The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-15
FROM EASTERN COUNTRIES.
YAMACUCHI MARU Brings TIDIsGs
FRoM THE ORIENT.
One Of Her Passengers, Rev. J. r.
Kerr. whose Uncle Lives In $40
hOmish, Has Almost Cfrcsnnavt-
gated the Glsbe NJ Cost 81 500.

A large crowd assembled at Arlington
dock to see the big SiSpon Yusesi kaisna
steamer yanasacAl Maru come In last
evening from Yokohama ss,s had on
board fourteen European passengers. one
American and th!rsy-five japanese. Among
the Europeans vsrs thirteen sailors from
sne crew Of British vessel lying at anchor
at Yokohama when the Yamagachi sailed
The men were discharged from their ship
because OF trouble with the officers. and
decided TO come TO the states
The lone American passenger on board
was Rev. j. T. Kerr. of Forest, Ontario.
Mr.. Kerr f. a nephew OF Ar. Alexander
Proctor. OF snohonish. lis arrival In Sc
attic !s one stage in a Rio1e-trotiiTsg jour
ney he is soon 10 complete.
x160 'Roaad the World.
afr. Kerr left New York city on January
II. 1885, with only a little money and
determination TO giri!e the globe. Grit he
had. too, of course. By travelling Storage
or many occasions. working his way part
Of the time and various other schemes"
70 save money which he did not have to
spend, the reverend gentleman told Post
fnfelligencer reporter seated on the cool
decks Of the Yamaguchi last night. that
his trip all told has thus far cost him just
shout 1i0c. When he told OF the route he
had travelled. the places he had visited and
the natives Of the countries through which
he had passed. this statement seemed al
most incredible. But Dir. Kerr says 1t il
q fact.
In Many Lands.
Leaving New York on January Il last,
he sailed to Gibraltar. thence 10 Mar
seilles. to Genoa. to Naples and to Rome,
the City Of Seven Hills. Tarrying
there for q few days he then Jour
neyed On TO Paisrmo-the Palermo of
Robert Of Sicily and then to Msssina.
catauia and Crete. where he saw lying at
anchor In the bay seventeen European
men-of-war. Athens was the next stopping
place, and after that Alexandria, Cairo.
Ishmaei. Port Said, Palestine. Here he
spent one month. visiting, on foot, Jerusa-
lem. Bethlehem. Lake Gaiiee and ali the
old places OF Biblical fame. Ills Journey
afoot was 80 miles long from place 10
pince. OF Jerusalem Mr. Kerr makes the
interesting statement that while sixteen
years ago there were living within the city
gates only 1900 Jews they have now IN
creased TO 10000. In 1871 the first Jewish
colony was planted in the Holy city: now
there are twenty-one, all In a nourishing
condition. This viii be good news 10 the
many who are firmly convinced that finally
the children Of Juda Will enter In and re-
possess the city.
From Palestine Mr.. Kerr iourneyed back
20 Port Said. through the suez canal to
Singapore. where several days were spent.
then 10 Hongkong, next 10 Kobe, Japan,
and finally 10 Yokohama. where he took
passage on the Yamaguchi Masu for Sc
httle. having been gone on his journey Jus,
trlfie more than six months
After spending few weeks with his
uncle. Mr.. Proctor. in Saohomlsh, Mr. Kerr
viii start East on a lecture tour. His
lectures will be illustrated by stereopticon
views made from photographs taken on his
TIP.