davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-26
Moki Tea Positively Cures Sick Head.
Headache.

Indigestion and constipation. A de-
lightful herb drink Removes all erup-
tons of the skin, producing a perfect
complexion or money refunded. 25c
and soc. Write to Us for free sample.
w. II. Hooker a Co. Buffalo. N. Y.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-26
ninhtheria at San Juan.

NJ. b. Cox. Denver: c. V. Mazzone
Trinidad, Colo.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-26
NEW METROPOLITAN.
GRAND CENTRAL.

c. F. Lyman. Theo. II. Knorr, Brock
enridge, Colo.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-06-13

The Free Reading rooms will be open
an ice cream and strawberry sociable, at
the new rooms in the Yaden building.
A splendid time will be annoyed. and The
proceeds will be devoted to he necessary
expenses of the rooms. A dish of straw
berries and cake, or ice cream and Gaze
Will be served. Every body invited to
attend and aid a good cause, and enjoy
a pleasant evening.
, 1902-02-21

In speaking of the jeopardy in which
IN" president has placed himself by
not doing things in accordance with the
somewhat crratic notions of Bill Reid
Of the Rawlins Journal, Bill Barlow
says That panic which our democrat
ic brethren have been predicting for
something over -four years now. and
which is to end in the final dissolution
Of our republican form of government,
the kersmash of II industrial and
financial systems. and the Inaugural
ton of a reign Of anarchistic terror, is
just around the bend. Disgruntled at
the action Of Mr.. Roosevelt in naming
a bunch of American citizens as our
representatives at the coming corona
tiOn of England's king, Will Reid. OF
the Rawlins Journal. has publicly an
nOunced that he can no longer supper,
the president! To your cyclone eel
lars, good people! Helrs to pay"
, 1902-02-21
IN DEFENSE OF RUSSELL SAGE.
Illinois Gentleman Ayers He Has
Sympathetic Nature.

Illinois Gentleman Ayers He Has .
Sympathsti Nature.
Said John C. Fisher. editor OF the
Cairo Ill.) Citizen: Il cannot read
the stories of Russell Sage which APP
pear in the newspapers without feel
ing that the gentleman is misjudged.
and that his eccentricitles are magni-
fed, and for this reason:
Away back in the early 7Os. per-
haps a few years before, a young man
was appointed a surveyor of customs
for the port Of Cairo. At hat time
. great many steel rails were imported,
and they were brought up to that point
from New Orleans by river. although
duty on them was paid at the St. Louis
Office. This young government officer
felt hat he was entitled to the COM
mission upon the duty collected upon
these rails. Some Of the shipments
were consigned to Russell Sage. SO he
wrote Mr.. Sage a letter. explaining the
situation, stating that he was a young
man, with a family. etc. No answer
ever came. but the next shipment OF
rails which came paid duty at that
port Of Cairo. That government oficer
was my father. George Fisher, now
dead. The incident, to my mind,
makes me believe that Mr.. Sage has
a sympathetic nature, which. many
would have 1t, has never been dis
covered"
, 1902-02-21

The strange story Of the elopement
Of an ordinary milch COW with a bull
moose comes from Lake Onawa, a
pretty sheet of water in the hills of
Piscataquis county. much frequented
by sportsmen from the big cities. The
COW was the property of DIR. A. T. San
den OF New York, whose cottage is To-
Gated on the shore of Onawa, and she
was kept In a pasture inclosed by a rail
fence. A big moose had been several
times seen hanging around the cottage
grounds late at night. displaying great
boldness. Last Thursday night he
came close up to where the cow was,
and the two seemed to be good friends.
Late at night a tremendous crash was
heard. and next morning the fence was
. wreck and the COW gore. Neither
she o the moose has been seer since.
, 1902-02-21

pit He said he built it thar to cor
nerwise Space. whutevsr dat means
He dismissed de men an made Do
floor hisse'f. ! cotched him er laughin'
er lots out thar by hisse'f: it kinder
frustrated me an | sed. Boy. whut
you keep on laughin' lake er edit fer?
We amt never had no edits in our
family an doan' wan ter start wild
you" He kinder sobered up an sed,
NANNY, wese allus been quality. amt
us. Nanny" | sed, You know we
Is He sed. Yes. an our hens is
quality. too. an I'm gwine run er
wire from dis hen house to de frunt
doah so dey can ring de bell when de
notion takes um to pick in de parler."
an he laughed some more, an went
ter work ergin. an worked on till
, 1902-02-21

you doan know how curisum it makes
a wilder feel when somebody wants ter
tote her burdens. De upshot Nv de
mattah WIS | morn hat way promised
I'd take him when Miss Elnore'd come.
De udder mornin' Johnny-boy slick
ed hisse'f up to go over to Mars Hal
Reads house-Mars Halls got some
gals yer know-an' he sed, Nanny.
eff you won't tell mother l rode Tenn
pes ter-day l won't tell Aunt Elnore
bout de Jail bird you've caught" Dat
wus de first NV my KNOWN he knowed
it, but as l knowed I'd have ter tell
Miss Elnore eff l mahd, 30 she'd give
me sumpun. l wouldn't make de con-
tract. an he rid oil Bess.
Yistiddy mornin' Johnny-boy got up
early, an toll me he wanted Solomon
(dat's de gemman's name whut wus er
sparkin' mel ter go over an hep wild
de hog-killin' at Mars Halls. He'd
promised ter SEN er han an he didn't
know Nv nobody else ter sen. Sol
didn't offer no specius PROJECTIONS ter
gwine. went ter workin' an singin'
an my min went ter ruminatin' ON
de good times when me an Sol would
be jined In dc holy ban NV matermony,
an all my white folks or likin' him,
an l worked an sung tell slap two
O'Clock fore l thought Nv de boy. I
went out inter de po'try yard whar I
heerd knockin' e gwine on, an dar
stood Johnny-boy an two men lookin'
at de puttiest hen house you ever laid
your eyes on, an he'd built It right
. Miss Dlnore's old smpty Aoysr
, 1902-02-21

Representative William Cornell of
Pennsylvania, who owns a score OF
coal mines, besides banks. newspapers,
street-car lines. railroads and a lot of
other things. began life as a miner
with a pick and shovel. He Is a Meth
odist. and is deeply interested in
church work. A day or two ago an
irreverent young man scofTed at reli-
gion in Mr.. Connell's presence, and
said he wondered why a man Of Mr..
Connell's wealth and power should pay
so much attention to the church.
Young man." said Mr.. Cornell severe
ly. 1T is a pretty Door sort Of man
who has no respect for religion. The
Almighty God gave me health and
hands and brain TO make myself what
am. and If | do not show a sense Of
gratitude for what he has done for me
l I'M worse of than any savage that
walks naked through an African jun
GLE"
, 1902-02-21

President Roosevelts findings in the
Sampson-Schley controversy will meet
with the approval of all honest citi
case. The president is also disposed
to execute the laws with equality upon
the rich II the poor. The largest
merger in the history of modern rail
roading is receiving attention at his
hands. and if the Northern Securities
company is Illegal its immense con
Germs will not save it from destruction
More power to the elbow of the PEG
pies president.
, 1902-02-21
BLOOD TEST CT GUILT.


Striking Instance or Supur.tition in =
chinese Mixed Court.
An instance of the prevalence of
superstition among the better class of
Chinese. I'VE In Eu~ropeanized com
munities. Is supplied by a recent trial
before the mixed court at Shanghai.
Magistrate Chang was sitting. An
English assessor was present. and
counsel appeared on both sides.
The case was one In which Il native
detective vas accused of abducting a
girl betrothed to another man. The
question before the magistrate to de-
eide was whether the accused should
be arraigned on a civil or u criminal
charge.
All the witnesses. even the girl her
self and her mother. declared that the
man had not maltreated her. But
Magistrate Chang was of another opin-
ion, and he commanded that the
mother be beaten In order to extract
the confession he vas sure she vas
Withholding. This was futile, of
course. as the poor woman had moth
ing to confess.
Then the accused man who was
already on his knees, took oath in Chi
nese fashion by breaking a saucer.
Most solemnly he protested that his re-
lations with the girl had been proper.
Still the magistrate was not satisfied
and he demanded another test.
The girls forefinger was first cut and
the blood therefrom allowed to drop
into a bowl Of water provided by the
court. The detectives finger was next
cut and the same proceeding carried
out. The magistrate then held that
as the blood mixed. the detective was
guilty. and remanded him for trial be-
fore the court on Il criminal charge.
, 1902-02-21
Saved Him From Torture.

There is no more agonixing trouble
than piles. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
cures piles. For skin diseases. cuts.
burns, bruises, unequalled. J. 8.
Gerall, st. Paul, Ark, says: 1 suffered
with piles and could ind nothing to
help me until De Wits Witch Hasel
salve completely cured me-" Beware
Of counterfeits. Laramie Drug Co.
, 1902-02-21

President Roosevelt will not have
any e~N-convicts upon his official roster
If he knows it. Ben Daniels has been
relegatcd to the rear, and a new can.
to be trotted out.
, 1902-02-21

i have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for a number of years and
have no hesitancy in saying that It il
the best remedy for coughs, cold and
Group l have ever used in my family.
] have not words to express my conhd-
encs In this Remedy. Mrs. ]. A.
Moore. North Star, Mich. For sale by
J. q. Eggieston.
, 1902-02-21
"one-way coIonIst Exeurslons"

"one-Way coIonIst Exeurslons"
will be sold daily during March and
April, 1902. Special one-way second
class colonist Tickets win b sold from
Laramie to Butte. Anaconda aad Hels'
M. Montana, 5000.
Spokane. Wash. and intermediate
points, $3.50.
Portland. Ore. Tacoma and Seattle.
$500.
For further particulars apply %
=. q. BRBIeCH, Aseat.
, 1902-02-21
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY u, 1902.

The Cheyenne Leader of Friday an.
ounce that all gambling houses in
Cheyenne would close on the 22d and
remain closed till the courts had pass
ed upon the constitutionality of the
law
, 1902-02-21

Pocket maps and reference books Of
wyoming only Is cents At The Rspub.
''icaa oAss. sAH
, 1902-02-21

Secure your copies oe TAs nspnblt.
can Industrial edition q this e1Ics ~
fuFe they are IN goaA.
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

her smokestacks were gone. When
the watchman dug into the lava he
found here and there fragments of
human remains. All that was left OF
the ship was her hull, and that, being
iron. had escaped destruction.
Hearing that Capt. Freeman was
at the Hotel Felite, we called on him.
| wanted to get from his own lips the
story of his escape. l was unprepared
for the terrible sight which greeted
my eyes when L entered the room.
Capt Freeman's face was burned
to the color of teak wood and large
patches of skin and flesh were burned
from his bones, here and there. Both
his hands were swathed in bandages.
His hair and mustache were gone, his
eyes were tied open and he was in
great pain. When l told him who l
was he talked great deal. to relieve
himself, he said, of his suffering.
He said the Roddam had been in
st. Pierre only an hour when the erup-
ton occurred. He was talking to an
agent in boat alongside when a big
black squall approached the ship
from the island. 1t was like black
wall, Travelled fast and was accom-
panied by tidal wave and a deafen
ing roar The sun disappeared i'm
mediately.
Capt. Freeman said that he shouted
to everybody to stand clear. An in
stant later the air was filled with flame
and falling patches of fire. The ship
was Immediately ablaze from end to
end, and the crew and laborers aboard
began to rush about, frantic with pain.
As nearly as he could remember there
were forty-two persons aboard the
ship only six of whom survived. The
ship keeled over when the tidal wave
hit her and nearly capsized. Then
she righted and the falling shower of
fire continued.
Capt. Freeman ran into the chart
room, but was driven out again by
flames that came in at the port hole.
Then he rushed to the engine room
telephone and signaled the engineer to
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

the open sea, anu with the help of two
sailors, two engineers and the boat
swain, succeeded in taking his boat to
st. Lucia
During the run out of the harbor
the chief engineer died horrible
death. He escaped the first shock,
started the engines and, not finding
his men below, went on deck to look
for them. AS he thrust his head out
of the hatch mass of lava fell upon
him, burning one side of his face COM
pletely off.
Capt. Freeman's performance per-
haps never had a parallel in stories
of the sea-" continued Capt. Cantell.
when the Roddam arrived at st.
Lucia, the brave man refused all medi-
cal treatment until the others were
cared for. He will live, the doctors
tell me-"
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

and leave the same night. In the
harbor news was received of the St
Pierre disaster. and, lying at anchor
was all that was left of the Roddam
All st. Lucia was in mourning and
the people were so distracted by the
news from the neighboring island that
it was not until May IL that Capt.
Cantell could obtain coal and pass on
his journey. St. Pierre was passed
at a distance of about four miles and
all on board studied the land with
glasses.
1.-THE weather was clear and we had
a fine view" said the captain, but
the old lines of st. Pierre were not
recognizable. Everything was n mass
If blue lava, and the formation of
the land itself seemed to have
changed. When we were about eight
miles off the northern end of the is
land Mont Pelee began 10 belch Il
second time. Clouds OF smoke and
lava shot into the air and spread over
all the sea, darkening the sun. Our
decks in a few minutes were cov-
cred with substance that locked like
sand dyed brown, which smelled like
Partial darkness came upon lis.
and everybody on board the ship was
badly frightened. After the stories
we had heard and the sights we had
seen at St Lucia we did not know
but that we ourselves were to be bur.
led under red-hot lava or engulfed by
another tidal wave, though we were
then ten miles from shore.
"'Crowd on steam, whistled to
Chief Engineer Parrish, and he need.
ed no urging. Slowly we drew away
through a suffocatinS atmosphere,
foot by foot, yard by yard, and ct last
the sun began shining. We had
passed outside the hailstorm of dust
and sand. When ! looked at my
watch found that we had been about
an hour reaching daylight.
"Our decks were covered two inches
with this matter" and the captain ex-
hibited a box of volcanic dust, which
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

miles west of Barbados and between
st. Lucia and the Grenadines. From
north to south stretches a ridge of
high, wooded hills. extending to the
sea on either side. The Soufriere.
which is now in eruption, is in the
northwest. 1t towers 5000 feet above
the sea. Its crater is three miles in
circumference and 500 feet deep
From the summit the view on all sides
was superb. Eastward over the new
crater-formed in 1Sl2-the Atlantic
was visible through the hill ranges;
westward to the blue waters of the
Caribbean, and on the margin of the
bay the quaint and curious town o.
Chateau Belair. Travellers who have
stood on the highest point describe
the view of Morne Garou as n specta.
Gle of awe-inspiring grandeur, with
the vast forest clambering over lofty
peak and deep-hewn glen right to the
northern verge. where. twenty miles
of. the island dips under the blue
waves.
The climate of st. Vincent Is un,is.
ually humid, the average rainfall be-
ing seven feet annually. But the NOR
tality rate is low and the inhabitants
enjoy excellent health. rhe soil in
the valleys is rich loan, well calcu.
lated for the growing of cotton and
cocoa palms. as well as sugar cane.
The average temperature is S5 de-
grees Fahrenheit in the high lands,
In the low lands 1t hovers between 80
and 95. The island has been noted
for the beauty of the plumage of its
birds and for its rare specimens OF
insect life.
1t is the home of the giant FREELY
whose phosphorescent brilliancy is Sc
great that one fly will shed sufficient
light by which to read a book OF
newspaper. A dozen Of these insects
will light up a large room. and the
Caribs, in the olden days, used them
for purposes of illumination. Unlike
the birds of the tropics farther south,
the birds of the forests of st. Vincent
are not only brilliantly ieathered, but
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28
BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF ST. VINCENT
Was an Earthly Paradise Before the
Recent Awful Disaster.

""o M IArhuss BeIOr0 the
Recent Awful Disaster.
st. Vincent, which has suffered from
the eruption of its own soufiriere vol
cano, is one of the most beautiful and
picturesque islands in the British
West Indian group. 1t has an area of
131 square miles and has been de-
scribed as one of the flashing Jewels
that lie like a necklace around the
Caribbean sea. The last British cen
sus credited it with a population of
10000, of whom a large majority are
negroes engaged in the cultivation of
sugar cane, which is the principal
crop. Two hundred years ago it was
the home of the Carib Indians, who
were induced by the French to join
in a revolution against England. They
were crushed and thousands were
transported. Hundreds, rather than
submit, threw themselves into the
sea. A few descendants of these orig
inal owners of the island still exist
on lands granted to them by the Brit
ish government.
st. Vincent, like all the islands in
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

First of all the ships that passed
through the shower of ashes of Mont
PeIee and reached the American main
land to tell about it, the British Etona,
bound to New York from Montevideo
and St. Lucia. has arrived at New
York. Her captain, John Cantell. and
her passengers brought with them
thrilling story, not only of their own
experience in the second eruption of
Martinique's destroyer. but of the
Roddam and her heroic captain, whom
they visited in the St. Lucia hospital
The Etona reached st. Lucia on the
evening of May 10, expecting to coal
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

Men on the Roraima were wiring
ing their hands and rushing about
frantically. Some of them jumped an
to the sea, where they must have died
instantly, Capt. Freeman said. for the
water was boiling like caldron. II
was like a mass of boiling mud. Many
of the Roddam's crew had disappeared,
probably swept overheard. and the rest
went one by one until only six were
left. Every one of them must have
died terrible death.
After time the captain got the
steering gear working, the ship ans
wered her helm and he headed her out
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

OF the Roddam. which escaped from
St. Pierre May s. The Waterman was
engaged in gathering up fragments of
human bodies and putting them away
in the locker. He discontinued the
work to show us around.
THE Roddam presented an awful
spectacle. She looked as If she had
been thrust into soft. clinging mud
and pulled out again. The mud stuck
to her like cement and was two feet
deep on her decks. Awnings, stan
chions and boat covers had been
burned or swept away. Tarpaulins,
rails, stays, hatch covers and even
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28
of
Never a Paal

the group. is of volcanic origin and
eliminates in the vast crater of Morne
y Garou, which in 1872 was the scene
of tremendous eruption. Billions of
tons of rock and earth were hurled
high into the air-part, as molten
shivered into thin dust, was carried
high m into the clouds. For three
days the awful commissions of nature
continued. The dust from the crater
SO obscured the rays of the sun and
brought on "A darkness so terrifying
that the few survivors believed that
the world had come to an end. The
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

frightful cataclysm known to the
world up to that time. The whole
confguration of the island was
changed. The eastern end sank into
the sea, and where 1t stood there is
now a great depth of water. The vol
canic forces remained quiescent until
1882, and then the warning rumble
was heard again; but it was a false
alarm, and the terrible scenes of the
early part of the century were not re-
peated.
The island of st. Vincent lies 100
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

impalpabe dust was carried by the
trade winds to the islands of Barba-
dos and st. Lucia and turned day into
night The inhabitants became panic
stricken with fear and abandoned
their ordinary vocations and devoted
themselves to prayer and fasting.
This was the closing period of n
series of volcanic eruptions which
had lasted two years, and the direc-
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

put on full steam. Some one responded
and the ship began to move, but the
steering gear was jammed and would
not work. He kept the engines going
ahead and astern alternately. hoping
to free the paddles, and in SO doing
nearly struck the Quebec Line steamer
Roraima, from which clouds Of steam
and fame were rising.
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

to sea. Slowly the sky cleared. and
it was possible for him to see about
him. Men in the red hot lava lay
dying all along his track. He him
self. though he stayed at the wheel,
was unable to lift his burned arms.
Blood from his forehead kept running
into his eyes, obscuring his vision. He
likened his escape to the passage from
hell into heaven. At last he reached
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28
Secretary Shaw. Exercise.

Mounted on ''single-footer." Mr..
Shaw, secretary of the treasury, goes
for a ride nearly every afternoon. The
animals gait is so smooth that the
rider gets as much exercise as though
he was swinging in a hammock. But
then the secretary on such trips looks
more like man doing his duty than
out for a pleasure ride.
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

are possessed of melodious song. Ono
Is n sort of mountain oriole, which
has a note of peculiar sweetness and
wonderful penetration.
AS in most countries where earth
quakes are feared, the houses are,
as n rule, one story in height. The
more pretentious are two stories. and
the public buildings are three, but the
descendants of the Carib Indians re-
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

ton of the seismic wave was not un-
like that which devastated Martinique.
The disturbance in 1872 seemed to
pass under the bed of the ocean to
Venezuela, Caracas, the capital of
that country, was partly destroyed by
an earthquake and 10000 persons per-
ished. With the exception of the
great Lisbon earthquake, the eruption
OF the mighty mountain was the most
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

had been saved by his crew. you
can see the marks Of it yet about the
masts and our polished woodwork,
and I don't think my passengers are
vet over their fright. No CURIOSITY
would ever take us again near that
Iterrible place.
Before leaving st. Lucia, Capt.
Cantell said, I'VE visited the wreck
The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

gard these as dangerous and cannot
be induced to enter them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-03-08
Pacific Coast Lumber.

With the disappearance Of the fine
forests OF Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota big forests of Oregon and
Washington are beginning to be drawn
upon to supply the demand for lum-
Der in the central west. Dimension
Iumber-boards scantllng and joiStS-
up to sixteen feet in length of this
Pacific coast product Is now being
laid down in towns and cities of the
central west for $21 to s22 per thou
sand feet by the car load, or at price
which brings it into direct competi
tiOn with the product of the northern
plneries. This coast lumber sells at
the mills for 81 to So per Thousand,
and the freight is about s15 per 1000
feet. The great benefit of reduced
rates from the coast is thus easily
seen.