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Show The ' Polaris' Investigation. Washington, 9. Notwithstanding the secrecy with which the Secretary mhaJN'aTT id continuing the examination exam-ination of the J'ohirin survivors, the fhiily Chronicle says it has leaked out that Captain Buddtngton was the uiain cause of the failure of the expedition, expe-dition, and with him rests the rcspon-. si bili ty of having jcopardi.otl the lives of Tyson. Meyers and a party of eight others. Shortly alter the "death" of Captain Hall, when all discipline of the ship became lax, and each appeared ap-peared to work on his own hook, he become intoxicated, and, widi pistol in hand, drove' tfie-lloo-of-iee part-y from the ship, giving them a supply of provisions, and then deliberately deserted theni. This story is entire.lv dillerent from the one recently pnl-lished. pnl-lished. that tho separation of the iW-, iW-, -. from the ice I low was purely acci- dental, instead of .being with premed-I premed-I itatiou. An otlicial 'statement is ; promised, liased on the testimony and giving tho facts in the case. Ths ex-aminatioii ex-aminatioii continues, and will probably proba-bly Ik? ended to-day. |