davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-16
DAN osTRoM's AMBITION.
Would Go to Chicago as Delegate
at Large.

at LARGE
SACRAMENTO, CAL, June Ex-senator
Dan Ostrom of Yubs, who has been men,
toned as possible delegate at large, is
on the ground and is using all his indi-
vidual influence as well as that of his
friends to secure the honor of being sent
to Chicago. He stated in the course of a
brief conversation that there were only
two things that he desired to go to Chi
cago to see ccompIished-one was the
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-16
THE MUSE UNLEASHED.

John Daggett the Hero in Fugitive
Screed OF Doggerel.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, June ia fugi-
tive screed in doggerel was floating around
among the delegates tonight, for which
no author could be found. Nobody sus-
pected w. w. Foote of writing it, though
he would probably concur in the senti-
ment SO clumsily and lnelegantly ex-
pressed:
There's man whose grave we are bound to
sink through,
Dig it,
He's ding IT
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-16
He's dug it

His political grave is in old Siskiyou,
Dig it,
He's dug it,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-05-21
FARMER HINES ROAD.

Duluth 6 Great Western RaITrOz1tS
Incorporated. 9ifS
Va ST. Paul. May e. Articles; of IN
corporation of the Duluth q Great
Eastern railway were filed with the
secretary of state yesterday with q
given capital stock of $100, 900. The
incorporat tors are George II. Mansfield
3of Greenfield, n. H.; g. IS. Cox and i.
H. Brad ford Of Hubbard, Mimi; e. s.,
Spalding and J ohm A. Keyes of Duluth.
The intention Of the company is to-
construct line from Duluth i'll a
ssoutherly direction, crossing the st.
Louis river near the boundary of Min:
anesota and Wisconsin, near Kice's
Point, to connect there with railway
to be built ON Wisconsin soil. running
through the northwest corner Of the.
state. From there the line is to run
through the north central part of Min
nesota, passing near the southern boun-
Diary Of. Hubbard county, thence ap-
preaching the southwestern corner of
the White Earth reservation and then
to Caledonia in the Red river valley
From this point the line is to extend
into North Dakota to the Missouri riv-
or by the most practicable route, while
+ another branch is TO run to Moorhead.
{ Provisions are made for the construc-
ton of all needed branches, spurs and
side ira ks, while the amount of in
debtedness is limited to $4,000, 600. This
is the Incorporation OF what is known
as Farmer Hines railroad.
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more. It's weight was over 2,OOQ
pounds. In several places where 4
tentacle touched the boat the wood
was dented.-Florida Letter in Globe
Democrat.
REID's QUESTION ANSWERED..
How = STOP Wa. Put to the rril

How a Stop Was Put to the Trib-
Ms mes Interrogatiye Headlines.
Before Whitelaw Reid became nain-
lister to France he devoted good deal
of his time to the conduct Of his paper,
the Tribune. The copy editors who
put up the headlines of stories OF the
day fell into the habit of making most
Of them interrogat tive. as, for instance,
WAS 1t Murder, or Suicide" or did
She Kill Him for Love-" or ssWill the
President Sign It7' etc.
The entire paper was specked with
Interrogation points. This thing had
been going on for weeks. till ose day
n postal card arrived, addressed to Mr..
Reid, and marked personal 1t read as
follows:
getting awfully tired Of your
questions. Why don't you find out
something? A great newspaper Is sup
posed to know everything, and ought
not to annoy it's readers with needless
Inquiries. This morning you as, win
Mr.. Plat Consent?' Ho u the hi do
L know
That night an order came that the
Tribune must ask fewer questions. =
New York Mercury.
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WONDERFUL
PERFORMING
e CONSECRATED
CROSS-EYED BEAR


"A man on the outside of the tent
was lecturing, and every few minutes
he would say something about 10 cents
paying the way. [ put up a dime and
Joined the bear push. | saw at once
it was my pet. I spoke to him and he
showed evidences of his remembrance.
He was ecstatic in his action, and the
Snowman in charge got kind O. hot
about the familiarity, and was going
to put me out. But when / told him
how it was and that the bear was not
to blame the Snowman said it was all
right, only he didn't want me to play
it too strong before the public, as 1t
broke up the delusion, I've forgot
which word it was he used.
Bought Him II Mess of Fish.
''Then / asked the Snowman how It
lover of Doc Watts and that Doc had
Grated cross-eyed bear. I told him I
had heard that chestnut before, but he
said Doc Watts was the original and
written a nice hymn about the conSe-
that it lay between that name and Doc
Watts, and he thought the other suited
was he named the bear what he had,
the bears appearance and that was
why am not telling you that as orig
inal. It has been worked on several
occasions.
II told the Snowman how we'll the
bear loved fish, and asked the privilege
to buy him mess for auld lang syne,
etc. The Snowman asked me If he
wasn't in the fish business with the
bear, and yielded. bought the fish
and took them to the bear, but ths
Snowman was never in it with the
bear. babe the bear adieu, and I
had letter from the Snowman later
asking me if I didn't want to buy tbs
bear, and he said in the letter that the
bear had cried out his other eye after
had left him. But I had enough
trouble without annexing a blind bear
to my kit."-Chicago Chronicle
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TRAPPED BY 4 BEAR.


isconsin was the great bear coun>
try" said the bear story. man to the
reporter, after peace had been restored
between the bear man and the artist.
q Missouri has two bears on their
launches for a state seal, with some
Latin twined about them. do not
know what the signifcation is. i new
5er heard any great bear stories from
that state. But Wisconsin was the
home Of more kinds of bears than any
of the Northwestern states. [ am go
ing to tell you Of an escapade----I sup
pose I may use that word in q bear
story had up there way back in the
earlies.
# Il wish to remark in advance that
there is nothing in the meat line which
goes to the very quick Of the bear
olfac tory as the odor of fish. A cat is
no fonder of fish than a bear. The
bear is also fond of fresh pork, but
fresh fish is his long suit .=
Il was out fishing in Wisconsin, near
the old homestead, one day. I had un-
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MARKET REPORTS.
Lntest Quotations From Grain and
- Live Stock Ceners

Lntest Quotations From Grain and
r. Live Stock Ceners
Chicago, May 20. = Wheat = May,
GO 14c; June, 60 3-4c;; July, 81 lac;
September, &c. Corn-May, rs 1-2c;
July, 20 1-2c; September, 20 1-Sc; Sep
TENDER, 20 l-Sc. Pork-May, $7.57 IL;
September, $7.S2. Lard-May, $4.55;
July, $4.65; September, SAT- L. Ribs
May, 81; July, $4.O5; September,
81 20. Nv. ~ ~ = F. Erz-.
Chicago, May 2O.-Hogs--Market ac-
tive; prices firm to sc higher; light,
$3.30a3.35; mixed, $3.25a3.50 heavy,
$3.3Oa3.37 -; rough, $3.1Oa3.2O. Cat
tle-Market fairly active and general
ly 1Oa15c lower; beeves, $3.45a4.5O 10;
cows and heifers, $1.5Oa3.15; Texas
steers ste er s. 7oa3 90; stockers and feeders,
Minneapolis, May 2O.-Wheat- y
closed at 59c; July opened at 5y7 sc
and closed at SOC; September opened
at GO 1-Sc and closed at 50 lac. On
track-No. 1 hard, 60 1-4c; No. 1 North
ern, So 1-4c; No. = Northern, So 1-2c. +
Milwaukee, May 2O.-Flour quiet and
unchanged. Wheat very dull; No. 2
spring. SOC; No. 1 Northern, 81 lie;
July, GO 3-Sc. Corn quiet and steady;
No. >, 29c.. Oats firm and in brisk de-
1nand; No. 2 white, 203-4a21 lac; No.
3 white, 20 Liable Barley dull; No.
2, 33a33 1-2c; sample, 81 1-4c. Rye
lower and weak; No. 1, $50 Provisions
steady; pork, $7.60a7.7O; lard, $46Oa
465. >sg.....' y.
South st. Paul, May 2O.--Hogs- Light
steady, heavy sc higher; a few punches
offered, selling early to packers Cat
tle-Good demand for butcher stuff.
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he had entered. But he was so swol-
len with fish he could not get through.
He came back and lay down, and /
was then satisfied that had to get out
Of there first. / had no idea of remain
ing until the bear went down to his
natural size. .1 rs
i picked up a board and knocked
some shingles off the roof and then
crawled out I slid down to the edge
of the roof and Skinned down on the
projecting logs. Then walked to the
crack through which the bear had
craWled and rolled a log against the.
crack. went home / came back the
next day and threw the bear some
food. I continued to do this until many
weeks had passed, and in the mean !
time came to love the. bear, and ha
would lick my hand like a dog ] used:
to go to the ca bin and teach him tricks.
i He would take walks with me.
Companion for the Fisherman.
Often I nave sat on the edge Of a
stream waiting for the sinker to indi-
cate bite, while the bear sat beside
me with Look Of Intensity that was
human. really think animals are hui
mans. That is, think every animal
has been human In his day. What
is that you call time tempsyc Ghosts:
h But one day the agent Of q circus
and menagerie stopped at our house to
buy bear. He offered me SIS and a
free. ticket for my bear, and although
there was an attachment between me
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FOR LESS RATES.
The Red River Valley VIII Demand
{. ...r.-- IL Hearing RI

The Reu River Valley VIII Demand
Il Hearing
Moorhead, Mimi. May 20. = Invita-
tions will be issued in a few days for
convention to be held in Moorhead for
the purpose of demanding the same
grain rate per ton per mile &C of
milD to the seaboard that the producers
of Kansas and other Southwestern
states now enjoy. Delegates will be
invited from Wisconsin. North Dakota,
South Dakota and Minnesota and a
definite plan Of action mapped out The
interstate commerce commission will
be invited to be present. also the rail-
road commissioners Of the several
states. AS the convention will not be
held until. after congress adjourns the
senators and representatives OF these
four states will have an opportunity to
be present. Every board of trade,
chamber Of commerce, commercial
club and business mems union in the
hard wheat states will be asked to be
represented by able men. The demand
will be made in such form that the
commission can find no excuse for re-
fusing to establish the rate and plac-
ing the producers of the Northwest, so
far as freight rates are concerned, on
an equal footing with the producers of
the Southwest.
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OF its author is being revived. flfe OBJ
lection that was urged to reporting
and passing q bill at this session was
that itSWould lead to a general discus
sion of the tariff and the offering OF
amendments that would tend to unllH-
$ly disturb business conditions without
the hope Of being able to pass the BILL.
]. The Cuban question was revived in
the senate when Mr.. Morgan of Ala
bama, who reported the original reso-
luton, spoke in favor of further and
more decisive action toward the recog-@
milton of the Cuhans as belligerents.
At the close Of Mr.. Morgan's speech
the senate adopted without division
resolutions introduced by him, direct
ing the committee on foreign relations
to inquire into and report on the treaty.
relations between the United States
and sSDain relating to the Americans
now. under condemnation at Havana.
also requesting the president for the
recent diplomatic correspondence with.
Spain on the subject The resolutions
have no reference to the recognition Of
belligerent rights, although they.
served Mr.. Morgan as 4 text for lis
speech on that line. @
w MAY LIE ScItllC,
by vote of Al to e., defeated 4 mo-
proceed with the considerat ton Of the
resolution to investigate alleged cleo
ton irregularities in Alabama, occur
ring at the time Gov. Oates was elect
cd over X. r. IIolb. Populist. -Four
Republican senator's. Chandler, Frye,
Gallihger and Morrill,, and two Popu-
lists. Allen and PETER, made up the af
frmative vote. Mr.. Allen took Oc.
casion to declare that the vote dis
closed the insncerity of Republican
senators to their professions in behalf
Of honest elections Mr. Sherman re-
Eponded that it was not for the present
genate to go into the general investiga-
ton. of elections, as these resolutions
proposed, and MI. Chandler of New
Hampshire. author of the resolutions,
explained that the adverse vote was
due largely to the Discrimination to
| llisplace appropriation bills. The en-
tire day of the senate. after this vote,
was given to the bill regulating gas
rates III the District of Columbia.
It was expected that the house would
take up the consideration Of the inl-
migration bills on the calendar under
a special order, but owing to the pres.
sure Of other business the order was
not presented until just previous to
| adjournment 1t was then amended
so as to give tomorrow and next day
for the consideration of these bills
| There are four of them. The Mccall
| bill provides an educational test; the
! Stone bill provides for consular inspec.
ton and the Mahany and Corliss bills
provide for more rigid enforcement OF
the present immigration laws, especial
ly to deal with immigration from
| Canada.
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BY WATER TO LIE SUEUR.
The First Big Steamer In Ten Years
u OH


Reaches There. -
Minneapolis, May 20.--Inasmuch as
the river and harbor bill just passed
by congress makes a provision for the
survey of Big Stone lake and vicinity
with 4 view to the construction Of q
storage reservoir, similar to those at
the headwaters Of the Mississippi, the
trip Of steamer up the Minnesota
river to LIE Sueur yesterday is Of spe-
cial interest. It is about ten years
since boat Of the size of the Daisy
reached LIE Sueur. And it is thirty
years since there was regular traffic
on the river for any length of time.
Since the war spasmodic attempts
have been made to reopen what was
once a valuable water route, but for
various reasons they failed, and now
the river, through years of neglect,
has become nest Of snags. However,
i the trip to LIE Sueur demonstrated
that the river is naYigable still and
that with ordinary attention it might
be used for several months of each
year, even without permanent improve
mentS. y. FL
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TOWED BYA DEYILFISH.
Thrilling Experience of n Kentnck,
Ian With an Octopus

experience Oh II AcntnCA,
ian With an Octopus.
Col. r. I. Holloway Of Lexington,
KY, who is spending the winter at
Naples, some miles south Of Fort
Myers, had a thrilling experience one
afternoon while fishing in Rookery
bay. The bow Of his boat was seized
by q huge devilf1sh and towed swiftly
seward. Col Holloway carried a
heavy hunting-knife, and with this he
severed the tentacle that held the boat,
but the fish Immediately srasped the
boat with another Of it's scores of arms
and plunged through the waves at q
furious pace. Col. Holloway cut ten
tacle after tentacle, only to see another
thrust forward.
At last he dropped the hunting knife
and Selling repeating rifle he be-
gan shooting into the water where he
supposed the fish to be, hoping to
strike it by a husky shot. After firing
a number of times the speed Of the
boat diminished. Col Holloway con-
tinued to shoot, and soon the boat
came nearly to q stop and the fish rose
to the siarfAre, having been pierced by
many bullets. 4he CONTEST haA bee8
continued more than three holsfss, FAD
Col. Holloway was Owes thirty mnes
from Naples. He started to row back,
but was fortunately seen by fishing
sloop, which towed him to Naples,
reaching there about II o'clock ct
night
{ The dead devilfsh was still attached
to the Kentuckian's boat, being toRea
by the last tentacle it had put for.
ward. Over sixty tentacles had beeA
cut, and the fish had nearly as many
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While the Bear Sat Beside Me With
n Look of Intensity That Was HUI

man "
usual good luck, and started home
loaded with pike and pickerel. had
them in sack which / carried over
my shoulder. As I was plodding my
way, heard noise, and, looking back
ward, I saw was pursued by bear
not the sort Of a bear you have in
my stories. He had more neck and
less foot. I saw the bear was Of that
build which makes winners in a foot
race. I had started on a run. knew
ther was an old, unoccupied log cab
in near by. may say that this log
cabin was my ancestral hall. Ny peO-
pie had occupied it in the pioneer days,
and lad moved from it into the man
sion near by in their days Of prosper
ity.
Bruin Patrolled the Cabin. !
II reached the cabin, got in and
closed the door and barred it. found
an old ladder in the house, and set it
Oh end and climbed UP to the joists. on
which We're a few loose boards. Then
pulled the ladder UP after me and
sat down to await what the dramatic
writer would call the denouement. I
heard the bear making a patrol of the
cabin, and soon he stopped. detected
his Whereabouts by shadow which
darkened log that I discovered. too
Kate, to be loose. I watched the bear
squeeze himself through that crack.
At one time thought he had stuck I
never saw any animal compress him
self as that bear. He made 1t, and
after he had surveyed the room, he
scented me and my bag Of fish I
knew he could not get up to me, but
began to think Of how I had Gagged
myself. The bear sat on his hind legs
and looked at me with 2 sort Of I've
come-t6-stay EXPRESSION.
i threw him a fish, which he de-
voured without any effort. I threw
him another and he ate that. Finally,
threw big one at him, and it knock
ed out one Of his eyes, but a little
thing like that never disturbed him.
| fed him fish until he expanded like
an Inflated bladder, and then he
stretched himself OH the floor, keep
ing his eye turned toward me. After
some time the bear got up and tried to
get through the same crack. by which
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Awarded to Mccoy

Boston, May 2O..-Newton Street arm
DRY was crowded with sporting men to
witness two ffteen-round bouts ar
ranged by the Suffock Athletic club.
Botn bouts were disappointments, as
the match between Mike Sears or
Boston and Sam Kelly of New York
was stopped by Capt Foster at the be-
ginning OF the tenth round in order to
prevent a finish, and the match OF the
evening between Kid Mccoy and Mys-
FERROUS Billy Smith was stopped by
Referee Bill DAILY in the sixth round
and awarded to Mccoy on foul break
by Smith.
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and tie bear, / let him so. See v-slas
money will do! sometimes have
wished I had not sold the animal, but
4 could not keep him. He would cry
after me just like a young one.
T had Weaned my affections from
him, however, and two years after T
was in Milwaukee. Were you ever in
Milwaukee? There was circus and
menagerie in town and walked to the
grounds I thought you might think I
rode. because. 4 sold the bear for SIS
but lI walked to the grounds. never
cared anything about circus, but I
always liked animal shows. J walked
around to the owner, and there I saw
a sign on canvas, a picture Of a bear,
and on it were these words:
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Won by Ryan.

Buffalo. n Y. May 20.-It took six
rounds last night for Tommy Ryan Of.
St, Paul to take the measure OF Joe
Dunfee at the Buffalo Driving Park.
The fight was witnessed by over 1000
people. Tie contest was ne-sided from
start to finish I'll s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-05-21
VIII Come to Minne.ota

Chicago, May 20.-The Illinois brig
ade. Uniform Rank Of the knights OF
Pythias, met in annual assembly to-
day and unanimously decided to at
tend the Minneapolis encampment the
first week in September. Importance
attaches to this action because Of the
existing differences between various
divisions OF the order as to the location
OF: the encampment.
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RIVERS RAGING.
The Last Rain in Minnesota Was a
-gG.e Flood g}5nz

The Last Rain in Minnesota Was a
Red Lake Falls, Mimi, May 20.
From Thursday night to Sunday mid
night it ralned incessantly, causing an
extreme rise of water in the Red and
Clearwater rivers and their tributaries.
Both the mill dams have been en-
dangered, and crews have worked day
and night. Between here and Lambert
"a distance of twenty five miles, seven
bridges have been swept away. The
railways have suffered washouts which
will interrupt service and streets and
roads are impossible from landslides.
Warren, MINI, May 2O.-The rains
of Saturday and Sunday have brought
on a flood. The water has not been
so high since 1875. North-geing trains
are laid up here on account OF wash
outs. Snake river is over its banks and
running all over the prairie. Seeding
will be delayed for several days.
Argyle, Mimi, May 20. - From Sat
urday noon to Sunday night two and
one-half inches of. rain fell. All the
rivers in Marshall county are over
flowing their banks. Thousands OF
acres of grain are covered by water.
No trains to-day from the south. The
rivers are still rising two inches an
hour. ....:. i
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Vigorous Arguments

Duluth, May 20. When Judge
Boyne's court, in which is being tried
the case of Charles Skully, who is
charged with using dynamite to kill
fish in the Cloquet river, adjourned to-
day, Attorney G. G.. Teare, who repre-
sents the defendant, and Assistant
City Attorney Holmes took up a per-
sonal point that had arisen and argued
it in the hallway. Hot words ensued
and finally Teare smashed an umbrella
over Holmes shoulders. Friends inter
posed.
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For Train wreckinE.

Sheboygan. Wis, May 20. Fred
Green and Joseph Wildman were ar
rested to-day at Waldo by the sheriff
on the charge OF having caused the
wreck OF the freight train on Friday
night in which three men were killed
and two injured. Other arrests will
follow. This is the third train that has
been wrecked at Waldo in six months.
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Baton Rouge, La. May 90 Murphy
]. Foster was inaugurated governor Of
Louisiana for the second time, and
Robert III. Snyder of Tensas for lieu
tenant governor to-day i'll the presence
of a large gathering. The oath of Of
flee was administered by Chief Justice
Nichols, of the state supreme court
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Army and Navy Veteran.

Washington, May 2O.-The National
Army and Naval union began an an
nual session of several days here to.
day. and representatives are present
from almost all the states and from
many Of the ships of the navy. Ma
tjonal Commander Joseph B. Morton,
OF the war department, delivered his
annual report
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Killed While Hunting.

Minnesota Lake. Mimi, May 20
Charles Scharbaswisky, aged twenty
two, was killed by the accidental dis
charge of shotgun while hunting.
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Lochren's N Joni nation Confirmed
i. Washingtons May 20. senate to-
day confirmed William Lochren as dis
5trict Judge in Minnesota, Vice X. e.
Nelson, resigned.