The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-07
HOW SEABURY AND
 MANN LOST LIVES Letters From China Tells of Yale Missionaries
 Death. WERE UNABLE TOSWIM Attempt at Rescue By Com panions Proves
 Futile.
UNABLE TosWIM

BroWnell Gage, Yale '98, who Wlth Edward H. Hume, '97 was in the par ty in the Sushan range. near Kinkiang, China, where Rev. Arthur s. Mann, '99 of the American Episcopal Mission at St Johns college, Shanghai, and War ren B. Seabury, 1900 were drowned the latter part of the summer, sends the following account of the fatality to acqualntances in this city.
 Ruling, China, July 31, 19O7.-Five of us left Ruling last Monday morn ing, July 29th, to make visit to Ere White Deer College which lies at the Ioot or the mountains about ten miles from here. This college dates back to the ninth century, and IS or special interest because of the con nection which it has with the names of some of China's great literati, es- pecially the writer of the standard commentaries on the classics, the sage Gnu Hsi, who did much for the college in the twelfth century. It was there fore of special interest to our party, all of whom were engaged in educa- tional work-Mann at St. Johns Col lege, Changhai; Kemp at Boone Col lege, Wuchang; Seabury, Hume, and Gage at the collegiate school of the Yale Mission in Changsha.
 We started with a beautiful sunrise, but about 6 o'clock we found our selves in the Nan-kang pass surround ed by clouds and mist, and at one time were on the point of turning back. But the clouds rose above us and bright sunlight appeared on the horizon over the Poyang lake, So we went down the mountain The road is in beau tiful scenery all the way, and In spite
 of frequent drenchings from the rain
 and having to ford streams up to our knees, we all enjoyed the walk inn mensely. We talked of books and Mann was most interesting and sug
 gestive with the results of his dis eliminating reading. Seabury spoke of how much he was enjoying book of Newmafl's which he was reading That lead our conversation to theol- ogy and we shall not forget the pro fitable talk we had on the subject and on related topics of Christian history and experience. We were enough un- like in our point of view and habits of thought and theological training to make it worth while to get each oth- er's views. Altogether it was a day one likes to look back to and few days in our lives have had in them so little to regret up to the time of the acci- dent when Seabury fell into the stream. Both men, if they could have spoken, would have said 1t was a good day to be their last on earth.
 The spirits of the party rose with the increasing wetness, and after a lunch under the hospitality of a Chin csc roof, we reached the college in a mood to appreciate the visit. It is in an ideal location for secluded literary study, surrounded by hills and trees
 with fine view of 'the Five Old Peaks in the background. We wan dered from court to court, trying to puzzle out inscriptions. and hunting for some of the famous tablets Mann showed he had made good use of his time in the study of Chinese. The literary Assembly Hall, adorned { only with the characters of the eight s virtues; Memorial Hall, with its images of Confucius, Mencius, and their disciples; the shrine of Gnu Hsi and back of it, the cave of the poet, u P'u, ''the White Deer Gentleman" |" with it's stone image of the white deer placed here in the fourteenth century by Ho Tsing-these were all visited and Dr. Hume took several photo < graphs
 We left the college about half past 12. As we started back turned and said to Warren. Wont it be good to get back to the swimming pool and have plunge?" He answered that he didn't know whether he would go in or not He had previously told Hume I that he could swim forty or fifty yards 2 but Hoyt, who had been in with, him, a thought that he could not swim I < knew, however, of perfectly safe a pool with a gravel bottom, in a small \ canyon of the mountain stream which \ our path followed. When we got to