The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-04-15

ces Much Interest i'm Mexican Sit
uation.
Capt. Horace Noble, veteran of the
Civil War, and father Of Katherine
Simondetti. whose extraordinary adj
ventures on floating raft, following
the sinking of the steamship Mohe-
gan. in the English Channel some
years ago, became a world sensation.
died suddenly yesterday.
He was stricken at FoXley Hall,
in Easton, Md, the home of his
brother-in-law, Col. Oswald Thigh
man. Death was caused by Bright's
disease. Although he had been
feeble for long time. Captain
Mobiles condition was not considered .
grace by those near him. Indeed,
on Thursday he walked alone from
his brothers house to the postotfice
of Easton, a distance of several
squares.
Surviving the Captain are his
widow, who is the daughter of the
late DR.. Samuel A. Harrison, and his
daughter, Mrs. c. T. Simondetti, who
now makes her home in Stamford
Ct. The funeral services will be
held tomorrow evening from Col
Tilghman'ss home. and will be con-
Quoted by Rev. Henry Davies, rector
of Christ Protestant Episcopal
Church of Easton. The body VIII
then be taken to Baltimore by boat
and the burial will take place in
Greenmount Cemetery at 10 o'clock
Monday morning.
Captain Noble was 70 years old.
He was a native of Boston. and when
he fatn q
out he enlisted in the Seventeenth
Massachusetts, Regiment in June,
1851. He afterward joined the
Ninth Regiment, Maryland Volun-
teers, as first lieutenant of Company
t F, and was subsequently made cap
tain of Company C of the same regi-
| ment. On October Is, 1868, he was
wounded and taken prisoner at
Charles Town, Va, but later was ex-
changed or paroled. After the war
The went to Baltimore to live, and
there he had since made his home.
| Captain Noble had visited in Mexi-
co and was well posted on conditions
there Until the day he died he read
the dispatches from there carefully.
Mr.. Simondetti. his son-in-law, was
interested in Mexican newspaper at
one time and Captain Noble visited
him in that land of revolution.
On his return from visit there
he gave his impressions of the coun-
try, in part, as follows:
1.-THE entire country of Mexico is
a tempest of restlessness and uneasi-
ness, and it will be long time be-
fore peace and order is established.
| Before one tries to comprehend
the situation, you must appreciate
the fact that out of a population of
100000 people, three-fourths are
illiterate. About 100000 persons
are half-breeds, Indians and riff-raff
Mexicans. The situation at present
following the overthrow of the gov
eminent is indeed a deplorable one"
Here the Captain related several
instances where the police and troops
were sent to quell incipient out
breaks in Vera Cruz and Mexico City.
He told how he observed thousands
of half-breeds and Indians rushing
Through the streets with manifestos
and petitions in their hands, plead
ing for political freedom.
| 81 could not help noticing, The add
ed, 1.-The dislike of Americans by the
Mexicans. They hate the very name
of American, and while they have no
especial love for foreigners, they har-
Dor a natural enmity toward a per-
son from the States. Why 1 cannot
say"
When Mrs. Simondetti, then Kath-
crime Noble, returned to America, at
ter having been shipwrecked, she
gave the following account of her ex-
Iperience:
1.-THE unfortunate accident occur
red, as well as I remember, on the
first day out at sea, and when we
were all seated in the dining saloon
When the information reached us
that the boat had struck rock and
was sinking we at once prepared to
go on deck. 1 accompanied
friends family, and we remained to-
| gether on the deck during the pro-
gress of the work of rescuing pas
sengers, as far as it was accomplish
ed. Our group stood together on one
side of the boat and were about the
last to leave the ship.
Suddenly, after the big ship had
sunk deep into the sea, a huge bill
low rose and swept the deck and all
of us were washed overheard. I
came to the surface soon and grabb-
ed small plank that fioated near
me.
| "A few seconds later little Rufus
King appeared on the surface, only
a few feet from me. He struggled to
me and chung to the same plank with
me. He succeeded in holding on for
about a half hour, when he became
exhausted, and, losing his hold, fell
off, sank, and never saw him after
ward. never saw anyone else of
the group after we were cast into the
sea. 1t was fast growing dark, and
could not have seen anyone many
yards away. But I scanned the sea
all about me well, and had they been
near l could not have failed to see
, them
! Later she was rescued by a pass
| ing ship.