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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02

mander Peary. The expedition was
financed by special committee
headed by Or, Roswell 0. Stebbins.
of this city, and composed of friends
of DR.. Cook, and men of science, To
these men the news that he was safe
and had reached the pole was re-
ceiyed with rejoicing tonight
No Action Taken.
No official action was taken to-
night by the Arctic Club the EX-
plorers' Club or the American Geo
graphical Society for none received
formal notification of Cooks sue
cess. Arthur NJ. Huntington presi-
dent of the American Geographical
Society. is ont of the city, as is Rear
Admiral ". S, Schley, president of
the Arctic Club.
Today's message from DR.. Cook to
his wife is dated Lerwick Shetland
Islands. Because of its briefness the
assumption is that the message was
sent to assure the wife of his safety
and not to apprise the world Of his
discovery.
Bound For Copenhagen.
The Danish government steamer,
Hans Egede. has left Lerwick bound
for Copenhagen due next Saturday.
In the meantime ships are skirting
the Danish coast passing several
small points closely watching for
particulars from DR., Cook.
At a meeting Of the Explorers
Club of New York in October 1907,
letter received from DR.. Cook dated
at Etah, in August, said Il find !
have good opportunity to try for
the pole and | will stay here this
year | hope to get to the Explorers
Club in September, 1908, with a rec
ord of the pole. The pan Is TO cross
Ellesmere land and reach the Polar
! Concluded on Second page.)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02

$4,000, 900 and half that amount in
July The war department used over
twelve million during jle last month
aud the navy called for a little more
than ten million
The public debt less the cash bal.
.ance in the trasury az tne beginning
of business today was $1,047527211,
not to include $1,343,211,SG9 certlfi-
Gates and treasury notes offset by an
equal amount OF cash in the treasury,
The recapitulation shows $9l3,317,.
400 interest bearing debt, $2,8l4,i75
debt on which the interest ceased
isince maturity, and $5S0,4l7144 debt
bearing no interest
Cash in treasury $1,722, 230,121,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02

DEBT SI,O4z,.b27,2I.I
Not including $'.ss3.2it,ssa ce'tiii-
esses and oNeres. Offset BY Cas-"
:. .. in Traasury--t:ustosns. RE-. -.
. 49, ~. .caicts BIO.


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MY a.rartnrn. 'Jr Anxast os eenr
pa.c.s ~!,h % ...,!sN u si:.:.:.s,s ;or
iu!>' Also q. s,.s!lcr: deficit. III the
receipts .na s!'.ssgssn..:a. ~. th.'
construction as :he JP;ShaMa c,cal. t".
shortage being $so:o.s: ~ is'. an'
s:.Ans.I:. in August. =.
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sneht re;'-iss,. SIS, ,Sl..., 'm August.
an! In ;1"I. s.. |":,: :is. In AueGs.
Si:;'s:.S Mas received tg"g. ,u;ia
nTnas saAss, .;saA s..;i.s.s:. fran. MS
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
VENEZUELA PAYING UP
For Damage to American Property in
Castro Regime--Russell Gets
Check Fer $59,375.

Caracas, Saturday, Aug. 21.--W. w.
Russell, American minister, received
today from the foreign Office cheque
for s59,375, to be paid TO the New
York and Venezuela company He
also received a signed protocol by
Which the Venezuelan government
binds itself to pay s415,625 more in
seven yearly installments, the first of
several large sums which the present
government of Venezue:a must pay in
atonement for the confiscation and
destruction of American property
rights by the late Castro government,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
pR. COOKS STORY.

Paris, September 2-The Paris edi-
tion of the New York Herald, this
morning publishes a signed statement
from DR. Frederick A. Cook, dated
Hans Edged, Lerwick, Wednesday,
on his experience in the arctic re-
gions
After a prolonged fight with famine
and FROST says Dr. Cook" we have az
last succeeded in reaching the north
pole. A new highway, with an inter-
esting strip of animated nature, has
been explored and big game haunts To-
Gated, which will delight the sports
man and extend the Eskimo horizon.
Land Discovered
Land has been discovered on which
rests the earth's northermost rocks
A triangle of thirty thousand square
miles has been cut out of the terrestrial
unknown. The expedition was the out
come of a summer cruise in the arctic
seas on the schooner Bradley, which
arrived at the limits of navigation in
Smith Sound late in August, 1907. j.
r. Bradley was literally supplied from
his vessel with suitable provisions for
local use. My own equipment for
emergencies served well for every
purpose of arctic travel
Eskimos Gathered.
Many Eskimos had gathered on the
Greenland shores at Annatoak for the
winter bear hunt Immense quantities
of maet had been collected and about
the camp were plenty of strong dogs
The combination was lucky for there
was good material for equipment.
All that was required was convenient
ly arranged for at point only seven
hundred miles from Boreal Center. A
house and workshop were built Of
hacking boxes, and willing hands
and this northermost tribe of $50 peo-
pie set themselves to the problem OF
deyising a suitable outfit. Before the
end of the long winter night, we were
ready for the enterprise and plans had
matured to force newe eroute over
GrlnneiI ldDu UOGluNdIu dAOuS It's
west coast out on the polar sea-
The campaign opened with a few
scouting parties being sent over the
American shores to explore a way and
seek the game haunts. The mission
was only parly successful because Of
storms. At sunrise in 1908, (Febru-
ary 19), the main expedition enl-
barked on voyage to the pole.
Main Party Starts.
"lt consisted of II men, 1903 dogs
drawing II heavily laden sledges, and
left the Greenland shore and pushed
westward over the troubled ice Of
Smith Sound. The gloom of the long
night was relieved only by a few
hours of daylight The chill of win
ter was felt at its worst. AS We
crossed the heights of Ellesmere
Sound to the Pacific siope, the temper,
ature sank to a minus SO eentigrade.
Several dogs were frozen and the men
suffered severely. but we soon found
game trails along which the way was
easy.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02

solidtude penetrated us while we
looked at the horizon. Was it pos
sible this desolate region, without a
patch of earth had aroused the ambi-
centuries? There was no ground,
only an immensity OF dazzling white
snow, no living being, no point to
break The fearful monotony.
"On April 23 we started on our re.
turn."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
DEFICIT UPWARD
Of $20,0.00,0OO
IN THE posroFFiCE DEPART.
MENf FOR YEAR ENClNG
JUNE 30, 1909
Hitchcock TeNs Taft This is pue to
ExtcEs'on Of 9vstea aid Busi.
ness Dcnresssnn>-Tn .
:. .Exan,ias Al BREACHES. -

H"seriy. Nass. Sept. J. i'cs:rias
|, ,ef G-,:esnt Hitchcock told Pr..sl.E,
TAT, today that ,be nns.o!iiie de
nar:1nrnt w'll chow !. deficit Of more
than sw.E.: mill:cn ..oEar, tor the
f, ysar ending 'uue ~. l."9. ,hr urges;
/, In history. "ss largely sO tse e,,rn,
siuns az. t;s. SERVICE. Sna business a:a-
i.geSsinn,
Hitchcock has :c.Si II 81 yrse;rr.
to. ru' expenses ana Keep the S.,y,A.
ari rn. Every branch w'l, hc eS-
smsnra. 4 .cnnmis.,.n os expcrs -
."nw at WORK In Washington eyam.n.
'ns the r"gsstsyo department. When
this conlaias!Dn WAS finished Hitch
iech VII. sunmon th. money order
experts ~ mas. ~ examination 81.
The n"ncv order ....e'isloS, sAcwiies 9.
s!r"win. .ie!lc'"ncy The postmaster.
general thinks Il si,"s,ii soon hs.
riar"J en sc!fsrssa,n!n. haais.
The rival free delivery ia :,lsn to
ae exa:ninci. The :ystcM was re-.
ceivcd with so mach enthusiasm, ;nnt
~ infNe' instance. " was eX;,aasie.l
beyond 'As nees+s ns II" sections
served. Hi'chc%'S believes thai iii
some esses the .,"ras deliveries rns
he done by ccn!:h., nj a saving 10
the soFsrnmcnt II Is net hrs irten-
.'t:or to interfere with tho efficiency
~ the service
The subject OF "fririRings iiiilVvlliass:a
of senaing yna;ser through she malls
FREE, by government Officials a.se
will come in For snare of coRstieCa
tioa. President Taft promises
economy in the postal service.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
ENGLAND IN AN UPROAR.

London, Sept 2.--Dr. Cooks feat
created tremendous interest here
The news was telegraphed to King Ed
ward at Marienbad and was commune
Gated to his majesty while at supper
after the theatre. The king displayed
the geratest interest in Cooks sue.
cess.
The London morning papers give
this premier place and print every
available item concerning Cooks eG,
plorations.
The Chronicle says: "All honor to
the daring man, who, having been Civ
en- up for dead, has appeared with the
news of victory"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
NO TRACE OF BANDIT.

Lewiston, Pa, Sent 1,--Chief of
pennsylvania railroad detectives Tur-
ner, who is conducting the search
for the highwayman who held UP the
express train at Lewiston Narrows
yesterday, tonight admitted he was
unable to find any trace of the bandit
Bloodhounds proved useless.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
WORLDS SCIENTISTS PRAISE
MAN WHO BRAvED UNKNOWN
Camped on Northernmost Shores Of Greenland
From August 1907 to Last Of February
1908, When Six Months Night Wes
Oyer--Then Made Dash--Cook Due
at Copenhagen Saturday

Brussels, Sept. 1.-THE observatory
here received the following telegram,
dated LerWick, Shetland Islands:
Reached the pole April 81, 1908.
Discovered land to the far north. Will
return to Copenhagen by the steamer
Hans Egede.
(Siened) FREDERICK COOK"
The American officials at the OBJ
servatory state that the dispatch is
surely authentic and that the north
pole has been reacned ZOE the first
time and by an American.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
Killed MucN Came.

Were forced through Nansen
Sound to the lands end Fin this MARCH
we secured .l01 ms,sk oxen, seven
bears and 335 hares We pushed out
into the Polar sea from the southern
point Of Herbert Island on March Is
Six Eskimos returned from here.
With 4 men and 46 dogs moving
anpplias for eighty days tle arosaiIig
of the ciream:polar pack was begun.
Three days later thre other Eskimos,
turned and the trails had now been
reduced by the survival Of the fittest.
Two Of the best men and 2G dogs We're
picked for the final effort
There before US i'll an unknown
line Of 400 miles lay our goal The
first day was taken WITH long marches
and we made encouraging progress.
The big lead which separated the
Hand from the ice of the central pack
was crossed with little delay. The
low temperature was persistent and
the winds made life a torture.
But cooped up in our snow houses
eating dried beef, and tallow and
drinking hot tea. there were some
animal comforts occasionally to be
gained.
For several days after the sight
of known land was lost the overcast
sky prevented an accurate determine
tion of our positions. On March 80
the horizon partly cleared and a new
land was discovered. Observations
gave the position as latitude S4.47
longitude SG,36. There was urgent
need of rapid advance. The main mis-
sion did not permit a detour for the
purpose of exploring the coast. Here
were seen the last signs of solid
earth; beyond there was nothing
stable TO be seen.
we advanced steadily over the
monotony of a moving sea of ice and
now found ourselves beyond the
range of all life-neither the foot
prints of bears nor the blow holes of
seals were detected. Even the
microscopic creatures of the deep
We're no longer under us.
Sun Burns ana Frost Bites.
THE maIdening influence of the
shifting desert Of frost became al
most uncomfortable of the days rortine.
Tie surface of the pack offered less
trouble and the weather improved,
but still there remained the life-sap-
ping wind which drove despair to the
lowest recess. The extreme cold
compelled physical action. Day
after day our weary legs spread over
big distances. The night of April Z
I was made notable by the swinging
of the sun at midnight over the north
ern ice. Sunburns and frost bites
were now recorded on the same lay,
but the double day's glitter infused
an incentive into ones l:fe OF shivers.
Our observation on April placed
the camp in the latitude $3.50, longi-
tude 949.
Advanced Slowly.
''In spite of what seemed long
marches we advanced but little over
hundred miles. Mvcn Of the worl
was lost in circuitous twists. around
+, troublesome pressure fines and high
| irregular fields. We were now about
/ two hundred miles from the pole and
, the slcdse loads reduced. One dog
after another went into the stom-
achs Of the hungry survivors, until
! the teams were considerably dimin-
ished in number, but there seemed TO
remain a sufficient balance for the
linen and brute to push along into the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
PHONE MESSAGE REVEALS
DEAD WOMAN'S BODY.

San Antonio, Sept. 1.-The body
OF Mrs. Alberta Banta. divorced wife
former United States Senator John
r, Phipps, of Homer, La, was found
at Breckenridge Park here today,
after a telephone message to the
police from an unidentified man.
Mrs. Banta was 80 years old.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
WIDOW CLAIMS BIG SUM.

Chicago Sept. Mrs, Agnes M.
Melody, Detroit widow. claiming
by adoption to the heirs
of the late James s, (Silent) Smith
today brought suit in the circuit court
to recover property valued at more
than four hundred thousand dollars.
The Illinois Trust and Savings bank
is the defendant
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
LOTTERY TICKETS BARRED.

Washington, Sept Am agreement
was signed today by American and
Cuban postal officials by which the
sending of lottery tickets from Cuba
to the United Sta,es through the
mails will be prevented absolutely.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
MRS. COOK NOT FOUND.

Portland, Me-, Sept. Mrs. Fredcr-
ick Cook, wife of the Arctic explorer,
has been passing the summer at South
Harpswell, came here to spend the
day with friend. Despite the best
efforts it had been impossible up 20
late tonight to locate Mrs. Cook.
The cablegram from Copenhagen
and scores OF kilograms are held at
Brunswick for Mrs. Cook.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
DIAMONDS GO UP.

New York, Sept. An advance Of
5 to 10 per cent in the retail price Of
diamonds is scheduled by the dealers
as the result of the to a per cent
advance on rough diamonds by the
London syndicate.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
ASK AMERICAN SUPPORT.

New York. Sept. IA cable mes
sage asking American support for
the Swedish strikers was received to.
day by G, E. Tholin and John Sand
green, two Of their delegates, who az.
rived Aus. "a.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS,

Washington, Sept. 1.--Customs re-
ceipts today were nearly twice rs
great as on September l. last year,
receipts of all ports being 81 09,9S7;
and $758,454 on September l. 1908.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
PHOTOGRAPHED ECLIPSE.

Cambridge, Mass, Sept IA sue
cessful observation of the eclipse Of
Mars by the moon was made at Har,
ward observatory tonight Some pho
tographs were obtained
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Cold Weather lnterferes.

Cleveland Sept 2t-The cold
weather kept New York and Cieve-
land from playing today's game.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
. 'overa,i'e 0oetT '!wcsls

ssrnos.yn. Sept. ,.-.csrsall ahrt
or. pso,siyu. aslowia. only swS hits
Score: R.H..R.
HruolIyn ..:....es ........ q > ?.
Chicagr ...,.... IAN Il.
Aaitcr!:s i!rS;. t'inlays.H as.i los:~
:eU; cresa!a AMI ascas-. -. :.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
Rsyniosed .snluyeh.

so" York Sept. s,iun,onl. lGiaSSll:
20 retire in the a!sta, ;nn;nr ,.,stag
being' hit On the hsai rs a,ie OF TACK;
1ian's curves.
( .fs'sAse. :..-..'. "a A-s>~; ...Ri, II r.
S"" fHTI o.s.o.......... L.
~ l@!tiS ss,s.s s..s....... -
Batteries Haymca1, CrandalE and
24ll;tali=ss ~ Z i:.ssAA Hackmah and Bliss.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
MESSAGE 70 WIFE.

New York, Sent L." Successful
well. Address Copenhagen Fred"
The foregoing message, exasperat-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02

Have the Bulletin on your break.
asst table every morning.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
Loosely rIayed Game.


st. Louis, Sept. l.--All the locals
runs were made In the first on a sue
cession OF wild throws.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
r~om rh;'adsla!,ia-petais .Iisats !.
Bosscn iu Eleven lnni,Ys.hzs.
tse-..Erowns Wsn fn.
ct1eS GSNeE. ?
NATIONAL i.EaatiE,
aain Pfrvenks Carer.

Hmon. Scp'. l.. pi;tsl.usg waa'
hey" Today but rshs .,.te. saisl tvs
yams. -.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-02
THREE / LEAGUE.

Peoria Lost TWO.
bloomington. III. Sept, 1.--Peoria
(Concluded an Sixth Paga,l
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-05
MuIlaney Named
as Police Chief
Private Secretary to Mayor Busse
Likely to Head Chicago
Force.

CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-Bernard J. Mullaney.
private secretary to Mayor rBusse, was
asked tonight by the mayor to accept the
office of chief Of police OF Chicago. which
was made aca earlier in the day by
the resignation OF George NJ. shippy.
Chief Shippy has been out Of the active
work of the department for several months
on account Of the preoarious condition OF
his health. II was thought until today
that he would be back In his office after
hfs furlough expired.
He is living in the woods near Petoskey,
Mich. In his letter OF resignation he did
not think that his health would ever per-
nit him TO resume the work Of the de-
partmentl
Mullaney'e name was rumored all day as
the probable successor of ShIppy, but the
formal offer did not come Until tonight.
Mullaney has not accepted the offer, but
1t is thought ne will do so. A special
meeting of the city council has been called
for tomorrow morning to receive this and
other appointments;
The threatened street car strike had a
great deal TO do with bringing the situa-
ton to a head. MuiIaney is 50 years old.
He was a political reporter on various
Chicago papers for many years, later goinE
into the advertising business and then
running the campaign which put Busse
into office. II he accepts the post Chi
eagO's police department will have its first
civilian head since Joseph Badenoch, who
was appointed I'm 1895.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-05
INDIAN GIVES HIMSELF UP
shoots Friend and Takes Train to
County Seat After Telephone
ing Sheriff.

ABERDEEN, S. D., Aug. 4-tSpecial.)-
A gallon of whisky was the cause of the
shooting of Thomas Powell, a young half
breed Indian, on the Standing Rock reser-
walton by Robert Gilland, another half
breed, early Sunday morning.
Powell and Gilland had been to the
agency to get their issue OF beef cattle
and were driving the cattle home. In the
party we're two or three other young In
dians. In some manner the redskins had
procured a gallon Of liquor and were par
taking Of It freely. Powell, under the in
fluence Of the liquor, became insulting and
abusive and called Gilland a horsethief and
other names. Gilland ordered him to stop,
and when Powell refused went to his horse
and got a revolver from the saddle. Fir
ing, a shot In the air Gilland again or
dered Powell to stop, but Powell instead
started toward him. Then Gilland fired,
shooting his victim through the abdomen.
Gilland then sprang on his horse and rode
to Thunder Hawk, where he called up
Sheriff Perry OF the newly-organized county
Of Corson, telling of his crime. Perry
told him to go TO Morristown and give him
self up and wired the railroad to give
Gilland a ticket for Morristown. Gilland
took the train and when he got off at
Morristown the sheriff was there to meet
him. Giland was brought to Aberdeen,
where he waived preliminary examination
and was held by United States Commits
sioneT William Wallace to await the action
of the federal court. He is confined in the
Brown county jail here. The Indian agent
at Standing Rock states that both Powell
and Gilland were usually well-behaved
Powell being especially law-abiding and in
offensive when sober. The man introduce
Ing the liquor on the reservation will be
prosecuted to the limit II he can be dis
covered.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-05
CANNON WILL PUNISH FOES
Insurgents Will Lose Their Good
Committee Places.
WILL ANNOUNCE LIST TODAY
evers Men who Hitherto Had Good
Assignments VIII Fine Them
selves Out I'm the Cold
Hereafter.

WASHINGTON, Aug. A-Speaker Cannon
is expected to announce his committee
assignments tomorrow. That they will not
be satisfactory is already indicated by
gossip heard about the house chamber. The
selection which Is expected to cause a great
deal of comment and incidentally consider
able concern, is the designation of Repre-
sentative Weeks of Massachusetts, to be
chairman Of the committee on postoffices
and postroads.
II IL understood that Mr.. Weeks does not
favor the postal savings banks proposition,
and that his attitude with regard TO that
Legislation which was proposed and recon-
mended by George L. Meyer of Massachu-
sets, formerly postmaster general, has had
some Influence with MIR. Cannon in select
ing him for the head Of the postoffice COM
mittee.
Several Of the Massachusetts delegation
look upon a plan to. appoint Mr.. Weeks to
the head of the committee as a clever coup
on the part of senator Cranes followers to
endanger the chances of the opposing fac
lions in the coming senatorial contest In
their state.
The fact that Representative Gardner OF
New Jersey, who would be entitled to the
Craftsmanship Of the postoffice committee
from the standpoint of rank of service on
that committee, today for the first time
voted with the rules insurgents" and the
democrats on the Urgent deficiency bill,
was taken to indicate that he regards Mr..
Weeks appointment as assured. Represent
ative Gardner Of Massachusetts,, who, 1t is
said. also would be affected by the appoint
ment OF Mr.. Weeks, because of his affilia-
tion with the Lodge forces, is to lose his
craftsmanship of the committee on ndus.
trial arts and expositlons. 1t was under
stood today that this action would be taken
by the speaker because Mr.. Gardner was
one of the leading Insurgents at the
opening Of the present session. Representa-
tive .Rodenburg of Illinois, it Is said, will
succeed Mr.. Gardner.
Representative Cooper of Wisconsin, who
was also an '~insurgent" against the rules,
may, retain the craftsmanship of the COM
mittee on insular affairs. II was reported
today that President Taft had interviewed
with Speaker Cannon in his behalf. on the
other hand, It was learned from equally
reliable sources that Representative Fowler
Of New Jersey, who was chairman of the
banking and currency committee in the last
session, would lose his committee. The fate
of Representative Davidson of Wisconsin,
another 'insurgent," remains uncertain,
He was chairman of the committee on rail
ways and canals.