davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-26

A Movement to seoare I,s AsettIsn By the
UNrtninturN.

Honolulu. Jan. 19, via San Francisco, Jan. IS.
1T has been made public to-day from an author
itative source that a bill will be introduced in tho
next Legislature, which oonvcnesin February, for
the abolition OF the contract labor system In the
islands. and that tho bill will receive such strong
support from the American planters that 1t will
undoubtedly pass. A fight is expected from
German and English planters, who will be rather
hard hit, but that viii not stand In the way, as
It has become apparent that contract labor ID
one Of tho greatest stumbling blocks to annoxa-
tlon. The points suggested IN the bill are:
i. That after July. 1898. no contract for per-
sonal services made in the republic OF Hawaii
shall be specifically or penalty enforceable.
2. That after January. 1899, no contract for
personal services made or entered into abroad
shall DO specifically or penalty enforced In the
8. That this law shall not apply to contracts
for services Of seamen...
neal any oxistinr law IN 40 far as Il %eplies !,
any labor contracts now in existence or which
may be entered into prior to the date above
Two Of tho principal American planters and
the sugar faction pledged themselves this morn.
the details OF the bill the Trainer, who does moi
wish 70 DO known yet, says:
themselves to the situation long enough before
hand to prevent 1t from operating harshly or
eeas,ng any Il T will Sisa Cause Se INC Inc S sSste% 10 o. Ia .ss
gradually Instead OF ut once.
1T will demonstrate to the people Of the
United States that the Hawaiians are in earnest
in seeking to put themselves in line with Amer.
ican conditions and methods of labor. and viii
give us q moral advantage of far greater value
than simply meeting specific objections to an
nexation.
"I think the abrogation of the contract labor
system will be an unqualified blessing. TO the
country in more ways than one, and IL the Gov.
ernment does not see its way clear to take tho
initiative, as n Government policy. II should be
introduced in the Legislature by a private menu
Der and pushed with all the strength that can 30
brought to its support at tho coming session."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-26
The Hon. THoMAs BaAoKErr

The Hon. THOMAS BRACKET REED
Stands among the foremost tyrants." SO says
tho Cleveland Pldindeaier. Another agitated
contemporary cries in choking accents that he
has Ignored and trampled on the Constitu-
ton of the country" Isn't it about time
for the Democratic sons Of thunder and
brothers of Buncombe to propose to abolish
this foremost tyrant and trampleri There can
be no doubt that he has q habit of being fore.
most, and tho number Of heavon-stunning gen.
fuses whom he has Ignored" az they strue-
gled to catch bis eye, must amount to hun
dreds. Can't he be abolished by means of a
joint r~esolutioni II not, why not try o consti.
tutional amendment against himl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-26
GOodf

The conservatism Of the country drew
another deep breath Of satisfaction at the
election of the Hon. LOUIS e. MoCoMAs as
Senator from Maryland. While the fac
tional disturbance in that State has been
less manifest and apparently less virulent
than 1t was in Ohio, 1t was not trifing, and
relief from 1t in the shape of q Senator of
the character and standing Of MCCoMAs
hostilities in Ohio.
The Republican strength is greater at
the beginning Of 1893 than it was at tho
close of 1897.
Tho new Senators from Ohio and Mary
land were the choice of the party organ.
i~zations in their respective States. Repub-
licans Of New York will ind no better guide
than that policy. They should get together.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-26

Mime. K, a once noted Russian beauty. was
famous for the length and sumptuosityo Of her
trains. She was also lavish of her smiles. Ono
evening, at some grand reception, I was gazing
at her as Comte Horace de Choiseul led her
to me. We talked about the sumptuous train.
He then asked. What do you think, of her
beams; they eclipse even the pearls Of
Nine. de, Rothschild's necklace" "Iu
d Ess who who, pfF? m not the Iotiinr said .b shS
surely they are too transparent to be Of compo-
sition :" "They are not of artificial stuff. I
chose teeth from the mouths of twelve Brittany
girls to make the set" why from twelve ~
Because the twelve had the proper number of
tiously orthodox. She wanted her teeth to be q
reminder of the twelve apostles. To please her
! inserted q bit Of the true cross in the gold
setting"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-26
MONTREAL AND oHAMPLAIN CANAL
United statss and Canadian Capitalists Who
Desire to Construct IL. .

OultS0 DtAtOS Abu S1uAoiuh tbDttAtAAhs N
Desire to Construct IL. .
MONTREAL. Jan. d. Application will DO
made to the Dominion Parliament at its next
session by a number OF Canadian and United
States capitalists. with the object Of construct
ing q new waterway. for an act Incorporating
tho Montreal and Lake Champlain Canal Com
pany. Tho capitalists look upon this enterprise
with great favor, especially since tho route has
been heartily Endorsed by the international
Deep Waterways Commission. 1t is commended
that the Erie Canal route from the West to the
North Atlantic seaboard was made impossible
on account of tho excessive cost, and that with
tho completion of the Canadian canals to q
depth of fourteen feet. the St. Lawrence and
Lake Champlain route would become q great
factor in the deep. waterways System OF tho
American continent.
The capital of the company seeking ineor-
poratIon 10 S6.0o0.000. and tho new water
way Is projected from the ST. Lawrence
River at either Longueville. St. Lambert. or
La Prairie, opposite Montreal. TO the Richie.
lieu at or near tho town OF St. Johns. AS
tho difference In the level OF the two rivers
10 only 70 feet, the promoters believe that the
canal can DO worked with two or at the most
four locks. Electricity would DO the power em-
ployed in towing and at tho locks. II is asserted
that tho canal would reduce the price OF hard
coal ct least 90 or 10 cents q ton. 1t Is supposed
that the Americana would deepen and widen
tho White Hall Canal for the airty miles or DO
rauuirad.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-26
In the Atlantic Monthlu for February

In the Atlantic Monthly for February
Prof. HUGO MUNsTERBERG gives o melancholy
warning to teachers. He tells them that "no
laboratory and no experiment can ever measure
q pSychical fact. and that all hope for a psda-
goggles on tho basis of . mathematically
exact psychology IL. and viii DO, . per
feet Illusion" Tho teachers must bear this
as best they can. but they must not DO so
devoted to the quintessentiAl truth ~ to let
thor pupils hear OF Prof. MUNsTKRBER0's sad
dening saying. II the schoolchildren should
ever hear that Q psyohioal fact cannot b
measured. their distress would be appall-
ingj and II they should ever learn. even
BY accident. that there 10 NO hope for .
psdaEogies on the basis Of q mAthsmatiealy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-26

The Hon. WILLIAM LEDYARp STARK, the
Populist thinker who represents the Fourth No
braska district in the Fifty-ffth Congress. comes
from Aurora, and Is full of morning. The
CLEAN and glory of him are reflected in his
proposition to have the Government put up
ton buildings at 10000 apiece in his dis
triot. The most important of the ten centres
of IN which he wishes to adorn with
Government architecture is Waho on Wahoo
Creek. In 1890 Wahoo on wahoo Creek had o
population OF zoos. Aurora herself had but
1862 Inhabitants. and nobody knows how many
of them the Hon. WILLIAM LEDYARD STARK was.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-26

New England is vastly changed; We have
imported and bred O population that lacks the sturdy
respect for law and Justice that marked New England
forty years a6o.-RarUord Times.
Praiser of time past, is not the difference in
your mind alonef Why don't you go q little
further back to that orderly and native New
England that burned q converts Or to tho
highly respectable Boston that delighted to
raise a mob against anti-slavery agitatorsi Or
to some of these latter gentlemen making an
attack upon the Federal Court House in Boston 7
Like the rest Of the country. New England has
improyed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-26

II 1t IL true that DIR. WILLIAM r. HARPER,
President Of the Chicago University, proposes
to found q school OF Politics at that institution,
he must DO ccnsured for q wholly unnecessary
duplication Of existing educational advantages.
The Good Government Clubs Of this town form
o sufficient School Of Politics. TO which students
from Chicago or anywhere else win be warmly
welcomed. At present tho School consists en-
tirely Of instructors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-26
A Meteor That shook ,hs nArth.
From tAe 81. LOuts 0IobeDsmooraa.

DUBoIsE. Idaho, Jan. PLAN Immense me
fell near the big sand butte about twenty mile
southeast OF D1boise. Some sheep herdors, wh'
the shock was terrific. and that q dense cloud o
smoke lowered over the buttes for the remaindel
Of I me day g.ra IhS SGaS yiSrSaio %s 81 e t6 Ess eart 5a a. !
was distinctly felt Within . radius Of twenty
miles. and was at nrst supposed to DO an earth
quake.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-26
SANTA BARBARA. Cal. Aug. so. 1895.

bANrA bAnbAhA' Gal. Aug. ~, 1870.
sni / should not reply to your communication of
the gath inst. but for your impudent statement that
you might obtain something more for me. Neither
you nor any man OF your calling has ever obtained
anything for me. What services l may have per.
formed were moro than paid for whom I was mus
tered out. and I trust that you, and the rest OF the
fraternity who got their living by melting claims
against the Government. will In future lot me alons
and save their postage. --.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-26
After all, we are at the mercy of tho Supreme
Court OF the United Sentinel.

q. cheer up! Tho Tennessee Legislature
TAYLOR, Bon, concurring-can and will over
rule the Supreme Court before you can say
corporation" Meanwhile. you might as well
allow the dourt to continue. Think what 4 mo-
bio tribunal It win be and how vengeance proud
of 1t you will be. II 1t Is ever reformed in acsord-
ance with the Chicago platform and made .
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-26
ssas,hlas spain Gas see.

IfoA tie st. L0sLs Globe DSloeTaa
spaniIh pride 10 nos totally blind. IL can see cur
AAyy when mAaSSd near Florida. with steam w.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14

London, January 12.-As a result <f
the investiga ton which has been frz
progress for several weeks past innop
the origin OF the great fire which oc-
CURED recently in the Cripple Garsr
district Of London Involving "A loss cf
So, $50. .0o). the jury today, after five
hours deliberation, found thar the firse
was not caused by a gas explosion or
by spontaneous combustion, but Was
the work OF some person or persons
unknown" The foreman said the jury
was unanimous in the beIie1 Chat ti,s
fire originated on the premises of WAL
Ter & Brown. He added that the jury
was not satisfied that the fire brigade
was fully equipped with steam fire en-
gines and was unanimous i'm the opin-
ion that the water supply was efficient
and recommended that an engine vim
steam continually UP be always kept
al the Central City fire station
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14
Lady Sykes Before the Cours

London, January 12.-The case ur
Jay vs.. Sykes. was opened before xfse
lord chief justice. Baron Russell. az
killowen. in the queens bench division
OF the high court Of Justice to-day
Lawson Walton. .. c., who appeared
for the plainEifr. Daniel Jay. n nsyrney
lender, said the actfoa was I'd r>rvoesr
G15,S70 lent to Lady Sykes in ISs6. on
the security of notes purpOrrinS tn fp>
signed by her husband, Sir Tatrua
Sykes. The actual amount ~ esusa
lent, counsel continued, was slss,xt
f1O.O0O, the balance aeing interest
Lady Sykes admitted the Iitblitty.
but Sir TautOn denied that the sigma
tures were his and alleged THAI ttn.y
We're forged by Lady Sykes.
The latter, counsel said. would tests:
fy that her husband signed the nuu=S-
Early in 1897 Mr. Jay pressed for Fsty-
ment, but he agreed To wait If Sir Tax
ton would write asking him tn dp ,sa-
Subsequently Lady Sykes presented I'D
Mr.. Jay letter purportng eD I've
signed by her husband, asking f1im CD
hold the notes and agreeing to ylay
the amount due in the March faEIoxe-
ing. Sir Tatton now alleges chat I4asfy
Sykes, or some one she employed also
forged dhiS leItter The couple wrnx 90
lHC NtSl III hhs-
husband going from there tn N.gs~
York. When he returned To England.
Sir Tatton promised to pay off fise
whole of his wife's liability, but frn-
mediately afterward he diSapysarsd-
leaving Lady Sykes in great fransaal
distress. Finally she was fosced tn
take proceedings to obtain reSief To-
which her husband answered ~ the
present criminal charge.
Lady Sykes then testified. STE cor
federated the foregoing statement uf
Walton and SAID her husbands TIA
come was G10,0e0. The notes, sire ad-
ded, were signed in her presence by sssx-
TattOn, and the letter referred IT,
Lady Sykes asserted, was also written
by him.
During her cross ex animation I.miy
Sykes admitted that she bet fseavSfy
but said lit was with her husbansi's X suu-
sent. Altogether she added. her win
nings on the stock exchange exc csit<i
her lCsfngs. Her ladyship also ad5nfs-
ted she owed Sam Lewis. tive wefs-
known money lender, fS,OO0 and rcszs
Of many OF her husbands fdfosyrlcza-
cIes.
Later Lady Sykes startled tire court
by announcing that she had nut kess9
account books. adding that SHE kept
her accounts in her head. Upon fur
ther cross examination, Lady Sykes
said it was impossible 10 get nlmsssy
from Sir Tatton except for chun-i1eS
Her borrowings, she continued, ws.rse
TO pay debts. In addition to Tire
moneys she had borrowed FROM ''Satrs-
Lewis, Lady Sykes admitted having
borrowed $1,000 from Sanguinetti. and
900 from insurance companies
At the close of the days proceedings
the case was adjourned.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14
Articles Needed for the Starving Cubans

New York, January 12.-The follow
ing cablegram from Consul General
Lee has been received by the Central
Cuba relief committee. II gives in de-
tail articles that are urgently needed
to alleviate the suffering in Cuba:
Havana, January II.
Central Cuban Relief Committee:
Summer Clothing. secondhand or
otherwise, principally for women and
children, medicine for fevers, including
a large proportion Of quinine, hard
bread, -four, corn meal. bacon, rice.
lard, potatoes, beans, peas salt FISH,
principally cod, any canned goods and
large quantities of condensed milk,
blankets and charcoal. Money VIII also
be useful to secure nurses, medicines
and for many other necessaries.
LEE
The Central Cuban relief committee
made a large shipment today on the
Ward Line steamer Vigilancia, con-
signed to Consul General Lee, consist
ing of 30,203 separate packages and in
addition 500, 900 grains Of quinine. The
work is progressing finely, and relief
committees are being formed in all
parts Of the country. Another large
shipment will be made next Saturday
and others semi-weekly thereafter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14
The Reported Indian Uprising a Fake

Kansas City, Mo-, January 12-At
noon today the Associated Press cor
respondent at South McAllister, 1. T.,
of the Indian uprising is fake. The
first account of the alleged affair was
sent out by the agent of the G. 0. & G..
railway at EarlbOro, /. T., to the train
dispatcher here. Today all acquainted
with the situation give it as their opin-
ion that the story was a pure fabrica-
ton, originating with the railroad agent
at Earlboro. Today as far as can be
learned everything is quiet at Earlboro
and Melauska, the centre of the al
legged uprising"
Washington, January 12.-Commis-
sioner Jones, of the Indian office, re-
ceived a dispatch from Wewoki, Semi
mole nation, this afternoon, signed by
w. S. Field, who says that the report
OF the Seminole troubles are untrue.
The whites, he said, burned probably
innocent man and the Indians are in
dignant, but will make no trouble. A
few shots were fired in the darkness by
practical jokers in the neighborhood
OF Earlboro.
The commissioner says he knows
Field very we'll and regards this infor
nation as entirely trustworthy.
Secretary Bliss wrote the war depart
nlent asking for troops. He said he re-
garded the reports as at least greatly
exaggerated, but nevertheless 1t
| might be the part of prudence to have
troops on the scene. The war depart
nlent will comply with the request and
dispatch troops unless the request is
| countermanded in case the whole affair
proves a fake.
This afternoon General Brooks. at
| Chicago. reported that he had dispatch
! ed an officer TO make an immediate in
| vestigation of the conditions in the In
| dian territory. The troops at Fort
| Reno, he said, could be placed at the
| point where trouble was reported by
| the newspaper dispatches, in less than
!, three hours after they received march
| ing orders. General Brooke was in
! structed by telegraph to use his discre-
/ ton in preserving the peace and to use
troops in his command as he saw une
necessity for them without further or
! ders from the department.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14
The Conspiracy to Asssssinate the IrssI-
dent of Brazil

Rio De Janiero. January ia spn-
sation has been caused here by tire
publication of the police report on the
conspiracy to assassinate Presfdsat
Moreas, on November 5th last Ttsc 10
lice allege that there were seve~sT
plots against the life Of the preasidx.zr1
prior to the one in November. The re-
port concludes with indioting tweufy
persons. including Vice President VIC
torino Pereira, Captain Lopez Crxxe.
of tae Brazilian navy. seven mzjor<
and colonels, Senator Curdefra eight
deputies and the soldier, Mai4s, EIIinn.
who executed the crime. Deputy GFs-
cerio continues to be absent and ssss2
vice president rs still at large. IT ap-
pears that he was in close refa-snss
with Dioclesisnos, Who drece.d tia-
crime. Dioclecisnos and Msrceygfrys
have made full confessions
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14
LAWYER AVIRETT EXPLAINS
Why HI Returned His Fee in the Railway
Lease Case-Bilis Not Yet Sent to the
Grand Jury in the Railway Cases
Especial TO The Messenger }

Especial TO The Messenger
Raleigh, y. c., January 12.-P. w.
Avirett says he returned his fees as
attorney in the railway lease case be
cause it had been frequently stated
that he entered on the suit against his
conscience and convictions, and simply
for money; declares there are members
Of the directorate of the North Carolina
railway with whom he declines to come
in contact, as he says For same rea-
son that any gentleman naturally
avoids contact with persons or things
whose use in economy of nature he is
much puzzled 70 account for
Up TO 6 O'Clock Solicitor Pou had
not drawn any bill against Andrews
and others in the superior court. The
case cannot be taken up, alt this term
unless he makes motion to take it UP,
and judge grants 1t, when inStanter
capiases would issue. Ordinarily the
case would in regular order come up at
the March term. No bill has yet been
sent in on the presentment made at
the last term of the court in the free
pass case in which Governor Russell
is named as a witness.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14
THE RAILWAY COMMISSION
Subpoenas Officials of the Seaboagd Air
Line and the Atlantic Coast Line DR.. Xii =
by Smith Presented for Assault on Aurelia
HAMPTON
{ Special to The Messenger.)

{ Special to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N e., January 12.-Tonight
there is denial by the railway commits
sioners that they have subpoenaed
Vice-President ST. John. They simply
say they have subponaed officials of
the Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic
Coast Line.
The grand jury today returned bill
for assault upon Aurelia Hampton, the
tiary, against Kirby Smith, but as this
charge would not hold waiter, lit was
not pressed, on motion of the solicitor.
The reason why a bill for assault and
not for fornication and adultery was
not returned is a puzzle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14
SENATE.

Washington. January 12.-Senator
Chandler, Of the comn1ittee on naval
affairs, introduced in the senate to-
| day a resolution, for which he asked
/ Immediate consideration, requesting
the secretary OF the navy to furnish
the senate list Of the active officers
Of the navy in each corps, together
with those VINO are at sea and those
,, who are on shore duty and those Who
are on waiting orders.
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, said that
he would be glad to have included in
the information asked for, the number
of retired officers of the navy. 1T is
we'll known" said ne, that a vast
army Of naval officers has been re-
tired TO make room for younger men
who have been graduated from the ma
val academy or are about to be gradu
ated. Many of these retired officers
are anxious to resume active service
and / would like to know whether the
committee purposes TO do anything in
that regard.
Senator Chandler objected TO tacking
anything else to his resolution and it
was adopted as presented.
AT 1925 o'clock .. m, the senate, on
motion of Senator Davis, chairman of
THE committee on foreign relations,
went into executive session and at
2:50 o'clock p. m. adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The house today passed an urgent de-
ficiency bill carrying ST. ,S43. One of
the items authorizing a further ex-
pendilture of $520,0OO for the Soldiers
Home at Danvi,le, Ill, fer which $780,
600 was appropriated in the last SUM-
dry civil bill, was used by Mr.. DEAR
mond, democrat, of Missouri, as basis
for bitter personal attack upon
Chairman Cannon, whose home lis at
Danville. He charged the chairman of
the appropriations ommittee with hav-
ing used his powers and position to
secure the location of the home at
Danville
Mr.. Cannon, in reply, branded Mr.
DeiArmand as a common scold who
would have been ducked under the
town pump had he lived in the old
days. He said he would stand or fall
on his record.
The house, by a vote of 123 to "A,
sustained the appropriation.
There was a lively debate over the
provision in the bill requiring the own
ers of bullion hereafter to pay the
cOSl OI tne progress OF une DuIIfOn from
assay offices to the mints. The west
ernl rnerlbeTs and the free silver aid
vOcates generally took the position that
this change of policy ON the part Of
| the government, which now pays these
| charges, would discourage gold pro-
ductron, appreciate IT'S Value and
might result in driving the gold to
foreign mints. The republicans and
some of the democrats, including Mr.
Sayers, of Texas, denied that it would
have amy such effect; that it meant
simply the repeal of a bounty granted
to miners since 1879
The motion to strike out the pro-
viSO was defeated-110 to 125.
Mr.. Hit, from the foreign affairs
committee, reported the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill and at 4:45
O'Clock p. m, the house adjourned.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14
Funeral of Major NJ. p. Handy

Berlin, Md, January 12-The body
of Major Moses P. Handy arrived here
yesterday afternoon and was taken di-
rectly to Buckingham cemetery. The
funeral was attended only by relatives
of the deceased, including his widow.
his son, William NJ. Handy, associate
editor of The Chicago Times-Herald,
his brothers, Egber't G. Handy, presi-
dent OF the Continental Publishing
Company, of New York, and F. A.
Handy, OF Washington.