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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
FOUR
Smashed in e Collision Caused by an Open
switch.

P~IrTsFIELD, Mass, Feb. 15.-Four
engines, valued at $1,000 each. were
badly smashed in q wreck at the local
yard of the Berkshire division of the
Consolidated road yesterday morning.
The Great harrington localran through
an open switch AMI the train, consist
ing of engine, baggage and two pas
sengercars, plunged ahead ON the short
stretch of track, blowing into three
locomotives, II standing ON Il turn
table and one on each side.
Engineer George Seeley, of Great
harrington, who was running the train,
escaped with 4 few bruises. Fireman
Louis Able, of Great harrington, had
a hip fractured and received a bad
scalp wound. Fireman Buchlow, who
was underneath the engine on the
table, oiling it up, had several ribs
broken. The forward end of the bag
gage car was telescoped by the engine
tender, but the bagga geman escaped.
The passengers We're badly shaken uy
and some slightly bruised.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
FIELDS OF BLOOD.

-
Latest Intelligence from the Seat Of War
in Cuba-A m of Small Battles
Fought, in Which the Rebels are Almost
Invariably the Yictors-A Number of
Dead and -DecompOsed Bodies Found on
"a Sugar Plantation.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Feb. 4. via Tam
pa, Fla, Feb lon January 81, Span
ish Commander Gonzalez Moro, with
100 men, met the rebel Col. Tamayo
and 500 insurgents in La Pedrora,
BaracOa. After fighting an hour the
troops retired to the city, unable to de-
fea. the rebels in spite o. the advan-
tages of artillery. The rebels had
splendid positions. The Spanish COM
mander Moro was wounded in one leg.
One officer and five soldiers were killed
and 3 soldiers were wounded.
On the same day Spanish Col. Figue-
-as and 500 men attacked a rebel party
at the crossing of Rio Burr, Baracoa.
The Spanish troops had one killed and
nine wounded. Rebel loss unknown.
February l, Spanish Col. Tajeda,
with 1,2OO men in Majaguabo, San Luis
zone, fought with the forces of Gen.
Jose Maceo under Brighten. Cedreco.
Col. FanchO Sanchez made SO strong
an attack upon the Spaniards that the
later had to recross the river Canto,
dispersed and defeated. leaving on the
E"id two officers and Is soldiers killed
and several mules laden with supplies.
Four rebels were killed ard Is
wounded.
The steamer San Juan brought this
morning from Baracoa ID political
prisoners, who have been put N Jail.
The bodies Of several persons were
found a few days ago badly decom
pCSrd in the sugar fields of the sugar
estate Contiuente, ono mile from Guam
taramo. The administration of the
plantation notified the authorities.
but they did not pay any more atten.
ti"n than to give the order to bury the
no"ieS. The neighbors of the sugar
estate have found out that the unfOr-
tunatc LEI We're pacific residents Of
Guantanamo who yer taken from
Their houses at midnight and shot by
the gucrrielleoS und, orders from
their chiefs.
FOR the last few days the number %
man leaving this city to Join the rcb
els has increased considerably.
Smallpox is cauSiJ.g many deaths If
the military hOSpitui OF this city.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
A REMARKABLE CONDITION.
Almost Possible to Cross the American
Falls at Niagara Dry Shod.

NIAGARA FALLS. \. V. Feb. IA
remarkable condition exists here. The
American falls is practically dry and
the water hat is going over it could
almost be calculated by the gallon.
Instead of the ordinary depth of from
81 to 4 feet, less than five inches of
water in the deepest part is going
over, while in some parts of it,
notably near the Gave of the Winds,
it is trickling over. The occasion for
all this is hat the water has been
diverted to the Canadian falls by rea-
son OF an immense dam of ice on tie
Schlosser reef about two miles up tie
river, and it is possible to walk from
the main shore TO Goat island, and for
that matter between all the islands.
without getting more thar the solesof
the boots wet.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
THE SULLIVAN LYNCHING.

The CorOnor's Jury Found no One Re-
spOnsibIe-The Grand Jury May do Bet
ter.
DECATUR, Ill, Feb. 13.-An inquest
was held at Sullivan yesterday morn
ing on the body of Grant Attcrbury,
who was lynched at 12:45 yesterday
morning. The verdict was that he
came to his death al the hands of 4
mob composed of unknown persons.
The body was not cut down until seven
o'clock, and even the people at Sullivan
do not know who took the law in their
hands.
Judge Vail, of this city, who pre-
sides over the circuit court of sullivan,
expressed himself in forcible language
last night on the affair. iedenounced
it as an outrage, and branded the mob
as a band of murderers. As to what
instructions he would give the grand
jury, which meets in about three
weeks, he said he had not fully made
up his mind. but he will undoubtedly
demand of them hat they ferret out
and indict the men who participated
in the lynching.
The crime for which Grant After
bury was lynched was a criminal as
sault on Mrs. Roxy Atterbury, his
asister-in-law, on January %. She is a
niece OF j. r. Eden, eX-congressman,
and her prominence undoubtedly
added to the desire of the mob to
vreak vengeance on her asSailant.
Atterbury waived a preliminary ex-
animation on Monday, but the crime
had never been positively fastened on
him.
In the last three years :our lynch
ings have occurred in this judicial dis
'trict, one in Decatur in '93; double
lynching in Danville in So, ana the
Sullivan affair.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
TWAS LINCOLN DAY.

The Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's
Birth, for the First Time IN New York
City, Observed as a Legal Holiday-An
Public Institutions, Courts, Schools and
Places OF Business Closed-Festive OBJ
servances.
New YORK, Feb. 13.-The birthday Of
legal holiday in this state for the first
time. The public institutions, courts,
schools, stores and places of business
were closed, and many patriotic So
cieties met to do honor to the martyred
president. The Sunday quiet that pre-
vailed in the business sections Of
the city showed how generally the
people were observing the day.
All the banks closed their doors;
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
The SHEEP CAMP PLUMBER

'tumbled Upon by q Tramp, Who Car
ried On the Most of It and Spent It
Like a Prince-STwas No Wonder Brady
Couldn't Locate the Treasure.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14.-John D.
Harms. a tramp living in a brush camp
lear the scene of the Sheep Camp ex-
press train robbery, which occurred in
November, 1894, accidentally discovered
The treasure buried by the robbers,
Ind he has spent it like a prince.
One night in November, 1894, two
masked men held up the Southern Pa
cific east-bound express train at Sheep
Camp, about two miles from Sacra-
mento. They blew open the express
safe and secured $780, One of the
robbers, Browning, was shot and
killed by Sheriff Bogard, who in turn
was similarly treated by the other
bandit, Jack Brady, nov undergo
Ing a life sentence at San Quentin,
Cor the crime. Brady buried the treas
are in the brush near Sheep Camp and
was unable to recover it afterward,
being closely followed by the officers.
After his arrest he told where the
booty was buried and was taken to the
spot, but only $4,000 was discovered
in three separate spots. Brady
insisted that the treasure had been
tempered with, as he had buried
it all in one place. Acting upon
this theory the Wells-Fargo detectives
have been tracing John D. Harms, who
was known to have quietly left the
vicinity of the sheep camp a few days
after the hold-up. lie vas found in
San Francisco on Friday last, and con-
fessed that he had accidentally
stumbled across the loot on the
day after the robbery. Taking all
the gold he could carry, Harms came
to this city, whore he has lived
like a prince for the past year. Incl.
dentally he has visited New York and
other eastern cities, and altogether he
has succeeded in spending about S4O,-
900 of the express cOmpany's. Only
5000 was recovered, but the company
hopes to secure about $4,000 which
Harms advanced as loanst to his friends.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
MINISTER Won BIEBERsTEIN
Declares. in Eject. That the British Had
All Their Buster for Nothing.

All 1heir BiuSter Tor SOthinS.
BERLIN. Feb. lin presenting the
foreign Office cstimatesin the reichstag
Freiherr Marschall Won Bicberstein,
minister OF foreign affairs, took occa-
sion to declare that nothing had
happened to Justify an outbreak
of Indignation on the part OF the
British public. The good relations
existing between the ministers
of Germany and Great Britain. he said.
had not for a moment been interrupt
ed. 1t was not true. he continued,
that President Kruger of the South
African republic had appealed to Ger
many to intervene. Germany had only
protected her interests in the Trans
vaal under the commercial treaty
concluded in 1855. He would not
attempt to argue against English pub
lie opinion, he said, and he would
equally avoid anything calculated to
pour oil upon the fire; but he declared
he would demand the sane right of
free expression of the feeling Of the
people of Germany as England yields
freely the right to express the anti
German feeling of the people of Great
Britain.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
DOUBTLESS A FILlBUSTER.
The Steamcr Commodore Sails South with
Arms, Ammunition and Stores.

WILMyGToN, y. c., Feb. 1.-THE
steamer Commodore. the recent career
of which has created much Interest in
Cuban and Spanish as well as in Amer
lean circles. steamed from ont this har-
hOr last night with clearance papers
indicating that She was bound for
Charleston. Her cargo, which is in
part of arms and ammunition, with a
considerable quantity of stores. leads
to the impression that she is elsewhere
bound.
Though she left at an hour approach
ing midnight. there was n small crowd
on the docks to bid her ''bon
voyage" and they chcered her as she
left the port. The Commodore re-
turned the compliment with the con
ventiOnal marine blasts of the whistle.
The Commodore carries 4 crew COM
pliment to Il vessel of her class and is
commanded by Capt. Hughes. of the
Laurada. One OF her engineers is JEFF
Smith, who was chief engineer of the
Brazilian war ship Nicthroy.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
FARMERS INSURANCE.
Movement Looking to the Organization Of
a National Association.

CHICAGO. Feb. 1t.-Farmers from Hi.
nois, Iowa. Missouri and Wisconsin
met at the Great Northern, Wednesday,.
They are officers and directors of IS
farmers mutual fire, lightning and
hail and cyclone insurance ON
panies. The purpose of the gath
ering is to organize a national
organization. The meeting was called
to order by w. p. Forbes. of Wall Lake,
Ia. Chairman Forbes read a paper on
The Rise and Progress Of Mutual In
uranc in Iowa." and One-minute
speeches were made by the 35 repre-
sentatives, each naming his local com
pany and the condition of mutual in.
surancr in his district. There are mu-
tual companies in the western states
~inSuring 81, OJO,O OO, OCO of proDarty.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
THE VENEZUELA COMMISSION.
Appointed Chief of the Clerical Force
On IA Gold Scent.

WASmISGToN, Feb. 1.-THE Vene-
GUcla commission has appointed Perry
Allen assistant secretary to the COM
mission. TO have charge of its clerical
force. Mr.. Allen was until recently
private secretary to Justice Harlan.
che commission has been d~evoting
considerable OF the past week to Dutch
authorities bearing On the boundary
dispute. and has become satisfied that
the LuTrn manuscript discovered in
Seattle and forwarded By Sir Julian
Pauncefoe t. Lord Salisbury is nothing
but Il translation of Hartsinck's his
tory of the Netherlands settlements IN
Guiana. and therefore valueleSs to the
commission, which possesses a copy of
llartsinclI in the original Dutch.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
A Trip to the Garden Spots of the South

On February IL and March 10, tickets
viii be sold from principal cities. towns
aud villages of the north, to al points on
the Louisville 4 Nashville Railroad in
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida
and a portion of Kentucky, at one single
fare for the round trip. Tickets will be
good to return within thirty days, on pay
ment of 81 to agent at destination, and
will allow stop-oyer at any points on the
south bound trip. Ask your ticket agent
ABOUT it. and if ne can not sell You eXcur,
sion tickets write to c. z. Atmore; General
Passenger Agent, Louisville, KY or
Geo. Is. Horner D. p A. st. Louis, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
RADICAL
VIII Soon be adopted by Gen. weyIor in
Cuba.

MADRID, Feb. 1.-THE correspondent
OF the impartial t~elegraphs from Ha-
vara that Gen. Weyler will shortly
publish two strongly-framed DEGREES
extending military jurisdiction to the
mere knowledge of certain offenses,
and delegating judicial functions to
military officers. The correspondent
expresses belief hat as soon as life be-
comes impossible to them in the coun-
try districts the neutrals and towards
viii be guarded in the towns.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
DUMPED INTO THE DRINK.
5, cident to a Party of SPaniards Visiting
Departing Troops.

MADRID. Feb. 1t-While Senior Macs
tire. governor of the province of Az
cante, with a large party of invited
guests, vas visiting the trOop-ship Saa
Augustin at Alicante, Wednesday on
the V OF her departure for Cuba, the
Eangway leading to the deck. of the
vessel gave way and many of the party
were thrown into the water. 1t is
feared that some of them were drowned
anu the bottom in the vicinity of :ho
~.ident is being dragQed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
RUSSIAN OBSTINACY
Responsible for the Awful Work Going
On in Armenia.

LONDON, Feb. IA blue book on
Arrnenia. issued by the government
yesterday afternoon. shows that Rus
STA from the very first refused to CO.
operate with the powers in exerting
pressure upon Turkey in behalf of the
A~rnenians. and also declined tn use
force in that direction herself. fearing
that thereby She would assist the aim
of the Armenian revolutionary CON-
nitter, the establishment of an indie
pendent Armenia, which Russia would
never tolerate.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
QUAY FOR PRESIDENT.
Viii Allow His Name 10 Go Before the
81. Louis Convention.

W~AsHINGTDN. Feb. IA. - Senator
Quay, whose candidacy for the presi-
dency was announced yesterday morn
ing by the United Press dispatches. re.
ce;ved d great many kilograms and let
tiers from friends in various parts of
the country.
The report sent out by the United
Press last evening" said the senator,
SIS accurate in every particular. /
have consented to permit my nan.e to
be Used at the st. Louis convention
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
EHE WORLDS EARLIEST porAro.

THE WORLDS EARLIEST POTATO.
That 5alzer's Earliest, fit for use in
IS days. Salzer's new late potato, Cham
pion of the World, is pronounced the
heaviest yielder in the world, and we
challenge you to produce its equal! 10
acres to Selzer's Earliest Potatoes
yield 1000 bushels, sold in June at S1.00i
a bushel-s4oOO. That pays.
NOW IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND
it with 1oc. postage you will get, free,
10 packages grains and grasses, includ-
ing Teosinte, Lathyrus, Sand Vetch,
Giant Spurry, Giant Clover, ETC.. and our
seed catalogue. (K)
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
THE f POLE
Said 90 Have Been Reached by Er. Nan.
sen, the Explorer.

ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. ia dispatch
from Irkutsk, Siberia, says that a
Siberian @Iader named Kouchlareff,
who IS acting in the capacity of agent
for Or. Na-sen. the Arctic explorer.
has informed the project Of Kolymsk
tina; he has received information that
NaDsen has reached the north pole,
where he found land. and hat ne is
nov ~ his way back.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
MADAME FONTANE RESsoN,
Charged with Robbery and DESERVING Her
husband, Discharged from Custody.

Charged with Robbery and DESERVING Her
husband. Discharged from Custody.
LONDON, Feb. 15.-Madame Fontane
BessOn. the wife of a manufacturer of
musical instruments in New York,
London, Paris and St. Petersburg,
who, in October last, was arrested in
Seville, whittier she had fled with a
Spdniard, and eXtradited to England
on Il charge of having robbed her hus-
band of e1OO, 900 worth of securities.
was discharged from custody yester-
day morning. On December 10 Madame
Besson gave birth to Il child, and the
hearing of her ease was consequently
postponed for a month. In the mean
time she was placed under 5000 bail,
which was furnished by herself.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
DEATH OF ROBERT TARR,
who Took IN Important Part in the War
of the Rebellion.

GLOUCESTER, Mass, Feb. 13.-Robert
Tarr died Tuesday night, aged ". L.
the civil wal he enlisted in the navy,
in 1862, as sailing master, IA pro-
NOTED to lieutenant and later lieuten-
ant commander, serving in the North
and South Atlantic squadrons. He
took part in about all the engage
ments from Port Royal to the Rio
Grande. He was i'll New York at the
time of the draft riots in 1868, and
assisted in suppressing them
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
a STORM
Does Great Damage in the Gil Fields of
Ohio.

CLEVELAND, o., Feb. ia special to
the Press from Bowling Green, o.,
says: For four hours a terrible storm
has been raging in the oil fields,
doing much damage. The heavy wind
that prevailed has leveled many'uer.
ricks to the ground. Ice and snow has
broken down telegraph wires, and al
communication with the Buckeye Line
CO.. pump stations has been cut off in
many parts of the field. The loss in
Woods county alone will reach $50. 600
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
THE STEAMSHIP ELDORADO,
OF the Morgan Line. Bound Out, Aground
Near BedIoe's Island.

New YORK. Feb. 1.-THE Morgan
line steamship Eldorado ran aground
just below Bedloe's island. She is a
freighter plying between this port and
New Orleans. She left her dock Thurs
day night, and last her course in the
heavy fog. The company's agent sent
a tug to her assistance, but nothing
can be done toward floating the big
freighter until the high tide, when
they expect to be able to pull her off.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22

Hrs head was turned, yet fame had laid
No laurels at his feet,
He simply saw o pretty girl
While passing on h street
N. Y. Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22

PARRoTT-''Do you think that Henpeck
could ever keep a secret from his wife!"
Wiggins-"Well. I'll bet that he never lets
her know what he really thinks of her!"-
Truth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
The Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis
Railway

Will on March Bird sell one way homeseek-
ers' tickets to all points in the Southeast,
including Florida, at the lowest rate ever
known. On March 10th round trip tickets
to many points in the South, including
Georgia, can be purchased at one fare plus
81 90; good for 30 days. For maps, folders
and all information write to or see Briard
+. Hill, n. z. A, 32S Marquette Bldg, Chi
q K. G. Cowardin, W. P. a., 405 Ry
Exc. Bldg, st. Louis, or w. L.. Danley, &.
z. q L. a, Nashville, Tenn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
THREE WORKMEN KILLED
And Three Fatally Injured by an Explo-
sion in "a Sawmill.

WINSTON, y. c., Feb. IA fatal
boiler explosion occurred Thursday
evening at J.. L. Plummer's sawmill,
ten miles southwest of ASHORE. Three
workmen were killed and three fatally
wounded.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22

IR lUdrtyr FTeStueHt.
the store-shutters were down and the
great Office buildings deserted. Every
where flags were waving in honor of
ex-President Lincoln. Many dinners
were given at night and many speeches
made about Lincoln. A number of
mass meetings, too, were held. The
Republican club gave a Lincoln
dinner at Delmonico's at 6:3O o'clock.
A large portrait of the martyred pres
ident, heavily draped with American
flags, hung over the chairman's seat.
Covers were laidfor 300 diners. Elihu
Root presided until II o'clock, when
Cornelius y. Bliss, the president of the
club, arrived and took the chair. The
guests included United States Senator
Foraker, Mayor Strong. Seth Low, c.
NJ. Depew, Dr.. Emil Hirsch, of Chica-
co; Gov. Griggs of New Jersey; Henry
E. Rowland, and Bishop Leonard, of
Utah.
When the menu had been discussed
Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew was intro
duced, and delivered the address of the
evening.
Letters of regret were read from
Gov. Morton, Robert I. Lincoln, *
President Harrison, II. Clay Evans, of
Tennessee, Gov. Bradley of Kentucky,
Commodore Sicard and Gen. Horace
Porter.
Mr.. Bliss then introduced Senator
Foraker who responded to the toast
1.-The Republican party"
THE Home OF Lincoln was re-
sponded to by Rev. DR.. Z. &. Hirsch, OF
Chicago.
Seth Low spoke to the toast ''The
State of New York"
Short addresses were also made by
Rev. William Z. Park to the toast
Typical Men" and by Gov. Griggs Of
New Jersey, who was called upon.
Respect Shown by the New York Legisla-
ture.
ALBANY, n. Y, Feb. f3.-In the as
sembly it was moved that at 1870 p. m.
the calendar be suspended in order
that the clerk, Col. Archie Baxter,
might read to the house the memorable
speech of Abraham Lincoln on the
battlefield of Gettysburg, and that the
house then take a recess out of respect
10 Lincoln's birthday. The motion was
carried
When the senate convened a portrait
of Abraham Lincoln, draped with Amer
lean flags, hung over the lieutenant
governors rostrum. The senate. after
a brief session, adjourned for the day
out of respect to the memory of
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22

THEY who nave light in themselves will
not revolve as satellites
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
AN AWFUL DISASTER.

Forty Persons Drowned and Many Scaldcd
by Steam by ~InkiI = OF the Steamer Pear
in the Brisbane .tiycr in Queensland
The Disaster Witnessed by Thousands
Difficult Work of ReScuc-AfTcctinp
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-09

CATTLE-Quiet, very little being
Better demand for stockers
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-09

that he fixed the diameter of the north
ern cavity at 1000 miles and estimated
that the southern one was slightly
larger.
The shell of the earth, he held, is
about one thousand miles thick. He
thought its interior was hollow, be-
cause IAN Omnipotent Being would not
have created SO large globe with only
its outer surface habitable." That
would be a waste Of material, and
hence improbable.
Following this line of augmentation,
he maintained that if there is a place
of abode within the earth the light and
heat supply must be the sun, and, if
the sun, there must be an opening for
the admission of the light and heat.
Owing to the inclination of the Polar
axis and the rotation Of the earth
around the sun, an oriflce of the proper
size at the poles would admit a suffi-
cient amount of both.
This theory Of concentric spheres
Symmes extended to all the planets.
getting the suggestion from the rings
of Saturn and Jupiter.
The theory was, to say the least, an
ingenious one, and it is not surprising
that it attracted very great attention
at the time. The North Pole was then
far more of a mystery than 1t Is now.
Capt. Ross had not started with the
Victory, which was crushed in the ice,
until 1929, and it was not until 1916 that
Sir John Franklin endeavored to wrest
it's great secret from the ice-bound
North.
Symmes' fantastic theory has, how
ever, won for him a certain share of
immortality, and he unquestionably be-
lieVed in his idea ...-4 ....-