The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-06
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OAnn CLAIMS 10 NAVE
aouxu ONE o. TME PIGEONS.
90 r neiasnis0 Prem %. MieAael
W5Gh Dlspasehes, an1 Was Trying
- osll Ills AnAsee stssy - News
1900 CsssssDsnAenfs . xenAane.

neuaal Dsspateh % thu ruot-Intellieencef.
LheeAlMO. Apg1t l-Jac4 Carr. Tnsfed
nInseo ma; casrtsr. arytve1 heFe q board
- DeoAner Centennial with mall from
- 1e1chaei and other points On the Ia-
-. watch he brought up the river and
- ever the pasasA Carr claims 70 have
m him . message frsm Andrce. found
= . carrier pigeon picked up in Alaska.
0oteA nsssage conveys word that Andres
= azse and On land. Carr endeavossd to
- fhs message to different Newspaper
emVuaeeadsntss asking = large sam Tor
&, ~ ntas wsfs awarded sight 81 the
ulHUees1oUa documents. nor Informed OK
- Ioeetion Wd3aeo the carrier pigeon -
aatneod - hSve been found.
~ 1ss1hes Details nseeavsA.
VICTORIA, b. c., Apr, 5.-~The news OF
lhe arrival Of Jack Carr with advises
lfo0 Dat10oniet Andre WIS teiegraphed
1so0 Departure bay. upon the arrival OK
she 0esamer upon which Carr Travelled
ffsn u. Michael. No details were given
bevsud the fact that Carr had such ad-
vieeA and nothing further Is oosainabae
until the steamer arrives a. either VAN
ccuyer Or Victoria. soIne time tonight. ~
oho hao already left Departure bay. which
r sixty miles from this place.
use believed In Chica8e.
CHICAGO. April 5.-Evelyn b. baldwin.
No Slo1eo1 the Andres balloon station in
D6enAorxon. and who volunteered to ac-
eompaay the daring xAronaut on bis voy-
aeo 70 che Nsgth poie. bus could not on
account OF tho limited capacity OF the
ba1tonu, vas interview by the Associated
Pres this afternoon regarding the bulie-
Gin from victoFis, b. G. Mr.. Baldwin
ssi1:
ssWhi!s scarcely believe the report to
- srue--it seems too good to be trae--yet
realise that It IL not impossible that
Andree may have arrived IN Alaska. for
- aecoUpiish that feat was his most ar
Gent deelre. That he could have done %
~ thig time, provided this balloon car
ND him far enough seward. say TO sosne
eo1nt On tbs sea ice In North Alaska. Is
DeoSea By the safe arrival q q captain
81 one u the whaling yesseis from the
north eoAst Of Alaala after . six months
3ouSaey oouthwafd. Andres may have ar
t1vo6 q some point In the Tchookche
DeainaulA OK Northeastern Siberia last
eueu0n. ~ Baron Nordenskjoisi believed
10 wouIA. and ~ Andrea hlmself thought
- a1gh4 and thence made his way across
3oskg otraits to Alaska
Carr left Seattle with the Eliza Ander.
oon expedition. being one OF the parties
lateeeated In that unfortunate craft. WhAn
he Eliza was tied up In Dutch Harbor. he
Neat - tho 4srwin TO the mouth Of the
1akna and made his way with that boat
Into the river. He made HIS way up as far
~ Nulsto, a point 500 miles up from the
mouth. but emily sixty miles across from
y. Michael by land. He went across 10
~ Michael. and at that Point was In
tFested with dispatches by Col. Randall.
eommAnd;ng the troops at that point. and
eloo By the agent OF the Alaska CONNER
co1 Company. Returning. he started from
koaoto uD the river on Thanksgiving day.
- Dawson he stopped for two or three
eayA Al that point Judge w. u. Wood.
- recently returned from the Yukon,
- him Judge Wood says at that tirno
Carr made no mention or the fact OF hay-
~ heard anything from the Antree party,
and Ct no place along the river. on the
1ssz1V up. did Judge Wood hear even
sumofs OF any such message having been
gsceived by any one.
Carr WIN probably arrive here some time
during the day.