The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-14
THE PASSING THRONG.

Mrs 5. C. Slaughter. of Taeoraa, director of
the ar department for the Washington Worlds
far commission. arrived q, tas Rainier hotel
last night she has come TO consult W. 2.
sk4iings, the architect of the state oui ding az
Cnlc&So, IN regard 20 soma o. the plans Tor the
interior decoration OF the structure. Il wish 20
ma out, said she, exact how much space
1Aere nay be 20 De Alled by gork OF the art de-
partment, and how that space Is divided up.
iou see I Is my wish - have the interior deco
ration done b. nv department Ny pan IS 20
Rave pictures setting forth the best that the
state has 20 show nthe way Of scenery, etc hope
70 get the several cities and counties Interess
50 that each may eoatri butte = painting OF some
Ihing n winch II IS specially interested. For
instance. We should have q beautiful forest
scene, where the loggers are a. worA telling
trees. In the same way I want 10 see the grain
helds OF Eastern Washington shown, and the
STRIKING piece OF landscape and water view.
with such decoration as this, we can make the
Guiding in every detail thoroughly character
fs'lc OF the state" Mrs. slaughter Will remain
IL the city during the day to meet those specially
interested IN the WORK.
fhiAip u. Eastwick, q weil-known engineer of
Portland. Is at the Diller hotel Formally he
was q resident OF Seattle, AMI from Is75 to 1873
he was city engineer. During that time he es-
taoiished most of the grades of the city streets.
Tor the board OF United states army engineers
conducted the surveys and made the estimates
for the Lake Washing chip canal. There is
no question in my mind,' said he last night,
"tnaI the people OF seattle could, IL they chose,
build that canal themselves. The estimated
cost Is - ooj, but the increased value of prop
erty would return that amount manifold On
en- ordinary commercial basis the money in
vested in the canal would bring good re-
tdrns, and X seems 70 me that TO raise
the necessary capital ought 20 BE- a compare
uvely light undertaking. The land owners and
others Immediately benefited would give q good
bonus, and then there ought 10 be plenty Of
eastern capital TO be obtained at s low rate of
interest The fight over the canal in both
houses of congress has thoroughly advertised
the project throu shout the United States, and
capitalists are already fairly familiar with the
situation"
An excursion party arrived at the Rainier ho-
tel yesterday, consisting OF Mr.. and Mrs c. c.
Waite, Harry Waite. Ellison Waite and Miss
Campbell, OF Columbus, and Colonel and Mrs J.
NJ. choonmaker and Norman McCIintocK, of
Pittsburg. Colonel Schoonmaaer was for years
one OF the weathiest and most successful coke
operators in the ACCOMMODATES region His
concern. the J. VI. SHOEMAKER Coke Company,
was one OF the four composing the syndicate
which controlled the output and the price In
loSS the II. C. Friek company-headed BY the
man whose connection with the strikes at
Homestead has made his name familiar all over
the country-withdrew from the syndicate and
broke il up. Two years later the Friek COM
pany bought up the sehoon maker company and
others, that it controlled Shree-fourths OF the
region.
A. L. sharpstein, OF Wslla walla, IL stopping
ct the Occidental hotel. Mr.. Shsrpstein. who
for a time was interested in the Ceur d Aiene
mines, and who has spent considerable time
there, said last night: ~ ara much afraid
from what know of the character of the miners
that more serious trouble is yet ahead, and that
they will blow up the mines. Among them are
some rough and des perate man. But how they
can expect capital TO go into the mines there
alter such al event is a mystery to me-"
Mrs J. P. Ludlow. wife of the Baptist mis-
sionary, the Rev. J. P. Ludlow, has just returned
from Japan. Her husband is on the ocean bound
for New York aud Will shortly join his wife
here. Mrs. Ludlow is al present the guest of
Judge and Mrs. Roger S. Greene, at Fifth and
Blanchard streets. MI and Mrs. Ludlow have
been faithful workers in Japsn but the climate
has not agreed with them, and both now return
TO their native Land broken in health.