The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-13
6ee y elmer Plans q Relief
pedifioa to Klondike.
- Ass<s s1s.o 900 ron TIVE TRIP.


A1eee 70 pay t75,0oo George r. elmer and
eunbef of other brave and sturdy men
10 ars Il present making their home In
IS ln11ns will agree to land in Dawson. "
=, within sixty days 5000 pounds OF
o9tstons. That was the important tea
~ news which came TO this city yesterday
hlkesnooa on the steamer City Of Topeka
3uot how these men viii fulfill their con-
1snet 4 the government consents to enter
into = y question which they alone can
answer, and until they know whether o.
not they are to be retained for the Inn
QftAnt m:ssion they refuse to divrige any
thing. Il is known, however. that they
Aate In the neighborhood OF 500 pouasly
~ food cached at Lake Bennett They
Aunmer. It IL cached and In fine condI-
[ MN.
Timer, It Is said expected to come down
! en The City OF Topeka, but Gtfaer matters
NetAined aim and he will not be able 10
lave Alaska until the next steamer. Then
8 Ac Will come to Seattle. unless he changes
Nh present plans aud wires his proposi-
t1on 70 the Washington authorities. Owing
y e tho fact that Secretary of War Alger
has had charge of such matters Timer
VIII communicate directly with him. n
the government Will enter into the con
tract Timer and his men viii at once na-
dartake TO full,i IL. They feel satisfied
that they can carry II out. and II they faIi
Then they viii not look TO tho government
q 70 pay them. But If they succeed i'm get
ting a part of the food into Dawson they
Viii look TO the government Ia give them
something for the feat--fof "A feat IT viii
De-
Men who returned on the City OF Topeka
eaid they had heard OF ulmer's plans ard
believcd that he wcaid be able TO carry
Ah6m into effect. While the undertaking.
= one Of the severest and creates, In The
history OF the great cold country OF the
north, Indians who have Travelled Is
mountain passes for years and are a.
0uafnted With every foot OF the country.
even though II be buried under avaanefes
ct snow. have admitted that the Journey
can be made and the food safely landed -
Dawson. One of The trails would be fos-
lowed. probably the Dalton. and dovs
a would be used In the undertaking. Entl
Z epJnething further ls heard from Timer IL
u VII be Impossible 10 tell any OF the pro-
posed plans.
Tho price which Timer VIII demand may
seem exnrisstart. hit r. as clnsmpt. star
q walton VIII follow n failure Of the govern
Went 20 sftsd the desired relief the sum
fl'aks into ins'gnihenItee. Men who left
BaWfcn last arr positive In their stale
ruentn that ths ecnntry Will undergo hard
shlrs and suffering n they do not &c. fget
before spring They do not believe that
shcrc viii be any lives sacrificed. but they
tell very plainly the horrible condition az
NJ airs that Will surely exist The words
& cf United States Mail Carrier nrauer are
81 III fresh IN the minds of every nepsea-
4 per reader He Is one of the party tia.
Il came 10 this city on the same steamer thu,
mad aboard the Dalton party. grsauer and
his friends left Dawson few days before
Dalton. and his party. Brauer said at the
time OF his arrival here! There Is onlv
s ono saivatiou for tho unfortnnHtes at paw-
e0n and that IL fer them 10 fee or suffer
= There ts not sufficient feed 10 keep then,
eolng until spring. Long before that sess-
q tnn OF the year arrives the hungry ones of
that far-awas city in the Yukon courl~v
Will be numbered by the thousauds
think that ali told there IL enough food
IN the city to keep itN population goiag
for. say four months HUT Il VIII he 1emE
after those four months are ut an end b.
fore the Yukon viii t4 opeu To navigator
and the boats Ut Fort Yukon able 10 ~,
up the river 20 the suffering city. Thf
people 1T Dawson may escape by unsf r.
taking the awful Journey to For, yukon
IS otherwise they Will have hard time al
II.
Jack Stephenson and r II Smith twa
men who came out with the Dalton psrty
Is we're passengers on tho Topeka Mr.
r omiih said last night that no word wtif-
4 evar had been received from DAw-ar
olHce the arrival of the Dalton party '''f'as
next man | took for 10 csus cut IA Iaa
OsBrIcn tho storekeepea ~ Dawson sais
Mr.. Smith iaHt night ''lie WAS about "a,
only main knew Of sho Was tiS.a for M.
& TRIP He shaad show up ~ spyea within
i the next four weeks"
I There has hren talk that Jack naltor
4 would undertake "a lead Il reisef exnett
4 tlon When he returned from the Nar.E
4 recently he was asked about e. asla ht,
! answer 10 a t-fntelngeuce. Reporter,
question was: II cannot riseuss that sow
4 hut Dalton. II IL ssisi thinks that an "a
would he able % make : successful tour
nsy and give Dawson the relief needed
Steamer City of Topeka. Cart Waii4ee
arrived yesterday afternoon at $50 from
lnreau which port she left peceFaheF :
The Topeka brought no late news ffuu
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