| Show EXPLORER COOK WELCOMED HOME discoverer niS COVERER OF NORTH POLE 13 GIVEN AN enthusiastic RE 4 C AMERICANS LJ thousand thousands do honor to intrepid ex E clorer who I 1 9 sues dign idled state stat ment merit concerning the north pole Contro foray new york city dr frederick A cook the arctic explorer who haa has set get the whole world talking of hia his wonderful eat feat in reaching the north pole almost alone and unal ird by any a government or heralded by me ires iresa has 1 reached this port feeling la in excellent condition physically and mentally aul an express expressing og unbounded joy at icing again hia his family and friends la in the lend land of the free the steamer oscar 11 II with dr cook on board reached quarantine early aday morning and anchored to t await inspection by the health orri officer cers of the port the scene as dr cook was erected greeted bv his family and friends was one to be long remembered from 5 in the morning the explorer lat intermittently emit paced the salon deck placing his hi glasses to bis his eyes and watching ev ever er tug or other vessel which api preached pro ached to see whether he could ob serve hie his wife on the deck of the craft at last the right ins tug was vms dimly outlined through the mist and dr cook springing to the companionway leaped across the intervening stretch of 0 water to the tug and dashed up to the hurricane deck where his wife was walt wait ini inc for him waving the stars and stripes the returned explorer took her in his arms ams without a single worl passing between them dr cook broke the silence where are the children he irked asked his wife did not reply but led him to the children a few steps away he kissed his eldest daughter then seized the younger ore ote in his arm and raised her to his shoulders at al this the spectators broke out into cheers bravo cooil welcome home homel were proud of youl you rang out across the water then the worde for hes bes a jolly rood good fellow were tung by dr cooks cook s fellow on the oscar it as the tug tur left lert the chips ships tide side the oscar II 11 immediately weighed anchor and continued up the river dock and dr cook was transferred to the grand republic and cameras were turned oa on him from every point as he went on board and passed through a guard of honor of the forty seventh regiment to receive the greeting of the reception committee on board the grand republic dr C cook ook was greeted by the official to reception committee and a wreath yf roses was placed about his neck standing on the upper deck of the steamer dr cook addressed the committee and his friends briefly the steamer after reaching the foot of of N est street v at up the th north river ns as far aa as Sp aputen luiten duvvll and then retraced ite its course to tha th Bt battery tery and proceeded up the east FAIL river to the foot of fifth street strett in Brook brooklyn lyp where ile dr cook landed the ceremonies on ohp th gand agn nd be re public were onnal the first pe it son to greet dr ir cook waa was ida A lehmann a daughter of one of his oil old brooklyn friends who bad had been delft dele i l to decorate the explore explorer with a I w reath of roses dr cook wore the th garland during the reception caremon lee let 0 A concise and dignified has been made by dr cook MR tp to ho the north pole as follows I 1 have come from the pole I 1 TOi brought my etory story and my mr data with mft 1 I have nol not come home to ettari u I 1 into arguments with one man or kunf wn nen but I 1 am here to present a clasp 1 rord of a piece of work over chiew I 1 hilve 9 right to duplay a certani 3 i mount of pride ar |
