davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-28

g ~: one-snch sn9sh 4, II and - feet. =
-. nick .sn4sas &145ss cedar squares. I.
= AID 10 feet E&En: picksEx. IL
Al1-csied. 81 10 advances Of green. pr1y-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-28
70 20
THE C0TTON MARkETs.
New Orleana.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. z-.--sosten--Aid.
alings, n-tse.
NEW YORK. Jan. z7.-tottcn--MIi-
dlings, sac.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-28
FOREIGN MARKETS.


NEW YORK, Jan. e7~~The cosnuaercia,
Advertisers London financial css.egYsm
says:
Tn. stock exchange clsaring house here
broke aawn last night owing 70 the heavy
settlement IN Americana ard Africans
hetes business wss tTnpesleA to-day
Nevertheless Africans were rampant and
duii. Mr. yauSerfsil.s feniai OF the con-
solltialion report eans.-es frag in the early
hours 7aeu az American house get 4
big buying order tu Louisville N Ssanvsise.
ard Ne~ YORK. came good. which rene urf
the excitement. ana buyers tusrhied oxsr
each ether 70 Eet stock. Later prscss
eaSest of Finally Berlin bought Northern
preferred whlsa - strongly tipped here
ASaeonfa touched - on heavy New
YORK EtrNaaSs*
There was strong demand for cell
ssssney owiag 20 ;be clearing house fisssh
In bills there vas 20 business.
nrcnassans.
LIVERPOOL. rsr E-Wkea. gy,1s
arm: No. red Western wlater. 81 81; No
] rel Northern shipping 9. ~
Receipts q wAsat during sha rasi three
asys 81 f.s csntAls. faciu4ing - sa Arne-Y.
past sETs4 taws. 5it Tss s%nfals
Corn-5anusrY, nothing quoted. Marco
e. I'd. Nay efsatv ss stsi
Fiesr-Fancy -. Louis winter. firm.
wheat featvres coed nrn. March. Q.
Nd May - riszs.
tfossng Qaotatiens.
LONDON. Jar. sr-x.anas'sn pafgse. Sc.
Northern paesse preferred. sss. Iusen Pa
esaa preferred, k1x1. s1TAss1 Trunk ~ usr
silver weak S-s.A aer 0asce- AensT. 20
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-28

BOSTON, Jan. ss~*Tos3nS.
Or Short IAae II Bate Il Bos 80. ssis
Tes. s. Noa Sd Parrot -. 49,. 49,
g. -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-28

Cash Wheat.
Cash wheat, $i.i5zs1.iss..
Exchaage.
Sterling on London. sixty days, AS%;
do sight. s4s>
Financial,
Silver bars -. e9ss lDrasis-Ssght 49,. i7a
Mex. dos ..t7isHN Te.egrapa :. :. %
als.gn
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-28

LONDON. Jan sr.-x.anas'sn Pafgse. 8.
Northern Paessg rrsfegrei. se@. linen Pa
esae preferred. NSes sITAnt -ES'unk ~ Us
silver. weak .@z.s per oaEce. Merey, Z.
IA per c2nt.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-28

Y.sgs-suFetior cgnlity. per II Ne ar
sss,.s y fytsreharsaE3e II. 3 s4sls ~ Ne /
.sssar s6s4s CssFtar1oys. pFT NJ stss45 ~
sstst3,se .o@s S. ~ cedar Shsagls as2fk. g. -
s~r Ian. eer~-asoaeA s.. th5ca aFsSh. snT~
sss-s-ss enc 81 TIVE sides : - and u STscaex
m4,is. gsss@S ierstas T. - IS fs4ts special
tenssax sasa per II extra. one~tnSH AGsssl
Yss4sS al yeggsCa! grain - per Il exSga-
F2egYtrg dressed std matched. s. ~
stess gzosrgts s-fuch. s*tsM EA5mcs, see
il - as-inea sfs%TS kparinG Ne or
s.sgsA naisA s.. Nc e. s.; ~ cARfaaS
rustic ~ ArcP s48inx wwGsAs : 80 Us. 81
s.z4 fSg t1nsSer y0ssts sHa =S&att{ags.
rough. s. ssss.S : = e. s. ssF&s: >.
Ifsa4 g}ox SazsSzs. ssNt1en ard u2s So
wssnsfrxsese Red cedar f.sxssse sr- EaszgA
tsssN. pevsl sssssnx wesxAs Tss iAsss Ntsssys
ssis-sg, ~sis - Nos !. SD ! ss~ssaF n
t.Ss RS. Mes ! asa > ss-tncsa. %
ms stTs9es. wAarSexssass. Ssssst*s xsss-iss g..
G~: "a sasaS.sx &-2. Standard xAsss-sA
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-06
THE posT OF LIVING IN ENGLAND

Julian Ralph, in Harper's Magazine.
Living, in a word, is cheaper for the
English poor than for our own, and dearer
for the well-to-do than in America, be-
cause there are here two standards of liv-
ing. The unit of value for the well-to-do
in England Is the sovereign, or the s. piece,
whereas our American unit of value in
housekeeping and practical affairs is dol
lar. The unit of value with the English
poor is sliding standard, that runs from
a penny down to a farthing, just as in
America it is a nickel
No American of middle circumstances
who has made his home in London will dis
pute my statement that it costs more to
keep a family here than 1t does at home.
Mems clothing, wines, and liquors, SER
wants, and flowers, and a very few minor
articles are cheaper in England, but these
advantages are offset by the higher cost of
all other necessaries. The cheapest cut of
beef is rs cents a pound; the best fish sell
for as high as SO cents a pound butter Is
30 cents pound; coffee is 40 cents; straw
berries never go lower than or 10 cents
a basket, and good small fruits generally
ae very much dearer. Peaches are a quar-
ter of a dollar apiece; milk Is cents a
quart; cream Is so cents a quart; oysters
fetch dollar to dollar and a half dozen;
bread Is about as cheap as at home; loin of
pork Is rs cents a pound; the cheaper NUT
ton (from New Zealand) is 20 cents a
pound, and English mutton fetches cents
more. These are all West End prices, but
they are not high prices. They are the
quotations of very careful buyer.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-06
Taxing Franchises in New York.

The Ford bill for the taxation of all
franchises occupying the streets or possess
ing local privileges is the sensation of the
state that Governor Roosevelt presides
over. The hero of San Juan really secured
its passage. 1t had passed the upper house
of the legislature, and the corporation in
terests considered it securely pigeon-holed
in the lower house. Near the heel of the
session Governor Roosevelt saw how the
bin was tied up, and he sent in an "emer-
gency message" asking for the passage
of the bill. On the following day. the last
day but one of the session, he sent in an
other message, and in it he intimated that
an extra session would be in order unless
the Ford bill were taken up and acted on.
This secured its passage, and for once the
corporations were caught mapping.
Heretofore the favored corporations in
New York have been assessed upon their
visible assets. which bore no just relation
to the value of the franchise. Hereafter
telegraph, telephone, bridge, ferry wharf,
elevator street railway gas and electric
lighting and other companies using public
streets or enjoying local monopolies will
have to pay franchise taxes Also based
upon their bond and stock issues. Their
bond and stock issues are to be assessed as
a piece of real estate is assessed.
1t Is estimated that the new law will yield
in New York city alone $2O,oOOee6 O year,
and that every other locality in the state
will be benefited Ine'fhis way the COM
.panies. witt be-fnat1e to hand over some of
the profits that grow out of franchises that
did not cost them a panny, although they
ere now immensely valuable. Either the
public purse will be well filed, or else the
burden of holders of private property will
be 1essened. The bill is widely regarded
as great victory "for popular rights
against special privileges" and it is be-
lieyed that it will become the type of SINH
lar laws in other states.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-06
Il is nn 10 the People.

Practically, whether legally or not, the
peon,e are about to be deprived by COM
bine of Jehnstonites and popnlites Of an
opportunity to express at the polls their
desires as to constitutional revision. The
repeal bill has been put through the house.
despite all former positions of the john
stonites, despite party discipline, despite
the popular features of the convention bill.
The people are thrown behind the pollt-
clans, who are now masters of the situa-
ton. The referendum has been abolished.
There is coming. however. a referendum
that cannot be abolished save by outright
revolution. That referendum viii occur In
August, next year. At that referendum
the people will be able to say what they
want and must have. That referendum
is the next step in the long fight for white
supremacy and honest ballot-box methods
That referendum is the court of last re-
sort The entire issue Is now UP to the
people, and the battle lines for it should
be formed at once. The historic democratic
party will stand in that great battle for
white mems rule and electoral-purity con-
ditions.
There Is no intention or expectation on
the part of the new combine to offer the
people satisfactory constitutional PROPOSE
lions. AS Governor Johnston has officially
stated, such propositions cannot become
parts of the organic law. 1t is physically
impossible to poll majority of the voters
at a general election upon large number
of constitutional propositions. No one
knows this better than the leaders of the
new combine. Revision by amendment is
impossible, and the entire question goes
over to the general election, when the peo-
pie will settle it, and they will settle it
correctly beyond a shadow of doubt.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-06
TWO .XIaRD4CTS

Arthur Lewis Tiihbs in The Rams Horn.
Sheswas a woman, worn and thin,
Whom the world condemned for a single
sin;
They cast her out on the king S highway
And passed her by as they went to pray.
But tho world spared him a breath Of
shame.
Beneath his feet he saw her lie,
But raised his head and passed her by.
4
At the temple of. God on @, holy day.
They scorned the woman forgave the manl
1T twere ever thus since the world began,
Time passed on the woman died,
On the cross of Shame sho was cfuciiicd:
But the world was stern and would not
yield,
And they buried l,or in Peters Field.
The man died, too, and they buried him,
In a casket Of cloth with g. silver rim,
And said Eas they turned from his grave
saway.
''We have buried AN kenest man teday!s
Two mortals, knocking at hsavan's gatcs
Stood face to fgce to inquire their fate.
He carried O passport with earthly signs
But she o pardon from Love Divine.
o. we who judge 'tw.xt virtue and vice,
Which, think Won, entered 10 paradise?
Not he who the world had sud would win,
Fer the woman alone was lshsrea In
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-06
CLOSING the Gambling Dens.

The burning issue. is no longer the wide
open Sunday saloon, but the wide-open
gambling den. "There is" said Mayor
Drennen to the board of aldermen, zone
standing evil, gambling, that you cannot
afford to compromise with. There is no COM
promise ground in dealing with a class that
corrupts the morals of all other classes
with whom they come in contact-a class
that fills our ails and penitentiaries, and
robs and deprives many poor people of the
necessities rof. life" This is emphatic and
broad and definite. It means that the new
mayor will spare no effort to rid the city of
the gambling dens that have been driven
out of one city after another-out of Mem
phis and Nashville and Atlanta-until they
were compelled to come-many of them-to
Birmingham as a last resort. Mayor Dren-
men has undertaken different task, but
he is accustomed to such tasks. And GER
tainly what has been accomplished in other
towns can be accomplished here.
The task will be the more readily ac-
complished because the two executive
branches of the city government will act
tremendously in concert. The mayor and
the police commission will cooperate in
this REFORM and 1t is believed that both
will find In Chief Austin man who knows
where every den is located and who will
lose no time closing their doors. None of
the devices of such places will prove suf-
ficient. They are to go. The mayor has
said it, and the police commission has also
said 1t in action instead of words. The
keepers of such places can readily read the
handwriting on the wall, They may as well
pack up at once, and mark their paraphe-
MALTA for a point in Oklahoma or other
wide-open locality. Birmingham will soon
cease to be that kind OF a town.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-06
American Competition in Iron and Steel

The London Times, the Manchester Guar
dian and the Economist, all papers of
weight, discuss the iron and steel situa-
In the three great journals spontaneously,
or at least simultaneously. None of them
finds much comfort in the situation, and
no one of the trio has a remedy to pro-
pose.
The Economist finds present comfort In
the high prices prevailing in the United
states--prices SO high that new contracts
are at present practically forbidden. 1t be-
lieves the home demand is so great in
America that production will not equal
consumption in many months. 1t puts the
home requirements of this country at from
thirteen to fourteen million tons. and it
thinks there can be no considerable ex-
ports until these huge figures are passed.
The production of 1893, it should be re-
membered, was less than twelve million
tons, and many additional furnaces will be
needed in order TO carry production to
fourteen million tons, and beyond.
But tho Guardian Is not so hopeful even
as to present prospects. It sees the ex-
ports of Great Britain declining and the
imports increasing even in the first quarter
OF the present year. Pig iron and un-
wrought steel is coming in in ever In
creasing quantities. Although. 1t says.
American prices have been advanced from
80 to so per cent, yet importations, of
American iron and steel have been in
creased Sc per cent. over those of the cor
responding period of last year.
The Times IL even more respondent All
prices arc determined, not at home, but by
the tone of tho markets and the industrial
situatish in tho United States The cx-
port trade of Grsat Britain, it AIDES, rs not
only in a paslsss csndnion, but the coun-
try is acaaa.fT Importing immense guam
titles OF American irsn and steel for use
in homo Enthusiastically importing
about $4,000 tons year. and II fears this
will sc maintained. 1.-THE situation" says
tho Times, SIS truly serious for British
manufacturers. wis ass asking themselves
two fundszeeptai questions--the first
whether American competition must inc
vitality regulate In the future the British
exports and prices of iron and steel; and
the next wt.tber. If SO, 1t Is worth while
to struggle on nndcr such an overmaster-
ing incubus"
These articles present tae British situa-
ton IN Clear 3Ght. Tho country that
has dearsr coal and 5ssrcr e1e In sight Is
reluctantly yielding first place to tn coun-
coal I'D s.ises srs 10 sight The tnreats,.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-06
9WHAT OF IT"

From the New York World.
Not since the impudent bravado of Boss
Tweed to the people of New York whom he
was robbing-"What are you going to do
about it?"-has there been heard from a
public servant a more insolent defiance
than that uttered by Secretary Alger at
Detroit:
Surprising the soldiers had a little beef
spoiled, what of it?
This is the true tone for derelict seere-
tary who is sure OF his president!
"Supposing" the beef supplied to our
army in Cuba and Porto Rico was so bad
that it poisoned the soldiers who ate it
what of it?''
Surprising that the rotten ratons.and the
other camp horrors caused ten of our SOL
diers to die of disease to eysHy one that
was killed in actIon--
''What of it?"
Surprising that the testimony Of Colo
mel Roosevelt, who was used to roughing it
and is not squeamish about his food in
emergencies, that the Alger-Eaga beef
was horrible stuff'-"at best stringy and
tasteless, at its worst nauseating -4was
confirmed by the evidence of hundreds of
regular and volunteer officers
what of it?"
Surprising that everybody guilty of this
fraud and crime is to be Whitewashed and
rewarded, and only those reprimanded and
punished who made complaint
''What OF it?''
If Messrs Mckinley, Alger, Armour &c
Co. want an answer to this question we
think they will get it in the fall elections.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-06
HERo's BROTHER SUES ROAD

From the Atlanta Constitution.
]. NJ. Hobson, brother of Richmond
Pearson Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac,
has filed suit for damages against the
Consolidated for $1,000 He claims he re-
ceived serious injuries in April, 1898, caused
by the negligence of tho employees of the
defendant corporation.
Mr.. Hobson says in his petition that he
was riding horse along Peachtree street,
when car passed him causing his hat to
fly off. He dismounted from his horse,
which was frightened by the first car, in
order to get his hat, and after doing so, he
began to remount when a second car pass
ed at which he terms a furious rate of
speed and the horse was again frightened.
The plaintiff alleges that by the rearing
of the horse when the second car passed,
he was thrown to the ground and his head
and shoulders severely injured.
He Is in the fertiliz,r and cotton business
and lost two months by reason of the in
Jury He says he cnuld not weigh the cot
ter as was his custom and he was forced
to hire olisc:. nersons to do his work, cost
ing him $500. The two months, he says
caused him to lose $500. His bills for medi-
cal attention amounted to SIS.
He attributes the accident, he says, to the
rapid and Indifferent running of the cars,
when the employees could easily have seen
that the horse, was frightened. He is rep
resented by Burton Smith.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-06
JULIA DENT GRANT
WILL WE'D A PRINCE

Chicago, May Seen. Frederick Dent
Grant confirmed tonight a report from
Paris announcing the engagement of mis-
daughter, Julia Dent Grant, to Prince
Michael Cantacuzene, Comte speransky.
The prince is a Russian. and Is 25 years
cid.
General Grant and his wife VIII leave to-
morrow for San Francisco preparatory to
emDarking for Manila.
General Grant said no date had yet been
set for the wedding.
There are scores of people in upper-ten-
dom who assert with much posityeness
that Miss Julia Dent Grant is the prettIest
girl in New York society. Be that as it
may, for there are half dozen claimants
for the honor, she is very beautiful young
woman, with a complexion of roses and
cream, eyes of darkest hazel, hair of hue
almost black, yet full OF color, and tall,
splendid figure.
Ier father is Gen. Frederick Dent Grant,
and her grandfather Gen. Ulysses s. Grant.
the hero of the civil war; her aunt is Mrs.
Potter Palmer, Chicagos arbiter of FASH
ion. Miss Grant is young. graceful, tact
full and of rare charm OF manner. She has
a position In society that Us ehvlaab1e,
thanks to her fine Breeding, beauty and
charming maners Personality, not wealth,
has won the way for her.
Thds beautiful young American gdrl--she
is a typical Ameriean-is well under 20.
She has been out in society only three or
four years. and her beauty is stin fresh and
girlfsh. Last summer she stormed Newport
and took the redoubts on the first charge.
She spent The summer there, .chaperoned
by her aunt, Mrs. Palmer She was bid
den to everything, and Mrs. Palmer gave
several affairs for her in return. Then came
the Prince Of Turin. Victor Emanuel of
Italy, nephew o fthe king. He was srnftten
at first Sight. He was bored at every func-
ton to which he was hidden If Miss Grant
were not There. But he could not ask the
beautiful young girls hand-he must mar
ry with royalty, or his wife, no matter how
beautiful or how accomplished, would not
be recognized. So he went away. !.
Then came others. First among them
was Prince Albert of Flanders. The two
also met at Newport, and the young noble
man became a -deyotee But he in turn
went away--he had found that Miss Grant
was not to be his bride.
Half a dozen plain Americans have fall
en- head over heels in love with her, but
each found that Miss Grant was fancy
free. Some found 1T out fast summer, some
during the winter when Miss Grant fitted
between Washington and New York.
She is the oldest of Gen. Fred. Grants
children. She has been carefully educated.
and speaks several languages fiuenty She
is patriot, though, from the crown of her
shapely head TO the soles of her tiny poots.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-06
Accidental Shooting

Savannah, Ga, May 5.--Private Jim Ar
mold, of the Third Kentucky regiment shot
Private Hiram Hunt and Private Allen, of
the same command this morning. The
shooting was done with an old Remington
rifle that had been brought from Cuba.
Arnold was sitting In his tent inserting a
cartridge in the bore Of the gun when It
was discharged. The bullet flew through
the wall of the tent and passed through
the body of Private Hunt and broke the
arm of Allen. Arnold is under arrest pend
ing an examination.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-06
HELEN GoULD's --LATEST PURCHASE

New York Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch.
Miss Helen Gould has offered $350.00O to
the Gould estate for the Irvington prop
erty, known as 4.'Lyndhurst,'' which has
been her home almost ever since the death
of her father, Jay Gould. This transact
ton is caused by the recent coming of
age of Frank, the youngest of the Gould
children. Now that all the children are of
age, it is desired to divide the estate. Miss
Gould is deeply attached to 'Iyndhurst,"
which was her fathers summer home.
Miss Gould's offer to purchas the estate
has been accepted, and it is a bargain, for
the property is assessed at $5l1,00O 1t is
in the beautiful green houses of the estate
that Miss Gould spends her pleasantest
hours. The collection of rare orchids and
ferns is worth fortune The mansion is
surrounded a park The gates are
never closed, except on Sunday, and stran-
gers may always be found admiring the
flowers or roaming through the grounds.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-06
'----~7-7---'-'7-'7- -
WILL SHOOT HIM
Ernie Bloss Says She Will Kill the Man
Who Married Her

st. Louis. May "a little woman, dress
ed in suit of army blue and giving her
name as Ernie Bloss, called at police head
quarters today and searched the -rogues
gallery for the picture of Warren Bennett
Ulysses Russell Mayne who, she says, mar
ried her at Fort Worth, Tex, "a year ago.
She followed him all the way from
Odessa, Tex. On her bicycle, and intimates
that she will shoot him on sight. The wo-
man says she believes Mayne has another
wife ait Quincy, Ills.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-06
Stahinaan Brings Suit

Nashville, Tenn. May SEE. B. Stahlman.
the attorney who collected the celebrated
Methodist war claim, has brought suit for
$50, 900 for libel against Rev. w. B. Palmore,
d. D., editor of fine St. Louis Christian
Advocate. Dr. Palmore has written sever
al caustic editorials on Mr.. Stahman, and
on others connected with him in tho oellec-
ton of the claim. Mr.. Stahlman has en-
ployed the best legal talent In the state,
end will make q vigorous fight. 1t is un-
derstood that other suits of a similar ma
ture will be brought against editors and
individuals, who have INDUCED in like as
saults on MI. Stahlman.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-06
STEVEDORES OF HAVANA
Have Inaugurated a Strike for Increase
of Wages

Havana, May 5-The stevedores have in
augurated strike for an advance of
wages to 50 a day in American money in
stead of $3.50. An attempt to supply the
places of the strikers with Chinese resulted
in a severe fight About 100 Cinnamon are
employed in spite of the opposition of the
strikers The Chinese consul has asked
General Ludlow, the military governor of
Havana, for protection of the laborers.
The consul has also protested against tho
removal of the Chinese quarter outside the
city, which has been ordered by Surgeon
Major Davis on the request of the citizens
of Havana.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-06
TIE PEOPLES, TURN WILL COME

From the Huntsville Mercury.
The Alabama legislature may eat It's
words and deny the people a right to vote
on the constitutional convention question,
but if that is done few members of the
present body will be returned to the next.
The people have direct and peculiar way
of getting even and they will use it.