davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14
ONE POINT EXPLAINED.

The New York Press regards the
presidents reference in his message to
the currency question as "the most def
mite commitment to monetary reform
yet made by him either officially or un-
officially"
And the fact that he recommended
the immediate enactment of a law
against the reissue of greenbacks gives
currency reformers great satisfaction,
for, as immediate action cannot be
taken earlier than the 4th of March,
owing to the complexion of the senate,
they reason that an extra session of
congress is inferentially promised in
the message.
It is further pointed out that the
president, while avowedly in favor of
currency revision, has never made a
more definite promise than this.
He also urged early action for the
establishment of "a domestic paper
currency so related to the needs of our
industries and internal commerce as to
be ADEQUATE and responsive to such
needs This, as the Press observes,
is nothing but an elastic bank-note
currency, such as is called for in the
Overstreet and McCleary bills. The
Press, which is Republican, and con-
sequently a goldbug organ, says: "Mr.
McKinley's formula for it might be
taken from the pages of the monetary
commissions report"
Immediate action, as the president
is aware is sllsnended for the time he
ing by reason of deadlock between
the houses on financial principles. That
deadlock will be broken by the installa-
ton on March 4, of a senate of the
presidents party and in general accord
with the views of this currency para
graph of his message. That will afford
the earliest opportunity for such &C
ton, provided the president is not, in
the meantime, frightened out Of his de-
cision by public sentiment. The Press
hopes that he will exercise his con-
stitutional function of calling an extra
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14
COLUMBUS SAILS AGAIN.

Columbus is crossing the deep again.
Yesterday the Condo de Venado boosted
her anchors and steamed out of Hav-
ana harbor bound for Cadiz, with the
ashes Of the old navigator on board.
With great ceremony the urn was re-
moved from the cathedral at the Cuban
capital and taken to the Spanish
cruiser. The last handful of earth to
which Spain could lay even a sentf-
mental claim, is no longer a part of the
American continent.
The shade Of the ancient mariner
may well accompany the last of the
Adventures home, since in life he led
the first of them to this hemisphere.
They pretend TO venerate the memory
of Columbus now; but when his daring
and his confidence and his persistence
gave to Spain the richest possessions
that had ever fallen to the lot Of any
earthly power, he was rewarded with
handouts and penury. It is against
the divine sequence of right that a ma
tion should retain possessions of mar
velous wealth, which were accepted
without a.show of gratitude and ruled
without reason.
Columbus thrust an empire as large
as all the earth before explored, upon a
monarch who was too indoIent to reach
out for it, and upon a people SO de-
PRAYED that they trampled their ben
efactor under foot in snatching the gift
from his hands after he had convinced
them of its reality.
But for three hundred years after the
first voyage of Columbus, Spain held
nearly all of the territory which had
been appropriated in the name of the
church and the crown through his in
strumentality. The kingdom embraced
all of South America, except the Portu-
guese colony of Brazil; all of North
America west of the Mississippi and
south of Georgia; all of the West In
dian islands except a few of the lesser
ones.
1t was a continent Of endless wealth
ard countless possibilities. 1t was >
domain so rich and extensive that the
British empire of today win not COM
pare with it, and the Roman empire al
the zenith of its glory was but prov
ince.
The plunderer has given way to the
plowman; the battle-ax of the adyen-
turer rusted through the years that the
ak of the yeoman was opening the path
Of civilization The meteoric rise OF
Spain to power and grandeur forms a
dramatic contrast 30 the Flooding,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14

Japan is seriously considering the
government ownership of railroads.
Count Itagaki, minister of the interior,
and one of the most influential men of
the empire, is pushing the project to
conclusion. This means for the state
to purchase all the railroad lines in the
country now belonging to private cor
porations, and thus make the govern
ment proprietor of the entire Japanese
system.
The count has favored the plan for
several years, but, until a few months
ago the opposition was so strong that
it was impracticable to make it ma
tional issue. He is still opposed by
Count Okuma, the president of the
! council, but the minister is believed to
have encouragement from high places
or he would not recur to a proposition
which is apt to introduce dissension,
not only into the "Kenseito,'' but into
the cabinet where both factions are
represented.
One of the leading arguments adj
vanced by Count Itagaki is the re-
quirements of national defence. He
thinks that a state cannot be sure of
completely utilizing it's means of trans
portation in time of war unless it has
absolute control of all railroad lines.
Thus it is necessary to carry out the
project Immediately, before the state
of affairs created by the new treaties
is brought into existence to complicate
the matter and perhaps even allow for
eigners to gain control of the Japan
csc railway system. Count Itagaki
thinks also that the first duty of the
government is to give the people The
best means of transportation, the same
as it gives them the post and the tele-
graph. And finally, the minister of the
interior believes that it is only by the
government guarantee that foreign cap
ital can be attracted. and that the sim
plest way will be to secure a foreign
loan, with the railways as a guaran-
tee.
He must have seen the expense ac-
count of the United States for railway
transportation of troops during the re-
cent war with Spain. But the United
States has one advantage in railroads
that Japan may not have The rail-
roads here are under American con-
troll, SO that, no matter who owns a
road, it will be turned over to the gov
eminent in time of need, as long as the
government has the price.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14
1T is NOT A FAILURE.

Eastern papers reported, a few days
mans WIFE who grieved herself into
the grave beside her husband, who had
lost his life by accident.
Yesterday morning a dispatch from
Brooklyn was published, giving an ac-
count of a fire in which four persons
lost their lives. Two of them were
Joseph Noblitt and his wife. The latter
tainted in the smoke while on her way
to safety. Her husband refused to es-
cape alone, and roasted to death by her
side.
People who complain that the daily
newspapers give them nothing but
stories of crime and divorce proceed
ings should not overlook these Incl
dents.
In the first, the woman found long
and happy married life suddenly ended;
existence looked like such a broken,
useless thing; she hesitated to take up
the threads alone, and so she died
In the other, the husband, true to the
end, would not desert the being bound
to him by sacred ties, even though, by
remaining at her side, he could not save
her life. He would not leave her, and
so accompanied her on into the here
after.
Some one has said that happy women
have no history; that the records are
reserved for misery and scandal. Gym
les point to the divorce docket, to the
social sensations which are given pub
licity from time to time, and they say
hard things about humanity; they in
sinuate that the worst has not been
told; that the record is but an outcrop-
ping of a world of misery, and jealousy,
and infdelity which lies beneath.
And, while it is not believed to be of
interest to publish stories of happiness
and marital devotion, one has only to
look around the circle Of his own friends
and acquaintance to find 8. preponder-
ance of good and reasonable content.
1t is not every man who has an oppor-
trnity to demonstrate his faithfulness
to death; it is not every bereaYed
widow who dies of grief; but these
things are not necessary to prove past
happiness, although it is not otherwise
as easily forced upon the attention Of
the race. Not every wife would be bur
led with her husband; not every hus-
band would die with his wife. This does
not mean that they are not devoted and
happy. however.
In spite of the divorce court, decadent
fiction and occasional sensations, mar
riage is not a failure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14
Tough cuss From Bitter Greek.
Denver Post.l

kOe4NeT EOSI.)
He was famous fellow in the days of
A bowling holy terror from tobacco mill
to toe,
His wild vocabulary when his tank was
primed for fight
Was STUDDED with profanity completely
out OF sight!
His eyes were always cleaning with the
fierceSt fires of War;
His soul was ever yearning for the sight
of gurgling gore;
Half human half satanic. he was really
a freak,
The genuine, original tough cuss from
Bitter Creek.
It once was said the further up the creek
The tougher were the cusses, in the old
bUll-whacking days,
And this great man We're singing of has
very often said
He was the first to settle at the murky
streamlet'S head. 4
He never cut nor combed his hair, was
never known to shave,
The sneerS of his companions he was
never known to brave
By washing either hands or face, this
specimen unique,
The genuine, original tough cuSS from
Bitter Creek.
He'd take a human life as soon as he
would take a drink,
His action with the ready gun was
quicker than wink,
He Boosted of the many graves his Venge-
full hand had filled,
And of the bucketSful of blood he'd hui
merously spilled.
Refuse to take a drink with him, and out
would go your light,
Refrain from laughing at his jokes, and
you would find a fight;
He was the vulture of the plains, with
whiskers on his beak,
This genuine, original tough cuss from
Bitter Greek.
To Colorado state he drifted once upon
a time
And struck wondrous paying lead when
Creole was in its prime.
And as the cash rolled in on him his
toughness rolled away,
His tongue shed less profanity than in
the early day.
He broke himself of killing men when
laundering for fun,
A check book filled the pocket which erts
while concealed a gun,
And softnesS seemed to creep into the
once case-hardened- cheek
Worn by the old original tough cuSs from
Bitter Creek.
Prompted by curiosity last Sabbath day
l strolled
Into leading Denver church, and there
among the fold,
Dressed in a toney suit of black, I'D in
the Amen row,
There sat man though I'd seen back
in the long ago.
His features wore a piouS calm and
sweet religious look,
His soft-toned eyes were glued upon an
open prayer book,
And for a time 1 scarcely could believe
that saint so meek
Was once the old original tough cuss
from Bitter Creek.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14
Il;I!Il|.lrf!1'I!IiH
i.l D

You really don't know what COM
Portable travelling is if you have
never travelled via the Burlington.
Holds the Worlds record for long
distance fast running 1,o25 miles,
1,o47 minutes.
The Burlington Route is 1851
miles lOng-nearly one-third the dis
lance round the world.
offers a wider choice of routes than
any other line, to and from Chicago,
St. Louis, Omaha, Kansas City and all
eastern points.
Two through trains each way daily.
Vestibuled buffet smoking library
cars, Pullman sleeping cars, reclining
chair cars (seats free) coaches. FinA
est dining car service in the world4
Dining cars operated on the cafs
plan; that is, you pay only for what
you order.
Tickets at offices of connecting lines.
I. A. BENTON, Ticket Agent, r. G.
w. Ry., Dooly Block.
R. f. NEsLEN, Travelling Pass. and
Freight Agent.
WI. M'MILLAN, Gen. Agt.
214 S. W. Temple St., Salt Lake City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14
A NOVEL WRESTLING MATCH.

All Turks are terrible, if history may
be relied upon. But the terrors of the
Ottoman empire in whom the porte
seems to take the greatest pride are
the wrestlers. One burly brute whose
bulk was such that no white man could
get hold of him, and whose weight was
so great that a horse could scarcely
drag him, came to America several
months ago. He vanquished all the
gladiators who met him, for they We're
athletes, not bull-ighters, and started
home with a sackful of American dol
lars. But he was too exultant. There
was one champion he had not encoun-
tered. Off the coast of Newfoundland
he met him. It was old Neptune him
self Youseff will wrestle no more.
Then the sultan gave his greatest
wrestler permission to come to Amer
lea Hall Adali, the most terrible of all
terrible Turks, is in this country. No
one will meet him, for it is like wrest-
ling with an elephant. He is strong,
hard, heavy and ferocious.
In Chicago he has just succeeded in
making a match with two Of our great
est wrestlers, Farmer Burns and
Rooney, the giant gripman." They are
to wrestle with him on Jan. %. The
Turk agrees to gain four consecutive
falls alternately from Burns and
Rooney within ninety minutes of sue
cessive wrestling. If either Burns or
Rooney gain fall or il Adali fails to
throw each of the men twice, the match
will so tosthe two Americans.
There is a stipulation that the Turk
is to take no rest between the bouts.
Here's hoping the Americans viii break
the heather in two.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14

While before the house committee
this week, General Miles was asked
concerning the place of the secretary of
war in the organization and direction
of an army. His reply endears him to
the American people and to armies,
volunteer and regular. He said that
he thought it would, be better for the
president to have the war minister
more particularly direct the vast adj
ministrative work of the war depart
ment, as it was manifestly impossible
for any man to come from civil life
and at once become familiar with all
the latest appliances of war. If the one
occupying the chief military position
was not liked, then let some one else
be placed in authority. But the selec-
ton should not be from so far down
on the list as to amount to favoritism,
for that would not be approved by the
people. General Miles would rather be
right than stand in with the president,
it seems.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14
ADJUSTMENTS.

''The Man from Mexico" advance sale Of
seats opens at the Theatre this morning
AS Collier was always a strong favorite
here, and as the production will be the
complete eastern one in all details. biz
engag cement is looked for.
''Fabio Romani'' curdled the blood of a
fair number of spectators at the Grand
last night. Mr.. Mulvey anticipates big
weeks business with the Span of Life
newt xNnelz
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
Yesterdays Observations at the Lo-
cal Weather Bureau Office.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. Is, 1898.
Mean temperature, % degrees; departure
from normal minus Il degrees; maximum
temperature, "a degrees; minimum tenn
cy Of temperature since nrst OF the month,
106 degrees; accumulated deficiency OF
temperature since San. !, 491 degrees; total
none; departure from normal minus .06
inch accumulated deficiency of precipi-
tati9n since first of the month, 50 inch:
accumulated deficiency of precipitation
since Jan. l. sc inch.
Following is the local forecast of the
weather for today: Fair. warmer.
j. O.,SMITH, Section Director.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14
OREGON SHORT lines
Trains. arrive and depart at Salt L
City daily as follows:
ARRIVE


On Effect July II, 1889
I rom chicago, Omaha, st. Louis.
Kansas city. Denver. Park
CITY and Ogden. .................. $40 o. m.
From Helena, Butte. Portland,
San francisco. Ogden and in
termed1ate pOintS.............. S:55 a. m
rom San Francisco, Cache VAL
icy, ogden and intermediate
From Chicago, Omaha st. Louis. p'--''
kansas City, Denver and Og-
'From Frisco. Milford. Sanpete. DIV '''i'A'
Provo, Eureka, Mammoth. Sill
yer city and intermediate
Mixed trains from Terminus
Tooele and Garfield Beach,. 400 pm.
DEPART
For Chicago, Omaha, Denver,
Aans2s city, st. Louis, Ogden
and Park City. ................. 700 an
For San Francisco, Ogden.
Cache Valley and intermediate
points -....-....-.- .....-..-....... S:O6 am.
For Ogden. Denver. kansas City,
Omaha. St Louis. Chicago and
I'm, iLntedrmediate points .............. SIS pm.
For Ogden, Butte, Helena, Port
Land land and San Francisco. ........ S:45 pm.
'for Mercur, Eureka, Silver City,
froVo, Nephi, Sanpete, Mil
Iord, Frisco and intermediate
MIXED train for Garfield Beach. ''' -
Iooele and Terminus. 7:45 I'm.
Sunday
ttDally except Sunday.
CITY TICKET OFFICE under Masonic
Hall No. 200 West Second South street.
Telephone No. 250.
Railroad and Steamship Tickets on sale
to all parts of the world
c, F 114 nan, Palace Car ticket office.
b w. ECCLES, D. z. hurley,
Gen. Trf. Mgr. Gen. Pass. & Ticket Agt.
w. II. BANCROFT,
Vice Pres q Gen. Mgr.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14

The secretary of war revoked the Or
der excluding Sylvester Scovel from all
army posts. During an alteration
with General Shafter before Santiago,
the general received a blow in the face
which he attributed to Sylvester. There
being no immediate prospect of feeling
called upon to hit him again, the CORE
spondent has apologized. Sylvester has
the freedom of the camps restored to
him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14

session. and concludes. from a careful
reading of the message I'VE must as
sumo that he contemplates such exer-
cise.''
That is one recommendation made by
"our great and good president" that
has been interpreted. The rest of the
message is still shrouded in mystery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14

1t is gratifying to know that the
Spaniards at Havana, While morose,
are inclined to respect United States
authority. During the melee the other
evening, in which a number of Cubans
were pursued by armed and murderous
Spaniards. the latter stopped at the
sight of an American officer, saluted
and retired, leaving the Cubans alone.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14

a Knckerbocker
where lived
supplied thousands with
been of Fillmore probate
county,
financial
judgment
\ \
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14
One or the Other.

Detroit Free Press.)
What a solemn expression that Miss
Crosscut wears!"
Yes; she is either profoundly intel
lectuaI or intensely stupid"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14
A Guarantee.

(Judge.J
Citizen-See herel that lot you sold me
in LonesomevilIe is under water nine
months in the year.
Real Estate Dealer-Dont let that
worry you, sir. Three months is as long
as youth care to live in Lonesomeville-
I'll guarantee you that.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14
SALT LAKE & OGDEN RAILWAY.

SALT LAKE & OGDEN RAILWAY.
% Daily Time Card. in Effect septembsr
Leave Arrive Leave Arrive
salt Lake. Farming Farming Salt Lake,
ton & La ton 6, La
Inn COON. COON.
ZOO a. m. 7:40 a. m. 7:5e a. m. $50 a. m.
$3.50 a. m. 1910 a. M 1920 a. m. II: 10 a m.
$50 p. m. 4:10 p. n. 4:s0 p. m. $40 p. m.
go p: m. $40 p. m. $50 p. m. 7:1O p. m.
Additional trains Sundays and Holidays:
Leave Salt Lake, II 80 a. m: 1:9O D. m.
Leave Lagoon, 1890 p. n; 2:3O p. m.
Round trip to Beck's. including bath,
% cents.
H. W. EARLY. SIMON BAMBERGER,
Pass. Agt. Gen. Mngr.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-14
Swell.

Havers-Was the banquet to the
count swell?
nize a single thing 1 ate, except the ice
water!
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-13
Wilhelmina Is Loved,

From earliest childhood Wilmelmina
has been encouraged to be economical
that she could be generous, and to
save things that had ceased to interest
her in order to make some one else
happy in their receipt. Her surplus
toys were given to the children's hos
pitfalls, and on many occasions she has
placed in the hands of a helpless Grip
pie a plaything, and with cheeks aglow
and eyes sparkling at the pleasure she
was giving, explain it's mechanism.
Then as it passed into the hands of
the new owner she echoed the mother
~ caution she had often heard: "Take
good care oft! Take good care of it!".
If you wish to See how we'll this in
junctionis obeyed just visit Apeldoorn,
the nearest town to Het Loo, aud in
places of honor in many houses you
will see a doll, a toy, or perhaps a
flower. A questioning glance will suf-
flee to bring the answer. THAT was
given our daughter by Prinsesie. !" 5
Prof. J. III. Gore, in Ladies' Home Jour
nal as. ssz1 ~ Il
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-10-13
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAl.I

The emperor Of Japan, while ems
couraging horse racing at Toxic, il
sternly opposed to betting. He is said
to have about 5000 horses in his va
rious stables. s.
Prince Philip Of Hohenlohe- Schil-
ingsfuerst, cousin of the present
chancellor Of the empire, has found
admission in the Benetlictine monas-
terry of Seckau, in Stayria, where he
now is plain Brother Constan tine.
Q. 81. Arosin, president Of the fire
board Of St. Paul, resembles Lieut..
Hobson very closely, and on recent
visit to the war vessels in New York
was congratulated by number OF
young women.
Yes, knew Wagner" said Bis
marck once, according to the London
Daily News, ''but it was impossible for
me to care for him. At breakfast, at
lunch, at dinner, every moment Wag-
ner demanded admiration. He would
be first. found myself too busy for
that
A clergyman was asked at meeting
the other day to. introduce to the au-
dience missionary who had just
come from Ceylon. He rose and said:
''Fhis faithful missionary comes from
Ceylon-a land where, is you all know,
every prospect pleases, and only man
is vile.'"
A Newburg IN. ~ man died recent
ly and the contents of his cottage were
appraised at ten dollars first, but fur
Their search showed bills of various de-
nominations tucked away in all sorts
of odd corners, in one place mice hay
ing made nest of the value of bout
$500.
Russell Sage, the New York million
aire, is connected with ~ corpora
tions, in which there are 40 railroads.
He is the only living original director
of the New York Central railroad and
the only living founder of the Fifth
Ayenuesbank. He has stood a cash run
on himself in hard times of $4,000 900
in one day.
A Polish Jew was arrested in San
Francisco the other day, and when
taken to the city prison his condition
was so uncleanly that he was told by
the corporal to strip and take bath.
wat, go in de vater?'' he asked. eyes,
take bath; you need it. How long
is it since you had bath?'' With his
hands aligned upward, he answered:
II never vas arrested BEFORE