The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-17


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SCHwATKA's EXPEDITION-E. B., Che
halls, Wash. The American Franklin search
party under Lieutenant f. Schwatka, u. S.
A, returned on September %, 1880, from
two years hunt for the log-boOks and other
relics of the Franklin expedition. 1t was
hardly expected that it would find the re-
mains of Sir John Franklin, who had
persisted on June II, 1847-mOre than thirty
two years before. But as regards the re-
suits of the expedition, it was determined
from astronomical observations that the
west shore Of Hudson Bay is set down on
the maps nearly % too far west; it named
the Hayes River flowing northward
and followed it 10 to 40 miles to
its mouth in COckburn Bay; on
this river it fell in with remnant Of the
Ukpiliks ESquimauX, which had been nearly
eXterminated by the NetchillikS; met with
the chief, who, twenty-five or thirty years
before. in his youth, had seen white men
come down Back River in a boat, and had
found a ship in the ice off the west coast of
Adelaide Peninsula; one corpse was on
board, and various utensils were taken out
by making a hole in the side Of the ship, in
consequence of which the vessel-which
must have been the Erebus or the
Terror - sank the next summer; he
had heard of other Esquimaux hav-
ing seen white men and Of cairns opened
and deSpOied; Oh Adelaide Peninsula, by
Barrow Inlet, a band Of Netchilliks was
met, several of whom recOllected the Frank
lin party, and near their camp was probably
the spot where the last survivors persisted;
the Esquimaux had here found skeletons of
several people under boat and appropri-
ated their effects; meeting an old woman
who had been in the camp OF the unfortunate
explorers at Washington Bay, Schwatka
determined 10 hasten on to King VIII
lam Land before the ice broke, and
on the way obtained some relics and
heard of another treasure of books and
papers having been destroyed by EsquimauX
children the natives told a grisly tale of
finding skeletons with sawed bones, indi-
eating that cannibaliSm had been TeSOrted
to; Cape HerSchel was found TO be Is or 20
miles farther west than the position marked
on the admiralty chart; at tile site of the
camp occupied by Captain CrOZler after
abandoning his ship off Cape Jane Frank
lin many articles were found, and in a
grave, ON the evidence of a medal in
ScrIbed with his name, the remains of Lieu
tenant Irving, third officer of the Terror.
On the return journey, Cape Felix, the
northern extremity of the island and the
limit OF the ground TO be explored, having
been reached on July 3. 1879 the whole
coast was more thoroughly searched and
graves were found In many places, also fTag-
mentS OF boats, utensils, clothing etc,
but no document or l0tted minute save
copy Of a brief memorial left by Captain
CTUzler when he set out with the crews Of
the Erebus and Terror. 100 souls in all, for
Back River. which was found by Lieutenant
iiObSOn of the McCnntock expedition in
1893, and IS the only record OF the Franklin
expedition which has vet been brought to
light; at the mouth Of Sherman Inlet was
obtained. among other relics, q portion OF a
boat which had landed from the vessel
which was driven through Victoria Strait;
the cold was the most prolonged and severe
ever suffered by Polar exploring
party; the thermOmetrical readings so
extraordinary that their accuracy has
been called into question. The sledge jour
neg, lasting from April 1, 1879, to March 4,
1880, covered $3.50 miles, and is uneXampIed.
Important corrections were made in the
map OF the country trayeTSed. Instead of
flowing nOrthN estward, the course of the
Back River was found to be nearly due
north, as followed up nearly ninety miles
The coast lines of King William Land and
Adelaide Peninsula were corrected and COM
pIeted, and long stretches of new territory
were Travelled. The fate OF the Franklin
expedition can only be read by the one res
cued document and the graves Of its
members.
The CHILEAN kEVoLUTIoN-J. L., San
Diego, Cal To enter into a recital of all of
the causes that led to the factional regolu-
ton in Chile would require more space than
is at command Of the q. c. In word. how
ever, the opposition contends that President
Bamaceda could not constitutionally carry
on the Government after January /, 1891,
because the annual budget had not been
passed by Congress. On that date Balma-
cPda issued a long manifesto in which he
demonstrated that several Presidents had
carried on the Government for short periods
without a budget and that, instead of
being dictator he had been constitution
ally placed at the head of the Government
here he had DUTY to perform. He had
sworn TO keep and make others keep the
constitution and laws, and these required
hlm TO preserve order ut home and security
abroad, and he would continue to uphold
the honor and integrity OF the republic,
whether Congress fulfilled or not its cOnSti-
tutlOnal duty Of providing for carrying on
the Government. On January 18th the Pres
idents Of the Senate and the House went on
board OF mdn-0f-waT; the fleet TeVOlted,
but the army stayed with Balmaceda, and
so was fired the train which had already
been laid by the jealousies Of fractional lead
ers and their dissatisfaction over the sue
censorship.
A RECORD VERIFIED-P. b., City. A re-
ply made on the 81 inst. questioning the
authenticity Of the fast passage Of the Nov
city from San Francisco to New Zealand,
has prompted well-knOWn resident and in
SuTance manager to the write to @. G.. as fol-
lows: in further answer to i. Il. in a re-
cent Sunday edition OF your paper respect
ing fast passages between here and Aus
tralia, in which mention is made of the
wonderful passage of the British bark Nov
city, Captain Harrison, | take pleasure in
informing you that she made the voyage
there IN Iwenty-eIght days, and arrived here
on her return April 3, 1851, IN forty-four
days. L speak with certainty, for L was
passenger by her"
81 WAS BORN AN AMERICAN" Ere
B. T., City. Daniel Webster, in his speech
in the United States Senate on July H. 1850,
on the compromise measure used the
language: "I mean to stand upon the Con-
stitution. l need no other platform. /
shall know but one country. The ends |
aim at shall be my cOuutry's, my Gods and
my truths. | was born an American; |
live an American; | shall die an American;
and | intend to perform the duties incum-
bent upon me in that character to the end
of my career. l mean to do this with abso-
lutte disregard of personal consequences"
lax INHERTANCE-J. f., City The
New York law recently enacted provides
that in the case of direct heirs a tax of per
cent will be collected on the cash value of
the inheritance, but in all other cases per
cent. The direct heirs are father, mother,
husband, wife, child, brother, sister, wife or
widow OF son, husband OF daughter and
any adopted child or children. III any per-
son not in the direct line of Inheritance re-
ceives legacy bF will or by law, the State
will take S. Of each $780,
DIVORCE AGAIN-A. ID. L., Colusa, Cal.
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