| Show f THE wEsT chinese great northern arrive at seattle scuttle wash nov chinese passengers on the great northern train which was tied up by was bouts between wellington and madilon Ma diton arrived in seattle today through an interpreter ter preter they told a representative of the united associated presses that while on the train they were given two meals a day for four days at the end of which time the food supply gave out and they were forced to walk u miles through enow from five t fifteen feet deep to a railroad section house where they were with three meals a day the postoffice post office announced this afternoon that but one eastern mail bad been received in seat tia aiace last sunday that one email in quantity cot in tuesday mornine owing to the crippled condition of the great northern everett and monte ariato railroads there is liable to be a serious food famine in towns in the cascades flooded district in fact mr mccarty a merchant of sultan city who is now here for the purpose of purchasing supplies said that it has already begun special dispatch rom snohomish Bno homish says the first party of miners who left monte arieto early this week to walk out to the lower town reached here yesterday the reason for this wholesale exodus of miners is a lack of pro visions in the mountain stored prom the report of the condition of the everett and monte cristo rail road it is evident that it will be a week at least before a train can reach monte cristo all the big mines at silverton goat lake and monte cristo have followed the example of the monte oristo minine company and sent out their men until the railroad could bring in more provisions there are from three to four hundred farmers in the snohomish Snob valley who are losers from the flood losses ranee from a few bead of stack to the lobs of their entire personal property |
