The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-31
IICS OF THE WIND
no's Pass Made to Appear
steam and Smoke.
asE ON The MOUNTAIN.


~ 5ss ~ noon. For twenty minutes,
D L. Sbout five minutes after 4
~ mountain presented one OF
"a! e remarkable appearances Of
"a S,neeiyab.e.
s.s.,x1ieife iay showed the giant
g. ID sSvantare. Against the perfectly
Z sz - nniy ribboned about the
Il: ~ ~ stringing clouds, every
.xrn stood out clear from the
~ snovy white. The wind was
so frons the northeast and the
a moved In even lines.
- sffar 4 o'clock there was OBJ
y ,skx,t1t 5000 feet from the top OF
i = 1900 assh 10 the east a THU spiral
- q What looked like smoke. It
IS come FROM the east OF the
- ~ $50, separates Winthrop glacier
y - "A. Einao pass. Slowly II esscend-
! ~ ~ Il ZEN minutes past 4 it burst
ssss Z runss Of smoke like the beIching
y ~ & 4 factory chimney. It did not
~ ~ the clouds far beneath II. but
49, Slr.f1<a into the air. and slowly
IN.
~ heights about Queen Anne Hlll
e,ss enon peopsed by wondering OBJ
$500 rho stood eniranced. hoping to
- 61u,es follow. As the black mass
fmi fh5nned out. 1t was followed
$3.50 = suddenly by column OF
= iSS xhdch shot up like a jet of steam
ees7lSi hundred feet In the air. and
~ suread out until IL looked like the
al. u : ship. within q few moments
s1sfae upward and fading away.
slhswe il no known crater near the
~. uherc the alleged eruption" took,
100 tsd one who Is well acquainted
~jfA he mountain and its phenomena
lo,1kfs that 1t was smoke. His theory Is
AT fhe Wind sweeping from the north
1tsnek he side Of the ridge. which Is a
a,ountain In itself. and with terrible
f5toe wf4ried up the mighty canyon a
ercat volume OF blackened snow and
rneIl rocks That which looked like
ettan, vas caused by the wind then
nrSIil,s TO the snow fields just below.
al 10 the westward. and sending up
anelha great whirIing, mass Of pure
Nhlfe snow.
Whafeyer the cause. II was a mag
1i6cent sight, observable only in mid
winter. possibly. and on such a day as
Ylstefday, when The atmosphere was
un0zuAIly favorable.
Tie newspapers all over the country
ose much interested in the result OF the
sturryations made by the Post-Inteili-
eenser MpnDt Rainier explorers and all
conc>le that the expedition was an en-
ire auccess. The fact that the party
I'D not reach The top In no way takes
nom the expedition any of the glory OF
ne tftp. for at no time did this paper
6ssm that the party would ascend TO
ths summit. but merely that they would
Climb the mountain to a sufficient height
u make the necessary observations and
escertain for a certainty just what
tnanges have taken place. 1t was stat
"a that Il possible the summit would
b reached. and since IL was beyond the
power Of man TO have made the COM
pleie ascent IN the deed OF winter 1t
can not be said that the expedition fail
ID 70 accomplish anything that it had
ut oft % do. For the benefit of those
who are not advised as 10 the policy of
tue expedition and the promises made,
he following from the observation-disclosures
rer OF December IL is reprinted:
The details of the trip have been
thoroughly arranged and it is expected
hat the larty will be absent about two
weeks. the length OF the trip depend
'kg on the weather and the emporium
HTS for taking the desired obserya-
'ons- II possible the party will ascend
2 the summit. The party is composed
q SIX sturdy men. all Of whom are ca
Pseie or Drawing the hardships which
VIII wItfant doubt, be encountered"
Inc reservations made were complete,
ara On next Sunday the readers of the
s'os's- laleiiigencer vii! be given fun
a = q the details of the trip. and
INC article viii be profusely illustrated
Nssa cuts taken from photos during the
,IsR was ascertained beyond doubt
wat Tue mountain has been belching
'eesa smoke and sending UP jets OF
ssaal'' and accompanying the article
sM ee scientific deductions as to the
~.
!. me Chicago Times has discovered
'ass Mount Tacoma" a peak described
!. ssshg IN the same ncighborhood as
.-ssat Rainier. and OF the same height
- srssefal contour. hut concerning
20 one seems TO have heretofore
ga illterned. has also been i'm eruq-
20 The Times has the following TO
- -. soeserflirg that mountain:
sue reportsd eruption Of Mount Tai
. ns.s our big volcanic peak out in
- ..sss .ktaIi, makes us Fasteners. big
80 tltile, want - know something
.ae y. Those Of You who have been
Y tsaFose may have gone Ia Naples
- - visited Vcsuyius. one ~ the NEST
! mountain peaks la the world:
! wa surprise you and others. who
~. MT seen but only heard az yesu-
- % learn that Tacoma. thsss.tatxiy
! ss,eta peak. Is four times as high as
q. ssassan volcano II IS i4.a4s feet high
- RISING as Il does from a level
. / every hit Of It's height is
-. When you stop 10 think that
- average brown stone house. such a
s.. As yea live in probably. is not
,s.W .@ feet high, ana the iloer ~ the
..oVAisa bridge Is oaly 1Ss feet away
"a sae water. Won can have some
-. V sse splendid rise OF Mount Ia
- ine fap IS covered always with
- ana pouring down the sides ay-a a
=. 80 OF n1are glaciers or ice rivers
- sse hSs the Alpine glaciers "
!. uAve'eTes IN Switzerland tell. As
u.'e can reach the top ~ Mount Ia
80 ~ this sssSon. IL can only h.
- Nhas = going Oh there, bat IL
!. S's's Thought there Was gotng To
- 90 eruption they wnula travel many
80 "a sfss 50 grand q. sight as a
- s-saih 81 this sise and solitary lsca-
. sFst'tng forth sire. smoke and lava.
Nossad b. All the more czajtsyah.e. be-
49, NaeFe would he M "a. sssxsy- ~ fafsa