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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09

Eastern Pennsylvania Pastures Drying
Up and Paper Mil Closes for
Lack Of Water.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. -
Very little rain has fallen in eastern
PENNSYLVANIA for several months past
and the drought which has been there
by created il today in the acute stage.
Crops and pasture fields have burned up
for lack of moisture and the loss to
The farmers has been heavy.
A dispatch from York, Pa. says the
big paper mill of j. II. Glatfcltrr com
eany AT Spring Grove, Pa, has been
compelled to suspend operations because
the water power cannot be- resumed until
the water supply is replculshcd by a
rainfall.
KANSAS CITY. Mo, Sept "a
heavy soukiug rain that began here
"Wednesday night continued today II
was the first precipitation recorded hy
'he weather bureau since August q.
Northeastern Kansas and "A number If
Missouri points Also reported rains to-
day
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
HANSEN DECLINES TO TALK.
Famous Explorer Will Await Figures
Before Giving Opinion.

CHRISTIANIA, Sept. Capt. Fridt-
iof Nansen returned here Saturday even
ing from Bergen. kilograms from all
parts requesting an opinion on DIR.
Cooks achievement awaited him, but
Capt. Nansen said that he did not wish
to answer them before the particulars
were made public.
To correspondent he said that errors
in the newspaper reports were apparent
and that certain points Of the published
statement required elucidation and sci
entihc examination.
Personally. however, Capt. Nansen de
clared he had confidence in DR. Cook :
trustworthiness He himself considered
it possible to reach the North pole by
the aid of aogs, but he pointed out that
the placing of a sealed report and the
planting of the Stars and Stripes in the
ice were useless. as the drift would take
them far away from the spot where they
had been laid down if ever found.
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TIRE BURSTS, ONE DEAD.
Wealthy Resident of Mount Vernon, N.
Y, Sees Passenger Killed and Is
Taken Into Custody.

NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-While Will
liam HObbey, IL wealthy resident of Mt.
Vernon. was running his automobile to-
day at high speed between Mt. Vernon
and Pelham Manor, the bursting of a
tire threw the ear over an embankment.
Joseph Eisenger. one of the passengers,
was killed, and Henry Clausen, another
passenger, will die Eisinger and Clau-
sen were musicians whom Hobbey was
bringing home. Hobbey and his chauf-
feur escaped with bad bruises. Hobbey,
who was driving the car, was arrested
and held in So, 900 bail.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
ARE LOST IN ICE CAVE.
Tourists Enter Black Depths at Flag
staff, Ariz, and Are Now Believed
to Be Dead.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Sept G-John
Mohlenhap of Newark, O., and ]. s.
Price, recent arrivals in Flagstaff, are
lost in the ice caves at Lake Mary, ten
miles south of here. They entered the
caves last night and searching parties
sought them all night. The ice caves,
have been visited for yeaEs, but never
thoroughly explored. Ice is continually
forming, melting and slipping ont of,
place, until little is known of the inte-
,or. making it dangerous for inexperi-
enced persons to go far into the black
lepths. The men kept calling to friends
IN the outside for a considerable time.
Suddenly they ceased calling.
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IS CAUGHT IN BALLOON,
Boy, Entangled in Ropes, Carried Up
1000 Feet and Doscends When
Gas Escapes

SYRACUSE, Ind, Sept WHEN
William Simmons Of Aldrich Mich.
made a balloon ascension here late yes
rerday IT tho harvest jubilee boy
NAMED Quinter Neef became entanglcd
IN the ropes and was carried w 1000
fact, defending with the balloon as the
Yss gradually escaped. He was unhurt.
bimmons cut loose when NJ only few
aundred feet to save the boy and came
nown WIN me PARACHUTE safely. The
crowd and were pro-trated while 5000
persons stood horror! stricken Huirliu..
She boy descend W,A the slowly dcHaf.
Nng balloon.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
STRIKE IN SWEDEN ENDS SOON.
Labor Federation to Call OFF General
Walkout September 8.

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 4.-The labor
federation has decided to call off the
general strike. which has been in pro
gress for several weeks, on September
q. This decision was the outcome of
government intervention, which il being
directed toward arranging settlement
Of the difficulties satisfactory to al
parties.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
Girls Father Shoots Soldier.

LA CROSSE, Wis. Sept. 6.-When
Fred Arnson, private in battery ID, en-
,amped at Camp Robinson, near Sparta,
refused to leave the dooryard at night
where he was talking to Miss Mary
Lowell, the father of the girl. James
Lowell, went into the house, procured
revolver and returning shot the pri-
rate through the face. His cheek and
teeth were knocked cut by the ball.
but he will recover.
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is KILLED BY MANIAC.
Insane Man Kills Aged Victim with Shoe
in Medford Jail.

MEDFORD, Wis, Sept. 6.-An awful
tragedy was enacted at the county Jail
in this city, in which an old man named
Patrick Decoursey lost his life.
John Heinz, a young farmer, was
placed there to await his removal to
Oshkosh after being adjudged insane.
After all had retired at the jail the city
marshal brought up an old man who
had applied to him for lodging, and
thinking that he was the only one in
the jail, put him in one of the cells to
which Heinz had access.
After the marshal had gone home
Heinz attacked the old man with a shoe,
but nothing was known about it until
The next morning, when Sheriff WHITTIER
found Decoursey lying in pool of blood
Head
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
Learn Cost of Clearing Land.

ASHLAND, Wis, Sept. 6-Extended
experiments are to be made by the state,
o learn the cost of clearing the cutoverl
and of stumps and preparing II for the,
liow. j. #. Kodonosky of Madison is
lere preparing TO look into the matter.
timilar experiments have been made in.
Minnesota and other parts Of Wisconsin,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
Expedition Cost $4,000.

John X. BRADLEY, who financed Or.
Cooks expedition. has submitted vouch-
ers and cancelled checks which Indicate
that the planting of the American flag
on the North Pole cost nearly SJO,thn.
No definite arrangements have been
made for the reception of Dr. Cook IN
America, but it is quite certain TO be n
notable one. Efforts are now under way
TO have him here in time for the Hud-
son-Fulton celebration.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
HAS MOUNTAIN RECORD.
New York Man Clips Half Hour from
Time Set by Englishman on
Mt. Blanc

GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. e.
Walter S. Bond of New York has
climbed Mont Blanc from Chamonix in
. hours. He thus breaks the record of
9l2 hours, made by Morehead an Eng
hshman, in 1860
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
A Summer Incident.
She moppcd her brow.
But something more,
IL was her Ma
who mUppcd tho floor
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Hoffman. Priest Third aud State SIS.
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Dispatch from Peary
Is Genuine Message.

NEW YORK, Sept. Ga telegram
was received here today for Herbert
L. Bridgman, secretary of the Peary
Arctic club of America 1t read as
follows:
Herbert l. Bridgman, Brooklyn,
N. Y.-Pole reached Roosevelt safe.
"PEARY."
The telegram TO Nh. Bridgman was
sent in cipher, which translated read:
"Pole reached. Roosevelt safe"
The cipher used was private one
and indicated clearly that the dis
patch was sent by Commander Peary.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
Bride Gets the License.

JOLIET, ILL.,, Sept. Especial. I
Mrs. Anna Smith, aged 20, and Charles
Il. Russ, 30. both of kenosha, Wis, are
to be married nj Plainield. near here.
Mrs. Smith, who is a widow, came down
Friday and got the license. Russ is
widower.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09

ual discovery of the northern pole of the
enrth's axis is of itself scientifically un-
important, but they believe that the
journey to The pole and the return has
opened n vast field for further and more
.nrinnu nNrlnrn finn mud rnSnn rch
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
EAT 1851 DOGS, s7s5 HORSES.
Berlin Issues Report on Animals Slaugh.
tered for Food

BERLIN, Sept. 6.-The official stats
ties for the second quarter of 1909 show
that 1851 dogs have been slaughtered for
food under government inspection and
1910 horses.
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EXPEDITION COST $4,000
John K. Bradley Submits Vouchers
Showing Expense Incurred by Cook.

NEW YORK. Sept. with the ar
rival Of DR.. Frederick A. Cook OF Brook
Ign at Copenhagen today, interest cen
tered in this country as well as in Eu-
rope on the proofs he would submit
that hc had discovered tn, North pole
Opinion is strongly divided His friends
and supporters declare that his detrac-
tors are prcjudiced, and il is n notable
fact Tint "A number of persons who have
been interested in the explorations of his
rival Commander peary, are the most
persistent in doubling Dr Cooks claims.
One Of Ieary's friends, who is quite
prominent IL polar exploration affairs
and who is considered perfectly reliable,
even asserts that the instruments Or.
Cook had with him were borrowed from
Commander Peary for another purpose
His Friends Are Legion
But the friends Of Or Cook are legion
and their confidence in him, supported
ny ms additional statements before
reaching Copenhagen, that lie has posi-
i've data % prove lis claims, outweighs
Inc skepiiclsm which has appeared
Leading scientists agree that the act
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to the study 0f ai achievement that has
! held the civilized world up 10 the highest
! pitch of interest since September |, when
! DR.. Cooks claim to having reached the
top of the world was first telegraphed
from the Shetland islands.
The two explorers sought the goal
! of centuries. whose attainment has at
times seemed beyond the reach of man.
/ Peary is we'll known to both scientists
and the general public as n persistent
/ striver for the honOrs of 'fartherest
north" Or. Cook, on the other hand
has held the public attention to a lesser
degree. He made his departure quietly
! and his purpose was hardly known 9TH
er than to those who are keenly interest
/ ed in polar research. Then, suddenly
and with no word of warning, a steamer
! touches at Lerwick, and DR. Cooks claim
! to having succeeded where expedition
after expedition of the hardest explor
crs of the world had failed is made
! known.
! Three days later DR. Cook arrived at
/ Copenhagen and was given a welcome to
! an explorer unprecedented in history.
/ Five days after the receipt of the Ler
| wick message, almost to the hour, comes
/ the sensational statement from Indian
Iiarbor that Commander peary also has
/ been successful on his third expedition
to the coveted goal.
! Word at Newfoundland
/ ST. JOHNS. n f.. Sept. Com
/ mander Peary has just teegra phed the
! governor Of New Foundland by wireless
/ from Indian Harbor, Labrador. an
nounCing he has discovered the north
/ pole and congratulating New Foundland
/ on its part in this discovery, seeing that
! the captain and crew of Peary's steamer
are New Foundlanders.
London Gets Message
/ LONDON, Sept. 6.-Thc Reuter- Tele-
/ gram company has received the follow
ing message dated Indian Harbor La
hrador,, via wireless telegraph to Cape
Stars and Stripes nailed to North
/ pole.
"PEARY."
| Melville Believes It.
/ PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. G-Ad-
mirai Melville when informed of the
/ text Of the Associated Press dispatch
/ from Lieut. Peary, said:
IF Peary has telegraphed the Asso-
ciated Press that he has found the pole
! ! believe it and say bully for him"
/ Admiral Melville is one of those who
refuses to believe Cooks story Of the
. discovery of the pole.
Good for Peary," continued the ad-
mlral as a smile crossed his face. Il
( have known Peary personally for long
time and as he was we'll equipped for an
expedition | think he had at least as
much chance as DR.. Cook had for dis
covering The pole Peary was within
200 miles Of the pole in his last cxpedi-
ton and was prevented from going there
by the opening Of the ice packs He has
been gone long enough to have reached
there.
Now Believes in Cook
at was the crazy dispatches purport-
Ing to have come from DR.. Cook about
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
Pope Deeply Interested.

ROME, Sept. 6.--The Pope is keenly
interested in the story Of DIR. Cooks
achievement. and is following with inter
est the newspaper accounts of the ex-
petition. The Pope expressed the opin-
ion today that one must believe in the
truthfulness of man whose character
had been tried by such perils and who
had faced death alone.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
Waits for Mrs. Cook.

Or Cook will stay in Copenhagen for
few days as the guest Of the govern
mcnt. awaiting the arrival of his wife.
He will then go 20 Belgium.
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Melville Believes It.
low Believes in Cook.

at was the crazy dispatches purport
ing to have come from DR.. Cook abou
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-27
PROBE ssVICE TRUST
INVESTIGATOR or CONDITIONS In
CHICAGO.
Ring u Charged with Levysnw TAX an
EVIL Resorts ana C0nduofinw
Illegal Trafac on Large
Scale.

Chicago. April 2e.--Investigation Of
an allegation that vice IN the tender
ioin district Of Chicago 10 protected by
ring composed OF two Aldermen, two
resort keepers ana a high police on
ctal, who are said TO have formed a
stock company for the purpose, was
begun by States Attorney sWayman
here today.
The system Of collecting. tribute Is
said to have been worked out 70 the
finest point. Money for protection is
alleged to be collected weekly by a
leader OF the ring who employs sew
erai assistants. Every saloon and dive
in the so-called "red-liEht" district IS
said to contribute.
Not only has 1t been reported to
the States attorney that the dive
keepers pay weekly sums ranging from
500 to $500, but that the ring owns
groceries, meat markets. dry goods
stores, drsssmaking establishment.
drug store, Wholesale liquor house,
etc, at which the inmates Of places
which pay protection money are COM
PEELED to trade.
The alleged ring has been In exist
ence for two years. OF the stock, one
half Is said to be owned by the two
Aldermen and the remainder by the
two dive-keepers and the police official
before mentioned
The States attorney Is said to have
collected mass OF Information con-
corning the ''vice trust" 1t viii be
presented for the consideration OF the
present grand Jury. which 10 conduct
ing sweeping investigation of alleged
"grafting" in the city hall.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-27
LEARNING THINGS
We Are All I'm the Apprentices Glass.

When simple change OF diet brings
back health and happiness the story ia
briefly told. A lady Of Springfield, III.
says:
After being afflicted for years With
nervousness and heart trouble. "a
ceived shock four years aEo that left
me in such q condition that INV 1IS~
was despaired OF.
Il could get no relief from doctarv
nor from the numberiess heart ana
nerve remedies tried, because
didn't know that coffee was daily nut
ting me back more than the dnctor.
could put me ahead.
Finally at the request Of a friend 7
left OF coffee and began the use ~
postum, and against my convictiona I
gradually improved In health until for
the past six or eight months hava
been entirely free from nervou.rs -
and those terrible sinking. waaAan1n =
spells OF heart trouble.
my troubles all came from thu NAE
Of coffee which had drunk from c,,tIS.
hood and yet they disappeared vvha,. +
quit coffee and took up the use OF Pos
Gum"
Many people marvel at the effect. y,
leaving of coffee and drinking pos'
tum. but there IL nothing marvelo'.s
about it-only common sense
Cofree Is a destroyer-Postun IN a
rebuiider. That's the reason.
Look In pkgs. for the famous uttia
book. ''The Road 70 MELVILLE. =
Ever read the shove lseaeRs A 49,,
one appears &rpn time % time. me-,
are wemuKnas trues ana fmal oR hnannRn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-27
MEMORIAL EXERCISES AT
THE OLD SOLDIERS HOME

Mountain Creek, April 26--(SpeciaI.)
Memorial Day at the Colonel JEFF
Falkner Soldiers Home was observed
Sunday afternoon.
A nextensive program had been ar
ranged. but at a late hour the speaker
for the occasion was obliged to cancel
his engagement. An incessant down
from attending.
The services were conducted in the
assembly room OF the Faikner audit
orium under the direction of Captain
Simpson, who has charge of the Home.
After q short song service. Captain A.
F. Goodwin, of Coosada. gave short
impromptu address in keeping with
the occasion.
As many ON the original program
could not be present a new one was
made up at the last minute. 1t was
as follows:
Prayer-Dr. Elisberry. Resident Ply
sician: song, Nearer My God To
Thee; reading, THE Sword of Lee.
Letitia Mcneil; song. Jesus, Lover Of
My Soul; address. Captain A. F..
Goodwyn; violin solo. Professor Ras-
ema; reading. Mrs. Raoul. "Furl That
Flag: reading. Little Griffin of Ten
nessee.' Ruth Roper; benediction. Cap
tain Simpson.
AS a lifting conclusion to the exer-
cises in the auditorium the ladies had
prepared a wreath. flowers and flag
for each grave In the old soldiers
cemetery, but owing to the rain, this
part Of the tribute to the Heroes OF a
Lost Cause" was postponed until Mon
day afternoon.
Because of sickness and other i'm
firmiites. many OF the old soldiers
could not fall in line at the auditor
ium. But those present showed that
they were not forgotten by calling al
the hospital and the several cottages
thus bringing to the disabled inmates
a part. at least. OF the spirit of the
day,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-27
wETUMPKA HoNoRs DEAD.
The Glory Of Heroes In Gray Yves
Memoriallzed.


MemoriallMed.
Wetumpka, April 26.-(SpeciAl.l--
Memorial Day was observed In WEE
tumpka this morning with delight
full program arranged by the Daugh-
tiers OF the Confederacy. The exercises
began with beautiful prayer, appro-
pirate to the day, by Prot L. L. Vann.
Hon. +. Lloyd Tate delivered an adj
dress. eloquent, forceful and poetic.
filled with plaudit6 for the living and
praises for the dead
The glory of the heroes in gray was
memorialized by a beautiful reading
by Miss Willie Moore.
M. D. Still, ]. H. Martin. Misses Mo.
Cullers and Allen sang feelingly the
old songs which grow dearer every
year to the hearts of the grizzled vet
Grams: "Tenting on the Old Camp
Ground" "Mars's in the Cold. Cold
Ground" and Dixie"
With flowers and wreaths over for.
ty graves in the cemetery were made
beautiful Wetumpka's devoted dauKh.
tiers have recently erected sixteen new
tomb stones over heroes who slept here
In unmarked graves. These newly
marked mounds were hidden today be.
meath roses lovingly placed by little
white clad school girls.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. johnson have Is.
sued invitations to the marriage OF
their daughter, Alma, and Mr.. Arthur
Ellis Williams. The marriage will
take place at 5 o'clock on the 18TH O,
May at the home of the bride.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-27

heroes--to some the demigods--of the
South. Alabamas own Yaneey he
mentioned and lapded: Jefferson Davis.
OF whom he declared: by Gods help
wen stand by the traditions that he
taught. for the cause Of the South TO
him was the crusade OF liberty" Rob-
ert Il. Lee. whose picture was slung on
the front OF the platform. Stonewall
jackson. whom be typihed rs one Of the
purest and noblest--a companion for
the Apostles; Forrest. Young Pelham
OF Alabama: Holtzclaw, Lomax and
Cianton, Montgomery's own heroes.
And then the speaker told Of the Con-
federate private. the real heroes. the
bravest soldiers. he declared. who ever
fought bneath any nag. II was the
private, he who gave 20 the leaders
the power. who gave the name OF hero
to his commander. but who. though no
less q hero. went. In many cases. to an
unknown grave.
aChiyalry never found truer expo
nents than those who left the ranks
OF the Confederacy, to take their
places in the hosts OF heaven" he ex-
ulted.
ing struggle, he paid tribute. He plead
I'd for those Of the veterans who were
penniiess in an old age, begged that
none Of the younger generation allow
4 Confederate aero TO find his way to
the moor house; declared that Jefferson
n Faikner, In founding the Old Sol
diers' Home at Mountain Creek. has
built for himself an everlasting mon
ument.
construction horrors, which he term
ed as worse than even those OF war
.f,et Us not be unworthy OF the land
which was bought by the blood OF
our fathers, which was redeemed oy
their gigantic struggles afterwaru; Ls.
ns keep 1t, and develop II, ana make II
worthy of their work." he said.
should Honor women.
Then he spoke OF the women OF the
south---heroines, he said. as much as
were their sons and husbands heroes
nghting battles in their breasts. when
compared In ferpcity, with the mate
rial war OF aiel yiaen.4 xsssaat-eI
There should be . monpment to the
soutfi4f Il worhen, who made such self
sacrifice in the Eouttl's cause" he said.
Hand as the women themselves have
placed at the Capitol memorial shaft
to the men who died In the war, wish
to start the message that the men are
ready and willing to erect similar
shaft on the other side. to the women
who were the haroines.
"Let the papers take up the mes
sage, for It il made In sincerity"
Early in the speech General Bran
don reached the stirring periods. and
from the first sentence to the end. he
was interrupted with applause. an APP
piause which was marked by frequent
recurrence OF the thrilling rebel yell.
as the old soldier lived again, in
few short minutes the life Of the camps
and the battle field.
The afternoon was fraught with an
essence Of genuine patriotism. It found
it's inception when the martial array
formed on Bibb street, alongside OF the
first White House OF the Confederacy.
Infantry. cavalry and artillery swung
into line. with rhythmic step and shout
ing commands. and the old soldiers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-27

Greenvilie, S. C., April ga mis-
trial resulted today through the in
ability of the jury to agree in the case
Of Joshua W. Ashley on trial In the
Federal Court hers for peonage. Ash
ley Is a member Of the State Lakisla-
ture from Anderson County. and the
case has attEa0sed wide atAeatspu.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-27

And, Of course, indigestion If neg
Iected long enough, brings on seri'
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When IT is recalledthat Apoplexy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-27

Atlanta. Ga, April 2e.-Memorial Day
was observed here with all the dignity
and reverence that has characterized
this OCCASION for several years. Early
in the day the graves OF the Confeder-
ate dead were decorated with flowers.
The schools, public buildings and
business houses were closed all or half
Of the day.