| Show SO IIUIIII Ul iNull Ie The question What has bccime of t Aadro Is I an aburblog one Not to have hoard of Aim I or received Any auhentlo Indication of r tits where abouti for the period of over six weeks loco be get sill It I a Miller if Ibo deepen concern to t the eollgulened world Ills expectation was tj cross the Kortu Pale In about two full dsys So we measure time Ibo Past au 001 alight Bomowuire In western Alaska or northwestsro Siberia and a week I a r at the most two weeks should have been ample lima for the accomplishment accomplish-ment of tnlr The Intrepid aeronaut embarked With two o > companions hla balloon on tbe llth of July under what Were considered quite favorable circum tlihcti A ittudy nirthward br6tzg was blowing the rate being about twentytwo miles an boar which the balloon niated away In at the rate ot 1 about sixteen miles an hoar the difference dif-ference bolni caused by Ibo drag ropes carried chiefly for that purpose In a little more VISA an hour Ibo craft had ulsirpeared from the vision of the great crowd which bad assembled to wltneis us uepnur mod III Is now an open question whether or not It or tllaer or ID occupants will ever be seen ty mortal man again The NEWS previously suggested that there might he a clrcumpolar wind whose tplral motion ono way was continuous con-tinuous at hit bon shown to bo the case with the waters of that regloi I 9 and that If Andrea bad drifted Into that he might never toape from II living or dead 111 Is an useful thought r LUll circumstances Juitlfy the fear that this or something at dreadful Lie bIl lontJ > To make matters worse Ibo party li beyond the reach of tells as might be and generally la I the case vi hen expedition are made upon tbe earth surface they mnit depend entirely en-tirely up m themselves and the com Putatively frail and narrow vehicle In which they let out 10 far at human aid goee nod the hope that these have been found sufficient Is fast breaking down under the realization of how great the odds contended with and how long tile lime without tidings |
