Graham guardian., 1901-09-13
TEN NOTABLE PERSONS MISSING
Captain Rockefeller's Disappearance in
Manila the Most Remarkable OF All.

Within two years ten notable
persons have disappeared com
pletely from human knowledge.
Three of them the governments of
the United States, Russia and Italy
are trying in vain to find.
Following is the list:
Captain Charles N. Rockefeller,
U. S. A., disappeared at Manila,
April 28, 1899.
Sven Hadin went into Thibet
and has not been heard from since
April last.
Prof. f. G. Garner, who sailed
from New York to study gorilla
language in Africa, has not COM
municated with the outside world
since November, 1900.
Lieutenant Peary, the Artic ex-
plorer, has not been heard from
since March, 1900.
lieutenant Franco Quirini Of the
Italian army disappeared in polar
regions March 23, 1900.
Mrs. Peary and her daughter,
Marie A. Peary, started north from
Greenland August 10, 1900. They
have not been heard from since.
Otto Sverdrup, Nansen's old
captain has been lost a year and a
half in polar regions.
Robert Stein, Prof. Wambath
and DR., Leopold Kahn, of the
Kahn-Stein expedition to the
North pole, have not been heard
from since the spring Of 1900.
The disappearance Of Captain
Rockefeller has been the most re-
markable Of them all. He was
member Of the Ninth infantry, U.
S. A., stationed at Manila. He
walked out past the sentry lines
one evening in April when appar-
entity no enemy was near. No
cutlery was raised. No shots were
heard. He did not appear again
and search was begun.
Spies have been sent through
the insurgent lines for hundreds of
miles and found no trace Of him.
The Filipinos declare that he was
never captured.
Two strange stories concerning
his disappearance have spread in
some way through the American
camp. 1t is said he was attacked
by party Of natives in ambush.
As they came upon him he drew
his revolver and began firing. He
shot their leader. As the youth
fell he recognized his own son.
Young Rockefeller had enlisted
with Aguinaldo at Hong Kong to
fight the Spanish before hostilities
with this country began. After
ward he would not leave the SER
vice Of the Filipinos.
The story goes that when he saw
that he had killed his son, Captain
Rockefeller turned his weapon up
on himself. After struggle
he was disarmed and carried by
the natives to the mountains, where
he became insane.
A Filipino officer who had sur
rendered to the Americans brought
in the report that Captain Rookie
feller had finally been shot and
buried in an insurgent village. A
detail sent out from headquarters
failed to locate the grave.
Sven Hadin, the Asiatic eXplor-
er and writer, set out from Chargi-
lik last spring to enter Thibet. He
intended visiting the sacred city of
LHassa, which no white man has
ever entered. He crossed the des-
ert of Cobb and from the entrance
to the mountain passes beyond
sent back packet Of letters. No
word has been received from him
since.
| He had still before him a precIp-
itous path of 1900 miles as the
crow flies. Owing to possible de-
tours it might have stretched out
to three times that length. The
| Russian government has exhausted
all means at its command to find
| Sven Hadin.
| Prof. Garner, the student Of the
language Of African apes, left New
/, York for Africa July %, 1900. He
had the scientific and financial
, backing Of men like Prof. Putnam
) of Harvard, Prof. Fusher, S. d
Merrill of the Mechanics National
bank, and Edward Everett Hale.
In November last Prof. Garner
applied to these friends for money
as various exigencies ofhis journey
had exhausted his capital. Gable
messages were sent at once. Nc
| reply was received.
For days the messages were re
peated in every quarter where
trace of him might be had. Up tt
f this time Prof. Garner has not beer
located.
l His journey led him into tb'
| innermost jungles, among savage
1 and in the midst of the most ter
! rible species of man-like gorillas