THE CITIZEN) Mil DAY, JANUARY 20, 1011.
SPIRITS Rffl COOa
They Say He Was Nearr
Pole Than Peary.
HAVE SIR JOHN'S WORD FOR .7
Arctic Explorer Who Died In 1847 In
sists That He Traveled With the
Doctor Until the Last Day,
Then Quit Him.
Washington, Jan. IS. According to
the testimony of prominent disembod
ied spirits, neither Dr. Cook nor Com
mander Peary reached the north pole,
but Cook got nearer to the goal than
Peary.
This somewhat astonishing state
ment is contained in a letter from Wil
liam T. Stead of the Itovlew of Ife
Tiews of London to Arthur Itollinsnii
Oolburn, a lawyer, of this city and
forwarded by Mr. Colburn to Itcpre
sentatlve Itoberta of Massachusetts, a
member of the house committee on na
Tal affairs, who has been outspoken in
his opposition to the proposition thai
ongress reward Peary for his nnii
explorations.
In Mr. Stead's letter to Mr. Collm:v
he says:
"With regard to the polu coutro
Tersy, the only message which r
have received on the subject wan mi
from Sir John Franklin last year, lit'
did not say anything about Peary, but
said he had personally conducted Coo'
early to the pole and then left him to
toniplete the Journey himself, Secinv
you have received a communication in
the same sense, I thought this would
Interest you."
Mr. Colburn adds:
"It Is most noteworthy that the Us
Mmony of the spirit world Is unani
WILLIAM T. STEAD.
mous that neither explorer readied the
pole, but that Cook got nearer than
Peary. This testimony I havo received
and friends of mine declare HUewK"
from fifty gifted psychics rangin..,
from those who simply hnvo powers
to receive correct mental impression
to those who havo the wonderments
of the Independent voice, material!.:!
Hons, etc.
"And, too, those psychics represent
all phases of Interest In the polar con
troversy from thosp deeply Interest-."!
to those who think the whole matter a
piece of folly. Inconsequential and val
ueless "
Mr. Colburn believes tiie stranger
feature about the communication from
Mr. Stead Is the statement that who
near the polo the spirit of Sir John
Franklin, the arctic explorer, who
died in 1S47, left Dr. Cook to finish
the journey alone. k
"With a friend of mine, the jfcsido!.
of n corporation here In Washing! or
I visited a physician of great psych)
power. He received through his own
hand the signatures, correctly, of proli
ably llfty friends of the doctoi
Including one of whom my friend had
never heard.
"Then Sir John Franklin, In his owi.
proper handwriting, gave an extended
message on the subject of the polur
controversy. Giving It from mom in
as best I can, It was that he. Sir John
was the Insplrer and sustalner of Cool,
In his quest; that the cold was so In
tense that the breath would free:;r
upon tho Instruments, welding or i',
tcrferlng with their working parts .-iim
rendering them useless.
"That the effect of the cold on t!i
mind was to render it" dreamy and ui.
able to think In a normal way, or t
make observations; that the monoton, .
mirages, hardships and exposure made
everything around seem unreal am'
fantastic nnd that any observuti in
made under such circumstances v,i-
valueless and that reliable evideiai
jonld not be obtained. My friend dl
jtot know the handwriting of Sir Join,
but on comparison it was found sail
faclory.'' Mr. Colburn concludes his letter h.'
stating that:
"Lieutenant ISooth Lock wood im
communlcnted with us at our home
through great trance mediums and
sustains Cook as against Peary."
Representative Itoberta Is mucl
cheered up as n result of theso com
municatlons from the spirit world.
THE WILSON INAUGURAL.
Photograph of New Jersey's New (
Governor Reviewing the Parade, t
1SU, by American Press- Association.
HERE'S A REAL FISH STORY.
Whale Charged Ship and Damaged
Steel Plates, Captain Says.
Xew Orleans, Jan. 18. With a score
of plates on the port side badly dam
aged In a light with a whale In tho
gulf Of Mexico', the Norwegian steam
er Mount Vernon came limping Into
port. It is' a queer story that Cap'
lain Falsen, master of the vessel, has
to tell.
Three days out from Bocas del Toro
and not far from the entrance to tho
South pass, at the mouth of the Missis
sippi, lo was awakened early In the
morning of Jan. 13 by feeling tho p-ow
of his ship strike something soft that
resisted the progress of the ship. He
rushed on deck nnd saw a huge whale,
which he estimates as seventy-live feet
long, backing away from tho forward
quarter of the Mount Vernon. Blood
was streaming from the monster's
sides.
A hundred yards or so from the ship
the whale stopped, threshed the sea
with Its tail and then drove straight
at the boat. The massive head struck
just below tho point where the fright
ened skipper stood. The force of tho
blow was tremendous. The heavy
steel plates buckled. Falsen was
thrown to tho deck.
But naturally It was tho whale that
suffered most. With the rebound of
the blow ho was hurled back, Ills
crushed head upreared for a moment
and the body sank out of sight.
THAW'S SISTER-IN-LAW WEDS.
Mining Engineer Is Third Husband of
Mrs. Frieda Peet.
Reno, Nov., Jan. 18. In tho house
here occupied by Mrs. W. E. Corey,
first wife of the former president of
the United States Steel corporation,
while seeking divorce Frieda Marsh
I'cet, divorced last month from J. Dot
ride Peet, a traveling salesman of New
York, whom she married In 1005, took
for hor third husband, Professor Fred
erick Edward Young, a wealthy min
ing engineer, grandson of Dr. Edward
Young, founder of the bureau of sta
tistics at Washington.
The bride's first husband was Ed
ward Thaw, brother of Harry Thaw.
Tho bride Is a daughter of Professor
John Edward Marsh, a scientific
writer.
Tho bridegroom Is manager for
James Breen, a millionaire Montana
mining operator, and is a son of
Charles E. Young, a civil engineer of
Washington.
$500 FOR BEATING WIFE.
Fine Raised From $25 After Judgo
Saw How Small Woman Was.
Kansas City, Jan. IS. Upon tho size
of the wife a man beats depends tin
size of the fine he must pay in .ludgt
Carlisle's court in Kansas City, Kan
Luther Chambers was fined $25 foi
beating his wife. Ho said he could
prove by her that It was his first ot
fense. A sweet faced little womai,
walked out of the crowd to take tin
witness stand.
"Is that small woman your wife''
asked tho court before she had testi
fled.
"Yes," responded Chambers.
"Your fine Is raised to 500," said
tho judge.
S SAILORS DEAD ON DELAWARE
Causo of Accident Not Reported All
Killed by Steam.
Washington, Jan. 18. In an accident
in tho Are room .of the battleshit
Delaware, en route from Guautnnaiuc
to 'Hamilton Roads, eight enlisted mer
were killed and another was danger
ously Injured. ,
The cause of the accident was not
reported. Captain Gove nsked that t
tug bo sent from the Norfolk navj
yard to Hampton Roads to take oil
tho bodies of the victims of tho acci
dent. The deaths were caused bj
burns resulting from escaping steam.
Sherman's Mother-ln-Law Belter,
Utlcn, N. Y., Jan. 18, Mrs. Eller
Babcock, mother-in-law of Vice PresI
dent Sherman, who had been serious
ly 111 for some time nnd whoso Indis
position threatened to Interfere witb
tho social plans of Vice President and
Mrs. Sherman In Washington this win
ter, Is now on the vad to recovery,
Weather Probabilities.
Fair; continued qold Wednesday ani
Thursday; light to moderate norther
ly winds.
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Hostesses at dinner must put guo?U
of honor at the right of themselves
and Ihe hosts even If the usual sit
ting places are changed to suit the oc
casion. When n married woman en
tertains at dinner she puts at her right
the husband of the woman whom they
so wish to honor, and tho wife must
bo nt the right of tho host. To place
the guests of honor In any other posi
tion Is to deprive them entirely of the
distinction Intended.
With a round table the' matter 'of
seating guests becomes simple; for
there Is no head and no foot, and !h .'
desired position arranges Itself with
out change. Frequently the hostess
does not bavc ri. s'eat;,tlrcctly opposite
to the host, but In a, circle) this is not
conspicuous, i
With an-ovfl or square table and
eight guestn tlx nrrangement becomes
complicated.. Three persona on a side
means that the hostess must abandon
her usual place or she will, have two
women together and two men, than
which nothing could show greater Ig
norance. There Is nothing for the
hostess then lo do but to change hor
position, leaving her husband In that
which ,he, always occupies.
The woman guest of honor then goes
at his right, and. if possible, the hus
band Is put at the right of tho hostess
on the side of tho table. When all tho
guests are married couples even the
husband of the honor guest cannot be
at the hostess' right, though she has
abandoned her regular seat.
An English Custom.
Tho very sensible English custom of
mentioning the date of departure In
writing invitations for visits hns be
come almost universal in this country.
the exception being In tho homesteads
south of Mason and Dixon's Hue.
There a friend or relation Is asked to
come and stay as long as convenient,
ind tho stay sometimes stretches over
months or years. There are always
relations who are disposed to overlook
any little discomfort that such a visit
brings as well as tho positive Incon
venience they may be causing their
hosts, and such is the courtesy of the
people of this part of tho country that
the visit only ends at tho visitor's will.
Instances could even bo given In which
the visits of poor relations or friends
havo lasted the rest of their lives, the
greatest courtesy and consideration be
ing shown to them by host and hostess
even where they became helpless In
vallds.
At the Dance.
A woman waits to be sought by hor
partner. When tho music for the dance
which she has promised him strikes up
should he fail to seek her out she may
expect an apology and plausible ex
planation for his delinquency.
If a man Is doing duty as an escort
on coming from the cloakroom he
awaits his companion's appearance
somewhere outside the ballroom door,
at tho head or tho foot of tho stairway
or In the hall, having agreed with her
beforehand just where they are to
meet.
Before he fills his dance program
with other names ho asks a dance or
two of the woman In his charge. Ho
also holds himself in readiness to ac
company her to the supper room If ho
sees that no one offers to serve as
escort In that capacity.
On Letter Writing.
The girl who has a correspondence of
about half a dozen or so of her school
mates has formulated the following
rules concerning her letter writing. t
which she adheres:
Write name and address legibly and
correctly on each envelope.
Write your own name nud address In
tho upper loft hand corner.
Place on eacli the correct amount ot
postage.
Before sealing see that in each en
velope you havo Inclosed tho correct
letter.
Keep as close a duplicate of every
letter as It is possible to do.
Never write personalities.
Clever Idea.
A girl who has Just returned from n
long visit, during wilcb she collected a
number of spoons which are souvenirs
of the various places visited, recently
made them the key to n table talk at a
little luncheon, Beside each plate
were two spoons hearing pictures or
seals of various cities, and during tho
luncheon the guests were 'asked to tell
some interesting fact about that partic
ular city. All the guests declared that.
It was not only a unique mqthod 'of
directing the conversation, but tho
means of making tho occasion most In
terestlug.
Hint For Speechrnaking.
The frequent reason of failure In so
called Impromptu speeches nt wedding
breakfasts is the fact that the speaker
Is not brief 1 what he says. It Is far
better to utfr only a few sentences,
stopping will v the others would havo
a 'person go -i. fhan to occupy much
time In willed guests might be talking
lo each oilier wore they given the op
portunity. Then, too. If there are oth
er speakers to follow the evening
grows boresome If all talk for many
minutes.
Congressman James A.
Tawney of Minnesota.
distil'
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W10, by American Press Association.
Congressman James A. Tawney of
Minnesota, most prominent of the
standpatters who fell by the way
Ride last fall, may enter President
Tnft's cabinet after March 4. Rumor
first selected Mr. Tawney for the
Panuma canal commission, but Intel1
assorted that he would succeed Sec
retary Balltnger when congress ad
journs. Friends are working in his
behalf and assert there is no doubt of
his fitness nnd that the appointment
would bo popular.
Twice chairman of the house com
mlttoe on appropriations, Mr. Tawney
for many years has been a prominent
figure in congress and In national pol
itics. Nine successive times he was
the choice of his constituents In the
First district of .Minnesota, then ho was
defeated In tho primaries for renoml-
natlon. This reversal of the opinion
of the voters was due to insurgency
Mr. Tawney was criticised for his ac
tion on tho Aldrlch-Payno bill, f or his
support of Speaker Cannon and for
his stand pat attitude generally.
Congressman Tawney Is a native of
Pennsylvania and learned the black
smith's trade In the shop of his father.
In 1877 ho removed to Winona, Minn.,
nnd worked ut his trade until admit
ted to tho bar in 18S2. He was elect
ed to the Minnesota state senate In
1890 and tho following year began his
congressional career.
Commander Sims of the Navy.
Commander William Sowdon Sims of
tho United States ship Minnesota,
whose speech at the recent dinner to
the American navy In London has boon
tho subject of International correspond
ence, was for several years naval aid
to President Roosevelt.
The banquet at which the speech
was delivered was given In honor of
tho officers and men of the American
fleet in the English channel and was
one of the functions which marked the
visit of the vessels to English and
French ports. Replying to the welcom
ing speech of tho lord mayor of Lon
don, Commnnder Sims, according to
the press dispatches, said that, speak
Ing for himself, ho believed that If the
time ever came when the British em
pire was menaced by an external en
emy they might count on every man
WILLIAM S. SIMS.
every drop of blood, every ship nnd ev
ery dollar of their kindred across the
sea.
Commander Sims is a Canadian by
birth aud entered the service of Uncle
Sam from Pennsylvania; he was grad
uated from the Naval academy In 18S0.
In addition to tho regular sea duty, ho
served for several years as naval at
tache In Russia nnd In France. In rec
ognition of his work as inspector of
target practice President Roosevelt as
signed him to command .the Minneso
ta, Commander Sims thus becoming
the first olllcer of his rank to havo
chargo of n first class battleship. In
a letter of commendation the president
said that Sims was largely lnstrumen
tal In building up a- system of gunnery
that had "enormously Increased pur ef
flclency as a sea nower."
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Wasted on Him.
"Occasionally." remarked the vlslllng
Londoner, "t see In some Amcrlcau pa
per a supposititious colloquy referring
to an aeroplane Hue to Mars. Do you
know, that strikes mo ns being exceed
ingly funny. Evidently the writer U
Ignorant of the fact that our atmos
phere does not extend upward more
than fifty or n hundred miles and be
comes more and more tenuous ns It
nears the limit. He does not seem to
know that tho air Is absolutely neces
sary In Dying an aeroplane. It is high
ly probable that no aviator ever will
ascend to a higher elevation than ten
or fifteen miles even If he can endure
tho excessive cold he will encounter nt
that altitude. The Idea of salllug an
aeroplane through the Imponderable
ether Is Ineffably absurd." Chicago
Tribune.
Scottish Names.
No country lias experienced the dllll
culty arising from the commonness or
one surname in a district more Intense
ly than Scotland. With a whole coun
tryside populated by Campbells, Era
sers or Gordons, some moro distin
guishing nomenclature had to be
found. And no doubt this was the
chief reason why at one time men
were always known by the name of
their estate or farm. Dean Ramsay
remembered an old cowherd who was
always known as Boggy. Hi's real
uame was Sandy Anderson, but he had
once owned a wretched farm called
Boggendreop, and he was Boggy to the
day of his death.
At tho Top.
"I take a good deal of pride In my
cousin Hector," said Mrs. Lapsllng.
"lie paid his own way through .the
medical college, got his diploma, pud
now he Is .a full fledged disciple o
Osculaplus." Chicago Tribune.
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