The Portland daily press., 1892-06-29
otisfeld,
BoLsTER's MILLs-AN AGED WOMAN S
SUICIDE.
THE RELIEF OF PEARY.
This Years Expedition Now on the Way
to the North.

New YORK, June 27.-The Peary re-
lief expedition, which was organized by
the Philadelphia Academy of Natural
Sciences to search for the Greenland ex-
ploring party, yesterday sailed for St.
Johns, n. F., on board the Red Gross
steamship Miranda. The party is in
charge of Professor Angelo Heilprin,
with Henry G. Bryant as second in COM
mand. The other members of the party
are DR.. jackson M. Mills, surgeon; Will
liam E. Meehan, botanist; G. e. Hite,
taxidermist; V. w. Stokes, artist; Al
bert w. Worse and Samuel J. Entrekin.
On reaching st. Johns, the party will be
transferred to the sealing steamer Kite,
which will sail on July 2 for Mccormick
Bay, where Lieutenant Peary and his
party are expected to be found. The
camping ground of Lieutenant Peary's
expedition is about 100 miles south of
the place where the survivors of the i'll
tated Greedy exploring party were res
cued.
The Peary expedition sailed from
Brooklyn, on June 6, 1891. 1t attracted
much attention on account of the pres
enee OF Mrs. Peary, who is the first wom-
an to brave the hardships of an Arctic
exploration. The party was in charge of
her husband, Lieutenant Robert G. Pea
~. Professor Heilprin, who now goes
In charge of the relief expedition, ac-
companied it. The associate members
We're Professor J. E. Holt, DR.. William
ii. Burk, DR.. Robert N. Kelly, L. w.
Mselngel, Alexander Kenealy, and Frazer
Ashhurst. All of these, with the excep-
ton of the leader and his wife, accom-
panied the expedition merely to obtain
scientific data concerning Greenland.
Those who formed the exploring expedi-
ton proper were Langdon Gibson, Ed
ward Astrup, John F, Vorhoeff, Dr.. F.
A. Cook and a colored servant. 1t was
their idea to discover whether Green
land is an island or continent that ex-
tends to the North Pole.
The party was landed by the Kite at
McCormick's Bay, July 25. The scien-
tific members of the party soon complet-
ed their Investigations and returned by
the Kite. Since then no news has been
heard from the rest of the party.
The relief expedition goes well provid-
ed with everything necessary for a visit
to the land of ice and snow. In addition
to its own supply of provisions, a guam
tity sufficient to last the Peary party a
year will be carried by the Kite. Dogs
and sledges will be taken on board at
Godhaven. If all goes well Professor
Heilprin will do some exploring on his
own account before returning. All the
specimens collected by the party will be
the property of the Philadelphia Acade
my.
Professor Heilprin is one of the cura
tors Of the academy and professor oil
,4o11 - IL n
Mr., Bryant, the second in command, is a
lawyer by profession and a graduate
from Princeton. He is much interested
in explorations, and for this purpose
made visit to Labrador last year. Mr.
Stokes, the artist, will have charge OF
the Photographic appliance. and the rec,
ords will be kept BY Mr.. Worse, repre-,
sentative of the Philadelphia Press.
The party expects to begin the home,
ward voyage before the forming of ice
makes the undertaking dangerous.