The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-26
WERE IN CAPE NOME
Three Persons Have a Joyful
Meeting Here Yesterday.
MANY lNTERESTINGTHlNGS
Were Related of Days Spent
in Gold Country
lANY INTERESTINGTHINGS

Yesterday was pleasant time for three
persons who were in Cape Nome last
summer. These three people met acct
dentally in Wichita and last night they
held a regular old-fashioned reunion The
persons are Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Drew and
man who is known over southern kan
sas as Ben Hitchcock of sumner county.
The meeting was at the entrance to the
pet stock show on North Main street, ard
at first Mr. Hitchcock did not recognize
who Mr.. and Mrs Drew were. Mrs. Drew
finally said to him: "Well, you are back
from Cape Nome" and then Mr.. Hitch
cock was aware of the fact that they
were in Cape Nome together.
Last night many of the incidents Of
their trip was told by the three people
and Wichita citizen, could he have lis
tened to the conversation, would nave
gotten some idea of the life in Cape
Nome. The three persons went TO Cape
Nome about the same time last year snd
went through the season there. Mr.. Hitch
cock returned a short time before the
Drews left and all sorts of questions were
asked about those who were in Nome af-
ter the ship sailed for a warmer climate
Now the parties who were in Nome last
year are contemplating going back this
spring. Mr.. and Mrs. Drew stated asst
night that they expected to return, hut
Mr.. Hitchcock would not commit himself
He said that he did not care to say, but
stated that while in Wellington a few
days ago a man there had offered to bet
=;
Hitchcock said, well, I will bet you 500
that 1 viii return" and even since that
time he says that he has not fully made
up his mind.
Mrs. Drew says that she liked the life
in Cape>Nome. She said that she had a
good time and saw much of the country
and really wanted more Of the expert
ence. She is a woman who could stand
that kind of life and would make friends
any place. She says that she is anxious
for the time to come and wonders wheth-
er or not she will meet her old friends
at Nome this spring.
Both Mr.. and Mrs Drew and Mr.
Hitchcock were very successful in Nome
and they have desire to repeat the per-
Torrance this year. There seems to be
an attraction about the place that is hard
TO get away from and for this reason it
is natural that they would want to go
back.
Mrs. Drew was asked If there were
many women in the mining camps and
she stated that there were quite a num-
Der more than a person would suppose.
Mr.. Hitchcock spoke up and stated that
in Of his experience in Cape Nome, or in
fact any Of the mining camps, he saw
many women. zone time l was away off
from where I supposed I would see a
woman and one day, discovering what ap-
peared to be a camp some distance from
me, 1 used my glass and the first thing
that I saw was a woman. It rather sur
prised me, but after that I was not sur
prised to see women any place"
Many amusing things were told of some
Of the persons who We're at the camps.
Mr. Hitchcock in the conversation last
night said: I'VE all kept a diary. 1t was
amusing to see some of them One man
had one and on the first day of his trip
all he wrote was Sick. The second day
he found time to write 'Sicker' The
third day he wrote dead. The next day
he wrote Still dead and then he began
to keep a record Of what was going on"
Mr. Drew told Of his experience and said
that on one of his first days he has a
record of eating three breakfasts the
same day and disposing of them immedi-
ately over the rail into the ocean.
One of the things which came up in the
conversation was the story of a funeral
at sea on the return trip. The descrip-
ton was very vivid and to a (person who
has never witnessed such a thing, the
scene could be pictured. The person who
died was a returning miner and his asso-
oiates gave him a splendid burial ct sea.
To a westerner the idea of a burial at
sea is very vague. but If it could be de-
scribed by one of the returned Cape
Nome people an impression which Will
last could be gotten.
Mr.. and Mrs. Drew have many pictures
and relics Of their trip to the gold coun-
try. These were all gotten out last night
for the benefit of Mr.. Hitchcock. and he
in turn produced the things he brought
back that he had with him in the city
Mr.. Hitchcock stated that he had secur-
ed a promise from his former companions
that they would visit his farm in Sumner
county some time In the next few weeks
This means that another talk viii take
place over the occurrences of the days
spent in Cape Nome.