The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-28
1 GUEST OF SEATTLE.
Vice President Stevenson -
Arrive Today.
tvsl,c RECEPTIONS TONIGHT.


vice Prssidsnt etsssnson and his party
l,ass>d through seattle yesterday morn
Ing on the sssamsv City Of k'nestcn on
ale nay % Port Townsend and Victoria.
White the steamer US ~ the whasf quite
i desexasioo u eeeesis cittrens shook
ssaEds With the vies prssidenk. COL J. A.
;Hatcesd and J. B. NsseaiSs joined the
PARTY - . ut-commitsee Of Sseeption and
saccompaused them 70 Victoria snd hack
10 Tacoma. there - b Joined By Mayor
,Ronaid. who vsnt over last evening.
Thsss esntisuea viii escort the vses pres
asssnt and party 70 breakfast In Tacoma
;aud sftsswasds 20 the steamer Flyer 70
inject the fail committee from this city.
/; The Flyer viii Ieavs ssstsis ~ Sis
shis morning. for Tacoma. bearing the
reception comnttses % INSET shs vice
psssidsnt as Tacoma. The list Of COM
mittssmsn 10 - follows: Gov. John
II. Mcf;rsw, Mayor Roaald Maj. J.
r. Hayden. Judge Thomas Burke. D.
o. Finch, w. n. White. w. r. Forrest.
J. B. Mssealss. Georges II. Hsiihron. e. A.
G. Rochrssss. r. J. Hamiison. Daniel Kei-
Iehsr, J. = Kinnssr. Jacob Furth. c. q.
Hsifnsr. I. A. Ksdeau, John Coiiins.
0riE1th Davies, John y. Miller, James
Gsmp.e. Josiah Collins. n. II. Shields. +
O. Graves, G. !. Conovsr. T. X. spencer.
d.. J. 3. KIoebsr. Col. J. A. Hatfield. J.
n. Carson. J. =. Goldsmith. l.. d. Ross.
Thonas w. Prosch. d. h. Jackson. Fred
= Sander, r. y. Whittier. A. r. Hittsn.
The msmhsrs og the COMMITTEES have been
sequsstsd to b accompanied. - far - pos
sibie. ~ ladies.
The Flyer viii arrive In Seattle ct 1870
o'eieck with the party. and on her enter
ing the harbor The revenue cutter Oliver
Wolcots viii IRE . salute Of nineteen guns.
The party viii b. met u the wharf
with carriages, taken for . brief
ride through the city and then
q the Raiaisr hotel for lunch. After
luscheon they will b. driven to the mineral
palace and thsn tsks Ysslsr avenue car
Tor Lake Washington where steamboat
ride will b. taken on the Kirkland. the use
Of which has been donated BY Hyams.
1ausou & Co. Returning - far - broad
vay on the Madison street cable line the
party viii take the Broadway electric line
- b. given view Of the route OF the pro-
posed ship canal. The party will return
20 the Rainier hotel for dinner and pub
lie recepeion will b held In the evening st
the Asmory ct $50 o'clock.
The reception vii b.. at Mr.. Steven
sons request, entirely informal, and every
enc Who chooses will b expected 10 At
tend and greet the vice president. IL il
probable that Gov. Nc0raw will deliver
IN address Of welcome 70 the state, and In
any event Mayor Ronald will welcome the
vice president 20 Seattle, while Mr.. Stew
enson and possibly others Of the party
will respond. Then viii follow the pres
sntAtion Of the specially prepared SOU
vsnir 20 Mrs. Stevenson, After which the
public reception viii occur. Music will
be rendered during the evening BY the
First Regiment band.
An elegant souvenir II being gotten up
for presentation 10 4rs. Stevenson by the
womsn Of Seattle. IL 10 an engraved sill
yer platter Eve and half BY three and
half inches In stss. encassd In satin
lined brown chamois cass. The plate 10 Of
sterling silver. gildsd % ~ 10 give relief
and perspective 70 the engraved represen-
tation. The edges ars bevsjsd and sill
yer chain 10 attached 20 each of she upper
corners. % that the plate can b hung up.
Upon the face Of the plate are represented
swo scenes, one on either eide Of tall iii
tree in the center foreground and repre-
venting the Evergreen stats. One scene
Il s.sw Of Mount Rainier across the
southern end Of Lake Washington. The
snowy summit looms above the foress-csad
hills beyond the smiling lake in tho fore
ground. The other il . representation OF
enoqualmie falls. with the cliffs on either
eide crowned with trees. In the upper
len hand corner 10 . vignetts Of Chief Sc
~ Ael
whole 10 = scroll bearing the legend:
"From the Ladies' Of Seattle. Mrs. A. 4.
Stevenson. July -. Isa''
The plate IL being engraved by Albert
Hansen. and viii be presented 90 Mrs.
Stevenson Ut the reception in the Armory
this evening. Mrs. w. III. II. Green has
been very energetic in the matter Of seeur-
ing the souvenir and the work il being
done under her direction.
Mr.. Stevenson and his party will leave
Seattle tomorrow morning on the Great
Northern train for the East.
Following 10 an account Of the visit Of
Vice President Stevenson aud his PARTY to
Fort Townsend yesterday:
'.foRr TowSsESp, July 2z.~fspeciai J.
Vice President Adlai y. Stevenson and
party arrived here at $50 o'clock this aft
were met ut the wharf BY the key City
band. Mayer Tucker. President johnson.
81 the Chamber Of Commerce, n large
crowd OF citizens and = party OF Estui-
max dressed In their native Costumes
~ho Joined in the procession on sleigh
hsaiei by dasen Aretie dogs. and the
visitors were escorted 10 the custom house
Collector saunders met the party In
Tacoma. anu accompanied them down the
SonGd. aud AT seattle sss f,.s4e,s by In,
nias Eaehesssr. ]. II. Aetcalle. J. 4. Hat
Eeid, 4. J. Hamilton, A. II Mariner aud
Is a. =, Rochester. An informal recsn-
ton sss held ia the collectors Office r.
=, Johnson. president Of tie Chamber of
tetSi saefce, delivered the address OF wei
enstte. N@ es4a~' the vice presidents par.
tisassf attention a. the .efanseiv<s saa.si-
ton 81 FACET sound in the event of wnr
aad itapressed hinl With the necessity OF
erecting Qualifications st the earliest S,ss-
s,bs~ date.
.-sscp President Stevenson earnestly y.-
sgasnisst and said IL wss only a question
OF = shot. time when appropriations far
ssssss desgnSss would DO allowed hv CON.
Trcss. lie reasiEssi the necessity 81 xnr4,
work ami argued that the rania advance
ftsns OF Puget sound ~ commercial cen.
ter demanded the psotecGioa 81 lis re
sssafrsx by the general eexrrnmemt
"Iasn rause the reception. hen several
hundred esssssas ard sae Esaas1mux A.,
charge at Manee ". Hraec aere aatro-
snee>t, Iae sesse lasted nnsil O'Clock.
sass The party returned - their carriages
sad we've driven "a the Szty III ksaxs,oa
ard started Ola their Way 10 Victoria.
The following tells Of the party's enter.
,Asnneas a. Victoria:
'vtevesia. July g-.-tSr~~sai. Vice
frvssdsns s;sv~nsaa ana party. on thr4r