The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-09

Mseh " syk - BE Dene IN the Ysease
Worth vssx 1hss Year.

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whieA h.z Sssn Ia session 80 tbs ctr
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The conferences has sesn cascusssoa - tas
best raesho5s q eos3x t-zaax1 @s8oa,
ss.rO10-aAes1 srsG magnetic work. O@se~rs
+. - fAsrge u eoass SarFeys IA sTs.y part 81
the United States have 5@s1 so stse-2e-
ssee, aSs :s~&r united Er9gss1ge. b5rn -
ienx experience 10 na~ IL The posssssaon
81 each CAPT glIa@rs % nox on has xav
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tar WHIST tie rsrsy o~sr wb5ea se has
ehsrgs VII % shss y<s-. tat HEY sAli
probably xorx 81 the sxr Jasn g-ozp 81
isss-ds - sr4aHg1lata2o. topography &a9
in flashing ~ the hydrograpby. Il ~
possible The party may be sent 70 tas other
sade Of tie STRAITS. bsss from ~has the
superintendent nsw ssys u VII 5s Fan
jas
IS - present Planned, tae North Pscifae
cpas. s4L receive eoEsa5erEbse attention
from tks eoSsi szrysy The coming .sa-.
One a she mass important matters - IL
accomplished wi!i he the discrimination Of
tie exze. gon y5ta5s % The base station =;
Tacoma For TIA; purpose. The station q:
Tacoma, snica ass occupied IN liz. for
the psrgose Of determining ga. iongs;a4es
IL pgints in Alaska by the cfroaonsgrsc
method, viii pe again occupied sass SEE
rasY pr. G. II. Smear vii &c sen. 20
Tacoma and Prof. Dzvieson viii be 81 San
Francisco ~ the same time. The two VIII
exchange tesegrsphle signals from ti1ae 10
time and IN this manner the longitude Of
the Tacoma base station viii De determined
with absolute accuracy. This zia enable
the len gIiaae Of tie base STATION 3; ss.ka
20 lie corrected. and from tia. point ;ne
ioDgsiadss % 2.I other points IN AE2sKs
are 20 ce determined. As soon Appro-
priaiion can Be had for the purpose Is Is
proposed 20 determine the ong5ta1e Of
tie islands IA tie eafirs Aiegii4n groap
across 20 Asia
Capt Prat;, another officer Of the coas:
survey with the steamer Macarthur. IS ex-
pee;ei TO take mp o1-saore aydroyrapay 20
The south sar1 VI Cape F.asiery.
Q1ite a number of tie officers Of the
survey viii 60 10 Alaska Mr. HcGraih
goes 10 tie vicinity o. NJ -. Elias 70 run
the coas. line there. Mr.. T. r. Dickens
goes 10 the Tnuk river 20 continue the
work IA connection xIth the inisrnz:ionz 81
boundary befx~en Alaska aad the British
possessions. which xas commenced in
I.tQ The steamers Hsssler and PaIser-
son will be engaged asso In Alaska work.
and will convey iaese other parties 10 their
respective isesds Of labor.
A story .as toad during the progress Of
the conference about Capt Patterson,
after waofa the steamer Patterson IS
named. who sss in command Of one OF the
| first steamers OF the old PaSiflc Coast
Steamship Company in early days. A
Hebrew passenger. having given Capt.
Patterson 8 gres, cea! Of sroabie, and AZ
Las. openly refused 10 obey orders. was
pat into barrel By command OF the cap
,AIr. Whether IL " as the most convenient
barrel or not does not appear, but the fac.
was that the sailors put the obstreperons
Hebrew gentleman into . pcrk barrel.
The insignsty Of being pu, into hare!
ass whoiiy lost sight OF IN the awful in
| sult which hs claimed xas thereby offered
10 his religion. aud SO grea; 81 outcry was
raised abou. IL BY the Jewish residents o;
| san Francisco that the steamship com
YGny xas forced 10 dispense with the ser
| vices Of Capt Patterson There sse many
F. oid-ilmsrs now Oh Puget sound who re-
/ member this iucl3ent.