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The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
DIR. COOK IS ALIVE
WIFE OF LOST EXPLORER RE.
cEIvEs LETTER FROM HIM.
Brooklyn Man Expected to Make Dash
for North Pole Overland with
sledges and Dogs in Jan.
uary, 1908.

New York-Dr. Frederick A. Cook
Of Brooklyn, an explorer who is try.
ing to reach the north pole by a new
route through hansen Strait and
whose friends were fearful that he had
met disaster in the frozen north, has
been heard from.
A letter written last December by
the explorer was received the other
day by his wife, who is living in
Brooklyn, stating that he hoped tc
start for the goal in January. Nc
word had been received from DIR. Cook
since last October, and his friends an
nounced recently that an effort would
be made to send a ship to find him
The letter received was written at
Comanui. Wosetnholme Sound
DR.. Cook says:
Il have this opportunity to send q
letter TO Upernavik by Rasmussen dur
ing this moon and | must hasten to
report our progress to the present.
Il have hundred dogs and as many
more as desire, with 10 of the best
Of the tribe assembled here for the at.
tack over the new route across Files.
mere Land, out by way of Nansen
Sound aud back by Kennedy Channel,
thus using to good advantage the drift
and musk.oxen so abundant in Files.
mere Land. All Of my equipment is
ready and we hope to start for the
goal late in January. With men and
dogs well fed and under normal condi'
lions, like my predecessors, feel con-
fident, as our equipment means per-
| lection. When we return we will push
southwark at once to Cape York and
! Upernavik."
Dr. Cook, accompanied by John r.
| Bradley and several Eskimos. left
North Sydney, Nova Scotia, early in
| July. 1907, on the American auxiliary
schooner yacht John II. Bradley, which
landed the party at Smiths Sound.
The expedition was provisloned for
two years. and was equipped with dogs
and sledges
The party wintered about 80 miles
| further north than Commander Rob
ert Il. Peary did two years ago.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
FLEET LEAVES SYDNEY.
Sails for Melbourne After Six Days Of
Merry Making.

Sydney, N. s. W.-The feet OF Am.
erican battleships sailed from this
port Wednesday morning bound for
Melbourne, The sky was cloudless,
the sun was warm and only moder-
ate sea was running At n. m. the
flagship Connecticut weighed anchor
and led the warshlps on the single
line out past the sloping shores OF the
harbor, which were covered with thou.
sands Of persons who had gathered to
bid the fleet farewell Sydney has
given OF her best to make the stay
OF the Americans in this port a mem.
orable one. For six days the officers
and men were feted and entertained
in every conceivable manner and not
one untoward incident occurred to
mar this notable event In Sydney's
history.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
THIRTY WORKMEN PERISH
IN OKLAHOMA COAL MINE
Miners Imprisoned In Burning Shaft
Being suffoeated Because Of De-
structlon Of Air Shaft.

McAlester, Okla.--More than thirty
miners were suffocated in Haily.Ola
coal mine No. | at Hailyville, four
miles east of McAlester. Wednesday
morning, when fire destroyed the
hosting shaft and air shaft and cui
off air from the men below.
twenty-five dead bodies vert
brought out Wednesday night. follow
ing a successful three hours battle
with the flames. Il is believed that
six or eight more will be found
Twenty-Five mules were suifocated
and some Of their bodies were burned
Explorations in the channels re
vealed the fact that none of the men
met death by burning, but that all oi
them were suffocated
After the entombed miners had
gone down on the cage a fire broke
out occasioned by the ignition OF a
barrel of oil which miner was try.
ing to divide. The flames spread at
once to the hosting shaft and the air
shaft, and all communication with tho
top was at once cut off The first in.
timatlon the people on top of the
ground had OF the trouble was the
flames and smoke coming out of the
top OF the shaft. Hundreds Of min
ers rushed to the scene and tried to
get into the air shaft, but shis was
impossible, as flames and smoke were
coming mp that way with such force
as to drive them back Then an eff
fort was made to operate the cages
running up and down the hosting
shafts, but It was found that the
cages, the cables and the guides had
been burned. There was absolutely
no help for the imprisoned miners
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
President Of Ecuador Dangerously m.

Guayaquil, Standardization Al
faro is suffering from a serious at,
tack of heart failure, which may prove
fatal at any moment The president
arrived here Monday from Quito in
search of change Of climate. His
physicians issued a bulletin Wednes.
day saying that he had been benefited
and that they believed tina; with a
fortnights rest he would be able to re-
turn to the capital and assume again
the duties of chief executive. The re-
port Of the doctors. however is con
sidered oyeroptlmistic.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
FINDS SON LOST SIX YEARS.

mothers death and filed an hour
or more with chapters of his life on
the sea and his experiences in the
navy.
This is one OF the happiest days of
my life, and | wish | could keep my
boy with me all the time" said the
lads father
Young Swain has been an enlisted
man for year. He is an electrician
and has three years yet to serve Tin
the greatest navy" he says, "in the
world"
when my time is up I'm going
back TO dad and stay with him on his
fruit ranch at North Yakima" said
the young mariner.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
REeUKEs GRAND JURORS.
Judge Discharges Jurors Because
They Refused to Obey Instructions.

Atlantic City, N. 1.-THE action OF
Governor Fort in threatening to send
troops into this famous resort to en-.
force the state liquor laws unless the
people OF Atlantic City observe the
law caused a sensation among the res
idents and summer visitors. Another
sensation was sprung at Mays Land
ing, the county seat OF Atlantic coun-
ty when the grand jury absolutely re.
fused to obey the instructions of the
court to return indictments against
excise violators.
Supreme Court Justice Thomas w.
w. Trenchard. who had been request
ed by Governor Fort to sit with the
county Judge, was so incensed at the
action OF the grand jury that he in.
stantly discharged 1t with a severe
reprimand.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
EanclfuI Rain Of loads.

bloomsbury, Pa.-Many sections Of
Columbia county gave evidence the
other morning that the community
was being visited by veritable Old
Testament plague of toads. Toads by
the million. coming, in the minds Of
many Of the more fanciful. from the
skies, fairly covered every place upon
which they could get footing. They
just were so thick on West Berwick
pavements that pedestrians were com
PEELED to take to the streets. Much
the same conditions existed in Blooms,
burg.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
KlIIs Hushand 70 Free Woman.

Valdez, Alaska Elemental pas.
slons aroused In the bosom of a bride
far from the limits of civilization on
the little island OF Afognak, culminat.
ed in one Of the most atrocious muir.
ders yet recorded, according to the
confession Of Macrena Kayorzoof. who
induced the man whom she loved,
George Pestrlakof, TO kill her hus.
band. Both principals are now under
arrest at Afognak, from which place
they VIII probably be brought to Val
dez for trial before the district court.
Pestriakoif, who was In love with the
girl when she married Kavorzoof.
slew his successful rival with an AK
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
Fined Tor BACKING RevolutlonIsts.

Carcass, civil court OF FIRST
Instance has handed down iudyme
declaring the French Gable company
guilty Il completely in the Na,os revo.
lution against President Castro and
oondemning Il TO ray damages to the
amount OF near'y s. 100000. In a,ldi.
ten, the comrany mus. ray a fui.
thor amount 20 b. assessed later by
experts. The company may appeal
from the decision II Is practically a
duplicate OF the decision handed down
against the New York and Bermuda,
Asphalt eompsny
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
Radish Looks Like a Man.

st. Louis.-Fred w. Giers of Jersey.
Vile, ILL.,, never picked a lemon In the
garden Of love, he says, but he picked
a mighty funny radiSh in his backyard
vegetable patch the other day.
It bears remarkable resemblance
to a human body II It was alive An.
thony Comstock would get after It,
1t is a radish in the altogether,
II It grew in a Manchester garden
the municipal aWhor,t es would SUP
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
Moodehuek RrInas Luck.

Pontiac, Mich.--Chasing a wood
chuck under a barn, a man on the
farm of Judson Furmon, near Wlxom,
brought to light 800 worth of bur.
glars plumber jewelry and other ar
ticles.
The plumber is about half OF that
taken from general stores in Wixon
and Milford in May The farm hand
started TO dig in the hay in a barn
about half a mile back on the Furmon
place to uncover the woodchuck, when
he brought satchel to light.
He at once called the county Of
ficers The woodchuck got away.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
Plan InvasIon Of the south.

New York-Some of the plans Re
publican politicians In the south are
making to Increase the Republican
representation in congress from their
states were made known 20 Chairman
Frank II. Hitchcock on Thursday by
visitors from Virginia, Alabama and
Louisiana. The plan for the "inva.
sion OF the south" was outlined by
Mr. Taft In recent speeches He ev.
pressed The opinion that the Repuh'i
can national campaign managers ought
20 try TO carry close districts, and Mr.
Hitchcock concurs in that view.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
AREA OF PUBLIC LANDS.
Nearly a Billion Acres In the Western
States.

Washington.-The general land Of
fee has compiled its annual statement
showing the area of the public domain
remaining undisposed of on July l.
1908. From the statement It appears
that the government still has an area
Of 756,s95,296 acres of surveyed and
unsurveyed public lands. including the
following Alaska, S,O2l 500 acres;
Arizona, 42,769,2O2 acres; California.
29,s72,493 acres; Colorado, 1886 697
acres; Idaho. 26,7S5,0O2 acres; Mon.
tana, 46.532 ,440 acres; Nevada, 6I.177,.
$50 acres, New Mexico, 44.777 800
acres; Oregon. 16.s57,913 acres; Utah,
36,57S.913 acres; Washington, 1896.
001 acres; Wyoming, 37145.302 acres
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
Socialist Candidate for President to
Travel by Special Train.

Chicago.-lt was announced at head
quarters 81 the Socialist party on
Thursday that the campaign special
carrying Eugene V. DebS the presl-
dental candidate, and other speakers
through the west would leave Chicago
August 81. returning September 25,
Soon after the return TO Chicago a
similar trip will be made through the
western states. According to the
itinerary of the western trip, Mr.
Debs will speak in eighteen states and
travel 10000 miles.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
Kermit Roosevelt Hero Of Runaway.

New York.-Kermlt Roosevelt. by a
fine horseback ride on Thursday near
Oyster Bay, stopped n runaway team
and probably saved the lives of Mrs.
Frank Hilton and her two little sons.
Mr.. Hilton, who is at the Hotel Ar
lington, Bayville. had taken his family
for a drive behind n pair OF blooded
bays. In swerving for an automobile
the wagon struck a post. Mr. Hilton
was thrown to the ground. the Whit
fletree was broken and the horses
started on mad run with Mrs. Hilton
and her two children helpless in the
vehicle. Kermit Roosevelt came up
riding a powerful horse and after a
stern chase. seized the bride and
brought the runaways TO a standstill.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29

press it as they suppressed Maud Al
lens salome dance, II might be called
midway radish-that is. midway be
tween the vegetable and the human
species.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29

The board of education in Shanghai,
China, has decided to punish the teach
ers of schools who report that some
of the students are too bad to be edu
Gated.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29

A New York thief was arrested,
tried, convicted, sentenced and started
for prison within "a hours. However,
he is permitted to take his time about
serving his term
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29

New York woman committed sui
eide because she couldn't pay her
rent Some people go to extremes In
trying to fool the landlord.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29

Commander Peary knows now who
the candidates of the great political
parties are, but he will have to wait
Until next summer to find out who
has been elected.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29

Latest disclosures Of the inhuman
treatment Of prisoners IN Yekaternl.
ST. Petersburg, are convincing that the
worst had not been previously told
about darkest Russia, But surely there
is no worse to come.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29

Now that wireless telephone mes
sages have been successfully trans
mbted over 12 mites between Newark
and New York, the future of wireless
telephony seems bright.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29

A celebrated ornithologist says that
butterflies are the best actors In the
world, and he was not speaking OF
summer girls. either.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29

The newest and finest passenger
steamer has n te.arhone in every
staterocm, thus enabling passengers
who are selsick 70 call one another up
and describe in detail all their symp-
toms
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
PROVO MEAT and
PACKING @

There are some people who didn't
even look at their money after read
ing Of the ten-dollar counterfeit bills.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
physical HardshIns.

ITS a pity that the bands tour is a
failure, but don't be too much catt
down, Come, face the music"
How can I, when I'm backing D?'
Baltimore American.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-08-29
Two orowths on One Vine.

The fact that Alfred Soderman OF
Worcester, Mass, has succeeded in
growing potatoes and tomatoes on the
same vine may be looked upon as an
argument in favor of his pronunciation
theory by the man who recently
wrote: III It is correct to pronounce
the "a in tomato as It is in large
why should not the "a in potato be
pronounced as 1t is in large'?"
You have been losing flesh lately,
haven't you?"
Yes, I've been shaving myself"
ROYAL Magazine.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-06-05
Her Obscure Role.

Theophile Gautier was once in
strumental in securing an engage
ment at the Theatre Historique for
a blond Young woman Of no partic-
ular talent, but with the supremely
innocent face Of a preraphaelite
maiden. "OthcIlo" was then being
tehcarsed. One day the girl came
flying into Gautier's library.
"What's the matter now" asked
the poet.
"The matter is that they want to
give me contemplate part"
"What part"
"Degdemona."
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-06-05
His Amendment.

\ good many years ago it is said
that a bill was reported in the New
York assembly entitled can act for
the preservation of the heath hen
and other game The speaker, a
very shortsighted man and nothing
Of sportsman, after squirting
look at the paper, read, IAN act for
the preservation Of the heather and
other game"
He was apparently unconscious
Of his blundcr and Of the ripple Of
merriment which was running
through the house until an honest
member from the north, who had
suffered considerably by the depre
dations of frontier tribe, but who
had one Of the kindest hearts in
the whole assembly, proposed half
grooming amendment:
"Including Indians, gentlemen,
for | shouldn't want 'em left out, in
spite Of everything they've done to
mew
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-06-05
SEEKING the Opportunity.

Miss Amanda" said the some
what elderly but well preserved
bachelor to the sparkling young wo-
man with whom he occasionally
spent an evening, Il think it is a
shame the way YOU treat that young
Hankinson. Ii were lie | wouldn't
let you play fast and loose the way
YOU do. l would simply come and
carry you off"
Of YOU were he, Mr. Upagain,"
she replied, with downcast eyes,
perhaps it wouldn't be necessary
to carry me off"
Upon which hint Mr.. Upagain i'm
mediately spake, and the invitations
are out.-Chicago Tribune,
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-06-05
PIC Bone Bracelets.

The natives of the New Hebridcs
islands, in the Pacific ocean, raise
pigs for bracelets. The upper canine
teeth of the pigs are removed, and
that gives the lower tusks a chance
to grow as much as they wish, The
lower teeth grow and, finding no
resistance, attain a good length. The
teeth grow in a spiral, and the tip
often lies beside the root OF the
tooth. Very rarely the point grows
into the root of the tooth and makes
a complete circle, \ complete pig
tooth bracelet is Il very valuable
jewel, which is worn around the
wrist or attached to string around
the throat.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-06-05

The people Of Holland are com
monty as matter Of fact as the
Scotch, and a fguratiye phrase both
ers them sorely. Not long ago an
American traveller found in d cafe
at Amsterdam a Dutchman who had
Travelled much and who spoke Eng
lish perfectly well.
The Dutchman was smoking a
china pipe Of remarkable size and
beauty, and the American, as an ad-
mircr and collector Of such bric-a-
brac, took the liberty to comment
upon it.
"You could not stumble upon a
pipe like that every day." said the
American.
The Dutchman took three or four
whiffs at his pipe and then slowly
removed it from his mouth.
Certainly not, without breaking
il" he said grayely.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-06-05
Saved by a Laugh.

\ professional nurse at Leeds,
England, was remarkably successful
in the care of patients suffering
from smallpox, diphthcria or pneu-
monia. IN fact, she had never lost
a patient with one of these com
plants. Not long ago, however, she
had a pneumonia case which was
given up by the physician, much to
the nurses chagrin.
ole can't live through the night"
said the doctor.
Sure enough, when the nurse
went to give the sick man his medi
cine he only shook his head. The
distracted nurse saw her proud rec
ord about to be broken, and she
urged the patient to take his dose.
"No USE" he murmurcd.
"Well, sir" said the nurse in
despair, you've got to take it! And
if YOU die I'll kill you"
Whcreupon the patient began to
laugh, took his medicine and got
well.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-06-05
Testimony Of Eyewitnesses.

"Whilc was out west, said the
man in the macintosh, Il saw snow
drifts more than COO feet high
81 don't doubt it," replied the
man with the cinnamon beard.
"WhenI was out there | saw drifts
that couldn't have been less than
900 feet deep
IF you hadn't been in such a
hurry to tell Il bigger lie than you
thought | could tell" rcjoined the
man in the macintosh. q would
have explained that the drifts | saw
were coo feet up on the side of a
mountain"
"That's all right" said the other.
"The drifts | saw we're at the bot
tom of 900 foot gorge. Chicago
Tribune.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-06-05
A Fiji Rainfall.

The astonishing effects sometimes
produced by cloudbursts are well
known, but not many trustworthy
records of the depth of the rainfall
during such occurrences exist. The
following instance, therefore, pos
sesses much interest: On one occa-
sion during a thunderstorm in the
Fiji islands the measured depth Of
the rainfall in "A gauge elevated
twenty-five feet above the ground
was three feet and one inch. The
rain continued thirteen hours, and,
owing to unmeasured overflow, the
total amount remains unknown, but
it is estimated to have been not less
than forty-one inches. - Youths
Companion.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-06-05
N ailmakin

4 common nail is an excellent il
lustration Of the difference between
old and new methods. Formerly the
metal was cut into strips and then
forged into shape with hammers,
and an expert took about one and
one-halt minutes for each nail To-
day they are made Of steel and are
lighter and stronger. Strips are cut
with steam shears and fed into auto
matte nail machines. One man tends
three machines, each machine drop
ping a nail every second.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-06-05
Home Of the ORANGE.

Careful research has shown that
India was the country from which
the orange spread to western Asia
and eventually 10 Europe and the
Americas. Oranges are at present
found wild in many parts of north
ern India. Cultivated from a remote
period in Hindustan, they were car
RED to southwestern Asia by the
Arabs probably before the close of
the ninth century. They spread Ill
timately through the agency of the
same race to Africa, Spain and pos
tibly Sicily, following the tide of
Mohammedan conquest.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-06-05
Showed Keen Appreciation.

81 stood on the brink Of the
Grand Canyon of Arizona relates a
local railroad man. 81 stood almost
spellbound, for when you gaze into
that vast canyon you feel as if you
were almost in the presence Of the
Almighty. It's so vast that it fright
ems you. Just while | was in that
mood a party of women came from
the big hotel and paused to look
into the canyon. Oh spoke up
one shrilly to another one, but
weren't those pancakes We had for
breakfast about the best you ever
ate?'
81 FASTENED away" says the rail
road man, "before | heard any
more."-Clevcland Plain Dealer.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-06-05
An Interested Question.

The young wife of prominent
New York physician teaches a Sun
day school class of small boys. One
Sunday not long ago, after she had
finished telling them the story of
Joseph and his coat Of many colors,
she said:
as there any question you would
like to ask me before we 90 on with
the catechism?"
"Yes'm," answered little Sammy
Eastwood.
"Wcll, what is it, Sammy"
"Will you give me ride in your
automobile? 2"
The question was not answered
then, but, as a matter of record,
Sammy got the ride.-New York
Times.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-06-05
The Phrase 1.-THE Devil to Pay"

"There'll be the devil to pay" is
not very uncommon phrase in the
vocabulary Of some, occasionally
with the addition of "and no pitch
hot" which points TO the origina-
ton of the saying. 1t is nautical
one, with but little reference to his
satanic majesty, coming straight
from the shipyard. In calking a
ships deck-that is, in filling the
seams between the planks with oak
um\ and afterward pouring pitch
over the oakum-the outside seam,
being very difficult to work, came to
be known as the devil. The tech
meal term for pouring in the pitch
was "payirg," which makes the
whole matter clear
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-06-05

\ woman fell from lcrryboat
crossing over 10 Camden. and a
poor freshman srrans ever and res
cucd her When she was safely
landed or tho deck her husband,
who had been a calm spectator Of
the accident, handed the brave fell
low quarter.
Some of the bystandcrs express
ing their Indignation, Pat said;
"A:rah, don't blame the gentleman
he knows best. Perhaps if |
hadn't saved her he'd have given
me a dollar. "-Philadelphia Ledger.