The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-12
PEOPLE WILL STAkVE.
John y. Maioncy out Fram Dawses--
All the Feed Already Con-
s~wrEmd Far

tracfed FER.
y left Dawson August = bad reports
from the city ojghs days after. AZ that
,sne ne boats bad arrived with food ard
the people Were very naeh excited. Every
BIZ a. feed IN the city had been contracted
far. taere vas not sufficient there 70 feed
the peopls until spring. and unless beats
arrive from 81. Mlchael with food TIERS
VIII be actual starvation in THE kianalks
this w.atsr That Is not idle talk. thas i
simply cold. hard facts. Fifty people were
70 leave there September > and coma cut
overland - juneau Scarcity - feed q
drsvsus them away. When h became
known that was going 70 take a party
cut fyom Dawson on Aagnst = I had 80
applications gor passage on the little
steamer that took as fifteen mites aDove
Peuy r.ver. These people wanted 20 coma
out because they know that there VIII os
actual starvation. ard they dld not cara
70 BE among the victims"
John f. Maloney. who arrived IN thls
clty last night OF the steamer city of To-
pcka. made that important statement 20
q East-In:ellsEt acer reporter, lie Is
lawyer az Juneau and the partner of Jack
Daltou, the father OF tae great Dsltoa
TRAN. lie vas az Dawson FOR tweuty-slHs
days. having arrived there August I. liz
led out the Galvin party. which came 10
thls city Saturday nsxht on the Rosalie.
He took hls party frcn Dawson IN the IT.
tle steamer Ru3k7lk. whieh went nfteen
miles above Pslly river. There The tran
was taken and the trip made 20 the south
coast over the Dalton trail on horseback.
Maloncy is conservative mar. For years
be has aen the lawyer q the Treadwel
Mining Company. when ssea at the But
Ter. soon after his arrival In the clgy. hs
admitted that he bad no particular desire
% speak as ne was compelled 10 do about
1he condition of Affairs At Dawson.
'-The trath S." said Mr. MaIoney that
stories have been sent ous from Dawson
70 the effect that Dawson wim have sum-
oieat food 20 keep the people going untn
spring. Now that Is untrue, and any oas
who has beeB 80 Dawson during the nast
few months knows that il Is untrue. Ths
situation there = very serious Yon must
realize thar. after my statement that 20
people wanted me to lead them oat on fhs
last trip. ! refused because dls not have
room Tor them. I agreed to handle aboat
af;y IN addition 10 those had Just
brought out, ! arranged before I left
Dawson 80 have them cone out. leaving
there September as They viii be ca.
sometime this month. probably about ths
some time this month. probably about ths
Many q them woula not leave she
country we're & not for the fact that foos
Is scarce. I know great majority II
The people at Dawson because they soms
from Juneau. I was Interested IA the foaf
question. ard I talked with them about
g. They an admitted that the situation
was very serious and fhat starvation
would likely strike down some unicxs tbs
beats arrived from tbs west coast. do
nor see that there Is any chance for n
heat 20 arrive. As say none had reach-
ed there september or g. and while GO
fng up the Yukon We found the water
very low Thai was an Indication fha,
any attempt Or tks part Of tha river
ags aners from ST. Michael 70 reach Daw-
son would result Ia failure have 10
desire 10 say anything that VIII cause
Ecare bgt 5he truth - the truth ard rnigh.
as weH 10 known. When men are nuA-
dlsd together IN q Htfs top-n way up IN
the Areris coan,ry. want food. offer
mcuey Ter it. can't set e ara there Is 70
chance Of any coming iato tho country
fog another six or seven months. IL dos
rot lasE as though happiness would reign
supreme.
! viii Hot talk about ths gold q: Daw-
rcn Citr- L g like teulns these Eastern
ers shout TIE great eaimon catches II
Alaska They eca't Ten yoa that yoa IT,.
but they say &c bshlns your hack Now.
] k1sw Iss. about what the R-5ndike =
sr.rg 90 80 81 the matter * Yisldlng gsla.
h.4t doat care 20 be quoted The n.aa
ws3 wlg come out having there on seq
tr12ter &C. vsg rot have n1aeh bscaune
r fsas1 81 allow them - bring Il. IS
c1n't carry f.. why VIZ Iast three horses
tsis srp. ara laere is 20 necessity ef XIII
lng shy noEs-
EVERY creek la the countFy la fua o,
gold Yes fhe clean-up 1sxt year wla -
no-e thaa * oaog0. ~. aso't pus lt n -
pager a. coming fram ire. d1a't Wlsa
- 30 easrae-es.ze1 ss nsa wba Secs aos
tsa tie trafa- WAY. ysaeE Alex Ncuoa-
sl1 Rho nsed 50 D. d9Nn n nsy coaasFy.
weat w. fherB a year ago without even
a rrahstake- To-day he has lntereats ia
tveaty-sevsa eiains ard wla take oss
3 81 sf ia sas spring. Jsht before lsst
81 gave 80 teNars tae erection - he.-
FsA Ha % Lay wsTk waea re- rea1ses
there ard as fasf rs be u.aas menry
Pc ha2gAt Interests n oshsr claims. Ia
tra. Eay - 1aae hinssls F!h. I eosss
.ea q plenty - e1hers wAo aTe wealthy.
bar Z se9u.4 ds 10 sess. nsf - q ustter
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