The Nome daily nugget., 1908-07-11

passengers immediately felideu,d CHft- tain Daniels of the Mesnferh to ,ithei force Captain eonradi io ta., th,. ohio ta Nome, or ta lake tGaa on ou his ship
 Mr. McManus demanded tbc Tnued Statrs mail from eouradi. and t con ference was held hs EiW with tha t4fat captains C1rtam n5alalz offered ta laad tar ohio mfa NeWe. and asked ce"radi if he would faIleR Caoral rsrlied Joy askmfs fHe rassme officer II h. would take the f. t4a-HHir foe tHe ship.
 Then tae bomb exploded. "If yau will not follow mo" said Captain paa- irIs. "l command eou ta gi,r up tho mail and ae mauz of gour pass.neas .as can carry. and also cumm1ui y,u fo remain hrrr unft #o7u take th,#.= people [" Nome and return for the balance of them. anl muh,r. the r,.y- eaue cutter Thetts will rauaiu hera {" see that my mderz arr uhcvcd'
 contadi vHtyd, but still mad. am ,f- fatt tn retain hi= ft=f dimmi- hing die- .niry. "I Win faIIau You as Ioue as r deem it safe |" du so.r ~1s all ho said. and h" followed until tho vessels lyor. all anca"rrd in the Namr rrna-tead
 The passengers afe unanimous in tha praise of the service on tho vessel They say that th.. faod was ,vorvthiae that could he desired and the other conditions uu the boat were agreeable, but, as has been said. the ccnsmc of the actions of Captain Couradi l. uHauimous. There Was portion of The time when only l0o meals p.r dlA Were served, but rhr passengers have no complaint ro make out of that as they realize that il was a condition that would not have aaiscn under or- dmary circumstances.
 Captain Henderson. of the Thctfs. "as in company of the Ohio for s,.y- eral day. and many times offered to lead the vessel into Nome. but cap tain Conradi would follow for only a short distance. and then back out again.
 Finally Captain Henderson tired of this method of sailing. and informed conradi that he would have to leave for Nome, but al the urgent solicita- ton of the passengers. he waited over another day. and again attempted to induce Captain Conradi to follow him. The Ohio followed for a feH miles. and then again turned tail far the south much to the disgust of the passengers
 The ohio had small hole punched in her side amidships. at tho water line. but it is stated that the damage was done while the vessel was aAehor- ed by a large chunk of ice which drift ed against the side of the vessel IT did no damage worth mentioning.
 Thero is little doubt that the anxiety endured by the passengers was begin ming to seriously affect them. for it is stated on the very best authority that a number of them were frequently ob- ] served talking to themselves. and some of them took ta writing poetry These conditions are regarded in Alas ka as being the first symptoms of mental decay.
 The passengs did many things to amuse themselves onthe journey. and they had been in Boring Sea only a few days when they had established a daily paper. a corner grocery. an af- dnity row. a drunkard's retreat kiss ing post. a Hogan's alley. and many other amusing institutions.
 During the time the passengers were not discussing the situation in a seri- ous vein. most of them sang a refrain parodied after popular melody. and commencing. Captain. dear. s-s-s-ht listen her; you're afraid to go home through the ice" Other songs. such as "Comin' through the ice" were spe- cially written for the occasion. and were sometimes used as a mental cock tail