The herald., 1897-08-26
! "saddIe horses wanted--no cheap

The passengers and crew OF the Villa
mette were fed fresh beef every day on
their trip up and at Ska quay about thirty
men from ashore were employed to help
unload. They took the places of the
men who had quit and they heard that
the fare aboard the Willamette was
fresh beef. About that time the steward
ordered a change of diet on the boat to
pork and beans. This was change for
the crew, but it was decidedly distaste-
full to the new men who had been living
on those succulent dishes for several
weeks. They thought that they had
been deliberately abused and they
grumbled among themselves. Finding
sympathy in talking over the trouble,
one bold fellow, after dinner. when the
crew had Just eaten and before they had
resumed work, mounted the hurricane
deck of the steamer and drawing his re-
Yclver and flourishing it in the air. an
nounced that the next meal would con-
tain a liberal supply Of fresh meat or
there would be young graveyard
started No one seemed to take this an
nouncement very seriously and at the
next meal the bold, bad man scrambled
into the mess of pork and beans as meek
ly as the others.
According to some accounts the ter
rors of the Skaguay trail seem to have
been only half told. Thomas Stanton,
who came on the boat. was surrounded
by a throng of eager listeners as soon
rs he touched the wharf. He says one
of his friends had stopped at Skaguay.
An acquaintance in the crowd asked him
what the man left up north was doing
"Oh, playing horse" replied the olsap-
pointed passenger and then he went on:
"The Skaguay trail is the worst place
you ever saw. There is one place that the
greenhorns don't seem to know about.
They pile pack on horse, and when
the horse gets to this bad place the
pack hits against the rocks and of course
makes the horse step out to keep his
balance. Down go his feet, and over
goes the horse. l saw one mule turn
.hree complete somersaults, and tn.
owner never went after hisp pack nor any
thing"
Purser H w. Skinner of the William
ette says that only one-tenth of the
miners now at Skaguay and Dyea will
get over the passes, but if they do not
1t VIII not be because the two passes are
not in condition for travel. Men of skill
who are accustomed to mountain climb
Ing, have not made a failure of sending
horses over the divide.
News comes from Si;ka by the William
cite of horrible case OF poisoning. When
the steamer left there We're indications
that Judge Lynch would try the culprlt
who did the poisoning. Mickey MCGEE,
a saloon keeper at Sitka. sold several bot
ties of liquor to ten Indians and they
became violently sick Just how many
of them were dead when the steamer left
the passengers did not know One said
that five were dead, others that TWO Wera
dead and others were dying. The Ir-
dians were greatly excited, as well as
the white population, but MCGEE was
out en- $500 bail. He claims that he did
not know the whisky was poisoned. He
admits selling them the stuff. The fatal
concoction was mixture of whisky,
coal oil, lemon juice and alcohol. 1t is
claimed that 1t was mixed to be sold a s
whisky, but some claim that McGee had
It In for two Indians for informing or
him the day before. and gave them tn.
deadly dose to get them out of the way
HALF FROM LOS ANGELES
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25.-The
steamer Umatilla sailed today for the
north with about forty passengers des-
tined for the gold fields of Alaska. Sew
eral incidents combined to delay her de-
parture for some hours later than that
advertised. In the first place an incipi-
ent fire was discovered among the pas
sengers baggage, some acids in the valise
of Youngstown, Ohio. newspaper man
VIII ha 0f i+S
contents and raised scare. Then De-
tective Eagan appeared and arrested
w. M. Bishop of Los Angeles upon
warrant charging him with leaving the
state for the purpose Of defrauding his
creditors. Shortly afterward Detective
Wren arrested J. NJ. Worth upon a war
rant charging him with having obtained
a small sum of money from A NJ. Shields
manager of the Equitable Life Insurance
company of this city, upon a worthless
check drawn upon the Los Angeles Ma
tional bank.
Among the passengers are twenty
three prospectors from Los Angeles who
were to have sailed upon the Caspar
The Umatilla will connect with the City
OF Topeka at Port Townsend.
ANXIOUS WAITING
PORT TOWNSEND, August 25.-Great
excitement was caused last night by the
report that the steamer Portland from
Yukon had been sighted off Cape Flat
terry. Three tugs left Immediately to
meet her down the straits An Associa ted
Press tug, after steaming forty miles.
spoke the steamer Willamette. She will
leave again this afternoon and wait in
the straits for the Portland. While the
officials say she is due here tomorrow it
may be two or three days before she ar
rives.
SOME GOOD STRIKES
VICTORIA, B. c., Aug. 25.-More good
news has come from the Klondyke by
the steamer City of Topeka, which ar
rived tonight, leaving Juneau just after
the arrival there of Joe Birch, James
Mckay and Archie Shelp, who made the
trip from Dawson over to Dyea in
twenty days. They did not come any
farther than Juneau, but intend to go
back to the mines. They had a pretty
rough trip, having to paddle and tow
their boat UP the rivers. In conversation
with one of the passengers who came
down on the Topeka, Shelp spoke very
highly of the Stewart and Indian rivers,
although there have been no sensational
finds. From $40 to SIS per pan is being