Show arm CHICAGO august 26 A special says that a catastrophe r reported by the treasury trea iury department depart meat from the artic rebon it ig aid that the ere ws of two gaall steam wh alera wintering win near the mouth of the about five hundred emilei ast ol 01 point bar I 1 been massacred by the natava of that region th are the property of the pacific whaling corn pany and carried 69 max a crews they were well armed equipped and heretofore the natives hay ben bennery friendly to th whites many of them are well armed having been with rifle by 81 which have exchanged whisky and guns for anra while it is a new thice for the chalers whalers to winter in the arctic a far east as these two have white men have spent the winters on the shore with the natives and baa litta with a good degree of comfort the whaling crew encamped on the land would not be under any such strict discipline as might be enforced on hip board and if their with the natives were offensive they probably have been overpowered by superior |