The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-29

cured from the traders at Fort Peek,
twelve miles distant, who had come to
see the steamboat. Clark, with two or
three others, who were anxious to get TO
Fort Benton, started with very little
preparation. Before the Indians had
got over their CONSERVATION, Clark,
whom none Of them knew personally,
mad got beyond the reach of their fleet-
est horses, and, through the influence OF
Father De Smet, they probably never
pursued him.
Among the passengers on the Nellie
Rogers on that day was TON Doris,
young man from st. Louis, bound Tor
the gold mines at Helena. He was one
or Ciark's companions in the Gilpln
race. The riders traversed the distance
or two hundred miles in three days.
The cause for the murder of young Nc
kenzie was never definitely ascer-
tanned. 1t was believed that an old
| grudge existed that was to be settled in
that way whenever the parties met
Nothing was ever heard Of Clark after
ward beyond a letter written by gen.
tleman living at Findlay, O., In 1889
The story here told was published IN a
Cincinnati paper at that time, and the
announcement was made of Captain Il.
| w. Goulds forthcoming book. This
| gentleman, who requested that his
/ name be not used, wrote that he met
Malcolm Clark at Fort Benton in 1862.
Clark, he said, was man to be feared.
but gentleman when not angry. He
was married to beautiful half-breed
girl, with whom he seemed to live quite
pleasantly She had a brother named
Isadore, who made his home with
Clark and hunted and traded with him.
In 1865 Clark moved to Prickly Pear
Creek and located a ranch there. For
some reason Clark became cruel and
oVerbearng to his wife. After endur-
ing 1t for while she appealed to her
brother for protection. He and Clark
! had an alteration, in which Isadore
! shot and killed him.
On the Sd of January, 1914, the whole
| city OF st. Louis was thrown into con-
! sternation and feverish excitement by
the report that the steamboat Shep-
| herdess had been wrecked in Cahokia
] bend, only three miles from the center
| OF the city. Many lives were reported
to have been lost. Several boats were
Immediately despatched to the scene of
| the disaster, and the worst rumors
were soon verified.
The Shepherdess, while ascending the
Mississippi river on her way from Gin
| cinnati to st. Louis, struck a snag at
eleven o'clock at night just above the
| mouth of Cahokia Creek. The night
was dark and stormy. The conclusion
was severe, and several planks were
| torn from the bottom of the boat.
There were between sixty and seventy
passengers on board. Most of them
had retired, but four or five gentlemen
in the cabin were sitting around the
stove, for it was cold, winter weather.
In less than two minutes after the
boat struck the water rose to the lower
deck, where most of the passengers in
that part of the boat were asleep. The
captain ran to the cabin occupied by
the women and assured them that there
was no danger. Then he returned to
the forecastle and Is supposed to have
been washed overheard, as nothing was
seen or heard of him afterward. One of
the pilots attempted to descend into the
hold for the purpose of examining the
leak, but the rush of water quickly
drove him back.
Shrieks of distress arose from the
deck below, and several women who
ran to the stern railing reported that
they saw a number of persons strug-
Cling in the river The water rushed in
with tremendous rapidity, and before
three minutes had elapsed 1t had risen
to the floor of the upper cabin. Some
persons on the upper deck saved them
selves by getting into yawl, which
was cut loose and rowed to the shore
with broom.
The rapid rise of the water caused all
those who could to seek safety on the
hurricane deck. This position was not
attained without great difficulty, for
the bow had sunk so deep in the water
that the only access was by way of the
stern. Meanwhile the boat was drift
ing down the stream, and few hun
dred yards below she struck another
snag, which rose above the surface.
This threw the steamer nearly on her
beam ends on the larboard side.
Drifting from the snag, she again
lurched to starboard. With every
lurch several persons were washed off.
Some of them reached the shore, but
many were drowned. A short distance
below, Just above the first shot tower,
the hull struck bluff bank, which
again careened the boat nearly on her
SluG. lie nun oHo SdDlI pal leu. lie
former sunk and lodged on bar above
Carondelet, while the cabin foated
down to the point of the bar below that
place, where it lodged and became sta
tionary. AS the cabin passed the
steamer Henry Bry lying at the shot
tower, it's captain heard the frantic
cries of the passengers. He went to
their rescue in his yawl, but only a
few at time could be taken off.
Among the passengers was Colonel
Woods famous "Ohio Fat Girl" who
weighed four hundred and forty
pounds. She was saved by the COM
bined efforts of Captain Robert Bullock
of Maysville, KY, and several other
men. The Mayor of st. Louis, who
personally assisted in relieving the suf-
ferers, caused all who were saved to be
taken to the Virginia Hotel 1t was es-
timated that sixty persons persisted in
the disaster.-St. Louis Republic.
BLOOMER GIRLS RUN A HARVES-
TER.
Four young women clad in boomers
walked into the fields of Lassen county
last week and asked permission tc
work the harvester. They were Ora
Dowell, Gertie Sawyer, Lille Dowell
and Nellie Packwood. 1t was granted