Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-22
TEE JEANETTE DgSlSFEx..
Further Particular~-LiSso of the Il escuets
and Those Still Missing.

The following dispatch dated Irkoutsk. De-
cember 2lst, has been received by the New York
Herald:
The Jeanette was crushed by the ice i'm lat
itude a. degrees ID minutes north. longitude 151
degrees east. The boats and sleds made good
retreat to within fifty miles of the Lena river
where the three boats were separated i'm a gale.
The whale boat in charge of Chief Engineer Mel
vile entered the east mouth of the Lena river
on September IL. 1t was stopped by ice in the
river. We found a native village. and as soon
a. the river closed put myself in cOmmunica-
ton with the commandment at BOloenga. On
October 20 heard that the first cutter, contain
ing Lieut.. De Long, DIR. Amber and twelve
others had landed at the north mouth Of the
Lena The commandment at BoOenga sent i'm
slant relief to the whole boat party who are al!
we'll Nindenean and NOras arrived at Boloen a
on October % for relief for the men i'm the first
cutter. all OF whom are in a sad condition and in
danger of starvation. and all badly frozen. The
commandment at Boioenga sent native scouts to
look for them and will urge vigorous and con-
slant search until they are found. The second
cutter has not yet been heard from. Telegraph
money for instant use to Irkutsk and Jokutsk.
LIST OF PEOPLE IN BOATS
II cabed. bat the names are very much mixed.
As corrected by the Navy Department records it
reads as follows:
First cutter-Lieut. Com. belong. Dr. Amb-
Ter. j. j. Collins, (the Herald correspondent J
William Nindermann. L. p. Noros III. H. Erich
sen. H. ii. kaack. AdoIph Dressler. A. c. Gortz.
Walter Lee, Nelse IveTson, George Boyd Chas
Tongsing
'.whaleboat- Engineer Melville, Lieut. Danen-
hover. John Cole. James Bartlett r. L. New
comb. Herbert W. Leach. John Lauterbach. +.
T. Manseu. and one other.
The above are safe.
IN THE MISSING BOAT.
''The second cutter which is still missing con-
tanned the following: Lieut.. Chip. William
Dunbar. Alfred Sweetman, Henry Wilson, E. p.
johnson. Edward Star, Walter Sharreli. and
Albert kaihne."
LIEUT. DANENHOwER SAFE.
Mr. W. W. Danenhower, of this city. last njobt
received a cableasram from his son. Lieut. John
w. Eisenhower. of the lost Jeanette The
telegram announces the safe arrival of Lieut..
Danenhower at the mouth of the Lena river
IL says: Arrived safe and well; sent letters
home via st. Petersburg"
KEEPiNG THE DISCOVERY OF THE SURVIVORS A
SECRET.
dispatch from Berlin to the London Post
says: Attention is now directed to the circum
stance that the Russian authorities kept the
knowledge Of the discovery of the survivors OF
the Jeanette secret for long time and much
establishment is expressed at their action"
GENEROSITY OF THE RUSSIAN EMPEROR
The Herald correspondent at ST. Petersburg
telegraphs as follows: THE governor-general
OF Eastern Siberia, who happens to be at pres
ent in ST. Petersburg, having received informa
tion of the arrival of the shipwrecked crew o
the Jeanette in the region under his command
Immediately proceeded to Gatschina and saw
the Emperor, who personally ordered that al
money and transportation should be placed at
their DISMISSAL ~