Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09

1 country, and had made up his mind
= that the West should he his home. II
? was in September. 1888, that he ar
rived in Seattle, and it is here he con.
: tinued to reside. Soon after his ar.
rival, Mr.. Grant, who had newspaper
inclinations, secured position on the
: reportorial staff OF the Post -Inteliigen-
GER. His ability as a newspaper man
was recognized by the owners of the
, paper, who advanced him to the edi-
J torial chair, which he continued to
; fill until the first day of October, 1899.
On that day he was elected member
from King county OF the House of
Representatives of the first Legisla-
ture, which met in Olympia on the
first "Wednesday in November.
Mr.. Grant was at that time but q
years OF age, and was next to the
youngest member of the House. He
served as Chairman OF the Committee
on Privileges and Elections, and also
did effective work as member OF the
Committee on Military Affairs, En-
rolled Bills, State Library Buildings
and Public Grounds. Upon returning
from Olympia, early in the year 1890,
Mr.. Grant was elected President of the
Seattle City Railway Company, which
operated the Yesler avenue line.
Later he again connected himself wi tn
the PostLteAiyencer and continued in
the newspaper work until about De
cember -, 1892.
On that day President Benjamin
Harrison, then President of the
United States, sent Mr.. Grants name
to the Senate, as envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to Bo-
livia to succeed Thomas H. Anderson,
OF Ohio. Besides the honor. the office
pays 5000 year salary. Mr.. Grant
did not seek the appointment and it
came to him, it has been said, through
the influence of Senator Watson C.
Squire and ex-senator John B. Allen.
Some said that Mr.. L. S. J. Hunt, who
was then the owner of the Post-InteHi-
gencer, had worked to secure Mr..
Grant the honor of being appointed
as the United States diplomatic repre-
sentative at Bolivia, but Mr.. Grant
stated to a reporter after the appoint
ment that Mr.. Hunt had, so far as he
knew, nothing whatever to do with it.
Mr.. Grant and his highly esteemed
wife left for Bolivia the following jan
uary, and there they remained, until
President Cleveland went into Office,
and named MIR. Grants successor.
Mr.. Grant was always prominent in
Republican politics, and was looked
upon as an able politician. After his
return from Bolivia he assumed the
duties OF editor Of the Post -Intelligencer,
and was such when, owing to ill health,
he concluded to make voyage At sea,
and as fate decreed, went aboard the
Ivanhoe on her fateful and last voy-
age out of this city.
The sudden disappearance of the
ill-fated ship and the non-appearance
of any signal of distress previous to
the time she went down, are incidents
that will bear variety OF theories in
explaining. In the first place the two
vessels bore each other company from
about ii o'clock A. NJ. until l 20 in
the afternoon on the 30th of Septem-
Der. 1t was heavy weather and not
easy to make out objects at the dis
tance of four or five miles. 1t might
have been that the Ivanhoe was flying
some kind of signal and it was not
known. 1t may have been that those
aboard, feeling that the vessel was
doomed, took to the boats during the
previous night and perished in the
storm trying to make land.
Then there was the condition of the
Fanny Dutard, with bulky cargo and
little opportunity for scanning distant
objects from her deck. The second
mate of the Dutard was on deck at the
time the vessel disappeared. but was
engaged and only gave an occasional
look to leeward at the distant object.
The disabled vessel was to leeward
OF the Dutard and listed badly with
her pitch towards the storm and conse.
quently towards the lumber schooner
Fanny Dutard. 1t is . strange sequel
to what has been heretofore a strange.
ly peculiar story of conjecture of an
overdue ship.
The vessel in her listed condition
may have been gradually filling with
water, and may have been at the mo.
ment she was seen in that condition,
when one more bucketful OF water was
all that WAS needed to send her to the
bottom. The story of the Ivanhoe is
certainly now fully told, except in the
story OF drifting and drifted" wreck
age that may be came up along the
sea shore, or out in the currents of the
restless old ocean itself.
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