Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1894 — FORTUNE IN WHALES. [ARTICLE]

FORTUNE IN WHALES.

The steam whaler Narawhal came into San Francisco port Monday morning and landed the happiest lot of whalers that has arrived there this season. TheNarawhal’s cruise in the Arctic regions extended over a period of thirty-two months. During that time she took thir-ty-nine whales, which it is estimated will net her owners nearly half a million dollars. The men In the forecastle, figuring on the pro rata of the profits of the cruise, estimate they have SI,OOO each coming to them, and of course are jubilant. The Narawhal’s big catch was made last year in the vicinity of McKenzie river.

6 Richard Goerdler, the New York crank who challenged Emperor William to fight a duel some years ago. called at the residence of Dr. Bryant, in New York, while President Cleveland was there, Oct. 25, and demanded to see tho President on “business of national importance.” He A\as persuaded to leave. Goerdler told Dr. Bryant that he had been trying to see tho President for two years In order to wipe away the stain which was put upon him by incarceration in a lunatic asylum in Germany. He said he challengd Emperor William to a difel, but the latter was a coward and had put him in an asylum. President Cleveland was the only man who could wipe away the stain now resting upon him. As he left the house Goerdler promised that he would call again.