The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-19
TaE PASSING THRONG.

~ - x-~--r@e..n last nsxft- Although
ss.~s<fx over Affy. bis hfe has been
~ rar.txsssns ard ne looks twenty
- .sxsr. lie went 20 SEA a. boz.
- srssyxet II unssi physical disanantses
s.sssea fslsu 70 lis up on snore- re
- mary whaling so5asss sash 80
s w.s 81 The height o. It's pros-
- "a dsS xooa service In the navy
800 80 wxr He has sailed over every
.rss wrecked AZ Samoa Only a
-. nxsssesse 70 the great hurricane
- -ssi~sr raised such havoc with TIE
$50 - sss Erusssf states and Germany
~. sss~t..>ls~ mas always been Of . hser-
800 q rsgnd- snd many OK MS tales
- -. wfsseh were based upon person.
= .~r~dene<e, have appeared In the POST
1raslsxxncsr.
-. new tire card on the Great North
,<..f lire has now been irs force nearly
- w~sxs.v said q Whsfeom man
-. ,r the city yesterday. That ~
v.ry long time but long enough for
- ss~xs against II than were made
-. rae Old time card during the en-
- a was In force, which II about
t.r~ A. che road has been I'm opera
n has resulted IN any increase
= snrtu<xx In our town II u not visible
= - naked eye OF the casual observer
"a il n pretty sure thing that tnere
- .as hen ans increase Of ticket sales.
- - SEA uss-oaf tickets A few morn
40 Cor instance. about forty pass
-. for whatcom came up from Be
100 - Che steamer Bay city. and IL -
esss<<a; ~ there we're many, ~ any. more
$50 that who came up by train dur
- - entire week Travelling men sim
- an rot travel that way IL they can
srin II, ard thus be required 20 stay mere
sasrsy-sex hours I'm order TO do I'VE or SIX
ksurs. business. One day last week seven
sessengers came around % way o.
Wsrherxhaus and Lake Thaieom- II -
,~.erted also. that one morning the train
- eowr from Blaine, tweuty-four
-. with one solitary passenger aboard.
- fhe largest number reported from
rsI.,rs ard Intermediate stations In any
=. x.v under the new schedule Is eleven
e.rsnsss mon do not like toe new sched-
- a. vas very clearly rnown by the
vigorous protest against TX before IL wss
~, into effect. There IL not one person
n A hundred who wants TO crawl out az
o'clock In the morning TO go 10 Seattle
asd taak the same dag and spend eight
taars o< the time. at the very best on
80 train. Az present the mail arriving by
-, train from the south and East reaches
,he poxtosffce AZ 10 p. m. and II u delivered
ira following morning after the return
train has left for the south. 30 that ans
x&fing mail cannot 20 out until the morn
isx sf the next day
Tae Eilsnssurr Dawn says: DIR. ". III.
q Temple of Seattle. the finest pulpit or
ator In Washington. viii address the
Young Peoples societies and all other
fHrsstlans and citizens Of Eilensourg. on
Tu@xday evening May 18th. at O'Clock
n the N. r. church. DIR. Temple Is maxi
,nr tour OF the state in the interest Of
chri.tlan Endeavor and the coming tn
coma convention, July ia state Press-
dsat H. C. Ewing will accompany him.
Judge Hanford and Clerk r.. N. Hop
kIns Of the Federal court. returned yns-
ftraAy morning from walla waila and
Spokane. where court has been held
can't James Griffths manager OF the
Nippon Yasen Kaisha said yesterday. II
natsord IN this mornings Post-infeiiIgen-
ceYs Port Townsend dispatches that the
British ship Gienericht Is to sail from
PUGET sound for Yokohama following
NJ crcalar course adopted by the trans
Pacific steamers. consider the scheme
! Feasible one. and wonder that 1, has not
Nm tried before. year ago now. when
vas returning from Japan. We encoun-
Of days Had Il sailing vessel been going
wet with that stiff breeze behind her.
~ would have run away from herself.
when the wind changed she could have
beaten the rest OF the way across and
nAds more time than by going south
te catch the trade winde. The reports
h fkf photographic Office show that az
tfl< tine Of year the eastern winds are
yvfularfy reported over the track spoken
II ~ the one the Cienericht viii take,
Someone must b. q pioneer in trying tho
ytate and II the attempt IL successful
etE<rs may be expected 10 use the same
eosrss al such times OF the year as IL
may 10 practical I am reminded by the
venture OF an old sea captain who was
h sal TO China from New York. He had
rSsr been around the horn, and swo-c
that be never would. He started away
and sailed southeast around Australia
and then north. In the south seas he en-
esunfered a Succession OF Gains and his
ran was one Of more than 200 days"
l. r. Smith. superintendent OF railways
fr the Oregon Improvement Company,
~ens over 70 Tacoma yesterday. returning
h the evening
r. J. Wheeler. general agent OF the
0rsat Northern ut Vancouver. was IN the
saty yesterday.
Frank M. Guthrie. freight and psssen-
Ger agent % the Lehixh Valley railroad.
~u Seattle visitor yesterday. He win
- 10 Tacoma today.
G. Shields. general superintendent az
fss Chicago Great Western railroad. Is
y ss private car az Spokane Mr.. Shields
aeeonranied by PARTY OF friends. and
en- route 20 the Coast. lie viii prob
sar arrive IN Seattle today. His trip .s
oas Tor recreation and health.
A. Tallng general agent 81 the North
sFs Pacific az Tacoma. was in town yes
tsssay.
railroad official. Who refused to be
ssnfsd yesterday said IAN of this talk
saas the strained relations between Mr..
anslsr ard President HIN - bsiderdash.
Mnhier ief, tho employ OF the Great
NefissTn on account OF cut in salary.
w rs personal feeling for Mr. Hfll. or
MT Hin Tor Mehter has never
saangsa In fact Afr. Hln helped Mohicr
e secare Tire very rend position that I.
BOW ssfa he T. leaving 20 So 20 the Ore
ssa railway 4 Navigation Company"
Asnsger ". ]. Fife. of the Ninth Street
sass'er. Tacoma. WAS over yesterday and