The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-04
TRIP AROUND THE WORLD.
n roreiwn Lanas-Seastie the Best
Advertised City in the Country
VIII Make This City HIS Home.

than seven months, James ID. Hcge, r.. OF
this city, arrived from New York yes.er-
day morning. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Hoge. whom he Joined in Nex York
three weeks ago after completing tour
around the world. Mr.. Hoge has gained
considerably in weight and is in 5e.Ser
health than when he left Seattle last Sep
tember. He intends making Seattle his
home. although he contemplated al one
time establishing himself In the East.
Al the Butler yesterday Mr.. Hoge gave
a Post-Inteiligencer reporter an interest
ing account OF his travels through Eng
land and continental Europe. Egypt and
Asia. through China and Japan and thence
across the Pacific, touching at Honolulu
on bis way TO San Francisco.
Mr.. Hoge met l.. 8. ]. Hunt in Maya
sski. Japan. and enjoyed a short visit with
the sage OF Yarrow. who Is In good heath
and apparently prospecting. Mr.. Hunt con-
templates visit to Seattle during the
early part Of the summer. At Kobe MIR.
Hoge learned Of the destruction Of the
bat,leship Maine. but the accounts of the
treackery OF the Spaniards and of the loss
OF the magnificent battleship were so
measre and confused that 1t was not until
he arrived at Honolulu that he learned the
details Of the affair ana OF the then i'm
pending war with Spain.
Il am extremely glad to be back in Sc
attic again. said Mr.. Hoge. There Is no
country In the world like our own and, in
common with the people Of Seattle, / share
the belief that this is the most promising
city in the country. IL is very evident that
times have changed greatly since / left
here last fall. The Improvement in the
stGlr 49, E,z
markabe l was prepared for this, how
ever. for during all of my travels heard
Seattle prominently mentioned as one OF
the important and progressive cities OF
America. In Cairo j heard the story that
the Cramps were 10 establish ship yards in
Seattle. This simply serves to illustrate
how the fame Of the city has travelled
abroad. Seattle is undoubtedly the best
advertised city in the West. il not in the
whole country
Mr. Hoge. In speaking of his travels,
said:
My companion on the journey was Mr..
}. r.. Kinds, Jr., a young New Yorker.
together We left New York on the Allan
tic liner Campania the first week In Octo-
Der Of last year. Arriving on the other
side of the Atlantic, We directed our steps
10 Ireland, making q short tour OF the
principal points OF interest in that beauti-
enjoyable by a three weeks sojourn in
London and side trips to Shakespeare's
birth place at Stratford-on-Avou.
Windsor castle and the Cathedral cities Of
the tight little isle In Paris, which was
the next point on our itinerary / noticed
the difference between the methods of the
merchants in displaying their stocks of
goods as compared with the London deal
ers. The Parisians have perfected the art
EraS Sir rJ.tt. 4
appear to know nothing whatever about
this method OF attracting trade. We saw
the TuiIeries, the magnificent are gall
ieries OF the Louvre and heard some grand
opera AT the finest theater In the city. A
tour or the interesting points In Holland,
Belgium and Germany came next. At
Antwerp / was especially interested in the
geological gardens which are, perhaps, the
finest IN the world. Thanksgiving day
found US In Berlin. auartered on Inter den
Linden. the great boulevard of the Ger
man capital. There we heard the new
opera 'Undine' performed at the Imperial
opera house. Next came an Interesting
stay in Vienna. While travelling from
Vienna to Venice early In December. our
train was caught by snow storm in the
Alps. which was worse than the tradi-
tsonai Dakota blizzard. We were cooped
up in the narrow stufTy coaches OF the
train for IS hours. Not being able to speak
a word of German or Italian We were in
something OF a predicament. There was
very little opportunity 10 procure anything
10 eat. but finally, through the good Offices
Of an elderly Russian lady who happened
to speak little English. We obtained
some sandwiches and hot drinks.
our stay In Venice was delightful. rhe
weather there In December was as delight,
ful as ii is today in Seattle While 30.
jeurnfng at Naples. we assembled Mount
fesuvius. where. 10 our delight. the vol
cano was industriously a. work emitting
clouds Of sulphurous smoke and throwing,
out hot stones. The city Of Naples. itS
picturesque bay and the beautiful sur
rounding country lay. magnificent nano.
rama at our feet. This was one of the
sights of the trip
We passed Christmas and the HOLIDAYS
al Constantinople, whore saw the sultan
ATTEND services at his fayorlte Ynosone
attended by 1900 soldiers. Al Cairo I saw
the khediye. The. American colony n.
Cairo Included a number of notahlas
among them Cornelius Vanderbilt. who
was suffering from n stroke OF PARALYSIS.
Patrick Shevhan. formerly John l. SAL
iivsns manager. and Riley Grammar. the
plunger turfman Through the sueg canal
80 Aden ana thence touching only at Bonn
bay we reached Colombo teylcn Hsrs
We i*It the steamer China which was
sunk few DAYS later on her vovapa "a
Australia. We passed near the Philippines
on our way 10 Hongkong Among sbe
points CO interests in China which yere
visited were Shanghai. Canton. Macna the
Monte Carlo Of the far East. and Kio;,
TOKYO. hcbe and Yokohama, Japan We
sp"ut Two days at Honolulu where saw
George X. Carter. formerly o. Seattle. who
) prospeT!rg, Early I'm March we reached
san fFanclSso. where we took train FOR
New York"
MI. hnge Was equipped with letters RI
joan Hay. ambassador 10 London, to Gen
HoTace Porter, ambassador 10 Paris 70
IlT. Angel. the minister 10 Turkey. ana 70
Hector de Castro. the minister 10 Rome
A. Vienna he met Mark Twain. AIR. ara
Mrs hoge VIII occupy their residence AT
mon ard Terry avenue within d few
days.