Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-22
Jenson's Travels.


/ class passengers, are also CnleUF on tlt
uplcr dcCs, the floors are Tie ani the
room, are well ventilated at least 10
fine weather, when the port holes can
/ Dee Kept omen, aud generally ,peAkinf'
I the sg.oHu-uBbin ICCuwmO cations are
very good, con idcrug the tact mat
only hall the amount ls paid by second
[ class Has.cn "fs Of what saloon pa'sen'
gers pay tor their passage.
Tie MIuWtrl Is one Of he SieaNicst
..a..ui's that have ever travelled iu,
old sailor who have been on the sea
Tor twenty years and upWdrds claim
that she one ui the finest ship. ahult
Js Tar a- easy sailing is concerned. Size
| plJWs through the Tatcr so gracefully
and easy and ncayes and rolls % gently
that both crew aud passengers must
necessarily be delighted with her. there
are much larger ships IN the world than
/ the Aliowcta, but perhaps only aiew
that excel her for comfort aud COM
ycnicncc. And the same can be SAID OF
the Warnmoo, ! am Told.
The Miowcrl is chartered 90 CIrlya
crew oi IS and she ha, accommodations
for carrying Iso aitcr cabin aud 90
sccond'Cabin passengers total OF 3i5
sous. Ga the present voyage she mas
50 HNNlH hN NbNlNH -. hA.". ~ NN'
saIu0n Or first elias, passengers, 90 .urc.
cabin or 'econd.class passenger, and
So persons belonging 10 the ship. James
s.uu. a young mau g. years old, OF
scotch birth, is the captain aud COM
mandrr. lanes w. Lawrence, good
nllurcd upen.accd aud Corpuient Eng.
hslman. born ON Australia, Is the chici
officer, Frank a, Hcmmlug q pleasant
a. ~ q .|f d.
officer, and Hlwwcl b. Sayer, young
unmarried lnglshmiu OF spare build,
ranks as third officer. The fourth
officer Is not along ON this voyage. All
the officers, including the purscr and
chief engineer, or young men, rather
goud.looking, pleasant Ia their manner
and address, and above the average Of
nautical officers IN intelligence. Labor.
Ing directly under the command OF the
captain and the three officers, are one
boatswain, one carpenter. four quarter.
masters and nine ordinary sailors. At
the head Of the engineers department
stands Patrick Smyth, young lusl.
man OF pleasant address, under him
there are SIX subordinate engineers and
IS hremcu and tnmmers. In the pur-
sees department there are 50 persons,
namely, IS men and women. This IN.
Cludes cooks, waters. barber, etc.
Thomas b. Young, the purse, T TO whom
] was first introduced IN Vancouver *
a young gentleman oi culture aud quite
intelligent. Frederick Nottingham.
the chief steward, Is alsoa gentleman Of
note, and very important officer on
board a ship. lie and the chiei officer
are about stand.Oll IN point OF COR
puence independent OF all depart
ments stands the ships surgeon, or
Doctor Douglas Corsau. Not having
required his professional services, am
unable to Judge OF his abilities. Cap.
tain Stoit carries himself with that
dignity and Independence which charac.
terzes ship commanders generally, but
Is rather more sociable than many OF
his rank. have had several conversa.
tors with him about Utah and the
"Murn.ons;" aud he says he is much in
tertsted IN our people.
Among the passengers IS Mr.. John
Blake, VINO has figured prominently In
connection with the great Russian over.
land railway, which already extends
from 81. Petersburg eastward over 900
miles Tar into the interior Oi Siberia,
Mt CoTbett, one Of the leading mer.
chants OF Suya, FIJI Islands; Hugh Keith,
q young English doctor, IN the govern
mrnt service en-foule for Fiii, Philip I.
Balls accompanied by his wife who
goes 10 Melbourne Australia, TO Introduce
the latest improved ype.setting machine
IN the office OF one Of the leading papers
Of that city; George A, Davis, a former
New brunswick lawyer, who Is chang.
INK his residence to the Sandwich Is.
lands, accompanied by his family; Mr.,
Carter, whose brother was killed in the
late rebellion IN the Hawaiian nation, he
IS a son OF ex'premier Carter, vi Haw.
alian kingdom tame, and was born on the
islands. Among the second class pas.
sengefs is the Rev. A. Mclean,
presbyterian minister emigrating TO New
Zealand with his family. The stormy
weather has so Tar prevented any great
degree OF soclablity or acquaintance on
the part Of the passengers, most OF
whom appear to be people ui consider.
able note aud intelligence.
All the lady passengers excepting
one or two have been closely confined
to their betths since the commencement
OF the voyage. The bulletin posted
today at noon showed that we we're in
latitude 81 81 "a" NJ, longitude 1867
4s' IS" w., distance travelled since
yesterday At noon 5i4 miles, distance to
Honolulu / So miles; from Victoria so7
miles,
Saturday May 95th, Last night was
more stormy than any previous night
since we commenced our voyage; and
this morning the face Oi the ocean with
rs immense Swells and innumerlble
white-capped waves looked truly grand
and majestic; and could only inspire a
God.iearing observer with awe and
reverence for the great Creator who
made heaven and earth, aud the sea
and the fountains OF water" The sea-
sickness continued. and was one OF
very few passengers who showed up At
meals and We who did pauuOk sparing.
lg During the day ! had interesting
conversations with several OF the pas,
sgngyrs. The usual noon observations
showed latitude so u5' o. H., longitude
I4l o. ~ Vs.. distance travelled In the
past hours, $50 miles, distance to
Honolulu 8, 1b6 miles; rom Victoria og2
miles. The ueayy head wind had i'm,
pedel our progress considerably
Sunday May so.h. The ship rolled
unp.easanty last night, as the wind
winch had changed to the west sent the
mighty waves against our starboafd
broadsldei but IN the morning the indi.
cations were lair for good weather. To
wards noon the welcome rays Of the
sun came To us from behind the Iining
or dispensing clouds, which had de-,
privud rs Of sunshine since we LETT Vie.
lUrl BEFORE the day had passed the !
weather N.t. fine and uIrlsIrt Uyarf...,I ]