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neither Dunn nor the more irritable of his companions on the first trial was included. Only one of the first party went with him, his other asso- ciates being new men whom he sc lected himself. This time he was in absolute command, and he succeeded. He is the first man to have aseended the highest peak on our continent, and he is the man who first accurately determined its height.
 Dr. Cook then, is no amateur, as one of the members of the Peary Are tic club has called him, but a sea soned explorer who knows every hard ship to be met and how to meet II. Turning to the present successful
 dash to the pole, and the doubts that are expressed, chiefly by anti-Amer;-
 can English papers of Cook s ability to prove that he reached the pole,
 since he had no gallery of spectators to corroborate him, MT. Cunniff re- called conversations with Dr. Cook
 and with Anthony Fiala, shortly af- ter Fiala's unsuccessful search for
 the pole. The subject under discus. sion was the best method of attack,
 as shown by the weak spots in other
 campaigns. It was emphatieally stated
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SILVER MARKET.

NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-Silver 5lla.
 Mexican A.
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NOTICE To VOTERS

Notice is hereby given that a. spe-
cial election will be held on the oath
day of August, 1909, in the city of
Wenatchee, WASH, for the purpose
of voting on the question, Shall the
sale of intoxicating liquors be IL
censei within the city of Wenatchee,
Wash" The polling places will be:
For the First Ward, in the build
ing on Lots 10, IA and Is, Block 10,
Great Northern plat, commonly
known as the Rosenberg building.
For the Second Ward, in the build
ing on Lot i, Block l, First Suburb
an Home Addition to Wenatchee,
commonly known as the Office Of the
Wenatchee Planning Mill.
For the Third Ward, in the build
ing located on Lot IA. Block AZ, Re-
plat First Addition, commonly known
as the Eagle Livery store room.
The polls will be opened at
O'Clock a. m. and closed at s o'clock
p. m. OF said 24th day OF August,
1909.
SAM r. SUMNER,
SAFE" City Clerk.
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LOCAL APPLES N
SEATTLE
WATERMELON FAMINE RELIEV.'
ED BY HEAVY RAIL SHIP
MENTS FROM SOUTH-BOATS
BRING LIGHT CONSIGNMENTS.

Seattle, Aug. 1.-THE first
straight carload of new apples from
the east side reached Western avenue
today. The shipment came from We
natchee, and consisted Of a mixed as
sortment. New apples are slow sell
ers on the market as yet.
= Peaches were very scarce today at
81 to $1.10.
Tomatoes are also in limited sup
ply at $50 for top stock.
Five carloads of watermelons were
on the track this morning, greatly re-
lieving the market. Top stock sold
early in the day as high as 1 SAC, but
later dropped back to 11ac.
Cantaloupes are very scarce. Ship
ments from eastern Washington are
not up to the expectations of commits
sion men here. Reports of blight from
many sections are being received al
most daily.
One hundred and fifty cases OF
pineapples were unloaded here this
afternoon.
The market is also bare of sweet
corn.
The boat that arrived this morn
ing brought the smallest consignment
of fruits and vegetables laid down
here on the docks this season.
Produce receipts today were two
cars of butter, three oranges, one to.
matoes, two mixed fruits, four onions
four watermelons, four bananas, ag.
gregating twenty carloads.
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the disclosures following the settle
ment of the Pennsylvania Sugar Rein
ing company's suit against the com
bination. The Investigations Of the
federal grand jury have produced evil
dence which may. it is said. be used
in suit brought by the government
under the Sherman law for disso-
luton Of the corporation constituting
the monopoly. The institution Of
criminal suits against officials Of the
company, some of whom stand high in
the business world. is also rumOred.
The discovery Of collision between
customs employees at New York and
employees of the sugar trust whereby
the government was defrauded Of sew
eral million dollars worth of duties has
resulted in big 'shakeup" in the
customs service in New York. now un-
der charge of William Loeb, Jr.. for
merly President RoOsevelt's secretary.
Practically all the employees who were
involved in the recent scandal have
now been dismissed.
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ing place of Jefferson in the graveyard
at Monticello. 1t was erected by con-
gress.
The shaft Of the monument contains
the following simple but eloquent In
scription:
Here lies buried Thomas Jefferson. au-
thor of the Declaration Of American indie
pendence, of the statute Of Virginia for
Religious Freedom and Father Of tho
University of Virginia.
In a modest place upon the base OF
the monument are the words:
BORN APRIL 2. 1743. o. 8.
DIED JULY 4. 1896.
1t was at his stately Virginia home,
Monticello. that Jefferson passed away.
and the day, by a curious coincidence.
was just fifty years after the adoption
by the Continental congress of the res
olution which is generally ascribed to
his authorship. Though 1t has been
claimed that Thomas Paine had much
to do with the drafting Of the docu-
ment, It cannot be doubted that Jeffef-
son was the most potent factor in the
work Of wording the Declaration and
bringing 1t before congress in those
memorable days Of 1770
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|ST.LOU|S CENT[N-
NAL CELEBRATION

st. Louis Aug. Interpretations
are rapidly progressing for the COM
Ing centennial of this city, and the
event is arOusing great interest
throughout the country, especially in
the middle west. The program for
the centennial celebration, which will
be held here during the week from
October to 9 of this year, to COM
memOrate the one hundredth ami
versary of the incorporation of St.
Louis, has just been given and gives
the numerous features of interest
which promise to make centennial
week the most remarkable period in
the history of the city since the close
of the Louisiana purchase exposition.
Balloon, airship and aeroplane
races, under the auspices of the Aero
club of st. Louis, host of the Gordon
Bennett International Balloon race
of 1907, will be among the most
spectacular features of the celebra-
ton. Valuable prizes will be con-
tested Cor at each one of the races
Another interesting feature will be
the. various pageants by which the
history and progress of the city since
its foundation will be incorporated.
There will be water pageant, a
municipal pageant in honor of the
laying of cornerstones for municipal
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there must be an engagement between
them. On the other hand, some ad-
vanced the theory that Miss Elkins' be-
haviOr to Mr.. Hit was only a blind
intended to distract attention from real
plans to meet her royal admirer some
where in Europe She was dressed
very simply on board and seemed in
the best Of health and spirits. She
took with her to Europe her own mo-
tOrcar and an American chauffeur to
run 1t for her in trips about the coun-
tries she will visit In her journeyings
across the water.
When Napoleon was the enforced
guest Of England at st. Helena a his
torian wrote that If the long surtout
and hat Of the exile should be placed
on a stick anywhere in England the
people of that nation would be fright
ened into the sea. What Is there In
the castoff garment. or one that has
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from the government maps Of the
forest ranger. On the map the name
of this canyon Is spelled Ollala, and
the forest ranger told me that the
as have the sound Of in ali, and
that the word is an Indian word
meaning berry.
think that the Indian word as
the forest ranger pronounced 1t is so
much prettier than "Old Alley" that
it is worth while to try to bring the
correct pronunciation into current
use.
Will you pardon my making the
suggestion?
Yours very respectfully,
ELIZABETH M. WHITE.
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LeavenwOrth Notes.

Leavenworth, Aug. 10.-Supreme
Court Judge Stephen ]. Chadwick
arrived in town this morning and
with Postmaster Davis, Sam Potter
and Harry Geerds took some pack
horses and went up the Icicle river
about IS miles to the hunting lodge
owned by DR.. Hoxsey, where they
will spend few dasy angling for
trout
NJ. F. Peake & Son, real estate
men, are building an office on Ninth
street
J. W. Elliott, not having his new
store completed on time, and having
to vacate the premises that he now
occupies, is storing his stock of goods
in the cellar under the Opera house,
but 1t will only be a few days when
he will have one of the finest stores
in town ready for occupancy.
Mrs. A. L. Mitchell of Eagle Creek
valley died In childbirth this morn
Ing, the baby is also dead. No fuYs
eral arrangements have been made
at the present writing.
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As the black SLOUGH SA"AI" "A'"Aoo"'
which the elder Carter wore when he
was mayor and when he was a men,
Der Of congress. Ever since young
Carter quit being mayor there has
been contention In his party over the
prospect Of his again becoming a candi-
date. When he returned recently from
protracted visit In California talk
was revived that he had come back to
make another run for the mayoralty.
He was wearing q black hat when he
returned. This was taken as an indi-
cation that he would not be a candi-
date again. Others, however, said that
the old brown fedora was In storage
and that 1t would be brought out In
time One would think that great
city like Chicago had enough to do
without getting nervous over an old
hat. But the whole town-that Is, as
much Of the town as Is interested In
politics-is on the qui vive over the hat
question.
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SUGAR TRUST HEAD.

Washington B. Thomas and the Cow
eminent Inquiry as to His Company.
The investigation of the American
Sugar Refining company. commonly
known as the sugar trust. by the red
eral government and the proceedings
relative to its restitution Of money due
the treasury department have brought
its officers, headed by Washington b.
Thomas, into more publicity than they
have desired The revelations regard
ing this trust and its operations which
have come out recently have put 1t In
the attitude Of a rival with the Stand
ard Oil trust for unpopularity. The
present inquiry into the methods and
operations of the trust was ordered
by Attorney General Wickersham after
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buildings to cost $1,500,000, an edu-
cational, historical and military pa
geant, eliminating in the cornerstone
laying of the city's new $1,000, 600
public library, an Industrial parade,
the Yelled Prophet annual pageant
with special centennial features and
centennial carnival in the down
town streets
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been proposed to place the duty Of col
lecting such tax upon the internal
revenue commissioner and his as
sistants.
Commissioner Cabell is a son Of a
noted army officer and was himself in
the army, serving as an inspector gen.
eral and on other duty during the
Spanish war.
Miss katherine Elkins, whose affair
with the Duke of the Abruzzi attract
ed so much attention awhile ago, finds
it very difficult now to keep out of
print. When she sailed for Europe
short time since she took every precau-
ton to avoid publicity on the trip, but
to no purpose. Although her name and
that of her mother were kept off the
passenger list, those on board the Lap
land, on which she sailed from New
York for Antwerp, were soon aware of
her identity. They evinced consider
able curiosity regarding the relations
existing between her and Mr.. William
Hit. son of the late Congressman Hit
Of Illinois. 1t has more than once
been rumored that young Mr.. Hit
stood higher in Miss Elkins' affections
than the Italian nobleman. who is now
in the Himalayas nursing the wounds
to his heart and trying to forget his
American romance in the wild life
Of the highest mountains of the world.
On the way across the Atlantic Mr..
Hit was so devoted to Miss Elkins
that fellow passengers were convinced
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G. B. Parks left today for Spokane
ON business.
M. Triplett returned last week
from a visit in Seattle with friends.
Monte Morrison returned yester-
day to her home at Columbia Siding
after visiting the fair a week in Sc
attic.
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not been cast on.
for that matter. Of
q man who has at
some time been a
power that scares
or enthuses, accord
ing to the point Of
view? When young
Carter Harrison
was mayor Of Chi
cagO four terms he
wore when in the
street q brown fe-
dora shaped hat. 1t
became as familiar
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Pronunciation of Ollala,

Cashmere, Wash, Aug. 10, 1909.
Daily World: Dear Sir:
Will you kindly allow me to call your
attention to the spelling and pro-
nunciation of the canyon commonly
called "Old Alley" as l learned it
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JEFFERSON'S GRAVE.

Modest Monument Marking Resting
Place Of the Great Statesman.
The grave of Thomas Jefferson, the
reputed author Of the Declaration Of
Independence, is place Of many pill
grimages at the time the nation is Gel
ebrating the anniversary Of its birth.
The accompanying illustration shows
the monument which marks the rest
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About Some
Personages
In Print

THE successor Of
John G. Capers
as United States
commissioner Of In
ternal revenue is r.
c. Cabell, a New
York man. The de-
partment Of internal
revenue Is in the tu-
risdictiOn Of the Sec
rotary of the treas
ury. Its Importance
may be increased in
case of the passage
of a law taxing cor
DOratiOnS gS II has
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19
S1LTINGS BEQUEST.
Gifts to Nation Maybe Wortk
$50, 900 ,OOO-NOt q Niser.

lBy French Gable TO The Tribune.J
London, Dec. 1S.-The value Of George
Salting's art treasures, which have been
bequeathed 10 the nation, is loosely esti-
mated at anywhere between $1,000 OOo
and t4,O0,ooO. Nobody knows what he
paid for his collection of porcelains, pet
. ures and miniatures, and since there will
not be a sale of the properties at
Chrtstie'S there is no practical method
OF learning thsir market values IL is
Enthusiastically the most splendid art in
heritance which the nation has received
since the ' allace collection.
Himself inheriting a fortune made by
his father In Australia, George Sailing
lived modestly in bachelor apartments
and invested the bulk of his income year
by year in art treasures. designed from
the outset fer the nation. These were
lent TO the South Eensington Museum
and the National Gallery. sin he had
no treasure house of his own where he
could keep them.
The stories about Nr. Salting's penu-
rious habits have been grossly exagger-
ated. He was not a subscriber 10 pub
lie charities, but he did not live meanly
himself His passion for collecting had
the noble motive of providing the nation
with wonderful benefactiOn
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19
ROOSEVELT EXPEDITION MOVES
Future Hunting To Be in Uganda Pro
tectorate, Where Sport Is Dangerous.

Nairobi. British East Africa. Dec 1S-
The American hunting and scientific ex-
pedition to-day began what may be termed
the second stage OF its journey I'm the
interior OF Africa The objective point Is
Gondokoro, Uganda, which. IL Is expected.
will be reached on February IL.
Colonel Roosevelt and his associates were
given "A cordili send-off as they boarded
the train at noon for Kisumu. Arriving
at this port tomorrow the party will
hoard the steamer Clement Hill and cross
the Victoria Nyanza TO Entebbe- With
the passage of the lake the Americans
will have left behind them British East
Africa and entered the Uganda protectO-
rate. The widest and most beautiful. per-
haps the most dangerous and certainly
the most interesting. field Of their explOra-
tiOns.
All were in the best Of health and
spirits when they set forth to-day In
search o. new conquests. At EntebOe
Colonel Roosevelt ana Kermit will be en-
tertained at the home of the Governor,
proceeding IN Tuesday by motor car to
KampaIa, at the head OF the lake. where
they. will rejoip. the others of the party.
who In The mean time VIII have arrived
at that place BY steamer.
AT Kampala the hunt will be organized
and on December &c the invasion that viii
bring them into the province Of the Nile
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19
A POCKET WIRELESS.
Italian Scientists Invention-Size of
Large Watch.

Paris, Dec. 1o.-The Itsilian savant Mon
signor Cerebotsui. PapaI nuucio at Nun
ich, is the inventor Of an instrument. like
d large watch, which enables person 70
receive messages transmitted from wire
less stations.
The apparatus is merely a pocket re-
ceiver. says The Journal" and the only
accessories are a bcbbin OF wire and a
metallic encased cane. person thus
equipped can at a gwen moment rerAfve
communications from a station within a
radius of twenty to thirty miles.
In order to do this he halts In the y-icin-
tty OF an elevated point or at the foot OF
a tree, unrolls his bobbin OF wire. and
fastens one end to the highest branch or
any other support: the other end OF tho
wire is fastened to the apparatus which is
connected on the opposite side, with the
cane firmly planted into tho earth. The
telegrsphic receiver is now complete and
all that remains 10 be done Is 10 vva,cb
the movements OF the single needle stirou-
lated by the HeTtzian waves ol. the trans
mission post.
The needle points successiyelv, In The
various letters or signs inscribed on .hs
apparatus, and thus messages are formed
which can easily be deciphered after the
fashion of the Breguet system. Ths in
srument works rapidly. and IL is expected
will be OF great Importance for military
purposes. The invention has been sue-
cessfully tested by the inventor In ,bA
presence of the Bavariaa court and lssd-
ing German scientists
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19
KINGS BODY MOVED
Taken from Laeken to Brussels
7cith CeremOnu
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune

Brussels, Dec. 1s.-The body of the late
King Leopold was transferred from the
pavilion at Laeken 20 the palace at Brus-
sells tonight by the light Of torches carried
by troopers acting guides. The hearse
was covered with crepe and drawn by
eight horses with black draperles II was
surmounted with black plumes and bore
the national coat Of arms and the coats
Of arms OF the nine provinces.
The car was surrounded by Leopold's g
grooms and servants. On either side rode
the general officers, and the court car
risges. which followed. contained Prince
Albert and the court dignitaries
AS the body was conveyed TO the hearse.
the batteries fired salVos and the bells
tolled An enormous crowd witnessed the
impressive scene. The cortege, preceded
By mounted gendarniss and q squadron OF
guides and followed by the officers of the
General staff ana the local authorities
left Laeken at O'Clock in the evening
arriving az the palsce at $3.50. Non-com-
plissioned officers Of various corps bore
the coffin, on which was the royal crown
20 & room which had been transformed
into a chapel, where the civil and military
authorities were drawn up.
According TO the Gazette, Princess
IouiseSe counsel has notified the principal
banks that she will oppose the sDsyment
OF any deposits they may have received
in the names OF Leopold or Baroness
Vaughan, and has forbidden the executors
OF Leopo,d's win to destroy any papers.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19
ITALY's NEW POLICY.
Premier Sonnino Says Relations with
Other Powers Were Never Better.

Rune. Dec. ia-Baron Sidney Sonnino
the new Premier. formally introduced his
Cabtnst 20 Parliament today and briefly
outlined its policy
The government. lie said. proposed 70
encourage education by the establishment
of additional popular schools. Two new
departments would he created. those for
Is bor and railways.
Touching upon foreign affairs, the
Premier said that Italy desired the main
feusnce OF peace and would remain loyal
20 the Triple Alliance
Premier sonnino said that relations with
foreign powers had never been more trust
worthy The Triple Alliance. he said, would
continue 70 be great factor for peaces and
pould also guarantee Italian interests To
THE ancient and friendly relations with
England and France was now added the
Russian rapprochement, exemplified
:n the meeting Of King Victor Emmanuel
and EmDeHs4-Nicholas. These friendships,
lie continued. would help the aim Of the
Triple Alliance. representing a new guar
sntee of peace. which was the constant OBJ
sect OF Itsly's policy.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-19
ENGL4ND'S COMTENT
Leopold's Rule Denounced bu
Papers of Ill Parties.
tBy French Cable to The Tribune


London. Dec. 1s.-The death Of the
King of the Belgians has been followed
by comments of unwonted candor from
the British press on his career. as a
company promoter who violated the en-
gagements OF the Brussels and Berlin
conferences in condoning or sanctioning
forced labor on the lines of slavery. con-
nscation Of territory and atrocious bar
barities in the Congo region The Kings
own tribute Of respect to Queen Victoria
in attending her funeral has not nro-
tected him from slashing criticism as
despot and commercial speculator, re-
sponsible for hideous misrule.
The opening of King Albert's reign is
hailed by the press of both parties as an
auspicious sign that the Belgian gov
ernment in working out the reforms re-
Quired by civilization will not be ham
pered from the throne. since he is nm
tainted with association in monstrouy
iniquities.
Optimism is necessary when socialist
alarmists like the editor of "The Cla-
rion' are planning in Lord NorthcIiffe's
papers the next German campaign
against France and England and fore
casting the conquest of Calais and Cher
bours, followed by the ultimate Absorb
ton of Belgium, Holland and Denmark
in the Kaiser's realm.