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0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1!01. SETTLING AN ARCTIC MSP Main Wiitr Station of t Baldwin-Zieghr r!r Expedition. WHERE THE ICE KING H3LD3 COURT I'rotcrrnii unit Condition of !ir Pole Hunters Sntlnlnolorj Cluulns Ilcnr it ml Wntrti on Sen anil Ice. (Copyright. 1001, by K. II. Baldwin.) CAMP ZIEOI.EK, Franz Josef Land, Aug. 23. At 80 degrees 21 mlnuteg north latl tudo and 55 dogrces 52 minutes cast longi tude wo havo established tho first base ot operations In our advanco toward the north pole. We decided to locate on a level beach off the southwest coast of Alger Island and u better spot for an Arctic camp It lias not been my good fortuno to dlscovor. Wo choso tho place only after giving up ewry other desirable locality an unsuitable after comparing It with this first place of land lng. As It Is, wo nro so situated aB to bo thoroughly protected from winds, storms, now and Ice, and at tho samo tlmo we nro within easy reach of the best hunting localities In tho Islands. It was clear to us beforo stopping at Alger Island that It was Impossible to get a farther northing. Wo succeeded In getting through tho chan nel which les between Alger and Mc Cllntock Islands, being, so far ns I nm awnrc, the first party to get through tho Ice here. At tho farther end, however, wo found the ice mo rotten nnd untrustworthy that we could not walk upon It nnd so thick and heavy that It would bo unwise to attempt to force a passage through it with tho America. Wo wcro .therefore under tho necessity of retracing our courso along the south coast of Alger iBlnnd nnd up the western channel until wo wcro stopped by the' ice. Tho exposed position of this west ern slopo was enough to condemn a location here, so we returned to tho southwestern part of tho Island and contented ourselves ns best wo might with attaining success fully this latitude. Hut for our dogs 1t might havo been fcaslblo to have maneu vered about In tho America until tho close of the season In the hopo of finding nn open passago to some more northern point, though tho result of such a venturo would have been decidedly problematical. UwUr tho circumstances, however, tho safest course to pursue was to establish our first station here, first getting our dogs and equipment Into comfortable share. Then wn would bo free to look about for a means of getting further ' north in tho America, and, if successful, establish a second sta tion. To this second station tho dogs and equipment could bo moved over tho lco after it had hardened and both stations, could be maintained by our expedition ns our needs might require. Ilrlstit Kopri of Sncooin. At no time since our party was assem bled, or, Indeed, since our plana wcro com pleted, has ray hope been brighter than It la at present. Wo are nil united In tho determination to plant the American flag Titans Struggle for Trade Oriental Commerce a Sugar Plum. The eloquent and versatile word painter of America, Colonel l'at Donan, is for tho moment circulating in tho east and mega phoning to listening cars tidings ot present and prospective developments In the im perial west. Tho colorrel puts up n "glad, sweet song" for the benefit of eastern finan cial giants. He is an optimist ot the first class, and, what is moro to tho point, his optimism Is baied on tho self-evident trend of progress and commerce westward. Writ ing from New York to the Philadelphia North American the colonel says: In tho mercantile and financial lexicons of creation New Yorkers aro set down as a raco of omnlprcscnts, omnlpotents and omnlsclenls. And yet I cannot help doubting whether one in a hundred ot tho kecn-vlsloncd men ot affairs fully appreciates tho tremendous change that is Impending, that has, In fact, begun In now-world trade, the tight? west ward trend of traffic In.U li .'.(ready setting In nnd is bound to grow in strength and voturao every day. It moans, soouer or laUr, an "about fnco" In the business of a hemisphere, an ultimata revolution lu tho commerce of the world. It means that American merchants and manufacturers nnd shippers, who havo long worshiped only tho rising sun, are about to turn part, at least, of tin Ir homage, to the setting sun. It means an awakening to tho fact that 800,000,000 pcoplo In Asia, Africa, Aus tralia nnd tho Pacific archipelagoes arc commercially worthy of sharing tho atten tion heretofore given wholly to 200,000,000 In Europe. It means that ore long tho Pacific coast, instead of the Atlantic coast, or certainly no less than the Atlantic coast, Is to be tho front door ot America; that alt the routes of commerce tor centuries past are to bo revised, if not reversed, nnd that "Old Ilulllon" Tom Denton was a prophet and a sou of a prophet, when, standing In his place In tho Hcnnto sixty years ago, ho pointed to tho mighty and then almost unknown wilderness of the west nnd ex claimed: "There lies tbo eustl Thero lies India!" It Is a prize worth the mightiest efforts of giants In political, commercial and finan cial warfnrc. According to tho latost ob tainable statistics, tho merchandise exports of Asia are $1,000,215,000 a year, and tho imports arc 9989,150,000 a year, an aggre gate, In even figures, of $2,000,000,000 a yenr, or nearly ono-thirtieth of tho totul foreign commerce of tho United States during the 112 years from 1789 to 1001. For a greater Bharo ot this mighty golden harvest of the Orient, Hussla is pushing its 6,000-rallc transhemlsphcrlo railway from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, and advanc ing its outposts to the borders of China and Hindustan; Ureat Drltaln is maintaining Its prodigiously costly East Indian establish ment, Us North nnd South African foothold and its Canadian Pacific railway nnd steam ship lines; and Germany, Prance nnd Italy aro grasping at every available foot of Ori ental land or sea. For this, our great American railroad systems arc combining and consolidating, cutting down grades, eliminating curves, driving tunnels and shortening tlmo; and powerful corporations aro building 20,000-ton steamships, capable of making tho trip across tho Pacific In from ten to fourteen days. For it, such railways as the Chicago & Northwestern nro spend ing millions of dollars In double-tracking their main lines, tho Union Pacific company has appropriated $40,000,000 for betterments nnd away out In Oregon tho Oregon Itnll road and Navigation company Is spending $2,000,000 a yenr lu loveilng, straightening and Improving its lines. With shortness and quickness assured, cheapness completes the trinity of consid erations that must eventually control all movements of commerce. Wo Pacific coast ers hold "an Arkansaw hand," which mauy aro perhaps aware consists of "five nccs and a bowlcknifo," on tho shortness and quickness. During tho last two decades railroad freight rates throughout this coun try generally havo been cut down fully ono half nnd the reduction process still goes on. Quadrupling the weight and power of loco motives, increasing from four to sixfold the carrying capacity of cars, leveling and straightening of tracks and keen competi tion for traffic aro Bending tariffs lower every year. Hut sooner or later tho titanic contest will resolve itself Into a question of water-level route across tho continent. A ship cnnal from tho Atlantic to tho Pacific through tho heart of the hemisphere Is scarcely moro improbable now than tho Erlo canal was sovcnty-flve yenrs ago, or than a transcontinental railway was fifty years ago. Look at the map. On tho east ern clopo ot the continent there nro tho water levels of the Hudson nnd St. Law rence to tho great lakes, and through them, from Chicago or Duluth, to the Mississippi. From tho headwaters ot tho Delaware, Sus quehanna, Potomac and James rivers It is but a few steps to the headwaters ot the Ohio water lovols all the way. Down tho Ohio to tho Mississippi and up tho Missis sippi and Missouri to the mouth of tho Platte you still follow water levels and" all the waters nro navigable. Thla seems plain and easy, but there Is moro to come. From where thu Platto river empties into the Missouri, Just bctow Omaha, to the summit of the Ilocky mountains tho con tinental divide stretches for 550 miles a water level region, smooth as a ballroom floor, and from the headwaters ot the Platto to tho headwaters of tho Columbia it Is hnrdly two strides. Look at tbo map again. North and south from the Rockies to the coast run ranges on ranges of huge mountnliiB purs of the' Heckles and Sierras, the Cascade and coast ranges; up and down, everywhere, like u gigantic lot of corn rows, 1,000 miles across and from 0,000 to 12,000 foot high. There is only one break in tho cloud-piercing moun tnlu barriers and that Is where tho Colum bia river has burst its way through to tho ocean. That is the only great river in North, Central or South America that emp ties into tho Pacific ocean south of Yukon. It is third, If not second, in magnitude, and Importance among tho rivers of Norm America. At Astoria, ten miles nbovo its mouth, tho Columbia Is nine miles wide; some dis tance further up it is seventeen miles wide, and nearly 1,000 miles away, by Its devious windings, ono of Its giant arms, tho Koote nai, swells Into a wondrous flowing lako from flvo to ten miles wldo and from 500 to 1,500 feot deep. With its tributaries It drains an emplro of nearly 500,000 square miles, while- tho entiro area ot tho United States oaBt of tho Mississippi river la only 875,000 square miles. It Is tho only river that cleaves a pathway through tho mighty basalt nnd granlto barricades of tho Cas cado and Const ranges between Alaska nnd Mexico, nnd ultimately tho great bulk of Oriental commerce must follow Its level. Tho day Is not far distant when a mighty double, or triple, or quadruple track of rail way will traverse its grand valloy, instead of tho stnglo-track lino of today. Then whqre river, rail and ocean meet will nriso tho "commercial emporium of the Pacific const" that Thomas Jefferson and John Astor planned ninety years ngo. Some whero near tho Junction of n great railway system and a great river, with tho greatest ocean of earth, will be, must bo tho metrop olis of tho American Occident will bo, must be, tho gatoway to tho Orient. already famous in the history of Arctic exploration. Hero It was that Jackson built his winter encampment, four houses ot which are still standing. Leigh Smith and his comrades spent a winter hero in a mcro dugout. Nansrn nnd Johansen ended their adventures here, after reaching tho farthest north, nnd the Italian expedition, under tha duke ot tho Abruzzl, left some whale boats behind thorn at this spot. Early tho following morning wo made a landing and began a search for news of tho Frlthiof, which had left us nearly a month boforo. station at Capo Trieste. As I havo al ready explained, however, circumstances led us to sottle upon Alger Island, and, with as little, delay as possible, our sup plies and equipment wereput ashore. Tho landing of tho dogs was, perhaps, tho most difficult task, ns they had to be taken Into the small boats in small lots chained together. As each boat ncarcd the shoro the dogs Jumped about so eagerly that we were in constant danger ot capsiz ing, and several of the nnlmals fell over board, causing no llttlo cxcltcmont anil m n ii ' - .... . i.i- .ii - 1 r i i- ''' ALL THAT IS LEFT OF JACKSON'S CAMP AT CAPE FLORA. at the north pole, and with this thousht in mind, as it has been so constantly for many months, we have every reason to bo hopeful. We have successfully accom plished the establishment of our first base above the eightieth parallel ot latitude; tho FrithJof and tho America, after being separated a month, have mot up In tho polar leo without mishap; wo have more supplies than we shall need, 320 dogs and a party ot forty-two men of marked ability, sterling character and abundant onergy. Every rann of us is in good physlrlal condition. Six of tho dogs died on tho voyage up, but their sickness nnd death were due to tho excite ment ot getting them aboard in Itussla and to the torrlble heat which prevailed untH we were far out at soa on our way to Frari Josef Land. 4 Our northward voyage was accomplished, without difficulty and almost without Inci dent until wo struck tho lco. A few of tho men wcro seasick and mora than one-fourth of the dogs wero Indisposed part of the time. It was necessary for thu Siberians, who had charge ot the dogs, to watch the animals night anil day, nnd whenever thero wero heavy seas most of our party were kept busy shifting the dogs about on deck in order that thoy might not be washed overboard or Injured by the waves which broke over tha rail. Aa thero wore seventy of those half-wild beasts on tho deck above my cabin, I did not get much sleep on torroy nights. As soon as wo reached tho lco, regions we proceoded slower, watching carefully for the most open eeas and frequently stopping when fogs settled about us. Wo found It nocessary to shift our cargo about In tho hold considerably lu order that the baw of the vessel might be higher In tho wator and able to make its way easier through the Ice. Whenever wo sighted bear or walruses, un ices there woa danger of tho lco 'clCBlng in on ut, we' stopped the ship and went on an Impromptu hunt. I had the good luck to bring down .several bears with my gun and alto to harpoon a number ot walruses. Boatswain Jacobsen had not skinned a bear fcr fourteen years, and our good luck In tho hunt alwnys gave him particular pleasure, because he had In prospect a long deferred enjoyment. Every bit of our Arctic game Ih saved. The choice pieces ot bear meat go Into our own larder nnd the rest is put away for the dogs. Tho Arctic sailor thinks thero Is no hotter tonic than bear's gall mixed with a llttlo cognac, and, ot courso, the skins will give to our winter quarters almost all tho comforts of home, HIchtliiK I. ii ml. We caught tho first sight of land on tho 14th ot August, and not long after the shout ot oar lookout, "Land ahead!" rang out to eager ears the rouRh, bare, rockland of Cape Flora loomed up beforo us. it wns a glad sight to our men. We had been al most three weeks out of sight of land and hod seen no men outside of thoso In our own party, save tor a fishing vessel which we met before we struck the Ice. Asldo from tha fact, howovcr, that we wcro com ing to land, we felt particularly pleated because the bit ot land ahead of us wai The first notlco wo found was ono that had been posted by Captain Stokken of the Capelln, who had been there Just a month before us after an unsuccessful search for tho three lost members of tho Italian ex pedition, ono of whom wns his own son. Closo by tho cnptnln had erected n granlto shaft, which had boon presented to him by the duke ot tho Abruzzl us n memorial to tho unfortunate men ot his party. Posted next to the message from Captalu Stokken was another notlco, which had boen almost entirely obliterated by rocont, rains. With considerable difficulty I mado out: "FrithJof.... August 8th, 1901.. ..Bell isl and, ...Champ." Here wns Just tho Information wo wanted, though tbero was not much of It. A further search discovered lotters from tho FrithJof party in a bottle which had troublo before wo could get them inboard again. Beforo all of tho dogs were ashore tho tide Btnrted to run out, nnd throe of our small boatH containing several men and nearly 100 dogs were carried rapidly out nway from the ships and tho ohorc. Tha FrithJof, siolng the danger, quickly lifted its anchor and soon overtook tho drifting boats, but not beforo the occupants wero beginning to fear us to the result. H did not tako long to get our camp Into busl-nees-llka shape. . The dogs wero fastened along a drift of snow In order that they might quench their thirst whllo we mado ready tholr quarters. Our portnblo bouses were put up In n few minutes, and about those, as well ns In nearby buildings, were piled our provisions. Wo have named our first homo Camp I Ztegter, In honor of William tfleglor, whoso ' tiwiTii in iiBli ' in i' "" mm EXPLOHiilt UALWWW LOCATING THE SITE OF HIS ALGER ISLAND. WINTER QUARTERS ON been fastened to a flagstaff. We learned that the FrithJof had called at Cape Flora on August 11 nnd again on the 13th and then had proceeded to Etherldgo talaud. It took us two days to catch up with the supply ship and when we camo upon It It was lying qulotly In tho sholter of Mc Cllntock island. Cheer nftor cheer went up from both ships whon we were close enough together to exchange greetings. Doth parties felt that tho first great strain was over: thore had been a possibility, of course, that tho meeting could not be effected, though wo bad felt sure enough of our plans to tako the chances. Selecting Wlutr-r quarter. With our two ships we determined to make our way at once to Markbani sound. In order, If possible, to establish our first generous eupport and substantial backing hnvo mado possible our expedition. In ad dition to tho very heavy corgoes of supplies which both of our vessels brought along wo havo already secured sevoral tons of bear nnd walrus meat, as well as many eklns, which will mnko our winter quarters moro comfortable, I havo not yet deemed It necessary to put the membors of tho party on rations In anything, though tho stewards havo restricted tho uso ot tome ot tho moro necessary articles. Of tho forty-two mem bers lets than one-hnlt uso tobacco, and mott of these, tndulgo very moderately. On board the America wo have Installed an electric light plant so that lamps aud cnndles noed not bo used, thus lessening the danger of fire, us well as avoiding tho con sumption ot the necezsary oxygen lu the air. Amusements of nil kinds wo shall havo during tho winter months, and every day, unless It Is Impossible to got outside, our scientific work will bo carried on. Al ready wo have accomplished much in this lino. Tho part which tho FrithJof had to tako in our expedition will havo been completed boforo this account of our experiences Is published. It leaves us today, bearing with it our farewell messages to civilization, for wo shall bo entirely cut off from tho world when It salla. Wo havo adopted for our motto, "Wo will stand by the flag," nnd we hopo to stand by It planted on tho northern extremity of our planet. EVELYN B. BALDWIN. A WOMAN'S CJ11AT1TUDE. A illontnna Woniun Writ in l'rnlse of Ncwbro'n llcrplclilc. BUTTE, Aug. 20. 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One of tho last efforts of tho Into summer science .wns to show that sunstroko Ih the work of a gorm. ft Is well understood that the lightning stroke comes of a microbe when It's from Jersey lightning. An unusual record Is afforded by William II. Eder of lClkton, Md., who bus rend every Issuo of tho Philadelphia Public Ledger, be ginning with tho first dny of publication In 183tS. Mr. Eder upneurs to bo tho original "Constnnt Render' Canadian authorities do not hesltato to draw a lino on freedom of speech, "To hell with tho dukn," said William fltowc, when Cornwall was passing through Tn mnto. Tho duke did net go, but William did to Jail for ten days. Tho rnnkB of the oldest family of flvo brothers In Pennsylvania wero broken lnwt Tuesday by the death of John F. Ingram, M years old, at Klkvlew, Chester enmity. The combined ngew of the flvo brothers reached 100 years, ranging from 76 to SI. Tho state's bath house business at Re vere Beach Is a growing one. Laet sum mer's patronage roiut to 170,K3 persons, or 11.6 per cent moro than bought a linth from tho state In tho previous summer. Total ensh receipts wero $38,272, or about 2 cents pur hoad. Mrs. Debornh Dan King of Megls town f hip. Ohio, celebrated her KOth birthday laat week In good health and spirits. Sho Is a lineal descendant of Deacon John Do in, who enmo from England to tho Plymouth colony In 1630, and was ono of tho founders of Kstham nnd Cape Cod. The state of Georgia has a confederate pension rnll of 14,415 persons. Including D.SI3 veterans nnd 1,573 soldlera' widows, to whom it pays an aggregate of IMj.uoo a year. Some other southern Htntes hnvo pensioned their veterans, hut none pnys as much as Georgia. It Is a liberal pulley, but a very expcnslvo ono. Tho oldest drummer In tho I'nlted Htntes Is Colonel 13. Dul.-iureii's, who travels f r nn Ink house. lie Is 73 years' old, and ror thirty-four years has been known to print ers all over tho country. 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Pieroe'm Common Sonmo Mmriiaol Advimor, ooni mining 1008 Imruo pmwoo of valuable nmdioai Information. Thlm grout work la on1 FREE on rmoolpt of atammm to pay exjre-nco of milling OMLY. Stmrl 31 ona-omnt mimmpm tor tlto cloth-bound volume, or only 21 mtmmnm for tho mook In mmpor-oovorm. AMrmmmi Or. ft. V. PIERCE, Butfmlo, ft. Y. TTK1 STOP DANDRUFF AND YOU STOP BALDNESS. rnor. J. H. ArTUf, MaVlcker'a Tht ntor IJIdc, rhlca(ri. DKAntiiRt If any one doubt! that you cad crow lmtrliavfl them mil im mf, I.ant March I was bum all nrtr Mi ton of my bean, . and I wasa4rle(l to try jour remedies (after fl months treatment 1 ho to u Tno html of hair. 1 uantto thank you f or tho h'ood l ou have done uu. 1 havo more hair now than lover had, all I did wai to apply your roniHltewthr-! Uium a wek. 11. J, H cCAUIlOX, 19 Lake Btreet, ChtcAfjo, 111. mar, j, ti, a up tut, umoairo. . 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Austin, tho celebrated scalp and skin specialist of years stand ing and national reputation, who will send you absolutely free n diagnosis of your special caso after making a minuto examination of your hair under his specially constructed and pow erful microscope. Thero is no charge whatsoever, and in addition ho will seud a special pre scription for your case put in a little box, also ABSOLUTELY FREB. When you aro cured of dandruff, which Is the forerunner of baldness and grow new hair. Prof. Austin asks that you tell your friends nbout it. SEND NO MONEY. If you are nlready partly or totally bald write and find the cure. WRITE TO-DAY. SEND 2c FOR POSTAOE. PROF. J. H. AUSTIN, 14 MoVloktr's Thiater Building, Chloego, III. "l'rf, Autli l tf. mj fc.tt7ktlrtfwkl.lt Atafrvao." motal box, otiro the property of tin Es'P tlun unpen in tho seventh century, II. (.'., hu found 11 plate Hiipposeil lo bo silver. Closer examination nhowed that tho plato Is marlo o; an ulloy ot platinum nnd K"l1. Thu box Itself Is othurwlfo lntorpftlng, Its sides bu Int; covered with Inscriptions mid deslsns In gold unci silver. It halls from Thebes. The platinum probably came from the al luvlal deposits tn the valley of thu Uppor Nile. Milton Mlllor of Altoomi, Pa., 10 years old. one of the two mun Injured at tho Hethlchcm Stool Works recontly, died at St. I.uko's hospital under peculiar circum stances, At the time ot the arcalent Miller was chewlnu a big wad of tobiteeo, when u heavy section of traveling cruno htruck hlu buck. The tobacco went down his throat, vhoro It loducd. The surgeons tried to re move the piece of tobacco, but all efforts proved unsuccessful. ,Ilo suffered terribly before he died, and Is said to have suffo cated. Among the pine foretts of tho continen tal divide, forty miles west of Denver, and along the eastern foothills of tho ItiekltH, u unique Industry Is pursued lu tho e.-uly fall. It Is the Kutherlrw of the t.Tds of the Uocky mountain conifers for exporta tion to alt parti ot America and Kurope. Children of 10 nnd 12 years earn enough to clotho themselves for u year. One old grandmother lost year made her J5 n day, and a family of Tcxub cotton pickers nmda WOO one fall because the could pick with both hands. The seeds uro sont to ull tho botanical gardens In the world and to tho forestry departments of tho German and American governments. During tho last ten years John O. Tay lor of West Chester, renn., has uxpendcil nenrly JSO.OOO In the erection In Uifayetto cemttcry of handsoino marble shafts, some to the meinbry ot his' dead relatives, oth ers to carrying out his views In a religious way, one of the latter bolng a monument to Jesus Christ, tho base of which Is built of glazed brick, whllo on the top, Incased hi glass, Is a statue of tho Havlour. Ills iatest contribution to this burial placo Is n group consisting of tho Virgin nnd two cherubim, He bus Just begun tho erection of another costly monument. It Is to com memorate the ncrola services of Count Caslmlr Pulaski, who fought nt HlrmltiE ham In tho battle of ttrandywlne. Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Champagne has a delightful aroma. It Is perfectly pure and naturally fermented. Every Wonnan rttwulT llm win At,r,t" MARVEL Whirling Spray (lOIIGTT 1 , D , It. . Mitt' (ion and tSurlion, llot-Snf. . .nut i.uiiveinrnr. lUr T.or tfratttit fop It. If h rannoi itipply thl ' ftf AllVf:i.. Afr.rit nn othrr. tint ktid lllinn for II. Intimlnl book -lrd.lt ylrc. lull DartlrillHrflftful illrerllf n1n. raltmMo lo l.l!e. n tiVKI,:0, ' Itoom 'rimes Hid , N V. ItllrUMt UilaaUr. Tho Whirling Spray Syringe For Bal By Sherman & McConnsll Drug Co, luth and DodKc, Umulia, Neb. VARIGOGELE A H.ifo, palnles., pe. raatienteuro guai tn. .7.7. T. ' . ' no ttent l well. 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