The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-19
THE PASSING THRONG.

DR.. G. w. Fraker, of Excelsior Springs, Mo-,
who has been making q combined pleasure and
business tour of this region for a couple of
weeks, has had q singular experience during his
visit great many years ago an uncle Of his
came West from Missouri. and nothing was
ever heard of him afterward, his relatives not
even knowing to what part of the vast region
included in the term "West'' he came. The
doctor, however, had his uncle in mind when
he started on his trip, and thought he would
make some inquiries about him, though he
scarcely expected to learn anything about him.
At the frst place the doctor stopped in his jour-
ney, Pendleton, Or, he accordingly made in
quiry about his uncle. and almost the first man
he spoke to on the subject had known the miss
ing man several years ago, and told the doctor
that when he last heard of him he had taken up
some land near Dogfsh bay, near Seattle.
On arriving here the doctor found
the story to De true and ascertained the further
Information that his uncle had married and
raised large family. but that about Eve years
ago both he and his wife had died very poor. He
then tried to find where his cousins were. and
learned that three of them had been taken
care of by the Orphans home in this city, that
two of the others had been taken by families
who had moved away, and of the other three no
trace could be found. OF the three placed in
the Orphans home, one was adopted by q good
family. another was taken by a single man who
went to California and there gave the child
away to somebody else. The last he took care of
himself and started last night to California in
search OF the ono down there. So the doctor.
instead OF looking for one lost uncle, 10 now in
search OF seven lost cousins.
Among the arrivals at the Arlington last night
was DR.. E. B. Beeson, of Fon du Lac, Wis, who
owns a vaccine farm and is making a business
trip on the Coast SMALLPOX prevails in some
parts of the country all the time. There ia
darn md ina fuat frovy
Texas, Minnesota and Michigan, and 1 have
orders also from Penn sylvania and New York.
have just supplied the health board OF Spo-
kane OF course we are perfecting our methods
ali the time. We used to vaccinate on the I'D
ders OF calves, but We now do it on the rear
flank of / or 2-year-old heiferG Though the
lumber business has left the to wn and the saw
mills have drifted after it. Fon du Lac is still
a prosperous town of $4,000 people We get
all our water supply from srtesian well land
this makes ours q rich dairying district, the
products being quoted in the Liverpool market
Another 60 Cd result is that tho town stands at
the head OF the list OF towns in the United
States in regard to mortality. We can punch .
hole down fifty OF sixty feet almost anywhere
and strike water, and have several streams of
it flowing from wells over my farm. The lum.
Der business has been replaced by manufactures
of various kinds, 50 that IL maintains its posi-
ton" DR.. Beeson father established the Fond
du Lac Journal in 1s44. and is still running it,
and his brother is editor OF tho Vancouver
Independent, OF this state.
Speaking OF the punching OF casualties and
crimes within a short time, which has given
rise TO many superstitious notions, Col. F. F.
Hilder said the other day: 1.-The Moulton- Story
horror, with which was SO closely connected,
was only the climax OF series OF terrible mis-
fortunes which happened to very dear friends
OF mine all within a short space OF time Less
than six weeks before this tragedy one of my
most intimate friends in Washington City was
run over and cut to pieces by a railway train In
Massachusetts,. and a short time afterward a
little nephew OF mine was accidentally shot and
instantly killed by a playmate. But IL such
thing were possible nothing in the world would
induce me to again so through such a horrible
experience as had in the Moultou- Story muir
der. You know l was the last person she smoke
to before going to her room. I heard the fatal
shots and have not yet recovered from the ter
rible shock of frat beholding the ghastly scene
of the tragedy"