The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-03-13
MOUND CITY MATTERS.
wsshiy Ils,ls~ ~ Ev-,s 10 q co.vsa'
uss Bsrsft Clsy.
rsplss ,hs, have r.sshsd Ne Tongues
Of NE faiksss
o. sas Assss ~ Bis bridge

o.. Lows, nscs s-fspsoisl oorsspon
dsacsl The sAnssti0n Of he oar VA ~
Louisl, he rabssry u me fsolno fspres'
sonpsny BY Pfsntloa fillsr, trusted ein
pioys. Although paid but ssiAIy OF 80
mOstA TulsT was In charge OF sansldsfAhls
ianas, snd 90 sunday lsst Ne ,as len alone
IN the offios with nearly tloo,UO ourrsnoy
lyiss srsuna hin, SEINE Days pTsVou. ne
had smurslsi / 30 seicsss Into tAs ofiei
aud he dlled Tnrss 20 ihs srlD With green
hack ana then walked on snmolas .si
OF tho $1,000 he carried asay tos,'
80. ths. being A he ooud f'' IA
sonmiissd ~ $50 In ths aksrnoss, by
o'cisok 10 wa discovered and Ielegrami
we're ssnt 10 all difso,ioss and ell trains
leading cut nfths oitJ wus 81 gss'y vatehsd
The kIprsss com psny offered q reward oi
81 900 ter the osptnts OF the hid and sub
sequsutly raiAsd this asnnst 70 fi2 90.
but notsisg vac hssrd Of The yoanG man,
which proves tAsl the sop ia tsof Vas not
sneEssos>a % h.s past. but PreArrsased
prove that his ssloulstisos usrs well msds,
Tor xJthing les would navs saysd him
from tas extraordinary kssus made Dy the
polics 20 sfI,ct bis capture, sinos leaving
his oharscA- has bean learned
and nv 10 spoken Of "a n
sharp wltted youth and ons not lifay b.
be- caught nspplnG uudsr any, circnm-
stances. His fsihrr ~ q LOuisvills drisc-
liye. and Pfenuos was CALLED sftM George
ID. Prentice, toe iamOus statssm an Of tnat
city. Pr.ntiee worked ier the Usitsd Bates
AIprcss %. In Leuisvilie untu one day ho
was caught s.aLlns = smsll package oi
money. Accused Of tho thief, he weakened
and said that eSl company sOd lsts hours
had led him 10 do wrong o. sccsust oil
his previous GOOD chastolsr nothing rss
said nt tbs tins and he vas SLOWED
TO leave Louisville. H0 came here aud
secured pea tlon wish tbs Pacific Ekpreas
company whore he proved himseit hrs-
olsss clerk. He bolfdsd st NJ. ll22 Ohyo
street with lady named Feddske, AID
soon alter his departure IL wns learned Mat
he had been vrrY iutlmstn with taAi lsdy
and had been Ia the bsbit OF iaking her out
evenings, Notwithstanding the fnct tina. she
was msriiei woman. THIS lass comins
20 hor husolads earn and resulted IN his
making application fer divorce IN the cir
cult court OF this civ tar1o days after the
Disappearance OF Tuiss. IL In nov osArly
q wesk since lie disappeared end
not clue has yet bcsn obtxihod AZ 10 his
hidisg place. scme think M shS lett the
city, while othSTe believe that ~ Is stll
here. Old detectives believe that bs Is gone
e. Canada and oil ssapofss there are bsing
watched.
TUE JEANETTE eeABcn.
Lieutensu, William H. Schultz, the
gallant naval officer who 9th Lieutensnt
HARDER led the Jsznnstss search expedition
IN the Arctic regions, returned 10 his home
Ia this city. He tells story OF his adveas.
ures which reads like fairy tale. The ex.
petition let New York ON February Alb,
1882, and travelled by London and
Paris 10 st. Petersburg. Here the
Russian government came 10 tae rescue Of
the party and placsd 81 their command
every facility tor the prosecution OF their
work. Whsn arrangements had bsen coon
pleted tho Ri sian government dotsiled
specil commission W accompany she party
which proc,uded TO Irkusk, In eastern Sibe-
ria. From this lattsr point the party tav-
eled on sl.ds pulled by reindeer to W.T.
weemski, 1000 milsa up tho river from
Irkusk. Here they built schooner and
row boats. In tneso," says Lieutenant
Schultz, ave travelled hundreds OF miles
along tho coast looking for Lieutenant
Trips boat and tho bodies OF The men whom
We had bseu told were in IL. We could
find no trace Of them, and HSrber and l
then undertook winter search on sleds.
we gniy gave this up In December, when
the days began to gst % dark We could do
nothing, the long polar nights setting in.
We returned to YaAkrntsk, arriving there
from the secretary OF the navy, which had
been sent on tse Augurs previous. Il in
struoeed Us to briug k9mS the bodies OF De
Longs party frozen. This village is 5000
miles from q telegraph station and the
mouth OF the river Il $500 miles away nom
any means OF telegraph. Wa remained
there sue month. Melville had buried
the bodies OF the DsLoug parry in the lev,
placed box made OF driftwoed above them,
ff n
whole war surmounted with Q weodsn
oross on which the names OF tins dead men
were inscribed. IL is Just a year ago since
we took the bodies cut Of This tomb. They
were all frozen stif md perfectly prsseived.
We placed them on alsds and brought
them to Kitoch. q small village whore We
found hospital. Esrs the sibsrians Ak
lies made us sons tin casks" we
them GU. and thsa took
large portion OF the clothins
of for they would not fit in the cnskets as
taey were. You ses, when one OF the party
died another would take his oIsihing. The
body Of DA Amber, tie Jeanet . surgeon,
for instance wps twice The poor fellows
natural size Az he had on several quits OF
clothes Then again 1t was necessary to
tbaw them GU, in order TO get the bodies
into q decent shape. They iross - they
died with their limbs bent and their bodiss
hnddled up. When we had them prepared
we placed them in the tin baskets
whers they again became frossn
and remained % until ve reached
Orenberg ON the 18th OF January,
OF this year, where We placed Thorn In the
heavy baskets which tho goyernnent had
sent. Those were Theoretically sealed, 30
that tse bodies were 10 perfect condition
when we reached New York"
DE- LONa's TERRIBLE POSITION.
mo" said Lieutenant Schultz, poor
De Long did not m AXE A mis lake or blum.
der. You see tbars was no such thing a. q
chart Of the wilderness through which he
Travelled. Since than l HAYS prepared a
chart and some sketchen Look at it. Hero
1t is away 10 the nerthessss N shore OF the
Polar saa There 10 oeaclusIve evidence
to prove that he was Is perfsct CO.'S sAdsr.
His men had paa3ei through the psr,ls OF
the wreck and reached there ia safety.
They wrr. we'll previ4isxa1, ia perfect
health aud under ordiparY ciroun stakoss,
Avery one OF them would have esoaped.
But iroa, the ths time shey lett that point
there was not the tlikhtsSt opportunity for
De Long or any OF his party 10 use either
good or bad judgment, Tnsy we're in an
unknown land without the slightsst knowl-
edge of thar peHtion, geographically, in
relation to the native VILLAGE. Had d.
Long gone to tho right he might hava bean
saved. Had he geAe ~ the lsfs he might
have bean saved - It vs. he
hin scrssa Z tracklsss wildsrnsss, strlp
above al others the drsarisst in that dreaxy
land. II 10 such wild and drssry wasts
that even natives ~ their hunting excur-
sions shun it in winter. How I'D now to
think that Do Longs party passed within
twenty five miles OF Q native village not
long sfssr they started on their march. But
thew nad no knowledge oft, AAd day after
day they Travelled farther away from q
plsce Of asfage. Gradually tnay approach.
ed the eihsrian villages, Eat they were
worn out and could not keep mp the
march. They died, hnally, Of cold