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AMERICAN EXPLORER DR. COOK, FINDS NORTH POLE. Brussels, Sept. I.?The observatory i hero received the following tck-grnm j dated Lcrwlck, Shetland Islands: "Reached North Pole April 21, 1908. Discovered land far north. Ueturn to Copenhagen by steamer Hans Egedc. (Signed) "Frederick Cook." The American oillcials at the obsor- ? vat try state lite dispatch is surely au thentic anil that the North Pole has been reached for (ha llrst time by an Am* rienn. Paris, September 2. -?Tho Paris odltion of the New Vork Herald this I morning publishes a. signed statement from Dr.Vredorlck a. rook, which is: dated "Hnnsegedc, Berwick, Wednes day," on his experiences in the Arctic reg ions. "Alter a prolonged fight With famine : and frost.-' says Dr. Cook, "we have 1 at last succeeded in reaching tho | North Pole. A new highway, with an interesting strip of animated nature, has been explored, and big 1 K?me haunts located, which will de light sportsmen and extend the ! Eskimo horizon. "Land h;.s been discovered on which rest tie- earth's northermosl rocks.; A triangle of 110,.I square miles lias la en cut out of the IciTCstlal un known. The expedition was the out come of a summer cruise in Hie Artie neas on the schooner Bradley, Which arrived a' the limits of navigation in Smith Sound late in August; 1007. II? e conditions were found to launch a venture to the pole. J. it. Brad ley liberally supplied from his vessel uuitable provisions for local use. My own equipment for emergencies j Borved well for every purpose in the Arctic. "Many Ks piimauxs had gathered on the Greenland shores at Annatoak for; the winter hear hunt. Immense quantities of meat had been collected, and about the camp were plenty of strong dogs. The combination was i lucky, for there was good material for equipment. All that was required was carefully arranged lor a point only seven hundred miles from the Boreal centre, "A house and workshop was built of packing boxes by willing hands, and this northernmost tribe of 250 peo pie set themselves to the problem of1 devising a suitable out tit. Before the cud of the long winter night we ?were ready for the enterprise, and plans had matured to force a new route over Grinnell Land northward along its west coast out onto the Polar Sea. "The Campaign opened with a few scouting parties being sent over the American shores to explore (he way and see the game haunts. Their mission was only partly successful, because of the storms. At sunrise of Pi--. 'February P.m the main ox pi i;::, :i embarked on iis voyrtge to the pole. It consisted of eleven men and 1011 (iogs drawing eleven heavily lad a sledges, The expedition left the Greenland shore and pushed Westward over tho trouble,; |?>e of Smith Sound. Tin gloom ol the long lllght was relieved only by ft few hours of daylight. The Chill of the Winter was felt at i*s worst. As wo crossed the heights of Ellostriei'e Sound to the Pacific Slope the tem perst ire sank to minus Sil centigrade. Sevi rnl dous were frozen, and the men Buffered severely, hu? we soon found the f.nmc i rails along which the way was easy. We forced through Nan sea Sound to Land's End. In this march we secured I'd mu.-k oxen, 7 lie i! s rind ?"????*? hares. "Wo pushed out into the Polar Sea f t of Herbert l ; i r. i. ? was 1 1 <h" s Inter 6iher Eskimos, fdfming U ting p, i . ? by tl ? survival of the littest, Ti e two best men and twenty-six dogs wee ,?:< p. i foi" the final effort. ''There hefep'e. us. in an unknown line pf 4iio miles, lay our goal. The firs! days provided long inarches, rind we made i ncouraglng progress. a |>.ti! had, which separated the hind from the ice of tho central pack, was Crossed With little delay. The low temperature was persistent, and the v. fads made life a torture. Put r iped up in our houses, eating dried b< '. tallow and drinking hoi tea. there were some animal comforts occasionally to be gained, "For several days after tin1 sight of I:,1 >v a land was lost the overcast sky p jeftted an accurate determination Of our positions. Oh March "0. the ho Izefl was partly cleared, and m w land was discovered. Our observa t'ons gave our position as latitude 84.17, longitude 86.36. There was urgent need of rapid advance. Our main mission did not permit n detour for the purpose of exploring the CO) St, Here were seen the last signs of solid earth; beyond there was nothing stable to bo seen. "We advanced steadily over the monotony of moving sea Ice, and now found ourselves beyond the range of all life?neither foot prints of hears or blow holes of seals were detected. Even the microscopic creatures of (he deep were no longer under us. The maddening influence of the shift ing desert of frosl became almost une.lurnble in the daily routine. The surface ol the pack offered Jess and less trouble and the weather im prove:!. Put there still remained the life sapping wind which drove despair to its lowest recess. The extreme cold compelled physical action. Thus day atier day our weary legs spread over big distances. Incidents and position were recorded, hut adventure was promptly forgotten in the next day's efforts. The night of April T was made notable by the swinging of the SUIl at midnight over the northern Ice. Sun burns and frost bites were now recorded on the same day, but the double day's glitter infused tpilte an Incentive into one's life of shivers. "Our observation on April 6 placed the camp In latitude S6.36, longitude 94.2. In spite of what seemed long marches, we advanced but little over a hundred miles. Much of our work was lost in circuitous twists, around troublesome pressure lines and high) irregular Heids. A very old Ice drift, too. was driving eastward with suf ficient force to give some anxiety. "Although still equal to about fifty miles dally, the "Mended marches and the bum hours for travelling with which for!une favored us earlier were no longer possible. We were now about two bundled miles from the Pole and sledge loads wen? reduced. One tlog after another went into the stomachs, of the hungry survivors un til the teams w> re considerably dim inished In number, but there seelned to remain a sufficient balance for man and brute to push along into the heart of the mystery to which we had set ourselves. "On April 1*1 we had reached SO de nn es. minutes, 46 seconds. The Pole was in sinht. We covered the remaining fourteen seconds and made a few final observations. I told EtU kishook and Ah welsh (the accom panying Eskimos) that we had readi ed the 'Great Nail." Everywhere we turned was south. With a single step we could pass from one side of the earth to the other; from midday to midnight. At hist the flag floated to the breezes at the Pole. It was April 21, 1008. The temperature was minus :!S centigrade, barometer L'th.v;.: latitude. !?0; as for the longitude it was nothing, as it was but a word. "Although with joy, our spirits began to undergo a feeling of weari ness. Next day ?fter taking all our observations, a sentiment of intense Soltitude penetrated us while we looked at I he horizon. Was it pos sible that this desolate region, with out a patch of earth, had aroused the ambition of so many men for so many centuries. There was no ground, only an immensity of dazzling white snow, no living heilig, no point to break the frightful monotony. "On April _'.! we started <;:i our return." Kills WetihbBe Slayer. A merciless murderer is Appendlcl* Iis with many victims. BUI Dr. Kinc s New Life Pills kill it by pre vention. 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