Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-18

ithe ice has broken off and taken them with
t. Edmunds, an Esquimaux, was drowned
while hunting. It was supposed that ice had
cut a hold in his kayak and
she filed. Total deaths since the par
ty reached Cape Sabine last fall,
10. j. Ellison, who was trying to get the
$50 rations left by Beebe in 1882, got badly
frost bitten. During the winter both his feet
dropped off at the ankles and all his
doctor take them off. He also
lost the top of his nose. For few days he
seemed to be getting on finely and
was in good spirits, but in a little
while he took another change, went
W Pg. in ,on the rss+ head On finally going
leaving six survivors of the twenty-five. The
researches of the expedition were sue
cess. Latitude 49, "a was reached and a sec
ond party crossed the western ocean. The
party which went north travelled east to the
24th degree longitude.
SchIey's Greeting to His Wife.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 17.-Mrs. Schley,
wife of the famous commander, received
telegram from her husband to-day announc-
ing his safe arrival at ST. Johns and adding
that he would leave there for New York as
soon as possible. The lady expresses deep
regret that the entire Greedy party were not
rescued. In conversation with a repre-
sentative of the United Press tonight Mrs
Schley said she would proceed to New York
to meet her husband upon his arrival in that
port.
Lieutenant GreeIy's Mother Hears the
News.
NEwBURYPoRT, Mass, July 1.-THE first
information relative to the safety of Lieuten-
ant Greedy received in this city was that
telegraphed by the United Press to its CORE
spondent who lost no time in conveying the
welcome intelligence to the relatives of Lieu
tenant Greedy. John A. Greedy was first
visited at his residence. He could scarcely
credit the fact that news from his brother
had been received SO early in the season, but
was only too happy to hear that he was alive.
Mrs Fannie Greedy the lieutenants mother,
was next called upon. When the welcome
news was given to her she was completely
overcome as she too was expecting nothing
for some weeks. Mrs. Greedy could hardly
express her joy in words, and though over
whelmed with happiness at the thought that
she would soon see her boy again, she was
deeply grieved and cast down at the thoughts
of the sad fate of her sons comrades and fell
low sufferers.
The History of the Expedition.
The Greedy party was one of two sent out
by the United States in accordance with an
international scheme suggested by Lieuten-
ant Karl Weyprecht, commander of the Aus
trian Arctic expedition board the Teget-
hoff, who proposed to establish a number of
circumpolar stations for the purpose of sci
entifc observation and practical exploration.
After much labor an international Polar con-
ference was established, and the United
States entered with spirit into the work
The stations were finally resolved upon as
follows The United States at Lady Frank
lin Bay in Smiths Sound, and also at Point
Barrow Denmark at Godthaab Germany
in Cumberland Sound, on the west side of
Davis Strait England at Fort Rae, in the
heart of the Hudson Bay Territory, near the
Great Slave Lake Russia at the mouth of
the Lena and at Moller's Bay, Nova Zembla;
Holland at Dickson's Haven; Norway at
Bosekop, in the Alien Fiord; Sweden at
Spitzbergen; Austria at Jan Mayen Island
famous for its fog and ice. The Finnish
Landing equipped a meteorological station at
Sodankyla; a branch station was also estab-
lished in Labrador. France selected a station
near Cape Horn and Germany also sent a
party to one of the islands of South Georgia
In June, 1881, preparations having been
made for the United States colony, twenty
two officers and enlisted men We're assigned
to duty as the force to Lady Franklin Bay.
Octave Pavy, M. D.. was taken on board at
Disco, Greenland, to fill the position of acting
assistant surgeon with the expedi-
tionary force In addition, Jams Edward,
an Esquimau and Frederick Thorley Chris
Hansen, half-breed; both of whom
were engaged at Proven, accompanied
the expedition The colony thus
consisted of twenty-five men in
ALL The Proteus, with the expedition on
board, sailed from st. Johns, n. F., on July
Z, 1881, and reached Cape Constitution,
Kane's highest point. On the 18th of August
they steamed up to the solid main pack, ex-
tending right across the channel and appear
ing to be at least twenty feet thick. The
Proteus had then reached the southwest part
of Lady Franklin Bay, and was within ten
miles of her destination. For seven days
the vessel was moored to the ice, and Lieuten-
ant Greedy almost despaired of attaining
his object. But the ice moved to the east
ward and the ship was forced at full speed
until Discovery harbor was reached, and there
Lieutenant Greedy determined to locate his
camp. The anchor was dropped and the
work of unloading the stores began. The
carpenters set to work building the house
On the same day fourteen musk oxen were
killed. Stores of provisions sufficient to last
the party for fully two years landed
The house had double frames and
measured sixty-one and twenty-one feet
In addition to the stores and supplies
about one hundred and forty tons of coal
were landed at the station, which was chris
tened Fort Conger, in honor of Senator
Conger, of Michigan, who had been instru-
mental in passing the bill through Congress
which authorized the expedition. The Pro-
teus left the party on August 49, and re-
turned safely to st. Johns, N. F. Nothing
has been heard of the Greedy party from the
day the Proteus left it until to-day.
In June, 1882, the Neptune sailed from St.
Johns to carry supplies to the party, but it got
no further north than Cape Sabine, and after
establishing caches it returned on June 30,
1888 The second relief expedition sailed from
st. Johns, consisting of the vessels Proteus
and Yantic. The Proteus was crushed by the
ice and sank, and the persons on board made
their way to the Yantic, which returned to
st. Johns without effecting the object of the
expedition.
The present relief expedition consisted of
the Alert, which was presented to the United
States by the British government for this
special service; the Thetls, Dundee whaler
purchased by our government, and the Bear,
a steam sealer from Dundee The last of
these vessels left New York on the 10th of
last May.
DIR. Octave Pavy, the surgeon of the expe-
dition, was born in Havre, France, and after
liberal and scientific education took part in
an Arctic expedition sent out by France. He
spent several years among the Esquimaux in
Lady Franklin Bay and Grinnell Land. At
terward he formed one of the members of the
Howgate expedition, and when this failed he
remained at Disco, and afterwards joined the
Greedy party.
COLLAR AND ELBOW.
An Easy Victory for n Wrestler.
NEW YORK, July 17.-There was quite a
large gathering of the sporting fraternity at
Woods athletic grounds, Williamsburg, to-
night to witness the collar and elbow wrestling
match between j. Mcmahon, champion of the
world, and P. Crowley, of Long Island. The
stakes were $3.50 side and the title Nc
Mahon was an easy winner, throwing Crow
ley twice in few minutes when he gave up