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TRAGIC RELICS IN ARCTIC SEAS. Mementos of Greely Expedition Found by Peary Aid. FOOD PERFECTLY PRESERVED. BY AIRSHIP TO CHINA. SEEING NEW YORK AIRSHIP. Professor Donald McMillan Ate Ex plorer's Provisions and Wore His Abandoned Coat Racing Dope Sheet and Hymn Book Among Remnants , of III Fated Expedition. Professor Donald McMillan of Worcester, Mass., topographer 'with the Peary expedition, although he did not go to the north pole, had, after Peary himself, the most interesting ex periences of any of those in the party. Remains of the expedition under Greely during his ill fated attempt to find the pole In 1881 to 1884 were dis covered by the scientists at Fort Con ger, on Lady Franklin bay, in latitude 81.44. Canned vegetables, including po tatoes, .hominy and rhubarb; some pem tnlcan and tea and coffee were discov ered in great quantities. "They were still good,- too," said Pro fessor McMillan. "I know; for I ate iome of them myself. Sergeant David E. Brainerd's trunk was found1 Intact. In May, 1882, the Greely party had : reached 3.24 in north Greenland. 'They were on their return when the "winter set in, and they camped at Fort 'Conger. Here the party became des perate and split. Seventeen of the twenty-five members, under Lieuten ant Kislingbury," started off alone, in an effort to reach civilization. Limited to nine pounds of baggage and food each, they were overcome by the ele ments, and all perished. The remain der of the party who remained at iFort Conger were rescued by Admiral (then Lieutenant) W. S. Schley, V. S. N., In 1884. f Soy's Gift o Explorer Found. tAmong the relics found at Fort Con jrer were many documents relating to handwriting of Greely, which had been left behind on the arrival of the res- oumg party, une oi me nnus was a " text book, and another was a temper ance hymn book. Both had belonged to JJeutenant Kislingbury. The flyleaf of the nrst bore lusnngourys name ana - was inscribed: ? . To my dear father, from hts affection-- ate son,. Harry Kislingbury. ilay God be "..with -ysu and return you safely to us. -Hiieutenant Kislingbury never return ed to his son, who is still living In the ' west This booK, which, with the Jbymn book, was shown by Professor , McMillan, seemed to have been used "by students of Assumption college, 'Sandwich, Ont.,- bearing the names of several, with the dates at which they "had used It. The words "Harry Kis lingbury,' Fort Custer, Montana," were :also written on the flyleaf. Lieuten ant Kislingbury was stationed at Fort Custer when he received leave of ab sence to take, part in the Greely expe dition ' y - The song book bore the dedication: To Lieutenant Frederick Kislingbury, from his old friend and wellwlsher, the author, George W. Clarke, Detroit, Mich, May 18, 18S1. Wore Coat Greely Left. "We found Greely 's coat on the rground near the camp,'' said .Prof essor McMillan. "Here is one of the but ions." And he produced a gilt button cut from the uniform worn by the ex- rplorer. "The coat was in such a good .-state of preservation," the professor went on, "that I wore it. It served to 3teep out the cold too. Between the pages of an old magazine bearing the date 1880 I found, too, several photo ' ' .graphic plates which had been made ty George B. Rice, official photogra pher of the expedition. The plates, of course, were spoiled by their long es .posure to the elements." A bit of grim humor was contained in the discovery of a batch of "dope -sheets" of the trotting races held in the United States In 1881. These were decipherable, and one might still see the marks where the member1 of the rparty whose Interest in racing was carried into the arctic had marked his Selections. Yet further insight into the life of the party during the long -winter night was furnished by -a note Shook which contained the draft of a speech which'was evidently delivered sat a banquet held during the long perl od of inactivity. The speech began: "Chairman . and gentlemen thank Gq& there are no ladies," and was All ied with semi-humorous allusions to va rious members of the -party and their peculiarities and hobbies The speaker said he was sorry to see so few faces, but added that stress of weather had prevented many from being present on this most "auspicious occasion." :Strange Musical Instrument Found. 'That the dreary period of waiting -was not without other bits of bright ness was indicated by the finding of an ocarina, a 'perished musical instru ment once a favorite with those whose ' , ear for music was stronger than. their jdeslre for harmony. On this instru ment was, inscribed the latitude, 83.24, :and the date, May 6, 1882, Other evidences of the haste with -which the party had-abandoned its headquarters were articles of wearing Apparel scattered about bits ' of "gold ibraid, fur garments -.which had been -worn out, sewing outfits, buttons, etc, v Professor . McMillan also brought tack souvenirs from camps of'po'nr -expeditions led by Commander Cv Hall, U. 8. N.; Admiral Sir George Minister Wu Thinks Aeroplanes Will Soon Make Transocean Flights. ' Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister to the United States and minister pleni potentiary to Peru, Mexico and Cuba, who recently returned to New York from Lima, Peru, via the Isthmus of Panama on his way to Washington, said: , "I spent seven days in the canal zone and was much impressed with the sys tematic manner in which the work is being carried on, especially the enor-' mous steam shovels, like giant hands, methodically scooping out the earth '.a& Expects to Carry Passengers Over - Town From an Aeronautic Shpw.y - Glenn Curtiss flying machine will be I exhibited at the first annual aeronautic ' show at Madison Square Garden, in New York city, during the :. Hudson-, Fulton celebration week. It will not be the same aeroplane used by Mr.' Curtiss when he won the world's cham pionship eup at Rheims, but a new one and ,a duplicate of the one Curtiss will soon use in his flights over the city. ; One of the features of the show, It , was said, will be a "seeing New York" airship, which will leave the roof gar den at Madison Square- Garden and carry passengers over the city, mak ing several trips daily.- This airship pwas originally Intended to compete . with Curtiss, Wilbur Wright and other ; aviators, but the conditions of the con test were objectionable to the build ers, and an arrangement has been en tered into whereby passengers will be; carried over the city. This will be the first time that an airship has been used for. this purpose,- and many bookings have been made for trips. -' The airship to carry people around New' York" will be known as the Amer ican Eagle. It has a capacity of 3,300 cubic feet of gas and is a huge dirigi ble with a car eighty feet long, seat ing fifteen persons. It' will be operat ed by Joel T. Rice of Hot Springs. Ark., president of the Hot Springs Airship company, and John R. Riggs,, both noted "sky pilots." - V W asf Q tf(W ' "CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT." SAN FRANCISCO, SAN JOSE, SANTA CRUZ, LOS ANGELES and all the principal cities of California. A Private PullmanGar for the Exclusive Use of the OREGON BOOSTER GIRLS All Expenses will be paid by The Gazette-Times. Two weeks of sight seeing, pleas ure and recreation. The Oregon Booster Girls will be chaperoned by one of the most prominent matrons of Linn Connty. DOMINATE vYOUR FAVORITE TODAY Names will be published in the near future WU TING FANS. on1 naatintr It nsirlp Thp nnpTiinff of the canal will be a boon to the "'world at large, and an improvement in trade j conditions will assuredly follow. I was j Informed by Colonel Goethals that he i expected to have It finished by 1915. j and I hope to travel through it on my S way to or from China. - . ' . . ' j "This is the twentieth century, and I i am prepared to see1 many wonders. , Taft's Little Joke I it Registering at I : Bankers' Headquarters In Chicago. At the "headquarters cf the Ohio del egation to the recent national bank ers' convention tn Chicago, the attend ants showed with glee a register j which: they -arguei proves ; President Taft a joker. '.--,."- i Mr. Taft slipped Into the headquar ters, which are in room 1176 rat the : Annex, just before going to Orchestra " hall the other night. 'He was' Accom panied only by a secret service man, lEWOOSTI&lL'S 11 Nothing is impossible any longer. I and he found two attendants decorat- expect ro see people nying inrougu j tag the uttle room The presMent X air iiKe raros in me oei wu ja10r claimed that he couldn't go' aWay With- wnen we Know now to live miu ifSu- n.lt ,,.,, t tho llontTnmtrtpra nf thP crowd from his home state.- As he was leaving he was urged" to register- In the Book kept to preserve a record of the bankers who attended the con vention from Ohio. He did as "Wm. H. Taft.":.. .In the space for the name of the bank which the person registered , represented' he- wrote, Pres. New Central Bank. pos- late our lives. 1 People laugh now, but it will surely come when we pay more, attention to aviation and Improve our appliances." ' "Do you think that aeroplanes will ever fly across the -Atlantic?" he was asked. . ' - , v ! "Certainly I do, and across the Pa cific to China also," he replied. "We must xaKe tms seiiousiy aim ui ma , 6iby . The next gpace was for .the a joKe auout uyiug luiicmu. d ace from which he hailed, and there i ne put down "Aiterward, Cincinnati." In the next space, headed "Stopping At,' the president wrote, ''All along- SEARCHLIGHTS ON. HUDSON. Most Beautiful Illumination Planned v For H udson-Fulton Pageant. . Searchlights . with "an aggregate of 2,000,000,000 candle power;, will Illumi nate the Hudson river nightly for miles during the Hudson-Fulton cele bration at New York city.- Those who have planned this display assert that it will be the most beautiful lighting effect in the history of the world. There will be a battery of forty powerful searchlights, which will occupy more than a block on the viaduct or exten- -sion of Riverside drive at One Hundred and Fifty-third street, overlooking the Hudson river. They will be placed 120 feet above the river, and their beams will be cast miles up and down that stream, making it practically as light as day wherever the rays are concen trated. Even Fort Washington point will not be permitted to interfere with the illumination of the upper stretches of the Hudson. The battery of search-: lights will be placed so high they will throw their streams " clear over Wash ington point. Nor is it the purpose to confine the 2,000,000,000 candle power of light merely to the making of white light, for the illumination of the river: Color effects unrivaled in the iiistory of cele brations have been planned by W. D'A: Ryan, atf illuminating engineer in Sche nectady. Huge disks, divided into sec tions of colored gelatin screens, will be placed in front of the lights. Fully 100 feet beyond , them there wiil be steam pipes ' which will send out im mense plumes of steam. The steam itself would be insufficient to form a curtain oil which the lights might play. ' ' - ':': f Therefore, to give body, to it, im mense quantities of black Oowder will be burned at the base of the 'battery. of steam pipes, and its smoke and the smoke from exploding bombs will be- permitted to mix . with , the steam. That will make a mammoth curtain on which the color effect "will' play just as though it were a real curtain and not one formed of smoke and vapor. The plans call for such a smoke and vapor curtain 100 feet high and combinations of colors and tints which will outclass anything of the sort everv attempted.'- So many - screens of colored gelatin will be available that there will be practically "no end to the effects which may be produced. They will be vis ible miles away. ' the shore. : Then he laughed and hurried away. THE . DR. COOK HAT. Two Feet High and Suggests Polar Region Usefulness. Dr. Frederick A Cook, struggling against the blizzard blast of the great north and the more subtle danger of canned food, little thought of the fame that was to be his when he reached the very top of the world.' The new est fashion in women's hats has been named the "Dr. Cook." ' ' y. The -Dr. Cook hat is suggestive of the north polar region. It ' seems as high as the cartoonist's picture of the pole, although In reality it "is only two feet tall. It is constructed of brown , fur, fuzzy and expensive It Is just 1 such a hat as the famous explorer might have drawn over his head when the wind blew cold, and it looks mas- sive and solid enough to furnish forth a good soup in case of arctic emergen- i cies. Further heightening Its- chilly ef- i feet is a snowlike spray or aigret high . up in the-left side. . ' The president of the National Asso ciation of Retail Milliners Is the de-. signer of the Dr. Cook hat. -. ! VOTE SCHEDULE NEW SUBSCRIBERS Daily G.-T., 3 mos, $1.50... . 500 votes Daily G.-T., 6 m6s, $2.50. . . 1250 votes Daily G.-T.,' 1 year, $5.00. . . 3000 votes Daily G.-T., 2 years, $10.00. 7000 votes Daily G.-T., 3 years, $15.00-11000 votes Each additional year 5000 votes Weekly G.-T., 1 year, $2.00t . Weekly G.-T, 500 votes 2 yrs, $4.00.. 1250 votes Weekly G.-T., 3 yrs, $6.00.. 2500 votes Each additional year 1500 votes COLLECTIONS AND RENEWALS r Daily G.-T., 3 mos, $1.50.... 200 votes Daily G.-T., 6 mos, $2.50. . . 500 votes i. ... ,.. Daily G.-T., 1 year, $5.00. . . 1500 votes Daily G.-T., 2 yrs, $10.00 . . 4000 votes Daily G.-T., 3 yrs, $15. Oft. . . 7000 votes Each additional year. 3000 votes Weekly G.-T., 1 year, $2.00. 200 votes Weekly G.-T., 2 yrs, $4.00.. 600 votes Weekly G.-T., ,3 yrs, $6.00-. 1250 votes Each additional year. ...... 1000 votes CONDITIONS Read Carefully Any young lady is eligible to enter. Candidates may nominate themselves. Nominating coupon in this issue good for 1000 votes if voted on or before Saturday, October 9., Only one' nomi nating coupon will be counted for each contestant. All nominations must be accompanied by proper address of can didate. The county has been divided into two districts. One winner will be sent: from each district. Candidates may secure subscriptions anywhere. Reports must be made to Contest Man ager at least once a week. At the close of the contest the votes will be counted by five judges, selected by the candidates. The lady who has received the highest number of votes in her dis trict will be declared the winner in her respective district. Successful candi dates must place themselves under the guidance and direction of thechaperone and obey her reasonable commands. As the young ladies who make up the party will, by their grace and presence, advertise our beautiful city as well as the state of Oregon, in no small way, they will be expected to .wear such badge or badges as will be suitable for that purpose. Votes will be issued on old and new subscriptions. Votes are not transferable. Read the vote schedule. Oregon Boos ter Girl's T 01 HARP OF 100 STRINGS. Make Two Altoona (Pa.) Mechanics I - Marvelous' Instrument.' ' , After working for three years dur- .- lng their spare .moments William Russell, a retired cabinetmaker, and 'his son, Bushman Russell, a -musician and dancing master, both of Altoona I Pa., have finished a full stringed chro matic harp of magnificent tone.L It differs-fronrthe-'ordinary harp, as the pedals have been, done away with. To make up for the pedals 100 strings are used, one for every -tone,- Instead of forty-two, as on the ordinary harp. I The Russells recorded six failures before they finally succeeded. The great difficulty was in getting the pin blocks strong enough, 100 strings ex erting . a force of over five tons- on them when In tune. Always Fun at Dinner Time. mother in New York city a motner in ew xor city na and jrugs f to-all the disinfection and struck upon a plan which adds greatljr .fln1tJlrv departments, as- well as mn- to the : general good humor- of the niclpal hospitals. To private persons BOUworK wilu ma, lamer uowuu.wu, a oins thiV normftT chnro-M J .1 A 1. t 1 i iu I ZLUU tueie ait; luicc gum ttuu u ituy ui A Municipal Drug Store. The high 'rates at which medicines and' drugs are sold 'by the private pharmacies anddrug stores of St "Pe tersburg,' in Russia,' have Induced the municipal authorities-to start 'A" mu nicipal pharmacy;1 'for- which purpose $15,450 has been recently allowed?' The cltyphanuac y w ill roppiymediclnes school. At dinner every night eactt member of ' the little circle must tell 1 the funniest incident In his or her per sonal, experiences of the day, Tried-as t' an experiment, the idea has been made permanent, and it provides a barrel of ' fun everv twenty-four hours. It also ? .Amundsen. .. ? tlon of every member of the familyf ...... i . Would Make'Two States of California. The sentiment aroused in some 'quar ters to divide California into two states took definite shape recently when- the- Southern California State league was made a permanent organi zation at a mass" meeting inXos Ange- t wo or Uregon s rairest UattghT ters Go From Benton County See That Your Favorite Is One of Them. She Will Be Happy to Be One of The Booster Girls From Oregon The County , has been ; Divided into the Following Districts : District No. 1 Corvallis and Additions District No. 2 Balance Benton County r The contest Jwill close, in ai few weeks. Enter now and - win. one of these Grand Trips. 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