The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-20
OF AN ACTOR.
Milton Mobiles Tells interesting Ex-
perienceS and Recalls Old Seattle.

Nearly al the characters and places In
From Sire 10 Son We're suggested 20 me
while / was with A small company in Ne
vada IN Is3s. said Milton Nobses, the actor
and playwright, at ths Occidental hotel
last evening. The stage coach, miners,
and such names as Yuba, were familiar IN
those days, and the impressions / received
taen have afforded material fer the play.
one OF my fellow actors Al that time was
Robert II. Lindsay. now Of this city, and
together we went through some interest
Ing experiences. Before the tour was end
ed we became known as the mea who
saved the town CT North San Juan. II
happened In this wise: We had reached
that place, and after putting UP az the no.
tel had stepped Into 4 barber shop. All az
once there was A cry OF fire. and We saw
that flames were bursting from a house IN
what was known as Chinatown Imme-
diately ia the rear OF the hotel. Tn ire
spread, in q short time threatening the en-
TIRE town. but the fremeu, instead OF Tight
ing the flames properly, directed their at
tention to a pile Of wood, while the hotel.
where all our paraphernalia Was stored,
was threatened. Lindsay saw this. and so
did ], and also a Il fellow who had
seen ne act IN New York, and We al
made d rush 10 capture the apparatus.
Lindsay knocked . man down, and the
New Yorker another. and then We directed
the water SO that the hotel and the town
were saved, but the Chinese shacks were
burned down. Afierward the men who
had resisted US said We had done the right
thing. and every one was grateful, and
then we were heralded all over the state
as great n~re-fghters. We saved our bag
gage and We're glad enough Of it, for II II
had gone and the town, too, We would
have been in a nice fix.
1T is five years now since / was IN
Seattle. my last visit having been JUST
after the great FIRE OF 1889, when l played
here at Turne hall. This afternoon l took
a short walk about the town, and was so
much surprised at the change from tents
and make-shlst storerooms TO stately brick
buildings that ! scarcely could recognize
Il as Seattle. OF all the places ] have seen
this reminds me most Of Kansas City. and
/ predict for it a healthy and prosperous
growth. j have been an interested spec
tat0r of the progress OF Omaha Kansas
City, Denver and Salt Lake, and / have
come to the conclusion that agriculture is
the one great source Of wealth, and you
are here In an agricultural region Mines
and real estate are attractive LOT
speculation, but after all il is agri-
culture that does the most for a growing
state. Look at California What is the
comparison between the wealth from her
mines and that from the soil itself?'
Mr.. MOBILES mas paid a number OF visits
TO the Sound. and he was here when Sc
attle was nothing more than a village. lie
played at Frye's opera house before the
fire, and on his return to Portland gave
the last performance in the old New Mar
ket theater, the play being The Phoenix,
In which occurs the line and the villain
stLl pursued her" He has met with many
old friends on the present trip, among them
being Charles Bray, the composer. now
leader Of Cordray-s orchestra From this
point Mr.. MOBILES will go, to San francisco.
where he will be joined by his wife. who
viii leave their home in Brooklyn in a
faVy DAYS