The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-16

Impressions 20 eve-y ra-- q ths country
TIE vzius 20 tse s.ste c. ne visit OF thee
rsee5Esie IS o@you9 coinpE.ssion-
T1ey began arriving yesterday morn
l.S bit TIE influx cid nos ger En6=r tzfl
hea1@av uE55l l&st night a. SO. VIXEN the
Tyat section OF re ezst-ccund ove~lzn3
reached aere from Portland. containing
re private car. "a which Travelled Sscr@
far7y gser. Treasurer SEaw. Edizor Amos
T. Wsl2S. Ct Eke Golden Rule. Rev. =. a
Dickson B.shop F&Iows. Eev- X. r
SsrDse Eev. Nehemiah Boyrtcn and other
n0tAbles
~ vas sirrrEv wonderful hsw peopi.
rousd inquire about 90. state Of Wasting
TOT. said Ar. Hartman, In MS cf.ce in
,tse BIrxe building yesterday We had
e 81 copies ~ th@ pamphlet gotten OUT ~
Mr. IewEz. Mr Fries. Mr Ewing ard nv
SAT- hUf they wera al given CIT. ard u =
might have used more. On the frat 3ay
Z answered inquiries from people a tte
rate - 20 81 hour attempted 70 keep
2 list q those who inquired acoGt WASH
frgt9a Oregon seemed neglected From
al Of The trcul-erE came questions about
Puget sound 7 arr fully satisfied from
figures made rnysei< and from those !
CHAINED from the railroads that 60 Peg
T3e have been routed East VIA Washing
tor and Puget sound
Two trains flied with Fn6eavorerS left
San Francisco Monday night over The
Southern Pacs.ic one 90 these left Porr-
land Wednesday afternoon az % o clock.
Including FIVE sIeepeFs and five day
coaches. This was ;as advance guard OF
the excgrSionists. The sleepsrs were
hitched so tire overland at Tacoma and
went East Wednesday evening. the En-
dea*orers tetnr destined cor the Yellow
stone park. where they viii spend six
dars
Mr. Hartman says that the excursion
lists who Will tour Washington during the
next week viii he wideawake men. who
are here for business a. we,I as pleasure.
ard WHO viii utilize their opportunities
for a careful scrutiny Of the states re-
sources 10 the beat advantage. As an in
dicatlou OF the character OF the coming
visitors, MIR Hartman save the names Of
a prominent wholesale shoe dealer OF
Nashville Tenn. az Omaha grain broker.
ard other business men from the far East.
Among the notable people is Sir LAWYER.
the designer and builder OF the three IA
nous cup defeudeTs-PQritan, Nigtiant and
Defender.
Speaking OF the convention. Mr.. Hart
man pronounced II the most remarkable
gathering tn the history OF the country
u vas remarkable for the fact that thou
sands OF people were carried over the
Rockies and into San Francisco without
an accident. from the fact that the horGeS
Of visitors were cared for without con-
fusion or trouble of any kind and from
the further circumstance that every Sec
tion o. the Union was represented
Mr. Hartman says there were i9ue Wis
itors in San Francisco. Of these the South
eru Pacific brought 23.so through the Og
den gateway In three and one-half days,
the greatest feat on record in railroad an
mails all without 81 single accident The
Santa Fe contributed 400. and from the
Dak0tas, Montana and the Pacific North
west there came ?, to more California :
representation IN the convention aggre-
gated l2.0oo.
NO one but Endeavorers were register
ed at headquarters and given badges.
said Mr. Hartman AT least S,0ro were
in the conventions. There were over 500
from this state. We gave out over 4e1
programmes and badges At the Washing
ton booth, which was beautifully deco
rated
Ninety per cent OF the delegates from
abroad We're located by the 1000 aides to
the reception committee. These were dis
tinguished by wearing white caps. The
people OF the state gave Us a California
glad welcome: they know how TO do 1t
down there The weather was as II made
10 order Was IL any wonder that the
whole thing went of without single I'M
pleasant feature?"
Most OF the Washington delegation Will
reach here Saturday night. On the adj
vice OF MIR Lewis and Mr.. Hartman, they
decided not 10 return as delegation, bat
mixed up in the delegations from the
Eastern states and occupied themselves III
the pleasant task OF booming Washing
ton Nearly every delegation from the
other side Of the great divide mas d
spriukiing OF Washingtonians IN ii.