Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-23

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mfnueoe InfsR. bfouaht him within Aftv
yards q khs Beaxss seonu oufsee. - q
ytsv 81 TIE Fsltef ships eom5no roond
CAPS 6ab<ue. Whon fhe uecen rusfer
ran into -the bsaoh vherp IIDuo 10
seen. be rosied dawn tha - covsre<]
el,0 and wbs t4ten into shs cusssr. He
tnformed Lieuk Cofwesi that the I0ra-
ton Of ths eamp $50 iasf over The elf.
In tha case Of Sergeant Eili-on the
medical czncers we're fearfnl from tie
nrsf that his chances Of life we're very
small. A. soon - healshfui food vas
available and the digestive functions
shouid be ~ established fully, tie
heaIthkm round Of blood sircnIatisn
would beRin is distribution Of nsu life
70 tbs injared parts and inflsmnxttsu
wouid naturally oeeur. II EIIisonss
strength should incrsase more rapidly
than tbs iniismmation, the ampatafion
Of the injured parts vouid perhaps
save bis life. Several days after his res-
cue m jana zOth, DR.. Green reported
that Ellison wss threatened with con-
Restion of the brain. The symp-
toms increased rapidly until the
poor fellow lost his reason. AZ
God Haven bis condition was %
critical that the surgeons Of the sxps-
dition, after consolidation, determined
90 nmputate both feet above the ankle,
~ the only chance Of life left the suffer
or. The disease, however, triumphed.
Amid the bleak scene that had eur-
rounded him for three years 10 his heroic
sacrid0s. and within tbs dssolats soil !.
tude OF that regien Of everlasting ice
and snow, surrounded BY his sorrovin.
comrades, he passed away.
The Lieutenant vas physically the
weakest. bot mentally the most yipor-
Gus OF his party. He had lain in his
sleeping bag fer weeks on account of
his gradually failing strength. He was
unable 90 stand alone for any length Of
time, aud was almost helpless, except in
q sitting posture. ALI panes Of hunger
had ceased. His appearance was Wild |;
his hair was long and unkempt; his face
and hands wsre covered with sootv.
black dirt; bis body was scantily GOV.
cred with worn clothes his form was
wasted; his joints were swollen. and
his eyes sunksn. He inquired il We were
not Engiishmeu. but when he was told
that We were his own countrymen, he
paused for q moment, a. ii rejecting,
and then said. And am glad to see
you" The condition Of his camp was
In keeping With the scene inside the
tent. The desperate and desoiate bar
Fenness OF the spot, over which the Wild
Arctic birds would not fy the row of
graves on the little ridge one hundred
feet away, with the protruding heads
and feet of those lately buried, a sad but
silent witness to the ever Increasing
weakness of the little baud OF survivors;
the deserted winter quarters in the little
hollow below. with it's broken wall, in
vHded by water from the melting snow
and ice above IL; the dead bodies Of
two companions stretched on the ice !;
the wretched apology for cooking uten-
sils improvised by them in their sore
distress, scarcely deserving Of the
name the scattered and worn
out clothes; the sleeping bags of the
dead; the absence Of all food save a few
cups full of boiled sealskin scraps; the
wild and wierd scene of snow, lee and
glaciers overlooking and -overhanging
the desolats camp. completed q pic
ture a. startling as il was impressive.
hope never again in my life
to look upon such wretchedness and
such restitution. The picture was more
startling and more deeply pathetic than
had ever dreamed could be possible.
In behoidiug IL / stood for q moment
almost unnamed and then realized
that II the expedition had DEM
onstrated any one thing more
than another, IL was that an hour had
its value to at least one OF that party.
Stouter hearts than mine felt full OF
sorrow. Eyes that had not wept for
years were moistened with tears in the
solemnity of that precious hour in the
lives OF that heroic little band, and the
sufferers who until this moment were so
hopeless and helpless"
The remainder Of the report Is taken
up with description of the exhuma-
tion of the dead bodies, getting them
on board OF the ship and the meas.
ures adopted for their preservation.
In this connection il Is stated shat in
preparing the bodies of the dead for
transportation in alcohol to st. Johns it
was found that six Of them, those
of Lieut.. Kislingbury, Sergeants Jewell,
and Raiston, and Privates Whistler,
Henry and Ellis had been cut and the
fieshy parts removed To q greater or less
extent. All the other bodies were found
intact. The Commander speaks in
terms of the highest communication Of
all the officers and men of his COM
mand.
Cieveland's Assailant DISCHARGED.
ALBANY, Got. 22.-Samuel j. Boone,
who assaulted Governor Cleveland
Monday last, was arraiened before Jus.
tice Guttman at the Police Court this
afternoon. The courtroom was crowd
ed with curious throEg. Boone looked
careworn, and asked and obtained per.
mission to make a statement. He
said he had been greatly wor-
ried over his brothers case,
and scarcely slept for several nights
He admitted that his conduct was
hasty, and that be WAS sorry for what
he had done. He also insisted that he
never intended doing the Governor any
harm. Justice Guttman said he had
received letter from Governor Cleve-
land, in which the Governor states that
be has no desire to prosecute the pris-
oner, and recommending leniency.
Boone Was then discharged.
Republican Nominations.
NEW York. OCT. 22.-The Republican
County Convention nominated the fol-
lowing ticket tonight: Mayor. Louis J.
Phillips; Comptroller, Charles Speer |;
Judges OF the Court of Common Pleas,
George w. Blunt. Edward @. Graves
aud J. @. j. Lsughlin District Attor-
ney, Colonel Charles 8. Spencer Presi-
dent of the Board of Aldermen, George
w. Hiilyard Coroner. Ferdinand Erd
man. Col. Geo. Bliss declared the ticket
inferior to those nominated by the
Democrats, and that il was put up only
to be knocked down. John j. O'Brien
answered Col. Bliss with bitterness, say
ing that he had no doubt that the
Colonel had q retainer from the county
Democracy in his pocket. The discus
sion Was animated. Col. Bliss and a