Weekly Phoenix herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory [Ariz.]) 1882-1896, 1882-11-24
TELECRAPHlC.
The Canvass IN Yav.pai.

count of the Board of Supervisors o
Yavapai county was finished o-day
| and gives Oury as delegate to Cor
gress 65 majority, Davis, Superin
tendent of Public Instruction, n
Five Republican members in the
Legislature and seven Democrats.
Gen. Crock.
General Crook and staff returned
here this evening from San Carlos.
The Presidents Message
| WASHINGTON, Nov 23-The Presi-
dent renamed in his cottage to-day
preparing the message. 1t is under
stood that President Arthur will
make one of the leading features of
his message in Congress recommen-
dation for legislation upon the sub
iect of the civil service. 1t will be
remembered that he took a very
strong position on this matter in his
last message, as every President has
done. Congress saw fit, however, to
disregard the Presidents recomnen-
datIons iaethis particular, as well as
with q reference to the reduction of
taxation. 1t having become the
fashion to criticise the President IN
spsringly, the public has probably
forgotten that the very omission for
which people have just repudiated
the present Congress would not have
occurred had the advice of the eIecu-
tive been followed. A friend of
President Arthur said to-day that in
substance he could only repeat in
his mes age this time what he had
recommended year ago. He would,
however, no doubt, refer Coag' ess
respectfully to The passage in his
last message upon the subject of civil
service, and at the same time would !
say something in addition. the mean
ing of which would not be mistaken
nor Its earnestness doubted. There |
is little expectation. however, Of
practical legislation upon thu sub
ject at the approaching session.
The JcaEEette Investigation.
WAsHISGToN, Nov. 21-Dr. Col
lins, of Mlnnapolis, brother of
Jerome Collins, of the Jeannette ex-
pedition, is here. In an interview
he reiterates charges 5aiDst De
Long and Melville for the treatment
of his brother. Among other things
he furnishes extracts from his broth.
cr's diary after the sinking of the
Jeanneite. 1t says: We are pre-
pairing 10 go south; nothing is ready.
We started with a rush, burst three
sleds. There is no experience gov
erning our movements, resulting in
4 mess of the worst kind. The men
are growing among themselves at
the mismanagement." The notes
show that Collins killed the most
game on the retreat After vivid
description of the terrible life in the
open boat, he says: never expert
enced such misery. Wet by every
sea, trembling With cold, and hope
less, we sat jsmmei togerher for
nearly seventy-two hours, when we
sighted the low coast of the Lena
delta. Five days and nights we were
in the open boat and then had to
haul the boat mile and half and
pack in Storm" The second day
after reaching the Lena delta he
writes: General fear is running the
machine which has been our bane
so long, still holds like a leach and
sucks our chances for escape away.
Our allowance is half a pound of
meat per day" The suffering of
hunger is then described in pitiful
language. The last entry was made
Both. The doctor says he
can establish the utmost cruelty of
of his brother all through
the trip. Even the time when Mel
vile in subscribing the names of
De Longs party on cross erected
over their graves. placed his name,
al hough the scientist of the party,
under the head of sailors simply 81
J. Collins"