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| Schooner Fram starting on expedition. |
Cortland
Evening Standard, Friday, August 14, 1896.
DR. NANSEN
RESCUED.
Letters Received From the Long Missing
Explorer.
FOUND ON FRANZ JOSEF LAND.
Failed
to Reach the North Pole, but Came Nearer by Four Degrees Than Any of His
Predecessors—The Fram Abandoned.
MALMO, Sweden, Aug. 14.—The newspaper Dagensnyheter
has received communications from Dr. Nanson and Lieutenant Schott Hansen from
the island of Vardoe. These
communications state that they abandoned the Fram in the autumn of 1895 and
resorted to the ice.
The steamer Windward, carrying supplies to
the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition, picked them up near Franz Josef Land. They
expected that the Fram would eventually drift to the east coast of Greenland.
Dr. Nansen failed to reach the North pole,
but he touched a point four degrees nearer than any other explorer has done.
The steamer Windward took letters for Nansen
when it started to the relief of the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition, as Mr.
Jackson expected to find Nansen and was convinced that his idea of drifting across
the pole in the ice was impracticable. He was also convinced that Nansen would
return in the direction of Franz Josef Land.
Dr. Nansen left the Fram on March 14, 1895,
in 84 degrees north latitude. He traversed the polar sea to a point in 86 degrees
and 14 minutes north latitude, situated north of the New Siberia islands.
No land was sighted north of 82 degrees of
latitude nor thence to Franz Josef Land, where he passed the winter, subsisting
on bear's flesh and whale blubber.
Dr. Nansen and his companions are in the
best of health.
The Fram is expected at Vardo or Bergen
shortly. She stood the ice well. There were no sick persons aboard when Nansen
left there.
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| Fridtjof Nansen. |
NANSEN'S
UNDERTAKING.
Description
of the Explorer's Vessel, Equipment and Crew.
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian scientist,
now about 36 years old, sailed from Christiana on June 24, 1893, with the
intention of reaching the North pole, if possible. He embarked on board a three-masted
schooner, the Fram, which was provided with a 160-horse power steam engine, was
of 800 tons and had sides so constructed as to force all ice meeting the vessel
to pass under it, thus preventing all "pinching", and
"screwing." The Norwegian parliament gave Dr. Nansen about $52,000 in
aid of his expedition. Additional funds were forthcoming by private subscription,
including one of over $5,000 from King Oscar.
The Fram was admirably equipped and had a
crew of 12 men, all of whom occupied the cabin, which measured only 13 feet
square and which was heated by means
of an English petroleum stove, which consumed three liters of petroleum a day.
The Fram (forward) had enough fuel on board to last eight or nine years, and
she also had a library consisting of about 1,000 books.
Dr. Nansen's plan was to make for the New
Siberian island and thence directly north until the Fram should be jammed in
the ice. He then proposed to drift along with the ice, following the west coast
of any land that might be met.
A dispatch
was received from the doctor at Vardo on Aug. 23, 1893, written in the Yugorski
straits on the 2d of that month, announcing that the expedition was about to
sail into the Kar sea, and that the Fram, so far, had behaved splendidly.
Dr. Nansen entered the university at
Christiania in 1880 and in 1882 went as a passenger on the sealing steamer
Viking to Denmark straits and the east coast of Greenland. It is believed that
this voyage laid the foundation for the ambition of his life, namely, that of
discovering the North pole.
On his return from Greenland he was appointed
curator of the museum at Bergen and held that position until 1888, when he led
a small expedition to Greenland and crossed the southern portion of that
country from the east coast to Godhaad on the west coast, where the party wintered
and returned to Norway in June, 1889.
The Windward of the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition,
which has brought Dr. Nansen to
that island, left Vardo for Franz Josef Land in order to bring back the British
expedition on June 28 last.
In an interview with Dr. Nansen, previous to
his departure, the explorer was quoted as saying.
"Having considered former expeditions, their
outfits and their routes, I have made up my mind to build a little ship, make
her strong as possible and just large enough to carry provisions for 12 men for
five years.
"When I arrive at the New Siberian islands
I will examine the currents and ice conditions and then select the best moment
for a start for the further north through ice free water, which I think will be
in August or in the commencement of September. DeLong wrote in his log that
while the expedition drifted in the ice north of Bennett island they saw a dark
'water sky.' It is a sky which shows the reflection of water all around. It
must consequently be possible to cover a considerable distance in winters and cold
summers."
The dimensions of the Fram were: Length, 125
feet; beam, 36 feet; depth from deck to keel, 17 feet. With her cargo she was
about 800 tons dead weight and her hull was built almost entirely of oak and in
the strongest manner possible. At the points exposed to pressure from the ice
her sides were from 30 to 33 inches thick and her hull was coated on the
outside with ice sheathing, composed of a thick layer of greenheart, a hard
American wood which has an oily surface. Her engines were made in Norway, were
of triple expansion and of 160 indicated horse power.
Bread was the principal nourishment of Dr.
Nansen and his fellow explorers. The bread was a kind of biscuit, large and round,
white and very compact. The ration of each man was to consist of four biscuits
a day. The tents used by the expedition were made of silk, as it was claimed this
material shut out cold better than anything else.
SWEET
CIDER NOT TAXABLE.
Declared
Exempt Under the Raines Liquor Tax Law.
ALBANY, Aug. 14.—The manufacturers and
dispensers of sweet cider are exempt from taxation under the Raines liquor tax law. This is the gist of an opinion rendered by Excise Commissioner Lyman in response
to numerous queries from people all over the state as to whether the liquor law
affected the sale of sweet cider.
This law does not require a certificate for
the manufacture of any kind of liquor or the sale thereof in quantity of five
wine gallons or over; and, therefore, the manufacture of sweet cider, which is
in no sense a liquor under the law, is wholly exempt from a liquor tax. The
sale or traffic in sweet or unfermented cider in any quantities does not require
a liquor tax certificate. Cider in its natural process passes through an
organically chemical change called fermentation, and not before the change is
sufficiently completed to render it what is known as "hard cider"
does the law classify it as a "liquor" and require a certificate to
legalize its sale in quantity under five wine gallons.
Sales of "hard cider" in quantity
of five wine gallons or over are entitled to the same exemption as any other
kind of liquor and do not require n liquor tax certificate.
THE SALE
OF CIDER.
Farmers
Must not Sell Less Than Ten Gallons.
County Treasurer Ingersoll, says the Ithaca
Journal, is receiving many questions these days as to whether or not cider can
be sold, either sweet or sour. The greater number of these requests are coming
from people who live in the country. After the passage of the Raines bill this
question was put to Commissioner Lyman and in absence of any provision of the
statute ruled that cider must not be sold in smaller quantities than ten
gallons. According to this ruling Mr. Ingersoll tells each and every one what
Mr. Lyman thinks and how they must act on account of it.
The L.
A. W. Signboards.
The New York State division of the L. A. W.
will begin at once the placing of signboards throughout the state, which will
show the distance between villages and also their names. These guide posts are
to be placed at all crossroads, mounted on thirteen-foot locust posts, and are
expected to be of great benefit to the traveling public. The total number throughout
New York state will reach several thousand. The expense of putting up the signs
is met by the fund accruing from a meet held at Manhattan Beach last year. The
signs are to be constructed of metal, and are to have a dark blue background,
on which will be large raised letters of yellow.
WAITING
TO SEE
How the
Financial Question is to be Decided.
A Groton correspondent writes as follows to
the Ithaca Journal: "Groton already feels something of the disastrous effects
arising from this free silver scare. Last Saturday the Crandall Manufacturing Co.,
makers of typewriters and bicycles, shut down, throwing about seventy men out
of employment. The proprietors say that they will not resume work until they
see how this silver question is going to be settled.
"Our other manufactories are also
greatly crippled by the uncertainty of the money market, especially is this
true of the Bridge Works, which is having a great deal of trouble in selling
the town and city bonds in places where they have contracted for work. In some
cases they found it nearly impossible to sell even at a high rate of interest."
[Cortland]
Hospital Wants.
A water cooler, tablecloths, napkins, tray
cloths and rugs. Sheets, pillowcases, counterpanes and towels, always
acceptable. Fresh eggs, fruits and vegetables. Please call at the hospital and take
fruit cans home with you and fill for their winter use.
COLEMAN-PECK.
Brilliant
Wedding on Greenbush-st. Thursday Evening.
The home of Mrs. Caroline Peck, 32 Greenbush-st.,
was last evening the scene of a brilliant and exceedingly pleasant wedding when
her youngest daughter, Miss Cora Edna Peck, was united in marriage with Mr.
Carlos J. Coleman of Madison, N. Y. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Adelbert
Chapman, pastor of the Baptist church, assisted by Rev. Geo. H. Brigham, in the
presence of over one hundred relatives and friends of the bride and groom.
Promptly at 8 o'clock the bridal party entered the parlor while the
orchestra in an adjoining room played the Lohengrin Wedding March—the groom
accompanied by the best man, his brother, Mr. James Coleman of Syracuse, and
the bride with the maid of honor, her sister, Miss Ida L. Peck. During the
ceremony the party stood beneath the extending branches of large palms with a
background and canopy of oak leaves and white everlasting flowers. The ushers
were Messrs. Fred Peck of Syracuse, L. A. Squires, H. M. Collins and J. P. Gray
of Cortland. Miss Gracie B.
Peet, a niece of the bride, acted as flower girl.
The bride wore a handsome gown of white
taffetta silk with chiffon trimmings and veil and carried a bouquet of bride roses.
The maid of honor wore a corn colored organdie and carried a bouquet of roses
to match.
The entire lawn between the house where the
ceremony occurred, and the one adjoining, had been enclosed and covered with
canvas. The enclosure was decorated with palms, flowers and Chinese lanterns
and formed a most cool and delightful place for serving the wedding supper which
was under the direction of Caterer Geo. D. Griffith.
The large display of wedding presents occupied
an entire room up stairs [sic]. The groom's present to the bride was a handsome
diamond pin; to the best man he gave a neat gold pin set with a diamond and to
each of the ushers a stick pin with pearl setting. The bride's present to the
groom was a solid gold watch and to the maid of honor a gold ring set with
opals.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the bride and groom
accompanied by the maid of honor and best man drove to Homer where they took
the 11:20 train. They did not escape from the house, however, without a
plentiful shower of rice and a still larger shower awaited them upon the arrival
of the train at the Cortland station where a large delegation of the guests had
assembled, confident that they would be upon this train, notwithstanding the
efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Coleman to get away without being observed.
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman will spend two or three
weeks in the North Woods, at the Thousand Islands and will take a trip down the
Hudson before returning to Madison, where Mr. Coleman has been teaching since
his graduation from the Normal and
where they expect to make their home. The young people start upon their married
life with unusually bright prospects. Both have hosts of friends among whom
they have always been deservedly popular, all of whom unite in wishing them
abundant success.
Among the guests from out of town who were
present at the wedding were:
Messrs.
Fred Peck and James Coleman of Syracuse, Mr. and Mrs. Platt Peck and Mr. Geo.
Peck of Brookton, Mrs. Wm. Albee and Mrs. Jas. Bladon of Minneapolis, Mrs. J.
G. Bingham and Miss Maud Bingham of Solon, Mr. and Mrs. John Coleman of
Eaton, Mr. and Mrs. Dunster of Madison, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Havens of North
Lansing, Miss Fannie E. Thompson of Cazenovia, Miss Harriet C. Hawley of
Broadalbin and Prof. and Mrs. A. B. Ingalls of Honolulu.
Entertainment
Aug. 21.
The Sunday-school of the A. M. E. church
(colored) is preparing for another entertainment of song and recitation which
will be given in Collins' hall Friday, Aug. 21, at 8 o'clock P. M. The members of
the school are competing for prizes in singing and speaking. The prizes will be
awarded that evening.
The
admission price has been placed at 5 cents. Stone soup will be served after the
entertainment.
BREVITIES.
—Mrs. S. P. Bulkley entertained all her
boarders at tea last night at the park.
—The C. A. A. this morning strung a banner
across Main-st, advertising the matinee [bicycle] races next Saturday.
—The large billboards at the Samson corner,
where the new block is to be erected, were torn down this morning.
—Lieut. Col. Wm. Wooley of the American Volunteers
will hold a meeting in the W. C. T. U. rooms this evening at 8 o'clock, also
meeting in the open air on the street.
—Six carloads of brick for paving Railroad-st.
arrived over the D., L. & W. R. R. this morning from Hornellsville by way
of Binghamton. Paving will be begun Monday.
—The seventh annual Scotch picnic will be
held at the home of Mr. Robert Lamont, on the road between Dryden and McLean,
on Wednesday, August 20.
—New advertisements to-day are— Bacon,
Chappel & Co., Inventory Completed, page 5; W. L. Perkins, Carnrick's Soluble
Food, page 4; Tanner Bros., Beautiful New Silks, page 6.
—Hereafter all bicycles and carriages leaving
the fair grounds after the ball games will be expected to leave by the north
gate which will be specially opened for the purpose. Pedestrians will then not
be in danger of their lives.
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