davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30

20 white and horror-stricken that I
can never forget it. Cold beads Of
sweat stood on my forehead. and felt
that my courage was all gone. The
experience of that awful IN al
most unnsrved me. and ! was weak
and HELPLESS as a little child.
Lying on my face ! held on tightly
TO the rifle driven deep through the
crust. How to regain my footing was
a puzzle. Kellogg started TO come
down to me. and it was with difficulty
that / persuaded him TO desist.
Al last ! hit on n plan. Holding on
TO the rifle with n hand. with the
other | drew my pocketknife. and,
opening il with my teeth. cut two holes
in the crust for my feet. and after
much effort stood upright. But we
we're still in = bad fix. Kellogg called
TO me to break holes through tho
crust for my feet with the butt Of the
gun. Although not more than 20 feet
distant he could hardly make him
self heard above the roar of the storm.
But the suggestion was a good one
and proved our salvation. We moved
slowly forward. breaking a hole in the
ice for each step. 1t was severe treat
ment to give valuable guns, but they
had to suffer in the best interests of
their owners
Slowly and carefully we moved for
ward. occasionally stopping to rest
and speak words of encouragement to
each other. for now we had the first
CLEAN Of hope for five long, terrible
hours.
Although very weak physically. u
minds we're much clearer than an
hour before. and we even went so far
rs TO chat each other a little. But we
had plenty Of fears yet. Once my
heart leaped as Kellogg slipped and
came down on both knees. clawing
f~rantically AT the air: but he rcgained
his feet without difficulty. and we
pushed on. Would we ever get across?
Every minute seemed an hour.
Kellogg said that. as nearly as he
could calculate, we had been founder
ing about on that man-trap for .
week,
But We kept going; the end must
come some time. and sure enough il
did; and at six O'Clock we stepped on
the granite powders again, having
been Just one hour and ten minutes
on that terribly inclined snow-field.
Neither ii us was much given TO DEM
~snstration. but there was a hearty
handshake and a few things said which
sounded all right up there. but might
look . little foolish In print
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30

"Thetwoper cent. refunding scheme
attached to the scnate's gold standard
bin is not meeting with wide approval
in sound money circles. Viewing
the matter. no doubt. in its political
bearings. the New York Tribune con
demns the plan as unnecessary and
unwise. No eason appears 10 exist
says that paper. for attaching this
feature to n gold standard bill. which
is decidedly stronger without IT. I'M
less il be n desire to give some nation
al banks a cash bonus for bonds they
now have on deposit, while permitting
them TO continue their circulation on
more advantageous terms And pa
pers like the New York Evening Post,
which have no partisan interests TO
consult, sharply antagonize the scheme
as one which aims to preserve the
public debt. in order TO extend an un-
scientific bank note system."-Spring-
field Republican.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
PROPERTY RIGHTS
TrampIed Upon by H~ypocrites Who
Raised the Cry when Ii Was
in Their Interests.

In 1896 the republicans made a great
cutlery that the democrats lacked re
spect for property rights, and doubt
less secured many votes thereby.
But to-day it is apparent that no
party respects property rights less
than does the party of Hanna, McKin-
ley g. Co.
Individual rights 10 compete in bust
hess are trampled upon by the trusts
protected and fostered by the republic
an party. Predatory wealth is encour-
aged in its raids upon the people, and
an endeavor is 10 be made to form q
money trust which is 20 be the king
Of them all.
1t is desired by the lawless element
which is i'm control of the republican
party to place the power Of issuing pa
per money in the hands Of the banks.
The greenbacks are to be retired and \
non-interest-bcaring debt is to be talk
en- up and an interest-bearing debt sub
stituted.
Apropos OF the proposition, William
j. Bryan says: 1.-The fact that a perma-
ANAt no~iOAhi bahh Aooat hRoA kANotA
security will necessitate a permanent
and increasing national debt is COM
polling attention. and those who be-
lieve that the people should be consult
ed in matters of legislation will not fer
get hat this change from greenbacks
TO national bank notes is being at
tempted without the question ever hav-
ing been submitted to the people at q
national election"
Thus the property rights of the peo-
pie are to be evaded. Additional tax
alton is TO be imposed without just
cause and the faith of the government
is to be broken.
These facts are appalling to the men
of property in this country. 1t has be-
come apparent TO them that the danger
which threatens property rights comes
from republican and not democratic
sources. Thus the argument on prop
erty rights as urged against democ-
racy has lost force and il proving a
boomerang TO the republicans.-Chi-
cago Dispatch.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
THE PRESIDENTS POLICY.
Attitude of the Administratton
Towards Our New PoS.
sessions.

Mr.. Henry Loomis Nelson is SO well
known as a careful, conscientious and
intelligent journalist that his inter
p~retations'' of the presidents 'coloni-
al policy in the Sunday Post-Dispatch
may be accepte. As authoritative. Mr..
Mckinley talked freely, wisely choos-
Ing this rs the best way of getting his
views before the country.
The presidents announcement is the
most important political utterance
since the establishment of the govern
ment. except, perhaps, the emancipa-
ton proclamation. II is revolutionary.
"The president believes that congress
has plenary power over Hawaii, Porto
Rico and the Philippines"
That is. in governing the colonies,
congress IL not restrained by any con-
stitutional limitations. II is absolute.
Further, congress may refuse 10 the
natives (of Porto Rico, Hawaii, etc.
and to the American citizens who may
go to our colonies the right OF jury
trial. the right of free speech, the
right to bear arms, the right Of peace
able assem- lage and Of petition"
The presidents conclusions are not
the result of legal inquiry or judicial
study. They are the product OF par
tisan necessity.
"Our new possessions must not be
permitted TO injure any of our pro-
tected Interests"
This doctrine, though revolutionary.
Is not new or strange. The Roman re-
public conquered foreign peoples and
governed them for the benefit of Rome
and Romans. Mr.. Mckinley proposes
to do the same thHg-to govern the
people of Porto Rico. Hawaii and the
Filiplnos without reference TO their
welfare, but primarily for the CONNER
cial benefit Of Americans, and in order
TO accomplish this he proposes to re-
pudiate every principle of American
policy and give the lie TO every Ameri-
can principle.
What will the people of this country
cay to this?-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
PHILANTHROPY MIsDIRHcTRn
Strained and Revolutionary lntess
probation Of the American
Constitutioa.

The nation is flooded with a delugs
Of moral advice from the pulpit, the
academy and the writing itch of re-
formers. Everybody holding a salaried
Office. and possessing an influence OF
any kind from a policeman up TO the
president is wrested with, advised. and
crammed with large doses of duty TO
morals- fellowmcn, heather, cats. dogs.
and hoses, etc. but all Of 1t is useless, q
waste Of breath, jaw muscle and gen.
eral physical energy. What boots all
OF cranky empiricism, or, may be. well
directed and honest effort TO abate hui
man ills and lift man out of his wal
low? Suppose" says the Springfield
Republican, that Lyman Abbott ia
vored free trade with Porto Rico. would
his protest against the present policy
avail anything? The independent,
most godly and benevolent Of militant
imperialists. pronounces the proposed
Porto Rican tariff a wicked thing, but
what does the Independent amount to
now that the real power behind the
throne OF empire has spoken in tones
that made a whole government retrace
its course like some toy pulled by .
string?
In all this the country is witnessing
a remarkable display Of the grip which
the overwhelming power of trade in
t~erests, of money, has upon the United
States government. There is nothing.
apparently, which il cannot do, short
of establishing an hereditary mon
archy upon the ruins of the old repub-
lie. Philanthropy could never have
compelled this discrimination between
Hawaii and Porto Rico; nor have forced
the administration party TO set up .
strained and revolutionary interpreta.
ton of the scope of the American con
stitution. But the syndicates can"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
The Monetary Problem.


perialism andcntangling alliances with
European nations.
The position of the democratic par
~ on the money question will not pre-
vent the return of gold democrats who
oppose imperialism, nor will il deter
republican opponents of Imperialism
from acting with the democratic party
In this election.
Those who see in the democratic
party the means OF saving the republic
from the dangers Of an imperialistic
policy will have more confidence in the
party, because of its honest and cour-
ageous adherence TO b~imetallism. than
they will have if the party was willing
to drop any principles or policy in the
hope OF securing votes.
The advocates of independent bimet-
allism believe that the opening of the
minis to the free and unlimited coin
age of gold and silver at the present
ration of sixteen to one will restore
the parity between gold and silver,
increase the volume of standard money,
and bring the nations OF the earth
back to the double standard.
If our faith is confirmed by expe-
%rience. the objections TO bimetallism
will disappear; if our faith is not vim
Dictated by results. the people will have
a chance TO apply a remedy in 1904.
But il we enter upon a career of i'm
perialism and substitute might for
right, force for reason. and the un-
certainty of conquest for the certainty
of peaceful progress. it will be moro
difficult for the nation TO retract its
steps. The concessions must not be
made by the minority, but by the ma
jority. Those who are responsible for
the administration which has involved
us in the calamities of European colo
NAL policy will not attempt 10 write
the platform of the democratic party.
They will be content to act with the
democratic party this year. reserving
the right to act as they please in fu-
lure contests.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
P%ARAGRApHIC POINTERS.

II was something similar TO u
treatment of Porto Rico that led TO a
tea party in Boston a great many years
ago.-Rochester Herald.
II the protection principle is to
be preserved" why not levy n little
tariff on Hawaiian products just for
an object lesson?-Indianapolis News.
Mr.. Hanna doesn't know what to
make of the fuss the republicans are
kicking up over Porto Rico. And. in
point Of fact. he doesn't care one way
or the other. 20 long as he can keep
the senate in line.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Between his free-trade Porto
Rican message to congress and his con-
fidential pressure on congressmen 10
make them vote for a Porto Eican tar
III tax. President Mckinley stands in
a sorry light before the pcople.-St.
Louis Republic.
TRUSTS. Imperialism. militarisrn.
national bank notes instead Of the
money Of the constitution. gold and sill
yer, these arc the issues being present
ed to the country by the republican
party. Democracy is ready TO meet
them and TO beat them. Mammon won
the last time. but il will not be SO Easy
to do so again.-kansas City Times.
When administration organs
come forward couragccusly to tell us
that ''the war is over they probably
mean that ii Is over in the Philippines.
II has been over there ever since Me-
kinley purchased il from Spain-but
there will be some Of il in the United
States along about the first Tuesday
in Observation-Disclosures (O.) Press
Post.
The national administration
claims il has not surrendered 10 Great
Britain, but there. are several things
that look as though IL had. Great
Britain dictates our financial policy.
She dictates our colonial policy. She
opens the mail OF some Ct cur ccEsuls
She will not GLOW us TO fortify our
Nicaragua canal. and the administra-
ton agrees 10 IL. The~e isn't much
else to surrender. but the lovely Brit
ish administration at Washington will
no doubt hasten to surrender every
thing 1t can ind that has not been sur
rcndered.-Joplin (Ac.) Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
RAMPANT
How the Administration Proposes
10 Deal with the Philippine
Acquisitions.

Representative Charles Henry Gros-
venor, Of Ohio. is the presidents
particular friend. so close 70 him in
fact that he is Mr.. McKinley's mouth
piece. This j. the way Mr.. Grosvenor
throws overheard the people of the
United States as of no account in the
imperial policy: He spoke in the house
and il is fair 20 say that he was very
much annoyed at the trend Of certain
decisions by the supreme court against
the presidents policy:
I'VE have got the Philippines on our
hands, said he. "and | will tell YOU
what we shall tell the people of this
country. We will say we have acquired
title 10 the Philippines and Porto Rico.
We did not go after them. but they
came 10 us and we could not help our
selves.
1--WE have get them and the duty is
upon us, and we are going to take care
of them.
"We are going TO make all the money
out Of the transaction we a by en-
larging our trade with the Oriental
countries. and we are going TO embalm
the doctrines of the Declaration of In
dependence upon the statute books Of
the Philippines just as quick as we
think the time has come to do II, and
we are not going to do il one minute
before. IL all the democrats on Gods
earth go bowling that we have got to
10 il now"
When Representative Neville. Of Ne
braska, asked il the republican party
expected TO embalm the Filipinos
along with the Declaration of Inde-
pendence in the Philippines" Mr..
Grosvenor became so mad he had to
sit down.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
FARMERS AND TRUSTS.
The Issue That Most Conce rms the
Producers of Our Nee
essaries.

That the trusts directly affect the
producers of the country, particularly
the farmer, is so plain that a blind man
George w. Beeman, of Indiana, puts
it:
1.-The farmers of this country are the
people who are most and more directly
affected than any other proportion of
the electors.
THE farmer is affected as a producer
and as a consumer. He goes to bed n:
night with prices about as follows:
Wheat. 20 cents; corn. IS cents; pork.
$3.50 per hundred; barb wire, two dol
lars; nails, two dollars per hundred;
and well pipe 2E cents per foot.
"He awakes in the morning with
prices about as follows: Wheat, GO
cents; corn. %; pork, S4.25; barb wire.
five dollars; nails, four dollars; well
pipe, 20 cents.
His house has not been burglarized.
but he has been robbed Try trusts which
are a multiple of thieves by robbers,
and there is something strange about
lne ItPoIt Vi PiiSes, - thS PiiSc u
wheat gocs down it travels by tele-
graph, if the price goes up the port
goes by canal. but the farmer regard
less Of party utilization, If properly ed
ucated as TO the effect of trusts on his
interests. willmakeitpossible to return
to the legislatures and congress a ma
.jority Of representatives who will be
honest and patriotic enough to enact
laws that will control the trusts and
we will be safe in leaving the of
control and regulation of trusts in the
hands Of such chosen representatives.
only the blind can fail to realize
what the real issue now is. whether the
trusts and corporations should rule the
government orthe government regulate
and control trusts and corporations"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30

ton and were going the wrong wayf
| did not mention my fears TO kel-
logg. What was the use?
Every few moments we sank down
on our faces 10 recover our breath.
At such times | found my mind wan
dering and could not think clearly.
Kellogg made several remarks with
out any particular meaning. and his
a had a vacant, sullen look. Al
most the last ray of hope was gone.
There was no complaining. no whin-
ing. only a sort OF mad desperation
which made us resolve TO keep NOV
ing 10 the last.
Finally, through n rift in the clouds
not so yards ahead. we a " the spotless
white OF the long-looked-f for snowfelL.
With q feeble shout we pushed for
ward. but when we reached its edge
our worst fears were realized. II was
terribly steep, being at an angle OF
about 70 degrees. and the crust was
a coating of hard. slippery ice, the
thickness of pasteboard. Through =
break in the Clouds we saw that il ex-
tended downward 10 timber-line. fully
100 feet. as steep as the root Of a
bouse and smoother than the smooth
est glass. How broad IL was we could
only conjecture.
As we came up. Kellogg struck the
crust with the butt of his gun. and /
threw a rock upon the surface. which
went sliding and bounding down the
steep face with terrific velocity.
We looked at each other in despair.
It's 40 use" | said.
Not a bit" was the answer.
We sat down and talked il over. To
rctrace our steps was out of the ques-
ton. and we could not climb to the top
Of the field. probably a thousand feet,
in our weakened condition.
Suddenly Kellogg leaped to his feet
and rushed toward the slippery mass,
crying ont: Come on; we've got to
do il. III take mine this way" With
ont a second thought. in my hopeless
desperation followed. BY using his
gun as n brace Kellogg kept his feet:
but ! slipped and fell on all fours and
began sliding down. In "A wild frenzy
! tried TO drive my bare fingers through
the crust. but only succeeded in tear
ing the skin of them.
Luckily. / had retained my rife. and
by "A frantic effort drove il muzzle first
through The hard crust and came to
a stop. having gone about 20 feet. Had
il not been for this fortunate move
my body would have been hurled to
the bottom OF the gorge, more than
a thousand feet below. and mangled
beyond all semblance Of human form.
Looking up at my companion | saw
that he had turned away his head.
unwilling to be a witness to my hor-
rible fate: but as l called out TO him
he looked around, and / saw a face
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
A CURE.

had an ugly temper.
Trhe worst was ever seen.
- 10 scowl and scream and Jump
Ard nal Ike a dreadful scene;
rha, was when l was younger.
M, now I've changed its name.
vyhich makes a lot OF difference
Although it's just h same.
r call II now high spirit"
Ard sometimes will power ton.
p~ause IL makes my kin and friends
10 what | want them to.
n really Is surprising
How proud I've grown TO be
M an the stubborness ] used
To be- ashamed to see
\ had a selfish spirit
Ths. made the household sad.
And a. one time. ! feared. l own.
Its tendency was bad.
put now I call IL '~self-respect'
And standing on my rights"
And thus | feel IL leads. instead.
To nObler moral heights.
Then I've been always lazy
From childhood's earliest years.
Nv mother thought IL was a fault
And incurred DER IL with tears.
Hut now IL is -pr~ostration
oh. happy change and sure
A. long as folks will wait on me
/ ne'er expect a cure.
1 do not urge. however.
For Others moral Ills.
This simple n transforming cure.
Because II always fills
M heart with bitter anger
when people ;ry-ahem,
To work this little plan on me
As have done on them
Priscilla Leonard. in s s. Visitor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30

The Modern Fnoch Arlen-Well. it
is a little more than 90 years since
! went away, and now | find that
you have married and buried w hus-
bands during my absence.
Mrs. Ardcn-Three, instnd OF two,
Enoch.
law. well. They must have been
a mighty trifing set notice that
none Of 'em mcnded the gate that
was broken when | lcft"-Puck.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
1T is to be remarked. by the wa

1t Is to be remarked. by the way
that the republicans these days, with
their subsidy steal scheme, with their
proposition to tax Porto Rico without
representation and to erect n .arif be-
tween that island and the rest of the
country. with their plan to admit the
unsavory Quay into the senate, in vio-
lation Of the ~precedcnts OF a century.
with their cowardly sop TO bimetallism
In the financial bill. and with their neg
lect to take any position on the trust
question. are making lots Of capital
for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS News
(ind.).
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
WILLIANf M'KINLEY.

In 1865. just after the civil war,
Abraham Lincoln uttered the follow
ing prophecy. which is being fulfilled
by William Mckinley and his inn
pcrialistic followers:
II sec in the near future n crisis
arising that e me and cause
me TO trcmble for the safety of my
country. AS a result OF the war. or
poratics' have been cnthroned. and
an err. of corruption in high places
will follow, and the money power will
continue TO sway by appealing TO the
preiudices OF the people, until all
wealth is aggregated in a few hands
and the republic destroyed. / feel
more. anxious for the safety OF my
country than ever before, even in the
midst OF the war"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30

vfnrLcd nIStiUction.

whats the difference between a ple-
bcian and a patrician?"
"a p,cbeian has to pay cash. but a pa
trician gets It charged. REQ.
orb
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-07-12

Berlin, Wis, July IA terrific rain
and windstorm passed over Berlin yes
terday afternoon. The roofs were
blown off of Wright's mill. Trues-
delrs tannery and the grand stand
at the fair grounds, also several bust
ness blocks, The front of Owens
livery was blown out and many
streets are blocked with broken trees.
The telephone and electric light sys-
tens are demolished. Joseph Quaddy,
who was taking shelter under the
grand stand at the fair grounds, was
seriously injured and boy with him
had an eye put out Manitowac also
reports terrific storm. At Fargo
vile one person was struck by light.
ming and killed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-07-12
ABILENE WEEKLY REFLECTOR ABILENE KANSAS JULY r. 01ELy PAGES
POLICE BLAMED.
Grand Jury Held Guardians Of Peace Re-
sponsible for Much Trouble In the
strike ut ~. Louis.

st. Louis, July 1.-THE June grand
jury in the final report yesterday
fastened much of the responsibility
for the disturbances which marked
the recent street railway strike on
the police. The report denounces the
police law as passed by the last leg
islature and says that it makes it pos
sible for the president of the board
to step in and assume full authority
over the chief Of police. The jurors
declare that the law should make 1t
compulsory for the mayor to be
member Of the board and to attend
the meetings. Police officials and pa
trolmen are criticised for failing to do
their duty and the jury says that
many acts Of lawlessness were com
mitted with the apparent assent Of
the police The sheriff's posse was
complimented for its efficient services.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-07-12

New York, July Peter Maher
knocked out "Steve" O'Donnell in the
first round of what was to have been
a 25-round bout at the Broadway Ath-
letic club last night. The bout last
ed only one minute and forty-eight
seconds. Maher at the outset cor
nered O'Donnell and dazed him with
rap on the jaw. O'Donnell clinched
After breaking Maher rushed and
sent his man down like a log. He
scrambled to his feet and as he put
up his hands he got swing on the
neck and fell on his back. He arose
slowly and Maher rushed at him and
smiled as he whipped right to the
jaw. 0'Donnell staggered and as he
was falling Maher landed on him
again. The referee stopped further
proceedings and awarded the fight
to Maher.