The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-15
ne Is IN English LORD.
BARoy GEO. DE GoLD<cHMIDT.~oF
LONDON, oN HIS WAY NORTH.
Graees This City for . short Time
with His Presence-Has Claims On
BONANZA and Eldorade Creeks

Arcng the remarkable characters the
Kicn14ke has attracted is a real baron,
who = resateG 10 The great h1arSta! house
OF Ralhschi.5. Baron George de Gold
schmidt. OF London. a nephew o. sAreG
Ferdinand RoIhsehisd. who died during
January, is al the Rsinaer-Grana eese. o.
his way 20 Dawson
The baron Is not a talka5ive man. He
avoids NEWSPAPERS But the gentleman -
evidently q real baron. fer there IS a house
Of Cfol3Schm.dt In Great Britain, and he
has tie appearance which DOES not bells
ate mem 5xfsaip % IL
Baron George came down from Victoria
yesterday, and he IS a. tho RaInier-GrNad,
with Two Wallets. in the best the house A.
forcs. RE has recently come from Loa-
don. having landed al New York on the
steamship Uran.a and taken the Canadian
Pacific across the continent The part!cu-
lar objec. 90 his visit to Seattle Is 10 see
9. r. Thorn6yks. superintendent % the
Washington & Alaska Steamship Company.
70 whom hs brought q letter Of introduc-
ton, and to consult with another gentle
man who manages his klondike proper
ties. He viii return TO Victoria % the
City Of Kingston THE morning.
The baron Is not an Old man. He is
rather young as haroas so, being about 81.
blond, big and broad-saoaldered. Ike En-
drink old Rhine wines. lie does not look
Ike Q baron, that is. like the Bertha Clay
baron. the personificatiou ef grace aa3
sang froid-
Indeed. al frs. glance he Nigh, be pick
ed out by an American confidence man as
farmer" But he Is more cultured n
mind than IN appearance.
Really, really / am just going into the
KIondike to look after my properties. you
Ia
what was needed Il am Just on my way
into the country again. / havessome claims
on Bonanza and Eldorado creeks which are
immensely valuable, and / must look after
them. They are Sc important that / must
look after them myself. l was IN Daw-
son. you know. really. last. year, looking
after my properties. and l came out to
visit old London once again.
Really, this town surprises me very
much. indeed l had not expected TO sea
so much lie and energy. Why. bless my
soul, il reminds me OF Lombard street
or Ircad.lly on Saturday afternoon.
have never beep n town IN the world
Of the same population which shows SO
much business activity. There Is great
future for the Northwest, II is to De
come one OF the great districts OF the
world Away IN Great Britain we have
little conception OF the wonderful future
or for that matter o. the wonderful pres
ent. Of washington Oregon and British
Columbia The resources Of this district
are not couprehended in Europe. They
are very great. and there is no reason
why there should not be immense cities
and a great commerce here In the future
II believe" he continued, in answer to
another inquiry, that there Will very soon
be q heavy demand IN London for Ame.i-
can securities Al the commencement 81
the war with Spain there was OF course,
a selling movement which resulted In MIL
lions Of dollars OF stocks and bonds being
IA
has been Illustrated In every war But
now new buying movement is commence
ing. 1t viii grow under the splendid