The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-26

n5t lo@sk as though had received any
alSsDzlx11sac information NneG I was
/ ia Washington recensiy I hoard that Sen
assr Wilson had astermtns3 10 fEss1o-3e
Col EeEastis for the coaiectorshfys ard =
W. ide. Of Spokane. for the United States
Essrshalsas., TIE time that theSe Offices
should BE- changed wAa discussed and <
did NOT earn whether the present Inc1rn-
oerts should retire May y tu sometime liz
August. al the completion OF their four
year terms.
Dir. Gay acts as though there was no
! uncertainty as TO hts own appointment
| bar refused 30 discuss IL further than to
deny that he has received any such letter
a. he Is said to. suraing him down
There's @ lively scramble going on in
Washington for ALASKA Offices remarked
Ar. G. W. Young. a weIi-knewn citizen OF
the northern territory. who Is returning
home after a visit TO the natioEai capital
Purser Curtis. of the steamer Topeka,
and Col. Peter French are waxing an inter
esting contest for the office Of collector Of
customs. Curtis has the backing of Sena-
tor Perkins, and the favorable aeauaint-
aGee and goodwill Of wnfteiaw Reid ID
O. Mills. ex-senator Mitchell Speaker
Reed and few other prominent factora OF
the party now in power. and would infer
that l4e would probably he successful. But
then Col. French Is ably championed BY
that interchangeable worker. Capt. Carroll
who while ia command Of the steamer
Queen. running 10 Alaska. was able to cui-
tivate the friendship OF influential national
politicians 10 an advantage that will Ger
tainly have some weight with the presi
dent.
.'Ex-Toitector of Customs Max pTaeht
of Oregon. was a candidate for the same
Office until he realized the odds with which
re had to contend and then he switched
off for the Office Of United States fish com
missioner now held by Col John Murray
IA Colorado Republican. who was retained
by the late administration.
'Governorship? It's hard 10 say who
will get IL. G. s. Johnson ard John G.
Brady are the leading candidates. of
course there are scores of other applicants
for every Office In the territory. They
come from all over the United States. but,
so far as ] could learn, believe that Pres
ident Mckinley Will confne his appoint.
ments to residents of the territory.
V A R.ton. superintendent Of the Cas-
cade division Of the Great Northern, was
I'm the city yesterday. Mr.. Rttcn says that
AFFAIR." on his division OF the road are
moving smoothly aud that work on the
tunnel approaches is progressing. In
speaking OF Great Northern matters gem
orally Mr.. Riton said:
I'm few days the Great Northern will
commence to lay with sixty-pound rails
the track from Moorhead to HaIstad and
ballast the whole line TO Crookston.
Three or four crews will be put on 10 do
this work. II Is also the intention to bal
last the north half OF the Fergus Fails
line. Six work trains will be required 10
haul the ballast. which Will he taken from
the Benoit pit near Crookston. Steam
shoyels viii be kept running In the pits.
1t f. expected large force OF men will
be engaged to do the work.
Driving a herd of 100 cattle and fifteen
head of horses from tide water TO the
Yukon river Alaska. was considered inn
possible up to year or two ago However.
that Is what Attorney John F. Maloney. OF
Juneau proposes this summer IL that
can be successfully accomplished. there is
no reason 10 believe that there il to be any
extraordinary amount OF hardship incurred
In going 10 the gold fields of lie Yukon
valley. He said:
II expect TO purchase my stock at once
and ship north. so as 10 start overland
about the 10th of July. There Is fairly
coed frail already TO the Yukon over which
quite a number Of horses were sent last
year IT will probably take month 10
make the tourney, l propose 10 send the
stock To The klondike mines, on the upper
Yukon"
Some Eastern woman has recently been
carving on a vo.uminous correspond
ence with Ticket Agent Carl Stoitenberg.
relative To rates On the Alaska steamers.
She seemed TO have an Idea that cut
In rates was imminent and every day
FOR two or three weeks Stoitenberg re-
ceived a letter asking how much the fare
had been reduced.
stnlteuherg has a rubber stamp outfit
OF which he 10 very proud. and finally in
desperation he set the womans name and
address up IN type together with the
standing sentence. PLEASE rerni. IS IN
STAMPS for previous correspondence and
call Mt my office for any further infor-
NATION desired The correspondence has
ceased abruptly.
retired railway man OF this city. i'm
yne1iaseFy upon the announcement In the
observation-disclosures couple ot weeks aga.
Of The rurnored appointment % 4. l..
sTohter general manager ~ the AinuEap-
oils & 81 Louis Railway. 20 the presidency
OF the Oregon Railway Il Navigation Com
pany. wrote tfat gentleman compliment
ing him upon HIS election and predicting
hts successful administration. a reply
came az follows,
Won .or your congratulations When am
In The place can tell you naore about IL,
and as 10 what IS necessary. I ~. on
posed IN making changes. and am of
tire impression that the organization is
good ore row.''
A rarity Of Northern Pacific officials
consisting 81 Nj =. Kimberly. general
superintendent. and =. Fl AcHenry,
chief engineer are maxim. tour o. ger
srai inspection II she road. AZ Tacoma
Yesterday W -. psarce. assistant gen
ersl superintendent. Joseph Mct'aAe. SUP
erin,enasa, o, the Pacific division; & !.
riAisr. division engineer AMI II. III War
raev. master mcchantc. boarded Mr. kiTc.-
hssriv's private Gar and came 20 :seatfle.
A, lunch Tn the ear the party acre join
81 by 7 A. Nadesu. general agent III this
city.
Railroad men around Pioneer place yas-
se~,ssv were listening 50 3 rsr perpetrased
by f W Parker ~ TIE Sorth- Western.
stfFere u this man " r. Blew 81 town
rarresenting the Red Line' Why doesn't
g.. travel faw the 'BIUe llna p " TH1e point ~
NJ parker's nstle tcke sie~ ~ the fact that
Nj pl~w i travelling agent % tse Red
Line Transit Company, Win headquarters