The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-20
THE PASSING THR0NG.

!. W. Wiimans, the mining man, returned TO
the city late on Thursday night. after m ab-
seuce OF over ave months He spent most OF
the time in New York, then went TO Hot
Springs. Ark. 70 visit his mother. From there
he went TO Chicago and looked 1t the Worlds
fair. whence he eams directly home Not
over Is per cent OF the exhibits ase in place
ysf." said he. "but ARE rapidly being arranged
IL depends chiefly on the Chicago people
whether the fair IL 70 BE- . success or not At
present the keepers OF the hotels and sestau-
rants show no computations Of conscience
about making sxo.bitant charges, but the POO
pie made sach . howl about the sxtoRtiou on
the fair grounds, that the directors have forced
. reduction. A great many people are talking
OF going there, and their 6nal decision will de-
pead on the reports Of those who 90 early in
the season. II people como trooping back
from the fair with stories OF exsor-
ton. the people OF small means who
have been thinking Of going. will give up
the idea and thus the Chicago people will have
killed the bird that lays the golden egga II the
Chicago papers and the public there take up the
matter and force the hotel keepers and restaurant
men 10 como down TO reasonable rates, % that
people can 90 with reasonable certainty OF not
being csnched, great many viii 90 who would
otherwise stay away. / found q great many
persons with their eyes turned toward WASH
iugton. and think we shall have large num-
Der Of visitors this summer to ace the country
and invest here. There 10 quite depression In
the money market. and, although the banks are
full Of money. they are calling in ali they can.
The chief cause Of anxiety Seems 70 be the nu-
capitalists are awaiting the action OF congress
before making new iryestments."
Mr.. and Mra F. I. Holder, Mr. and Mira John
6. Peens and Miss Terry, OF Yonkers. n. Y, aud
Mr.: Holder's cousin. Mr.. Beane. of Benicia.
Cal. and her daughter. Miss Beane. who arrived
In the city over the Northern Pacific road from
Tacoma ON Thursday evening. in private wag-
res car. leave for Vancouver. B. c., this morning
over the Lake Shore aud Canadian Pacific roads.
The Yonkers party are making = trip around the
country In private car OF the New York Cen
trail road and intend to close 1t With visit to
the Worlds fair, where they will arrive about
June I. From New York they went to Florida,
then to New Orleans and came on from there BY
the southern Pacific. stopping on the way at
Los Anselss, the Yosemite valley, Monterey.
San Francisco ana other places In California
They were joined at Benicia By Mrs. and Miss
Beane. At Portland they were transferred to
the Northern Pacific and came on to Tacoma
and seattle. From Vancouver they 60 over the
Canadian Pacific TO Winnipeg. stopping on the
way at Bann and other places OF interest and
then 90 on to St Paul and Chicago. They spent
yesterday In seeing the city. which they greatly
admired when they got away from the depot.
Mr.. Holder 10 . carpet manufacturer and
recognised many OF his wares in the city. Mr..
Peens runs . limo OF freight and passenger
steamers on the Hudson river and stin has tho
old sioop. which was built by his grandfather
and tho farmers OF ioukcrs and the neishbor-
hood seventy years ego u get their produce to
market, "when the country was settling up iust
a. yours !, now" a. he said.
Adrummsr who writes poetry. who can dicker
whose culture comp.ehends the worth OF .
dollar and the beauty OF a srope. who can take
in the town With "the boys or take xallop
on his pegasus through the realms OF fancy
such one is q rare bird. However, auch are
the accomplishments of Charles Baswitx,
ST. Paul commercial traveller. stopping
as the Northern. lie 10 not ouly q poet,
but q play wright. and while other knights
OF the grip are spending the small hours in q
game OF draw. he deyotcs hts leisure to author
ship, lie has written number OF plays which
have been produced. among them, "A Drum.
mef's IIife," Little Nugget" and &c o. D." His
latest pEoducticn Is something more ambitious
than anything he has hitherto undertaken. II
IL comic opera, in three acts. en-
titled Navajo He has secured Carl
Martens. the musical conductor of tho Calhoun
opera Company. TO write the music for II. aud
expects TO have it produced before long tn
Chicago The main action OF the piece takes
place amidst the mountains of New Mexico,
the principal characters being al abducted
English heiress adopted by an Indian chief and
hated by An Indian hng aud female usurper of
the heiress' title and wealth The play winds
up with the heiress restored to wealth ana
happy in the lore Of al army officer WHO wooed
her an Indian princess.
Mr.. John Alison. A. B., . son OF Rev. Al.
exsnder Alison. arrived in this city on Tuesday
night from Chicago. where he is attending the
Mccormick Theological seminary. He 10 q
graduate Of Hamilton college, New YORK. where
his bother. Alexander Alison, it,, is now .
student
Dr- J. Ii. Eagisson. o. tais city, has been ap-
pointed member OF the advisory council OF the
worlds eoagress auxiliary OF .hs Worlds Co
lumbar exposition on meitco-citfnatologv
which meets IA Chicago during the week begin.
ming May -.
Mr.. and Mrs ". G. Ronald. Mr. J. H. Ronald
ami The iwo daughters Of Mayer Ronald left last
night ie- Chicago, where they viii meet the
mayo. aud hi. wife
PERSONAL.
". q. Collins, OF Cnico is stopping 1t the
Northern.
r " Mood. of Port Angeles, 10 stopping at
the Grsnd