The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-13

negro who was about to cut down "A
brother MILDLY The SLAYER mad no chance
against the discipline and courage OF the
British tars, and those who were not
killed were soon IN irons. When
KepPefs skip reached port they were
hanged,
Soon after this adventure the boy had
an experienced which ranked in his mind
hardly second 70 that of sitting in Mel
a South american port, the flagship
of the Brazilian navy sailed n with
the famous Lore CoehraDe on boaro.
He was high admiral of Brazil at that
time. and was unduestiOnablY tho most
famous sailor then living. He boarded
keppelS shin to pay his respects to the
MILDLY named Keppei on board he i'm
mediately asked 90 see him, for he had
IN me days when he was the most Dash
ing frigate captain England possessed
So Keppel had the distinction of shaking
the great mans hand he mas frequently
declared since that not one of the many
honOrs showered upon him when he be-
came an admiral himself ever gave nm
half as much pleasure.
After the Cr1mean war keppel COM
manded several ships, until at-last he
was made admiral. While suil a cap
tain, he became great favorite with
the late queen Victoria Dy telling her me
truth blGntly on one OCCASION. One OF
the heutenants on his ship was Prince
Victor Of Hohenlohe, a near relative OF
Portsmouth Prince Victor invited his
skipper to pay him a visit at my rooms
at Osborne castle. He did so, and
while he was skylarking With his host
the prince cOnsort suddenly came upon
them. The captain had got the leuten-
ant down on the ground and was roll
ing him about the grass
The queen affected not TO notice the IN
cident. When Keppei picked himself UP,
very much flustered, she said:
Good morning, Captain keppeL How
do you like the new service uniform?
She referred to an undress uniform Whlch
F,.rr into r no
y don't like il at all. madam, KEEP
pei replied. only yesterday man mis-
took me for railway porter"
The QueeL looked a. Ths prIsce censor
and laughed heartily. Afterward Keeper
discovered what he had been previously
ignorant of, namely, that the Uniform
had been designed by the prince con-
sort himself, ana that it was one Of his
tairs one of her aides-de-camp after he
was promoted 10 the rank OF admiral,
and he remained one OF her closest
friends UP TO the time of her death.
His Way With Pirates.
Kcppel always had a short way with
pirates If they escaped the bullet and
the cutlass, they were certain TO be
fell into his power. He cleared the
Malay seas Of pirates. with the help OF
the shipping of the world, which they
had never been before
After he mad flnlS0ou THIS WORK ne WAS
made admiral in command of the emma
squadron. His particular qualification for
the post was his ability to deal with
pirates He cleared the China seas Of
them as he had cleared the Malay Seas.
His faVorite trick was TO disguise his
ships as peaceful merchantmen, 'rait FOR
the pira t. junks TO creep upon them anu
then unmask his guns and sink them.
His name became a terror TO the Chi
nese. This was the time when CHINA was
being opened ND to the world trade, ana
foreign devils were even more deteSteG
than they are today OutrageS upon
EngIishmen living in China were fire.
auent. and Keppel always punished the
guilty parties with a heavy hand he
thought nothing OF sending force inland
Englishman hao been murdered, and ne
did not always wait 10 get permission
from the authorities at home or the Brit
During this period of his career heppei
was Identified with the movements that
led to the growth of the new Japan. lie
was intrusted with the protection of Tor
eigners' lives during the stormy times
81 the Satslima rebellion. The samurai
I or two-sworded men, had a bitter an.
tiDathy to foreigners at that time, AND
often murdered them II was once kep-
/ peI's painful duty TO insist on the punish
ment of a Samurai who had killed ar
/ English sailor in a brawl. The identity OF
| the murderer could NOT be discovered II
was only known that he was one OF tht
retainers of a certain daimio. or feuda
! lord. Keppel feared that II would be I'M
possible TO get justice done under thes'
| circumstances.
You need not be afraid said the Jap
| anese official of whom he asked redress
| The guilty man shall die
i But how can you execute MIN NneI
4 YOU don't know who he is?" asked KEEP
pei.
THAT is no obstacle. The daimio viii
! call upon the guilty samurai TO confess
I and the man will then commit hari-kari.
| But surely the guilty man will no
/ speak, exclaimed Keppel.
"Of course he will 1t is a point o
4 honor.
4 Sure enough he did. anG it was subse
! quently keppels painful duty to sttens
the execution and see that the man reall,
| disemboweled himself.
Admiral Keppel left the navy i'm th'
| 7Os. Since then he has distinguished him
self as a great hunter Of big game an<
i@as the founder Of the dependence o
British North Borneo- What Cecil Rhode
| was to South Africa, Keppel has bee
20 that country
His eldest son now commands a B1-itisl
batfIaShip He * s.arr-xiYs~ az, 4h. fsa ~