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LORD ROBERTS IS PREPARING
TO RETURN TO ENGLAND
London, Nov 6--Lord Roberts will of wounds, .~7 who died of disease, 22
shortly return to Englaml with a rim- I who died of accidents and 97 captured
Jority of his staff. Arrangements are or missing, a total almost equal to the
being made in Cnpe Town to send the I monthly average for the duration of
batch of refugees back to Johannes'- the war.
:burg, and accommodation is being pro-I The Express publishes sensational
vided at Bloemfonteln for a garrisonlstatements that the Boer revival is
ef 7,000. "more serious than has hitherto been
Nevertheless the activity of the Boel,~
continues. Ootober 26th a command of
300 captured a garrison of 30 men at
Reddersburg, but afterward released
them. Trains from the south to Pre-
toria are attacked by the Boers almost
daily. October 24th tile burghers oc-
cupied Koffeyfontein.
On the other hand General Knox has
inflicted a reverse on General Dgwet's
forces near Pgrys, capturing two guns,
~ae of them & weapon lost by the Brit-
ish in the Sennas Post affair.
The daily tale of British casualties is
heavy. During October ttle British lost
,724 men, including 167 killed in action,
:15 of whom were officers, 71 who died
believed, and in consequence Ix)rd Rob-
erts' return fs likely to be still further
postponed. It says also that no con-
siderable party of trooIrs will return be-
fore January or February, while the
regimental drafts from England will
continue and 5,000 horses will be sent
out.
The paper definitely declares that tlle
Boers are well armed and abundantly
supplied with ammnnition, and that
the campaign is likely to last another
six months.
In the best informed quarters, how-
ever, it is asserted that there is no
ground for the pessimism of the Ex-
press.
FOLLOWING CLUES
IN THE RICE CASE
New York, Nov. 3.--Assistant Dis-
trict Attorney Osborne says it is his
opinion that more than one man had
been concerned in a general conspiracy
to get possession of Rice's property.
He was asked if there would be any
further arrests in the case, and said not
at this time, stating it would be first
~aeeessary to get evidence.
"I shall take no steps until I have
corroborated Jones' confession," he
continued. "I shall be busy for five or
six weeks in completing" all the details
of the ease."
Mr. Osborne believes he knows
where Patrick purchased the drugs
said by Jones to have been adminis-
tered. After he consulted with Cap-
fain McCluskey, detectives were sent
to follow up this seeming clue, which it
is believed was furnished by Jones iu
the cross-examination of Wednesday,
which was supplemental to the confes-
sion. From the fact that l)r. Curry,
Rice's physician, noticed no odor in the
death chamber upon his arrival there
the night of Rice's death, it is surmised
that neither ether nor chloroform was
used by Patrick, as the odor of both of
these drugs is very pungent and re-
mains for a long time after adminis-
tration. There are other anaesthetics
which are by no means so distinct.
There are many other clues con-
rained in the cross-examination of
Jones, which the detectives are follow-
ing up with a view to corroborating
his confession. The chief aim of Cap-
fain McCluskey is to find where tile
things the valet avers were used were
purchased and what they were.
Dr. Bull, the surgeon, I)erformed an
operation on Rice's face about six
months before he died. As an antisep-
tic wash he prescribed bichloride of
mercury. Mr. Osborne said thi~ has a
bearing on the case, as Jones has con-
leased that Patrick gave Rice grayish
tablets. The tablets prescribed by Dr.
Bull were of graytsh color. Mr. Os-I
borne further said that Professor Witt- i
haus knew nothing of this in making
his analysis.
The hearing of the application by the
proponents of the "Baker" will of the
late Mr. Rice that the later will, which
is alleged to be in the possession of Al-
bert T. Patrick, be placed on file in the
office of the surrogate, was to-day ad-
Journed nntil November 20th.
David L. Short, who executed the
wllb of Mr. Rice, the one in which the
millionaire bequeathed the bulk of his
fortune to Alfred T. Patrick, to-day
said:
"I went to Mr. Rice's apartments at
the request of Mr. P~trlck. Patrick
sent a messenger boy to my office. I
went 'over to Patrick's office. Patrick
said to me:
"'You are wanted up town to exe-
cute some papers.'
"Morris Myers went with me. He
went as a notary, I as commissioner of
deeds. When we reached the apart-
ments Jones let us in and escorted us
to Mr. Rice's room. Mr. Rice was sit-
ting at his desk, and from a sort of
cabinet compartment that was over it
he drew out his papers. He said to us
both. 'This is my will, gentlemen. I
have sent for you to witness my signa-
ture.'
"He asked Meyer to read one partic-
ular paragraph or phrase in the will. I
do not remem, ber what the subject mat-
ter of the clause was. I did not pay
attention to it. Mr. Rice seemed
to have much confidence in Myers. He
consulted him about his affairs fre-
quently. I did not know the content~
of the will, which was not read aloud.
I frequently executed papers for Mr
Rice. I executed the assignments to
Patrick."
Mr. Short further said that he never
talked to Myers or Patrick about the
will or assignments. He had known Mr.
Rice for about a year before his death.
Mr. Rice had not said anything to him
about another will.
The ]Paterson Horror.
New York, Nov. 3.--The grand Jury
at Paterson, New Jersey, yesterday
handed up indictments against Walter
13. /deAlister, George J. Kerr, William
A. Death and Andrew Campbell, who
are charged with the murder of Jennie
Boeseheiter, who was drugged to death
on October 18th. There were two in-
dictments against each of the young
men, one for murder and the other for
criminal assault, the first, it is said,
also embracing the latter.
Coinage for October,
"Washington, Nov. 2.--The monthly
statement of the director of the mint
shows the total coinage at the mints
of the United States during October,
1900, to have been $9,508,610, as fol-
lows: Gold, $o,12 L000; silver, $4,148,-
000; minor coins, $240,610.
Treasury Statement.
Washlngton, Nov. 1.--To-day's state-
ment of the treasury balance in the
genSral fund, exclusive of the $150,.
000,000 gold reserve in the division of
redemption, shows: Available cash,
$13ff,(}05,032; gold, $92,67Q 174.
DEATH OF EX-MAYOR
WILLIAM L. STRONG
New York, Nov. 3.--William L.
Strong, the last nmyor of the old city
of New York, died at 3 o'clock a~ m. at
his residence in this city. The illness
of Mr. Strong had been kept from his
political friends. He had been i~ ill
health for six weeks.
William L. Strong was born in Ohio
in 1827 and came to New York when a
young man. He found employment
with different firms until January 1,
1870, when lie organized the firm of
William L. Strong & Co. The firm soon
grew to 1)e one of the prominent busi-
ness ilouses of tile city. IIe also Inter-
ested himself in banking matters and
wins president of the Central National
Bank. Mr. Strong took an active inter-
est in politics, was one of the leaders
o~ the reform movement In this city
and was elected mayor on the Republi-
can-Citizens' Union ticket in 1894. IIe
was the last mayor of the old city of
New York before consolidation with
Brooklyn and the other boroughs com-
prising the present city of New York.
The administration of Mr. Strong
was an eventful one. He was avowed-
ly independent in ills views in city poll-
tics. In the municipal campaign of
1897, which resulted in the return of
Tammany to power, he took the stump
for Seth Low as against General Benja-
lain F. Tracy, the regular Republican
candidate. After this election he vir-
tually retired from active politics, due
to failtng health.
At the time of his death Mr. Strong
was a member of a number of socie-
ties, including the Ohio Society, Ameri-
i can Fine Arts Society, American Mu-
seum of Natural History, Metropolitan
Museum Assooiated and American
Geographical Society.
Shortage of Coal in Colorado.
Denver, Colo., Nov. 3.--"'the shortage
of coal tn the Denver market and
throughout the state is due to the sear-
city of labor at the coa| mines," said an
official of the Northern Pacific Coal
Company yesterday. "As long as the
weather remains plea'san( and will per.
mit outdoor work the demand for coal
miners will exceed the supply. Now
the mines in Wyoming and these in the
southern district of Colorado are not
producing quite enough coal to supply
the market. We are taking orders for
more coal than we can take out. Wlmn
there is a change iu ihe weather there
will be more men looking for work in
the mines, but it Is a question whether
we can get the coal out fast enough
then to fill orders taken now and those
which will be rushed in with the first
heavy fall of snow.
"The Wyoming mines are capable of
a production of 10,000 tons a day, when
working at full capacity. But not much
more than one-half that amount is be.
ing taken out.
"It may sound strange, but it is h
fact, that Pennsylvania coal miners are
positively useless in the western mines.
The~y have been tried time and again,
but have failed. One of the superin-
tendents of the Hanna mine told me
not long ago that he would rather have
a man who had never seen a mine than
a Pennsylvania anthracite miner.
There is no probability that the Penn.
sylvania strike has sen~ any men this
way who will be a relief to us, for if
they should come they will have to
learn the business over again. Mining
is done on a different system here.
"The coal miners in Colorado and
Wyoming make from $75 to $100 a
month, according to their ability."
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Fatal Hallowe'en Joke.
Bochester, N. Y., Nov. 3.--The au-
thorities of Alelgheny county are look.
ing for the persons who manufactured
a skeleton out of animal bones which
frightened Mary Oldfield of Karrdale
to death Wednesday night.
Miss 01dfield, accompanied by two
friends, were returning from a Hallow-
e'en party, where they had listened to
gruesome stories until their hair stood
on an end. When about to enter the
woods a rattling of bones was heard
overhead, and, looking up, the trio
were overcome with horror at seeing l
a skeleton of gigantic proportions
sweeping down on them from above.
With a cry of terror Mary dropped
dead.
A searching party found a wire lead-
ing from thd ground to a tree, to which !
was attached a skeleton by a pulley.
Returned to Work.
Wtlkesbarre, Pa., Nov. 3.--The offi-
cials of the Lehigh Valley Goal Com-
pany and the labgrers employed at
their Dorrence and Prospect mines, ]
who went on strike yesterday, reached
an amicable agreement to-day and.all
the men returned to work. The strik-
ing laborers employed at the Delaware
colliery of the Delaware & Ihldsoni
Company, also returned to work to-day,
the company compromlslng with them.
The drivers, runners and door ten(lets
at the Pittston mine, operated by the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Westel~
Company, quit work this afternoon
T~es, want shorter hours.
C0,~0RAI)0 S VOTE
FOUR ~ EARS AG()
The vote for president by counties ill
Colorado in 1896 was as follows:
' l)em. Pro. Rep.
Arapahoe ..... 43,(100 374 6,048
Archuleta ..... 392 :~ 141
Baca ......... 135 "2 125
Bent .......... 599 11 106
Boulder ....... 6 165 117 1,030
Chaffee ....... 2,620 7 140
Cheyenne ..... 105 ..... 87
Clear Creek .... ,~,35t; ~ 101
ConeJos ....... 2,394 1 96
Costilla ....... 1,057 I; 3~'~
Custer ...... 7. 9~ 4 167
Delta ......... 1,631 "~ 13'I
Dolores ....... 67K 1 11
Douglas ....... 1fl~59 8 172
Eagle ......... 1,164 5 53
Elbert ........ 7(;1 t; 273
El Paso ....... 18,0~5 296 6,245
Fremont ...... 4,382 101 637
Gqrfield ....... 2,078 26 172
Gilpin ........ 2,579 18 269
Grand ........ 250 1 12
Gunnison ..... 2,343 6 152
Hinsdale ...... 707 4 19
Huerfano ..... 1,936 2 928
Jefferso~ ...... 3,244 64 3(~t
Kiowa ........ 155 ') 13o
Kit Carson .... 243 8 25'2
Lake .......... 6.634 11 263
Larimer ....... 5,530 35 1,124
Lincoln ....... 210 1 122
Logan .......... 627 32 2JH
Mesa ......... 618 8 212
Mineral ....... 827 2 11
l~fontezuma .... 846 1 ;~l
Montrose ..... 1,371• 7,5 1~2
Morgan ....... 2,411 93 469
Otero ......... 2,183 40 424
Ouray ........ 2,304 3 3,~
Park ......... 1,669 6 149
Phillips ......... .337 '2 19(I
Pitkin ........ 3,805 2 28
Prowers ....... 562 15 304
Pueblo ........ 8,419 54 1,319
Rio Blanco .... 468 1 52
Rio Grande .... 1,431 21 17t;
Rontt ......... 1,124 "2 1'2'2
Saguache ..... 1,1~} 1 175
San Juan ..... 1,574 "2 17
San Miguel "' 9~'
..... ,1, ,~ 4 87
Sedgwiek ..... 217 7 136
Summit ....... 1.348 '2 3o
Wasldngton ... 1 ~4 14 220
Weld ......... 4,1;i)5 95 879
Yuma ......... 454 1l 180
Total ........ 161,063 1,717 26,271
ENVOYS HAR)IONIZE
ON CHIEF POINTS
Pekin, Nov. 5.--The-foreign envoys
met again this morning and virtually
agrecd as to the points of chief impor-
tance. It was deehh~l to leave minor
differences for future discussion.
Washington. Nov. 5.--Minister Con-
ger's last advie~s to the State Depart-
ment tndlc~te that satisfactol.W prog-
ress is being made by the ministerial
corps at Pekin, toward the arrange-
ment of a basis upon which negotia-
tions shall be had with the Chinese
government for "t final settlement. The
ministers hnve llassed upon the ques-
tion of punishlnents a~ld also upon sev-
eral other imi~rtant points which are
to figure In the negotiations.
The Russiat~ minister is understood
to be participating actively in the dis-
cussions and the proceedings are har-
monious.
London, Nov. 5.--Dr. Morrison, wir-
ing to the Times from Pekin, Nov. 1,
says:
"The evidence in the Pap Ting'Fu
trial to fix the responsibility for the
massacre showed that an American
lady, before execution, was led naked
through the streets and that her
breast~ were cut off. The destruction
of two temples is not an adequate pun-
ishment for such inhumanity."
CUBANS JHEER
UNITED STATES
Havana, Nov. 6.--The Cuban eonsti-
~tutional conv<ion met in the Madrld
theater last evening. The theater was
crowded. Many thonsands were un-
able to gain admittance and the streets
in the neighborhood were blocked with
pe~0ple.
The convention organized with Sena-
tor Llorente. Justice of the Supreme
Court, as pi-esident, and Senor Villu-
endo as secretary. Tim thirty-one mem-
bers of the convention took the oath.
COLORAI)0 NOTES.
Lafayette rejoices in a new bank--
an institution that has long been need.
ed.
Pueblo registration shows a total el
14,514. as against 12.061 last fall, or a~
increase of 2.453 in the city registra-
tion.
Tile state traveling library belonging
to the Colorado State Federation of
Women's clubs will receive $100 of the
state fund.
The Longmont Gnn club is issuing
programs for a two days' shoot
Thanksgiving day, and a large crowd
of crac.k shooters is expected.
W. F. Bailey, general pas~nger
agent of the COlorado Midland railroad.
has presented a handsome bear cub to
the City park at Denver. The animal
was captured near I)ebeque.
IIarold J. Bell, invenior of the Wels-
bach burner, which has enabled gas to
compete with electricity in producing
a brilliant light, died in Denver dliring
the last month of con~,mmption.
W. E. Pabor, editor of "Drops of
Ink," has recovered the sight of his
right eye by the removal of a cataract.
The operation was performed October
23. Ten days afterward Mr. Pabor was
able to nse his eyes in the glare of day-
light.
It Is eXlmCted that the census returns
will give Colorado another congress-
man. as the population is 7.997 more
than enough for three congressmen un-
der the present ratio.
Charles A. Parker has accepted the
appointment as commissioner of the
Colorado Traffic Asoseiation. He has
been serving in a similar position with
the St. Louis traffic bureau.
Wtlliam Claus. a middl~aged single
man. was killed In the Nevada mine at
Salina a few days ago. Chlus was en-
gaged !n picking out a delayed shot.
IIM body was badly mutilated.
The Cheyenne electric light company
is making a number of improvements
in street light~. Arcs will Ire swung in
the center of the streets ill the business
portion of the city, instead of being
suspended from high poles, at at pres-
ent.
This win be a banner year for equip-
men( of Colorado roads. The Denver
& Rio (h'ande. Rio Grande Western,
Colorado & Southern have been "order-
ing new cars of the wide vestibule va-
riety aml all. too. have ordered many
locometiw~s.
The Mm'mon colonists who settled
along the Stinkingwater river I~st
summer have laid out two town-
sites, one on Sage creek and the other
near the head of their thirty-mile ca-
nal. One of the towns has been named
Shoshone and the other Byron.
Incorporation paper,s of the National
Jewish llospital association have been
filed with the secretary of state. The
organization is that arranged for by
the national meeting in Ohio a few
weeks ago. so that the institution may
be placed on a bushmss basis.
The mayor, board of public works
and other city officials of Denver re-
cently visited the site of tile Goose
creek dam of the Denver Union Water
Company lind gave it a careful inspec-
tion in view of the expected negotia-
tions for the purchase of the water
phlnt by the city.
In the. District Court at Cripple
Creek. Mrs. Minnie Stephens was
awarded $5.000 damages against the
Florence & Cripple Creek Railway
Company. lter husbaml was killed by
a runaway ear m~veral months ago at
the Economic mill on the west side of
Squaw mmmtain.
George Webster. the young man who
was injured by falling under a Santa
Fe freight train at IIolley, died at Pu-
eblo on the 5th inst. as the result of
his Injuries. Aside froln a severe cut
In his head he was lmdly bruised and it
ls thought his death was due to in-
ternal injuries.
At the recommendation of Special
Agent Annin of the p~rstal department
and Postmaster Mttchell of Pueblo, a
rural free delivery will be eslal)lished
In the Artman and Vineland districts
in Pueblo connty, Novemlrer 15th, and
will be the twenty-second rural route
established in tile state since July.
Glenwood Springs had two fires on
the 4th inst. The planing mill of ~Vll-
llam I)ugan was hurned to tile ground
at noon. The loss is $1f~0. Within an
hour of this fire the home of Peter Pe-
The following resolutions were pro. terson was also burned to the ground.
sented to the president: j
"First, that a committee of the as-I Mr. Peterson was severely burned
sembly proceed immediately to call on about the face and hands ih attempting
General Wood and to manifest the sat- I to secure his papers from the burning
isfaction with which the delegates have i building. Loss $300.
seen him carry out the difficult mission ' A cruel practical Joke was perpetrat-
entrusted to him. ed at Victor a few (lays ago ou Miss
"Second, that the committee request
General Wood to cable to the President
of the United States as follow~:
" 'The delegates elected to the consti-
tutional conventipn assembled at their
inaugural meeting greet with profound
gratitude and affection the President of
the United States of America, and they
are satisfied with the honesty demon-
strated In the fulfilbnent of the declara-
tions made tn favor of liberty and the
independence of the Cuban people.' "
Steel Combine Buys Steamers.
Chicago, Nov. 6.--The Tribune to,
morrow will say:
The American Steel & Wire Company
will buy tile American Steamship Com-
pany, which is owned by John W.
Gates and his business associates.
The latter concern has a capital of
$3,000,000 and the Steel & Wire Com-
pany is to pay $175 for the stock. All
the essential details of the de~l have
been settled.
'l.2~e steamship company was formed
to operate a line of steamers which
carry the product of the larger corlm-
rations, lnlnes and mills. It has been
in the control of the steel and wire in-
terests since that company was formed.
Germany Wants a Loan.
Berlin. Nov. 6.--It is ascertained from
a source apparently reliable that anoth-
er and even larger imperial loan is
forthcoming. Leading financiers in
Berlin and Frankfort corroborate this
statement. Tim cost of the China e~-
pedition, which is much more consid-
erable already than has hitherto beeu
admitted, must be covered by such a
loan.
Moreover. tile expenses of the empire
in various delmrtmenls are much
larger larger than was anticipated
when the budget was passed.
Nellie Flatry. Some person unknown
sent a note to her, supposed to have
come from Pueblo. stating that the
young lady's mother had died there.
But the statement proved to be false.
Miss Flatry sent telegrams to her rela-
tives tR the South, informing them of
her mother's death. Preparations were
also made for the funeral. If the note
sender can be located he will be ar-
rested.
A summary of the reports of the
state institutions for October has been~
prepared by the secretary of the board
of charities and correction: At the
State Industrial School for Boys at
Golden there were admitted duVing the
month 14 boys; discharged, 1; paroled,
3: present at close of month, 173. State
Industrial School for Girls, Morrison,
admitted 1. present 56. School for Deaf
and Blind. Colorado Springs, present,
80 boys, 57 girls. Soldiers' and Sailors'
Home, Monte Vista, present, 139. Re-
formatory, Buena Vista, received. 13;
paroled. 9: present, 111. Penitentiary,
Canon City, received, 25: discharged,
11; released by order of the court, 1;
present. 507 males and 5 females. In-
sane hospltal. Pueblo, present, 315
males and 181 females.
Nearly 12.000 brands appear in the
Colorado brand book Just issued from
the secretary of state's office. The
book is handsomely bound in red leath-
er and contains 405 pages, comprising
the most complete classification ever
printed of cattle brands used in Golo-
rado. The lisl of brands is carefully
classified. The numbers, symbols,
sneh as triangles, circles and squares,
and the miscellaneous, furnish the
closing divisions. All certificates is-
sued since April. 1899. are thus'elassl.
fled. excepting those tn October. which
from necessity had to be printed in the
order In which they came in. An index
of ~le ~)wners Is appended to the vol-
ume.
THROUGH SEYMOUR NARROWS
fl E were down to watermelon
~on the midday menu when t~e
bell sounded and the engine
(t II//went on half strok~ The San
~Francisco girl who sat at the
captain's right, whose father
had been a sea captain, who knew a great
deal ahout the signs and wonders of the
sailor folk and was willing to know more,
asked the captain the cause of the slow-
down.
"Oh," said he, "we have to figure on
hitting Seymour Narrows when the tide
iS a'lght. '"
We were down to nuts on the bill of
fare when the bell sounded again. The
engines put on full speed and the near
shore began to glide swiftly by. The San
Francisco girl lifted her long lashes. Her
dark eyes swep~ the captain's face as the
twin searchlights on a river steamer
sweep the shore, but the captain was busy
with an English walnut. Presently, when
he thought the ben~ had been forgotten,
he glanced out through the narrow win-
dow. He ran by the ice cream, and hare-
ly sipped his cafe heir. He drummed on
th~ t~ble with the ends of his fingers.
He glanced nervously down the double
row of faces as if he would like to say
"Break away." Not many peopls had
noticed the bell and only a few seemed to
know that the ship had increased her
speed. Only the San Francisco girl at
hiS right and the man at his left paid
the slightest attention to the captain,
who by this time was becoming as restive
as a colt under a railway bricig~, with.
out excusing himself he got up and steed
at ~he round window. He looked long and
intently at the shore that was beginning
to "slow down." and at the sea that was
rushing past the boat. By twos and threes
the diners left the table, hut long before
the last of the passengers had risen the
captain slippe~ ~ay out, and up to the
pilot house. No one--not even the San
Francisco girl--heerd what passed b~-
twesn the captain and the first officer.
who was on watch. By this time we were
well into the Narrows. and nothing was
left for us but to make a run foe the
rapids. While at least one-third of the
first table people were ~tUl feeding the
stewards all stampeded and ran up the
stairway and out on the promenade deck.
A' twisting sea caught the keel of the
ship and swung her round, so that. look-
ing out of the starboard window. I could
see her wake. I got up and stood at the
window as the captain had done. The sun
was just going down behind the hill. the
sky Wa.~ clear abowe, the air still, hut
below my wtndow the sea was boiling.
That was the one word that describes the
water that was swirling beneath me. I
wen~ above. By this time the stewards
had returned to their work. The gong
was calling the second table, but only a
few people went down to dine. Looking
over side at the sea we were going at
the speed of a train. Striking the bow of
the heat the water split and shot away
in great white sheets, as the snow slips
from the steel wings of a pilot plow that
is being pushed by the locomotive of the
"Limited." I had been standing amid-
ship on the port side. The purser beck-
pried and I stumbled aft. Knowing my
weakness for, swift trains, swift water
and ~-lld scenes, he haxl c~lled me back to
see what resembled, more than anything
else, a pair of wild seahorse~ that were
racing with the ship. They were Just
abeam on the starboard side. We ap-
pea.red to be gaining on them at first, but
~w we were running neck and neck. It
were easy to fancy, in such a scene, the
sh~p a thing of life. and now as I gazed,
hreathless, the white sea horses be.came
real. The purser left me. and. as few
were foolish enough to ride at the rear, I
stood quite alone for ten minutes or more
watching the race.
Comihg out of my trance I passed
an hour ago--just opposite a little inlet
Irate which the sea was sweeping, driven
by the rush ef the rising tide.
The purser said the channel through
which we were steaming was half a mile
wide. It looked to be not more than half
(hal The speed of the boat. or the tide,
or something, was terrific. The swirling
sea eddied and boiled, and, breaking i~to
long, low waves, ran rapidly away and
beat upon the frightened shore. The cork-
screw current caught the keel. and the
big boat swung aroun~l like a Iocomotlve
on a turntable. Holding the handrailing,
I worked my way aft and around to the
starboard side again. As a matter of
form the brazen cymbal sounded the call
for the third table, but nobody went be.
low. I was pleased to see that the sea°
horses were falling behind, hut even as I
looked the sea grappled with the ship,
she pivoted and the horses were ahead
again. The scene was wild. bewildering,
fascinating, intoxicating, and I laughed
and shouted, there alone, as the ship
swnng with the swing of the sea.
Turning to go back to the port side of'
see how we were m~king it, I ran i~to the
big, handsome purser. Just as our eyes
met another sea c~ught the keel. twisted
her until we could hear her spine crack,
shouldered her, tiffed her bodily and shot
her head first Into the boiling flood. She
had a list and a twist as she went down.
and then she threw up her tail like a
whale making his final dive. The purser
put a friendly hand on my arm. The
around to the port side again, and to my
amazement we were In precisely the same
position in which we stood a quarter of
screw went out of the water and the ship
trembled so that we could scarcely stand
on the slanting deck. When she came up
to blow again she was headed straight
for the shore. When the pilot pointed
her with the channel again I could see
that we were still in the same pla-e~
Another twist of ths keel and the purser
and I were thrown across the deck and
slammed up against the rail on the star-
bos#rd. That throw, and a glance into the
white faces along the railing sobered me
considerably.
"~ay, Carroll." said I, "how is this?
We seem to he making about a mile a
minute, those racing sea horses appear to
be doing a~ well. and yet the same scen-
ery has been hanging on our left flank
for half an hour."
The purser, smiling, pressed my fore.
head gently between his thumb a~d fore.
finger, shook his head and turned away.
I followed him around to the port again.
Aa he worked his way along the crowded
deck the frightened people demanded to
know why. One indignant passenger said
nobody hut a lunatic would try to PUt a
ship through Seymour Narrows at the
worst time of the tide and the worst tide
of the moon. The purser, pushing past
them, entered his room and locked him-
self .up with "The Other Man's Wife."
That was the name of the book he was
reading this trip. A tall, d~rk woman,
who boar~d the boat at Juneau, said.she
knew in advance that all this would hap-
perL She beat the palm of her left hand
wlth the fingers of her right and told in a
Jerky, semi-hysterical way, how she had
foreseen and foretold all that was now
taking place. She fretted the deck with
the flat of her foot and talked loud, as a
scared boy whistle~ through a graveyard.
The IMg, strong woman who lm~ played
the piano that morning--who had carried
a pack in the rush to Atlin--was shaking
like an aspen.
The speed of the current w~s Increasing.
The stout ship swung and twisted,
creaked and groaned. A man came from
his stateroom wtth a life preserver lashed
to eech of his legs. The see was running
so fuciousiy that It humped up In the
center as it sucked into the Narrows.
The ship seemed to be. and I think It
really was, ri~ing on the crest of this
ratsed current. From the ship the water
ran down to either shore. A fair-haired
wom~n threw ~p her hands, reeled and
fell across the railing, where she hung
helpless, sobbing iuto the sea. The moon
came up over the hill and shone down on
the dark. angry waves. To my axneze-
meat the moon stood still--shining stead-
ily through the pines. I heard a grind~all
of wheels, a creak in my mental machin-
ery, and then my brain seemed to clear
suddenly. It was all simple snough now.
With the moon for a marker, I could see
that we were not "moving. We were
standing~ still, wl~h the sea rushing past
us at the rate of fifteen or twenty miles
an hour.
Bsing perfectly sober now. I wanted to
have another look at the sea horse~. To
save mileage I crossed over sxnldship,
flossing through the social hall. A man
in a quiet corner was trying to poke a
crumpled bit of paper, upon which he had
probably written his last will and testa-
ment. down the throa:t of a bottle. The
San Francisco g~rl was pivoting on the
plane stool making feeble passes at the
keyboard as it swung past her. The
woman from Juneau was urging the chief =o
steward to see that her trunk went off
in case we were driven to the rafts. Step-
ping out on the starboard deck I could
see my white sea horses still holding their
own. The moon was beaming brightly on
their snowy crests.
I tried again to fancy that they were
really going, hut it was in vain. ~ could
see now that it was the mad sea rushing
at them, an4 that they, as we were stand.
ins still. I learned later that the two
great rocks that caused the sea to break
so were by actual measurement thirty-five
feet below the surface at high ttde. These
wild waves were shooting up thlrty-flve
feet and then leaping ten or fifteen feet
In the air.
Passing around to the port side again I
noticed that the moon was dropping
slowly back. Looking ahead we could see
the wide waters of the open sere Three
boat lengths more and we would he
through, but the fires began to klnker.
the pointer on the steam gauge began to
go, hack. The good shiI~ :Humbalt. one of
the swiftest on the sound, with a speed of
seventeen and one-half miles an hour. was
losing the race with the tide in Seymour
Narrows. ~f any one had doubted this
that doubt was now removed, for the bell
sounded, the engines went on half speed,
and the moon began racing backward
along the crest of the hill. At half-speed
the current carried us swiftly back. We
had been ni~ety minutes making as many
yards, and at any moment if the Steering
gear should fall if o. propeller or shaft
had broken, if any one of a score of
thtngs should have happened, that boat,
packed full of people, would have per-
Ished a.~ surely as a snowflake would melt
on the sands of the Sahara Even now
we were not out of danger. There was
not room between the hills to go about.
Even if there had been room it is difficult
to say what would have happened If th~
boat had been turned crosswise in the
current. At all events the men in charge
kept her nose steadily up stream and al-
lowed her to drift slowly back into the
still water.
It was 6:30 when the engines p~t on
full speed. It was 9:30 when. after losing
the race. we rested on the quiet sea to
wait for the tide to go down. Three hours
to mak~ three miles and b~ck again.
It had been a wlld race. a glorious race.
even If we did lose. I never want to do
it again, but I would not have mtssed
that run for a good deal of money, and
while there may have been something of
reckless daring in the nndertaking, the
crew have my personal thanks. I think
they are to be complimented for the way
they handled the ship.
Amid all the terrors of those few hours
the officers were as "cool as on parade."
The purser stood the brunt of it. To
avoid being annoyed by foolish questions
and the danger of being thrown over-
hoard, the captain and his assl~tanta kept
to the high deck with the gangway well
guarded. However, his action through-
out, in the face of great danger, wan
heroic, and when he arrived at Seattle
he should have been given the fr#edom
of the.city and sixty days.--Cy W~mam,
in the Independent.
A HO~SE FOR EACIH I~AMIL1".
State of Affairs a Fresh Ale Ch||d
Coald Not Apprehend.
The difference between a tenexae~t
house and a farmhouse was striklngYy il-
lustrated the other day by the innocent
question of a little fresh air girl, Sh~ had
spent all her life in a New York tene~nsnt
}louse and ever since site could remelnhor
her horr;d had con,~istcd of two 8 nail
ro~ms in the bas,.ment.
There were three other f.~milies In the
basement, the~e were five families on
the next floor, flv~ ou the second, awl so
on to the roof .for five storie~. In t~e
immediate neighb,~rl',ood the build, ng~
were all tenement heuses~ and there ~ ere
scores of famllies ~lving lu a block. It
was from this sort of surcouud!~gs lhat
she went to the country a tittle while ,tgo
for the first time Jn ~ lifo. The geo-
ple vl~ho invited her lived in a large,
ra.,nbling farmhouse, and as soon as sho
• ;.'as ha.nde~ out of the wagon on her ar-
rival the small damchte.r of the farmer
tcok her hy the hand and "showed l~er
are-rod," They. w~nt throu,~h :.~ parlor,
a sitting rOOUL a dining room, a large
pantry and a k~tchen, and then they
started np ..... rs The eyes of the little
city g;rl had grown bigger and bigger
with each new room that was shown her.
She had been silent w~th wonder as t~o
panorama was unfolded before her. until
she xxas lakon into au immense bed room
on the secona fl,Yn. Then the question
which h~d b~en uppertnos~ )n her mind
co.me out suddenly and imperatively:
"Whore'~ all de fam'l~es?" she a~ked.
"Such nice. big rooms-.t~ut~whores Ell ds
faro'lies d.~t bxe in era?"
And it took "~,most ]utlf nn hour to con-
Vince the ltttle "Fr,~sh Air" that all thosa
big rooms were for only, on~ £amily.--~'~
York Times.
