davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-15

Does your wooden leg ever give you
trouble?'
"Only once. Wife struck me with it."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-15
The Sidewalk Drama.

"Strutter has gone on the stage"
''This time o. yearY
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02
A WOMAN'S AWFUL PERIL.

There Is only one chance to save
your life and that is through an opera
tion," were the startling words heard
by Mrs. I. B. Hunt, of Lime Ridge, Wis.
from her doctor after he had vainly
tried to cure her of a frightful ease of
stomach trouble and yellow jaundice.
Gall stones had formed and she con-
stantly grew worse. Then she began
to use Electric Bitters which wholly
cured her. It's q wonderful Stomach
Liver and Kidney remedy. Cures dys-
pepsia, Loss of Appetite. Try it. Only
so cents. Guaranteed. For sale by
w. A. Irwin 4 Co.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02
LAST MEETING OF THE
CARNIVAL COMMITTEE

The public has every reason to be
proud of the work of the Midwinter
Carnival committee. Almost invari-
ably such undertakings are closed with
a serious deficit that causes consider
able embarrassment. The recent car
nival, though in the hands of men who
had never before undertaken such an
enterprise, was well managed in every
respect.
In the first place the carnival was
entirely successful. That is the most
important thing demanded. Whatever
may be said by those who decry move
ments of this kind it exceeded every
expectation and reflected great credit
on the young men who unselfshly de-
voted their time to it. In the begin
ming the committee had many obstacles
to overcome. There was apathy and a
lack of confidence in the outcome. But
the management was in resolute hands
and the consequences of their labor
are apparent in every business house
in Ell Paso. The town, though new
and unused to carnivals, undertook and
brought to a successful close an affair
which would have been creditable to a
city of four or five times our popula-
ton.
The treasurer's report showed the
receipts to have been $15,93s.5s, and
the expenditures $12.39S.53, leaving a
balance of $3.50 in the treasury to be
used for the next carnival. There is
no better testimonial of good manage
ment that is expressed in those figures.
No mistake was made when DIR. H.
H. Stark was chosen chairman of the
committee. At a sacrifice of his per-
sonal interests he devoted his time I'M
selishly to the undertaking. without
asking or expecting credit to himself,
and without exploiting in a single in
stance in newspaper interviews the
work he was doing. His labor was
high minded and conscientious-and it
was successful. To say of any man,
He was successful" is the highest
tribute that could be paid. Ell Paso
needs all the young men of this type
that she can get. The committee did
taking chairman for his devotion to the
work that was given him to do.
DIR. Stark was fortunate in having on
his committee the best young blood in
the city. Every member worked hard
for the carnival. Despite the casual
sneer which every successful undertake
ing encounters the public of this city
appreciate the good work they did.
Aside from the financial success of
the carnival it has moral influence
on the people of the town that is of
great value. 1t showed what enter
prise can do, and how valuable is
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02
HELPING THE TOWN
HELPS ONES SELF.

On of the most essential causes of a
community's growth and development
is the pride it's citizens take in every
thing that pertains to its welfare. No
policy is more short sighted or unreas-
enable than constant criticism of the
home town. Ell Paso as in fact is every
other city is in manenr family. 1t
is TO the material interes: of every
member thereof to do what he can, not
only for his direct individual benfit,
but for the community at large. If he
stands up for his town he is aiding his
own welfare as we'll as a part of the
pody polite Every town and city
has its faults and shortcomings just as
every individual has them. 1t is the
duty of every man to correct an abuse
or mitigate an evil, but carping spir-
it of criticism-an attempt to belittle
public enterprises attempt to
throw cold water on the efforts of those
who find themselves in position in
which they are performing some pub
lie good, is inexcusable-it is unpar-
donable. Every man helps himself
shows his local pride and patriotism
by doing whatever is in his power to
aid the general welfare. And every
man who abuses his own community
who sneers at enterprise and exagger-
ates faults is deserving of contempt.
Ell Paso has her faults-plenty of
them. This is not a perfect city
M h.
great deal for which every member of
this community may be justly proud.
She has a leaven of solid virtues that
are in striking contrast with the oc-
casional quips of malice that are hurled
at her.
citizen can deliberately attempt to in
jure the town-the family, as it we're
of which he is part.
Every one considers it proper now |
and then to poke fun at the mule car |
transit system. 1t is because the town |
wants electric cars, and must and will |
have them, but it is different when re-
peated attempts are made to scotch the
wheel of every public enterprise that
tends to benefit the community-to |
criticise instead of giving credit-to
tear down instead of building up.
In every spring that bubbles with |
sparkling life-g;ving water there are |
little animals that stir up the mud and |
crawl backwards.
Ell Paso is going forward to a splen-
did destiny and has no time to lose
looking back upon her detractors.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02
CITY SCHOOL BOARD TO
HOLD A REGULAR MEETING.
Heating and Ventilating Facilities for
Public Schools.

The next regular monthly meeting
of the Ell Paso schol board will be held
Monday night.
Besides routine business the plans
and estimates for heating and ventilat-
ing the various school buildings in the
city will be considered.
The architect, Mr.. Eward Kneezell,
has been at work gathering estimates
and preparing plans for the heating
and ventilating apparatus for several
weeks and he now has about all of
the data collected and his report ready
to be submitted to the board.
AS soon as the board has fully salts
fed itself in regard to the equipment
and plans of the buildings nd the ad-
ditions and has settled upon the kind
of material to be used the contracts
will be let to the contractors and the
actual construction work will begin.
During the summer months, when
but little is going on in the city the
money to be spent by the board will
supply employment for a small army
of africans and add considerable to the
general prosperity.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

A commission of competent men to
investigate the alleged existence OF bu-
bonic plague in San Francisco has been
appointed. This should have been done
some time ago. 1t will now probably
be determined if there is any reason
for quarantine. If there is it should
be strictly enforced, and no longer per-
mitted to be a mere hindrance and a
nuisance to freight and passenger traf-
fic, If Ell Paso must sustain the evils
of quarantine it wants to know that
there is cause for it. The commission
will most probably find that DR.. Blount
of Texas. is the only man in America
that is afraid of the much abused bu-
bonic germ.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02
TO ADVERTISERS:

In order to insure prompt changes in
advertising, copy for same should
be at the business office not later
than 1G a. m.
ADVERTISING RATES:
Rates of advertising in The Daily or
Weekly HERALD will be made
known upon application at the bust
ness office. Those who prefer can
have a representative of the bust
ness department call upon them, who
will quote prices and make contracts
for space. Call telephone No. lis.
Classified advertisements for locals, ten
cents per line for first insertion and
five cents for each additional inSer-
ton. Specia, rates upon five hun
lred or one thousand lines Of local,
to be used in one month, will be
furnished upon application.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

Queen Victoria never wore the crown
of England, except at her coronation
in 1885 and when she sat for her por-
trait. 1t is the heaviest and most I'M
comfortable kind of bonnet and weighs
several pounds. The crown which for
the admiration of the public reposes
upon a scarlet velvet cushion in the
treasury of the Tower of London.
guarded by stalwart sentinels. is not
the real thing, but only an imitation.
Very few people know where the real
crown is. 1t is locked away in some
strong vault under the care of Lieut.
Gen. Sir Frederick Dobson Middleton,
K. M. G., C. B., keeper of the crown,
who receives salary of 81 500 a year
for assuming this tremendous respon-
sibility. The real crown contains l.
273 rose diamonds, 1853 brilliants, 273
round pearls, four large egg shaped
pearls, &c sapphires. IL emeralds, "a
ruDies, and one large ruby set in the
center of diamond Maltese cross.
This is the finest ruby in the world and
has a bloody history 1t once belong
ed to the Moorish king of Granada He
got it, according to tradition, from an
Abyssinian prince, who captured it
from a sultan of Western Asia.
Pedro, the cruel king of Spain. in
vited his Moorish neighbor to visit
him at the Alcazar of Seville. The
heather trusted the Christian, and
came across the country, wearing his
richest garments and jewels and at
tended by a splendid retinue. But be-
fore the hospitality of Don Pedro was
exhausted every one of the guests was
beheaded, and his own hands snatchd
the ruby from the turban of his rival.
Edward l bought it from him, and
Henry v wore it in his helmet at the
battle of Agincourt.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

Persons who suffer from Indigestion
can not expect to live long, because
they cannot eat the food required to
nourish the body and the products of
the undigested foods they do eat
poison the blood. 1t is important to
cure indigestion as soon as possible,
and the best method of doing this is
to use the preparation known as Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure. 1t digests what you
eat and restores all the digestive Or
gans to perfect health. Fred Schaefer,
druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

harmonious public spirit in building up
a city 1t gave self confidence, and it
advertised to the world that here on
the Mexican border is a little city that
accords the palm OF superiority to none
in the brains and energy of its young
men, and the enterprise of it's citizens.
The good effects of the carnival will
be felt long after they cease to be ap-
parent
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

The Daily HERALD is delivered by
carrier in FL Paso, Texas, Juarez,
Mexico, and at the Ell Paso smelling
works, at fifteen (15c) cents per
week, or sixty (60c) cents per month.
Subscribers failing to get the HERALD
regularly or promptly should call at
the Office or telephone no lis. All
complains will receive prompt at
tention.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

Mr. Cleveland has turned fox-hunter
acquired taste for the sport by having
been lin at the death of the demo-
cratic party.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

The two English boys who were vic
Tins of grafters in Juarez had been
alone on a sheep ranch for a year. Be
ing locoed there was some excuse for
getting buncoed. At any rate one may
protect the shorn lamb and yet lose
his own fleece.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02


these bonds are 1919 to 1015s. The
company has paid promptly all matured
| notes before they came due. In fact all
tbs notes due this year have already
b zen paid, and there are no notes that
WI be due before February 1 1902.
Thus the principal of the debt has been
| reduced from S5S,Sc0, 900 to about S44,-
00O. 900.
Under these circumstances, the gov
eminent having its claims secured by
these notes and the notes secured by
collateral deposits of bonds, it does not
seem that the government has need
for any other securities. So long as
we have the privilege of applying the
whole of the transportation money ov-
er it's bond-aided lines to the liquida-
ton of this debt, everything else be-
ing equal, it would appear that we
ought to patroniZe the Central Pacific;
first, for the sake of the advantage of
having these transportation charges
applied upon the Indebtedness; and,
second. to promote the business of a
line in whose securities we are inter-
ested to the extent of many millions;
but that it would be to the advantage
of the government to pay higher rates
to the Central Pacific than competing
lines will perform the service for it
would be difficult to show.
I'm advertising or letting contracts
for the transportation of troops or ma
terial the war department may be COM
paratively Indifferent, SO far as the
treasury or the interests of the govern
ment are concerned to the regulations
which have heretofore been in force
providing for the transportation of
freight and passengers over bond-aided
roads, if by disregarding such practice
the government interest would be serv-
ed in the direction of securing more
favorable terms of transportation
Acting upon this recommendation
Secretary Root has instructed the quar-
termaster-general Ito follow the course
indicated by the secretary in making
future contracts for transportation"
and hereafter all freight across the con-
tinent will be given to the lowest bid
der except where the difference be-
tween the lowest bid and the bid of
the Southern Pacific is so small that it
would be to the advantage of the gov
eminent to accept the latter. But no
cash is to be paid the Southern Pacific
company. All money due that road for
transportation is to be credited on the
debt.
1t is expected that the transconti-
mental railroads will get together and
divide the business at reasonable rate
and now that the war department has
broken the ice a movement will be at
once inaugurated by the competing
lines to secure the freight of the 9TH
err executive departments. The secre-
tary of the navy is shipping a great
deal of armor, supplies, ordnance and
other freight to San Francisco. The in
terror department handles all the In
dia nsupplies, and the treasury has
more or less business both east and
west.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02
Try hot chocolate at Potter &
Whites. =

II you are going to California this
winter, or expect to visit Arizona or
Northern New Mexico, it will pay you
to make the trip via Trinidad Gateway
using the uneQualled service of ''Tha
Denver Road" in connection with tfS
Santa Fe through service to the coast.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

Her stomach longer p"e all Maybe doubt
Ackers English Reedy Tor "npdon He'll @ He
Ackers English
he had
IhcnCe Nva
La.
2cs% I'd Sra bottle %
I'D, 3d,aa IS
the & NeyI
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

There is now nothing to threaten
the country's equilibrium except the
threat of Mrs. Nation to take the lee
ture platform. Her subject would prob
ably be Things 1 Have Met and
Things That Have Met Me-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

There is a world of people ready to
save Mr.. Carnegie from the disgrace
of dying rich
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02


ton. She showed it il ncr face
ton. After she got down IL be
both DR.. II. A. Shannon a:id :
physician. but they had nothing
that would reach the tToUbla
in her lungs. My wifc's father
came to see her one day, when
she got very low. He i:vcs il
Cedar Lake, Wis, While We
live in Rice Lal.e, WIS. He
said he knew what was needed,
and made me get q bottle OF
Acker's English Remedy for
Cons Hrnpti l went 70
Sch a'd =. orr local druggist.
and CT u bcttle. and j. tvi.'ed
her right away. Sic tool- @;.ri'c
soc. boSti:s, = Il thew pat y.
back on her fcct and nI:i- Iacr
as sound and Wi; - alv ~
man in t..w1. She IS Ia: !
on flesh asaiu. sac dosSr
cough, aad II AM me VI
doesn't know the fac:S VS. 10
be told she was 50 near death
with consumption, he won, da'r
believe it. My wife does al
her hou$ewprl-. and at night
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

Mrs. Nations cannot tell lie. Sh'
did it with her little Ratchet.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

Briefs printed just right at The
Herald office
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

The way of trouble in Venezuela
seems to be paved with asphalt.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02

Calendars and diaries at Potter &
Whites.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02
Read This, CONSERVATIVES


Dr. T. A. Shannon AID M N IIawsen Of 6rstclass
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02
ARMY SUPPLIES
WAR DEPARTMENT GIVES ALL
RAILROADS EQUAL CHANCE
Contracts for Trans-Continental Trans
Portation to Be Accorded the Lowest
Bidder


the fact that the secretary of war had
consented to allow all trans-continent-
al railroads to enter into competition
in moving soldiers and supplies from
coast to coast.
1t has been customary for the va
rious government departments max
ing trans-Mississippi shipments to use
only the Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific railroads. Government paid the
publisher rates and credited the cost
on the debt owed by these roads to
the United States.
When this Indebtedness was funded
two years or SO ago it was considered
no longer necessary to observe this
rule, and the quartermaster-general ad-
vertised for bids for the transporta-
ton of supplies to San Francisco. The
Santa Fe railroad, being the lowest
bidder, received the contract. The
Southern Pacific people protested. and
the contract was Cancelled by order of
the secretary of war on the ground
that it was illegal and inexpedient to
use any but the bond-aided railroads
until their Indebtedness to the govern
ment had been Cancelled.
Paul Morton, second vice president
of the Santa Fee road took the matter
up with the secretary of the treasury
and the secretary of war, and succeed
ed in convincing them that there was
no legal obstacle to prevent the gov
eminent from taking advantage of
competing lines to obtain lower rates,
and Secretary Root addressed a letter
to the secretary of the treasury saying:
1T seems clear to me that the prac-
tice of treating transportation over the
bond-aided roads as if it cost the gov
eminent nothing ought not to be con-
tinued; on the other hand, there is I'M
doubtedly some advantage to the gov
eminent in keeping so large a creditor
as the Central Pacific in solvent con-
dition and helping it to pay its debt to
the government. Just what weight
should be given to this consideration
and what its practical effects should
be in awarding contracts is a matter
of considerable difficulty upon which
should be glad to have any suggestions
which you may see fit to make"
To which Secretary Gage repliec as
follows:
MY attitude is substantially as stat
ed in Mr.. Vanderlip's letter to Mr.. Nor
ton, when he says that Il consider the
debt owed by the Central Pacific rail-
road to the government to be at pres
ent well secured, and if the interests
OF the government as represented by
the war department may be served
thereby, there is no important reason,
so far as the treasury department is
concerned, for not awarding contracts
for freight. ETC., to lines in competition
with the Central Pacific.
I'm settling with the Central Pacific
railroad the debt owed by that railroad
to the government, the government
took notes to the amount of $5S. S2O. 900.
These notes were secured by the depos-
it of first refunding mortgage per
cent bonds to an equal face value. The
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-06-28
LESSONS OF fRANsvAAL WAR.
q Russian Official Shows That Military
Service, as Practiced To-Day,
Ii Absurd.

London, June 25.-An interesting
paper, written by Jean de Bloch (the
Russian councillor of state and mem
Der of the Russian ministry of
fnance), on the lessons of the Trans
vaal war, was read at the United
Service institution yesterday. M. de
Bloch declared that the South African
war had proved that military service,
as practiced to-day, was absurd and
that the sacrifice made on the CONT
nent to support CONSUMPTION was un-
necessary. The war showed that the
theatrical spectacles called maneuvers
were in no. way related to real war;
fare. One of the most remarkable
features was the constant impossible
ity of determining the enemy's posi-
ton.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-06-28
eived at Washington.
IMPORTANT, IF TRUE.
4 Washington Dispatch Says the Attorney
General Is Preparing to Prosecute
Great Corporate Combinations.

Washington, June 25.-An investiga.
ton to determine whether certain
great corporate combinations are
operating in contravention of the
Sherman antitrust law is being made
by the department of justice. If it
is ascertained that the statute has
been and is being violated, and the de-
partment can go into court with suffi-
cient evidence to make prima facie
case, action will be instituted to
vitiate these combinations. The trust
question then would resolve itself
into paramount legal issue.
and be fought to finish. Against the
federal government would be arrayed
vast aggregations of capital, which
go to make up so-called octopuses.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-06-28
KANSAS COAL MINES.
State Inspectors Report Shows q Big In
crease in the Output-Over 10000
Men Employed.

Topeka, Kan, June Estate Mine
Inspector Keegan has completed his
report on the coal mines of Kansas
for the past year. 1t shows big in
crease in the output of coal over the
preceding year, and big increase in
the number of miners employed
There were 1O,41S men and 1S5 boys
employed during the year. as com
pared to 10.01S men and $50 boys fo1
the preceding year. The number OF
tons of coal produced last year aggre-
gated 4,269.716 tons, as compared to
4,O69.S9 tons for the previous year.
The value of the product last year
was $500. 7O9.5S, compared to $5.124,-
24SO1 the year before.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-06-28
BEHRING UNDER ARREST.
Foung Man Who Claims to Be Pullman's
Son Tried to Force the Heirs to
Pay Him 065,OOO.

Chicago, June 25.-Gustave A. Behr-
ing, who, soon after the death of
George NJ. Pullman, claimed he was
a son by former wife of the million
aire but failed to establish his claims,
was arrested Monday in the Office of
Frank o. Lowden in the Women's
Temple building on the charge of at
tempting to extort money by force.
Mr.. Lowden married Miss Florence
Pullman, daughter of George NJ. Pull
man. It is claimed that Behring de-
manded that Mr.. Lowden give him
$4,000 and $4,000 month for six
months, and when refused exclaimed:
'Well, will get the money" Judge
H. D. Davis, the law partner of Mr..
Lowden, drew a revolver and held
Behring till the police arrived. Behr-
ing was unarmed and asserts he meant
no harm.