The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-12

most compan.onabIe r. IN Seattle. visiting
MS son-in-law. Mr.. Hughes. Of the Central
Amer1c9 Steamship Company Mr. shu-
asat ersAt traveller. and on one Of his
.s'o 70 the Sound some years ago. he
oousne the Butter block. on the corner OF
Second avenue and James street His
brother. Commodore shufeIdf. was for
many years one Of the sbless men In the
american navy. Fifteen yearS ago he re-
cefvec call from the Chinese government
70 visit that empire for the purpose Of
euper1ntentine the reconstruction OF its
navy. While engaged in that work TIE
commodore wrote q letter 10 his friend.
Senator Sargent, % California. in which he
stated that there was some question as to
the morals of the empress OF China
Senator Sargent allowed this letter TO be
published IN the San Francisco pspets II
was republished In the East. end finally
reached the eyes OF the Chinese minister
at Washington City. who at once demanded
the recall OF Commodore Shufeidt, and his
demand was complied with by our govern
ment. He died several years afterward and
his death was regarded as . great loss to
our navy.
Mr.. II. II. shufeldt. in speaking OF his
travels yesterday. said: 1.-THE more I get
around the more am impressed with the
smailness OF the world. and the absolute
inability OF man to go where he win not
be known While IN Jamaica. recently at
q place called Brownsville, I heard a man
speak OF New York. I asked him what h.
knew about the American metropolis. and
ne informed me that he was raised and
educated in a certain section OF the city
We compared notes, and I found that we
had been schoolmstes during the
years ls47-4s-4s. Some years ago I
went on vessel to Northern
China. and while there coioree man came
to the ship and stated that he wanted TO
get back to America / asked him what
part Of the United States he hailed from,
and he replied New York. / asked him
what part Of the Empire state, and he re-
piled Kingston. Then 1 became interested.
because Kingston was my native town.
After further conversation I learned 10
my surprise that he was the son OF a coll
ored man who had charge of the place adj
joining my fathers farm
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Along this same line, Mr. A. 3. wyckor
tells the following anecdote: In 1893 was
an officer on one OF the first American
val vessels to enter the pert OF Chemulpo,
Korea We had hardly cast anchor before
z Chinese junk appeared with an agent Of
the Standard OIL Company on board. COM
ing 10 introduce into Korea the wares OF
that corporation. We became acquainted.
but I was soon afterward ordered home.
and almost forgot him. Two years after
ward ! made n trip to England. and when
aiighting from the Charing Cross station,
In London. where supposed was total
stranger. / met face 10 face the Standard
OH man who two years before l had left
on the other side OF the world. I have
never In all my travels met person who
could speak the English language. but
what we had mutual acquaintance"
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Mr.. John @. Scurry and his son Matthew
will leave for Stevens county in a few
days 10 finish a government surveying
contract wnleh Mr.. Scurry entered into
last year. The major portion OF the work
was completed before cold weather and
snow drove the surveyors to shelter Mr.
Scurry is not only an excellent civil engineer
but mountain climber as well. and there
are few uninhabIted sections of the state
with which he Is not familiar Mr. Howard
II. Lewis, who has accompanied Mr.. Sour
~ on many OF his exploring expeditions,
tells the following story: zone night we
came into camp In the Cascade mount
aims after an unusually hard and perilous
days travel. tired and hungry While we
were preparing our evening meal OF ba-
con and coffee. Jack broke the silence with
the declaration that he would never climb
another mountain, but before / could ex-
press my establishment. he continued, 'un-
less i see a mountain that looks as II II
wanted to be climbed"
s. l.. CRAWFORD.