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by two other men-and | want TO tell you
that the trip was anything but pleasant.
II rained during the day and showed at
night. and We had no tents or other pro-
lection from the clements. After reach
Ing Circle City | fioated down the river
to Fort Yukon and there boarded the
steamer Bella on her last trip to Dawson.
This was late in September. We reached
Dawson October I.
II spent two and one-half months in
Dawson. the capital of the Klondike dis
trct. During that time I examined the
mines on Eldorado and Bonanza creeks
thoroughly. They began work on the
claims early in the winter and good pros
poets We're the rule throughout the camp.
This was especially true of Sulphur and
Dominion creeks. You can quote me as
saying that the gold output for the camp
Tor this winter VIII run over $lo.0eoo00. II
may reach a much larger figure but have
no desire TO appear 10 be too optimistic.
There IL no doubt that had there been a
sufficient supply OF food, the production
or the precious metal would have been
much larger. The claim owners were snx-
sous enough TO employ men but the ques-
ton invariably was: How much food
have you got This was asked OF every
applicant fer work. If the reply was that
the applicant had enough 10 last him two
months. generally speaking his services
were declined What the mine owners
wanted was men who had enough pro-
visions TO last them through the winter
they would not employ help unless this
condition was fulfilled
IT IS my belief that there will be no
actual suffering for food-at least until
spring sets in. During the cold weather
man car do very well in that country
on bacon, beans ard -four. But when the
weather grows warmer. OF course, they
must have n change Of diet Then there
VIII he trouble. There is no variety ot
food In the can1p. II does not follow that
Deople Wit starve, bgc 7 would rot care 10
UNDERGO the changing conditions In the
CAMP In the spring q the year without
sufficient variety ~ eslihles.-
Mr. Rank purchased a number % va,,,-
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CAPT. RAYS LETTER TO j. j. HEALY.
Bat 800 Tons Of Supplies Fort Yakon
SHOT Starving Men,

Fort
Yukon o
.-.n. r ua,,r ,auuo, w 90
dispatches
but find in fact both
Circle reliably
knowledge that between = and men calling henses miners had or
a
If this before day they declared
would by
notfee whit
fused explained I
a in
unarmed When within one-half mile
until they consult saying they had cache
wash
firing convinced ne told
to
touch the cache He and returned about
II found
Win holding him IN event should attack
las matters feeding all the destitute
balance All
the cache in
This
" and Samsd urge i'm acton tbrog vor friends tb s
the public good Very truly yours, in haste
Eighth Unite States
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hope for an impartial hearing.
II the charges are substantiated Smith
will land In the penitentiary. Reports
OF the commissioners acts. bordering on
illegalty. have been received here from
time 10 time. and passengers on the
steamer who are familiar with the situa-
ton believe it will so hard with the Of
fetal
Crushed His skull.
passenger named Genge on the steam
er City of Seattle for Victoria was killed
last Friday evening at s o'clock by the
falling Of the light at the masthead. The
steamer at that time was crossing Queen
Charlotte sound. \ light breeze had
kicked up small swell. and the boat
was rolling heavily. A passenger stand
ing near the masthead caught, TO steady
himself. the line which fastened the light
10 the mast. Losing his balance ne jerked
the light loose and 1t dashed TO he deck
Genge, who was standing near received
the heavy lantern full In the head and
his skull was crushed like n cracker
6enge Is said 10 have come from Mon
treal. where he had mother and sister
The body was left in Victoria.
Trail In Good Condition.
a 7. Walden was one OF the latest ar
rivals from Dawson. having left there De-
cemher % with J. A. Dauchy At the Ia
keena river Dauchy gave out. and Walden
j.
IL was n pleasant trip" said Walden
yesterday in the Batter hotel. The tran
was in good condition. and the thernone-
ter at no time registered below - degrees.
AZ times We were able 20 walk along with
cut our coats. The atmosphere is 80 dry
that cold is not severely felt have
known men 10 20 ahqut the streets %
Dawson in their shirt sleeves when I; vas
10 degrees below zero
a vi 90 70, 81 y.
a short visit. and in the spring viii return
&c Dawson.
Food at Fabulous Prices
Ne doubt as 20 the scarcity OF provisions
IN the klondike could remain in ones mind
after talking 10 r. NJ James, OF Douglas
Island. Alaska. he left Dawson Deem
Der { 10 come out for supplies H.. made
the trip In twenty-five ard one~half davS
or actual travelling, and has been S-aytng
a, Douglas. Archie Shelby. who took in
the mail last October came ont with
James. and $50 stopped ever at Douslas
He all BE- Gown on the Topeka. which =
expected today or tomorrow. James VIII
go hack in the spring 10 work his claims
on Nugget gulch. 4 tributary OF Elaorado
creek. and on Quartz creek. in the Indian
river district.
DO / think there IS enough food n ne
kloadlke% Re said yesterday a; the Raj
h-fE~sf@lio- NaF oE any means. / d1 rot
see hew any one familiar VITA The sltus-
tioz can make statement to tho contrary.
When Erao san oa,y be obtained al rabt,
ious prices does < look as though Il * "a
BE Rad tn plenty | have paid 81 ana s. Is
per isosnd for beef sad mutton A short
tlr1s aSo a partner q mine pafa So ser 4
ATTY pound sack q -four. Does that lock
a. though fs~cd vas p3eHsifulrf
Tramwns Around White Horse
NJ. s MacCauiy. a passenger en- the Sc
attic. who lest The bat .. Victoria, aas
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CLARA NEVADA TUESDAY.
This Trim Steamship Will Sail for
Skaguay With Full Cargo and
Passenger List.

Agent c. w. Wood. OF the Pacific and
Alaska Transportation Company, was A
very buoy man yesterday disposing OF tick
cts for the steamer Clara Nevada, which
Is expected to sail next Tuesday. Among
the many who secured passage yesterday
was Col Fred Wilson. the weIl-known
minstrel man. and his friends. II Is a
well-known fact that Col. Wilson makes
a most pleasant time for the passengers
wherever he goes. The colonel Is 4 news
paper correspondent. as well as flrst-class
show man, and acted as correspondent for
the st. Louis Republic during the recent
"squalf' between China and Japan.
The company. by making extra efforts.
has so arranged as to give about fifty
more berths. and Mr.. Gould, whose office
is with the Southern Pacific Company. GIG
First avenue. states that he will keep his
ONCE open 50 as to be able to accommodate
the passengers and shippers all day sun
day. Those applying today will secure
eood berths and passage on one OF the
oest steamers running out Of Seattle.
QUALITY talks: that Is why n1tnevs
insist on Frye-Bruhn Co.'S English Break
fast Bacon
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TROUBLE WILL COME.
What W. VI. Rank Says Of the Food
Situation at Dawson.

There Is no denying the fact that the
kiondike district Is the most wonderful
placer mining country that has ever been
opened up said Mr.. W II. Rank yester-
day. Il left San Francisco July Is on the
steamer Excelsior. l obtained passage on
the North American Transportation and
Trading Company's steamer Hamilton.
which took me as far as Fort Yukon.
When IL was announced that we could get
TO farther up the river on the steamers
i determined TO push ahead by boat and
poled up from Fort Yukon TO Circle City.
It took as three days-I was accompanied
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Those going to the Klon-
dixie can learn something to
their advantage by calling at
100 Washington Street West.
No charge made for the in
formation
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able claims in the district during his stay
there. He has several claims on sulphur
and Dominion creeks and has secured op-
tons on a number Of the most valuable
properties on Eldorado and Bonanza. As
to these matters Mr.. Rank will say moth
ing. Ii is known. however. that he bought
d number of claims or Eldorado that were
worked during the winter of 1861.
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under construction q steel tramway
around the canyon and White Horse rap
IDS He is building four tracks. ard by
the time the river opens viii 5e able 10
handle 20 tons daily taking boats and an.
The seattIe's Passengers.
The City CT Seatsie's passengers. other
snan those mentioned az being from Daw-
son. were as follows
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his sled. were his blankets. They had
not been unrogled. Lopez was ieiirious,
ard warned Bigeiow and cre-aon not TO
come near him as he would shoot IL they
oaa TO- Lopez dog. too, tried 10 prevent
the Men from touching his master and IL
was with some difficulty sha, the animal
was beaten on
Lopez was taken 10 a cabin three miles
distant. but died before reaching il. His
rescuers made every effort in their power
to resuscftate the benumbed man. Lo-
peg was My-ciothed for the trip, and a
friend naa repeatedly advised him 20
ciofhe himself properly before starting
out on the trip across the mountains. He
was on his way 70 Lake Bennett, where
be intended to open barber shop.
Lopez came here last August from San
Luis Obispo. Cal, where his relatives re-
side He opened a barber shop here and
did fairly well He was a member OF
Council No. IA. Y. II. T.. OF San Luis
obispo. While here be also acted as cor
respondent Of the San Luis obispo Trib-
une The funeral took place Sunday Rev.
r. ii. Dickey. Of the Union church. Of
floating.
Serious Charges Against smith.
warrant is out for the arrest Of United
States Commissioner John L. Smith, OF
shaguay, on five charges: soliciting a
bride. receiving briee felony. .nalfeas-
anee and misfeasance In Office. Or.
Hornsby, member of the Skaguay coun-
ca. mas flied three afhdavits covering
THESE charges with Judge Johnson. OF the
United States district court. The afr
aavlts are sworn to by Skaguay business
Men The names Of the prosecutors and
details or the charges had not been made
pubic when the Seattle left Skaguay.
Before filing the charges DR.. Hornsby
told smith what he intended 10 do.
Smith thought the charges should be first
Investigated by a committee OF citizens
but Hornsby believed such course would
not be legal, and that. with public feeling
SO much against him. smith could not
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the EAIREST
WOMAN In SEATTLE

WIN appreciate eur new ara e'e-
CANT stock Of Fine Diamonds
Watches. Jeweiry. Siiverzare. etc
sar wedding and birthday gifts. our
prices defy competition.
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DONNEY = STEWART. Cndertakes~
- ParloRs corner 81 Third ana
Cei1nbia streets, Seattle. WasAina.
ten. Telephone Ne. n
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". NJ. Rank
Many OF these arc heavy ciAi-n owners
IN The rarSer's safe On the City - Seal title
was sSEa.sss IN dust and augSetx In drafts
and certificates there was probably Sn
equal amount. bringing the total TO ssoo
~ or ever naGghtray alone had taress
sacks. SIX inches hong by three Inches
shiek. and ore large canvas bag allied
vita the precious metal. Altogesner Il
was head far strong man. Stevens
BAD also lsrge pile, ~ least 81 ee.a
Hardy any Saaae Qua with less than 81 90
or $ie.,ta
pasghtsay and Stevens probably repre-
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Among these who arrived yesterday
morHsng on thc steamer City % Seattle
We're several who left Dawson as late as
! pecs mher q. though tie majority came
Foat with the party led iv Niger Jim.
.spaaghsray and Fred Stevens. leaving
Dawson December Il. The names Of those
who are known 70 have come from paw-
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The following table. szaTngsliexs h~ Brad
o. slSf1n fex faS Esek snnct xartsaxx -
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the welcome we had the right 10 expect
was received. From t. day We reach
ed England until we lett it finally. in
October our Official treatment was
everything that could be desired. The
English ministry, in terms, asked the
French Ambassador and ourselves to
suggest wherein in our opinion. Eng
land could materially contribute to q
solution of the question and at the
same time retain for her own people
the gold standard; and what are
termed the proposals were not Vol
unteered and were made only by way
OF suggestion at the explicit request
of the English ministry. When they
were received they were treated with
full consideration, as were the repre-
sentatives Of the two governments
conducting the negotiations.
Mr. Woicott admitted, however, that
it was not surprising that another view
should nave prevailed in this country
view based, he said, "on the intern
perate and hostile and somewhat brutal
utterances Of the London press respect
ing the proposals of the French and
American representatives The news
papers of London, like the newspapers
OF many of the capitals of the world, .
he went on, ARE dominated by and
allied with the banking element
AND REFLECT THEIR VIEWS
and often their expressions. The bus
mess Of money loaning is an engross-
ing pursuit, not always tending to the
cultivation of the amenities Of life and
it is not to be wondered at that the
London newspapers, voicing that in
dussry should, in their hostility to
policy Of which they disapproved, for
get for the moment that courtesy
which is due TO the stranger within
the safes, especially when he cones
upon invitation and that they should
be led to characterize proposals as
impairment which were made only
upon request Of their own govern
meDt."
1T was perfectly realized from the
beginning" he said, that bimetallism
for England was ont of the question.
India was the vital point of all the
negotiations with England. and all 9TH
er proposals were Insignificant in COM
parison with that respecting the re-
opening of the minis of India to- the
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the India minis and the artificial gold
value given to silver, India IS

the India minis and the artificial gold
value given to silver, INDIA IS
AT A GREAT DISADVANTAGE
with the neighboring countries, the e1-
ports of which are stimulated BY tae
higher premium on sold, ana tney are
robbing India CT much or her manu-
featuring and export trade. The pres
ent policy innicts upon india as well
the evils of an insufficient and steadily
lessening currency, evils which the
vicissitudes Of that dependency during
the past twelve months have served
to emphasize. The world has heard
much Of the famine in India and Of the
great furds subscribed for its victims.
1t has not been, however, SO generally
known that the famine was one OF
money rather than food; that the coz
tfibutions were chiefly forwarded 10
India in the form Of money and not
grain, and that during the whole per-
tod Of the famine rice was abundant
where men we're starving and It's price
YVES but a trife over cent a pound,
less than the price of wheat in Eng
land. For all these evils. the loss IN
the value of the savings Of the people,
the disadvantage of a different pur-
chasing value for silver in India from
that which prevailed in China, the
evils Of an insufficient volume oil mon
ey and the enormous injury which
commerce suffers through violent flue-
tuations in the rate OF exchange, We
offered what we believed to be rem
edv. Our offer was refused. and the
refusal must be considered as final I'M
til the failure Of the experiment upon
which the Indian government has en-
tered shall be demonstrated.
THERE WAS ONE OVERSIGHT
in communicating the so-called pro-
posale to the India government. 1t
was distinctly understood at all our
interviews to be condition Of the
assent of any country to an agree
ment that it should be entirely salts
fed that the PLAZA proposed, because
of adhesion of the sufficient number
of other nations, or otherwise, would
secure the maintenance OF the parity
proposed Had this been fully under
stood, it is possible, though not prob
able, that a somewhat different an
swer would have been returned from
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India"
Mr.. Wolcott next onumel ated the
obstacles with which the commission
had to contend, in which he included
the remarkable drop in the price IF
silver, the coincident tariff legislation
in the United States and me stare.
ments Of New York bankers in Eng
land, who, he said, sought access to
English officials and assured them that
any sentiment which had formerly
existed in the United States in favor
of bimetallism, was dead. Other
statements made by the bankers, ac-
cording to Mr.. Wolcott. We're the fol-
lowing: That the commission was
sent solely as a sep to few Western
Republicans; that the county eener-
ally favored the gold standard, and
that the President of the UnItod States
shared this view.
THE statements were" FIR. M5lcvtt
said. .of course untrue, but III support
Of them these people assumed to pre-
sent interviews and statements Of the
directors Of the mint, a holdoyaT frnn
the last administration, the late con-
troller OF the currency an equally
precious legacy, now out OF the pub
lie service and translated to q CHI
cago bank; and pretended statements
in letters and interviews of the Sccre-
tary of the Treasury that there was
no chance for international OF otker
bimetallism and favoring the permit
nent adoption of the gold standard.
Nobody in Europe cared rap what
the two minor prophets thought Or
said, as nobody in this country cares,
but the alleged statements Of the Sec
rotary of the Treasury
WE'RE A DIFFERENT MATTER
We insisted that the letters must be
forgeries and the interviews fictitious,
and trust they were, for it was incon-
oeivable that a member OF the cabinet
would seek to undermine the efforts Of
a mission appointment by the PTesl-
dent and whose efforts he was cordially
and zealously seconding.
The commission was, he said, also
attacked from time to time By state
ments from extremists in the other dl-
rection. insisting that our efforts were
sham and pretended, that we had no
hope or expectation of success, that
the President was secretly opposing US,
that it was a disgrace TO our country
that we were permitted to invite other
countries to join US in open mints; that
it was humiliation that we were even
consulting any other country on the
subject; that failure was inevitable and
the sooner we came home the better
It was a new and somewhat ludicrous
view of the silver question that made
it humiiiating that this country should
invite ether countries like France 70
join rs in open Tints. or that made il
uni,aDcrtant to ascertain the attitude
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unlimited coinage of silver, and the re-
peal OF the order permitting gold to be
paid for goyernmen dues and to be eA-
changed for government rupees.
Mr.. Wolcott spoke at some length up
on the condition in India, explaining
the value of the rupee since the clos
inc of the nlints to silver in 1892. The
closing Of the minis had, he said, GRE
ated wide dissatisfaction, and there
was a general impression that the In
dian government would be glad to re-
trace its steps.
MANY English monometallists of
wide influence believe the policy to be
o mistaken one" he said, land would
be glad to see the India mint reopened.
il it could he~doEe without stimulating
the cause OF bimetallism and as a sep
arate and distinct action. There was
a general opinion not limited to Eng
land that the Indian government would
be quick to avail itself OF an oppor-
tunity
TO REOPEN ITS MINIS
and would welcome any International
attempt towards bimetallism that
would raise the value of silver and
would be glad TO cooperate in such an
in the speech CT the Chancellor of the
Exchequer Of March 18th, and l am
sure | violate no confidence when |
say that the answer of the Indian gov
eminent protesting against reopening
Indian minis was as mucn a surprise
to the English ministry as it was a dis
appointment to me. While the protest
was not final and while the English
government in London could have
overruied the objections from India,
yet such action would have been con-
trary to all precedent. AS q matter Of
fact, the home government, it is said,
unanimously upheld the report FIRE.
quent statements in our papers assert
that the answer of India was dictated
from London. II may be that the blind
and unreasCniDg fury Of the city of
London directed against my suggestion
Of contributions or concessions to any
international settlement Of the curren-
cy question which would recognize sill
Yer and which threatened panic and
the overthrow of any ministry which
attempted it, may have rendered the
reply of the Indian government not
wholly unwelcome; but the policy out
lined in the letter Of September 10th,
signed by the Viceroy and his associ-
ates, must stand as the deliberate and
uninfuenced judgment of that govern
ment."
TO u.s. Mr.. Wolcott continued, "the
India situation is inexplicabIe Mill
lions Of people, most of them extreme
" poor. have for years invested all
their savings in silver. These aecum-
ulations few years ago We're worth
a thousand millions of dollars and
more. To-day they are worth less
than half that sum. By the closing OF