Show Arctic Hews Portland Me 15The Argus of yesterday says Captain CL Hooper commanding the cutter Corwin writes from Plover Bay Siberia June 12 saying We reached St Lawrence Island May 28 and entered en-tered the Arctic regions on June 2d We lost a rudder in the ice in latitude 63 degrees 10 min north i and had to steer several days by a jury rudder The same clay on which the accident occurred we landed Lieutenants Herring and Reynolds one seaman and two natives equipped with Jwentyfive dogs and four sleds with two months rations arms ammunition ana plenty oi fur clothing tents and a skin boat with instructions i in-structions to explore the coast of i Asia as far north of Jachint for tidings ings of the Jeannette A report has been received that seal hunters haye seen the wreck of the two whalers Vigilant and Mount Woolas ton Natives boarded the Vigilant last November at North Cape and found the bodies of the crew the Woolaston was found eighty miles further north Both vessels were stove in and full of water Captain Hooper said he would endeavor en-deavor to get every information and get back to St Michaels by July 12th in time to catch the steamer 8t Paul and forward details The season sea-son in the Arctic has been very open New York 15 Heralds Washington Wash-ington special It is the impression here that the crews of both the whalers were found by the Jeannette Jean-nette It will be remembered that last winter when the appropriation for fitting out the search expedition was under consideration one of the arguments advanced by government govern-ment was that should it appropriate a sufficient sum it was because it was reasonably certain from information infor-mation brought by the return of escaped es-caped whalers that the crews of the detained vessels were now consuming consum-ing provisions of the Jeannette The information at hand confirms con-firms the opinion then expressed 1 |