The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-13

pole may he the frst TO be reached. for
the coming expedition Is going to be The
mos elaborate, most thorough. and bsst
equipped AZ any that ever set OH, on pole
hunt
The final p,ans for II are 10 be arranged
In September at conference In Be-l n
between English ana German scientists.
Expeditions from both countries will start
out about fhs same .me-she date hue not
been determined dehniieiy--hut they vii.
start from different pein,s and VIII follow
diffcrsn, routes. The affair IL IN he con-
Quoted on such large scale that II IL
expected 10 bring about more changes if1
the school biographies than have been
made before In many year. Al present
the maps merely show vague ltSis fringes
OF land sha. disappear into space bevnnd4
the seventy~eigf,tk degree OF south ia,sttsis
The earlies. man-mRkers used 10 nil in
such blank spare with queer animals an,
there IL plenty OF ronfr. even On the r,sap>
OF today. for whole n1enag.rie ~ such
beasts In the b,dGa0 COO square miles IL TN
South poles mysterious domain.
Mutton Dollars for science.
That the world f. no. wholly phrlistine
and sord.d IL shown by The fact ina, Grea,
britain alone Ia going 20 spend tsAaoa on
lite expedition. and the German arrranFla-
tons Indicate an expense almost as great.
Yet nobody supposss that this million dol
lars will hr!ns penny ef interest or aai
In the least TO the territory OF the com
peiins powers, Mr RaIfour SAIL the other
DAY that part " his satisfaction over the
expedition was because there could not he
aey territorial, rivalry between any Of the
countries engaged in Antarctic research.
lie said h. didn't imagine that the mos,
ardent advocate Of imperial expansion WAS
likely 10 Ind sphere ~ which 10 carry
out his ideas IN Victoria land or the regions
around t.ressss os Terrier The oniy direct
Hnanciat gain from this unprecedented pa-
lar investment would he all increased
knowledge 81 meteorological conditions
which might help weather observers 10 ne
much mote evaei in theis predictions
The FIRST effective step toward the Eng
fish end Of this Interesting enterprise was
made by ftewellyn w f,argssar 4 WIN.
elsdon manufacturer ard SCIENTIST whn e.
fered Nsa,ssa for tae psitpo&a out ~ ais fri.
waite fortune last Msrch. Ne string was AZ.
tschea IN the gift and ma s,yoytstaffS we're
imposed Ne was tEe man In ne wav
who introduced Successful profit sharing
In England He evidently Inherited Us
Interest IN science frofu hgs father wha
Was ore Of the founders II .s3e Chexnicai
Society.
Government Takes unna
TIE Royal t,eogrsaasest Society added Il,
the polar gans thurs started ontn q bad
about xsaesi few weeks ssu 4 sig}sxs-
tion 81 sore Of she usess distinguish Ell ss-i-
cnsts;S IN r.aelamf waited alsoa Mv RAJ
four frs, herd 81 she treasury. "a .sSk hius
fer government suppcYe The delegation
was heassesi by SIR Clements Markham
rresiaen' ~ TIE Royal tieo<rarAisat ssscs-
ess. ana saelssei tarA ketstn Ssf witt
sana CrSokvs pref gay Lancaster ,2ss.
Iamks ~ y Fiaumbsriana ana esssSy ssAerS
alsr.ess as ses. gaev'e Mr. UslfsYls7 rtso-
il asr entertained So jsugssTtant a reeusf a.
o. visitors He sass ~ s~sgseVe,t sssrh ~
petitions were desirable on practical am6
purely scientific Es.s4eei. ant were s$ssss-
csaily ssapottan: whra directed toNsr4 Nc
.Anssrctsc restea. because - SIS ltats saesss
area,
Tse esitsauae 90 the v:ss; was szai gts
governments agreed - supply So ee9 - tss
ysan uxeSsssi e rsrllamea. approved
ard also - saraiy sas sssssat sc isstrG-
nsenss Since then some 81 tire Australian
colonies asss have scs<d appropriations
ALREADY she drawings fer a ship ~ 20
teas are sesgg made IN the efsev az ss~
chief conStsu sses - the ajEs'rsliy. aad
bids ssss ffs eeassyictson VIII ae asked Ter
eeon
SIR Clements Mark haas Hopes.
II w.xh NE wsye IN a aaxsssssa Is seglsl