The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-11

cxe-x+,-rsz r,,S. think what the con-
dteso~ viii h~ when the men now goin4
IN and waiting 10 set IN arrive a. 80
son Here toe Is where the 1000 9eos
ton again piuches- I resils oTeau -
think OF what I am sure uanss hapssA
in there this winter because OF the short
age OF food
Worse Than Foolish
Not long since. shortly before ! iel,,
. representative OF SORT OF FoteS' s''s
association formed at Skagu7y came up
20 look over the ground and report BACK
TO his people After learning the .ruen
he had lis all sign q statement outAlnins
the exact facts and giving as our ADVICE
that It would be worse than toohsn "
come into Dawson. or in faot- any paScs
IN the region have not heard what
eject this NAV have had but I hope
those people Will heed the warning |
forgot 10 mention when speaking OF
wages that early IN the summer the
mine owners tried 70 reduce wages 70
SO q day. The men declined 10 accept
the reduction and after short tax ths
old scale was continued In force.
Yes. I was passenger on the Weare
that went on the sand and is stu there
OR was at last accounts We left Daw-
son City July "a We were about 50
miles below Circle City when the Weare
went on the sand. and 1t was August 10
before the j. ]. Healy finally got US
away. The delay meant great loss 10
some on board. Fortunately II did not
affect me financially but for all that IL
was very trying because we think II was
unnecessary. No ones knows how the ac-
cident happened. II was daylight. and
il seemed almost out of the question for
the weare 70 have got on the san'is- IL
she had man at the wheel II seems
she ought TO have avoided where she
- - ~
us were very much put out by the delay,
and so far as know none OF the pas
sengers left her satisfied. We did not
get what we thought we were entitled
to-we were not treated as We had been
promised he would be. and the delay
made matters worse. Then the company
held us again al St. Michaels after agree
ing 10 ship US on the first .oat. Every
thing on the wsare was transferred TO
the Healy. Nothing in the way of bag
gage was lost. do not believe she can
be foated. although her machinery may
possibly be saved.
sickness at Dawson.
There is much sickness at Dawson
City 1t is very unhealthy place, and
for some time past typhoid has been rag
ing. You can imagine what this means
up there where there are no facilities
for caring for invalids-little OF anything
absolutely necessary TO the recovery Of
the average typhoid patient. So far as
I could learn there is but one licensed
doctor in Dawson. and OF course he has
much more business than he can handle.
There are several other doctors about
the place. but they have no government
license and dare not practice. They help
out where they can. but it's tough to be
sick up there at the best. I do not know
how many cases there are at this time.
and I cannot tell how many deaths there
are at this time. but IL Is sufficient to
know that typhoid is raging in a place
OF that kind. You Just asked ME about
the smallpox reports too. I never
heard of any smallpox in the klondike,
and believe that has been a hoax of some
sort possibly sent cut with a purpose.
Lottie Burns is there in the forward
cabin now very sick with typhoid. She
came out from Dawson and came aboard
with the fever. Everything possible has
been done for her by all of US on the
down trip. but the chances are against
her recovery.
The Routes.
How about the routes? Knowing but
the one route through which / made my