The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-11


Iatali. geueat Tep9rtes A2st night MI
Gay sad
"H 80 hapssened that I .as az SPOKANE
during TIE progress - tlEF ffDit TAR. 4as
expos ten taeEs VS. 0aa q; winch TIC axe
sAosid ~ psgls3. Ine ezni3it stoSfi 4aAF
ma county was Eeeg Elza. 1s8t s-ils'k il y Is
sufpassS4 by fh8l from Whitman 'i.a%
sattsx agoFaed ms fssge4E cot .ostssa 81 frat
! eetr saw aYsf " ysas planned and ar
ranged in iue most agtstsG manner possa-
bic.
No. hageu't iseep taking any active
part ia poiitlez / ha&e }seen too bsssE foE
shai. eyea K sa. etiquette Of my Official
position haa allowed nee sD do 20. At ias
easas tinlc / eos 4 ngl wholly close Tpy
eyes % TIE HExns wAsla ] saw around iIse
ia the Nos38 ~ politics am sacSse0
'bcyohti rc>sg9t5sifie 5o2Jf tDAf tssf slate
will go fsefssf4.lcsr hiss faH The isspu9-
iicsn parry s4ass tremendous leverage IN
the popularity - the present national al
falniatTafAsu ssuH Ia the enthusiasm OF tie
people concerning eseFytn!ott c"hueSsea
with tBe war vii Spain. sfw att iHaS-
tEaii0H ~ ta.s NJ SpokaSle. 'Fts hand al
the far there was very bfst one ally
equal ,hiuk go Wagner First hegi~
nseaE band aEd that is saying a good deal,
While " ~ at tlse fair the hrsL NUN
i,sr on the programme was a German
waltz. which. though we'll executed. tx
cited TO Applause y nateYer. The second
number MAS Il schoftiaene and ihas also
fa!ted 10 evoke any response from the
audience. Then cane some atereopticon
views az our volunteer troops IN camp. Oh
the march and IN thG field Accompanying
these views the band played Marching
Through Georgia. a4ad the CROWD simply
weat wild. Then the bard played Dixie,
and The odd war igfp. brought forth tire
mehdous eheerinR Every 1if that sfnacked
OF M tiona} or patriotic interest WAS greet
I'll with applause.
'In thls connection an amusing incident
occurred on the street Just after Congress
man Lewis bad delivered his campaign
spesch IN Spokane As usual. the greater
part OF his speech ~as taken up with an
attack OF The administration. Going ont
from the meeting, after the speech were
two Eastern Washington farmers. one %
them said: Well. I voted FOR Lewis last
time. but I'm burned II vote for him
again. | wont vote for ;nan that makes
such an attack on our army and navy
The ether replied: Well Lewis says The
war won't cost more u si30W901. That's
about ~ q piece for each ~ us' Then
reaching down into b2 cap2cous trousers
pocket and fetching 0ut his wallet. and
wnuts :noTe' ne!e.s iny j. any time they
gits ready fur it -
Sometimes am tempted 10 register an
oatn that viii never extend special &C
COMMUNICATION 70 any guest cf the hotel"
said Manager Joseph III. Grant of the
Stevens. IN confidentlai tone last night,
just after he had grauted "A small none
taFy FAVOR 10 Il man wa0 was total stran-
ger except that his name was on the MOTEL
register DO yo9 know why? The very
people you do mast for appear sometimes
to show thu least appreciation NOT long
ago We had man In The hotel VINO was
drinking freely. freely IL fact that |
saw he was in no condition to take care
OF himself or MS money. He had sHA or
800 with him with some ASSISTANCE /
surces ded in taking his Nancy away from
him by main force Next morning OF
course | restored Il TO him, boat got no
thanks
"What was worse. I was surprised after
breakfast hy being seFvef with some legal
papers ana found myself summoned D ~
pear In justices court away out In the
lhwamish precinct hy some man who
thought I sll, bad that money Wei. |
lost half a day attending court go. moth
ing fer 1t. got no commission or graft
tn6e for taking ear" Of the money. and
wat Is worse. u" owner dvcamped wing
me "A considarabi" hotel bill I could tell
Other Instance Of the same kind.
only once n thc history OF the hotel
do remember when our special care Of
money accrued IN any direct benefit to
anybody about the hotel One night a
man came in who was too drunk 20 regis
Ter his name or h tel me who hc was.
We got him 10 bed and cared for him as
best we could In the morning he took a
sud len notion IN leave and leg withou.
giving any further account OF himself.
When the chamlefmaI3 went Ia make his
bed she found ~ in geld under bis pillow.
The money was never claimed and we
have never heard Of the man since
Andrew Olsen the we'll known ard sue
cessfal Klondlker. has returned from a
flying trip - the Attn lake country Mr.
Olsen was IN recent. on his arFiya! here
TWO months ago, Of some valuable lni0r-
nation regarding The district Saying
nothing of his plans 20 his friends ar the
newspapers he quietly boarded a steamer
and guided ny an lndtan visited she conn
try ana penetrated "a district ~ which
nothing is known ny The white ynas Of
Alaska, lie brought hack some handsome
specimens of orr. he Travelled - ne coast
on tile retprn Irlp anaccompan.ed Twins.
c3iefly on squirrels and grouse which lie