Shot A Starving Man

San Francisco, Aug. 17.- In the mad rush for Klondike gold men are already gtarving to dc-ath. Of the thousands pcw hastenir.g to Alaska many will nevír return. Their bones will bleach rniev the snows of the deadly passes. Lold there is in plenty. But it is not ea?ily obtained, and this is not all. Starvatlon, disease, treacherous Indians, desperadoes who will commit murder for a biscuit, írightful storms and all the perils of an unknown, inhospitable ar.d barren country await the inexperienr:ed. Men who are abandcning their homes to join the mad scramble for the new El Dorado should remember that once they have passed over the gang plank of the iUaskan steamer there is no way of gettir.g back unless they turn about immediately while they have money for transportaron and strength to clamber into the beat. Account Given by Oeorge L. Fish. Over the entrances tü White ar.d ChilJíoot passes there might well be strung the legend, "Who enters here leaves ,hope behind," for it is the sheerest luck if a fair percentage of those going in ever return to civilization or live to se fruition of their wild hopes. One of th elearest accounts of the situation a Pyea and Skagaway, where severa thousand prospectors are now camped -Waiting to get ever the divide, was giv en by George L. Fish, a prominent gro eer of Oakland, Cal., who made the tri in order to see whether there was an chance for rushlng supplies into th Klondike this fall. He found the out lock hopelesrs. He said: "If you want to do a service to hu manity advise men and women to sta away from Dyea and Skagaway. The day I left Dyea there were three funerala Two were those of young men who had attempted to cross Dyea river. The last funeral was that of a young man who had reached the summit of Chilkoot pass. He was entirely out of provisions, and, goaded to desperation by starvation, he stole a side of bacon. He was detected by two of the party from whose outfit he stole. and was shot to death. An inquest was held and the verdict was justifiable homicide. Starvution and Death. "At least 5,000 people are camped at Dyea and Skagaway, and the majority will remain there through the winter. Starvation and death will stalk amcng them. There are many lawless adventurers in the two little towr.s on the bleak coast; men and women of a stripe ■who will not hesitate at the commission of any crime when money and food beeome scarce. "I was ashcre for nearly three days, öuring which time I made close observaticn. People who had arrived at Dyea two weefes before had been unable to move owing to lack of transportation. There were 1,500 people between Dyea and the summit, and this included ■many women. There were about 3,500 trom Skagaway road to Dawson through the "White pass and down tö Lake Bennett. It is impossible to get through -the pass and there is a swamp of seven or eight miles to cross before reaching X,ake Bennett." ' He said few of the prc?pectors had the courage to advance, and many had ■no money to return.