Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
A BOOM FOR BENNETT.
The Jeanette Crushed IN the Ice off
the Coast of Siberia.

ne Oednnette OTuSneo IN the ice on
the Coast of Siberia.
A special cablegram from London,
under date OF Dec. 90. says: The gov
ernOr of Siberia has just issued a proc
lamation announcing that the Arctic
voyage ship. the Jeanette. is safe, with
all on board we'll and all her equip
ments intact. The governor, who has
taken for long time a great interest
in Arctic explorations, caused an ex-
traordinary exploring party 10 he sent
out to hunt the tracks of the jean
nette, when he learned that fears were
ent, rtained that misfortune had over
taken her and that relief expeditions
were being organized in her interest by
the different governments. Knowing
the delays incidental 10 such govern
ment action. he at once equipped and
sent out on his own account, a party of
the most experienced and reliable ex-
plorers at his command, with powers
and positive instructions. These men
at once entered into the undertaking
with all their souls and stuck to their
work, despite the most dangerous OBJ
stacles. until they found traces of the
lost ship, and finally overlook her.
The people aboard the Jeanette were
much astOnished when they were in
formed by the Siberian explorers that
they had become the object of solicit
tude of all the civilized nations of the
world, and that nearly all the Christian
governments were preparing TO make
appropriations to fit out vessels looking
to general search for what was gen.
orally feared would prove to be only
their remains. After ascertaining that
the Jeanette was absolutely safe and
that all on board were we'll and fully
provided for, the Siberians FASTENED
hack to report the good news for which
the governor had sent them and the
whole scientific world was anxiously
awaiting. The governor of Siberia at
once dispatched special cOuriers with
The news to have it get TO London with
all possible speed, and it reac ed Lon
don few minutes ago.
The history of the Jeanette is as
follows: In July, 1875, Captain, now
Sir Allen Young, who was a volunteer
IN the expedition of Sir Leopold
McClintOck in 1859, which definitely
settled the question Of Sir John Frank
Inns fate, sailed on a private expedi-
ton. fitted out partly at his own ex-
pense and partly at that of Lady
| Franklin. His vessel was the Pando-
IA, "A bark-rigged steam yacht, 420 tons,
| purchased of the government, by which
1t had been built in 1861, for a naval
dispatch boat. HIS object was, if pos
slhle, to go through the northwest pas
sage 10y the route which Sir John
franklin took. and incidentally to re-
cover the records which Sir John, it is
believed. must have deposited in the
vicinity of King Williams Land.
Capt. Young succeeded in getting
within twenty miles of King Williams
Land. hut AT that point found the ice
impenetrabie, and returned the same
season, arriving in England in OctO
Der. The next year he had intended
To renew ,he effort. but was sent out
in the Pandora 10y the British govern
ment with supplies for the Alert and
Discovery. These, as it happened.
were never received, being deposited
at LlttletOn island, the former camping
place of Capt. Buddington, at which
place Capt. Mares did not call. The
Pandora was afttrward sold to James
Gordon Bennett, of the New York
Herald, who changed her name to the
Jeanette. and sent her out on "A voy-
age of discovery by way of BehIing
strait. She sailed under American
rolnrs from san Francisco, July g.
1879. commanded by officers of the
United States navy. at the head of
whom were Lieut. George w. D. Long
and Lieut. Charles w. Chip, who had
considerable Arctic experience on board
the Juniata. in 1873. when she went in
search of Capt. Buddington's portion
at the POlaris people. In connection
with that search these officers made a
long boat voyage. The Jeannette's
whole company consisted of thirty-one
persons. Their route may be said to
have been hitherto untried, as far as
purely exploring expeditions are con-
cerned, though the only ships COM
pany that ever passed through the
northwest passage entered the Arctic
regions by BehTing Strait.
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