The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-03
WILL BE A FAMINE.
aETuRxEp xIoyDIKER TELLS Of
THE DAWSON OUTLOOK
n~s~rffne sksgusy for Cfxsifsa-
uon--sfesm~r FarsIien Arrives
with on~ Hundred Passengers

Reservations o. tire storses Ia circulation
shos1- q probe BE famine at D4wso1 City
this winter were brought down OF the
Fnesnaar Fa-zIon. which arrived a. s
o'eaocx yesterday morning. There Vas
aboard r. A !. Lang who LEFT Dawson
Csg August $ ard came back 20 ciyiliza-
ton over tire Dalton trail
According 20 Lang. before n. left the
stores had already ceased selling pro-
vfsson ard restaurants we're closed be-
cause they had nothing 70 cook. lie con-
tiuuedg
''s0twithxtancsnS that many Of TIE min
ers are leaving the KIondaks. I believe that
provisions Will be scares rfsere this winter.
] expect from 20 to DO miners 20 return By
way Of shs Dalton trail during the next
fev weeks. 70 say nothing q those who VIII
50 o1t By ST. Michael. There l. too much
whisky ard too little provisions shipped
there. think the shipping companies are
doing more Of that sort of thing than they
snogl6.
There we're nine head Of cattle driven 20
Dawson City shortly before / left. and
four % them were butchereA. The best
meat from these animals sold for S8 a
pound. and even soup bones were worth
" cents. Elk meat bF0aght 81 and sI.z5 a
pound.
i left Dawson CITY fl company with two
ether men, Garish and Davis / went in
over she Dyea trail last May. and did con-
siderable prospecting but / did 10, locate
claim and feared 10 Jose my rights nth
could make q good selection. We each
Guiding blankets. We went up the Yukon
20 Five Fingers, and thence followed the
Dalton trail. The summit was crossed in
snow storm September q. Indian guides
showing us the way The snow was two
feet deep IN places. Ii took us twenty
seven days from Dawson CITY to reach ths
shore"
Lang says he left the Thorp party twenty
miles this side OF the summit. and he
doubted i they would get through.
From Judge InGersoII.
Frank 3. Iagersoll. attorney and justice
0f the peace OF Seattle, returned from
skag9ay and Fort Wrangel on the Faral-
Ion. lie says that there VIII be few peo-
pie left - Skagusy within a very short
time.
"AH OF the men on the Farallon." said
he. seemed 10 think that everybody Il
getting away from Skaguay. II is raining
there all the time. Many Of the people
are going 70 Juneau to winter and many
are coming 10 Seattle TO remain until
spring. There VIII be few remain there
except those poor fellows who have not
enough money 20 pay their way out.
Y saw John II. Hayden, ir.. at Fort
Wrangsi last Monday. He Is one Of those
vine went uoTth on the Bristol With him
are several from Pennsylvania. When ]
cav them they were building their boats
AZ Nransel, and Intended 70 start up the
stlckeen Wednesday. They will 90 the
$50 miles 20 Telegraph creek. then overland
20 Lake Teslin and down the iio0talinqua
river. One OF the Hayden party took M
fourteen goats from Victoria, 20 use to
draw their sleds.'
Almost as soon as he arrived judge In
gerson heard tho saw news OF the death of
his father A. n. Ingersoll at Martinburg
". Va. September q. The latter was So
years old and engaged in the agricultural
business. He leaves daughter. who lives
at home With her mother and a son in Gin
clnnau Mrs. Ingsrsou. tbs attorneys
mother. is also seriously H.
George A Taylor. OF Ashland. WIS was
accidentally shot IN the ankle while cross
ing near Crater lake, but has gone on to-
ward the Yukon.
Cyrus Atwell a marine engineer. who Is
son Of Deputy Sheriff AtwelI returned
On tho Farallon. lie was in the avalanche
~ Sheep camp and vividly describes his
experiences. He says they had 20 hire
men 20 guard their camp from probable
foods two nights. He lost everything that
Was In his tent except his valisc. which he
found floating on the water. The goods lost
we're valued at 500
Another passenger on the Farallon was
William Waechter. Of Spokane. who Went
norfh ou the Rapid Transit with eighty
head Of cattle. The herd was sent on over
tho Dalton trail Mr.. Waechter VII soon
return north with horses and provisions
other passengers were Henry Rratnoher
snd col A. Lambert representing the
London Exploration Company under tho
control of the Rothschlds who have been
gathering data Lieut. s. T. Adsir Fifth
United States cavalry who has been In
ala ska since the middle ~ August in The
interest - "A syndicate of San Francisco
end II Paso. Tex. men col .. O. Oar
row Of Montpelier Ind. formerly Of Den
ser and q. n. Coivin and r. \. Garrett.
~ Seattle
The steamer Resale was passed hy the
farallon at Fort Wransei September %.
FaraiIon's Passengers.
The Farallon's passenger list w4s AS fol-
lows
From Juaesu-A. ;. Dayton. - Rey-
rolds William kinsey. } T. Memfe r A
carratt y H. Catwalt8der col barrow
p \ Lang Theodore Nicou NJ. a. Had
naueh. IL NJ Targart I.,ai Affair O. r.
tcivtn. Mrs Stitt, G.. - Atw elI y J No
Arthur T. Reilly Mrs A. NJ kl7tt Mr.
Eratnober. Col. Lambert ". Wsechtef and
e. n Stewart
From skaguay F. r. loeer<ou. Mrs.
Hamilton J. r. Richardson r r. Turk
= Burnett J. palhs. R Stevens. G.
III I