The times., 1897-08-15
ON TO THE COLD FIELDS
News Of the Blockade Does Not
Stop the Rush.
NECESSARY REGULATION
Some of the People Are Going to
the klondikc-A letter Which De-
tnils the Difficulties in the Way
of the Prospectors Need for Pack
Trains.

Seattle, Wash. Aug 1.-THE klondike
| passengers aCe informed that the United
| States Inspector OF haiis viii rigidly inforce
regulations of tie Government against over
crowtliHg of vessels. This vigilance ap-
pears after number OF vessels have v.o-
lated the law, and men and animals have,
so TO speak. occupied the same stalls and
almost shared the same beds. The in
spector inforeed the Law against the Utopia
this morning and gave notice that vessels
of that class under 20htons burden, wiilnot
| be permitted to sail on the northern route
! after September Is
Among Klondikers from Seattle yester-
day was George Peal body, a member Of the
New York Stock Exchange. He is sup
! piled with letters OF credit OIL Da wsJn City
for a large amount Of money. and viii not
only prospect for claims III kioRdike, but
| viii aisl In. prepared to buy properties. he
is enc OF the large number OF Eastern
ca piusliists VIII" have gone to the new gold
| field supplied with capital.
Richard Rutler, one OF K1ondike's FORUM
ate men, who owns five claims aad clean
ed up 100000, returned today from his
| Minne~eta home, aceonpan MED by four
brothers, who VIII outfit here and go with
him 10 W ork his claims. 1t is asserted here
that if Butter Were speculator and knew
how to manipulate te mining stocks like KAT
fir Barhafu be could become a Klondike
nlulti-niiliionaire in the time he consumes
in making his return trip TO Dawson.
The humboldt, which sails tomorrow,
will take zoo passen gers 10 st. MiehaeIs.
She viii be followed by the Farallon and
City of Seattle, Tuesday, the latter to
make mountaineering pace, 70 hours
between Seattle and Dyea. The fornier
takes 90 passengers from Seattle.
Up TO the present l GOO horses have been
sent TO Northern passes for packing
purposes over trails.
Several hundred wagons are now on
their way north, AID it is now believed
that a uaited effort on the part OF thou
sands OF miners at blockade points Will
sooa relieve the terrible stress
private letter received from a Seattle
man at Dyea says:
we have been tranping To and fro,
through thick mud and snow, for more
than TWO weeks, packing our grub upon
our backs over mountains. This is our
last trip. What we cau't take this tue
We viii sell There Is more confusion here
than ii HaGes. Every mans outfit, after
being dumped off the ship into mud, looks
like every other mans outfit. Every
man is crying 'slAort." We were Just
fools eito1sh 10 wire-tag our grub piIe
and counted out all right. There are
about 5000 wonld-be gold seekers here.
and they VIII stay here Unless they do
as Ne have doEe-Iaske pack-hoFSes OF
themselves, and pack their grub over the
mountains on their honest backs There
Is not pack train here worthy the name,
and there are not Gezen good pac kers
10 be found.
wo good pack trains with PACKERS
would be q godsend to people VINO are here
waiting for something 10 tGIn Gp. If men
would turn out and find trails and tramp
down snow they woEld soon reach the lake
and the goldfields--''
The stea amship Portland is dee TO arrive
IN Seattle from st Micbaels on the 25th
and her coming is looked for with unilsuaI |
interest The Cleveland is also expected
from st Michaeis On September ..