The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-09-09
SECOND AMERICAN CABLES HE
REACHED POINT APRIL 6
OF PRESENT YEAR
Remarkable COinCident in Which
Two Yankees Within a Week
Announce Conquest
of the Goal.

f'AA 'hA Wv ~ il' Ahi tlI'NEf Ala'I'
was flashed this message which stun
ned the scientific world aud thrilled
the heart of every layman From N"
bleak coast Of Labrador. P'ary gave
/ to the world the news tina, he had a'.
tanned his goal in III" far north. Will,
et The same moment in Ear on ben.
/ mark Dr Frederick \. Cook, Of
Brooklyn, was being diuod and lion.
tied by royalty for the same achiny,.
| mcut
Uud"niahly Yankee grit has con.
| quCgrd the frozen north and there has
been created a coincidence such as ~.
| world will never see again. TW
Americans have planted the flag ul
their country in the land Of ice, which
man has sought to penetrate for four
centuries and each ignorant of Oh.
/ others conquest has flashed within %
/ period Of five days u laconIc mcssau
| OF success to the waiting world. Cook
/ In his first message to his cuuntrymrr.
| was brief, but non commrll; Pear
was even bricf"r but specific star.
ana stripes nailed TO Tho north pole
/ be- said That was an. but never be-.
for" have so few words conveyed TO
q people greater meaning or
greater patriotic satisfaction
Two Flags Float There.
On September /, DR.. Cook sent out
from no" shetland island the frs
message OF his succcss-a MESA.
which has aroused n storm of con.
trUyorsy around the world Monday
Robert +. pcary. lost from view BOO
the land OF ice and unheard from
since August, 1908, startled the
world by a similar message sent from
Indian liarhOr. Labrador There was
no qualification: it left no doubt n
announced unequiyocally that he had
reached the top OF the world Thus
two flags with stars and stripes Of the
United States are floating in the ice
packs proving the courage OF the in
trcpid Americans
with but word from Ppary IN"
world waits broalhlessly for details:
but until be should arrive at Chateau
BAY Labrador, waiting must suffice
First word of Pcary's success reach
ed New York In a dispatch 10 Tho
Associated Press, It contained the
bare announcement Of his fudu. the
poll" Almost simultaneously b. had
Transmitted the news tn Londu, -.
poatng dramatically and sHply
stars and Stripes nailed to the north !
pole"
At the same time ho simIlars ad.
vscd the governor OF New Found and. /.
Announced on Two Continent.
Hoth the old and the new worlds
were thus apprizcd Of his rrcar
achievement practically AT the samc .
moment and the excitement which .
followed. attcsts to the hilh pIt.H Of .
interest aroused over this china Of .
mans perseverance. Newspaper c,.ras .
were rushed from the press and lose
who read marvelcd at the twist uf the .
universe which had snatched tho ice
mask from the north in so strange
manner
Like Or. Cooks first message .
Pcary's was tantalizng in it's hrief.
ness and the waiting public stimulated
by Or. Cooks success was lufr un-
satiatcd, for, as did Dr. Cook, Pcary
resumed his homeward voyage i'm
mediatcly after filing the curt news
of discovery.
A few words were added to this
meagrc information, when there was
made public this additional informa.
ton sent to Herbert Il Bridman OF
Brooklyn, secretary OF the Pcary
Attic club:
Pole reached, Roosevelt safe"
(Signed) "PEARY.
This gave assurance that the vessel
In which Peary departed had passed
through the ice unscathed. but details
of his homecoming and the date Of the
discovery of the pole were still lack.
ing
Reached Pole April 6, 1909.
II was not until the New York
Times had received n dispatch later
In the afternoon that these vital
points were cleared up The message
said:
Il have the pole, April G. Expect ar.
rive Chateau Raw Cont 80