T1IK MORNING ASTOHIAN, WCDMSdDAY. OCTOBEK 25, 189'J.
AN AWFUL TRIP
DOWN FROM NOME
A Story of Criminal Carelessness
Criminal Greed.
or
CRAZED FR0A1 WANT OF FOOD
Two Passengers Died From Starvation on tbe Schooner Hera
Tbe Others Were la a Terrltle Condition Ttey
Praise the Nome Country.
SEATTLE. Oct. ?4.-.After a
f it day from Cape Now,
voyage, down. They w?re chargvd WO for their
during passage.
.1
which time- two mn died of starvation ' When they srr a few days out,
t
and other were half-erased from want meat, sugar and butter ran out The.
of fond and snow, the choonvr Hera meat consisted of salt none and a
arrived In port morning with new small supply of canned mutton. There
ly 20V panwngnr on board. j was a little dried fruit on board, but
New of the wretched plight of the only enough to supply the table three
Ilera'a passenger waa brought nre time with dried peachea and twice with
Sunday nlgl by the temr Lakme. dried prunea From this time on far
The revenue cutter Grant and the tug nearly 24 Jays their food consisted of
Sea Lion Immediately started after the flour and coffee. Water was also
schooner. They found the schooner
yesterday about SO miles off Cape Flat
tery. X a Ryan and George Lamby,
through want of nourishment and eon-
short
When the Hera anchored In the
stream a majority of the men were so
wea they could not carry their gold
dust ashore without assistance. Scv-
flncmcnt In illy ventilated quarters, died era) passengers wre crated from their
on the way down. I terrible experi-mcee, and had to be
The, passengers state that the agvnt ( cared for. The passengers unite In de
af the ship at Nome guaranteed them j daring Nome to be the greatest camp
lenty of good provisions on the way j on earth.
ABANDONED WOUNDED. I lous services throughout the campaign
' against the Filipino Insurgents from
General Yules' Abandonment of Dundee1 February 4 to July 1; particularly for
Waa Very Hasty and Urgent .tarin couragw at the passage of the
Klo 'jrande de la Pampnga, May 27,
while colonel of the Twentieth volun
teers.
"Wilder S. Metcalf, colonel of the
Twentieth Kansas volunteers, to be
brigadier geutral by brevet for gallant
and meritorious services through the
campaign against the Filipino Insur
gents from February 4 to July 1. dur
ing which period he was wounded on
two separate occasions.
CHIC'JO. Oct 24. A special cable to
the Chicago Tribune from London says:
The position cf General Yule at Glen-:
toe Is causing considerable anxMy, '
mhtcb Is not allayed by Lord Woineley's
summary of the situation read In th
house of commons to the effect thai
large columns of Boers were Monday
morning advancing rrotn the north and
west, obliging General Yule to fall back
from Dundee and concentrate at Glen
toe Junction. This operation appeared
' building bridges, all day and catch up
at nljiht. Its Journal of operation dur-
aitd the
Can linns would Illustrate the absolute
limit fiir man for physical labor. I have
some tlmvs reproached myself for
cnwlty In Imposing, or allowing to be
Imputed, on It such such hard and con
slant labor and now delre to Indorse
this paper with an emphasis that will
show that I was conscious of the fart."
OUT OF COMMISSION.
tvverni iwuiesmpa m ne wua vp g lnc campaign in lHoigla
and the Crews Sent to Manila,
NEW YOHK, Oct. 24. A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
Secretary Long has determined to
meet the demand for ottlcorc and men
In the Philippines by placing several of
tho battleships on the home stations out
of cnmmlslon.
Tho Indiana, which Is now at the
Brooklyn navyyard, and th Texas, at
Norfolk, will be the first to be laid up
and It Is possible that others will fol
low. Captain Slgnbee of the Texas, will
be ordered to duty at the navy depart
ment. Captain Picking of the Indiana
will probably get some tlier sea com
mand.
Many of the? officers and men on these
two shlfs will be ordered Immediately
to the Philippine. Those whose term
of sea duty have nearly expired VIII be
transferred to other ships on the home
station In place of thos who have near
ly a full term of sea service before
them.
TCST.NO MARCONI'S SYSTEM.
Naval Vessels to Be Fitted Out
Trying the Experiment
for
NEW YORK. Oct. 24. The navy de
partment la to give Marconi's wireless
telegraphy a practical test on Thurs
day. The cruiser New York and the
battleship Massachusetts are being
equipped for the experiments of Slgnor
Marconi.
Both ships will be littted with addi
tions to thilr masts, making them 130
feet above the water line. The test
will be made at sea, Slgnor Marconi
will send messages from the New York
at sea to his assistants on the Massa
chusetts, as well as at the Highlands
and Sandy Hook.
Rear-Admiral Farquar. commander
of the North Atlantic squadron, will
personally watch the tests and upon the
success of the experiments will the
adoption of the system by thi United
States.
COAST JOUIIKHS ORGANIZE.
Propose to Protect Themselves Against
the Encroachments of Eastern Men.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24. Tin? Pa
cltlc Coast Jobbers' and Manufacturers'
Annotation has been organised In this
city. Wakefield Raker is treasurer and
Thomas P. Smith secretary. On the ex
ecutive committee are prominent mer
chants of this city, Seattle, Tacoma.
Portland, Sacramento, Lo Angeles
and Murysvllle.
The new association will endeavor to
protect Jobbers on this coast from the
competition of St. Louis and Chicago
Arms, and will ask the titter-stale com
merce commission not to reduce the ex
isting rates on taw than carload ship
ments. An attempt will also be made
to e-x-uro the appointment of a Pacific
coast ntan to fill the present vacancy
on the commission and the association
will favor W. It Wheeler for the place.
WHEN BRYAN IS ELECTED.
so vital that Is was necessary to leave I
the wound-d at Dundee. ! Filipino Newspaper Says They Will
News from Glencoe and from all ! Then Get Their Independence.
i
pott. Is at lh- fr-mt Is of the meagerest
Sort. A special from Ladysmfth says:
' An English nan named Reilly says
that when he was leaving Dundee camp
en Saturday ilg't the Uuers were shell
ing tin' tt.wn ui'l camp with heavy guns
ami that the English gurs were unatrfo
to nake effective return for the rvason
tna; they could nH reach the li-r bat
tried. "Thin 18 the rvawn why General YuK
shifted his camp a mile away, so as
to be nut of 'reach of the Boer guns,
which wire directing their Are against
his maguilne." !
Klmberly is still panic -t ri ken and !
continues, through Rhodes, to call fori
help, but how It Is to be secured Is at ;
present a puxxle for the war depart-
mert. !
! NEW YORK. (Vt. 24.-A dispatch to
' the Herald fr;m Son Isidro, via Manila,
; nays:
General I-awton Is now giving his pr
j sonal attention to getting the boats
. containing subsistence and ammunition
stun- up th Rio Grande, but tin y are
, still four miles away. It Is a t-rl us
problem to undertake to supply the
SHOULD STAND BY
ENGLISH COUSINS
Dl'TY OF THK I'MTKI) STATKS
Ex-Minister Ureckf nriils Sas
Other Nations Should Xi Be Per
il) Embarrass Hrr
ii Snuili Africa '
milled
Mission
NEW YORK, Oot. 24. A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
Clifton Ft. Breckinridge. United States
minister to Russia during the second
Cleveland administration. In an Inter
view states that In rase any nation or
NEW OPERA PRAISED.
California Composer Makes a Hit In the
Estimation of San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 24.-AII the
morning pupers highly praise "The Con
spirators," the new opera by H. J. Slew,
art and Clay M. Grw-n, which wo pro
dU"ed at the Grand opera house last
night
Tne Chronicle wys the Stewart's mu
sic, especially In the conoerted pieces',
Is of the highest class, and yet sure to
become popular. A duel In the first act
had to be minted four times. The plot
Is Interesting, and the situations replete
with humor.
The Examiner praises the singing
and acting of Miss Edith Mason and
William Wolff, who assumed leading
characters, and had a'good word for the
chorus.
The Call says:
"Mr. Stewart struck a fortunate lead
w hen he chose the light, merry vein of
composition. And, notwithstanding its
ear-tlckllng tendencies. It Is of very
good quality. The orchestration Is
very artistically worked out, and shows
the ability of the composer In the di
rection of harm my."
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Tho hot blast drnl't is so roiistnirtfd that tho
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I troops here, as the wa'er In too nhal-! combination of nations should attempt
, low for launches.
, Some 20 American prisoners are re
i poi.ed to have been moved north from
here two days ago.
j A Filipino newspaper makes the
j statement .that independence wilt be
I given to the islands In December, w hen
Fryan will be elected ptesident of the
t'nitd States. The newspaper also
Tbe Indian transport Palatla arrived
maks the statement that the American
at Durban on Monday, and disembarked 1
squadron of the Fifth Dragoons. 1
These may go to Klmberly, but It Is un-1
Hfcety, In view of Yule's predicament at
Glencoe.
More troops sre expected at Cape
Town daily. j
Captain Chichester has gone there toj
arrange for the military balloons j
brought by the Palatla to be sent to j
the front
BREVET MAJOR GENERAL.
Funston Will Have a Rank Much High
er Than His Actual Promotion.
casualties have been 23.010 since last
February, and that the policy now Is a
retreating fight.
A Filipino officer who had been cap
tured In an Interview said he had no
wish to return to camp, as they were
nhort of ammunlihHi.
This town is to be put undrr a rlvil
administration.
Ono hundred men of the Thlrty-ourth
j are coming :o Sa.i Isidro to act as
ncouts.
A recnnnolsance at Santa R.wa. eig,ht
; miles away, revealed a small f.ice of the
enemy entrenched. The bridges on the
, river r.t that point are down.
THE W. C. T. C
KANSAS CITY. Oct. 24 A depatch
to the Journal from Washington says:
Hrlgadler General Frederick Funston Army C Question Causes sn Ex
Is t- 1) breveted major general and t,n5J D"ba-
Colonel Wilder S. Metcalf. of the
Twentieth Kansas, Is to be breveted
brlgndler general, by the president
shortly on account of the gallant and
irritortius services In the Philippines.
The promotions have been recommend
ed by Major General Arthur MacAr-
t- embairass England In the present
war In South Africa, it would be the Im
perative duty of the United Stu.tes to
take the part of Great Britain and sus
tain her with our whole moral and ma
terinl strength. He said:
"Great Britain's action in South Af
rica Is In line with the duty and devel
opment of the Anglo-Saxon race. In her
present struggle she deserves the unan
imous support of the American people.
In case other European nations should
through International Jealousies at
tempt to retard her In the clear und
simple duty she la performing at this
time, the conduct of the Tnlted States
should be determined by considera
tion mightier than mere political exne.
dlency and political precedence.
"We should be enjoined by every sen
timent of patriotism and every tie of
ncla kinship to stand shoulder to
shoulder with our brethren across the
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FI'NEHAL OF A VETERAN.
of Sherman's Men Who Was High
ly Endorsed by the General.
SEATTLE. Oct. 24,-The national con
ventlon of the W. C. T. 1'. paned a
wrn-s oi resoiuunns today, some of
which caused hours of discussion.
The main fight wos over two resolu
tions, one censuring the general govern
ment and the president. Attorney Gen-
f W
. f-mj orlggs and fT-Secretary
ajw-n a. ot s, eommnnfl ng the etgntn t1 K .,, , . ,
Alger, by name, for their action on the
army corps. The letter of recommenda- anti-canteen law, and the other oV
tW of General MacArlhur reads as nounclng the war In the Philippines,
follows: A res"lu"on protesting against the
. . , . . . ., seatlr-g of Congrtssman Roberts ..f
"Frederick Funston, brigadier gener- .... . . ' "owns ..r
Utah was adopted with cheers.
. v. o. .o w majin- genenu u. o. XI1 tnJ. national officers
.. by brevet, for gallant and iwrltor- elected today.
were re-
SCHEXnCTADT, N. T. Oct. 24 The
body of Colonel John B. Yates, who
died at Amesburg, Ont.. was brought
hero for burial. He was 6 years old
and had a fine record as colonel of the
First Michigan engineers. The regi
ment wa the main reliance of General
Sherman for bridge building during his
march from Atlanta to the sea. In a
letter to the war department written
from his headquarters, at St Louis.
Fhermiin said:
"f well remember the First Michi
gan engineers and Its colonel, Yates.
That regiment had not only to make Its
marches with the army, but very often
had to work breaking up railroads and
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ami chamois lens clearer with
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