Show I 1 THINKS ANDREE e IS NOT LOST he is s a man of infinite precaution I 1 curator cowles or of I 1 the he royal geographical society has faith fait h in andrees ultimate safety scientists NO doubt abt the story of the 1 I pigeon carriers carrier 1 1 new york aug auttus IS A special to the 1 I 1 vord from london fownie foW I 1 wIe 1 of the 06 1 ail 1 1 i 1 bayl ay concern concerning the var various ioup report reports alent andree and I 1 ilia tile balloon anything ADy thine regarding dieg andree is necessarily conjecture ia we er have no gronlid for losbog 2 hope of bis his ultimate abety ealeta man of infinite precaution luid of the test material andriy suppell i s aro aru eual ici ent to laet lust him for a iol 9 period our falta in hint wag was increased by hia ilia exi exhibition of sublime mural moral coil coti raae rasto last i year in not sot wim wll ii ll ahti was favoran favo raM fave pr lo 10 0 o ili his depa andree conflitti coni conf ili litI inu lite 1 kait 1111 in to o 0 all object 1008 1 I fee no DO alu impracticable iti in his it ia is ertain that hie file proposed plan of reach ing the north pole liaa has faired or we have bad had advices beffie this I 1 I 1 think be bust have landed landd in some ye e mota part 0 siberia 1 noticed Not icee icea have been tent to the natives 1 describing his balloon and as surina that it ie Is nothing supernatural but luttrel lU tirel safka the air as ships bail sail the tile sea 1 I 1 willi willibold not Bol abandon hope aven tho though not nol liol hinst be heard of him lor for eer eral t ral ebke T ir W 6 off til bt S kew new tack ane auz 18 A special to the herald from washington alon abys ark z men in are ore i interested Int in andrees And reee polar ex I 1 mod uni are ager eager to clean fron aw quarter information concerning it prof william Ilar Harkne kness ea of the naval observatory in n discussing the story bald taid in an interview I 1 have ro to reason to doubt that andree way inay have reached ag as far fir as 82 degre degrees ees north latitude there is nothing to remarkable in that kao nan sen bior instance went as far or f farther arther bui but I 1 am inclined 4 to think the chris story la to unreliable I 1 will not say that it ie is iri possible fo r a canier uri ier pigeon to cover the COO or SW milea miles indicated over icy fey sea seat but it would he only one chance in a thousand if the bird look took a direct route and lid if 11 its vagaries gariea va were extended it would woula die dig be fore long from lack of food fool under the best possible cornce a bird perna might cover the distance in an from ten to va twelve elve hours renting on the floating ice en route one strong reason for doubt ie is that the latitude and longitude ol 01 the place w where bere the pigeon is reported to have bave been t shot are not given in the dispatcher dispatch cp at u J that is so contrary to the navigators J system oe us to 0 o eive give rise to etien then granting the pigeon waa was found and shot the alleged letter obtained it t seeing very improbable that a R captain so 0 o well acquainted and eo so much interested in andrees And reee plane plans should refuse to rive live the letter into the lands hands that would car ry it directly 10 lo civilization but carry it with him further into the arctic re region glone he fie would naturally have been clad riad to give any such important cewa news to the world as quickly ae as gosei possible ble 6 |