The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-21
ACT |, SCENE |
HERO | ENTERS
COOK STRUTS TRIUMPHANT ON
THE STAGE.
Enthusiastic Partisans Gather in
Force From Brooklyn to The
BronN-Erect an Arch in Honor
of Their Hero.

New York, Sept. 21-The stea-
mer Oscar II with Dr. Frederick
A. Cook. the Nor:n Pole explorer.
on board reached Quarantine early
this morning and anchored to await
inspection by the health officer of
the port
i shall await events, said DR.
Cook to an Associated Press repre-
sentative just before he left the deck
of the Oscar II at quarantine today
/ to be brought to the city by a vel
coming committee When my ma
terial has been got together and put
into shape it will be submitted in
the first instance to the University
Of Copenhagen After that it will
be laid before the geographical SO
cieties of the world l will not
consent to submit fragmentary por-
lions of my observations army record
to anyone. The report and all data
connected with my trip must be ex-
amined in their entirety together
with my instruments, some of which
l have in my possession now and
others of which arc on the way to
America
Referring to Commander Peary
DR.. Cook said: Il as yet have heard
nothing but vague reports. l prefer
for the present to believe the state
ments which have Deen attributed to
Peary are incorrect. l am fully
prepared to meet any charges, but
| must first see something definite.
| am absolutely certain that none of
the reports that have appeared in
print emanate either from my Es-
kimos, AhewIah and Eutukishuk or
from Harry Whitney. Whitney
without doubt has kept his promise
to ne not to say anything about the
expedition and its results and
feel sure of my EskimOs. Whitney
will return to America about the
middle of October He has COM
plete knowledge of all the facts and
he is at entire liberty to make public
all he knows. He is neither bound
to stand up for me nor for Peary."
New York is today divided into war
ring factions of Cookies and Peary-
ties, but the arrival of Dr. Cook on
the steamship Oscar II of the Scan
dinavian-Americanl line has given the
Cookies at least a temporary ad-
vantage The hero from the top OF
the world was given greeting such
as has seldom before fallen TO the
lot OF any American returning from
foreign shores All Brooklyn turned
out in force to greet its renowned
citizen, and the Cookies of Manhat-
tan, New Jersey, the Bronx and
other distant parts forgot to malign
the big borough at the wrong end of
the bridge in their enthusiasm over
the arrival of 10, the cOnquering
hero The Pearyites suIked in their
igloos and refused to come out, bu
they were never missed by the Coo
clans, and their disgruntled growls
OF suspicion and their attempts to
discredit the great Cook tourist were
greeted with derision Their day
VIII soon come, however, when Peary
attempts to snatch the crown of the
King Of the North Pole from the
head of DR. Cook. Then, indeed,
there Will be ructiOns, and the Hud-
son-Fulton celebration may be dis
ruTted by the battle that viii be
waged between the partisans of the
rival claimants. 1t is rumOred that
Commissioner Baker is fearful that
blOOdshed and riots viii result, and
large additions to the police force
of the city may be necessary to pre-
serve the peace.
Dr. Cooks neighbors out in the
Bushwick section of Brooklyn have
fairly "blOwed themselves prepar-
ing for the return of their hero.
spent and arrangements made for a
parade, a lecture and reception
Newspaper explorers who have just
returned from the haunts of the
Bushwickites say that the natives
are greatly eiated and that they
have erected a triumphal arch near
Cooks home which would be a cred
it to any civilized community
Dr. Cook was accompanied home
on the Oscar II by a large number
of Americans, and so great was the
demand for accommodations on the
steamer bearing the Arctic hero
that many who sought passage had
to be turned away Dr.. Cook de-
clares his confidence, and welcomes
a comparison of his data with those
of Commander Peary.
MINISTER'S PROTEST