The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-17
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Questions and answers HE snsss n~v
VCck ana fast yesterday among
80 multitude that watched the
rar bulletins IN the Post-Inteill-
xencsr windows. II was an ever
skiftsng crowd. made up mainly Of people
who ssrr.ed just hong enough 70 read the
.siAeAss." then on to business and the sr-
binary hamcrum OF the day.
II big phonograph could be hung up IN
such . way n 10 catch all the sounds that
float up from the corner o; Second avenue
ard Cherry street 1. would be more amus-
ing than farce comedy. and yet at times
~ thrilling AZ = tragedy.
All day long the crowd was there. the
same GROVE. yet not the same. IN ocean
wave In the great current Of humanity.
tenfing against the beach In itsraftvs
firm. bat with warning particles. fitting.
variant. kaleidoscope.
When the passage Of the Turpse amend
=
msnt in the senate was announced Q
banker read II In the window. That will
change the STOCK market" he said. ana
glanced at his watch.
A Chinese iaundryman paused with his
Saturday pack Of clothes On his back.
what Telegraph say?" he asked . by
aahder. '.Sp43n',i have to fight" was the
answer. "Mensane HEX 'em. chinee glad."
= Half block away Lieut.. Buck, the Unit
ed States recruiting officer. was examining
. man for enlistment in the regular army;
a quiet man. who had read the bulletins
and decided that the proper thing to do
Ess TO quit taking land saw wood.
There won't be any war" said skep-
TIC TITS all blow: it's ~, blum. don't
believe they're goin TO fight
Well. now what you believe viii cut .
- OF lot Of leg on this question said
man at his sidb but IL you want to
back up your belief, why. here's a twenty
to say there will be q Tight" The bet was
IT Then there wal III. tragic element, Many
men stood and read the bulletins silently.
A. II waiting 10 hear the frs; shot OF war.
When the bulletin from Malaga went up
announcing that the United States consul
-
there was an audible groan IN the crowd.
and one man. stamping his feet, said:
We'll. that ought 10 EeftlA IT,"
The senate came in for Its share Of crit
icism and abuse at the hands OF the
crowd. What do they keep on taking
for?' asked one man. Nobody wants TO
hear speeches now" 1.-THE senator's had
better 50 and dictate their eioquence TO
sienographers.' said q weil-known astor-
ney. land ask leave to have them printed
They are not changing anybody's opin-
icr.'
Now and then remark showed is-
nprance that drew laughter. as when one
man. discussing the possibility that Spain
might reinforce her troops In Cuba. sug-
gested that they could be hurried from
Madrid 10 Havana by rain.
But. all In all. the crowd was not watch
ing the crowd. and the crowd was not self
conscious. 1t was awaiting with bated
breath tho first token OF war. and IL was
only the reporter who stood on one side
that saw anything either comicai or tragic.
ROsALlE FROM ALASKA.