The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-26
In THE WHIRLPOOL,
MAN GOES SAFELY THROUGH
RAPIDS NIAGARA.
ayaeko Glenister Swan the Wbirl
pool Rapids the Hitherto un-
accom- plished Fea,-Onee
Prevented by Police
Other News.

10NeH1cO-U1 OIiCS"
@ Other News.
Niagara Falls, N. Y, Aug. 90
"Jaekr Gi-nister SWAN the Whiri
pool rapids this morning, according
!. TO hes Own statement and that o
his friends, wh } say tnev witnessed
the hitherto unaccomplished feat
Without the aid of life-preserv
er CT cork vest. it is asserted thai
Glenister, who was prevented from
making the attempted swim on Sun
dag by the police, eluded the off
eixis shortly after dawn this morn.
iag, and with strong, powerful
strokes breasted the current down
which the unfortunate Webb went
C06eath-
ff Gienister has accomplished
this feat he is entitled to honors
which it has been believed could
not p s,ibiy fall to man. Tue Wis
Itor to the falls knows with what
velocity the waters of the Niagara
river wh'rl ab ,ut at the apex of the
famous Whirlpool. The ordinary
maa tails to comprehend how a hu-
sdaa being could fail to enter the
framing, seetbing, swirling current
aod live Like a maelstrom it
clutches aud drags down anything
that Is cast upon it's surface.
GLenIster says he made bis way
this morning and emerged more
desd than alive, to be picked up by
friends and carried to the AogIer's
Retreat, at Lewiston where ne was
revived. At no N hs, appeared at
the falls, apparently in dazed con-
ditiou, while his friends, who assert
that they witnessed the perform
anee, leodly sung his praise and
embiazoned his fame to the world.
Gienister announced on Sunday,
when the police evented his at
tempt to swim the rapids, that he
would accomplish the feat within
sixty days He reached Lewiston last
ndghr. with his mind fully made up
TO sttempt the feat, whether the is
sue was death or life with fame al nd
fortune. Only the few frif nds who
aeeo npanied him were admitted to
the secret.
IL was 3 o'cle ck this mo. n ng
whea Glenister ard his frienus
walked up the gorge road from Lew
iston to the old Maid of the Met |
'laRdiug, where final preparation |
were made for the attempt Glen
lister wore swimming tights. He
wae in ssaperb condition, and his
friends say there was not the slight
sat nervousness about him as he
" d
ss tFs darkness gave way to
dawa GirDi-t-r pressed the hand of
each Of his friends cheerfulIy and,
with a parting goodbye. plunged
head FIRST in o tae onrus5lng wa
ters.
Not sven the man who cl inns
ahat he made the trip can tell &C.
carately what happened after that.
His friends cav him disappear iuto
the foam covered rapids. They
watched for him to reappear, but
tfEe water roared on and they gave
him up as 10 t.
Fate in,erposed and saved the
daring mans life. He passed
through the famous whirlpool. ac-
cordiag to his story, but instead of
being carried around and around
and finally, instead of making that
awful descent, into the maelstrom On
from which nothing that is human
can arise, he was washed through
the outlet and then, with strong, 4
vigorous strokes, he swan on down
the river TO the DEVILS Hole.
His friends dashed to the water 8
brink and dragged the form from
the current G'enister was uncon-
scious, but it was found that life
was not altogether extinct and with
all speed he was carried back to
Lewiston, where the work of reviv-t 7
ing him was begun.
There are many persons here to-
night who doubt that Glenister re-
ally made the trip through the aw-
full waters, but the man who claims
the distinction remains firm in his
assertions.
IT made the trip" hesaid tonight,
fsand it does not seem fair for peo-
pie who were not present and have
no information on the subject to at
tempt to rob me of the credit. III
k,aJ 70 xuorL borJ opo,1nh For -
Here are men who eaw me make it.
Their word ought to count lor a lit
tie more than those who were no.
where around when made the
plunge"
Kalamazoo, Mich, Aug. 21.-F.
B. Macarthur, stakeholder from
Saco, Mont, was stabbed in the