Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1898 — WHALERS ARE SAFE. [ARTICLE]

WHALERS ARE SAFE.

RELIEF PARTY FINOS THEM WITH PLENTIFUL SUPPLIES They Can Now Hold Out Until Auguet, When They Will Be Released—Cleveland Award la Accepted by the Colombian Government. Ice-Bound Whalers All Right. The revenue cutter Bear arrived at St. Michael's, bringing in the news, obtained at Cape Prince of Wales, that the Government relief party carrying provisions to several hundred ice-imprisoned whalers at Point Barrow reached Point Barrow March 29, having covered 1,500 miles of difficult arctic traveling in midwinter. Lieut. Jarvis and Dr. Call journeyed via St. Michael's, Unalaklik, Point Rodney and Cape Prince of Wales. One hundred reindeer were secured from natives and the Government herd of 300 at Cape Prince of Wales, where Missionary Ix>pp volunteered to drive them 500 miles to Barrow, taking seven native herders. The expedition proceeded via Cape Blossom, reaching Point Franklin, where the whaler Belvidere was imprisoned, March 26, and Point Barrow three days later. Lieut. Berthoff went ahead with dog teams and succeeded in getting 1,000 pounds of provisions to Cape Blossom for the use of Jarvis, Call and Lopp when they arrived. The whalers greeted the expedition with great demonstrations <rf joy, though they had supplies to last until August, when the cutter Bear will rescue them. Agent Brower of Liebes Company Point Barrow storehouse gave them his supplies, requiring the Eskimos usually depending upon him to provision themselves. The Eskimos killed 1,000 deer, besides many seals and fish, game being unusually plentiful. From the abandoned whaler Navarach 854 sacks of flour were obtained. Lopp’s reindeer herd Insures the whalers plentiful food until August. Lopp returned to Cape Prince of Wales before the cutter Bear called there last month. Government officers give Lopp all the credit for getting the reindeer through successfully.

Standing of the Club*. Following is the standing of the clubs In the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Cincinnati ..52 27 Pittsburg ... .41 36 Boston 48 29Philadelphia. 33 40 Cleveland ...47 29 Brooklyn ....31 43 Baltimore .. .45 29 Washington. 29 47 Chicago 45 35 Louisville .. .24 54 New York.. .40 35 St. Louis.... .23 57 Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis. 48 28Columbus ...41 31 Kansas City. 46 33 Detroit 31 46 Milwaukee ..47 34 St. Joseph... .25 *45 St. Paul 45 33 Minneapolis. 24 56 Cleveland Award Accepted. The Rome corresjx>ndent of the London Daily Mail says: “The Italian foreign office learns from Washington that the Colombian Government has accepted the award of $250,000 made by President Cleveland to Ernesto Cerutti, an Italian subject, in a claim made by him against the Republic of Colombia, and the incident is now considered closed.”