The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-05
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- saek OF Il was the eye % az eager Oh
- sazinx cur s1ro The large AID roernT
-. ~ sxy SPACE 81 tbs direction &c A0aas
4 ,s.sraee The reporteg. curious % kno~ TIE
r-.rsnx OF tais aclsnsIf5c chseryastcEs. ard
1919 perhaps snas sorre OF tbs r1rfSs-
- scsss.tisss thar have frsageats6 Prges
/ - was taking aerial or METEOROLOGICAL
- Of ss.ne kind. sought or the tower
~ lie telesoops. he found no. a scientist.
- ne eeladssi victim OF practical joke
& rrftaifs official In the County court
..r~s. WHO. 20 ward CT teasing saials Dc
..ssd here sfr. Blank, WAS re victim Of
:. yoks IL was ecneoctea ~ me wass u
=. rssk's office. They sszf mae GOWN
4 = he acor bssow 80 the auditors oIIce
n = ts called up the victim by telephone
= - s.oov above.
sReiie. IL ghiA Dir. BLANK
sfo cir.
eel. tails il Col Alden J Bietaegz. Of the
snse We have just rscssyed oispafen
s = PortiaD4 stating tina. balloon or
e s-uttp has BEEN seen towering IL lie neigh
sssood OF &s1ni aS.n!sr. Would you
III look out for Il soT Us and telephone
So - whether yosl ear find Il or notT''
q rlgn, sir. certainly" Then Mr..
- rlshed wildly into the county
- Office, where aingy looking ,s!e-
= Il KEEP. in Ar. iio..oway's dssk. ssrs-
- random intervals 70 scan a distant
- Or the hay. Securing tais treasure
- w0untsd heagenwaEa 10 the donse and
-, bent A.s iDguiring gaze for long
- ABOVE ard around the w-capped
I'D, that sho We'd but vaguely In ths
- atmosphere. al In vain. NO airxhip
IN p tsiloga. only cloudlet floating here
q there.
fasrneying back down stairs, he wen, to
=, phone ard called up the Times office.
IL Col. B.eiaen in7'
I sYM"
.Ask him TO step 20 tn. 'rhona."
rcel Bisthsny'
sfN"
This is Mr. Blank"
~Yss"
Il aays no, been able to see anything OF
Il"
.Ds WHAT
sThas sirshir."
Teen for q few moments two telephone
ts1ss grew m0rky. And far back In the
aeoves Of the clerks office there was tho
eosnd Of subd1ed laughter.
II VII Be- hates In two volumes, bound
n calf Tals il the way T.. w, Bonnsy
sss4s 80 the Gtuailon In Alaska for the East
approaching winter.
Mr. Bornsy has been engaged In mining
mcxe Q. Ises p,acs thu days when the mad
rasa waa directed toward the mines OF Ne
vsdA. He hes been Ia many of the wild
s:smpedes and has seen sights and had ex-
perielets that would give Rudyara Kip
ling msterai Tor many an interesting tale.
There afs probably men in this city, 9TH
or thsa M. Eonney who VIII REGAL, what
took place IN lSS and 1863, when rich
siFskes xsFe reported from the White Pine
alssIirs u Nevada. The words White Pine
Vii hrlor bsck tender reco!l.ctions'' TO
The yo9ihs who devote their Tins to the Pc
real o. dine novels, 10. many hair rais-
rs sofy mas been founded on the adyea-
fsiss 1at took place In that magic city.
The fush 10 the Ciondske gold fields has
ofly commenced" said AIR Bonney yester-
day afternoon. the excitement is Ia its
Infancy. Three weeks. and you Will hear
no more until next spring from the gold
Zelda except stories come out by letter
itainS OF good fortune for some, hard luck
ipf otasrs. and dsath-weil iet us hope in
&iy a few Instances.
The fact that The gold tlcds are far
sway and that there are many obstacles to
hcvereofne IN reaching them Will not act
a deterrent 70 those who have the fever.
nay viii go this fAli If they can, and il
usy cannot next spring will tind them Join
Saors their eyes.
i was in the rush 10 the White Pine
tints III Nevada. Why. the White Pima re-
lE.s FIRST came out In 1865. IL remsrnher
1trseiy. and In the next year the excite
ptat got fairly under way. In six months
~ people Hooked 10 the district from all
rfs OF the country, and do not exasxsf-
u when ! say that hundreds died Ike
20 Treasure Hill, the highest point in
q district. was 1900 feat above the sea
Gshs poor fellows wers taken down with
Wsonia, sick short time, and then a
MS burial.
afre Is great deal of limestone In that
&fy and was astounded by the enter
~ exhibited IN putting UP tns buildings,
Nv stamp mills were erected and WORK on
= e'e ccnims nced-then came the crash,
~ N Dine months the coyotes were In
hsssssloa OF The camp
JACK Bethel, the old-time superIn,andena
ihs famous Sutfo tunnel in the sim
aast famous comStock milne. arrived in
Ssite last Sunday afternoon from New
.sA ely, ana IS now staying With friends
~ u accompanied by his son. a young
osA engineer. Dir. Bethel and his son will
ssl ies The Alaska gold fields on the
sAnFs willamette. and with his wilde
saessease OF mining ought TO be In d
sssasa 10 make Al strike IL there is any
"ssss .sss Ter the newcomers.
s vas restins quietly In New York
~@.e sae news OF the new gold discoveries
- s&ssss across the country. and after
a., ga ~ attack OF the fever Il took him
80, ~, ~ aass to make al! his preparations
49, ne train Tor Seattle. lie wired
- ga when ho reached Seattle ac-
~ ' 80 bad been secured for him
~. Ne =. aAA&ins,,e. his supplies were ready
'''s heTsss Purchased.
,s.ss. usteTs yesterday wei! dressed
-. - sea'' h'aa, who claims Philadelphia
asa - - ao'ne, walked Into q Seattle store
sxtAs 50 sek around one o. the clerks
Nv an L he desired anything.
Az ), nc replied. but I see you are
-. s. '~Aai people wei. rather re.
'asG ne clerk
-, 80. 80 tod II Philadelphia said the
~ aaa' Seattle MAS 81 ore-horse town.
=. 8 matter Of fact IL was pretty
Al,tVsol@ted on account OF the rush
80 I purchased All my outfit for
s. -, "s'ia N Philadelphia. and had
]. sen' b. express
xas experience ia sb,,uf ef,,tas - .ha
Fam s.. Paul Who discovered o.
a,s.@s s ~ Seattle thar they could have
..ss~s neFe AZ About twa-thiras OF the
'ssSse hey Went 10 in 81. Paul.
\ ,A,s 50 A.rvdlth, formerly rolice clerk
- returned sunday evening from
e-.sxaF e.''as trip iu the Steele district
- eo'ome.a, and Is preparing 20 %
- e'ehdHsr Meredith Travelled .ao
br = 'ae district from which he has
tsss. - and found nothing bar a low
" . saleaa ore.
ss'st.ths father IS Cae, u.n,f,-r NJ
seaith. who sn,-es,f. a 8, - -. "a
So * the Chsma,r OF tor,.ner,.,,
r.,,,. s q ne hgrc4u oe rrlrrt,r ana an,
-. Shaer President Harrison. Cant