The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-15

"N.'se" nim- Nor do think he ever in
n's iifs had thought or sentiment untrue To
zoe principles 1t represents.
II, IA ioc9 he entered upon his college coutse NJ
"n,ams' among the Berkshire hills, in West
~ Aassachusstis He college course was fun
=. nose incidents so important 10 the student.
ou' Oh so little interest ID the great world; ana
ye. al Vending to the development of those
enes anu the formation of that character
ciung 70 him through life. Perhaps
u nor De justified in saying that he was
especially distinguished as a college man, but
ne STOOD well. He stood wei, with his fellows:
ne STOOD well with his professors; he stood well
~ ms studies; he stood well in the college
sooisues. the test OF all students; he stood well
~ atnietics, aad was stroke oar in the Williams
eiew Ana no doubt to the vigorous training lie
unuerwent IN preparing for and maintaining
pace, 10 to be sscribed the splendid
physique and rugged health which he euioyed
through life When he was graduated he re-.
celved third honor In his class. and had gained
.oHsiuefabie distinction as a poet, and much
snss remains of his carly verse shows the
ustnallve vividress of his mind. While he
never aspired TO distinction as a poet. vet the
renning influence Of his earlier thought and
Snors In That field exercised a distinct in
s eoe upon his forensic power through his
,.i,S. ne. Finishing at college, graduating
4ta nonor, ne returned to his Western home
Undecided as to his future course and vet with
a. preu.ietion toward the church. Later he
suen. OF following the profession of
5oei saiisin, out finally chose the law. With
miho that was thirsting after universal knowI.
go ne TOOK up its study, believing that a
ousn understanding of its principles was
re W success In any vocation of
nie' IN year he mastered a course OF
seizures, to acquire which most young men
are content to spend two years in diligent
s'uuy. win his study of the law came fond
ior us principles and delight In its subtle
ties ana an earnest ambition TO excel In lts
pfactice. The seed was sown in fertile ground
ms was a legal mind, and with the requirement
- 'ne principles OF his profession. grew love
ior u that remained with him TO the last. so
that whatever else NAV have occpnied HE ~,
tention and engaged his energies from time to
yer
having nnished his legal studies In school he
AZ once entered upon the practice of his profess
SION IN Chicago, and within a few months re.
ccivso the great distinction OF being appointed
aJu1uce Oh the peace, an Office which although
80 uois .itie' was there of great impor ;ance,
auu "nich brought before him in daily practice
many leading lawyers of Justly dfstipguisbed
psf ne rete'ved that appointment from John
~ amer, then governor of the state, now one
"a i'e senators In congress- The FERN of that Of
nee was four years, and at its expiration so
great satisfaction had he given that he was at
once reappointed for another term by Governor
S Cp L. beveridge. He came to be known In
ohlcago as "Justice Haines" During that
time he also served in an innortsnt and no.
sponsioie position on the board OF canyassers
associated with Robert Lincoln and other dis
unguished gentlemen OF that city In the dis.
charge OF important public duties.
During his residence In Chicago he found
much time and developed great fondness for
society. His genial presence, ready wit, intel
hgent conversation, frank and open heart made
MN welcome guest at every social gathering
lie prospered. He prospered in his office: he
prosperei In his profession; he prospered among
MS friends; he prospered in worldly wealth;
out success uninterrupted, happiness unal-
loyed, 10 not the lot OF man, and although un.
usually successful In the acquisition of
wealth and reputation and influence, financial
reverses overlook him. With the worry came
III health, and the current of his heretofore
piacid life became turbulent and clouds hung
upon the horizon, and he made up his mind to
leave the great city in which, owing to his i'm
paired fortunes, he could no longer live Is he
had been wont to do. Like many men, under
similar circumstances, he turned his eve to the
westward, and he thought OF the land beneath
the setting sun on the shores OF the Pacific
Where ne might with renewed energy resume
the struggle Of life and build him a home
quired, and new wealth gained, among a new
people. Bat where should it be? Should it be
In the Coded state, or should il be beneath the
eyergreens of Puget sound7 lie thought much
upon that subject, but finally the name Of
fuget sound struck upon his ear with pleasing
melody that never lost its power. When he be-
gan to direct his thoughts to Puget sound he
was attracted by the name of Seattle-odd
enough to ono who hears it for the
hrst time and yet sweet enough to
be remembered. When his thoughts became
earnestly fixed upon this region he began TO in
terview travellers and to lead books, papers and
magazines and everything that could give him
Information OF this country, which through the
euphony of its names had bound him to its
fortunes. So. packing up his household gods,
accompanied by his wife, he started for Seattle,
on the shores OF Puget round.
Colonel and Mr.. Haines arrived in Seattle on
the Sd day of February, lsso, by the old steam
ship Dakota, from San Francisco. Seattle in
that day was a good-sized village, hardly more,
with population of $500 souls. There were
two two-story brick buildings here then--Schwa-
bacher's and Colmans-which stood on Com
mercial, near Mill street. The rest OF the town
was of wood, sawed from the surrounding
forests. and at that time receiving in the usual
course OF nature that impregnation OF salt brine
from the ocean air which was supposed to ron
der il ever after nnn-comb ustble You know
the good people who lived here in those days
had an idea that the exposure OF manufactured
lumber to the sea air rendered il practically fire.
proof--an error which was exploded on II mem
orable day in june 1859. One or two OF the
principal business streets OF the city were
cleared up about far as Pike or Union, and
everywhere the great black stumps stood out to
remind the stranger Qor the resident never no
tioed them) of the greatness of the fallen giants
OF the forest. As small - Seattle was at that
time, uucouth aud uncitied in appearancs. it
was the leading town of the territory, and, with
the single exception of Portland, OF the Pacific
NofthYeF'-theu, as todty, the commercial Cen
ter OF PUGET sound and Western Wash ton;
then, as now, the center of the great inteilec-
tual. sos ial literary moral, political ana hnan-
cisi forces OF the commonwealth. Here were
the banking houses, h re were the newspapers,
here were the commercial establishments, here
were the mills Here came the products OF tho
mines, the great domestic coal supply OF the Pa
cifc coast, aad from here ii was distributed TO
the points of its consumption by land and by
sea- Those, too, were dark DAYS for Seattle, Tor
A great corporate power had entered this fair
laad with IA jealous eye upon the prosperous
growth OF the fair young city, ieslousy that
harriiy the course OF time and events has now
removed II was TO this fair land, 70 these
beautiful waters, to this struggling, proud and
seIt-relignt community, whose fame was spread
lug sll over the length ana breAdt1 OF '9e lahu'
that Colonel Eaines. in far-oh Chicago. late In
the yesr 1872. determined should be his future
home and the home of his children after hin.
Who tonight " thin the range OF my No.cs Will
psinsav the wisdom OF his choiCe3 He came
here stranger, with him the sharer OF his Joys
and his n9rrows, casting his lot among a COM
rnuuity of men, women and children unknown
10 him individually. II Yves long way from
the home Of his youth, ana 1t seemed longer be-
cause Of the grea: time and distance necessary
TO make the Journey. Everything was strange.
the climate was strange. the land was range
the waters were strange, the people were