The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-17
COMMERCE WITH CHILE.
A Valparaiso shipper on the sound Inc
Ne>tIgatsn Ing the prosnecfS.

SfeSfal representative. 4. NJ. Mclean, g
tho shipping aud commercial interests os
Valparaiso. who arrived here tho ether
day on his vessel the Chilean ship Ata-
CANA, He is a very wealthy ship cwner.
has lived on the West Coast for over thir-
~ years and is manager of the National
Towing Company. operating nine large
powerful steel tow boats The ielephona
and electric light systems were fast in
troduced in Valparaiso and Santiago and
intermediate cities by a company organ-
lied by him. and the enterprises have
since paid thu projectors immense divi-
dends. tie predicts a grand commercial
future for Plsccf sound, and frora what
he has read and heard discussed aInons
some OF the members OF the worlds Hnars-
time managers ar Valparaiso and In other
cities of the world 10 believes that tho
construction OF the Lake Washington
canal viii he Of incalculahie bencgit To
Northwestern shipping interests. In
speaking OF the future OF Chile he said:
The country IS on the verge OF a pros
porous era. The nations sinances hava
been restored 20 gold basis, on "a scale
that is gradual and substantial that tho
prosperity OF the country viii be great
ly benefited. ln-June the government is
sued the first lot OF coined gold. mostly
IN IS pieces but the coin itself Is only
about two-thirsis of the size OF yoiir half
eagles. The moment the government in
augurated this monetary system Europe
AIA commence IN AAtCaA securities re-
doubled and had an exhilarating effect
on the stock exchange. The country's
prosperity and foreign confidence in chill
can investments Is wholly due 10 the wiss
and patriotic administration OF the presi-
dent Jorge Mont. He is man OF rars
attachments and qualifications for sue
cessfnlly navigating the ship NJ sta.e. In-
dependent of local prejudice or fayo~itism
he Is one OF the shrewdeSt statesmen on
the continent. and in n few years, when
his abilities are thoroughly known, his
tory itself will so record. Personally he
is of medium stature. cf uHpretentions
habits and. as has been his custom
through life, he treats all classes OF peo-
pie with the same degree OF cordlality as
he would the primo minister Of the most
powerful nation on earth.
Developments of mineral and cereal re-
sources viii so forward heneeforth much
faster than heretofore. New coal mines
in the south of Chile. formerly Patagonia.
viii he opened and prove a profitable in
dustry. The gold and silver mines OF tia
Andes Will he source Of mush moro
wealth. \ railroad in being built and Ia
almost finished across the mountains to-
Ruenos Ayres from Valparaiso. "A link
of less than a days journey by mule
back remains incompleted. Al present 10
takes about five DAYS 20 cross over from
Valparaiso 10 the metropolis OF Sou,h
America BuenoS Ayres. Grand engineel-
ing skill was required TO bridge the An
des with a hand of steel. and the seem
cry along the route is inspiring In its
grandeur.
"A few weeks ago the capital al Sant-
ago was destroyed by fire, and swith &c
in the flames went up one Of the finest
libraries this side of the old world, which
the people had been fostering long before
Chile declared her independence OF Spain.
Congress. whose members are chosen in
much the same plan as in the United
States, will convene, and Il Is proposed TO
vote an appropriation of S2,c00.t1o 20 COM
mence the construction of n llcw capitol
on grandcr plans and larger scale than
any other edstice in South America.
Now that the revolution is over tho
commercial interests have got down TO \
business basis once more. By p little tu-
dicious encouragement the bands Of com.
merce between the United States ana
Chile can he efrectually welded. our oouii-
try will require a vast amount of lumbcr
and Puget sound is the natural market.
though British Columbia mills are prov
ing active competitors. BY affording
Chilean ship owners economical facilities
for purchasing and stevedoring oargoes
your lumber trade with the West Coast
In a year two viii equal mat OF Aus
trala. i have come here 10 investigate
Chilean interests IN both Puget sound ana
British Columbia and TO likewise make In
uuiries as to where vessels can be loaded
the cheapest and most satisfactorily.
The Atacama Mr.. McLcans vessel. VIII
load n cargo of lumber AZ Port Gamble
The owner will then. after further inveS-
tieation send his renort TO Nalpataiso.
and then return home via Canada ana
Europe lie Ia accompanied by his WIFE,
How Murderer syme~ Was Cap,urets
Missoula Special 90 Spokane Spokesman.
A. !. aymes, the Washington murderer
who killed Constable Lew Conlee near
VIA ufs u-ae q a and whose
capture was effected yesterday, IL now
safely lodged in jail here with badly
battered head.
David NacTay, rancher. In directly
responsible for the capture Of Syfnes, ana
had IL not been that he was possessed OF
"A large quantity Of nerve, Symes would
not only have escaped, hut added at least
one more murder 70 his list. htaciSay mas
"a ranch about fifteen miles south or MIS-
youla on the TO To road. which ~ ~ pass
Of the Clearwater country. ana through
which symes Is supposed to have come
About three weeks ago Symes made ap-
nlication 10 MacI.ay for work. Hn was
mt 20 work hcrdIng sheep and given n
tent out among the heavy timber. safur-
dax when MacIay came to town ne no.
ticed n photograph and circular or the
man wanted ~ Washington for MURDER
which was posted on tho postofice door
a. To To lie thought he recognized tbs
rho,opraph as that Of tho man WORKING
FOR him, and when he came 10 town ne
Immediately informed Sheriff McI1aughlln
az the facts The sheriff and deputies
left early yesterday morning Tor MAC
Lays ranch.
~ was arranged that MacI.ay was 70
have Svmes, alias Davis. come our IN the
clearing. where the sheriff and deputies
were IN hiding. Macf.ay ordered Symes
~ cut out somc sheep which were =
ehort distance out OF the timber. but no
ty,raediately became suspicious, ana piac-
,,s. hta hand on his gun said u was 100
,.,arr, all the time keeping MaciAy N
front Of him Macr.ay was unarmed. but
with him was his boy. IA years oid' mo
to,, heaan talking 10 Symes. and Mac
-, Who had reached 10 the ground Tor
= tsrre nine stick. was whiting II. ana
the how started TO 80 away, ann ~ no
stS ba called 10 Syrnes. Syrnes, momen-
,arslv forgetting himself. turned 70
answer the boy. and quick as nash sahc-
Tav struck him over the head with tnS
cuazet The blow knocked him Senseiess.
when he came 20 he was roneh' ana
shovttv af.erward brought to MISSOURI
ue IN n aorry-iooting sight ana ols-
looted that he should have been cap
- ~, a rsuehAr TO the Srolssaman~
,,.--ta., ,erorter he said he would never
49, been CAPTURED alive had he not
.urpad his head for that instant fhe poy
raIred 70 him lie win be held untii fs~
ouisl,Ion papers arrive.
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