The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-09-16
The RatiOns Issued 10 the Reserve at
Pensacola.
Concerning The Greeley Relief Ex-
peditlOa
Bad Manag of the PrOtcus.
Dangerous Voyage.
Funeral Obsequles OF the Editor of the
COmnercial-Adyertlser.
Other Victims Of Poisoning by Canned
Beef.
Cuban Fiilibuster Organizer Sud.
denly Decamps.
Tho Ea sfarn nuacfiou Nn,x.s, u,IIat;,,
The Eastern Question -Newsy Bulletin
National Notes,

the 18th inst, issued to the destitute
about $50 ratons, which | considered was
all | could 10 under the orders Of the de-
partment. am reliably informed that
deposit OF 81 600 IL now In bank in Pensa-
cola subject to the check ofthe reserve re-
lief committee and last night informed
the treasurer there oft | thought | had
lone all could at present undx my order
No new cases and no deaths among naval
forces
The Corean embassy arrived from Chi
cago this morning. They were met ut the
station by John Davis, first assistant secre.
tary OF state, and Lieutenant Mason and
Ensign Faurlk, Of the navy. The latter
TWO, who were designated by the president
to extend the courtesies, were in full dress
naval uniform. The ambassadors were at
once driven TO the Arlington hotel, where
quarters wereproyidod dor them In house
adjoining the hotel. The whole house, CON
tanning fourteen rooms, has been assigned
them. Nothing has been determined as to
their future movements, but they will re-
II ain here few days and then
will go to New York and probably
10 Boston aud return here when the presi-
dent Is In the city.
The report of the commissioners Of emil
grafton OF the state OF New York shows
Jhat 1853 3H immigrants landed at the port
Of New York from August 81, 1889, to June
3Oth, 1888 inclusive The largest mum Der
landed in any one month, CD 593 was in
May, 1883, and the smallest, s 3i3, in Janu-
AIRY OF the same year. The duty imposed
on the board OF returning pqupers aud per
'ons unable to take care Of themselves to
the parts where they came from has been
carefully exercised, and large nuhber OF
undesirable persons have been sent back.
n.V. .N..W. ul uug tsasu at
the navy, has received the following dis.
patch
10 Comodoro English Actin Secretary of the
Navy
sr iomNs, N. f., Sept. Ito charter
another foreign ship with foreign crew f.
This duty, tn 20 north at THIS
late in the season would
simply invite fresh disaster The Proteus
Nas handled very unskilliully and the
rev behaved shameiully ut the wreck
The ship must be American, manned and
lilicCled by the navy aud thoroughly
equipped. Unless winter quarters can be
| coached north Of Cape Athal, the attempt
| would be useless This cannot be done.
Melville bay will be impossible by October
let at the latest. The ship cannot winter
at the upper Navlk and cannot sledge north
from there.
TSgned T.. wuprs,
Commanding United States Ship, Eantic.
The following dispatch from Lieutenant
Darlington, was received at the signal office
| 'Cday:
sr. JOINS. N T.. Sent. Is TO chief signal
officer OF the United States
| Stores were not left ut littletOn Island,
because II was not IN my programme 10 do
| 20. IL was my intention to establish
! depot at or near Cape Prescott and to the
northward, as recommended byLieutenant
Greedy, and to I'LL the gaps caused by the
Neptune's failure to get above Cape Sabine,
See Greely's letter, Beebe's reports,
ana nd my INSTRUCTIONS r RStiOns Were were
ly the Y intic for my party. Part OF these
met me ut point forty miles north OF TIES.
suska. All have since returned to the
| Gantic. The ultimate result Of any under.
Rking to 20 nor,h at this time is extreme.
| ly problem at Q. Chances are against
It's success, ewing to the dark
nights now beginning In those regions,
making ice navigation extremely critical
| work. There is no safe winter anchorage
IN the west shore of Greenland between
Disco and Pandara harbor, except, perhaps
North Star Bay. The winter quarters
OF the sound, however, there is barely q
chance OF success, and II my recommends.
tons are approved, | am ready and
is tn buy a suitable sai.er, take crew from
the volunteers OF the crews OF the Nantic
and Powhattan, now In this harbOr, ar.
range paying them extra compensation.
aud tor Lieutenant j. O. COlwell to command
the ship; two ensigus and one engineer 10
be taken from those who volunteer
rom the same ships also to employ
a competent ice pilot here.
The ship must be under the United States
laws and subject to military discipline.
believe nothing can be done with foreign
civilian officers and crew. In the event ot
not enough seamen volunteering the re-
mainder to be enlisted here. Commander
| Wilde will communicate with the navy de.
partmcnt, II anything is to be done it
must be done at once,
lSirnedl Il A. GAEttNGroN.
ltappears from the above that il suf b
plies were sent IN darlington he never IL o.
ceiyCd them. Lieutenant harrington has
been advised that the secretary OF war will
mot authorize the proposed expedition this
tell, but will order one next year.
The post-Otlice department to-day began
distributing he new cent stamps, and the
lrtGuisition ON contractors was the largest
IN number OF pieces and value
ever issued in one day. Tho
order was for $3.50 $50 postage stamps:
IIl3l, $50 stamped envelopes; most of these
being OF the two-cent denomination, and .,
$3.50 postal cards. The aggregate value
ofthe articles ordered amount to $3.50 600,
Secretary Teller resumed his duties to.
day.
West Steever, of this city, counsel for
Judge Robertson, OF Louisiana, to-day
filed with John h. Knox, comptroller OF the
currency, formal complaint setting forth
alleged violation by the New Orleans Ma.
la gtNh "a la.
name for that Of the manager OF
the Lottery Company In advertisements,
which have appeared In various journals
throughout the country, Steever says IL is
the intention Of hia client TO test the ques.
ton whether or not n national bank can
lawfully 90 into the lottery business.
Dispatches received to-day BY the chief
signal officer and acting secretary OF the
navy from Lieutenant Darlington, OF the
Greedy relief expedition, aud Commando I
Wildes, of the United States ship Iantc
have excited much comment and discu,'
sion.
The telegram from Lieutenant Garling
ton, IL Is said, seems to be- 1
reply to the categorical question
WAY did you not land your stores
at Littleton Island or Life Boa
cave on your way north"
The reply is. because Il was not In my
programme 10 do so,h
The reply, Il is argued, seems TO lndicat,
either that Lieutenant Darlington never
received the so.called supplemental order
TO land his stores ut littleton Island
on his way north, or, u he received suol
supplemental orders, he did not regard then
as imperative, and did not suppose theJ
were intended TO supersede the earlier la
structions not 10 leave his storel
NJ IittletOn island ON his WAY
} north. IL seems 20 be generally
admitted here by those VIII discuss the sut
iect that the landing Of the proteus stores
at the moath Of Smiths sound, before IN,
ship herself encountered the perils of the
heayy pack north OF Cape Sabine, was o
the utmost importance. Prudent arctic nav
ieators, under similar circumstances, have
always endeayored TO secure safety for tbs
food supply by getting the bulk OF u OF
solid land as soon as possible aner reach'ng
their base ofoperations, and before running