The Nome nugget., 1904-02-03

Cues. you please be kind enough to decide small bet and sat isfy both parties in regard to the fol- lowing questions:
 | lst. Was it not the famous Lieut.. Greedy that was in full charge of the cable ship Orizaba when she struck a rock and sank in St. Michael harbor? | I'd. Was it not the same Greedy who was in charge of the ill-fated Jeanette when she was crushed in the ice, while in search of the north pole?
 3d. Is Lieut.. Greedy still alive, or did he take part in the Philippine war and was he killed?
 4th. Is the famous yacht designer and builder, Nathaniel Hersehotf, a blind man?
 9th. Was it not the father of Nat Hersehotf, the blind man, who designed the United States torpedo boat StilettO, the fastest in her class at the time of launching?
 If you will give your opinion on these questions you will confer a favor and settle dispute between friends. ELMER HOLDRIDGE.
 Ans.-lst. The cable ship Oriza ba was under charter to the company which had the contract from the United States government for building and laying the cable between St. Michael and Nome when she struck rock and went to the bottom. About the same time Brigadier General Greedy, chief signal officer of the United States army was making tour of inspection of all stations established and to be in- stalled in Alaska, and he had nothing to do with the cable ship other than that which came in his official ca pacity.
 2d. The 'ill-fated Jeanette" left San Francisco August s, lS79 with Lieut.. De Long in command, to try and find the north pole, and was crushed in the ice June II, 1881, in latitude v de- grees, longitude l57 degrees. All were lost with the exception of Engineer Melville (whO is now on the retired list as commander-in-chief of naval con- struction, U. $. navy) and eleven men, who escaped with him in a small boat. | De Long, with a crew in another boat, consisting of Dr. Amber and twelve men, were swamped in gale, or bliz- gard, which sprang up soon after the | boats started. Two months after the sad fate of De Long (and word had not been received as to their fate, nor was anything known until 1882 Lieut.. A.. w. Greedy on Aug. II, 1881, started in search of the north pole. This expedi- tiOn. like De LOng's. ended very sadly. During the year 1883 the government dispatched the U s. ship Yantic and the Arctic steamer PrOteus for Greedy s relief, but could not locate them, and returned after establishing caches at different points along the coast, trust ing some of them would be found by Greely's party. In June, 1884, Greedy and the five survivors of the expedition were rescued by the Bear, Thetis and Alert, dispatched by the government during the month of May of the same year as the Arctic relief squadron. 3d. Yes Gen. Greedy is now To- cated in Washington, D. C., and is chief signal officer of the U. $. army, having risen from the ranks to briga- dier general since 1873. the year of en- listing.
 4th. Yes. One must not overlook his brother, who is equally as good a designer and builder, the two being partners, with shipyards at Bristol, R. I.
 9th. The father was blind but there is some doubt in my mind as to whether the torpedo boat you write about was not the Cushing, instead of the Stiletto. 1 know the Gushing was record breaker, and believe she was built by the father of the boys, or men who carry on the business at the present time, but cannot find a trace of the StilettO.
 To letter signed R. c. w., will say that the baby mentioned in the letter received first prize in his class" and if you will call at Dr. Hills drug store you can receive the same. For the benefit of all mothers, will say that every baby entered, or whose name was given to the committee who went from house to house to obtain entries, was given a prize, which can be Ob' tained from Dr. Hill at his place oi business
 J. POTTER WHITTREN.