The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-22

ha-dships- The principal mines n New
Zealand are free milling quartz Refrac-
tory ores are comparatively new thing TO
ME- The Ssocan and Isardeau districts
have impressed me most favorahly OF what
] saw in the koosenay country There is
an unressoning prejudice among British
investors against silver mines. although ie
Is simply a question Of being able 10 pro-
drce so much ore OF certain value az a
certain cost. The advance in lead has
largely compensated for the decline in
silver. and some OF the ore IS so rich that
IL viii pay at even lower prices for silver.
I have seen ore from Issrdeau that ran "a
high as l.5a9 ounces In silver. and that
country win produce well when railroads
are extended into IT,"
The only things You hear OF In the
East are Seattle. the. klondtks and the
observation-disclosures" said ". b. Jenkins. a
81 Louis business man. who IS at the
Butler. When / was coming over the Rio
Grands railroad. I had my oyercaat hang
ing on the back of the seat with a Post
Infelligencer in the pocket. The word Sc
attic showed on IL. and another passenger
borrowed il and read IL through / did
not get s. chance 10 read It until /, had
been passed around the car. The interest
In this country has become widespread all
through the East, and you cannot esti-
mate the immigration that is coming. Orr
business here has doubled since last year"
Prof. Van Brookuan. OF whitworsh coll
lege. at Sumner, who was at the Occidental
yesterday, said that the scheme TO remove
that institution 10 Port Townsend had fall
len through, as that city had failed TO meet
the conditions. The Presbyterian board of
aid for colleges was in favor of removing
to city and preferred West Seattle, but
had been unable so far TO make arrange
ments. President Stewart Is now In the
East soliciting subscriptions TO an endow-
ment fund in order TO put the college on a
solid financial basis. it being already out OF
debt.
Mr.. c. B. Hopkins. manager Of the In
land Telephone Company at Spokane, Is
in the city. Mr.. Hopkins was recently sp-
pointed by President Mckinley TO tho
postmastership at Spokane and proved his
ability to rise above the ofiiceseekers'
level In politics by refusing the position
OF trust and honor.
E. G. Tenant has returned to Skaguay
with the lumber and furniture for hotel.
which he will erect there within about .
month.
Personal.
James Gillespie. rancher OF coupeviile.
Is at the Diller.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Yeates. OF Port Gam
Bile. are at the Butler.
Walter Cakes. Of Tacoma, Is In the city,
guest at the Butler.
A. r. Brown. the lumbernan OF Olympia,
Is guest at the Occidental.
Frank Morrison, of the Oregon States
man. OF Salem. is in the city.
W. II. McCalley. a commission broker OF
Walla Walla. is at the Diller.
T. b. Sumner of the Sumner Iron Works,
at Everett. is at the Northern.
W. S. Paul. of Occur d Alene. Idaho.
came in yesterday and is at the Butler.
Capt w. B. Decatur. of Mount Vernon.
Is in the city, guest at the fremont.
8. z. Mitchell. manager of the North
western Electric Company, at Portland, Is
at TIE Butler.
H. b. Brokaw, OF the firm Of Brokaw
tho Dlller yesterday.
Lieut.. d. F. A. de Otte. OF the revenue
cutter service. arrived in town yesterday
and is at the Butler.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. 8. Rainwater and Mr..
and Mrs. H. NJ. Lane. OF North Yakima.
are at the Northern.
John Zug United States deputy survey
or. has returned from seasons work in
Idaho. and is at the Stevens.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. s. Thomas. OF Windsor,
Me-. have been visiting relatives a, FIRE.
mont and Green Lake the past week.
]. f. Lawless, general superintendent of
the Great Northern Express Company, ar
rived In town yesterday and is at the Raj
nier-Grand.
Dr. S. ]. Call. the physician who will go
North on the cutter Bears relief expedi-
ton, arrived in this city last night from
San Francisco.
Mrs n. X. Tvete. wife of N. X Tvete, a
merchant OF Arlington. arrived at the Dill
Ter on her return from Minnesota, accom-
panied by three children.
Mr.. William Ashworth returned Friday
to his home In Edgewater from six
months prospecting and mining. trip in
the northern part Of the state and British
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