The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-03

Fortunes are made and lost in single
night over the faro table at DAWSON.
Play that would cause amaxemens at inc
wor,d-famed gamblers paradise. monte
Carlo. Ia passed over there as an every
dsy occurrence. Men that used to Dirk
NJ a SIS limit in the golden days OF the
II. 4 II. combination in Seattle snap their
fingers at such figures now since Snes
have become Klondike sports.
Everybody with sporting blood In his
veins remembers Louis Golden. He Is
now one Of the big pluEgers at Dawson.
and bets thousands at u clip. II Things
are not going to suit him he calls Tor no
limit, and ducks the tiger TO finish.
In a letter written by George Clancy to
his brother Frank at Skagway during the
early part OF January, he tells OF Golden
latest battle with the game. It was a
two-n.ghts' engagement. and when the
last he, was raked in. by the dealer Golden
arose from the table minus just $soVv.
Sam Bonnerfeid, a well known gambier
was sliding the cards out OF the Dox wheh
Golden dropped into q chair and took out
a u
a fairly high clip and fortune switched by
turns Finally however. Goiden's lucky
star went under cloud and he lost stead
lily, but without the slightest concern
Take off the iimt?' asked Bonnerfield,
TO Golden, as the king turned under. ''Oh,
/ guess she will turn" replied Golden. as
he placed his money on the ace. Again he
lost.
Take off the lmi,ss'' asked Bonnerfieid,
,fva In
replied Golden. Ey this time q crowd had
surrounded the table. because ii had been
noised around that the game was getting
hot.
Golden was $1,000 in the hole and knew
that he had 10 pay hard same to quiz
even or better. With a sang froid air
ne placed $500 on the jack. Bonnerfield
turned and Go.den lost. Still the play
went on. and Golden could Tot stem the
tide After losing $4,000 ne took good
sleep and was ready for business the next
night.
crank Smith. another Seattle sport. is
running a black jack game in Eddie Lew
ms saloon at Dawson. Levin will be re-
membered as a Seattle politician and one
of the proprietors of the cigar store which
was located in the Occidental block, at
the corner of Yesler way. The night be-
fore Clancy wrote his letter Smith won
cut 5000, and few nights before that
ne clipped the wings of the gang for
s. 900. The next night. however, he lost
every cent of 1t.
Al Beede. a brother of George Beede.
who ran I. cafe and music hall. in the
basement of the Butler hotel just after
the big fire. has had great luck at Daw-
son. Clancy says that ne will come out in
the spring with about $4,000.
Curly" Monroe. who used to be con-
splcuous in the Tenderloin on account of
"a Ne tod 1x,,ll l1sx
that followed him. has suddenly risen from
poverty to wealth. When Clancy reached
Da @son Munroe was a. very poor man.
but his property on. Hunker creek has
turned out very valuable. On claim No.
q below discovery. Munroe and Jenkins.
a former member of the Seattle fire de
uartment, have taken cut az high as $2ao
to the pan. Monroe and Jenkins own the
claim together. Billy Holder and Char
ence Moore. who are well known among
Seattle firemen. are working for Monroe
and Jenkins.
Jim Harrison and Tom Nash. we'll
known Seattle boys, own quarter inter-
est in saloon. They were taking in si.o0o
10 s1.4eo a day. but closed up for awhile
because whisky was getting scarce. Har-
risori owns several claims and he thinks
tina. the one on Eidorado will show up
WI
-; Lord, who was weil-known bar
tetIef mere altsr the hsE IRE. ~ In jail
at Dawson with twenty years hanging
over his head. lie stole sss)o out OF Jim
my Cary's saloon, where he was working.
aud planted ii on the hill overlooking
the town. The committee made him dig
up.
Clancy says that there viii be money
to burn in Dawson after the cleanup in
the spring. He corrohorates the story that
Niger" jim brought out s5on1 strong.
and in addition owns lots OF claims
II have got a claim on Moos ehitie
creek" says Clancy. and expect TO record
another tomorrow. They do land Office
business y. the commissioners office. A
man has to register Two or three DAYS l.
advance In order 10 get in and record any
thing. Every creek within sixty r,IIee
has heen s'aked. bunker has turned out
q second Bonanza"
IN speaking OF his trip into the interior
clancy says that the collector of customs
Inquired ont duty amounting 10 siaa and
kept them whipsawing lumber three DAYS
BEIGE ne would let them pass. They had
hint shss .Srfs