The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-07
THE PASSING THRONG.

Mr.. G. Z Bolton. who opens his courso OF II
Illustrated lectures this evening ct the Plymouth
church. arrived yesterkay noon, having made
stops at Helena, Great Falls and Spokane. He
recalls wildly . former engagement of hve
nights In Fry's opsra house when on Friday
June & 1859. he was preparing to open on
the Saturday evening. suddenly ct 2:3o
the cry OF "Firsv startled him - he
entered the Occidental hotel With the
cefrined citissns he did his best for hours to
stay the nrs nend. but opera house and Ill went
out In smoke Mr. Bolton, on his return says ho
u confronted with these questions: "Whsre
did the material. money and labor all come
attls presents todayf' Like Patti, Nj. Bolton
says this season 10 the second OF nine annual
farewells, aud viii close his work for 1929 ct
Tacoma and Portland While On route Mr.. Boil.
ton Wa delayed In . tWenty-six hours Dakota
bliszard. and whom he was released Coast p
per brought news 70 him OF the burning
Of . fashionable apartment block In Cleveland
where for the winter his family was living.
Finally telegram overlook him on the express
reading: "Your wife IL safe. she was the only
one of six who escaped" Nc Bottoms wife 10
the famous authoress, Sarah < Bolton, whose
books are read far and vida Fortunately the
manuscript Of her sixteenth volume entitled,
Famous Explorsrs," was saved also.
Of the Occidental ~ sss BY the dispatches
that the proposition 70 subsidise an Australian
mail line from Vancouver has passed the lower
heuse Of the Canadian parliament" said he Last
night. ''and II IL passes the upper house It viii
b good thing for our town. Still. what We
most want 10 population. We soon will have
more transcontineutal railroads than any other
city on the Pacific coast, with IN ocean line Of
steamers. aud yet the country 10 not settling MP
- last - We would like TO have It President
Van Horne, of the Canadian Pacific. IL now
spending all his energies in establishing fast
transatlantic line of steamers. and In making
new Eastern connections. He has said that -
soon - these arrangements are completed he
viii turn his attention to Western matterA"
Tho peculiarities of President Hill, of the
Great Northdrn railway, in regard to giving out
Information to reporters are we'll known to
Newspaper men. While he never refuses to
talk to . reporter II he has the time to spare,
and talks freely In an interview, he strongly OBJ
1ects to any of his employees giving out informa-
tion about even commonplace matters concern.
tng the road Several months ago CLERK In his
ONCE, who had had considerable opportunity to
fathom Mr.. Htll's ambition, was discharged for
giving to . reporter the following prediction:
I'm 1892 the treat Northern will be built to the
Pacific coast; in 1888 to China; In 1894 to
Europe, and in 1895 around the world"
n. l. Davis. Of Sultan City, who IL stopping at
the Occidental said last night: Cuisines up
our way 10 very lively at present. and the out
look IL that It will continue 90 for some time,
- the Great Northern has lot Of work to do
yet to get tts line in frst-class condition. We
are hoping that the proposed cutoff from our
nsighborhood to Seattle will be built this year.
II will open up good region. part Of which 10
already we'll settled. There 10 . lot of good
agricultural land mp there. and the stimsons
have body of 5000 acres of timber which would
also b opened up