Arizona republican., 1907-09-14
A TOUR OF EUROPE
 ON A CURl0 HUNT
The Return Yesterday Of R. L. Bake and His Son From Summers Journey.


 from a tour embracing the north oi Europe and the northeastern part oi Mexico to say nothing of a jaunt through the Indian villages and trad ing posts of northern New Mexico and Arizona. They left here about June and went to Galveston. where they sailed for Bremen on the steamer ChemnitZ. The voyage was a pleas ant one and with q single exciting in- cident.
 Before passing out of the Gulf of Mexico a coal passer came up from the depths after his terrible stint of an hour and sought fresh air outside the rail but under one of the swing ing boats. He fell asleep and rolled off into the sea. No one saw him fall but a steerage passenger saw something bobbing on the waves in the wake of the vessel and soon made out that it was a man and gave the alarm.
 II was quickly communicated and before the passengers realized what had occurred the steamer was stop ped within its own length. a life say ing crew had lowered a boat and was away after the stoker. The whole and precision that the passengers thought it was drill and they did not know that a life had been saved until the boat was raised to the deck and the stoker fell forward in a collapse. He was a raving maniac for a week
 That day at dinner. Mir. Bake. in a speech praised the work of the life saving crew and proposed the rais- ing of purse IL was quickly done: Sl56 was raised. Twenty dollars was deducted from it for the purchase of a present for the commander of the crew. who happened to be the third officer of the vessel and the rest was divided among the five members of the crew and the man who had been saved. On the arrival of the vessel at Bremen a gold cigar case appropri- ately engraved was presented to the officer.
 The Fourth of July was celebrated in the English Channel where the officer of the vessel gave an entertainment and the day was observed in all particu- lars except in the matter of fire works at night. That had to be dispensed with. since a rocket sent up from the boat would have been interpreted by the other vessels in the channel as Q signal of distress.
 A rain storm began in the channel and from that time until MT Bake left Europe no day passed without rain. All records in northern Europe were broken during the season; crops were ruined and no prospect save that Of geat suffering is left for the poorer classes.
 From Bremen Mir. Bake toured the principal cities of Saxony. including Dresden. Leipsig and others The first named is famous for its art galleries: there is the Sistine Madonna and the state treasury glittering with the precious relies of royalty for generations. gold en cradles. golden bathtubs. golden arm7r. everywhere the glitter of gold and the gleam of precious stones. At Dresden. Mir. Bake attended the chap el of the Royal Schloss where the king of Saxonv and his two children were among the worshippers.
 Leipsig is the great musical center of Europe. II is also famous for the manufacture of post cards of which Mr. Bake bought a large stock He next visited Madgeburg. where the great saengerfest was in progress. There were gathered 50.0OO voices from all parts of the world though all of the singers were of German de- scent. He next went to his old home at Bromberg. where there was a fam ilv reunion for a week. and thence to DantZ'c on the North Sea. famous for its amber, of which he secured a large stock
 He next visited Russia. first going to Warsaw. where he arrived the day of the assassination by the terror ists of the police commissioner. his secretary and a police sergeant. The whole country was under martial law and Cossacks thrOnged the street
 The next morning after his arrival while he was writing in his room in the second story of his hotel his lit tle son Otto was trying to take the picture of a Cossack patrol in the street. The boy was observed by the watchful commander and a petty of ficer with guard dashed into the ho- tel. their spurs clattering up the stairs
 They seized the boy and the kodak which they had surmised was a bomb. Though they were reaSsured at the
 
 still the incident was not quite ended for it is forbidden in the troubous times in Russian Poland to snapshot things. The Russians prevent the sending of pictures of incidents of the revolution out of the country and smudge all written descriptions of them. The kodak was returned to the boy with an admOnition.
 The terrors of the revolution and the boldness of the revolutionists are not understood out of that country Trains laden with treasure are held up almost daily. notwithstanding they are under strong military guard. The rev olutionists ley upon citizens of War saw and other cities of Poland for funds in support of their cause Mir Bake related an incident that occurred shortly before his arrival at Warsaw where he has a female relative liv- ing. One morning there was q knock at the door of her house. and when the servant cautiously open ed it man pushed his way past her and inquired for her mistress. When he was brought before her. he took list from his pocket and running over i. f~,- lg- hot