The herald., 1897-09-05
With Nobody Knows How
Much Gold
THERE'LL BEARACEFOR NEWS
POSSIBLY ALSO FOR THE USE
OF THE TELEGRAPH
Reports From the Foot Of the Skaguay
Pass Show a Situation Alto
gether Discouraging
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Sept. A.
The steamer Cleveland, from St. Mich
aels, is expected to arrive within the
next five days. If she has experienced
fair weather and has met with no acci-
dent she ought to arrive on September
5th, but in case of unfavorable weather
she may not put in an appearance until
September 10th. She will probably be
sighted off Capt Flattery some time on
September 6th
Three tugboats bearing representa-
tives of the Associated Press and vari-
Gus newspapers left for down the straits
tonight to meet the Cleveland, and the
race to the nearest tele graph office with
news from the gold fields Is expected to
be an exciting one.
THE SKAGUAY PASS
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. ALL efforts
to break the blockade at Skaguay have
failed utterly. Advices received by the
steamer Rosalie, which left Skaguay
Monday last, arriving her today. state
that when the trail was opened Monday
morning 1000 men and horses were striv-
ing to get over. Soon the path was in as
bad condition as before it was repaired.
Where the road had been corduroyed,
over the miry places, the logs slipped
out and horses went floundering into
the mire, many Of them never to emerge
These statements were made today by
Harry Fredericks, we'll known IN this
city, who spent some weeks at Skaguay,
returning today. He says that hundreds
Of those at Skaguay have given up all
hope of getting through this winter, and
will stay until February at the foot Of
the pass Hundreds are coming back
from the trails and stopping at Skaguay
or Juneau for the winter. A few of the
more adventurous will try to go over
when the first freeze covers the bogs
with ice.
1T MAY BE HEROISM
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Sept. A.
The terrors of Dyea and Skaguay passes
have caused many strong hearts to quail,
but it remains for Quilliute. which is
located on the west coast of Washing
ton and the United States, at the point
of bleak Pacific shore, south of Cape
Flattery, the most desolate nook be-
tween Valparaiso and Sitka, to furnish
a heroine. She arrived today on mail
boat from down the straits, in the per-
son of Mrs. Dan Pullon, who, with three
children, was deserted by Pullon several
months ago. Mrs. Pullon continued to
SOW and reap and care for her family
and success crowned her efforts. Two
weeks ago the Klondike fever pervaded
her isolated home. The result was that
she gathered together her grit, three
children and six horses and started for
Neah bay, where she shipped the outfit
to this place to await the sailing of the
next ship for Alaska. Mrs. Pullon pro-
poses to utilize her six horses to carry
her children and outfit over the divide
Mrs. Pullon says she expects to get over
the pass this fall. The largest item in
her outfit is clear-cut grit
NEXT SEASON
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.-The
Alaska Commercial company has ready
for shipment to ST. Michaels a new river
steamer, which will be ready for service
on the Yukon when navigation opens
next summer. The company has also
decided to have ready next spring two
more ocean steamers to ply between
San Francisco and ST. Michaels, antici-
pating the spring rush to the Yukon.
HAVE HAD ENOUGH
VICTORIA, B. c., Sept 4.-The
steamer Queen arrived from Skaguay
today, bringing thirty men who have
given up the idea of getting across the
passes. One thousand men have gone
to work on the Skaguay trail to try to
open it up, no one being allowed in the
meantime to go through. Many men
will wait until the snow falls and take
their outfits over on sleighs. In fact
sleighs are already being used to cross
the summit on the Dyea trail There
have been twenty desertions from the
United States steamer Concord at Ju-
neau, the men leaving to go to the mines.
S. NJ. Lesikatos, who went into the
Klondike last spring, sends out word to
his partner, Mr.. Hens Of Juneau, that
he has struck it rich. He says: II sunk
two prospect holes without finding any
thing, but in the third 1 could pick up
nuggets with my hands. l am so ex-
cited I cannot write. We are rich. The
amount of gold people have here is some
thing appalling"
TENDERFOOT WORK
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Sept. A.
Frank L. Champion of Mount Vernon,
Wash, is one of the passengers down
from Skaguay on the steamer Queen
He went up to look over the situation
and took trip over both passes. He
says the killing of horses is caused large
ly by ncvices who do not know how to
load them. In many instances the pack
saddles are allowed to wear great holes
in the horses backs. The men who are
fixing the trail will be the first to profit
by it. This has been decided by the
vigilance committee, and no man can go
on the trail with packs without certiti-
cate from the secretary that he has done
so much work on the trail.
DUTIES DODGED
SEATTLE, Wash. Sept. 4.-The steam
er Rosalie arrived in port this morning.
A letter from Skaguay, Alaska. to the
Seattle Times, from John W. Troy at
Skaguay. tells how the Yankees 'on tn &