The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-20
He Will Land Early Tomorrow
Morning.
WIFE WILL BE FIRST.
She With Other Relatives Will
Precede Committee.
Great Demonstration IsPlanned
in Brooklyn.

New York, Sept. 20.-The first OF
Americas two claimants of premier
North Pole honors will be at the gate
way of his home port this evening The
Scanda navian-Ame steamer oscar
II with DR.. Frederick A. Cook aboard
IS now approaching New York at hatf
speed and the friends of the Brooklyn
explorer are putting the hl'lSElnS
touches to the big demonstration with
which they intend to show tomorrow
their faith in his assertion that ne was
the first man at the top of the earth.
There was a furry among the mem
bcrs of the Arctic club and the BUSH
wick club of Brooklyn this morning ls
v,ben yord came that the Oscar II was
Crlv 65 miles east of Fire Island rms
position would have enabled her "
reach her dock late This afternoon.
Although the roceptlcn CONT coiIl1V'S 80
had received assurances last night thdt
+he steamer would be delayed so as 70
rot Interfere with their plans ana a.
though a wireless message from III
Cook himself at 12:30 d. m, oecIdleu
row mernlng, telephones and Wlreless ;~Ss
appartus were at once put in operation
to rnaka certain that there mlsht pc no
change ir the original arraneetns,.ers'
The local officers of the scandinavian.
american line notified the captain OF
the Oscar II, that he should not at
tonnpt to dock today and he repheo py
wireless that he would anchor on Sahuy
Hook and spend the night tnere' start
ing up the harbor at daYhght.
Meet Cook Tomorrow.
The limited States revnue cutter Will
leave its dock at $50 a. m. tomorrow
and met the steamship at qu1I qelt NJ Us
in time tc complete the exanlna..oi tI ~ 4oin IN
Dr. Cook and leave him free 10 JON
his fri IDS at that point 1T s:SO 0 CLOCK: |
ON account of the large number OF
persons who will participate IN tne III %
greeting to Dr. Cook on TINS sac ol
bible to carry out any OF the VI siiie'i
Program had he landed TODAY
Nearly 1000 tickets have been solo
for the steamerrvGFand@ d@RepuDllcs on
which the committee from the Arctic
club will go down the bay tomorrow
Slightly in advance of the steamer
will go tug bearing Mrs COOK ana
her children and the explorers Two
of the committee. The plan is to
take DR.. Cook from the liner aboad
this tub. thus enabling him to spend
the first few minutes following ms
arrival at quarantine with his family.
Then the tug will go alongside the
Grand Republic and the explorer
will be taken on board for the last
stage of the trip to American soil.
Rousing Welcome at His Club.
The neighbors of DR.. Cook in
BROOKLYN were equally OOANCAAAONi |
when they heard that there was
danger of his arrival ahead of sched-
ule time. At the Bushwick club. a
neighborhood where the physician
used to go, they had planned rous-
ing welcome. After triumphal pro-
cession through the streets of Brook
lyn the explorer will reach the cIuD
house where there will be a re-
ception and luncheon. No public
events have been planned for the in
terval between the first welcome and
the dinner to be given at the VOL
Thursday night. Mrs.
Cook and her children have taken
rooms at that hotel The chairman
of a committee representing all the
societies in this
received a wireless message
from DR.. Cook accepting the invita-
ton to banquet which the joint as
sociation will give here in DIR. Cook s
honor. The date has not been fixed.