Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-13

 to continue his search, not relaxing his efforts until Singapore had been reached.
 In a report sent to Mrs. Allaire from this extreme point of Celebes island, Will lis communicated to her this important piece of information, at the same time promising to keep her posted as to the results of the search which would now be confined to the Java sea and the Sum- da islands
 Willis had fixed the meridian of Sing apore as the western limit of the ex- petition, and on his way home intended to explore the western shores of Java sea, and make search among the chap let of islands which shut it in on that side, then after passing in among the Moluccas regain the Pacific and re- turn to America.
 The Mollys Hope left Macassar on May 23, and crossing the strait at its lower end, made the port of Banjer- massin. This is the official residence of the governor of Borneo. Most scrupu- lous examination was made of the ship ping records, but no mention of the Dreadnaught, could be found There was but one explanation Capt. John had kept out to sea in crossing this body of water.
 Ten days later Capt. Willis cast an shor in the port of Batavia at the west erly end of the island of Java This is the capital of the Dutch possessions in Oceanica. The governor general was not able to give Capt. Willis a glimmer of light on the possible fate of the Dreadnaught. In the opinion of the nV-iT, aYrfhorSfSnc ct Rot oEio hn American three-master had been over taken by tornado which had caught her with all her sails set and sent her to the bottom with every soul on board. In support of this opinion they cited a number of like cases, in which no tid ings had come from the doomed vessels, and no bit of the wreck had ever been | cast ashore.
 In leaving Batavia the Molly's Hope | put the strait of Sunda on her port Ade and soon sighted the islands of Billion and Banka. Formerly the approaches | to these islands were infested with pi- rates, who frequently attacked vessels | touching here for cargoesuof iron and tin; but the marine police have succeed ed in destroying this pest so that there was no reason to conclude that the Dreadnaught and her crew had \ fallen victims to sea robbers at this point.
 Continuing her course toward the northwest, the steamer kept up her | search among the islands along the coast of Sumatra. On June 20 the southerly end of the Malay peninsula was sighted, and the Molly's Hope short ly afterwards put in at the port of Sin gapore.
 As the engines called for repairs, Capt. Willis was obliged to make stay of two weeks in this port, which is situat- | ed on the southerly side of the small | island of the same name. This little | island, however, since the English first | selected it as a naval and commercial station in 1918, has steadily increased in importance, fact due to its admirable situation on the line of trade between | America and the Indies.
 | It will be remembered that it was at this port that the Dreadnaught was to land a portion of her cargo before pro ceeding to Calcutta. It will also be remembered that the American clipper | ship never entered this port. However, Capt. Willis profited by his forced so- journ here to investigate the circum- stances of every wreck that had been
 reported within late years.
 From the very fact that the Dread
 naught had been signaled off the port of Macassar and that she had never reached Singapore, it became necessary
 to assume that she had been wrecked
 somewhere between these two points. ! True, there was another position to
 take, and it was that Capt. John had
 left the Java sea ana run out into the
 Indian ocean through the strait o1
 Lombol1 or strait of Sunda. And yet
 why should he have done this, in
 asmuch as he was bound for Singapore:
 Such a supposition had nothing to sup
 port it.
 | By August 25 the steamer was ready
 for sea, and Capt. Willis, by coasting
 along the Simoa islands, left no point
 unvisited. One after the other he made
 thorough search on Madura, Bally
 Lombok and SuEabawa islands. The
 Molly's Hope had great difficulty at
 times to keep herself from being caugh
 in the violent currents flowing through
 the different straits opening into the Indian ocean, currents so strong that { ship Is carried along even in the teetl of the monsoon. It will be readily un derstood that a sailing vessel would
 find it almost impossible to escape iron one of these impetuous swirls to tn southward.
 After leaving Flores island Capt Willis continued to, skirt along tn
 chain of islands shutting in the Flore and Banda seas on the south, but n' , tidings of Capt. John and his com
 panions, no trace of the beautiful clip . per ship, rewarded their efforts. Nat urally the crew of the Molly's Hop , felt the depressing effect of this lonI and fruitless cruise. But, however, ; was too soon to give up all hope, as tn , search was really not yet completed. f was possible that Capt. John, instea , of entering Macassar strait after leay 2 ing Mindanao, had chosen the Molucc a passage and had entered the Java SC e through the Banda and Flores seas t But the time was running down an - the logbook of the Molly's Hope COT
 tinued to make no mention of any trac