The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-19

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The City Of Topeka arrived in Seattle
yesterday morning at Q o'clock several
days late. and two hours later the Queen
also came in, having made remarkably
quick trip from Sitka. which place she
left Friday night. two days after the To-
peka. The latter. however. had to call at
several ports. while the Queen made Q
straight run TO the Sound. The Topeka
was also delayed by ice Hoes in Glacier
bay
Among the passengers on the Topeka
were: Miss A. II. Kelsey, missionary at
Stka. who comes down on . vacation;
John Brogan. Of Colorado. who will re-
turn shortly to open up minc in the
Sheep creek basin: u. II. Cameron. who
has been putting In . sawmill at Mesla.
kahtla; Mrs. o. J. Humphries and J..
Williams. Of Nutschuk, aud Il. b. Bur.
well. Of this city.
The steamer brought down fifty-kvs bar.
rolls Of sealskins for J. G. Nixon. part Of
the catch Of his sealing schooner Henry
Dennis.
The Topeka will remain here until g
O'Clock this evening. whom she will 20 70
Tacoma, sailing from there for Alaska q
There 10 much speculation at Httka over
the little steam schooner Warlock, which
put In there in distreea She cleared from
Victoria 70 Kamschatka, and the only way
she could come In was TO b in distreea
The captain 3 also engineer, aud some en-
gineers who went aboard the schooner
state that the cause Of the distress was
failure Of the machinsry @ work well.
They cay that it looked . u one Of the
ecesatries hod.besn unooup1ed end pue o.
% the I've woeked aeains1 each ether.
this bsiAe sppassnsly done q purposs g
disable the best anA enable her - pus IN
at 6itkA She is . vssy small esal, but
carries sixteen men aAd eaa steam twslve
miles an hour. The eaptain = che same
one Who saided tAs eel Islands lest year
and vas captured. 1vsgybedy % eitka u
wondering what ths objsse g ne vssssl's
visit q.
Judge Warren Truita Of ths Unttsd
States court Of Alaska, and Mn. Truitt
were passengsrs on the steamer Queen ar-
rivinG yesterday. They lsit last evening
for Chicago 70 visit the fair and will then
60 70 Warrington City. arriving there
about the time congreos meets. rsturning
here to sail for Alaska the last Of August.
When asked about Alaskan affairs Judge
Truitt said: The revenue cutter Rush
brought In two sealing schooners which
had been seised, the Alexander, owned In
San Francisco, and the st. Paul. owned BY
Nr. Wasburn, agent Of the Alaska Com
mercial Company ut Kodiak. The vessels
were libelied and are now in possession Of
the United States marshal. The captains
sndcavored to procure bonds In Sitka, but
found IL impossible. and ~ they would
haze TO send 70 Fan Francisco for bonds
concluded not to furnish them. I would
have approved the bonds before I left. II
they had been furnishsd, but ! shall b.
away until September and the case viii
then b tried.
X r. Hatch, who has Just retired from
the ofiice OF collector Of customs in
Alaska, with Mrs. Hatch and their four
boys came down on the Queen. and will
go in few days TO his former home in
Polk county. Or. When asked about poll
tics In Alaska Mr.. Hatch said:
II turned the customs Office over 10 my
successor. Mr.. Moore. on July I. and my
special deputy. Col. Isham. will be re-
tanned for short time until the arrival
there Of the collectors brother, George
Moore. who will be his deputy. Col.
lsham received . special recommendation
from the department A. being . coiis-
pstent man for the place. But there II no
civil service reform about IL. It's al IoIi-
tics. Mr.. Moore has the sppointnent Of
seven deputies and four inspec-
tors. IL il understood that Ell
ward Holmes, OF Oregon City. will
be deputy at Mary island. ssnd J. NJ.
Ketcham ~ Wrangei. A Mr.. Handy. of
California, il now on the way to Aiask-. to
be deputy collector ~ Unalaxka. There 10
no change yet At Kodiak. The appoint
ment Of Judge BheakIey ~ governor
creates no particular enthusiasm. lie 10
IN old man and one who has been willing
70 hold down . u 600 Job for four years.
No. had heard nothing about the Mohi.