The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-03
THE PASSING THRONG.

as aide with the rank of colonel on the staff of
Governor Andrew g. Curtin. From 1852 to 1866
he was commissioner of internal revenue. He
was trained for mercantile pursuits, but he
liked newspapers better, and SO in 1870 he
bought the Vatlev Democrat, published in Me-
chanicsburg. In short time he also bought
the local rival aud consolidated the two papers
into the Independent Journal He met with I'M
usual success and he was soon elected president
OF the state Editorial Association. He Is now
its secretary and treasurer. The National Edi-
torial Association was organized in 1854 by Mr..
Thomas, in connection with b. B. Herbert, OF
Minnesota; w. H. Brearley, of Michigan: J. X.
Belts, OF Arkansas; 4. r. Gilbert, OF Texas; W.
H. II. Judson, OF Louisiana; J. q. Elliott, OF
Texas; Ezra Whitman. of Maryland. and J. A.
Brewster, of California, all veteran editors. He
was commissioner from Pennsylvania to the
Worlds Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exhi-
bition at New Orleans In lss4-5, and also to the
American exposition at London In 1887. He
owns three other papers beside the Journal-the
Farmers Friend, which Is the official organ OF
the Changers; the Saturday Journal, a paper of
gossip aud social news, and the Formers Com
rnercial Adusrtiser a monthly Mr.. Thomas, who
has been quite prominent in the Republican
politics of Pennsylvania. said yesterday: "While
do not indorse all that Senator Quay has done,
for think he has made mistakes, still know
OF no one who has attained his place as a leader
without mourning as much opposition both
will spend several days visiting the points OF
interest on Puget sound.
The second section OF the American Society OF
Mechanical Engineers arrived in the city yes
terday from Portland. The members of this
body left the East May 4, and reaching San
francisco held a session there for five days.
Since then they have been pleasure seeking.
The first section of the society was in Seattle for
few hours last week. The second section,
after reaching here on the morning train, took
breakfast at the Rainier, and until luncheon
was engaged in sight seeing They left agsin at
3o'clock for Tacoma. From there they 60 to
Portland The party, which was in charge OF c.
A. Cooke, OF Boston, included Mr.. and Mrs. v.
g. Hazard, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Belts, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Andrews and Mrs. NJ w. Bring
hurst, OF Wilmington; Mr.. and Mrs. ID. G.
Moore. and Mrs. H. B. Wimbruner OF Elizabeth:
Mr.. and Mrs. +. G. Daniels, OF Worcester, Mass;
MI. and Mrs. Harry s. Haskins, Mrs. NJ. Z. Har.
rington, Washington Jones, Wilfred Lewis, Mr..
and Mrs. w. C. Williamson, and Mr..
and Mrs J. d. Williamson. of Phila-
delphia; Mr.. and Mrs. James Mcbride,
Albert Stearns and Miss Gertrude stearns,
OF Brooklyn; W. F. Monaghan. Mr. and Mrs. C.
". Hunt and'F. Martins, of New York; w. e.
Schoenborn, of Washington City; r. Z. Hibbard
and w. q. Cotton, OF Boston; Mrs. H. G. Ham,
NETT, Miss Faith Hammett and Miss Grace Ham.
NETT, of Troy, N. Y; Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Sharpe,
OF Salem. O., and Mr.. Thomas G. Borden, of Fall
River. Mr.. Moore Is the man who recently
launched the cruiser Bancroft: Mr.. Daniels is
manager of the Washburn- Moen Barbed Wire
Company, of Worcester; Mr.. Schoenborn is in
the patent Office at Washington City, and Mr..
Borden is one of the owners of the Fall River
line of steamboats,.
Mrs. Lucy A. Switzer, of Cheney, who is re-
garded as the mother Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union in Washington. is at the
Occidental hotel. Both she and her husband
are active in the Prohibition party, aud her
trip to Seattle was to attend the
state convention held here on Wednesday.
In 1880 Mrs. Switzer organized the first local
Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Wash
fngton territory at Seatte and three years later
she came to the Sound and helped to organize
unions at Olympia, Tacoma, Port Townsend and
Seattle. With the exception of one or two years
since 1882 she has been head of the general Or
ganzation in Eastern Washington. Her zeal in
attending the national gatherings of the union
has been remarkable, for since 1883 she has been
at all but two: and last fall she was at the ma
tional meeting and also the worlds meeting in
Boston Four years ago she was a delegate to
the national convention OF the Prohibitionsts
at indianapolis, and was a member of the COM
mittee on platform.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Henderson, of Brooklyn,
arrived at the Rainier hotel last night. Mr..
Henderson, W no is broker for dried fruit in
New York, has been attending the Presbyterian
assembly at Portland as one OF the lay commits
sioners. For several months he has been travel
ing in California, looking over the fruit inter-
ests there. "a few years ago." said he, 'the
California dried fruit of an inferior quality,
and did not sell easily in the Eastern market.
But time has improved the quality OF the fruit,
and the methods OF curing it, so that now the
average California raisins and prunes are quite
yned tba s,,,,.a tod TtaA ,xy
come before long when the Pacific coast will
supply the whole United States with fruit You
grow good prunes here in Washington, but the
business OF raising them has really hardly be-
gun yet here"
j. Calvin Watson, the assistant superintend-
ent of the state school for defective youth is at
the Grand hotel, looking up the of some
feeble minded children here who may become
pupils at the school. Last night he said: "There
are more people of defective mind in the COM
munity than you would imagine. About Is per
cent of the criminals are really defective in in.
tellect, and you will find that the majority of
the tramps who fnfest the East, but are not so
common here, are feeble-mnded They have
no will power, no continuity of purpose, not
force enough to make them decent and law
abiding members OF the community. Often
they display the cunning of a monkey or of an
insane person, but their minds are seriously de-
fective."
Princess Angelina had lively time yesterday.
The photographs of her royal highness on exhi-
hltiou At the Rainier hotel excited such adrnira
ton from the visiting editors and from the
members OF the American society OF Mechanical
Engineers, that three parties of them visited
her cabin. She was suffering from a slight at
tack OF rheumatism, and was apparently not at all
| anxious to receive visitors. They wished to buy
some mementoes from her, but she s;outly re-
fused to part with any of her belongings, and
she a. steadlastly refused to accept any OF the
money offered as gifts. Thirty of her photo
graphs were sold at the Rainier hotel yesterday,
to say nothing OF those disposed OF elsewhere.
Donald Ferguson, a we'll known mining man.
is at the Grand hotel. having just returned to
the city iron the Chelan district He said yes
terday: mining men from all parts Of the
country are hocking into Eastern Washington.
AT present survey IS being made for road
from the head OF Lake Chelsn 70 the mines.
lying twenty-five miles to the northwest The
survey will also be continued in through the
Cascade pass, though the road may not be built
there for some time to come. The ores in the
Cheian district are high grade gaienas. Develop
ment work IS all that can be done there this
season."
Mr. and Mrs. George n. McCauley, OF Ha ri s.
burg. are q, the Rainier hotel. Mr.. MeCauley is
asuccessiul iron manufacturer, being secretary
and treasurer Of the Central Iron " orks, of
harrisburg. company in which the family OF
william E. Bailey, of this city. is largely inter-
es1ed M AeCaGley is himself an uncle OF SIR.
bsiley. de has just spent two weeks at the
fresoyterian assembly at Portland, TO which be
was one OF the lay commissioners.