Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-08
A Letter from Danenhower.

AN OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION SENT THROUGH Mn
IsTER HOFFAAN-A TESTIMONIAL TO THE KIND
SERVICES OF GOOD HEARTED RUssIANs-A RUS
SIAN OFFICIALS ACCOUNT OF THE FINDING OF THE
SECOND BOAT.
The Secretary Of the Navy has received a dis
patch from Mr.. Hoffman at ST. Petersburg dated
April q, 1882, forwarding letter from Lieutenant
Danenhower with enclosures Lieutenant Danen-
hower's letter is dated at Irkutsk, March TO- 1892
and is as follows: 81 have the honor to enclose
herewith copy 'of the statement OF the Ispray-
ing people belonging to the Arctic steamer Jean
nette also copy OF my letter to his excellency
Gov Pedocheuks, under date OF February "a, 1882
and also copy OF my letter to him dated March
8, 1882. The party under my command is all well
excepting myself and Mr Coles the insane
daily. growing worse. The condition of my
eyes eyes have very much improved, and the oculist re-
18th inst will start on that day. and Will meet
Lieut. Harber at Nischmindensk for consultation.
W ana nave the 70 ay o to
reach st. Petersburg in six weeks. his excel
!ency, the acting governor of Eastern Siberia will
furnish me with every facility for procuring trans
portation in his region, and will telegraph the gov
ernor OF Western Siberia, requesting him to do the
same Lieut. Harber has been in Communication
with me since his arrival at St Petersburg He left
Omsk last night and will doubtless be here In less
than twenty davs. Iwill expedite our journey as
much as circumstances will permit"
THE ENCLOSURES
In the letter OF Lieut.. Danenhower to Gov, Pedo-
cheuks. under date of February "a, he makes de-
tailed statement OF the valuable services rendered
by different persons to the survivors OF the JEAN
nette crew. Lieut. Danenhower also states in this
letter that his party received good treatment from
the authorities at WerfOjausk, and that they were
especially indebted to Major Gen. G. Tscherniefr
for his prompt and efficient means OF relief He is
regarded as their best friend In Siberia. Lieut..
Danenhower'S letter to Gov. PedOcheuks OF March
Is simply request for two thousand roubles for
nDnV1 navd tn, Dafnv~
burg.
The statement Of the 1spravnik in the division
the missing people OF the lost steamer Jeanette.
copy OF which has been forwarded by Mr. Hon.
man TO the Navy department, gives detailed de-
scription OF the finding Of the second boat (Lieut
Danenhower's boat) on Cape Borkai, on the Sth OF
september, by three native fishermen. It also
tells OF the finding OF the two sailors [Noros and
Ninderman) who had been sent forward by the De
Long party.
The Extraordinary Crime iM Ireland.
THE ASSASSINATION OF LORD CAvHNDIsH AND
UNDER-sECRETARY BURKE-MoURNING IN ENGLAND
-DENuNcIATIoN OF THE MURDER BIZ IRISH LEADERS
The new chief secretary for Ireland, Lord Fred.
erick CavendIsh, and the under secretary, Thomas
Havtland Burke, were brutally murdered while
walking In Phoenix park, Dublin, Ireland, a few
minutes before 2 O'Clock, Saturday evening" The
gentlemen were strollng in the park after dinner,
when an Irish Jaunting car drove up containing
four roughly dressed men, who had their faces
blackened. The men at one alighted from the car
and bludgeons Lord Cavendish, 1t appears, fell
first, mOrtalIy wounded by a stab. One OF his
wounds was a dagger thrust which penetrated his
pulp. Mr.. Burke struggled for a time, but fell
stabbed in several places His Jugular vein was
severed When the EN- men had completed their
ju@ped p1F in ant the % caE and we Were eSd0e e%I0en
many places at the time. and many persons were
sitting or walking within few hundred yards OF
where the bodies were found. they heard nothing
OF the affair. boy who was bird-neSting I'm one
Of the trees says that he saw about 900 yards from
him and close TO the road, group OF men who ap-
roughs, and paid no attention to them. Then he
saw two men fall and four others Jump into q car
AND dys on {Ss Of ns
or ten minutes elapsed between his meeting Cav
endish and Burke alive and well and finding their
BILE from the windows OF the v1ce-regal lodge.
THE REPORT AT DUBLIN B
that Mr.. Burke was the victim whose assass1na-
tion had been planned, and that Lord Frederick
was killed because he happened to be In his COM
Rany Mr Burke M had had long been regarded wItheT
is believed that he knew that his movements were
dogged, and be had often been urged to have an
- rns cRrsS pSsouncrp sY nwu IxAprRa
An the prominent Irish leaders and the promo
ters OF the land league Organizations both In Great
Britain and this country, denounce the murder
in unmeasured terms and say that the act Is with
Gu ns g me q
rom jail. express their utmost abhorrence Of the
A cablegram to the n =. Herald says: Three
men have been arrested at the vflage0f Chapelisod
on suspicion Of the murder In Phoenix PARK. The
Park Ranger saw tho AsBanDins IN . car WITH red
panels and has . COED idea Of their appearance