The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-30
COMING OF THE SHIP.
City Fire Bell AMI Fireboat
Whistle Will Announce Ii.
GREAT DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS.
EntiaEsstsssfe japanese Make Ready For
the Aiiiks sssru- he Executive
Committees Plans
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ffo~ are ~. r0srg g knew wesn tae
rev J&panese ssearn@r II coming was
ne 1ue&.fon ASKED - tfuss8ndS e pzc-
pc ysAten5ay. and Il wEl Dgosaz5ly BE Fe-
F~sfs1 BY e. mary more .hts uacrnsng-
TIE P0st-Snssiisxeucsr Is sav1y 20 - are
- DTsNNnS very practical ard s4ttSsAo-
t1ry answ@r. Ths exact tine q re
sssazsAers arrival has, % ccs1rsa. from ne
very arSt been ane.~sain. AosaFcsnz 70 tAe
most rsz&on2sss caIeasas os4s # see-nes IKE
- t6zs shs wo1i1 eesns 81 yesterday. DIX
sss~ I'D net II row seems proozbls that
sae wsl get IN today. oct sas may not
i sas fats ~ arrive today the probability
q asr coming tomorrow VII DC al TIE
greater. II sae reaches Port Townser1 ~
q suitable hezy. her ARRIVAL viii BE an
nouHee1 IN The post-fnteliigenesr. 1As
correspondent OF fsais pager ~ Porz Town
send slas special Instructions % send the
earliest possible sHuouncszEens q Der
gssoFesu-nEz. Local Manager gamas GT1s-
Gins. % lie $ipPon YGsen haislza. wao ass
zone dogn 10 Port Townsend 20 meet the
steaEnsr thers. has also promised 20 for
ward promptly any Information he may
receive. either by wag OF Por. Townsend
o. from san Francisco.
Bur SUPPOSE the vessel ssoaat arrive AZ
Port Townsend this morning OF tomorrow
morning TOO late Cor the announcement
that case the executive COMMITTEES having
charge ~ TIE arrangements has made an
arrangement x-lth the authorities or TIE
city q have the approach Of the steamer
announced By the city IRE bell and are
boat. The ben AL sound three strokes.
then after brief interval three more. ana
after another interval three more. nine
IN all. ard ne freooat VIII blow the same
number Of blasts from her whistle. with
similar intervals That Is. the signal viii
% given Just re- n the bell were ringing
an alarm for box xS2
This seems an oid-sashioned method o.
announcing news: bar x Is one that every
body can understand. ami judging by The
number OF people on the water front yes
,eFyiRy afternoon, 10 IL one In watch great
many people VIII De tnterestssi- The sig
nal viii De given In ample time Tor peo2ie
to leave their homes and get down 10 the
docks in lime 20 witness the approach II
the steamer and all the attendant oere-
monies.
Crowds shrongei the wharves In the
nelghborhood OF the Schwabacher dock al
yesterday afternoon. despite the fac, that
the uncertainty Of the steamers arrival
had been emphasized IN the papers. and
no bulletin had announced her arrival At
Port Townsend. Many people fingered
about the dock watching the Japanese az
work on the aecorn tions. Some seemed 10
think that even the iowiiest japanese
workman must be better posted on the
movements OF the steamer than the best
equipped newspaper in the city could ba.
and they Esre constantly interrupting the
lahoYers 20 ask them whether the steamer
had been sighted, when she would be In.
and the Ike.
The executive committee repeats It's re-
quest that al yachts now in port VIII
take part in The ma5te parade. II 10 felt
effective. and the con- naiftee urges ali pub
lie spirited yschtsmen 20 report 20 Fleet
Capt. YeFkss promptly for orders.
The Programme.
Thus far the committee on programme
has found Il necessary 20 make but one
change IN The programme as announced
in last Fridays Post-Infelligencer. II Is
the substitution OF Ar r. z. Hughes
name for that OF Gov. John n. McGraw.
Gov. McGraw notified the committee that
he would De unable to be present, and
Mr. Hughes has kindly consented 10 de-
liver the Grafton IN his stead.
This change appeared for the first time
tn the beautiful souvenir programmes
which were issued yesterday. few Of
these printed on white silk we're ordered
They are really artistic and are a credit
alike q the committee and 70 the print
ing resources of the city. On one side OF
the badge appear the crossed Tags Of
Japan and the United States. printed In
color-. and underneath them the alaInin-
atsa words: