davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-06
A DAYLIGHT HOLD-UP.
North Berwick Livery Stable Keeper
Shot and Robbed.

North Berwick, July 5.-While Walter
Day, a stable keeper of this place, was
driving home from Sanford this noon,
he was attacked by highwayman who
slipped up behind him in the buggy and
attempted to snatch This wallet from his
inside vest pocket. Mr.. Day resisted,
whereupon the robber pulled a revolver
and shot him through the arm. He then
made his escape taking the wallet which
contained a small sum of money.
Mr.. Day drove to the nearest house and
gave the alarm and hunt was at once
begun for his assailant. Mr.. Day S
wound is not serious. The shot passed
near the elbow through the flesh of the
arm, but no bones were broken.
The locality where the assault took
place is lonely one, and was well chosen
for the purpose. 1t was this side of
Bauneg Beg on the Sanford road.
: The North Berwick officials Fare max
ing every effort to catch the assailant
and his description has been sent out to
neighboring cities and towns. He wore
a black shirt, a cloth cap, black coat and
no neck tie. Hs is of medium height
and has light moustache.
1t is believed that he has gone toward
Biddeford.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-06
CITY OF PORTLAND

CITY MARsBAL's OFFICE. June %, 1900
OWNERS of trucks, drays, wagons, carts or
" other vehicles. which shall be used in this
city for the conveyance from place to place in
sand clay gravel, dirt, rubbish, goods, wares,
furniture, merchandise, building materials, or
any other article or thing whatsoever, are
hereby directed to present their teams at the
office Monday. July 8. 300. and to receive
the numbers and license for the year beginning
July J. 1900. A failure to comply with this no.
tice Will subject the delinquent to penalty.
GEO. W. SYLVESTER, CITY Marshal
ie28dtd
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-06

BOY PROBABLY DROWNED.

Biddeford, July -rhe four year old
son of Robert Bromlee is supposed to have
been dro owned this forenoon a little before
II o'clock.
He with smaller brother were out of
doors playing. When the father returned
to dinner, Willie, the younger, who had
returned alone, was asked where his
brother was, and he replied, cover the
bank into the river
They went to the river bank with the
child and he pointed out where his
brother went down the bank in Deering' s
lumber yard on the right side of Elm
street.
The bank is 80 or 40 feet high here and
nearly perpendicular. The place pointed
out was about 100 yards above the gates.
Two parties of men in boats have been
dragging the river all the afternoon.
Swimmers have also attempted to find
the body thus far unsuccessfully.
Thus far the attempts Of the searching
party have been unsuccessful.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-06

HGQod nightp said Bliss, stretching
himself ii ali easy chair.
The next evening, when dropped In
to R0land's for dinner, I saw Horace
Taylor sitting alone BY one Of the la
bles. 70 my great surprise there was
a quart bottle Of champa gne in cooler
beside him. eue1 Indulgence was en-
tlrely beyond anything that I Rnew
about Horace.
When he say me, be Jumped UP and
grabbed my hand as Damon might
have done TO Pythias iii the most THRILL
ing moment Of their friendship.
I'm mighty glad to see youl" he
cried, "sit down.
ANY one else .coming7" asked,
glancing at the cooler. s.
Horace blushed. -#
mo" he said; I'm only celebrating,
and as was alone 1 could think Of
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-06


TO you. I'll be back in half minute
Here's a cigar-a good one, too, one Of
3 lot that General Ludlow sent me
from Hayana;"
/ recognized the cigar as a brand sold
in the Aldine billiard room, but 1 did
not say So Reed rushed away, aud
sat smoking for at least a quarter Of an
hour. Then Bliss came along.
waiting for Reed| be asked.
'Yes," said I. Hes gone Out for
half a Minute"
II heard him raising the deuce awhile
ago about letter to Miss Ware that he
thought he might have dropped in the
vestibule," said Bliss. "Did be find itY'
mo" 1 replied shortly. The whole
subject Disguised me, and l did not
care to speak Of it. "I'm going home.
It's nearly 2 o'clock. Shall you wait
hereT'
why yes, I guess so," he replied.
Il want to see Johnny for half q min
ute.H
"Tell him 1 got sleepy and went
home to bed, Good night" s-'
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-06
MORE DEADLY THAN WAR.

Chicago, July 5--The Tribune says:
AS a result of the celebration of indie
pendence day with fire works, toy can
non, giant crackers and other forms of
explosives 80 persons were killed and 1926
injured according to reports received
from 1875 cities. The toy pistol and toy
cannon are shown to have done as deadly
execution as sometimes has been done in
war with those loaded with bullets and
canister and aimed to kill.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-06

crate This looks like a piece Of the
envelope"
And he raked a bit of charred paper
out Of the fire.
mo" said /; Its here" ~
| picked Qqt, Of az overturned waste
basket lying between us an envelope
addressed to Miss Ware.
That's the first one l wrote her."
said Reed. 'It's no good Told her
was sick from eating some candy sent
to me through the mail That's
chestnut. The second one was much
better &
What pleasant fiction did that con
tain?2 l asked.
do you know that coal hole in tha
sidewalk just to the left Of the en-
trance Of this building?"
admitted having noticed it.
well, about year ago one of the
elevator men went out in a hurry one
evening and stepped right into that
hole. They were putting in COAL and
the cover was of He went down a
shoot 80 feet to the subcellaf and came
out perfectly black and With two ribs
broken"
"And you wrote her that that had
happened to your said l. "Why, she'll
know that the Aldine management
wouldn't be getting In coal at this time
Of year. Understand, don't condemn
the lie on moral grounds, which you
wouldn't comprehend, but
Neither do you comprehend the pres
ent situation" he replied. And then
he went on to tell me a wild, extrava-
CANT falsehood; that his breaking the
engagement with Miss Ware was en-
tirely for her sake and was founded
upon considerations which We're of ire
mendous Importance and which he was
not privileged to diyulge. If she had
gone upen the charitable errand which
she planned, the gravest results would
have followed, and he had prevented
her in the only possible way.
No one who doesn't know Reed could
believe that such rampant nonsense
could be plausibly presented, yet at one
point of his story even l was led to sus-
pect that there might be germ of
truth in it. That was Reeds speciality
Ito tell a falsehood in such way that
the nearer might well suspect it to be
false and would yet believe that the
truth was in it, yelled for some vastly
important and Economically secret mo-
tive.
I'm rather glad I burned that let
ter" said Reed as he took the other
~
shot at the CRATE with it. 'Pn write
better one and describe a real occur
renee
He sat down at his desk and wrote
with incredible speed.
GAS 1 was passing that deathtrap
crossing at Thirty-fourth street this
evening" said he, folding the letter, "a
little girl tried to get away from a
Sixth avenue trolley and ran right in
front Of a hanson. l jumped for her
and pulled her out Of danger, but the
shaft Of the cab hit me in the back and
hurt me quite badly. The little girl was
not injured, but she was scared almost
to death and yelled like an Indian. To
pacify her I hired the cab that had
done the damage and sent the child to
her home on the east side"
"Of course" he said, Il have had to
represent the injury to myself as rath-
er more serious than it was, but other
wise the story is true in every detail"
[ merely groaned. 1t was useless to
say anything.
Reed sealed up his letter. addressed
and stamped it and rose to go.
wait here for me, old man." said he
'I'ye got something important to say
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-06

NE WAS BENDING OVER A HOT FIRE IN THE
CRATE.
s1iar that the mere fact Of his not low
Ting q woman would naturally make
him tell her that he did.
He displaced my friend, Horace Tay-
DOR, in the affections of a most estima-
ble young woman, Miss Gertrude
Ware, and l am convinced he did it by
the simple process of telling her that
he was the greatest and best man alive
and making her believe 1t.
/ / don't know that Miss Ware was
ever really in love with Taylor, but
nothing better could have happened to
her. for Horace is one man in ten
Thousand. That be loved her was writ
ten on his brow. To do so was natu-
raj for she was in ell respects lovable.
) 1 believe that even Reed felt an emo
tion as nearly sincere as his nature
would permit. judge so from the fact
that he used to keep engagements with
her, thing he never did with any one
else. Indeed he could not always do so
even with her, for I saw him playing
s'parlors" one evening when I knew
that he had positively promised to es-
,cort Miss Ware to the home of some
poor people in whom she was charita-
bly interested.
It was II o'clock when I saw Reed
and Bliss In the billiard room They
were having desperate struggle with
money in the corners of the table, and I
Ilearned that they had been at 1t since 4
in the afternoon, dining upon sand
witches furnished by the Aldine man
agement.
= had looked in to find Horace Taylor,
who had said he might meet me there
after the theater. He was not in sight,
$50 l walked around the corner to the
entrance Of the Aldine apartments,
wherein Taylor Reed and Bliss had
bachelor apartments.
Horace was just coming out to keep
his appointment with me, but ON hear
ing that Reed was in the billiard room
he lost his inclination for the sport and
suggested instead that we should go up
ito his rooms and have quiet smoke.
{ / had not realized how hard Horace
WAS hit until that evening. We talked
Tor about two hours, he extolling Miss
WARE and 1 roasting" Reed and 1
think Horace was cheered up consider
ably. He was not the man who would
roast a rival, so I had to do 1t for him.
When 1 left Horace's room, / passed
the door Of Reeds. 1t was open, and l
saw him within. He had his oyercoat
and hat on and was standing with a
poker in his hand bending over a hot
fire in the CRATE.
Gone crazy, Johnny| 1 asked cheer
fully.
eyes" said he, "and this is how
! know it, l wrote a note to Miss Ware
1 and went out to post it. When l got to
Ethe mail box, found that had this
hShing in my hand"
/ He passed me an unopened envelope
I addressed to himself There was a tai
doris name in the upper left hand cor.
ner.
"Dun, Of course said he. IT thought
burned it just before leaving the
room, but it must have been the note
TO Miss Ware that l threw into the
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-06

y It is said that truthfulness means
nothing to a Chlnaman; that he has no
moral law which enjoins veracity.
With this in mind once asked my
friend Johnny Reed If any of his
known ancestors were Chinese. He re-
piled in the negative, but did not be-
lieYe HMM fact, it is foolish to be-
lieye anything that he says.
have spoken Of him as my friend
That means merely that we were to-
gether a great deal, being associated
in many vast enterprises which existed
wholly in his imagination and my
credulity. For despite my rational CON
Tiction that Johnny could not tell the
truth except by accident / was contin-
ually acting as If there were something
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-06

Take the MAINE STATE PRESS for a
weekly paper.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-06
CHICAGO'S EIGHTH.
Boston Fan Before Fast Travelling
Westerners.

Chicago, July 5.-Chicago won its
eighth straight game by shutting out
Boston. Hits by Ryan and Mccormick
and wild throws by Long and Clements
gave the locals all their runs. Both
pitchers were on their mettle and did
good work. Score:
Chicago, 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 %
Boston, 0 0 o o o O 90
Hits, Chicago, s; Boston, z. Errors,
Chicago, L. Boston, 2. Batteries, Tay-
Tor and Donahue; Dineen and Clements.
At Pittsburg-New York, z; Pittsburg,
3.
At ST. Philadelphia, 3; St. Lou
is, ?. 90 innings.)
At Cincinnati-Brooklyn, 2; Cincinnati,
y.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-06
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS

CANDIDATES for position as teachers in
~ the Portland Public schools will be ex-
amined on July 10 and II, 1900 In Common
Council room, City Building, at a. m.
Applicants will be examined in the following
studies; Reading, Spelling, English Grammar
Geography, both Political and Physical United
States History. Arithmetic, Boo kkeeping.
Ciyics, Music, Physiology and elements Of
Natural Sciences, especially as applied to agri-
The examination will continue through two
days.
Per order Of committee on examination OF
jel9eodtd ON. LORD. Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-06
In what he said.

do what he SAID.
He was in everything a delusion and
IA snare Even his looks lied, for he
produced the effect of being handsome,
and really he was not even good look
ing. You may know he was a danger
fous man to the opposite sex which
loves what seems rather than what is,
Reed could not readily attract, and he
~Vas such q constituencies and habitual
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-06
sUICIDE OF AGED FARMER.

Oakland, July 5--Anson Wilkins, aged
about 70 years, ana farmer, living near
the South Smithtield Mine, suicided by
hanging, this forenoon. Cause, i'll health
and dependency He leaves a wife and
two sons.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-06

Mr.. T. JTBuLLARp, of scanzey, n. H.
suffered SEVERELY Vita Rheumatism III
his back for over two years. Green
Mountain Renovafof cured him.
Write Mr.. Bullatd and you will be con-
WINGED Of the truth of his statement.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-03
DAVIS REFUSES TO
NJ IN CABINET.

Washington, April 2.-Webster Davis.
assistant secretary of the interior, re-
signed this evening. He will go on the
lecture platform in the interest Of the
Beers.
In an authorized statement, Mr.. Da-
Wis says hat as a result of his visit
to he T~ransvaal, he feels impeIlad to
tender his resignation as assistant sec
rotary Of the interior. He will. at an
early date, deliver a lecture in this
city in the interests of the South At
rican republics.
Mr.. Davis feels that this is the best
way to arouse the enthusiasm of the
American people in behalf of those re-
publicS. Mr.. Davis said today:
1t ls purely a matter of sympathy
on my part. l went to South Africa.
unprejudiced, visited both armies. saw
much OF the British soldiers and people
and also much Of the Beers. After see
ing what L did, 1 made up my mind
that the of the Beers was lust
that the two smalle5t republics in the
world were struggling against the
greatest empire in the world for home.
justice and independence.
The struggle seemed to me very IN
SQudL Inc WnOIe number OF Beers
including men, women and children is
not greater than the population of the
city of Washington, and yet these
brave people have the courage to put
up the greatest fight in history against
an empire Of 400, 900, 900.
I concluded at once that my svmDa-
thies were with those struggling for
liberty, and l feel that the American
people should sympathize with them in
their fight for justice and indepen-
dence."
Mr.. Davis vas asked what course he
would have the people of this country
pursue in order to assist the Beers. He
replied:
DO anything and everything within
their power ard let Great Britain and
the world know that the sympathy of
the American people is not with Great
Britain, but with the Beers, and in the
interest of humanity and civilization
We should let the world know that
such an unhOly war should stop. and
stop at once"
Mr.. Davis formal resignation was
sent TO the White House through his
private secretary. AT the White House
no statement was Obtainable concern
ing the resignation, other than the fact
that it had been received, and the Of
ficials declined to say whether it would
be accepted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-03

Bushman's Kop. Sunday, April l.
The Beers who were hidden in the
spruit when the British guns were cap
tured, were commanded by Reichman,
a German-American.
The Beers retired this morning when
they discovered the British scouts
leaving two Dutch military attaches
Il Of them dangerously wounded, in
the hands Of the British Ali the
wounded are doing well.
Everyone agrees that but for Colo
mel Broadwood's olendid handling Of
his troops. not : Gmber Of the force
would have escap The Beers are
still holding the waterworks and the
line of hills behind them,
The foregoing dispatch settles the
disputed point arising from the dis
crepancy in the dispatch from Bush
mans KOp of Saturday and Lord Rob-
erts' dispatch Of yesterday, referring to
the time h engagement between the
British m Beers occurred, which is
now shown to be Saturday, and not
Sunday, as might have been inferred
from the message OF the commander
in-chief.
EOllOM liz lIG SCOUlS Ol GSueId1
FrenCh'S cavalry division to the scene
of battle, this correspondent witnessed
one of the most terrible spectacles Of
the war. Horses lay stiffened in the
various attitudes of sudden death, and
mingled among them We're CHASTITY hu-
man bodies. with the wrecks Of wagons
and food and forage scattered wide.
Everything told of a terrible tale Of
surprise and arnage.
It would be impossible to conceive of
anything more ingenious than the BOer
trap, and the only wonder is that a
single man escaped.
Under a Calling Fire.
On crossing the spruit, where the
ground rises Immediately toward a
grassy knoll. with stony slopes, facing
the drift. one came upon an enclosure
from which it was possible TO fire I'VE
the drift At his point the spruit
makes a circular bend. while the south
embankment. which is protected by the
partially constructed railway embank-
ment. enabled the nemy to pour in a
CALLING fire on three sides as well as a
double tier of fire in front.
When the convoy was first attacked
a scene of frightful confusion followed.
When the first battery appeared the
! The mules stampeded and the wagons
! were w EIluIl lcu. N1illG lnG COlAO%0ACH
enemy poured in a deadly fire.
Beers seemed industrious of continuing
the slaughter and called upon the
British to surrender. At that moment,
however, "B" battery. which was es-
Gaping from the rear Of the convoy I'M
der heavy fire, wheeled into action and
began Smelling the Beers with the four
remaining guns. The Beers confess
that this battery accounted for five
killed and nine wounded of their
losses.
Early in the afternoon the Beers col
lected about the convoy began remOv
ing the guns and wagons and permit
ted the collection of the British dead
and wounded. Our actual casualties
were less than had been expected.
Despite this ~regrettable incident, it
is impossible not to admire the gallant
manner in which the little force was
able ia extricate itself from an almost
hopeless position.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-03

Cincinnati, O., April "A summary
of the results Of the municipal and
township elections in Ohio today indi-
cate more Republican han Democratic
gains. but no special cause for it is
assigned except that the Republican
factions that have been fighting for
years have evidently been getting to-
gether and that the Democrats have
shown more Indifference than usual.
This applies especially to the larger
cities, but there have been Republican
gains, according to the returns from
rural districts and interior towns that
reason thus accounts for. The result
in Cincinnati, which on the average
plurality more than reverses the result
at the last general municipal election,
is attributed to less fractional fighting
among the Republicans and the indif-
ference Of the Democrats.
In Cleveland, where the factions have
been most intense, the result is also
decisive. A feature of the day has been
the election of Dr.. Washington Glad
den as a councilman at Columbus,
where the question Of municipal fran
chises was a special issue. The writ
ings of DR.. GLADDEN. on labor questions
and social and political economy are
well known, as well as his work as a
pastor and lecturer, and his experience
in a parliament Of ward representa-
tives vii no doubt attract general in
terest.
The Republicans elected their ticket
at Toledo, where Mayor Samuel Jones
held sway as an independent factor for
years. At Dayton the Democrats re-
elected Mayor Lindmuth. At some in
terror points the Republicans elected
officers where they had eve elected
them before, while there have been no
phenomenal gains by the Democrats.
AS local issues were paramount at al
most all places, it is difficult to indicate
any cause for the drift Of public prefer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-03
DEMOCRATS MAKE GAINS.
Garry Number of Towns in Michigan
Detroit For Republicans.

Detroit. Mich. April 1.-The Demo-
Gratis made several striking gains in
the municipal and township elections
held in all Michigan cities today, ex-
cept Detroit and Port Huron. At Ian
sing, J.. F. HemmelI was elected by 316
majority, the first Democratic mayor
in ten years Mayor George R. Perry,
Democrat, vas reelected at Grand
Rapids over Mayor Stuart, by 1888
majority. His majority last year was
only 72S. There is a strong Holland
Dutch vote in Grand Rapids, and dis
satisfaction with the administrations
course toward the Beers is believed to
be reflected in the increased Democrat
ic majority.
At Petoskey, which has hitherto been
Republican, the Democrats carried two
Of the wards and elected P. B. Wach-
tell mayor. Hudson and Ann Arbor
both show Democratic gains. At Big
Rapids the Democrats reduced the Re
publican majOrities of last year by half.
Democratic Mayor w. B. Baum was re-
elected at Saginaw. although by a re-
duced majority. LudingtOn. Lancer.
Alpena, Mount Clemens, Sturgis, Ira
verse City. st. Clair. Ypsilanti, Saint
Ignace. Niles and Adrian also went
Democratic
At Manistee, w Democratic tickets
We're in the field. and the Republicans
elected their entire city ticket. jackson
Republicans elected their candidate for
Mayor, the Democrats electing the rest
of the ticket. At Eaton Rapids. the Re
publican ticket was elected, at Hastings
the Republicans were successful for the
first time in the city's history. St. Jo-
Seph and Grand Haven also went Re
publican.
Late returns show that the Republi-
cans were also victorious in Albion.
Benton Harbor. Cadillac, Coldwater.
Corunna, East TaWas, Holland. Kali
amazoo, Marine City, Mason, Midland.
Munroe, Mt. Pleasant, Negaunee, Niles.
Owosso, St. Louis, Stanton and West
BAY CITY.