The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-07-13
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boat loads of the "Asia's crew were
lost in the fog, while passing back
and forth between the "Shaohsing'
and the wreck. They were out al
night. 1t was an awful night; at short
intervals the "Shaohsing" blew he1
fog horn and signals were fired from
her deck to try to locate the men lost
in the fog; and occasionally through
the blackness came the sharp crack
of guns aboard the "Asia" where her
brave officers were defending her
through the long night from the horde
of pirates who surrounded her like
vultures waiting to loot her.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief
when morning broke. The "America
Maru" came in, all the missing men
but one were picked up and the
"Asia s. officers abandoned her,
coming aboard the "Shaohsing." At
once the pirates boarded the "Asia"
and made the air thick throwing
packages overheard into their junks.
Another steamer, the "Wosang,"
also came in and agreed to stay and
look for the lost man; so the "Shaoh-
sing" sailed away for Shanghai.
After several days of rest and
sight seeing at Shanghai, Mr.. and
Mrs. Murray sailed for Dalny, Man.
churia. From there they made side
trip to Port Arthur and saw the old
Russian forts where conferred one of
the bloodiest in history. They picked
up relics from 2O3 Meter Hill and
brought them home. Returning to
Dalney, they took the South Manchu-
rian Railway north across Manchuria
travelling in an American built Pull
man train drawn by an American en-
CINE, with Japanese engineer.
They passed through the battlefields
Liaoyang and Mukden. At Chang
chung the Japanese line ended and
the Russian train was boarded for the
nine-day run across Manchuria, ST.
IBERIA and Russia to Moscow. Guilt
waited plains gave gave way to bleak
plateaus in western Manchuria and
eustern Siberia. Some camels and
many cattle and horses were seen.
Then came the beautiful forest clad
mountains of Siberia, the railway in
places following beautiful mountain
SIRENS covered with ice. Lake Bal
kal was still ice bound and surround
ed by lovely snow capped peaks
Through the trackless forest, past
thriving cities, across mammoth
rivers and through snow storms the
train sped on to the great wheat and
cattle country of western Siberia, and
then came the Urals covered with
fresh coat of snow.
Once over the Urals, the country
was much warmer, very level and
rich, wheat being the main crop.
The people live in miserable villages,
the only good house in which is usual
ly the Greek Catholic church, with
its odd shaped domes. Two days
through this flat country brought
them to Moscow, the ancient capitol
of Russia. It is a great and interest
ing city. They visited the Kremlin,
saw the famous Bell of Moscow and
went through several of the great
churches and palaces.
Leaving Moscow, the next stop was
Warsaw, 800 miles distant. Here
they visited the palace of the old Pol
ish kings and other places of interest.
From Warsaw they went to Berlin
which they pronounce far more beau
tiful than Paris. They then crossed
Germany by way of Potsdam, Bruins
wick, Barnton and Hanover; then
to Brussels and Waterloo in Belgium.
They saw the room in the room in
the Town Hall in Brussels where the
famous ball was held on the eve of
Battle of Waterloo.
Crossing back into Germany they
stopped at Cologne and Bonn, went
up they Rhine by boat to Bingen and