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rv<? j> | Hvdjo %. - 8 ? ik fl BB^BgJBNfl I BmEB3BbB1L?^^^ B W^mTM^ffllTl R I tf^ISi IXDI. From September 25 to October 9,| 1909, the State of New York, under the auspices of the Hudson-Fulton ,, ' Celebration Commission, will commemorate with appropriate exercises the 300th anniversary of the discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson in 1009, and the 100th anniversary of the successful inaugura- j tlon of steam navigation upon the! ame river by Robert Fulton in 1807. J The plans for the celebration have ' been formulated with a view to the 1^ KN lt^\ 1>S< I international, national, Interstate. State and local significance of the events to be commemorated. The people of Holland, under royal auspices, have built a reproduction of the Half Moon, to be presented to the Commission manned with a crew in the costumes of the period of y* Henry Hudson. The reception of this distinguished delegation, together, as it is hoped, with ships and official representatives of foreign nations, will mark the international phase of the celebration. The National Government will be represented by the Federal troops, the United States navy and distin guished civil officers. An interstate participation cannot ? be avoided when two commonwealths, like New York and New Jersey, have so much in common in their, geographical, historical, social and commercial relations, and the appointment by Governor Hughes of fifteen distinguished citizens of New Jersey ui>on the Commission, as well as the activities of New Jersey boards of trade. Indicate that such participation is in vunierupiauon. The State-wide observance of the events has been provided for in the preparations for commemorative ecercises in all the universities, colleges, schools and learned societies throughout the State. In the Hudson River 'ley every j county seat from Newuurgh northward is preparing actively for one day of local celebration. In New York City and the Hudson .Valley south of Newburgh the features of the celebration promise to t make it unique in character and of lasting educational value. Saturday, September 25. The observances will begin on Satlir/lav Qontamhor OK 1 #>?* ?*^?y-r-OArTr^v-.nt>V-i H i I II LIU. 1 Wll V / ? ~ ing features: General decorations of public and private dwellings from New York to < the head of the river. PROPOSED HENRY HUDSON Mt 752 LIVES LOST IN S The following: table shows the disastrous results of expeditions to dis.. cover the North Pole, which Dr. Cook accomplished without casulty: Mis Tear. Explorer. Lost. 1563 Sir Hugh Wiloughby 62 1554 Richard Chancellor 8 1578 Sir Martin Frobisher 40 * 1686 Captain Davis 14 1504 Barents 35 * 1606 'John Knight 3 y r\=FULTO 16Q9 (INS WATCHING T71H HALF MOOl Rendezvous of American and foreign vessels at New York. Far-simile of Hudson's Half Moon to enter the river, be formally received and take her place in line. Fac-siinile of Fulton's Clermont to start from original site with appropriate exercises and take position in lino. Visiting guests to disembark and be officially received. Sunday, September 2??. The Commission is nf tv>o nr,i that in arranging for the celebration the people should not overlook the divine guidance in the two great events to be commemorated, one of which opened tip our State to modern civilization and led to the founding of the city of New York, and the other of which laid tho foundation for the vast commerce upon which the prosperity of the city and State so largely depends. It has therefore set apart the day for religious observances. Monday, September 27. Openings of exhibits of paintings, prints, books, models, relics. The exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History promise to be the most remarkable of the kind ever held in this country. Music festivals will be held in the evening in each of the five boroughs of the city. On some day or days of this week there will be a remarkable exhibition of flying machines. The New York World has ofTered a prize of $10,000 for the aeronaut who. with a mechanically projtelled airship, sails over the course from New York to Albany traversed by Fulton's first steamboat in 1S07. During the week it is planned tc FIRST TltlP OF F have upon a great float in the Hudson River opposite Riverside Park New York, an Indian village, in and around which scenes in the early his tory of New York will be enacted. Tuesday, September 28. On Tuesday, September 28, then will be an historical parade in th( city of New York. The processlor will be composed of floats and mov ing tableaux representing the princi pal events in the history of the citj and State. This parade may be re Ipeated in Brooklyn on Friday, Octol Iber 1. In the evening the official literarj exercises will be held in the Metro Ipolitan Opera House, the great hal kC ';- ' " "'l SMORIAL BRIDGE, NEW YORK. EARCH OF THE POLE 1607 Henry Hudson li 11612 Sir Thomas Button 1 1619 Jens Munk 6 1631 Thomas James 1 1634 Isle of Jan Mayen Settlers.. A648 Deshneff 7 1719 James Knight 5 1735 Pronchistcheff 1728 Bahring 1 1736 Taninieai 5 1739 Chart* Laptier 1 n Celeb p^-=^-s idQi ? r ;Al ' * SAIL PAST SPL ViKX DUYVIL POP of the City College, Carnegie Hall and the Opera House of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Wednesday, September lit). i Wednesday, September 20, will he devoted to the dedication of parks DISCOVERY OF THE HUDSON?VICI COR and memorials along the Hudson River, and to general commemorative exercises throughout the State. The program for this day also includes aquatic sports on the Hudson i R.ver. The races on this day will he opposite Riverside Park, New York, ! and opposite Yonkers. Other features of Wednesday's proi gram will be: A reception to visiting guests at i West Point during the day, and an ULTONS CLKRMONT. | official banquet in honor of distin, I guished guests in the city of New I York in the evening. Thursday, September 30. On Thursday will occur the mili, tary parade, participated in by the ' United States Army, the United States ' Navy and Marine Corps, the National Guard and the Naval Militia. This [ parade ntay contain as many as 25,~ 000 troops. Friday, October 1. Friday, October 1, is devoted to the r naval parade and incidental cere. monies. It appears to be practicable I for some of our naval vessels to proceed as far north as Newburgh Bay. It is planned to have as many vessels of the navy, merchant marine, excursion boats and pleasure craft as possible go from New York to Newburgh, taking with thein the facsimiles of the Half Moon and Clermont. As the procession passes up the river salutes will be fired from eligible points. The memorial arch erected by the Daughters of the Revolution at Stony Point battlefield will be dedicated on this day. Simultaneously with fhe advance of the South Hudson division, it is proposed to have a counter-procession from Albany to Newburgh, the two divisions meeting and holding appropriate ceremonies at Newburgh. Here the Half Moon and Clermont will Join the North Hudson division. * 1742 Helming Ill _ 1773 Lord Miiltrrni-A * ^ 1776 Captain Cook 4 ^ 1819 Franklin (first voyage) 2 1821 Parry (second voyage) < 4 1825 Franklin (second voyage).. * 7 1829 John Ross ' 0 1836 Pease and Simpson : 0 1845 Franklin (third voyage)... .12; 2 1848 J. C. Ross (search oxped'n) 0 1840 North Star Expedition 3 1846 Plover and Herald 2 11853 Rao ??nwr m i ????? BATIOrtj ] HWWHUMHA * . ; waammmmmmmmammmrn ST. Saturday, October 'J. Saturday. October 2. is designed fr>r a general carnival day in New York City. Till* New Ynrlt division .>f tlm . ' parade will return to its starting I . I point. _ ' V "'.v r , , N"KTTE OF HUDSON IN LEFT-HAND XKR. i In Newburgh Bay there will be aquatic sports. In all the cities this will be peculiarly the children's day, devoted to fetes in public and private parks and playgrounds. The celebration will culminate In I New York City in the evening with a carnival parade. This feature, with j its moving allegorical tableaux par- . I ticipated in by all nationalities rep| resented in the cities will, it Is he- 1 lieved, exceed in beauty and interest ( the most famous carnivals of Europe. ' Brilliancy will be added to the general spectacle by the illumination of the fleet and public and private build- j ings and a pyrotechnic display. His- j plays of fireworks at various points, notably on the great bridges as in the fetes of the 14th of July in Paris, are in contemplation. At 9 p. m. it is designed to have ' a chain ot signal tires from mountain tops and other eligible points along ' the whole river, lighted simul- ' taneously. 1 Beginning Sunday, Octolier :t. i It is planned to devote the week beginning Sunday, October to cele- 1 brations in the eonimunities along ' the Upper Hudson. This will lie somewhat in the nature of an old ; 1 i i m HyPp7>^J B/. *^7f' 1 -,v, .i'j /fcj! HUDSON MEMORIAL STATUE, New York. I 18.T5 Kane KpeWition II 5 18(>0 Isaac llayes 1 t 18(>rt Haves (first voyage) ! 18(54 Hall (first voyage) 5? I r 1870 Hall (second vovage) - 1 1 1872 I'egetthoff ' 2 1 1872 11. Leigh Smith 2 j 1875 English Expedition 4 > 1878 Jeanettc (De Long) 21 1 1881 Greeley 20 1 5 18915 Andre (balloon) 3 < 3 fil Total 752 5 I lome meek. Beginning Sunday, Oo;ober 3 such portion of the Lower Hudson fleet as can continue the voyige to Troy, together with the North ; Hudson fleet and the Half Moon and j riennont, will be subject to the ar- i rangements of the Upper Hudson t committee of the Commission. Vloiulny, October -i. On Monday the naval parade wlii j jo at Poughkeepsie, the county seat I if Dutchess County, and remain thero ' luring the Pougiikeepsie ceremonies. I rucwlay, October On Tuesday the naval parade will j iroceed to Kingston, the county seat tf Ulster County, while similar exercises take place there. iVeilnesday, OetolH*r <i. On Wednesday. October fi. the naROBERT FULTON. val parade will go to Catskill, tho ounty seat of Greene County. I'liursdny, October 7. On Thursday. October 7, the fleet I svlll continue ou to Hudson, which is I the county seat of Columbia County, and is named after tiie great explorer. Priday, October K. On Friday. the sth, the flotilla will advance to the capital of the commonwealth. the county seat of Albany County, and the oldest city in the State. A statue of Peter Schuyler, the first Mayor of Albany, has been suggested as the permanent memorial Itere. Saturday, Oetnlier 0. In like manner the naval parade will advance to Troy, the county seat HUDSON LANDING ON MANHATTAN ISLAND. nf Rensselaer County, on Saturday, October 9, and form the nucleus of the celebration there. THE HUDSON RIVER. The proat river which Hudson explored has had many names, it was [ ailed Cahohatca and Skanehtade llahunda by the Iroquois. Mahicanituc r Mahican river by the Mohican Indians, and Shatemuc by other Indians; Una Grandissima Riviera by Uera/.zano whence Rio [Irande, Riviere Grande and Grand River; Rio de San Antonio or River if Saint Anthony by Gomez (laL'.'O; Rio de Gataas by the Spaniards ( 1 fi2."?-l Goo i; River of the Mountains by Hudson ilG<?9), or Montaigne Rivier on Dutch maps (1G15ldtS-i); River Manhattes by De Laet ilGj.'i), or Manhattans Rivier on Dutch maps (1(115-l(?f>4 >; River Mauritius or Maurits Rivier from Maurice, Prince of Orange, during the Dutch period; and the Noort uii ii.t i 1'uii'ii pcriou) or .Norm River (English) to distinguish it Front the South or Delaware River. Hudson's name has displaced all Lhesc except the North River, which is applied in a limited way to that portion of the river opposite the city jf New York. The Hudson River Is very remarkthle in several respects. In the first place, for 150 miles of its length it is not a true river but a fiord. From Albany to the ocean its rock bottom, ivith the exception of a few islands, is jelow sea-level. How far below, is aot accurately known. Opposite Storm King Mountain, where the engineers of the new aqueduct for supdying New York City with water Front the Catskills hoped to build e unnel under the river, they hate jored a thousand feet down into the lirt and sand that fill the gorge under he water and have not been able to ind rock bottom. The shore line at Albany is at practically the same elevation as the shore line at New York, ind the tide rises at Albany two and dght-tenths feet. This onward and downward flowing of the tide, of ivhich Hudson took advantage in his voyage, had, of course, long been loticed by the Indians, who spoke of he river with wonder as the stream hat flowed both ways. The river is also remarkable for ts groat natural beauty. The dlsinguished German surgeon. Dr. Adolf Lorenz, while visiting on its shores in 19(>2. pronounced it more beautiful Lhan the Khine. Largest Natural Bridge. Spanning -74 feet and more than dOfl feet high, a natural bridge, said to be the largest known, lias been ?lisrovered by members of the I'tah Archaeological Sooity, which has returned to Salt Lake City from an expedition along tho Colorado River, in Northern Arizona and Southern Utah. The bridge is located four miles north of the Arizona line, in the State of Utah, six miles cast of the Colorado River. * TROLLEY LINE TO RIVER Rock Hill to Take Step3 Which *."iH Bring About This. Rock Hill. Special.?A movement is on fool here to rebuild ami electrify the stri.-t railway wiiieli i< m^.v opera led by mules. The railway is ovviicl by I lie Land and Town Site Company. wiiieli al-o owns '_'"iu io ."Mill arris williin the eit\ limits of Ko.k Mill. Mr. .1 M. Cherry ..was land all tin* way from Uork Mill to the river. Me lias orad.-d a mad to within a half-mile of tb river. This irra?lin-_' was supposed to tie simply a yoo.l road tlirouuli 11i- property, but it now transpires that lie eontemplates usiii" it for a trolley to the river. If llie proposed arrunueiiients ji> throuvtli Mr. ('lurry will organize a ih'W eoiupany t<> tak.* over tin* town silo lompany ainl Intild a trolley to tin- river ainl ?-l? at the ( atuwhu power |*l;iiiI an extensive park. Sneli a t<>.a<I would naturally li. extended sooner or later to CuarloSl** ami i!.e park ami l?iyr ri\er lake would tiiett lie at tile sen i<of t lie people of Charlotte lei ret reat ion. Kim ?r has it that arrangement> are air adv inaile to tinanee the eompanx whieli will take over ami ilevelop tin- property now owned liv the town sii eoiupany ami htiihl an eleettie road not only to the river, as ahove stated, hot to three of the eotton mill vil1 1. ?t... II...1.1 1 !>..?! Ai'ii'.'i'ii. Manchester ;n i< I I !:? ? 11 _ 11 i la1 i \v < "Iicitv park. Insurance Concerns Have Large Profits. ('nlutnhia. Special Insurance < * ?miiii>-inii.T McMaster's statement shows i hiit t lie Met premium receipts In.in fire insurance companies t ?f tinsix months emliiiu June Ml were .ri'lJ. 4"J'J.UH; lilt mpanics. .*1.li'Jl.l'JV.'JV; aiscellaii''im> companies, irMil.li.Vj.nj. I'iie a.l.litiotial license ie's Sis authorized itieler the re t act nl" tile legislature show collections as follows: Five iiisiranec companies. Si7,:>In.nj ; lit-. sjo.nVl.il4 : miscellaneous. rJ.nt'd.V'J. The lire in>| ?' mil lux nmounte.I to .f 1.s."V. 1.1''. Liquor Flows in Jail Yard. Lexington. Special.- SherilY I'. 11. ("orli'v last week emptied i'ti callous of liiptor ami cider in the ,isii 1 lot. This lot had hccu captured at I rum, ii In in t six weeks siuo. The stuff was coiisig-iie?I to John Davis, ami was seized as heing contrhaml. No inipiirv was ever made hv the supposed owner, ami as the required time was .... >1... .1 ur .i....;.i.. i ... i ..i' tin- entire lot. This is about tin* first rase of this kind reported in the county, there Ix-inir hut few violations of the liquor law here. Bold Robbery at Spartanburg. Spartanburg. Special. The residence of (I). I.naiie, 1221 Kennedy street, a well known travelling man, was .entered Wednesday niirht and jewelry and silverware valued at + ">(ttt and $:?<? in currency taken. Anton<; the artieles stolen were t\v< solid uidd watches, two diamond rinjrs. a trold brooch set with diamonds. silver, knives, folks and soup lit 11 *. I ||<*|v Wen- e\ lUcllrcs 11 til T 11ll* hurular u*-. <1 <-)iI< t t'i11 mm j lu> iumatus. Siin-i tlx above report tin* st'iisnl ion arises licit tin* .jewelry had heell paWlied IIV Mill* dose ill l ill* llMlllC. Got a Quarter in Her Throat. Klorenee. Special.- TIm* 5-voar-old daughter m| Mi*. Waulaud Itrun.-on. nt 1 till*>ti. was l?i*< in*lit here Mnmla\ foi survival ti-'alni?*iil. T!m* little i?*ii*' wliili* playiti'j with a silver 'Jo-coiil piece. aeeiilenlall\ let it yet down in Iter tlu'Mal. anil it turtteil Hat ways. I hereby cut tin*: o!T lier (treat !i almost ntiivlv. l'.y means of the X-ray tin pieee of money was located in the eveiiinj;, was siieo-'sstullly removed and the child relieved. $'20,000 Verdict Returned. I'tiioii. Special.? Probably the largest verdict ever yiven in a damage suit in this county was the one rendered Wednesday by tlie jury in the ease of .lac lloleotuh vs the Southern Railway. This verdict was for twenty thosand dollars in a suit wherein sixty thousand was asked. Ilok-oinb is a youny man who. while in the em ploy of tin* Southern, had one foet injured. Death of Geo. A. Norwood. Greenville, Special.?(icorire Alexauder Norwood, a prominent hanker of the Piedmont section, died at his residence here Friday. After finishing school lie was successively a school teacher, a journalist, a farmer, a merchant and a turpentine distiller, lie went into the commission business in Charleston. haii?linir cotton and naval stores for eleven years. In 1K84 lie organized and became president of the Hank of Marion, remaining there six years, when he came to Greenville and I.ad since been intimately connected with the banking interests Iicro. New Police System. Columbia, Special.?Part of the equipment of the new police ularn^V" ^ ^ system arrived Saturday and the re maiuder is expected to arrive before, October 1 when the work of install-| n^j the new apparatus will prohahlx be commenced. The new equipmen' is thoroughly modern in every parti ular and will replace the system thi f nas done service for 15 yuars or more, f The same system is now being installed in sevral Southern cities. e#