohomish County re- turned home a few days ago from Alaska and strongly urges people not to attempt the Klondike trip at tnis season of the year. He says that the trip across the pass is a terrible one at this particular time, and that ‘‘the moss has grown up from two to three feet high, and every time you step on it you will sink away down, and it is very slavish work walking, even without a pack on your back. The rivers will ell be frozen over the latter part of September and the ice on them is so rough that sledding is impossible. There will be nosnow till January, but the weather is bitter cold. It isa terrivle undertaking for any one who has never ex- perienced the hardships of that country.” Mr. Eddy, with R. C. Johnston, dis- covered the oil and coal fields abous 300 miles northwest of Sitka, which have caused sucn widespread interest. The company which was formed in Seattle to work these lields includessixty-four men, with an equal number of clain In speaking of the discoveries Mr. Eddy s “The talk about a lake of oil, as crigi- nally published is a nistake. It is true that there are holes in the ground, or ponds, which are filled with oil. In some of these several hundred barrels of crude petroleum can be dipped out, but thers is no such thing as a lake of oil. There is no doukt about it that the supply is prac- tically inexhaustible. The quality is much better than that of Bradford or Oil City, Pennsylvania. It is a far better lubricating oil than has been found in the Pennsylvania oil fields, and is therefore much more valuable. +Qur company is not making any effort to develop the oil holdings now, butis turning its attention solely to getting out coal. We have a splendid anthracite vein of eleven feet in thickness. Itis very con- venient to tidewater and can be easily mined and shipped to Pacific Coast points ata good profit. It will cost something to get in shape to ship the oil. In the first place ships will have to be built, pro- vided with oil tanks, and they will cost in the neighborhood of $100,000 each.. The oil feature is going to be a big thing and we will come to it in due time.” Mr. Eddy tten exhibited several photo- graphs showing a view of the harbor and the oil and coal territorv. The ground was uneven and contained what appeared to be several ponds. CANADA’S REGULATIONS. Severe Penalties Provided for Miners Who Try to Misrepre- sent Their Revenues. OTTAWA, Oxt., Ang. 15.—The regula- tions made by ithe Dominion Government covering the collection of royalty on gold mined on the Klonaike were published in an official gazette issued yesterday, as fol- lows: “That upon all go!d mined on claims re- ~ ferred to.in regulations for:Government placer mining aiong the Yukon River and its tributaries a royalty of 10 per cent shall be levied and collected by officers to be ap- ays, and average of fifty-lwo acres a day. | water. "Some of the horses could not tell | pointed for the purpose, provided that the W ,/////7/,//,,/ A I b it SRR W N N B N 1T e D AL ) o T | ly HENRY GABLE, the Arizona Prospector Who Gave Up the Siruggle for Alaskan Gold and Returned on the Walla Walla, Reads With Great Delight “The Call’s” Story of the Trinity Gold Fields. amount mined and taken from a single claim does not exceed $500 per week. And in case the amount mined and taken from any single claim exceeds $500 per week there shall be levied and collected a roy- alty of 10 per cent upon the amount so taken out up to §500, and upcn the excess over $300 per week taken from any single ciaim shall pe levied and collected a roy- alty of 20 per cent, such royalty to form a part of the consolidated revenue and be accounted for by the officers who collect the same in due course. “That the times and manner in which such royalty shall be collected and the persons who shall collect the same shall be provided for by regulations to be made by the gold commissioner; and that the gold commissioner be and is hereby given authority to make such regui tions and rules accordingly. Tuat default in payment of such royalty, if continued for ten days after motice has been posted upon a claim on which it is demanded or in the vicinity such claim by the pold commissioner or his agent shail be followed by the canceilation of the claim. “That any attemot to defrand the Crown by withholding any part of the revenue thus provided for by making false statements of the amount taken out, may be punished by cancellation of the claim in respect of which fraud or false statements have been committed or made; and that in respect of facts as to such fraud or false statement or nonpayment of royalty the decision of the gold com- missioner shall be final.” The regulations governing the disposal of placer mining claims along the Yukon and tributaries were amended 8o an entry can only be granted for alternate claims known as creek claim+ bench claims, bar diggings and dry diggings, and that other alternate claims reserved for the crown are to be disposed of by public auction or uch manner as may be decided by the Minister of the Interior. The penalty for trespassing upon a clim reserved for the crown is imme- diate cancellation by the Gold Commis- sioner of any entry or entries which the person tréspassing may have obtained, whether by original entry or purchase, for a mining claim, and refusal by the Gold Commissioner of the acceptance of any epplication which the person tres. passing may af any time make for claims; and that in addition to such penalty the mounted police, upon requisition from the Cold Commissioner to that effect, may take the necessary steps to eject the ires- passer. A clause in the former resulations, pro- viding that a discoverer of a new mine is entitled to-the claim ana shall be granted a claim for “bar diggings” 750 jeet in length, has been amended so that the grant may apply to creek and river claims instead of “'bar diggings.” Tars Desert for the Klondike. SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 15 —The entire crew of the British steamship Dorothy deserted for the Klondike, and left a very sanguine note for their erstwhile captain, informing him that in about two years he might expect their return with enough gold to buy the ship and present it to him asa pleasure yacht. Several wealthy young men of Brunswick, Ga., combined with the deserters in the purchase of a small steam yacht, with which they will round Cape Horn for Alaska. The vessel is said ‘to be well stocked with provisions and mining tools. P BREEAKsSs HI> MAA"ICLEA'.\ 4 Most Noloriowus. Criminal Nearly Suc- creds in Lscaping. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Aug. 15.—Jim Carey, acquitted at Warren, Ark., Friday of the charge of robbing the bank at that vlaca and mordering the caskier in February, 1896, and who was immediately rearrested on a charge ol burglary, yes- terday broke the iron manacles from his legs, twisted off the big iron lock to the ceil door and rushing onto the jailer felied him with the broken manacle and was scaling the jail-vard wall when captured. Curey is but 23, but has been in jail in twenty-two States. When arrested for the Warren bank robbery and murder he wore a full beard. He was jailed, butdur- ing the night Carey ripped the smallsteei spring from the soie of his shoe, sharp- ened it on the concrete floor of the cell and shaved himself smoothiy, with the result that the Warren witnesses were unable io positively identify him, and he was ac- quitted. Carey has powerfully strong, bony wrists and a hand so small and flexible that handcuffs, however tight, slip over his hands easily. He is being kept in. a straitjacket, heavily manacled to the floor, await.ng the arrival of Texas offi- cers, Who want him for burglary. - A HODERK NoAT AND HIS ARK Strange Craft on Which an Old Hermit Is Working. Would Not Be Caught Napping When the Next Deluge Comes. “Jack” the Patron of the Mechan- Eccentric Mrs. Gardner Is Ical Racluse. MACHIAS, Me, Aug. 15.—Down on Spruce Island old Daniel Ingalls is build- ing an ark which he intends to float inthe next flood. He expects the great deluge atany time now. The island on whicia Ingalls lives is owned by the well-known Gardner fanily of Boston. It is but a bit of an islet, and is separated from Gard- ners Island by only a narrow thoronghfare that winds between ledgy bluffs. On this beautiful island George Gardner and Mr. and Mrs. John L. Gardner spend much of their time in summer. They own the isl- and entire, as well as several of the smaller islands that adjoin, including Lit- tle Spruce. 0:d man Ingalls, the second Noan, is a special proteze of Mrs. *‘Jack” Gardner, the famous millionaire society leader, whose eccentricities are known from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Daniel Ingallsis a hermit. He lives in a little slant-roof structure, about six feet square. He is building the ark with his own hands, un- aided by any one. His two hermit broth- ers, Nenemiah and William, live near by. Here in the woods for over a year has the hermit been coustructing his strange craft. Yet in spite of the months of in- dustry he has spent in this covert, hidden away with his secret, he has been able to merely lay the keeland erect the frame- work, The bare, ronghly hewn and mis- shapen ribs gleam curiously forth from the dusk of the inclosure, and for a mo- ment one is at a loss te determine the character of the craft. The arkis buiit entirely from Mrs *‘Jack’s” timber, old Dantel hewinz the logs himself and pre- paring the lumber. His brothers are op- posed to Daniel building the ark, bat he pays no attention to their protests. Mrs. Gurdner is particularly fond of these old hermits, and contributes liberally to their supportand comfort. THUNDER-SIURY ATPLATTSBURG Lightuing Fells a Zree Near Where the President Sat. PLATTSBURGH, N. Y., Aug. 15.—The President spent the dav .quietly at his hotel, only going to the Episco: Church this morning with the Vice-President 4nd Mrs. Hobart.and Mrs. Alger. At 2 o'clock this alternoon one of the most violent thunder-storms seen here in years came up. The Presidential party entered a public dining-room'in the midst of the storm. As they were taking their seats tnere was a loud crash and an in- stant panic in the room, many of the guests thinking the house had been struck by lizhtning. It was founa that the largest pine tree in the grove adjoining, and about forty rods from where the President sat, had been shatiered by a bolt. To-morrow there will be a regimental parade review of the Twenty-first Infantry at Plattsburgh barracks. Vice-President Hobart’s son will present the regiment with a stand of colors. Wednesday night there will be a military ball at the Hotel Champlain 1n bonor of the President. o A Murderous Waork of @ Crasy Anarchist. PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. 15.—Anarchist John Elbert dicnarged from the Arm- strong Coke Works for hurrahing over Canovas’ death, wasin the police court this morning for threatening the superin- tendent of the works. He suddenly drew a razor, slasked four policemen, cutting ail seriously, and then leaped from asecond story wiudow, pursued by an officer. wno shot him in the arm and knocked him | senseless with his biily, . KLONDIKERS WILL RUSH HOMEWARD Mournful Propheey of the First Man to Abandon the Trail. MUD. KNEE DEEP OX CHILCOOT. Indians Hard to Obtain at All and Pack Animals a Necessity. WOMEN 2 SHOW GREAT FORTITUDE. Henry Gable Will Now Try Trinity County—The Steamer North Fork Will Sail To-Day. «He went out to Yankee Doodle and returned to Chevy Chase.” “Hec"” means Henry Gable, an Arizona prospectcr, who formed ome of tbe van- guard in the rush to the Klondike country when the news of the immense wealth discovered there became noised about the land. Gable returned on the sieamer Walla Walla yesterday, weary of the swhole performance, §225 out of pocket and witn a tale of woe that ougnt to make a heart of stone shed torrid tears. But Gable came loaded down with in- formation, and he asserts confidently that it will not be long untit his story is veri- | fied by many more, who will be glad to et tueir feet once more on the land of civilization and wait till later on fora mint of wealth. I left here three weeks ago to-day on the steamer Umatilia,” said Gable, *‘and when she arnved at Port Townsend I took the Topeka for Juneau. From Juneaul went to Barnum’s Bay on the Rustler. I had intended to work in the mines, but saw in a very short time that I could not make it. You can just bet your life that the toughest job any man ever essayed is crossing the mouniains from Dyea at this time of year. “At Juneau I learned from good au- therity that no man could get over the Cnilcoot Pass without pack mules. I had a ene thousand pound outfit, which cost me about $40 and I was forced to sell it for less than I paid at Juneau. Six men that had been working in the mines came down from Juneau with me and the whole lo: of them were disgusted with their exper- ience there. *Itis simply impossible for one or two men to go through to Dawson at this time of year. They would not stand the least ehance on earth. My advicé is that the party should consist of at least five men, ana that they should take pack mules and go weil ‘heeled’ with money besides. They would nead snowshoes and a sled as well. Otherwise they would have to pack their ‘grub’ on their backs, and I will show you now hard a job that is. *Itis thirteen miles from Dyea to tkte top of the pass. It takes from one to three days to make the trip to the summit. One man cannot carry more than 100 pounds up there at one trip to save his life. He bas to wade in slush up 1o his knees and meet all sorts of difficulties; so to carry a thousand pounds up there would take a month. Indians are hard to set, and a man needs to be_a millionaire to get their services at all. In ashort time the whole place will be frozen as hard as 2 nail, and then it will mean asorrowiul time. There are a thousand men camped in the vicin- ity of Dyea now, I understand, and there are many at Juneau unable 10 get any farther. “Many and many a fellow went up on the Umatilla who will rue tfie day that he did not show forethought enough to wait until spring before making the ven- ture, Hardly anyv of the party have had the least experience fn mining, eliher. I am an experienced miner and have roughed it ali my life, but you can bet I know when I have run upagainst a stone wall., I am told that many of the women—I might say the women in general—seem to show more fortitude in standing their ill-conditioned environ- ment than most of the men. They say that Clarence Berry’s wife was the life of the party.’’ Gable expressed his surprise at hearing that a rich find bad been made in Trinity County. He had not heard the least thing “about it and had aiready bought his ticket to 5o to Nevada, where, he says, he has good mining interests. He was very eacer to learn of the discovery of gold in Trinity County and a copy of ves- teraay’s CALL was purchased and given him. e was soon buried in its contonts. When ue had finished he rose and said he was going at once to the ticket office and see if he could not have his place of destination changed to Trinity County. “Iamas ea:er to make money as any- body,” be declared, whiie in the act of leaving, “and only stopped because I had to on this irip. I guess I'll try my luck in Triniey.” THE NORTH FORK. Many Passcngers and Plenty of Food for the Kilondike. There was much of the stir of prepara- tion on the water front and elsewhere yes- terday incidental to the preparation of the North Fork for her trip to the mouth of the Yukon. The swift and elegantly renovated steasner will probably get away this afternoon by 4 o’clock. According to all signs she will carry at least a dozen more passengers than were registered Sat- urday morning. There were some stories that she might not be able to make the trip, but those who have investigated ihe matter say that she is one of the stanch. est of all the craft that have gone on the lone voyage. & One of tue new passengers is John Blake of the Los Angeles Tribune, who will to to the Klondike for his awn paper and several Eastern dailies. He purchased his outfit Satorday and feels convinced that he will make a strike in the nugget coun- try as weil as in the line of his professional duties, There will be 2 number of expert min- ing engineers and experienced miners on the ship. Some of thess are from Colo- rado and Nevada. They feel sure they will be able to find some of the rich placers, and all are eager to get to the land of the new finds before spring, so they will have achance to study the situation and be on the ground when the season opens. Frank Walsh, who goes to-day, has made a special study of the cold-weather vroblem. ~ Speaking of the effect of vari- ous siimulants in the north, he said yes- terday: *I have been told by all doctors and old Arctic travel that there is nothing known so good ds tea and coffee in these countries, It is also said that there ought tu be no whisky drinking in the northerr ciimates, for men who drink to excess are the first to succumb to the cold weather. One may observe that by seeing how chilly a man who has been on a jag is, even in this country, when he 1s struck by a foez the morning after his spree. I believe a man irom this climate will bs all right with care, plenty of clothing and the tonic effect of good coffee. “The North Fork is to take up many tons of food. The projectors of ihe trip say they will be able to get to Dawson with their fooa without trouble, and that they will have a month or more to spare before tie Yukon freezes. They say they have records to show that the river has :levs.r frozen before the middle of Octo- er.” FOEY-- - THEY are simply the doctors of the And who are they ? Hudsonian Institute. declare in the clearest possible that no matter you may be ef at their great e s erhaps you bave d to get heip so oiten that vou are afraid that it is‘‘all un with you’ It is not. That's true. Yes, just say to yo you will cease make up you wili try to that you wi and on day you know" hands wenrine ur opportu negl-cted r can siill live! uch for f It vou can get at once free t and circt exac for cthers. done for you. what you g life do iry LIVE! The staff of doctors at the big Insti- tute is at all times willing give medical advice free. 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