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shore, you would hardly expect to ind that
boat on the coast of South Carolina But
this, perhaps, is not the worst of the story's
iinprobabilities. The artist said to
have discovered Lieutenant Chips party
on the coast of Khatalsnga went there. &C.
cording to his letter, for the purpose of fnd-
ing brotheT-il-law exiled TO the "Szerma
mines" l do not think there is q native or
Russian settlement Of any kind within 400
miles Of the Khatalanga Gulf in any direc-
ton. The nearest inhabited places are
Ysaisk and Khatslansk, both 400 miles in
land. A few Samoyades wander in summer
over Toondra, which lies along the Arctic
Ocean in that vicinity, but in winter even
they retire to the interior, and leave the
Khatalanga Gulf lies in latitude 75', almost IS
far north as the winter quarters of DR.. Kane,
and it could be reached at q season when the
artist says he went there, only By a well
equipped Arctic expedition. The letter tele-
graphsd from Boston, besides being suspi-
ciously vague in its geographical details, is
full of absurdities and inaccuracies. The
pre- nc of man in the North cannot be de.
tee, At distance of half mile CT 80 by a
peculiar strong odor"; neither do men at
the North inhabit cairns. The Chookchees,
of whom the artist is represented al being
afraid, do not live within SEQ miles of Khat.
hidISd anu III Is AtSAb W uipOebiUAS tust
a traveller in that region should even learn
their name. All the details of the finding Of
the supposed survivors of the second
cutter strike me as simply preposter-
ous. According to the alleged record
found in the Bible supposed to
belong to Kuchne, one Of least of the crew
lived until the I'd of March, 1882 In other
words, an inexperienced sailor, thrown on the
uninhabited Taimur peninsula in latitude 70,
without food, proper clothing or shelter, lived
through an entire Arctic winter, in the course
of which the sun was continuously below the
horizon for nearly 100 days. Ii Captain De
Longs party could not keep themselves alive
longer than month in the Lena delta at the
beginning of autumn, it is hardly reasonable
to suppose that any ole of Lieutenant Chips
crew lived through q winter Of six months on
q still more barren coast, and at a point
two or three degrees further north.
Finally, il the story contained in this letter
had any foundation in fact, the finding of the
men would have been msde known through
regular Russian channels OF communication.
The loss of the Jeanette had been known
for months in every Russian settlement OF
northern Siberia. If bodies OF white men
had been found on the Gulf of KhatalaDga lsss
spring, as represented by this letter, the Rus
sian authorities at Yeniaoyisk would have
been Informed of the fact before midsummer.
and we should have had the news promptly
by telegraph. Neither Secretaries Freling-
huysen nor Chandler have received informa-
ton with regard to thu alleged fading of the
bodies of the Jeannettes second cutter.
From the Arctic.
WASHINGTON. January 7th.-The Navy
Department to-day received the following
telegram:
Chandler, Secretary: ! just received from En-
sign Hunt the following telegram " kirinsk, De-
cember 31st.-Aneguin is seriously i'll in the hospital
with Inflammation OF the lungs. Myself, Manson
and Bartlett will remain here probably two weeks.
Leach, Lauterback and 1homs will proceed to await
me at Irkusk. The Russian Government has not
yet ordered its authorities TO permit and assist In
removing the bodies" HUNT, Minister.
Sudden Cheek 10 Missions singfng-seri-
Gus Outlook.
ST. LOUIS, January 7th.-Miss Wilson's
concert season has received sudden and
very serious check, through the development
Of very secious case Of sut-acute inhauma
ton of the larynx. At s.. joseph. Mo,
where shs was TO siag Thursday evening, q
$1,000 house was turned away. and the dis
appointed audience of this evening would
have filed the Olympic Theater, and pro-
duced over Sc, 600 in receipts. 1t was freely
stated here tc1ay that the injury to the
prima donna's voics is even more serious than
the management cara TO admit, and that only
extreme care will prevent permanent deteri-
Grafton. The company start this evening for
New OrleanF, where they are to give three
corc.rts next week. Her manager stated to-
day that the situation is a very serious one,
and it is feared that unless the balmy airs Of
the South produce rapid remedial effect
upon the fair Swede's voice, the concert sea.
son will end in disaster. Fully one-half Of
the sales for to.night's concert had been sold
by spectators at premium of from 81 to 81
each, and the irate holders have been hunting
the scalpers in vain attempt to get back in
full the money they paid for their tickets.
Relief Movement.
NEW YORK, January 7th.-Oswsld Often
dorfer, proprietor of the Stats Zontdg, and
other well known citizens, attended meet
ing to-day, called by the Turn Verein, to de.
wise means of relieving the distress caused by
the floods in Germany. It was resolved to
send aid to the sufferers by the overflow of
the Rhine and its tributaries only, unless
news is received of suffering in other sections.
CHICAGO. January 7th-Adolph Moser, a
lawyer of this city, has received a csblegram
from Frankfort, Germany, soliciting cid for
sufferers by the recent foods, which was read
at q meeting held to-day. A committee was
appointed to solicit funds. At meeting Of
tie Turn Verein this afternoon, that body
subscribed $3.50, and lumber of private SUI
scriptions were added.
PHILADELPHIA, January THAN organi-
cation is perfecting here tor the relief of the
sufferers by the Rhine overflow.
Robbed ON Train.
PHILADELPHIA, January 7sh.-Herbert T.
eye, of the Mapleson opera company, board
ed a train at Broad-street station last night.
carrying a travelling bag, which he placed
upon o seat. A trihing accident stopped the
train, and Gye, with other passengers, went
to the platform to inquire the cause. When
he returned the bag was missing, also well.
dressed man who had occupied the opposite
seat. The bag contained checks for "a, $50,
500 in bills, and some articles of Jewelry.
eye returned to this city and notified the
authorities. Payment on the checks has
been stopped.
Death Of a Former Californian.
CHICAGO, January 7th.-Solomnn P. Hop
kins, prominent local politician, is dead.
1850, was Justice of the Peace of Alameda,
and was a delegate to the first Republican
Convention. Staid in California four years.
10 1856 he came to Chicago, where, occupy
ing various official positions, he remained
till his death.
Suicides.
WASHINGTON, January 7th. = Charles
Perry, Of the dry goods firm Ct Hempstone 4
Perry, killed himself tonight. Dissipation
was the cause.
New York, January 7th.-Aloys Meisel,
Of Brooklyn. dealer in toys in this city,
killed himself to-day.
The body of Mosesly Hanauer. wealthy
Hebrew and coffee dealer at 101 Water street,
and who resided at 207 West One Hundred
and Twenty-eighth street, was found at Fort
Washington Point to night. Its apparently
o case of suicide.
Death.
MOUNT VERNON IN. ". January 7sh.-
William A. Sesver, editor of 1.-THE Drawer"
in Rarper's Magazine, is dead, aged 60.
Pneumonia caused his death, after two days
sickness.
Death or u Boy from Hydr0phobia.
PHILADELPHIA, January 7th.-Harry l..
Smith, cash-boy in store. was bitten by
black-and-tsn terrier nine weeks ago, and
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