The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-17
THE PASSING THR0xG.

S1ate1 states senator X r. fexsa&fSW, Oh
Sioux Falls. 4 D.. Alexander MeKes1ie, Of Bis
msrck. y. d.. ani Cap. W. K Bowen. OF St
fsGi, are a party Of tourists stopping At the
Rainier. Tnia 10 their frat vistt 20 this part OF
tie Coast. and they are taking = iessurely souy-
rsy. They will spend three OF four weeks Ia
tsss part OF the country. Senator Petit
grew Is native OF Vermont. ana
went TO Dakota la 1859, where he engaged
In the surveying and real esssss business. In
Is-2 he opened . Law Office and has peAc.iced
the Profession ever since He was elected 70
the Dakota legislature in lss7. and has been fire.
4Heas!y reelected. He vas . delegate In tho
Forty-seveath congress. and when bis state was
admitted iato the Union ia 1859 he vas chosen
tatted states senator aad drew the long term,
which will expire March 3, 1888 He is very
wealthy and owns considerable timcer land
which he has never seen yet He was largely
identified with the upbuiId!ng OF his state.
which has been very rapid during the last doxsn
yesra- he 10 building . railroad about sixty
miles long. extending from sioux Falls to
fsnkson, the state capital AYES. the Popu-
Lists have become very numerous OF late In my
state" said he, "but think they will die out
atou. a fast o. they grew. They have even
failed to satisfy themselves, and in the
mex: election 1 expect the state to 60
Republican again. / do not know yet
whether shall be 4 candidate for reelection or
not That Is long way OF yet / think 1t 10
wonderful that two such nne cities - seattle
aud Tacoma should exist 20 near together. and
think II speaks volumes for the resources OF
this country" Mr. Mckenzie in . wealthy capt
talist and one Of the foremost politicians in
North Dakota. He went TO Bismarck In 1873. be-
fore the Northern Pacific had yet reached the
Missouri river, and still calls that place his
home, although for the last Ave years he has
spent most OF his time in New York and In
Europe "You certainly have q great country
r1sSeh np~ ~ RhA
best coal between the Great Lakes and the Pa
cific and on the American coast, your agri-
culture. your mines and your fisheries, and
am OF the opinion that Washington 10 today the
most prosperous state in the Union"
Capt. ". r Bowen 10 . prominent lumber.
man OF St Paul. 1--WE went out 70 . logging
camp east OF Tacoma today" said he. land saw
the way you handle your timber out here We
were very much interested and also very much
impressed with the vast wealth which here lies
waiting only to be harvested"
number OF friends of the party living in
Olympia, learning that they were in the state.
wired them the following message last night:
Old friends and neighbors join in . hearty
request ina, Won visit the capital city before you
leave the sound. We are situated at the head
OF Fugets placid water. the Oldest and hand
somest city on the Coast. SHAW. GORDON.
RfAs, HAI6Hr. scoBEY. HoPP, sKILLxAN, A0-
INV. CAIN, and twenty other DaSotans.
Hon aud Mrs. Louis H. Tarplsy. of Portland.
are at the Grand hotel. Mr.. Tarpiey. who is not
yet so years old. was raised in Marion county.
o., aud studied law with Tilman Ford. one
OF tho best known characters - well a.
brightest lawyers OF the Northwest, at Salem
He became prominent in politics one day BY his
name being sprung before Republican conven-
ton for county clerk. and came near de-
featinR the cut-and-dried candidate. although
no had never once been named for
or thought OF seeking the ONCE before an
admirer made the nominating speech. He was
only little past his majority when he was sent
to the most westerly portion Of the United
States. Ounalsska. Aisska, - United States
commissioners. While there he married . cul.
tured young lady. whose homo was in Caliior.
mia, but who had been In Alaska with her
father. who held An honorable position in the
government service. Mr.. Tarpley has since en-
gagged In :he practice of law at Portland, and 10
doing well. His present visit 10 one Of business
combined with pleasure.
D. 8. Waldron, OF San Francisco, compiler OF
the standard time schedules of the Southern
Pacific road, IL now In Seattle He 10 an old.
timer AMI was postmaster at Colusa.
Cal, In President Pierce's administration,
then being one Of tho publishers OF the
Miners Advocate He also passed through the
Oregon Indian war Of 1s5i-55 Speaking OF his
past last night he said: Il fret landed In Seat
tie at the time the Yeslsr mill was built The
landing was called sawdust street and
afterwards Mill street. John Collins
boarding house was full. and 80 Mr..
fesler gave me accommodations at his resi-
dence. The change Is magical. Who could
have thought that in thirty years such agreat
city Is Seattle with Its magnificent blocks and
immense resources would develop from what
was seen on my first visit here?'
Will II. Thompson. Of thia city, writes from
Springfield, H.. that he sat at the same table
Al banquet at which Vice President Adlai E.
stevenson and senator John NJ Palmer were
present He adds: al was ticated right royalty
aud got I'm q Pacific cosat speech. Please sub
scribe for the observation-disclosures for two
months and send IL to Charlottesville, Ind"
Mrs. w. T.. Jones, of 81. Louis, wifc OF the
Claim agent of the Missouri Pacific road, ac-
eompaned by her daughter, Miss X. S. Jones, Is
stopping at tho Arlington on a pleasure trip
through the West. They return home today.
Edouard Remenyi, the celebrated vioiinist,
and his party, consisting OF Miss Minnie ID.
Meihot. Miss Florence Sage and ]. W. Marsh
back, are registered at the Northern.
l. Lniis. of New YORK. proprietor OF one of the
largest cigar factories III the country 10 q gues,
at the Northern
Mr. ana Mrs. All A. Piummer, OF Port Towns
end. registered yesterday at the Grand.
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