Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 26, Number 18, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 March 1884 — Page 6

WEEKLY COURIER

CDOAUK,

JASPEB.

TOPICS OF THE DAY

of Iowa, li

staking Inquiry Mtotkai

nan m an

eireet

tsatemtewa. ttefelttaimSMaSrSS any H whwict to too asm rati

tuOoa annroarlarlne Steams

biff was

linWkHjn,u after loagdislorgaa wttkirew his amendment adjourned till Monday In th

' fane

My. Joint ram

tto education MMwibe

Ix the ftenato on the tint Mr. Cvllow1 a-

traduced a Ma atreagthen the Say

" ant mtoay m aassiinai a Ooveeanacnt oOctai vita latest to derrau

""tywi wwaom action, nm bank ctr-

House the aerteuttural asproprutttoa btU was taaataM mm ntuered pruned. The MUttarg

Moa to iwourt ever Washington's Mrtadav was agreed to. The ict route Mil bmmX.

Heeolutious were adopted tnauirina- whether

northern Pact Be Company claims inr

, wfw ivianwi mm nan neea

armr to im t:mf or koton. a remlb i a frm Um PrMMMt mmm.

hot s ui in steamer Atari oy tae Hrltisb Government for the tireety expedition Mr. Randall asked ussvaimous consent to have the gmatua eattJea asveed open the record. Ma. rmt i Q mJeeteaV A rote wu then taken ana am nssaton carrlsu, only two members rouat Ix the Hww of rtcprematotlvcs on the 1M a Mil to prohibit contract Uaportatlon of sskeieis was placed cm the calendar. Alto tho hffi to eaat le I he Foataustei'ieral to intercept rr-e-istered lesser fur lottery companies. The ah-uro-pneum-wia bill was taken up ami fhwwjH wjtfaoutaeiiott. The Morrison bonddvaJakUHwat reported aad referred to

Bewoimaoi tae wnete eenate tuA. in

eurrej

eeoi

MltoweMj

bill

tod Mr Morrill... ...Ia tha

mmtmm investigation of

Ix the Senate on the Sfe. resolutions rattfor inf. rmatlon a to the meaner fa which certain rafro.d companies had eearplt 4 .th thraet of Mar ?, HQ, ware agrved to. A resojnttMto arqmMwjete f Mtga to the sufferer of til toes Hi hilHadjuai was referred. The

tajo tlwaa taksa Senator Vet

js

ilBMiMM jbeen matte aaaiaat

i meoer aiiowaae or

iMoweo. xnaiHeoroaetnaoniB I br rettoaa tor aateadmenu and

i aaoytea. AJCD FXWJTJCAL.

Tm Gnuut Army of tke Repablk has

umte ueary Ward Baachar to proaide mt

aiiattag to Brooklya, thm object beiaK tr,

aaaa mada la aid of a hotae for diaabWS

Mldiars of. the

A Wajbuotos's birUular vmrnr was

gtreaay Miaiatar fiargoot la JtorUa, aot-

rfaci

A wkaltot li faraaor mil Mar Toy Chaaaall, who Head aloaa aaar Lehaboo, Coaa., waa foaad aiardarad la hia hooee oa too flat. Ox th Slat a aaockiag traody was vtoartaod at Aroadal. O. Oa tbeUthtbe oabHafaaoU oolorad aaaa hara.aaJ ocoaiMaBaaaataioalrho4toa laoaa of Barorty Taylor, aia wife aad graedohUd were foaad at tae Ohio MedJoal College with eeIdaacaa of taeir aavfag baea awrdered.

rroata hare beea mode.

The bark AO Barton of St. John, N.

B., fat roportad loot at aaa with ala of bar

John

ot

CostmtAiMXtaua, Hxat hat boon ap. poiabMi o eoadoct the aagotiattoaa with

Tarfcey ragmrdiaic the aow tariff.

AFPoori'MJurr Clerk Btrtler of tb Treaaarr Tepartineat n aaokaa of at th

laffciaaar of Aartataat Trooauet Wo. 0xtao2MCpUiii Happy" Char

oy wanawoad and Uawtoaaat Wfaeoa of the BaJratioa Amqr wore each iaed flee

oumo tor otetrocfthar too atreota of Tron-

oa,R.J. They had Wat arartaaalr dia

poated tbo oaTeaoA.

Ox tbo 24tb Tkeodor Tbotnai care

she rat of a seriaa of tree concert fa New

York. Tbey .are rleaignatl to iitacHa the

BBBSfeal taste of the workinc peoaie.

DuutCTCW Bphchabu, of tbo Unitefi

States Xitrt, baa boo raappointed.

rwcwt tlevttwi Dr. ltafaei Nunex

waaabfaanlfreaieVanaof the Uaiead Bute.

of Coloarbio.

XHi press of Germany aen deter-

aaiaedtoaaake a aatrtyr of Mlaiater Kar goat

tux wm of umgMUm by Brock i

to be aaeoiled la Weatminater Abbey

aaarca i.

BU1BWCR of deaUt bag been passed

vpon mn. uaight, who ntarderel her bu

I at Doroyter, 9. Y.

A rtmac raoepUon luMtxAtmadere i

Harber at hia home at Yoting.

Jambs B. FAarntiDOBv formerly con-

noctad with the dipioaiatic aorfioa of tbo

ualtad Btatos ia ftoatb Anwrica, comaart-

too tvcte recently la Spoia. Ox the 2flth UotaaaotScbtiU, of Uie a.waoao heroic search tor Lieafteaant Chipp,of the Jeaaaette, hat grvast kma a wortd-wido repatotton, paid bis reepecta to

rreWowtaalJeereteMTof tbo Kary. wrtBWaBwtadal aMKwfaaf aQaW MnV hOlawtt lal Wtm BaaaaVoBBhonaabt aaoatba laaea r

Ox tbo 2ftUt -GTnKjr Santtajl Frlae,of iTeat Virgtaia, at lnahoaao taLtwIeaMVK. Bo was proMlaent ia Tir

ajtaai jaMtneo aworo Mat war aad a Of taaQoavoaUea which pasaad ti

ioWlaaMrl,hiia-h ha rafaaad to eea

k Ha waa ap-

i Meaatorbr Qoeaeeor

twtoUa,ajanq4radtarwoea.

, wao dtod shortly after loc-

B. F. Jbmm MUott bis vila and oat

tamelBtfoUUr at Baaaha. WhL. am

tkoSlat, '

BkTiJlg of fatal CaMMlttis. rMraJtfbr root tbo Boatheni uiraadaH eaaaa wis

ooory day's dhi(patriss. ATpAumu, Wit,, oa Om 9ln

scared bra

A wbobo rottsubont

FlaMa; was fatally siabbed ia

Mo.,oa the IU by John Long

a aaaae cftUfag. Ox tbo Slat Joba Holtb, ooo ot! the

toad at Tomb-

Ariaoaa, to life Unpritoaaaeat Oa

the SBd be waa tafcea from jail by a nob aadlyncbad.

0 tko aaaraitur of the SHd Bonjamltt

XcGkd, boas of tbo Coaaot coal mine at

0.. was foaad oa'tba irailroad

track terribly mangled by a train. IaeeeOgatioa abowed that ho bed been murdered bof or he was placed oa the track.

Ox the 23d aeroral of toe State ro raMMwy halhSagi baraodat Iogtaf, Mich. Om the astwada; oftbotSda Catholic

school haraad at Krrahena, Wis. ttoventy popila aad six Bisters escaped in their

night clothe.

Ox the 23d. Atrinr a viotart storm in

Colorado, two passenger coaches were blown from the track near Georgetown.

Sererat passengers were injttrad.

Ajxbx I so a lls and Bea Johnson,

tbo reaarrectionkats, who sold three murdered persons' todies to the Ohio Medical College, hare been bald for murder in the first degree.

Buaauuts raided a jewelry store in

Troy, V. Y., aad carried off between $dJ, OfrJ and $73,000 worth of jewelry early the

morning of the 24' h.

Ox the morning of tbo 25th two small

hotels burned in Dearer, Cot, and four

lodger war roasted to death. Others en-

raped only by leaping from upper win

dows.

eHHB M3SCCIU.AXCOITS. A sciMTrrirrt for the. bonded whisky

bili is proposed by Mr. Mormon, proriu-

ng that the beaded period shall be ex

tended not more than two years from the data at which the tax would fall due. For the week ended on the 2Jd the rsJlufwo la the VaHad Beatoa aad Canada numbered 54S. At the close of business oa the 23d tbo Saw York banks hold ?UMm;,Uuu in excess of legal roejairoaasata. A Woot4rawwTO8' Natkoal Conten

tion is to be bold at Chirac May T. Tbb Departmant of State has been uokioad that tko restrictions against importettoa of pork lao Greece are rumored. Ox the SSd the Hioase Comm'ttee on Public Lands came to dead-luck on the Backbone land grant forfeiture WU. Two f4sfieroett frjat Ciarinda, Ia., have been engaged aereral days ia aaarchutg for tb grare of Colonel W. Kinsman, who fall at the battle of tbo Big Black, aoar Vlekabarg, Misav, whoa leading a charge of his ragiawnt, tbo Bid Iowa Iafantry. L.VTKST aocounU from Tonqum report tbeJftnmek naval farces tasting position with a low to supporting a, aatoek on Bac Nina. PBSJ---- ttl 11

xhk nonoorn netrroes wui Aoid a

at PtttebeKgb, Fto., April 39, to

the ooadiUon of the colored race fa

the Booth. The Committer on Teiritoriefl of the Senate will recommend the, admission aa a (Mate of that portion of Dakota sooth of the forty-sixth parallel. The London Jtos! correspondent at (ismktat, Colonel Baranby, waais the Ooternroent to use Indian troops, chastise Of man Digna aad open communieaUon with Khartoaro. Snix m- .re breaks are reported in the ("eesaloag the lower Misaosfppi. The people are working hard to strengthen the weaker ones and it Is thought tboro will be no general inundatton. A. total of 5,677 has rent raised by the Bew York Produce Exchange Committee ia aid of the Ohio flood sufferera, and Mayor Edsoa has rsceired fl,060 for the isms parpoe

Stxcx the close of navigation

Om the algal of the ttt a IilMtkm

atsstlMsT, bold ia Man rraaeiseo. Cm.,

adopted roootoaioaa opposing the estoasloa

ofttaso for payiag apirita aad aospaortlai telegraph bill.

Tbb eottoat operatives strike In Has.

aaohuoetu are reported UMroaetna.

Ttauc Koasiaa Government offers to ra dare Its armsawnt im the Ueruan frontier

If flermany wil do likewise.

Ox the th the eoruer-etoaa pf the

aew Produce Kxchang bulldiag in New

lomwasuua wita appropriate coremo-

Jm

wmmmmmmStmrnmA ava

Ox the ith pension leirislat'on took

a f reah start. Coirage was also the subject

or several new bills in Congress.

Ox the 25th the last reliance in the

Egyptian soldiery coUapsod wbett the black troops at Buakem threatened to join

the rebels. ,

A fHiruxG deficiency of 100,000,000

rubles hat been discOTered ia the administration of Turkestan coverings period of

loartaen rears.

BusaiAhas inritod England to join

in construct ng a -canal from the Moa ot

Aral to India in order to promote thai trade

interests of both aa'ions.

Tag perfornuutvo in Chicago by the

Mapleeon Opera Company for the lament of the fl od sufferers netted S&Stt), winch

was paid on the SSth to the Mayor of Cin cinnati.

The corner-stone of the new Cotton Exchange building in New York waa held

oa the &Vb.

AT its session in Cmeinjuitl on the

&tb the Grand Lodge of the Free Hoax of

Isrsel voted el,ut to the flood sufferer. A

banquet wu given the Urand Lodite tba

same night by local enmmitee,

A new wrougbt-iron bridge. 1,100

feet lon,( to cost et75,M, ia Ut b built

across the llousatouic River by tbo New

York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

Company.

Ax election for Pffdoat and YteeFresidentbna Just be held ia Bewadttr

after the eioaa of a aacoassftsl rsvuinoion,

and the Uborals alraady thraatan a nt revolt. 1 the Baak of Cotnamwoe at Toron

a vault tswame RUad with iai

from open barners during rhntdar, the Map. and s grand explosion took place the neatt neuramg, whea a light was tak-n into it, scattering tMngs in a pronuscuous man-

At Xw Madrid, 3do., tit Mlsstasippi River is rvported to bo twenty-llve- mil wide. Os the 25th a meeting was held in San Francisco, Cel., to deviae awatte tor raiding funds to aid the saffoi'ws hy the Ohio River floods. Ix Egypt great uneasiness is cped by rppot a that powerful Arab tribes north of Khartoum have joined the revolt, thus cuuing off all connection between General Gordon anl Lower Egypt, Emissaries of the Mahdi are spreading sedition throurboot Egypt. There Is even a faalina; that General Graham's expedition frotnTHnkitat is a hacsrdoas venture. King John is reported to bare signed a treaty with the Prophet.

late KEW8 mat.

winter grain receipt in Northwestern mar

keta have beea larger than for the

ponding time la any previous year.

Ox the 24th Jacob Lehman fell dead

in enure at Fort Wayne, lad.

The river and harbor bill will be re

ported ia April, and will probably call for about ff,QM,0BO,

Tf new members of tbo House of

KepresonteUves have agreed to club tosmth-

er and pfOvoatasiy nsoreBosut day rasaasis. Tbey want a saaston evory day ttUbwaiiieea ft done.

Ox the 2td' Mis. Aacvnoue B, E.

Haght, aged alxty-two, on trial forth

of her hwsband at porayter. H Y..

ia febrnary, Iflnf, waa found guilty of ntwrder ia the first decree. Itisalieawdtbat

Mrs. Baight was the direct eaase of th

death of two former buebaada and her m.

all of whom had made wills in her

Is the rSenate oa the 'it.th the Jritx

Jobu l'urter bill was reported etui made a ipocial order for March it. The bill to wohibit mailinr newstmnera containing

iottery advertieements was placed on the

Uaiendar. A resolution was adopted call.

ing on the Navy Department for Inform.

Uon regartiing the Psnorna Canal. A joint

resolution of thanks to the British Govern.

atent for the sift of the Arctic steamer

Alert was adopted without debate. The bill to consolidate the, Bureau of Military

Justice and the corps of Judge Advocates

Of the army was Disced on the calen

dar. A resolution waa adopted inouirinc

as to the export of grain and cotton and the effect dealing ia futures may have bad upon it. The bill to construct additional steel cruisers was taken up and discussed

at some length oeoeee In the Houoo the pleuropneumonia bill was taken up and discus-

a of the second section was concluded.

The Kenate resolution of thanks for the gift

of the Alert was presented end unanimous

consent naked for its immediate consideration, but Mr. R'blnfTn objected.

CoxMisstoxBx Louisa reports to

President Arthur that be has examined the whole business 6f raising, curing and Shipping hog products in America, and flads

this 'ample aafeguardto prevent the spread of

Axrmaw Kirttt and

tve been misused at Ms, Cai wieL Pa., ispseted of aowsiam Mrs. JOeaisk's hue.

Oxtb4th the Grand rdg of tin

Independent Order of Boas of Israel njet dt Oactenati. Tba Frialaslrt slscted was ITstlip Bteia, of Cptsagai Vlce-fWioeate, R. Bseharaeh, of Baa Fraaciscoi Mae

Messs, of Bew York, and L. J.

Of Bashrtlle. nVeretarr; A. J. Oesdmasttu

BewYerb, Oat of ivt tedaos in ateOasmsl

BjkJPBl rwewBaBam

disease and the sale of unwholesome meat.

A xovEMKXT in favor of emrat'on has assumed such strength lu (jaltkia tiiat the Governor baa been petitioned to prohibit the sale of tickets to America. SgVKJtAi. leaders of the UbsJ psuty la their CJexmaa Bekhstag Uavo written to Speaker Carltale axpresaing their appreciation of thf Laaker reaolutions. " Wokx on the SoutU & Bocky Mountain Railroad, w run I, Wai miles northwest from Winnipeg, Man., will bo pushed this

Bx, Noxvrx Gxgex, President of the Western Union Telegrot Company, on theBMh declined to furnish the Senate Postal Cesnauttoe whh information regmrtilag press coutraets, Tmk House Committee on Invalid Pensions agreed to report favorably Mopreeemsttv Mateon's bill iitcrsssmg tba INmstbas of widows and dsmsadhiirt parents of deeeased soldiers sni salisrS from iR to

fix per month. RxMrxaxjtTA-nrx HtwTTT nas boon antborlaed by the Ways aad Means Comaiittes to report a mil to prevent the ha psrtatlon of adulterated teas. A FAXig alarm of fire at the Royal Theater, Montreal, Can., during a matinee on thsMtb,ooeedapanic. Wooaea fainted and ware trampled eft, and several wore badly braised. JUDOB fift.0it lwmb0aliswt8tOW art tedfanrfrw Mrs. aVft latswsrt ter

The history of the pssblie pagaaat

opsu-eir festivities is a loag one, fused with eoospicuous sad mstinvslshod tHaaspbs. Oa nearly every occsahaa the weather has favored and seconded tbo effort a of the masagers of auch affairs; bast to-day taoy wore dvstined to an overwhmsntng failare. The occasion was the unveiling of a statno of and dedication of a monnaMtat to tiie Cos federate chieftain, Ueaeral Robert E. Los, The fact that it was to tnks plnreoa Washington 'a birthday added still snore Inteeost to the intended disdsyt AH the military of tho rity aad msay visitias; oossfmades, iaoludlag the floe contpetnr ot light mfant-

ry from Detroit, Mich., were to tend their aid, and all the orgaaiaationa ot vetorsa soldiers of tba lata war wore to give a

grand historic interest to the affair. Mot only did th Veteran Confederate Asoocia-

Mom of tba Army of Northern Vixgiaiaand

the Army of the Tennaaaeu appear ta force, bat largo and imposing delegations of the

Grand Army of the Repnblie, represented

in Joseph A. Mower and Timothy a Bows

Posts, graced the occasion with their pres

ence.

The hour of two o'clock had arrived, th

troops were on tbo ground, snd the veterans

were In their places of robot and a crest

array of distinguished guests were on the

platform. Seats which had boon provided for a great number ot ladies wore tilled aad

the small circular park In which the monu

ment stands and the streeit which surrounds the circle wvre crowded with people of all

sorts and condition. Full lu.ttHJ people

were on the ground. I bags of all nations.

over which the national standard dominated, floated in the balmy south brcest?.

and iu the suu thine which gilded the sewne.

liiu in the meantime a dVnselv dark an.l

formidable looking cloud was. seen rauidiv

rising along the northern horjion ami mounting swiftly la tho heavens. Court,

dt-nt of the favor of fortune very few per-

hbs wk warning irom too gathering clouds and the preparations for carivinir

out. an imposing prograuinKf proreedei without interrnptioa. By the enure northern sky was black as ink. ami th

thornier growled in tho distance and the atmosphere became oppressive and sultry. The great orchestra, under tke direction of Proi. Moses, Albert Kidney JolinUnN bandmaster, struck up a Brand march ironi w asner's Hlensi, when in a monteut the

strm burst upon the vast awbembteir.

Kushing down trom the north, it idrsiuv

guard of! dust, fragments of paj-r atxi bht rubbish ot ail sorts, ailed tke air, fol

lowed uy great drops of ravin. Th? crowd broke ui aa if scattered tv an va-nl.tin

I he con fusion was Intense. . W oaten screamed and men shouteel, snd alt instisKtivelr Lroke for shelter. aeotMi t.,r m.vrfi.

of them was hopeless, for the rain ram ' down in an avalanche to to realised ouh iu these aoutbern latittdeL and in ftv

ttunutes many thousand of noonle wr

drenched to the skin. The wind blew it violent gale, and carried away every flag awning, hat and other similar movable ' could lay hold on. TV thunder roared, and the lighting cut the driving: storm itt

every direction, and played armnd th.gigantic statue wnoe outline waa strongly defined through tke wet oottoa brood tsu

drspsd it.

The design chosen was n Hated dorie col-

umn of white Tennessee marblo on s bstae of gray Georgia granite?, staiuhnar on a

turfed mound. The ba of the statue stands !i feet above the street, and the

statue it Ui feet high. The duswnsione of

the whole in detail are aa follows; Height of mound, 12 feet; height of granite baoe, 12 feet j height of column OU feet: height of die, 8 fet 4 tnrbea; bright of statue, Hi feet 6 inches ; diameter of nicuud, ltK) teati; diavmeter of bame (square), 42 feet; Mameter of column, M feet: diameter of die, 7 feet r inr-kes; height of whole, ltt feet: basement, 12 feet

square. On the .list of May, Iftfei, a contract was entered int with the Hinsdale it Doyle iaow th- Hollo well) Granite Company, lew York, for a broaxe atatue of General Lee tosuntHHint tbo monuanent. The statae was to cost ilo.OW. In Jane, im, Mr. Alex. Doyl, artist, was oent by the con. tra ting conipsny to New Orleans to make a niMieJ, w hich he did in the ball of tke House of Representatives of the old Btnte House in ti-is city. It wan rat ia bronse by Henry & Bonnard, of New York, and fa the largest statue that waa ever made in an American foundry. It weighs ahout 7.0U0 pounds. It was cast In aix sections,, tke head alone weighing Xtt pounds. U repreeonta Genera! Le in an easy, natural jKwiti. n. standing ervct, with folded arms, an i bough overlooking th Held of

battle, lie is dreseed in full service uni

form, with osvaliy boots, snd tht sword

atrspped at his side nte eures eight feet

from tip to hilt; The stars, aceordjng to bis wish, are placed on tbo lapel of his coat

insteaa ot oa tae cottar, nw entire work

is paid for, the total cost being about fsB,The officers of tho Monument Aaaoriation are Charles E. Fenner, Pretldent: O. T. BentVKsrd, First Vie rrohideat; M. Mosaoa, Hecond Vies President; M. U. Kossnedy, Treasurer: W. I. Hodgson, Recording Hetretary; W. M. Owen, Corresponding Hecrctary.

The statue faces the north, and the old commander stood unmoved amid tba storm

of heaven's artillery aa he Rati before stood in the face af war's iroa basil. JMr all hte

foliowere had nod. Jortensststy.ln the vast contusion in such a crowd and in suck, a

eiorm nobody was hurt to nay serious extent, but a grand and imposing ceremonial was effectually broken up. The programme embraced a poem by K. F. Retuier, Esq., and an oration by Hon. Charles E. Fenner of the Mtate Hupresno Court, Thesh were dJapcnwed wit h forever. But after the storm a smstll sound of th

officials of the Monumental Association gathered at the base of the dripping colon and Jodae Fanner. In a few wovsia on be

half of the Monument Association, presented It to the city, to which Hon. W. J. Beknn briefly responded, accepting tbo trust on behalf of the cfty. The Risrbt Re. Bishop J. N, Galleher, of Mm Protestost Episcopal Church, pronounced a hsaodl Ictlun upoa Ike

ssskitei aataala4ap4 atenM

WtiwlaVfasedds

er

by n

1

The Los Monument Association

ffanisad Bers oa the Mth ef Movember, ItTO, and went to work to raise inosoy fort erection of a sultehes shaft to tbo meanory M the Confederate teader. Oa tasatsf

Jnly, 177, the City Council devoting "Tivoli Circle." a email cirmlar nark In

ealaravassnt of KL Chnftas aveaae nfs

th latsrsnetiott of Delord street, fc tko site ef , tke monument, and changed Its name to Leo place. Oa Urn 1st of December of the name vaar a mataeeei waa eiww

m Joha Reyto build the ssoaunwot at

Xaw foaa. Fen. Bk IB, rottlas, a brother of Jerome J. Collins, who tost hia life ia the in-fated Jesnntito Arctic expedition, toft yeett rday for Wsshlagtrm, where he In-U-mls to prtitton Onurrcsa to order a Isurtbcr and more ttormenvet!gaUun of the circumstances attending the toat of the vessel and a portion of hr ctvw. Bnnday evening the doctor was called n;oR it the rcaitlence of hia brother, Bttv Benuird Collins, No. 10 hteulN-n strcmV Brooklyn. Iuthcoore of a talk with

blm some of the grounds upon wbkh'h bases his pctitlofl were ascertained. He referred briefly to the troubles on bontd

the Jeannettc an to the time aka

was loot in the ice. and mid that hte

brother had not received last tiwasv

meat at the hands of lOeatensntH'oMav ntander IeLong which he said beesnad

prove by letters found on the body of his brother. Aitbouxh deorired uf aaw

authority. Dr. CoUlas said bis brather

iwnoraiea an in duties he was

to while LVLoug was a4rep. Just

lore the boats separated Collins

nartieu were bunting on the Keineaw

ffoiski Inlands. Before they returned from their excundun Jerome told BarV

K'ti tnsi lie thought the expedition wonJd turn out similar to that of Franklin, and insisted that If anything; should happen to him that Bart left would carry hoaae his documents, giving a hUtorv of fdss entire; voyatjr ami experience uf the party, When the biats -aratel," eald th Ictor, "Melville st ouets truck for tike IiCna, snd reacbetl one of U avratb after long snrl iieriloos journey. On rlesmnav berw, Ififl. be. arrived at the village of Ircoomvillorke in a tlAt-4t condition, and Danenhontr Uok c harge of the party until be feouvrrrd a few unyg afmaT. tin October I, a Husian, lit mud Kn mah came to the village, and, myiawtkay, he could furnish them w itk rrlishii r, Pm ftour, bread and alt, nltich they nredndV' Dam-nltower sniaiiiMinied him to Jsls home a few- mik-a disiant and returned With these; artUrl.-s. Fish and geeoe wexn pieuty In ; Hiuvin;kt so the statnmcnt that Melvilie's tarty was vrvKuxu from raavTioir at this point snd unable to move is faint. Melville then gaveKoKinah the whaledMaak

and &00 roubica to nroruaw forth asua.

plies at BuJun. which be Jutld he urouki do lu the ilaye. Ihtncnhower asatencfona pany him, hooinx to fall In with aoaa r

the lie Long Part v. but UeJvUle wetsussst

bis consent. After Kusmah amirteeL laaaw

rnhoaor reminded 'Melville that he nasi

given no directions lo Kusmah to spread

tnc loss of tm: lie Ione oartr unoac tk.

natives. JHtttenbower then, and not Utt then, was allowed to go aud warn the nav tlvcs along the route to Htilua to lookont for the tost navigator. This was tkeeaslv

direction given by HeKillc ioosJnx; to tsae relief of lie Lung. Kusmah did an rev ' turn until October m, when hram0A aV

uvsis niHurrnsaa ana naeee, wnosn he had met at ncven Hoases. Th letter said that the lie Long party was start Ian, ami needed help immediately. The emeu e was offered before the cojtuf inquiry at Washington tlut Melville wtinM Rot go to the relief of De lmg bexsttan be had mt dogs or sledges, Tbesmrritotra told me that all of these alpateaXnV could he obtained at th vilmge nt? which they delayed so totifg, and ampin time, as the facta Indicate, wa given aim bad he moved laimediatrlv to resene the) kist party, nod Danenbower, la a rBnts4 interview in Siberia, in answer to ttnr qutrstion if a man had gone to Bafnttnltli Kusmah would Ue rewne of fin Lotsn; have been the result. reidkdtlistHwoafd. , Melville had ordcrji to take hi party tost place of safety where be sottrd obtain fomt. Then he was to eommunacate with tin Russian authorities. Me knew th ronte -which De Long would take after veaxddswr barken, lie knew It was his lateatioR lev go west to Sosto and the fUgnalTownr. MA1 somx oxc ooxi " U Btilunwith KBaanth snd started an expedition north iRHnedtotely ft wonhf ante

picked up Kladetsann and Iforo beore they reached Babmnr. Wn It mender stMMl that the dlstanjee irnsn thht nnkst tn wbere the bodies were found if only ill miles, including all the Wandmgs of tip Una, ahich Niaderntan and Soros foi-

lowwi, it win be seen that, bad Xejvule mak- a forward move iRstend of mnseB mft hi- own comfort and that of hU psrty, reimrdleM of the fate of his conumammav be would hare reached De Long and bin psrty before any of them, with the possible exception of XsritmseevM died. The weather wmT mild and no . great storms bad set in, so there was no Pible excuse in these mprcts. Melville rt-nmlned t turty-thwe tlays n Os)wmevUlocke. Had be pushed on a be wan urged to do by Danenhower and maBjr ethera of the party he could have reached DeLong's newty la ire day at the lanax est. Buimoalof he foand no traces mt the party, kisowmgAhe rente lowa the river Ina, which the Certain wotrid takev be would hnvestarted a patty aorthward with the supplies, and Xindertmtn snd Noros would havebeen foaad r4er

machlng Bnleour. ftaylanr ateeffnlattt

irom inein toe exact, position and Uon of the Captain's party, tbeir was a foregone coaduslon.

I have a large mam of

which has never reached the pabthv wnt it will be so conclusive that If rnaan sai grants another laenjry wMtcH is hot aumtn

by naval esprit dn corps it cam not Jew ta snhstaatiate the charajes I inahf. Tlnlr

are several snrvlvors who. wet thaw assk

choked ot, as tbey express ft, and .eana.

peueo to answer slmniy yea and ssv

conhl have changed tiw entire cemplevkm of the testlnraay Mlvea In before the eonrt of Inonlry. Tkey are anionn

to he rarn4sked an onnortt 'iitr h

teH all they kftow, nad 1 intend tan

vaey saauoo son tnere is any mum

as Justice. I am free to ear that

oeatn ot my Mother, DeLong

party snouM oeiakt at the door of

kngneer MeivlUe, and I am

arova every assertion I nmska"

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