The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-19
ONLY A BRIEF VISIT.
Senator John B. Allen Here for
I Few Minutes.
4 DOUBLE FOR JOAQUIN MILLER.


day. several DAYS ago he came over TO
Tacoma from Waiia WalIa on business.
From Tacoma he made his trip here yes
terday morning, but his engagements COM
PEELED him 70 leave for home on the
O'Clock overland train. He passed his time
here mainly with Sheriff John H. Mc0raw
and Mr.. Fred J. Grant, with
whom he dined ct the Chamber OF
Commerce Senator Allen is in better
health than when he was last in Seattle
He says he had some malaria in his system
when he lett Washington City, but the
wholesome air Of Waila Walla seems to
have wrought his complete recovery.
As 70 the outlook he Is very confdenr,
believing thar nothing can interfere with :
complete Republican victory. This week
he opens the campaign in Whitman
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Gregg, Of Hudson,
n. Y. are at the Rainier hotel Mr.. Gregg
IS now serving his second term as mayor OF
the pretty little city which is his home
He Il now with his wife on . pleasure trip,
and they have been through the Sound
country pretty thoroughly, and. indeed,
have visited the whole Northwest, for they
have been nearly two months on the road.
Il am greatly pleased with what / have
seem" said Mr.. Gregg. '.bus I'm sorry the
weather has been SO bad for the past few
days"
Some fourteen or fifteen years ago Mr..
Gregg lived in Philadelphia and operated
line OF packet boats between that city and
San Francisco, but never till the present
time has he visited the coast Mr.. Gregg,
who has seen. not little Of the inside of
New York state politics, expressed some sur
prise at finding somewhat bitter feeling
in the West against Governor Hill, of New
York. There seems TO be an impression
that the governor was not true to the presi-
dent, but | arm sure that impression is
wholly unfounded. came into contact
with number of the governors friends,
and know they worked very hard for Mr..
Cleveland in the campaign OF 1881 Mr..
Gregg believes the governor will make =
hard hight 70 get the New York state Iegis-
lature at the fail election. In that case
Governor Hill will be elected United States
senator. as he is the recognized leader Of
the Democratic party in the state and can
get what he wants from il. Should Gov
ernor Hill succeed in making the Iegisia-
ture Democratic; he would thus be able to
hSIp DSAOAO sAC PoOxAC anu StIcUEtueu us
chances for the presidential nomination.
For several days distinguished looking
man has been prominent figure on the
streets Of Seattle. He has clean cut feat
ures. an intellectual head, line complexion
and clear eyes. A moustache touched wilh
gray. and iron gray hair longer than is
usually worn, together with broad
brimmed felt nat, have combined to give
him rather striking resemblance TO
Joaquin Miller, the famous writer and
poet Many have mistaken him for the
author. and several newspaper reporters
have attempted to interview him on literary
topics. The mistake is rather amusing. /"
said he yesterday to an acquaintance. lit
was only the other day that had some
difficulty in convincing reporter on one of
the Seattle papers that am very much OF .
life insurance man and not much OF poet. -
The double of Joaquin Miller is Mr..
Thornton Chase, superintendent of the
Western department agencies of the Union
Mutual Life Insurance Company. of Port
land, Ne. His headquarters are at San
Francisco.
Mr.. C. F. Davis, of Keokuk, Ia, inspect
or of the public land service. is at the Raj
nier hotel. Mr.. Davis has Just spent some
DAYS at the Puyallup Indian reservation.
and he will 60 70 Montesano, Olympia and
the other land offices in this state. my
business is of confidential nature, SAID
he to Posr-INrELLIGENccR reporter YES
terday. 81 am here to look over the public
lands OF the state and the Indian reserva-
tons, or, at least, some of them. am
sent out by the department of the interior
to collect certain data desired by the secre-
tary, whom represent"
Mr.. I. ID. Ganse. of the Hartman Mann.
featuring Company of Beaver Falls, Pa.
is at the Rainier hotel The firm with
which Mr.. Ganse is connected makes steel
fences, steel doormats and such articles.
''It is only matter of time" said he.
when we shall be compelled to erect fac.
tories out here. The freight rates on such
stuff are high. and / presume it will soon
be much cheaper to manufacture here.
You have the iron and coal, and you will
get them together before long"
Colonel Thomas w. Strange, of Whining.
ton. N. c., arrived in Seattle yesterday. and
is now at the Rainier hotel. Colonel
Strange, who is member of Governor
Fowles' staff, is visiting the Northwest for
the first time. and thinks some of locating
here. Thus far everything has tended to
confirm his favorable impression of this
region.
Mr.. NJ. Won Hagen and Mr.. and Mrs. n
Won Hagen. of Alameda, Cal, are amonp
the guests of the Rainier hotel. They are
visiting Mr.. Won Hagen's son, Mr.. Martin
Won Hagen. of this city. The elder Mr..
Won Hagen was in this city six years ago
but has not been here since. The changes
made during that period have impressed
him very strongly with sense oil Seattle's
energy and prosperity.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Garnsey, of Los An.
geies, are among yesterdays arrivals A.
the Rainier hotel. Mr.. Garnsey, who. AT
one time was at Denver. is now largely
interested in Los Angeles property.
Mr.. J. Comestock. sheriff of Kitsan
county, Is now at the Diller hotel. In sn;,s