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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-15
WALKED SIX MILES
In Going to Church and Returning Yes
terday.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, March 15.- FORMER
President Roosevelt attended religious
services yesterday as is his usual Gus
tom. He and Mrs. Roosevelt walked
from their home on Sycamore Hill to
Christ Episcopal Church and after the
service returned home on foot covering
in all six miles.
Several callers were received by Mr..
Roosevelt during the afternoon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-15
GIRL AND MOTHER BURNED.
Mrs. Leary Ran to Rescue of Daughter
Whose Condition is Critical.

Portsmouth, N. H., March 15.-Miss
Bessie Leary, aged II years, a daughter
Of Mrs. Thomas Leary of Greenland,
is in critical condition from burns
received at her home Saturday even
ing. Her mother was badly burned
about the hands at the same time.
Miss Leary fell while coming down
stairs with lamp. The lamp exploded
when it struck and set fire to her
clothes, and her mother nan to her as
sistance- Miss Leary was terribly
burned about the body and arms. and
the doctors had little hope Of saving
her life, but this evening she was stiil
alive.
Mrs. Leary had both hands and arms
burned in the effort to save her dauch-
ter. She not only put out the flames
81 her daughters clothing. but extin.
guished blaze that had started in the
hallway. The ere damage is small.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-15
DIED VERY SUDDENLY.
Darius I. Hildred Of Newport Center m
PHILADELPHIA.

Newport Center, March 15.--A tele.
gram Friday afternoon announced the
death Of Darius +. Hildreth in Phiia-
delphis, Pa, where with his wife he was
spending the winter. He died suddenly
that afternoon, it is understood, while
sitting in his chair. He was nearly so
years Of age and had passed most Of his
life in this village. He was a ieweler
and was one Of the prominent citizens
of this town. The remains viii be brought
here for burial
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-15
ODD FELLOWS BUY
And viii Erect Block at Enosburg Falls
It Is Reported.

Enosburg Falls, March l5.--A. NJ. Asel-
tine and c. E. Beatty have purchased
the John kellogg place for $500 and
1t is reported that they were acting for
the Odd Fellows lodge II is said that
the Odd Fellows are planning to erect
three-story brick building, the two
lower floors to be used for business
and Office purposes, and the third for
the lodge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-15
ARRESTED THREE NEGROES.
Suspected They Were Connected with
the Murder of w. F. Schultz.

Washington, March l6.-The mystery
surrounding the murder of Walter I.
Schultz, the Chicago artist, whose dead
body with throat slashed was found in
a field near Alexandra, Va, on March
z, may be cleared up in the arrest yes
terday of three negroes charged with the
murder.
A pawn ticket for gold watch be-
longing to Schultz was the clue which
led to the arrest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-15
JOHNSON CONFIDENT.
Boasts That He Could Whip Jefries
Anyway.

Chicago, March l5.--,Jack johnson, the
pugilist, and his white wife, formerly
Nellie 0'Brien Of Philadelphia, arrived
from Vancouver to-day and we're given
great reception by the blacks. In a
few days he viii move to Galveston,
thence to New York and thence to Lon
don. He said: Ny one fight with
Jeffries win show the world | am his
superior. can whip him II he gets
into the best condition Of his life.
viii fight on the best terms he can make.
/ would like the winner to take all"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-15
SERVED IN MEXICAN WAR.
Michael Giliigan, Aged 80, Dies at
Ludlow.

Ludlow, March 15.--Michael Gilligan,
aged 90, one of the few surviving Mex.
ican war veterans in this state. died
yesterday at the home Of his daughter,
Mrs I. S. Daley. He served with Col.
Ransom's famous New England regi-
ment through the Mexican war and with
Co. !, I'd Vermont volunteers, in the
civil war. He drew pension for his
service in the Mexican war. Mrs. Gil
hgan died two years ago. Besides his
daughter Mr.. Gilligan leaves son,
Michael H. Gilligan of Holyoke, Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-15
GRAEIrEvrLLE

A social dance will be given BY the
Odd Ladies of Victor lodge, Wednesday
evening, November IL in Tumas ball
Dancing from $50 until -. Admission
IS cents, ladies free. Everybody wel-
come.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-15
STANDARD IS FINED.
In Case Before Judge Hazel in Court
at Buffalo.

Buffalo, n. Y, March 15.-Jndee Ha-
eel in the United States eureuit court
today denied an arrest Of Judgment and
be fined the Stanard Oil Company 500.
600 in suit brought by the govern
nent for rebating.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-15
FILES IN BANKRUPTCY.
Joseph canales Of Montpelier Says. He
Has No Assets.

Rutland. March 15.--Ioseph Canales,
Montpelier granite cutter. fled a petit
tion in bankruptcy to-day in the Office
Of Clerk Platt 81 the federal court He
has liabilities Of sl,e76l5 and gives hn
assets as none.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-15

The Ladies' Guild OF the Church Of the
Good Shepherd will meet at the home Of
Mrs. Harry Smith, Wednesday afternoon
at 2 o'cock.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-15

Among business visitors in this city
today were Wallace Batchelder, Bethel;
+. S. SWEET, New York; N. L. Davis,
Albany and F. A. Denison, Albany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-11

We now changed our working hours
from day to night, beginning rally al
ten and ending at seven. The big marches
and prolonged hours of travel with which
fortune favored us earlier were no longer
possible. Weather conditions were more
important in determining the days run
than the hands of the chronometers.
When the storms threatened the start
was delayed. and in strong blows the
march was shortened, but in one way OF
another we usually found a few hours in
each turn of the dial during which a
march could be forced between winds. 1t
mattered little whether we travelled night
or day-all hours and all days were alike
to us-for we had no accustomed time of
rest, no Sundays, no holiday, no landmarks
or mileposts to pass. To advance and
expend the energy accumula ted during one
sleep at the cost of pound of pemmican
was the one aim in life.
Fewer CreVasses Seen.
The observations of April IL gave lat
itude 81 deg. 20 min, longitude 50 min.
10 sec. The pack disturbance of Bradley
Land was less and less noted in the north
ward movement. The fields became
heavier, larger and less crevassed. Fewer
troublesome old foes and less crushed new
ice were encountered. With the improved
conditions the fire of racing spirit came
for a brief spell.
We had now pass the highest reaches
of all our predecessors and had gained
the inspiration of the fartheSt north for
ourselves. The time was at hand, how
ever, to consider seriously the necessity
ot an early return.
Nearly half of til. food allowance had
been used. In the ing m~~-hes supplies
bad been more liberal sed than antici-
L'ated. and now our dog teams were much
reduced in numbers. A hard nece -sity nad
forced the cruel INV of tie survival of the
httest. for the less useful dogs We're fed to
the steady working survivors. Owing to
the food limits and the advancing season
we could not prudently continue the out
ward march Il fortnight longer.
We had dragged ourselves 300 miles
over the polar sea in twenty-four days.
Including delays and detours this gave AM
average of nearly thirteen miles daily on
an air line in our course. There re-
manned an unknown line of 16O miles be-
fore our ambitious could be satisfied. The
same average advance which we had made
on the pack would take US to the pole in
thirteen days. There was food and fuel
enough to risk this adventure.
With usual luck the prize seemed within
grasp. but a prolonged storm, a deep
snowfall or an active pack with open
water would make our effort failure.
Taking observations.
In the diary of the succeeding days do
ings there appear numerous fluctuations of
work and observations. In the new cracks
the thickness of the ice was measured
The water was examined for life. The
technical details for the making and break
ing of ice were studied. and some attention
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-11

the surface. too hard for snowshoes. was
also too weak to give secure footing
The loneliness. the monCtony, the hard
ship of steady, unrelieved travc' were
Low keenly felt.
1t is not often that mans horse power
s put to the test as ours was. We were
compelled to develop a working energy
to the limit of animal capacity. Day
after day we had pushed along at the
same steady pace over plains of frost AID
through n mental desert.
As the eye opened at the end of an icy
slumber the fire was lighted little by lit
tie, the stomach was filled with liquids
and solids, mostly cold-enough to last
for the day. for there could be no halt
or waste of fuel for midday feed. :. We
next got into harness and paced OF the
days pull under the lash of duty; we
worked until standing became impossible
longer in light winds, shorter in strong
winds, but always until the feet beca me
numb and heavy.
Then came the arduous task of building
a snow house. In this the eyes. no longer
able to wink. closed. but soon the empty
stomach complained. and it was filed up
again-not with things that pleased She
palate. only hard fuel to feed the inner
fires, while the ear sought the soft side
of ice to dispel fatigue. No pleasure in
mental recreation. nothing to arouse :
soul from its icy enclosure.
To eat. to sleep. to press one foot ahead
of the other. was our steady vocation-like
the horse to the cart. but we had not his
advantage of an agreeable climate and a
comfortable stable at night
Where Madness Sits.
Words and pictures cannot adequately
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-11
SYNOPSIS or CHAPTERS PRINTED

of the Pole
Herald of d.. A. Cook
Bradley OF
erced told
the deIeTs Ae ATcf
chdke "GiUes to trade their O01G0 " o"d
voie he O.
preliminary the final dGsh
o.
Of c0H "a
to
graphic description
nGlaent Dr. Cook described approach
Febrxa~.
he Eskwos o Ioith
Ia
SonsS0
before pole
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-11

We had, therefore, followed the
suns northward advance-from it!
first peep, at midday, above the
south ice of the polar gatewa,
to it's sweep of the northern ice at mid
night. From the end of the polar night
late in February. to the first of the double
days and midnight suns, we had forced {
trail through darkness, blood hardening
temperature, and over leg breaking irreg
ularities of an unknown world of ice tc
an area 200 miles from the pole. To this
point our destinies had been guarded
very well, and ultimate -nccess seemed
within grasp, but we were not blind to
the long line of desperate effort still re
quired to push over the last distance.
Now we had the sun Enthusiastically at
midnight, and its new glory was quite
an incentive to our life of shivers. OBJ
servations on April s placed camp at lati-
tude So deg. 81 min, longitude "a deg.
2 min. In spite of what seemed like long
marches we had only advanced 1O6 miles
in nine days. Much of our hard work
was lost in circuitous twists around
troublesome pressure lines and high. ir-
regular fields of very old ice. The drift
ice was throwing us to the east with sufi-
Gent force to give Us some anxiety, but
with eyes closed to danger and hardships
the double days of fatigue and glitter
quickly followed one another.
The temperature, ranging between
thirty-six and forty degrees below zero
Fahrenheit, kept persistently near the
freezing point of mercury, and though
the perpetual sun gave light and color 10
the cheerless wastes we were not i'm
ura Oiah Of
warmth. Indeed. the sunbeams seemed
to make the frost of the air pierce Win Il
more painful sting.
Heaven Hot In Dreams.
There was weird play OF orgies, seem
lngly most impressive at this time; clio ids
oil steam arose from the frozen seas. In
marching over the golden glitter snow
scalds the face, while the nose is bleacheu
with frost. The sun rose into zones OF
ire and set it into burning neids of ice,
out with pain we breathe the chill OF
death.
In camp a grip of the knife left painful
burns from cold metal. To the frozen
hnger the water was hot. With wine
spirits the ire was lighted, while oil de-
lighted the stomach. In dreams heaven
was hot, the other place was cold. All
nature was false; we seemed to be near
ing the chilled flame of a new hades In
our hard life there was nothing genuinely
warm. The congeniaI appearances were
all deception. but death offered only cold
comfort. There was no advantage in sui
eide.
We should have enjoyed this curious ex-
perience, but with endless bodily discom-
forts, combined in aching muscles and an
|overbearing languor. there could be no real
joys from the glories of nature. Tie
pleasure was reserved for a later retro
tspect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-11
Tenth L1StaLn1ent
THE CONQUEST OF THE POLE.
By Dr.. Frederick A. Cook.

Copyright 1903, by the
Copyright in Mexico the
YER the newly discovered
Land in honor John Bradley the beneactor of the
~ petition As this moth
ing substantial which to fix the eye.
There time perfectly clear horizon
good permit frequent
lined unneresting blank
of land frequent exploring
Man, under the of adapt
most conditions of @ the other world
polar pack sodit beginning
natural There at the time sufficient novelty
mingled with peasuable anticipation painful compel
mental interest physical
Thus day after day the marches forced The incidents
the positions recorded
gotten IN the mental bleach of the next days effort The night
April made notable swing midnight
For number of nights grim setting
teasing mist drawn
had given settling
haze unable determine
night but here spectacular play which interested
mensely
Now the great bulk drawn out with horizontal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-11

describe the maddening influence of this
sameness of polar glitter. combined with
bitter winds, extreme cold and an over
worked body To me there was always
tile inspiration of anticipation of the out
come of ultimate success, but for my
young savage companions it was a tor
ment almost beyond endurance. Their
WEAKNESS was made evident by a lax use
of the whip and an Indifferent urging Of
the dogs They were, however. brave and
faithful to the bitter end, seldom allow
ing selfish ambitions or uncomfortable
passions seriously to interfere with the
main effort of the expedition.
On the morning of April 13 a strain of
agitating torment reached the break
point. For days there had been a steady
cutting wind from the west, which drove
despair to its lowest reaches The west
again blackened, to renew it's soul de-
spairing blast. The sun vas screened
with ugly vapors. and the path was as
cherries the Arctic night.
No torment could be worse than that
never ceasinG rush of icy air AhweIah
bent over his sled and refused to move.
His dogs turned and looked inquiriugly:
walked over and stood by = side.
Etukishook came near and stood motion
less. staring blankly a the southern skies.
Large tears fell from AhweIah's
and piled little frost of sadness in the
blue of his own shadow for several min
utes: not a word was uttered. but knew
that each felt that the time had come to
free tho letters of human passions
Slowly Ahwelah said:-'sUnne Sinig pa
oo-nb-tonie i-o-doria." 1t is we'll to die
beyond is impossible
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lines through Again with
flaming burning behind times
appeared required very little imagination
Ito andv
The Terrifying Cold. pr u
often like magic but the last display
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-11

Copyright, 1909, by Herald Company.
accordance with the Copyright Act
Republic of Mexico
Rights Reserved
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-11

the Expedition the East with Sufficient Force Cause
Anxiety but Ultimate Success Is Now
Certainly Within Grasp
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-11
Bradley Land Is Named
In Honor of BenefactOr
OF the Poles DiScODerer

DR.. Cook Writes of Passing North of This New Tract
and of the Amazing Sensations That Came
to Him and His Two Comrades.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-11
THE MIDNIGHT SUN is SPECTACULAR,
ITS VARIOUS FORMS ARE UNCANNl

To the Imagination of the Cold Tortured Travellers the Or
Changes Its Shape at Times and Invariably
Becomes at Last a Face.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-11

Copyright, 1902 by the New York Herald
Registered he
Copyright Republic Mexico
All Rights
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-11
Torment Almost Passing
Endurance Comes to the
Eskin1os in Final Days

AS the WEAKNESS Overcon1eS Them Their Condition
Is Shown by Their Lax Use of the Whip and
Indifferent Urging of the Dogs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
Three Greatest Generals.


New York World: Mr.. Roosevelt
rode SO miles to prove that the endur-
ance tests prescribed for army and
navy officers are not unduly severe.
1t was an historic achievement!
Napoleon could not have ridden SO
miles in day. Neither could Wei
flington. Washington might possibly
have been equal to it, as he was an ex-
pert horseman, but he would have had
too much sense to undertake it. Moltke
would have failed miserably. Stone
wall Jackson perhaps might have done
it, but it is doubtful whether Grant or
Lee or Sherman could have stood the
test. Every schoolboy knows the poem
about Sheridan's ride to Winchester,
which was only 20 miles away.
AS for the great sea fighters, neither
Paul Jones nor Perry nor Farragut nor
Nelson could have ridden IS miles in
one day on horse to save ship.
Mr.. Roosevelt did it, however. Buffa-
10 Bill could do it. So could Ben Dam
iels. This proves conclusively, we
think, that Theodore Roosevelt, Buff
falo Bill and Ben Daniels are the great
est generals and admirals in modern
history.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
John Mitchell

There was a storm of cheers and
many delegates wept with emotion"
These words were used in, the AS
ISOLATED Press dispatch to the news
papers of the country describing the
ovation rendered to John Mitchell at
the indianapolis, convention recently
by the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea.
{ 1t is not only fitting tribute of adj
miration to Mr.. Mitchell that he should
nave been SO received and SO ap-
piauded, but it is an even greater
! tribute to the great organization of
miners that they should have such a
keenness of admiration, such devotion.
such heartfelt concern for one so fair
minded. so even tempered. well bal.
anced and with such high regard for
the conditions and opinions of others
as John Mitchell.
The miners admiration of Mitchell
is another of the many indications OF
their own fair-mindedness, for Mitchell
whom they admire so much, has wor
his success and has achieved so mucf
for the miners organization through
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26

Her chin was. raised mutinously. Il
shall always love my country, Os-
wald."
"And / shall always love you" And
with that he was gone.
Left alone. she wondered if it was
true. Surely in little while Oswald
would be back begging her to forgive
him.
But the next day came, and the men
gathered at the polls, and Peneopc's
father and his sons went out to vote
as the men of their family had done
before them for conscience and for
country, ami at dinner they toasted
their favorite candidate in water from
their own clear spring, and their ia
Their made little speech. I'VE have
all been fighters he said, land hope
/ shall never have son or grandson
to break our record"
And Penelope, thinking of Oswald,
WINGED, What place had he among
these men of war?
But when the feasting was over her
youngest brother, Bruce, said. "I've al
ways felt that there was no force like
the force Of arms. but 1 tell you L
heard something about Oswald Deer
Ing today that made me believe in
new kind of courage"
what was it," they demanded.
well, the nurse who takes care of
Oswalds mother told me when 1 was
waiting in OswaId's office today 1t
seems that his father was killed in the
civil war and that since then his moth
er has been very delicate.
"When the first news of fighting in
Cuba came Oswald was wild to go, but
she opposed it strongly, and at last.
when she found that his mind was
made up, she had II neart attack tina.
nearly killed her. SO Oswald stayed
at home and studied medicine. but LIE
has never really got over his disa,,-
pointment."
Penelope's father brought his hand
down on the table with q bang. Put
he should have gone at his country's
CALL" and Penelope's eyes flashed.
"-tnd have killed his mother?" Bruce
asked quietly. For moment the older
man was silent. and then he SAID. ''ft
was test of patriotism. but the boy
! did the right thing"
Penelope leaned across the table and
asked an eager question, but only he.
mother knew of her real interest and
why her checks were pale and he's
eyes shadowcd
"But-but do you know the reasor:
why Oswald didn't vote?" she de
manded.
Bruce nodded. Same reason. His
mother insists that he shall vote the
ticket that his father always did, and
his conscience won't let him. He says
| conditions are different now. So nc
doesn't vote at ALL
| Il think he's somewhat tied to his
mothers apron strings" Penelope's
vosee E-as scornful.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
The Pure Food Law,

Secretary Wilson says: Zone of the
objects of the law is to inform the con-
sumner of the presence of certain
harmful drugs in medicines" The
law requires that the amount of chlor-
oform, opium, morphine, and other
habit forming drugs be stated on the
label of each bottle. The manufacture
ers of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
have always claimed that their remedy
did not contain any of these drugs,
and the truth of this claim is now fully
proven, as no mention of them is made
on the label. This remedy is not only
one of the safest, but one of the best
in use for coughs and colds. It's value
has been proven beyond question dur
ing the many years 1t has been in
general use. For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-26
FROM MEsS.NA'S RUIN.
First Survivor to Reach America Tells
Vivid Earthquake Tale.

First Survivor to Reach America Tells
Vivid Earthquake Tale.
Giuseppe Cutroneo, a butcher or
Messina, who lost his wife and three
children in the recent earthquake
which devastated Sicily. is the first
witness of the great disaster to reach
New York. In telling Of his escape
from death he said in part:
II was in the cattle business in Mes
sina. and to this fact owe my life.
On the morning of Dec. % got up at
4:15 O'Clock to take trip into the
country to buy steers. All was quiet
as left my home. 1873 Corso. Victor
Emmanuel, and walked to the station.
about a mile distant. AS 1t happened,
the car in which took my seat was
the last coach, which stood outside tho
train shed. Had taken forward car
I doubtless would have been killed.
"Of a sudden the car shot up In the
air, falling with crash on one side.
A deafening roar filed my head. Tho
air became suffocating. My body seem.
ed to grow numb all at once. I don't
know how long / lay in a sort of stu.
por before realized that there was a
hole over me. through which climbed.
The spectacle again stupefied me.
thought the world had come to an end
! and that was in purgatory. I could
j not at first recognize what l saw as
Messina. Still the earth trenabled. and
ouakes- came intermittentir. each one