The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-31
THE PASSING fHROSG.

| .Is 70 sI1rs u EuDinzF c,clse, zC1 SIc%ets 70
/ Depart to1oorrow. he e stopping 81 the AriI3g
! ton. where seporter .0r the POS -IsT LLIGZS
| GEE lntsrv ers1 hin iss. night ~ expecf 70
! gel away Ws9uss9sT," said ae, sand be aDscn:
about ssTsn month"; ! dou't know ys. which
| coast sas-l cruise on. I heard tina; Japan had
declared Ter intention 81 arresting segiers found
| On Der coAst. even 20 % es from shore T.hall
! osve = c,cs 0! tsenIy-f0ur al told, inc ud.ug
/ s'x k11ters. The o1-insss 81 the hunters 10 70
.hDoi the seals. Whenever W. run across a
-sa1oi Of Sso &c know that the seals are there,
for meg are great destroyers o. IL D. 6ev01rlng
| rock col. The argesI .izs salmon and ali other
ANAL hsD. We then prepare % hunt the seals.
ksch nucte. goes IL boat, accompanied
| Dy two oaysnen. Lat year the scientific men
| from wash ngton GA foari the Cofwin cane On
| bard our vessel and Examined the stoIaachs u
LILY sea We mad just Killed, AMI they al. con-
tanned nsh, come o. them much g. forty
| pounds Iae United states q sure 70 ae bea,en
At every po at on tlis sealing arbitration. The
Wno4s tSiig IL nothing bat a job 10 preserve the
Alaska Commercial! Compauy's monopoly, ana
| many oi the highest officials Of our government
nave stock Ia that company. The EEglsh COM
rntssionsr- have prepared a strooy argument 10
! chow that tie mortal ~ among tie pu,e On the
roozerie- Ii not &c 70 the killing o: ;ae cows ia
| pelagc sealing. IL IL well known tina. there
xss 10 sealing at ali last year ii Bering sea. 80
that nome OF the cows were killed in lha, rnzu-
aer. Nevertheless ths commissioners have
prepared complete series Of photographs o.. tne
rooEerle-. which form panorama o; the islard,
ard In these photographs viuro. after winTow
Of dead pups are 70 DC .een. lie a,gu-
nent Of this showing is that the pup. or the
cows are snbjec; 70 fatal cpl ienics, Which XII
them OF n great hunters. A. 70 the cimuni.
ton OF the seal herds, have been sealing
great many years, and / caught as many seals
last year as did On my first cruise. have also
spent some time on the rooxeries, and think
st..t E~af 49,
safety To the herds OF young pups TIE lasler
open their eyes in three Days, and are aale 70
nyoe about in q week or ten days. And after
that, IL their mothers Killed, they viii steal
MIX from the other cows when the latter are
asleep. hen awake the COW will nos euckIe
other than her own pup However. think
that pelagic scaling shoUid be stopped during
the nursing season withia Certain radius
OF the rooker!es.i
81. used to be said tina. the .ereGo would not
bore into Alaska CEDAR" SAL ". 8. Jameson,
the Port Gamble logger, at The Arlington the
oIher day, "but the only ship ever knew built
OF that wood was the Pol.tofsky, bu.lt ST sirka
by the Russian government, and she had q cop
per bottom. enc also had copper boiler, and
when our govern me nj TOOK her over along with
the other property o. Russia in A aska, she wa.
sold u q. W. Megg-, at Port Madison. Her
boiler Afterwards brought more than the entire
vessel Tad been sold for. Speaking OF that
transfer, however. reminds me Of the fr-t
American boat waich went 10 that country
after lis purchase by the United States. 1. was
| the bark Torrent, belonging to the Puget Mi
| Company, which Was chartered By the govern
rnent 20 take up there the officers and troop.
VINO were to take possession of the couu-
| try. / shall never forget the departure
| OF that vessel, and OF all the miscellsneou,
| eargoes ship ever carried the one she took wa.
surely the most N xed. There were several
companies OF troops, with accoutrements
| ordnance, ammunition and supplies: provisions
of all sorts; mechanics TO build houses, ioriih-
| cations. etc, together with the material and
| tools to build them with: storekeepers with
stocks OF goods: household goods Of ali kinds:
men, women and children: officials aud civil
| ians; seameu, soldiers, mechanics and agricul-
tuTists, ana even live STOCK. An Irish woman
VINO had long been with the troops-perhaps
her husband wa a .oidief-took ong four fine
cows. toget her with three or four years fodder
and hay. The cargo was Piled Up 20 the yards
AMI DON'T believe sucn another looking vessel
! ever sailed out OF Puget sound. That was her
asst voyage. she went on the rocks, the disaster
| Deiug due 10 whisky, and those on board barely
| escaDei with their lives Another thing con-
| nected VITA that wreck was tha. the
| steward OF tie ship, fellow who hal had
| his ears cut OF Tor some deviltry or other and
| who wore his hair down on his shoulders 20
conceal the lo.s, managed to load b n ,elf down
|
| The officers on board the ship. All but the
! troops returned 20 Gamble after the wreck and
| saw the steward with severa. gold watches a
| couple OF when reco:uzed, &c peciai!y that OF
| the captain Of the snip. | spoke 10 the latter
| about mis- watch and was told that il wentGowu
| with the ship, as there was time to save anv.
! tDing out bis life, and he dc not have aov ton
| much time 20 DO thai. knew then that while
| e ship was going down aud everybody ws.
| thinking o! shvug their lives, this rascal of a
| steward WA going through the state rooms to
Sec what ne could carry Of"
| Mr.. and Mrs. Harwooi Morgan. OF London
| England. are stopp ng al the Rainier. They will
| remain permanently In the city, a. Mr. Morgan
| has established here the American headou.r-
| tiers o. the Land Mortgage Bank Of Northwestern
America, L. II ted, OF London, OF which ins,t,f
! ton lie is IN tnager. This is not ms arst visi,
| 10 this sec;ion," sal he - was out here = vear
| ago and made tour Of TIE entire West. and I
| have dec ded 70 locate here because thIa. Il q
| the business center of this region O,.r cornpany
| Is composed OF leading men in Yorkshire ana
| London and the capital of the company IS s5n.-
| go The sane men have maize a succe.s in the
| same business Ia other pats OF tie country
/ They have coUb,ued in two other crcsuizs.
| lions, which have been operating III Florida An
/ Texas for tie pss; ten years TaIs con-
| pany, however. has Just been orgsn4z..t
| Ter the purpose Of doing business
! II this state although our charter
| permits Us 10 90 business IN a~v other stare IS
| this country or in British Columbia None If
| the stock o ders have ever teen o.. here IN, s.
| have been win them II other eocabagies or
| many years thI. company was Organized on tba
| rcprese ntation- ! made 70 them after my vi.ft
! ca: here asst year. Tae peculiar feature NJ on-
/ Itau Of organization, which has become q "a
! vorits one n England @; late ears. j. that wa
| 60 not dispose OF our mortgage, When our
| capita stock has al. been lCaaea out We ism.
| rev series Of stock. TIE principle involved
! IN doing 8 mortgage bushes. thls WAY Instead
| of acting mere nego:ist0r between fha
| borrower IN iris country AMI the investor IN
EIg! aut. l. t1gt the investor gets the beCent n,
| the law u aveTag :. Ike all insurance cguapsnv
/ ar1 thAs h. security = enhanced The small
/ number Of u Vroaisoe loans 1. noe tnau of.
/ SET by tao-e which are profitable. Il addition
| the dolns away with comm ssI.<S, which are
! constant iela1tstion t. the ass 70 racks doubt
/ !Gt losis, MAKES the cost = 4oi -<us 6u,ia-.s
! less. Inis $ the p.s7-itr L~~.n Of orgau!zng
! companies o. this character II England. and
| taey are becoming very numerous"
/ d. y. AcAIjlsn, representing Detroit varrtsh
/ house, narrated az interesting TACT t. PoSE-
lNTELLIGESCKR reporter st the Grand last ngch hi
| Mos. oi the gums Used ia making rarnfshe. in
LIS county, although nos the ansss, come from