Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-09
PEAPY HAS SUCCEEDED.
Five Days After Cook He Sends His
Thrilling Message.

New York.-Peary has succee,led.
stars aud Stripes nailed to the north
pole
From out the srrtic darkness there
was flashed Monday this message. which
stunned the scientific world anil thrilled
the heart of every Iayman. From the
coast Of Labrador Robert T. Peary gave
to the world the news that he had at
tanned his goal in the far North, while
at the same moment in far-off DEN
mark DIR. Frederic A. Cook Of Brooklyn
was being honized by royalty for the
same achievement
Jndeniably Yankee grit has has CON
quered the frozen North. and there has
been created a coincidence such as the
world will never see again.
Two Americans have planted the flag
of their country in the land of icr. which
man has sought to penetrate for four
centuries, and each. ignorant of the
others conquest. has flashed within .
period Of i've days laconic message of
success 10 the waiting world.
Cook. in his first message to his eoun-
trymen. was brief, but non-committaL
Peary was even briefer. but specific.
Stars and Stripes nailed to the north
pole he said.
Five days agp, on September 1. Dr.
Cook sest out from the shetland Islands
the first message Of his SUCCESS meSs-
age which has aroused a storm Of CON
troversy around the world. Monday
Peary, lost from view in the land of lee,
and unheard from since August. 1905.
startled the world by a similar message
sent from Indian Harbor. Labrador.
There was no qualifcation. it left no
doubt. 1t announced unequivoeally that
he had reached the top OF the wo<.d-
Two American Flags There.
Thus two flags with the stars and
Stripes of the United States are floating
in the packs, proving the courage of the
intrepid Americans.
With but a word from Peary. the
world waits breathle-sly for details.
First word Of Peary's success reached
New York at 1890 o'clock M-udsy after
noon in a dispatch to III. Associated
Press. 1t contained the bare announce
ment Of his finding the pole. Almost
simultaneously he had transmitted the
news to London. repeating dramatically
and simply:
stars and Stripes nailed to the north
pole"
At the SAME time he similarly advised
the governor Of Newfoundland.
Both the old and the new world were
thus apPri.ed OF his great achievement
practically at the same moment. and the
excitement which follows attests TO the
high pitch of interest aroused over this
climax of mans perseverance. Newspa-
per extras we're rushed from the press,
and those who read marveled at the
twist of the universe, which had snatehed
the ice mask from the north in a manner
90 strange.
Like DIR. Cooks first message, Pesry's
was tantslizing in its briefne-s. and the
waiting public. stimulated by DIR. Cooks
success, was vet left unsatiated- For,
as did DR.. Cook, Peary resumed his
homeward journey Immediately after
ding the curt news of discovery.
A few words we're added to this mesger
information at 2:50 pm, when there
was made public this additional infor-
nation sent to Herbert l. Bridgman Of
Brooklyn, secretary Of the Peary Arctic
Club:
Pole reached Roosevelt safe. Peary."
Meager Details Came.
This gave assurance that the vessel
In which Peary departed had passed
through the ice unseatehed, but details
Of his homecoming and the date of the
discovery of the pole were still lack
ing. II was not until the New York
Times had received dispatch later in
the afternoon that these vital points
xere eIeared up. The message said;
Il have the pole April 6. Expect ar
rive Chateau Bay September !.
With this information At hand, il was
= comparatively simple matter to aseer-
tain that the April s referred to was
April of the present year, As his expe-
iition did not start from New York un-
til July :, 1905.
April 8. 1909, the date that Peary
planted the flag at the pole. and April
sI, 1905, the date that Dr. Cook unfurled
the stars and Stripes a year before, con
sequently became the cardinal dates upon
which exploration of the far North will
rest hereafter. Though separated by
nearly . year. the same feat was accom-
plished by two Americans, neither of
whom Was aware OF the movements OF