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Show PEARY WANTS MORE FUNDS. Needs About $60,000 for Dash to North Pole. Now York. Lack of about $00,000 to finance tho expedition mny moan tho abandonment of tho dash to tho north polo, which Commander R. B. Peary has planned for this summer. The explorer, who has earned tho distinction distinc-tion of having roach "Tho Farthest North," and who truly may bo said to livo for tho purposo of revealing to tho world tho mysteries of tho polo itself, is deeply downcast nt tho possibility possi-bility that ho may not ho able to try again. "This Is a work which I must do, n great work for which I was lntonded," said Commandor Peary, and with a confidence that his work must be helped from nomowhoro, ho added: "Tho monoy will como; somehow I feol cortnln of that. Hut if I waB only assured now, what a rollef It would bo, and how I could concentrato all my onorglos on tho details of tho expedition. ex-pedition. Romcmbor, wo wero but 174 nautical mtlos from tho goal on our last trip. It would bo a pity Indeed If wo could not try again." |