davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-30

FRANKFORT. ky. April ~ -Gcv ray-
Tor returned here from WNsaingtta and
spent sunday "a thc executive gaHslon
With his family Bui fcw people were
aware % his presence ia the city till this
evening. when he appeared az the raAroaa
statiOn and boarded q train Tor Louisville
The local officers and those iu chalNt ~
the prosecution knew that Gov TASl1r
wAA here ana the fact that e warrant ~
arrest was not served upon him Is row con.
strued % mean that TIE tniigtmFut a this
case VII BE- held Gp and no pgocls ssaet
on K tor several days The indictment
wa. returned in open court the Ahy after
those against Finley Coulson and 0tAeYs
We're returned. bat & was NOT entered q
record ana Is Ron known % De n charge ~
Judge Cantrill
caleb Powers Henry r Youtsey aar-
land Whittaksf. John W Davis, " H.
C0ait0n, Wharton Golden ard Rfchard
Combs. alias "Talisw Dick tc0ioreN
charged with completely IN The murder ~
William Goehsi win be arraixned toanor-
row Motions for bail are % ~ made lu
each case aud motions for chan-t e
venue have been Applied for hs Powers.
Davis Whitaker and Combs iargA
ARRAY % witne ssoz have been summoned.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-30

Annapolis, Cornell and Pennsylvania rep
resentativeS, have completed the work of
revising the rules which will govern grid
iron contests during the coming year The
changes made are final. No change was
made In the scoring rules
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-30

Ef.oEMFuNrEIN. April ss-The re-
rent operations have tended to clear the
military situation. Gsn. Pole-Carsw.
passtng through the country, has brought
home 90 the Free Starters the fact that
the policy % lsnicney has neea ahan.
doned Besides seixing the stock 81
farmers who. after hayfag given their
submission. were found hghting he Gem
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-30
LiauoR AND OPIUM TRAFFIC.
Subject 90 Discussion In Meeting Of
EcumcnicaI Conference.

NEW YORK. April = AT a supplement
taxN meeting Of the ecumenscal conference
today, the subject ~ the ''IEquor ana
opigm Traffic" was discussed The ale
fui effects o. liquor and opium were ex-
plAine3 IN detail BY foreign delegates II
~as announced that strong pressure has
ercn brought 20 bear on President Ne.
Kinney ana some OF hts predecessors 10
prohibit its sale on lands over which this
country exercises control, notably the
Alaskan territory, Hawai- and the Philip
pines
Al Carnegie hal during the Afternoon
there Was held mass meeting under the
auspices q the. Y NJ. c. A. Hundreds 81
Young mon and women OF the West En5
and Hohoken choral unions furnished ne
music Tor the conference. Numbers az
delegates and converts from various for
eign lands. attired In their native dress.
occupied seats on the platform Rev. Or
the principal speaker
New Football Rules.
PHILADELPHIA, April Ge-The inter-
gullgEtAfs. rllteS h,Nt
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-30
GOVERNOR TAILOR RETURNS.
His Purpose Being to silence Ru-
NOR. OF Fear of Arrest

LEXINGTON, Ky. April 2a.-Gov, W,
Taylor passed through this city this norm
ms from Washington en- route 20 Frank
fort. lie was met at the depot nv a large
number % leading citizens
He stated that he returned Ia silence tn,
furnors that he was cndeavofinE 10 es
cape Indictment After attending to the
matter OF ascertainiug whether there Is
any Indictment against MIN h9 viii return
20 Washington
number 81 Lexing lcnians win go ta
Frankfort 20 AID him IN any way within
their powrr
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-04
The Sultan's Dilemma.

"Your majesty" said the chief eu-
much, as he approached the Sublime
Porte, numbers 4, IL and A desire
me to inform you that they require an
appropriation for spring hats; num-
bers 6 to 73 are in need of couple of
bales OF shirt waists; numbers 81 to
LOG inclusive have called my attention
to their distressing lack of golf capes
numbers 3S, 40 and Ga say that they
can support existence no longer with
out pulley belts; numbers Ill to 222
feel that they have duck skirts COM
ing to them, and"
"Hold on" interrupted the Sultan
"you tell them that I've got a little
bill to settle with Uncle Sam this
spring, and that the whole bunch will
have have to wear calico Mother Hub
bards till I can levy another income
tax. Have you got match!"
And as the chief eunuch dug up a
couple of the California variety from
his hip pocket, the great ruler lighted
his hookah ard sank back on the d.
van for long reflective smoke.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-04
i" "Cheerfulness."

The Milwaukee has hit upon a
clever bit of advertising, entitled /:
Cheerfulness," which at the same
time, is full of good sense. 1t reads:
"Learn to laugh. A good laugh is
better than medicine. Learn how to
tell a story. A well-told story is as
welcome rs a sunbeam in q sick room
Learn to keep your own troubles to
yourself. The world is too busy to
care for your ills and sorrows.
"Learn to stop croking. If you
cannot see any good in the world,
keep the bad to yourself. Learn to
hide your yains and aches under
pleasant smiles. No one cares to
hear whether you have the earache
headache or rheumatism.
"Don't cry. Tears do we'll enough
in novels, but are out OF place in real
life. Learn to meet your friends with
smile. A good-humored man Oh
woman is always welcome, but the
dyspeptic or hypochondriac is not
wanted anywhere, and is a nuisance
as we'll.
"Above all, give pleasure. Yol
] will pass through this world but once
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-04
BULLDOZlNG BEGUN ALREADY

The Omaha Bee, one of the most
bitter and intolerant anti-Bryan news
papers in the United States, prints
with applause a letter from a travelling
man by the name of Stevens who says:
" AS an instance of popular feeling in
business circles, may state that the
N. c. Foster Lumber company of Fair
child, Wis, one OF the largest firms in
the lumber region, has standing stip-
ulation on every purchase it makes
that the goods shall be returned in
event Bryan is elected. This means
that there will be no demand for prod
ucts of the mills" The paper also
prints what purports to be copy of
this stipulation by the N. G. Foster
company, which reads as follows:
"The n. c. Foster Lumber company
shall have the privilege Of returning
all, or any part of the goods on this
order, the amount paid on same to be
refunded in case w. J. Bryan is elect,
ed President of the United States in
November next"
We went through all this scoun
drelly bribery and bulldozing in 1896,
and Notwithstanding the fact that this
expedient was resorted to in thousands
OF manufacturing and commercial es-
tablishments, it was still necessary for
Mark Hanna to buy votes and to hire
repeaters in doubtful States in order
to beat Mr.. Bryan. And then, even
on the face Of the returns, corrupted
and falsified returns as they were, the
the change of 10000 votes in certain
localities would have elected the DEM
ocratic nominee. This shows that the
American people are difficult to CO.
cree, and it affords promise that they
cannot be coerced to the extent they
were in 1896 at the next election fol-
lowing.
The action OF this lumber company,
if correctly reported, is nothing more
than bribery and corruption of the
ballot Whoever n. c. Foster may be,
if his concern is taking the action
which the Bee reports--and it is no.
ticeable it reports it without any con-
demnation-he is as guilty of fraud
upon the ballot as any thug, briber or
ballot box stuffer who was ever sent to
the penitentiary. 1t is sore comment
on American business morals that
firms should be found willing to resort
to such expedients and that any self
respecting business man will consent
to make a sale Under the insolent con-
ditions prescribed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-04
BRYAN Drops Silver,

At banquet given by the Sun
flower league, Democratic organiza-
tion, at Wichita, Kansas, April "a,
Colonel William Jennings Bryan, in
the course OF his banquet speech said ::
"The public wonders why l have
dropped the silver question. New
measures are resting upon us; but
shall never drop the silver question
until the little coteries of English
financiers cease to meet in secret and
plan the laws of this country. The
difference between this campaign and
that of '9S is that the matters OF
trusts and imperialism have been in
jected and that the East becomes
educated on the silver question. The
East no longer regards populists as
anarchists, but has come to respect
them,"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-04
q decrease are

The great decrease of nearly half a
million in 1916 was due to the division
of the church on the slavery question
and to the organization of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, South. The
decrease in 1861 to 1864 was due to
the war. But the decrease of other
years was due to natural causes. In
four years it was actually larger than
in 1899, and in others where the fig
ures are small the decrease was great
deal larger relatively than last year.
That such actual decrease, or de-
crease in the annual increase, is not a
cause for alarm to Methodists is shown
by the statistics of the last ten years.
In 1889 the increase in mem bership
was 8O,352. The next year, 1890. the
increase was only Al ,490, a decrease in
increase of $1,000. The following
year, 1891, the increase advanced to
1O2, ,596. Then came a year of de-
cline, and the increase fell off to g.
$40. The next year showed an in
crease OF 81 ,426. The year following,
1894, the increase reached 157 $50, the
highest point in twenty-five years, and
it has been exceeded only once in the
history of the church-in 1868, when
increase was 2O9,O34. II is not surpris-
ing that the increase OF 1894 should be
followed by years of decline, but
the annual increase continued large,
being 1886 in 1895, 65,l3l in 1896,
54,7I3 in 1897, and 37,035 in 1898.
Years of great increase, like 1868 and
1894, usually add to the membership
the names OF many who afterward
withdraw or are dropped when the
rolls are pruned. They had joined on
probation, and hence were counted in
the annual statistics, but they had
not become full members at the end
of their six months probation, and in
course of time, by their own indiiier-
ence or inaction, ceased to be even
probationary members.
The causes which Mr.. Mills assigned
for the decrease-secularizat of the
ministry and higher criticism may
be operating to diminish the zeal and
evangelistic power of the Methodist
Church, but the statistics OF the
church do not of themselves justify
the conclusion, nor are they an occa-
sion for alarm. Indeed. if the num-
Der of reports of revivals and acces-
sions in the Methodist papers are a
safe guide, the indications are that
the year 1900 will show a considerable
increase instead of decrease in mem
| bership.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-04
THE 6OSS'S iMPUDENcE.
Why There is No Love Lost Between Dewey
and Hanna

ott0 hoUuo.
A late Washington dispatch shows
how Mark Hanna craftily handicap.
ped Admiral Dewey regarding any
glimmering idea he might have enter
tained regarding the Presidency.
dewey, what shall I tell these
blankety blank newspaper men when
they ask me whether you are going to
be candidate for President?"
This is what Senator Hanna said to
Admiral Dewey at a reception at the
White House last fall.
The Admiral was talking to num-
Der of gentlemen, including Senator
or two, and some other high officials.
The President sat near by. Senator
Hanna came up and spoke to the Adj
miral loudly, almost roughly. The
Admiral was at loss to know what
to say, and pretended not to hear.
After waiting a minute Senator
Hanna said again, in louder voice
"Dewey, what shall tell the blank
ETY. blank newspaper men when they
ask me if you are going to be candi-
date for PRESIDENT"
The attention of everybody in the
room was attracted. Admiral Dewey
objected to being questioned in that
manner, but in order to relieve him
self from further embarrassment, re-
piled: "Oh, tell them will not be a
candidate"
Next morning every newspaper in
the country had Washington dis
patch saying that Admiral Dewey
would not be candidate for Presi-
dent.
Admiral Dewey resented this treat.
ment. He was taken at a disadvant-
age. and he did not think it right
that what he had said at private re-
ception should be treated as a public
announcement.
This is one reason for Admiral
Dewey's dislike of Senator Hanna.
1t is also the real story OF the episode,
concerning which some badly mixed
dispatches have been printed.
The World, which gives this state
ment, gets its Information from a gen.
tleman who was present.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-04
NEEDLESS METHODIST ALARM.
Chicago Tribune.

The address OF Luther Latin Mills
at the recent banquet Of the Methodist
Social union on the decadence of the
Methodist Church voices prevailing
sentiment among Methodists them
selves but the statistics of the church
covering its entire history, if they tel
the truth, do not justify the alarm.
1t is true that the Bishops, in their
recent address to the church, in which
they appointed week for fasting and
prayer, said: To-day our Methodism
confronts a serious situation. Our
statistics for the last year show de-
crease in the number of our members.
Year before last our advance was
checked; last year our advance col
umn was forced back a little. The
lost ground is paved with the "dead."
This is unquestionably startling
statement, but it is the rhetoric rather
than the facts that startlc. If the
last year had been the first in which
there was decrease, and the previous
four years the only years when the
advance of Methodism had been
checked" and its "advance column
forced back" the fearful conclusions
OF the Bishops address would be justi-
fled. But the statistics, covering 1875
years, show seventeen other years in
which there was decrease and forty
seven years in which the advance was
either "checked" or forced back a
little" The years of decrease have
covered the entire period of the
church's history; but, with only one
exception, the period without an ac-
tual decrease was longer Immediately
preceding the decrease OF last year
than ever before.
The years in which there has been
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-04
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1900.

ing saltsaturated air from the SHIN
mering Sound. Mere existence was
delight. Suddenly there was e
supernatural hush and then clear and
strong, rising over and above the
mountains, came the sound of a
sweet tenor voice. There was some
thing pathetic in its parody of the ma
tional anthem, for the words were
these:
My Country It's Of thee,
Sweet Gand OF eiberty,
OF thee l Sing.
Gand of my Senatorial hope,
sand of my banks good Soap;
What woe doth me betide
With Wilson in King.
1t was the voice of Hon. Levi
Ankeny over at Walla Walla. With
banjo in hand he was under the win
dow of Mrs. Ankeny, giving soulful
voice to his thoughts.
The stars twinkled their approval,
the moon winked his left eye and the
people of Tacoma fastened indoors to
escape the possible suspicion of caves
drOppinp.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-04
The Solo By Levi.

There was mystic calm in the mir
the other night. The gentle breaking
of the waves upon the beach at Gray's
Harbor could be distinctly heard and
the sound of the singing of the pines
was borne down into the valley of the
Puyallup. From the snow-capped
mountain tops the cool, pure breezes
were gently waited until they mingled
with the rose-scented zephyrs OF
Puget Sound. Everybody was out OF
doors bathing in the moonlight and
filling his lungs with the balsam im'
pregnated ozone from the summit oi
the Cascades, and with the invigorat'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-04
His Presence Of Mind.

GA woman can't sharpen lead
pencil or throw q stone," read Mr..
Meekton aloud.
What's that?" asked his wife,
rather sharply.
"Don't mistake me, Henrietta" was
the quick rejoinder. "I am not gloat-
ing. I was just rejecting on the wis
dom of nature. There is no reason
why a woman should sharpen pencils
or throw stones when there are plenty
of men hanging round, whose time
doesn't amount to much anyhow, anG
who might as we'll be doing that a:
nothing"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-04
Baby's Wireless Telephone Plan.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.


The Rev. Case Davis, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church at War
rem, ILL.,, has daughter nearly three
years of age who is very particular
about saying her prayers before retir-
ing at night. One evening last week
her mother was detained from hearing
her prayers at the usual hour, and lit
tie Louise waited patiently for some
time. Finally patience ceased to be a
virtue with her, and she climbed upon
a chair and, taking down the receiver
of the telephone, shouted into il;
"Hello, Central: Dive me heaven.
/ want to say my prayers"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-04
THE REPUTATION ESTABLISHED
The Embarrassing Experience of Georgia
Senator.

The Embarrassing Experience of a Georgia
Senator.
AS Senator Alexander Stevens Clay
OF Georgia was walking across Capitol
Park one day last week, on his way to
the Congressional library, big, strap.
ping woman, we'll dressed and some
what excited, stepped in front of him
and said:
"Why Senator Clay, Pm glad to
see you. Now you can go and get me
the place you promised me. I'm Mrs
Williams from Marietta, your town
you know"
IL can't get you place now" the
Senator replied. The woman insisted
"But l can't get you place off:
hand" the Senator persisted.
The woman reached into her pocket
and took out roll of bills.
go, that's all right" she said. 81
know what you want. Here's 500
I'll give you if you will get me a
place"
What do you mean, MADAME
asked the Senator sternly.
go, you can all be bought. Take
the money now and get ME place."
Senator Clay was furious.
Woman" be shouted, "this is an
insult! Get out of my path"
Instead of getting out of the Sena-
tors path the woman threw her arms
around his neck and hugged him Wig
orously. Senator Clay had to use all
his strength to unfasten her arms,
and then he turned and ran back
toward the capitol, leaving his hat on
the grass.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-04
Overlooked by Mr.. Ankeny.

1t was a concise and on the whole
pretty good platform that the Repub.
licans adopted at the State Conven-
ton at Ellensburg, but they over
looked one or two points, says the Ia.
coma News. The Democrats OF Penn
sylvania took little more time to
look over the situation, and not hav-
ing thought single to personal re.
venge, incorporated two planks that
ought to have been in the Washington
Republican platform. Here is their
pln torn summarized:
We declare in favor Of
An interoceanic canal controlled
and protected by this country.
No further surrender of Alaskan
territory.
Fortification of strategic positions
on the Pacific.
No entangling alliance with Eng
land or other countries, secret or open.
Free trade with Porto Rico.
Independence of Cuba.
Home rule for the Philippine ISL
ands.
No subject peoples.
No colonial dependencies.
Eternal opposition to trusts.
A vigorous foreign policy.
And an income tax.
Right here, almost on the borders
OF Alaska, the Washington Republi-
cans overlooked the essentially impor-
tant negotiations for surrender of
Alaskan territory and the necessity for
the further fortifcation of strategic
positions on the Pacific.
M. Ankeny, who dominated the FL
lensburg convention, should telegraph
the Pennsylvania Democrats and ask
for q loan of those two important
planks for his platform.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-04

DURING speech at Syracuse. New
York, David Bennett Hill told politi-
cal secret of Importance, he said /:
" Permit me to say, in this connec.
ton, that a plank favoring an amend
ment to the Constitution, providing
for the election of United States
Senators by the people was in the
original draft of the Chicago platform
in 1896, but was stricken therefrom
by the subcommittee on resolutions
against my earnest protest."
SHE-Yes, woman's first duty is
to her husband.
He-What's a mans first duty?
She-Why, to become the HUSBAND
OF some nice girl, of course.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-04
An Observing Saint.
Callers Weekly,

COIllers weekly.
Sinking up to his mother one day,
Tommy said:
"Ma, haven't / been good boy
since began going TO Sunday scool?"
"Yes, my lamb" answered the
mother, fondly.
"And you trust me now, don't you,
mar"
"Yes, darling"
"Then what makes you keep the
mince pies locked up in the pantry,
the same as ever?"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-04
Youthful Diplomacy.
Catholic Standard and TimeI

Mother (with conviction)-Johnny,
you took those preserves from the
pantry.
Johnny (shrewdly)-Why, ma, you
never saw me do anything of the kind,
Mother-Perhaps l didn't see you,
but you did it, and want you to tell
me the truth. (After a long pause)
Come! Why don't you answer?
Johnny-Ma, children should be
seen and not heard.