The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-16

and died on the way home after being
rescued. was a worn diary. the entries
mostly short. business-like and coorless.
an album Of pressed flowers, some Now
foundland postage stamps. evidently left
over from tho last letters he had ever
mailed a pair OF Masonic sleeve buttons.
an old pockctbook containing seventeen
cents. the coppers tarnis he'd and green,
and finally two gold rings.
Letter Delivered After Seventeen
Years.
The package OF sergeant william II
Cross contained some Washington street
ear tickets. a Florida SEA bean. a lowered
card with the owners name-who has
forgotten the flower card craze OF %
years ago2--somo green thrc cent postage
stamps. a watch and chain. 90 cents in
Canadian money. a copy o. the gospel
Of ST. john pressed flowers. letters ad-
dressed 90 his wife. and a number OF
diaries. Mr. Brldgman has since delivered
this package TO Cross widow. who lives
in Washington. and she has now no doubt
read these last letters written more than
" years ago by her husband Sergeant
JEWELS package-Jewell starved 10 death
az Cane Sabino-containe1 q copy Of the
gospels and tho psalms, a manifold let
Ter 20 his friends. which broke on, sig
nidcantly, In the middle Of page 10. other
letters. a bit OF Arctic moss. poem by
j. T. Trowbridge. Two autograph albums,
many photographs OF his friends. diaries
and United States penny. There was
also In JEWELS package a copy OF the
Arctic Moon" a. cuNoua newspaper
issued by the members or the expedition
and printed on a golatnc hekloggaph. II
contained news OF the camp, written
humorously. and general articles ana
poems, showing one Of the bright sides
Of che life. Many copies OF this had been
preserved for souvenirs. There was also
the highly decorated menu OF a Christ
mas dinner, which had evidently been an
evert q vast importance ia the hum
drum ife OF these voluntary castaways.
The package or Maurice Council. one OF
the survivors OF the expedition, who now
lives In California. contained a single
small scaled package bearing the words
Maurice Council. hts private papers. not
TO be opened until delivered 10 him or
heirs MIR Bridgman has not yet sue
ceedcd Ia delivering this package. or
all the packages that Of Sergeant David
C. Ralston was the smallest. II contained
no written word. no diaries. no letters.
only a pair OF cuff buttons and a watch
chain. These have been delivered 90 the
dead mans brother IN Cleveland. Ohio.
The package OF DR. Pavey is stili un.
delivered all attempts to md his widow
having proved fruitlcss.
The largest packages were naturally
those OF Lleutenants Greedy Kislingbury
and Lockwood-and Lockwood's, which
has since been delivered 90 his brother
NJ washington. -. C.. was the largest OF
all. II contained many photographs.
some Of women IN the old fashioned tight
sleeves: an indian card basket. a tor
t.ts. ahgm match chain rsnatrnf hanE with
keys and stud a family group picture.
a razor. an Eskimo carving on walrus
ivory. samples OF flannel. a hand mirror.
"a zip Of a muskox horn. a fossil leaf. an
appointment with che Governor Of uper-
navk. notes on his sledge Journey
fartbeat north. a bundle Of Arctic
Moons" many private letters and other
papers. q weather map OF the United
states several memorandum books,
cabin nst OF The Nova Scotia" pack OF
stamped envelopes private cards. his
orders all arranged with great orderli-
ness. private account OF pipes and to-
baceo, notes 81 lectures, and so on. Lieu
tenant Kislingbury's package was deliv-
cred on the spot 10 his brother. who open
"a Il with trembling hands and tears
streaming down his face.
There was IN another box great piles
OF records OF the weather. tides and
snowfall made by the expedition. There
we're also tho orders given by Lieuten-
ant Greedy. all very formally couched
and written out a. though Tor an army
% men. and there were the little 'ad-
counts against tho men for tobacco and
stores. many OF them destined never to
be settled
Nearly oil OF these relics and papers
have now been delivered to the surviv-
ing friends OF the members OF the ex-
ncditlon. only the packages Of Sergerant
Gardner Corporal Ellison and privates
Frederleks and whistler Of the dead. and
Private Council. living. still remain for
Mr.. Bridgman 10 deliver
Ray Stannard Baker.