Weekly Oregon statesman., July 06, 1900, Page 3, Image 3

TEMOGAPENOME
FMD LOCKLY KEFORTS THE TKIP
THBOl'UU BEItINU SEA.
EipwteaM of Salem Ciold Hunter la tit
txiag Into Ice Field Berenice
Ctwy.
IN THE ICR PACK. BEIIRINf,
Sea, about 175 miles rrom Nome, Wed
nesday, June -13. Editor Statesman:
.Ere now 'you bare elonbt less received
letters written. from Dutch Ia'rlor. eh-
script! ve f t hat point, and felling of
the funeral of J M Brown, one of the
passengers aboard ihe ' Senator. ',' It
was a very impressive funeral service.
A long wttiK)on. o liatH,! headed ly
- the launches and row boats of the guh
tnuit,WhfUnj;,; headed up' .the harbor
to Uuala,ka .where 'the burial took
place., Eugene,-1), Whit lirid charge
of, the ceren inles dti behalf; of "the; Ma
sons, under whose au.iintt it was con
ducted. Several hundred of the Ma
sonic f raternity, were in line, while it
was estimated that, several thousand
witnessed tlie burial ; service.- The
body wan debited on the crest of the
hill overlooking the! ieaeif til waters of
Dutch Harborjand j the ikhring Sea.
After the edal-heavers had finished
their labor, of coaling the ship, we
we.ighed anchor and liaele fan-well to
the Aleutian Isles. Leaving Iriest
Rocky which stand a ilonely sentinel
at the harlwr's entrance, with the wa
ter laving and snhilshliij at its feet. To
its faithful but unrewarded vlgil.we
Were noon cojt in the open sea. ,Muic.
cards, inocji. trials, .'reading,; watching
ror , a saiL , tin smoke of, a steamer,
seals. , whaks, or raayyiipg. else of ,ln-
, te.rest. is ,iho -.way we lass ,the, tiiue
aVy. kO ie well known Salemite pass
es his time, in a different way. . He was
issmd itrticket .tojeyt at,table No.sL
He found one -for table, No. . - He eb.Hs
not fall t,o use both tickets, and usual
j LULLABY OP THE
Thy fatler has gone to the far North-laud.
He's disging for gold in the ruby sand.
With rocker or pan, by the lierlng Sea.
He'M working, dear one, for you and for me.
' V iV'i-., CHOllCS :
Iye low, O bj-e low! He'll c-ome o'er the sea.
I ;Witli nngjjets of gold for baby nud me.
I lye low. O 'bye low! lie's thinking of thee
;: j I!y the i-e-ltouml shores of tlie Northern sea.
In that far-off hind of the luid-night: sun. .
i Prom ttuolra and lteaeh. vast frtrftU's are won,
lint dearer art tliou. than all of Nome's, gold;
i More, precious, by far," than riches unsold. , ',
-.-;r -j . V t 'V-: CHORUS . ; s- .'-'';
' Bye low O bye low! Hcll come o'er the sea, '
f. if Willi nugsetss'of goll for baby and uie. u
V I've low. O bye losv! He's thhiking of tltep 1 ,'
'"'l' P.r' the'Icl-lout'.d shores of 'the Arctic sea.
I! ., ' .' i
J . J ,.
; .' t i
i i; -. '. It
. y- u
t.orsHtHl tie-day when uo luore-he;
L Ve, wind .and ye .waves! Oh, lea
Theu in his stmjig.arms
tin .
4 Happy, onr nappy ,tnnt,mitjng win ,ue n ; ( r
i ' :: -,-v; C!l6ursr:;;v :,
Pye.iow,, 0, lye. low! Jle n.c11 o'er the soa. r , f j,
.. 1. With, luiggcts of gold for luthy and. me., - i
II v low. O b.vi low! ' How glad we will,lM , "... ;
in - t
When father c-oiyeW
'J.. "Jl-i;.':'t' -' . ; ;
,.4At-Se.i iu JloitrdThe Nonte
ly has six mealA to his cnnllt; at .the
'vlosc of the day,',IIo.w.' he n .do. It
reiiuiiiiH a standing inarv'l. , . .'. . .,.(
Services were j-onducted-on Sumhiy
moining by Itevj Lindsey, of the llap-
, list church, formerly of Salem, and In
the evening by a Mormon elder. At
the conclusion he offeml the audience
. an opiHrtnuity to ask . questions or
- make remarks. A. bright young fellow
who sci'ined conversant, with the sul
Jct accept eel the invitation and soon
had the .M ortnon elder out-genera led.
- out-inaneuvertHl iind flying a signal of
distress. T1m young man provcnl to 1h
the eorresqndent and representative
of tlie Salt Ijiko Tribune.
Monday night, after we liad retired
to our peaceful couches, which is syn
onymous with Kelly's sardine lxes,
'and after the plaintive and penetrating
snore trf sotue of the occupants of- tlie
bunks gave' audible" p"0' that they
were revising fn the arms'of Mrtri'hcus
there came ia sudden crash, followed
by Inunping,! grinding and crashing. It
' brcutcht the' passengers tip the hatch
ways In a hurry. to find that In the
heavy fog the vessel had run into" a
lieavv tield of ice at full Sfeed.- Itnt
the Nome City Is a staunch little craft,
thongh slowj nnd ho damage was clone
except scratched timlier and loss of
imint. AVe oii made our way through
the pack into f which our loat had
bunqHHl. We:wtnt at half speed dur
ing the night, encountering consider
able ice. since which time we have not
leen out of sight of Ice. It stretches
mile on mile and is really a very leau
tlfgul sight. Yu we on the liorizon a
Jagged, misshapen. IrreKulaC outline of
snow whiteness, in the middle distance
it resolves Into' Individual blocks and
masses, while !side the lsat you see
It rising from the water from a few
inches to ten or twelve feet." At tlie
water line the splashing of the waves
and the melting action of the water
hollows It out so yon sau see caves
and grottos, from the roof of which
hang long Icicles. The ice, assumes
strange shapes.-5 No very great stretch
of the Imagination is required to see
fairy caves, enstles' with turrets and
towers, and donjon-keep. They are on
all sides of us in ever-shirtlng kaleido
scopic combinations. ' On one large
cake that came by Were two walrusi-s.
on another, taock was n mihl-eyed fur
umi wiii. li aaml wotnlerincly at us
Ai..i ih.n eii,rhir into his native cde-H
: nieut We are nieeling many Nom
tM.und vessels. I We cintntcnl eight in
. the ice today. We sike the Valencia,
hint the sailing Vessel Wanderer. Tin
steamers were off towant tlie Silerlan
shore, trying to Jind a channel out. but
the sailing vessels were lying "as Idle
as ,llutfd--tWp -dana
occn, ' not a yireacn.ot.win '
their sails. The Iteming Sea, wncn ui
Its peaceful mool. is as smooth and)
nnrufflcnl as the Willamette river.
It seems strange to go to bed by day
light. The other night someone said,
we are having a pretty clear sunset. . I
looked at my watch. It was 12:30 by
Salem timc I have not ,changel my
watch since leaving Salem, or i-IK by
"ship time, which, of course ia changed
daily whoa the observations are. taken.'
.WEEKLY
It does not r:il!r p. I
aft." murr?ji& tZAZ&jl'&&tKm .W. nnnx a nd a ba.rrel
ht-Zhi W .lhVht n.Y v " :
loSiwTrv1 V" i '
4ack. eWo -the ,"f a -nI-t.
nP"z tbe steerage waiters. U
BK te T, work- She aske,i:f;,r freshwater and meU
m nle uJaVm- f t,a,snS' 'aU li'Kciiile. of the barque Hunter.
to bhi, n.lTi ot j1-" Ultb .Tour or the crew, were
w Ji I? Ibe, b he "uiuii aboard. On top of her deck house were
sneect, i. , pre.niatMIl backed tlour, coal and canned good.
utw i t IIea',ant affaf. The captain cauie alwanl ami apled
IHH lally so to Jack. for help In reMiIng Lis crew and 1
Crw. , , . . - . pensrers, wlto were left with an allow-
Speaking of the steerage, waiters ro- ance of two ship biscuit a day each,
minas me of what hapiene.1 a nijcht on the Alaskan Khore at Caiie U.mu.i trot-
ko a-o. ii. and I liad Just eaten' zof. The crew of the hium-Ii. xehiUt
a pie, which we had "nistled. tlet the two captains were consulting, Told
tails are often leHttling to a story, u they liad started off with onlv a few
I , will not art her particularize as to'ahtn i.iar-nit ti... ,1.- t.-
uun tc ut iiuuiti 11 was coo eany
to jro to lel. so I nat reading a volume
of the Hpwf-tator of 1712. -I was read
ing an essay by Addison. One of tlie
steerage waiter passed by and sakl:
"What are yon up to T ! I told hint I
had struck' a Iiatln quotation which T
was trylng'to translate. Up against
the real tiling are your, lie said; "lct
me see. it, possibjy I , can help you,"
Very, incredulously I handl It to liin.
To my amazetnent. he read ft at sight.
I sltowetl' him another, and he trans
lated It 'witltoct liesitation. i I said:
rllow do you do it T' lie answered:
Oh. I'm a bit rusty on lansmages, but
when I , graduatw from Princeton I
read at sight without trouble." He is
working, hi.- way north. This is his
third year in Alaska. lie lost nearly
all he made by a long sickness in the
hospital at Circle City. ; ; i f
It is a lileral education to talk with
some of tle , tmsseugers. You can
learn at first hand from those perfectly
familiar with them, of almost any eiv-
IIIkcmI ftort and many a bit tltat is very
uncivilized.' You will hear an old min
er talking familiarly with a sailor,. of
experiences in Melbourne: in a mo
ment the talk switdMij to South Africa
they, are still at ease; theu to Alaska,
they know many mutual friends ,there.
and so on until ,yo lf'iiiu "4tO 'reaiiiei
what wanderers, aiul world-conquerorsi
tlie, Anglo-Saxon ratv Iv, . Xn jtlef evu
iifg a crowd of passenger .wiU get, to
gether and swap yarns, ..tiout. the tin lie
they were eow-pueher. in Ioutaiia.
running a saloon iu Idaho. pisjHM-tii
In Colorado or New Mxicv hnntipg
big; game" and tieing (hunted. , Wbttn
ever you tind yarn- lniaigrswf ppud you
'' ' ' ' ij : i.
NORTH LAND.
he; will roam. . . ; ? . i i
lear him safe home.
lie'Ilibtke. jou and me. l
Jiwme to baby atid. mo. . r
. FBED LOCKLKY, .-Jr.' 4'..
City June L l'Jx.
ni
t"'n
will find me there wjth my ear. iu-oppri
forward listening, ,.t,t ,! , ;. :, , -'-
Weilueschiy we. Tpund ,ho, pack-ice
ac'ros our path; wc anchored and soon
a brccae sjiraug up and . blew the Ice
aside, leaving a channel through which
we nuuht our way. The Itaiuier came
up alongside and hailed us; Wlmt is
your reckoning; I luiveti't had a chance
t take an observation for three or four
days. the Ilainlers captain', shouted
through his trumiet. Our captain told
it him as nearly as he could approxi
mate it. "What land do you make
that?" he next asked, Ininting ,td a
scarcely discernible, sjwsek of blue on
the horizon. "Capo Dyer. I think.
Then after a little chat about what
loats each ship had pstssetl, depth of
the water, condition of the Jce Jack.
etc., the twii. captains decided it'.would
be easier getting through th Ice to "go
around the .'end' for a few yards gain
tluiu "bucking the. crentor, so i a round
thW end Itoth shijs vcn, I . ; i ' ur
AUut,!:l5 i Jurmil.in, , ly IhhI fel
low, t.'us Kdispr; wasjH-iulating abaut
wha ontr rKlH,ctive.w,ives and families
were- doing, wondering ,whetlur, Cliax
ley' Murphy got in' Jill tright ,ou Juue
4th, whether the lloers and English
had had any decisive, buttles sluce. we
liad heard three weeks ago, when sud
denly 'I Jen poked his nose down the
hatchway, aud shouted. . "lioll " out
quick. FiinI. we've siRiitetl a wreck.
In a moment the aisles were alive with
haif-dreswNt meu giapbiug tlicir clothes
and dressing as they rau.? We were
on deck in short order. Tlie sun had
not. yet. set. nor was there any fog.
Far away we "saw a little speck tossing
nixn the waters. With a class it was
made out a small boat with, somethins
in tow. After considernbh! singulation
it finally approached and. was found
to Ik? a small sti-aiu launch. She hailed
the liainier. w1k threw her a line. We
went on at hair sjhhhTu During the
night we found very shallow water,
the lead at one time showing only 1!
feet So we turned back and; stood
out to sea. ' '.. : . ," '..-: '-if :- - .
During the day tWednesthty).we wlf
nessl a strange wene, :A ) mile ,or
more ahead- the blno gren of the sea
seetued to cease arid the water become
brownish yellow.: Soon.Zwe came, to
the line of demarkation. Tlie two wa
ters did not merge or blend in the least
The. blue sea water ran up to the yel
low and the two kept as distinct as oil
and water. The muddy yellow water
was from the Yukon river. All day we
traveled through the yellow brown wa
ter One does not realize the vastnesa
of the mighty Yukon, which is navi
gable for 30t0 miles, till you see the
whole sea for scores of miles discolored
on mlle of heavy.
i Lrt' tee. ,. ;
. ..-vFrixt ice.
Thursday,) Jnne 14th. vras aJ
enetl by hearing someone say: "The
lMMtt was slashed and half full of wa
ter, but they took her aboard. I roll
.i -a-., n-t imttins on as small an
amount of clothes as propriety and the
state of the weather necessitated, I
went on deck. They had Just hoisted
alard a loadolored .-
rmashed and, marred. She tad: fcx
Ml
OREGON STATESMAN,
.
tairu. Hardly luuT the creif.-u,eut
iV1 low w-n Wile 3a-foot
launch which had hailed the Rainier
the evening l-r -I,..,:.!..
came across the-wrec-k of tlie schooner I
Elirse, altandoned, fast on a.- reef
atiout; eight miles off shore. They
boarded her and got- -oaI tthey had
been burning wood; ti wake steam. !
canned goods. fiour bacn and otlier
provisions. They did not j know he
fate of the crew of tlie Ec lipse. They
also reported, the large Neamc-r Ta
eoma fast agronnd. They had' leen
throwing coal and freight overhoanl
for two days when sighted. She fin
ally got off alter throwing three or leur
hundred tons overboard. The- laiUK-h
liad apiealed to the Itainier aud the
Signal, but unsuccessfully. . Our cap
tain took the lanuch in tow ami started
luick for Cape Komanxof, ninety miles
distant, the sceue of the wreck. '
Alout UJSti We hitiled the Valencia,
bound northward towanl Nome. We
were going south wtlh the steam
launch in tow astern. "The command
ing officer of the Valencia asked us
why we were headcnl south. Our cap
tain told him, to resene the passengers
of The Hunter, who were "ashore, at
Cape Uomauzof. The ships were get
ting out of hailing distance, : so the
alencias captain nall: Lay to, I'll
come- alongside, 1 , hen they bad
turned around and come alongside, our
captain told him the ice formed a solid
barrier, aerosK our twth north ward, and
i , . i ; . l . . v. t s ....... i . t . i - .... r
for 4 wo or three days. . "I Kn"t f you I
want to go with me and get theieoph!
who am wrecke4?iuur' captain asked, j
Vet leal away; I'lliTollow, was-tin?
profit t resiHihse. The Bides of .botii
Hh4& cve IiimhI w1thiassoug$rs. At
the (captain's reply a ceer arbse i on
ttoth vessels that nearly lifted the hur
ricane deck. ' . We started ourt engines
and the Valencia fell ls-liind to accoin
pany us on our errand of mercy and
humanity. ;
- We traveled all clay and at 6 o'clock
p. in. Uith lsmts anehored. dit'iniug it
unsafe to approach nearer to shore;
The wreck of the Eclipse was In sight
A few miles off the caic, hard and tat
on the reef, was the wreck of the
Hunter. We lowered our largest life
iKMit and the steam lamii-h cast loose
and took her iu tow. Tliey did not re
turn till 2 a. ui. this (Friday) morning;
The Valencia took twenty-six csf theni
and we tok twenty-two, eight of
whom were the crew of the, Eclipse
who. had Joined the yarty from the
1 1 filter on shore. I have talked with,
a great many of the crcw and pnsseiir
gers, and tls account ltelow I believe
to be; substantially ccrrect;
Tlie Ecliis, .which,, .is an old .tub
built In isrh. with' a crew of eight men,
left Seattle April !Sth,'for Nome,, wit li
a "cargo of lumlHn liquor and'goWral
teercluitnlisej ; Her lcws Is attributed'to
hr rotten, .condition .and . to the. lev.
WIm-U I he crew, came alntard they wr
loadinl' Internaily, externally arid" lui
furnaliy1 with liquor. She struck 'K"
on the fourth day of JuwvfUid xrk
stdve iu,r jXhe setthl - and i would not
obey, her. ru)der. On the sixth clay of
June she drifted on, th treet and th
c-rew' abnndohcHl her. They stayed on
a sand spit the lirst tdght, nearly froz
en by the eold'add a; snow storm which
came up during tlie night. The nel(
day' they, secured abundant provisions,
wot and dry, especially the forrtHfif
The-Hunter stitrted'May th, froin
Sc-tttile,: with alsnit a $40,000 cargo of
general merc-handise. She is an old
whaler, built of oak, staunch and sol kL
Her owners were alxsinl. " lteiug de
layed by ice, they dec-idcnl to do some
prosioeting ou-Caiie Uomauzof. They
lost their lxit and wore absent several
days. The captain of the Hunter stood
in shore. He. had already given the
vessel some pretty rough treatment in
the icei. but not damaging her niatcr-
ially. They struck a reef of sand sev
eral miles from' shore. They were soon
off, but a strong landwanl breesse drove
them onto another reef. The vessel
pounded f or; iuiurs inTore brtaklng up.
They "look i'o Ylie"siiall "boats" and got
ashore with scanty" provisions This
oeenrrtMl June th.- 'After' the launch
had set out in search of heir, the sea
moderated so they; were able to go out
to the Hunter- -and secure abundant
supplies'.' tents. canvas, ropes, ami
tlieir' personal liaggage Tlie Indians,
of whom- there was' a considerable
nuniler. their camp tieing ori Coon
rtver, vlsitc-Jl them, bringing goose and
thick eggs by the basket fill; also her
ring, salmon, wild ' geese, dncks and
grouse. They offered liquor to the Indi
ans In exchange, but much to their
surprise, the Indians would hare none
of It. Tolmeeo ami sugar they eagerly
accepted a basket of goose eggs le
ing given In exchange for one' chew.
The Indians are dressed In furs and
skins. They put out in their lioats to
the. two wrecks and secured canned
goods, hams, ha con and oilier stores,
and. to the disgust of the sailors, threw
barrels of whisky and cass of port
wine overboard. The crew of tlie
Eclipse saved - some port ' whie $nd
brandy, which they brought on Ioard
with their Idankets. Their generosity
with liquid refreshments soon demor
alized several of the Nome's employes,
so the captain of the lat confiscated
some ef It and consigned. U to the den
izens, of the-briny deep.. ' One of. the
pivsscmgers of tlie Hunter whcv,wlth;a
partner had $2l worth of freight on
IsMird the IJunter, says. , If tlie liquor
luul - ben thrown overlioard tx'fore
thev reached the - Uehrlng i Sea,; tlie
wreck would never have occurred. We
hailed -the Charles Nelson this after
noon, who report ed the Ice larrierr
aliout .n.3 degrees, 1" minutes, a un
breakable, and a lso reports a large
steamer tRosencranz) aground and Jet
tisoning her cargo. We are now at
anchor waiting for ice movement. In
hopes .'a channel will lie formed by4be
wintl.
I am writing this letter under diffi
culties. A stowaway who has ieen
pressed Into service as a stoker is
telling me of his service In the 1eau
tiful Isle ot LnJ&on"; also In the Zulu
war and on Her Majesty's troop-ship
-rA-erfnt.' He has been everywhere.
can talk many languages, but as he Is
very drunk, his talk Is somewhat ln-r-nherent
and rather distracting, sc I
wiU letMhe end of this pae be the
end of this letter. .
ijiter. P4etre-to--yourself a room.
. . i l"
FRIDAY, JULY 6,1900.
-gjoaar'it M? 1"X djf"ii;flt its worst; j
a. row 01 4ortt.iU-s-ao;puttas a s-nniy tc-tiuren one iiMmiug wiieu he was am
snpply of IjsfUti dwnth1-Msrtl of Mm Imslml ly a g;iig- of -outlaws, a siear
room run five narrow aisles admitting i ruu through hitu from liehiud aud he
of Ingress and egress to the trtjJe tier !
ofdmlle bnnks Dowo the mnhlle of
Mi.rHuA run a rougu pm tame.
fl4uke, on tin li side by low benches,
oa wLk-h the waiters are placing gran
ite iron plates and euis. knives,.forks
ard simmjuh, and footlstiiffs.,' Tlie table
will seat thirty-six. and there are 2t4
to lse ft'd; at each end: of the table a
pushing group of men is waiting the
signal for the-1 onslaught. . Stewarl
Kelly takes fcfcj bt4L There is a rush
from: eac h end of the table, men come
crawling out 'of the bunk's. which line
the table on loth sides, and the end
rnNhrs find tliemselves outwitted and
irt-wanuv-d., ;Tle querulous tones
of Kelly, the steerage steward, break
in uiou the liannony of the occasion
after this fashion: 'et np from that
tal Je i you ( I4ankejty blank . wild ani- J
malsi. j Yon 'don't get' yiutr wSH tfll
this l-'ll-rings. 14aiik-!y - Wank,- Dlank i
you" Then, iron the talje conies a
d'oras of :: : : r which
uiatks stand for curses loud and deep.
They jret tqr and Kelly rings the bell.'
A, s9ttud of shtttlliug fcet and clatter
of disbware.;, like the iounding on the
rocks of a Vessel loaded with tinware,
a disappointed mob surging liac-k to
await the next table, andjtlie meal is
iu full swing. ; : r- t '
T.'tss,' the scle leather.1 "Where's
them spuds?! Send np the-Milligau.
and atsive the din rises tlie plaintive
tone of one of the waiters: 't'angwny
thre; coffee b'yes. Here's your cofre.
b'yes, "Why In blankety blank can't
them lieans 'come this way V "Here's
the dish, but tliehans arc' goqe. The
disaiqioin'ted seeker for Imaus surveys
the; table, spies a man 'ultb his plate
heaped high! with enough! lieans for
sveral uiea, and isiintiug to the of
fender, says; Ijooke there, lioys; get
on to thai plate f lw-ans.' The guilty
wretch with the heaping plat or ts-air
tries,; to apiiea hiiq bjr telling him
they; are very iicior:.if.-,lJsteii tihini.
Ixivs: he savs thev are iVs flakes
tlie whote quantity aud now he i kick
ing at the equality.: iWell.r, npttfogwres
t.l bettu. fiend. I haven't liail any foe
a week.' "A week. Is it."" says a mU
of Erin-, at ihe end of the fable. "I'm
thmfcing by ;the looks of your' phitter
yem "Won't need any for a monthi" A
hcngli conu-up froiaf tlie table. ; , .;
t ."liook out for the etffH Ih3-s," some
one cautions, "it's that bitter it will
take the- skin off the Inside of your
hind legs." - . , V :.' -
Tbe '.food supplies start toward the
center from ertch end of Hie tame, hut
they frequently" run lout In-fore arriv
ing at-the center of the table. , An old
miner ! from Cripple Creek remarks
mournfully J "No use prosiiectlng here.
The ledge runs across each end of the
table, but It; is'ters out before getting
this far, ;Dont itake It too -hard.
majlie well :1m ve pie for dinner. says
somooiie. tIMe." grumbles Cripivle
Creek, "pie. your fool. The pay streak
dJnt pay to wOrkiaikl the' lianging
waUjlws caved, In; clon't try. id work
off any worked .over! tailings Xrom the
lirst' ci bin as pie, to us. It might, go
as relies, or curios. Imt not pic1."
'We ,lia,ve hut one jdate aud no sa ne'er
so 3DUI), siimK, ueaiuf uuo v"oonig, imi c
to struggle Jor .sviiFeuiac-y In tjje one
.rect-itacle. 'j f Sometjmei - tJjl . worm
lurns ., I sat in theiisle aul tha. Jm
tietuotm Kelly pmuc-ed"pn my foot, , 1
i unied, to Jijui.tor an .apologyfiwheu. to
uyr suirtie he oid- isiaukryouyou
.want to keep your , blank loot; out of
ivixi blank way titter, this.": ; ,
lie iqiilt a ladle of apple sauce-over
my shoulder aUecause I remonstrat
ed, i he chchtreclT .was n natural Iwrn
kicker and 1Jilrrfe Was no satfsfying me.
Xo lning an adept In profanity nor a
cnverirTe4js merits, I was liocked
siKHH-hlesH.'! Kef ly came by disidng out
w liar was r'preseut,ed as piHhling, lnit
Wluit fh boys.' alter much arguiueut,
decided wa a cross betwieu sea bis
cuit And a tub of bill-stickers iaste.
lie has seen twenty-two years service
as a stcvward or steward's flunkey, and
though hi!f tongue has gained by CIs
long apprentlcesliip, his eyes are not
what they used to be, so he plumped a
ladle of Madding into a man's plate.
Unfortunately, the man bad just taken
a generous serving of soup, and' the
combination was enough to stagger the
most rugged. npietite. The man got
angry a .net- said: "Do yon think you
ate running a bog ranch, and you have
to throw our grub on onr plates?"
Kelly's disfigured countenance jialed
at such mutiuy and he "lit in on the
man. . After tlKy liad made. the, atmos
phere 'IjiIujb the matter , was. compio
mlsed by the obnoxious mixture ,leing
reinovcsL . i" You' ve liad your puddin',
atKliH) more you'll get out of me. It's
your own lookout If you. want to, throw
it -a wa yf and you can go without for
your hki likely- Wank wiueamishness,"
asnounoed , Mister .' Kelly, ' and lie . re
tired to the kitchen with -a",vlctorious
t.rut; '. i r. ;; ? " . k
This sound?; like a tal,e-off, but it
does not l-git to do justice to tlie real
lactg. IVn tells me to "give 'em hell,
though It's twice as liad as that, but
the rtter altsurdity ami unlqwness of
the thing Is more or less amusng, anl
I atnuenjoylng the exiMTienee-
Sunday. June IT. We sighted Nome
at p. 'm. tola v In a snow storm.
: i f FRED LOCK LEY JIL
TRAINED LIKE FIGHTFRS
Boxer Meet In Secret to Toughen
;4 TheiriSklo Affalust Sword anil
1 Ballet . ...
"The Rei5. W. II. Sears, of Thomas
Hill. Ramlolph cotinty, h one of the
prominent mWrflonarle who" liave Just
been In attelance at tlie meeting of
the' Baptist Y'ouhg Peoths union of
Missouri: at Macon. For the past nfue
years Ijv and Mrs. Sears have leen
residents of China. sayH a eorreisiiond
.ent of the Clilc-ngo ItecorcL , "Mr. Sears
wa sent over by the Southern Piptlst
convention headquarter at Richmond.
Va and If supiorted by the First Ihipi
tlst church, of Augusta. Oa. He wa
located at Ping Tu. a town of about
Kl to. a couple of h and red m iles
south of Tien Tsin. A telegraph line
run from Sha Ho. by way of Ping Tn
(levci.eontotryi. bnt the citizens of the
latter place liave no connection with
It. a - . - ' -' i . '--.
During his residence in China Mr.
Sears was successful In establishing
four! churches, with a native member
ship; of 22ft. i When be left there, two
months ago.i t he Boxers "trere lieg"i
iin in show tlielr teeth, havlnz slain
a missionary Justweetyof iMr. Sears
charge in a ,pecanr atrocious manner. 1
The niissiopa rj. was r.iliu alougohis
fell troin his hors to the ground.
where hisTiockcts were ritleil aud his
clothing -st ripped front his liody. The
misipary was. not- killed outright,
but died soon after he was discoverect.
Xo attempt was made-to hunt down
tlie outlaws. The Baxer movement or
iginated in the territory assigned to
Mn Sears as his missionary field.
"There art three branches of lioxers
in China." said Mr. Sears to a Record
repreneutatlve totay. The lirst class,
which was the more numerous l our
section, was of a iKuidescript-variety.
Inspired purely by motive of plunder.!
There liad been, a great . taiuiue t lu
ycor ireceding and this f urnished - a
sort of excuse toe outlawry. The sec
ond branch is composed of soldiers
whv lmvlBg Ihm-ii dischargl without
lttiy, turnctl fm-lt .'. The Inqc4-tal
troois .Would li imwilliugto ft re on
litis secuud c-lass le-ause of . former
ties of comradeship. The Ihird branch
of Itoxers claimcHl that tliey had Ihh-ii
the vk-Jluis d v law , suits bronght
agaitist them by a. certaln scn-t of Xor
eigner who liad ttrcugly lutrciiche!
themsi'lvc-s ia the country AH three
elasss unite In asserting that thej-
are Inspired by patritlc motives iu
their desire to -wreak- vengt'tuict . ou
the hapless foreigners, and ail of tliem
represent tlie worst that Is lit China.
There Is not , oue redtuiiug trait
among the .Itoxers. They are not even
brave. - --
'Tliere ia no doubt the empress dow
ager encourages tliem. or winks at
tlielr excess!. I liave talkl with
many In high otticial station, gnernis
and the like, and they do not hesitate
to express this belief. -'- The govern
ment of Peking is rotten to the core.
It' Is '-.administered by otlh ials who
have held their public osit Ion solely
as means to enrich themselves. Tlie
Koxers'are just following the example
set. 'n,nd add to their 'naturat proiHMt
slty to' fciedl. the crime of murder wlien
an opiHirtHihity csvurs tt -commit" it
without tajv'iug.chancvs, ' ; ;
;T1hi t erin ;'I .'oxers i umf . Ihhai)s
tlie t instrauih.i's go. tlu'ough , a dally
tcaiulug ;iiM,'Lir to, that ; .. employed 'by
the average, prize'llghter. t They meet
iu sen-ret places uid pri'teud to rend,r
their skin lough and iinjH'rvlous to bul
lets, .and ? sword thrusts by, -: bathig
thetiU4elv.es in tliv head. breast and
legs witli all their' force. The ignorant
natives Ik lleve It would 'be a waste
of a mm nn it iou to shoctt at' them, and
they live lu mortal terrW of the fanat
ic. , , ' .-.,.' '';,';
VAs to the charge that tin Chinese
army shares the Itoxers' anti'iathy to
foreigners I will say .that I was well
acquainted with tletierni Sen Wan Lin
wiieu h was quartered with his J 2. turn
soldiers in our district, and I was uer
cr trcatsl -better in my life by any
one. When the soldiers were drilling
the general would send for 1115 wife
aud me .provide us- with camp stools
and arrange a good iositiou lor us to
see. They showed tw their respect In
f crrj nvtiy jmagiu.'Hej'tirid ycit they
;kiis.t wt1 i-re Uhrint liifn aiuL'sqlig
gliug with ail our might to. convert
their "brethren. During all tlie timethc
Chinese troops were stationed at Ping
Tn ihtiever'hidulgcit 1h trtrger prac
tice but ouce a ml their lnKtlng wa
very indifferent..... I .was 'told that am
munition was very expensive .'and the
soldiers liad "orders not t o use" It miles;
thcre was ;somethlngio vlioot at.
Every soldite cames an umbrella and
a fan, and bet ween drills he uses the
latter vigorously.
' "As a curious ildstratiou of their
lack of discipline and soldierly quali
ties. ,w hen ,.niy . wife nud I first rode
out on our .bicycle, wliere tlie troop
were maneuvi'rir.g, several 1 of ihent
dro'piHMl their' old iintiquatHl InUskets,
left tlM ranks and rait towards us like
Hiildrcu-. delight eel over a new toyj
They clap-ied their hamls, laughenl ami
cackeleel like so many geese, the Of i
fltrs joining iu the movement with
the same Interest. It was very pleas
ant to us. of - course, but one could
hardly lielp tlilnkiug what poor maler
ial such soldiers would be and tiey
.vere a fairly representative lot of if lie
InqsTlal troops to meet nn ' etieiniy
that meant business. . -
"Aly oplpion Is that the Iloxer upris
ing is not near so dangerous as tlie
corresiondentK would liave ua ln-lieves
That is. It will not Im Imttortant If a
slight show of fotxi? Is made by Jhe
powers. , liy a ore unary tresip ; of
-VmeTicanavalry .could easily 'put. to
flight an army , such as - the IioVcis
could Talse. ' After two or three e'-f
thenr had fa lieu and the petiole found
out tliey wcte uot bullet presif all fesir
01 them xvou Id .vanish and none .would
be sei jKMrf as to do them. re,vcreiice.
.The revolt is something witliout
head or front,, It ,1s simply an out-i
cropping of unorganized dlsconteiit oc
ensiemed by .famine it'ucl. misrule. What
China neeels tcslay Is the Iron hand of
authority, a cleaiiing out of lncouqe
tent olHclals. aid in tlie faminest rick
en districts a 3d employment for the
Idle. The-re are good iMoph there, but
tliey mel a head, a wise, loyal ruler
who is inspireel by a sincere desire to
elevate his people.
KJNORANCE OF THE RIRLIl
Wiiat are ta rents and- teachers
thinking about the elisclosures lately
made by I'rfsielont Tliwing of tlie
Western Reserve university at tlcve
lahd, alsiut the chfccti or the rising
generation In knowledge of the Riblelf
lr. Th wing write a great deal about
colIeg men nnd c-ollege women and
what tliey know ami what they ought
to know, and he-takes pains to make
his statements accurate, says E. S.
Mart'n In Harper's Weekly. He sus
pected that they did , not know as
much about the Rible as they should:
and to find out how defective . their
knowledge was. he made an examina
tion iKiper with 22 simple Bible allus
ions from the fioems of Tennysn.
which he submit tel to the -freshman
class of bis own college aud after
wards to tlie fresnman class of a wW
man's colh-se In the east. The allus
ions were to things very familiar, such
as the mf.nna In the wlldeyness, the
striking of the rock, the branding of
Cain. JcptluTs father, Jaccds strug
glea with the angel, the miracle of
Carta, the crown of thorns, and the an
gel at the tomb. Yet not lialf tlie an
swers were right. Forty out." of ACI
Iiersona examim-d knew nothing of the
story of Esau or that of Ruth, ami J0
had never heart! of "Joshua's moon In
AJalon. . ,, , " '. i
o-ck. a -3? a xt t o. . !
j &m
mu -'-I:
KAISER-DEAD
1 -
UK EXPIRED Till OAT AFTET BEACH
, ISO NCSiE.CIT .
f la Fight of SUty Xl
ow4 ThtiC
(From 1 'aily Statesman, July 5 )
Mrs. M. J. Katscr, of Sah-m, was
ycstenlay in receipt cr a letter rrom
her son. John Kaisr, writing fnm
Noum City under date of June
couveying the ssul news of the death
r Frank S. Kaiser, aimtlwr sem. Fel
lowlug are some extracts from the let
ter: .. ,- .. -.;' , .. , ' '-,. " , '
"Prank was sick all the way from
Perthnd. He was not strong eiieuigh
to live. . He llvetl only one clay after
we la iid.nl here. We had all the niedi-'
cal skill in attendance -011 hint that
could lie, had anywhere.. Tliere wer
two doctors aUiard shim and we had
them all the way. and when we
brought htm ashore . we got another
iloctor. Dr. Derbyshire, ami be was a
good iHiysk-lau,' M'cll recemtnended by
kts of Ihe Isiya we knew, so you see
wo elid all we coiild. nud w nursed
1 ... .1 1 tt.o .
mill tiiirwie e-w. iiii.i iu -' -.v
gcHsl a nurse ns there Is cm earth. anl
he did his very ln'st; ls'sUhs we had
a lady nurse who has had years of
exHriene-e, and- she did everythtng
she cemld. but he could not Ik saveil.
All the Salem Iniys anI everytKxly
edsc that couhl d anything to Is'iielit
him dhl their liest.
"Rut now it Is all over. We burled
him up on the hill overloeiklug.Ite'hrlng
Sea. where- there arc at least sixty
ships mooreeL I would' like to have
got n . picture .of the place, for it was
pretty. Itnt no one knows, how I rett
to hi'ive him the're.-. , .
"Walter ami Kos.t have clone .all
tiuy , couhl. ( The nasou we dil , imt
"write to yjui tilHitit him lclng sick, we
thought there was a show fr him to
get well.' and el ll not. want to worry
you and .Malei and :the rest' of the
folks. , - ', .'.''. , : ": ' " ' ' . ' - ; "
"We sat up nights and shpt wlien
ever we on!d get a cl'iancc, and that
has not lsen very often.
Walter and Rosaj rferred to In tlie
letter, are-Walter Kaiser, atiothe-r
brother, and his' wife, who nrrived In
Noun City -a few days Wrore the oth
ers, having gone on nnotlur vessel.
Prank S. Kaiser. who rests In his
grave in the Far North, overlooking
the frozen sent, was ageel 4n years.
His home was four ...tulles Wlow Sa
lem. where he hael a farm .'and liop
yanl. He haves a wife and five chil
dren to mourn his loss. The widow
and fatherlss children were at the
residiHice of Mrs. Thos. Hubbard d 11
this city last evening, ns was also the
mother.-mingling their tears of sor
row over tlie news that came so sud
denly. Mrs. Hubbard I a sister of
tlio , elecejaHeel., He Went to tlm ;Par
Northeriir Eldonpkr on the f steauier
Nome City.M : 1 ' . .- 1 ;
1 , i , f '1:1 1
,.Mr. Knlser says, In his hitter, tn Ids
niotiier that .the ls'iu-h isiall weukiHl
ror mile's, anu .0 gHKtf imuiy.oi
peoplo who.weaiti then ...haver gone
hojne . "lirokc"." Hut ho. says .they- got
oil their stuff ashore, and Intend to
stay, until tlie end of tho,, season. lie
fciKdtH all well, and the! weather fine.
WILHELM.INAS MINI A- .-. .
r.. ..... - ,1 , TIJRE FARM.
VQueen Wllhelmina's, of I folia ml .ha
a miniature farm, tlie proiliice of
which gMs to the loor or the phos
pitals. Her Swiss chalet Is stocked
with the toys' of her childhood, and
here she has learnd to "kicpv bouse"
Inthe most appfovenl Dutch Style.
"Mr. Blinks, your silly puns are ttn
Is'iirable; you am here! y and forth
with discharged, llred, whatever yoti
like.", ' " j -'..;-''."!'-
"But I thought. said the humble
clerk, "that this was a fireproof build-
ingr' 1 -.' j .;'
"Yoil shall lmr rirmif Clint i-m p
find.'' said the Ikm-iIo browed' em
ployer, ns he renehed .for nn njc In the
glass case lalx-hd. "To Im um1 only
111 case of rire. Krusas t'lty Star.
'..-. . i .
Oliiee and. the; Man."ln England
they say a man -staisls' for o (lice, lu
this country we say a man" 'runs' for
otliee. Why is I his T "Well, the prin
cipal reason Is that If a man 'stoesl
for oflice over hHi - he'd never get,
one." Chicago Hern Id. . j ' ; ...
Snniy. Sloiie-So you wins i In de
reg'lar army fer 'three- y-jirsf How
did yer like It? N01 tlu rn I,ltxe-;Oh. It
wnx simply great!. ..-Only rrv de grub,
de drills, h clothe-s, de olllciers. eh
ImiTaekH. and de pay, it would lay
way over de average state
Judge. j !
irlson.
. Ezra' J. Warner, of t'hh-ago.'class or
'I'd. has nddis! Wt.tHUt to his previous
gift 'of f.iMi for a sclence hall for
Middlebury, Vermont. ( j
And let him Is sure tohave other
men their turns to seak. Itacn.
DIKD.
CIIAI'MAN. At the family JomeNo.
3i7 ..Capitol strcet, Salem. ! Oregon,
July 4. V.nnt. nt p. m.. Mrs. Kli
aleth Cliapinan. ogd Ht years, U
. months ami 111 days, of complications
arising from la grippe, alter 11 11 ill
ness of 8 , weeks. , l
- Mrs. Ctuipmanwns a native of Bd
ford county, Virginia, lrn Iieceuilx-r
l.i, .isl'l. r She was tnarrhd in that
state to -Rev; Caleb Chapman, and to-ge-ther
they crossed tlie plains with ox
teams In IK 18, arriving in Sah-m Sep
temlier lith-of that year, and se-tlliHl
three mllen easst of Salem hear the
present location of the Rickey school
house. Later thc-y located out Howell
prairie, where they took a donation
land claim, and here they remained
nntil lWSJ, when the family moved to
rt it-111. . ne-re' ih-t. e, niipmnil. WU'I was
a minister of the Christian; church,
elied eight years ago, after a service In
the ministry for fifty-three ye-sirs.
"Deceased was a member j of the
Christian church nearly all her life,
and died In that faith. She leaves, to
mourn her ''demise... two sous. Caleb
Chapman, of Waltsburg. Washington,
and John A. Chapman, or Mlddleton.
Oregon, and two daughters, Mrs. Hat
tie M. Jackson ami Mrs. Sadie McFnd
den. loth of this city. The two daugh
ters wercat their ag.sl: toother bvT
slele when she breathed her last, ; .
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