davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-15

81 old him no, and that 1 feared my
family must be missing me sadly. l had
a bunch that Mr.. Eugene Field, the Lit
tie Boy Blue man, must for a sure thing
have met Ed Wolcott out there in Col
orado.
MY bunch was correct. I couldn't
get away from the man who knew dis
tinguished strangers at a glance, and l
was taken to Mr.. Eugene Fields office.
1t was all very cordial and nice. The
young man who was my sponsor went
away after awhile, leaving me there with
Mr.. Field. Mr.. Field gave me a slow
smile as soon as the young man went
out.
II returned the slow smile. We under
stood each other.
MY boy said the lovable Little Boy
Blue man-there've only been a few like
that one on Top of the ground-'my boy,
did you ever happen to meet up with
Ed Wolcott?"
mo said I, and with the grace of
God and the help of a good pair of legs
and the other side of a dark street [
never shall. The greatness has been
thrust upon me-
III held out his hand, gave me that
slow smile again and said:
Well, I think Ed would be damned
glad to know you And just then
Say" inquired Ex-Tank No. I, the
pa-rliamentarian and kicker, jumping up,
did o ever send back that $1,700?'
Back to you dray!" chorused the
Club of Former Alcoholic Degenerates,
and the meeting was at an end.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-15
SENATOR M VOTE.
By Isabel Gordon Curtis.

BY isabel Gordon Curtis.
Senator John Youmans sat in his
library gazing absently at a narrow
shaft of sunshine which crossed the
room and illumined the we'll filed
bookcases. His hand lay upon or OPP
en- pamphlet on the table. 1t held the
! text of Bill 1404, which would be up on
Thursday for final passage. There
had been a sudden, sharp illness since
his last appearance in the legislature.
He had missed the progress of the bill
out of committee and through the as
sembly, but he would be in his seat to
take part in the decisive vote in the
upper house.
In point of interest to the people,
not only in his own city, but the whole
of the State, it would be the most i'm
portant legislation of the session. If
it became a law, a franchise would be
granted to a merciless railroad COM
pany to operate a line through a
crowded thoroughfare. st. James av-
Snuc u fCu UOlIuOuol1 dCIOSo lDC lIiOoI
densely populated portion Of the city.
Already the lives of pedestrians were
endangered at the frequent car cross
ings, and the residents of the neigh
borhood had drawn up a monster pc
tition begging safety for their child
rem.
Tho nytonnn nf tho cifnotinn ura
awaited eagerly; 1t was believed that
the vote of Senator Youmans might
pass the bin or defeat it. He had
spent his few days of conva-
l~escence in posting himself on the de-
bates he had missed. He was N
scious of his power and duty, so the
hardest part of his illness had been the
thought that he might not recover in
time to make the journey to the State
capitol and record his vote.
He sat beside the taole with his
hands covering his eyes and his elbow
on the blue pamphlet, when his
thoughts were interrupted oy a knock
at the door. Come in" he cried.
The uninterrupted maid entered with
a silver tray. There was a card upon
1T. The Senator frowned impatiently.
Il told you Margaret, that | could not
see anyone to-day" He glanced al
the card. Mr.. Jacob Rial. l never
heard of him. Tell him l cannot see
him"
The girl flushed. A silver dollar she
clasped in her hand made her urge
the visitors cause. Gle seemed very
urgent to see you. sir. He said he
must see you. that it was a matter Of
! life or death"
Life or death" REPEATED the senator.
slowly. Well, tell him I'll give him
FIVE minutes. Make him realize. Mar
garet. that I'm not quite myself yet,
as well as unusually busy"
The girl returned in a few minutes
10 usher in a small, prosperous-look-
ing man with keen eyes and a bald
forehead. You were kind to grant
Inc HNe minutes, SeHdAoEs ne Sdlu
c~ourteously. Il think / can put nay
business into that time. / represent
the st. James Avenue Railroad Com
pany. May / ask if you viii be in your
seat to-morrow?s
i hope 20 be well enough 10 make
the journey"
May ask how you propose to vote
on the St. James Avenue bslies
II was just reading It as you came
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-15

The afternoon papers OF Thursday
had the following Associated Press di
patch: "One OF the most dramatic
scenes that was ever Witnessed III slfe
State legislature occurred Ia the senate
chamber this morning. Every avail
able place on the floor and In Tie T3
leries was occupied AZ the roll paII
began on the so-ealled ST. James avenue
franchise bill. When the clerk reached
the name Of Senator Yonmans. Wh0
represented the city where tbe adal-
tlonal tracks were to be Iala, the vote
for and against the bin wa / u The
senator showed me marks og feceut I'LL
ness as be rose TO explain hIs eote:
With intense emotion be plctafe n
actual scene that happened
in his " city before hl own h
he described how his little slr
been ~miraculously snatehea from Death
because OF a condition siuallas b mat
which the additional tracks ~vBla
make. AZ he concluded IT'S
with, and nov. Mr. Ere dehs j.
half of thousands Of ehsEien lA ntY
City. In behalf o. tAyg gss kapfg
homes and thousands d iovlas 7ar
I rote NO. a cheer burst forth.
vim nv ! tersent Thank 4
8 few Eistened ees
49,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-28
FRIENDS UNIVERSITY.

Miss Grace Mccormick of Mt Hope. q
SO student, was present at chapel Thurs
day morning.
Fred Hoyt of Oklahoma and William
Moore of Frautland, Kan, enrolled as
students this week
Misses Myrta Thompson. Bessie Means.
Bertha Wentworth Edna Goodwin and
Ada ParKhurst left Thursday morning
as delegates to the Y. w. c. A. conven-
ton which convenes at Topeka
Miss Ollie Noel is absent from school
this week on account Of the illness Of
her mother.
Prof. Fellow lectures on the Mission
Field al east side Friends church, Cleve-
land avenue. Sunday evening.
William Hobson. a minister IN the
Friends church OF London, England. viii
give lecture in Russell Hall Monday
evening, the 10Th infant
The Y. NJ. and y. ". c. A. have placed
a bulletin board IN the hall near the re-
ception room. An announcements relat-
ing to the associations viii be placed on
this board.
The Brightonian Literary society have
appointed a library committee for the
brary. They expect 20 purchase about
twenty-five dollars worth Of new books
I'm the near future.
Prof Fellow and wife have decided TO
take rooms at North hail and enter the
club there for the remainder Of the year.
Several others have within the last week
decided to take rooms and board at the
hall.
The Davis Lyceum at fits last meeting
voted to place in the library a commo-
dious bookcase and magazine table COM
bined. The Lyceum already has several
valuable books ssd this last step viii
mean much toward the growth Of a so
ciety library. II due time should the
lyceum wish TO furnish a society room
the library viii by that time be Of SUI
fcient size to form an attractive feature
Of the room.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-28
LEWIS ACADEMY

The topic of most interest 70 the stu
dent during the past week was the school
paper which is soon TO make its appear
anee In the world. Those in charge or
the matter have been busy for some tine
making the preliminary arrangements for
the undertaking. The school expects in
a short time 10 be Issuing q bright. at
tractive journal. watch shall De fair
representation Of its progress.
Miss Sallie Downing OF the class Of IS
who is visiting in some OF the eastern
states. sent 10 Mss Brown a number OF
views Of notable places. whehe she has
heen. Among which are views Of the
tomb Of Edgar Allen Poe. Old Ironsides
q isnpses Of the National Capitol, the
Ola Stcne Tower in Rhod Island Miss
Brown fnds the views are very interest
ing 20 her classes as illustrative OF events
IN American history and literature.
Both football teams are doing ecod
work in practicing and are getting n
trim Tor match games 10 come or soon
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-28
ghe aa1ita nafIu gaae Sunday oris ooetoer g. 90

| The first team will meet the Friends
| University eleven next Saturday. This
the second game of the season for the
Academy boys and they are improving
| every opportunity for practice in order
| to make a successful record at that time.
DR.. Jones of this city last week kindly
! offered the loan of fifty physiological
slides for use in the physiology classee.
The member of these classe are deriving
much benefit from TIM and fully appre-
ciate DR.. Jones' thoughtfuIness in plac-
ing them at their use.
Among the visitors at the school dur
ing the week were Mrs. Gordon. Miss
Anna Wiegand, Mrs. Himebaugh, Mrs.
Matte Jones-Gary. class of 'ss; and
Miss Grace Teachout. The school is al
ways pleased to welcome visitors.
The chemistry class is Analysing farm
soils, ana common stones to see what
stuff It's made Of" The practical ad-
vantage of work of this kind for the stu
dent, especially the embrys farmer is
inestimable
Miss Wade Smith is making a short
visit at her home near Bentley.
Tuesday morning the work Of CLASH
fication for instruction in drawing was
begun Although most of the time was
taken up with this. yet some indication
Of the line OF work to be pursued was
given, enough to show how much interest
the subject contains.
The liveliest department of the school
perhaps, is the chorus class. There is
nothing to detract from the pleasure Of
this exercise except the short time al
lowed for it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-28
WICHITA COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
NOTES.

~ a.
NH. Covault from Colwich, Kansas
was here during the week making ar
rangements to move his family here the
first of November. He istends to take a
years course in the Wichita Commercial
College.
Miss Olive Johnson Of the shorthand
department has accepted a position with
the Phoenix Life Insurance company,
recently located in this city under the
agency of Mr.. Madison.
Miss Minnie Caughey, a recent teacher
in the actual business department, is very
sick with typhoid fever at her home,
two and one-half miles northwest of the
city. She is reported as taking a turn
for the better. Her friends have been
very anxious about her.
Prof. F. A. Hibarger, Principal of the
actual business department went 20 Har-
vey county to visit his brother over Sun
day.
Mr.. Clarence Reed from Stafford, Kan,
returned Saturday to complete his course.
The new pupils during the week were
S. c. Caldwell Leonard McAllister and
Marco DERRICK
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-28
LETTER LIST.

List Of letters advertised by the post
master at Wichita, Kan, for the week
ending October %, 1900:
LADIES' LIST
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-28

GtNER'S ROYAL CAFE
25o-DINNER MENU-25c.
SOUPS.
Consomme. ala Lemeole.
Black Bass and Saratoga Chips.
RELISHES
Rad:shes. IAttues
Celery ard Olives.
Prime OF Beef, ala Jus.
Spring Chicken. ala MARYLAND.
Short Ribs Of Beef. Yorkshire Pudding
ENTRES.
Supreme Of Fruit.
Boston Brown Bread.
ScaIloped Oysters.
VEGETABLES.
Mashed Potatoes.
Sweet Corn. Green Peas.
PASTRY.
Apple Pc. Chocolate Pie and Chees,
Home Made Bread Graham Bread.
Rye Bread.
DRINKS.
Java Coffee. EnglisA Tea
Dinner Eour-I2 to s:as
c. E. GUYER, Prop. and Man
1E-H
HOMEsEEKERS EXCURSION
ARKANSAS. LOUISIANA. TExAs,
ARIZONA AND NEW MEXIco.
See
B. F. DUNN. DIST. PASS. ACT,
Daily Eagle, delivered. lOe per week
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-28

Daily Eagie, delivered. lOe per week
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-01-05
TYING UP BRITISH COIN.
Bank of England Declares That bi-
metaili.m Alone Will Solve In
dia'. Currency Question

The Indian currency commission mas
recommended. among other things,
the gradual establishment of the gold
standard i'm India. This recommenda-
ton is now being put into effect, but
Il j. yet too early to gauge the exact
result that the step will have upon
the money market in general.
Different opinions are given by dif-
ferent authorities. rs evidenced by the
following expression of Henry Rivers
dale Grenfell. director of the Bank OF
England. who said: There is no i'm
mediate cause for alarm. but sooner
or later the question is bound to be-
come acute. The Indian government
has power 10 lock up in England suf-
fcient gold TO meet its liabilities on
this side The liabilities are by no
means small. Already about f70o,-
coo OF the reserve of the Bank OF Eng
land has been carmarked, and that Is
mere flea bite to the amount that
will be required for all practical pur-
poses.
| .Ths locking UP Of gold is equiva-
lent in it's effect TO shipment of gold
20 America or other foreign ports
The Bank of England's reserve is re-
duced to the extent of the locking ur
OF the amount earmarked-that is e
say, il can't be used for any other pur
pose than security Of the currency. Oh
viously this will have tendency e
harden the money market in genera
and keep up discount rates.
"As the scheme proceeds the serious
ness OF the situation becomes more ev
ident. and il the government doesn'
limit in some way the amount the In
ldian government can lock up, the ef
feet is bound TO be detriment.
I'm my opinion, the most injudi
cious course was adopted when thu
currency commission recommended
this step. Bimetallism is. to my mind
the only permanent solution of tn
currency question in India. Had tn
efforts OF the Wolcott mission been al
lowed TO bear fruit better way woul'
have been found out OF the difficulty
Bimetallism was directed 10 lnaN
more than 10 any other place. but ]
was rejected 10 midas detrimcnt."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-01-05
The Monetary Problem.
LEGAL TENDER MONEY.
Why Creditor Glasses Objscs 10
Plan That Will Permit 81 an
Expan ding CSsrescy.

The principal Of oil debts, public and
private. and the interest on all private
debts, could be paid in either goIa or
silver coin or government paper. Inc
debtor. whether the nation or individ-
uals, by law and under the contract.
had n right TO pay with either one AZ
the debtors option. This - what the
great creditor classes did not want done.
This was what they were trying TO pre-
vent when the words of Gov. Morton
were spoken. The debts we're contract
ed with these three standards OF pay
ment, and with a certain volume OF
them. IL was a crime to change either
the standard or the volume. This the
New York associated banks. the Wall
street gamblers and their foreign abetr
tors, knew as well as President Lin
coin.
The first movement after the war In
the scheme of legal robbery was
clamor for the retirement OF all paper
currency issued by the government.
This meant contraction of the debt
paying money and an increase of the
value Of the legal tender unit or dollar.
In two years prior 10 1869, Secretary
McCulloch destroyed nearly SsoO,OOo'-
900 OF debt-payi money.
Before the passage of the resumption
act the circulating medium had been
contracted over Sl,o00,o0o,0U0.
The result was a tremendous decrease
in the debt-paying ability of the nation
1 IL Ia knOt<S
about ,he disaster that followed.
A committee was appointed by con-
/ gress, three from each house, TO ascer-
| tain what had brought il about. This
committee reported March, 1877. that:
The true cause of the stagnation IN
industry and commerce, now every
where, is the effect of everywhere ex-
rsting falling prices, caused by shrink
ing in the volume of money.
Even before the report of this com
mittee. the London Bankers Magazine
in October. 1873. called attention 4
the fact that:
while the deficiency of gold IN Amer
lea is circumstance accompanied b.
| many adverse effects, the contracted
state OF legal tender gives rise to re
suits immeas urably more serious. IN
growing dearth of the currency wa
the main cause of the disaster
The prices Of the peoples product
went down everywhere. Their debt
paying ability grew less, but the evil 0
debts and the burden of taxation in
creased. Bonds, public and corporate
at a discount. rose to par. This wa
hailed by the hypocritical sehemers
q national blessing and as evidence c
ability at the treasury department.
Our resources and productive power
, we're sush that we hardly observed III
. large per cent. Of our products ever
, year being taken from US and turne
TO the creditor classes without consi'
eration.-A. j. Van Norhis.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-01-05

ar-o-- them Miss Esther DAILY he
recu- rized her instantly a. the young
lady who had claimed his dog but she
showed 10 siru Of reocrniticz-
Before the evening ~-s over he was
head over Re : in love When man
reaches the are % % without . Iove af-
fair he Is apr 20 make a short cut OF a.
Elmer Srear-s received an invitation
from The next hostess and WAS thus In
stalled . member ~ The -Intorusi
Club Al the weekly meetings be net
Esther and soon they were on eNcciler'
terms
AZ last ii WAS her turn 20 e-tert@-z
the club ard there he met Clover Tbs
dog w-s over5oyed and plainly shove
her pleasure Esihf- was surprised
ard said ii was nrrs unusual for her ~
show any interest in q stranger IS
fnr Elmer ~ snuhhef Clover ur-eTc
ruiir in srise us her joyful whiuss a.
raanifes-a-iars q love for him
Clover thought u over sadly Is r.
Gardener tied beg roE- that night and
lie ltciGt.i cr q dee .aar1te course me
knew -he uav quite well TOW TO hel
.is master. though she had made IL -
fore id the day lime H. rope was -
uew thing stree she had gone home be
fore. and he resented H.
she SCI her firm teeth il il and rusn-
ared 10 tear away few shrers- bur
X was a big rope and she tore hsr
mouth more than she dii the rope Then
he strained her collar and the meta.
EDGE cut her neck but she strained hard
and Il came over her head With a jerk
ard she ~1s free
Elmer vas awakened by a scratch on
The front door and ran downstairs
without waiting for clothes Clover
slipped in upstairs il her old ~ay and
soon both were asleep
lie te.cphc-e6 Esther i'm the unornirs
that re had found Lucky and wcuSe
hiring her back that evening ClOver's
tail hung lower and lower a. she found
herself near her former prison for hoT'
n Rad never become 20 her but Kline
urged her on
-How strange that she should h@v'
-o-r. 10 YOUR rooms said Esther -a-c
last night she seemed 40 lpc glad 70 -r'
xon. Have YOU some mysterious po~e'
-rcr Crrx9 or and then came tn
r.earn Of recognition Elmer had alwz y
feared. -Yts-- she said brslthlsss :
You are the man
He answered ht Ealing Clover to hfrl
arr purrfrr Ler through many Si-vs
tricks Then he told her frankly al
about Clover. while the dog sat r,
whinirr 6oiefully ard keeping on III
si6e az her master fzrthess from E<thc'
! The girls cheeks burned hot at IN
close az the recital Uncle Harry CAV
: him 10 me on the date you lost him. I'M
! twentieth birthday i supposed b
E l.onrAr him hut he must have pickle
: him in on the street Whatever shall
E 10 10 rake IL up to ynu-
I There j. one Way that would mor
r shar make up. dear he said
I'm try she whispered and 20
:" hail take Glover home with you till
e then. and she added. with lsughin
ewes. Clover shall 20 OK the uscGin
! sria---Dcstol Globe
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-01-05
THE MoNTG0MERY's CRUISE.
The View Taken of IL la London-l. nAJ
Have some Political Sig
nifiemnce.

Lonion. Dec. sat has been learned
BY representative of the press that
the United states cruiser Montgom
ery's visit TO Liberia is apparently the
result of oyerturcs made to Washing
ton by that republic. Though the
British government is in complete ig
norance Of the Montgomery's mission
the establishment OF a coaling statios
In Liberia by the United States is 70
purded MS scarcely probable, as II IL as
serted that no Liberian port has IA
ciIities for coaling, all Of them being
open and SURROUND.
A Far More important step.
The press representative learns, how
ever. that far more important step IL
under consideration. IL consists In
ioint request of the United States and
Great Britain upon France TO define
the boundary between the territory she
claims and that claimed by Liberia
This step is not yet decided upon but
Great Britain only awaits the United
States assent 10 become party tosuch
a request. 1t is alleged that France
tor many years, ms been encroaehin9
ON Liberia, and il was only by strenu
ous protest of the United States that
she was prevented from appropriatin8
n large slice of Liberia in 1892.
To Keen nm Eye on France.
according To Hon. Arthur Ponsonby'
nanaging director of the Liberia Rub
her syndicate. which recently guaran
iced the interest of Liberals public
debt. the Montgomery's visit was prob
ably prompted by desire To ascertain
the extent of French activity.
Mr.. Ponsonby said:
"Bishop Hartzell. while in Monrovia
this year, strongly urged the govern
mant to interest the United States 10
proving the boundaries, with the re-
cult that libeTia appointed mission
10 Washington. believe it has al
veady made representations, and pre-
.aime the commander of the Montgom
cry Investigated both this and the pos
sibility of coaliug station. The lat
ter Liberia would gladly lease TO the
United states. but beyond hosting mel
flag upon il it would De of little sefv'
ice.
british and Anne ricnn protection
'Thc feeling among British subjects
commercially Interested in Liberia II
that the republics progress had beer
under the protection of either Grea
Britain or the United States. But oou
; the British government and those hav
, ing interests there believe that so Ions
, as Liberia can continue to struggle OF
l In her present condition everything
: POSSIBLE should be done TO supper
4 her"
/, Liberia decorates Mr.. Ponsonby TIL
a week with the Order of African lie
a demption. in recognition of his serv
I ices against encroachments.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-01-05

a.
-
- - =,
- - ...-ssa-, -.
-, -. ~. -. - ,.,'-,,, 40
-. -. - -.
'-. ..-y.. u - -.
- - -
-, -, - - -, :,
- - - -,
y.
,s-
= - -
- "a
-, -
~.
~. '- - -n
- - - -
.'- N
su-e'if
III 'uNAs' '-~NAf'
/,
- - - -
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-01-05

The trusts are advancing prices al
along the line and are consequently
rrosperirr. They are not like the mer-
shaHt who said one day that he had
made $4,000. aud wher asked how, re-
Piled: ~Ey marking UP" his goods.
The merchant might mark ur his
goods. but the customers would still
Nave tae ri~ht TO buy elsewhere and
leave The Foods on the shelves. Fut
rot SO with the trusts. When they
mark M their goods the American peo-
pie must pay their advanced prices or
e ~itkogt The articles. Such Is the
rr~tr OF monoPcly.-Nstional Watch
1xn
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-01-05

New York, Dec. 30.--At the meeting
of the New York city counsel yester-
day, resolutions of sympathy for the
Beers. which were offered on last
Tuesday. were adopted with but ono
dissenting vote. Resolutions condemn
ing the action of the government IN
continuing the war in the Philippines
were also passed. The latter resoiu'
tions stated that the war was begun
against Spain for the purpose OF pro.
curing the liberty Of the Cnbans and
was now being carried on for the pur-
poses OF gain.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-01-05
Two Cta..e. Of s.eopIe.

Industrial despotism, such as the
trusts are rarrdiy attaining to. means
that our people in the future will con-
sist Of two classes, ore born 10 rule
and enjoy all the good things Of earth.
and the Other born TO wear away their
lives producing wealth for their mas
tiers with no hope of ever securing q
respite or acquiring competence
National Waterman.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-01-05

In coming TO the world rs babe,
the Son Of God became man. one with
us. Jesus Is our Elder Brother.
In becoming man. the Son OF God
became subject to our temptations. so
that He can succor the tempted.
In becoming man. the Son OF God
showed how great is the divine lev"
for us. IL was love that sought our
love.