Show Why Franklin Died Now York 30 Heralds London The fcchwataka discoveries and Polar matters generally continue to be the leading lead-ing topics of discussion in English journal jour-nal Among the latest contributions to the literature on the subject is a letter from Commander Cheyne in reply to an article in the Etandttrd It was not the Arctic regions says Commander Ceyne that sent Franklins men to Abe next world They were murdered by the contractor who supplied the expedition expedi-tion with preserved meat Tho same contractor supplied Sir James Ross expedition to whish I belonged and the tits labelled beef and mutton contained con-tained nothing but offal Some of the tins when opened contained nothing but big knuckles of bone Everything belonging be-longing to the animals was put into the tins except the horns hoofs and hides The very entrails were there and when they ate them having nothing else they had to hold their noses so offensive was tho stench If Sir James Ross and his party had been out another winter they would have starved I have ropeatedly I in my lectures throughout England de nounced o the contractor as a murderer and dared him to bring nn action for libel 1 should be glad to have him do I 10 Jor I could establish the truth of whit I fayJ |