WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROUNA, TjjW^Y-XrTf RNOON. SEPTF.MRF.R ? W
cached His Goal in Apnl I908, andjfes
He turned to Lervick- Apprehensions Ex
pressed for His Safety One Time --Dispatch
from LervicfcGives No Details. ? ? -
w:n F.MENT OVKR THE NEWS
go?T?g"Bf00Hyn jifrplorBr
hed the North pota-^?1uM
safely across the ice hoes to
itspatch was recel red. here tm
ly-from Cevrlk, addressed to the
lift] "office and signed by' Cook in
H tfte ?ftH)rprvav4*.?Mt In forin;'.
tbat on April 21, 1908, he
tied the pole and uncovered the
?ties of tho northernmost point
te earth's axia.
p. Cook for many months was
*ed to have perished In the ice
ie frown north, for hothlng had
heard from him alnce March
t At 1)^1 L IL.C Lc.Ui.ii k_; l. ? i_iL
tght and, hatj^ reached the Ice
l-Cape T<n'hY?:>r.l *?* I v 1 *? 1.. TMv r"T ;TC
Wfcbua. pqa'ry 'a- MuluL ul dvpar
ip his expedition of 1*06. He
"then weH and expected to be
d from again In three months,
^^^fcfaar passed without fur
irord from him.
lie dlapatctl from Lervlc Rives no
lis of What tflals and hardships
explorer and his companions had
>}thatand. No white man accom
ed Dr. Cook. He Set out on the
pft-Uff POlfr *Ith eight Eequl
x, twelve tyams of dogs and four
I. A minimum of impedimenta
wi-. y ? ? ? ~ .
{Ok's'TixpedltiOn was the molt
a a i? y_ * ** - ~~~
si^onat-evor caivHra inir uj" an
excitement which will, without
, spread the world over. Among
lsts here who hare watched for
jfe a?nr gipgdltlon* Knttrnti
d the pole 'and .plant a flag efj
-rr. -.i-i,. ? ~ ? "?v- fn?t :
CHURCH "" ]
QRGAMZEP
tit Baptist* Have
greatest enthusiasm exists x?ver~The
report ot the final victory and tfci
highest of praise i?bein?feounded for
the wonderfully plucky American.
?That Cook escaped With h la life af
ter his two years' fight for1 this proud
achievement is considerably little
short of mai-vetous. Even while the
Peary relief expedition was hunting
for hint In tbelce and mountains of
frozen snow beyond tho end of land,
he >b believed to. have been at thfe
pole making hurried observations
tor the scientists the world over. The
last word from the explorer was ro
cfcl^ed th May of last year. " It was n
letter, to-his son Frank, telling him to
return to Ne* York. He wmT then in
.WMurn ^isiirai^lelkpd,' apont llStf
miles southwest of Cape Columbia,
th^ -northern rfmM nnrflnn nf the \r?
JTc~ mainland. ' T'Se^retiifn dfFjrank
hardslps which gt*e rise a- to fear$
that the father would never be^eeejf
alive again.
It waa Dr.- Cook's plan to make his
bastfof supplies, or permanent cftmp^
at Anna Toak, In Greenland, about
on mlloa north nf F.laK ?nrt ah^nt
thousand miles from the pole. He
left there In December, 1907, and
than gjade bteway westward -out-of
?the ^ache Peninsula across to
Ellsmerelnnd. It Is believed he
reached this In 'February, i?08
? WheirrOrr-CcmkTtsartetK hcleft bcr
blnd at Anna Toak the only remain
ing whlt^ n^n parQrfltmtotptrj
FrancUe. a young German. Fraaahd
Jiad been told by theexplorerto wait |
ir to
from him, and when he 4td he
Ab^.matruoUons literally.
On May 7. 1908-. Kranche received
a messago from Dr. Cook telling him
to go back to New fork If he did not
teturn to Ann* Toak by early June.
Thia^was* the March it l?tt?i? |
must have been written two weeks
?ft*i^rm ?t?M; Tuas oa?
m-j pf ,rhnk rtlif nnf m
turn. Franche therefore, obyed and
rede rick A. |
cxploi er. -
reached the non|fr polo, according toi
advices which were received togay I
| by members ?
Cook to the far North.
expedition" In time to take advantage
of the sonrmer 1b Oro Arctic. Little
was made^- but bis progress was
steady and without accident.
Df. Cook. Cable* His Wlf<*
^-^$w York, 8ept.?*? The following
cablefcam for Mrs. Frederick A.
Cook', waa received, at her home In.
Brooklyn today:
"B^Voeaifnl in
addrefes to Copenhagen?
- < Signed) -^FRED."
This dispatch confirms the di?cov
The message was forwarded to Mrs.
g-9?fc ^ M Teuth Ilart swell isUud,
Cascol^ay, Maine. -4t
Girl Dead
Newe was received here this mjrn
tng announcing the .le.th of Jtmmle.
| m" hatfait. of .'Wfcarteiie, ttr
C. The end came tills morning. Mr*.
.JackMiu, of thle city. Jlmtnle wee
? bright and InUrentlng little girl.
The funeral will take place
LA ROB SAFB.
LABOR LEADERS
OF ENGLAND
Attending thelnternation
al Trades Uhion In
7 Paris.
, London, 8ept. 2. ? Several -Social lit
and labor leaden of England are In
or the International .Trades Union In
Pa rig. One pf the principal events
of an_ International antl-mi|itarUt
congress, which openly aMouncealGT
purpdse to /'evolve tome practical
means for the promotion of desertion
among soldiers of ail Rayons when
? my 1* declared" -bits tmpstrffrfle
society hu met with 4e opposition
or tue more cuuwi lative labor lead
ers,' among them Mr. ttompers, pf
America.
Mr. Gompers will return to Eng
land this week to take part in the
session of the BHtlsh Tl*ades Union
Congress, which opens at Ipewich
on Monday next.- If Is likely that he
will spend much of the month here
and will sail from Rotterdam for
America on- September 2 5.
Since .his arrival on this sidAMr.
Gompers -has been enjoying what ia
known here^as "a busman's holiday."
When a London omnttrus driver takes
a day og it is supposed that be spends
At ridtey around on the top trf a
friend.'a - bus, seeing how he .does
tlilngi. Tm U llil Wit
spending' his holiday. Slnfift.he land
ed here has beoh rushing around
from -labor headquarters to labor
headquarters seeing how the labor
men do things, and setting points for
us^ on his return "to America.
'"XsTfBff about the difference be^
ttjjjitfKl aTwl th"
trade unions Gompers said that he
found the English organizations su
perior -to- those at heme in some re
Ape ot's s n <1 Inferior In others. He
thought that the benefit features of
the English unlohs.were much in ad
-vance of-thoee of the African nr
ganlzations, while t ha American
Galons lie luubMIh cd nLa be b *TUtf
ornnlmrt for fighting fonrnra? .Hs
paid a high tribute t|> the English
Intelligence," he said. V'l hare npi
rnei une who ts nnr atirT^R^e^aYer.
age," but when he was aaVed how
they compared as to strength and
forec f u In Q the lea^^s of labor
tiarf their light* 'nn thU ?M+
haven't they?'
Mr. Smith Was
..In publishing
[flecMon of a now
was an error bo fir as hts^Kdidacy
was ?on?(ori>ed ? While eo^Bj ot the
friends of Mr. Smith here ?>senti?rf
hi?' name~to~the~bQard71ir^E~with^
out his knowledge. Mr. sBth pre
sented no written "application "and
knew nothing of what transpired an
tii- informed by The tV?wg,
A NOVELTY IN
FIRE EQUIPMENT
Crack Hose Cuiupuiiy Hag
The Volunteer H?n Wagon No. 1,
? oat "P the itreeta yesterday on
parade: To the wagon was hitched
rto Hue hmUnt, made* ?raya..
?lick and span: arrayed In their new
doable harnees jpet re^lTW) (,T llM
City. The drop-harnaea la tha most
tonipUU UMlHMni. It re^uliea
only Six anapa to rasun completely
ttje procsaa of hookina up and ready
10 the horses are ?
?Pectl^ely "Bl? Chief" and ''Captain
Charlie." The tralalng oftha horeee
to the wagon ptarta todayT>he tan
- ^ ? l-n .1- - - -a-"
bruised, will recove
we Bjlghtly Injure
WmU' skull vu^
broken and he suS
Juries. Stroup'jB -tl
and he luflmdMi
juries. Ponderar^
10)1 Head- injured and
internal Injuries..
^t the time of 1
workmen were on1
when without
.the middle wall of t
triT MA WM o! CM
and huge Iron glrde
selves through' low
cellar, five stories 1
warning the men ha
ln?-Ol-a-4arge Umfc<
khed, his ribs
ied other in
were broken
? Internal In
were "brokeri.
1 also received
* accident ten
Iuj fifth floor,
$nt*s warning4
building gave
V brick, stone
dashed them
flpors to the
?w. The -first
ras the break
They started
w got out of
die wall gave
of four iron
Men weie
*?gh the air,
mrled beneath
danger before the
jfcy under a wel
girders weighing
and when found
When the crnF ifife^i httff*rethr
rushod to the scene and they could
hair the agonized fttes of buried
men, but none daredjltenture beneath
tbei hanging floors al&bve, which tlere
swaying with slckentfllg motion, and
a? eyery moment -looked as If they
great opening made
the wall upon the %
below.. For a few
seamed Jlke^ hours, s
upon the sidewalk '
the cellar, from wble
the falling of
fortunate men
econda: which
wig men stood
id gazed ? Into
eame the mo?t_
human
' ?? ""?,IUII |l?
and for fifteen minutes Worked with
tTowjbe bodies of their com
BUuup 'and Ponders
were unconscious when carried from
the rulna and. removed to the home
?_f Mrs. Dora TClchol??, ?
tance-from the scene of the accident,
i The men were nl?r^ qp n,ota on_tha
porch and qvery phyaiclan?le-^owir
Immed lately after the
Mayor_l>ysart had the cont]
my ran oi man
mlssing>- Ropes were
sro.OH th,
accident
ictor call
any were
stretched
placed on guard.
NOV REPORTER'S
I Embryonic Ouiil.Pfifrher is
Bidding Fair-to Rival
> Horace Grecly. ? 1
Reporters. like cooks, are born
and^ not .made. It t&kes ^tnger.*grltr
"Eosfa, cheek, and a ' rtniH^?rt>?JTV.*
hide over yout-iiersonal feelings *o
find out oth^r pooples' business when
you-dun'f reallr care yourself wb?re
they are going, or who they. are. or
??y otlltr Item ^bout them, whlrh
you ask with gushing Interest. Some
one does care, and it is-toi^tbose who
do that you make yoruaelX into a per
petual question mark. Any timidity
on the part Of the reporter mesns-s.
name lOBt, or an itfetn ungleaned.
Such alas! was -the: case yesterday
afternoon at tber A.-&-LL depot when
service to. find out the comings and
goings of the passengers. This is
the report he turned in:
"Two'cullered iadles-'and one nig
ger baby left on tho A." C. L. this p.
m., but our new reporter failed to
learn tbeir destination.
"Capt. Ellsworth le?t on the A. C.
L. train this p. m. for P^rmele and
'wilt* Teturn tonight." , *?
There are several things .to 6e said
la favor this rather trrierVeport ;
it- may not be Very startling, but we
feel instinctively that 4t is true, and
we all know that truth is ever strang
ej than fiction.
WINE MASH
IS PROHIBITED!
Distill til Spiiits on Mai Let
W ithout Pay ment .of-"
Revenue Tax,
Washington, Sept. (2 * ? Rectifiers I
are prohibited from making wing
ture of compound liquors, Tinder an
'order issued by the internal revenue
department which became e effective
today.
U is alleged tbat the prohibitive
practice ip the ^'~oduction of home-]
l made wlnog '*has been in
several_ years. ' A growing industry
U*l been t&e rofcit. and there have
been many fraiMs. Officers of the
internal revenue servlce-have found
TEat distilled spirits have been"pu't 6n
the market without the payment of
Internal revenue tax. tn the ftrture
wine mash <pI11 have to be used on
distillery premises.
RECALLS INVITATION'S.
Mrs. Jutnr G. Blouril has.^jcalled
the Invitations, sent out to a euMire
party which was to have been^ given
on: her lawn in honor of Miss Katie
mount Uragaw ana nor guests. III
ness in the family -has made it ne*.
of the hostess.
Promjnent Japanese ? .... ^
. " ~ M^siness Men Arrive
LEADING MERCHANTS AND
FINANCIERS ARRIVE IN SE
, ATTLE? WILL VISIT OTHER
PLACES. ~ "
\
Seattle, Sept. J. ? A party of lead
te* Japanese financiers and mer
chants arrived In 8eattle today, an3
*ftei thiew flaji ^ tap6aUIori.
prill leare en
etcuralnp
.. 1 - ? rm? ?iKMiniir|F_
through the Unltad states. The
"n'aV " Jtl1
Pon/' antf^Tnclude many other Japan
!?* of prominence.
The Itinerary arranged forth* rla
Uora Includes Taeoma. Portland.
Spokane. Anacanda, Fargo. Mlnne
a polls. ?t Paul. Madison. Milwaukee.
flan<l, Chicago, South #B?ud. Orand
IP him.. Miami. Bjiww^-TOanitg
IOS?. 8e?SigiJr:Tfiw
York. New Haren. PrpTldence. Boa
VMfaini
ton. Pittsburg. Cincinnati,' Columbus.
I n d tmn apolla, St. TU?UlW "iuilil'" Ollfr
Omaha. Deliver, Salt Lake City, Ban
Diego. Los Angeles. Oakland and San
Francisco.
BENOMLUTION,
SMS ALOTESmUFflOE
General of Mexican Army Makes a
Statement That Conditions Are as ,
Satisfactory as Possible in theSup
" posed Hotbeds of Revolt.
PRESIDENT TO BE REELECTED
Monterey, Mexico, Sept/ 2 ? "There
wrtt- ws "BD'TBlxeinoH; President JDiaz
?iH_^e_retjjjjiaiVa%4^e-pre8 1 dejijcy , ' '
i&fd Gen. Trevlno. trusted lieutenant
of Diaz, commander of the third mili
tary zono and in command of the re
lief work in the death of the West
Indian cyclone today. "
According tp ? Gen. Trevlno, who.
has command of the troopjf tjt.thfe
Btates Qt*HeuMO Leon, Tamalpals,
Coahulla, Durfcgo and San. Luis lPo-_
tttei, tho supposed hoi-bcds of revolt,
pollical conditions are calm and
peaceful. :
The statement from the general
was Uie first he had made since he
took^bnmand of the troops.
"in iffy opinion," satd Gen. Trev
imv "there will be no dlsnrrEattce~orj
any .kind during' the campaign and
election."
It la believed that the great dlsasTl
really brought the warring faction^'
toeetlif r: ? f?P*rgrnT Hews w'^T-in b lad
ing hi the mutiiitalnb. TTTrtte fats- sot
-xlierji were sought by^ regular troops,
but when" news of the great calamity
along Che gull coasts were brought to
him he slipped from his mountain
home and. started toward Monterey,
"THE" PAPER
This Paper, Says Mr. J. F.
Tayloe, is a Great Ad- ~
veftlsing Medium.
-T-h# candy' aale-of Mr. J. F. Tayloe'jr.
grocery store on Market street, Is
another evidence of how advertising
pays. - 1 . - -
Mr. Tayloe' used the columns of
The' Daily KStl't uiis^ky "f?rior 'to the
beginning of his special sale of candy
"and the. next day the amount. of fcilr
He attributes the success of his sale^
to the large circulation of this paper.'
I-Ie says he hud no idea tro manv iteo
pie ' read its columns. , His sale- or
candy has been enormous. No othe.'
???.wmrn,ar ? 1 :
U?ed t'3 *"L thg-twiuCttTUP:
of his fine candies before the public
save The News, and The "result^ he
has derived ar^'most gratirying lo
him.
Judlelpus advertising arwaya paj^
and there is no better medium than
newspapers. ^ Tli<^ Dally News IK TtlP
paper to $eacfe? the people in Wash
ington.. - ' ? ^
- Farmers Meeting
Editor News: . ? . ." '?
Please announce tTTfft there wlli, be
a farmers' educational meeting held
ttt Washington on- Tuesday," Septem^"
ber 14.
Among the Important subjects to
"te discussed will be drainage*, stock
raiting, cattle quarantine, and farm
management with reference tu runf
OttO&f ' ^ ; ?
Themeetlnghas been arranged
>with the sole purpose of bringing
substantial and practical -Information
and benefit to those who are engaged 1
in the cultivation of the soil.
Th? meeting will begin at 10
Q'clock a. m. and there will be a
forenoon and afternoon session.
1 Yery respectfully, -v
H. SMALL.,
Washington, N, C,, 8ept. X
CENTENNIAb^OF CHURCH.
DAfcY NEWS Y
.declaring that he would run. the risk
arypn bm me aoMHifi) wouia Hhd ? ==
htm working fur humanli) u liPirttiey *
made the capture. ' ? ? ? 3
"" The relief work was slowly' going
forward, especial attention being
paid to the Santa Catarlna' river
valley.
- L* I g h t_lj undredoorpte r hare been
found, a similar number still remain
In the floo'ded district either covered
by debris wf floating In- the swollen
.stream.
?About JOO Americans- from^tlrp" ?.
local colony are awaiting tht?
-AlfiL
traln for^exico City, anxioiirto rid
their eyesC^f th<? slghr-OT> death and
disaster. Tho Ajaerlcan- consulate
bus been turne.d Into a boarding
house and food Is being served to the
TefupeFs: "telegraph wfreB ar? being
restrung to the UiTlted States border
^and survivors are* sending friends
and relatives word of .hope.
Ttre National -RSTivray has managed
to establish a line from Mexico Cltv
hut ?lm trains are so
J xtie- -soialers - hsrio take u band -and
F oo<T Is being TOpped info the clty~
and wltir Unclothing, medicines
otor supplies. The situation Is much
brighter today. .
af Asbury Church
A beautiful wedding was solemn* ?
) Afcbury " M. E. rhurrh. n??? ?_ _
the River Road Station, last nlglit^at
Jf <T rtocWj whtrn -Mr.-^trA. Paul^A . ,
prominent ousineas man of this cltyr"
pedLtn the-altar Miss miie r \ynUt.
one of Beaufort county^s popular
young ladles. The bridal party was
"TormeTTat tho home of the" bride and
were rapidly whirled to the place of
marriage. : "
| Mr. Frank Rascow and Mr. Willie
j Bergeron- led the way into the church
I as ushers. The following attendant*
ing by the right aiHUvand the brides
maids entering- the left aisle Mr?
.Tames nn? ?lth Mlfis Mamta '
i Willie
" ""St
i Mr. John Willis with Mlss^ Ludle
j Paul, Mr. Charles Woolard with Miss
n? iii 1 1 nui ??mi ?iimw'
I Alice Hollowell. Following the atr_^, .
I tendants came, the groom with hle-'
best man, ^Ir. Floyd "Alllgood, and
the bride with her mald-of-honor.
T.Hss Tarinis Willfsl
couple jin^t. ^t^thfraltar under
with flowers, -and Rejr J. A. Sullivan, - ?
| pastor ol the Flrst^Baptist Church,'
that made thym one. . - ; .
The church wns
tastefully decocted ."with flowers antt
evergreens. Mrs. Mamk?Mixoil pre
elded with j?race at the organ, and
rendered with much skill and sweet
ness the wedding march.
? Immediately ? aflui -Hie ceremony -
the bridal party and their friends re
paired to thp-hnme of-Mr.and'Mrer
.J. H. WiHiH.-the" parents of the bride,
where a reception was given. After
ln8 over the Norfolk? ft Bout hern for
Raleigh and other point*. After their
trip the couple will make their home
In this city, where IHe groom has
business Interests.
CXST DAY TO REGISTER.
The registration books -k'-h kaTS
been Open In the different wards of
the city for the past twenty days, **
will be cjoeed post Saturday , Sep.
tember 4. at 5 p. at. These who h^w
? not registered had better do so be
fore that ime.
There will be an election held In
Washington. Tuesday. September 14,
upon the question of a bond flfeue of
$21,0*0 for street Improvements, and
; r-mv