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FLAG OF
ITALY ON
ST. ELIAS
Prince Luigi and Party
Ascend the Lofty
Mount.
FIRST TO REACH THE
SUMMIT.
King Humbert's Emblem Un
furled on the Monarch's
Topmost Peak.
PERILS OVERCOME BY THE
ADVENTURERS.
Bring Back Instruments and Rec
ords Showinc the Altitude to
Be 18,120 Feet.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 21.—
Prince Luigi and party, of Italy, j
arrived here to-night on the steam- •
ship City of Topeka. They suc- 1
ceeded in climbing Mount St. Elias \
to the summit, and were the first
men who ever accomplished the j
feat. Their instruments and rec- !
ords, which they were careful to
preserve, show the altitude of
Mount St. Elias to be 18,120 feet.
The summit was not reached
without the greatest peril. One
of the party was saved from awful
death by his alpenstock, They re
port that the American party under 1
the direction of Professor Bryant
failed to make the ascent. Several
of the Americans became sick on \
reaching the high altitude.
Hal Hoffman.
PRIACE LUIHPS SUCCESS.
Planted Italy* Ping on the lopmost
Peak of the Mount.
VICTORIA. B. C, Aug. 25.— The City
of li puk.i arrived from the north to-day
with -'.nee Luigi of Savoy and party on
boar i. The party had a delightful trip,
which was entirely without accident.
Very many valuable scientific observa
tions were made and numerous excellent
photographs taken.
The party, reached the summit of Mount
St. Elias on July 31 at noon, and it must
be admitted that they have made a very
nmaruable record. The Prince will make
a full report of his trip to the Alpine
Club, which is to be called togetner in G.e
course cf a few months.
Tne party left here on April 20. It con
sisted of the Prince, Victoria Stella, a
famous photographer, a number of Italian
Alpinists, live professional guides and a
retinue of porters. It was splendidly
equipped f r the arduous work so suc
cessfully carried out.
Prince Luigi conceived the idea of
climbing Mount E ias when a lieutenant
on an Italian war vessel stationed on this
coast. The Prince and his party landed
at Cape Malby on June 24. At the New- i
ton Glacier they met tne Bryant party !
that had left Sitka sixteen days beiore •
with the hope of being the first to plant a I
flag on the summit. One or two of the '
Bryant party having been taken ill the i
leader was obliged to return. The Prince !
managed his ascent very systematically,
supplies being very carefully packed from
camp to camp. He does not consider the I
ascent difficult, except for the last few I
hundred ieet, which is a solid mass of j
ice.
When they reached the topmost peak
there was neither wind nor fog, and the
thermometer was only 20 below freezing.
The Prince planted the Italian flagon the
MOUNT ST. ELIAS, Whose Summit Has at Last Been Trod by the Foot of Man.
topmost peak, which is 18.12.) feet above
the sea level, and photographed it. He
then cached the Italian and American
liass.
On returning the party took the yacht
Agg.e to Siika, where tney embarked on
the City of Topeka.
The expedition has determined two
[ facts of prime importance to the scientific
I world. It has fixe 1 once for all the alti
| tude of Mount St. Elias at 18.120 feet. The
\ figures are subject only to such sliubt cor
j rection as may change the total thirty or
forty ieet either way. The expedition has
, also answered aefinitely, and in the nega
j tive, the question so long ask-d by scien
i tists as to whether or not Su Elias was at
one time a great volcano.
There is not the slightest indication ol
volcanic action anywhere. The mountain,
like the rest of its neighbors, would ap
pear to have be.-n raised in the ocean,
tangible evidence of its cradling in the
! deep being found in many fossil shells,
sandstone and beds of pebbles. A new
glacier was discovered by the explorers
rom the and beds of pebbles. A new
as di-covered by the explorer*;
eminence of Mount St. Elias
betweea the Augusta Mountains and
Great Logan. It takes its course ap
parently to the sea, and waa named by
the Prince "Colombo. ' This was the
only geographical christening during th<
trip. The party had opportunity unlim
ited times to perpetuate thus such names
as they might choose to honor.
The Russell expedition landed at the
bead of Yakutat Bay, quite a distance
from the point at whicn Luigi made his
debarkation. The route wrs absolutel
unknown. Advancing up these glaciers
and moraines took thirty-nine days, or
until July 4. on which the Prince declared
for the entire party a general holiday.
At Pinnacle Pais was found the first
evidence of Russell's expedition in 1891,
in the shape of a tent bottom and a single
rusty fork. Finally the foot of the
divide connecting Mount St. Eiias and
Mount connecting reached with a supply
mt Newton was reached with a supply
of provisions to last twelve days,
ley had lifted no more than 8000 feet
in covering a tramp of fifty mile 3, but ;o
difficult and rough bad been the journey
that all were quite ready for the twenty
four hours' rest.
The Americans in the party raised thr
stars and stripes over camp in the erea.
hills and Prince Luigi and his party
cheered again and again in nonor of tin
flag.
At 1 o'clock on the morning of July 31
they commenced the ascent of the great
mountain. For eleven hours the upward
c'imb was made, and exactly 5 minute;
before 12 o'clock tne summit of St. E.ias
was beneath the feet of the explorers.
_t GREAT ACHlts rEMEAT.
Others Had Attempted the Ascent, bu
Always Mtt Failure.
To have reached the summit of Mouni
St. Elias is to have accomplished as great
a feat perhaps as has ever been offered
to man's physical effort. Precipitous,
ice-capped and forbidding, this peak stood
practically untried for more than a cen
tury after Captain Cook, in 1775, first
sighted its glistening point.
Exploring parties skirted its base and
advanced . a little above its perpetual
snow line, which on the south side runs at
an average height of three thousand
feet above the sea, but not until
late years has any proper and well
equipped effort been made to climb its
lev steens and not until within this decade
did any one get so far up as to justify a
claim to nave really made the attempt,
the mo3t successful previous expedition— '
that of the New York Times in 1891 — hav
ing turned back when yet a mile below
the summit.
Just exactly how high they had to go
has always heretofore been a matter oi
conjecture, or. at best,' approximation,
the estimates of the heigbt having han as
wide a range perhaps as that of any other
mountain on the globe.
Captain Cook made no observation as to
its height, but La Perouse, who followed
him eightyear*-* later, put it down at 12,672
feet. Malaspina, in 1791, raised it to 17,831
feet, while Tebenkof, Bach and others in
the earlier part of this century continued
to lower it, until the English admiralty
survey in 1872 brought it as low as 14.970
feet. In 1874 the United States Coast Sur
vey, after carelul observations, deter
mined its height at 19,500 feet, making it
the highest mountain on the North Ameri
can continent.
A later estimate by the Topham party
(in 1888) reduced it again to 18,500 feet,
while M. B. Kerr in 1890 made it but
15,350. Professor J. C. Russell for the
National Geographical Society in 1891 and
Messrs. Turner and McGrath of the United
Slates Coast Survey in 1892 placed it at
18,100 feet, which has since been gener
ally accepted by scientists and geogra
pher.-?.
The first attempt to ascend this mighty
ice mass that accomplished anything
worth mentioning was that made by the
untiring and intrepid" explorer Schwatka
in 1886, with Professor Sibley and Scion- J
K**rr. They turned back al a height of
7300 feet, well satisfied with having made
the highest snow climb in the history of j
mountain-scaling— "a result." says Lieu
tenant Schwatka, "well worth the expedi
tion." .•■..**• :;:■*
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1897.
PRINCE LUIGI and His Party of Intrepid Mountain-Climbers.
DARKER GROWS
THE SITUATION
The Indian Government
Must Face a Grave
Crisis.
Confirmation of the Evacua
tion of Forts Ali Musjid
and Maude.
Khyber Pass Has Also Fallen Into
the Hands of the. Bat
tling Afrldls.
SIMLA India, Aug. 25.— 1t is officially
announced to-day that Fort Ali Musjid,
'ii the Khyber Pass, was evacuated after
eleven of the garrison, composed of Khy
ber Rifles (native levies), had deserted.
No news has heen received of the re
mainder of the garrison and there is no
confirmation of the report that the Afridis
Have massacred the entire force. Ali
Musjid was burned by the enemy.
Fort Jehaneer, which has • been occu
pied by the Afridis, is only a tower, and
of not much importance.
A force of 4000 Afridis has advanced to
Lukarai. twelve miles from Fort Bara,
which is southeast of Jamrud. General
Els will attempt to cut off the -retreat of
tne enemy.
Fort Lundikotal has not yet been at
tacked. The insurgents are reported to
Le short of food and ammunition.
Later details of the capture of Fort
| Maude by the insurgent tribesmen show
J that the garrison of that place retired at
5:30 p. M. Monday, and the fort, was
I burned half an hour later. : The garrison
j reached Colonel Wesmacott's relief
j column, coming from Kohat, at 11:30 p. m.
At the same time that Fort Maude Was
abandoned the Khyber R lies, garrison
ing Fort Jewangera, were compelled to
abandon that place. Thp area of active
fighting is enlarging rapidly. :'.*:.-/.' ':*'"-:'
BOMBAY, India, Aug. 25—11 p. m.— The
latest dispatches received from the fron
tier state that the situation is gettinc
worse. ' It is evident that the Indian Gov
ernment must face a grave crisis, involv
ing Heavy expenditure and probably great
loss of life.
The Government is confronted with the
following statu of affairs:
Khyber Pass has fallen into the hands
of the Afridi«; the posts in Kurrem Val
ley are threatened ov the powerful tribe
of the Orakzai; the Mohand tribesmen are
meditating a renewal of hostilities around
Fort Shabkdar, while thousands of troops
are engaged in crushing the revolt in the
Swat Valley. and two large brigades are
holdinir the Tochi Valley where the Mah
sudmaziris are again restless.
The authorities are convinced that Fort
Ali Musji i could only have fallen after
desperate fighting, as the native garrison
of Khyber R rl 's was made up of men who
rendered valuable assistance in .the Black
Mountain expedition 18S8. The fall ol
the fort in a very serious blow, for it iso
lates fort ,Lundi Kotal, which is at the
extreme end of Khyber Pas , garrisoned
by 300 Khyber Rifles, and necessitates the
prompt reconquest of the pass.
This is certain to prove a formidable
task, of which the British troops had a
teste .on Monday, when a body of artil
lery, cavalry and Infantry left Fort Bars,
south of Peshawar, in order to repel the
Afridis, who were then advancing down
the Bazai Valley. The troops returned
early yesterday morning and reported
that many of, the men had dropped out
lor want of water, none beitie procurable
along the route, while the Afridis, al
though shelled by the British, maintained
their position on the heights, threatening
the loyal villages of Kadma and the Brit
ish position at Fort Jamurad, at the
mouth of the pass.
Fort Jamurad is held by a strong force
of British and native troops, and the
British front extends about thirty-five
miles from Shabkdar along the north side
of the Cabul River and southward to
Peshawar,. where the troops are massing
as the base of a demonstration against the
Orakazais, who occupy the region south
of the Afridis, but have not yet assumed
the belligerent proportions of their neigh
bors. There is an uprising, however, of
small parties, which is proving trouble
some, near Kohat, and it in thought both
tribes will try to close the Kohat pass.
The wildest excitement prevails among
the Hindoo traders at Banu, on Kurram
River. It is reported that 7000 Waziris
intend to sweep down there to-night to
attack' the town and massacre the inhab
itants. The Mullah and his emisaries,
especially .those from the Afghan gov
ernor. of Kost, aie actively stirring up the
Waziris, who are, also nffecfed by the dis
loyal attitude of the Kurram tribes and
emboldened by the knowledge that the
garrison at Banu is very weak.
Somewhat more honeful intelligence
comes from the Swat Valley, where the
Bonerwals . have opened peace negotia
tions. The authorities expect that this
will have '.widespread influence, especially
if it is followed by submission. It ap
pears that the Bonernals suffered far
heavier losses during the recent fighting
than had been supposed.
DISTINGUISHED JAPANESE DIES.
Count Mutzu, Once Japanese Minister
to the United States, Is No
■■•■"tf- ■; ■•;: More.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 25. — A
telegram was received at the Japanese
Leeation to-day announcing the death of
Count ex-Minister of Foreign At
fair» and Japanese Minister to the United
States- in 1888. The news was not at all
unexpected, as the Count has been ill
wiih lung trouhle for a long time and was
compelled by iii health to resign his office
about a year ago. His illness recently
toot an acute form, and his son, t who was
at . the ; time . Secretary * of Legation here,
was recalled to his father's bedside.
"Colonel Mutzu was one of the most dis
tinguished men m the history of the new
Japanese (movement,' and with the Mar
quis Ito molded the policy of the modern
empire -and ■'• : suicessfuily carried the
country through the crisis of the Chinese
.war. When hostilities were over he was
a member of the convention and framed
the. treaty.; which secured to ' Japan
such great commercial and politi
cal advantages.' • -His :*.-, services to
lis country, were equally marked in
fostering the new party movement that
for several years prior to the . Chinese war
had eagerl y. absorbed ' every, material . ad
vantage v offered s by 'Western civilization.'
It was due to this as much as to any one
other thing that Japan in that war was
able nto i meet v h«r » huge * but unorganized
rival on more than equal terms. .f • ,
Count Mutzu was well known in Wash
ington, where he ■ made many warm per- i
sonal friends during his' residence here as
Minister. . \ I
GAY MR. DEAN'S
LOVE ROMANCE
He Adored Not Wisely a
Clerk in a Chicago
Dry-Goods Store.
His Wife's Clever Detective
Work in Locating the Orig
inal of a Photograph.
-__IL__.
Blondes and Matrimonial Agencies
Among the" Husband's Many
Weaknesses— The Trap.
CHICAGO, 111., Aug." 25.— Charles R.
Dean, now of San Francisce, but formerly
of Chicago, is about to have his past
record aired in the divorce courts of this
city. .'.•■.*
Back of it ail is a remarkable story.
Miss Lillian D. Baldwin is a clerk in
Schlesinger & Mayer's drygoods store.
Last Saturday she was engaged behind
her counter, when a petite woman walked
up and inquired if she was Miss Lillian
Baldwin. The lat'.ei answered in the af
firmative.
"Well, I am Mrs. Dean,'' said the strange
woman.
Miss Baldwin fainted. Mutual explana
tions followed and then the women com
i pared rotes.
Tne little lady stated she had found a
photograph which her husband had over
j looked when he hastily departed for San
Francisco several months ago. On tbe j
j back of this picture was written "Lil,"
and she bad learned that the original was I
Miss Baldwin. Then came the denou- ;
inent. Amid tears Miss Baldwin told how j
she had met Dean, who represented him- !
self as a single man and won her sffec
tions. They were to have been married
July 24, but owing to a quarrel the nup- j
tials were postponed.
Last March Dean was employed in the j
bic store of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Company. He told Manager Everard
that he was engaged to Miss Baldwin,
who called frequently at the store.
Everard discovered that Dean was quite |
attentive to several other women, -una his j
actions led to, his discharge on May 29. j
Soon after Dian departed for California,
arranging with both his wife and Miss j
Baldwin to follow. He telegraphed his I
wife for money and got it on two occa- i
sions.
Miss Baldwin, however, did not join j
him. Urgent and effusive letters arrived,
pleading with ber to come on, without i
i avail. Dean next resorted to an ex- I
pedient. He sent the following telegram: i
"San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 5.
"Miss Lillian I). -Baldwin, Sill Fifth '■
avenue, Chicago:'. Runaway accident. !
Dean injured. Delirious. Calls for you. I
Come. Haggerty, Nurse."
I Miss Baldwin was properly agitated, but \
still she saw no way of getting to San j
Francisco, and telegraphed back that she
could not come at once.
On Sunday he received a telegram from |
his wife informing him that she had met j
Miss Baldwin, and that both knew all.
That same day he cheerfully telegraphed |
back an order for. a few dollars and the i
following message: .*.
" San ' Francisco, ; Cal., Aug." 22. — j
Mrs. .C. R. Dean, '■ 4005 Prairie avenue, j
Chicago, Hl. Dovey, why don't you write? !
Glad saw Baldwin. No worry how. \\
Charlie. " j
.Mrs. Dean says that her husband has j
be- n fond of making the acquaintance of
blondes. He had a large correspondence
with . f women through matrimonial j
agencies. Once Mrs. Dean detected her j
husband inserting an advertisement for {
correspondents, end answered him . her
self. Dean bit at the bait and ; replied.
Wnen shown the proof of bis folly, he is
alleged to have struck bis wife.
Mrs. Dean intends to Immediately in
stitute proceed for a d : vorce.: J ; ". *
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GREAT PARADE
OF THE G. A. R.
Forty - Five Thousand
Veterans March to
Martial Music. •
President McKinley the Cyno
sure of Thousands Upon
Thousands of Eyes.
Feted and Dined at the End of the
Cerpmonles and Honored by the i
Masses During the Parade.
BUFFALO, N. Y„ Aug. Forty- five
thousand men to-day. marched through
streets glorious in flags and bunting, re
ceiving the ovations of a half million peo
ple. The President of tne Union they
fought to save, himself their comrade, was
at their head. Whan the line of the
Grand Army , procession moved, at 10:30
o'clock tnis morning, tho sky had not a'
coud. . The rainstorms of the night left a
clear, bracing air that was like a tonic to
the marching men. Tne procession moved
for five hours and forty-two minutes.
Along the route of. march 100 girls,
dressed in the colors of the flag, scattered
flowers in the path of the soldiers.
President McKinley rode in a carriage
at the head of the procession and waved
his hat at the cheering crowd. At the
reviewing stand he took his position with
Commander-in-Chief Clarkson and Gov
ernor Black and the headquarters staff
passed in review.
Of all the throng viewing the proces
sion no one person was more enthusiastic
or more affected by the sight than Presi
dent McKinley. With his hat in his
hand, continually uncovering to the Na
tional colors or the salutes of the veter
an?, the President watched the array of
veterans ma:ch by. It was certainly a
column to inspire admiration. Such men
as Secretary of War Alger, General Lew
Wallace and General John Palmer walked
side by side with the negro or the decrepit
pensioner whom they bad to assist.
The closing event ot the evening was a
reception to the President.
Other events to-night were a reception
by Mrs. Catherine F. Hurst, president of
the Ladies of G. A. P.. at the Iroquois
Hotel, a reception by 'Mrs. W. C. Wood
ley, National president of the Army
Nurses, and numerous receptions by minor
organizations.
When the Illinois division passed the
veterans uncovered and waved hats and
hands', and the President, rising, returned
the salute by kissing his hand to them.
The orders were very strict in,|passing the
reviewing stand, that the men should
keep their eyes to the front, but en
thusiasm was greater than duty, and
nearly < very pest broke the rule. "You're
all right," shouted one man, and another
supplemented it with, "We are all Mc
| Kinley men." . The President smiled his
I greeting. . .When the Pennsylvania di
j vision passed with .twenty- tattered
j flags, President .McKinley motioned to the
crowd on the stands and with' one accord
they arose and uncovered. -•:':
■ "Hurrah, nurrah, we'll sing the jubi- ,
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lee." started a voice in 'be crowd and
high rose the chorus for a minute, dying
away as the next band in line destroyed
the harmony. The President .paid a
gracious tribute to some colored veterans
as they passed, waving his hand to t em.
i Some men from d post at Bradford. Pa.,
j hit upon a novel method of inning
' recognition from the President. The man
I nearest the President's' end had been di
i rected to get near the President and shake
his hand. The others formed a chain by
1 grasping hands. The President laughed
I .very heartily at the scheme. , [
* hen the Canton- (Ohio) post came
j along; there was a great snout and the
! President, stepping; to the front of the
j platform, clapped his hands vigorously
while the members of tue post moved by
him and shouted.
At 1:30 the President and Governor
Black left the reviewing stand, jut a the
department of Connecticut ainved nt the
place of review. Luncheon was served at
a private residence near by. The stay nt
luncheon wa- brief, however, and the
President and Governor Black w^re soon
back in their places, and the President
was again bowing and smiiin" and lifting
his hat to the veterans. At 2:05 the Wash
ington. D. C, posts passed and were ac
corded a special welcome by the President,
tbe colored -veterans especially being
recognized.
When Fairbank Post of Detroit came
along Secretary of War Alger was *-een
upon the right flank of the camp ma*ch
ing past in uniform. When the President
saw him he pointed him out, and the
stands' occupants gave him a round of
applause. -r' : "
With Lafayette Post of Indiana walked
General Lew Wallace and he received a
welcome. At the head of the Minnesota
division a drum corps of the oldest vete
rans attracted the attention of the Presi
dent and he gave them a special' recog
nition. Not one of the interesting feat
ures of the parade escaped the President's
attention and he laughed heartily at tbe
corn and wheat displays of the West and
the complimentary references io pros
perity. It was ten minutes after 3 o'clock
when New York State Department Com
mander Shaw and his staff saluted tbe
President and the New York State Vete
rans began to tile ov. They ctm prised
two divisions and formed the largest de
partment in line.
On and on went the column and for
ov r an hour it was nothing but New
Yorkers.
General Alger joined the reviewing
party while New York's delegation was
passing. It was nearly 5 o'clock when the
last of New York's State division passed
the stand, and after nearly six hours of
constant attention the President and Gov
ernor Black were driven to their hotel,
amid tbe huzzas of the old soldiers and
the applause of the vast crowd. Through
out the entire day the great crowd was
orderly and there was no intrusion upon
the President. 1
The latter admitted' that he was tired
with the day's work, but pleased.
CPFOSED TO AEG OES.
The Daughters of the Union Veterans
May Draw the Color
,Line.
BUFFALO. N. V.. Aug. 25.— Daugh
ters of the Union Veterans have several
matters of considerable importance upon
which to act at their convention, which
will open to-morrow forenoon. A resolu
tion will be introduced asking the same
recognition from the Grand Army of the
Republic as has been at corded the
Woman's Relief Corp*. A more delicate
question to settle will he tue request from
the departments of Maryland and Ken
tucky for the formation of if pirate de
partments for the wnite and negro mem
bers. It is expected that this will meet
with strong onpoxi'.ion.
A Fraternity Convention.
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 25. -The thirty
fifth annual convention of the Delta Tau
Delta Fraternity opened to-day with sixty
delegates present. The session will last
three days.
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