The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-12
| British CO.
! lumbfa's Pro-
| posed Law.

ne MAN question OF politics over there
members The government is endeayoring
to have passed bill which Will seat these
members at once. instead Of waiting until
K is customary IN British Columbia TO
have contests over seats settled In the
courts instead Of in the parliament
The opposition Is s;rsinIng every nerve
he settled by the courts. Parliament has
bean ia session all night at times. but The
opposition members STAYED of action by
talking. They are talking against time.
A big meeting was held In Victoria last
night To protest against the action OF the
government. and many speeches were
naie.
''Ali ether political matters VII be side
tracked until these contests are settled
As tic government has very small ma
terEty. II any. without the-u. Il Is ffgh.lng
bitterly To seat lis candidates"
". T. Bauhaua, general Western freight
manager OF the Great Northern, who mas
fast returned from several weeks so5oarn
in the East. reports business conditions
prosperous ard the
Ing more business
Fio"rishfng than they are able 10
c.n.,,,,n handle
There Is an az
tual shortage 81
cars said Mr. Benh1m yesterday. II
think This Is partly due 10 tie facs ira.
during the years OF financial stringeney
the roads allowed their rolling stock 20
dwlndse below the supply that would have
been required by a normal Increase of bus
ilisss, The result is that the rapid Ia
crease q the present season has caught
.1e roads unrreeaged.
General business conditions in the East
are excellent There is plenty Of money
and Il r. 10 - had On easy terms. Tne
banks Of Detroit have recently reduced
their rase OF interest from TO per cent
Z. eryw here went | found an inserse
interest in the West and Us DEVELOPMENTS.
/ wEs asked al kinds Of questions baut
the Pacific eaaSt The. rapid unfolding 81
Oriental commerce ard the Teriva. II In
ferxst IN Alaska ard the far Nor.a gvest
arr making Seattle again the center OF in
tsTssE.'
Fred J. Baker 81 loug ani 80 IA
varabIy known as Tire Canadian Pacific
agent a Swagway. retained here today
from a tvso months stay al 81. PAM on
special business for tire g X. and 500
railroads. He says tsat people coming
frona OTTAWA GA tbe same train he aid
had exGertf Tgcea 4 cold 0f fsfty-three be low
Zero. bat after passing Calgary they had
very pleasant w-sashe aud found bat little
SHOW IN thA moan t2iES4
fsa found the people east very mitch
interested III the Atlta dist FSct ard ~
Trey came west found THAI the Keoteusv
YIsi7e-. nmA great faith in what they had
st-a.rd ~ 81 But he eld rot think that
tnGEa HEss4a3 - any sTsf large tFHse. from
sne eaxs % Canada: tRYe.e would BE- II good
deal 81 course, bIt IL wog1 he OF a
people fnCxh better 10 Go than those az
last spring ARA summer. Mr. Bazer re-
surns 10 SkAkw8y IN n few days,
John Noyes, az Butte. proprietor ot Tire
Esfrser~ssrAhd % IH!S city. arrived yes
ter1ay vita ss VIE snd daughter Mss
RntA Mr. %0yss has mining interests
about Swfse whtes keep asus tbsre most
q. the tssns. lie has come 70 Seattle %
.cek after his Interests here.
Cart r r. Turner ~ Portland 3 VEL
known ~tvsr steamboat rnzu. pso has been
81 the ewnsev - tae ~ T. * Y fya Is
A. tsge Rasnter-6irsrt- CAPT Turuar xii
take charge - y steamer On tHs uQrer
Takoa text spring. wtse1 the river VIII
have ep@nes 70 raw CATION.
Nss Tsegle Archer ao4 e1evsu rre-., he-s
q Hcyt 'sCsgtkE1sa n oEz1a'+ eSEsuaFsv
ara 81 slss E..s4aser-tsr&nf.
Cotsecfar Of Cexsor.s y, y uusssss. =
Pore Tossns@I1. w2s as taS R&!2lsF-sSrza3
yesterday.
NaAyrs Jameson. a rssatrss engineer -
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