The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-18
THE PASSING IBRONG.


People WHO are nor uas ma Hrensss for
degs ard kSs.sseses sa0nsa pay . little heed
10 4ise f.et fEssas On gasHg - tas eisy hail
they mist 6rst 50 into @he city treas
urer's ofsiee ard Yay the required amount.
The cIafks n sae cawsgErel1er's sf4iee are
worriess day after sfay by people VITO
c. sae IN aEl wish 70 pay tase ftsonsy right
straight ever the counter IA tnat office.
THIS always hrIngs ssp q string % cor
tsvsafzea. r. the applicant Tor II
ess2se IL does Tlat seem 10 amount TO very
nUse. lie ~ coarseosssly told that Re
must flrst 50 into t4le treasurerss ef{ica
ard pay his nuaes. Ttssa he wants 10
kssew wsEaS wsnsfa1 ne rss2st go 10. Per
chance 4a tagEIes long. enough 10 have
= liftsc Talk about dogs or sanden1s or
ire S4senssa war o.. tae weather. Then
he goes oft Of the aoer vita saaiia.
Ent Eagley or coryeI or Roos says 49,.
and does nat wear a smile. Tiley al said
YESTERDAY: Please tel tie people 10 20
first iTsso The treasnrer's office
Il u interesting 10 note that mp 10 the
present time TIE bicycle licenses issued
are far aheas2 Of those for the correspond
Ing data last year. Whereas the licenses
for dogs ara 5sast n Tar behind. Up 10
yesterday there had been issued $50 BIZ
cycle licenses fer the present year. On
April is af last year only fifty licenses
! sAes< 1919 -FF7-As1fs- IAs ASR SS6Ss kftN III
, IN sad minority. AT this date last year
asff licenses for the CANNES had ieen Is
sued. lip 10 yesterday only aga licenses
mad been taken out fer the current yegr.
tscyfsses are running ahead Of The
oogs this year" said q visitor to the
cosnntrcl.er's office yesterday. We'll.
you SNOW most u the dogs have gone 10
tae kAondtke." said a wheesnaan, who
was lingering his new tag.
Franklin c. Reed. OF 'Toissio, @. who Is
! completing 4 tour OF the world arrived IN
Seattle Saturday night rom Portland. ana
this morning VIII leave by the Cana
olstn Pacific far Vancouver. AR Reed
reached san Francisco early In March. and
/ mas bsen spending the time since IN South
Sfn California. He said 10 a Post Isltellf-
gencsr reporter Al The Bntles last evening
/ that The Interest IN the United States
/ spanish affair is most Intense In the Ha-
walian islands. sseond only 20 that felt in
The United States. Affairs had aot reached
/ a crisis when he left Honolulu but he
| prediction was nlssste that war would sure
/ iy come after the blowing up Of the Maine.
lhe news or The disaster in the haFnor OF
Havana was the sole topic OF conversation
| IN the hotela, ciGsss and other public gxafh-
| ering places.
| Tue Japanese element was In sympathy
| with the United States In The matter. and
! ~ -sil- 1Nt-Sd luis appeared strange. thu
lace OF the strained relations that a short
time ago obtained is1 the Hawaiian islands
between the United States and JasaSn, The
Americans on the islands VINO haYs. bean
for ann sAakjon, we're Requiring the sfts,a~
ton as one which might eventually nave
us influence upon tbs subject Ia which
/ they were Interested Tae Iona-s1isfanc,.
impression Was, 81 the time Mr. Reed left
Honolulu. tslat tusa would be annexed
/! 10 the United States, or that z protector
ate would be established over thss Island
| ifsat would mean its eventual annexation
The iaea that President Dote's visit 10
/ Washington CITY would have It's effect in
The hawaiian matter also WIS IN general
circulation Aftef' Il few days in British
Columbia, Af Reed viii go East ever the
Canadian and s0o lines 10 81. Paul, Chi
! eago, and thence home
Edward @. WeIlman, an expert mining
engineer whose home Is 10 MINNEAPOLIS
and who was fer thirteen years al work
in various Canadian mining districts has
Just left Seattle for Whatcom ard surs,as
| with the intention OF making a very thor
| oush exploration OF the entire Mount
Baker district. lie will act as SPECIAL car
| respondent Of the Past-Inteiiigencer. aud
the paper wi3l thus be aba 10 present lis
readers with an exhaustive. authemtic and
impartial report Of this district which has
attracted VIDE attention.
I AIR. Wellnlan viii so into camp at tnce
ana viii gradually work his way into the
heart CT the district. devoslar the entire
spring and summer to tbs work He il
backed by Eastern capital and VIE have
all necessary facilities TheFe are two
| prominent nien nosv here from Miausau4s
oils who VIII Joia him in the field later
| in the season.
r. Edwards cf Mcunt Vernon. re-
turned Saturday from n trip to the East
err states. ~pieh occupied = paffsd os
three months. AIR tdvsasf7s visited New
/ York. Chicago Indianapolis and either
| ciri@s and b. states 10 learned tAar Ynanv
| large parties of ktggd1kers w.re beiag or-
| eantzed and that a. 3 faie K MAS their In
| teatson 10 outas IN seatfie Mr Edward
alse said that While IN Iowa. Illinois ard
| Manitoba. Canada, ebe learned that Il Is
/ the Intention Ct ns2gE farmers 70 gu to
/ Alaska. hut they wll rot start nntn the
| seed Tor the er1 hss 1ee14 suwn 10 the
/ spring This fact Is siso true 81 Mime
| sofa ard Dakota.
/ Eben PIymnton appearea n "old Love