The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-14
PLANS MAY Be CHANGED.
War Department May Not Send
Food Direct TO Dawson.
FUCKERS REPORT RECEIVED.


Yn an gkslshccd the plans Of the war
,seuaYtnant Cor the relief Of the American
a.lusrs at Dawson are about 70 De ma
,srially chan gsd. The report o. Aai. RACK
-. who xas seai 20 DyeA By Brig Gen.
Merriam. department OF the Columbia 10
reronnoltsr the trails ana 10 isafn from
tie returning KIonGikers the condition d
AFFAIRS Ia the Yukon metropolis. arrived
Wednesday, on ff1a steamer Al-ki. and ~
..,s tim. ,s In the hands OF Gen. Merriam
wh.ls no one here knows It's import, II Is
sad that .ts general tenor Is one TO ass-
courage any great expenditure OF money
or energy Ia getting food into the hioh-
agks ia yie~ Of the fact that hundreds
have left and are leaving Dawson
There are other reasons to justify be-
Iiaf that the war departments plans re-
harding Dawson viii be conaideraoiy
modified All the argent request OF Gen.
Merriam Jack Dalton, the rsdouot@nie
Alaska pioneer aad frelghter. put IN e1a
for carrying 80 tons OF provisions 10 Da@-
zon. Tnis waA several weeks ago. Dalton
vas not inclined al arst 10 enter the lists
and knowledge oi conditions taat prevail
IN Alaska were so well known 10 the de-
partmeat officials that they urgently re-
.aested him 10 make an offer OF 10 muca
ger pound for freightlng supplies 10 the
k.ondike
The department further asked Dalton 10
furnish u bond that be would carry cut
k.s contract. This bond Was fixed at sZs1.-
&c but without more than a day. con-
e.f 4 M IL
san Francisco and there arranged for the
bond la half an hour he had secured
tie requisite signatures. among others
that OF Capt Thomas Mein. one of tie
hest known capitalists on the Pacific
coast, and one OF the officers Of the Alas
ka-Treadweli Gold Mining Company.
Later Dalton submitted hIs Did. after fully
considering the matter and In the light Of
late Developments, Gen. Merriam decided
to report adversely on the bid and bis re-
port has. 1t is said, been approved by the
geSretary OF war.
The reasons for this course are UNDER
stood TO be the desire Of the department
10 make such arrangements for taking
provender into the Yukon as might be
changed at any time. without expense to
the government. A contract with MIR. Dal-
ton TO land In tans of provisions In Daw-
son could not well be altered. II bate devel-
opInents might justify II. without consid-
srsb!e expense.
II il stated that the department will
send to skaguay the pack train of mules
mentioned ia the Associated Press dis
patches and about nfty tons of supplies
The supplies viii in all probability be
taken over the pass 10 the lakes and there
kept uatd the lee ia the river breaks
Then they VII. II is said, be foatsd down
10 Circle CITY. the first important post
lu American territory on the Yukon. and
distributed from there to such military
pests as may be established In Alaska
tais year,
In View of the great rush Of people In
10 Alaska, the consensus of opinion
among army officers ON the coast Is In
f3No~ Of the establishment OF military
posts on tho Yukon in Alaska. The
Toad To DC sent In over the pass TO the
lakes can be cheaply RATED 10 Circle CITY
and from there distributed as ls desired
air. Dalton has secured contract 10
furnish the department with 100 large
tlesls, 90 be used IA transporting provi-
sions over the Ice or the SkaEuay trau
They were built hy the Studehaker com
pany, At South Band Ind, and are of
especial design. They are made large
enough IA carry more than ton and
viii be drawn by mules and horses.
An Associated Press dlsnasch from
8A'HNNfts fftetkNN ny the Post lnfeltI-
ssncer last oight. says the report thar an
advance party II the government Yukon
relief expedition would leave for skaguav
tomorrow niTHJ nn the steamer Elder
from Portland Is unfountiyh The entire
party. according 10 present arrangements
viii sail on the steamer Oregon. January
-
WASHINGTON. Jan. l3-Adiutaut Gen.
Ereek has teiegram from Gen. Merriam.
~ vancouver barracks. Wash. forward.
lng A telegram from Quartermaster Rob
tnTon. az Seattle follows.
Rfted States Commissioner Jones re-
ports 10 me rs follows.
LETT Dawson December O. No danger
o. starvation there. Capt. Guywer. @,
steamship = = Wearc. left circle CIV
November 81 arrived al Dawson prenrn.
hsr RAY ard Richardson two army
oHcefHl N~Fe n Circle CIV well ard
comfortable wa IN Guyger left Circle CIV
Joaquin Miller also brought the xamq
news 20 lhaM fen REGARDING Ray ana ptrh.
sFnfft *amship Al-Ki arrived thi,
morning bringing thjftv-uve Kior,iilscrs
inanN ~ y horn confirm ths statement -.
Jones as 20 food supply