The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-02-12
TRIP TO
MANILA
DR.. Simpson Tells Of
His Trip.
Says People of Manila Feel
That Trouble Will Soon be
Over, and all are glad.

UYt[, dllQ oil die Sldu.
left here on the 10 p. m. |. G. train
going to ST. Paul on September "A, 1900.
The trip as far as Seattle was rather
uninteresting. couldn't help COM
pairing the level praries of Minnesota
and North Dakota with the hills of
Crawford county, The mountain scene
ry along the line of the Northern Pa
cific was magnificent, especially to
me. the mountains being higher than
any had ever seen before. [ arrived
in Seattle Thursday evening and next
day reported to the army quartermast-
er and was told there was nothing to
do until we would leave which would be
about October 3.
On October 3 we loaded the ship
ssOopack' an English vessel under a
charter of 5000 per day, we had 400
mules ana 1854 horses. Most of the
mules were raised on the ranches of
Washington and Oregon and were far
from being gentle. One in particular
was nicknamed "The White Demon"
on account of his disposition which
was far from good. The horses were
also ranch horses called "Cayuse" in
that country.
We left the dock in the evening at
about O'Clock and pulled out in the
sound and anchored for an hour or two.
Finally getting under way about dark,
but only got about six miles from Seat
tile when one of the cylinder heads
broke. We drifted around nearly all
night and in the morning we were tow
ed back to the wharf and ounloaded,
taking the stock all out to the corral
again. hadn't told anyone, at that
time aboat the ship wreck on the other
trip, if had they might have consider
ed me the Jonah. If'the accident had
have happened at sea we could have
continued albright but only at about
half speed 81 y
1t took Is days to repair the break
age and load up again, so that we got
started again October 10, After get
ting outside of the sound we got into
bad weather which never let up until
we were in sight Of Japan. a
The Oopack's time from Seattle to
Japan was 16 days, we were % days
not counting days we were coaling at
Dutch Harbor, Alaska. When 12 days
out we were near Dutch Harbor and
put in there for coal. During the II
days we covered about 1900 miles, one
day we covered but 81 miles. If the
weather had been good it would have
been nearly $500.
While at Dutch Harbor which is a
place where nearly all the ships going
to Cape Nome and other Alaska points
coal, found on the register at the
hotel the name of former school mate.
There are two towns at Dutch Harbor
Undakta and Unalaska, both are small
places but do considerable amount of
business. The mountains we're cover
ed with snow and on the very top of
the highest is the grave yard. The
ground is covered with heavy growth
of short grass and in the summer time
the wild flowers must make pretty
sight. The government has placed
few reindeer on the island but | did
not see any of them. There is not
much stock in that part of the country.
After leaving Dutch Harbor the
\, l,nJ IL, s,L
times rolling until the horses in the
stalls were thrown out into the pass
ageways, some of them even being
turned clear over on their backs, but
luckily none we're hurt in that way
When we crossed the lSOth degree we
jumped a day, losing Monday, No
vember 5 and had an election, McKin-
ley getting 35 votes and Bryan 26.
The morning we came in sight of
Japan before it was light enough to
to see the shore. The dogs on board
were on the bow, they smelling the
the land before we could see it. We
sighted Japan pretty we'll north and
steamed along the coast for two days
passing within plain view of Fugijama
the Holy mountain, we also passed a
small active volcano. Arriving in
!, Kobo, Japan Friday evening expecting
to unload Saturday and rest the stock
a week, but Saturday morning ty-
phoon was raging so that it was i'm
possible to get ashore, government
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