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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-20
A FORCED EXPLORATION.
The Daring Adventures Reach
the Promised Land,
The Fight with the Red Men-A Desper.
ate SituatiOn--The Building Of the
Raft-AflOat on Unknown Waters
A't Death and DesOIatl0n ON
Every Hand.


AS this narrative is more than record of
thrilling adventure, for it involves the ques-
ton as to the first man known to have passed
through the Great Canyon Of the Colorado, I
have been particular to give the details of the
expedition as narrated to me by James White,
the better to understand the man, and to bring
out more clearly the fact that his unparalleled
voyage was the result of a desperate neces-
sity.
Captain Baker must have been remark
able man with splendid qualities of leader
ship. AS his five companions stood with him
on that western spur of the Sierra Madre
Range, looking over the arid, verdureless and
rift-riven expanss at their feet, for the first
time their hearts failed them, and though no
man gave expression to his thoughts, the
impulse to turn back seized every one but the
stout-hearted leader.
''The land that's good for gold," repeated
Baker, ''isn't usually good for much else.
My word for it, boys, there's lots of gold
down there" and he waved his brown hand
at the black ravines, and the arid, fat-topped
mesas, sweeping away in the direction of the
UNEMPLOYED region of the Great Colorado.
Measured by its unftness for everything
else, "this," in the language of James
White, sought to have been just about the
best land for gold under the SUM-"
Unnecessary here to detail the five weeks
of prospecting that followed. The men who
had come SO far and dared so much were in
no mood to be satisfied with ordinary sue
cess. At half dozen points they found
"pay dirt" in sufficient quantities to have
given them fair wages but they were out for
fortunes, and no ten or twenty dollars day
each would satisfy them.
Still further to the west they travelled, till
at length they found themselves in the midst
of that, labyrinth of chasms and side canyons
that extend for many miles on either side of
the great subterranean river. Frequently in
their search they suffered for days from
thirst, and this when they could see the in
accessible water flowing like silvery ribbons
far down between the precipitous walls of
some nameless canyon.
Under the lead of a less forceful and hope
full man than Captain Baker, the party would
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-20
"xou HAVE FOUND ME YOUR FRIEND

change me, for it would be waste of time
The work to which I have given the best
years of my life is now near completion, and
there is no power on earth that can stay my
handp'
'Let me implore you," said Ralph, speak
ing for the first time, ''that in anything you
may hereafter do you will, SO far as possible,
save the ladies, in whom uncle and myself
are so much interested"
81 can promise that" said Howard, s'for
let me assure you," said Mr.. Holmes, ''that if
it had not been for these same ladies, respect
and sympathy for whom has averted the
blow, it would have fallen before this, and
Colonel Morton would have been dead man
the night you arrived at Buena Vista. and
imagined that was Lord Pelham"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-20
CHAPTER 1Xv.-Continued.

". THE FUNERAL BY ToRCHLIGHT.
/ After the departure of Commodore west
and his nephew, Colonel Morton again re-
turned to his private office, with the lettering
step of an old man, and again assumed the
same position, on the lounge, that he had
occupied when the servant called him to the
library.
) He was in no condition to give any thought
to time. His meeting with the commodore
had brought up, wildly, all that passed
which he was so anxious to forget. Before
his mind there passed, rapidly, a panorama
of his life, with its intense shadows and occa
sional giimpses OF light. But soon the past
gave way to an overwhelming realization of
the present; after nearly quarter of CEN
fury of successful doubling, to avoid the
dread Nemesis he found himself at last
cornered, and seemingly with no avenue Of
Escape.
Yes, there was one avenue. If in the duel
then taking place between Albert Howard and
his own substitute DR.. Elerton, the latter
were to fail, it would give him clue where
with to escape from the black and tortuous
labyrinth IN which he found himself. With
wonderful forethought, he had already pre-
pared for such an emergency. If DR.. Eller-
ton fell, the world must be led to believe that
1t was he, Colonel Morton, who was shot, and
= that Ellerton was the survivor. With this
prospect in view, he had made his will, leaving
large sums to many charities in his State, so
that, to the public mind his benevoence
might Danish any shadows that attached to
his name; and he had made DR.. Ellerton his
sole executor, without bonds, SO that he
could at once enter on this duties. This was
remarkably bold scheme, and was only
rendered possible by his close resemblance to
3 the one man who had been true to him since
their first acquaintance, the one man who
.. had aided him in his crimes, and shared with
I him in his successes. 1t might be thought
that even character so degraded would en-
terrain some feeling of gratitude and friend
ship for his faithful associate, yet so intensely
selfish ard degraded was the man that as he
lay there, with his hands clasped, and his
eyes closed, the wish that ruled his mind was
that his reveries might be disturbed by the
news of Ellerton's death.
AS if in response to his wish, he was
Startled by hearing loud, double rap at the
= door, and before he could say "come i'm it
was opened, and Captain Almedo entered, his
face an olive green, and his lips and hands
twitchins with excitement
If Almedo suspected the true state of af-
fairs, he gave no sign of it. When he could
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-20
CHAPTER XVII. I5Al

1t will be remembered that in one of the
last messages sent to his partner, French,
in San Francisco, Colonel Morton requested
him to send on a number of armed retainers
who were to come nominally as employees to
work on the land. The night that Doctor
Ellertons body lay coffined in the library,
these men reached Buena Vista without
attracting attention, and were secreted in the
large vaults under the house. From these
vaults spacious tunnel lead down for about
a hundred yards to the little bay in which
the colonel's yachts and the boats of the fish
ermen were anchored. This subterranean
passage had been commented on by the
neighbors at the time the house was being
constructed, some years before and the
colonel had explained by saying that he was
very fond of yachting and that the passage
would enable him to reach or come from his
boat, no matter the darkness or the condition
of the weather.
One part of the basement was set aside for
the wine cellar, and as the house was built
on slope, the apartments on the lower side
needed no artificial light in the daytime, and
some of them were used by the Chinese SER
wants for sleeping quarters. In the construc-
ton of this house, as in everything else he
did, Colonel Morton had an eye to the future,
and his foresight in this matter will be pres
entity made evident.
There were twenty men in this band, every
one of them desparado and an outlaw, and
the majority of them had long been in the
employ of Colonel Morton and his associates
They evidently knew the nature of the work
that was expected of them, for they all came
armed with revolvers and repeating rifles.
Cots were provided for them to sleep on and
they were supplied with abundance of
food and a modicum of liquor, their employer
well knowing that it would be dangerous to
give them all they wanted of the latter.
The midnight following the funeral Colonel
Morton descended to the basement, and in a
large apartment used as a dining-room and
sitting-room by the gang, he proceeded to
explain why he had sent for them.
Gentlemen" he said, 'syou have come
here, nominally as employees, to work on
this estate, but do not suppose there is one
of your number eager for employment of that
kind. Most of you have known me for many
years, and 1 think you will one and all say
you have always found me to be friend
Cries of ''That's o!' ''That's so !" you're
right, colonel" "You've been our friend in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-20
An Unpleasant spook.

The otherwise well-worn step-mother queS-
ton has taken on new phase in Wilkesbarre,
Pa. Mr.. Cornelius Boyle, of that place, hav-
ing lost,his first wife, took unto himself an,
other, some two months afterward, and with
pretty young woman of seventeen, continued
to live in the old home.
Everything seems to have gone along in
the smooth and conventional way that things
should go until, at last, so says Mrs. Boyle,
''Jamesey," who is the eldest of the little
Boyie's, s'began to cut high links and had to
be scolded and ANONYMOUSLY put to bed"
But though Mrs. Boyle considered herself
equal to the task of training the Boyle shoots
in the way they ought to grow, she was not
at all prepared for the startling happenings
that followed $50,
1t seems that the spirit of the first Mrs.
Boyle, solicitous for the welfare of her pro-
geny, appeared and took an active part, being,
in fact, the leading character in the subse-
quent proceedings. Mrs. Boyle that is AYERS
that it was the ghost of her predecessor that
turned over the furniture and knocked her
on the head. At the first appearance as on
the second, there was no opportunity for
conversation for Mrs. Boyle tainted at sight
of the phantom's face. But the third time,
being courageous woman, she asked the
ghost what it wanted and was admonished in
ghostly lingo to beware how she treated the
children.
If such visits are to become an established
thing, candidates for step-motherships will
have to go through preparatory course of
training for the development of their nerves.
In India twenty-five million acres of
land are made fruitful by irrigation in
Egypt there are about six million acres, and
in Europe about five million. The United
States has about four million acres of irri-
gated land, with the area rapidly increasing.
Suffering in children is said to be nerv-
Gus disease. The school children of Ger
many are more affected in this way than any
others in the world, a recent report showing
that over SO,O80 German children are afflicted
in this way, and a curious thing about it is
that it is said to be catching, not through
contagion, but by sympathetic imitation.
Professor Garner, who has recently re-
turned from studying the gorilla and cham
panzee languages on the west coast of Africa,
is Virginian by birth. He is we'll pre-
served man Of fifty, and although boy at
the time, served with gallantry in the Con-
federate army.5.
Belgium has mile Of railway to every four
square miles of territory. Persia, with
population as large as Belgium, has only
twenty miles of railroad all told.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-20
MoRMoNs TO THE RESCUE.

cast loose. By this time his clothes were
torn into rags, he had lost his hat, and only
one boot remained. He had but an indistinct
recollection of the next three days. His
reason failed him, and he believed that he be-
came insane. About noon of the seventeenth
day after starting on this voyage, he lay on
the raft, indifferent alike to life or death,
when he heard a cheer, to which he was too
weak to respond. Then came the rapid dash
of oars, and in another minute manly, bearded
faces were looking down on his with pity
He had reached the settlement at the mouth
of Virgin River, and with generous hospital
ity the Mormons cared for the stranger thus
mysteriously thrown into their midst from
the depths of the unknown canyon.
Henry White was nursed back to health
and strength, and to him belongs whatever
glory may attach to the name of the first man
who ever traversed from end to end the pro-
found depths of the Great Colorado Canyon
and lived to tell the story. -
ALFRED R. CALHOUN
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-20

More than eight thousand steam traction
engines are in use on the highways of Great
Britain. By extensive experiment it has
been proven that while wagon drawn by
horses can go but fifteen or twenty miles a
day, traction engine will pull along a train
of wagons at sixty or seventy miles day.
Doctors say that there is a small gangion
in the throat that has control of the muscles
of that region, and acts very much as if it
were portion of the brain.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-20
A SUDDEN FORTUNE.
; <STORY OF CALIFORNIA OF TO-DAY.
ALFRED r. CALHOUN.

Autaor of "Ne,o Tales of the Border" sour
Soutle7, Mo,a,taineers," 's1iontezuna."
=, ''The AntipodeanS," Etc.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-20

Belgium has a mile Of railway to every four
square miles of territory. Persia, with
population as large as Belgium, has only
twenty miles of railroad all told.
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gathering darkness.
While the clouds were yet red overhead,
telling that the sun was setting in the upper
world it would become so dark in the can
yon that they could distinctly see the stars.
While intensely anxious to get through the
canyon, and each succeeding day intensified
the fear that it had no end, yet they took the
precaution, as each night approached, to
make a landing on some fiat rock, or sandy
strip of shore, till the following morning 1t
was nine days since they started. So far,
while the river had been rough at times, they
had met with no waterfall, cataract, or Sc
rious rapids, nor had any natural bridge
spanned the banks, and they were led to hope
that this smooth sailing would continue to the
end. On the afternoon of the tenth day the
current increased perceptbly, and Henry
Strole was steering the raft by means of
long pole. They were whirled down toward
one of those precipitous walls that seemed
to block their course an experience with
which they had now grown familiar when,
on turning the sharp bend, White was horri-
fed to see, near by and far in front, the river
whipped into white waves as it Numbered
over a series Of rapids and cataracts. He
appreciated the danger and threw himself
fiat on the raft, at the same time calling to
Strole to follow his example. The young
German either did not hear, or failed to obey.
With the pole in his hand, he stood erect,
vainly striving to guide the raft, which was
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-02-22
County Court.

The following proceedings nav
been had in the commissioner
court since our last issue:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, IA,
Court convened in session as pet
order Of adjournment: Officer.
J present as before, %. P. Blne
judge; NJ. L. Trapp, commissioner
B. +. Jones, clerk and Geo. A.
Lands, sheriff. and it appearing to
the court that there was no business
to come before the court it was
ordered that the court stand adj
journed until Thursday, February
IS, 1894.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, IS.
Court convened as per order of
adjournment; officers present as
before, whereupon the following
proceeding were had: 1t is hereby
ordered that the Beaver Creek Pre-
cinct No. 22, be and the same is
hereby made a justice Of the peace
precinct; and the electors of said
precinct are authorized to elect a
justice of the peace and constable
at the regular June election in 1894.
1t is ordered that the court stand
adjourned until Friday morning,
Feby. 10 1894, 9t 9 o'clock a. m.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1894.
The county judge and commits
sioners being absent the clerk adj
journed court until Saturday morn
ing at 10 O'Clock a. M, Feb. II,
1894.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, II, 1894.
Saturday morning, 10 O'Clock a.
m. 1t appearing to the county
clerk that the county Judge and
commissioners were all absent, the
clerk adjourned court until Monday
morning, Feb. I9, 1894, at 10
O'Clock a. III.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 19, 1894.
The judge and commissioners not
by 4 O'Clock p. m. the
clerk adjourned court until Tuesday
9 O'Clock a, IN, February 90, 1894.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1894.
The judge and commissioners not
by 4 O'Clock p. m. the
clerk adjourned court until We'd |
nesday at 9 O'Clock a. m. Feb. 2I,
1894.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-02-22
RElL EsrATE TRANSFERS.

The following are the transfers
of real estate fled i'll the county
clerks Office since our last report:
{ NJ Starr and wife to + H
Baldwin, block "B" of the
town OF Newport, 5000 90
Sam'l Case and wife to John
Loomis; undivided inter
est in lot ;, blk 10, Case
& Bayley'S Ist ad. to New
port, so 90
r Bayley and wife to John
Loomis; undivided inter
est in lot ;, blk IL, Case
& Bayley's Ist adj to New
port, so 90
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-02-22
Elk City News.

Mr.. Hoffman is here with a full
set of tools, and has gone to work
getting out stone on Dave Rams
dell place. Mr.. Hoffman is an ex-
pert and pronounces the stone oI
superior quality.
Mr.. R, Simpson is sacking his
potatoes, and expects to ship by
the next boat to Frisco. When
this tater money comes Rufe and
| will be down and paint Toledo
red.
Everybody is pleased to know
that we are going to have the
bridge which we have so long
needed, The people have been
very liberal in subscribing work
and we propose to build a bridge
that will be the pride of Lincoln
county.
About fifty of the neighbors gave
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w. Simpson a
surprise on the evening of the sth.
All hands came in about seven
O'Clock from front and rear, and it
gave Marsh such a surprise that it
made his hair stand straight up on
the top of his head But Mr.. and
Mrs, Simpson made all welcome.
As we had two violins the dining
room was soon cleared so there was
room to dance two sets, and both
old and young went in for a good
time, and they had it. The older
folks, Mr.. Simpson and his wife in-
cluded, set down at couple of ia
bles in the parlor to play some kind
of games with cards, but as | never
play cards | am unable to tell lust
what games they were PLAYING, but
| noticed that at one table they
were all the time talking about los
ing their "pedros, " and at the 9th
er table they talked OF PLAYING ii
a o1,,n ,,1 .,.tt..,., tt .,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-02-22
Alsea Bay Notes.

Quito g, 1oro,a ,,,r,,, oC 41,a o1;.o i
yVoId,or, met o. e.. ...:,a. -,
Mrs. w. H. Harrison THURSDAY
evening of las, week and gave her
surprise on the anniversary OF
her birthday. The CONGREGATION
consisted of sober married foil,
with the execution ofthe dauohters
of the GENIAL hostess The evening"
passed ualerthe soothing influence
Of instrumental, vocal and combi-
nation r,. ic, in which Messrs
Robert a.~ W. q. Harrison, Jr,,
are meii Jious performers; sup
dlemeu.e .ilh intervals If social
conversation and nut cracking.
After wishing the hostess many
happy r-l'9ns Of the day, the sur
prisors departed in the neighbor-
hood o. ~ninight mutually con-
tented aua congratulatoly.
Mr.. Kingsley and Mr.. Thaver
came in from Portland on FRIDAY:
They report extremely hard times
i'll the metropolis, 900 men out
of work. Surely Gov. Remover
was not was not so very cranky
when that famous Cleveland letter
was letter was written. The Salem
board OF trade ought to apolized to
the governor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Nice re-
turned last Friday from a visit to
California, OF course they took in
the fair and were not disappointed,
Mr.. Nice avows himself very much
depressed at the outlook; his last
years fish being still on hand and
unoaleable except at cost. Our
lf'ehu Shoula not repine when so
many merchants are selling below
COST ana at sheriff 5 sale; but truly
'''a' MeNihley Dill was disastrous to
It's supporters ana number OF III
'e'eS's suffered rom
Mr.. Gnynn returned from Tole-
do Sunday. Everything quiet
about the seat OF Lincoln county, |
beyond a ripple of excitement res
pecting the coming counW-seat
tusSle.
several miners are peramhnlat-
ing around Three or four outfits
're at work on the beach between
mere ana the NahatS creek and
suppressed whispers breathe Ola
quartz ledge somewhere amid the
mountains OF tR2 Coast range
ItiS said steamer is to come in
o our bay direc from San Fran
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-02-22
DIED.

MEGGINSON.-At the Siletz, on
Sunday, Feby. rs, 1894, Wm.
r. Megginson, aged "a years, by
drowning. The remains were
inferred at Cape Foulweater on
Wednesday.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-02-22

a. u. Guynn, Of Wsldport, was
a pleasant caller last Saturday.
Role. Chambers left for Portland
last TUESDAY morning, where he
expects to get work.
Correspondence should reach our
office not later than Wednesday
evening Of each week to insure
publication on that week.
A man and his family by the
name Of Baker from Washington,
have rented the Gus Olsen place
and moved onto it last Monday.
We understand that there is a
good prospect for some litigation
over the steamer Richardson. 1t
seems as though the silent partner
in the boat wants an accounting and
a settlement.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-02-22
tMPRTMATU Us.

Austin Altree and family have
moved onto their farm near Nash
vile and will try farming again
this year.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-02-22

Considering the enfeebled condition
Of the district treasury this would
be the wisest way of getting more
school
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-08-21
NUGGETS OF NEWS

BY the wreck Of the tug Matte M, Of
Martins Head, n. b., four Of the crew
were drowned.
Oscar W. Underwood, of Birmingham,
Ala, has defeated Congressman Lewis
Turpin for the Democratic nomination.
All who took an active interest in the
prize fight which resulted i'm the death OF
Pugilist Robbins, at Plattsmouth, Neb.,
must stand trial for manslaughter.
A fast express on the Vandalia road
was deraied near Pocohantas, Ills. The
engine and four cars overturned, and vet
only four traiumen were slightly hurt.
Congressman Dave Meyer was renom.
mated by the Republicans of the Second
Nebraska district yesterday The Demo.
crats and Populists are figuring on fusion
to defeat Meyer.
Judge COTE of the California probate
court, ordered that the daughters of the
late Mrs. Theresa Fair be awarded then
portions Of their mothers estate, The
daughters are Mrs. Herman Oelriohs and
Miss Virginia Fair, Of New York.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-08-21
oorenn MlnIster Going Home.

WAsHNGToN, Aug 21.-The Corean
minister, Mr.. Ye Sung 500, and the seore-
tary of legation of Corea will sail from
San Francisco on the 2sth INST for home
They have been given a leave of absence,
and will return to this country after a
few months. Ye Sung 500 was for
merly secretary of the legation, and
was promoted TO minister few months
ago. While at home he will take the op-
portunity to fully inform his government
with respect to American affairs, espe-
cially as bearing upon the present Japan
ese-C Chinese war. The legation here dur
ing the minister's absence will be in
charge of the counselor, Ye Huen Gik, rs
charge d'affaires.