Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-12-31

sTI- AZ Chronological Review.
The record breaking year 1909, which
saw the. discovery Of the north pole.
was comparatively free from great
disasters SO; far as the United States
lis concerned. s Outside Of the Cher
.ry: mine horror, U the sinking of tile
steamship Republic and: the usual fires
s and foods, na ture dealt, = leniently
with this country, but In the world at
large added the earthquake in Persia.
the Hood at Monterey: Mexico. and
some minor catastrophes to her book Of
death |. ~ q N -. b.,
tt# By far the greatest event Of the, last
twelve months was the discovery of
the north pole. On Sept. / DR.. Freder-
lex Az Cook came out Of the north and
announced that be- had reac hed the
goalson April 81. 1905. sfx dayssIater
Commando lei r ebert 3. Peary emerged
with the news that he had made the
discovery on April 8, 1909. Peary's
/ papers We're approved by the National
Geographic society, but doubt was ex-
pressed as to5$Cook's claims. Several
4 months before the coming Of Peary
and Cook Lieutenant, Shackleton re-
turned to tell OF dash to within iii
miles Of the south pole: '..>,'.'
! Other important events of the year
were the Inaugural ton of President
Taft, the departure Of Theodore Roose-
velt on a; hunting trip In Africa: the
passage Of the Payne-Aldrich tariff
bill, the 1900 mile tour Of Mr.. Taft
over the country, the most romantic
feature Of which was the meeting with
President Diaz on the borders Of Mex
leo: the return to. Hampton Roads of
the sixteen American battleships after
their cruise around the world and the
decision of the United States circuit
court dissolving the Standard OIL trust.
In foreign lands the occurrences Of
chief historic interest were -the5depos-
ing Of Abdul Hamld, H., the triumph
Of progressive; government in Turkey
and new ruler Id Belgium. = $S$sz Us
z The year. saw the flying age fair
" ushered III, the notable aeronau-
tic .feats having been the crossing
OF the English channel, the, triumphs
OF Count Zeppelin with his dirigible,
IN which he made various long flights
and once carried twenty seven passen--
gers, and the flights of the Wright
brothers, Including the rounding Of the
statue Of Liberty and Grants tomb at
New York and the high ascension Of
LOCO feet in Germany Y, Z, /: .,. u;
OBJ As a memorial year 1909 eclipsed
all others owing to the galaxy Of great
men born 100 years before Centena-
ries widely observed included Lincoln,
Darwin. Tennyson, Poe, Gladstone 4
Fitzgerald. Holmes, Chopin, Mendels-
sohn, Samuel Johnson two hundredth)
and John Calvin -four hundredthj. The
one hundredth anniv ersary Of the
death OF. Thomas Paine was also OBJ
served In addition, several great eel
ebrations were held. including the
Hudson Fulton In New York, the ter
centenary of the discovery of Lake
ChampIain and the Portola festival at
San Francisco &, n :s.:I 5Js
RS The years deaths were notable, in
;clnding An the world Of letters such
-, Z, al 81 4 Ioornnn! cha rIns Swinhnr,,e
g a : n
award q y Mele
dith, r. Marion rawford and Richard
Watson Glider; III public life Ethan
~ q. 5al,
Governor johns ohnson. Justice
Peckham Of the United States supreme
court and Prince Ito Of Japar !; IL army ~
ana navy dmlfals to1estFen5s
sky and Ceryera and Generals Henry
f,nrhf,, 3 IA so ~ S4nxuar IA n j.
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"A "a A III d ! al o,onel Nc
fsl,,ra, 4, 49, 81 ~ and ndod-
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Jeska IN scientific researcn Gesa aa's
Lombroso and Professor Simon New
comb, ann IN rho "a 1,kss Of ROYALTY Leo