The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-29
EASY VICTIMS Of DISEASE.
Half the Scurvy and Typhoid
Cases IN Dawson Fatal.
HARDSHIP BREAKS MEN DOWN.
Few Consultations Vigorous Enouxh
TO Wtshataad the 0nsiauEht 81
ssckn~as-poofiy Prepared FooA
and Had Water Causes-Dr. r a.
z Hsefskes, of New York City
Teiis Of the Sanitary Condftions.

According 10 men who arrived on ;ae
steamer Cs1y sf Seattle yesterday morn
iax. There never was KNOWN sUea suUer-
ing AMI sickness as - nos the portion OF
the mex pertenced prrpecioFs In DA@~1a.
Most Of the deaths frcts typhoid fever are
O. men xho went Into that country iEIl-
properly equipped and VITO did not. or
could not. take proper care OK themselves
They ala poor fQcG. noS taxing nTss ID
cook H. and many CT them frequently
went TO sleep vita nothing 10 eat and IN
the wet clothing they had worn duilag the
day
A pruasnea. Eastern physician says hs
examined fngo the condition Of many men
and found that all they ate in days WAS
half-csoked aeans which did Rot digest
He sud yesterday that In the first two
weeks Of September he had seen dead bod
les being carried Up ard down tie streets
OF Dawson two or three at time lie
does not look for the plague 10 cease ANITA
TIE cold o: Winter sets d AMI every tainS
IS frozea-
DR. T. 4. e Boetzkes. OF New York.
whose libel Of the steamer Humboldt waen
the ship say a. the Arlington dock IN Al
gust, 1891. wita the Wood party aboard.
nearly caused q riot among the p2sSen-
gers. is In Seattle Tram Dawson and tSe
4
enc of tie .ew men en The Humboldt tnae
went into Alaska equipped with provisions
aud money 20 accomplish something ana
who even though tBe expedition did not
reach Dawson until last spring managed
TO make his trip a profitable venture.
Or. Uoetzkes Is native Of Germany. lie
was educated al one Of the most famous
scaools III the empsre. managed large san
itarsum in Switzerland. and pFasciiced .ils
profession for nearly thirty Yeas In Mex
York city. He made study OF the SAM
tary conditions prevailing On the Yukon. Ok
the diseases which are most fFeaaent
among the miners In the gold fields. and
OF questions concerning tie care OF the
sick IN the camps OF the Norm.
To Past-Ingelligencer reporter last u ght
ur RgetEhes sail salf the scEryy and sy-
phod cases in Dawson prove fatal, an APP
paliDg percentage IN comparison ~lta she
ireatmeG: OF typhoid In civilized commGAi-
Ties. He gives reasons for this condition az
affairs. showing thai the majority Of the
men ccm!ns into the country are 50 eiTla-
ciaGei ard weakened By worry and the
pfivAtlnns incident 10 travel IN TIE country
That they easily become victims nj disease
as soon as ;aey arrive in Dawson. bf-
Boetzses called attention 70 the fact tnat
While the Canadian government exacts
big royalty from tie miners and takes
hundreds II thousands Of dollars annually
from, the klond AZ, yet II does practically
nothing 20 relieve the terrible sanitary con-
.il;ions which prevail IN the metropolis CO
the Yukon.
No Drainage to Garry OF Filth.
The sanitary conditions surrounding
Dawson are far worse than you can in1aE-
inc" he said last night a. the Rainier
Grand THE place became a breeding
place FOR typhoid fever AS soon as human
beings came TO iahabst Il. The reason for
md 10
the muck and mess is frozen the year
round. The water remain. on Inc surface
There X no drainage. and she n.th remains,
hefculiag the water and scattering pFoa4-
east the germs Of disease.
Il was particularly Interested in watch
ing tn. development and treatment 90 ~
mold faver, dysenteTy and scurSy, 9aicA
are the mast common and most deadly DIS
eases OF the country. Typhoid attacks rs
victim when M arrives IN the klonGsAe-
Ills system IS usually run fown from nar1-
ships from oyerwCrn and from the insult
nt-eut quality Of The food. Foul water
i!loculates his system with fever or causes
dySentery. II is difficult 70 tell sometimes
where the one begins and TIE other leaves
The facilities FOR treating the sick have
been terribly inadequate. The ch!ef a2s-
PRIESTS. has room tor about thirty. and
taere were always over r hundred patients
In Il The physicians agencies FOR COM
hating the fever fresh milk. etc, are dif-
rrult 20 obtain This hospital turned away
women patients all summer because u cid
nc, have nurses for them.
Government Must Act.
THE Domlnlou authorities owe Il 10
themselves. 70 humanity ard 10 the people
Il Dawson - establish a large govern
meut hospital equipped wish means 70
fight the diseases have mentioned Thls
* easily possible. The government gets
big revenue from me gold miners. Il oug1.
- ~ Hra
providing for their wants. Dawscns fo1l
condition IAN b rered,e1- system OF
underground sewers y perhaps imprac1-
cable from tire fact tcat they wOa.1 freeze.
l>uf system OF removing garbage and
th- Ike can b. put into effect sica as "a
IN vogue IN some places IN Europe. have
- r~i1d cities n Germany where TIE bel
rock Is 20 close % the surface as - pre-
vent good drainage. The garbage - col
lec-ed. placed in one place and burned.
Some such measure a tais wiH have 70 -
adopted 81 Dawson II order 20 make -
possible for people % 1--we there
AS - ths klou1.ke ana me Yukon
Names there is hut ore Thing 70 say. ant
that Is that tl1A country Is one % "a
riches, @vsr discovered TIE go,1 - taere.
II does rot make any difference was; else
PEOPLE nay Say about tae kEoo1 ke its
ne go.f x ,heFe. L x everywhere. In
A}lska 49, nrines II tae districts opened Up
during tfs past year are proving - -
heavy rrsfuerrs q zutsI Dawson will hs-
r,-Y.a = r-a~e substantial. tcsvn IS t1e pecp.a
W. ar untitled tcr afe there leave The
country.
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IS wsfe and rs ~oC who x a Py8ctsc!ng
pAvst-5au He purchased claim NJ. ! 81
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