Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-23
General Hazen and the aretic I2xpedi-
tiOn.

NAsHGNGToN October 22d.-Iu his annual re-
/ port General Hazen, in treating o. the Arctic
expedition. says, after referring 70 the departure
OF the fantic, after the loss OF the ITntCUs from
/ Littleton to st. Johns without leaving pro-
/ visions that this abandonment OF Lieutenant
/ Greely and his purity to possible starvation by
( the officers whose only mission in those waters
was to succor them, displayed a l6mentab!e dis
( regard of grave responsibility. He holds that
! II Lieutenant harrington had insisted upon leay-
ing railors from the Gautic, or Il another relief
( vessel had been sent from St Johns. rs he saws
he himself urged, loss of life and disaster would
/ have been avoided. and General Hazeu SAYS
| Lieutenant Greely carried out his instructions
! literally, and the Signal Bureau carried out the
/ predrTGngcd plan. lie continues after referring
! to Lieutenant Grecly's relief to Cape Sabine and
/ to the success of the relief eNDeditiOu under
! Commander Schley. as follows:
TIP to the return of the expedition this year,
/ | had hoped there would be no occasion for
! raising question OF blame at this or any future
! time, but new light has been cast upon the sub
/ ject, and with 1t my duty becomes plain and
/ the truth of history and justice 70 ali calls for
| such impartial inquiry and authoritative judg-
lnent as tribunal broad enough 10 embrace the
/ whole question shall institute and pronounce.
/ The Congress of the United States is maniiestiy
/ such tribunal. ! therefore trust that the Lady
! Franklin Bay expedition. and The expedition
| organized for lis relief win be deemed worthy
! OF thorough investigation BY Congress"
/ General Haleu regards the Greey expedition
| as among the foremost OF its kind - and insists
| that both Lieutenant lireely and the Afctic and
! Signal Bureaus in Washington carried out their
! parts ana the pIearranScd plans of rescue liter
/ ally and successfully in every particular. lie
| refers to the failure of Lieutenant Darlington
! to replace spoiled provisions at Care Sabine,
and quotes from n letter written by Lieutenant
| Greeiy to him on April .0th, SuppOSing himself
/ ut the point OF death, rs follows:
| " Had but Darlington earricd out your orders
/ and replaced the 2io ratious of run. and 100 of
! alcohol in the English cache here and the 2l0
/ pounds of moldy English bread spoiled English
/ chocolate and potatoes, melted sugar and 2l6
| pounds OF rotten dog biscuit, We wuuid, without.
| doubt. he saved.
General Hazen says Darlington should have
/ left two-thfTds of the stores rescued rom the
! Proteus ut Cape Sabine
Vessel in Flames.
NEW YORK, October 22d.-A fire broke out in
I the hold of the steamship AmeriGUe, Of tie
/ French line, this morning. The Fire Depart
ment was summoned, but little headway was
made against the fire. as the flames could not be
reached It is impossible to learn, as yet the
extent u damage or how the fire originated.
LATEG.-Ihe fire on the Amerique has been
extinglliShcd. The loss will he small The fro
started among three hundred bales of cotton
stored between the decks. All the cotton was
removed. The vessel is now ready to sail
y Good Haul by Burglars.
WooSsoCKET Or. ~, October 22d.-The local
office of the Adams express was entered some
time during the night by burglars and riHed of
Sil0O0 IN coupons and bonds aid 81 600 III bank
bills, both packages belonging to tho Noon-
socket institution. The doors OF the office were
all found locked this morning and the doors OF
not locked The thieves left no trace
The International Meridian Conference.
WASHINGTON, october 22d.-At the Interna-
tional Meridian Conference to-day, declara-
tion embracing all the resolutions previously
agreed upon by the Conference was adopted
On motion of MIR. Deotruve, of Russia q resolu
ton was adopted expressing the thanks OF the
Conference to its President, Admiral Rodgers,
and also their appreciation OF his able and I'M
partial performance of the delicate and labori-
Gus duties deyolved upon him. The Conference
then adjourned, to meet again upon the call of
the President for the purpose OF verifying the ]
protocol This meeting, which viii probably be
final, VIII be held in the middle of next week.
Boone Arrsi.ned in the Police Court,
and Discharged.
ALBANY. October 23d.-Samuel r. Boone who
assaulted Governor Cleveland on Monday last,
was arraiened before Justice Guttnau at the
Police Court. this afternoon. The Courtroom
was thronsed by curious crowd. Boone who
looked eare-worn. asked and obtained permis-
sion 10 make statement. lie said he had been
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