The morning news., 1897-08-18
MRS. GAGE GOING ron DOLLARS.
Her Trip to the I<IOndikc Is Not "a
Pleasure .Jaunt
From the Chicago Times-Hera

+ rom Nle NNlcdEo i INES ii cfald.
ours will be no pleasure party. no pic
nic,' said Mrs. Eli Alexander Gage last
night. 1--WE will take no oil paintings, nor
brc-a-brac. We are going for the good
dollars"
Mrs Gage, to escape from the hustle OF
town and the strain that increases as one
gets nearer the start of a perlous Journey
sought refuge at the country home Of her
sister Mrs William h. Hubbard, near
Lake Forest, yesterday afternoon and
passed the night there
Il have made no modification in the cos
tune which ] shall wear on the trip
through the Chilcoot pass nor In any OF
the arrangements" said Mrs. Gage. That
awful storm reported in this mornings s
paper is only an incident in the weather
in that country just like a rainstorm Of
a summer day in Chicago, only IN Alaska
IL is snow instead of rain our party will
take nothing from Chicago but wearing
apparel and a compact little medicine
chest. Everything in the way OF supplies
VIII he provided by Charles II. Hamilton,
the North American Compauys tra,Hc
manager at Seattle. He has made the
journey we intend 90 make twice. and in
the dead OF winter
we expect 10 get through without de
lay. At Dyea we viii have packers TO get
our boats and supplies over the pass.
From Lake Linderman down to Dawson,
not overcome With my brother-in-law, ",
Mr.. Hubbard. in charge Of the party and
three other men who are nearly NJ not
quite his physical equal as my protectors.
what have l to fear?
u saw a private letter this morning
from Dyea which conveyed information
that the blockade of miners supplies and
oultts awaiting transportation is even
greater than reported by the press. The
correspondents seem to have understated
the matter rather than exaggerated. /
think IL viii be far better for the men to
return to civilization and wait till spring.
Most OF them will consume their provs-
ions on the journey. They Will need food
after they reach the mines. even II they
strike i rich What will they DO in case
they must prospect several months? There
are time when money will not buy food,
and that may be the case in klOndike this
winter.
Men are not going to have It all their
own way in the new camp. nor reap all
the prospective harvest. have taken
along very considerable sum IN the way
Of letters Of credit. intrusted TO me by
Chicago women for Investment In mines.
ana ] VIII fulhll the trust if the oppor-
tunity offers
The Gage Hubbard party will leave
Chicago tomorrow night and take the
Northern Pacific Sunday evening for Sc
attic. Its personnel SIS. Mrs. T. A. Gage.
william II. Hubbard. who goes 20 or
eanize a chain of banks for the North
American Transportation and Trading
Company az Dawson city Fort Cudahy.
Circle city, Weare and Fort Get There
his cousin, Samuel Hubbard. Of Oakland.
Cal, his cousin. william Stuart Walcott.
Jr, OF Utica, N. W., and Garnet Coen Of
BuenaN Park, a personal friend OF Mr.
and Mrs. Gage. These five will make the
Journey over the Chilcoot pass. W. W.
Weare. second vice president Of the
North American Company will accom-
pany them as far as Dyea. but he has
not yet decided whether he viii 20 into
the klondke.
All the men in the party are young. OF
large stature athletic. in perfect physical
condition, and experienced In "roughing
IT,"
Mr.. WOlcott Is % years old and a gradu-
ate OF Yale and Johns Hopkins He stud.
led medicine, but finding indoor life not
suited to his physique went 20 Washing
ton ana entered the service OF the govern.
men In the forestry department For "a
year and half he tramped through the
forests Of the Adirondacks under the dl.
rection Of Dr. Pinchot. the greatest living
authority on forestry
Samuel Hubbard is graduate Of the
University Of California. b. 81 years Old
and has lived out Of doors for fifteen years
IN the far west, engaged ln mining. cai-
tle-raising, building irrigation bitches and
assaying. He b. n natural explorer
few years ago he, with TWO others. start
cd on a hunt in the mountains Of Eastern
Washington. A snow storm set in and
their friends. fearing the worst. organized
a search party. Hubbard and his com
panions found their way out. only to learn
that the search party waB lost They then
turned around and rescued tho rcscuers.
we have decided TO make the water
journey in two boats." said William II.
Hubbard. "This VIII boz safer. ff an ac-
cldcnt should happen 90 one boat ita oc-
cupants can camp until the second boat
reaches lts destination and returns Tor
them. Besides 10 viii be easier 20 trans.
port two small boats over the Chukoot
pass than one large one. Everything need.
cd for the journey northward from Dyea
VIII await ua a. Seattle.
"a considerable sum bias been placed In
my care Tor Investment Boo mines NV
own time will be pretty much taken ZOO
with organizing che banks. 20 my cousin.
samuel Hubbard who has had wide a..
perlonce in mining, win devote hla time
t1 examining my claims which may be-
offered for HHlo That will bo 1ia special
mission into the klOndlkf. Mr. Woicott
represents SeW York capitalists"