The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-15
The Reported DiScOverysO Of
the North Pole.
DR.. NanSen Safe and is Re-
turning Home.
Dispatch Received by the British
Consul at Arcbangel.

LONDON, Feb. 15.-The British consul
at Archangel, capital of the Russian gov
eminent of that nane, telegraphs confirm
Ing the report that DR.. Nansen is safe
and returning from the North Pole.
The news OF DIR. Nansen's success has
created intense interest in this city. The
report received from Irkutsk, Siberia,
was generally discredited at first, although
more faith was placed in it han in the
previous rumors which have reached Lon
don during the past IL months. But the
dispatch from the British consul at Arch
angel Is regarded as ~conclusively show
ing that the Norwegian explorer is home
ward bound, even II he has NOT discover
ed the Pole. But, as the A%rchangel dis
patch refers to the North Pole, the hops
is still entertained that DIR. Nansen's
journey north may have been crowned
with the highest success.
Dispatches received here from different
parts of the continent indicate that the
same interest in the news from the north
is manifest throughout Europe Inc 1t Is
also generally credited at the European
capitals, although even DIR. Nansen's wife
and relatives did not believe the an
nouncement which came through Kouch-
nareff, the agent of DIR. Nansen. Kouch-
nareff resides near the mouth of the Lena
river and the people of that locality FREE
quently visit New Siberia. The infor-
nation, it Is understood, was brought
by some of the Lena river people from
Ust- Yacht at the mouth OF the Yaua
river, which falls into the Arctic ocean
by several outlets in latitude 20 degrees
north and longitude 1877 degrees east OF
Greenwich. Ust-Yacht is one of these
outlets and 1t was near Cet- Yacht tat
the Jeanette people who reached.and caue
ashore.
:...Later advices say that the news Of Or.
). 4. a. ntx. x,., ...s 49, LA-l..- .
the local Russian official in the Yakutcsh
region, h was a member of the Siberia-
koffs expedition.
DIR. Nordepskiold, who is in Chris
tiana, is inclined to believe the news OF
DIR. Nansen's safety at any rate, even il
1t is not true that be has succeeded in
discovering the North Pole.
According to the opinion of Arctic ex-
perts when the Fran left Karaza in 1853,
she may have found the sea, northwardg,
free of ice and pushed on until she was
locked in. They add that she may have
been then allowed to drift until the ex-
petition came to land around the Pole
and that DIR. Nansen's party may have re-
turned in sledges to the Siberian islands.
BY broken ICE.
LONDON, Feb. 15.-At the Siberian
Islands 1t is believed DIR. Nansen and
his companions may have been stopped
by the broken ice. DIR. Nansen wrote to
Baron Toll from Yugoro straits, saying
that he expected to return to Koteny,
Siberian Islands, where dogs have been
awaiting him. MI. Scott Keltiefi, a mem-
Der of the Royal Geographical society and
the agent of DIR. Nansen in England, in
an interview today said he was surprised
that he had not received a telegram from
DIR. Nansen, but he though Ii is probable
that the explorer ha returned after
reaching the pole. He added, however,
that he did not know exactly how DR..
Nansen would prove he had been there
except by his report and observations.
Advices received here from Stockholm
say that the foreign ministry has received
promises from the government of Great
Britain and Russia to give all the assist
ance possible to Professor Andrewse pro-
jected balloon expedition TO the North
Pole.
Mr.. Clements r. Markham, President
of the Royal Geographical Society Is send.
ing out q circular to Canada with a draw
ing of Professor Andrews balloon, asking
the Dominion authorities to take every
step possible to have the balloon watched
for and reported IL seen to the British
government. The Hudson Bay Company
will bear the cost of the distribution OF
a large number of these circulars in the
northernmost districts of the dominion.
An official of the Royal. Geographical
Society states that a large sun of money
mas Deen Tdlseu 10 dlu ITOicssok An
drew's scheme which is thought to be
feasible
GEN. oREELEv's oPTNroy
W~AsHINoroN, Feb. 15.-The report con
firmed from Archangel Of the return Of
Nansen, the seeker after the North Pole,
does not really amount to a confirmation
i'm the opinion OF Gen. Greeley and OF
Lieut.. Schultz. The latter is, with the pos
sible exception of Commodore Meiviils,
who is temporarily absent from Washing
ton, better posted h any other Official
in Washington upon the characteristics
of the North Siberian coast, which he has
visited on a governmental mission, being
charged with the distribution OF rewards
TO the natives who aided the survivors of
the unfortunate Jeanette expedition.
said he: "This confirmation of the Irk-
utsk tory from Arcbangel Is as IL we had
a telegram from Portland, Me, confirm
ing a story from Sandy Hook"
General Greeley took a similar view and
held that IL was Uncomfortable that the
same story should emanate from two
places, SO remote from each other as are
lrkutsk and Archangcl. he Knew OF no
way in which news OF Nanscn's approlch
TO the mouth of the Lene delta should
also reach Archsngel.
With the aid OF n chart. General Grceie7
indicated tho vast distance between Arch
angel and IrkGtsk, the latter point being
that where the ffst report OF Nansen-sts-
turn started. a
He showed that II II was really true thai
news o. Nansen's movements Ind reaches
the mouth OF the Yena, and had 80
worked Old the river to lrkutsk, then II
was impossible that the same informa-
ton could have reached Archengei. Then
there was the same lack OF DEAL ob<~t