The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-11

sing for Chance to Huy Food.
No roseate hue OF promise. such as IL
commonly supposed TO hover over the FL
dorado Of The Upper yukon gold fields
Lac an aurora oorsslis. ;.nges the ac-
coanIs brought down from Alaska by pas
scLsers on The steamer City of Seattle.
wh-eh arrived here last night ~ $50
o'clock
On board were two more pilgrims from
the and ot gold TO the land of grub Ihey
are e. A. Brown and James Clarke. These
men are tae last % arrive FROM Dawsoa
C-yy, Northwest Territory. They left that
eAioi 'ana'e town September and after
a hAFo tramp through fords aud over
mountain passes covered with sno~.
feacAed Haiues' mission October 2
Ihty report that bad luck had OVER
t@Aea the Ihorp party. which left here
on the steamship FaTailon September &.
ACCORDING 30 the narrative given Post
lnJelllseucer reporter last night th.
Ihorps were camped on ihe summit Of
the terrible Chnkat pass September ~.
Win snow 70 The depth OF more than a foot
on the ground for miles in front OF them.
They had lost fifteen Of their horses ro-
ing over the mountains and eleven head
o. cattle had succnnbed from exhaustion.
AEFee men, who accompanied the
Ihorps. turned back at the summit. con-
vinced that they we're throwing thelr i've.
away if they attempted 20 proceed far
tAer. They were +. A Throckmorton and
l. x. Radcliffe two newspaper e0rre-
spon0ents. and c. A. Hoffman. whom thav
employed TO help them pack their outfits
10 the kloHdike. They say that there IA
no i9oAS ole cnance for Thorp TO get his
party and their outfits through this win
ter and that II they persist in the UNDER
taking they viii surely perish in the big
yards that prevail in the lnhospltable re-
gion from early in October until May.
Al Dawson City the situation grows
more serious daily The inhabitants az
the place had maintained a vigil Of weeks
watching for the arrival OF a steamer
loaded with food that would save many a
man from starvation. They did not know
that the steamer Hamilton, on which
they had based their hopes, had gotten
only as Tar as Fort Yukon and was there
compelled 10 turn back TO St Michael
AT the Alaska Commercial Companv.s
store az Dawson crogi OF meu number
ing sometimes fifty were seen daily linef
up in front OF the doors begging for an
opportunity 10 purchase sustenance for
themselves and their partners In the
mines. As fast as one man was waited
on the doors were unlocked and another
would De admitted. Then the click OF the
latch would De heard. bolts would slide Ia
place 20 make impossible a raid from me
ADMINISTRATION men. and a sack Of -four
would be doled out. together with a few
pounds Of bacon.
No one could secure more than barely
enough 10 sustain life for a few weeks.
To those who We're preparing 70 leave.
food enough was given TO last them over
the tran TO salt water. Everything pos
sible was being done TO encourage men to
leave.
On Ausust p the ofica of Gold Commis-
sioner Fawcett was entered by burglars
and sum OF money appropriated. -Four
ibousand FIVE hundred dollars was stolen
This is the first serious robbery to be re-
ported at Dawson.
The ThoFps in Distress
The gravesf fears are entertained for
the safety Of the Thorp party. which n
e!uded Willis Ihorp, a man of 90 years or
1Ee and exJerianced in travelling over tho
p4alns and mountain ranges Il Alaska. MS
ON. Edwin Thorp. George stew art. of IA
coma; l. Winteuholen. IS. G. Thorn. <
= Thorp fthe latter nephewF of tne elder
Thorpf a Stewart. of Puyallup H.
Fletcher .. " Roberts and l.. Herd
nger The last three we're employed bv
willis Thorp. They drove with them a
band ~ ninety cattle ard sixty horses
The cattle were rat becves ard COWS. a3d
.he larger ~ the steers were 10 BE- used
a. pack enimais. They took a quantity ~
provisions snd feed Tor the horses. but de-
pended on the stock grazing along the
route
Throckmorson and Radcliffe left tha
Tho-Ts ca the summit OF the Chi1kat
noUrtalrs September = They had then
been eut seventeen days. They had lost
iftfen horses from exhaustion and eleven
sead ~ cattle had succumbed. EsdcHTa
4ud Inra Em9rtuD are two newspaper
.or~es spondents wao had intended going
through "a Dawson. They we're vel
zsppijad With pack h3rEes and provisions.
raey sold sae food and supplies % Thorn
.f Seattle prices and made hln q present
Il the horses
Tt rad showed f3r several DAYS befsrs
r hrock79orton ard Eadei re determined
8 ka tae trail ard return % ~lviflga-
Jon. on tae summit was a. least e foot
3 snoE. They were told by the Calvin
1arty .hat the STOW line extended for ~
east Gfty mlies beyond tae summit and
Fas gruNtng iarEer ss additional storms
aied up tHe drifts on the mountain sides.
ts tse Calvin party came upon taa
Thorp PARTY they wers nudiled beh "a
be shelter * a peak and seemed con-
used. Tley had lost the tran and some
itsle time Waa consumed GA finding q
gain. Sorre ~ Tn0rp's associate were
looming oisheartened. bat Th1rp h3r1-
elf wso Is mar o. stern VIII ara great
.estlan that they turn back
Cbarae ard Brown nat the The~pr 80
ay following ard shst~ re9ort - The noat-
eT lg OK the same tenor rs taAt given ~
-trecAfocrfon and padcltEe.
Tne opinion pTeTais among people az
Ealres Mission ard IL is shared b. tas
Members = she Gavin party. sHat thers
e 70 possible hope far the TroTTrs get
lr< through - E2wson fhi8 winter.
5earge " Bounds - Tac1na. wao took
na srst herd - reef cattle % Dawson IN
~ x-8s ore - lhe Sesttie's passenger.
.av.uR eoua oua ever tas Dalton traI
gffa CsaIttn a.a hsa rartF. AIRS Bounds
eeauspanle4 RIM. wa king al out about
Il cen fnJes of tAe waV. Bounds eN-
,eTl.u-e ~ driving catcls 90 the yukon
sskaa ais statement concern. NJ -he Thorp
.ar~v vaiuacIH lie sad azs n1Nat.
-eEnless every c3Ecausa lance f4vofs
-A8rD. ne wlll uof gef farther thar taS
'eIIey river. y - reaches that point. I
o cot believe his preGaeAmsat is quite a.