Iowa County democrat. [volume], May 31, 1878, Image 5

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Tirrlble Tornadoes,
Telegraphic advices of the -4th give
meager accounts of most disastrous tor
nadoes in a number of localities on the
evening of the 2drd.
STORM TRACK ACROSS DANE COfSTY.
Twenty miles east of Mineral Point
the tornado crossed into Dane county.
Ole Severson’s house was first struck
and swept away. Severson and wtfe both
being killed. Dr. McFarland’s house
was demolished and a patient crushed
to death. Numerous other houses and i
barns were swept away and a large num
ber of people sustained broken limbs
and other injuries. The town of Prim
rose was next;* Simon Keller's house
was demolished and he anil his son
dangerously injured. John Osmanson’s
house, barn and all sheds vanished. A
thrilling story is related regarding the
scene presented at this place. Ihe
house was snatched up with almost
lightening rapidity, with Mr. Ostnanson
and three children in it. Mrs. O. and
three children reached the cellar just
as the house was raised Irom its foun
dation. Oil’ some distance is a cluster
of trees, and upon the tops of these I
trees did the house land. Hut as it was
raising, Mr. O. was blown out of door,
fell to the ground, and happily only
received a broken rib. The three chil
dren in the trees, and still in the house,
were rescued, one with an arm broken
in three places, and two slightly injured.
The mother and her three little ones'
in the cellar received not a scratch.
N, N. Byrge’s house and barn were torn
to atoms and he and his wife both
killed. Hiram Neverson’s house was
crushed and swept away and he and his
son horribly mangled by Hying timber,
both were doubtless instantly killed. I
John Killeny’s house was demolished j
and his wife killed. The number of
houses destroyed and number of per
sons injured are both very large. This
town is well nigh depopulated and
ruined. No lives are reported lost in
the town of Montrose, the next in the
line of the storm, but a track half a
mile wide extending across the town is
swept clean and numerous persons in
jured. Tlie next town is Oregon, here
the destruction of everything in the
path of the tornado was com
plete. The house of Mr. J. Pierce
a story and a half building, built of
heavy oak limbers, was lifted from its
foundation, carried about four
rods and squatted down so that
it is not more than three
feet high. Mr. Pierce and wife, an old
couple, were terribly injured. The
young Mr. Alfred Pierce was blown out
of the door over two fences, and carried
forty rods, landing in the field. It was
all done so quickly that Mr. Pierce
knows nothing ot the event save that
he found himself Hying through the air
for an instant, and then experienced the
shock of landing, lie was not seriously
hurt, and hurried back to rescue tin*
old folks, if possible. Mrs. Pierce had
been standing near the stove just before
the crash, and she was found in Haines,
but wa. rescued without being
badly burned. The old people’s
recovery is doubtful. The large barn
was all smashed to bits of kindling.
The large amount of hay and grain in it
was strown all over the country and is
a total loss. Some stock was killed and
the poultry was carried to the four
winds.
At Henry and John Underwood's,
both log houses were unroofed and the
contents of the chambers blown away
or destroyed.
At Henry Palmer's, two young men
in a moving wagon, bound for
lowa, had just halted to gain shelter
from lhi“ storm. Mr. Palmet was
assisting them to unhitch, and the
wagon had been run alongside the gran
ary. When the storm struck, Mr.
I’almer first saw someeattle and hogs
Hying over an adjoining corn crib.
The granary next was lifted over the
wagon and hurled to atoms. By a
miraculous fortune, Mr. Palmer was
not hurt, hut one of the
mover’s legs was broken.
The gnmery contained four hundred
bushels of oats w hich is a total loss.
The corn in the crib is also nowhere to
be found. Slock and poultry were
killed and blown away. A wagon stood
in the yard, and the box which belong
ed to it could not he found —not so
much as a sliver. The movers’wagon
also demolished, and the horses
bruised.
AT sAMI'KI. KICK'S,
across the road, the house was riddled.
When Mr. and Mrs. Bice saw what was
coming they rushed out and were saved.
The storm then mowed a swath through
the woods belonging to J. Kiser and
Joseph Fox. dr., sweeping the trees
down and doing more or less damage
to buildings. Dr.(leo. Fox’s team wore
blown from the pasture, carried eighty
rods and killed.
AT WAfKKSUA, WISCONSIN.
The wind blew a perfect gale
and the rain pouml down in a
perfect sheet all the time, accom
panied by Heavy thunder and lightning.
Several chimneys were complete
ly demolished, the roofs blown from
two building* one large building
was moved about fifteen feet, and a
number of smaller buildings were
moved a considerable distance in an in
creditable short space of time. The
streets were so full of water as to be al
most immpassable. The only accident
heard of thus far is of one woman be
ing struck on the shoulder by a falling
chimney, but not fatally injured.
Many others were badly frightened.
AT qITKCY, IU-
A frightful tornado passed over but
as the telegraph wires are all gone, no
definite advices can be obtained.
The Maryland legislature refuses to
pay for property destroyed ip last
Summer’s riots out of the State Treas
ury.
" aMiiugton.
THE lUNKKITT ACT.
Advices from Washington under date
of May 27th say the bill to repeal the
bnakrupl law. with the senate amend-'
incuts, is now lying on the speaker’s
table in the house. The registers of
bankruptcy throughout the country are
taking great deal of interest in this bill,
and some of them are now trying
to defeat it. The senate amend
ments, which postpone the date until
the Ist of September, when the repeal
shall take effect, is understood to have
been suggested by them, and its adoption
secured through their etlorts. Kveu 1
though the repeal takes effect at that
date, it will he several years in most of!
the states before the proceedings already
commenced can he terminated.
INDIAN AO ENVIES,
A hill will he introduced in the house !
in a few days to reduce the number of i
Indian reservations from thirty-six to
nine and the number of agents from 1
twenty to eight. The number of I
acres of laud now occupied amounts ,
to nearly 22.000.tW, and will be
reduced to about 4,250,000, making a 1
reduction in area of nearly IS.OtHMW
acres. Of this land there will be R5,-
IW,OOO acres restored to market, leav
ing to be sold in trust for the Indians
nearly 5,000,000 acres. In Washington
territory, .‘5,457 Indians will be
consolidated at Colville. 200 at Xeuh
Bay; 1000 will take homesteads; 15,000
will go to Puyalup. In Oregon, .‘5,000
will take homesteads, 2,;550 will be con
solidated at Hramie Bonds, and 5,tW at
Yoeohoiua. The 4,200 Utes in Colorado I
will be sent to Indian Territory, lu
Minnesota 0,000 will be settled at 1
White Karth. In Wisconsin .‘5,200 will j
be placed at La Point. Two agencies
in lowa and Nebraska will be broken
up and the Indians removed to an es
tablished agency in Indian Territory.
Then 1 will be great resistance to the
carrying out of these changes, and it is
not at all probable that they will be ac
complished.
AND VET THERE I* IlOl’E.
Washington advices under date uf
May 27th state that the house com
mittee on appropriations will report
early this week the two remaining
general appropriation bills . namely,
sundry civil expenses and deficiency.
The army bill may consume one or
two days more before its passage. It is
not believed any of the railroad bills or
trade bills can pass Iml'u houses during
the present session. Not a few mem
bers are hopeful of an adjournment by
the etui of June ami are working to
that end. The Potter invest gat ion
committee would not interfere w ith such
result as it lias power to sit (hiring re
cess.
A liOND SCHEME.
Washington advices, under date of
Mav 2(ilh, state that Representative
Phillips will at the first opportuni
ty introduce in the house and ask im
mediate action upon the same, a bill
substitute for the pending bill declaring
the contract between the secretary of
the treasury and syndicate for the sale
of the 41 per cent, bonds of the United
States to be contrary to law . Tin* full
text of tin l bill is as follows;
Ih'li enacted, etc.. That all the sales of
bonds of tin l United Stales, except for
purposes of refunding the debt as now
provided for by law, is hereby pro
hibited and for purposes of refunding
the debt at a lower rate of interest
public subscription books shall
be kept open at tin' treasury of the
United Slates and sub-treasuries there
of: and should it be necessary for the,
secretary of the treasury to ell'eet any
sale or sale's of bonds authorized to lu*
held by law , lie shall only do so on sale
or contract made to the lowest bidder
or bidders, due notice thereof being giv
en by publication.
A I.EX. STEPHENS.
Alex. H. Stephens announces himself
a candidate for re-election from the
Augusta, (in., district.
TREASI’BV STATEMENT,
f. S. h.aids to siTuri/ notnimil lunik
(‘lmilHlioil... |:its.HIM.H.VI
Ronds to secure public deposits. ri.stW.iM)
t . S. liolids deposited for .irtulslion
week ending 10-diiy i.Onn.tma
f S, bonds la-id lor cirenlulloa with
drawn week eliding today . . .. al.v.'joo
National bank circulation outstanding
—currency notes ... (is.), IK’
Hold notes MW. 131
Internal receipts 10-dav TO, MS
Customs. iTS.iHH
bunk notes received for redemption
for week ending to day ft. NTT. mo
Corresponding week of IST', li.TIT,OKI
Receipts to-day .. WT.ooo
THE EI.ECTOUAI. SYSTEM.
Washington advices under date of
Mav 25th state that Senator Kdmunds,
of Vermont, ha* submitted to the senate
anew plan agreed upon by tin* senate
committee' for counting the electoral
vote. It differs from the existing law
in that it provides that each
State shall determine by law for the tri
al and determination of any eontrov- j
er*y concerning the appointment of it
electors, and such determination shall
!>e conclusive evidence of the lawful title
of the electors who shall be K o decided
to have been appointed. The bill
doe- not materially change the method
of counting electoral vote* now in
vogue by congress. but provides that
when there i* hut one return
from a state it shall not he
rejected, except by an affirmative
vote of both houses. ft* there Ik* -
more than one return from a slate, that |
return which has been decided by the )
state tribunal to be the lawful one shall)
be counted. If the state tribunal shall j
not have decided upon disputed
returns, that return alone shall
he counted which shall he de- j
dared by affirmative vote of both |
houses to be the lawful one. When the
houses cannot agree as to which is the*
law ful return, neither shall be counted.
Senator Thurman announced that the
committee wa not unanimous in favor
of this* bill, and ho should state tbs olv
footions at another time.
NOMINATIONS.
Washington advices of the 24tli iust..
state the president has nominated!
Charles I’avsou, of Mississippi, third
assistant secretary of state: C. M.
Snencer, of lowa, consul general at
Melbnrne: Chester K. Jackson of Wis
consin, consul at Antivua, John I).
Could, at Marseilles, and Chas. Holden.
Jr., posttuaster at Alton, 111.
THK IN VKSTUiATU'N,
The rotter investigating; committee
meets this afternoon. The tuaiu tea- ,
ture of the bill reported in the senate i
by Mr. Kdmuuds, unlay, on the sub
ject of the electoral votes giver for pres
ident and vice-president, is tlie provis
ion that no electoral vole from any !
state from which but one return has
been received shall be rejected.
I'OfNTKKKKITS.
Washington advices of the 2Jd iust,,
slate that the secret service to-night re
ceived information that the steamship
Hntier, from Hamburg, arrival yester
day in New York w ith a large number
ot emigrants on board who wire loaded
down with counterfeit s7>o notes on
the National Broadway Haul and the
Tradesmen's National Hank o' the city
of New York. They obtain'd them
in exchange for their gold in Hamburg
prior to starling for this conn n . The
fact was discovered by one of the emi
grants presenting s<loo at thesnb-treas
nry in New York, asking for gold there
for. The balance of the emigiants have !
gone West, and are making fir Colum
bus, Neb,, having on their poisons large
sums of counterfeit money.
HACK Alill OONl'lliMKI)
Washington advices uiuhr dale of
the 2,'lrd iust., state that the senate
has confirmed the nomination
of Stephen H. I‘aekard, of Louisiana, I’.
S. consul to Liverpool, ear Fairchild,
tranferred to Laris. There was a brief
discussion over this nomination and the
two consular changes involved in its
confirmation, li was continued by a
strict parly vote of 117 iwpublicans
against ill! democrats, comprising all
present except Senator Kustis who with
held bis vote. The senate alsa confirm
ed Lucius Fairchild, of Wisconsin, now
consul at Liverpool, to be L S, consul
general to Laris, r/c< Alfred T. 1L To
berl, recalled.
somii seniors niAiuiKs.
The following are the principal ar
ticles of impeachment against C. B.
Bradford, late vice-consul-general at
Shanghai, China:
First That Bradford became inter
ested in and promoted officially the
railroad from Woo Sung to Shanghai in
i violation of treaty obligations and acts
j of congress.
Second That, he conspired for peen
-1 niary gain to deceive the Chinese an
I tbonlies by procuring consent to build
a carriage road and afterwards the con
struction of a railway from Woo Sung
to Shanghai.
Third That he was guilty of injust
ice, tyranny and extortion as judge of
the consular court. There are live
specifications under this article.
Fourth and fifth —That as postal agent
of the I'nitod States he abstracted let
ters from the mails and opened them
for the purpose of prying into the busi
ness and secrets of persons writing let
ters.
Sixth—That l.e |o> k a voachwr in one
instance for SBO, and paid in person only
SOO, retainii g sllO.
Seventh—That as postal agent at
Shanghai he received Mexican dollars,
which were at a premium over gold and
currency that he paid expenses in like
coin, but charged the government
premium, as if he had purchased such
coin, thereby defrauding the govern
ment out of large sums.
Kighth—That he embezzled fees due
the government.
Ninth-—That he embezzled $2,G00 of
J the government funds.
FINANCIAL STATKMCNT,
At the cabinet meeting to-day Secre
tarySliernian submitted a financia I state
ment show ing a deficiency in the fiscal
year thus far of $11,000,000 less than in
the corresponding time last year; also,
showing a decrease of $#,000,000 in the
expenditures.
THK CATK.NT IAWs.
The house committee on patents tit
day agreed to report favorably Jleprc
sentative Vance’s bill for a general re-
I vision of tin* patent laws.
(■KNKKAI, AITKOI’KIATION Hil 1..
| The full senate committee on appro
i priations to-day commenced the consul
, (trillion of the legislative, executive and
I judicial appropriation bill. From nres
i cut indications, they will recommend
! non-concurrence by the senate in most
i of the reductions made by the house in
the real force of the various executive
| department), and in reporting the bill
will restore salaries generally to the
amount now paid.
Krmodjr for Hard Times.
Stop spending so much on fine
clothe*, rich food and style. Buy good,
healthy, food cheaper and better cloth
ing; get more real and substantial
things of life every way, and especially
stop the foolish habit of running after
expensive and quack doctors or using
so much of the vile humbug medicine
that does you only harm, and makes
the proprietors rich, but put your trust
in the greatest of all simple, pure
remedies, Hop Bitters, that cures al
ways at a trifling cost, and you will see
better times and torsi health. Try it
once. Head of it in another column.
Ahoct three hundred and fifty Ponca
Indians had a grand war dance in the
streets of Chetopa, laletle county,
Kan., last Saturday. They were on
their way to their new reservation west
of the Arkansas. They are said to be
loathsome object* to look at.
The Wyoming Centennial.
New Yarn Times
The elanovate preparations in progress
among the people of IVnsylvania for a
centennial commemoration of the bat
tle and massacre of Wyoming, recalls
one of the most thrilling incidents of
the Revolution. The name of Wyo
ming and its sad history have obtained
a world-wide fame, and naturally the
thousands w ho have been stirred by the
recital of its woes w ill feel an interest in
the forthcoming celebration which will
ocourron the ftd and 4th of July next,
the first being the date of the bailie and
massacre. Llio preparations for the
demonstration were begun on the
ninety-ninth anniversary of the event,
w hen a number of the'descendants of J
the gallant yeomen who fought and 101 l !
met and organized an mllmitial assoc at- j
tion, with sub-committees scatered
throughout the valley to attend to the i
details. The heartiness w ith which they
entered upon their work, and the eii- I
tlmsiasm with which the public have
seconded their efforts, w arrant the hope
that the allair will he worthy of the oc
casion which it is designed to honor.
I'he invasion of the valley was ac
complished on the ltd of July, 1778.
when a nnmberof British soldiers, com
manded by Col. John Butler, and ac- !
communed by 700 Indians led by the
cruel half-breed Brant, or tii-en-gwali (
toll, dcceudcd upon tlic defenseless set
(lenient. They were met by a few com
panies ot old men and boys, whose ex
trenie age and youth had exempted
them from service in the distant ranks j
of tlu' Republic, and for several hours |
a tierce battle raged on the banks of tlu
Susquehanna. But the contest was un
equal. The Indians, from their ambush,
kept up a deadly think fire, which soon
thinned (he ranks of the yeomen, and,
utterly shattered, they were forced to
fall back, despite the appeals of their
courageous leader, Col, Zebulou Butler,
who cried, ‘‘Don’t leave me my children,
and the day is ours," The Indians, see
ing their toes retreat, fell upon them
and slaughtered them without mercy,
iiini, women, and children.
When the Six Nations eqxmsed the
Fuglish cause against the Colonies it
was part of tin* compact that the hitter
should lead them against Wyoming, to
afford them mi opportunity of being
avenged upon the settlers, whom they
regarded ns the usurpers of the red
man's paradise, a name sometimes
given to the valley; mid so, the first,
skirmish being over, the Indians gave
full scope to tlu' spirit of destruction
which possessed (hem, and, breaking
away from the leaders, they reaped a
terrible revenge upon the gentle people
of that Arcadian abode. About !!00
were put todeath with torch, tomahawk,
and spear, regardless of age or sex. and
the most cruel tortures that n fiendish
spirit could devise were' employed to
make the last lingering momeiilsof their
victims full of agony. An awful night
followed that day of carnage. The
huts and homes, the crops and orchards,
; were set on lire, and (he d< vnstation of
tlu> entire settlement was made com
plete. Several were drowned in (heir
efforts to escape down the river under
the cover of die night, but. a oarty of a
hundred women and children sueeeded
in making their way to the mountains,
under (he leadership of one < Id man,
who was their sole protector. But
though they tied the terrors of the mas
sacre, u was to encounter hardships
equally severe. Their path lav through
(be (beat Swamp, now known as the
“Shades of Death," by reason of the
numbers who had perished there, and
the siilh rings they endured from fear,
and famine, and sickness art' unmatch
ed by anything on record. One poor
woman, whose babe died at her breast
in a xain effort to obtain nourishment,
carried her dead darling twenty miles
rather than leave the precious burden
behind to fall a prey to the wolves; and
many other incidents of love and devo
tion are related. Only a few survived
(lie fatigue of the march and the plague
which overtook them in the swamp.
The bodies of those who were massa
cred in I lie Wyoming Valley lay unhiir
ied on the plain for months, until a de
| tacliineiit of soldiers gathered them to
gether one night and consigned them to
a large hole in the ground, fearful lest a
more respectful interment might excite
the enmity of the Indians, who were
still prowling about the neighborhood.
The result was that the exact location of
the remains was unknown to tint friends
of the dead for many years, and their
discovery at last was a mere accident.
An unassuming obelisk commemorative
of the virtues of the fallen heroes has been
raised over their resting-place by the
patriotic women of Wyoming, and is
visited every summer by hundreds of
persons attracted to the scene by a, spir
it of reverence or curiosity.
In order to make the coming centeui
ii 1 as realistic as possible, a, number of
lints are in progress of erection along
the river, to look exactly like those
which stood there I<mi years ago, .md
the old forts are being rebuilt. A tribe
of friendly Indians detailed their chief a
few days ago to wait on the committee
of arrangements and oiler their services,
in full costume, and their appearance
will doubtless aid the picturesque fea
tures of the representation. President
Hayes and a number of men prominent
in politics and literature have also signi
fied their intention of being present.
I The first day will he devoted to odes and
I orations commemorative of the event.
The words of a poem by Miss Husan K,
Dickinson have been set to music, and
will be sung by 100 voices, and a similar
sontnbution bus been made by another
accomplished lady, who retires behind
the non de plume of “ Stella of Lacka
j w aua.” 'Hie programme for the Fourth
of July consists of a grand pageant, par
ticipated in by the civic and military so
cieties of Pennsylvania, to he followed
in the evening by a display of fireworks
along tin- river banks a distance of
twenty mill's of charming scenery,
V 'Vetch of W yoming would he in
complete without mentioning the
“ Woody Queen I'esther,” an Indian
fury, who with her own hand put twenty
men to death. Her victims had been
taken prisoners, and were promised
mercy, but just at the moment when
they hoped to be released they were led
from the fort where they had been held
captive, and ranged around a rock, up
on which their murderess, with death
man! and tomahawk, dashed out their
brains. It is known to this day as
Queen Ksther’s Hock, and the portion
which rose above the surface of the
earth has been almost carried away In
the ri lic-luntcis. The story of Frances
Slocum, who was carried oil 1 from her
mother's door, a mere babe, by the In
dians, and discovered half a century
later by her brothers, who found that
she had forgotten her language, and was
happy and wealthy w ith the “ children
of the forest," is too well known to need
reproduction; nevertheless, owing to
the touching circumstances of the ease,
it occupies considerable prominence in
the traditions ( >f the massacre. The
nephew of Frances Slocum is at present
residing in Scranton, and remembers
well having heard his father describe
the meeting with his sister.
Miscellaneous. News.
i wind kou rui: Kior.
A Philadelphia dispatch under date
of May -7th says the result, of the test
case foreshadows that Alleghany conn
t v must pay for all goods destroyed in
the Villsbnrg labor riots. The suit was
brought to recover the value
of a consignment of whisky
destroyed while cn route from Finein
mill for Philadelphia. The defense was
that the act making the county liable
was intended to apply to citizens of
that county only; that the disturbance
was more than a mob, and was
an insurrection, and that if the ofllcers
of the railroad companies were not at
fault in having the property at Pitts
burg, (lie owners could not recover.
Plu> judge ruled out testimony to prove
these points, and the verdict was for the
full amount demanded by the plaintiffs,
i.Ainu: uiviuicND.
A Chicago dispatch dated the 27th of
May, says that Hisby, oflhelaw linn of
Monroe, Hisby A Hall, attorneys for H.
F. Allen, has just returned from lowa,
where he claims to have found property
that is to be placed to the credit of the
t’ook county national bank which will
neti about iNOO.OUO and the hank will
now he able to pay PJ to 20 per cent,
dividend. H. F. Vilen is left without a
dollar.
thk kcssian t urist us.
Au Ellsworth, Maine, dispatch of
the ‘doth hist,, says small parties
of Russian ollleers are leaving the
(’imhriii to-day with all their hag
gage w hich they pass formally through
the custom house. A few leave by
every boat going west. Oueol the oil!
eers in conversation confirms the re
port that the Russian force is composed
of three slops’ crews, each fully oil!
cored, lie says there is no
harm is now saying that they have
cinne to America to man three
vessels to he purchased and converted
into Russian cruisers. Me thinks two
have already been purchased, and are
now in Philadelphia. Such ollleers as
have left the ( Smhria have gone to these
vessels. When asked if any sailors had
been sent on lie answered that sailors
would he taken directly in the (Hmhriti
to the point of transfer. The officer
conversed with has rank of lieutenant,
is highly educated, and apparently can
did in statements.
American Roods hi London.
Speaking of the I, anensh ire strike, Mr.
Jennings writes from Ixmdon:
“ Are not American cotton goods sold
in every shop in England, and Isiti
cashire goods being gradually super
seded ? Some manufacturers here say
that over * production* is the cause of
all the distress and difficulty in Lau
ehasliire, They deceive themselve.l.
They are beaten at their own trade, and
that is why they are losing their cus
tomers. American cotton is liner in
quality and cheaper in price than Eng
lish cotton, and people, therefore, prefer
the former to the latter. The Wanisut
la mills and the J/msdale mills, whose
mark I seeon half the cot ton exhibited
in Ixmdon shop windows, will not stop
production because the Preston lads are
out on a strike. Quite the contrary. H
is hut the beginning of a long series of
troubles in Lancashire. The trade lias
been niissimmaged and neglected, and
the cause of 1 economic,' legislation has
not been favoribln to it. Consequently
it is now in a slate of decay. If that
decay is notarresled the race of'cotton
princes’ will soon he extinct, and the
greatest trade m England will become
substantially a thing of the past.
-♦ •
A Touching Love Story*
I, along with several others, yesterday
observed swallow enter an exhaust
pipe in the roof of one of the Grand
Trunk workshops, evidently for the
purpose of building her nest in it.
I'nfortunately for her she could not
gel out again, and her partner entered
tiie pipe also and harken out again with
a feather in his beak. Three times did
he ineffi dually attempt to rescue his
mate. When work was resumed at 1
p. in., the swallow was blown out of the
pipe by force of steam and Jay dead on
the roof of the building, the survivor
standing by showing signs of intense
distress.
Kkc'KNT soundings show Lake liaikal,
in Siberia, to ho the deepest lake in the
world; the greatest depth sounded was
12,000 feet.