The herald., 1897-08-03
SENT BACK.
BY POLICE
And Compelled to Return
to the Coast
PROVISIONS FOR ONE YEAR
rs THE PASSPORT OVER THE
BRITISH LINE
PROVISIONS FOR ONE YEAR
Even the Miners Now at Dyea Will
Not Reach the Interior This
Season
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire
TACOMA, Wash, Aug. 2-The steam
er Queen, which arrived from Alaska
this afternoon, brought word that the
mounted police of the Northwest terri
tory are meeting all people bound for
the Yukon country at the British line
beyond White and Dyea passes and
compelling all who have not one years
supply Of provisions to return to the
coast. But few of the fortune seekers
who have left Tacoma and the Sound
within the last few weeks for Dyea or
| Skagway had crossed the passes into
the interior when the Queen left Dyea
| July 2S.
| The first pack train over White pass
was expected back at Skagway the day
| the Queen sailed from there. Rev. AL
| fred Hummer of Oakland, Cal, went
asohre at Skagway and reports he was
| told by two men there that it would cost
$400 to have their supplies, weighing 2000
pounds, carried over the pass. Mr.. Kum-
mer and Captain Carroll of the steamer
warns everybody not to attempt to enter
the country until next spring. The cap
tain says not even those who are now at
Dyea will be able to enter the interior
this winter, principally because supplies
! cannot be got over the passes. Indians
are hard at work packing, and all horses
available are pressed into service. Men
can pack they say, but seventy-fiv
pounds one way and the round trip is
seventy-two miles
The Queen met the steamers Mexico,
City of Topeka and Islander bound for
Alaska, with full lists of gold seekers.
all well.
The Queen brought no late news from
the Mines but reports that 400 people are
camped at Skagway bay and fifty at
Dyea. They are unable to have goods
taken in to the lakes, as the packers can
not handle the business. There will be
a terrible crush there when the boats
which left here after the Queen, seven
! in number, arrive. 1t is safe to say that
not half the men will get away from
Skagway bay this year, and even with
the large number of horses on the way
up it will be impossible to handle all the
freight.
AND MORE COMING
SEATTLE, WASH. August 2.-The
steamship Willamette, advertised to sail
from Seattle for Dyea tomorrow, will
not get away until Thursday. When
she does go she will carry 800 people and
300 head of horses, the largest load that
ever left this port. The steamship AL
XII sails tomorrow with about 200 people.
The Rapid Transit goes tonight with
26S horses, and the George e. Starr is
billed to leave tomorrow with 100 pas
sengers and 100 horses.
A NEW LINE
TACOMA, August 2.-The big ocean
steamer City of Seattle has been char
tered by Tacoma company and will be
used exclusively on the Tacoma Alaska
run. The Tacoma company expects to
have several other boats on their line,
and will touch at several sound ports on
the route. The steamer City of Seattle
will probably be the first one of the
new line to leave, and will accommo-
date several hundred passengers.
OLD TIME MINERS
SALT LAKE, Utah, August "A
special to the Tribune from Caldwell,
Idaho, says: Eight of the old timers
of Caldwell left here today for Seattle.
They have engaged passage for Juneau
on the steamer Queen which leaves on
the 7th. They go well provided and will
remain in the Yukon two years.
A CRUEL HOAX
PORTLAND, Ore, August 2.-The
story sent out from Port Townsend that
the steamer Portland had been wrecked
en- route to st. Michaels caused con-
hey
There are on board the Portland about
400 passengers, most of whom are from
this city.
A BARK BOUGHT
TACOMA, Wash, Aug. 2.-The Ia
coma and Dyea Transportation COM
pany has bought the bark Shirley, 1O47
tons, from the Tacoma Mill company.
and will dispatch her from Tacoma with
passengers, horses and freight between
August 5th and tn.
Work on the steamer City of Seattle
which will go into the Alaskan trade. is
being pushed to the utmost She is be-
ing altered, additional accommodations
for $50 men are being put in.
CANADIAN POLICE
VICTORIA, B. c., Aug. 2-Fifty-four
mounted police will leave here this
month for the Yukon.
LOADED FULL
VANCOUVER, Aug. 2-The steamer
Danube left today for Dyea. She was
loaded to her full capacity with passen-
gers and freight for the Klondyke gold
fields.
TARIFF REPRISAL
SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. AT meet
ing of the chamber of commerce. tonight,
in conjunction with merchants and ship
pers of this city, resolutions were adopt
ed memorializing the secretary of the
treasury to abolish the privilege hereto
fore extended to Canadians of bonding
goods in shipment through American
territory, and .also to rescind the action
establishing supports of entry at Dyea,
Skaguay and Circle City. This. action
is taken in retaliation for what is here
deemed the harsh and injustiflable
measure proposed by the Canadian gov