The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-12
Friends Say Klondiks King Has
Mads No Assignment.
Ne ASfAsas ~ GOOD SHAPE.


TAs ruSrt that AAec MCDONALD. Ne
xt0udihs mAxnsts. bah nssde an 1aS1n-
msnt fo< sh< hene4s o. hss cseassofs ~
nAwson July a. reSsssed rrfas&sion ssfDns
and enspAstte yesterday from 1 y. DAVIS
ran. 3 promIn<nf Dawssn nrwspaner man.
Dsvsdsan ssst tie ktondske on Sunday.
yuiy a. and ASSERTS positively that xcDon-
AID hnA then made no pubic dsciarztsos
ohassvsr Of Insolvency.
s.ThArs Ii absolutely no truth n the
etwv." Ms. Davidson sid. ~Ar.
NeUuusid has nat assigned.
ulesld have known ~ Il ~ soon A. any
-. TINS n an Old story. starred two
veass gro. and diligently haHied aaenf ~
NaDenalFa <nemtes. 50 Tar ~ ! know.
NcDpnaA wAa not tn financial dsnffsss.
essn- saw MIN freInsafiy jass before !
Iaff. and he did not seem 70 be worried 81
ill suppose, Of course. snas ne - ,
nAavx Borrower, hs1f have always under
nSood that he had practically unlimited
credit With fhe hanks and the Alaska
Cuannefetal Company.
.s1fo cuA leaving DawAsn later than
dN hna reached the outside, I DID not
leave our ol15ee an1ii the hour before tho
steamer. the vszsarIan. sailed. ard ! eer-
tsiniy would have heard ~ the assignment
sailing, ~ has been asserted In Juneau.
/ understand. Z mar aamea harrison,
former mariner Of Mcdonald. maize some
tain about NcDansia Eotnx To fan. The
story may have started frcm what ~
said."
4 Persistent RumoS.
Stories cenc<yrins Mef,onsid's alleged
lnsosyezscy have been In circulation far two
ye~ss. from the very day. In fact. that ns
came into prominence ~ 4 purchaser al
Kiendsks nruas They we're perslstsntiy
circulated. u IN said Meanwhile. Menon-
AID went On acquiring more ciainhs. until
when he camr oSt. last October. he own
ed oatYaah. or In part no iesa than eighty
minea Wh&n h returned 10 th@ dsstrict.
last speinR, he nnAde still further invGat@
nsuta Kioudike mine purchasing ts said
10 - . tad aimoss q mania. with kssn.
but stnguiarfy enough thaae who know
nusa Of his affairs say be has rarely made
Rad purrhase. lie bought Dominion
sasd. stood axhaas hut that creek has since
shown ~ rich, and Some Of Mrpoaaif' ,
msn~s are In ths raeh belt
Within 20 sson4hs MgIonaid ard Capt
caseY have purchased th~ river sfsamsr
W Ntrattun. huiit and equipped for the
yuhnn by w B. Ssrattan. the Colorado
msltaouAase They orxAnlx@d d large sxpe-
Is the Mig xnisnon district. where II was
reported that rich dxxtrKs hal been
found The party found nothing that IN
their epsnsun warranted development and
the 1traffan rstasnsa 70 Dawson. Later
sams ct ths me,nhsrs - the exp~ditsnn
wefe rep1ftna 10 have gone tss Cape Nofsss
In The iatsfess OF MrISsan8d.
no man IN all kienfike has "staked's
ard financially assisted 20 many prosrect.
nfk n b altered. ~ Mcdonald
G1h1eAl ta = Fa1lt.
Ills friends say he Il liberal 10 a fauil
AcSsrsisnn 10 same accounts any man with
fair reputation for honesty ana industry
can 10 IN him and gst a gsuhstake for
the mere Asktnx. He Is alleged 10 have
advanced osae ACQUAINTANCE. ssaSoa with
which 20 start hosef AMI saaaan,
ssHsr~ 10 an order IN h reported ia
have said sssa down ia the Alaska Com
uerciaf Company ard gss ta.as worth OF
dust Not . aerateh 81 a psn as the aas~
sne Haes. was taken az tne tire ~ shnw
that Mepcnald bad soaasd cent
Further denial Of MenonaEds rnmarva
insolvency IL eentainad In tire fallewsns
disaAscfs
VICTORIA. n c. AUG. ii.--E. Mernen.
Who returned On The Columbia frurs nau'-
san. consrasfseta the statement If Thomas
ktlkennr IS she effect that Alec Mellon
nesics az snssivsnry In he nawsun saurss
He - u personal friend OF Mrfsansia. ard
sAya there r. not the slightest ground fos
tbs statement lie saya thai the aay be-
fnr~ he ieft one of MeTauasdss snusr ssasus
came In from fsunanxa with fran 100 10 -
rounds Of guid dast and thai hts chees
y good for almost any sum IN any at shs
bafnA of nNwsau.
Nesmen says he knows Mcronata has
MheNt dirty claims on Eisasate. Rana asa
Dawson. Sulphur. uumk~r and others al
the leadsnx creeks al Dawson. He ear
AerFthe no otses seaser for reports etrets,
lated regarding AcIsuHaisf.s rsis metal EN-.
hAryassnsnt than jealousy. He expects
him 10 return In September ARA spesai the
winter IN town with his wife. wha IL aaw
In Vancouver, n. e.