The San Francisco call., 1897-10-17
A WOMAN
{ Goes OVER
THE TRAIL
Snow Has Already Be-
gun Falling in the
Passes.
CLOSES THE ROAD
TO KLONDIKE.
Mrs. ScoVel Tells of Her Trip
Out From Lake Ben
nett.
WHERE TOWNS GROW IN A
NIGHT.
Il SINE of the Wonders Men VIII See
Who Go to Dawson In the
Spring.
Mrs. SCOVel Tells of Her Trip
Out From Lake Ben
nett.
WHERE TOWNS GROW IN A
NIGHT.
SINE of the Wonders Men VIII See
Who Go to Dawson In the
Spring.
Special Dispatch to THE CALI.

SEATTLE, WASH, Oct. 16.-The steamer
A-Ki arrived from Skaguay, Dyea and
oter Alaskan ports this evening, with
oer 100 passengers aboard. There were
nrKIondikers on the steamer. Passen-
gts who came down say winter has set in
oIthe mountains and beyond the passes.
frs. Sylvester Scovel. who came down
olthe Al-Ki, said: Winter has struck
Ike Bennett Three weeks ago a heavy
nrth wind swept through the canyon and
IL snow fell, and the miners there pro-
nunced it a genuine blizzard. The sea-
sn Is now so treacherous that men are
cching their stuff at the lakes and going
bck to the timber 10 build winter homes.
hey expect to get to Dawson ahead OF
te spring rush from the States.
Captain Harper and squad of Cana
dan mounted police were preparing to
ct away for Dawson City when we left.
II who start now expect to be snow ed
Z. Many will winter at Lake Tagish.
he headquarters OF Canadian custom
ticers. Mounted and provincial police
re also there. l cam t say how many peo-
lie ere a Lake Bennett. Beef was worth
0 cents pound when l left. l want 10
ay that up on White Pass you find ma
lures nobiemen.
I II left Lake Bennett October for
Skaguay, arriving October 6, few hours
too late for the City of Seattle. l will
leave here al once and go TO Cuba, where
Mr.. Scovel is, and where expect to fin ish
my honeymoon. 1 made the trip over
White Pass III twenty-one and a half
hours OF actual travelling, which shows
that the Journey is not so terrible as
many would have the world believe. But
10 woman that trail seems 1000 miles
long. was really exhausted, and if there
had been one lore hill l would have STAYED
on the other side of it.
1.-The first night out of Lake Bennett we
spent IN the camp OF the Canadian Mining
and Exploration party. The second day
we crossed the summit, travelling twenty
Two miles. In crossing the streams was
soaked to the skin. and 1t was not very
com torta bic sleeping in these garments.
My rubber boots were cut to pieces and
my ieet are badly bruised. When l awoke
IN the morning my legs were perfectly
stlf, and l learned that the maady at
tacks the average person who is not used
TO the peculiar IuXuries OF mountain
climbing. l threw away the boots and
wrapped my feet in gunnvsacks. was
surprised when l reached Edgemont, the
camp at the foot of the first hill. 1t was
a regular town, with log cabins and lights
blazing from the windows. 1t was tie
same at Skaguay. had never before seen
such transformation. There are streets
and plank walks and 500 houses"
There is a story in Mrs. Scovel. She is
the wife of Sylvester Scoyel, the we'll
known correspondent Of the New York
World. Scovei and MS wife are probably
the only couple who, notwithstanding
that they had plenty of money, tried
three distinct times TO go on a honev-
moon trip and failed. They were married
several years ago in the East Their
wedding was a very smart affair They
had planned an extensive wedding tour
As they were about TO depart for the
South Scovel was detailed 10 Cuba There
he stayed for a year. On his return he
and Mrs. ScoVel started Oft on the long
delayed trip.
GO to Greece ana report the war" were
the instructions Scovel received. He
went, was gone six months, came back
and as he and Mrs. ScOvei were about to
try once again Mr.. Scovel was ordered to
Alaska. He and Mrs. Scovel talked the
matter over and she decided to accom-
pany her husband to the land OF goIu.
Ibeg came here, went north and crossed
White Pass. When they reached Lake
Bennett Mr.. Scovel, who had undertaken
in behalf OF the World to improve White
Pass, returned to Seattle, expecting to re-
turn to the lake. He was here twenty
minutes when a telegram took him East
and he was shipped to Cuba. Before Ieay-
ing he made arrangements for Mrs. Sco-
Wells rat11rn