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VOL. 28. SMITHPIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 1<>, 1900. NO. 28
DR. COOK HONORED BY DANES
Enthusiastic Shouts of Approval Be
stowed on American Explorer bj
Throng in Streets of Copenhagen
Guest of the King at the Palace
Confronted on All Sides by Expres
sions of Delight and Talks Interest
ingly of His Experiences on Trif
To the North Pole.
Copenhagen, Sept. 4.?Dr. Fredcr
Ick A. Cook, discoverer of the nortt
pole went to his bed- in the Phoenh
Hotel at a late hour tonight after tht
most eventful day in his life, save
one?the day of April 21, 1908, whei
he raised the Stars and Stripes ov
er the north pole?the sign of man's
first conquest of that far-off goal ol
the explorer's dreams.
Feted and dined, applauded and
lionized as the "man of the hour,"
he closed an epochal day, worse wort
by its exciting incidents than had he
been traveling the frozen stretches ol
the far north;
Beginning at 5:30 o'clock this morn
ing, when M. Ryderg ,the administra
tive director of Greenland's colonies,
boarded the Hans Egede off Elsinore,
and ending tonight in the drinking ol
a final toast at the banquet in the
town hall, tendered by the national
and civil authorities, the searcher of
the polar regions was the center ol
a round of festivities that would have
taxed the strength of other than a
man of iron constitution.
Dr. Cook reached the city aboard
the Hans Egede shortly before 10
o'clock. The vessel entered the har
bor at 9:30, and was immediately
boarded by a distinguished company
of royalty, including Crown Prince
Christian, Prince Waldermar, the
King's brother; scientists, diplomats,
and newspaper men. They went out
to meet the Hans Egede on a special
boat. After nearly a half hour spent
in a special audience with this dele
gation, during which time the vessel
?was warping in the gang-plank was
lowered, and the explorer found him
self in the midst of a demonstration
that for enthusiasm had never been
exceeded in the Danish capital.
It is estimated that there were ful
ly 750,000 people in Copenhagen to
day, 200,000 of the number coming to
the city especially to take part in
the welcoming festivities.
The enthusiasm of the people was
such that the intrepid man, who had
gone through the soul-crushing expert
ences in the Northern icefields; with
out once weakening was overcome
and shed tears.
As a mark of special honor,
Crown Prince Christian acted as Dr.
Cook's personal escort from the Hans
Egede to the automobile that await
ed them on the pier. The crowd was
no respecter either of royalty or fame
and the crush around the pair was
so great that the police had finally
to beat the mob back.
A stranger contrast than that pre
sented by the crown prince and Dr.
Cook could scarcely have been pre
sented. The crown prince was fault
lessly attired in frock coat and silk
hat, while the returned explorer,
with hair and mustache long and in
nocent of scissors, wore a baggy suit
of coarse brown material that disclos
ed more than one rent. A rough
cap surmounted his hair, and he wore
crude hunting boots, the kind seen
In the arctic regions.
Dr. Cook at first seemed ashamed
to go ashore in such a garb, but
the crown prince seized him by the
arm and the two walked ashore amid
a volley of cheers from those on the
Hans Egede and thunders of applause
from the thousands surrounding the
pier. Cook's appearance war. really
In his favor, for it bespoke the hard
ened traveler of the far North. His
features were sallow and slightly
drawn, but these, he said, were but
temporary marks, the result of his
long-enforced abstinence from fruits
and vegetables.
Welcome from Government.
At the hotel an official welcome on
behalf of the government was extend
ed by Johan Hansen, the minister of
commerce, who expressed the delight
and hon^T that every Danish citizen
felt in the fact that the explorer had
chosen to return to civilization by
way of Denmark.
Wherever Dr. Cook turned he was
confronted with scientists and news
paper men, who plied him with oft
repeated and oft-answered questions,
to all of which he replied patiently
and carefully.
Shortly after noon Dr. Cook pre
. pared for luncheon at the American
j Legation. It was while here that he
received an autograph letter from
King Frederick inviting him to an
audience at the palace at 3 o'clock.
Dr. Cook immediately accepted.
Memorable Reception.
The reception accorded Dr. Cook
at the palace by King Frederick, will,
the explorer says, forever remain iu
his memory as one of the most pleas
ant hours of his life. The warmth
? of the King's greeting, his ^agerness
i to have from the doctor's own lips
? the story of the arctic conquest, and
i his earnest words of praise and full
: belief in the story combined to give
i the plain and unemotional American
- a new idea of the Old World royalty.
> The democracy of Frederick was
f manifested when Dr. Cook ventured
to enter a demurrer to going to the
1 palace on the ground that his ward
robe would not enable him to appear
l in regulation attire. The King im
i mediately sent back word that he
' wanted Mr. Cook to appear in his
old hunting suit, the most available
i- clothes that he had. At the same
? time the King sent tailors, bootmak
, ers, and other outfitters to the Phoe
, nix Hotel to prepare the explorer a
' gainst further embarrassment of this
1 kind.
Rides With Minister Egan.
So Dr. Cook rode to the palace,
' with Minister Egan, dressed in the
i roughest garb ever seen within its
, gilded walls. They were received by
the King and Queen and princesses.
After presentations, the King lost
' no time in asking for the story of
the expedition. During its simple re
cital, which lasted for more htan half
an hour, the members of the royal
household frequently interrupted with
questions and exclamations that
showed their deepest sympathy with
the explorer. The story of some
of the hardships endured on the home
ward trip keenly touched the audi
tors.
At the conclusion of the inter
view, King Frederick again seized
the hand of the daring American and
said:
"It would be impossible to say too
much in your praise. Your exploit
was not only a personal achievem&nt,
but a distinct contribution to the
world's scientific knowledge. I can
not help but admire your intrepid
courage, which is so characteristic of
Americans. You, in a wonderful de
gree, typify your country and her
, great ambitions and destiny as a
leader of nations. I feel that you
have greatly honored Denmark by
returning home this way."
IN ONE HOUSE 84 YEARS.
Never Once Has Slep^ Away From
It, Woman's Proud Boast.
London, Sept. 3.?Miss Emily
Brown has lived in a house in
Pox's-buildings, Tabard street, for
84 years, and never has once slept
away from it. This remarkable fact
was disclosed at Tower Bridge Police
Court, when a representative of the
owner of Fox's-buildings stated that,
owing to the old woman's feeble con
dition, it was necessary she should
be got out as soon as possible.
It was stated that she was unable
to look after herself, and resolutely
refused to go to an infirmary or
elsewhere. One of her nephews, who
helped her when he could, said that
he had failed to induce her to leave.
She would not, he said, allow anybod
to go into the place.
"It is very hard on me," she said
to an interviewer; "and I shall not
go out. They want to clean up the
place, and say that I can't strip the
walls ready, but I can. I always keep
everything clean."
When asked how she lived, she re
plied: "Oh, I am quite comfortably
off now that I have my old-age pen
sion. I am nearly 85 years old, and
I was born here and will die here. I
can just remember Queen Victoria
being crowned. I have lived in four
reigns," she added proudly.
Loss Now 3,800 Lives.
Monterey, Mexico, Sept. 6.?An of
ficial statement Issued from the gov
ernment flood sufferers headquarters,
shows that the loss of life in Mon
terey by the recent overflow of San
ta Ctlerina river, was about 3,000 pea
pie. It Is estimated thaf the num
ber of victims out-side of Monterey,
was about 800, making all told about
3,800 casualties in the overflow dis
tricts.
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DR. FREDERICK ALBERT COOK OP BROOKLYN, WHO DISCOV
ERED NORTH POLE
POLE THE GOAL FOR MANY MEN
Arctic Regions Magnet for Explorers
Since the Sixteenth Century. Scores
Laid Down Their Lives, Leaving No
Word to Tell of Their Fate.
From the time the hardy Norse
men discovered Greenland, down
through the years that Intrepid explor
ers from other European lands visited
the Arctic regions in the hope of
finding a shorter route to India, the
unknown North has been the magnet
for scores of brave men, many of
whom have laid down their lives on
the altar of science.
Time and again a well equipped
expedition, headed by learned and in
trepid men, has braved the terrors
of the ice-filled seas, spending months
and even years away from civilization
but all for nought except the little
added scientific knowledge which
those who survived brought back
with them.
Refore Dr. Cook's triumph the
"farthest north" record was held by
another American, Commodore Rob
ert E. Peary, of the navy, who, after
repeated attempts, succeeded on
April 26, 1906, in reaching a point
north of Greenland about 203 miles
from the pole, in latitude 87 de
grees, 6 minutes. He now is in the
Arctic on another expedition, which
left Sydney, N. S., July 17, 1908. A
relief ship was sent out about a
month ago in an endeavor to find
him. ,
Duke of the Abruzzi's Record.
Previous to Commander Peary's
exploit the record had been held for
six years by the Duke of the Abruzzi,
whose Italian expedition on April 23,
1900, pushed forward to 86 degrees,
34 minutes, north latitude, at a point
north of Franz Joseph Land, 239.15
miles from the pole. In doing this
the royal explorer broke the record
of Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, of Norway,
of 86 degrees, 14 minutes, 261 miles
short of his goal, made on April 7,
1895.
Another notable feat was the first
successful threading of the North
west Passage by Captain Roald A
mundssen, a Norwegian, who was lost
to civilization In his small sloop, the
Gjoa, from the summer of 1903 to
the fall of 1905. On this expedition
Amundsen established for the first
time the location of the magnetic
poto.
The earliest explorer of whom
there is definite record was Barentz,
a Hollander, who went to within 713
miles of the pole in 1596. Following
him four Englishmen in turn estab
lished new records, Hudson, in 1607,
of latitude 80.23; Phipps, in 1700, of
latitude 80.48; Scoresby, in 1806, of
latitude 81.30, and Parry, in 1827. of
latitude 82.45. The first American to
win fame of this kind was Dr. Kane,
who, in 1854, pushed to within 645
miles of the pole to latitude 80.30.
Nares, an Englishman, took his laur
els from him by reaching latitude
183.20 in 1876, and then Greely, an
other American, established in 1882
! the record of latitude 83.24, which
' stood uutil Nansen exceeded it.
Tragedies of the Far North.
| Of all the expeditions which were
J costly to human life none had a more
I tragic record than that of the Eng
I lisb' admiral, Sir John Franklin, who
'sailed on May 19, 1845, with- two
ships, the Erebus and Terror, with
1 crews of 134 officers and men. The
I ships were last seen in Baffin's Bay
on July 26, in latitude 74 degrees, 48
minutes. No great anxiety was felt
until 1848, but in that and succeed
ing years expedition after expedition
was dispatched in quest of the miss
ing explorer and his mor.
Between 1848 and 1854 about 15
expeditions went out from England
and America in hope of rescuing
Franklin, and various traces of the
missing ships and crews were dis
covered through Eskimos. In 1859
three sledging parties from Sir Leo
pold McClintock's relief expedition
discovered all along the west and
south coast of King William's Is
land remains of articles and skele
tons which told the tale of disaster.
A record was discovered in a cairn
at Point Victory, which briefly told
the history of the expedition up to
April 25, 1848, in these words:
April 25, 1848. H. M. ships Terror
and Erebus were deserted on April
22, five leagues N. N. W. of this,
j having been beset since September
12, 1846. The officers and crew, con
sisting of 105 souls, under the com
mand of Captain F. R. M. Crozler,
landed here in lat. 69 deg, 37 min. 42
sec. N., long. 98 deg. 41 min. W. Sir
John Franklin died on June 11, 1847,
and the total loss by death in the
expedition has been to this date nine
officers and 15 men.
Gave Impetus to More Attempts.
This is all that ever was known
of the fate of Sir John Franklin and
his men. The catastrophe which ov
ertook him, however, led to 7000
miles of coast line being discovered,
and the interest aroused in America
in the search led to the expedition of
De Haven and Griffith in 1850 and
of Dr. Kane in 1853. Following these
were the American expeditions of
Dr. Hayes and of Hall. In 1871 Hall
reached latitude 82.16.
In 1883 Captain De Long's Ameri
can expedition in the Jeanette was 1
lost near Henrietta Island, and In
1897 Professor Andre left Tromsoe,
Norway, In his balloon, the Eagle,
bound for the pole. Since his de
parture, nothing authentic ever was
heard of him.
In 1904 Baron Toll, a Russian, led
a polar exploration party by way of j
Siberia, but all the members perish
ed from cold.
Of the earlier explorers Sir Hugh j
Wllloughby sailed in 1553, and dis
covered Nova Zembla, but starved
with most of his men In Lapland on
his return voyage. Forbisher in 1576 |
and Davis In 1585 made voyages to (
Greenland and the north coast of
America, and Hudson In 1607 reached
the eastern coast of Greenland and
added to the knowledge of Spitsber
gen, which had been discovered by
William Barents in 1596. The voy
ages of Captain John Ross and his
nephew, James, also added much to
the world's knowledge, but did not
exceed Parry's record of 1827.
Peary's and Nansen's Work.
Commander Peary's expeditions
have dated from 1886, when he made
a reconnoissance of the Greenland in
land ice cap. He was at work in
the northeast of Greenland in 1891
and 1892, made another voyage from
1893-1895, and others in 1895, 1896
and 1897. His expedition of 1898
1902 reached latitude 84.17, and it
was in 1906 that ho made his record
of 87.6 in a dash for the pole from
the north coast of Greenland.
Dr. Nansen made his record of
86.14 by trying to drift in the Fram
across the neighborhood of the polo.
Ho allowed the vessel to become
wedged in tho pace ice north of Si
beria. His theory of the drift of
the currents proved correct, but he
found that the Fram was being car
ried too far south. With one com
panion he left the ship and made a
dash for the pole, but was unable to
reach it, and returned by way of
Franz Josef land. The Fram drifted
safely out to the east of Spltzbergen
and returned to Norway.?Philadel
phia Record.
Solitary Prisoner For 32 Years.
Boston, Mass., Sept. 7.?Jesse
Pomeroy, who is known as the most
notorious life prisoner in America, to
day began the thirty-third year of his
confinement in the state prison in
Chariestown. When he was 14 years
old Pomeroy was sentenced to soli
tary confinement for life for torturing
and murdering little children. Since
the gates of the prison closed be
hind him thirty-two years ago he
has seen no human face except that
of his mother, who has been permit
ted to visit him at rare intervals. Ev
en his food has been passed to him
by unseen hands.
His exercise has been confined to
a small corridor set aside for his ex
clusive use.
He has never required the attend
ance of a physician during his long
confinement, nor has he ever request
ed to see the prison chaplain.
Despite his long incarceration,
Pomeroy is said to still have hopes
of a pardon, though he has never
been given the slightest encourage
ment.
3,487,000,000 POSTAL CARDS.
Hitchcock Lets Contract for Next
Four Years' Supply.
The contract for supplying 3,487,
000,000 postal cards to the Postofflce
Department during the four years be
ginning January 1, 1910, has been
awarded by Postmaster General
Hitchcock to the Government Print
ing Office, which submitted the low
est bid, $934,717.95. There were two
other bidders, one being the Oxford
Paper Company, of Rumford Falls,
Maine, which has furnished postal
cards to the government for the
past four years. By selecting a
stock of lighter, but finer quality,
the Postofflce Department expects
to provide for the public a better card
at less expense to the government.
The saving will be effected in the
reduced "traveling expense" of the
postal card because of lighter weight,
on the various journeys It takes from
the time It leaves the manufacturer
until it reaches the "ultimate con
sumer."
The cards will be furnisshed in 3
styles. Of the regular 3% by 5%
size 3,400,000,000 will be supplied.
There will be 77,000,000 of the double
or reply postals, and 10,000,000 cards
of a size corresponding to the stand
ard index card. This latter card Is
expected to prove of great conven
ience and value to business men.
Since postal cards were first intro
duced in this country in 1873 the
number used has increased from 31,
000,000 in that year to 950,049.020 in
1909. There has been a great gain
this year even over last year, the
department required 140,622,270 more
cards for its use in 1909 than in 1908.
Rev. George Johnson will preach
at Kenly Baptist church second Sun
day in September morning and night
at the usual hours for services.
UPSETS PELLAGRA THEORY.
J. E. Heath, Business Man of Wax
haw, Who Dies in Wilmington Hos
pital, Had Never Used Corn Bread
stuffs in Any Form?Succumbs to
Strange Disease After Illness of
Moro Than a Year.
Wilmington, Sept. 3.?J. E. Heath,
27 years old, a leading young business
man of Waxhaw, Union county, died
In a, hospital here tonight of pella
gra. Mr. Heath had been 111 for a
year or more and had consulted emi
nent specialists a number of times,
traveling extensively for the benefit
of his health without improvement.
Recently his case was diagnosed as
that of pellagra and he was brought
to the hospital here for treatment by
Dr. Edward "Jenner Wood ,who has
made an exhaustive study of the dis
ease of the young man by discolora
tions of the skin, soreness of the
mouth and accompanying nervous
derangements. lie was in the ad
vanced stages of the dlsoase upon his
arrival here and little hope was held
out from the first.
Mr. Heath had never used com
breadstuffs In any form and It Is
claimed that the case strengthens the
theory that the disease Is not trace
able to that source unless corn is
used as an adulterant of wheat flour.
Flock of Geese Get On a Drunk.
Greensboro, Sept. 4.?Twenty geese
owned by a neighbor of Mr. C. M.
Vanstory on the corner of North Elm
and Church streets, got drunk Thurs
day night ?nd kept the whole neigh
borhood awake with their wild cack
lings, fights, flying contests and oth
er all-night orgies. Mrs. Vanstory
had squeezed a large quantity of
grapes out of which she had made
grape acid (not wine) and the neigh
bor who owned the geese told her
to throw the refuse hulls, seed and
pulp, which had fermented, into the
goose lot. The geese apparently en
joyed them, helping themselves all
the afternoon, with the result that
they got biling drunk, and cavorted
around all night, not even pretending
to go to sleep, but intent only on
keeping everybody in the neighbor
hood awake. All efforts to make
them behave themselves only added
fuel to the flame of their riotous rev
elry. It was such a plum sight, the
whole police force went around to
witness it, soon finding they were un
equal to the task of quieting the
disturbance. Mr. Vanstory was so
tickled at the sight, after his anger
at not being able to sleep had sub
dued, that he called up several friend:
on 'phone, who came around and
were shocked at such carryings on
In sober prohibition Greensboro. The
geese never sobered up until daylight,
and yesterday they would not go In
fifty yards of the grape hulls. That
speaks well for a goose.--Andrew Joy
ner in faews and Observer.
Guilford Leads State.
Guilford county now leads the
State in the amount of its property
assessment, this totaling $6,783,117;
Mecklenburg being a very good sec
ond, with a total of $5,960,007; with
Robeson third, with $3,768,255; these
being the assessments put on corpo
rations of every kind, including pub
lic service corporations, bank stock,
building and loan, etc., upon the as
sessment by the Corporation Com
mission.
Kennedy-Taylor.
Last Wednesday evening at 3
o'clock Mr. John W. Kennedy and
Miss Annie Taylor were happily mar
ried at the home of the brlde'si moth
er, Mrs. Florence Taylor. The cere
mony was performed by Elder J. W.
Gardner, of Goldsboro. The attend
ants were as follows: Mr. J. A. Ken
nedy with Miss Ruth Baker, Mr.
Tom May with Miss Polly Coats, Mr.
J. L. Johnson with Miss Mamie
Cheeks, Mr. Zell Barnes with Miss
Willie Johnson. After the ceremony
they drove to the home of the
groom's father, Mr. J. H. Kennedy,
where a delicious supper awaited
them. Mr. Kennedy is a prosperous
young farmer of this section; Miss
Taylor is a beautiful and accomplish
ed young lady. Mr. Kennedy is to
be congratulated on winning Miss
Taylor for his bride.
We wish for them a long and har
py life. May their pathway lead
through pleasant ways.