The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-11
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THE PASSING THR0NG.

THE PASSING THRONG.
Col ana Nn. Theodore AyYault Dodge, q. 2.
A., Who are Just concluding trip around the
world. are n the Rainier. Col Dodge has been
retired from active service ca account OF the
upon - IN instructor or on special work Col
Dodge has won for himself . very prominent
name in the Geld OF letters. especially 40 IN his
tcffan and a. authority in horse lore, having
heen frequent contributor % Harper's pubi-
cations and other high class periodicals. Many
portions OF his military histories have since
been pablished in book form BY Houghion.
Mifiin & Co OF the military his
tories "Dodge's Chance,lorsvills" 10 standard.
and his alexander the Great" volA: his
History Of the Civil War;" vol: Hannibal,
vols. and "Ceser," VIOLA. have taken place
among the first Of military histories Col
Dodge To now finishing two voiumns on the
military hstory Of Gustavus AdolphuA In ad-
cition to these books his "Riders OF Many
Lands" and "a Chat in the Saddle" are well
known yolumns In horse lore. Some OF his
later contributions 70 R1rper's. together With
these latter books. are now in the Lands Of the
Harpcrs, Who are to publish q Christmas vol
ume illustrated BY Remington. Col. Dodge OBJ
tanned . seven months leave Of absence. and hs
and bis vile starsei from their home in Boston
in December last. going TO France and
thence to Egypt and Arabia, where
the colonel made study of the Arabian horsc.
81 have been greatly interested in horses all my
life: it's . hobby OF mine. Oh, yes, had
method In studying those animals. - my vol
ume now in the hands Of the Harpers will b
enhanced through this visit OF course WAS
gathering material for other articles. although
much Of my information will be used only in.
n INT al in n In,
terrenean Africa, and while this Was my second
visit to Egypt was - much interested in that
wonderful country - the first time
visited It From Egypt We won't through
the Red sea to Bombay aud through.
India overland to Calcutta and thence to Cey.
lon, that wonderful little island, the most beau.
tiful country, TO my notion, l have ever visited
Here we stayed q fortnight when We took steamer
for Singapore, thence to China, visiting Hong
kong, Canton and Shanghai and remaining in
that country . month Neither OF us was very
favofably impressed With China, but our two
months visit to Japan Immediately Afterwards
Was continual delight The japanese are the
most amiable and contented people ever
knew. They are 20 helpful and 20 salts
fed, yet quite ambitious In . way.
According TO their standard they are generally
we'll educated. out their education consists Of
ceremonies, 9sthcticism and religious rites
mainly. Yet. again. they are not . strictly re-
ligious people. JUDGED, the influence Of the
Christian religion, - they have come In contact
with II. has been rather to unsettle what little
religion they had, and a. to their being
Christians-well. It's - nonsensical - to say
that they are yet Buddhist" The coloneltand
his wife leave for homo direct within . day
or two
social aud political conditions In Utah within
the past ave years" remarked Mr.. E. J. Wag-
ner. OF Salt Lake City. yesterday. - he sat
leisurcly smoking In the lobby Of the Airing
ton. where he il registered. zone who knew
the Utah OF . decade ago would not recognize
tho Utah OF today, the change 10 20 great This
10 particularly true OF Salt Lake City and other
plets changes were brought about to great ex-
tent through the influence OF the younger ele-
ment. who regarded polygamy In . different
light from that I'M which their forefathers
viewed It. and through their liberality and
genuine desire to lift the Mormon people from
the narrow rut they had fallen into OF opposing
anything and everything nom Mormon.
between the older Mo1mons and Gen.
tiles on political matters. there 10 no such
thing any more - the Church party, or Liberal
party. they having become obliserated through
the same influences, and theis adhercnts join
ing themselves TO one or the other of the two
great national parties, though the grcat majority
now call themselves Democrats. The Salt Lake
Herald, the Democratic organ. 10 owned by
joint stock company composed Of both Mosmons
and Gentilcs, the former. however, owning .
majority Of tho stock. J. L Rawlins, who
in . at Of rage against President Cleve-
land . few days ago. resigned his position
as . delegate to congress. 10 GENTLE. amt
was an active opponent OF the polyga-
mists. He wss elected By the Democrats over
Cavr ~ . hA UNa
and son OF George Q Cannon, first
counsellor TO President Woodruff. OF the
Mormon churh, although Cannon
very popular personally. The Mormon
church OF to-day 10 not more . political body
than any other church. The Mormons have
Joined In with the Gsntiles in building up the
territory, and in developing its resources and
they are among those In the lead. Salt Lake
City today 10 fast becoming Of Importance in .
commercial sense and In another decade will
rank well among the interior cities OF the
United States. No city Of her siss today has
better internal Improvements than Salt Lake
City or . better class OF business houses. We
have-this Is from an authority-more miles of
electric railway than any other city of our size
In the Union, and our sewerage, paving and
water system is equal to any. There Is one
thing stress may be laid rpon--.he majority OF
the peopls OF the territory are working for state
hocA"
1.-The announcement In this mornings dis
patches Of the death OF Warren Leland ct Port
Chester. n. Y. brings TO mind some vivid recol-
iections OF the character OF the man, remarked
Chief Clerk J. J. McCue. OF the Rainier. yestsr.
day. "warreu Leland was wonderful man in
his peculiar sphere. 1t has been said OF him
that he was the greatest hotel manager the
world ever knew, and feel confident OF the
truth of that statement went with Mr..
Leland a. night clerk when he opened the
Palace hotel In San Francisco In ISIS, and Mr..
Del Harbaugh here, the manager OF the
Rainier, was cashier Mr.. Hareauga and
have been raking up old "reminiscences all day
Warren Leland was . peculiar man In many
senses. IL. could not bear noise AID demanded
OF every emp.oye strict care on that point Ls-
Land was pugnaclous customer, too. and was
Always around when least expected. and any
overt &C; OF al emp.oys would receive his per-
so3al attention. On one occasion great bag negro
porter threw a iadde: 10 the door In anger ABOUT
sosne hing. making quite = racket just - Ie-
land came uDoa the sesne. Without word Ls-
land, who weighed $50 pounds ana WAS - active
- . cat, Iampei upon the o0-nder aud holding
tie negro a. arms length began pun meiing
him. The negro began 70 yell bloody murder,
for Leland was smashing bis face Every time
the negro would yell Leland would say in low,
Kissing voice: 'sh, Cd d-n you. don't MAKO
90 muca noise aud then smash him again
wsrrau Leland poascssed great executive ability
and was . royal host, bot he WAS not . nnanciai
manager: he needed Q big asck back OF him.
T. n his