The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-01
THE PASSING THRONG-

Attached 70 the regular Northern Pa
- overland yesterday was 81 elegantly
furnsshed Mann bo<dolr car. occsy!ec oy
. narty of afseen English ard Canadian
.saose rho are On a pleasure trip Trough
~ Vest and who are delighted 10 nave
- opportunity 60 spend a day II Ssasfie
WTtilIsns Christie. a very wealthy nascl11
usnufaEfurtr OF Toroat3, Canada - taS
has., and among his guests are James
rlnn-xn. OF the home Office. London. EGG,
romptrcllsr Of prison industries. ana ".
4 ae.sIs. wholesale grocary dealer q
ABERDEEN and Lesth, Scotland. lie car
rs SET out on side track on kaiiroad
svsnue and will be attached TO the Scat
81 A International eaxtDound train ssAN-
~ here tomorrow morning
Hr. Christie. " ho provides the easeFtsin~
80. for the party. vas seen a, tas
Rsanley-Graad yesterday ny represent
ave OF the Observation-Disclosures and readily
granted al interview. He is a well pre-
srrsed and vigorous gentleman OF perhaps
= years, with ktn5ty face and an efi-
tsss.xsslc and sfYabie manner that imme-
E,teEy puts tho interviewer a. ease. He
rid:
I'VE are simply touring the West In
arch OF pleasure and an opportunity 10
asx better acquainted with our neigh
= on this side Of the line. We have
= at Yellowstone park, which IL. OF
,SxrSe one OF Tire wonders O. the ~crit
Tt are delighted 10 get out here on the
u ysrIfc coast; and with the chance Of gee
- solneth.ng OF your thriving cities on
rsxst sound. Everything aboa, our TIP
Is been exceptionally agreeable. savs
s .ryhaos the dust encountered ri the fe.-
kvs,ons park. You would do your coun-
nv a much better service by calling at
sentao. TO the need for something better
thar the roads through the park than by
interviewing unimportant people. The
Anss was absolutely aborninabIe. II was
several inches Thick on the roads and fol-
lived US everywhere in a perfect cloud.
IRE government a. Washington docs not
saaoiy the park authorities with enough
funds 10 keep the roads in condition. IL
wera TO prescribe the remedy. / would
ma, trolley cars IN the park. These would
slow peeple 70 travel through * and Come
out with a sense OF pleasure. The park
eatcsaIs were az courteous AS possible.
ard everything was done 10 make cur
s,sy agreeable There was a perfect jam
Of people In the park. Hotels tEat were
ettsd 20 take care Of i5o people contained
81 and they slept ten In room. Most
~ them were EudeAvor excursion.xts.
Mr. Christie admitted that ne had some
bussuess interests in the West. principally
.n Victoria and other British Columbia
cl.sss He was through the Sound coun-
try Twelve years ag- and remarked on
the WONDERFUL growth oa seattle since that
time.
TAe party includes the following: Mr..
And Nrs william Christie, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Duncan, OF London. Mr.. and Mrs.
N A. Meli.s Of Huntley, Scotland. Mr..
snA Mrs Thomas Robertson. OF Toronto.
NJ and Mrs. X. j. Christie. OF Toronto;
MIS-. ard Miss Palmer. Mrs. ID. A. Bar
clay. Mrs T. ]. Clark and w. r. Munro,
ell Of Toronto.
seven hundred jolly victorians came zip
the Sound on the steamer Kingston yes
teriay on an excursion. accompanied by
thu Fifth Regiment band. splendid
mystical organization. whose leader Is j.
NJ Finn The victortans scattered them
selves over the city and pit ia good bali
day enjoying Themselves as our Canadian
cousins well know how. In the afternoon
the band gave 81 concert at LcschI PARK.
which drew biz crowd. I'm the evening.
the streets were snllvened by the presence
of the visitors. and the band rendered a
number of excellent selections on Second
avenue near the Hotel Butler The King
Ston, returning at $50. took tie fae-
torians home more than pleased VITA
their outing.
DR.. b. r. tougssreet, the apostle OF the
dnsls tax. has returned from a trip down
sound where he went 10 address farm
eas' picnic al shaw island lJr. Long
street viii begin a series OF lectures al the
fnird Avenue theater Monday night ats
oeening subject being Social Pressure
The single takers OF the city have paid the
hcturfr a great deal OF attention and he
has exercised himself as much pleased
with his experience la the West and az tina
osalmeAt he has recsived.
eenator George &. Perkins. OF California.
uked in the city last evening on TIE
vxAern Pacific overland. He registered
eae Ra!nicr6rand. and after a business
= with Superlnteadeat TrowbridSe. OF
y Pacific Coast Steamship Company. r.,
kM fer the evening. tired with The Iona
fGsney across the continent Senator Per-
hrs will leave for San Francisco on The
tmA,ila. sailing Monday morning.
Morgan Morgaus superintendent of the
Back Diamond mines. arrived at the Dill
kr yesterday accompanied by Mrs. Nor
kaas asid Miss Sadie Mofgans. The latter
VIII leave for Oakland. where she Is AZ
tending Mals college. after enjoying her
vacation