The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-22
THE PASSING THRONG.

non Wiliiana Aston Hutchinson. Worlds
Iaif commissioner OF Ausrralis. was az the
Nof'oefn aosei few hours yesterday lie
credentials from Premier George e Dibos.
o. New South Wales. He came 10 the United
States MOI only 20 represent .ha interests OF MS
Guilty. IN the Columbian exposition. bat 70 in
.o.Ia himself generally on American iastitu-
LUIS ne progress OF cities IL per.se.iag sys-
'eIas OF water supply. sewers and drainage. snd
| 10 study Whatever advance may have 1eea
nsae here toward scientific irrigation. He
sooA run 70 Gilman yesterday Wesley Wilson.
manager OF he Seattle Coal and Iron Company,
me' him there IN the mines, and bringing
nm oaeH to Seattle paid him - much atten-
u'1 as limited tine woull remit At ;he
northern Pae DC depot lest nigh. Mr. EG,chiu-
son SAD: "Australia has given sI5a,elo for al
s1Aloltr private Individuals $1,000. ami before
we get through si51.ooo more will be spent IN
p-ac4ng our resources before the pablo az your
lasr The directory has been generous 70 Gs.
We are allowed bout 4, 90 ,ousre ieet OF floor
space, ana VIII utilize every inch OF IL. / have
ueen here since May 10 bu. shall return home
o. the Latter part OF september. Our
executive commissioner, the Hon DR.. Renviek.
VIII shortly De here. and he viii remain
Until the great eIal billion opens On my return
we shall begin preparing oar exhibits. The
principal thing will De wool We have a, coo 10
sheep IN Australia and for some years have been
Supplying the world with the greater portion of
It's raw material for fine fabrics We shall have
me mineral exhibit, consisting of gold. silver,
copper, lead, tin and iron. We shall also put in
complete exhibit OF wines. We sre rot up 10
Calitornis yet in this respect. but We expect TO
De late. on We shall have in or exhibit fine
nocK OF sheep and shall illustrate our method
OF breeding. Lately We have begun 10 turn
our attention 20 breeding sheep for food
and now send sometimes 1000 csrcasses at s
load 70 feed hungry England They tell ne
o al il h--~fi rive hrvssr
this Coast. AL I can say TO this Is, we don't
want money Tor il Give Us machinery and
lumber and we viii be thankful / sincerely
hope that the lair will result IN bringing Aus
traiia and the Pacific COST into closer trade re-
latioas with each other"
Joseph C. Colby, OF Cleveland, president OF
the three leating mining companies now oper-
ating in the Monte Crsto district, arrived at the
Rainier hotel yesterday. He is q member OF Tie
famous Colby family-s son OF Gardner Colby,
the phiianthroplst, and brother OF Charles
Lewis Colby, the capitalist, who has paid several
visits 10 Seattle within the last few years NJ
Joseph Colby, who is 8 remarkably successful
business man, 10 treasurer OF the several big
mining companies which the Colby syndicate
runs in Michigan and in WiScon-
sin; and he is president OF the
Western companies of the same syndicate.
Last night be said: "This is NY first trip 10
over our properties and see the general eondi-
ton OF affairs in this state. We are pushing the
railroad 20 Monte Cristo as rapidly IS possible,
and men are az work developing the mines.
Our present expectation is TO have the work
completed so that oy next spring we can begin
running full bast We shall De taking the ore
out OF our mines, bringing il down TO the Sound
on the railroad, and concentrating and sIneIt-
ing il. Business in the Esst Is looking well.
The riots q. Homestead and Caar d'Aleae have
served to make capital little timid, but never
theless there is plenty of money, and prospects
are good"
1.-THE excitement over the smallpox recalls an
incident that happened when they had SIM
liar scare here Eve or six years ago." said Edgar
l. Dilier, yesterday. 1.-THE people were much
more frightened then than they are now; and
my father was so anxious 20 keep the hotel free
from trouble that he wouldn't even give q room
TO q man who looked If he might be sick next
month-to say nothing of q man who might be
actually aiiing. One day . fellow rushed in, ap-
psrentiy in great hurry, and said: I'm sick;
want a room, and want il quick All our
rooms are full now.' was the answer. He run
70 another house nesr by, aud just alter he had
gotten his key fell down On the foor In little
while he died right there in the hall. There
was considerable excitement over the case, for
the man had taken dose of strychnine, and
was hunting for a room in which 20 die.
John. T. Blackburn, of vashon island, is at
the SnoQualmie hotel For several months past
he has spent good q cal of time in the city ar
ranging the Worlds fair exhibit of fruit grown
in the Seattle district He says that Walter I.
Ia Toilette, who has charge OF the agricultural
exhibit from this state, has also asked him to
gather the grasses and cereals from the Seattle
district anyone having fns specimens of gra,s
or grain should notify me st the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce" said Mr.. Blackburn last evening.
At the Rainier hotel are Mr. and Mrs. / Ma.
COIN Forbes, of Boston The name of Mr..
Forbes 10 known from one end OF the country TO
the other, for he is the owner OF the famous
racing yacht Puritan and of come of the fastest
horses on the American turf. Last fall he
bought Nancy Hanks, il is said, for $4,000, and
in January Senator Leland Stanford, OF Cali
fornia, sold him Arion, the wonderful 2-year-
old The price, which was the highest ever
paid for Q horse, is said to have been $4,000.
General and Mrs Russell A. Alger, Miss Alger.
Miss Frances Alger, Russell A. Alger. jr., Fred
Alger, Miss Swift and Miss Wetmore. of Detroit,
and Miss Goodloe, OF Lexington, Ky, arrived
in the city AT 30 last evening over the Seattle.
Lake shore Eastern railroad. They came west
over the Canadian Pacific in General Ayers
private car the Michigan. and they have spent
some days 81 Bauff and the other places of in
terest along the line. Upon reaching the city
they went 10 1arrow.
Rev. A. c. Hirst, D. D., Ii. D., and Rev.
Thomas Tilben arrived yesterday from san
Francisco. Dr. HirsI is pastor OF the First Meth
ODDS. church OF that city, and is president OF the
Monterey Chsutsuqus Assembly. He viii be st
the opening Of Chautauqua this afternoon. To-
morrow he delivers his great lecture, Broom Sc
the Top" He Is one OF the foremost pulpit ora
tors of the Pacific coast. On sunday he will de-
liver the baccalaureste address at the assembly.
MALI Legaul,, Of Granite Point, who arrived
at the Diller hotel yesterday, SAYS that two ssS-
mill. are being put up at the place. One is for
saving long timbers, and the other for making
railroad ties. "The country around there is
settling up very rapidly" he said, land the
work Of Clearing is going on steadily."
Mr. and Mrs Alton L Dickerman, Missr. D.
Dickermsu and Master A. L. Dicksrman, r., Of
Colorado Springs, and Mrs. $ F. Damon. of
Boston. ara at the Rainier. Mr.. Dickeusn, who
is manager of the Monte Crisio mines, is now a
resident OF this state, and he has brought his
family on from Colorado.
George S. Brown. OF Everett. president of the
Everett & Monte Cris;o railroad, ani secretary
OF several Of the companies engased in manu-
featuring q. Everett, Is st the Rainier hotel
Last night he was exhibiting some fine speci-
mems of paper turned out by the paper mill st
Everett
Mr.. and Mr. G. T. Harris. of Philadelphia are
stopping a. the Rainier hotel Mr.. Harris who
10 engaged in the lithographing busia ess is now
making pleasure tour OF the Coast.
ABOUT DIR. FALLOWS,