davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-10-20

Sold By Druggists, 75c.
Halls FANNY Pills are the best,
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-12-01

Subscribe for THE BROWNSVILLE
DAILY HLRALD.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
POWERFUL COAL TRUST.
Three Men Now Control the Entire
Trade of the United States.

Three Men Now Control the Entire
Trade of the United States.
A trust was formed by the recent ALI
ance of the acknowledgement assatt
railroads, and heneeforth the absolute
control of the American coal trade both
anthracite and bituminous, will rest in
the hands of this powerful combine.
While the coal trust has practically
existed for two years and more il has
never had control of the btuminous stu
ation although j. Pierpont Morgan, its
ruling spirit, has been an important fac
FOR in soft coal affairs. But now by the
alliance between the railroad interests Of
w *. Vanderbilt, J. T Morgan and A.
]. Cassatt the entire coal situation is so
bottled up that ii can be controlled by
the three men named, and the final set
Element Of details is now being made,
Mr.. Morgan having gone to London to
see Mr.. Vanderbilt for that purpose.
In the hands of the Nanderbilt-Cas
satt interests is lodged practical control
of the New York Central, Delaware and
Hudson. Pennsylvania, Norfolk and
Western, Baltimore and Ohio, Chesa-
peake and Ohio and Big -Four. Mr..
Morgan has the Reading. Lehigh Valley,
Erie, Ontario and Western and enough
of an interest in the small soft coal roads
to make competition practically impossi-
hln
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
QUAY is BARRED OUT.
UNITED STATES SENATORS DE-
eide AGAINST HIM.
Deny Admission by the Close Vote of
SO TO 32-Many Republicans Cast
Their Lot with the opposition-Han
ma Paired Against Him.

The Senate on Tuesday by vote of 33
to %, refused Matthew S. Quay seat
in that body on the appointment Of the
Governor of Iennsylvania
The entire time of the Senate was de-
voted to debate upon the question, many
81 the greatest lawyers and orators in
the body delivering speeches. As the
days session were on and the hour for
the final vote approached the galleries
gradually filled until they were thronged
with multitudes, while other multitudes
were unable to gain admission. The great
throng listened with deep attention to the
brilliant argument of Mr.. Spooner in
favor of the seating OF the former Penn
sylvania Senator and to the dramatic and
fiery eIoquenee of Mr.. Daniel.
As she big clock opposite the President
pro tempore indicated o'clock there was
a hush in the chamber. Mr.. Frye, in the
chair, announced that the hour for the
final vote had arrived and that the ques-
ton was the pending motion of Mr..
Chandler to strike out of the resolution
declaring Mr. Quay not 10 be entitled to
seat the word mot" Senators through
out the chamber eagerly followed the roll
call. for all knew the vote would be close.
The first sensation was caused by the
failure Of Mr. Pettigrew of South Da-
kota to answer to his name. although he
was in his seat When Mr.. Vests name
was called he voted No" in a clear, dis
tinct voice, thus dashing the last hope Of
the friends of Mr.. Quay, who had ex-
pected confidently that the distinguished
Missourian would vote for his longtime
personal friend. In perfect silence it was
announced that the Senate had denied
AIR. Quay the seat which he has sought
for some months past
The following Republican Senators vot-
cd against the resolution: Bard, Burrows.
Hale, Hawley Mcbride, McCumber. Me
MILAN, Plat Comm, Proctor, Quarles.
Ross, Simon. Teller and Wellington.
Pairs were announced as follows, the
first named in each instance being favor
able to Mr., Quay and the second opposed
to him. Pritchard with Gallinger, Depew
with Hanna, Foster with Kean, Lodge
ewith Thurston, Kenney with Gallery. FL
lins with Chiffon, Fairbanks, with Nal
ory Hoar with Pettus. Kyle with Raw
Inns.
The following Senator'S were impaired
Aldrich.. Beverage. Clark (Mont) and
Pettigrew
The yote, was then taken ON the resolu-
ton declaring Quay was pot entitled to
seat The resolution declaring Quay
not entitled to a seFt was carried, So to
81. the roll call being the same as in the
Dreyious coll
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
HUNDREDS FALL IN luzoN.
Past Week of Filipino War Most Dead
Iy of Its History.

Last week was one of the bloodiest OF
the Filipino war since the first days light.
Ing around Manila. Authentic reports,
mostly official, show a total of 3TH Fill
plnos killed, twelve officers and 14l men
captured and many more wounded The
number wounded is hardly. gucssahle.
Considering that thu Filipinos entirely
lack hospital facilities great majority
of the wounded will die, Probably the
weeks work finished 1000 insurgents.
The American loss was nine killed and
sixteen wounded Two sergeants' and or"
private were killed in a9bushes While
escorting provision trains.
The insurgents have been aggressive in
almost every province of LuzoK Gen.
Pic Del Pillars band, numbering 900,
which was out Of sight for three months,
the leader being reported killed, has re-
appeared in its old field about san Mi
guef Pillar is Supposed TO be in eorl-
mand again.s He gave the American gar
rison ut San Miguel. consisting of three
companies OF the Thirty infantry,
with Calling, a THREE, hours tight , r
ing a night attack. The loss of the in
surgents in this engagement is not in
cluded in the foregoing total, as they re-
moved their dead and wounded, but pre-
sumably it was considerable.
Twenty Filipinos in the province of Ba-
tangas attacked Lieut. Wonde, who. with
eight men. was scoting near San dose
The lieutenant and five men were wound.
ed and on, private was killed. Sergeant
Ledoius of the Thirty fifth infantry was
badly wounded, in an ambush near Bali
uag. Lieut.. Btlch of the Thirty seventh
infantry, with seventy men, had five
hours fight with 400 insurgents in the
Nueva Caceras district. Twenty of the
insurgents were killed.
Col. Smith of the Seventeenth infantry,
who captured Gen Montenegro and
brought him to Manila IS in the isola-
ton hospital suffering from smallpox. pre-
sumably caught from the Fili1inos. Col
Smiths command captured $50 officers
and men with Montenegro.
One hundred escaped Spanish prisoners
from The province of Tayabas, south Lu'
zon, have arrived at Manila. The insur-
gents have 400 more Spaniards in that
district Recently fhe. Filpinos destroy
ed several rods Of the railroad line neal
Paniquo in an unsuccessful attempt &c
wreck train.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
..fif93is8 RSTltIEt1
q,s,b ; wv sssRc
slI(IR g5'7aIj;
Ia. al ri. often went hnngrl

lola. at 81. often went hungry. =
Attorney General Griggs is a crack
shot,
d. Ex-United States Senator Sawyer is
So years Of age.
George Gould has purchased one of the
finest packs Of fox hounds in England.
President McI<inleys favorite game is
chess He is quite an expert player.
In the paper mill owned by Gov Crane
at Dalton, Mass. workmen who become
too old to labor are retired on Their regu-
lar salary as long as they live.
The King of Sweden never touches a
gun. The King Of Belgium has shot only
once in his life. and the Sultan Of 1ur-
key cannot bear to see a gun.
The late William Dickty who was a
member Of the Maine Legislature for
ijlty-nine years, made the longest record
for service of that kind in the State
Joseph l.. Mayors. State Senator Of
Ohio from Coshoctou. walked TO the cap
ital from his home. distance Of 100
miles. TO show his independence Of rail-
roads.
Representative Lttle6eId of Maine
who fayors the prohibition laws of the
State. was embarrassed at euchrc par
~ in Washington by winning as a prize a
handsome beer stein.
United States senator Nelson was born
IN Norway.
Names Legislature ordered bust Il
ex-SpealIer Reed.
Miss Fioretta Yining Of Hull. Mas,
owns nine newspapers
Former Senator Ingalls, mother is still
living an active life in Boston at the sd
vauced age Of 80 years.
President Eliot Of Harvard is some
thing Of a pedestrian. He frequently
walks from Cambridge into Boston.
or the twenty-five men who have FLIED
the Governors chair in Indiana Gov.
Mount Is the only one living.
Congressman Clark Of Missouri states
that he j. writing novel in which there
will be no women.
The late Prof Hughes, f. i. $, inven-
TOT Of the Hughes printing telegraph be-
queathed $4,000 to the Royal Society
for the furtherance Of physical science.
Secretary Long has an interesting col
lection o. naval flags and signals Of all
nations, nany OF which are gifts from
famous sailors in this and other cOun-
tres
The tradition that there Is always q
Wolcott at Harvard is at present vel
maintained, one son OF the Governor Of
Massachusetts being in the law school
and two others il The freshman class
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
ECLIPSE OF THE sun.
PHENOMENON OCCURS MAY %,
AND WILL BE TOTAL.
In the Path of Totality the Orb of
Day VIII lie Obscured for Nearly Two
Minutes The Event Is Attracting
World Wide Attention.

The forthcoming tota eclipse OF the
sun, on May 2S, is attracting worldwide
attention. and astronomers everywhere
have long been making preparations for
observing and photographing the phenom-
enon. Besides making the usual time OBJ
servations, interest largely eenters in pho
tographing the corona, the coronal
strea' ers, the spectra of the chrome
sphere, and particularly the celebrated
Hash spectrum appearing bt tn III begin
ming and end of totally. Fortunately for
US. it viii be possible to witness the phe-
nomenon rom many sections of the Unit
ed States. On the ocea aston Of the last
eclipse scientists who desired TO study
The sun during the brief period of totally
hurried TO western India, and many of
them were successful in obtaining excel
lent photographs OF the great event.
On May IS the circular shadow of the
moon cast by the sun upon the earth, and
about eighty miles in diameter, viii come
sweeping across the American continent
from New Orleans TO Cape Henry. Along
the center ot the path travelled by his
| swiftly moving shadow the sun win be
completely hidden for a period of about
| two minutes. More than forty miles
away, on either side OF the track the
eclipse viii be partial, not total. To
witness this astronomical marvel il will
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
pr,ct Static hannt.n1nrs.

\. II. Brokaw of Kaukauna is greatly
improved.
There is great scarcity of laboring
men al Grand Rapids.
Wolves in the vicinity Of Sparta are
getting alarmingly numerous.
The first creamery built in Washburn
County has been opened at Shell Lake.
DR.. l.. B. Bradley, a practi ing dentist
for fifty years, died at Beloit, aged IS
years.
The Republican delegates from Door
County have been instructed for u. w.
Stebbins for Governor and L. ). Minor
for Congressman.
The declamatory contest between Ryan
high and Oshkosh high schools. which
was TO be held on May II, has been post
poned until May IS.
Adam Dessoy. a prominent resident of
Kenosha, who brought suit against the
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light
Company for $1,000 damages for injuries
received by being thrown from a street
car. was given a verdict for 81 800 by
the jury.
The strike in the Athens sawmills has
ended, the men agreeing 10 return TO work
pending a final settlement Of their de-
mands. About sixty men were out from
the Athens Manufacturing Company and
Brown & Co.'S mills. The Rietbrock *
Halsey men refused to strike. The mills
are running with an 11-h0u, day.
Rev. Harry Thompson. vino for the
past twenty years has been very pronli-
nent among the Episcopal clergy Of Wis
cousin and Iowa. has retired from the
ministry He preached his las, sermon
as rector Of st. Matthew Church In he
nosha.
A representative Of the British tiovern-
men; has been at several places in Sank
county to purchase horses and mules Tor
armv service in South Africa. The use
Tor which these animals are intended ne
eessitages that they be Of the very best,
and such horses and mHles are now Il
crest deinand for spring work on the
arms. Prices were firm and 7onsequef9.-
Is few sales were made.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
--77---7-7T'77--777-777'7-7 -77--7'777777-77
FtANCEE HIS CHILD.
Photograph Leads to Discovery an
Ends an Engagement.

Photograph Leads to Discovery add
Ends an Engagement.
But for an accidental discovery of his
dea1 wife's picture in his atfianced wife's
photograph album, Adam Cordih, a mid
dleaged Ohjoan. living near Hopedale,
would have been married to his own
daughter. He had arrived in Charleston
W. va, to be married to the young wop
an, Miss Lucy Cole, and on the evening
before the ceremony was sitting with her
looking at the portraits in an album. lie
was surprised into sharp exclamation by
seeing the picture of his wife. dead fol
more than eighteen years. Miss Cole,
noticing the exclamation, said: That is
my mother; she has been dead many
years"
In answer to Cordhs excited ques-
tioning the whole story came out. Miss
Cole is not the daughter Of Mr.. a1d Mrs,
Cole. with whom she is living. They
adopted her when she was little child
and she therefore took their name She
said she never knew who her father was
and could not remember her mother. Her
adopted parents were able 10 explain
something OF the story.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
Man with the Bicycie HUMP.

Bowed BY the weight Of centuries be
Across his handlebars and sazes on the
ground.
His Is the emptiness Of the bicycle face:
His back might bear the burden Of the
world.
Who made him dead TO heedfulness and
caution,
4 thing that looks not and that never
cares,
s,olld and stunning, a brother 10 the
trolley carr
Who sIanted down those cleaning handle
barsy
Whose breath blew out the light within
that lamp?
Is this the thing the manufactures gave
To have dominion over street and boule-
ward,
To trace the paths az d search the sub
urbs for road,
To feel the joy Of swift locomotionf
Is this the dream dreamed by the maker
OF the machine,
Who stiffcned that strong diamond frame
Of steel?
Down all the stretch OF road to the road
house
iAefe IL no SnApe nuTN tEfElbic hhAh
this
| More tongued with censure Of the, world $
pedestrians,
| More filed with signs and portents for
the passerby,
| NJ, re fruught with menace TO the uni.
verse.
What CUFFS between him and Apollo
Belvedere
Slave of the wheel Of rubber. what 10
him
Are rules of parks and swing Of coppers'
clubs,
What the long reaches OF the laws y'rong
arm,
The broken leg, the reddeninG nosey
| Through this dread shape the scorching
age looks down,
| Fast tines tragedy is in that aching
stoop,
Through this dread shape humanity be-
trayed,
| Twisted, bent over, and all bumped,
Cries protest 10 makers Of the bike.
A protest that is also prophecy.
O manufacturers dealers in all lands
Is this the chrome that sou give the
world
This plonstrous thing distorted and
aHry3
| How viii you ever straighten up this
shape
| Give back the proud and upward looking
| head.
| Make right the awful sinuosty.
/ The parabolic Incarnation. defexion SER
pentine?
How will the future reckon with this
man?
! How answer his brute question in that
hour,
When he is bent just ike a boomerang
How will it be with the makers Of the
| wheel,
With those who shaped him to the thing
| he is.
When the bent terror tries to straightcn
up.
| After he his ridden all bis centuries:
New York sun.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS
Endorse Mckinley and Select Delegate
10 Philadelphia.
Milwaukee correspondence.

10 Philadelphia.
Milwaukee correspondence:
The Republican State convention, held
in Milwaukee. Wednesday, was largely
a matter of reclamation The four dele
gates at large were named and the plat
form adopted without argument. The
convention was called to order AT noon
by State Chairman j, 3. Treat, who in
troduced James G. Monahan as temper
AIRY chairman.
When the convention reassembled after
recess Judge Mead, FRI 4 the Committee
ON Permanent Organization, recommend
IA the temporary organization be made
p, manent. and it was done.
The platform reaffirmed the announce
ment made Mt the st. Louis convention,
congratulated the party it had not re
eeded from the position then taken
praised Congress for its financial legisla
ton. and had this to say of President
Mckinley:
We indorse the strong and progressive
administration of our President. William
Mckinley, under which new luster has
been added to our arms and unparalleled
increase of wealth and prosperity secured
to the country, and we rely upon our par
ty to deal with and solve the problems
that have come to us as a result OF the
Spanish war in a manner that will reflect
credit upon the party and rebound TO the
honor and strength of the nation"
The convention then elected delegates
at-large TO Philadelphia, and the district
nominations for delegates to the national
convention were reported. There was u
brief clash over the nomination of IL.
August Luedtke for delegate at large.
but he was chosen over Col. \. q. Weis-
sert by a vote of 697 to 327.
Nominations for Presidential Electors
at-large were made by reclamation, and
the selection of district Presidential Flee
tors ratified as follows:
First District-George ". Yule.
Second District Willard A. Van
Brunt.
Third District Henry ROthe.
Fourth District William Kieckhefer,
Fifth nistrict--A. j. Frame,
Sixth Distriet-John Schuettc.
Seventh District--John Achsner.
Eighth District-C. NJ Fenelon.
Ninth District The Rev. John ID. Mel
senus.
Tenth District Fred A. Severance
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
NInnicinnI AIntter~

The City Of Mexico hiss 41i artesian
wells
Philadelphia has appropriated Si50,VDd
for new bridges.
Brooklyn has 81 ,Gs7 apartment houses
and 800, 900 tenement house dweliers.
Ia Philadelphia recently G79 new sa-
lvon licenses were granted IN seven days.
II il estimated that gamblers IN New
York have been paying over S2.o0DooU
q year for protection"
In fifteen years the expenses Of dmiu-
isteriug the municipal government Of
Boston has increased from S1J.Js9.Us'0 %
$50 32j 600
Last year rhe death rate 10 the City
Of Mexico was nearly ~ per l,U00. or
about the same as that OF Bombay II
is expected that the opening Of new
drainage system, which is TO take place
soon, will cut down the death rate 0ue-
SafR
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02

THOUSANDS IN HIS RAGS.
Chicago Board of Trade Character Ha

Chicago Board of Trade Character Hac
a For Azue.
1t has been learned that Sam Beswick,
an old and well-known character on the
Chicago open Board of Trade, died re-
Gently a charity patient in the Baptist
hospital. and his death was attended by
a queer discovery on the part of the hos
pitai authorities. His old and tattered
clothing was found literally lined with
gold and silver certificates, and scwed
behind an inner vest pocket fifteen $lOo
bills were found Among the bills was 8
slip ct paper, on which was scribOed:
Put in in 1896"
1t was found, after Beswick's clothing
had been ripped TO pieces in the hospital,
that the old man was worth 5000 OF
this amount So. 035 in currency was found
hidden away in the Innings OF his coat and
vest. Bonds az d real estate mortgages,
thought to be worth about $1,000, were
discovered sewea inside leather pocket
book that was stitched to the lining Of
his coat.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
Many Didn't Get Paid.

Only short time ago the members of
Company II, Second Wisconsin regiment,
u. s. v, who served in the Spanish
American war, received their back pay
for services at Camp Harvey. Milwaukee.
Now it transpires, however, that fully
thirty-fve of the Manitowoc boys failed
to get their pay, for reasons unknown to
the soldier boys. The boys are deter
mined to get at the bottom of the matter
and cannot understand why their pay
should be withheld when the other mem
bers of the company have all been paid.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02

A tale OF cruelty such as might have
been perpetrated in the middle ages was
told in the police court at Milwaukee. The
sufferer was a 15-year-old boy and the
tortures, it is charged, was inflicted upon
him by his father, John VIVA, iaborer.
The father swore out a Warrant for the
arrest OF his son Frank for ragrancy. The
boy was found in the custody of com
,,ission merchant ny the name OF Suess,
living across the street from his home
Whom the boy was brought into the court
his haggard appearance attracted atten-
ton Under promise of protection the
boy told his story. He said his father
beat him constantly. and when he had
been drinking would tie up his legs tightly
with rope and crowd him into an old
trunk, through the sides of which large
nails had been driven. so that he could
not stir without the nails tearing his flesh
He had been kept in the trunk for hours
at time, so he ran away. The father
made no denial and the mother admitted
the facts of the torture, but said she
could not help it. The boy was told TO go
back to Suess and the parents warned to
leave him atone.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
Many Factories win Close.

Oshkosh sash and door men assert that
there is strong likelihood of general
shutdown of factories of that line. ow
ing to the strikes in the building trades
business is very light. and at the meeting
at Chicago the proposition to suspend for
two or three weeks was canvassed and
a written agreement to that effect pass
ed around Ii was signed by all who
were present and will be sent to those alb
sent Some of the local factories are
running light as it is and shutting down
occasionally The Oshkosh factories emf
ploy about 200 men.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
IMn EnneraIs.

Is the Rev Mr. Brown at homcE'
asked stranger. cOnfrOrred by smil-
ing Irish maid NJ the parsonage door.
NO. sorr he is attinding widdine,
answered the maid.
Can you tell me when I shall bc
likely to find hlm| asked the caller.
Well. sorr, was the smiling reply,
Il don't know just whin he'll be back.
for he has another funeral to attiud
afther ard the both WIFI delay him
some time, sOrr.'
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
Woman Burned to Death.

Mrs. Ann Butterworth, aged 81 years
and one of the oldest residents in Ra-
cine County, met with a terrible death
mt her home. three miles west of Racine.
While engaged in preparing her dinner
Nher clothing caught fire, and, in attempt
ing TO smother the flames, set fire to the
curtains and bed clothing She attempted
to leave the house, but failed and neigh
bors, noticing the smoke, hurried to the
scene When they entered the dwelling
they found the sitting room in flames and
Mrs. bI:terworth III her armchair. foot
from the doorway burned to crisp 1t
was by hard work that the body was car
ried from the house and the building saw
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
WiImot VILLAGE in Ashes.

The most disastrous fire ever known in
Kenosha County occurred when fire de-
stroyed all the industrial portion of VIII
mot The loss is estimated at from S45,-
900 to 100000. The heaviest losers are:
Voak Brothers, millers, $33, 600, with a
small amount of insurance. The fire broke
out shortly after 3 o'clock in the after
noon and for time it seemed that the
entire village would be reduced to ashes.
After the mills of the Voak Brothers
were destroyed the flames spread to other
buildings and were not extinguished until
the open prairie was reached. On ac-
count of the fire nearly all the men in
the village are out of work. 1t is sup
posed that the FIRE resulted from sponta-
neous combustion