The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-23

can be sent him by telegraph rs far g;
Irkoutsk, snd by courier from there, ano
will reach him in about twenty days
Untilthe shipwrecked party are at ak
outsk, there Will be some ground FOL
anxiety in regard TO them on eccount o.
the physical condition to which they have
doubtless been reduced by the terrible
hardships they have undergone. Al
Yakoutsk, however, they will find every
thing they need to restore them to health
and strength, and their journey home.
ward from there will be one Of perfect
safety and comparative esse and comfort.
I have taken the liberty CT offering these
suggestions and of furnishing this Inform
alton, because hardly anything is known
in America of the region which the sur
vivors of the Jeanette must traverse IN
order TO reach their hOmef, and because
nav experience has made me familiar
with the towns, routes and travelling fa-
cilities of northeastern Asia Hoping
that what have written may be of some
little service to the gallant but unfortu-
uate party of Americans on the Lena. l
have the honor TO be, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
(Signed) GEORGE KENYON.
To the Honorable Secretary Of State
New York, 22.-Cable to the Herald:
London, 8. q. m.-The following tele-
gram was received at the London Office
at 20 minutes past this morning:
Irkoutsk, December q. 2:05 D. N -
The Jeanette was crushed by ice in
latitude 77.15 degrees north, longitude
| 157 degrees east The boats and sleds
made good retreat to fifty miles north
west of Lena river, where the thres boats
were separated in gale. The whale
boat, ia charge Of Chief Engineer Mel
vile, entered the east mouth OF the Lena
river on September II. II WAS stopped
by ice in the river. We fund II native
village, and as soon as the river closed
I put myself in communicate with
the command at BoloOmga. On October
och, heard that the first cutter. carry
ing Lieutenant belong, Dram bier, and
twelve others, had landed at the north
mouth of the Lena. The cCmm&ndsnt
at BolOomga sent instructions to the
whale boat party, who are all well.
kinedemen and Noras arrived at
Boloomga on October 18th, for relief for
the first cutter, AL of whom are in q sad
condition. End in danger of starvation,
and all badly frozen. The commandant
at BOlOOmgs sent scouts to look for them
and will urge vigorous search unit. they
are found. The second cutter has not yet
been heard from. Telegraph money for il
slant use to Irkoujzk and YaKOutzk. The
list Of people in the boats is az follows:
First culter-Licutenan belong D..
Amber, j j. Collins, VIM. Nindeman,
Louis Nores, Hans Erickson, Henry
Knack, Adolf Bressler, Carl Gortz, Wal
ton Lee, Neiis IvarsOH, George Boyd,
Alexis AtlorR. Whale boat-Eagiueer
Melville, Lieutenant Danenhauer, jack
.'Cele, James Bartlett, Raymond New
comb. Herbert Leach, George Lander
tach, Heury Wilson, Manson Anequin.
Second cutter-Lieutenan Chip. Carl
Dunbar, Alfred SWeetman, Peter John
son, Henry Wazen, Edward \. Shovel,
A bert Kaihum. The first cutter and.
whale boat are safe.
Herald'S special from Paris Our St.
Pet rsburg correspondent telegraphs that
the Governor General cf Eastern Siberia,
who happens to be at present in st. Pc
tersburg, having received inform alton of
the arrival OF the shipwcecked crew OF
the Jeanette in the region under mis-
command, Immediately proceeded to
Gatchina and sa y the EN- peror, who per-
sonslly ordered that al supplies that
we're necessary Tor food, clothing, money
and transportation should be placed at
their disposal.
New York, 22.-Mr. Geo. F Will
liams, of the editorial staff OF the Herald,
says Jerome j. Collins, chief of the
Herald staff with the Jeanette expedi-
ton. is safe.
Berlin, 21.-Attention is now attracted
to the circumstance that the Russian
authorities kept the knowledge of the
discovery of the survivors Of the Jean
nette secret for a long time and much
astonishment is expressed at this action.
Was hington, q II. W. w. Danen-
hauer Of this city, Ereceived q telegram
from his son, master Jno. w. DaHen-
hauer. third officer of the wrecked arctic
exploring steamer Jeanette, an bouncing
his arrival at the mouth of the Lena
river. The dispatch was probably cent
up the Lena to IrkoutLk, by the mes
senger who brought the first news of the
loss of the Jeanette, and has Just been
forwarded by the governor general Of
Eastern Siberis: Master Oanenhauer, as
the JeGnnette'S third officer, would
naturally have command Of boat No. 8,
which was the first to reach the mouth of
the Lena. Boat NJ l, was under COM
mand of Lieutenant De Long, and No.
2, which is the missing boat, was very
likely commanded By the Tednnette'S
second officer, Chip. Lieutenant Danen-
hader's telegram gives no particulars Of
the disaster, but says letter has been
f,rwarded by way Of st. Petersburg.
New London, Conn.,, 81 Captain
Dunbar, who belongs to this city, ice
pilot Of the Jeanette expedition, has had
once before rough experience in the icy
regions. he commanded the schooner
Flying Fish, when she was abandoned
in September, 1875, near the south Geor-
gias. The schooner was the NAYS of
ice, and expected to go down momen-
tarily. Hs crew were taken of by q
Dutch bark. ADD Captain Dunbar ar
rived home in the winter Of 1879. He
was engaged for tbs Jeanette on &C.
count Of his hardy enterprise and we'll
known record among the higher ATTITUDES
Of both hemispheres.
Washington, % The secretary Of the
navy has received from Engineer Mel
vile, under the date Of Irkoutzk, Dec NJ.
Der 2lst, q cable message identical with
that csbled from London last night to
the New York Herald, to which the Sec
rotary replied:
NAVY DEPT, WASHINGTON, %.
Engineer Melville, u s. L., Irkoutsk:.
Omit no effort. snare no exDense in Sc