June 25, irm
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Portland Exposition the Magnet for Pacific Coast Visitors This Year
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the bulldlnrs I of the California mission
architMture. Thpy a:e finished with the
crwam-ttntM Tmadcs and rrJ-tilM roofing,
but clasnlc portlcoa cf th Ionic order con
nect the three email buildings with the
larger exhibit structure. The grand en
trance to the n.aln exhlhlt building of the
government group Is of classic design and
is one of the most attractive architectural
offerings on the exposition grounds Three,
smaller buildings house the fisheries, ter
i ritorial and irrigation exhibits, and to the
extreme left and on the shore of Guild's
lake Is located the life saving exhibit build
ing. This little building Is unique In Its
design and quite picturesque. The main
group of buildings are planned In the form
of an eclipse. The front on a great court
which contains sunken gardens. These are
an achievement In the garden architect
art.
Irrigators will be Interested In the display
contained In the Irrigation building. Here
are shown models of some of the great
reclamation projects recer.tly undertaken
by the government, particularly those In
the barren wastes of Idaho, southern Cali
fornia and the basin cf the Colorado river.
These models are In relief and afford a fit
subject for the study of arranging fed
ditches and laterals to the best advantage
for the distribution of water. Outside the
building", practical demonstrations of Irri
gation are given In a small farm which Is
laid out with perfectly constructed ditches
fitted with proper headgatcs. Through these
the water Is directed among vegetables and
feedstuffs In actual growth. The Territor
ial building houses displays from our re
cently acquired Island possessions. The ex
hibit Is distinctive lr every respect and has
already proved cne of the most patronized
of any of the government displays.
LAKE VTEW TERRACE AT PORTLAND EXPOSITION.
kN Thursday, June 1, at Portland,
Ore., with appropriate ceremonial
and amidst the enthusiastic ap
plause of some thousands of the
energetic people of the PactPc
ciwn Was opened an exposition that is
Intended to commemorate the ceremony of
a remarkable achievement. The Lewis and
Clark expedition that traced In the years
UM and VA the waterways of the great
.West from the mouth of the Missouri to tho
mouth of the Columbia was epoch-making
distinct and co-ordinated notion of the
' . ilintrr that u hlvfton triji rrfiat
Issippl valley and the Pacific coast. For
three centuries the coasts had been known
to exist, and In a desultory sort of way
some knowledge of the Interior was ob
tained, but this fragmentary knowledge
was based more on stories brought In by
the adventurous fur hunters and trappers
than on actual exploration. It Is a re
markable fact that President Jefferson, by
hobe direction the Journey was under-
Uken, as one of the reasons Justifying his
Purchase of toe Louisiana territory, re
counted the fact that somewhere in the
interior of the country, presumably In what
is now Kansas, was a great mountain of
salt, whose value alone was equal to the
price paid France for what is now a mag
nificent empire. This is only one of the
many evidences of the lack of knowledge
of the country that Is now so familiar to
all.
Stimulated by Commerce.
Columbus sailed from Tagos to find the
Indies by a western passage; the eastern
had been closed by the Mussulman hordes,
and the traffic of Christian Europe lan
guished. Columbus died In the full belief
that he had discovered Asia, and for some
years thereafter the explorers who put out
along his track believed with him. After
had awaited the
ajes.
light of civilization for
the continental nature of the land fall had
been demonstrated, and the Portuguese had
doubled to Cape of Good Hope, establish-
lng the fact that Columbus had not dls- Portland's Pretty Exposition,
covered Asia, Interest in the interior of The exposition at Portland commemorates
the new continent flagged. Magellan's one episode In the development of this em-
epoch-marklng voyage had a tremendous pire, but serves to Illustrate In a most
effect on the geographical knowledge of practical way the progress made, not only
the period, but did little more than to of the people who have developed the coun-
stimulate a desire for an easier passage try during the last half century, but of
from the eastern to the western ocean.
The Spanish penetrated to the Isthmus of
Darien and subsequently found in Mexico
and Peru all they had sought in the Orient.
The English persisted in attempts to round
the northern end of the continent, as the
Portuguese and Spanish had rounded the
southern extremities of two, and the
French, In a desultory way, stimulated more
by private curiosity than national enter
prise, devoted some efforts to an attempt
to pursue one or two of the great water
ways of the continent to their sources.
English voyagers and Spanish, too, par
tially explored the western coast of the
American continents, but the great inter
ior plains were left a terra incognita, and
for three centuries the nature of the coun
try was known only In the vaguest way,
save for a comparatively narrow strip
along the eastern border. The Louisiana
purchase at the beginning ef the nineteenth
century stimulated the Inquiry as to
what the country between the Mississippi
valley and ihe Pacific coast really con-
the world at large. It is not the most ex
pansive of the general expositions that
have been so numerous during recent years,
but it has the advantage of the experience
of all the others, and In this way it rep
resents what is best In the exposition Idea,
with sufficient of novelty to add Interest
even for those who have seen all the rest.
It has a most sightly location on the
shores of the Willamette river, nestling
under a spur of the Cascade mountains,
with a broad expanse of water washing the
base of the hill that has been selected as
a site for the main buildings. This hill,
whose slope is gentle, is crowned on the
top with the pretty buildings of the expo
sition, so grouped as to abandon the con
ventional Idea and yet to preserve the
architectural picture and be easily ad
jacent, so that access from one to another
is easy. The hillside Is beautifully laid
out in terraces, grass plots, flower beds and
winding walks and drives, leading down
to the water. A bridge connects the main
grounds with an island, on which the gov-
tained. The first general expedition sent emment exhibit has been installed. Along
out was to determine if a practicable course
for commerce by water existed across the
continent. Other expeditions were under
taken under the leadership of John C. Fre
mont, Zebulon Pike and others, and the
discovery of gold In California set the tide
of travel moving westward under a tre
mendous spur. This teean the real de
velopment of the west, three and one-half
ce-.rsuries after the land fall that gave to
humanity knowledge of half the world that
this bridge the sideshows have been aligned
and the whole has been named "The Trail,"
after the old Oregon trail.
I nlled States Government Buildings.
The buildings of the L'nited Slates gov
ernment at the Lewis and Clark exposi
tion, five In number, are grouped about
the peninsula which extends Into Guild's
lake, the great natural basin of the Cen
tennial. Generally speaking, the design of
Agriculture Building-.
The Agriculture building at the Lewis and
Clark exposition la the largest and one of
the handsomest structures on the grounds.
It Is 400x30 feet In dimensions and Is sit
uated on the east side of Columbia Court,
the main plaza of the exposition. The struc
ture cost (74,659. In design the Agricultural
Palace is composite and Its inception can
not be traced definitely to any order.
Wherever the architect felt that the em
bodiment of a feature from some estab
lished order would better the appearance
of the building this was done, and the re
sult has been satisfactory In every particu
lar. Traces of the Romanesque are found
In the ornate work Inclosing the window
frames, and In many Instances Spanish
Renaissance has been used to advantage.
The main entrances are designed after the
Mission architecture and are very pleasing.
With Its soft cream-tinted facade, red
hued tiles and its great translucent dome,
the Agriculture building Is one of the most
presentable of any at the exposition. The
dome Is a particular feature of the build
ing. This rises from the center of the
structure and Is of monstrous proportions,
and can be seen, not only from every part
of the grounds, but for miles down the
Willamette liver. Its great ribs and the
finial, which crowns It, are liberally studded
with incandescent lights which at night
offer a scene marvelously attractive. Cast
staff has been used upon this building elab
orately and It Is generously favored with
attractive pilasters, cartouches and fes
toons. Forestry Building.
Most original and unique among the
exhibit palaces of the Lewis and Clarlt
exposition is the Forestry building, a ver
itable timber exhibit n Itself, 3Kxl(B feet.
This structure Is built entirely of huge
logs and as an architectural creation Is
marvelously attractive. The building 1s
situated on a lofty eminence overlooking
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FROM THE WATER'S EDGE TO THE FOREIGN EXHIBITS EUILDINO.
Guild's lake, the largest body of water
ever contained within the domain of an
exposition. For the construction of this
building two miles of logs, five and six
feet in diameter and fifty-two feet Ion?,
eight miles of poles and tons of shakes
and shingles were required. The structure
is distinctly representative of the timber
resources for which the state of Oregon
Is famous, and the people of the common
wealth felicitate themselves In having such
a characteristic design for the most Im
portant of the exhibit buildings at the
Centenr.ial. Exteriorlly the Forestry' build
ing Is not unlike a great log cabin, but the
details of its construction distinguish It
and give it a etateliness of appearance
even superior to that of Its neighbor, the
Oriental Exhibits building, a true replica
of the Corinthian order. As surprising and
attractive as Is the exterior of the For
estry building, lis interior Is more so.
There Is offered a veritable forest of firs,
fifty-two tree columns, as thick as a man
is tall, towering to the rafters, fifty feet
above. These are grouped to form an
enormous colonnade and are displayed to
excellent advantage. The interior walls of
the Forestry building are also unfinished,
and their crude surfaces afford a very
pleasing appearance. Rustic stairways lead
to a series of balconies, from which the
.visitor may view the exhibits as well as the
native products of the forest.
European Exhibits Building;.
Separated from the Agricultural palace
by the beautiful Sunken Gardens of Colum
bia court, the European Exhibits building
at the Lewis and Clark exposition aids
greatly in making the main plaza of the
Centennial a very attractive feature. This
structure is 4txl00 feet and cost $51,720.
Spanish renaissance has been utilized for
the design of the European Exhibits palace
and is truly portrayed in Its every detail.
Each corner of the building Is set off by
towers, having open arches on their fa
cades and guarded by ornamental balus
trades. The main entrance Is through a
large semi-circular arch, the face of which
is richly adorned with sculptured flowers
and vases, and allegorical figures are ap
propriately embodied In the design. From
the center of the building arises a huge
square tower, surmounted on each corner
by smaler towers. The floor of this great
tower contains a roof garden, where vis
itors may seat themselves and partake of
light refreshments while they gaze upon
the gala and animated scene hundreds of
feet below. The roof garden is reached by
broad stairways leading from the Interior
of the building. Exnlbits are housed from
all European countries, England. Germany,
France. Russia, Switzerland. Holland and
Hungary being ably represented. The dis
plays are comprised chiefly of exhibits dis
tinctive of their expositors and embrace
srt, science and industry.
Oriental Exhibits Building.
The Oriental Exhibits building Is the only
structure In which the classics have been
followed consistently as regards design.
The building is SCO feet long and 160 feet
wide and contains 40.000 square feet of ex
hibit space. In design the structure Is
strictly Corinthian. The main entrance Is
situated on the south front and is very Im
posing. Two large buttresses rise on either
side of the entrance and project sufficiently
to afford ample shelter to the mam door
ways. These are ornamented with care
fully studied cartouches. The entrance
proper Is under a huge arch. Classic mold
ings carry around this from a cartouche In
the center of the rise and are returned to
the buttresses. The facatfe are broken
here and there with fluted pilasters. Win
dows are located between each pair cf
pilasters. Their casings are artistically
embellished In bas relief. The rear of the
building terminates In a great hay. An
enormous arched dome surmounts the
structure. Additional light ls'afforded by
a gTeat skylight, which runs the entire
length of the dome. Eight classic cupolas,
two on each corner of the squnre of the
building, finish the structure. All the ex
hibits contained In the building are dis
tinctly Oriental. Japan makes a very
creditable display. China's exhibit is
large, thorough, Interesting and Instruct
ive. India Is well represented. The Isl
ands of the East Indies. Ceylon and oth
ers, have sent excellent exhibits.
Other Ehlbitlon Building.
The Manufactures, Liberal Arts and
Varied Industries building at the Lwi
and Clark exposition Is one of the largest
structures on the ground, containing 90,009
square feet of exhibit space.
The Mines and Metallurgy building Is ono
of the handsomest "structures on the
grounds. The building is 200 feet long and
100 feet wide and contains 20,000 square feet
of exhibit space.
The longest building is that devoted to
transportation, electricity and machinery.
Its dimensions being 600x100 feet. Two
wings. .each l'xlO0 feet, made necessary by
the remarkable demand for exhibit space,
extend at right angles from either end ot
the building.
Facing the Concourse Plaza at the Lewis
and Clark exposition Is Festival hall, the
building wherein will assemble all the
great conventions, musical festivals and
merry-making, which will be notable
features of the Centennial.
Hidden Treasures Buried on the Isthmus and the Islands About
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EARL FITZWILLIAM. WHO STILL nrTCTS PIRATES TIOAKDS.
(Copyright, 1, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
IANAMA. June U. (Special Corre
spondence of The Bee. There Is
a great chance here for the for.
nation of a treasure hunting syn
dicate to prospect the Isthmus
f Panama, the mountains between here
and Colombia and some of the islands of
the Pacific and the Caribbean sea. This
whfle region was for generations the re
sort of pirates and buccaneers. Brigand
age was common In the days of the Sian
laids. and robbery rife when the forty-n'-w-rs
from California crossed the Chagres
uith their loads of gold. All the gold ani
liver that Pisarro squeezed out of the
Iiiirv3 was brought to Panama and taken
t'Y horses and men across to the Atlantic.
..Tnttt treasure alone was enormous. Silver
ui so common that the soldiers had their
horses shod with It and It was brousht
here by the ship load. One of the first ex
peditions to Peru resulted In the rapture of
Auhualpa, the Inca king. Pizarro offered
to ransom him If the Indians would till
the prison room where he was kept with
gold. This prison was seventeen feet long.
).tenty feet wide and nine feet high. The
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tie whole was filled. It comprised a mass
f gold plate torn from the Temple of the
Fun at Cuzco. hundreds of drinking cup.
c.,he and gold basins, and beautiful gold
vases wonderfully carved. Tiiere was so
much of It that it took the Indian gold
smiths, working day and night, a whole
month to cast It Into ingots. The succes
sors of Plxarro carried other treasures to
Panama and the galleons of Spain for gen
erations brought silver and gold from the
western coasts of Mexico and South Amer
ica, and even from Manila., to be taken
across these mountains for shipment to the
mother country.
Booty of Baeeaneera.
Many of these expeditions were attacked
by pirates, ituccaneers were common and
they hunted for treasure not only on sea,
but also on land. The buccaneer Morgan
marched across the Isthmus In loTl snd
look Panama, which was then one of tne
richest cities of the hemisphere. He burned
it to the ground, killed many of the inhab
itants and held others for ransom. He tor
tured them to discover where their treas
ures were hidden, and when he uentwway
he had 17 horses laden with Jewels, silver
and gold.
The Indians are said to have burled treas
ures In different parts of this region.
There is now an English syndicate draining
the lake of Guatavlta. .which lies on the
top of a mountain In the neighboring state
of Colombia. This lake Is sarred to the
Indians, and It is said that they have fur
generations cast gold images into It as
offerings to their divinities. These images
range in value from H to many times
that sum. I have seen them for sale by
the money changers at Panama. They are
of various shapes some rude birds, some
frogs and some images of men and women
half as long or as long as one's little finger
and of solid gold. Many of those already
discovered have come from the borders of
the lake. The English concessionaries have
pierced the mountain by a tunnel, so that
the water can be gradually drained off.
They have, I understand, made their tun
nel a trifle too high to strike the bottom of
the lake, and It will have to be deepened.
In the meantime they have sent to Eng
land for more money for this purpose.
Mast Island Millions.
I heard the story of a live treasure on
my way to Panama. The captain of one
of the ships which sail from New York to
Colon is financially Interested In it, and It
is from his mouth that I have the story.
The names, with the exception of the pi
rates, are chanced, as the man who owns
the secret is still living, and the several
prominent Americans who have been hunt
ing the hoard do not care for publicity.
Said the captain:
"Our treasure lies somewhere In the
Island of Mona, and we have a chart which
ought to show the exact spot. It Is com
posed of silver hid there by pirates. The
liver Is In round plates, and there is so
much of It that It lightened the boat which
carried it there three feet when It was
taken out. Figuring on the size of the
boat I estimate that it must weigh at
least 100 tons. or. in round numbers. Just
about Ml.OOit pounds, and all is pure silver.
I first got wind of this treasure in
Mexico City," continued the captain. "My
Information came from a friend whom I
shall call Smith, and he had it by tradi
tion from his great-great-grandfather, who
was chaplain of the New York City prison
In 1T30. While acting as such two pirates, a
captain named Golden and a mate named
Fraser. were In Jail condemned to death.
Chaplain Smith was the only man who was
kind to them, and each, not knowing that
the other was doing likewise, confided to
him that the pirate crew to which they be
longed had buried this treasure on the
island of Mona. They told similar stories
of their captures, and how they had put
their prisoners to death by making them
walk the plank. On being chased by a
man-of-war they had taken their treasure
to Mona and buried It there. The captain
gave the chaplain a chart showing exactly
where the treasure lay. It was near a tree
within a certain pacing distance from some
wells. A similar story was told by the
mate. These stories and the chart were
handed down from father to son. until they
had reached my friend Smith. I urged him
to Join with me and form a company to
seek the treasure, and this we did."
"And how did you succeed?" I asked.
We failed," replied the captain, "but I
am sure the treasure is there yet. and we
shall try again. There are five members
In the company and It is a close corpora
tion. It la only a short time since we made
our first expedition. We went to May agues,
Porto Rico, and there hired a small boat
to take us over to Mona island, which lies
about eighteen miles away In the Mona
strait. It is not difficult of access, and It
has at times been occupied by Germans,
who hare been working there for guana.
During the Spanish war they abandoned
their works, leaving their wharves and
houses. Upon our landing we took the
chart and soon found the localities named
on It. We paced the distance to the place
where the treasure should have been con
cealed and dug down. About ten feet below
the surface we came upon an old pick and
shovel and some scattering bullets. We
went a little lower, but, being short of pro
visions, left, intending to return again.
The circumstances were such that we could
not well get back at that time, and so we
gave up the search. In all probability we
shall try It again. It may be that the treas
ure has been removed, but there Is no
doubt of the correctness of the chart, for
we found every mark upon It te correspond
exactly with the landmarks of the island."
Madonna of Solid Gold.
The most wonderful treasure island in
this part of the world, however, is Cocoa
island, which lies in the Pacific ocean
south of Costa Rica and about two days'
steam from Panama. A party of treasure
hunters are there now, and a steamer of
5,0o tons which is fitted out for another
party to hunt that treasure has just left
fanuin.
In the first place, let me tell you some
thinx uf the treasure. It is said to be
worth liO.OOu.Oiio to $luu,ij,Uio. and Is made
up of silver, gold and Jewels. Among the
objects buried is a life-sized statue of the
holy virgin, made of solid gold, and smaller
golden statues of several feaints. These
were carried to the Island in IT'0, at the
time of a revolution in Peru, when the cit
izens of Cailao fled there with their plate,
bullion and valuables. They were In dan
ger of their lives, and they chartered a
little Newfoundland vessel named the
Mary Lear, which was lying at the wharf.
The officers were not told where they were
fioing. They were chafed by a Peruvian
man-of-war, but escaped and finally landed
at Cocos island, where elven boatloads of
treasure were taken ashore and burled.
The vessel then started back to Peru, but
was met by one of the Peruvian men-of-war
and bombarded. The result was that
every person on board was killed with the
exception of two men named Keating and
Thompson.
I do not know what became of Thomp
son, but Keating returned to Newfound
land and organized an expedition to go -to
Cocos island and get the treasure. He
landed there and took some away, but.
coming back to Panama to get some tools
for further excavation, his vessel was
wrecked and as a result he saved only
J7,U. This be carried with him to New
foundland and again got up an expedition.
On his second Journey, however, be and
his crew were arrested at Panama and nar
rowly escaped execution. This discouraged
him and he went back to Newfoundland
and there died, leaving his charta and maps
to his daughter, a Mrs. Young, who in tt!4
was living in Boston.
In addition to this treasure left by the
Peruvian revolutionists, there are pi re to
boards, which were buried there by
William Dampier. a buccaneer who rav
aged these seas In the latter part of the
seventeenth century. Dampier blockaded
Panama In 1&4. and the following year be
took a big treasure ship, which was com
ing north from Lima. He is aald to have
stored vast amounts of silver on the Ceeue
Islands, and at one time to have taken six
boatloads there.
Fifty Million Dollars.
For generations these stories of Cocos
Island have been told. Mrs. Young pub
lished a statement some years ago that
her father estimated the value of the
treasure buried there at $ii,O0J.00ft, and
that her papers would show the exact loca
tion of it. There are other charts In ex
istence which claim to show the burial
places of the pirate hoards, and these have
caused a number of treasure-hunting ex
peditions. A recent one, which is still
going on, is that of the steam yacht Ro
Marine, which left England last September
and came around through the 8tralts of
Magellan to the Island of Cocos. It has
been at the ports of Costa Rlca a great
part of this year. It comes from South
ampton and Is owned by Harold W. S.
Gray, a member of the Royal St. George
Yacht club of which the prince of Wales
is the commodore.
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Fortune-Hunting Earl.
An even more Important expedition to
Cocos island was that undertaken by Earl
Kitzwilliam early this year. His ship,
which has been lying in Panama during a
great part of my stay, was recently sold
to the Peruvian government for flSO.ffiO.
A naval crew has taken It to Cailao, and
It is now the Iguiios of the Peruvian
navy.
Earl FltzwilUam is amongst the richest
of the English nobility. One of his ances
tors under Queen Elizabeth was five times
lord deputy cf Ireland, and the present
earl is aald to own more than lorf.OOu acres
there. He has an income of a million and
a half dollarS a year, which means about
14.000 a day. He is a young man, and it
was probably the love of adventure rather
than the lust for gold that sent him treas
ure hunting In the waters above Panama
bay.
Earl Fitzwilllam was inveigled Into his
treasure-hunting by Admiral Palllser. This
man Is twice as old as the earl, but he is a
keen sportsman and an ardent chaser not
only of adventure, but the dollar The ad
miral was commander-in-chief of the Brit
ish fleet on the Pacific station from US to
lkS9. He has long known of the wealth
hidden on Cocos Island, and. Indeed. It Is
said here that he made several expeditions
In search of It while he was tn the navy,
and that at one time he landed marines
there and did some digging. At any rate,
he laid bis maps and charts before the rich
young earl and the earl supplied the money
for what was perhaps the most remarka
ble' treasure-hunting Journey since the
Argonauts started out after the golden
fleece.
Adventures of the Vrroiiqir,
The first thing was to get a ship, and
they bought this vessel which has Just
been sold to Peru. Its name was the
Veronlque. It cost FltzwilUam Just $300,000.
so that Peru gets it for half price.
The Veronlque was a steel steamer of
about 5.0(0 tons, which had been used as a
transport to carry troops to South Africa.
It is big enough to carry 4.000 tons of
freight, fifty first class passengers and 1.00
steerage. Before sending it out it was fitted
tip with all the luxuries of a rich man's
yacht. Partridges, grouse, hares and other
meat were put away In it cold storage
chamber, and the steward laid in wine
galore, pate de fole gras and all sons of
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good things, many of which have been since
peddled about Panama and some of which
I have eaten.
When the ship was manned and supplied
with a good corps of men for digging and
blasting It was sent about through the
Strait of Magellan to Panama, and the earl
and the admiral came across the ocean to
meet It. The admiral's party took the Royal
Mall for Jamaica and thence came to Colon.
The earl went to New York and New Or
leans and on to Panama, arriving just a
little after the Veronlque anchored.
Leaving Panama on their ship they had a
quick sail to Cocos Island, but their ardor
was dampened to find that a man named
Glsler had a concession from Costa Rlca.
which gave him the exclusive right to dig
for treasure there, and that he would not
let them land. He was pertruaded, however,
by a goodly sum of money offered by the
earl, and that the more easily when they
told him where they expected to dig. The
landing at Cocos Island Is difficult. The
men, Including the white-bearded, gray
haired Admiral Palllser and others, had to
wade through the water up to their necks
In reaching the shore, and they carried the
dynamite and tools on their heads.
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Pirate Hoard Dynamited.
Everything was landed at last, however,
and carried to the place which they had
marked on the chart, a short distance In
land. The spot was at the foot of a beet
ling cliff, and In order to expedite matter
they used dynamite, putting in a big charge
and then running away to avoid the ex
plosion. When the charge went off It tore
the earth to pieces, and all rushed back to
cast their eyes on the treasure. While
they were stooping over and pulling the
stones aside a great mass of the cliff above,
which had been loosened by the shock, fell
with a thundering crash to the ground,
burying most of the party. The earl was
struck In the head with a rock. Colonel
Gordon Carter of the First Lifeguards had
his foot badly crushed, and a number of the
men were seriously hurt.
The Injuries, all told, were so great that
the earl and the admiral became thor
oughly disgusted, and they asked nothing
else than to get away as quickly as pos
sible. They went back upon board ar.d
sailed straight for Panama. Here the
wounded were carried to Ancon hospital
and there treated, while the earl and the
admiral and the rest of the noble party
crossed, post haste, to Colon, and took ship
for Europe, leaving their steamer here to
be sold.
In the meantime the golden Madonna still
lies In Cocos island, like the sleeping prin
ces In the fairy tale, awaiting the ad
vroturoui youth who shall make hi way
to her and kiss her to life.
FRANK a CAJtPCNTER. .
