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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-18
WRECK OF THETRIlN'
APPALLING STORY or An
DISASTER.
More Than a Hundred Nen. w..
and Children Lose Their ll,,>
Aeartrending scenes An a. /.
Quarter Hour Before She g..

HAVANA, Oct. 1.-THE gunbos, n.
Christina, which left this por, yes~a,
for the scene of the wreck Of M :,
steamer Triton. bound from Hassn
Bahia Ronda, Pinar del Rio wAlts Is
yesterday between Dominica and ~.
has returned, accompanied By H. =.
boat Surf. which went with her. he i.
vessels arrived here at O'Clock tn (
ernoon, the gunboat having % Ia
nineteen and the tughoat tweniy-Arss
the members OF the lost ships 0n,xss
of whom thirteen are civilians al \,
remainder soldiers. The whersasoaa Il
the others OF the company Il ankncu
The Triton struck the rock tsfas 4
heavy rainstorm. Her cargo shisssd ii
fifteen minutes later she sank Ia y ias.
oms of water. A scene Of terabs ~
fusion and panic ensued as soon 4 Il
passengers realized the meaning d 81
crash. In a wild struggle they rsss
for the boats. The first boat thai IS
lowered capsized Immediately ard Il 4
its occupants were drowned In the vsE-
ing waters. The next was struck d :
enormous wave and turned oFer, dfvss
ing twenty, but the fran craft fsAN
again and eight who had been Ihfsa.
out regained 1t.
Some were good swimmers sif 81
themselves afioat for hours: Others fai
about for twenty-four hours % MA
-Four soldiers. on planks, whom he ssss
currents carried east OF Havana epPRs
Moro castle. we're saved this meFn'aa
a pilot boat going toward Casdenas e
declare that last evening there ssis ~
Others near them on planks. but sass Z
morning came all these had diafs'sN
Some OF them probably became lesa !
sharks.
Those who were rescued tell hears
ing stories of the scenes during ihs 'ssa
quarter OF an hour before the Irl'ea 2
An army captain, his wife and aaas1z'
went down together. locked u Il =
brace. A mother, with twins, ? ~
old drlfted helplessly away On iaf r.
of a great wave. All the other Aass Z
children were drowned. =
Just as the Triton was SINKING ".
Rjekardo. her commander. commiilsa =
eide by shooting himself WIRE n'' ~
yer. .A..
IL is impossible to give the exaci go
OF those who were lost, but ! y essn'' /, J
that they were no fewer man - !
passenger list has been saved. lo :
sci. which carried general eaiE0' =
not Insured. sA.
The forty-two rescued pefsoA' s-
severely from the exposure. -
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PARTY on TEE PORTLAND.
"ihe aost ef Hotel Get There-'r,,,.
his.ess OF the Country-pieas-
urcS OF Dutch lfarSox
faohi the Special Correspondent OF the
Pest InteiiiEefeer

flom the Special Correspondent Of fha
Peat Ingelilgeccer
DUTCH BARBO4. omakanack Island
Alaska. Sept. = You cas- reiv t,at naNf
YEAR there gili b. the rreatees stsmpe,le
q modern hlatoss into toe Yukon valley, d.
- writes i. n Nesre. of the North
american transportation & Trading Com
fehS' 70 topt Charles g. Barber. or
ehictxo. weo IS now d parsrnerr an fha
Portland feg So Michael! Can't P.rhc,,s
tlfest mission sa 20 take charge % the
Hosgl Get There ~ s. sfichtel hn, y.
- pretty We Understood thar ke Is tho
personal representative 81 ~. Weare
ani has hscn stVsu fun rover "a act IA
any matter coaca rnsnE tSa canranV.s {n.
;eresia IN ghe yuaoa.
CAPT hafheF is aecunlRs MED ~ nuft~
teNnae. eue wiii socn have the Hotel
Set there reaay Ter guests Ia et1dnig,
y taps. Aarecr, who - widely known "a.
ins inventor of THE merry ANN 81 the
SAP go the sack 50 aEc ee bcarf she Tso-,.
laud = w, Wilson. y p u5urlass RsN.
eit dels. fseaa They. Theodore q seateu
II '" iudc. Harry M Morsen A. s,a
aFs J. = Barber ard Nra Josie .lI ~
fhieago. Samuel HuAhara r. ~ o.t
land. Cal. T. r MeGavsrs ara vvfo a
steel q Seattle, sud T. T.. t1rt.>ne- ~
san Francisco Mg Wilson q. xlstN8 -.
tho position of e.gvk f3 the ncx h,s..
nj HoogiAEH vlN b che archite,,t ana
al Wts5 WI place TIRE g3rnaeea in Y,.,ai.
iiea sna ioaN after che machinery. Hrpv,
ThtS - the French chef
fleaserc Dragrd Mtrn.
Whc1 cart. ffarNer So snt a, ets r~.s
emf Neyarr. BIS Hrst experiences as, -.
. $50. e .S.y exc e. To become ska
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The stampede OF ADMINISTRATION miners
from the Circle City district was in full
blast when the PASSENGERS on the Danube
left the Yukon. on September IS. About
twelve Circle City men arrived here yes
terday afternoon from Victoria. on tho
City OF Kingston. Some OF them brought
gold. but none would give the amount he
carried. They all told the familiar story
concerning the shortage OF provisions OF
all kinds that exists in the Yukon coun-
try.
Among the men that came back on the
Danube who reached Seattle yesterday
was q. G., Smart Of this city. who went 20
Alaska in 1896 He worked on several
claims in the Birch creek district and
eaIned good wages He drifted down the
Yukon from Circle City 10 Fort Yukon in
an open boat. leaving Circle City Septem-
Der 3. He says that when the miners in
the Birch creek district learned that the
river steamers could not get beyond For.
Yukon. they emgrated ia body. leaving
only those who had succeeded IA getting
food enough 70 last them through the win
fG~
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MAY REACH NUNooK CREEK.
Mayor Woods Expedition Has Passed
anareafski with All Well.

Information reached the city yesterday
By passengers OF the Danube 20 the effect
that Mayor Wood ard party. on The
steamer Seattle No I or 'Muckaiuck." az
the Indians have chrsstene3 her. had sue
cesded tn passing Au3reafski. 80 miles
above St Michael. On September 3, and
had very fair chance q reaching Nun
ook creek. The Seattle passed the steamer
Alice between Andrezfski ard Arylk ard
vas getting along nic@ly.
MF. c. .. johnson. who was = passenger
en- the Danube says that the Alice passed
ire Mayor wood expedition at . point
about 81 Tslles from -. Michael he be-
Meyes that they had q good chance %
reaching Aunook creek before the river
freezes
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become Of the Eliza Anderson. Before
paul Moran built MS cook house be ex-
ar,tned the vessel 70 find cut Il size could
hs used as a house beat for hts men. and
re decided 70 live on shore Alexander
wright. CT Seattle. Is watchman on the
Andersen. He told me today that she
would Tnany Be taken 70 the Yukon he
Is kere busy about fifteen minutes day
pumping the old vessel out Her hall IS
in good condition
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IUk0N'S DEEP CHANNEL.
There l. Relieved to Re One which
Ocean Vessels Can Ascend for
long Distance

From THE speciai Correspondent ~ TIA
Post-TnfslliTsncsr
JNALASKA. Sept. 9a--Coatfnued ohser-
va'ioES. extending over a number II years.
have convinced Father Bsrnum the we'll
knova missionary % 81. Michael. ,hs, the
Yukon IS navigabis 20 ocean vessels for a
distance % a. least 80 miles from the
mouth. Capt -. Il johnson. OF The
schooner BaranoH. tells ne that Father
BsTnur Is certain that the Yukon. which
e sixty miles side a. the mouth. has A
channel On tire south SIDE deep enough for
Ire largest ship During the coming win
ter and spring be ard CAPT A. {. Peterson
vii explore ne mouth q The river. In hope
% locating ths deep water
''On the Yukon" sad Capt johnson. as
ca every other T.Fe- tAas freezes IL Is easy
&c t-zcs 1ae deep water n winter tine By
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Helen Dare Returns From Alaska.

4 brtght-eyed. spirited little woman
walked OF the gang plank OF the Kingston
yesterday with the crowd OF miners from
Alaska She looked as II she had spunk
enough 10 take her through the world
with flying colors. and she has Her name
Is Mrs. ~. BrouEh. Probably very few
know her by that name. but many Will
recognize her by her literary nom de
plume Of Helen Dare.
She went 10 Alaska early in the spring
rush. taking the steamer Excelsior for st.
Michael, as correspondent for a San Fran
cisco paper.
On the way up the river she heard Of
Tire hunook strike and landed at Ram
part City and took up a claim Her claim
was out some distance and she had 10 take
the traii like the men and sleep on the
ground with blanket wrapped about her.
Her husband accompanied her on the trip
Mrs. Brough says that there IS plenty OF
food al Munook. She Will leave for San
francisco this morning.
N1
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THORPHAS TO RETURN
HIS BAND OF CATTLE WILL NOT
REACH DAWSON THIS WINTER
Many Persons stranded at Lakes hen
nett and Linderman, Practically
PennfIesa, and Much Privatfon
and suffering II Expected There.
speeial % the Post-Intelligencer.

Z
SKAGUAy. Alaska. Oct. 1.-THE drove
Of cattle which Willis Thorp. OF Seattle,
attempted TO take into Dawson City by
way OF the Dalton trail. has been brought
back TO Haines Mission. the great depth
OF snow on the mountain and the cold
weather rendering the undertaking 100
hazardous. The cattle. rs in number, are
now AT the mission. Thorp's son. with
twenty horses and party OF fifteen men,
continued on his way TO the klondike.
Thorp had driven the cattle l2s miles IN
land before he decided 10 return.
Late news from Lakes Bennett ana LIN
derrnan IS 10 the effect that there are
many persons there, completely stranded
Having exhausted all their money in get
ting over the trails they are now practical
~ penniless, and much suffering is sure 10
result
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S2OOOoo5.

Economy: save 10 cents on
a package of cheap" baking
powder and eat the cake
lou couldn't do better-lor
Your doctor.
SFA'A'ag's Best money-back
baking powder is 1T yoai
grocers.
a Ssh sasax Z Essn9av
S<s Ff4Asisco 49,
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"sorosis." the new shoe for women.
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Wae7 ''sFi. ifSrHer Sc out ~ ais pres
ent VeyaCe BIS Hrsl fvnrrsss.e az, ~.
ocSan. e t1ly expected To become sl.k
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VI.

The author Of this book knew Bryant well. and
the description OF the latter's personal trait,
forms one Of the most interesting features Of this
collection Of studies and "reminiscences After
pointing out that within three or four year. after
the poets death his interest in the Epenina Post,
which he had virtually created. was sold for
something over 800 900, it IL suggested thai
the result seems to give proof of a shrewdness
and farsightedness which we are not apt to al
tribute to poets. "Shrewd he unquestionahly
was, with a New Englander's quick eye to the
main chancc;' but back of this. and larger
than this. there was in him an in,re-
humane sympathies which, more than any trad.
ing .alertncss, took him and his journal upon
roads which led to permanent favor and to per.
over. the average height, with q firmly knit
figure, quick in his motions, capable OF large
tainly not given to easy and uncalled, for smiles;
weighing well his words, except some swift
spofea. for or a FG moment, hi bis f 6sbitua aGt ca ilDnSa.f
ing on 4 s,iii:Lynt 70, Them: never hunt
either dog; or gun. or whipper;in; yet enjoying
other and larger hunts through word-books and
ard Of worlds beyond skies" OF Bryant NJ.
Mitchell further tells US that ceremony he
willingly the men or the occasions which in.
volved it or demanded ii. Hence he was. less than
m mos: so men or Of his position uf,b and nf,d inti1enee' in habits
those high placed or walled about with con.
ventional paraphernalia OF whatever sort. Retus-
ing office himself. or chance of Office, very much
by reason OF this shuddering dislike of ceremonial
surroundings, or Of any dignities that demanded
them; almost Quakerish in his allegiance TO tho
simple noun and tuum or yea and nay OF per-
sonal intercourse. All eloquence and decorative
explorations of speech he kept for rare banquet
speeches, or for the rhythmic utterances which
lifted language out OF the region Of con-
vention.' Bryant was often acrid in his
political writings: almost fierce: and he
carried his impetuosity and strong pretu-
vited no JUNCTION OF gratitude. There was no fiat
terry in his speech or his approaches; he scorned
make themseine: popuIar fsT a : 81 'Sese tho
less. Mr.: Mitchell ~testites that, " with all. he
was gentle. Few of the world which encountered
him day BY day knew where the eentleness Law.
or how and In what terms il declared itself. We
do not lift that veil" Nevertheless, the opinion
matter. and. unwittingly. made the ways Of
access to his inner and truest kindnesses I'm.
necessarily rough ways for outsiders or for even
old acquaintance to travel
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Tho section devoted to Jonathan Edwards Ia
embollished with an engraving of an admirable
portrait Touching this picture. Mr.. Mitchell re-
marks: what q great calm and plaoidity that
would seem proof against all ruf1ingi in the long.
regular, benign. oval face which tho cheapest
engravings cannot distort from its serene like
nessl Yet" adds tho author. "if there was no
boyiBh appetite for pranlks, there was q rich fem
inine quality that put refining touches into his
attitudes Of reasoning and which SGT its graces
among the seventies Of his logic. No grossness,
no dealing with foul metaphors. even when he
dealt out damnatory thunders; and his incx-
orRble Calvinism was. with all its harsh
ness. high savored; 80 that oven the Goals on
which mGlefactors in Adam were put TO tho
broil had tho cool purities OF heaven blowing
over them" 1t is well known that Jonathan
Edwards, after preaching for twenty-four years
in the Church of Northampton, WAS dismissed
as he was nearing so. with q largo family, and
with poverty staring him in the faco. To Mr..
Mitchell. "thore is something very pathetic In
tho notion Of this great. fino mind. the most
metaphysical. tho Bearchingest of his day-tho
purest life. too - driven out into tho back.
woods region to handy phrases with young
barbarians and consult with Sir William
Pepperell about turning the New England
Primer intoIsome Mohcgan tongue" 1t will
be remembered that his friends eventually pro-
cured for Edwards an appointment to q mission
amongst the Indians about Stock bridge. Most of
US now, looking back upon the hardships i'm
posed on a great man. think that the people OF
Northampton deserve severe reprobation. Mr..
Mitchell. however. shows himself able, as was
DIR. Holmes, to appreciate their point OF view.
II suppose" no says, that those Jealous
church committee men under tho shadow OF
Mount Holyokc regarded Jonathan Edwards
as a sort of mild. religious abomination. very
set In his ways (which was largely truc). He
was not affable either when the heat of in.
tense thinking was on him); dealing so-
cia!iy in short sentences land not many OF
them; not sparing the rod in his household; rigid
with the Westminste AsSembly's Shorter Cato.
chism on every Saturday evening; never allow
ing his boys out Of doors after 0 o'clock at night;
and II any suffer Of his daughters tAEEisd beyond
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III Marvel'o Beck.

1t is now about forty years sincA Tho Rev
cries Of a Bachelor" was published. and at once
gave Mr.. DONALD G. MITCHELL rank In tho very
small group of American writer's who were rec
ognized on both sides of the Atlantic as masters
of an English style We have since heard from
but seldom. but a cordial welcome Is as
sured for his new book, american Lands and
Letters (Scribners1. AS the author tells us in the
preface. no American writer is here dwelt upon
whose blrthdate belongs in tho present century.
The restriction. however, permits him TO discuss
many contributors to American literature who
were well known to many persons still living
for example. Washington Irving. William Gull
len Bryant, William II. Prescott, Fitz-Greene
Halleck. Joseph Rodman Drake, Richard Dana.
and James Fenimore Cooper. In tho earlier
chapters, We read OF tho naturalist Audubon; of
Brockden Brown. tho novelist; of Joel Barlow.
author Of tho Columbiad; Of Thomas Paine and
of Jonathan Edwards. Upon the principal works
of all these writer's Mr.. Mitchell discourses
briefly, but with characteristic insight and
felicity. We shall review his references to tho
authors named in chronological order. repro
ducing such expressions Of opinion as seem con-
~spicuous for intrinsic value or for tho distinctive
point Of Wow.
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"no financial anxieties disturbed his later yeor,.
the revenue from his books was large; he cou,a
and did, make his old generositics moro lavish,
his Inequalities were free and hearty; he loyoj
the part OF entertainer and graccd 1t. His mod.
OF living showed n quiet elegance, but was nevcr
ostcntatious. At the head OF his table. in nj,
sunny, southwest room. chcercd by the presence,
of old friends, his speech sparklcd with yovn,
vivacitics. and his arching brow and a whin.
steal light In his eye forctold and exalted every
sally Of his humor."
Especially worth reading, too. Is what the AN.
thor has to say about w. II. Prescott. the hlsto.
rian. No attempt, indeed. is made to CRITICS..
Prcscott's books. 1t is conceded that "they ana
permanent place In our literature; but, for nv
own part, | cannot help wishing that he had Iiis
into them = some me what nnn, less os OF conventional his
norous Lltinity, and more Of sharp SaXonisD,
less Of the starchcd buckram OF great, 'fnoi
Erseos which he pours over his jonrgSssIIyy
and his letters. But no was always a s,ickisr
for for 'd1iauS1tS from a s%~Sllow;tetled coat 10
not generally known. but here mentioned, that
IN a private letter written when engaged on III
declares. in his Life OF Million. that So"bHli I1dd
man can write a history Mr.. Mitchell sIvs
E c.iso that n this n doEm Snic ntt,nn,o S of tho s,Sss.
TO discredit and annul 1t on the part OF the Young
historian. 1t Is, certain that Prescott's books ara
gions he traverscd with his crippled sight wan.
ders thither without making them his com.
nanions and guides. The incident to which
Prescott owed his loss Of sight il recountcd in
this volume. i occurred during his junior year
at Harvard. There was a students iroiic in tho
college commons,a battle OF bread.throwing, in
the course of which n hard chunk Of crust
struck Prescott full IN the left eye and tclled
him to the ground. There was no apparent
wound, but the sight in that eye was gone for.
through sympathy or rheumatism. the Vision oi
his other eve was clouded and he was almost
utterly blind.
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HI.

The author recalls that between ls47 and 1880
he caught sight, on one or two occasions, of James
Feninloro Cooper strolling along Broadway
somewhere between Cortlandt and hamber
streets, "a heavy. stalwart man. with a little of
the sailors swing in his gait and an unmistak-
able air Of consequence, as OF one who had played
his part. and a somewhat noisy and important
part, in the game OF life" o fCooper's sea stories
Mr.. Mitchell says: Its next to being on the
ocean to road such descriptions OF straits
and tempests. And it is next to being ones
self a party to a sea battle 10 watch Tom
Coffin, bcgrimed with powder, plying his long
gun and to sec the white smoke and tongue of
hre leap from the muzzle. Indeed, there is no
stay, no prolixity, no dulncss, when once Cooper
has us fairly off shore. And his sailors talk
unfailingly brings to mind odors OF tar and the
uneasy swaying OF ships decks" 1t is not, in
truth. under a bonnet or behind a fan that VIC
must4pok for COoper's best work, but In his sea
tales md forest tRlsS. Even some Of the latter
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that hour he was mildly but p~eremptorily In.
formed that Il was limo to lock up the house"
Among those suffers, wo arc reminded, was o
Mr.. Burr. who came to bc President OF the College
OF New Jersey at Princeton, and whose son,
Aaron Burr. n grandson Of Jonathan Edwards,
had in later days n way OF staying out after q.
In regard to Thomas Paine our author speaks
with nice discrimination. Ho is pronounced
wonderfully clever; with raro art in making
old truths b%ristle; who poured out epigrams in
showers and had a special gift Of arguing"
1t is conceded that no did good work
for American independence when his ~tractato
Common Sense" and his quiet, keen reason
ings counted like an army, and that even his
much maledicted Ago Of Reason contains
memorable passarcs. Nevertheless, 1t Is sug-
gestcd that it would have been well for Paino
IL he had perished in the Reign of Terror, when
he only escaped tho Ruillotino by a long chalk
mark on the door OF his cell. when says
Mr.. Mitchell, I'VE consider tho dignity, the
elevation and the reasonablencss Of 30 much
that he says in his arguments for the separation
OF the colonies from England, and the many pas
sages even in tho Age of Reason, one hardly
knows how to account for the ribaldry which be-
longs to so many OF his later writings; ribald
about old friends and bcnefactors; ribald about
religion, ribald about the public which had hon.
orod him. Jealous, morbid. crazcd by his vani-
ties; his clever mind, at intervals, blazing
through tho clouds and foulncsses which his
own dissipations and selfish arrogance had
created; dying, at last. after long stages of
drunkenness, and, as many report, with q nose
an bloated as Bardolph's."