SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 18. -- Joseph Ladue, the owner of the town site of Dawson City, Alaska, the nearest town to the Klondike section, started last night for his home, in Plattsburg, N.Y.

HARD JOURNEY WITH $6,000 Crossed the Chilkoot Pass Amid Ice and Snow -- He Dared Not Face Starvation in the Klondike -- Will Return in the Spring. Share full article. Nov. 11, 1897.