The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-19
Failed to Reach North Pole But is Confident t
 Gan Be Done
MRS, PEARY RECOVERING
 FROM 4 LONG ILLNESS
Many Rare Relies on Board the Wind ward, as We'll as Live Animals for Central Park-lnter-
 estlng Report.

North Sydney. N. S., Se ptember 1s.- Lieut.. Robert E. Peary arrived here to- day on the steamer Windward from the frozen north. He did not discover the north pole during his trip of four years. but he says that in his last dash with that object in view he made important discoveries. He says he feels certain that the pole can be reached and further more that if he were a man of independ- ent means he would persevere until he succeeded. The most northerly point reached was S4 degrees r minutes in latitude, northwest of Cape Hecla. Lieu tenant Peary says that the pole can be reached from Franz Jose and and from Grana Land in latitude s3 degrees, if the winter quarters are established as far north as possible. He say that he would just as soon winter at Cape Hecla as at Sabine or Etah.
 On board the Windward also was Mrs. fortnight's illness and who is glad in reaching land once more. She is expected to recuperate quickly on proceeding to a more congenial climate.
 Little Mary Peary and others of the party are in good health.
 Lieutenant Perry is recovering from an accident to one of his legs, from which he suffered last winter. He is slightly lame, although this is net especially mo- ticeahie
 Neither Peary nor Dr. Dederick would make statement pertaining to their re- ported quarrel some time ago. The Wind wards crew say that the two men have had no intercourse what ever since the doctor was taken on board at Cape York, where he spent the winter. Dr. Dederick leaves tomorrow for his home in New York.
 The Windward's cargo includes many cases of relics from the north and num- Der of live animals for Central park, New York City.
 The citizens of Sydney gave Lieutenant Peary a public reception in Alexandra hall tonight. Mayor Crow presided and presented to Lieutenant Peary an elo- quont address commendatory of his work, to which the explorer made a brief but effective response. God Save the King and America were sung by the audi ence. after which many of those present were presented to Lieutenant Peary.
 Lieutenant Peary has received an invi- tation from the Scottish Geographical so- ciety to visit Edinburg and receive a gold medal, its highest honor. He also has been elected an honorary fellow or the Ma tlonal Geographical society, whose head quarters Is at Washington. D. c.
 Peary sent to the Arctic club the fol- lowing report of the operations of the expedition since August 19 1901:
 Left at Erik Harbor on the Ellesmere coast, August 29. The party reached Payor Harbor September 16, crossing Reese Bay partly by sledge and partly by boat, then walking across Beford Pim. About a week later, my Eskimos began to fall sick, none escaping. By November 19 six adults and six children were dead, nearly all the others very weak but out of danger.
 "Early in January, Eskimos came across from Anvilak. bringing news of the ravages of fatal epidemic through the tribe. Word was sent back by these scouts for as many of the survivors as could come to me any by the end of the month they began arriving. In February a large depot of dog food was established near Cape Louis Napoleon, some sixty miles north of Sabine
 "On March my advance party of six sledges, in charge of Hensen, left for Congor.
 March 6 started with the main party of eighteen sledges, leaving Percy in charge at Payer Harbor congor was reached in twelve marches, arriving with fin an hour or two of the advance party. My supporting party of Eskimes, return ing from Congor, brought down the in struments, chronometers and Arctic library. Eight marches more took us to Cape Hecla. The north end of Robinson channel was all open across to the Green land coast From Hecla the supporting party returned.
 Crossed Polar Sea.
 April l. started northward over the Polar sea with Hansen, four Eskimos and six sledges. Old foes. covered with deep snow and intersected with rubble ridges and lanes of young ice, were en- countered from the moment we left the ice, the same kind of travelling except the lanes of young ice as found by the Eng fish expedition of 1876.
 After six marches. open leads foes in motion, were encountered. As we ad- vanced the foes became smaller, the pressure ridges on a grander scale, and the open leads more frequent. Each days march was more perilous and our gen. eral course defiected west by the charac- ter of the ice. Finally at S417 N. lat, northwest of Hecla, the Polar pack be- came impracticable and further efforts to advance was given up.
 New leads and pressure ridges, with foggy weather, made our return in somo re espects more trying thar the advance. Hecla ras regained April 20 an'i Congor May }, leaving Corgor May 6; Cape Sa- bine was reached on the 18th. A few days later went north as far as cape Louis Napoleon to complete the survey of Bobbit bay. returning the first of June The ice broke up earlier than in lsG1 and Payer harbor was blockadcd al- most continuously.
 Raced With the Ice.
 "The windward bored her way through