The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-19
Sad Story of Big Hearted Fritz
Mite. Who Went From Ham
burg In klondikc.
WIFE DIED AT DAWSON CITY.
Left Him With Il Little Baby and
NJ More Desire for Gold
Robbed of What He Had
Oh His Way Home.

REpU BIG SPECIAL
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which he - carefully balanced On his shout
der. thr. gigantic stature and kind face 81
Fritz Mite would have attracted atteati0n-
But when he walked up the sangpiank al
th,. mammoth Hamburg Liner Deutsch-
land to-day carrying Il C;otles basket. ne
WIS an object of interest 10 every one 'h
deck
A tiny wall me- from the basket a. Fr'tz
reached tin. deck and it Needed no words 10
tell that il Was the cradle Of an infant
Not every day due- i man walk aboard an
outgoing liner carrying a babe in a clothes
basket The passengers scented an inter
..stins story. and they followed Fritz Nhzs
20 the cabin with kindly offers of aid. tr'tz
Nitz, WAS very approachabl-- He was
uroud of th, babe but SORROW iurkei in his
dark eyes as he looked on the chubby form
swatLrd in soft linen.
Physically Mite is 10 ordinary man He
is more than six feet tall His shoulders
are those Of Hercules. His arms are ma :
sive his hands large and corded lie cou'i
have crushed the little one by closing one
Of those great hands But hs had the s'"-
tieuesa If 4 woman. and no woman coH'i
HssL
carried that baby I'm his arms during a jour
ney from Dawson city. in the hioha'hT.
He would nurse 1t on the voyage Of 800
miles to Hamburg. He tod his story Win
the simplicity of a child. Tears came 10
the EYES Of the listeners
Fritz Mite was born German peasant,
hut two wears ago he heard OF the great
fortunes made I'm the klcuiike- lie d--
teruined To try for god himself he Jour
neyed TO Dawson city and there his VIE
a bIu.--ye6 girl. Joined him twelve months
ago.
TN. German was lucky. He staked ont
s.v.r,i having claims. They were 10; III
Doraa.s. but we're giving fair returns
Wealth was coming his way at easy gan.
seven weeks ago Baby Freda came. Fritz
Nitze's cup Of happiness seemed full wh. u
he held the Tiny form of bis hrstporn III
his arms Eut his Joy was turned to sor-
row Two DAYS later. when his wife di'r.
Riches seemed worthless 10 him then' Ne
said.
Tn. little babe was eft 10 him. and after
IN. funeral Fritz Mite decided ne must
take her home to his parents IN Germany .
He secured a fun outfit of baby clothes ana
:, basket I'm which TO carry the httlt one
He ,Iouned his strongest suit of cordur1y.
and 7nuirued with sundry bottles o, milk
and baby food he started with the chin
on the long overland jorney from DawsoH'
Alaska, To New York.
He spent twenty-ihrse almost sie-pless
DAYS and nights on the journey here. once,
when he dozsd for brief space OF time on
the train from San Francisco. he was re-
lieved Of g 900 in god and some nuggets ne
had intended showing his relatives
He reached here yesterday and astcniShed
the guests az the Stevens House Wheh ne
marched in with his baby In the Clothes
basket A kind-hearted maids rpant card
for the little one while Fritz Mite took his
first uninterrupted sleep since leaving Daw =
son. The babe Will he reared by lis grdn1-
I,a-eute near Bremen