Show pvn K 01 V T U ft I 1 V fa 11 i IN U every indication that men will F ace starvation in arctic L city this winter GOLD FROM KLONDIKE twenty five men bring plenty of yellow stuff TROUBLE FEARED AT DAWSON shortage of 0 rood food may cause a riot mounted police offer free transportation por tation to the food supplies at port fort yukon tho last boat that reached dawson was loaded with whisky and billiard balls no provisions were Lar carried ried no flour or bacon C can in be had I 1 seattle wash nov NON SS 28 anve nien men arrived here today on the city of 0 seattle direct from dawson damson city they mere deded III aided into two parties the thich last at one ot of which lett left dan damson son october irth tho the rany party consisted ot of thomas I 1 mageo mage sr thomas magee jr of san francisco bill gates jot joe boyle william huskings V F ickert eckert H robertson Rob eitson 11 raymond bert nelson john V 11 brauer W 11 cham bete beis 1 W AN pond el ash J ts thomas allwn wit ion P mcgraw jack dalton dallon william leek arthur celine joseph rail hum J smith T warren jim JAI I 1 stephenson henson they came out over tile the dolton dalton trail they are reported to bale laa e between them 3 in drafts arid and gold dust all tell stories of 0 it a food shortage in Da dawson sort that Is almost a famine the last fast person to leave dawson was w jick jck dalton when dalton dalion lett left the steamers alice ard della bella had reached there loaded light it Is said that the li vilas cargo cr insisted of 0 whisky and billiard balls site she brought I 1 yin no provisions the canadian mounted polk rollic e chartered ahoi the bella and gave ell all who wished iree irce passage to fort yukon the bella rl ella la in reported ted to have left about I 1 october with I 1 10 men melt according to lo I 1 th ho walen enla in made by members of the dalton party there Is I 1 liable hable to 10 be trouble of the mont MOHL serious kind this winter in dawson billy leak told one of 0 the men in aparto a party ahead of 0 him whom he met it at talla talia that all the people talk about at daw san eon was the food famine sten iten wire mare gathered Ba in groups and cumins with fill in might ir art and main the that were cons constantly coming into the KI klun n dike loaded with mith scarcely any pro provisions vi the mounted police were offering free transportation to the grub piles allies fu further r r down tire the yukon but to the cou count nt I loss iss ss hundreds who mho had labored hard gi all 11 through tile the summer accumulating it a grubstake the prospect was mas ting to say the least these men figured that it buld take them all chit savings in guld gold to ter pay their living expenses at rort fort yukon during the tinier inter and that in fit the spring they would mould not linco even enough gold left to pay money hack back to 10 dawson to sair pay nothing of at purchasing enough food to subsist until they could g eel ot started again to those these poor fellows the offer of the mounted po liev lice was mas no better than the prospect at dawson of being compelled compell fd to in min w inter of on halt half rations until the supply boats could reach the diggings in the spring SUFFERING CERTAIN famine staring many prospectors in the face rush kush to ft yukon seattle wash nov as in an interview today john W brauer the iho united stales mall carrier mho I 1 left t dawson city september rat fhaid alise th fre it only one salvation for t the a miners who are now flow at daws dawson 0 n CIET air jaud that Is for them to under Lako a ko the ilia awful winter inter trio from dawson da on lu I 1 pol foit t yukon it a distance of miles mile thre it 15 1 5 food at fort yukon theta Is alone at dawson and just as sure it fitt 8 the ilie shine terrible suffering will be the trie of jt tho the dawson miner unless he leaves theta before spring I 1 will wall make try statement nta loment conservative and way ray that when I 1 oft lett dawson the men who mere there had on an ail acciac four months food supply some LIM did not have bay Q u M sonio hall had four or fire the last fast restaurant closed tho night I 1 wt left it had been scaling voth nothing inor but beefsteak for which the hungry paid per pound when lh AM people realized that tile the boelig would not hi be up ul tile alor they know knew that starvation threatened thern them and tile the great stampede stamn ede began th the first to if arave ave went to fort yukon I 1 guests guess lh there a re wore were about ten in III ute tho par air th that left the arst diy daiy one boat that rame fame up EAP from dort yukon with sevet al newspaper men aboard amont among them bring being correspondent sa sam n I 1 will wall and a mr brought t the ile low that the Flam hamilton liton had anlo unloaded a ded n all 11 of af her let cargo ail and tried to lo get gel ovar i unbar ito firlit air and ballod in her en arle though she drew but two feet or of nater ater luls ibis increased the fire excitement und lind made the rush food centers nil ail the ir irre ater ator on september hah bert nelson of S seattle and myself loft 1 tt circle city and started stalled to role pole up the chor to arinson city a Ms distance tance of aillem at the time we me started front from circle city tho the miners had about all taken their tie de tt it took us eleven days and ahme hours hour to make inako the journey arriving at dawson damson city Seu cape hudson hudon with two indians indiana who had left fort yukon bent beat us into daw sort by about an hour and a halt half hon hen xon kon gathered the diminson Di daw LiNson son city miners together cT and made a fiort and advised all w alto ILO did not have provisions to last them all winter to either pet get out or of the country to of cl or try and reach doines lit in the yukon country anti try m where here it wu nitta known that food c could 1 lc e found 11 1 t 11 axt ani as the greatt 1 I ti in ft tile the of dawson city the th us ug loon anti a thay ali y heard the new made hasty a tiona to get out arid and nightfall saw raw there goll and men who nho can today sell ell to or prima many g thousands le leaving aling by the hit hundreds rid ed a tor I 1 loan down the aher anti anil up lip the river the little life steamer klukluk Klu kuk which was mao to make the trips from dawson to polly where jick jack Dal dallons tons trall trail w was brought brought into lit play toy mie was besieged d by would be passengers who offer onried ed as III hesli I 1 I 1 as SNO that they might bo be aboa aboard r cl while she made tier her journey ot of miles I 1 to 0 polly the klukluk Klu kuk left dl diw on oa 0 on n ill the e lift afternoon amoon on fcc alth ith t welve twelve or fifteen pia p ia congers the nett ilay day nc me made up a party including in luding herbert raymond a oc seattle bert nelson ot of seattle harry hairy robertson of san francisco anti ami myself we started up ill lira river in a small I 1 liver I 1 v e b bout bat at the some one ve me had used in going from rom circle city to dawson we loft left damson about 1 2 fl ili and were soon on our vay ft ay up the river ahil jack dalton left amison a couple of days liter later the there than was tin ilia same as ai a i it was when ihen we left led and I 1 can tell you about that in n very few words the only thing thine you cou could id Dop sibly luy buy was waa sugar baking powder apices mad and sonic some third dried fruit no hour flour bacon or anything of that kind could he bf purchased from any of tile the stores simply because they did not havo have them so long as tile tho stores hail baa I 1 any arvo eklons prices remained the same game I 1 want to say that the stores treated the men all right and never advanced the prices pi ices notwithstanding that they were mere aware ot of the shortage and knew that they had bad but to ask for high prices prie arid and receive I 1 know 0 of an ail instance where n 0 private party soll 1 to a miner a pack kick of flour tor for 76 75 and lacon bacon at M 1 per pound JACK DALTONS VIEW lie ho says gold cold Is plentiful but rood very scarce tacoma wash nov 28 the ledgers special correspondent rit at net met the members of the dalton party who just came dawson dam anti city headed by jack dalton joe W boyle of woodstock out ont and TV C gales 1 a c known as swiftwater Swift water bill B ial other 0 A I 1 members of the party parly are fre I 1 bcd r eckert milton flu Huckl cRins ns 11 it raymond I 1 john eliaser arid and bert nelson all of at seattle hairy ot of tacoma and a native by the name of indian charlie all well as several other men 1 w ho ct out in n a separate party pany when interviewed concerning present on I 1 con conditions d irions at dawson city and er mothr ili or in interior points pol nto mr air dalton stated A flat gold Is plentiful but bul food very scarce ile he does not however believe that actual starvation starve tion will i in many A instances ansta ri ces occur but has no doubt that much privation wilt will there lissome lafiore fee aln against ka in 6 t 11 the e tv efto large companies operating opera ilni there on account of their inability to rope cope with the situation it in reported by mr boyle that w when hen fit thi marguerite came up the yukon in september she was unable to proceed with her bar full cargo beyond fort yukon and left most mont of the lour flour aboard bringing into dawson a u large amount n of f whisky arc for the cuillo go of netting 9 larger profits than on tile the flour A still further she stage has haa be been caused at dason owing I 1 to a ili the a tact so act that when tho the hella bella came up from st ht michaels during the llast week in october she was stopped at circle city by ne nearly a r ly tw 2 aimed men melt arid ami forced to I 1 leave e five the larger part of 0 the cargo careo there capt hanson of tile the alaska commercial company then went to damson daw son called a 9 meeting and advised nil all men with sup allas to start mart tor for fort yukon 32 miles below danson city and about fifty dikty miles below circle city the mounted police were authorized authorised to force the departure of the men mail winter arid and the companas comp anys boat carried domn dow n men during the next iet few days nearly men arrived over the talla and kuay guay trails and ancl it li Is clair claimed ned that the birger part of these only had supplies tor for from one to three months SEIZING SUPPLIES dominion police announce their intention of so doing san francisco nov ON 28 the call has received via steamer city of seattle a letter from its correspondent sam W wall all who succeeded in reaching nw dawson city on september after a perilous trip in a small boat from port fort yukon he W wis ts the first to give the tha news to the peo plo file of dan dason eon of tile the failure of the relief ships to get up tho the river the kold gold seekers he says are arc confronted ca with famine and there will mill undoubtedly be intense suffering during the winter months what food there Is 13 will be made to go as tar far us its possible tile the dominion police have announced their intention of seizing all superfluous stores fares especially those belonging to gamblers and the disreputable clement and dividing tilam pro rats rata among ilia hie famishing citizens everything ble will be done to alleviate the distress but at best bent the outlook Is in extremely gloomy i and starvation threatens to be the fate of many STORES CLEANED OUT last lots of flour sold for per far sack seattle lle wash nov 29 ir if A for gusan one of the passengers on the city at 0 seattle paid ald tire the situation cit at hawson dawson aas as rell relieved eved by the exodus to fort yukon I 1 doubt it if there will be any a starvation there jhc r but there hero will be IL 1101 tage the old have provisions to coiry them through thia blares are practically cleaned out all they would sell was five pounds of sugar to the man flour could not bo bought at rat all one or two sucks sacks were mere quickly picked up ill amo S 00 OO a sack eack wages are still mill 13 15 a a day but they are sure to iso go down to 10 tj 33 by next a summer and 0 8 a day there is i no better than U 1 50 a day out outside sille 1 I cannot pay bay how much dut was brought out out our party clurid p ft c little I 1 raving having a rafts instead r to navigate tho the yukon yew nom yolk nov as g tho the south frio uth portland and for foi formerly merly the carolle carolie miller which was once seized us am a 0 filibuster hns has been purchased by it a and Is ILI to be put lolo into condl tion 1011 for service sol vice between seattle and rl gt lill hIp alaska the south portions ond bring of light draft will at times be able to navigate the yukon |