The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-26

- naoul-Duval. Paris. France" Those
- words written In . neat and clerk
r. oe5aphy on the register Of the Hotel
When one has sought out the
- he nnds q rather youthful and mod
~, smooth-shAven and faultlessly
pd. and one Of the bell boys who rode
A Nm In the elevator and u accustomed
$3.50 men ut nryt sight mistook him for
nercial traveller. But Monsieur Du-
II very far from heiug drummer"
Xnnet he = q distinguished man. In
- be ID . leader. socially. politically
1nmsrcialiy. He occupies = foremost
- among the Bonapartista. He u .
~ Of the Jockey Club in Paris. He
- horse Holocaust, that u one OF the
gtfes In the Enslish derby next Wed
1ay. He d associated with some of the
= commercial enterprises OF French and
IN capitalists. So far ~ his social
1lge 10 concerned II ID enough to say
= ke introduced the Count De CasteIlans
- 0oulds and was the bar man IT the
I ding Of the count and Mis- Gould.
- Duvale presence In Seattle 10 20
Explained on purely commercial grounds.
81 president Of the Blue Star Tire and II
Fl q way to Alaska and the Klondiks.
re he will carefully looh, over the
md with Q view to the consolidation Of
large transportation. mining and trad
interests Of which he II tina represents
=. Duval n rather averps to being
WevieWed. He has his own pfeconcep-
- Of the American Newspaper man. and
etains . holy horror Of the string Of
njnltorisi questions that are supposed
e-Ared ut the European visitor - soon
~ arrives OK Sandy Hook. 30 far does
prejudice szte9d that he passsd
r falling into the hands OF the news
Duval speaks English faultlsssly. He
not even the slightest trace OF a for
p might be puxxlesi 10 decide whether hs
~ London club man Of the better class
y q member Of some good old PennsylvA.
r OF Virginia family.
ne visit Of n Duvai 10 seattle - due
81 Of 'G the Slus star Inc who have
I'm especially active In the development
i that company's transportation work In
- north. But In addition TO the trans
1Ieation business. n Duvai represents q
4ntiy thinks that the key to the situation
:. Alaska and the Kiondike lies in = COM
ton Of transportation. mining and
~ conversation y. Duvsl - . model Of
= allusion to himself. and il In only from
Illor sources that one learns Of his stand
Il in Paris. London and New York. and
~ that the unassuming young man sits
ylh equal grace 1T . dinner with Presi.
1t Lonbes, the Prince Of Wales. the
Dplds or a Seattle restaurant
Yes, am on my way NORTH" said ~.
goui-Duval to a -fnteltigencer re-
rtcr II am not In any special haste TO
I've Seattle. think u II very
nsant city to linger in and think if
aould 60 70 0kaGway just now should
y q rather dreary time there for q few
Ma waiting for the Toe to break up
NAVIGATION to open on the lakes. /
Doct to 70 into Dawson by way OF the
- and the upper river. Then I ex.
~ to 80 down the Yukon. I shall prob
~ meet Mr. Ryan and Mr.. Fitch At 81.
1ehAel early In the fall. Yes. We have
hinge number of claims In the K1ondike
11uding some specially valuable onee on
anna We also have claims at vari-
- ether points In the yukon valley on
u American side. We have more than
i GAINS on the koyukuk.
no. | am not a mining expert at ail
l. II. McFarlane. who II now az Daw-
- with Join me there. and have every
d1ddence In HIS judgment. The people
gveen. have about concluded that a cone
noation Of interests n desirable. and that
~ car concentrate our mining. trans
l!ation and trading interests the result
b. a source OF mutual strength.
Il DO not think that the klondike and
- gold felds have been a. al over
taod thinh you viii find that other
@fspean capitalists will come TO make
same kind OF personal investigation
L. ~ I'd