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TOPICS OF THE DAT.

News from Everywhere.

The American Rapid Telegraph Com

pany's lines are to be extended to the

Southwest.

Gen. H. J. Hunt, commanding the

Department of the South, was placed on the

retired list on the 14th.

The receipts of the Patent Office for

the fiscal year were .l,095,88if being $305,-

5S9 more than last year.

The Dakota Constitutional Conven

tion voted on the 14th, 64 to 36, against in

serting a prohibitory clause in the consti

tution. Admiral Sir Richaud Collixson,

tvho commanded the expedition which went

in search of Sir John Franklin in 1850, died

on the 13th.

The Greeley relief expedition has al

ready cost the Government 100,000, aside

from what will be claimed for the loss of

the Proteus.

The American Pomological Society

closed its session at Philadelphia on the

14th. Michigan was chosen for the Con

tention in 1S85.

The federation of the trades and

!abor unions at "Washington had taken

steps to organize a society to protect j-oung

.vomen from the insolence of dudes.

The Ohio convention to choose dele

gates to the Louisville Colored Convention

aad been postponed to the 20th. The Mary-

'and colored voters will send a

delegation.

The Directors of the Second National

Bank at "Warren, O., entered suit on the 11th

igainst the bondsmen of defaulting Cashier

Fuller, to secure the amount of his bond,

15,000.

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There were continued reports on the

10th of the damage to unmatured crops by

frost throughout the Northwest. The

Eastern States also suffered to a consider

lble extent.

Messrs. Moodv, McGranahan and

Whittle, evangelists, leave the country Oc

tober 2 for Ireland, on an active missionary

rampaign. They intend operating in the

south of Ireland.

A trade-union conference in Bir

mingham, Eng., on the 13th adopted a reso

ution calling on the Government to take

Dossession of uncultivated lands for gen

eral distribution.

The Congress of Commerce and

Industry at Amsterdam adopted a resolu

aon recommending the adoption of a bi

netalic monetary standard throughout

Europe and America.

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In the investigation as to the cause of

;he recent Riverdale steamboat explosion

)n North River, N. Y., it was shown that

;he boiler was leaky, and that the engineer

lad once blown up a tug.

The White Lily is the name of a

lecret societj- which is fomenting a revolu-

:ion against the Chinese government on

;he Yang Tse Kiang River, much after the

fashion of the Black Flags in Anam.

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Lieutenant Danenhower, formerly

Df the Jeannette, and Mr. Tyson, formerly

f the Polaris, had expressed their willing-

less to take part in another Arctic expedi-

;ion for the relief of Lieut. Greeley.

The Greeley relief expedition had

eturned on the 13th and reported being

mablo to reach the men at the Arctic

jtation. The relief ship Proteus was

A-recked and the crew returned to New

foundland in the Yantic.

A statement prepared at the "Wash

.ngton Mone3r Order Office, based upon the

returns for one week from 100 smaller

noiiey order offices, show that forty-two

oer cent, transmitted by the money order

service was in postal notes.

ExroKTS of domestic produce (exclu

sive of specie) from New York for the week

inded the 11th $0,107,107, against $7,172,69G

:he previous week. Total exports since

January 1, 247,106,007, against $232,511,346

for the corresponding period in 1SS2.

A "Washington dispatch of the 13th

says: The total paper circulation now out

standing is $831, 757,000; total coin circula

tion, $743,347,573; grand total, $1,575,104,

42. Assuming the total population to be

32,000,000, the distribution per capita would

oe $30.21).

? A "woiiAN with an alias for every city

she visited has been victimizing citizens of

.Easton, Pa. ; Indianapolis, Ind. ; Coving

:on, Ky., and lately "Wheeling, "W. Va. She

pretended to establish a Mosaic Art class,

rollecting money in advance and then leav

ing for fresh fields.

A bottle was picked up on the 13th

at the Charleston (S. C.) quarantine sta

tion, containing a slip of paper which,

nrithout date, said that the steam yacht

Catherine, from New York for Jackson

ville, Fla., was sinking-off Hatteras, with a

2rew of nine persons.

Postmaster General Gresham is

sued an order on the 14th extending and

zonfirming that issued by his predeceseor,

prohibiting the postmasters at New York

City and New Orleans from paying money

Drders and delivering registered letters to

the managers of the New Orleans Lottery

Company.

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Crop returns from Maine, Xew

Hampshire and Vermont on the 11th

showed a fair condition. Probably the

yield in Maine would reach: Wheat, 712,

593 bushels; oats, 761,713; barley, 293,227;

buckwheat, S00,000;rye, 30,000. In Vermont

grain of all kinds looked finely. The esti

mated, yield of the principal crop was:

Potatoes, 3,500,090 bushels; oats, 3,093,000;

wheat, 312,000; corn, 2,056,000; barley,

273,500; buckwheat, 370,000. The season

has been favorable for the production of

butter and cheese IKool would probably

fall below the average- In New Hamp

shire the returns indicated a large yield of

cereals and potatoes. Following are the

estimates: Corn, 1,325,121; oats, 1,072,141;

barley, 77,2S7; wheat, 174,806; rye, 35,093;

potatoes. 3,4S0,000

PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

The "Western Union Telegraph Com

pany ordered its regular quarterly dividend

of one and three-quarters per cent, on the

11th.

The Catholic clergy in Hungary have

issued pastoral letters against the practice

of Jew-baiting.

Occasional cholera cases occurred

in Alexandria, but the disease was rapidly

disappearing throughout Egypt.

The Lancashire (Eng.) Cotton Spin

ners' Society demanded a reduction of

wages for both weavers and spinners on

the 11th.

The British Government had decided

to form the nucleus of the new Egyptian

police from the Irish constabulary.

A saul boat capsized on Lake Cham

plain on the 9th with three men. Two were

drowned and the third drifted ten hours

before reaching land.

J. M. Haven was arrested on the 10th

at Rutland, Vt., charged with embezzling

$40,000 while Treasurer of the Rutland Rail

road Company. Bail was fixed W; $10,000,

which he furnished.

St. Paul, Minn., had a $50,000 fire

on the 11th.

Cord Duel, who killed Henry Bass

at Paris, Ohio, was captured at Bucyrus

and taken to Canton on the 11th. The mur

der was the result of a quarrel between the

men.

At Philadelphia, on the 11th, Wil

liam H. Parnell was arrested on a charge

of embezzling $8,700 from Sinclair & Laugh

lin, wholesale grocers. He was the firm's

book-keeper. ,

Six new fever cases and two deaths

were reported t the Pensacola Navy Yard

on the 12th.

The protracted drought which has

done great daifnag to crops in Virginia,

was ended by a verjheavy rain on the 11th,

but too late, it was reared, to do corn much

good. v

The trunk line

freight agents were

in session at Clevelajjfl on the 12th

Five of the victims of the rag ware

house fire at Cincinnati were buried on the

12th.

It was rumored on the 11th that E.

Manson & Son, owners of the Bay View

House, Ferry Beach, and managers of tho

Ocean House, Old Orchard, and the Augusta

House, Augusta, Me., had failed for large

amounts.

The ninth annual convocation of the

Chapter General of America of the Knights

of St. John and Malta opened in Philadel

phia on the 11th.

The Toronto Industrial Exposition

was opened on the 12th by the Governor

General.

Two British gunboats had arrived at

Canton. The foreign colony was thought

to be safe.

Fire caused $150,000 damage in a

"West Madison street block in Chicago on

the morning of the 12th.

A shooting match for 85,000 a side

between Dr. Carver and Captain Stubbs

was being talked of.

Near Gnipeville, Pa., on the 11th

Jos. Pune was riddled with shot while in

the act of robbing a farmer's potato patch.

Austria and Germany had made re

monstances regarding the action of Russian

agents in Bulgaria.

The Chinese army was concentrated

at Pekin waiting the arrival of the French

reinforcements at Port Said, when they

would invade Tonquin.

President Arthur has proclaimed

that the "World's Industrial and Cotton

Centennial Exposition will open at New

Orleans on the first Monday in December,

1SS4. I

A Secret society organized to fo

ment agitation against the Jews has been

broken up by the police at Agram. Sev

eral of its officers were arrested.

Near Omaha, on the 12th, an excur

sion train on the Missouri Pacific Road col

lided with a freight, injuring a large num

ber of passengers.

James Knight and J. H. "Wenzel

were fatally assaulted near Cheyenne on

the 12th, by H. Moore, who wanted to rob

them of $53.

The gross earnings of the "Western

Union Telegraph Company for the fiscal

year ended June 30, were $19,454,902; net

profits, $7,CG0,34O.

C. C. Baldwin, President of the

Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company,

has been elected to the Western Union

directory.

The strike at the Manchester Iron

and Steel "Works at Pittsburg, was set

tled b3'- the Company reinstating .Superin

tendent Kloman. The men resumed work

on the 12th.

The Steamer City of "Washington,

from New York for Havana, was struck by

a hurricane on the Sth, which continued

thirty-six hours. Two persons were in

jured. A tug-boatman at "Warrington, near

Pensacola, was reported down with the

yellow fever on the 13th.

Yellow fever was reported at Guay

mas and Hcrmosillo, Mexico, on the 13th.

In consequence of a collision a Nor

wegian vessel sunk and twelve persons

were drowned in the English channel on

the 13th.

The Italian steamship Independente

went ashore on Long Island in a fog on the

13th and was in a dangerous situation. She

had 100 passengers.

Five men were arrested in Philadel- i

phia on the 13th for incendiarism

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$100,000 worth of property had been recent

ly destroyed by incendiary fires.

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Kentucky gaugers had asked the In

ternal Revenue Commissioner to modify

the regulations so that they could earn $5 a

day, but he refused to do it.

A Freshman at Lehigh University,

Pa., jumped out of a window to avoid haz

ing and fractured his foot. The Sopho

mores were to be expelled.

Petroleum exports for the seven

months ended July 31 were $2(j,(J$S,&:5.

Prof. "Warner's balloon collapsed

on the 13th, 8,000 feet above the city of Pitts

burgh. The fall was so gradual that the

aeronaut landed uninjured.

The new In nan steamer City of

Chicago made a trial trip recently, accom

plishing a speed of fifteen knots an hour.

Fire destroyed the "Surveyor Gener

al's office, with all the laud records, at

Olympia, "W. T., on the 13th.

TnE steamship Regulator, which ar

rived at Wilmington, N. C, on the 13th,

reported the Fryingpan Shoals light-ship

gone from her moorings, and it was- feared

she had foundered. r

The Governor of New Mexico has

made an official report that with the ex

ception of Judge McComas and wife, nc

citizen had been killed by Indians in that

Territory since October, 1881.

The total number of pension claims

of all kinds pending in the Pension Office

the 30th of June, 1S83, was 244,505; and of

this number 148,813 involved arrears.

The steamer Athenian, with O'Don

nel, the slayer of James Carey, on board,

arrived at Funchal, Maderia, on the 13th,

from Cape Town. A close watch was kept

upon all visitors in town.

The International Literary Confer

ence, in session at Berne, Switzerland, on

the 13th, adopted a copyright convention,

to be submitted to the International Con

gress at Amsterdam on the 25th inst.

Negotiations between France and

China were said to be progressing favora

bly. A bridge fell into the canal at Utica,

N. Y., on the 14th, and navigation was tem

porarily blockaded.

The United States Express Company

was robbed of a $5,009 package at Muncie,

Ind., a few nights ago.

The Brooklyn Felt Hat "Works and

some other establishments burned out on

the morning of the 14th; loss $159,000.

Recent advices from Hayti were to

the effect that the towns of Bainefc and

Maringot hud been recovered from the in

surgents. Barbara Miller was hanged at

Richmond, Va., on the 14th, for complicity

in the murder of her husband last Feb

ruary. The city of Pensacola still remained

healthy. There were three new cases and

one death at the Navy Yard on the 14th.

A serious riot was reported at a coal

mine on the Upper Lehigh, near Reading,

Pa., on the 14th. One woman was killed

and several men wounded.

Burglars entered the Post-office at

Junction City, O., the night of the 13th and

captured the entire stock of postal notes

with the official punch and office stamp.

Nine Germans and three Englishmen

made fight to protect their property against

the mob at Canton. One of the buildings

burned belonged to an American firm.

Two children of a woman named

Giroux were burned to death in their house

at East Templeton, Ont., on the 14th.

Four indictments were found against

ex-Treasurer J. M. Haven of the Rutland

Railroad Company, charging embezzlement

of moneys and overissues of stock.

The pilots of Pensacola Bar recently

joined in publishing a denial of the charge

that the introduction of yellow fever to

Pensacola was due to their neKlijronce.

John P Trautwine, civil engineer,

who surveyed the Atrato and Napipi Riv

ers, Panama, in connection with the inter

oceanic canal, died on the 14th, aged seventy-four.

The Merchants' Union Barbed "Wire

"Works at Des Moines, la., burned the even

ing of the 14th.

The dwelling of Frank Campa at

Milwaukee, "Wis., burned the night of the

13th and two of his children were fatally

burned.

It is said that a company at Fort

Worth, Tex., lias raised $50,000 to establish

a crematory there, with thp object of hav

ing the bodies of those who die from dis

eases that are contagious incinerated, and

say that if this is done the can eradicate

malarial fevers, cholera and small-pox.

At the session of the Great Council of

Red Men at Atlantic City, N. J., on the 14th,

the revision of the constitution was made

tho special order for the first day of next

year's Great Council. Some changes were

made in the beneficiary fund. The require

ments for the establishment of State Coun

cils were modified considerably. Adjourned

to meet at Springfield, 111., the second Tues

day in September, 1S81.

CONDENSED TELEGRAMS

The report of tho Commissioners of Im

migration of the State of New York showed

that 363,374 immigrants landed at the port

of New York from August 3, 1872, to Juno

SO, 1883, inclusive. The largest number

landed in any month was 00,503, in Ma-,

18S3, and the smallest, 8,343, in January of

the same year. The duty imposed on the

Board of returning paupers and persons

unable to take care of themselves, to the

ports where they came from, had been care

fully exercised, and a large number of un

desirable persons had been sent back.

The Postoffice Department began the dis

tribution of the new two-cent stamps on

the 15th, and the requisition on the contrac

tors was tho largest in the number of pieces

and value ever issued in one day. The or

der was for 37,879,830 postago stamps,

7,131,050 stamped envelopes (most of them

.being of the two-cent denomination), and

;5,9S3,000 postal cards. Tho aggregate

of stamps, envelopes and cards ordered

was $950,000.

The other night Richard Brown, wife

and five children, of Pittsburg, Pa., while

at supper ato heartily of canned corned

beef, and about an hour after all were

attacked with violent pains in the stomach,

accompanied by vomiting. A physician

was called in, who pronounced the symp

toms those of poisoning. "Wesley Brown,

aged twelve, died, and tho other members

of the family were in a serious condition.

The peanut crop of Virginia is reported

to be a failure and the loss $200,000.

The New Hampshire Legislature closed

the lonsest session of that body, in the his-

uny ol me otate,oii uie iota. ne merauers

each received 102 days' pay, requiring over

$100,000.

Colonel Robert M. Mayo, of West

moreland County, Va., member of Congress

elect, shot himself the other morning on

boar.d the steamer Virginia, from Balti

more for Norfdlk.

A fire at Delphos, Ohio, on the morning

of the 15th, entirely consumed the exten

sive works of the Pittsburg Hoop and Bar

rel Company. The jiight watchman was

in the building at the time and was burned

to death. Loss, $75,000; insurance, $30,000.

The body of Frank Devereaux was re

cently found in the woods eight miles from

Cheboygan, Mich. The surroundings

showed that ho was killed in a bear fight,

which resulted fatally for both, as the ani

mal's body was found near that of the dead

man. The body was terribly cut up in tho

contest, and the ground torn for a space of

twenty feet, showing that the struggle had

been a fearful one.

The steamer "Wm. Harrison, from Hull

to Boston, ran into the steam collier Pro

fessor Morse, from New York, the other

morning. The Harrison was cut to the

water's edge; the Morse, being an iron

vessel, received no damage.

KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Kaunas Crops.

Tho report of the State Board of Agricnl

tui 9 for August showed that of the eighty

one organized counties in the State, but

ten report a poor corn prospect this year.

These ten counties are all situated in the

extreme western portion of the State, and

have but a slight acreage compared with

the remainder of our cultivated territory;

the area planted in the section covered by

these ten counties not being more than one

twentieth of the whole. Of these ten coun

ties, Ellis and Sheridan report a total fail

ure, while the remainder have produced a

small yield. In the territory mentioned

the cause of failure is attributed in most

instances to lack of sufficient rainfall, and

the prevalence of hot southwestern winds.

Much of the crop has been cut for fodder.

In all other portions of the State a most

bountiful crop has been raised. In the

northeastern section, whero much damage

was done early in the season by continued

wet weather and unusual floods, and

a large amount of replanting done,

the production has exceeded all

expectations, the replanted area producing

a much heavier crop than could have

reasonably been hoped for. The estimated

yield of the State, as determined from the

reports of .'550 correspondents, is 44.4

bushels per acre, or a production of 20G,

S9J),739 bushels an increase over the large

crop of 1SS2 of about 50,000,000 bushels.

This immense yield will place Kansas very

nearly at the head of the corn growing

States for 1SS3. The crop has been unnsual

ly free from injurious conditions, the most

serious drawback, being tho cold and wet

spring. Injurious insects have not made

their appearance this year in numbers to

cause alarm, and the hot winds from the

southwest only occurred in the western

portion of the State, and then but for a very

short time. The moth of August has been

unusually a trying period for corn in Kan

sas, but this year there was a sufficient rain

fall in most portions, and the result is the

largest corn crop in the history of the State.

The damage done to the oat crop during

harvest and .since, caused by the heavy

rains is not nearly so extensive as was at

one time anticipated, the loss not being quite

eight per cent of tho whole crop. From

information received from correspondents

and other sources during the past month,

there is every reason to believe that the es

timate of the j-ield of the oat crop, as given

in the monthly report for July, was placed

too low. Tho condition of both tame and

prairie grasses is betterthanitwaslastyear

at this time, by 20 percent. The total area in

grass under fence for liS3 is 3,278,132 acres,

an increase during tho year of nearly 100

per cent. The sorghum crop promises

well and the yield will bo fully ten per

cent greater than last year. Every coun

ty in the State, except two, makes a good

report upon Irish potatoes. The crop ex

ceeds that of 1S2 by fifty per cent, and

better than any previous year by twenty

five per cent. Sweet potatoes also

promise an abundant crop. There are

a few isolated cases of disease re

ported among live stock, but nothing in

epidemic form. The general opinion is

that live stock has not been in better con

dition for years. The high price obtained

this year for pork has increased the num

bers of swine largely. Tho increase from

March 1, 1SS2, to March 1, 1SS3, is

over thirteen per cent, or 1G5,2SG head.

In sheep the increaso over last is eighteen

per cent or 170,119 head, and the increase

in milch cows over nine per cent, or 3S,1S5

in numbers. There wore made in the year

ending March 1, 1SS2, 23,947,010 pounds of

butter, an increaso over tho previous year

of 4,330,130 pounds. The increase in the

number of horses over 1S82 is24,74S, or over

six per cent. For the first time in the his

tory of tho State the numbers of other cat

tle have reached a million. 1 he increaso

over 1SS2 is 102,030, or over sixteen per cent.

This increase is largely due to the western

counties, where the grazing of cattle and

sheep is fast supplanting all other indus

tries. IllifccelliineoiiP.

Miss Mollie Monday, a sales-girl of the

dry goods firm of Small, Ramsey & Voor

hees, of Leavenworth, recently attempted

to commit suicide by taking three grains of

morphine. Her condition was discovered

in time, and medical aid was at once sum

moned. Bradford J. Lovelaxd, of Shawnee

County, while recently attending the en

gine of a threshing machine, was caught

by the clothing by the machinery, dragged

between the fly-wheel and boiler and fa

tally injured.

Postoffice changes in Kansas for the

two weeks ending September 3: Estab

lished Bodock, Butler County, George

Sherar, postmaster: Stockrange, Ellis

County, "William H. Deserve, postmaster.

Discontinued Agonda, Republic County;

To Die, Jewell County; Oregon, Jefferson

County; Smithfield, Graham County

Name changed Tiffany, Gove County, to

Mahan.

Recently a Concord coach, containing

thirty passengers, was upset at the gate of

the Leavenworth fair grounds while re

turning from a game of base-ball, and City

Clerk Shepherd and young McKinley wert

seriously injured, the former, it was feared,

fatally.

Upon complaint of United States Attor

ney HallowelJ, warrants were issued at'

Wichita for the arrest of Captain D. L.

Payne, of Oklahoma fame, and the officers

of his colony, and they were taken into

custody. Payno says that he will now

have an opportunity of testing the entire

matter in the courts.

David Read, of Wyandotte, whose housg

was wrecked b3r the cyclone last spring

and his wife killed, while recently digging

a well was overcome by gas, a vein of

which he struck. A plrysician pronounced

his case hopeless.

Forty-five men laying gas mains al

Parsons recently struck for- an advance of

twenty -five cents a day, and afterwards

got thirty-five men laying water pipes to

join them.

Fair-week all along tho'line.

The Sheriff of "Wyandotte County re

cently raided the violators of law who had

been in the habit of leaving Kansas City

and going to Armourdalo every Sunday to

enjoy a social and convivial Sabbath. All

i-musenients and performances obeyed his

demand to quit, except at the dancing

platform, where tho managers said they

would contest the legality of stopping

them.

The closing day of the Inter-State Tem

perance Camp Meeting at Merriam Park;

near Kansas City, was largely attended,

Ex-Governor St. John made the leading

address of the day.

Col. E. B. "Whitman-, prominent in tho

pioneer days of Kansas, died recently ir

Cambridge, Mass.

ANOTHER ARCTIC FAILURE.

Arrival of the Steamship Yantic from the

Arctic Kcgiunx nt St. Johns, N. F., with

Hie Oflicers and Crew of the Proteus,

which was Crashed in an Ice Field and

X.ost, with All the Supplies Intended for

the Greeley Party Xo Authentic News of

tho Latter.

St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 13.

The United States Greeley relief steam

Ehip Yantic has just anchored here, and

her tidings are lamentable. No word has J

been received from Greeley or any of his

party.

"Washington, D. C, Sept. 13.

The signal officer has received the follow

ing from Lieut. Gartington, commanding

the Greeley relief expedition:

St. Johns, X. F., Sept. 13.

It is my painful duty to report the total

failure of the expedition. The Proteus was

crushed in a pack latitude 7S degrees 52

minutes, longitude 74 degrees 25 minutes

and sunk on the afternoon of the 23d of

July. My party and the crew of the ship

are all saved. I made my way across

Smith's Sound and along the eastern shore

to Cape York, thence across Melleville Bay

to the Upernavik, arriving there August

24. The Yantic reached the Upernavik

September 2, and left the same day, bring

ing the entire party hero to-day. All are

well. E. A. Gartington.

The first officer of the Proteus briefly

summarizes the trip of tho ill-fated Proteus

as follows : The Yantic and Proteus left St.

Johns at four p. m., Juno 9. The Proteus

arrived at God Haven Bay, Disco Island,

July 0. Tho Yantic arrived at the same

place July 12. hen the necessary prepa

rations were made the Proteus sailed for

Cory Island, arriving there on the 10th. It

left on the 21st, and two days afterward

was crushed, sinking at seven p. m., July

23. Twenty-nine days were spent in the

boats, several storms wero encountered,

from which the boats took refuge under lee

of the icebergs, and Lieutenant Colwell and

Bix of the crew parted company with the

others at Cape York. They lound the Yan

tic July 31. It reported Captain Pike and

the remainder of the crew moving south

ward. The Yantic reached Cory Island

August 2. The same night she proceeded to

Pandora harbor, where records from Pike

and Garlington were found. She next pro

ceeded south along the Greenland coast,

sending boats all around the islands in

search of the missing crew. A storm and

heavy pack of ice, August !, forced Yantic

to anchor to leeward or the Northumberland

Island. The next day she bore away for

Upernavik, arriving there August 22" On

the 27th she started for the Waigato

coal mines, and returned to Uper

navik September 2. Captain Pike

and crew were found and taken on board

the Yantic. It seems that at the first inti

mation of the Proteus disaster, which was

found August 3 at Littleton Island by the

Yantic, Lieutenant Gartington left a record

there that he was coming south, describing

the shipwreck and indicating the general

movement of Captain Pike and the ship's

company. On the 4th search was instituted

along the Greenland coast from Cape Alex

ander to Cape Roberts, on every point

likely to bring up with the retreating party.

They searched until September 2, when

Upernavik was reached, and the whole Pro

teus party was found in good health and

tolerable spirits. They were exposed dur

ing thirty-one daj's and nights in their

boats, making soino stoppages at interme

diate harbors. The Proteus was crushed in

the floe of ice at three o'clock in the even-

ing of the 23d of July and sank within five

hours. Fortunately sufficient time was

given to save clothing, provisions, compass

and other necessaries to meet what might

prove a protracted voyage. On the 25th,

the boats being equipped, provisioned and

manned, a start was made. The scene oft

the disaster was eight miles north-north-tvest

of Cape Sabine, latitude 79 deg., 51

min. north. Over 000 miles of ice ana frigid

sea were passed before Upernavik was

reached. The worst feature in the un

fortunate Proteus expedition is that no

provisions were landed or caches made,

and all stores intended for the Arctiu

Colony's relief went down in the steamer.

While at anchor in Danish Harbor,

August 12, Governor Elbury came on board

ihe Yantic and reported that the Danish

steamer Sophia had arrived there from the

sarbor thirty miles north of Cape York,

md the captain stated that a native Eski-

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no tola him that two natives with the.

Ureeley expedition arrived on sledjres last

ivinter and reported tho partv all well,

ixcept Dr. Parry, who had died. These)

natives went back to Lady Franklin Bay.,

Another Eskimo arrived from the Greeley.

:amp and reported that all the oflicers had,

been murdered by the men. Neither of!

;hese reports is reliable, as the fondness:

)f the Eskimo for lying and sensational

sm place them in the category of fiction.

Uapr- Pinke says that as far north as-Cape.'

iaoine there was no trace of Greeley ois

lis party, and his failure to come south to"

Littleton Island to meet the relief steamer

;his summer leaves grave apprehensions

is to their probable fate.

WAsnrNGTOX, D. C, Sept. 13.

The following report from the comman

ier of the United States steamer Yantic,

ivith regard to the failure of tbe Greeley

relief expedition, was received to-night by

;he Acting Secretary of tho Navy:

St. John's. Sept. 13.

Him. THn. E. Chandler, Secretary of the Aticy,

M'axhdWtnn, D. C:

The United States steamer Yantic has

irrived, bringing Capt. Pike and crew of

the Proteus. Lieut. Gartington and the

Greeley relief part- are all well. The

steamer Proteus was crushed in the ice six

aiiles north of Cape Sabine, July l'.5. Tho

:rev and relief party, after depositing

records at Littleton Island and Pandora

Barbor, retreated south in six boats to

(Jppornavik, suffering much hardship in

Melville Bay. Tho Yantic reached Little

ton Island August '.'. without much diffi

culty, found the records, and immediatelv

proceeded southward. Searched the coasts

and islands thoroughly down to Sannders'

Island. The ice- pack then closed in, and

they could neither get around nor through,

and it was found necessary to retreat under

the lee of Northumberland, Island.

August 9: A southward gale having

loosened the pack, the steamer was able to

get through, and continued the search. The

coast about Cape York was filled with ice

packed close. It could not get within twen

ty miles of the land.

August 10: Having ice in all directions

but the southeast, it proceeded to Cape

Navik and sent fifteen days' rations to

Tessuissak and a whale boat to Capo

Shackleton.

August 22: Sailed for the coal min.

thence to God Haven.

August 31: Lieutenant Caldwell arrived

in the launch from Upernavik, having

bten thirty-nine days in an open boat.

They have separated under orders at Cape

York. It sailed the same day for Uper

navik, and found the party had arrived.

September 2: Proceeded, homeward and

encountered a rough passage. Permission

was tasked to coal here.

Fraxk "Wildes.

Wasingtox, D. C.,Sept. 13.

Capt. Caziare, acting Chief Signal officer,

said to-night that a telegram had been sent

to Lieut. Garlington this afternoon askin

him to state what stores, if any, had been

deposited by him on Littleton's Island.

He was also requested to give the depart

ment full infuimation immediately of what

could be done to send relief to Greeley this

fall. The department had not'yet received

a replj-to this telegram. Capt. Caziare said

the department realizes fully the critical

situation in which Lieut. Greelev and his

party were placed, and that nothing that

could possibly be done to relieve them

would be left undone.

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