davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1902-07-10

And haven't you got any more mon
eyT asked the sweet young thing sell
Ing chances nj the church fair.
Yes: I've got II dollar" reluctantly
admitted the unfortunate hut truthful
young man. But ! put II In the sole OF
my stocking before putting OH my
shoes so as to have something to pay
my car fare home."-Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1902-07-10

Scribhles II wrote a story once that
came near winning \ fifty thousand
dollar prize.
pribbies- What sidetracked you?
Scribbiea-The girls father.-Chicngo
News.
, 1902-07-10

mo wonder they shy the British are
slow in seeing u joke"
why sor"
We never ate a rabbit stew without
finding u hare in il. aud he is going
home and write a paper entitled Neat
ness Needed In American Kitchens"
Chicago News.
, 1902-07-10

They were both her friends. OF course.
ID you think" asked he. That she 10
rs old as she loOks;"
'She tries not TO look It," replied she,
$50 she must be-" Feminine pcrspicac-
ity transcends masculine reasoning
indianapolis News.
, 1902-07-10

~ think this nomadic life liz a healthy
students. ETC.. would live more OF n no.
madic life and feel the enjoyment OF
the fresh air more and take more good
wholesome outdoor exercise and live
more OF a rough and tumble life you
would enjoy better health aud live lon
neutrality-suspicious..
, 1902-07-10

All the black and white piumes come
from the male ostrich. the gray from
the female. The feathers are not pluck
ed ont. as you might Imagine. but ARE
clipped on with n sharp knife. lea wing
the end OF the quill In the flesh. where
II remains for W. or three months. I'M
til II dies" when IL is pulled out with
forceDs
, 1902-07-10

Mrs. Innocent What did you enjoy
most about your fishing trip. dear!
MIR. ~innocent-l got most excited
when ! was reeling In. my love.
Mrs. Innocent bursting into tearsI-
Aud to-to-thlnk you promised me
you wouldn't drink n drop.- Harlem
Life.
, 1902-07-10

She seems to be growing lopsided."
Yes. shes been u good deal In the
company OF n fellow who doesn't kno
any better than to grab her by the arm
aud Try 10 help her along by hosting
one shoulder out OF plumb."-Chicago
Post.
, 1902-07-10

He-I suppose you know I'm singing
At your church now.
She No. | didn't.
He-But surely your brother Jack
told you | had Joined the choir there.
She-0h. yes: he did tell me that
Philadelphia Press.
, 1902-07-10

The Subject latter the sitting)-I
hadn't sat for a picture before In ten
years. don't you know. and I'm deuced
glad the worst liz over.
The Photographer dnnocently,-But
you haven't seen the negative yet
Puck.
, 1902-07-10
To 81, Them Ont.

Mrs. Bordentei notice you rot a new
suit of clothes today.
The Boarder-ies; hut they're too
loose.
We'll. you car send them back and
get that altered"
''i'vc got a better scheme. I'm going
Il look up a good boarding house,
Philadelphia Record.
, 1902-07-10
No Deterrent.

"sharp Is somewhat INSCRIPTIONS.
isn't hei"
Yes. u will take more than his con
science to keep hin from making a for.
~tune."-Town and Country.
, 1902-07-10

WANTED For N lucrative business. 4
partner who must he n practical lock-
smith" This advertisement appeared
In = Iiudar-st paper recently. The nd
vertiser IL now in Jail. the police nav
ing discovered that the lucrative bust
ness referred 10 was burglary.
, 1902-07-10

Granger You would hardly call Miss
Pole u very warm hearted person?
Farmer-w Warm hearted: On the con.
trary. SHE 10 swfully cold. n she should
shed q tear. you may he sure u would
be q hailstone.- Boston Transcript.
, 1902-07-10

There is u very Intimate nervous
connection between the brain and the
stomach" said the scientific man.
THAT explains it," answered the
humble person who is willing to learn.
"What?"
THE reaso why nearly every politi-
cal alliance or financial deal has to be
Star,
, 1902-07-10

He-Do yon know. dearest. that l
think you are the sweetest girl in all
the world.
She-Why notf All the other gentle.
mel who have had the opportunity
have told me So Boston Transcript.
, 1902-07-10

''rhere Is always room nj the top"
said the good adviser
Indeed yes" answered the unfortu-
nate person. but the elevator liz not al
ways running."-Baltiniore American.
, 1902-07-10

Nest people are too kind hearted to
see their friends suffer. 30 they avoid
Il ny looking the other way Washing
ton Times.
, 1902-07-10

For mountain climbing camels are
very inefficient and seldom used In
Abyssinis and other mountainous coun-
tries.
, 1902-07-10

Mrs. wedderly-i wonder why II is
anxious TO 70 to war?
wedhcrly-I suppose IT'S because
they don't know what war really ID.
, 1902-07-10

Poet No. l. What did the publisher
offer for your poem?
No. 2-Three dollars.
No. THAT was an insult! What
Gid you doy
No. 2-Put 1t In my pocket.-New
York Times.
, 1902-07-10

Did YOU get your los, dog back
when you advertisedT"
"So. but | got three better oues."-
ptsvelaHd PLATA psalss,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-17
NOW FOR THE GREAT LAKES.
Morgan Offers to Buy Control OF
ShipbuiIding There.

Cleveland, Aug. 1.-THE Plain Deal
er says to-day: A definite offer has
been made for the stock of the Ameri-
can Shipbuilding Company and the di-
rectors are considering the matter.
Their reply will be given the first of
next month, when they meet in spe-
cial session.
The man behind the deal is ]. P.
Morgan.
The present transaction will
strike at the control of the
Great Lakes. The American Ship
building Company, with it's
headquarters in Cleveland, owns con-
struction yards, machine shops and
foundries in this city. Lorraine, De-
troit and Wyandotte, Mich, West Su-
perior, Milwaukee, Chicago and Buff
falo. It's property is valued at $15.
600, 900, with an extra reserve fund of
SO, 900, 900. 1t is doing an immense busi-
ness.
1t is said that the aim of the East
ern people is not only to get control
of the American Shipbuilding Com
pany's business, but eventually of that
of other large concerns, so as to prac-
tically monopolize the entire business
from the Atlantic to the Mississippi,
and undoubtedly in the end all trade
from ocean to ocean.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-17
NEW FIELD PIECE FOR ARMY.
War Department VIII Use Invention
of DusseldOrf-The Gun of Light
weight and Long Range.

War Department VIII Use Invention
of DusseIdOrf-The Gun of Light
weight and Long Range.
Berlin. Aug. 16.-The United States
War Department has bought of Herr
Erhardt, a gunmaker of Dusseldorf,
the right to rearm the American field
artillery with Herr Erhardt's new
piece. Capt. Henry D. Borup of the
United States ordnance department is
now at Dusseldorf on business, proba-
bly, to learn thoroughly how the gun
is constructed.
The gun, which the United States has
| acquired the right to use. is under
stood to be an improvement on the
MODEL supplied to Great Britain, being
lighter and of longer range. The
United States ordnance officers have
long complained that. their field gun
was less effective than the French and
German guns.
Capt. Borup is remembered among
foreign ordnance officers as formerly
attached to the Paris embassy of the
United States, and as having been re-
called on an intimation of the French
government that such a step would. be
desirable, this being due to his unusual
success in penetrating military secrets.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-17
WITH CHEERS AT LONDON.
BOer Generals Met With Constant
Ovation in the Streets.

BOer Generals Met with Constant
Ovation in the Streets.
London, Aug. 16.-The Boer generals
reached London in the course of the
afternoon, and We're loudly cheered in
the streets. Asked why they had de-
clined to accept the governments in
vitation to the naval review, the visit
ors remarked that they were too tired
after the long war and needed a rest.
1t is still uncertain whether or not
they will return to Cowes and see the
King.
The scene at the railroad station on
the arrival of the Beers was remarka-
BILE. An enormous crowd of people
gave them a welcome as hearty as
given to Lord Roberts and Lord Kitch-
ener when they arrived here from
South Africa. Shouts of Good Old
DeWet," "Our friends, the enemy" and
Brave soldiers, ALL" were frequently
heard amidst cheers. Gen. DeWet
was fairly cornered by a mob, and had
to be rescued by the police, who by
sheer force cleared a line of retreat
for him
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-17

ows of battleships to one of electric
brilliancy had a startling effect on the
crowds, and they made manifest their
delight by rounds of cheers.
The lines of the tunnels, masts and
upper decks of the ships were out
lined in mellow, glowing lines and the
flagships by a clear, pale light. mast
high. The brilliant lights of the mer-
chant ships and pleasure craft added
to the splendor of the maritime fete
simultaneously hundreds of public
and private buildings ashore were i'll
Illuminated, while an imposing display
of fireworks, varied in color and form,
gave fresh interest to the
carnival After an hours dis
play the incandescent bulbs on
the ships were extinguished. and We're
succeeded by a gorgeous display of
colored searchlights trained uniform
ly in various directions and ending
with rainbow effects, which were
heightened by the clouds of steam ex-
hausted from the tunnels OF the yes
sells.
The searchlights were still cleaning
when the royal salute was fired at
midnight. Then they were extinguish-
ed, save that on the royal yacht, which
remained cleaning
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-17
WILLIAM RAISES A ROW.
Political Hornets Nest PrOdded in
German Empire.

Berlin, Aug. 16.-Emperor William S
Geographic offer to the regent of Ba-
varia, Prince Luitpold, to donate $685.
900 from his private purse for buying
works of art, has caused a political
commotion of extraordinary proper
tons. 1t is treated as a constitutional
question, involving the right of the En-
peror to interfere in local matters of
the confederate states.
His majesty'S reference to his dis
pleasure at the mean ingratitude dis
played" by the Bavarian Diet refusing
to appropriate $4,000 for art, is par
ticularly objected to. The ecclesias-
teal feeling aroused adds to the in
tensity of the discussion, for it was the
Centrists who defeated the appropria-
tson, out of pique at the ministry for
not supporting DR.. r. Won Landmann,
the minister of education, in appointing
Prof. Chroust to chair of Wurzburg
University. The faculty objected to
the professor, alleging that he was a
Czech.
This was purely a Bavarian ques-
tion but it instantly became an i'm
perial question through the Kaiser's
telegram, every newspaper in the en-
pire taking sides and filling it's edi-
views, those in opposition averring that
his majesty's act was only one of a
series of steps tending to increase the
prerogatives of the Emperor beyond
the limits fixed by the constitution, as
sorting that the constitution is merely
what the country permits the
chief executive to interpret and
apply, and saying that the imperial
ministry is weak in not withstanding
fhp - 1to1a MT of a
tainly more than half the country
shares the Emperor's sentiments, but
some of his majestys defenders think
that his public expression was inju-
dicious. Others affirm that a great
deal is being made out of nothing;
that Emperor Williams telegram was
merely a personal expression of what
he regarded as being a slight to
brother monarch and say that his Of
fer to contribute the money required
was simply an active expression of
his love for art
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-17
THOMPSON HELD FOR MURDER
Accused of Homicide of Mrs. Anna
Bartho1in.

Chicago, Aug. 16.-Oscar Thompson
j. w. Patton on the charge of having
murdered Mrs. Anna Bartholin. At
the same time, John Claffy, the old
stableman, who is better known as
Daddy" was held as an accessory
after the fact to the murder of Miss
Minnie Mitchell. Thompson was also
held on this charge.
Claffy's bond was fixed at $1,000, but
the court declined to fix a bond for
Thompson, as the murder charge, on
which he waived examination, does
not permit of accepting surety for the
accused. The two men were taken
to the county Jail No attempt was
made to give bond for Claffy, as the
primary object of the attorneys act
ing for him and Thompson was to get
the prisoners out of the hands of IN
spector Hunt and free from his Sweat
box" methods.
Shortly before noon Attorney Michael
w. Meagher appeared before Judge
Patton with a pteition signed by
julius Aagard Thompsons employer,
for a writ of habeas corpus. Notice
of the application was served on In
spector Hunt Immediately, with or
ders to bring the prisoners into court
at O'Clock. At that hour the in
spector, accompanied by Chief O'Neil
and Lieuts. Wood and Backus, ap-
peared with the prisoners. Assistant
Prosecutor Hugh Murray represented
the police and informed the court that
Inspector Hunt was prepared to "book'
the prisoners and make formal charges
against them.
On this understanding Mr. Meagher
agreed to withdraw his application for
the prisoners release, and said they
could waive examination on the
charges filed against them
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-17
LABOR AND CAPITAL
GOMPERS PRESENTS "THE WORK
MANS SIDE OF THE STORY"
SLAUGHTER OF INNoCENTS
"CHILDREN's BONES ARE GROUND
INTO ALMIGHTY DOLLARS"

President of the Federation of La
Dor Declares That the Rescue
From SerfdOm of Young and In
nOcent Children Is the Crying
Need of the Hour Countries
Where Long Hours of Labor Pre-
vail Are Laggards in the March OF
PrOgress-Strike and Conduct OF
the Coal Miners CONNIE nded-Men
Have Been Recast and Their Char
acters RemodcIIed.
Mountain Lake Park, Md Aug. 10
Several thousand persons greeted
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor, who
delivered an address to-day before the
Chautauqua Assembly on Labor and
Capitalize Workman's Side of the
Story"
Mr.. Gompers declared that the labor
of young and innocent children is the
great evil that needs reformation.
Many states, particularly in the
South, have no law whatever to pre-
vent the practice. Men get rich from
the labor of children whose cones are
ground into almighty dollars. 1t is
a sad commentary. Men walk the
streets in idleness in the textile dis
tricts while the mills are filed with
busy children. Instead of labor be-
ing crowned with honor and dignity,
its rightful heritage, it is a question
of how much labor can be squeezed
out of the laborer and how little
wages he can be forced to accept in
return"
Long Hours Retard Progress.
Mr.. Gompers discussed the question
of shorter hours at length, declaring
the countries of long hours were de-
cidedly backward, and denied that the
movement to shorten hours would
mean the decadence of the United
States as a great producing power. He
declared that there was no greater
conservator of the peace than the labor
organiza ton.
"One hundred and fifty thousand men
in the anthracite field have been en-
gagged in a silent struggle for three
months and there has been less vio-
lence than has been prompted at a
picnic of ordinary people upon ordi-
nary occasions. The men struggling
to-day had been reduced to a state OF
serfdom, but in the past three years
they have been recast and their char
acters remodeled. Their manhood is
aroused, and l believe, as God is my
judge, the worst the miners have had
to confront is past" Great ap-
plause.)
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-17
GUIDI WILL NOT ANSWER.
English Not Good Enough for Post
at Manila.

Rome, Aug. 16.--It was said to-day
that the VaticaE's idea OF appointing
Mgr. Guidi of the office of Cardinal
Rampolla. the papal secretary of state,
to be apostolic delegate at Manila, has
been abandoned, because he does not
know sufficient English and that he
will be sent as apostolic delegate to
India, instead.
As to Mgr. Conaty, rector of the
Catholic University at Washington.
whose possible Appointment as apostolic
delegate at Manila has been rumor-
ed, the Vatican denies that his
name has ever been considered in con-
nection with the Manila post, where
it is pointed out the conditions de-
mand thorough man of business,
speaking fiuently English and Span
ish, of unquestioned impartiality, and,
Withal, persona grata at Washington
1t seems probable now that Mgr
Merry del Val. who was to have repre-
scented the Pope at King Edwards
proposed coronation, will be appointed
papal nuncio at Vienna, while Mgr.
Falconio, the apostolic delegate in
Canada, may ultimately be trans
ferred from Canada to Washington.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-17
CHAUFFEUR TELLS STORY.
Chastity Details of Death of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fair.

Paris, Aug. 16.-The chauffeur of
the automobile in which Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles L. Fair were killed, whose
name is Brotey, returned to Paris this
morning. In an interview he threw
some further light on the cause of the
accident.
When we left Trouvile," he said,
Mr.. Fair was suffering from bronchial
catarrh. He coughed frequently on
the road and went in a straight line
ing his face was much congested, evil
IDENTIFY producing slight dizziness. He
had been coughing when 1 noticed that
the tire OF one of the hind wheels was
debated. | realized the danger and
jumped to my feet and leaned forward
and shouted in Mr.. Fairs ear in Eng
hsh, Stop quick! Tire no good
Mr.. Fair glanced back, but he did
not reply. Apparently he tried to stop
the machine, but in doing so he must
have made the wrong steering move
ment, as the machine swerved across
the road and went in a streight line
TO tree. Mrs. Fair, as she saw the
direction the automobile was taking,
clasped her husbands shoul-
ders with her arm and turned her
race back towards me, with a look
Which said plainly, We are lost The
next moment the crash came, and 1
was thrown into a field beside the
road and stunned. When 1 recovered,
which 1 did quickly, 1 limped to The
side of my master and mistress, and,
with the help of the chateau gate
Keepers wife, extricated the bodies
from the wreck
Asked if either of them showed signs
of life, he replied:
They both seemed to be dead, but
L was in such a dazed condition from
shock, and so affected by the CHASTITY
spectacle presented by the wounds on
the heads of both victims that 1 did
not notice whether either moved or
not. The gatekeeper's wife said after
wards that Mr.. Fair moved his foot
and that his wife moved her hand as
they lay on the ground, but 1 did not
see the movements. The woman did
not say whether Mr.. Fair or his wife
stirred last.
The bodies will be deposited in the
vault of the Church of the Madeline
until they are shipped to the United
States
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-17
BODIES SHOT IN THE AIR.
Eye Witnesses Tell Gruesone Stor,
of Accident.

Paris, Aug. ia representative of
the Associated Press has just returned
to Paris from the Chateau Buisson
du Mai, at Evreux, where a personal
investigation into the circumstances
surrounding the deaths of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fair was made. Mime. Hourde
wife of the gatekeeper of the chateau
who was an witness of the disas-
ter made the following statement to
him:
When the automobile crashed into
the trunk of the elm tree l saw the
occupants of the carriage shoot into
the air to half the hight of
the tree. Then they fell with
thud. Mr.. Fair was lying at full
length behind it, while his wife was
against its front, as though sitting
huddled, with her head leaning against
the tree. Mr.. Fair, apparently, was
quite dead. 1 took his wife's head
in my hands and gently laid the body
nat on the grass. She did not give a
sign of life.
L was looking at Mrs. Fair when
L saw the gloved fingers of one hand
slowly opening. 1 turned to her hus-
band and found his foot moving as
though the leg was drawing up. This
frightened me, and 1 ran back to the
IouSe' w men L returned with my huS-
band the bodies were motionless and
never stirred again.
When asked if she could say whether
the movements of the bodies she de-
scribed had lasted longer with Mr..
Fair than with his wife, she replied:
They took place simultaneously
was too unnerved to remain and watch,
and ran back to the chateau, and when
] again saw the bodies they were still"
DR.. Perriquet of the village of Pacy-
sur-Eure, who was summoned to at
tend Mr.. and Mrs. Fair at the time of
the accident, said to the representative
of the Associated Press:
when L reached the spot, a QUAR-
ter of an hour or so after the accident,
both Mr.. and Mrs. Fair We're quite
dead and 1 am conviced from the ma
ture of the wounds that death was in
Simultaneous in both cases. Mr. Fair
had his forehead and the forepart of
his skull completely crushed, while the
side of his wifes face and forehead
were battered in, as though she had
received a blow from a sledgeham-
mer."
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-17
CHEER BRAVE Beers
,rsTY BRITISH SHOUTS GREET
THEIR GALLANT FOES.
BOTHA, DEWET AND DE LA REY
RECEIVED BY FORMER ENEMIES
AS THEY LAND.

chamberlain, Roberts and Kitchen
Nigeria at Southampton BOer
Leaders Look Well and Seem
Pleased at Hearty Good Will of
Reception-DecIine However, to
witness Kings Naval Review-At
London Public Evidences of Ad-
mirntfOn Are Repeated, and Police
Rescuc Dc Wet From Friendly
Embraces-'Brnve Soldiers, ALL"
shout the Crowds.
southampton, Aug. 16.-Gens. Botha
DeWet and De la Rey arrived here
this morning and met with a great
reception, both from government off,
Gals and the public.
The Boer generals looked remark
ably we'll and were evidently much
pleased at the heartiness of the well
come accorded them. Soon after land
ing they boarded the steamship Nj
geria, where Joseph Chamberlain, the
Colonial Secretary; Earl Roberts and
Cen Lord Kitchener greeted them
They were also introduced to Mrs.
Chamberlain and Lady Roberts, with
whom they chatted for some time.
Official arrangements had been made
to permit the generals to witness the
naval review. but after conference
with Abraham Fischer, the former
Boer delegate, who came from The
Hague, it was announced that they
intended to proceed direct to London,
in order to reach Holland as speedily
as possible.
The generals go to Holland to pay
their last respects to the MEMORY of
Gen. Lucas Meyer, who died Aug. 8.
Gen. Dewet, in conversation here,
confirmed the statement that he and
his companions will visit the United
States before returning to South At
RIGA.