The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-09
4 WANDERING COLONEL, HI
WEtTHERBY MAS FOUGHT ~
IIBa AND FROZEN ~ ALASKA.
Ne Briilsh COnsui 90 Meme New ana Ne
LIhea the Northern Eagmrs metteV
THaR the TrOpacs-nnn o sRnnlsh
hIOekade Od santiago with Arms

hIOekane OG santiago with Arms.
nj Lionel r. stuart weatherby. Who
his Britannia MAjesty's Consul at
\ame. Alaska. - a. the Waldorf. having
4-' returned from q brief Wait IN Lon
t.n ~hither he went to show his friends
- there . nugget he had picked up in
~. North and to renew old associations
Tor brief time
But the fashions OF PiccadilIy and Pail
Mall lid nos appeal TO the Colonel a. ALL
N,-r ~ HE life during the las, twenty
years has heen passed away from Eng
ant FOR he has sought adventure in India
lrt south Africa. and aEair. in Cuba
turing the last insurtection 80 he cIinEs
rp the vide brimmed felt hat Of the West
snd a short coat. In manner he IL genial
md ne speaks in a full. round voice. and
r. hasn't lo-, the broad "a of his younger
laws though his forrhead has grown and
grown The Colonel makes no attempt to
conceal this either. for what hair he has
leii he wears closely cropped in contrast
uith the length OG his mIstache.
I went up tn the Northwest in ~ first.
said Col. weatherby. First I tried the
DAwson country. but in 1900 came bark
and went down into South America 20
explore the headwatefs Of the Amazon.
have never told about IL yet. In fact
am keeping quiet about that until get
r~sdy to tell what found. I vas do wn
there t~o years.
There are fs~ old tir,sra leG, in Alaska.
Most Of those who went up there in the
early days got ont after making their
pile. Alaska IL still the richest gold country
IN the world. hut of course the Territory
has undergone tremendous cha nges.
During the last Cuban instruction
! vas in ohRrge Of . hlibu~teTinG eypedi-
tor in the HorsS. a little fruit steemer.
aud took = lot % rites rnd ammunition
down there for tire rebels One night
we ran up near the southern cosst. hut
when We made out q vessel which the
Cuban ma jor with me said was . Sranish
gunooet we made OF shore sEsin Newt
Of black cloud which the me jor said
was the island and We prepared To land
our cargo IN boats A held piece was
the most important part NJ the OUTFIT. and
to Il safely into the first host. and told
the major 90 hold on until the last boat
Ieft. Well. after a few Of the other boats
had been loaded the stesme started
found s ;Ssy he Si BEEN m cur cur TSs as s.s
aftsrward arrives in Jamsics. was found
20 have arms on hoard and wss sent
up here Nth her captain, under arrest
we tOun0 ourselves IN n DreutCa mNnt
What ne we're told wps lend turned out
90 be only a cloud. and instead of being
. couple Of miles OF shore we were fully
thirty To make thing worse. a storm
came w and We spent the night ptschinG
up and down. We couldn't see the stsrs,
and 80 could not make out which way 20
steer. The crews of the other hosts
threw their careoes overheard. except
one thst was CONNIE rded ny a colonel
Next morning ne could not ace land ~
Ali A had Untaf n - Min tnN The kas.ae
% cover the gun. and We rGFed this up
as q aAil. and using this and the oars we
made for where Ne thought the land was
A We had been told ne were ~ near the
land We had not pun any water or food
INTO the boat, end on the second day the
man upon whom We depended TO show
IA the way 20 Corners camp went mad
and tried 60 Kill several Of ~ % we had
10 tie him up. We made oTt land on the
sscoad day and rowed for all Ne were
worth. and that night. the moon being
clear. ne hove in sight - what Seemed
the entrance to . beautiful hay.
AN at once two men-o'-war app@ared
coming out ~ the opening. " was the
harbof OF santiago. ! Immediately or
d~rsd the tarpAuIin down and the men
and rot under il. hoping that az We thus
Presented almost a Nat appearance upon
The water ue would not be noticed. and
ve we're nos, though one % tho wsrships
psssed within 800 yards 81 IA before
turning east The other turned vest.
A. soon a. they 90; far enough away
~ changed our course and rowed along
tho coast until ne found a biz Of beach.
there Ws buried the fleld risce and the
tr-@ch block IN sand1nnd brush, destroyed
the trail and running the boat cat to go
stove hole tn her.
Ne we're ali pretty weak. but | made
the men 90 20 SLEEP while ! started 10 do
ENTRY duty. ! strolled up and down and
must have gone to sleep while walking.
'Dr suddenly ! came up against a rock
49,
s"d thought ! had run into Spaniard.
A. davhkht Ne started out over the hills
i'oking Tor water. hut found none until
% clock Of that afternoon. when reach ng
fns top of q little range. we looked down
ard -sW beautiful stream AZ our feet.
Ne rush~d down 20 drink. hut the water
49, ALT
Well. I told The men tn Ito down. pIac-
tsilnE them to fight u the Spaniards came.
-u0 started on alone To md water. In
sf an hour ] came across . friendly
Cuban who quickly got ~ out ~ oar
.asfrers
-rhis va. in 81. I fought down there
with the insurgents until -. hut Il
vas poor fighting. futiy - per cent. of
-" victories we we're credited with We
IN by our superiority OF toC' power
..raIss our men had no arms.
-. ! like Alaska better than the
TROPICS We have q great deal ~ sport
." mere Dne great event ~ tbe yearly
g's rare from Nome ca Candle. a distance
NJ 80 Mules The one last year was
,rr.~r They started OUt IN a blizzard.
ard the continued for fifteen hours
sitter the start. The winner. IN spite
Z finished the journey in eighty hours.
10 Hon. kox Ramsay. a young kn&tieh-
man ~ho 10 my partner was passing his
-.-' Uinter there hat he had entered With
cam ~ nine dogs. He got ont three
e. ana then his dogs got away from
tr He came back 70 Nome pulling
% ~ied himself Then he got HE dogs
frg-'n-T again and made smother start
Vel h- got lost out ~ saa on the ice.
3. las HlseinR for . couple 81 days. bat
ra .HYnd the cotIras again and reached
.r".- safely. Then when he found he
.a.r' NOn he went on further north 90
o. polar bears His pluck made him
Ha-'.y POPULAR With the men mp there.
APNTWEEk At THE ~