The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-13
Alaska Towns and Passes Crowded
With Crooks.
MATERIAL IN GREAT QUANTITY.
unIfk~ Their vfesi0s. Th1s gse0esf
In Not Completes - Was8 GAASS
spriag 60 MAKE . strfks-sbsfe"
Bsx~.. Pans and sheseis Not Nee
Pssseages - osesa DroUs sa0e.

9KAGwAY. March Among All the
thousands 1t men rssalsg through the
ssopntaia panmss OF doing business IN the
nsw towns or tic border OF the EnS Of
xnsd. mono is doing b<stsr business or
making more money for Ire smoans tn
vested thsp The confidence men. sars-thInx
erafsers apa professional erosks who are
worhing shis District They are coinsng
sasrey. They are cleaning % dump
psIe Of SUCH richness would make Alex.
MeDona.d esesn with envy II he could see
it. They are waiting for neither spring
: nor siulcs soses. psns or sASvelz. for theta
clean up. Tffy do not even have to pros
eect 10 fed ground 10 work on. Tine usa-
tertAs Ter Their p1Epose Is aera ID endless
quantity
ylcnnns as shsss wi.y sfnosth oansssence
men are 70 numsroas new tasi fhayar
bsxtfn.ng b crowd our ske vsrsfnne csss4sa
Corona dixastrr whg have heretofore mon-
oHol.xsd Nhafsss# lasse sympathy ta~rs
WAS goins "a waste III tic community.
0n1r IN the esue OF the q nss fiamfaer We
fiIas. the - Bcaiby bestowed en- them Is
iibefsliy mixed gith d!sgess. While pity
Is fse stossd ubon the Corona victim who
lost his al when tn ship west down. and
h now srytng 70 make Iiy1Hs Ia this
ctuHtry. the ap.eas Individual xsso has
ssfnpped his psr with these human <ssarks
uatst ioak iorg time before iss s.a4s ogs
who will give him a WORT af eofnser: The
sietsTn il adhered evSu more than the
vscslsa azer. II slsaf IL possible. T.esiy dag
the people OF Sfagway have new stories Of
the fi1n-fansmers had 2ssFt -
avery day from oae ~ dozen new men
cut their eye iseth. Fan their isanas Down
tnfa empty peckefs. heave a zigh and
star oft 10 btstn life anew. nj the bot
tam
T1sese ire no. the men and fhsSs are nat
ths f.fsssn when things done By halves;
when faeu run against these 'sstre~ thing
ram .. tnes come away broke 70 the last
AollaFs for such are the Inducements Of
eraH The anxious specmiafar Who ventures
his money In the hope Of big rewards.
usfsrsasf s5ccerx sesrssr always iust a lltiii
ahead % aim. TIE puts IN his last dollar,
fuily believing that his luck vii change
with the shraw ana give hins back The piis
be has all but lost,
Ore Of tho psseeFxeIs On the Queen
who came 10 town .aHs week. dropped over
ttS IN a few minutes on ''sire thing
Eanse." lie was IN old man and be ought
10 hsy. kuown better. but he did not and
- rssah he went h.ck home brnke
His partner young man. handed the
sIder his pure tast Before quitting the
boat to have him take care Of the precious
norev for him. The younger man was
afraid that he might xet ropeH into some
game and thought that the money wsnld
be safe sn the elders hands In less than
an hour the old man returned. without a
dollar. broken io purse aud broken IN
srarti. pash ne and the young man had 10
give ur their trip 20 the klond Ike
man who csms uo on the Farafion
dYopned sSs1 a.naass quickly. yesterda,
nlan from Sar Francisco was hEguiisi
Into SALON ard Induced 50 display his
money THIN The smart sharper proceed
ed ~ show the victim hew he was swim
died CAT OF s. Sea iu Dawson on 4 cs.d
trick The victim finally lost s2na lie
claimed thai he riassd 90 bet On aay
If The sharner's rauses ard that The fei-
iow finally Hfatthed aas sAoney and escaped
The sharper sNss that The viethn b.; ON
the card~ ard est IFS ssrdnss IN fair pay.
The favcrfse ssrh er th~soeaf'Bsne- r,eu
here j. snas of a Krdixr. He dresses
un iitst IKE arc'oneS W e. twes,frs ssihser
SHOES. and uftsn hss a park onsh$ back
sefoetiases Pc Enes -oais IN the frpf and
work his gataes The three shelf game
4 - Pc sern almost any day In the woods
sseffh of tewn and along the trail any
whfre u thv summit. IL the weather Is Ia
vosasse when this game Is SONG it
always happens shat mysterious woods
tnen with RSss over Their shoulders or
lanasent ~ioaksnE cappsfs happsn aianw 20
take "a hand ia the game 10 MAKE things
fssfsy Csss 81 ths~s. tbFse-sseii sass~ unsn
has eight 'esppsrs'' who work with him
al snc time
rste skin games are 80 Re seen a. both
sks0wsN and Neea hut there are many
mere AZ the flFsf NAMED pfsse. They work
al the s.snrpsrs thoroWrhiv ard a~eoS,
esFFyens wfsvm they think AZ all .iahle TO
bite at ,hsIs bats
nYrA. March Shtp i<ieg,e. whish
las bean iyiaw ~ the hsrssor far several
aavs ccpswencsd "a un',sad iadav ar the
whasf RTE naniss stood she long Journey
VEL ae.i caHsr cut ~ their PRISON tn dash
ira NnifstS Everything necessary fer the
trip into tts lnfsTtaF l. ready naw bat
wuea comes ;oeay thas Secretary AiEer IS
stSsss fvsiy 80 a"ssadon the scheme ana
recall the expedition.
nYEA Narch & TAe Leicester. We.
sssHsss Niotdike E@rty oaraheF}rx a.
hss arrived "a pYaa. and = aersesyinx -
SO essT NJ rs~s Te-ls j. The lars~ss var
- yes e. pass through IA ene body, The
TIN - fsr tas tsea ssuSulzs1v ssa~ce-ssss
anf r. aspeFnus shs cftiy sssng - fhe shsne
sg Sniefssn teirs ~ loss ef leg Az
the uarsy l,ss ever e,Slsfy aoxs, tbs Ices
~ efss Is ru4 serEoHs The nsFtY - Grtsr
the saassefsAfa ~ JkHa~@ 4 tslsssII wAe has
. RaAa cs&fns GA ElaeFAfa. IN sae way
Nn ~ ~ssragss-G sss associates ~ ~ tYrv-
ssg q t5ersa -ads VITA wssaszs ~ sas been
aeerai~tef = -snr rFars Tee fsrt&s accom-
uaatee hrr hushar4 10 re sobfsn lard
NJ , tstrthrw = another hssfe IN shs
Marry sra vs. f~aTrfsd a fssv DAYS ~
fose BE Marty started frn-n Wssz-ensja
pYFA Mar e-~Ne res-e>t u-ar-,
~eatSrr has n.epet hsssoe wtfh shedding
3 eSfh iseea a~& Skzrrvav ~aFevs ara
sasse - ft7e ~a krrs haes already assn
ssesad tat- sfe.;s eiss4 a,rts 10 sts4~s sse,-s
sfaw ard cNa'er w-eatNer - hstnx ssravsa
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