The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-29
RELIEF FOR THE STRANDED.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT MAKE
THE FIRST MOVE AT RESCUE.
Agents at telegraph Creek and Ha-
sleton Authorized to Aid Men in
Dtstress-Dr. Bennett, of Halifax,
Teiis His Terrible Experience.

sp@cal D.spa.ca 70 the F0s.-In;elllgsacsr.
VANCOUVER. e. {. Sept. 2s.-The QueS-
t.9a Q. sending relief % ,ae hundreds %
uEfor.ana-es stranded CT the Asacrof;
tran 10 the k.5u6iae has seen carefully
CONSIDERED ey uiae provincial authorities.
ard while the action taken 20 many ap-
pears weak. considering ire seriousness %
the situation. l. - exactly along Inc LINES
advocated - J. A. Grey. ore CO The re-
turned miners. w11sa views ware publish
ed IL ne P1xt-I2,sl,! gsreer.
II Vas tecl6=i3 o Immediately send wo-i
% the government agent at Telegraph
CreeA 70 render cry assistance n his
Power 20 tie 1.st-es sci miners and 20 ne
manager az ths Eue=3n's Say Company
store a. HaZel.oG 10 s-p.y I.s- Il need win
provisions.
I: IS between tAsse svo points ttai -
many zen a-e SAD 20 q DOW II ore dis
tress and as many Q. than. according 10
apparently rel.aoie reports. can ne!;Aer ad-
vance nor came hack se.!sf NIL have 20 5e
sent out from e!,5.sr EzzsI.o.. or Telegraph
10 make TIE government, move uore Ell
tsctlve.
TIE appeals to- the Dispatch G. relie.
for the Ee!Cded pros peciors have been ne.
WITH The or ina; his. tina, and ne
otAe- source O. or sal Information fats
10 give any ntira.!on Of 50 serious 4 cor
Gitsoa az affairs as reported BY men MO
have actually gore ever the trail
Evidence. However. aecuTn&tates 1871!
ether sources tEat terrible condition OF
i-aHiey. MO has jas reformed :ron Cas-
STAR. brings a letter from d. John p Ben
nett. Of Hatfax, y s. dated az sylvester
Landing. September 8. ISIS. which confirms
r,Gch Or what has been told o. the ASA
croft and Edmonton routes. Or. Bennett.
who Is graduate Of Rush cclege. vas
eusaciated beyond belief when Mr. FTaw.
ley found him. He Was IN the h@art 6:
Casstar making feeble efforts 10 prepare
for winter having decided that lie ana Ms
party could rot pos~. by get through f2e
doctors letter reads:
Il have Just arrived here (Sylvester land
ins} Ell T5ute - he klonGtAe over the
Edmonton IoJte. ard must say that II
Is the most internal swindle that ever was
placed IN frcnt % tie pubic.
Il left March / ard have been travelling
ever since over country &aouN3:ng IN
moss foGs and fallen timber, Our tvSs were
always N danger In rafting rivers ana
creeks Only che man. Cayuse G. ah1m
has ever gone north from Peace river, and
he told me the route was simply awful.
TENDER. 1897. ard arrived here IN August.
only after buying new outht and horses
died or The way. Tnere Is. Httle gold
around Peace river. the best bars paying
only s, a day. 1t Is the same in other
The tran IS lined with Disguised min
ers. and hundreds VIII never get halfway
th-s year. and. having no hay for their
horses. What are theE gong 70 60! II :
70 he hoped that the press VII do all in
rs power 10 let the public know that the
Edmonton route is imprsct.clble.'
After describing the horrors OF the trail.
DR.. Bennett shows the following distances
he has Travelled. and he IS not yet half
way 10 he kio1dike:
Edmonton TO Slave lake. 800 miles.
slave lake 10 Peace river crossing. so
miles
Peace river crossing TO Fort Graham
3Gn miles
Fort Graham 10 Sylvester landing. 900
miles
Hundreds OF men are now scattered along
these 1850 miles, and they have Jared
even worse than the weil-eQupred Cana
dian mounted police, Or. Bennett puts the
pertinent query, What are they going
10 do?"