The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-12
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OF these taxes for our own use. Out OF II
We win be able to maintain our local
| government. ,,. -,
| that every steamer plying in Alaskan
| waters Is coerced into paying Incense
! of 81 per ton on all its gross tonnage De-
sizes ni payiing Ms Mr. valentine s said 81 am
| wondering whether the people OF Seattle
! really appreciate the magniflcent iuLure
in store for them from the Alaskan trane.
| The country is rich beyond all belief As
surely as the sun rises and sets this potiliis
is destined TO be not only the m ,s ss1s
| of the Pacific coast, but one OF the great
| cities of the world
| Individually, l have accumulated quite
| n large amount of property in Juneau ana
| Vicinity. Sooner or later l shall dispose
| of all my interests up there ana lnyest
every dollar in Seattle real estate, nay ~.
ing, as she has. such immeasureaoie IN
| terests in the territory or Alaska, II -
only fair that the people here should
bend every effort towards ailevianng the
Mr.. Valentine says that he was a men,
her OF the Republican territorial cohFen-
| tion that recently met at Juneau. ne
thinks that one OF the conventions most
cornmendabie acts was 10 pass rssv,lu-
a soh Dr. pqag Sheldon Jackson, tinted states
Educational agent for the territory: MT
Valentine leaves for the north tonight
Will A. Steel left on the Queen. sailing
Saturday night for Nome by way OF paw
SON. Mr.. Steel Is one OF the owners 81
other valuable properties in Southeastern
Alaska This Journey TO Alaska at this
time Is to introduce at Nome udns
newspaper the equipment for when wen,
rorth on the steamer Senator. Mr.. Steel
and his brother Harry O. Steel iorIll.i
Pennsylvania newspaperman, are lnterest-
cd in the Dawson Daily News, WIN" Ynaot Is
When the Nome excitement started they
| sent part of their Dawson plant 10 Nome
and started a weekly with Major s'fo 9rho
| rl,, 20 MANAGER.
new plant shipped north on the senator
will take the place of that sent down from
Dawson. Mr.. Steel Will spend rev LAYS
at Dawson and will then go 10 Nome
where he will remain for about month
Frank Sullivan, formerly city editor of
the Telegraph. published in this city. IS
| visiting here for few days. he IS now
proprietor OF the Montana Catholic a
prosperous weekly publication IN Mr., ,s SUI.
| ivan made Seattle his home Tor years
and has interests here
ID Dav. one OF the largest lumber
dealers in the West, arrived in the city
Yesterday and is stopping at the seattle
Mr. Day states that Big Lake is enjoy
ing its fullest measure OF prosperity
n C Johnson, one Of the brightest law
yers OF Everett, is registered at the Sc
attic.
T. f. Brehm, a prominent logger from
Wilkinson, is making his headquarters at
the Seattle.
Herbert Pear.s and wife. prominent
people OF Vancouver. B. c., are at the
Butler.
McIver Campbell. well-known banker
OF Vancouver. is at the Butter
N. Bangs. an oid-time resident of Du-
iuth, Mimi, Is In tho city, guest OF the
Butler.
r. Bratnober conspicuously identified
with the lumber interests OF Clear LAKE:
Was in the city yesterday. Mr. brathopet
has apartments at the seattle
Senator c. F. Clapp. OF Port Townsend,
I is a guest Of the Seattle
O. C. Burneli, first lieutenant and sig
nal officer in the volunteer service, VINO
for several months past has been located
| at the Signal Corps Post at Fort Myer.
| Va, arrived in the city yesterday aud Is
| stopping at the Butler. Lieut.. bur
| nell will remain in Seattle two or three
weeks preparatory to a trip TO Valdes on
; the Alaskan coast where. under the ~,
, pervision of Mai. Frank Green, he VIII
| construct a line OF telegraph from shat
! point to Fort Egbert on the Yukon river.
The intervening distance is estimated at
! | L,tween four and five hundred miles.
3 Lieut. Burnell believes that this
| work will be followed by the establishments
of cable line between 81. Michael and
| Cape Nome. distance of 30 miles. A
; line Is also In contemplation 10 run up
the Yukon river from St Michael TO Fort
| Eghert. all Of which work Will fall TO me
| lieutenant
According TO Gen. Greedy. Lieut..
: | Burnell is one of the most efficient Sig
| nal men In the United States. During
, | the Cuban campaign, he wastselected IN
, | preference TO many others 10 construct
| the various telegraph and telephone lines
! which proved so serviceabie In connecting
, | the cable at Siboney with the differcn,
, corps and division headquarters After
wards. he laid tho telegraph line between
Z | Guantanamo and Siboney
4 Lieut. Burnell said Perhaps OF
. ali the people who ever came here have
' | been most surprised. | do not understa nd
q ~. but In the East | had heard only oi
. | Portland and Tacoma Incidentally &C.
attic had been mentioned and had gath
e cred the impression that she was merely
e a small city on Puget Sound. To find her
= 4 great thriving metropolis with thous-
I ands OF people thronging her streets
Q proved a veritable but pleasant shock
. | Judging from such Information as / have
] been enabled to gather. | am convince
Z that she has future materially move
promising than the other prominent cities
. Ct the Pacific coast"
Mr. and Mrs. ]. 3. Graham and son
will leave Saturday for Europe. stopping
: | first At Glasgow 70 visit Mr.. Graham I
parents. Mr. Graham win visit the Lon
! don Paris and Berlin markets. returninS
to Seattle In September. Mrs. Graham
: and son will spend six months on the
, | continent.