The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-04
TO WINTER IN
 SIBERIA
BerthOlf Must Stay On the
 InhOSpitable Coast
Believed Ho Has Performed His Important Misaion and To Simply Waiting In Vain For tho Cutter Boar Go Como to His Relief

While no fears are as yet entertain
 ed for the personal safety oi Lieut. Ellsworth D. Bortholi the young oi- hccr oi thc revenue marine service who is now somewhere in che wilds oi Siberia. it IS now generally believed that owing Co the enforced change of plans regarding hls mission he will probably be compelled to pass the fan and winter on Che iuhospitablc north cru coast oi thc Cars domain Der
 tholi himself cannot yet have learned oi thc circumstances which prevent his
 being taken oli as was planned. by thc
 revenue cutter Bear. but probably be- fore the clos, of Boring sea navigation
 message wll reach him with inior nation of what is expected oi him by | hiS government
 It wa, last December that Bcr,holt
 then at Seattle. a lieutenant on Che rcv- l cnuc cutter Bear. received rush orders
 Co proceed at once to Washington He Left Seattle December &. and upon his arrival at thc National Capital was dis patched by thc Interior Department to | Siberia. there Co procure a herd oi four
 or five hundred reindeer with which to stock and rcpIcnish the government stations along thc Boring sea and Arc | tic coasts. His instructions provided
 that he should go first Co s. Peters burg for official sanction oi his enter prise undertaken m thc name of thc | United iatcs.
 The necessary credentials and pass ports iu hand Bcrthol' left s. Peters burg. proceeding to Moscow. thc u-
 cicn, capital where he wa, last heard from February 2S His route lay lcros, che Russian empire. via the Itans,ihcriau railway Co its terminus,
 From chat point he had Go make 90 t.-
 soo mile dog sled journey through Si hcria to Baronc,>kori bay But Co reach che reindeer region hc had Co proceed ISo mile, further Go thc north and west Go settlement known as pJcrioloi,hy The reindeer secured Hoy barter and purchase from thc na- tive, oi Siberia he wa, to return with thc herd Go D3roncsskori bay there to hc met by thc revenue cutter Bear. which was Co transport thc animal, Go l thc various government stations lt was expected that Bcriholi would reach thc bay late m May and bc met n July by thc Bear
 Meanwhile other agencies were 70 work. in thc end thwarting thc rein
 deer venture The mlchiui,ts' strike wa, declared Some day, later. to the consideration of Capt Francis Futile,
 her commander it W1, discovered that ihc Bear had a broken shaft Union workmcn refused to make the ncces ,ly repairs. and thc ship had Go bc taken to che Brcmcrton naval yard. Eut thc wor kcou'd not be completed
 in time for thc Bear Co make her Si- hcri7n voyage The venture had to be abandoned and Bcrthol. and his herd oi reindeer left to their fate m Siberia.
 li thc herd Is kept intact it is the pur-
 pose of Che government Co transport
 it next year
 lt is not yet known that Bcriholi
 completed his long and pcrilous jour ucy The presumption i,. however.
 ,hat hc did. and ii is among thc pos,
 -ihiIitic, that he may bc able in Che
 course of thc summer to board some
 American vessel plying m Siberian waters and hnd his way back Co Seat l t'c
 Ecuholi |, not unused to the hard
 ship, and dangers incident Co travel in
 thc North He was member of thc celebrated revenue cutter Bear cxpcdi- tiou sent to thc rescue oi thc icc-im- l prisoncd Arctic whalcrs in thc winter oi ISqz-oS accompanying Lieutenant Jarvis ou his memorable overland march begun at Cape Vancouver and terminating at Point Barrow.