The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-05

the Opening Eyes of the Dazxleo spec
tators, With Every Beauty of Architec-
ture and SpIendor of Spire, and Then as
tion is Really Like-Its Recent Ap.
pearance.
Seattle. Wash, Sept. ALA ska's ST.
lent city mas emerged once more from
Its mysterious hiding place and revealed
Its presence to six members of the party
which accomp anied Prince Luigi up
Mount ST. Elias. In the early morning
Of July Is the little party, while return
ing from the ocean with supplies. sud
denly saw the city mirrored in the clear
atmosphere. The vision was so clear
that c. W. Thornton, well known TO
Seattle business men and leading Y
NJ c. A. athlete. who first noticed II,
wrote in his notebook:
TT required no effort Of the magma
ton toliken it 10 a city. 1t was 50 dis
tincc and plain that il required, instead,
strong faith 10 believe that it was not
In reality city
While the silent city Of which Miner
Bruce wrote was seen from Muri glacier,
that seen by Mr.. Thornton and his COM
rades was noted from Malaspina, gla-
cier over 100 miles distant. 1t remained
a perfect image for thirty minutes and
then slowly faded away, while in its
place appeared a rocky ridge.
ACCOUNT BY MR.. THORNTON.
Following is the story told in the
words of Mr.. Thornton:
six of US separated from the main
party July s to go back to the beach
for provisions We were about forty
miles from the ocean and allowed three
days for the trip to the stores. Our
party was composed Of Benno Alexan-
der. a poet; Elm Osborg, William Itch
man Of Providence hospital, Seattle;
Francis Fiorini, an interpreter; William
Steele, sailor. and myself. After Ieav-
ing the main party near Russell Camp
NE made the trip to the beach, stopping
a. Camp Independence on the way down.
On on way back, while crossing the
Maiaspina glacier, about ten miles from
Camp Ingraham, which is in Ingraham
Pass, we saw a strange sight
1T was 3:45 O'Clock in the morning
end We were resting from a hard climb
since about 10 o'clock the night before.
We had chosen this time 10 make the
climb because il gave US hard snow. In
the daytime the hot sun would melt the
snow as If you poured boiling water on
it. The atmosphere was perfectly clear
There was not "a cloud in sight and not
q air II
sibie 10 calculate distances
WONDERFUL PANORAMA SEEN.
ut was some time before sunrise, and
I was looking around at the mountains
In the grandeur Of the sky, with its linn
ltless sea Of light blue Mount ST. Elias.
Mount Newcomo, Mount Augusta ana
Mount Cook, all over 10000 feet high.
the heads capped with snow, stood out
clear and well defined in their great
height like mighty sentinels TO bar the |
path OF the most courageous adventur- !
er. The Steward, the Marvin or the |
Newton, the Pynacale and many others
that have not been named, lay before |
our eyes. It was a panorama so great. |
so grand, so wonderful in its marvellous
group of grand coloring. that the Ian
guages of all ages. of all people. could |
not furnish figures of speech equal to an |
adequate description.
When we looked to the north we |
were thunderstruck to behold magnifi- |
cent city, apparently resting on a ridge. |
which is an extension from the massive |
west side of Mount St. Elias. II was IN |
truth a silent city Every detail Of |
street and buildings was plainly visible. |
but not a sign of life was to be seen.
l called the attention of my friends |
to the sight and found that they saw
everything exactly as saw il. If X was
inauguration on my part. then there
were five imaginations that fell in the
same channel as 1. This. however, is
hardly possible.
DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY.
AT the right hand side as they faced
as were what looked like two Chinese
temples. Next to them. and occupying
the center Of the picture. was a large
building with massive columns and a
huge dome. Everything about the build
ing was massive. Il lowered above all
otner structures in the city. making
them appear dwarfed. Across the en-
IRE front. at equal distances one from
another. were those great columns. ex-
tending from the ground to the roof. II
was impossible to distinguish either
doors or windows The dome appeared
above the roof. which had a gradual
slant The dome was first rounded out
ana then came 70 point ar its upper
extremity.
At the left OF the temple. or what
ever IL was, was group OF buildings
having the appearance Of business
blocks. They were square, having rows
d windows denoting about four stories.
They had fiat roofs. Each Of these
buildings was set flush with the street.
ana they made harmonious picture
Iitl snort, even spaces between them.
Next came what appeared 10 be
church. with tall. slender spire. and at
the extreme left think there were three
that looked like factories. On
y portion OF these buildings was vis;-
De- and ii appeared as if the city ex-
tended in that direction much farther
han We could see.
LASTS THIRTY-FIvE MINUTES.
This completed the picture that was 1
placed before our eyes. Il lasted from, (
80 O'Clock in the morning until i:so. Il
'egan 10 disappear az AIS and faded {
away gradually, requiring only i've
minutes 10 disappear entirely. From the :
lme We first noticed il until il COM
nenced 70 fade il was perfectly steady
md the image perfect, as previously de- {
cribei.
Il have previously stated that the s.
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should state that this portion Of the :