The times., 1897-09-21

came TO Washington last night
He came ny invitation Of the President
and Secretary of War to render anopinion
on the advisabnity Of putting through
supplies to the miners this winter.
Mr.. Ladue gives it as his opinion that
supplies cannot be put through this win
ter. he backs up this opinion with facts,
figures, experience and logic He said 70
The Times;
.'FulSs al Dawson who are without grub
must get cut before .he river closes. They
can work their way down the river 700
miles u So. Michael's. where there is plenty
10 eat
Ar. Ladue was accompanied from New
York 10y Elmer F. BotsfOrd, director of
the First National Bank Of Plautsburg,
n. Y, ard a director or the Joseph Ladue
GoiC Mining and Development Company
OF Yukon. on reaching Washington theT
We're cTiven 81 once 10 tie Arlington
Hotel, where they were received by II.
". Coffin, representative Of the develop
nIeIt company at Washington
Directly after reaching the hotel Mr.
Ladue was clOseted with AdJt. Gen Breck
ana a sst. Alt. Gen. Wagner, United States
Army.
To these officers he said that il would
be impracticable 10 put provisions through
10 the Elynd. he country this winter. There
were between 5000 and 6 200 people at
Dawson on tue Caaatiau side aud Circle
on the American side. There was about
enough e eat Tor 500 or 5000 nlen.
The rest OF The people would have to get
out or stare. The steamers were now
ma king the last trip OF the season un
steamers. and they could accommodate
about 300 men eacb. On the down trip
these boats could carry 1,5OO nien down
e. st NicEaels. Very many of the miners
could work their way down stream in
their own boats before the river closes.
At Dawson there were one hundred
Canadian police and Committee on pub
lie safety. The nen who have no provis-
lons and no show for making a living dur
ln- ihc wIoter VIII hr Iorcea to leave, 20
that there Is no cannihalisn to be feared
there. Mr. Ladue is not acquainted with
the condition ol affairs al Circle city, but
is under the impression that the men in
Possession there and who are familiar with
the climatic conditions, VIII compel the
I-eH who are without provisions 10 move on
down tie rIver.
La5re laughed grinly when the ice loco
motive scheme of the Adminisf ration was
explained Ia him. He said that even dog
SLED could not move over the frozen surface
OF the YnkOn because Of tire great gorges.
Great barriers Of ice thirty feet high would
meet the locomotive every few miles OF tie
journey
The great difficulty in getting provisions
over the passes WAS that it took thirty days
70 make the trip. and dog team could
only carry about enough flood to sce he dogs
and tie driver thrcugh. A dog needed two
pounds II food a 'lay and d ma IA uceted Tour.
Tie Kiondike king IS a man about five
feet ten in height. and viii weigh a nun
cred and eighty or nicely pounds. He
is big boned aud sinuous. DE is Of Il
filous temperament. His hair is very
black, his nous Ia che very dark, and his
eyes dark brown. There is d good deal Of
tan Oh him, bet ms Residence in the effete
east has considerably blea ched him cut.
His voice is strong ana healthy. II is a
pleasant voice. He speaks in that low,
slow mauHer peculiar 10 men who have
lived great deal alone. One would call
bin silent man. You never get ananswer
from HIN tin you pl.t d question to him
Then he looks straight into your face as
be replies.
middle and it has few seams in it.
On the sides or Jhe forehead the hair grows
well back md shows plenty Of rUddy
complexion. His nair is Worn rather
long and is parted careIessly on the lett
side. His black brows are heavy and
bushy. His nose is big, strong. and straight
His mDutl. is large and so hidden by his
moUstache, which droops st the ends, that
tis teeth are not displayed while he
talks. His chin is square and is that OF
mar who has had plenty OF physical
exercise. His hands are not big COM
pared with his size, though they are
muscular They are well kept. His
feet are rot small.
He was dressed in box-suit OF black
cheviot, such suit as the owner of an
average newspa per might afford to wear.
he wore a white collar with the ends
bent over and a spotted silk tie. He had
on whiteliI1en cuffs with buttons that were
not link buttons. Ills feet We're dressed in
tan shoes. BE wore 10 Jewelry except a
plain gold ring on the third finger Of his
left hand and a plain, heavy gold watch
and chain
Ladue has leisurely, rather Indifferent
attitude. he sits with one leg thrown easily
over tie other, one hand on his knee and
the other thrown over the back of the
chair. he inclines his head a little TO the
left as he .alks.
A reporter for The Times asked Mr.
Ladue to talk about the KlondIke, and
be did. What he said follows:
i am willing TO tell all / can think Of
about the Klondike and the great North
west couIdry, long d il is understood
that am not advising anyb body TO 20 there
ThatT VIII not do. It goes pretty hard with
some OF the men who 90 in. Lots OF them
never come out, and not half of those
who do make a stake. The country is rich,
richer than any one has ever said. nd the
finds YOU have heard about are only the
beginnings, Just the surface pickings, for
the c9Untsy has not been prospected except
In spots. But there are a great many hard
slnps t. go through, and to succeed, a man
has 20 have most Of the virtues that are
needed IN other places not so far away and
some Others besides. This winter 1 expect
10 hear that there is u tioa on the Klon-
dixie on account OF the numbers that have
rushed in without sufficient supplies, for
know that the stores there have not
enough e 20 around, while the men who
laio In Provisions lave only enough for
themselves They VIII divide up, as they
always do but shat viii simply spread the
Trouble sud make things worse. Next
spring, from the 5th OF March OIL, is the
tine TO go.
What you call the Klondike we speak