The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-03
THE PASSING IHRONG.

Grant. has been assigned 70 the command
OF the United States steamer Manning, 10
be stationed at Boston.
The Manning Is new vessel not yet IN
commission. one OF the largest and best
built OF the revenue cutters. Her dimen-
sions are: Length. aaSis feet. beam. 81
feet 10 inches: draft. L feet inches; dis
placement. $50 tons. She is of composite
build with steal framing and plating
above water and wooden pIanking sheath
ed with copper below water lire.
The stern is rans-shaped and fitted with
throughout OF such construction as will
enable her TO be transformed into a fast
and serviceahle gunboat IN time OF war.
With a battery Of six 4-inch rapsd-Ering.
breech-io2ding rifles, and the usual Sec
ondary battery. she would prove. on ac-
count Of her speed of II knots. as efficient
gunboat as those Of the vicksburg class.
The framing and plating is OF OPEN
hearth steel The transom frames are Of
bars. 5x3x3 inches. "A inches between
centers. The stem, stern-post. rudder
frame and rudder plating are OF manga
nese bronze. The outside plating is of
Hpcund plates. The bottom planking is
OF fir, inches thick. and secured to the
frames of the vessel with Tobin. bronze
bolts ffteen-sixteenths OF an inch in d.
ameter.
She has accommodations for 80 men. In
the deck house Is located the galley. ice
chests, carpenter shop. engineer shop. Of
acers' bath room. lavatory and lamp room.
She has vertical. inverted, direct-act-
ing, tr!ple-expansion engine. with cylin-
ders. .. S7ia and 5Sk inches IN diameter,
and 30-inch stroke The propeller is of
solid manganese bronze. four blades IL
feet In diameter and Il feet inches pitch,
She has powerful force pump and dis
tillins apparatus. capable of producing
3.soO gallons OF water In twenty-four hours
She has steam steering gear. an electric
light plant consisting OF one I0-kilowatt
General Electric Company's dynamo, pro-
ducing lS amperes. or 50 volts. There are
Isl lo-candie-power lamps and one search
llgnt or 20 amperes capacity, having a 1e-
inch reflector. She has four single-ended
Scotch boilers. III feet in diameter, and
forced draft of closed fire-room system,
air being supplied by two 54-inch fans.
The Manning made on her trial trip with
four boilers in use and forced draft 1924
knots and with two boilers in use and
natural draft, 1921 knots. She is topsaiI
schooner rugged. with sufficient canvas to
be of great service to her.
Capt. Munger will leave Seattle Deem
Der 9.
A letter has been received from Harry A
Fazon, we'll known both In Seattle and
Nnatcom, but now resident of Dawson.
his was IN many respects a remarkable
trip to the Klondike. and his success illus
trates how man is able 10 push aside physi-
cal difficulties when his mind is set on
achieving particular end, and, passing
over obstacles that seem well nigh tnsur-
mountable, attain the object of his desires.
Fazon Is not physically a strong man.
He Is. or was when he left Seattle In Au-
gust last, afflicted with pulmonary dis
eese which would have deferred almost
any one from undertaking the hardships
OF trip over the mountain passes and
streams of Alaska. Indeed, he did not in
tend TO go to the Klondke when he left
Seattle, but was drawn into the north
bound tide at Skaguay. Here he pur-
chased an outfit and two oxen with which
TO get 1t over the pass. He was ship
wrecked In going down the Yukon and
lost everything he had In the way of an
outfit. He was well supplied with money
and In his letter, which Is dated October
II, tells OF having purchased two sacks of
flour for $500. hundred pounds of bacon
for $780, quarter OF beef for $500, and
like prices for rice. sugar and coffee.
We were on the trail and river for
thirty-six days. writes Fazon eve were
wrecked on Lake Bennett for five DAYS
and lost all of our provisions. MY hands
were swollen badly from pulling the boat
through the river, which was filled with
There is grub famine here now and moth
ing can be bought to eat. The last res.aur-
ant closed today. meal of bacon, beans
and coffee cost, when they were running.
$50. Starvation seems to be the lot of
many, as the stores have nothing to sell"
Fazon says he slept on the frozen ground
until he bought mattress filled with hay
cost s57.
The recent love feast In which a select
few of the Bryan Democrats INDUCED
themselves seems to have had more ram
ihcations than one. The Populists of the
city, or at least large number of them.
are asking what II all meant. and some of
them are wondering If the Democratic
managers meant to deliberately insult
them by neglecting to ask them to take
a sip out of the loving cup as il was
passed around. You know that the aver
age Populist Is suspicious OF any political
move made by any one outside OF his own
clique, especially when the objects of the
movement do not appear to be Just the
right thing"
Thus spoke a well known Populist poll
tician in the lobby Of the Butler last night.
night.
1T would be very strange indeed" he
continued, 'if the Democratic manipulators
did not know that they were taking great
risks OF offending the Populists when they
invited themselves alone TO the banquet
hall. BY many Of the Populists IN this
county spch a proceeding as that INDUCED
In last Saturday night is regarded as a
deliberate attempt on the part OF the
Democratic wing OF the fusion organiza-
ton to so organize themselves as to make
II possible for them to corral everything
in sight at the next municipal campaign
II nothing else would have caused the
Populists to place straight ticket in the
field this banqueting of thems selves by the
Democratic politicians would have done
It."
1.-THE people OF Snohomsh county have
suffered extreme loss from the recent
floods" said A. d. Warner, of Everett.
last night. 1.-THE damage TO the county Is
greater tnan ever before In IT'S history.
Bridges have been washed out on all OF
the principal streams and roads have been
obliterated for miles by the freshet II
will cost the people of that county at !eas.
saaefo to repair the damage to county
bridges and roads. II must not be sun
posed, however. that the Snohomish peg
pie have lost heart or are TO relax their
efforts in the least. They are Just as de-.
termined as ever to make the county one
OF the richest and most popuious IN the
state, and when once they have recovered
from the shock they have suffered. they
will 70 right ahead repairing the damage
and building the county Up again"
Personal.
G. H. Mann. merchant Of Fir. is at the
Diller
Jesse F. Murphy. OF Olympia. IS a, the
Northern.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. OBJ. seobey. Of OivupIa
Pa a the -frp2rS h1fai