The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-31

snd al sAs pass~rxyrs tkz< wxut<d 70
20. SD barry b4k - Ls1ssrssze tax
snether exrgn Their krps OFT 81 -
xsy 10 e1ek csssr NJ Enaeh - 7esssisse
~ lezvinx Ira evizie 81 aizs-esss fzzys-
bat sometimes IL wgeAa hzYg~n fAsf
tEa w1zfs iezss Eew 0r5san- o. TIE
sanas sar. Tke BzItse and Tfazz ~
New 0Tssz1s toes<kers the hEl-
a. sxhxty = to- le2z- Capt.
yrank Carter. afterwards s@p<riofen-
As.s rs fsv1ssvae ~ fss Irfrea
States Ma LSss sanpaay. eom-
nazazess me RzsrSe. ard Capt z T.
Sturgeon eonaza s1s1ed he Dana
ses<ksr q TIE boat bad sver sxkzs
ted rsasa-kxtlle sre~S ard wisSze shzs
was whxs rnigf1g te called siox rare.
Il wzs the sesnTess race thst waz exsF
cnszseste8. ard ve~T xxS-zg 70 the
rasssxrxrz ard ere~s Of both. The
sisf3fses b fsse fafies. and there y -
not RI isazsr II the aissre ecc1Fses1 %
The Trip that tie fws beats Eere not ln
sgtx o. kearizx of each ether. In
zrtaet AIS on board the RaiS2e az TIRE
tlnse. ard be lFnzsorsziixe<1 the event
by frA1sferring 10 eaas3s 10 Oh night
scesl<. IN which uere s<Fsctezf TIE tS9
/ ialFsosisx szes E3eFs Ia the 1orezvoSsld-
Ths B41tse won she race. 6at sts3fa-
kzoatEssa we're ztEays q the ofznl1zs
fss4s IS vas more by reas on q Eni-EaAEs-
agssneat en tAe DSaEsa thar heeaEse
she xAs tie fzster u fhe txs-
me LIE srB ssTrHEz
The greatest ssszraAozt rare that
xas ever ran n the weird. EeseEer
VA. that whsek secnrred in Jane. ss7e.
| FROM Sew orleans 70 81. Louis. BE-
t&een the Robert e. Lee ard the
NsfeAex The IzsfsT YES b4iit sE Cir
eianaif wAs eoazm 2asie1 by Capt +
r. Iezfhers. and IN June u the @bgFs
year made the fzstexs ffzae On record
! frosl Yes Orleans % -. Le1is. rs
rallee n three days. n hesrs and
! $ ssianses- The Robert = Iee
wzs b1ist 81 Ssx Albany dur
sng The var and WIS f0wes3
4cFoss the river 20 the kentsckT sids
70 hzxe her name painted On her
Wheel homses. matter fa2t vas Deem
- Fruzenf ia th0=e exciting tines
she wzs Commanded by Capt 5o1a
vs.. Cannes. who died az FrAslkforF,
Ky, IN iss1 There xzs great riFs5rF
between the beats and wber TIE
Natchex fazse her great run Capt
Csorsn determined 10 beat T. He
striped Ire LEE foT the Face removed
81 parts q her upper works Eaich
EeFe eale1tafes - cath TIE vino, re-
nsoTe.s al rigging ard oztfit tfai eoala
be DISPENSED Nth 70 IghteA her en-
- ses the steamer Frank fargsad .
gsYeaesIs her a hundred nllss mp
lbs riveF 20 supply eozi. arFang-
e6 With coal yards % have
fEel fats awaiting her IN The
nai5dle o. the riTsT, - given elssfs, 70
- taken IL t9w waser way nnfd the
eo1s eaai2 he transferred 70 the deck
Of fhe LIE. ard then TO be cut A0o=e
and feas back. He rrfuse8 al blsi-
ness Of every kiHd. and Nosid receive
70 passengers. The Satchez returned
To Mes Orleans AMI received few
hundred tons e freight and fen
pazseaeers. and vas ADVERT cd 10
lesye I0f ~ louis on Jane D. In tie
afternoon the Robert + iee backed
aat from ihe leges, and I've minutes
later the hatcher followed her TIE
whOls efrantry Kzfebesi the race Niih
brezih5ess iateFs {, a. il hza been ez-
ssuslseiy advertised - the press. ard
the s. graph attended Is progress
along tss4 river al eHsgy polnt Al aii
tas principal cities Nstehez- Nicx~-
barr. Helena and Memphis-psgple
sro.a many uiles weT~ present u see
the racers PAS. srsd tie tune o; pas
Tag was cahlea TO Europe. When
Caro- Nas reached the race WIS VIZ
1alig ended. bat the Lee Pvoeee Led
10 NJ. Isgai.. arriving there IN three
days. eighteen hours AMI fourteen
minutes from the tine she leit Nes
Orieans, beating b. shirty three min
utes tha previous record o. the
>Atchex. The latter steamer had run
inta fog and groaadea hetSeen
Memphis and Cairo, which delayed
her more than six hours. IL Is sad
that - o11 people crowded the wharf.
the wsndoHs and the hoasetops 10
~eleusae ths Lee on her arrival II 81
Louis Capt. Can on wAs rendered a
/ banaaet 6F the business men o. the
cts, and vas generally Houized while
ne remained here. IL vas estimated
l that more than 81 0ol.sso changed
I han&s on The resals 0i the great r3ee.
Many st the bets we're withdraw. how
ever. On the graand that the Lee had
been ASST. ted the first hundred miles
Of the trip by the poser 81 the Frank
| PargDaii added t. her oEu. aEid many
steam boAtmeu have ever since re-
gardesi the Natc1ez The tastes; beat Of
[ the tao, bat think she Wa. outseaeF-
aled ia the rsce By the Lee. There
zas - much advef c com nent after
wAri b. the press that there has been
no attsmpt since 10 repeat such per
farusasarr