davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1900-04-16
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Rev. C. D. Crane, of Portland. Me- thus ex
planned the other day why many Maine officials
permit the Illegal sale of liquor: They know that
We Will continue TO vote as we pray-that Is with
our eyes shut"
:, Now here Is a poet after editors own heart.
"speer Tex; April ? 1soo.-Edtor At Ianter Con-
Sbi.1f1n ba m, At danter Ga Sir: have some portray
II IN your paper What Will you charge pub
prices" ~ '
That's the way to come at it.. No waste basket
tuition.
An English woman said the other day TO her sew
ing woman. whose husband is in the South African
army: Well Mary. you be glad to think
your husband will soon be with you again." but got
the answer. 'Lor. no. mum. don't want him back
yet. don't want him back TIL he's covered with
glory-an eye out. or something like that"
I'm the Hands of His Friends. The farmer had
just arrived in town.
bunco seerer m haSe reana eeen ssa I a
about them In the papers.
'Of course" replied his friend. you know what
bunk is?"
Certainly" replied the farmer
We'll. a bunco steerer is merely man who
steers another his bunk when he is unable
friend AND now that guest question dspospe Of and
, Would Iii like to show you where you are sure of get
vice."-tChicago Post. '
Perhaps the record for school attendance" saws
The Westminster Gazette" belongs to a Wal
worth lad named Thomas Ward who was pavar
absent or late during his eleven years of school life
beginning with his fourth year. The local mem
her of the School Board for London tells the story
that when the proud boy received the attendance
medal for the eleventh year-which had to be spe-
cialy struck to meet his case-the mother was
questioned as to how her boy had been able 10 make
so remarkable record. Had he had tha usual
chidren's complaints?' she was asked Yes sir
Ihe measles? Yes. sir 'Whooping cough Yes
sir How is IT. then that he has never been away
from schools? Well. sir. he had them in his holI
days. was the interesting reply"
Youthful Diplomacy.-Mother with conviction
Johnny. you took those preserves from the osDtr,
Johnny (shrewdly)-Why, ma YOU never sav- NJ ~.
do anything OF the kind. ~
Mother-Perhaps l didn't see YOU bur vo, an 4,
and want you TO tell me the truth tAfter a long
pause Come WHY don't you answer? ." '''s
Johnny-Ma, children should be seen and moi
heard '-(Catholc Standard and Times
The special committee OF the Cambridge Mass
City Council, appointed consider the advisab
toms taking command OF the Continental Army
which occurred under the old Washington elm I'm
Cambridge. July 3 ITO. will recommend that an
all day celebration he held
"Henrietta," said Mr. Meekton as he paused ON
the front step, "eoud you remember what n vas
you said yesterday when you properly reprovsd
me for leaving the door open?''
u think ! can But ! hope shall not have oc-
caslon to use IL again"
gestures?" ~ '"o
Yes"
We'll. wish you would. | have an once bov
who leaves the door open continually and IN va',
could teach me 10 make that speech II would
certainly be great help TO In my business -
washington Star.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-16
aem-1lork DAILY Gribn,re
MONDAY. APRIL rs, 1900.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREI6N.-The British loss at Wepener in
the Free State is reported be eighteen killed
and b. wounded; the Boer investing force at
Mepener is said to have Withdrawn from the
siege and retired northward; the American hos
pital ship Maine has arrived at Madeira; Frank
Smith. a well known mine owner has been
captured by the Beers Kimberley: Colonel
Schiel the German officer was placed I'm the
Citadel Of St. Helena as the result of ar attempt
70 escape. - The Paris Exposition was
opened TO the public. and great crowds visited
the grounds despite the unfinished condition Of
the buildings and thoroughfares. General
Gomez. on mis- arrival Santiago de Cuba ig-
nored the white officials OF the city and made
himself the guest Of the blacks, thereby nearly
provoking serious riot. - The Queen took a
long drive through the villages adjacent to Dub
lin - In consequence of the poor crops in
Chill that country expects its wheat supplies to
be obtained from California Owing to the
efforts of American missionaries peaceful con-
ditions have been restored in the Cameroons
- IN Berlin who pretended to be a
magician has been arrested for killing a woman
by inducing her to drink poison. - London
newspapers give great credit to the United
States for frmness in maintaining the open door
in China
DoMESTIC.-It was regarded as unlikely that
Congress will make any effort to reduce taxation
by changes IN the tariff and revenue laws
Charles H Allen, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, pointed out the need Of action by Con-
gress TO provide more officers for the ships of
the Navy - Surgeon-General Wyman called
attention TO the need of further appropriations
TO prevent the importation OF bubonic plague
from the East. = Rufus Wright. the wealthy
Chicago bicycle tire manufacturer who was shot
IN the rooms Of Mrs. Lottridge. died but the
mystery of the shooting not fully explained
- The annual report of the State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction was made public
- The report that Senator Hanna had the
grip at Old Point denied. - A tornado
did considerable damage in Kansas. An
explosion in natural gas pipe line in Indiana
killed one man and injured several others
CITY.-Major-General Roe ordered Squadron
and Troop c. as well the Mount Vernon
anc Yonkers infantry companies, TO be ready to
go TO the scene Of trouble at the Croton Dam
to-day; the Italian Consul-GeneraI declared
that he deplored the sending of troops and said
that SIo more day in wages would end the
whole trouble. - Easter was celebrated In
the churches with special services: the parade
Ia F1fth-ave. was conspicuously brilliant. -
1t was said that the names Of some Of the ra Did
transit sub-contractors would be made known
to-day - There was large gathering of
Republicans at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in prep
sration for the convention tomorrow: the con-
tests In Westchester and Rensselaer, were de-
clared settled.
The Neutrality-suspicious. for to-day: In
creasing cloudiness, with rain tonight. The
ternpera ture yesterday: Highest, 81 degrees
lowest, ~: average. 534.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-16
CHRTSTI4NTTY'S FALSE FRIENDS.

A curious oucropping of dilettante agnoSti-
cism is its opposition to the Protestant principle
OF free and independent inquiry. For years GER
tain writers in England and America who per-
sonally accept no form Of Christianity as d-
vinely authoritative have gone out of their way
to expose the Inconsistencies into which the
right of private judgment is supposed to lead
Protestants. With great show of concern for
the fundamental teachings Of Christ they de-
nounce this right of private judgment as sub
versive of Christianity. and declare that the
only bulwark of the Christian religion to-day is
to be found in the great and venerable COM
munon which denies that right-namely, the
Roman Catholic Church. Were such a view put
forth merely the academic opinion of closet
philosophers it would deserve little attention,
though even then the mystery would remain
why men who themselves stand for the most un-
trammelled free thought should condemn others
for exercising the same privilege. Is 1t possible
that the explanation Of their attitude is to be
found in the answer made by one OF them to
the question why he. an agnOstic, constantly
sneered at Professionalism and eulogized Roman
Catholicism? "Oh, that is easy he replied. II
don't In the least care for any form of Chris
''tlanity; my only object is TO put all the
churches in hole and see them squirm" Yet
the specious and insincere pleas for a hidebound
orthodoxy made by such men as these are hailed
with Joy by many unthinking Christians.
1t is in this spirit, unfortunately, that many
of the controversies over doctrines in the Prot
estant churches often debated Certain
secular writer's have conspicuously taken this
attitude in discussing the questions of Biblical
Interpretation and creed revision in the Presby-
terian Church. Because good and loyal Presby-
terians differ on these questions and because
the Church permits such differences Of opinion
yiSff fla fc ioaA hiatt fla
Church is no better than club OF infidels and
every opportunity is seized TO make the same
charge against every other Protestant denomi-
nation. They are all rushing down the steep
incline Of unbelief, we told, and only one
Church, the Roman Catholic. remains true to
is confusion, unrest, contradiction. Now when
such statements made by sincere Roman
Catholic nobody is surprised, and nobody ought
TO be offended He ia bound to take that po-
sition, and from his point OF view there Is much
To be said in its favor. He would, In fact be
false 10 his faith he not TO maintain that
his Church alone is divinely commissioned. But
when unbeeyers In the claims Of that Church
make the same plea simply In order to cause
trouble and dissension the Is very different
All good Christians, whether Catholic or Protes-
tant ought to look their efforts with suspicion
Especially should the Roman Catholic Church
frown on these selfconstituted defenders of the
faith for the argument which they employ
might easily be turned against Catholicism
New-York tribune., 1900-04-16
PERSONAL

According TO The London Chronicle the tele-
scope which Napoleon used TO carry has been dis
covered in the possession of inhabi of Turin
1t has the inscription Napoleon. l. r." engraved
on it. and is kept in velvet case with the arms of
Queen Olga of Wurtemberg stamped on it. Ma
poeon left the telescope which ciirfousv enough
bears the mark of Dolland England in the drawer
or MS camp table when he fled from Waterloo and
il was taken by Il French sergeant who afterward
gave II TO Its present owner
A writer in THE King describes Henry La
houchere as n clever man OF immense concet who
VIII say almost anything in order to be noticed
Dress and such things he cares nothing whatever
about; indeed he is untdy fellow Of careless
appearance. He does not, moreover, care twopence
for food or drink. and he smokes bad cigarettes
out he has a lovely old house in Old Palace Yard
and another at Twickenham. To his wife ne is de-
voted but the great love of his life is his little
daughter Dora. who is all In all to him. To see
man from him of below the gangway, with his
bie,~ dqwa with everything that's up speeches. his
body--no. not T. says the House Of Commons La
pouchere ana 1t must be confessed that the world
returns the compliment
The venerable Judge Jackson of the United States
Circuit Court at Wheeling w. Va expressed a
pessimistic view of state of the public morals
in charging jury the other day. My experience
on the bench he said. has not been a limited one
the Increase am unable to determine whether it
Is result OF increasing population of the lower
ing of the standard of public morality"
Nashville. Tenn, April 15.-Mrs Mary J. Furman
has bequeathea her estate. valued at from 100000
to S25Ooco. to Stanford University.
Cincinnati. April 15-Murat HaIstead has ar
eepted the presidency Of the college journal
ism, institution devoted to teaching practical
newspaper work. which opened its offices here yes
terday Mr.. Hastead has given up other engage
mehts SO as personally to conduct this institution
Tor which ne mas formulated a course OF study.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-16

as on Saturday. the 7th. for sixty railway
stocks only 55 cents below the average OF sep
tember 8. which was the highest for seventeen
years. The earnings In March, reported oy
"Dun's Review" were S5S. 4,376. and on United
States roads $52 944, 500. gain OF 1873 per cent
over last year. 23.4 over 1898 and 81 per cent
over 1892. Such business tustifes good prices
and holders were not shaken out by profit taking
last week. Industrial stocks closed at an av-
erage for forty Of S65 "a a share. against $66 iZ
the week before but only S3 cents share
higher than February 10. before the rise be-
gan while railroad stocks average "a "a
share higher. The stubborn holding Of high
prices does not promise laAge new business for
steel or leather stocks. but to railroads moth
ing appears to cause alarm except for those to
whom high prices are cause enough.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-16

itself, and doubtless will be when II suits the
purpose Of those who are now exploiting IL
against Professionalism. The argument, In Dr1er,
Is this: The widespread revolt in Professionalism
against old opinions, traditions and interpreta-
tions of Christian doctrine proves that Protes-
tantsm is unable to safeguard the sacred de-
pOst of the faith. If it were a true branch OF
the Christian Church il would have the power
to hold all It's members TO the exact terms or
the traditional creed. But II Professionalism fails
to do this, did Catholicism at the time OF the
Reformation. Professionalism. which was a re-
volt against many features of the old faith, was
born in the Roman Catholic Church. and if it is
to be condemned to-day for producing men who
deny some Of its tenets by parity of reasoning
the Roman Catholic Church must be condemned
for producing the men who brought about the
Reformation. OF course, Roman Catholic
might deny any analogy between the two cases
But the non-Ca critics of Professionalism, to
whom we are referring, cannot do so. The
argument by which they prove Professionalism
false to the teachings Of Christ proves the same
of every form Of Christianity now existing. For
variant they are. they have all grown out OF
the original norm of Apostolic Christianity. The
tendency In Professionalism to recast its theology
and restate some of the forms of Its belief is "A
fact of mOmentOus Importance. The causes
that have led to it and the results TO Christian
ity that will follow from it ought to be studied
by all who call themselves Christians with the
most open minded honesty and with the one
object of learning the truth. For 1ppant sciO-
lists to carcature this tendency in order to gain
the cheap applause of the unthinking for their
forcible feeble banalities is an offence against
good morals and good manners.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-16

The Dato of the Sultan Of Sulu serves the
function Of wardman to that potentate. gather
ing in bribes from all comers. Lieutenant Colo
mel Hayes, son of the late President, resigns
service in order TO get out of such corrupt
atmosphere thus administering a rebuke 10 the
Sultan and his rule pointed enough to pierce the
hide Of a Mindanao alligator. But Sultan and
Dato will very likely go before. picking up
bribes wherever they lay hands them.
American officers should need no instructions to
withhold encouragement from the practice. and
it is to he hoped that all of them will be
found of such sensitive consciences to resign
on account of 1t. There more ways than
one to skin a cat and equal variety of ex-
pedients to stand off" rapacious island Dato
with an equally hungry Sultan behind him
New-York tribune., 1900-04-16
Mckinley shall take the lead is for him to say.
HAVANA COURTS AND FREEDOM.

1t is not in the least surprising that there Is
great outburst of rage among those connected
with some of the newspapers of Havana. After
witnessing deliberate falsfcatOns every day for
months not merely or mainly calculated to
damage the interests of individuals, but to all
appearance meant TO break down the authority
of the United States and 10 produce insurrectiOn
and civil war; General Wood has issued orders
that the charges of criminal libel shall be tried
before the police courts not in the slow moving
courts which still get at things after the Span
ish fashion. if at all. but where proofs can be
Immediately required in justification OF every
sanderous statement. In spite of the fact that
neither Cubans nor Spaniards have ever known
in Havana trials as impartial and just as those
before American officials, there is set up the
pretence that police courts are permitted to deal
with such offences because they are more imme-
diately under the control of the authorities
which have been persistently slandered. That
would be one sufficient reason for the change III
there were no other. The Governor General has
ample power by his military authority to deal
as he may fit with all who conspire against
the Government or strive to foster insurrection.
If he sees fit to make use of courts at all, it is
only In order that Cubans and Spaniards alike
NAV witness what evidence comes to light in
each case.
The measure of freedom of speech which can
be tolerated in such city as this with Its long
experience under the forms of self government.
would not be tolerable at first in any city with
population altogether unfit for self government
or incapable of being aroused In an emergency
against its worst demagogueS and its most igno-
rant and vicious elements. To meet that diff
Guilty at the outset strong measures Of repres-
sion have been found necessary In Manila, and
recently in Santiago and now in Havana. Pub
Icl n,,I rit fPSf fn ha ed
some sense of responsibility for what they print
Freedom does not mean, as they are apt 20
suppose absolute license to print all the false
hoods they can. The public has also to be cdu-
Gated to require from Its journals something like
good faith to their readers and decent loyalty
to the Government upon which social order de-
pends. When the peaceful and law abiding citi-
zens of Havana have once learned how to pro-
tect themselves against Journalism OF the most
dangerous sort there will be much more reas>a
than there is now to hope that the population
may soon be found ready for self-government.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-16

The proposed International universal farmers
trust. for decreasing the acreage of wheat and
thus raising the price OF the grain to at least
81 bushel. would be no mere octopus. but the
most stupendous and ramifcatory kind Of
rnyriaDuS
New-York tribune., 1900-04-16

Portugal finds the responsibility OF colonial
possessions an irritating and perplexing bur-
den. and may follow the example Of Spain by
going out of the business. Home rule Is all
she seems really equal to.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-16

1t is wonderful how this wicked Administra-
ton. which has only vany in its heart toward
Porto Ricans and Filipinos. keeps appointing
men to govern them whom even its btterest
critics can't criticise!
New-York tribune., 1900-04-16

So far the South African has cost Eng
land f100OO0OO0 and, counting in wounded
and captives, twenty-three thousand soldiers
AS Lincoln remarked of the War OF the Re
bellion. 1T is big job" growing bigger ap-
parently as it advances, the end not yet in
sight. nor anywhere near it.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-09-26

\ Gown, County ano state !.
We

r. :. Hamilton, went to Billings yes
terday morning TO s%uperintend the
shipment of a car load of cattle to
Omaha. Mr.. Hamilton may accompany
the cattle upon this trip, but will not
decide whether he will go or not until
after he reaches Billings.
Tuesday night the temperature fell
to eight above-very snappy for Sep
TENDER. The storm of Monday night,
however, has passed and the skies are
clear. Weather indications from the
Helena bureau are fair and warmer,
which promises good fair" weather for
tomorrow and the remainder of the
week.
County Clerk Kelly has received in
~structions from the clerk of Gilt Edge
school district to enter a special tax OF
two mills in that district for the pay
ment of interest bonds. The special
tax for this purpose in the Lewistown
district is one and one-half mills.
which is in addition to the five mills
levied for the payment of judgments.
j. C. Huntoon, of Utica, has promised
the local Republican committee to make
a short campaigning tourof the county
this fall and will he heard in many of
the precincts. Mr.. Huntoon is a young
man well known in the western end Of
the county and in Lewistown, an inter
esting speaker and an enthusiastic Re-
publican. He will prove a great aces
sion to the campaign.
That the people of Lewistown are
sound on the expansion qoestion was
manifested Saturday evening, when
perhaps the loudest and longest APP
plause of the meeting followed Mr..
Murray's~ declaration that the American
people would never consent to the flag
being hauled down from where the
brave boys of the First Montana and
other regiments had placed it.
The ARGUS was represented at Satur-
day evenings rally by the city reporter,
who reported Mr.. Murray's speech in
full and a major portion of it is repro
duced in this issue. Mr.. Gibson, court
stenographer, assisted the ARGUS re-
porter. This is the first time that q
speech in Lewistown has been reported
in full and marks a considerable ad'
in Fergus county journalistic
enterprise.
Captain J.. w. Atchison, his wife and
the other lady assistant of the Ameri-
can Volunteers, have returned to Lew
istown from Gilt Edge where they hav'
been holding meetings since September
18th. The captain informs us that those
meetings have been in the highest de
gree successful and he feels much graf
fled at the reception accorded by the
people of our neighboring town to hin
and his co-workers in their efforts t,
reclaim lost souls from destruction
During the short time they were in Gil
Edge two new converts We're made, but
just as they were getting a good star
they were obliged to give up the build
ing occupied by them as a meeting
place, the same being wanted by it
owners for a restaurant.