davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Yale expositor., 1898-02-25
Washington: The navy officers cannot

Washington: The navy officers cannot
agree upon any theory to account for
the destruction of the Maine. Perhaps
a majority are inclined to the belief
that the explosion was purely acct
dental, another considerable number
feel that torpedo was exploded under
the vessel, and third theory is that
some internal machine was Struggled
aboard the ship and set off. In the
present lack of knowledge as to the
condition of the wreck all theories are
uncertain. An examination of the hull
of the Maine by divers will demon
strate in short order whether or not Il
torpedo had been used.
Washington: The government has
settled back into a waiting attitude in
respect to the terrible marine disaster
in Havana harbor. The great shock
caused by the news has given way to "a
calmer and more judicial state of mind.
The naval officials are now resigned
to await the results of an inquiry by a
court named by the navy department,
as follows: Capt. Samson, commander
of the battleship Iowa, now at the Tor
tugas, president of the court; Capt.
Chadwick, commander of the New
York, at Key West; Lieut. Com. Schroe-
der, executive officer of the Massachu-
sets, now at Tortugas; Lieut.. Com. Ma
riX, executive officer of the Vermont,
formerly on the Maine.
Every confidence is felt at the navy
department in the commander of the
Maine, Capt. Sigsbee and until it is
really established otherwise there is
every disposition to charge the accident,
if accident it was that destroyed the
Maine, to some cause beyond the usual
range of human discretion.
The Maine was battleship of the
second class and was regarded as one
of the best ships in the new navy. She
was built ut the Brooklyn navy yard
in 1890 at cost of 81. 5sS, 900. She had
"a steel hull. was 31S feet long, 81 feet
broad. PIG mean draught and carried a
complement of 357 men. Her arma-
ment consisted of four lO-inch and six
6-inch breech loading guns in her main
battery and seven 6-pounder and eight
1-pounder rapid-fre guns and four Cat
lings in her secondary battery and four
Whitehead torpedoes. The commander
of the Maine, Capt. Sigsbee, is a favor
lite in the navy department.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

tions to go to Wyoming again this
spring his family remaining here and re-
siding in the house he recently pur-
chased.
/. F. Radcliffe, of Des Moines, special
agent for the Mccormick company ar
rived in the city Monday and will re-
main at the Henshaw implement house
all week.
John Bennett removed this week in
to the house recently occupied by Mrs.
Conklin while Mrs. Henrickson now oc-
cupies the property recently vacated
by Mr.. Bennett.
VIM. Newman, of Audubon town.
ship, who has been suffering for the
past ten days with la grippe is now
sufficiently recovered so us to be able
to be about again.
J. w. Wright and wife, of Ashford,
Nebraska, and d. W. POage and wife,
of Wheatland, Wyoming arrived the
iabtCi phil VI luOO WYNN W NIolI WIFI
the family of J. B. CoDnrardy.
Jacob Rabson was stricken down
with heart disease Tuesday. The fun
eral services will be in charge of the
Masonic lodge and will be conducted
in the Christian church this afternoon
ut 2 o'clock.
A team belonging to Clinton Dunn
became frightened the other day in
Extra and started out for a two mile
run. They were stopped near the Gil
roy place. The buggy to which they
were attached was not damaged in the
least having kept right side up during
the whole of the two miles
The team belonging to John Thar
nish became frightened while at West
Extra Thursday and started to do II
fast half to East Extra. They were fl.
nally stopped before any damage to
themselves was done but the sled
which they started with was in fit
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

shape to be consigned to hospital.
v Peter Hansen and Frank Green
came down from Audubon Thursday
to conduct the new clothing store re.
Gently opened up Lere 10y j. Friend 4
Son. Mr.. Hansen is acting as manager
for Mr.. Friend while Mr.. Green is his
assistant The two young men are
held in high esteem by Audubon peo-
pie both for their business and social
qualities and will prove valuable nc.
QUESTION to the younger generation in
Extra
The Woodmen lodge has increased
very largely in numbers since Deputy
Head Consul Lancelot commenced So
licitiLg for memberships here. Mon
day evening w. j. Wissler, Julius
Grulke, VIM. Reese, Bert Jeffries, ia
cob Bauer and A. f. Beebe were ad-
mitted to the Woodmen camp Monday
night and Peter l.. Hansen, Clarence
MASKING, George d. Dimmick and VIM
Patty have made application for mem
bership.
The annual spring moving COM
menced in Extra the other day. Fred
Bartlett lead out by moving to farm
in Audubon township. q. C. Jeffries
made close second and now occupies
the house where Bartlett formerly re.
sided while Newell Jobes appropriated
the house just vacated by Mr.. Jeffries.
Frank Basham puschased the prop
erty where Mr.. Jobes had lived and his
family is now safely ensconced within
its walls.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03
FiScuS Items.

Il. G Jensen left for Monona county
Saturday.
Cal Davidson has returned to his
home at Dale.
Mrs. j. H. Norton has been sick for
the past few days.
Miss Bessie Fiscus has been on the
sick list for the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene hurry are the
proud parents of II bright baby girl.
walter S. Fiscus has sold his farm
to Theodore Morrow for $25 per acre
Everett Norton will commence to
work for A. Detwiler Tuesday morn
ing.
We wonder why jim Peterson goes
across the corn field every Sunday
night?
Mr.. and Mrs. Leander Fiscus are
the proud parents of II bouncing girl
baby.
Martin Peterson will work for II. M
Dickey this coming summer for SIS
per month.
Emmett Fiscus has sold his farm to
Mrs. Joe Mccall for 1926 per acre. Mr.
Fiscus expects to go to Oklahoma.
Hal Dickey left for his home in
Calhoun county where he will shuck
his corn and then move down to Audi
bon county.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03
Extra.

r. g. Watterson is doing the carpen-
ter work
Horace Bartlett was up Monday
from Braytou.
Frank Dorr was at Audubon OH bus
mess Tuesday.
Chris Spoo spent few hours at Au-
dubon Tuesday.
H. II. Dimmick was an Audubon
business visitor Monday.
Earnest Powell and wife visited with
his father at Atlantic Sunday.
Fred Anderson and wife moved into
a house in Kickapoo park Monday.
w. w. Brown is building barn on
his lot in the southeast part of town.
George Anders enjoyed very pleas
ant visit with friends at Atlantic Sun
day.
Mrs. /. L. Statzell received $4,000
life insurance from the A. o. U. w.
Monday.
M. E. jenkins and Reese Hallock, of
Brayton, were Extra bushes visitors
Tuesday.
w. D. Stanley and wife came down
from Hamlin Friday to attend the fun
eral of Mrs. james Bell.
Miss Edith Davis visited over Sun
day with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Davis, at Audubon.
III. S. Wattles spent Sunday and
Monday at BraytOn with the family of
his daughter, Mrs. Chas. Bison.
Hans Hansen removed with his fam
lily onto the Carmichael place in the
southeast part of town Monday.
&. w. Powers, of Brayton, was hold
ing court lere Tuesday on the cases of
J. b. RendIeman and Clinton Dunn.
G. w. Guernsey is still confined to
his home and his once familiar face
and CHEEKY voice are sadly missed OIL
the streets of Extra.
Mrs. George Conklin departed the
first of the week for Kingsley to join
her husband who has been working
there since last fall.
Mrs. Chas. May suffered quite Sc
verely the first of the week from the
effects of swallowing II pin and get
ting it lodged in her throat.
Mrs. VIM. Fulton returned home
Monday from II visit at the Bailey
home ut Audubon. Her niece, Miss
Gertle Chambers, accompanied her to
Extra.
Newell Jobes returned home Sunday
from u visit with his father i'm Audit
bon township. He reports the old
gentleman as enjoying the best of
health.
Frank Basham is making prepara-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03
Our Clubbing Rates.

The REPUBLICAN will not charge it's
subscribers who are not in arrears on
our subscription books for commission
in sending for other papers and periodi-
Gals. If you are behind with us, pay up
and then we can save you considerable
on your other papers. We will only
charge you their cost and the cost OF ex-
change. Those who are already paid up
may come in and subscribe for any pa
pers or periodicals, and get advantage
of this offer. If you are paid up on the
REPUBLICAN you can get the other pa
pers of us for the combination price be-
low. less $1OO, the price Of the REPUB-
LIcAN. Although we can get any lead
ing paper in the United States, these
are some of the best combinations:
The REPUBLICAN and Iowa State Regis
ter -. .............. ........ Sl'4o.
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(Des Moines). ....... .2Z.Oo.
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(Des Molnes.) ............... 49,. Sl.oo.
The REPUBLICAN and Des Moines Daily
News 81 95
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

The senate committee, composed OIL
three republicans and two democrats
voted unanimously last week in favor
of DR.. Emmert, of Atlantic, democrat,
retaining his seat in. the senate, ana
against Thomas Smith, contestant, OF
Harlan. The returns showed Emmert
elected by % votes and the findings of
the committe are practically the same
The only question was as to whether
certain markings were identifying
marks or not and should be thrown
ont
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

The death of Lieutenant ID. r. Mer-
rift. of Red Oak, one of the victims of
the Maine disaster, is greatly mourned
in that city. The Express gives Il good
account of all that is known of his
death. His father is post master there
and the family is held in high esteem.
Young Merritt went into the navy
when vacancy was caused by Claude
Andrews, now of Extra, retiring be
cause of poor health.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

The naval board of inquiry on the
Maine disaster is still in session and is
keeping it's opinions secret. 1t is as
uncertain what they will do as though
they were jury and newspaper cores
pondent's opinions are gossip and con,
lecture. Reason and best opinion seem
to lead to the conclusion that the explo'
sion came from mine or explosive out
side the vessel.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03
Gray.

Miss Annie French returned from
Cedar Falls Friday.
Al Greenwaldt went out Tuesday
to tin Frank Gray's new house.
Greenwaldt & Groteluschen unload
ed car of implements Wednesday
Mrs. Browning and niece came up
Saturday for a short visit with A. M.
Ayers.
At the annual school election there
will be two directors to elect and one
treasurer.
John Polzine went to Manning Fri
day and while there ordered car load
| of ice for the creamery.
A. Nj. Ayers left Tuesday for Texas
to take look at the country. AL ex-
i pects to buy land if everything is fav-
|orable.
A. E.. Coomes left Tuesday for Bat
A farewell supper at Beers was given
| him Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asmus Boyson came
lin from Chicago for a few days stay
at the farm. Thursday they visited
| with relatives at Audubon.
Mrs. Crow has resigned her position
as teacher in the Gray school on ac-
count of i'll health and Miss Mable
|Swaney was elected to fill the vacancy.
A party was given to Mr.. and Mrs.
/ J. A. Crow Saturday evening at DR..
Beers at which large number of
Gray and vicinity were present and en-.
loved pleasant evening. X G. Lam
celot i'm behalf of those present pre-
scented Mr. and Mrs. Crow with fine
Extension table. Refreshments con-
sisting of fruit and cake were served,
Mr.. and Mrs. Crow will remember this
as one of their most pleasant evenings.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

John McVicar won a notable victory
in the republican primaries in Des
Moines Monday. We admire his pluck
and fighting qualities.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

The Corning Republican advert ises
for "an honest boy to make devil Of"
Why shouldn't that functionary be
honest?
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19
EXACTLY RIG Mt.

The Bristol City Democratic
Committee, of which G. III, Slack,
editor of the Courier, was Chair
man, adopted the following resolu.
ton at its last meeting.
therefore, be it resolved by the
Democratic Committee OF the city
o. Bristol, Tennessee, in meeting
assembled, that we declare the of.
flee of Chairman of this Committee
vacant and demand said Gil Stacks
resignation as a member of the
mOcratic Executive Committee
of Sullivan county, and that we do
not recognize him as a member of
said committee.
After the adoption OF the above
resolution w. w. Davis was elect
eel permanent Chairman,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19
BASHFUL,
Rural Legislator Gets I'm Remarks
Even If UncnIIed For.

Rural Legislator Gets I'm Remarks.
Even If UncnlIed For.
Il can't help'saying to you," remark
ed one of the old members of a more
or less august legislative body to a
rural recruit, that some of the re-
marks you made yesterday were I'M
called for, entirely uncalled for
The other looked intently at his col
league and, removing his hat, mopped
his brow with a red handkerchief.
'Looky here, friend" he proceeded
after thinking for a quarter of a min
ute, do you realize that l am on the
minority side of this here house?"'
YES"
And that the place is chock full OF
people who are full up to the necks
with speeches they want to git de-
livered?"
There are many such
ITS occurred to you, mebbe, that
there is a dimit to the time that man
has in this life fur ioin' things"
That hasn't anything to do with
your remarks yesterday"
eyes, it has. You find fault with 'em
because they was uncalled fur. But
want to tell you scmethin,' Eff / had
started out in politics as a shrinkin',
modest violet wouldn't even have got
nomination. An with all them peo-
pie, with both hands in the air, try
in to git word in edgewise, l can't
afford to take no chances. know
them remarks was uncalled fur, but I
leave it to you as fair minded man,
II / held onto remarks till some of
you fellers got up and clamored for
'em, what would my constituents think
had become of me?"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19
~ GOOD PLACE TO STOP"
when in Bluefeld, is the
"PATTON HOUSE,
near the Depot
Try it and you will be pleased

q: indigestion is often taken for consumd
''on. The word consumption means
wasting away, and diSpeptics often waste
away MS badly as cOnSumptives.
The reason people waste away is be
cause either they don't get enough to eat
or they don't digest what they do eat.
M II tne latter Is your trouble take Snake
to digest your food and stop your loss of
flesh Shaker Digestive Cordial is made
from hen bs barks aupthe juices OF fruits,
by the well-known Shakers at Mount
Lebanon. 1t possesses great tonic and
digestive powers.
Shaker Digestive Cordial has cured
many supposed cOnSumptives (who ere
really dispeptics), by simply helding
their stomachs to digest their food, thus
giving them nourishment aud new
strength. Sold by druggists. Trial bot
tie 10 cents.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19

Republican politicians, as a rule,
will "vicw with regret the close
of war from which they have hoped
SO much in the way of partizan the
adj anta@c. But they will
not fail to remin Il
the dear people, from time to time.
that the war was Il Republican
Measure, and that the Democrats
were Tories and Spanish Sympa
thizerS, and the absolutely igno
rant Republican voter will agree
with them.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19

Gen. JAS. \. Walker addressed
Il big crowd of Republicans here
Tuesday, and his remarks Incl.
IDENTITY reached a few Democrats,
who levcncd the lump. So far as
we can learn none of these were
converted to the doctrine that
Gen. Walker breaches at the pres
cnt time. There was Il Somew hat
CONSPICUOUS abSe nee of defc ated
post-masterS, and the usual brass
band procession from II OcahOntas
was not in evidence. The "buz
zard' : element was here. how
ever, looking around, and "notic.
ing" thi ngs, and they were doubt.
iesSly assured by the boys that tin 9
only thing they have to sell
will com mand the usual price OF a
'Ieetle the risr in November.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19

If the war was to continue three
IN onths more and our territorial
expansion continued i'm the same
ratio, rs heretofore, the end of 1t
wonld find the public mind Sulli-
GENTLY expanded" TO take in all
the productive islands of the sea-.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19
ScotIand's Strange Rfrds

From the small island of st. Kilda
off Scotland, 10000 young gannets and
an immense number of eggs are annu.
ally collected, and although this bird
lays only one egg per annum and is
four years in obtaining its maturity
Its numbers do not diminish. Obvi-
ously such birds must reach a great
age or they would long ago have hean
eXterminated.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19

If they have no better use for
the troops not now on foreign ser
vice we suggest that Gen. Walker
get the use of few regiments to
enforce a "Iair election in the
Ninth District. He will need some
such :'eXtraneOusr help.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19
Virginia Military Institute,
LEXINGTON VIRG INA:

The Board of Visitors at their annual
meeting on the 90 tn day of next June will
appoint STATE CADETS to fill vacancies
in the ,: Z, s, 10. 10, 20. %. 26, rs and "a TN
Senatorial Districts, and two vacancies at
large, These appointments carry free
BOARD and tuition. Applications should
ne addressed to the undersigned on or be
fore June 10 tn, proximo. on forms tbo
will be sent upon request.
SCOTT SHIP SUPTs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19
Yours,

Our daily expenses during the
war have been something like
eigh hundred thousand dollars
and from this on they will reach a
million. The sting of war. as we
have learned from the last one, is
located in it's tail.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19
SITUATION, ETC.

Inc High School beautifully located in the town of Ora
man, "a" The building is substanana and we'll arranged
possessing all the necessary equipments for school purposes
~ enrolment OF students for the last year about $50
Ihere are SIX instructors in the school Princp Fo,r
hns and music teacher The session is divided into two
terms of four and one half months each
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19

Gen. Walker was so stubborn
and bitter in his denunciatiOn al
his State and people, that he was
rebuked 10y a Republican member
of Congress for displaying the cX.
ira zeal of a ''new convert"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19

Walkers followers, in charging
Rhea with political Inconsistency,
reminds us that the Cuban lnSur-
gents used to cali the SpaniardS
"putchers."
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19

Col. j. y. Faw, editor of the
Bristol Times, announces himself
4 candidate for the Legislature, of
Sullivan county, Tennessee.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19
FRIDAY AUGUST 10, 1893.
Editorial Correspondence.

correspondent would have to work
over time to write news letter
from Washington just now. The
peace conferences between the
President and Nj. CambOn are APP
parently drawing to close in such
q hurried way as to leave many
things for the Peace Commission
to wrangle over longer period
than the hundred and thirteen
days of the war. The Spanish
government is TO give up Cuba,
and Porto Rico, but when or how
and what they will take with them
is left for the Commission.
War will cease in the Philippe
mes, but whether we are to profit
by that most magnificent achieve
ment is left to be determined by
body of men equally divided, and
who will settle all disputes in the
most fascinating city in the world,
and amidst such surroundings as
to give them infinite pause. If |
had pull enough and wanted
good fat and "permanent" position
| would go in for a place on the
Peace Commission.
MI n ynf -. II,
belied, he has under gone the
most complete transformation that
ever turned handsome'and Suavc
South Carolina gentleman into a
common scold and black guard.
1t seems that he mistOok the com
motion incident of the calling of
the long roll in Col. Males Virgi
MIA Regiment for a riOtOus act of
INSTRUMENTATION, and riding up to
the commander he said things
that we didn't know that he knew
any thing about, and issued an or.
der that has stirred up a hornets
nest of the biggest kind The
truth Is that General Butler ought
to be reprlmanded for his Billings
gate abuse of the regiment and be
SCALED out" by one of its officers.
Senator Martin was here yester
day, as was also Attorney General
Montague, and it seems that Gen.
Alger has ordered an investiga
ton.
Very few members of the Sen
ate or house are. in the city, and
they only such as feel absolutely
certain about the s'fencesr in their
several States and districts.
About all the hotels YOU see
people who are more or less anx
ious to serve the government in its
hour Of trial, but the peace nego-
tiations have sent many of them
who wanted military positions
'bOotless home, and weather beat
en- back"
1t is beginning to dawn on the
people in authority that they have
rather overdone matters in the
way of war equipment, and the
NEWS can consider itself some.
thing of a prophet i'll saving az
the onset that we could "equip a
fleet of flat-bOatS and whip the
Spanish navy" There is little
doubt, however, that work will he
found in Cuba and Porto Rico and
the PHILIPPINES for large POI
ton of the army.
i learn that tina Republican
Campaign managers are some
what disconnected by the acts of
Democratic Conventions in Texas.
Missouri and elsewhere, because
.heir idea was to have a walk.
over in the Fall election, on the
war and expansion issue. They
were shrewd enough to see that if
the Democrats went INTO the can.
vass as the anti war party, or foI-
lowed their leaders in opposition
to annexation or expansion they
needn't collect the usual "tribntev
for the education of the voters.
Yours,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19
Queen Vfctoria's Fire Extinputsbo

queen Nfetorin's Fire ExtinguIsher.
Whenever Queen Victoria goes
abroad she always has a couple of fire
extinguishers sent out in advance and
fitted up in the house she is to reside
in.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19
GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL.
A Co-Educational Institution.
Tnird Session Rogi~s Sept. ia, 1898 land contin
Faculty
Faculty.
90 "a

NJ. o. Iz principal, Miss Matilda Witten Is. Ass;t.,t
Miss Rosa Baker End Assistant Miss Mary Ritter Bird
Miss Mamie Brown 4th Assistant Burton Drclrs in
Music.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-19
MUSIC.

Mrs Burton, an experienced and Observation-Disclosures wi
have charge of tins department Tuition for piano thrice
dollars and fifty cents per term No extra charge for use
instrument.
For further information apply to
M o. LITz, Principal,
Graham, Va.