The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-12
M URY
E93G OF
NY CURES
the RECORD o.
Ayers Sarsaparilla.

formerly Of Seattle. The defense was
rsnr.sentsf nv Mr. Markham. OF Port
land. II took about ten minutes 10 DIS
pose OF the case. the defendant oeins
fined 81 ard costs for assault ana oA'-
ter-y. The costs amounted 10 SSo-
George Ki,tinger and party are about
twelve miles up the Skaguay tran Inc
passengers on the Utopia are very inais
nsnt at the treatment they received rom
the charterers. j. 7. Hamilton anu Nc.
A L Parker although capt JACK
O'Rrien and Capt. Frank White are COM
mended very highly TO the traveing poo-
lie The Utopia had to sell her bedding,
cots and state room fixtures 10 pay Tor
taking the passengers nghterage, wnich
came TO over $500 The passengers VIII
send by mail an indignation letter signed
by everyone aboard. and they sincerely
hope that It will be published IN the
Post-Intelligencer My next letter VIII oe
written at Lake Linaerman.
LAKE LINDERMAN. Aug. @.-After
two DAYS of the worst kind of hardships
Imaginable we have reached Lake Lln-
derman The trip over the pass was very
trying and full of disappointments We
had a great deal OF trouble with the III
dams. At Sheep camp they demanded
raise of cents a pound TO the lake.
making IL 40 cents, but by a few presents
We persuaded them to move
Prices yesterday from Dyea 10 Lander
man were ~ cents a pound. and by the
first of next week will most likely be %
cents. Very few people have gone over
the Skaguay trail to the lakes, ana IL IS
the opinion OF many pioneers that stiil
fewer win make it before navigation
closes.
Last night three inches of snow fell
on tho pass. which will, IN all probability.
ha hRr eli g.
cending il Ii is very hard when there
is no snow to find your way over the
rocks, and now that the snow has come
IL makes II more complicated Many
people have dislocated limbs.
There are about fifty tents here. The
place has the appearance OF small
New England ship yard. At this time
boats cannot be had for love or money.
The first day / came / contracted for
a twenty-foot boat for 500. which will
be finished IN five days. The lumber
from which the boats are made Is cut
about two miles up the mountain Pep
pie coming here without boats are COM
PEELED to pay from slo0 up for passage
TO Dawson. one man today paid Is cents
for ten matches. The prices here for
things are fabulous. Flour. when IL can
be had. is worth SIS a sack. bacon 80
cents \ pound; evaporated onions $ a
pound. and other things In proportion.
Yesterday man killed a caribou Tor
which he got 81 a pound.
Thievery predominates here. There
seems TO be an organized gang here. and
on the pass. that make II their calling TO
borrow" from the numerous outfits in
transit. Six strips OF bacon were stolen
from a miner last night, and the indigna-
ton has become SO great that the first
man, woman or child caught stealing Will
be strung up to the nearest tree
Judge Richard Osborn, of Seattle. aud
his son. departed for Dawson City Aug
ust 81. The judge felt highly elated as
he pulled out en- route to the great Edo
RADIO. and that same old bunch" smile
was perceptible as he dotted his oil skin
10 tho crowd assembled to wish him
bon voyage. Front Street Bates" the
ex-policeman. can be seen daily with Ills
100 pounds on the pass, trudging along.
expecting to discount his former SEQ a
month job. Ex-City Detective Charlie
Phillips is the skookum packer on the
trail. He Is fighting against great
handicap. as MS outfit Is not quite to
Sheep camp. About fifteen days more will
see the pass blockaded. l.. S. HUMES.