Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-31

along the coast highly delighted at the
luXufianee Of the scenery.
we found the island convulscd with
all the excitement attending civil war,
and there were all the Restrictions of
war. II was verss t.Hilng to hear the
aentries outcTies Far ,rh the wceta in
ever direction our Yacht L. -ttaIlY
excited much curiositr. arriyia rs it
| did. during such Il Cfis $. We Yer"
unmolcSted. however We tool. ahrard
an abundance Of tropical fruits. When
sc called away we Did SO very thaHb-
| full that oar lot Wsis not lcnger 10 be
east amid the trumoi' Of civil strife
AS we left the Cuban coast behind
us it was the unanimous feeling that
our prayers had been answered to or
satisfaction
"Wc called north from the Aclslin
Islands where we took GA water plan
ming TO go outeise of Newfoundland
with a view 10 concluding oar labofs in
tie Interests of the Eskimo and indian
IN the North
The subsequent proceedings OF the
Coronct. which was time and again
visited Nth disaster, nave already
been outlined in Thc Associated Press
dispatches. ON the Grand Banks there
arose conditions which led to the
a abandonment of farther journeying in
northern Matters. Although Mr.. San
ford favored another course which. as
1t tran5aitcS would have sooner Yield
ed the mueh needed uppiies. ne readily
joined in the unanalous decision to
nut back Il Portland. ne aid
Who could hasc fa1rseea ne saes,
that the final dash a. the great cruise
should have occupied Sc Gass. during
which the craft I'm short nt provisions
and water. ard one dislstea followed
IanotEer Gatil the faiih Of the devoted
baud was tested 70 It's utmost Bacl,
INTO her home pert cre9a tie famous
yacht Of the Fely Ghost and Is So
ttety. sickness afl'ietpe several of
these on ta1rd and rapialz accummu-
latin. fater in her holds calling for
- constant everfioo ct eyery able
b6f3cd retean who had Al ounce OF
strength With which T. man the pumps
our experiences between the is
lands of the Carribean sea ard tine Vi
crit. in which the yacht found Itself
sept 5, nearly off The southern point
ef Labrador. is the subject OF investi-
CATION" said Mr. Sanford. md mat
TT that touches upon the hearing to
he held this week. therefore it cannot
be ploparlg touched upon here. In all
The Iahors Of my lifetime nothing has
ever left such a satisfactory impression
a. when PRAYED foi the people of
Greenland. Those rrayers seemed to
annihilatc space. II vas the Mt. Ever
est of our movement.
Mr. SANFORD toll of a dream which
one Of the members of the party had
on the west. coast of Africa. In this
dream he saw another wearing a band
OF black upon on Of his sleeves.
What means that mbol2" asked the
dreamer. 1T mean. was the reply.
that one of or nuiaber has died and
three more de1ths will follow before
the voyage has eaded.'
Saddened by deaths which occurred
under cireumstanees vhieh he declines
To reveal AZ th time, Mr.. Sanford
touched briefly uPru the matter of
Holy Ghost healing which has so fire.
lquently been made he subject of crit
icism Mr. Sandlaf1 brohe from his
| fixed rule Ions enough to tell of As
cases of African fever which the Cor
j onet had on board during the recent
! visit to that continent not one of
which resulted fatally. he said. The
eases of sseurvy resulting in five deaths
he declared were not known to he such
until later.