davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-10-23

Ii is well known that the White House
is not a healthy place in which TO live.
1t is constructed on low ground near the
Potomac river, not far from the tats
which breed malarial and other levers, In
addition TO this the White House is built
over a lacework of sewers, the plans of
which are almost forgotten. Aside from
the unEe9lthy conditions there is pain
full lack of accommodations Cor social
functions, and Cor years there has been
much Complaint because of the unsatis-
factory arrangements made for caring
for the invited guests. Senator Cullom
and others have declared that the condi-
tions are disgraeeful, and the lllinoisan
has said he will take steps this winter TO
secure an appropriation either for en-
larging the executive mansio- or for
building private home for tn 'sident,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-10-23

Every man has his chain and dog
only 1t Is looser and lighter to one than
to another; and he is more at ease who
thkes 1t up and carries 1t than he who
Idrags it.-Seneca.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-10-23

Mrs Roosevelt will attend st. Johns
Episcopal Church, while the President
will remain faithful to the little German
Reformed Church. St. Johns is the ira
dictionary church of the chief executive,
all the early Presidents having attended
there. There is a Presidents pew"
duly set aside, but it has not been ocer-
pied for many years As there was no
prospect Of any distinguished occupants,
the pew was leased temporarily TO Sec
rotary Of the Interior Hitchcock. As
soon as he learned Mrs. Roosevelt was
a devoted Episcopaiian be presented the
pew to her. and for the first time in
many a long year the historic Presidents
pew in ST. Johns viii have its regular
delegation from the White House.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-10-23

The National Museum has received as
a gift from C1l. w. III, Carter of the
United States army, just returned from
China, large collection of firearms taken
from the arsenal In Tien-tsia The col
lection is one OF the most extraordinary
ever received by the museum, containing,
rs it does, almost everything in the way
Of guns, from matchbox up 20 the lat
est firearms. One gun is twenty-three
feet in length and was operated by hve
men, four holding ii in position, while
the fifth did the firing. Another meas
ures eighteen feet in length and is ham
merless. This gun was fired in the same
way, three men holding ii in place, one
aiming and fifth striking the cap with
small hammer, attached to the stock,
by chain and HOOK.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-10-23

Irrigation of arid lands was the topic
which Sera .or Hansbrough of North Da-
kota brought with him to the White
House the other day. After his confer
enee with President Roosevelt Senator
Hassbrough said: Congress is going to
be liberal with the West in dealing with
irrigation questions. and | believe that
the President will also be most literally
disposed l believe that the government
should give the proceeds of the sale of
public lands TO irrigation. This would
amount to about $2.0000o0 each year,
ind it could ne expended under the direc.
ton Of the Secretary OF the Interior in
making surveys and in constructing reser-
yoirs and canals. After the government
has done its part the private land owners
win do great deal They stand ready
to spend millions also"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-10-23

Formal announcement has been made
at the White House that all official func-
tons there would be postponed until the
close Of the present year. Beginning
with the New Years Day reception,
President Roosevelt viii meet the social
Obligations imposed upon the chief mag
lstrate. Formal calls Of delegations will
not be received during the thirty days
Of mourning.
-:
The proper pronunciation Of the Presi-
dents family name is not as though il
were Rusevelt, ! / Rose-ze-velt. The
family is sensitive ~bout such matters.
The Roosevelt family is Of Dutch origin,
and therefore DESTROYS that the family
name should be properly enunciated.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-10-23

An intimate personal friend Of the
President IN Washington. who. while
hating no active part In the late Presi-
dents affairs, was in a position to know,
confirms the statement that Mrs. Nc
Kinley's income would probably amount
to about $4,000 q year This statement
assumes that Congress will grant to Mrs.
Mckinley pension Of 5000 a year, sa
It did In the case Of President Garfeld's
widow.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-10-23

President Roosevelt's habit OF many
years Of going to work every morning at
8 o'clock elings to him. and be is at his
desk by that time regularly, ahead Of
most Of the executive office force He
disposes of prodigiops amount Of work
in short time and keeps right up with
his correspondence. Even the morning
mail is disposed of almost Immediately
after its arrival and opening, and in this
way the President permits no accumula.
ton Of affairs requiring mis- attention.
The President dictates bis correspondence
to Assistant Secretary Loeb. who in
turn sees to its preparation by stehog.
raphers and typewriters. About 10 O'Clock
the President begins 10 receive callers
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-10-23

The Secretary Of War has made an al
lotment Of 100000 for the purpose If
preparing the military post at Wash
ington Barracks for the use and oceupa-
ton of the Army War College, the
School Of National Defense, and the En-
gineer School Of Application. The War
College and School OF National Defense
are entirely new institutions, and viii be
organized under plans prepared under
the special supervision Of Secretary Root.
who considers such institutions as essen
tial parts Of properly equipped militia y
establishment under modern conditions.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
y MANS WORK.

Great britain, now described by her
political leaders as being on the verge
of ruin owing to the tremendous cost of
the war in South Africa. should have
little difficulty in fixing the responsible,
lily for her calamitous plight.
The personal ambition of one Joseph
Chamberlain has brought England to
this pass. The cold but daring Colonial
Secretary was eager to make Il short cut
to the British premiership and to the
picturesque lingo place in British af-
fections once held by Beaconstield. 1t
seemed TO him that a victorious little
war on the South African Republics
would achieve this end. He did not rest
until he had plunged England into this
wa.
Thus far the attempt to rob the Beers
OF their liberties has cost the English
people f151 900. 600 sterling. the lives of
thousands of British soldiers. the loss
of the militant prestige of England-and
1t is not Yet definitely ended. Also, it
FASTENED the death of Queen Victoria
and made her last days full of sorrow
II pitifnl h%cartache. Almost insignifi-
rant as it promised to be at the outset.
the South African war now takes rank
rs probably the most disastrous in Eng
lands history.
lingo Joe Chamberlain is the evil ge-
MUS of the British Empire. He is the
costiiest Englishman to England that
yer lived. The Government opcn thn
most powerful and respected in all the
world enters the Twentieth Century
crippled and discredited. Offering n sin
gular temptation for attack from its as
tonished but jubilant enemies. And Colo
NAL Secretary Chamberlain is the one
man responsible for Il condition so ON
nous for England.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
RELIC OF THE PAST,

Mr.. Edgar Taylor states a plain truth
when he says, in his letter in The Re-
public, that the old Exposition building
is not a structure which st. Louis can
exploit during the Worlds Fair period
without exciting the ridicule of visitors
from other cities of the first class.
Neither is the Exposition itself Il fea-
ture to be desired during the same Pc
riod. 1t served its purpose in earlier
days, but it was necessarily and consist
emily a phase of st. Louis's develop
ment into a great city. 1t is now a relic
OF the past. and st. Louis is building in
the immediate present for a future Of
exceptional promise. 1t is imperative
that the city be improved and modern
lied, no held iron-bound to its old con-
ditions.
The money which the holders of bonds
would receive from the Public Library
Board for the present Exposition prop
erty would enable them to build a new,
beautiful and commodious Coliseum, the
only feature of the Exposition worth
saving. This building could be made in
keeping with other Worlds Fair i'm
provements, and would thus be a dis
tinct gain to st. Louis as adding to the
city'S attractiveness.
The present Exposition grounds could
then he used as the site for a central
Library building, situated in 4
handsome little park, both features Of
permanent benefit to st. LOuisans. and
also Of the greatest desirability as help
ing the city to present a better and more
metropolitan appearance to Worlds Fair
visitors. The best men in st. Louis, the
men who made the old Exposition a sue
cess. clearly see this point and heartily
favor the library-site proposition. The
movement against the library-site prop
osition in headed by a certain clique
seeking private profit. REINFORCED by a
newspaper which is now properly
known as Old Ananias, the Knocker, be-
cause Of its political mendacity and hos
tility to all local progress.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
FATHER RYAN WROTE
THE CONQUERED BANNER

F, news came that General Lee had surreh-
cred. 1t was night. l remember. ana i was
| sitting alone in my room at the house
where were quartered many or the reer
ment of which l was chaplain. Wnen d.
old comrade came in and SAID 10 me: al
is lost. Lee has surrendered L looked up
| at him and knew by his whitened ace thaI
| the news was too true. Leave me- l sara.
| and when he went out of the room l bowen
my head upon my hands and wept. Ihen
a thousand thoughts came rushing throush
| my brain. The banner was conquered. lts
; folds must be furled. but its story might
he told. 1 looked about the bare room 1or
| paper, but we were very poor in those days.
! and all that found was a bit of brown
wrapping paper that came around Il pair OIL
shoes. which a friend had sent to me. Upon
this paper I wrote. The Conquered Ban
ner.' and then went to bed, leaving the
lines lying there upon the table. The next
morning the regiment was ordered away
and 1 thought no more of the poem written
in such sorrow and desolation of spirit on
that fateful night. What was my astorish-
ment a few weeks later to read them above
my signature in a Louisville paper! After
ward the poor woman who kept the house
where 1 had stopped in Knoxville told me
she had found the bit of brown paper in
my room and was about to throw it in the
fire, when she saw something written upon
1t. She said she could scarce read it for
her tears. but that afterward she had
copied the poem and sent it to be printed
".And that said the poet-priest. is how
'The Conquered Banner came to be pub
lisheG."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
ASSIST THE GRAND JURY.

Circuit Attorney Folk is correct in
calling the Election Commissioners
attention to the fact that it is their
duty to investigate cases Of election
frauds in order that they may submit
competent and conclusive testimony to
the Grand Jury.
The Circuit Attorney is also right in
protesting against the assumption that
the Grand Jury is organized to work up
evidence. 1t is the duty Of compliments,
such, for instance, as the Election Board
in the matter of the alleged frauds at
the polls, to secure this evidence for
Grand Jury consideration. The latter
body will then decide whether or not
the evidence warrants the issuing of in
dictmentA
There should be no failure to submit
to the present Grand Jury all obtainable
evidence bearing upon the conduct Of the
recent municipal elections. All persons
having knowledge of fraud should vol
UNFAIRLY offer their testimony. The
Grand Jury is seeking the truth in this
matter, and the only way to get at the
truth Is through the testimony Of those
who are in possession of facts proving
that frauds were committed.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
THE POPE'S BOOK IS
BARRED BY THE CHURCH.

That a Pope's book should be on the Index
Expurgatorius-the list Of books which
Catholics by their church are prohibited
to have or to hold or to read-would seem
to the layman extraordinary enough. That
the present pontin should have been the
condemned author may seem to emphasize
the mystery.
Nevertheless it is a fact that in 1874. when
Leo XIII was Joachim Pecci. Cardinal Arch
bishop of Perugia. he wrote a book entitled
del Sangue Sacratissima di Maria. Studti
per Obtinere la Festivia del Medesfmo.' con
the Most Sacred Blood of Mary, ESSAY
Showing Why We Should Have a FestiVai
for the Same)
AS it happened. the congregation OF the
Index took exception to one OF the argu-
ments put forward by Pecci. They accord
inely condemned the book. Author and title
were put upon the Index in 1873. They thus
continued in successive editions until 1873.
hut always with the affix "Laudabiiiter Sc
suiecit ct opus reprobavit" He laudably
submitted and retracted his work. This
ia the phrase used by the congregation 10
tell that a disciplined author has bowed to
the authority of the church.
In 1878 Pho Mono died and Cardinal Pecci
became Pope in his place. Since Their the
authors name, but not the title OF his BOOK
has been dropped from the Index. This
concession was made to avoid giving scam
dial to no~ncatho!ics rather than to shield
the author. Pope Leo might II he so de-
sired, nave dropped all record from the In
dex. and so re-established his work In theo-
logical favor.
He would rave a precedent In the case OF
Gregory XVI. who struck from the lnoe&
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
NAME GOOD f

Senator Lodge, Chairman of the Phil.
ippine Committee of the United States
Senate, conveys good news to the Amer.
lean people in his authoritative asser-
ton that civil government will be estab-
lished in theP Philippines July 1, the war
being now practically ended.
If the Massachusetts, Senator is correct
in his belief, a very interesting and
much more satisfactory phase of the
Philippine problem is now about to be
reached. The experiment Of governing
a distant and r~esentful people other.
wise than under martial law cannot but
attract thoughtful attention. 1t will also
be attended with earnest wishes for it's
full and conclusive success. \
Probably the most important essential
for this success will be found in the
character of the Americans appointed by
President Mckinley to office under the
Philippine civil government. Carpet
baggers and spoils politicians placed In
control Of the situation in the Far East
will doom the experiment to certain fail
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

locomotives to be run in Siberia or South
Africa. to typewriters. cash registers,
pocket knives and pins and needles.
For the fiscal year. which ended June 80.
1S97-the last complete fiscal year before the
Spanish Wharf.-The exports of merchandise
of all kinds. including silver bullion.
amounted in value to 81, 100. 024, 562. For the
fiscal year ended June 80. 1900-the last COM
plete fiscal y%ear-the total reached the
amount of 81. 49, 93. SAG. This rate is still
keeping up. and for the eight months of the
present fiscal year the total exports to for-
cign countries foot up Sl,Oi5. 1913. 4s9. against
but s7S5. Os5.1i3 for the same period In 1881.
and this. Notwithstanding the fact that the
m between the United States ana
Hawaii and between the United States and
Porto Rico is no longer considered foreign
and Is not included as such IN
the statistics of the Treasury department.
Another factor that has tended to reduce
the figures for the present year below
what they would otherwise have been Is the
unsettled condition of affairs in emma. EN-
ports to the Chinese Empire were 1ncreas-
inc very rapidly when the Boxer troubles
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
CONTEMPLATION.

, There is pleasure in reading the com.
incubation Of Mayor Wells by men who
might naturally be supposed antagonis
tic to his administration. At the same
time no surprise should be felt, for the
qualities that Mayor Wells has brought
to his position are of the sort that com
: mand favorable attention.
Health Commissioner Starkloff, stanch
Republican that he is, has given voice
to his appreciation of the change
from ex-Mayor ~Ziegenhein. From my
conversations and conferences with Mr..
Wells" he said, II have obtained more
satisfaction IN two hours than 1 did in
the four years preceding his administra-
ton. I. believe that a new era has
!Spened up for my department. Mr..
Wells has impressed me as being a
progressive man, with no other object
~ the Office Of Mayor than to protect the
welfare Of the people and improve the
condition of the city,
Doctor Starklof should know whereof
he speaks. st. Louis has endured for
four years the chief executives discour-
agement of every improvement in the
Health Department that the Commits
.'sioner has suggested. The change in
Mayors lie from the negative to the posi-
tive. Mayor Wells has shown by his
action on public matters in the short
space OF time that he has been in. power
that he Is a progressive man.
There is cause for congratulation in
the further fact that Doctor Starkloff and
other Republican appointees have an
Enounced their purpose of working in
harmony with the new administration.
In the elimination of politics from the
conduct Of the various departments may
be seen the dawning Of the better day
that the election Of Mayor Wells fore
cast.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
HERE 81 PICTURE STORY OF OUR WONDERFUL TRADE GROWTH SINCE THE SPAN

During the three years which have passed
since the breaking out of the war with
Spain the foreign trade of the country has
grown by leaps and pounds. American
goods are making their way into every
market of the world in increasing quanti-
ties. but the most remarkable of all has
been the development of the m be-
tween this country and the islands over
which the sovereignty of the United States
was extended as a result of the Spanish
War.
Not only AVE the exports of breadstuffs.
meat products, cotton. petroleum and other
products which are exported in their natu-
raj state. or nearly so. largely increased.
but there has been a still more striking in
crease in the export of manufactured goods.
such as machinery of all kinds. textiles. and
boots and shoes. Until within the last few
years exports of American manufactured
goods have been made up largely of what
were termed Yankee notions Now the
country is exporting everything from steel
bridges. to be erected in Egypt or India. ana
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
DANNY'S


| bestowed gratis upon an admirins public
and spent his leisure time thenceforth in
evolving new and amazing swears, which
he recited in return for cigarette Tags,
| picked out of the gutter and brought to
him as practical currency. He turned him.
,, self, in fact. into an animated phonosrapE.
The exchange was fair upon both sides. He
fixed Il definite tariff, and his payment was
always delivered promptly, compiled from
the workings of a vivid imagination. His
| clients had for him an augmented respect.
He hurched his small. stunted body con-
veniently on the doorstep and smoked. gaZ-
ing down on them like some prosperous
oracle. No one ever got the better OF
Danny.
One day a lady district visitor dropped a
shilling exactly on Danny's doorstep. Dan
ny's senses were keenly alive to the chink
of the coin as it fell. He hitched himself
instantly and unobtrusively along the step
until he was sitting upon it, like a hen on
a nest-egg. He was still in this pose OF
great Inconsistencies when the lady re-
traced her steps hurriedly.
Little boy she said, did you see me
drop a shilling just now?"
Danny's soulful blue eyes gazed up at her
the eyes of a child who had never seen a
shilling. Nope" he said.
II must have dropped it near here the
lady continued, persuasively.
Wont you move. little boy. and help me
look"
Danny s soulful blue eyes became more
soulful. Il tant mover he lisDed.
But he suggested kindly many crevices
where the shilling might have rolled. and
displayed keen interest in the search. When
the lady departed she gave him a penny
for helping her. Such a sweet. little ga
tent soul. sitting there!" she told a friend.
"And If he hadn't been an honest child he
might so easily not have taken any trouble
about helping me at ALL"
And the next time she came she brought
Danny a picture-book. with scriptural Illus
trations. Danny used to let it out on hire
to the other children.
The cobbler who lived In the basement
had a yellow cat. Danny and this cat were
bosom friends. They ate fried fish, when
fortune smiled. out of the same piece OF
newspaper, and not infrequently slept
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

sion, the Importance Of the Louisiana
Purchase centennial celebration logically
justifyins his participation in this
ann
1t is likely that representations to this
effect will be laid before the President
with strong arguments for his favorable
action. 1t should not be unlikely that
he will see fit to defer to st. Louis senti-
ment in the matter. The ceremony of
dedicatinS the site of Il Worlds Fair to
he held in an American city creates a
duty which makes Il legitimate demand
upon IN American President.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
DO IT. MR.. PRESIDENT.

If President Mckinley should SO i'm
prove the opportunity as to arrange the
itinerary Of his return trip from the
South and the Pacific Coast in a manner
permitting him to visit st. Louis and
dedicate the Worlds Fair grounds be-
fore resuming his duties in Washington,
his action would be keenly appreciated
by the people Of the Worlds Fair City.
Such an arrangement would bring the
President and his party to st. Louis
some time In June. While it is reason
ably certain that the site of the Worlds
Fair will be selected earlier, and actual
Worlds Fair work begun, the formal
dedication Of the grounds would then be
most timely. It is earnestly-to be de-
Sired that the President of the United
States shall oficiate on such an occa-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

broke out there last year. but for the first
eight months of this year they are nearly
s., eco less than for the same period last
year.
One of the most interesting features OF
the present commercial expansion of the
United States is the large growth in the eX-
ports of iron and steel and goods made OF
these metals. The value of iron and steel
exports. not including ore. increased from
s57, 49,, 305 to 1921, s5s.3H. These exports go
to every country on the face of the globe,
and include everything from locomotives to
cambria needles.
Under the head of steam engines there
were exported in 1897 two fire engines. val
ued at 6.79O: 1888 locomotives. valued at 49,
225. s31: 423 stationary engines. valued at
s323, 43s, and boilers and parts OF engines
valued at s671. 1874. In 1900 these exports had
grown to four fire engines. valued at $14.
9l5; SIS locomotives. valued at $50. 403; L.
Us stationary engines. valued at ss52.976, and
boilers and parts Of engines to the value OF
81. 100. 1893. The exports of electrical ma
chinery were not separately stated in 1897.