The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-21

that runaor was circulated TO the effect
that SIX cases had been discovered and
that the victims had been taken 10 pr!-
Tath and secluded hospital back of he
Rcd Cross hospital. was interested in
the matter ana looked into X personally,
So that when / say there was not word
Of truth in the report ! am not talking
from what other people have tod me As
10 what has happened since september 70,
OF course l cannot say one thing IS cer-
tain, you could not. al the present time,
get reports later than that time because
there have not been arrivals who left later.
1T Is nay opinion that the report was
s'ttted for the purpose of driving ou' n
portion AT least Of the float ting population.
Tae business men Of Dawson are very anx
to's II see i depart. and are making ef
forts 10 help Ihe affair along. There
are between 900 and 5000 Idle men. Men
without visible means of support are
not surprised TO receive a little blue paper
from the pQiiCe telling them 10 go up or
down the river They 20. II is no use
- kick. TRe police have absolute control.
and when they say anything IL goes. After
q man has been n Dawson two or three
days the police can tell him his entire life.
They keep close track Of new arrivals, and
make II a business ~ find oat all there is
IL he known bout them
tinued Mr. Ccnsid,nc. Next year there
VIII he more gold taken cat than IN the
sta tement. because they have hardly
begun 70 develop the mines. know that
there are districts there which are very
Tieh and vfieh have rot yet been touched.
The country is good fur Ten years -
cone There are more Etdorados and Ro-
b4nzas .o :" heard from. Sooner or later
me 1te viii turn toward the American
side I look for big things from the Tt
rama country. Fine reports have already
toea received ard next year there VIII be
Big tide "a that direction. They have
found good quartz propositions at the
headwatsrs Il he TaDaua and I under
stand that The placer mines in the creeks
lower Down are good Between 3Al and Ar
ynen have beer ia there this summer I
had q talk With PAN p'R1uFke the disr0v-
V~er uf b. Banker filil ard Sullivan silver
and lead mine tn iasAc This IS tAe great
est nine ~ - kin3 In the worii U'Kourka
tod ne that ne hal fine prospects In the
T&nar4, ana that ~ believes his chances
e making q hie strike are - good as q ;
acy rt5er ',me In his life He is in A
company viii Jack Shou&hnesSy, OF san
i-r7nc see i4e $ hitting out an expedition
All " ii - - his minsS rs soon as posi-.
"Ths-e hsve beep some hx discoveries
around Dawson. blt J could Eot End cat
ihe eNa@t location because tire tnen WHO
arc In 10 not give out their Information.
80 81 tae !HrkN 1lea are John Marshal
RA"k aos ~ Kelly the own the l'fo-
men "a "r&inz eo their claim and IT. oae
dsv .6.Se zee" took eet s. peg Saw the
Da Ns.y vs. fesIinS - high spirits
ana e*it he hat great proposition lie
stopped there b. EelA VA - 4 fa. ,i,l5l-
t.N- -h" ur0 80 d tnat they GOALS take
"at 80 "a sh . d@} without any 3roGAie.
81 "tan. a17 hat > simply sJrml-e az my
SneaA.rS. ~ aIsl food eonil;.or@ an1
t~- coSs pf ANiug Nj Ccnsltfre said.
'-It W30 ,FSt :reu s to s5-.-5 for an aver
asks TeSi gao2a sl,h as 5 business man
~ra.4 e-slet /" "a rrs.a trAn1 II goa ~.
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