The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-15

OF xne guinness over tnae ltBex Nj. Gr1-
ham did rot think that the feeling would
| operate very strongly in that direction
Other railroad men thouxns that the
breaking away from close relations be-
tween the u. r. and o. r. < ~ would
make little difference In the bulk Of the
business orer the last named road, as Il
has the Great Ne-thern and Northern Pa
ciac connections which win take advant-
age Of the break Tor quick delivery Ia
Portland.
Japanese Consul Mid 6sito. of Taco
I ma. and Capt Uyemura- Of the japanese
training ahsp Hfyei. were The guests of
the Great Northern railway last Friday
/ for trip TO the swftchbzrk. under the
/ direction Of Manager James Grifsffhs. Of
! fne Nippon Yusen Kassha. The party
/ were taken q part Of the way on the reg
!. uiar train and then Transferred TO the
( private car OF Division Superintendent ".
A Ritcn. The trip over the Cascades
was made in the daytime and Capt. Uye-
i mura expressed himself as highly de-
lighted both with his experiences with
the American mode OF travel and by his
view OF the great engineering feat. He
is very observing man. according to
Capt Grifsiths. and has a nrsf-rate
knowledge Of Japanese railroad affairs.
with which he compared the larger eff
ssae>-i occasions his limited vocabulary
failed TO serve him and he rasortsd TO
/ Japanese. which Consul Saito translated.
When the train stopped he examined the
engine, the tanks along the road. the coal
buukers and the other parts OF the equip
fnsnt, faniiiarixinz himself as much as
limited time would admit with the de-
tails of the road. The trip across the
s~itehoack WAS made with the entire
& ~ rx< yaJ An tan ~ fve&
privilege which the japanese captain re-
quested- Capt. Grifiths and his guests
returned Sunday morning.
The presence In this city the latter part
OF the week Of a number OF strange faces
In railroad circles furnished a reason for
story telling by both the resident mem
berx Of the guild and the visitors, that
produced some new yarns and lot OF
old ones, among which is one with which
Kit Carson regaied the naval cadets from
the Oregon who left this city over the
Canadian Pacific en- route for Annapolis
10 take their final examinations. Agent
r. w Actslnt1is received several letters
from this young mrn. who are now Off
GERS. and one referred directly 20 Kit
Carson's story, which was worked over
again last week.
1t was In relation to a swell party from
In sleeper 10 cross the continent IT
was the hottest kind of weather, and II
vas Anlpiy sweltcring In the closed
drawing room. Tie party had a eouple
of eases OF champagne in the baggage
car. but the ice soon ran out and some
sort of a d@ai with the porter was n-cas-
sary to secure more. The effort 10 bride
him was successful. and each time the
ice cost a dollar Finally lie said that
there WAS no more Ice. Entreaty and
threat were alike OF no avail II swan,
gen amen, thah certainly amt no mo- ice
to be had" said he. .'fhe baggage man
says II he takes any mo- ice or dat
CO pse 1t certainly viii Spoil
There IL just one way to figure whether
II viii rain or not. In the Puget sound
country" said Western avenue produce
dealer yesterday. ASK any farmer and
he VIII tell you that as soon as Il is time
Ia pick straw berries II VIII come on for a
rain. Then IL will brighten up until the
hay has been cut. and II will be down
pour until the crop is about half spoiled.
After the hay has been harvested the sun
will shine and II will be warm and pleas
ant until II is time &c pick hops. When
that time comes IL will rain again and
delay the picking" and the Dssssm.stical
produce man scratched ths corn OF his
right foot on chicken crate.
Il. T. Moody, one OF the best known Of
the young attorneys OF Portland, is at the
Butler hotel and will leave this morning
for Everett. where he has u case In court.
Mr. Moody is we'll known In this city and
UP and down Puget sound. having held
the position OF county attorney OF Jeffer-
sen county. several years ago, before NOV
ing back 10 mis- native state. lie is a son
Of ex-Gov. Moody. OF Oregon
ri ia atrN af tla
North American Transportation and Trad
Ing Company. LEFT yesterday afternoon
over the Northern Pacific for Chicago ex-
rectlns TO be absent until the first Of July.
H. c. Eckenbergcr. commercial agent OF
the Michigan Central at Portland. arrived
at the Hotel Butler yesterday afternoon.
Personal.
G. A. Musgroye. Of whatcon. is at the
Northern.
A. T.. Charlton was over from Tacoma
j. F. Murphy. of Olympia. Is guest at
the Butler
Prof. II. II. Joy. of Tacoma, was in tho
city yesterday.
j. p souie was at the Stevens yesterday
from Hoqgfar'.
Cant l. Wiley. Of Olympia, was az the
Northern yesterday.
f. NJ. Thomas Registered AT the North
ern last night from Port Townsend.
Mrs 5. f. Willis and AIRS. NJ A. Ram
hin, Of Cle-Eium. are guests at the Ste
sens.
A. r. Thomas. of Syracuse. is WISHING
The Sound country, and II stopping at the
Dsller.
George " Grant aud " Frank, OF San
Francisco. are among yesterdays arrivals
ut she Hotel Butler.
John l.. Hartman. the attorney. left for
SPOKANE yesterday or a business trip. Mira.
herman ACCOMMODATING him.
Judge John & Deunoy OF Snohon,ish.
and A. W. Hawks. ~ Everett have ceIne
down from Sslxsrton ard are az tha But
Ter.
George : Holmes. commission merchant
of san Francisco Formerly Of this city
arrived az the Dister yesterday. acccrnpa-
ngei by his wife.
". !, johnson. Of shs firm os r>ete &
johnson. merchants of Arlington. IS Ia he
csgy on business accom- panied ay his wife
and two children.
Mr. aud Mrs Samuel Hill and Mrs. " J.
Murphy. OF Minneapolis who Ars In tha
city, returned last evening !Tom A days
rua over 20 Tacoma.
Mrs Nj q. Grandin. NrS II < uender-
san ami Mrs J., II. ne&s anG daughter sf
New NAatcoff, ara a party OF New WHAT
ooas people a tae Butter,
pr J. : Ftoeber " W Rhodes as,i II.
II Rhodes have returned Irosa prasp sct~
lag trip On Si@yo4sot sound on the west
coast CT N@ncoaSsv island.
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