The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-06
THE PASSING THRONG

Mondays Est OF arrivals AZ the Hotel
| Butter contained the name OF Pat
| Saeedy, New YORK" Under alHos; any
+ circumstances the presence IN Seattle OF
the celebrated aiI-around sport would
make an occasion Of note. but later de-
Felorrsnfs lead up 70 the unmasking cf
! fraud. although the whereabouts % tae
pseudo thoroughbred are unknown. There
] were number OF Inquiries ST the clerk :
desk during the day FOR Mr.. Shesdy, but
70 al inquiries the reply was given that
/ he had not been seen since be registered
and was assigned 20 room 80. As the man
who called himself Pat sheeiy did not
/ occupy the room and had brought no bag
gage. Il was given during the day to an
/ other party.
/ Il would seem impossible that = man
who had turned Europe topsy-turvy by
saying that he would build Monte Carlo
n Egypt; who had won So. 600 in a ceie-
orated gambling resort IN n single night;
who had backed every sort OF a race and
prize fight to win, and who was one OF
the best dressed men In the country,
should turn up In Seattle without pound
o. baggage and seek to hide himself from
the adulation and respect due parsonage
OF his distinction but such appeared 20 be
the case. Mr.. Sheedy refused to be found
ard all day long the clerks at the Butler
said THAT they did not know where he was.
The real Mr.. Pat Sheedy OF New York.
is good friend OF Tom Clancy, and
pi otograDh that the New Yorker gave him
embeilished with his autograph hangs IN
conspicuous place n Clancy's resort.
Yesterday morning a man walked into
Clancy's and asked for him. probably
knowing that IL was one Of the hours
that Mr.. Clancy dedicates TO repose- Ths
bartender said so, and the stranger re-
vealed the fact that he was Pat Sheedy
cYa1 <~fa "a at
A dollar and left q note written with .
blue pencil for Mr. Clancy. telling him
TO call at rooms sl-so at the Butler whers
he could learn Of his (Sheedy's) where
sbouts. Mr.. Clancy was delighted ard
went Immediately % the Butler. whore
he learned that Sheedy had not occupied
bis room the night before. When he got
back to his place his bartender told him
that Shsedy was drunk and that he had
borrowed the dollar Then Mr.. Clancy
knew that the stranger was a FRAUDULENT
issue OF the New York sport, because tina
real Pat Sheedy does not drink. although.
he buys It for others, and ii 1t had been
q case Of touch" Sheedy would not havs
stopped short of hundred dollars, at the
least There are several other places
where people were looking for the New
Yorker whose liberality Is one or MS
strong points. and who always allows 1t
TO be known that he Is in town. The writ
ing on the hotel register and the note 10
Mr.. Clancy are the same. but In no re-
spect does either resemble the inscription
on the picture. and the remark that was
III AIDE, that the man who got the dohar
was a ''cheap mark" seems to nj the
case
Joseph 3. FIN returned 10 Seattle Mon
day after an absence IN the East or scverai
weeks Mr.. Hill's mission was one OF pri-
a.. ~ -f-ae -
York, Chicago, Washington City and Bal
tirnore he had chance to observe the gen. |
eral interest that Is taken In Seattle. he |
saws that the relationship that this city |
enjoys In Alaskan and Northwest Terri |
tory business has draw2 TO Ii a vast amount |
of attention. This viii result in benefits OF ,
the most lasting character. People who |
Will come expecting to find that Seattle is |
only an Quitting point for the north, VIII
find ine modern city, full OF chances for
legitimate investment and trade. Mr.. Hill /
says that he knows of great deal OF
money that win come 10 Seattle in the late
winter and early spring. but does not feel
at liberty at present TO state what enter
prises will claim the investment.
As far as mention OF other Pacific coast
towns Is concerned, Mr.. Hin states that he
heard OF only Seattle and San Francisco, |
the former enjoying the natural advantages
Of less distance from Alaska than the lat
Ter.
Mr.. Hill says that while in a barber shop
being shaved ne remarked to the man who |
was working on him that he did not wish |
1 close shave, and then he stated inciden-
ally that he had not had a good shave
since leaving Seattle. In moment he was
by all Of the employees and the
PATRONS OF the shop who were present, and
general catechising was INDUCED in, with
himself answering all OF the questions that
he long-distance takers could think Of
The same condition of things prevailed In |
he banks and every hnancier in the East
las lively interest in Seattle and It's bust
less affairs
When Mr.. Hill left New York for the
Vest he checked his trunk through to Sc
title, The baggage men all wanted 10 know
the Queen City Is q good place to come
o. and thousand and one other things
bout Alaska and the way 10 get there.
1T Ia remarkable" said Mr.. HILL how
luch general Information there il through
Ut the East about this city. Crowds viii
egtn to pour into Seattle in February and
here must be means provided for their ac-
ommodation. know OF people who intend
D be here six or eight weeks in advance OF
la openng OF river navigation or the clear :
ls OF the passes. These people expect TO |
AXE advantage Of the first chance 10 enter |
he gold fields. and viii only be- the ad-
ance guard Of the thousands who Will fol-
W.
Word was received In this city yestsr-
ay that a meeting OF traffic officials OF me .
orthern roads. held IN ST. Paul Monday.
ad ended in a most satisfactory manner
, ell concerned. and removes, for a time
least. the chickering's and charges OF
IL rates that all have participated IN
he Canadian Pacific was represented IN
&c meeting by Robert Kerr. traffic man
ger; the Great Northern py Francis
Ia ma |
orthern Pacific by J. NJ. Hannaford a
aneral traffic manager. and the $500" !,
ne the Minneapolis. St. Paul a Sault
te. Marie by John Martin. vice president | y
the line.
The agreement Is said to be Of the same
5aractsr as those thai succeeded the dis- ..
living CT the association by the courts, | =.
I'd the roads ara simply bound By honor
maintain classification rates. A class ! -
cation was adopted which goes into ef- =
ct October 10. The last printed classi- -
,ation agreed TO by the northern roads |
r Western business did not name tho :.
snadian Pacific as che agreeing 10 rates. :
neither a new tariff Is printed or not the !.
suit Of an adoption OF q uniform rats >
: the meeting Of Monday holds the north :
n railroads together for fits maIntea- =
Ca :
w L. Benhan. western freight man .
'er Of the Great Northern, who was =
eseut ct the meeting left last night For =
attic. r O Stevens. general western
LssengeT agent Of n. Great Northern,
10 was fr CHICAGO AT the meeting OF