The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-03

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ia business activity il ore city Is
II TIE proud boast OF John Fl. Nc
IL Gowan, Of Cincinnati. Mr.. Nc
tcwan. with his wife, is a gisst at tae
Butler He Is on 4 t0nr Of the Paeinc
coast. preliminary to his departure for the
Hawaiian Islands where he viii spend
portion of the winter. Thirteen years ago,
Mr MCGOWAN was in Seattle wIth his wife
ard sen Robert Bruce MCGOWAN. Much as
he had heard Of Seattle in the past eighteen
months. ne WIS scarcely prepared Ter the
changes which have occurred since MS
former visit, and he pTonolnceS them mar
geious.
II was in Europe a year ago" said Mr..
McCsowan, who. by the way, Is great
traveller 'Tn September. 1897. I visited
tire city where my mother was born in lst4.
That vas Forres Scotland. We stopped al
the hotel quietly taking in the sights. Soon
after our arrival / noticed that The other
guests at the hotel commented or the pres
euce OF two Americans. Well. guess I
am as thoroughly Scotch as any son OF Old
Scotia, although I've lived in the greatest
country on the globe since isy2. Although
I took occasion 10 inform an Enghshman
who set at cur table that I was Of Scotch
blood. he continually poked fun at America
until he got my blood to boiling. He said
that the states were trying to steal Hawaii.
/ said:
My friend. to use a common phrase.
Hawaii is our meatp
THAT may have riied him a bit, for he
got back at me pretty ugly. and was get
ting warmer and warmer every minute.
Says he:
Wei, we'll see whether II is or not
"'Whon see? ] asked. Johnny Bull?
Neverl The only country hat has any in
terest in those islands save the United
States is Japan!' And you nay believe ne
was madden than ever. Then / told him
~ - -S V,,ft
banner would wave over the islands, never
dreaming Of the war with Spain that came
Sc soon after And, so you see, | was not
such a bad prophet. for my prediction was
only thirty days ahead Of the time when
our flag was unfurled forever over Hawaii.
Now, that's one OF the reasons why I'm
going to pay Hawaii a visit We expect TO
pass a very pleasant winter over there
and when go 10 Europe next summer III
hunt up that Englishman and tell him all
about my. visit 10 our new possessions In
the Pacific, and just call TO mind my pre-
diction 10 h.m. made in September. 1897.
Mr.. MCGOWAN is head of the John H.
McCsowan Company, OF Cincinnati, extens-
i've manufacturers of machinery Of all
kinds The company is one OF the Oldest In
Ohio. His father participated in the Toledo
war; In 1898, in which Michigan and OHIO
were involved. When the MCGOWAN family
settled in Michigan, it was part of the
Northwest territory. ms was III io"--
Edmund Rackhouse. jr.. of London.
Eng and Lieut.. .. Backnouse OF II. VI.
s. fnnerieuse are two jolly Englishmen
who are visiting In Seattle, the one on his
way to Peking China. and the other en-
route TO JOIN his ship at Esqumah. Lieut..
Backhouse was with the ImpeEieuse when
she hay in the harbor Of Calao, Peru. last
spring, when the battleship Oregon touch
ed there on her way around the continent OF
South America on her voyage to Santiago
de Cuba Mr.. Edmund Backhouse Is
young Englshman who has spent nearly
two years in the Orient learning the Ian
guage OF the Chinese, and who is now on
his way TO Picking. where he ia To take a
position In the imperial customs service
England and America Will one day con-
troll the entire trade OF the richest section
Of China" declared Mr. Edmund Back
house at the Butler last night. France
is rapidly becoming a back number III the
affairs of the Orient. Russia realizes at last
that she cannot expect 10 make an attempt
10 carrying out her programme In the far
East until she completes the railroad across
Siberia Then it will take twenty years
for her to master the trade OF the north or
China during which time Anglo-Saxon. or.
II you prefer the phrase. Anglo-Ameriean.
enterprise and civilization will have sub
dued the richer and more fertile provinces
Of Southern and Central China"
Lieut. Backhouse told Of the arrival of
the Oregon AT Callao on her famous jour
ney around the continent Of South Amer
lea when your great battieship anchored
off the harbor" said he. 'the officers and
sailors Of the Imperieuse laid awake nights
thinking that II anything happened 10 her
they would like to make it even with the
enemies OF your country. Every sailor on
the irnperieuse viewed with swelling breast
and pent-up enthusiasm the arrival OF the
Oregon. but they were forced TO restrain
their cheers out Of Difference 10 the PERU
vians. What a relief IT was when we
heard that the Oregon had reached Mon
tevideo In safety. passing the dangers OF
mines and torpedo boats in the Strait Of
Magellan. Of which the Spaniaris boasted."
Mr. Edmund Backh0use viii sail Mon
Gay for the Orient.
Allen c. Mason, Of Tacoma. who is en-
gagged in placer and quartz mining in the
Peshastfn district. came over to Seattle
yesterday on a short business trip. "Peo-
ple are just beginning 10 realize the ex-
tent and richness OF the PeShastin mining
country" he said yesterday a. the Butler.
Milwaukee and Denver capitalists have
lately secured a foOthoid in the camp and
are preparing TO expcnd a large amount
of money IN development work. There
sve over twenty tunnels on free milling
hedges ga a quarter OF q mile straight UP
She Peshastln creek from the uostottce
~ Blcwett. The deepest tunnel IS but -
feet and not shaft has been sunk in the
camp. Yet I guarantee that the camp has
made showing fully equal 70 the famed
| Kepuhlsc camp at a similar state OF deyci-
onunsnt Next year development On both
quartz ard placer properties VIII be pushed
AMI believe the results Of the season will
cutie eleetr.fy the mining men Of Wash
iretoH. The trouble has been that the
elaim owners buriened themselves by
trsstnE - hold on - 700 many properties.
This has made IT impossible for them TO
ca mora than the assessment. work. and,
naturally. me progress % the camp has
hsen slow This Will all he charged.
though next year
Mr. Mason - interested with several
ws}-kuown mining men IL ihe ownership
% y 80 feet 81 placer ground on Pesaastln
cTeek. which has proSpected IS high a.
"a cents 20 the pan and has run from IS
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