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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29

FORMER Explorations.
There have already been at least
seven Mount Mckinley expeditions, al
though the first was scarcely worthy
the name. 1t was that of w. A
Dickey, mining prospector who was
not looking for mountains, but for
gold. He only saw the peak at a dis
lance, but its size so impressed him
that he believed it the highest noun
tain on the continent and so reported.
Lacking instruments of measurement.
he guessed roughly that it was 10000
feet high, a remarkably accurate esti-
mate. Mr.. Dickey gave the mountain
the name Mount Mckinley. To all in
tents and purposes he was ITS discov-
erer. although the Russians around
Cook inlet had long known of its ex
istence and called it Bulshaia Dig.
The second expedition was that OF
Robert Muldrow of the United States
geological survey, who went near
enough in 1898 to measure the noun
tain from several different angles.
Avera ging the results, he announced
the height as 20,464 feet. In 1890 Lieu
tenant Heron, also Of the government
service, surveyed about the mountain
and spent a season of fearful hard
ship in its vicinity. In 1902 Alfred II.
Brooks of the geological survey made
more thorough exploration Of the
mountain and scaled 1t to the 10000
foot line. He concluded that the meas
urements of Mr.. Muldrow had made
the mountain appear higher than it is.
1T, t.
feet. It should be stated that there
are two peaks on Mount Mckinley, the
southern spur being about 100 feet
the higher. In 1903 there were two
expeditions. one by Judge Wickersham
of Seattle and a month or two later
the first Cook expedition. Both were
unsuccessful In climbing the peak.
The second Cook expedition followed
in 1906. the dispute over which is the
occasion Of next years efforts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29

ter Miller. the photographer; Porter.
the topographer; Fred PrintZ, packer.
and Barriu, an assistant. This expe-
dition as a whole was likewise unsuc-
cessfui and gave up the attempt. Pro
fessor Parker returned TO New York,
and the others scattered. Cook and
Barrlu remained to search out another
route for the following year and later
startled the world by announcing that
they had reached the top Of the noun
tain. On this point Professor Parker
has always been frankly scepdcaI, and
other members OF the party have ex-
pressed the game doubt, most OF them
IN sworn abide Wits.
Involves the Polar Controversy.
The Mount Mckinley controversy In
wolves that regarding the discovery OF
the north pole. TO which It offers
startling parallel. In both all members
Of the party were dismissed except one
or two witnesses. and In both these
witnesses now repudiate DR.. Cooks
claim and assert that the explorer
avent but q short distance toward the
goal. In both cases Cook says he
buried his records in Il small brass
t9OE. IL BOtu Lis 1GsNAllfL4Os& VI Inc
adventure IS full OF color and literary
charm, the singular parallel even In
Guiding a reference to purple SHOWS"
at the top OF the peak and the top of
the world And inboth DR.. Cook has
been doubted by scientists and accept
ed 10y the general public.
If the polar controversy had not
arisen 1t is scnrcely possible that any
thing further weEld have boon heard
of the Monat Mckinley case, But
when Cook made his claim to the big
yer discovery tho evidence as TO the
Bmeler one became important In
deed, much of the doubt aroused by his
pnDounced reaching of the ''big naiP'
was caused by the suspicion cast on
the earlier exploit, If 1t We're proved
now that he reached the top Of Mount
Mckinley it would go far toward es-
Publishing popular belief in his second
claim. But if it were proved, as
claimed by Barrill, that he did not get
within fifteen miles of the top of the
mouatain the world would say, ''once
. fdker, always fsker,"
Poor Cook. He finds his word chal-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29

inches wide, climbing up almost per-
pendicuIar cliffs by small projections.
wedging themselves up inside Of Chin
neys" hundred feet high. lifting
themselves over deep chasms. risking
life repeatedly in places where the
u.isstep Of one man would have meant
the destruction OF all since they were
dashed togcther-these were but a part
OF their hair raising exploits. The
Swiss Alps are child's play compared
with those mountains in British Co
lumbia ana Alberta which 1 have just
conquered" said Parker.
The Discoverer of Helion.
Professor HerscheI C. Parker was
born in Brooklyn in 1867. He grndU-
ated from the Columbia School Of
Mines and is now professor OF physics
In that university. Professor Parker's
great achievement in the scientific
world was the invention of the helion
flament for incandescent lights. With
one other man he experimental for
years before making the discovery.
He has also written book on electric
al measurements. Professor paPker's
mountain climbing In the Canadian
northwest was carried on during the
years 1897. 1899 ard 1903. They gain
ed him the name of the greatest Amer
lean mountaineer and one Of the fore
most in the world. He is a member Of
the American Alpine club. Explorers
club, Arctic club and various other
geographic and scientific societies.
Belmore G, Browne. who will accom-
pany Professor Parker In the Mount
Mckinley expedition OF next year. is
also a mountain climber of note on
the Pacific coast, He was the life of
the Cook expedition Of 1905 and wrote
charming sketch of the trip for one
Of the magazines,
This second Cook expedition, which
was Jointly led and provided for by
DR.. Cook and Professor Parker, made
fits approach to the great mountain
from the south, Going by ship to the
head of Cooks inlet, it proceeded by
steam launch up the Sushitna river
until its progress was blocked by rap
ids, whence the way was continued
by pack train. After the greatest
hardships, in which members of the
expedition were often IN danger of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29
How tie Cook Controversy
Has Brought PreCipitOus
Mountain, the Top of the
Continent" Into LimeIight.
By JAr1Hs a. EDcERroN.

Y T is assured that at least one OK
petition and perhaps two win
FL attempt to climb Mount McKIn-
ley next summer. This is the
highest peak in North America, the
surveys having fixed its altitude at
something like 10000 feet, or within
500 feet of four miles. 1t is more than
a mile higher than Pixies peak or than
any other mountain in the United
States outside of Alaska.
The one particular event that has
now brought Mount Mckinley into
the public eye is, of course, the aftida-
Wit of Edward N. Barril denying that
DR.. Frederick a. Cook scaled the peak
IN 1906, which led DR.. Cook to invite
Anthony Fiala and Professor HerscheI
G. Parker to head an expedition to the
top OF the mountain to find the Cook
records said to have been left there.
Both gentlemen declined, Fiala on the
ground that he is not a mountain
climber and Parker for the reason that
he had already organized an expedi-
ton to go up the mountain next sum-
mer. DR.. Cook then announced that
he would lead a party up Mount Nc
KinIey himself. There for the present
the matter rests.
If DR.. Cook carries out his announced
intention Ii will be his third trip to
the big Alaskan mountain. The first
was made in 1903, when, with Robert
Dunn of Columbia and some others, he
tried to scale the peak, but was forced
to desist. In 1906 he made his second
effort. This time he was accompanied
by Professor Parker, BelmOre G.
Browne of Tacoma, Wash, who now
says ne VIII go with Parker next year.
and several others, among them Wal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29
The Red-rock of Success

lies IN a keen, clear brain, backed by
indomitabie will and resistless energy.
Such power comes from the splendid
health that DIR. Kings New Life Pills
impart. They vitaiize every organ ana
build up brain and body. J. A, Har-
mon, Lisemere, w, Va, writesI '"rhey
are the best pills ever used" csc
at all druggists,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29
RusslA suxIna Our Tools.

The demand among Russian manu-
facturers for American made machin-
cry and tools exceeds the supply. ac-
coPding to Captain Godfrey L. Garden.
a special agent of the department Of
commerce and labor. who has just con-
cluded an inquiry into the subject.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29

arriving on the steamer ImDerator re-
port that when they left Bluefields
three days ago President Zelaya was
almost completely bottled up at Ma
nagua. A general advance by General
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29
Cure For Lone.emoness.

The redheaded girl is winner-and
the man who gets one win not be lone
Eome. he wifi soon find out whether he
has drawn a Titan haired angel or
combination of cyclone and a sun
set.-Baltimore Sun,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29
l5H or EXPLORERS M. A'NNLErS TOP.
Almost Four Niles High. the
Peak Will Be Again AssaiIGd
Next Summer by at Least
One Expedition.

leDged on every side and to vfndicate
1t must send two expeditions next sum
mer-one to Greenland to bring back
bis Eskimos, his instruments and his
records, and the other to the apex OK
Mount Mckinley to bring back his
little brass tube. AS he can get no.
body else to do it, he Is forced 10 head
the Mckinley exploration himself He
had intended to retire, but is driven
forth afresh into the frigid wilderness
to bear hardship, suffering and posi-
BILE death. At the very moment when
he had imagined the struggle was over
and that he could settle down with his
family to enjoy fame and fortune the
worlds doubts, colder and more I'M
bearable than the frozen north, hurl
him again into the wild to protect his
honor.
The Parker Expedition.
Whatever the fate of Cook, Professor
Parker promises to conquer the great
mountain If its summit can be reached
by man. he is an experienced noun
Gain climber, having scaled several
peaks in British Columbia hitherto
deemed inaccessible. There are six OF
these mountains up which Professor
Parker made first ascents-Goodslr.
Dawson, Hungabee. Deltafornl, Biddle
and LEROY. The Icy and precipItous
character Of the Canadian peaks rem
der them peculiarly difficult. Pro
fesSor Parker says they are harder to
climb than the Alps In these ascents
he had with him two Swiss guides
who bad been all over the peaks in
their own land ard were wary, sure
footed and seasoned. The tales told
by Professor Parker after his return
from the northwest are sufficiently
thrilling. Crawling along lodges two
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29

The learned man conceals his erudi-
ton, the silly man clothes himself with
it.-Houssaye.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29

Estrada is being checked by scarcity
of ammunition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29
Former Explorations.

ever. Tt is only in the talk stage, as
is most of this controversy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-29
zELAYA is SURROUNDED

Nicaraguan Leader Bottled UPS
trada Is Short of Ammunition.
New Orleans, Oct. 29.-Passengers
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-31
MURDER CASE REVIVED
TEXAS MAN CHARGED WITH KILL.
ING GIRL 80 YEARS AGO.
LIGHT ON INDIANA MYSTERY
Because the Girl Would Not Marry
Him, the Suitor Cut Her Throat
and Set Fire TO House.

Terre Haute, Ind, Mar. 31.-
Charged with the murder of Rose Tritt
At Sanford, Ind, 32 years ago. Silves.
ter Burnham is to be arrested In
Texas Requisition papers were OBJ.
aimed yesterday from Gov. Marshall
at Indianapolis. The police will not
say in what part of Texas Burnham is
living. He is said to be wealthy
ranch owner
The man that Is said TO have muir
dered Rose Tritt was, It is alleged
a laborer on her fathers farm and
was madly in love with the girl. She
and her family declined to receive him
as suitor One night he is said to
nave slipped into the girls room and
cut her throat, rolled the body In a
carpet and then set fire to the house.
rritt and his wife escaped the flames
and in the morning found the body OF
heir daughter in the charred carpet
The suspected laborer disappeared
According to the police he Joined the
navy and afterward established him.
self In Texas.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-31
ROOSEVELT MAKES A STOP
He Lands on the Island Of Sac Miguel,
The Azores, and Views Its
Beautiful Scenery.

Ponta Del Gada, Island of Sac Mi
euel, The Azores. March 31.-The
steamship Hamburg with Ex-P President
Theodore Roosevelt aboard, arrived
here unexpectedly yesterday morning.
The vessel stopped briefly to give Mr..
Roosevelt an opportunity of seeing
the beautiful scenery of the island
with its springs and gardens. There
was great excitement among the peo-
pie. all Of whom were eager to obtain
B glimpse of Mr.. Roosevelt.
Mr.. Roosevelt came ashore at ten
O'clock. A large crowd assembled at
bhe dock and gave him an ovation. He
was greeted by Edward A. Creevey
and William w. Nichols, respectively
the American consul and vice consul
Rt st. Miohaels, with whom he drove
around Ponta del Gada in an automo.
bile. In this trip Mr.. Roosevelt was
accompanied by the members of his
party.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-31
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
WEALTHY REAL ESTATE BROKER
COMMITS SUICIDE.
LOAD OF BUCKSHoT IN HEAR
While His Wife Was Away He Went
TO the Attic Of His Washington
gU Home and Did the Deed.

Washington, Mar. 31.-zHenry A.
Griswold, formerly president of the
Anacostia and Potomac Railroad Co.,
now a part of the Washington Electric
Railway and Power Co, killed himself
with shotgun here yesterday. He
was a wealthy real estate broker and
belonged TO prominent family at
Weatherfleld, Conn.
Griswold's body was discovered in
an attic room OF the family home with
a load Of buckshot in his heart and
beside him on the floor lay a double.
barrel shotgun and fire poker. The
police were at first loathe to accept
the theory Of suicide, but the coroner's
inquest after investigation, gave that
verdict. Griswold had planned his
death with deliberation While his
wife was away from home on a shop
ping trip he went to the attic room
and placing the gun against a box,
pointed the barrel against his breast,
using the poker to pull the trigger.
Grlswold was 90 years old and came
to Washington in his youth.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-31
FATAL DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
Eight Workmen Were Killed and 20
Others Injured at Indian Creek,
Near chiIIicothe.

Chillicothe. o., Mar. 31.--Eight work.
men were killed and 20 others we're
Injured yesterday by an explosion of
several hundred pounds of dynamite
ot Indian Creek, near here, where the
Norfolk and Western railroad is dou-
lie tracking. A crew of men was un-
loading car Of dynamite when IL ex.
ploded. The three dead men named
y ere white. The other dead we're ne
gToes.
-Four hundred pounds of dynamite
we've laid around campfire to thaw
yut. The men were sitting around the
are. Foreman Davis had just told the
men to be careful and had hardly
gone 80 yards from the fire when the
explosion occurred. He was thrown
20 feet in the air. The whole country
side was aroused by the explosion and
came to the rescue.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-31
WILL RUN DOWN A KlDNAPER
Sons of Daniel Boone, Composed Of
American Boys, Have Lost One
Of Their Members.

New York, Mar. 31.-Twenty thous-
and American boys. all members of a
social and athletic organization known
as the Sons of Daniel Boone, have en-
listed in the task of running down
he kidnaper Of one Of their number,
Harold Moon, a member of the Flint,
Mich, chapter of the organization.
Already there have been offered re-
wards aggregating $1,000 for the re.
turn of the boy, who disappeared on
February 27th, to his parents, but so
far no trace of him has been found.
The aid of the Sons of Daniel Boone
was evoked by Ralph Moon, brother
Of the kidnapped boy, in a letter Of
appeal sent to every chapter Of the
organization in America.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-31
cat the Dyspeptics Table ominOus,
Quiet and Gloom Crowds Out Nirth"

All physicians agree that mirth and
joy at meal time does much toward
digestion. NIlrth tingles the whole
nervous organism of man, the cells
wherein are stored valuable digestive
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1T matters not what the condition
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Forty thousand physicians use
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-31
SANTA FE RAILROAD is SPLIT
Beginning Today, the System viii op-
crate In Two sectlons--New
Headquarters Established.

Topeka, Kan, Mar 31.-The Santa
Fe road has found 1t necessary to di.
vide its system into two operating sec.
tlons and the new arrangement went
into effect today. The eastern lines,
of which j. e. Hurley has been made
general manager, have their headquar-
ters at Topeka, and include the iii.
nois, Missouri, Kansas City, eastern,
middle, Oklahoma and southern Kan
sas divisions. G. w. Kouns. with
headquarters at Amarillo. Tex, is gen.
eral manager of the western lines,
which include the Western Arkansas
River, Colorado, New Mexico, Rio
Grande and Panhandle divisions.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-31

Government viii Prosecute Every In.
dlctment Against Standard oil
Co., Says Ellis.

Chicago, Mar. Wade II. Ellis,
assistant to the attorney general of
the United states, who Is here to con.
fer with District Attorney Sims In re.
gard to pending federal prosecutions,
last night said that the government
would go ahead with the prosecution
of every Indictment against the stand
ard OIL Co.
Judge Andersons decision in the
case against the Standard Oil Co. of
indiana will have no bearing upon the
other cases" said he, except as it
may have established precedents to
cover other cases that may come up.
MIR. Ellis said that silence would be
the watchword of the new admins
tration's trust busting" efforts.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-31
SUPERVISORS KNOCKED
THEY MUST oHEY BOARDS OF
EDUCATION.
so SAYS THE SUPREME COURT
Lad In Sycamore Schools Is Refused to
skip Two Grades by the Board
Of Education.

Columbus, o.. Mar. 31.--In reversing
The lower courts in the case of the
board of education OF the village Of
Sycamore against Ohio on relation of
w. II. Wickham, the absolute suprem-
acy Of the boards of education over
The supervisors Of the schools was up
held yesterday by the supreme court.
The Sycamore board refused TO allow
Terry Wickham. the seven.year-old
son Of the defendant in error. to skip
The sixth grade by going from the fifth
o the seventh grade.
The superintendent examined him
and found that he was far enough
advanced to enter the seventh grade,
but the board refused to allow him to
10 so, and the boys father appealed
% the common pleas court. which or.
lered the board to put the lad In the
class. The circuit court affirmed this
finding. The board secured an order
from the supreme court, suspending
he judgment of the lower court, pend
ing the settlement Of the controversy
oy the highest court.
The boy is now nine years old and
soon after he was refused admlttance
10 the seventh grade he took the Box
we'll examination which he passed sue
,essfully. receiving admittance TO any
high school in the state. The case has
been in the Courts nearly two years.
In Hamilton county cases in which
Florence +. Laws Is one plaintiff and
Blanche l.. Bradford the other and In
which +. A. Schmidt, broker, is the
defendant, the latter, by reversal of
Judgment of the lower courts, loses a
claim for commission on lease he
negotiated because the prospective
essees did not carry out their part of
he contract.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-31
DISASTER IN MEXICAN MINE
Explosion Of Gas Killed 35 Miners
Shaft Had Not Been Worked
for Several Days.

Las Esperansas, Mexico, Mar. al
OF So miners who were at work when
an explosion of gas occurred In one
Of the shafts Of the mine of the Car
binefera del Norte, at Mentor, in Goa
hula. only 2S escaped alive.
Eighteen bodies have been recov.
cred and the remainder are dead. The
shaft in which the explosion occurred
had not been worked for several days,
the explosion following quickly after
the descent Of the first shift. The force
Of the explosion was felt for half
mile.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-31
Trap shooters Assemble.

Philadelphia, Mar. 31.-Ninety trap
shooters from all parts of the country
competed in the tournament OF the
Keystone Shooting league, which be-
gan yesterday at Holmesburg June.
uon. John b. Sanders, of Albany. N.
~. won the preliminary handicap,
open to all amateurs, with score OF
SO out OF possible 100. Willett Ew-
Ing. Of Rising Sun, Md, Stewart II.
Shin, Of Atlantic City, and Thomas
Hanzey, tied at 81. Among the pro
fessionals, Sim Glover of Iowa, was
high gun of the day, with 40.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-31
Lied penled . New rrIaI.

Columbus, o.. Mar 3l.-The SUI
irene court yesterday refused the pc.
tition of Fred Lied. former member Of
the board of public service. for new
trial in the famous Broad street paw.
ING scandal. Lied was convicted of sc-
cepting a bribe from Nelson Canton,
manager of the Trinidad Paving Co.
nf Cleveland, TO vote TO give th4 con-
ract for the. Board street paving to
he Cleveland company. Lied must
now serve four years in the Ohio peni.
entlary.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-31
MAYA INDIANS HAVE REvoLTED
caloneI Of Mexican Infantry Killed and
Four Fellow officers Were Either
VI Killed or Wounded.

Mexico City. Mar. 31,-It was ru-
mored last night that the Maya Indians
in the southern part of the Yucatan
peninsula have revolted. Col lose
Reyes commander of the Eighth in.
fantry, was killed by them and four
fellow officers were either killed or
niortally wounded. The disturbance
occurred In the penal settlement in the
province OF Quintanaro
Many Yaqul Indians have been ban
ished to the place. Ohicislly II Is &c.
clared thot there is no uprising. The
death Of Col. Reyes was due to an
ambuscade. No details have been
giser out at the war department.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-31
SLASHED HIS WIFE'S THROAT
Said His Young Wife Did Not Love
Him as pevotedy as His
Former wife.

Henderson, Ga. Mar 31.-Because
his young wife does not love him as
devotedly as his former wife who died
year ago. was the reason assigned
by Taylor Rlttenberry for slashing his
wife's throat from ear to ear and then
attempting suicide in like manner
when cornered by police officer.
both will probably die.
Yesterday afternoon Ia the presence
of a number of persons on the East
Macon road Rittenberry came up be.
hind his wife and began hacking at
her throat with an ugly looking knife
Rittenberry is one of the best known
men In East Macon.