The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-14

down to less than they had On a. the
sio~ because then they wore some
paint). and splaxhed around, iaunsrytrg
out their hasr and having a good time
Ase Gay Was fesrfuily bet che and On
the stage IL was like an oven. AS soon
as they we're all cleaned up they went OF
the stage and commenced to rshearse I
have seen nsany theatrical eornpa MES re-
hsarse under q bsts1erlng tin roof bur I
never saw such realism pat into a re-
h@afsas before. They worked ali eav. q
fuH twelve hour shift. and then gave the
show. When the curtain went u., there
3 was the same UnHnistakabIe Yakima smell
about them. ard since the performance I
have ordered incense and pasttIsrS burned
ali over the place. besides keeping the
doors and windows open"
Z. r. Ellis the new general agent Of the
Short Lane at Portland. arrived IN Seattle
yesterday morning and Will remain a day
or so closing UP MS business here as the
agent OF the Oregon Railway & Savlga-
ton COMPANY. \ couple oe weeks ago be-
fore the ogden gateway had been opened
Mr. Esits id not kno. ta1st where he stood
n relation 10 the soiIst agencies that he
maintained ia Seattle and Tacoma as the
Puget ssST1d representative Of the Oregon
Railway e. Navigation Company and
Union Pacific. Things have swung around
now. however. 80 that Mr.. Ellis knows
just how he stansi~, and yesterday ne said
sHaS IL WAS un both feet. He was recav-
Ing congratulations sor mis- appointment 70
mis- Tsw ard important position. 81 regret
vary u11cn leaving Puget sound" said Mr..
Ellis. II haze been here ten years and
know and Ike the people. I have a num-
Der OK friends and cQuaaaLaDces in Port
iand. bu, IL will take xrle a long time 4,
surround myself with SIS coslgeniaa coudi-
lions ] have found here Mr.. EiAs
sAid tha1 his Successor had not been named
but probably wosIid he today incidentally
* Was stated yesterday that a party OF
Union Pacific ofraclaSs will be In Seattle
during the present week. who VIII profya-
bly, remove the signs from in front of the
Oregon Railway * Navigation Conayany's
Offices that have the shield with the stars
and stripes and the Initials of the L. +.
upon them. What they VIII then do re-
mains to b. seen.
Among the passengers yesterday from
San Francisco were William A. Steel and
wife cousins of VIII A. Steel, editor Of the
Seattle Mining Herald. Mr.. Steel Is one
az the pioneers Of California. having come
West from Pennsylvania in 1853 fresh from
college. He spera several years among the
placer minss then being worked in the
Coast states and on the Fraser river In
ISIS he Was In British Columbia. and with
several other iroagssctors secured a scslooii-
or AL Victoria and cruAsed along the Sound
40 its head at Olympia. They stopped at
Seattle. which was then but hamlet Of .
few buildings. Not having been here since
then, Ar Steel Was scarcely prepared yes
iersiay To ind q city Of such substantial
appearance. He thinks that from tho
many evidences Of progressvencss upon all
sides and from It's unssIrEax ssa location.
Seattle II certain to soon become q great
metropolis. Mr. Steel settled down l>sgnla-
nensiy in San Francisco in 1850. and soon
became one OF lis substantial and prosper
oiE citizens. He Is now retired from all
tszsiness enterirr sssss, and with his eEauiu-
bic wife Is enjoying the fruits Of an active
career. They Will remain ia the city sew
erai days Sightseeing, and may possibly
take a trip 10 Alaska.
There were published recently articles
which brought into question the reliable
iiy us an organization known az the Fra
tsrnaI Union Of America and one OF It's
deputy organizers. investigate shows
that the Fraternal Union L. quite a prom
ISng new beneficiary organization. and
tha; the criticism was unjust
Personal.
w T.. Moore treasurer of The Black Dia-
SIsond mines Is registered at the DilieT.
Lieut. and Mrs John H. Whciiey and
daughter have left for short trip through
Southern California.
Rev. w j. Dickson. Episcopal minister
of Fast Sound. Is .n the city attending the
convccatiou. and - at the ptlier.
4 f.aRf .St.