St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-18

cavalry; enlisted in camp on Goose Creek, Wyo.;
born in Kerry, Ireland.
| Jacob Bender, private company F, Ninth in
| fantry; enlisted at Omaha barracks, Neb.; born
in Friedburg Germany.
! VIM. Whistler, private, company +, Ninth in
| fantry enlisted at Omaha barracks, Neb; born
in Carol county, Ind. Fathers address. Men
| ona, Ind.
l. Henry Bierderbick, private company G, Seven
| teenth infantry: enlisted at Cincinnati o.; born
in Waldock, Germany.
! Julius Fredericks, private, company I, Second
cavalry; enlisted at Cleveland, o.; unmarried;
born in Dayton, o.
| Wm- r. Ellis, pivate, company G, second cav
airy; enlisted in New York city; born at Seneca
Falls.
r. H. Schneider, private, company A, First ar
tilery enlisted at Fort Columbus, New Yoik
| harbor; born in Chemnitz, Germany.
Francis Long, private, company E, Ninth in
| fantry; enlisted at Omaha barricks, Neb, born
in Wurtemburg, Germany.
AT WASHINGTON
| WARRINGTON, July 17-The news of the rescue
Of Lieut.. Greely and several of his party created
much excitement in this city. A telegram from
Commander Schley was received by Rear Admi-
raj Nichols, acting secretary Of the navy, who
/ Immediately communicated its contents to Lieut.
Gen. Sheridan, acting secretary of war. They
proceeded to the White house, and showed the
telegram to the president, who has taken deep
interest in the expedition, and expresses great
concern at the sad death Of SO many of the par
ty. A copy of the telegram was telegraphed to
Secretary Chandler at West Point, and to Secre-
tary Lincoln at New York. The families of
Lieut.. Greedy, Lieut.. Commander Schley and
Lieut.. Emory also Informed Of the rescue
Rear Admiral Nichols to-day telegraphed Com
mander Schley at ST. Johns as follows:
| yOur discretion lhOut the care and trans
portation of the bodies. Report by wire when
ready to sail for New Yort. The department
| sends most hearty congratulations to yourself
and men,
IN MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, Mich, July 17-This city and state
have melancholy interest in the final outcome
Of the Greedy expedition. The sons of Lient.
Kislingbury, second in command, live in this
city, while Sergt Edward Israels friends live in
| Kalamazoo.
FROM LIEUT.. GREELY.
| General Hazen, chief signal officer, received
| the following telegram
! ST. JOHNS, n. F., July 17.-For the first time
in three centuries England yields the honor of
| getting farthest north, Lieutenant Lockwood and
Sergeant Brainerd on May 18th reaching Lock
wood island, latitude 93 minutes, "a seconds,
| longitude A minutes, 5 seconds They saw
! from 1000 feet elevation land north or
! northwest, but to the northeast Greenland yet
| extended, and was lost to view in Cape Robert
Lincoln, latitude SO minutes, 35 seconds, longi-
| tude 80 minutes. Lieut. Lockwood was turned
| back in 1883 by open water the north Green
land shore, barely escaping drifts into the Polar
ocean. DR.. Pavy, in 1882, following the Mark
| ham route, adrift one day in the Polar ocean
north of Cape Joseph Henry, and escaped to land,
abandoning nearly everything. In 1882 | made
J in the spring and later part of sum-
I mer a trip into the interior of Greenland
discovering Lake Hazen, some sixty by ten miles
in extent, which is fed by the ice cape of north
Grinnel Land, and drains Ruggles river and
J Weyprecht Fiord into Conybeare bay and Archer
Fiord. From the summit Of Mount Arthur,
$1,000 feet the contour of the land west of the
Conger mountains convinced me that Grinnell
Land tends directly south from Lieut. Aldrichs
farthest i'll 1876. In 1883 lieutenant Lockwood
and Sergeant Brainerd succeeded i'll crossing
| Grinnell Land, and ninety miles from BeaGteux
| bay, head OF Archers Fiord, struck the head of
| ford from the Western sea, temporarily named
| by Lockwood Greedy Fiord. From the center of
the ford in latitude 80 minutes 80 seconds,
longitude 7S minutes 80 seconds, Lieutenant
! Lockwood saw the northern shore termination
| some twenty miles west, and the southern shore
| extending come fifty miles, with Cape Lockwood
| some seventy miles distant, apparently separate
| land from Grinnel Land. have named the new
| land Arthur Land. Lieutenant Lockwood fol-
| lowing and going and returning the ice, cape
averaging about 150 feet of perpendicular face.
1t follows that the Grinnell land interior is ice
capped with belt of country some sixty miles
! wide, between the northern and southern ice
capes. In March, 1884, Serg. Long, while hunt
lng, looked from the northwest side of Mount
Carey to Hayes Sound, seeing on the northern
coast three capes westward Of furthest seen by
Nariss in 1876. The sound extends some twenty
miles further west than shown by the English
chart, but is possibly shut i'll by land, which
| showed up across the western end The two
years of station duties, observations all eSpora-
tions and retreat to Cape Sabine, were accom-
plished without loss OF life, disease. serious ac-
cident even severe frost bites No scurvy was
! experienced at Conger, and but one death from
| it occurred last winter.
(Signed) GREELY, Commanding.
THE SECOND DISPATCH.
A second dispatch from Lieut.. Greely is as
follows:
ST. JOHNS, N. F., July 17.--To Chief Signal
! officer, Washington: Brainerd, Bierderbick,
Connell, Frederlcks, Long and myself. sole sur
vvors, arrived to-day, having been rescued at
the point of death from starvation, by relief ships
Thetis and Bear, June -, at Camp Clay, north
west of Cape Sabine. All are now in good health
but weak. Sergeant Ellison, rescued, died July s.
Cross died last January: Christianson, Linn,
! Rice, Lockwood, Jewell and Edwards in April !;
Ellis, Ralston, Whistler and Israel in May; Kis-
| lengburg, Sailor. Henry, Bender, Pavy, Gardiner
and Schneider in June. Abandoned Fort Conger
| August 10; frozen in pack off Victoria
head August goth; abandoned steam launch
! September 11th eleven miles northeast of
Cockedhat Island, when on point of landing we
were three times driven by southwest storms
into Kanes sea, finally landed September 29th in
| Baird Inlet. Learning by scouting parties OF the
Prcteus disaster, and that no provisions had been
left for us from Cape Isabella to Sabine moved
and established winter quarters at Camp Clay
| half way between Sabine and Cockedhat. An in
ventory showed that by daily ration of four and
ohe-third ounce of meat, seven ounces of bread
and dog biscuits, and four ounces of miscellane-
Gus, the party would have ten days full ratons
left for crossing Smith Sound to
Littleton Island. Unfortunately Smith
Sound remained open the entire
winter, rendering a crossing mpracticable
Game failed, despite daily hunting. From early
February, before the sun returned, only 500
pounds of meat were obtained thts year. Minute
sea weed, sassafras, rock lichens and sealskln
were resor.ed to for food with results as show by
the number of survivors. The
LAST REGULAR FOOD
Was issued May ID. Only $50 pounds of meat
meat was left by Darlington, which compelled
me to send in November four men to obtain IA
pounds of English meat at Isabella. During the
trip Ellison froze solid both hands and feet aud
lost them all, surviving However through our terri
BILE winter and spring until July s. The survivors
owe their lives TO the indomitable energy of Capt.
Schley and Lieut.. Emory, who preceded by three
and accompanied by five whalers, forced ther ves-
sells from Upernavik through Melville bay into
the north water at Cape York with the foremost
whsler. They gained Il yard whenever possible
and always heldit Smiths sound was crossed,
and our PARTY rescued during one OF the most
violent gales we have ever known. Boats were
handled only at imminent risk of swamping.
Four of US were then
UNABLE TO WALK,
And could not have survived exceeding twenty
four hours. Every care and attention was given
us. They saved and bring back copies OF the