Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-08

lighthouse district embracing the
state of California, left the lighthouse
tender Manzanita, then anchored of
the light station at Cape Mendocino,
in surfbOat with eight members OIL
his crew for the purpose of inspect
ing the station and paying on the
keepers. A breaker struck the boat
and overturned it. Commander Nc
Dcugal tried to swim ashore, but
when within go feet Of the beach he
sank and drowned. His widow, Mrs.
Kate G McDougal, was shortly after
wards appointed keeper of the Mare
Island light station, CAL, succeeding
Mrs. Watson, widow of the late Com
modore Watson. She had been light
keeper for many years. Mrs. NC
Dougal has charge of light and fog
signal, consisting Of bell struck
by machinery every ten seconds. Sne
is still on duty and receives $500 per
annum.
Mrs. Caroline Morse, the keeper of
the Santa Barbara, Cal. light station.
took the place of her mother, MRS.
Julia F. Williams, who was keeper for
40 years and who succeeded her nus
hand, Horace F. Williams, the keeper
from 1856 to 1865.
Mrs. Williams never left her post
but twice in her period of service
She lived in that lighthouse 40 years
9 of them with her husband as COM
panion, and for 40 years with none but
aer children Every night. except
those on which her two children were
born, she climbed the iron steps to
the lantern, 17S feet from the ground.
and lighted the lamp. Every night at
midnight the lamp was trimmed or
changed for a fresh one with her own
hands, and every morning as the sun
kilded the eastern mountain tops, the
same hands extinquished the light
and drew the curtain over the lens.
In all those years there was but one
wreck. and that was during beautl-
full moonlight night when a careless
:kipoer allowed his vessel, The Pride
Of the Sea, to drift in upon the rocks
near the shore. Mrs Morse receives
$3.50 per annum.
Records Of the Other Keepers.
Mrs. Maria Younghaus, keeper of
ne light station at Biloxi, Miss, was
appointed to succeed her husband No.
vember "a, 1867. She earns $500 per
,nnum Mrs. Eliza McCashin. in
March, 1881, was appointed assistant
keeper to her husband, who was the
keeper of the Passaic and ELBOW
Beacon lights in New Jersey. She
was given 5000 per annum in place OF
male assistant keeper who received
$4OO She was promoted to keeper
November /, 1908. She now gets $500
year. Mrs. Georgia S. Brumfleld'
the keeper of the Turkey Point light
station, Nd, was appointed to succeed
her mother prior to the date the
keepers were taken into the civil ser
vice. She earns $3.50 per annum. Mrs
Mary E. Bethel succeeded her husband
AZ keeper of the Key West light sta
ton and Key West Main Ship Channel
lights in Florida, and has served more
than 20 years. Her son is assistant
keeper. She receives $40 per annum.
Mrs. Williams is the keeper ofetaoln
Mrs. Daniel Williams is the keeper OF
the light station at Little Traverse,
Mich. and dates her appointment
from 1872 Her annual pay Is 5000.
Mrs. Flora McNiel receives $46 per
monh as keeper of the Bridgeport
Breakwater light. Conn.,, to which she
was appointed February 10, 1905, sue
ceeding her husband. Mrs. Emma d.
Tabberah receives $42.50 per month
as keeper of the Cumberland Head
light station, N. Y. Her appointment
to succeed her husband In 1904 was
made by executive order. Mrs. Kate
Walker succeeded her husband as
keeper of the Robbins Reef light STA
ton, N Y, and her son is assistant
keeper. She is paid $50 month. Mrs.
Minnie E. Coteron was appointed un'
der civil service rules May 81, 1916,
in place of her mother as keeper OF
Bayou St. Johns light station, La, AT
an annual salary of $500. Mrs. caro-
line Riddle keeps the New Canal Light
station in Louisiana. She was ap-
pointed prior to the civil service clas-
sification Of lighthouse keepers, when
occurred in 1896. Her pay is $500. The
keeper of the Port Pontchartraln sta
ton in Louisiana is Mrs. Margaret
Norvell, and her appointment also
antedates the civil service extens on
In the same class of appointees IS
Mrs. Anna NJ. Read. the keeper of the
West Rigoletts light station in Louisl-
ana. She succeeded her husband,
who served from 1863 to 1897. Her
pay is $3.50 per annum.
Mrs. Emily A. Fish has kept the
light house at Point Pinos on the
southerly side of the entrance of Mon
terey Bay, CAL, for IS years at an
annual salary of $500. The light is
one of the show stations on the Pacific
coast and is visited by large numbers
of tourists from Monterey.
The Assistant keepers
Mrs. Cornelius B. V. C. Speake was
appointed Jan, %, 1895. assistant
keeper to her husband, the keeper of
upper Cedar Point light station in