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Arizona republican., 1909-09-02
THE MYSTERY OF
 THE NORTH LAID BARE
(Continued from Page 1.)

when formed tonight of Cooke's success. He said: He was practi- cally without supplies, previ lusly con- sidered to have been an indispensable equipment fo- extensive polar travel The attainment of the north geo. graphical pole by an American is an achievement that merits the highest possible acknowledgement and consid- eration by the American people. As one who once beat the record l offer my hearty congratulations
 Greeley's party reached S3 degrees and 24 minutes, thus proceeding far ther toward that much sought for point that had been previously at tained Before they reached this country again their numbers had been reduced by death to seven. At Cape Sabine the survivors were rescued by a relief expedition under command of Commodore. now Rear Admiral SchIey, retired.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-02
Majestic.

Those who saw the new bill com- plete last night were pleased, and it should furnish the best advertisement that te new airdome can have this week.
 NIT. and Mrs. Nell Litchfield in Down at Brook Farm" gave a de- lightful package of comedy and char acteriZatiOn. the only character work in. the city this week. They have pick ed the peculiar oddities from rural life which every one recognizes at once and takes the audience away back to the old farm in Ohio, Indiana or Illinois. The typical district school mistress, just as she comes from the state nor nal is presented and the care-free boy with his bottled bugs and charac- teristics, who is more than ready to fire an unanswerable number of ques- tions at her, brings back rural child hood.
 Billy Jones needs no further com ment than to say that his monologue act in San Francisco got a head liner comment every night.
 Joe Egan and his fight act is worthy of the admission alone. This clever little fellow can win an audience in any house in the country.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-02

their power to insure the success of a beginner He is not showed out on the stage and let work out his own salvation. The pride of a German di- rector's heart is to bring out a sue cessful young singer. Every such sue cess enhances not only the reputation of his company, but his own reputation for detecting budding talent. In con sequence the beginner will be taken in hand by the conductor and givey plenty of drilling and rehearsing with the orchestra, while the stage manager will take no end of trouble in work ing him upon the dramatic side. The advantage of this is self-evident.- The Bohemian for September.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-02

added their tribute to Dr. Cooks achievements. Anthony Fiala, author of lighting Polar Ice" who has made two trips into the Arctic re- gions, said: "Dr. Cook well deserves the honor he has won. 1 am heartily glad his effort has been successful" Evelyn B. Baldwin, organizer of the Baldwin Zeigler expedition, is inclined to await fuller reports from Dr Cook before giving full credit to the re- ports The task of reaching the pole" she said, lis stupendous and the man who first accomplishes it deserves great credit"
 Captain Bradley Osborne, secretary of the Arctic Club who has twice been in the Arctic ocean and once in the Antarctic is confident that the reports of pr. Cooks success are correct. q am confident" said he, that he will have ample data to prove his claims, too. Daily observations, photographs of polar scenes, notes on the geography and topography of the unknown north are likely to prove the most interest ing reading that has been put before either scientist of layman in recent years"
Arizona republican., 1909-09-02
MoRTGAGINe COTTON TO BUY
 WHISKY.

Two negroes entered the store and asked for MT. Bruner. T wants a note for two gallons of whisky" said the first
 Bruner nodded to his boolkzeeper. MT. Hyman. give Hamp Chatfield an order on Jerry for two gallons"
 Gimme an order for one gallon"- the other negro spoke less confidently.
 Cant do it, Henry; you are too far behind in your account. You've had too much whisky already rode over your crop last week. You've got at least five bales of cotton in that field. and haven't picked a lock. You loaf so around the saloons all day Wednes- day and Thursday. Here you are, back again Saturday"
 Henry looked sheepiSh. But IzZy must consider. This negro lived in settlement that was six miles nearer to JOnesboro than it was to Mayfield. For many years Bruner had been try ing to coax their trade away from his rival in Jonesboro-Simon Rips. If one merchant did not supply the whisky the other would-and get their cotton.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-02
EuItn and the steamhoat.

Notable among the strong features of the September Century will be the first chapters of "F'ultons Invention of the Steamboat" written by his great granddaughter. Alice Crary Sut- cliffe. The narrative. dealing in this issue with the trial boat on the Seine
 will be told largely in extracts taken from the papers of the inventor never before published, and will be illus trated with plans by Fulton only re- gently discovered, and with portraits
Arizona republican., 1909-09-02
Grand.

The management acted very wisely in cutting the Selby engagement, as it has aimed to give high-class mu- sical comedy to Phoenix, and the opening performance of Tuesday night was anything but a high-class attrac- tion. The management believes that nothing is too good for Phoenix" and when a production falls below the standard it will immediately be dropped with a dull sickening thud, even if it means large financial loss to the Grand management. Although nothing was definitely decided last night, it is expected that a moving pie ture will be given tonight and a new production brought the latter part of the week
Arizona republican., 1909-09-02

received from the royal sword tap on the shoulder, the king eXclaiming, Arise, Sir" and then embraced him, saying, Be thou a good gnight. and true."-From "The Kings Or ders.' in the September Strand Mag azine.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-02
AT THE IHEiIERs

The vaudeville bills at the Majestic and Coliseum last evening were com plete and both well balanced. The Majestic had two filled houses and the Coliseum the best house for five weeks. The Grand, rather than fall below the standard set by the man. agement and the Raymond Teal com pany, which opened the house, gave a well attended dance, cancelling the Selby engagement. IL is hard to state the leading act of the week, as both the Coliseum and Majestic have bills out of the average. when the acts are taken as a whole. Mir. and Mrs Litch- field at the Majestic have a rural sketch that though void of a plot is worth seeing. And at the Coliseum. Steele and McMasters in a comedy roller skating act will be sure to come up to the most exacting criticism.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-02
The Thunderer's Comment.

London, Sept. 1.-The times says editorially:
 When he telegraphs to his wife, 'Successful' and to the director of the Belgium observatory that he has reached the pole. we are bound to accept the statement as serious. If by any chance a further investigation showed that he had been mistaken in his latitude, that he had not quite reached the mysterious spot for which Peary,' Nansen and Wellman have striven vainly. there would be a re- action of opinion that the most hard ened explorer would not like to face"
Arizona republican., 1909-09-02
SkepticaI Germans.

Berlin. Sept 2.-Few Berlin morn ing papers published Dr Cooks dis covery. Those referring to it do so only briefly in the form of a dispatch from Copenhagen. captioned with a question mark. The BOersen Zeitung announces the news as untrust- worthy, but says if true it would harmonize eXcellently in this epoch of splendid achievements of man" The paper adds that even if it is true that Cook reached the pole it will not stop the plans of Count Zeppelin and Professor Hergezel, since the lat ter has planned geographical study and measurements.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-02
RedIands Woman Heard of It

San Jose, Calf, Sept. Mrs. F. J. Martz, wife of a Redlands capitalist. is said by her father, Richard Gleeson, president of the Santa Clara College, to have received a cablegram this
Arizona republican., 1909-09-02

An owl with a nest of young will gather about forty mice a day for her offspring.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-02
A Roman Doubt

Rome, Sept. 1.-The Tribuna asks how Dr. Cook, if alone when he reach T the pole, hopes to prove the authen- .ic, cc his discovery. No faith, the Tribuna says, can be attached to the evidence of EsquimauX.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-02

is represented in the New York stock exchange.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-02
WORK OF AN AMATEUR.

New York. Sept 1.-~Single handed and alone, Dr. Cook apparently has accomplished what hundreds of more experienced and better equipped eN- pIorers have been trying in vain for years was the comment of Herbert L. Bridgman of Brooklyn. secretary of the Peary Arctic Club and an intimate friend of Dr. Cook.
 Besides, unlike Peary," continued Rridgman. who has himself taken a large part in several Arctic explora- tions during the past fifteen years, Cook is comparatively an amateur. He went north merely as the surgeon of an expedition and was left behind with a small store of supplies at his own request. He appears to have waited for a favorable time and then when things looked right he pushed northward. accompanied only by two Eskimo. and depending for his sup plies largely on the small amount of canned goods he could carry and the musk OK. which he had probably as certained were plentiful along the route he planned to take.
 According to his last letter he must have left Eetah about February 21. 1908 Crossing to Ellesmereland he reached Cape Thomas Hubbard. There he may have waited a few days and laid in a stock of fresh meat. Finally. when all was ready, on March F he took his two trusty Eskimo servants and started on his risky dash over polar ice-5OO miles to the ultimate north.
 Cooks achievement shows the large elemetn of luck in this prob lem of Arctic exploration. If re- ports are correct he has accomplished almost without equipment or prepara tion a thing in which the most elabo- rately outfitted expeditions have failed"
 He Realized the Hardships.
 London, Sept. 1.-Lieutenant Shack teton, in a special article contributed to a morning newspaper, says:
 T have very recent recollections of the hardships of the struggle in the ice bound regions Therefore, I can realize the effort Cooks feat cost and feel a personal pleasure that it has been crowned with success. Of course. the attainment. of either pole tions designed solely to reach the pole, but even after both poles have been reached scientific explorations will continue to penetrate the polar regions which, apart from the poles themselves. will remain a vast field for scientific study and research"
 A dispatch from Lerwick to the Times says it is stated there that Dr. Cook reached the magnetic pole.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-02

Tributes of Explorers. New York, Sept. 1.-Other explorers
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-03-15
.PETROSINO A FRIEND
OF DETECTIVE PELTIER

Richard A. Peltier is one of those
mourning the death of Joseph Petro-
sino, chief of the Italian detective
squad of New York, who was shot
and killed in Palermo. Italy.
Detective Peltier was one of the
best friends the great italian de-
tective had and he corresponded
with the local sleuth almost weekly.
Only two weeks ago Detective Pei
tier received postal card from
Petrosino, sent from Italy.
1t was Petrosino who captured
Peltier's first prisoner to escape from
this state about twelve years ago.
The prisoner was Joseph Levine,
and Petrosino landed the man at
West Farms, in store. For the
last twelve years these two detec-
tives had been most intimately ac-
quainted with each other and it was
with deep regret that Mr.. Peltier re
ceived the news Of the murder in
Italy.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-03-15
STOLEN CAR JOURNALS
FOUND IN HIS HOME

Simon Toles, forty-six years old,
of Mary street, was arrested by De-
tectives Huff and Long at o'clock
Saturday night on complaint of
Special Officer James MeDermott of
the Lehigh Valley railroad, who
suspected that he had been stealing
brass journals from cars.
The detectives found eight jour
nails in Toles' home and also learned
that he had tried to sell them TO a
junkman. Recently many journals
have been stolen from the Lehigh
Valley cars but the guilty parties
could not be detected. The company
is not only anxious to stop the loss
on account of their value, but be-
cause when removed from cars, ac-
cidents are liable.
The journals are on the axles and
can be removed by lacking up the
car or relieving the weight in some
way. The prisoner, through an in
terpreted, said that he had found the
journals and admitted trying to sell
them. He denied that he had stolen
the eight found in his home, )r aby
others.
Recorder Pickersgill held him un-
der $500 bail to await the action of
the grand jury and. on furnishing a
bondsman he was released. Detec-
tives Huff and Long say that Toles
was going to sell the journals for
ninety cents a piece and they believe
that this is not his first offence.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-03-15

ON A TRAIN
Adolph Prock Set Upon b.
Four Men on Staten
island Railroad.
KNEW OF NO REASON

Adolph Proek, a modeler at plant No.
9 of the Atlantic Terra Gotta Company
in this city, and who resides at 81 Me-
chanic street, reported to the police OF
the Goth precinct police station at Tot
tenville that he was assaulted by four
men on the arrival of a train at the
Tottenville depot of the Staten Island
Rapid Transit Railroad at S.l5 clock
last night
The assault took place in the ear as
the passengers were embarking to take
the ferryboat to this city. Mr.. Prock
told Patrolman George H. Cole, whs
was at the ferry, that one of the men
struck him in the face with his fistf
knocking his head against the window.
he blow inflicted a wound on his fore
head, and the back of his head was
cut by the glass Of the window that
was broken.
Prock was taken TO Bedell's drug
store in Main street, Tettenvillc, where
his wounds were dressed The four
men made their escape in the crowd
that was getting off of the train.
Mr.. Prock, who is able to be at work
today, said that, when he got into the
train at st. George, coming from New
York, he took off his oveTeoat and plac-
ed it in the seat alongside of him. He
got up to go to another part ofthecar
and. when he returned, his coat was
gone. He found it in the seat with one
of the men who afterward assaulted
him No words, he said, passed between
them until he was assaulted. Mr.. Prock
was able to go to his home last night.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-03-15
FOR CENTRAL
LABOR BODY
Branch of Structural Build
ina Trades Alliance of
New Jersey.
MEETING ON MARCH 26

A Perth Amboy branch of the Strue-
tural Building Trades Alliance of the
State of New Jersey win be formally
organized at a meeting of representa-
tives from every building trades union
in the city, to be held March 26, in
Union hall.
A temporary organization was form
ed at a meeting there lsst-Friday night
at which Adolph Koyen was elected
temporary chairman and George Solt
temporary secretary.
A similar labor organization was
formed here about two years ago, under
the name of the Building Trades Coun'
ell. That organization practically dis
banded some months ago and since then
there has been no general labor organ
ization heree.
Two state officials were present Fri
day night and spoke. They told of the
labor situation throughout the state
and of the necessity of a branch of the
S. B. T. A. here.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-03-15
Mrs. Richard Martin and
Daughters Awoke to Find
House Filled With Smoke.
RAN TO A NElGHB0R'S
HOME FOR ASSISTANCE
Damage Kept Within $50--
Thought to Have Started
from Furnace.

The fremen were called out shortly
after l O'Clock this morning to fight a
small blaze in the cellar Of the home
of Richard Martin, Kearny avenue and
Harrison place. The damage, which was
mostly done by smoke, will not exceed
$50 and is covered by insurance.
Mrs. Martin and her daughters were
asleep when the fire broke out, but were
awakened by the smoke. On finding
that the cellar was afre, Mrs. Martin
ran to the home of James II. White, at
g Harrison place, for assistance and then
started for box "a at Gordon street and
Kearny avenue, to send in a call for
the companies. On the way she met
Lester Seaman, who, when told of the
blaze, ran to the box and pulled the
lever. Patrolman Calvin was on the
scene and made an investigation. He
estimated the damage at $50 and thinks
the flames started from the furnace.
Chief Mead does not think that the
damage willsTeach the above amount.
The FIRE made much dense smoke and
caused considerable excitement in the
neighborhood for few minutes.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-03-15
NO new CASES ARE
REPORTED TODAY

The health board reported this
morning that there were no new
cases of smallpox and that they had
the situation well in hand. Mrs.
Theo. Antonio, of 10 Smith street;
Michael Arway, of 1913 Washington
street: and Theodore Little, of 212
Elm street, were removed in the city
ambulance to the isolation hospital
Saturday Health Inspector Lnnd
reported to the health board this
morning that all of the patients were
improving.
superintendent Shun reported
this morning that about 500 OF the
public school pupils were absent to-
day on account of the compulsory
vaccination Saturday many children
were vaecinated. At the masses in
st. Mary's r. c. church yesterday 1t
was announced that the pupils uf
the parochial school would have to
show certificates of vaccination in
order to attend today.
The situation today, so the health
board states, is very encouraging.
Charles C. Anderson, the news
dealer, who lives at ia Prospect
street, has been much annoyed by
the report that there is case OF
smallpox at his house. There is q
case at gaia and, according TO Mr..
Anderson, when watehman was
sent there he got the numbers con-
fused, going to ia instead OF 24I.
This led to the false report.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-03-15
PLUMBERS
IN SESSION
Quarterly Convention Of
State Body Held in This
City Yesterday.
DINNER WAS ENJOYED

Journeymen plumbers from
throughout the state assembled here
in quarterly convention yesterday.
About forty delegates We're present.
including most of the state officials,
from Newark, Paterson, Elizabeth
and other north Jersey towns.
The delegates commenced to as
semble before noon. The business
session commenced at 2 o'clock and
the labor situation throughout the
state was discussed and reports were
received from delegates from various
sections of New Jersey. An effort
will be made to strengthen the local
uinon.
1t was decided to hold the next
convention In Plainfield. The busi-
ness session ended about Z O'Clock
last night. A short recess was taken
late yesterday afternoon. Dinner
was served at James Kirby's restaur.
ant in Hobart street and there the
plumbers made merry until about
o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-03-15
Speaker Chosen by Big MAJORITY, but
Insurgents and Democrats Unite
- to Oppose Old Rules.
CAUSE SENSATION IN HOUSE
Special Session Of the 81 st. Con-
gress Began at Noon Today
to Consider The Tariff.
rpecfal nu United Press Wire.

Special By United Press Wire
Washington, March 15:-Joseph
g. Cannon, of Illinois, won his fight,
as far as reelection is concerned,
when he was chosen again today
Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives, receiving 204 votes. Champ
Clark, of Missouri, democrat, got
1865. The insurgent votes were scat
tered between Cooper, Esch, Norris
and Hepburn. Upon the announce
ment of Mr.. Cannon's election there
was a great demonstration among
the regulars.
The sensation of the day came
when the vote on rules was taken.
1t was supposed the regulars would
control as usual. This was mis-
take, however, for the old rules were
voted down by vote of 1S9 to 1913.
The senate session was brief. 1t
was a big surprise when LaFollette
offered to present the credentials OF
Stephenson, who was recently re-
elected, after a bitter fight with the
LaFollette faction. The senate smiled
rs the two walked to the desk.
The Sixty-first Congress convened
at noon for the purpose of consider
ing the tariff. Vice President Sher-
man called the senate to order and
Clark Mcdowell the house. The
fight over the house rules and the
opposition to Mr.. Cannon almost
overshadowed the purpose OF the
session. The democrat caucus this
morning nominated Champ Clark, OF
Missouri, for speaker. The republl-
can insurgents held a long session
and 1t is said the final count was
thirty-one votes against the Reed
rules. Nineteen insurgents were
pledged TO vote against Mr.. Cannon,
Every member of congress re-
ceived a message from New York
association of magazine publishers
urging them to vote against Cannon
and Cannonism.
Anticipating a fight in congress-
the halls were crowded. Mrs. Taft
occupied a seat in the executive gal
lery. The disorder became SO great
that finally the floors were cleared
The proceedings today consisted al
most entirely Of organization In the
house. The senate being a continuous
body and already organized there was
nothing done beyond the ordinary rou-
tine except the presentation of the Gre
dentials of Senator Stephenson of Wis
consin.
In the house 1t was necessary to
attend today to such details as the
swearing in of the members, the
election of a, speaker and other Off
cials, the assignments of members to
committees and the drawing for seats.
Although the presidents proclama-
tion, issued on March g. did not state
the reason for the extra session, his
message, prepared for transmission te
The two houses at the beginning OF
the session, calls upon them to de
liberate over the advisability of pre-
pairing and passing new tariff law
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-03-15
SWEDISH CHURCH
SPECIAL SERVICES

Rev. A. E. ElmQuist, of the Swed-
ish Congregational church, who has
been at the Swedish Congregational
Missionary meetings in Port Rich
mond since last Thursday, returned
home this morning. Rev Theodore
Englund, of Plainf1eld. former pas
tor here, and Rev. John H. Carlson,
pastor, have been in charge of the
meetings Mrs. Elmquist sang dur
ing the service.
Rev. Mr.. Carlson preached here at
both morning and evening services
Yesterday. Beginning tomorrow
night and continuing all this week
special missionary service will be
held, excepting "Wednesday. Rev. c..
Harvig Gjelsedt. of the Norwegian
church, West New Brighton, Staten
Island, will preach tomorrow night
at 1880 o'clock Rev. Mr. Englund
and Rev. Mr.. Carlson will assist the
pastor Thursday and Friday nights.