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Show ! PEARY SATS COOK IS jf DECEIVING THE PUBLIC f ! XKW YOHK. Sept. U. A dia- ? ' "i patch from Commander Peary v ; ! which has just been received in I this city says: "J "Do not trouble about Cook's 4" J story or attempt' to explain any I discrepancies in Iuh statements. I - Tho affair will settle itself. r r "JIc has not been at the pole r i" on April 21, 1D0S, or at any other v ! time. J Io has. simply handed the v f public a gold brick. r "These statements arc made r advisedly and T have proof of r v them. when he makes a full statement of his journey over f" his signature to some geo- ! r graphical society or other ropu- 'I table body, if that statement -r t contains the claim that ho has Jr reacluyl the pole, 1 shall bo in a I position to furnish material that v r may prove distinctly interesting ! y reading to tho public." |