| Show gnnnnnAnnnnnnnnnnnniuinniijiniAAnuuAAnnuuxniinnnAnninnr i ACROSS SIBERIA EAST TO WEST tol Tile Beginning at a Ilemarknblo Journey Undertaken to i Secure Commercial Intormotlon Prom Nagasaki to L Vlndlvoatok I uuuuj mnli ruuinnnrn ArunruAnru noruinaminnivuUtAnnn uww uu u wu uwuwwwwuuuuuwuww Vladivostok Xlherln May vi doing do-ing acroll rllherlal And over the Trans Iberlan llallnuull And going to take your wife I Well And thnn a long pauae aa If that folly of luch a trip could only be told In eloquent ullence l 1rlendi were painfully aollclinua ao nualnlancea were aarciatliiUy ekeinl > pal 1 and fiendishly humorous and uch U the tenacity of tradition that molt people familiar with plane spoke of Siberia Si-beria aa a plMiIng admixture 1 of Ironed enllea howling wolves and biting Wants mn1 AI my temerity anti to the ti rge nf discourtesy doubted my aanlty The bright young men In the late department de-partment at Washington took satisfy to tell Senator Itrklna that It was riylng In the foot of danger and should bt n elralneil The plan of oroelnc Klbtrla waa hereof here-of the desire I of the I Men IVanclico chamber of commerce for guiding focin and nearest about the HuaalonAalatlc trade and the probable effect of the Mlherlan railroad on that portion nf Cal forma I tributary to the city by use golden late The details of travel by thin I road were not to be had Hooka I bearing on the road even the bile land 1 Wtot and bed I were Pimply traelng ann the owntontary r information in fromemilove i Ws w usloon fit n In Plan tlqwol Ih 1mveler started seems I IdlIk Unit enwd the Hamilton r pfro by rall boat end team fit fit Itelorabourff The Intruding traveler inall told I thai the I llueilan Umpire has an erea of MMOW square mllee omelllh of flat land of the world of which ont fourth la In Rurope and the reel lit Alia thai I Its population bmgso r IKfmonoo 1 of which I t700000 are In Hlberla I that the empire has 1IMO mile at railroad u ngainit HOMM miles III the stalled Hlatea that fit ivtenhurg la I the only city In the empire containing over I wio < o people that the great railway imas planned With a view lo military necenltlei that Kmperor I Nicholas rr then life rftanmltl turned the lint epndeful of earth at Vladivostok end proclaimed the ImiKrlal rei tip nr Alexander II May 11 IIH and that theo the-o on1 route from this fiber to HI Ietereburg la I agoat mllea This data norvan a purpose and Hung at ihoM unfamiliar un-familiar with the Itueilan empire of today to-day give dignity and lmt > rlane of rI1 ml uIc Illusion It Ii of no practical i value I to one about crops Hlberlu II want to know tthen and how In travel and the dleromfona he must face I Not knotting what trial Ihe Journey might develop I Secured tntnidiictory and Indonlng letters from Counl u Plot Russian nmlMMaditr nt Waehlng Inn n letter from Secretary Hay end aim nf miles A iMMtwrt for myself and 1 Hlfe from lIon francleco l one has R < holce of three linen of etMlnen We atlled the middle of March and coll all I all ulnnI1 Ionn on the action and the hrry b1molmonall III JAPAIL Tkn of lientan tracks In I telling tombelf told < tales and I will therefore lowln my Hory In tFt Russian atmosphere i1 = Nagasaki where llumlina and Houston agents are numerous and Incromoln I The Rug Plans Japanove 1 still m inn have atcalneri running from Naraeakl to Vhtdlvoetok and > ou may go directly to the latter I place or touch at I Corn wU on Ihe east ir weet Coast of that peninsula The fare by the Japan good 1 Omn otemmers of front 200 to I 20a0 tons 10 40 yess 110 M the taro on the lIuIn TriState Ii I It Jn r oIr The ya and fit stable hate the lame relative I value i Near aeakl The Russian teamen are Iran twrla of the olunleer Heel vary In vivo from looi tn 10W tons and make iw paaaage In two days and n half The iteameri II the other little partly II I bovatee l of slope at May porn are give or six flays making the trip The Hue alan volunteer Heel consists of ilileei I elenmere nnd le I the gin of tile llunlal people to the Koternment The steam en were built In Knitland l are commanded com-manded by lluilun naval inkera oar ry in 1 dlere pa eenaer > and freight fr at lIula n Till a rw IOlomlal I ports to loJIolnk not Port Arthur Ad are Among the fittest troolor hips In the Itu A 10600 lots Vessel of thJ4 fleet anti four Anactimn I tf trol Muiilla uer numimd in Suakl hr bor within a radius of All Verde faillb we ttere there and furnlihed R nlrt the reverse nf pleating to I pnlrloll American Thai Itunlan vessel 1 had three big smokestack twenty four lKllere unit wni rredltrd wllh a ipeM of tttenl > ltio knoli nn hour Th American irannorte looked I deplorably nil of place and one of them hnr tile I outward ilgne of A derelict 111011 1 Ih latter Pleanner after wk nr careful 1Irollo InI1 for than Franchvo III break down the first day nut Wch Ih initiation IIrI Capt Ivan lhrlllonnvl l4cotholiff I N < mdlh and In oomiwny To fill Mr wnd Mrs 1 W A Johns of Chlcaiiu Alto trrro 1111111 Plherlan atilt 1 Chlneee pom Coned on the Nagaiakl agent for tick WWWWWWWUWWwW 1 Our opoi w lomov d and otld M = for III 11ooonlp I priiot paid In I JatuineM money m ti r Kltn I a g lrI taper nwurdlna UN < E in I he I Orel Ve went to Un I mminrr in a tampan wereoscordsholly n u q4 by the en plain I a ndNa niftier ran the nipectful irau of 1 am midiirn and through the medium of KmtlliH French and Oerman with a feti e inU I r Htm plan were allotted our tnnn said I tniide to feel at home There were forty ItuMInn In Iho first cabin and among thont To h > IKUMI I MMV to at Nuneakl 1 t n 4 brlnht Onrman Irl mine to Nlki > laif k tn ml from Va r r vl 1 insibe i 0 It MoK him Joe an still dOIlIIl08 and futl 11 Pl I A nf 11Putzled I nd vole four Am rb 1 iti Th cRNln ami alTItIOro nf th 1 ra more than merely polite in i nought ue told UR the meal I hour it I In etery wy 1 us lIe Anti IrTl0 treat Ing us aa If He were Perform BIIII ml lead of paratngen who hid Imply r1I10no1orrOIlTi 1 bought traiupoftatlon The i nnimeii and < Ulet of tie thlp Cotnnian1 d lin Mediate I I Wnhl for In I It I r mcm liervd ihe had only Juit nfrNI l from < Hle a which I port ahe Ir l April li volideprgeolisobr = end carried IM retrain tor the RUN Inn Ailatlc army ami nmri I > no first tA oue onnL04 and lemml t csbln resionoll10 She looked large and staunch ni I In I guild form nnd we were not itirprlied lo learn I that her lenglh wae 4J feel and her l > nm 41 At 140 p m May 2 l Ihe Japnnne curia venders ttn Pont front I nil dfor lo their Milan the ilren 1 hrlrkrd leveral times and Ihe Oral teamed majeellcally down the aunllt I baAfter After the Pilot line faded from view lit captain cam lo our group Milih now Included the young Oerman lady and the Kngllihnun aiul 1 told ui must Per was ready With Alone mliglvlngl went to the table IVrelgn reel 1 demi of tin Orient had warned ui assigner lluetUn evoking and we looked for trouble The culelne wan tery gootli the water wits an agremble lurprlee The decorative fea lurei of the table were In I excellent lOll the aetllmr WM attractive the menu was varied and only In too In stencils did the food show the greael neii affected by lltielaii cook Inetead I of the usual America array of knives I and forkl then WAS a Her of four plain 1 nt sell Mat On Ih lop and mallei plate were crmw 41 1 a niter knife and fork and at the bb of the tier was n welllaundered mtpkln The nm courie ierve1 by tall Hooligan wallon In white suite totuliteil of A like 1 of laity tongu wllh thin watera of tthlte radials In < nam Then followed an nlxllilng cnhlmge soup hot and nourishing m it a filet of beef with email onloni In a rich gravy neil fried chicken wllh I llure and cueumlwra on tin lame Plan then a More of caulinnticr lih an Inviting cracker ninth Viol butler dreaalng Htrawlerrlii cheeeo and otl followed The broad both black kold and vodka and lea were eertml t ni Ueilred 1 and wlnea to order I Tlw Hart front thi Imperial I vineyard InIld Still aussomentalle mod Wait A I trifle 1er than CIIIla nfandel Th olka lno1 1 on the table In large parofl n1 wa taken at III Yoolks go I nearly olorins with Just R goes lIun if Inllm Phade and hAt tho fast of dell ale gin The lae plan of the Her dleappcared wllh the caullltottei anti the lmlri among In un A thin while dlh like an American dinner plate 1 The reguUtlon meat before were Seven to 0 a In Person tta black and while bread II a m lifimkfaet I 2 tom to-m lea and coffee 530 Eancus support IP I in tea and knlckknaika The tea wan served In the orthodox Rosales atle III lumblera The slattern taunM first nn In It of lea I then n1led 1 up ttltn hot water and the pawnger usmd culie I motor anti effects lemon tn Insist The breakfait table iia Pat as for Pop We except that a etandard dleh litalied I wllh fission iiindlee wrapped In > ll v rr and oil paper eloo1 at each end of rl ho the table The tint course of our lint breakfast wife S od of IL loll of raid ham and a Italy pbkAP4 nh Thin was followed by Jnpalt nbr mineralogical fifth a thoptA pef unit 1lUre and 2rvtd with innmalp Then calmill a Inuhou vast lutbt III a lkwd lemon invlronmrnl Tn choose Coffee and candy nnlhid the ml odkaM win to Ikn AI kful U fase would Ik them at IUlleh I dinner Tb cabin > Ann hd the ex elusive umm of three docks IUndhll and the Soldiers and their wlv M Iw smaloollito were quartered i film nM An rn addition lo her human freight the Ones Carried Iron ratio piwholonim food mlwvli h > uui suppllA fair the Army The moddiom I I ince lotaliturt or tlcrly KnodnHturtHl frolUkini 1lou follow who run krrtti pleasure i In singing national Ponca and nlloollt1 wines and hymn Th Cllins r vice at A WON unllu and Inip041ve and the chair effect were grand On the simmer courts from Nognukl to Itillvoatok the distance la I aw nillea and at those season the paaaage is I fairly Idaaaant We had mild Heather for twentyfour hours and then pneelna t o < the Japanese warm current off llalue island we ran Into the Jon I eee Ho and Into fog rain ami n looter tradocature ti = E the fre u of manages otercmta and heller litir Ing the night of the Urd the aiianer alovard 1 down In ateerage way and utted I I her often freely and next morning the captain felt his Course through a thick fug to the I narrow owl tortuuua entrance en-trance to Vladletnelok harbor At > clock we picked Up the green lope of a hold rtnnonlnr off what the Vlnl transmissions fancifully firm Iho Htralte of Ifoaporua and oa we neared the Above father and IUIlY green IvII none earn Into view 1 anti nn Sibria Ihv Inviting broatiliftl or Halloran I the rnr bidding we feel our eyes Th steamer was a study am mil we Ih ahore for the I noldlera and colnnlet tthn had come iUO mllea h > stea tn Oil re mote corner of the earth canned the share wllh deep Intereat and conflictIng conflict-Ing transitions The eteamer muted lowly tlimuih the fortified alrotle and ae the fog nnd offset room we lAW In the outer harbor first mourners red 1 brlrk buildinals maim Ptiommoris vote brick I llulldlnge iroh h mtnla bullallarp and then the grown a n lure Hn Iran In hllly uutlln with hk k Itulpflangs or Ih official I and offieff notio very much In evidence still Wooden buthlins Immoralities ItIonsc still serum narrow vallerim Owl UI otoompt hl1ld An w e timmire the dilating I liters to ublah wo were tit I II mainglettim mann ad by Ihlneee and < locations came about the ship and limning Ihrouiih i the sticky mud l of limed and unpaved street uhere the famoti plclurevtue nnd eaecntlull praulal llupelan car raises With one lion in I the short undi Join high urch Hi trorvoo hit hd I to the hub of the front mhooho a1 I nwtioal hn brnNI fr oil the I outol4r add ullis hend field dnn and I lot II the IIrr11 IWU I of go slumping I to trOIlIK Ptep if the original In hv I hMIIIIII MIIh1I Pontiac In i Ibir obilovonnofat |
