Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-17
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the story OF man who died in London
an Englishman, who directed at his
death that his body be cremated anC
the ashes sent to the Japan he loved Sc
we'll. And here they are. EpitaphE
may here be read in Russian, Italian
Dutch, Spanish, German, English ant
nearly all the known languages. Ii
one section sleep the officers and mer
who have died in the service of the Pa
cific Mail Steamship company. In al
obscure corner one is reminded by the
gravestones of our naval vessels who
have from time to time visited this sta
tiOn-the Tennessee, the Iroquois, the
Piscataqua, the Hartford, etc. One
poor fellow from the steamship Ocean
sleeps beneath slab upon which some
inspired poet, doubtless of the marine
variety, has inscribed the following
rhythmic ORWELL
"A pain of sickness gave the fatal blow,
The stroke was certain, but the effect
was slow.
With wasting pain Death found me
sore oppress't,
Pitied my signs and kindly gave me
rest"
The graves Of men predominant here,
for the founding Of this Gods acre was
in the day when few women of the
western world came hither. But the
care of graves, the floral tributes, the
bits of offerings all tell to-day Of liv-
ing woman's tenderness and undying
love. The most conspicuous object in
this sadly beautiful cemetery, with its
deem sense of loneliness which springs
from the contemplation of the graves
of those who die in distant lands, un-
noticed. unloved mayhap, is the gran
tie pyramid erected in memory of the
officers and crew Of the United States
steamship Oneida, who met cruel fate
IN these waters twenty-five years ago.
The massive block is hemmed with a
chain swung from anchors at the four
corners of the plot and within the en-
closure are commemorative stones
above the remains OF three officers
whose bodies were recovered. Many
.JaDanese admirers Of the United States
take a mournful interest in the spot,
and more than once memorial services
have been held by them in honor of
the poor wanderers of the sea who were
engulfed with the Inflated Oneida.
zone touch of nature makes the whole
world kin" is realized here. On one
side Of the pyramidal shaft, in bold,
black letters, Is this inscription:
In Memory
of the
Officers and Men
Who Went Down with the
U. S. S. Oneida,
When That Vessel Was Sunk
While Homeward Bound
BY the Steamship
BOMBAY,
In Yeddo Bay, Japan, January
Oath, 1870.
That is It; coldly frank ana candid,
but history. And history, too, which
should not be forgotten so long as hui
man indifference and cruelty upon the
seas remain to be detested and exc
Grated. This is the story: The man
of-war Oneida had been on the Asiatic
station something more than her al
lotted time. Lying in Yokohama harbor,
she received her welcome recall. All
was glee and happiness among the good
fellows who had been yearning for
home and its delights. The home
bound pennant was run up, hasty visits
were paid to friends on sister ships,
bumpers were drunk, jolly songs were
sung and in the gathering twilight the
anchors were hove. and the Oneida
went bounding down the bay to music
Of band and voice. Never did vessel
carry happier hearts nor more hope
buoyed crew. The night thickened, and
there was a breath of gale IN the
putting wind. A few miles down Yed-
dow Bay the English steamship Bonn