davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-25
Miss CIevenxer Is Improving.

MISSOURI CITY. MO. Dec @.-tSne-
cialt DIR. ID. X. Martin. the physician at
tending Miss Della Cleyenger. the young
on the night of December s. says ner
chances for recovery now are Very good.
although the bullet from a 3s-caliber re-
volver went entirely through her brain.
paralyzing her left side. She Is rational
and has been since She was shot.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-25
Lawrence Boy Drowned.

LAWRENCE. KAS., Dec A-tSpecial0
Hugh Winchell. d boy about 10 years of
age. fell through the ice on the river this
eyening. and the body has not as yet been
recovered The ice has been thin for some
time, but all efforts 10 keep skaters off
have been unavailing.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-25

PANA. ILL. Dec. 2i.-White union min
ers and imported negro miners engaged in
street fight this evening. David McCiavIc.
a white union miner. and Charles Gilbert. a
non-union negro miner. We're badly in
jured. Gilbert will probably die
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-25
FATAL GAME OF "SHINNY."
Three Boys Drowned While Playing
on. the Ice mt Albany,
New York.

ALBANY. \. V. Dec. 2i.-Three boys
were drowned this morning at the old
TlyoIi reservoir. They We're: Fred Schewes.
aged s; Willie Schewes. aged Il. and Frank
Rapp. aged g. The boys were playing
skinny on the ice. when ii broke and
they went under.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-25
PARDON FOR A MURDERER.
Governor Lecdy Sets Free n Convict
Who Was Under Sentence
to Hang.

TOPEKA, Dec. 2i.-(Special) Orin f.
I.araway, a life prisoner in the peniten-
tiary. was given a Christmas pardon by
Governor Leedy to-day. Laraway was con-
victed of murder in the first degree in the
Butler county district court eighteen years
ago and sentenced 10 hang. He was taken
to the penitentiary TO await the signing of
the death warrant and has been there ever
since
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-25
Younr Nnmnn Fatally Burnet

ST. JOSEPH. MO. Dec. A-(Special)
Miss Lizzie SHARP vas carrying Goals from
one stove to another at her home to-day
when the sleeve of her dress caught fire and
she was fatally burned.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-25
Spanish Gunbonts Arrive.

NORFOLK. VA. Dec. 2i.-The captured
Spanish gunboats AlvaTado and Sandoval
arrived here to-day from Guantanamo. Gu
ba under the command OF Lieutenants
Blue and Anderson. They will he repaired
and reiitted at the Norfolk navy yard.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-25
Mrs. Lulu johnson Acquitted.

.. GUTHRIE. o. T. Dec A.-tSpeciall In
the trial of Mrs. Lulu Johnson. at Pond
Greek. charged with the murder of her
husband. by poison. the jury. on the in
struction OF the judge, brought in verdict
of not guilty.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-25
Ex-Congres.mnn Found Dcnd In Bed.

F EVANSVILLE. WIS. Dee. 24-Ithamah
c. Sloan. a distinguished lawyer ex-con-
gressman. ex-attorney general of WIscon-
sin and dean of the law school OF the
University of Wisconsin, was found dead
in his bed to-day from stroke OF apo
plexy, aged I6.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-25

BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

SANTANDER. SPAIN, Dec. 2i-The pa
pers here have ceased publication owing to
the severity of the censorship.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-25
ST PER MONTH RATE.
(Medicine lncluded),
ONLY LASTS UNTIL DEC. ri.

After that the regular rate will be charG-
ed. Those who are anxious TO take ad-
vantage of the sl.00 rate are requested 10
apply at once IN order to avoid the rush
incident to the close of the month. Re-
member, the home treatment is just as
effective as the office treatment. You can
be cured by mail as easily as at the office.
Call at once. or address
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-25
Queen of Holland.
Besides from the American soldiers in the
Republic of Cubn.

The fame of DR.. Branaman has gone
abroad. His cures extend 10 the atfiict IN
any part of America or the Old World. lie
cures by mail as easily as at the Office
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-25
"A BUNCH OF LOVE LETTERS"

Letters arrive daily at the Branaman
Medical Institute. New Altman building
Kansas City, Mo, telling of the mighty
cures performed by DIR. Branaman. In such
diseases as Deafness. Asthma, Catarrh,
Stomach. Kidney. Liver and Bladder tr0u-
BILE. Incipient Consumption and other
chronic diseases.
Letters have been received from the
realm of the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-25

The old institution of Christmas psnto-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-25

Sir George Trevelyan. the former secre-
tary for Scotland, promises an interesting
book i'll n month. a History of the Amer
lean Revolution He recently wrote
biography of Fox. the minister OF George
III. and his studies convinced him that
a history of the parliament of that period
could not be Judged without Il record of
the events beyond the Atlantic. So the
work will be in the nature of a sequel TO
Sir George Trevelyan's biography of Fox
Its spirit IS indicated by Tennysons
lines. which have been prefaced as a
motto
Strong mother OF a lion iiae,
Be proud of those strong OF thine.
Who wrenched their rights from thee
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1898-03-23

JUDGE GREEN, Of De Soto, is a
candidate for the Democratic nom
ination for Supreme Judge.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1898-03-23
GOhq 1t Alone Financially.

In the last presidential campaign
much was heard of financial de-
claration of independence. Some
great advantages, by no means
clearly defined, were expected to re-
suit from the adoption of an isolat-
ed currency standard of our own,
obliging the world to conform or
suffer the consequences. The Chi
cago platform embodied the idea in
these rcsounding words: ''We de-
mand the free and unlimited coinage
Of both silver and gold at the pres
ent legal ratio Of 16 10 1 without
waiting for the aid or consent OF
any other nation. We demand that
the standard silver dollar shall be &
full legal tender equally with gold
for all debts, public and private.
and we favor such legislation as
will prevent for the future the de
monetization OF any kind Of lega
tender money by private contract.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1898-03-23

CONGRESSMAN RoDB will proba-
bly, be rcnominatcd without oppo-
ton. In 1896 Washington County
gave a good majority against Robb,
and the developments of the past
two years have augmented the
reasons why this county should
continue to cast ma jority against
the Democratic nominee, and more
especially should it do so if that
nominee is Mr.. Robb. However,
should the voters Of Washington
County prove so derelict in the du-
ty they owe to themselves, to
guard the industries upon which
the community is to a considerable
extent dependent, and give Demo-
cratic majority, then it would be
wasted sympathy to condolc with
mon who would have to mine lead at
$40 1Opcrthousandbec prefer
to be represented by a man and
governed by party who consider
any legislation creating SIS lead an
"iniQuity.'
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1898-03-23
DIED FROM FRIGHT.
stood tho Strain Until the Horror
KILLED Him.

stood tho Strain Until the Horror
Killed Him.
Zone of the most remarlsa bic Incl
1ents Of death by fright that I ever
came across" said local celebrity
the other day, happened in Mexico
several years ago, when was making
trip through the upper portion of the
republic on horseback. We had In the
crowd a couple of Mex!cans. who did
the camp work and cooked for the
party, which included besides myself
couple of friends. One evening one of
the MeNicans was absent for several
hours from the camp and started out
20 find him. ] went into the bush In
the direction I had seen the fellow go
and had not walked more than quar-
ter Of 4 mile before l caught sight Of
Manuelo, that was his name, reclining
in comfortable manner against the
trunk of small mesquite bush AS
[ drew nearer was surprised to seethe
fellows face set in n fearful stare, Just
as if he might have seen ghost. Ny
lstonishment was considerably accen-
tuated when I observed, coiled in Man
neio's lap, large Iattler. The snake
was swaying its head in a languorous
manner, Kissing slightly, but not rat
Ting. It had not seen me as vet. I
took out my pistol with a purpose Of
killing the snake, as bad q marksman as
[ was. and dared not make a noise for
tear the snake would bury it's fangs in
The flesh of the Mexican. Icrept toward
The pair. There was a sudden cessation
in the kissing and the head swayed no
more. It had heard me. There was @
sudden uncoiling of its folds nnd be-
fore l could shoot the rattler slipped
off the lap of Manuelo and disappeared.
The Mexican still gazed into vacancy
with the same awful stare OF horror /
had first noticed. pat my hand upon
his shoulder and there was 10 response.
tie was dead. Actually, as it turned
out. killed by fright. lie mnst have
gone to sleep and while slumbering the
rattler had crawled from The bush into
his lap. Awakening. the unfortunate
| ulan must have seen the snake before
| ne moved. and, held fascinated by the
! gaze of the reptile, and realizing that
| 10 move must be death, had stood the
J strain until the horror had kilies. him
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1898-03-23
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Miss Hattie Gault, the tutor of Mrs.
Mckinley at Brooke Hall seminary so
Years ago, Will be appointed rostmts-
tress OF Media, Pa. This one ;.ppoint
ment was left with Mrs. Mckinley.
Mrs. Russell Sage, II her address
to the graduates Of the Emma Willard
seminary at Trey, y. Y, Of which she
is an alulnnus, said that she was grad
natc,l at is, taught at 25 and was mar.
ried at 40.
Gov. Black, Of New York, who is
young n2an in the 40's. was a farmers
son and ore OF family OF II children
yet he prepared himself, unaided, to
enter college at IS and graduates! from
Dartmouth at %. He is now angular.
tall and smoCth-shaven, and Is often
called young Abe Lincoln" His long,
narrow head is covered with dark hair
and his face is built on square lines.
The first German printed Eble is
sued from the ,Lentz press about 1862,
Another version appeared in 1906, two
copies of which are sttll preserved in
the Senatorial library at Leirsic. In
the famous Biblical collection Of the
king Of NurtclnbuTg at Stuttgart there
were q different editions Of the Bible
in German printed before Luther's, be-
sides the two in the library st Leipsic
The practice of American universi.
ties of inviting British scholars to de-
liver courses OF lectures to their stu
dents has now been reciprocatcd. The
University of Aberdeen has Just ap-
pointed DR.. Josiah Royce. professor OF
history of philosophy at Harvard, to be
Clifford lecturer during the terms Of
1S9S-1S99 and 1S9o-100O. Prof Royce is
| native of California and graduate Of
the university OF that state.
Versailles has been the scene Of q
strange religious riot. On Corpus
Christi day the republicans had ar
ranged TO have a celebration In honor
of Gen. IEoche, while the cure OF the
church Of st. Louis. who had been ur-
| able to obtain permission to lead re-
ligious procession, determined to carry
| the host through the streets all the
same. The town was crowded with b;-
| cyclists out for the holiday. When the
| priest appeared at the church door
| with the monstrance, some theological
| students tried to force people who re.
maiEed standing to kneel, when a
scrimmage in which 2,oC0 persons took
part ensued. The police arrested 4:
persons, including five priests.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1898-03-23

THIS countrys exports in 1897
amounted to over a billion dollars.
and they were paid for in gold.
This fact furnishes our producing
classes with fine food fOr thought.
Under the gold standard we are
paid for our exports in money
which has the same purchasing pow
or in all the markets of the world.
Under free coinage at Is to l we
would accept silver in exchange for
exports as we now do gold, and
the producer would be paid in a
legal tender silver dollar. No one,
except for political reasons, now
argues that the opening of our mints
to silver would regulate the value
of the metal the world over, as
the foreign nations have their own
way of yaluing silver; but if the
United States will coin their silver
into 1O0c dollars to pay for the
products they buy of us, it will, of
course, suit the gold standard ma
tions first However, on the
other hand, what we buy Of other
countries must be paid for in gold
OF its equivalent. Under such q
monetary system as proposed fol
this country by the Bryanites the
advantage would be clearly in favor
of the gold standard countries. and
since our exports have assumed Il
volume so great that the trade
balance is largely in our favor, il
is clear that the producing classes
Of this country would be the CHIEF
sufferers from opening our mints
to the silver Of the world at fixeC
ratio.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1898-03-23
Opinion Shapers.

March seems likely to improve
upon the splendid record which
February made in regard to Treas
ury receipts under tho new tariff
law, the average of over million
dollars a day being still maintain
ed.
The Dinglcy law is still marching
forward to complete success. Treas
uary receipts which were over s2S,
OOO,OO in the % days of February
are likely to be S333, 100000 in
March, whose first ten days have
produced Sl1, 100000 in round
numbers.
If the farmers of Nebraska con-
tinue their reduction of mortgages
at the rate which they progressed
in 1897, there will be nothing left
for Bryan and his associates to use
as foundation for their silver the
ory by 1900, The mortgages re-
leased in the State in 1897 amount
ed to S14,767,OOO.
'The aggregate bank elearings of
Il cities of the United States dur
ing the month just closed amount
cd to S., 5344 ,5344, 432, $40, an increase
over February, 1897, of nearly 81
per cent. and compared with 1892.
the heaviest February on record, &
gain of more than 6 per cent. The
percentage of gain in February is
the largest on record Brad
streets, March 5, 1898.
The free silver proposition is 90
ing to have hard struggle among
the farmers this year. Reports
from all parts Of the West, where
good prices and good crops have
made the farmers one of the mos1
prosperous elements of the com
munity, show that the silver pro
position which found such supper
among the farmers in 1895, is los
ing ground very rapidly now tha
the theory that the price of farm
products is dependent upon th'
price of silver has been so thor
oughly exploded.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1898-03-23

In the avalanche of public speaking
that marked the campaign no phrase
Of the silyeiitcs was delivered with
a more swelling emphasis than
''without the aid or consent of any
other nation There was some
thing in it supposed to put all other
countries iii the background with
one wave Gf tie oratoricai arm. and
it was always good for big round
of free coinage applause.
Less than two years have passed
and We find ourselves involved in q
serious controversy. The great
conception Of cutting loose from, all
there Of creation will be admit
ted, at present. to be quite imprac-
ticabIc. We might have been will
ing to sell our products on a silver
basis, hut other nations take a diff
ferent view of their own transact
ions. 1t happens that it is greatly
to our interst to buy some foreign
war-sh'ps, not only to strengthen
our navy. but even to keep them
out of the hands of an adversary.
Of course the trade is for cash. and
it is to be noted that the two Bra
lillian ships cost in gold less than
half the amount that would have
been demanded for them in silver.
The same is true of all war material
purchased in Europe. Gold passes
anywhere at the coinage value,
while silver is accepted only as bull!
ion outside of the country where it
is coined.
If any one had taken the floor in
the Chicago convention and sug
gcstcd that the day might come
when we would find it highly OK
pcdicnt to buy foreign warships
in IL hurry he would have been
howIcl down as Il visionary and to-
tally lacking Of patriotism. He
would have been overwhelmed with
shouts that the proper thing under
all circumstances, financially, at
least, is to act "without the aid or
consent of any other nation" That
mouth-i filling burst of eloquent self
suflicicncy would have spiked the
protest, while thousands of Demo-
Gratis joined i'll the Populist yell to
clinch the point. Nevertheless, in
buying the two Brazilian ships we
have saved several million dollars
by adhcring to the gold standard,
and VIC have also made the discoy-
cry that there arc emergencies in
which the rest of the world may be
useful to US. Our foreign exports
last year, amounting to over bill
ion dollars, were paid in gold. In
the face of a threatened foreign wal
one of our best weapons of defense
is the uch-abuscd gold standard.
-Globe- Democrat.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1898-03-23

SINCE he has returned home fl ON
his recent trip to Mexico Ex-Gov.
Stone has made the statement that
he found a pcrnicious class of
plutocrats down there. How is
this, is it possible that plutocrat
can develop and thrive in a country
which has not dcmonitizcd silver!
Bro. AXE, cnlightcn Us on this sub
icct.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1898-03-23
J. w. SETTLE & co.

1t Is 4 curious T3Ct tiat Willie
farm products have been advanc-
ING, prices Of articles which farm
crs must buy have in most eases de-
creased. --latest reports from New
York markets show q marked re-
duction iii prices Of cotton goods,
shoes, articles OF iron and steel,
coffee and many ether articles OF
daily consumption, while i'll prac-
ticahly everything which the farmer
produces there has been marked
increase.
Mr.. Bryan, who is making an
other tour of the South in order
to keep himself before the dear
people, will find food for thought
in the fact that the cotton crop of
1878 is four times as great rs that
of 1872, being, according to latest
estimates. from II, 900, 900 to II, :
500. 900 bales, against 2,914,3351 in
lisp. The United States produces
the bulk of the cotton OF the world,
but the increase in other cotton pro
ducing sections of the globe has
been equally rapid. With an in
crease of 300 per cent in produc-
ton, while the population has in
creased only about % per cent it Is
not surprising that the over-supply
has resulted in a great reduction in
price, and that the effort to couple
the fall in the price Of cotton with
the silver question is being rejected
by those who have made cxamlna
of the facts in the case.
| HONOR AND BRAINS DESERT.
One by one the honor and brains
Of Democracy desert the popocrat
ic ship, 16 to 1.
Senator Mills, of Texas, says
''lf we can open our mints to th'
unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio of 1 ounce of gold for 16 oun
ccs of silver, when in every marke
in the world / ounce of gold i!
worth 80 ounces of silver, we vii
soon part with all gold and have al
silver. But that is not bimetallism
! That is mOnOmctallism.
Ex-Gov. Boics, of Iowa, refuse
to become a candidate for congres
in his district because he is not il
harmony with the mass of his part,
on the silver issue.
Ex-Presidcnt Cleveland continue
to talk sense when he says: II an
so earnest in my desire to see on
country blessed with a safe none,
and a suitable financial system, tina
l am of the opinion we ought t
give patriotic and consistent sup
port to any plan which insures thi
result, and which has the elem cnt
that promise its successful advc
cacv. DE Soto Facts.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1898-03-23
Albert McCabe. of Madison County.
fell into flooded mineral hole Oh the
18th inst. and was drowned.

The following figures showing the
altitude of Pilot Knob, Iron County.
will be of interest: "Elevation Of base
above tide water Mobile Bay, 500 feet:
top of Knob. l490 feet. elevation above
the Valley, ISL feet: elevation of top
of Knob above st. Louis DirectriX.
Ills feet. Elevation of top OF Knob
above Cairo City. at the mouth Of
Ohio. 1229 feet. Pilot Knob is the high
est point in the State south Of st. Louis.
and IS feet higher than Marshtield.
in Webster County. the next in aitI-
tnde. being on the same range Of high
lands running in southwe>tdirection
IcrlSS lie St:lfn -
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1898-03-23

CUBA will be free before the
year is ont, and another Republi-
can promise will be fulfilled.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1898-03-23
The American people are for
peace-and war If need be.
THE Democratic congressional
convention will Meet ut Farming
ton on June 1st.

MISSOURI Democrats have long
been sick Of the man they elected
Governor two years ago.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1898-03-23
PIANO FOR SALE.

Standard make tGahler1. grand square
piano. in coed condition: cheap fof
cash inquire at this Office,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-28

| country has astonished the world by
the glimpse given in the past few
| months of its limitless possibilities as a
| fighting nation. 1t will strengthen us
before the world and win us increased
respect and admiration to be merciful
and considerable in our hour of victory
Our terms will not be harsh, not nearly
SO harsh as would be justifiabe under
| the circumstances. Spain deserves
punishment and humiliation as no ma :
ton ever did before. By crushing the
outrages against civilization and hui
manity it has brought its fate upon it
| self.
! There can be no terms of peace con-
sidered which allow any vestige of
| SPANS despotic and barbarous rule to
remain in this hemisphere. Cuba must
be free, with this government RESPONSE
BILE for its welfare until it can establish
| stable government of it's own, Porto
Rico. over which the American flag is
now flying, must become the perma.
| nent possession of the United States.
In the far east, the Philippines, the La
drones and the Carolnes must never
| return to Spanish rule. The latter
groups are of little value or importance
except as American coaling and naval
stations through the natives deserve a
better fate than submission to Spanish
| barbarsm. The Philippines must be
either free or under an American pro-
| tectorate, or held by us as a guarantee
for war indemnity. In any case, a
by us there. This is not a war of con-
quest but this nation cannot escape.
if it would the new and broader re-
sponsibilities that have come with the
war. 1t opens new era of American
progress and must give us n position of
greater Importance in the world.
Whatever terms of peace are desired
by Spain, this country can grant none
which are inconsistent with its honor
and dignity. We must he just to our
selves as we'll as to Spain.
Let us hope that peace will como
soon. If Spain is sincere there can be
no great delay. Our terms will soon oe
known and they will not be modified by
Spanish WiloS or WhineS In the mean
time the war will be carried on in both
oceans with undated vigor. from one
mercful and magnanmous, but it will
be just. and will not falter in the holy
work it has undertaken on behalf of
freedom and humanity.