The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-06

mast seriously III after the bassieshsr
reached Key West. and K was deemed ad-
vssahle 20 send them - more favorable
Climate No men are broader Of the grand
work OF their ship than they. One OF the
remarkable cases brought BY the arnhss-
lance ship . William Taylor. a Washington
boy. and a drss class apprentice on the
cruiser New York Tayso-'s recovery il
The most marvellous cs any OF those re-
marked upon by the naval surgeons One
day. soon after the hosnuarduent 81 Ma
tanoas, through which the men on he
New York passed without the slightest
injury. revolver dropped from the b<ss
OF Hoatswain Mullen and exploded. The
bullet passed through Tayior's righx arm
AZ the elbow. entered the abdomen, passed
up through the liver. grazed the lung and
came out through the left shoulder An
operation for laparotomy was performed
and. Taylor recovered. although naturally
he Is stiu suffering from, the effects OF his
multiple wound and the operation.
Following Is complete iiss OF the pa
dents upon the Soiace: William Watson
ofler. Manning: James B. Scott. seaman
81 Pau: George Merkle, private marine,
iowa John Engle. ordinary seaman. Iowa:
kara r Normann. seaman Wilmington.
robert Volts. seaman. Nashville: j. T.
hendig. apprentice. Castine: f. = Bur-
ketc. coal passer. Suawannee NJ. Cook. Goa,
passer. Machias: George W. Barber, sea-
man. Puritan. Carl Askenburg. seaman.
Snss0nanin: A w. SSnons. quartermasser
Third c. Dolphin: ]. y. Stalney. gunuer's
mate. Hornet: Henry Henderickson. sea-
man. Marblehead; J. yarley, first-class
nreman. Mangrove; William TAYLOR an
prentice. New York: Michael ]. Henry.
private marine. marine battalion. NJ. ".
Asonen. gunner's mate. first class. In
Ilaha: A.. Hesford. coal passer. Terror:
D. q. O'Conneil. private marine. marine
battalion. Sydney Tramrnei private ma
rlne. marine battalion; Thomas Nelson.
private marine, marine battalion: Albert
LAnk. snachinist. Annapolis: James Me-
Leod, master az arms, Newport: Frank
Davis, coxswain, Castine; Charles III. Kel-
y. machinist, second class, Nezonott; r.
OLeary. coal passer. Marb!ehead: Thomas
Docos. seaman. Dolphin. Edward A. Dona-
nue.. private marine, marine battalion:
Charles Schnitt. boatswain's mate. first
class. Dolphin; John Davis. gunner's mate.
third class. Marbiehead: II. W. kuchmei-
ster, private marine, marine battalion:
Charles L. Meiss, gunner's mate, Osceola;
Robert McFetters. private marine, marine
battalion; c. w. Chiies. mess attendant,
Amphitrite: Daniel Betris. quartermas,er.
third class. Puritan, W. L. Powell.
apprentice. second z class. Vixen:
j. Mckernan. second-class fireman, SUI
wannee; A. III. Howard second-class fire.
man, Amph.trite; E. T. Mitchell. first SER
geant, Annapolis; J. w. Eek. first ser
geant, marine battalion; William A. Shaw,
mechanic, second c., Machias; Daniel Don
avon, seaman, Bancroft: Robert L. Grubb
landsman, Winsiaw; Edward +. Brothers,
second-class fireman. Maple; William Giles
naval cadet, Oregon: Louis F. Epson, or
binary seaman, New Orleans: James c.
Webb, ordinary seaman, Montgomery:
Charles e. Werz, quartermaster. second c,
Porter; p. j. Lynch. private. Oregon;
Michael l. Cox, seaman. Wampatuck: E.
7. Wiss. water tender. Iowa: Alonzo Cart
ley. apprentice, second class, Oregon.
OF these fifty-four American seamen,
four are afflicted with consumption. Three
Of them are young men. two mere boys,
apprentices and the fourth is James Nc
Leod. famous as the master-at-arms Of the
Newport, who has worn eight service
straps He Is now nearing his last days.
Several Of the men are suffering from frac-
tured limbs. the results Of accidents aboard
ship.
DR.. Thomas r. Streets, surgeon OF the
Eolace. said today that all his patients had
improved greatly during the four days
trip. When they left Key West. he said.
he was almost certain there would ba some
deaths aboard. as some of the men were
In an extremely serious condition. Those
who are afflicted with lung diseases made
the entire voyage in the swinging ham,
mocks on deck and the others took cocoa
sion TO draw a fresh ocean breeze at all
times. by day and by night.
There was a small crowd at the navy
yard when the Soiace was warped into the
dock today. Several ambulances were on
hand. and the patients one by one were
carried out on the stretchers or led down
the gangway by tender hands and trans
ferred to the marine hospital