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Rock Island Argus., 1904-11-05

@HE fact that the intrepid Rob-
ert L. Peary is actively en-
gagged in preparation for
fifth attempt to reach the elu-
sive geographical point known as the
north pole is certain to revive the
somewhat waning interest in arctic ex-
pIoration. The hull of the ship in
which the indefatigable pole searcher
Is to make d further effort to penetrate
the icebound mystery is now building
in a Maine shipyard under the personal
oversight of the explorer. The ships
heretofore employed in arctic explora-
ton have all been built with the pur-
pose of affording maximum sailing ca
pacity and have been furnished with
auxiliary engines with which TO steam
back In the construction of the new
vessel there is a reversal of this plan.
II will have a maximum steaming and
coal carrying capacity and only just
enough sail equipment to enable II to
crawl slowly back home after all the
fuel is gone.
The hull of the new explorer will be
so constructed that it will offer no re-
sfstance to the ice when IL is caught
between two foes, but will be squeezed
up out of the water somewhat as a wa
terrnelon seed is forced upward be-
tween the thumb and finger. This sit
uation is not at all uncommon in arc
tic navigation. Shifting tides release
the vessel, and it is then possible for ii
TO advance again. Commander Peary
expects that the hull of his new vessel
will be completed in February next.
and he has planned to sail northward at
Some date between July l and July Is.
The expedition will follow the so
called American route-that is, through
Davis strait, Baffin's bay, Smith sound,
Kennedy and Robeson's channels and
on through the central polar sea. The
plan is to reach the northernmost land
limit before the long arctic night begins
and in the lingering twilight leave the
ship and start across the frozen sea on
the remaining 500 miles of the journey,
reach the pole if possible and return TO
the ship before the ice breaks up. The
party which will make the final dash
across the ice pack will contain only
three white persons-Commande Pea
ry, Il surgeon and one other. All of the
remainder will be Eskimos. There will
be at least twenty sledges. and each
dog team will be in charge of an Es-
kimo.
Should the ice conditions of the first
season make ii impossible for the eX-
ter quarters Commander Peary would
be obliged to modify his plan. In such
an event he would go into winter quar-
ters at the point farthest north that
could be reached. At the opening of
Rock Island Argus., 1904-11-05
FROZEN III

BILE region are their heritage. 1t is
Commander PearyS intention To redis-
tribute the entire tribe in such 4 man
ner as to afford him the most assist
ance. leaving the less competent ones at
Cape Sabine, where they will be i'm easy
communication with the walrus hunt
ing grounds. and to eStd blish inteTme-
diate families between there and the
northern shore of Grant Land. He will
take the strongest men of the tribe with
him on board the ship TO winter at the
most northern base and TO form his
party across the polar pack.
The proper agent for effective work in
the arctic regions of the western hemi-
sphere above 76 degrees north latitude
is a team of six or eight good dogs and
a sledge with a load not to exceed 500
pounds as the maximum of weight
This furnishes Il unit of maXim'-ln
Rock Island Argus., 1904-11-05
WASTED REGRETS.

Do not waste time and vital forces in
continual regret. There is nothing so
eXhausting To mind and body as regret.
III l only had not done this or said
that-if | could go back-if / could live
that day over again!" What folly it is
to indulge in weak repinings of that
nature!
No human being ever did go back. no
lips were ever allowed to unsay words ::
no feet ever permitted to untread steps
once taken.
1t is useless to plead with life to let
you unlive the past. Take your lesson
and go on into a wiser future.
Let your resolutions become a part OF
your character. making ii stronger and
Drawer. Let your errors make you
kinder.
Because you have been weak because
you have suffered through weakness,
let your human sympathy he great and
your charity broad. Be a guide and a
counselor to others who are tempted.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-11-05
Comma nder Pearys Fifth Attempt to Reach the Pole

speed and radius of reach. The heavy
man Sledge drawn by four. six or even
twelve men, with u load of from 1000
TO 1000 pounds. is no longer used by
arctic explorers.
And what is it that Commander Pea
ry expects TO accomplish" He hopes To
find the north pole. What is the north
pole? II is the exact center of the
northern hemisphere. and II is distant
in an air line from New York city less
than 5000 miles. TO be more explicit,
il is the mathematical point at which
the axis on which the earth revolves
intersects the globes surface. Ii is the
spot where there is only one day in
the year. and there is a solitary night
of corresponding length. 1t has no
time, no longitude, 40 east, no west, no
north-only south. Every wind that
blows is a south wind. Only two steps
separate noon from midnight. All the
heavenly bodies move forever in hori-
zontal circles. 1t is the last great geo.
graphical prize that the world has to
offer. II is the prize for which all the
nations OF the civilized world have been
competing for centuries. II is a trophy
which any nation might be proud to
win.
The polar quest today in such capa-
BILE hands as are those of Commander
Peary is not a foolish fancy, the idle
dream of an enthusiast. 1t has aSsum-
ed the dignity of a broad national
proposition. a business undertaking
which is capable of producing tangible
results. 1t will mean Il revolution in
scientific attainment. It will render
exact the floating problems of physics
and astronomy. II Will pave the way
to mans final physical conquest of the
world. JAMES L. TREVATHAN.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-11-05

pole and return. The voyage of the
ship also comprises two distinct parts
first, from the port of sailing to Cape
Sabine. easily accomplished by any
suitable vessel during the summer. and.
second. the stretch from Cape Sabine to
the northern shore of Grant Land. a
distance of $50 miles of difficult and
uncertain ice navigation.
Four ships-the PolaTis, the Alert, the
Discovery and the Proteus-have ac-
complished the navigable part of the
journey. The stretch of ice navigation
is the crucial feature of the problem.
Realizing this fact from repeated try
ing experiences. Commander Peary de-
termined to provide against the diff
Rock Island Argus., 1904-11-05

with
rived o
indistnguishable had been
the the
to
OF val
Rock Island Argus., 1904-11-05

Il better opportunity to arrive at a
sound conclusion as to the proper con-
struction of an arctic vessel than Com
mander Peary. Such Il boat is the one
now building under his personal Su-
pervision.
No previous arctic explorer has been
so successful in obtaining the Co-opera-
tion of the Eskimos as has this latest
and most competent American discov-
erer. In regard TO these inhabitants of
the frozen north. il is evident that they
alone are best qualified to form the
Serviceable contingent of an arctic
party. Life and work in that inhospita-
Rock Island Argus., 1904-11-05
= FaIr onnortnnItr

Tasso, being told that he han a fair
opportunity 81 taking advantage of a
very bitter enemy. replied. 81 wish not
to plunder him. but there re things
which / wish 10 take from hiIn-not his
honor or his life, but his malIee and I'll
will"
Well spoken. a noble tGtinrg from
an enemy, his malb,e an6 i'll wiIgs
How is that done: Love fsfthegpotent
weapon. Heap Goals of >fire on his
head. Exchange.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-11-05

the second arctic summer he would
push the ship to the northern shore of
Grant Land. beginning the sledge jour
ney in the second February after his
departure from New York.
The work as outlined by Commander
Peary comprises two distinct and inn
portant stages-the navigation of the
ship to the northern shore of Grant
Land and the traversing of the polar
ice pack with sledges from the north
ernmost extremity of Grant Land to the
Rock Island Argus., 1904-11-05

fact that the intrepid Rob-
ert L. Peary is actively en-
gagged in preparation for
- af,h nttorr,1 II reach the elII-
Rock Island Argus., 1904-11-05

\ War Correspondent Says the RUS
sian Naval Omcer Regards Hts
Army Brother As His Inferior In
Every Respect-DOes Not COnsider
Ii His Duty to DO Any FiEhtfnEs
Rock Island Argus., 1904-11-05

Guilty by the construction of a vessel
designed especially to overcome these
natural obstacles. He found that what
he actually needed was u craft that
Rock Island Argus., 1904-11-05
THE STANDING STONES OF cARNAc.

o
weigh about 900 in number and arranged in eleven parable
tel
ha they ate a
Rock Island Argus., 1904-11-05

would drive him through an ice pack of
$50 miles even if she consumed every
ton of coal that she could carry. No
naval engineer who ever lived has had
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-01
IRELAND NEEDS
:ALL HER SONS
So Says John Redmond in a
Speech at Convention Of
the United Irish League

NEW YORK, Aug. -31.-At the con-
ventiGn Of the United Irish League of
America to-day there was no official
programme for the proceedings, but
most of the morning session was taken
up by the reports of the various COM
mittees which were appointed yester-
day and the secretary's report.
The platform adopted by the conven-
ton, after renewing the pledge of the
leagues allegiance to the cause of
ing the right of Ireland to have a Par
;iamept 'of her own. says:
We assert the right OF the Irish people to
procure their independence by any honorable
method. by work word, by voice or sword
a. circumstances may dictate or opportunities
may offer. but We fully admit the right to
choose their weapons in the battle fer liberty
un;rammeled by dictation from anv outsids 8
source realizing that people on the firing line
OF tie fight for nationhood the best judges
o. the Tolcy to be adopted in their struggle
with the wealth and power OF England.
The convention at the afternoon ses-
officers for a term Of two years: Presi-
dent, John F. Finerty, Chicago; first
vice president, Patrick F. Egan, New
York. former Minister to Chile; secre-
tary, John O'Callahan, Boston; treas
urer, T. E. Fitzpatrick, New York.
At the evening session John Redmond
delivered an address. In part he sald
I.andlordism still exists. in Ireland but il
exists tAs condemned murderer in Sing
Sing exists. that Is, exists only until the
execution OF the sentence The prejudice
aSalnst home rule is largely dying out among
thinking Enslishmen.
In the course of his address Redmond
referred TO those who disagreed with
his views. He was interrupted by
voice crying out, ITO HI with the
Clan Gael and the Orangemen."
There was great confusion at once,
but Redmond retorted:
To HI with no honest Irshman My friend
says 10 HI with the Clan-na-Gael Far be
ii from me to let pass such expression
Tie Orangemen Irishmen- mistaken Irish
men-I think. but still Irishmen. Shall we
drive them from Ireland? l say no; educate
them. Parnel said that Ireland could not
afiord 10 lose a single son, and that is true
fC-GaE
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-01
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Pierce, II. D.. which can readily be pro-
cured by sending tve1.tv-one cents IN one
cent stamps for paper bound volume, or
thlrty-o1c cents foT cloth bound copy, ad-
dressing DT. R. Y. Pierce, al Buffalo, n Y
The change from Tucidenfood to woman
hood Is ore that involves the whole BODY
The strain at this time upon the blood
forming structures may be too great Dis
orders Of the functions peculiarly feminine
are nearly always dependent upon de-
1ective nutrition n all such cases DR..
Pierces Favorite Prescription IS lust the
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Il cannot express nv thanks for The benefit I
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Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should be
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eveg laxative IS required.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-01
JAPANESE DESTROY A FORT.
Port Arthur's Garrison Still in Pos
session of the Etzshan Hills.

CHEFU, Aug. S1.-The advance po-
sitions OF the Japanese before Port
Arthur are now near fort No. on the
east, at Palichuang on the north and
at Hukiaton and Yangtowang on the
west.
Chinese who left Port Arthur on
August 2S say that neither side was
then occupying fort No. 5.
The fort at Tungkaitashan was de-
stroyed by the Japanese, who pro-
ceeded to mount guns on an adjoining
hill.
The reported presence of Russians
on the EtZshan Hills has been con-
firmed. this indicating that the Jap
anese were not able 10 hold the Etz-
shan fort after they had driven out
the Russians.
A junk which has arrived here
heard firing at Port Arthur on the
morning of August %.
1t repots that food is scarce there,
bag of flour being worth So so gold.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-01
A We'll Known Journalist Owes Ill
Recovery tntIre.y to Pe-ru-na.

Mr.. L. Nj. Babcock. 1919 Addison
Ave. Chicago. ILL.,. Secretary Chicago
Journalists Association, writes:
~ suffered from cafarrh and hay fever
for some time and owe my recovery en-
Hrely TO PerUn1. ! did NOT have much
faith IN is effcacl when first started to
use 1T. but as Tgrndvoiy grew better. !
began II feel that perhaps ! might get rid
of these annoying troubles. J continued
to use 1T for several months until was
cured. 1t is a great relief TO me and am
therefcrs p.enss4 to give nj endorsement
to Ferunn, and trust that oil who use IT
may have the same good results that have
h15. II. .M 8a5cock..
F. H. Siebert. 44O S. High Street. Co
1umbus. Ohio. writes: There is not any
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-01
SEEKING HEIRS
TO AN ESTATE
Property in Texas Is to Be
Distributed Among Chill
dren of ex-Sheriff Lansing
son IS IN THE EAST
Two of the Beneficiaries
Live in Sacramento County
and Another Resides Here
Special Dispatch to The can.

SACRAMENTO. Aug. S1.-Alonzo NJ.
Doty., publisher of the Visalia Delta,
has written to Sheriff David Reese
asking for. information as to the
whereabouts of the heirs of the late
James Lansing, a former Sheriff Of
Sacramento County, to whom a very
valua bic estate in Texas has been left.
Doty was joined in his request for in
formation by w. w. Houston. Visalia
attorney.
James Lansing was killed in Sacra-
mento' about twenty years ago by
Simon Raten, an insane halfbreed who
was being pursued for d theft he had
committed. Two of the heirs Of James
Lansing live near this city One is a
daughter, Mrs. William Foote, whe re-
sides on the J-street road, and another
daughter, Mrs. WILDER Cress. is a resi-
dent of Oak Park. A third daughter.
Mrs. A. Lindberg, resires in San Fran
cisco. There is son, Charles Lansing,
but neither his friends nor his rela-
tives know where he is. although they
have reason to believe he is in the East.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-01
FIRED UPON BY JAPANESE.
Military Attache Has an
Exciting Experience.

CHEFU', Aug. S1.-Maior L. L. Sea-
man, 4. 5. A., returned to Chefu to-
day after an adventurous and some
what thrilling attempt to enter Port
Arthur. Leaving Chefu on August 25,
Major Seaman proceeded to Takintau.
one oe the Miaotao islands. Unable to
obtain junk there, he procured a life
boat belonging TO steamship RECENTLY
wrecked. and with four coolies as oars
men and the third mate of the wrecked
steamship. he started for Port Arthur
HE carried Il makeshift American
flag with twenty-five stripes
A head wind and a strong tide com
PEELED Major Seaman to return to his
starting place at nightfall. He slept
on the peDbly beach. On August 2S he
procured a small junk and with a fav-
orable wind sped toward Port Arthur
He passed a Japanese cruiser unno-
ticed and saw four battleships in the
vicinity OF the harbor's mouth.
His junk drifted too close to the shore
and it was fired upon by Japanese
riflemen. Discovering the inlpossibility
of landing in the face of the shore
guard and warships Major Seaman re-
luctantly returned.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-01
CALLS CORRESPONDENT WITNESSES BATTLE
Men Fight in the Trenches
Continuously for Thir-
ty-Six Hours.
Russian Writer Likens jap
aneSe Charge to Attack
of Madmen.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 31.-Some
interesting details OF yesterdays bat
tie are supplied by Russian corre-
spondents, from which it appears that
two regiments Of Japanese at day
break attempted. to capture the bat
teries Of the Sixth Artillery Brigade,
located on the extreme flank of the
Russian army. The attempt was dis
covered just in the nick of time.
Some of the Russian troops fought
continuously for thirty-six hours
The conclusion and the roar of the
gun shook windows in Laovarig.
though the artillery was six to eight
miles away.
Nemirovich Danchenko, the famous
Russian war correspondent, describing
the battle, says:
The enemy, drunk with their former
successes, attacked from three sides
like madmen. When they were hurled
back. fresh troops. of which they
seemed to have an ineXhaustible sup
ply, were sent forward.
Danchenko says the combatants had
about eco guns on each side and adds:
1t was our first victory. The
enemy was beaten back everywhere,
many Of his batteries were destroyed
and in some cases his infantry was put
to rout-"
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-01
FOREIGNERS RESPONSIBLE
FOR POPULATIONS INCREASE
School Census of Chicago Shows the
Rich Are Not Believers in the
Roosevelt Doctrine.

= CHICAGO, Aug. 21.ZPopulation is
on the ebb in Hyde Park and on the
flow in the Ghetto. Returns from the
biennial school census show. that in
the last two years the minor inhabi-
tants of Chicago have Increased in
number nearly 9 per cent and that the
greatest growth has been in the
crowded foreign settlements. The can
vass, which was the most elaborate
ever made by the educational officials,
shows that in Chicago there are 6S0,-
692 persons under 81 years of age; as
against 627,262 in 1902.
In the outlying wards the figures are
lower in many instances than in 1902,
while in Hyde Park and other desir-
able residence districts there has been
a noticeable falling off in the number
of the rising generation.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-01
SPIRITS AWAY
HIS PRINCESS
Louise of COburg Escapes
From Guards and With Aid
Of Lover Secures Freedom
WHEREABOUTS SECRET
Kings Daughter 0utwitS
Her Warders-JOins Man
Who Caused Her Disgrace

BERLIN. Aug. 2L-Princess Louise
OF Coburg. daughter Of the King Of the
Beigians. whose relations with Kegle-
WIGHT Mattasisch, a former Lieutenant
Of the Austrian army, caused a great
scandal IN European royal circles seven
years ago, and who has since been
kept under the closest restraint, has
vanished from Badelster, where she had
been taking the cure 1t is presumed
that the Princess is in. the company Of
BIsr1asisch and is seeking 10 gain an
asylum where she viii be safe from
recspture-
The escape Of the Princess was ac-
complished in a mysterious and roman
tic manner Ladders and a swift auto--
mobile were brought into play to effect
her release from the hotel where she
has been inmured almost as a prisoner
and 10 convey her 10 some refuge, re-
garding tie location Of which nothing
is known Not the slightest trace of
The wherea bouts Of the pair has been
discovered and nothing is known be
yond the fact that the Princess and an
other guest Of the hotel. believed to
have been Mattasisch, have disap-
peared and with them the jewels OF
the Princess and an automobile.
Princess Louise accompanied by a
LADY in waiting and two physicians,
who we're her NaTders, came three
weeks ago 90 8sdelster, which is noted
as a health resort On account Of the
long lapse Of time since the original
scandal the watch on the Princess had
become slightly relaxed, but il was
made moro stringent than ever when
il was noticed that efforts to communi
cate with the Princess personally and
through the medium Of notes were be-
ing made. Nevert heless arrangements
for the fight were successfully COM
pleted and the room of the Princess
was found empty
Princess Louise, before going to Ba
delster. had long been confined in an
asylum for nervous diseases at Linden
hOf rear Dresden Mattasisch. who.
after the discovery of his relations with
The Princess, VAS convicted or forg
cry. expelled from the army and i'm
Drisoned, received q pardon from En-
noror Francis Joseph earlv this yeat-
since then he has succeeded in seeing
the Princess at Lirde1hOf-
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-01
SUIT BEGUN TO E,NJOIN
REMOVAL OF ROCK AND CLAY
Gray Bros. Defendants in Action In
stituted by Owner of Lots Being
Ouarricd

A suit for injunction and damages
was begun yesterday in the Superior
Court by ]. de Forest against the San
Crushed Rock Company, Gray Bros.
Crushed Rock Company. Gray Bros
Artificial Stone Paving Company,
George f. and H. n. Gray, Henry J..
Berkenhopf and several John Does"
The plaintiff AYERS that he is the
owner Of several lots in the Flint
tract measuring from Masonic avenue
and Tilden street and that for two
years past the defendants 'maliciously
and with force of arms have quarried
and removed earth. clay and rock
used in the brick making business to
the value of $4,000.
Judgment for the damages is de-
manded and the court is asked 10 en-
join the further removal of the ma
terial.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-01
HEIRFSS SPENDS SIXTEEN.
HOURS ROAMING. MOUNTAINS
Loses Way in Adirondack Wilderness
and Is Not Found Until
Oaybrfa.-

LOWVILLE, " Y, Aug. 31.-Miss
Bessie Lowe. daughter of a wealthy
Dayton. Ohio. merchant has been lost
for sixteen hours in the Adirondack
wilderness in Lewis County. Guides
and d party Of visitors searched the
forest with torches and after five
hours hunt found the girl sitting on
the bank of Francis Lake, awaiting
the break of day.
Miss. Lowe attempted to walk TO
Saltwater 10 meet some friends. She
got of the trail and night fell before
she was able TO locate il again. She
was without food. or matches with
which to start a fire, but she suffered
no serious injury.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-01
OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC COAST
California Postmast tcrs Are Appointed
and Orders ATcctiCg Army Of
ecers Are Issued.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 31.-L- NJ.
Delmss was to-day appointed post
master Of Peters. san joaquin Coun-
tH- vice John T. Stevenson. resigned.
and George \ Dills has been com
rnissiOned postmaster at California
Soldiers Home
The following army orders have
been issued Captain Alfred Has
brouck- Fourteenth Infantry. Philip
pines. has been granted a leave OF alb
sence for four months with permis-
sion 10 return TO the United States via
Asia and Europe. Captain Edward A.
Shuttleworth. QuarteTmaster. now on
leave Of absence. is relieved from fur
ther duty in the Philippines and will
proceed from NOrthneld. Vt. 10 Fort
Wright. Wash and assume charge Of
the construction work at that post
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-01
MAN PATTERSON STILL
PINING FOR HER LIBERTY
Counsel for Alleged Slayer of Caesar
Young Seeks Release on Habeas
Corpus Writ

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-A writ of
habeas corpus for Nan" Patterson,
who is under indictment on a charge
Of numbering Caesar Young last June
was granted to-day. The writ, which
is returnable tomorrow, orders the
Warden of the Tombs to produce Mrs.
Patterson in the Supreme Court at
that time, when her counsel will ask
for her discharge on the charge that
there is no evidence that she commit
ted the crime charged against her. If
this is denied application will be made
that she be admitted to bail.