davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-08-15
REFUSED TO ISSUE WARRANT.
Auditor McCnlIogh Turns Down De-
mand of Illinois and Michigan
Canal Commissioners.

Springfield. Ill, Aug. s.-The Illinois
and Michigan canal commissioners
formally demanded from the state
900 Of the appropriation of s150,00o
made for the canal by the legislature.
Auditor McCullogh refused to issue
a warrant unless Att'y-Gen- Hamlin,
who is away on his vacation. author
lied IL.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-08-15

81. ClalrsviTles o., Aug s.-The re-
port that posse was after young
regro lawyer OF this place named G.
E. Burns, 10 lynch him for assaulting
a prominent woman, Mrs. NJ. E. Stowe.
u pronounced untrue By Sheriff Major.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-08-15
The Balance Of the Ticket.

McLaurin, Of course, was nominated
for United States Senator. being with
out opposition. and Mr.. Moneys ma
jority. for the same Office, against Gov.
Longino was overwhelming. The re.
mainder of the State ticket, from the
present outlook, will be composed of
Power for secretary of State, Williams
for Encouragement, Miller Though
official returns may show the cleo
tion of Sharpe) for treasurer, Henry
for auditor, Brown for Supreme Court
clerk, and Kiger for lieutenant gov
ernor. The race for treasurer seems
to be still in doubt. Miller is lead
ing a little, with about sixteen coun-
ties to hear from officially. which are
thought to be favorable to Sharpe,
and these may change the forecast
above
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-08-15
nunLfe surrender. ana Dives Hail.

New York, Aug. s.--Maurice Runkle.
who was jointly indicted with Machen
and McGregor in the post Office inves-
tigation, surrendered himself before
United States Commissioner Shields.
Friday. and gave 5000 bail for his APP
pearance when waEted
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-08-15

Chicago, Aug 8-John NJ. Weller,
foreman in the cornice factory Of e. A.
Rysden & Co, while being attacked by
anion pickets. Thursday night, shot and
killed Michael Sweeney, union COR
nice maker.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-08-15

London, Aug. S.--WhitalSer Wright.
The arrested promoter and director Of
the London & Globe Finance corpora
ton, was released, Friday, from Brix-
ton Jail. satisfactory sureties for hie
sz5o. 900 hail having been furnished
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-08-15

Seattle. Wash. Aug. s.-Fish pirates
have inaugurated reign OF terror on
the lower sound waters. Their boldness
is unprecedented. Repeatedly when
bribery failed they have held up keep
ers of fish traps at the point OF the
gun and rified the nets Of their entire
contents.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-08-15
Earthouake al Lisbon.

Lisbon, Aug. 8. MIdnight.---A violent
earthquake shook Lisbon and vicinity
at 1908 o'clock tonight. The duration
Of the shock was two seconds. It
produced a great panic and some dam
age, but no fatalities have been report
ed
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-08-15

Pittsburg. Pa, Aug. s.--Three Of the
1s mills of the Homestead steel works
have closed down for necessary repairs.
throwing out Of employment about tlvs
hundred men.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-08-15

.Franklin gives large majority for Money
and small plurality. for Vardaman, though
figures are not at hand
With Vardaman and Critz in dead
heat each short IS votes OF nomina-
tion by the electoral college vote, all
eyes political are now turned upon the
popular vote as basis for conclu-
sions on the final struggle for a Dem
ocratic gubernatorial nomination on
Thursday, August 27. With but the
two of them In the field, no electoral
vote goes. One of the two will get a
majority of the popular vote, and he
will then be the nominee.
The official figures will not be known
until they shall have been announced
by the executive committee. but in the
meanwhile a careful study is being
made of the unofficial popular vote.
From the best figures obtainable, Var
daman has 35,445, Critz 1880 and
Noel 22.148. Vardaman, by this count,
has plurality over critz of 1926 votes
In the 81 ,213 cast, but he lacks 20,325
of having secured a majority. IL the
same people vote on August n as did
last week. Vardaman will have to have
1O.162 of the men who voted for Noel
and Critz will have TO get 1887.
vardaman needs 46 per cent and Critz
54 per cent Of the Noel vote. How
will 1t go2
aWhat Each Claims.
Mai. yardaman is here tonight in
conference with his local managers.
meeting Of the Vardaman club was
held, and he exressed the most per-
feet confidence in his ability TO win
out in the second primary. His friends
figure that a large part Of the vote
which CrItz got came 10 him from the
support which he is supposed to have
received from Gov. Longino. They
contend that Longino having been de-
feated he may not be able TO render
such assistance as he is supposed TO
have given Critss in the first primary.
There are also some who figure that
Money, having won, will lend hand to
Vardaman.
On the other hand, the Critz people
figure that the campaign of last week
was largely for and against yardaman.
The major was largely personal Is
sue, and his platform was also an is
sue. They deduct from this that Var
daman came nearer polling his total
strength with three men In the field
than was true Of either OF the other
candidates, and hence that the bulk
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-08-15
TWENTY-THREE
KILLED IN WRECK
Many Injured, Some of Whom Can
not Recover.
CIRCUS TRAIN IN COLLISION
Many Unfortunate Victims killed
while Asleep and Badiy Mangied
-Refusal of Air Brnkes 90
work Responsible.

Durand, Mich. Aug. s.--The death
list. as result of the collision early
Friday In the Grand Trunk yards be-
tween the two sections OF Wallace
Brothers circus train, stands at %.
seven OF whom are in the morgue un-
Identified. Coroner Fafrer impanelled
n jury. which viewed the remains and
adjourned until August Il, when the
inquest will be held. Following are
the dead and injured:
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-08-15

sFranklin gives large majority for Money
and small plurality for Nardaman, though
figures are not at hand.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-02

as they recognize essential manhood and endow-
ments of personality in the negro; in proportion
as they mete out even-handed justice and frown
upon unwarranted infection of penalties; in
proportion as they, being stronger and wiser and
rulers by the grace of God, render loving service
to a weak and ignorant people and deny oppor-
tunity to none, they-the educated white men
will make this State a veritable garden of plenty
and peace for the people of both races. If
these fail to lift and carry this burden in the
fear of God, woe unto our children and our chill
dren's children."-From the -Baccalaureate Ad-
dress of DR.. G. E. Taylor, Wake Forest College,
May 81, 1908.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-02
DE-. Charles E. Taylor on the Race Problem.

"Three facts may, [ believe, be regarded as GER
tain. First: That white and black people, both
in increasing numbers, are going to remain and
live together in this State. Second, that
there will be no intermarriage between these
races, and, that this may be the case, there will
be no social equality. Third, that for his own
good and ours the black man will hencefOrth be
eliminated as a potent factor from the political
life of the State. These things are finally set
tied.
"Can we, under these conditions, live side by
side and tread together the paths OF. peace,
friendliness and prosperity? [ believe 1t to be
possible. The practical answer must be given
by the educated white men of the South. They,
ultimately, are the shapers of public opinion
Hitherto we have been embarrassed by criticism
and interference, sometimes friendly, sometimes
impertinent, from beyond our borders. These
later months have witnessed a marvellous and
happy change in this sentiment. We are now,
for the first time, at liberty, comparatively I'M
hammered, to set our own house in order. And
this fact imposes tremendous responsibility,
Conscience, as we'll as expediency and tact, must
be ummoned into the council as we face the fu-
ture.
"The educated men of our State, in proportion
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-02
EmersOn's Intellectual independence.

"Meek young men," he said in that great ora
ton before the Phi Beta Kappa Society at
Cambridge in 1887 which DR.. Holmes called our
intellectual Declaration of Independence
"meek young men grow up in libraries believing
it their duty to accept the views which Cicero,
which Locke, which Bacon, have given; f~orgetful
that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young
men in libraries when they wrote these books"
I suppose that all the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ever
spoken before in AmeTica had not done so much
to induce young students to think for themselves
as that one sentence. To me-, I know, the whole
college library became a servant, not a master,
from that moment.-Col. I. W. Higginson, in
New York Outlook.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-02

Unfortunately, there are people among us who
would like to see the school system crippled or de-
stroyed altogether. These people believe and
teach that every man should educate his own
children; that the public school should be a school
for the poor only. It is folly to try to convert
short. Besides, they will soon be forgotten as
they lie asleep in the merciful oblivion of some
lonely cemetery; nor will the shroud that wraps
them in eternal forgetfulness contain a hiding
place for a single dollar that in life their bony
fingers clutched from a soul-hungry child.-Supt.
G. r. Glenn, of Georgia.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-02
rurs WEEKS PAPER-sOME RANDOM COM
MFNT.

From a practical agricultural standpoint we
1aoso the most important article in this num-
Ir i Professor Sherman's letter on the Hessian
A. We shall be glad to have our readers take
the matter and discuss any other points that
have not been fully considered.
Another insect pest is mentioned by Harry
Farmer, and we hope that his reference will call
ONT the best means of fighting it also. Harry
also makes a brief but telling argument in behalf
of better roads.
We are very glad to welcome the new poul-
+rrman of our North Carolina Experiment Sta
tion. Mr.. J. s.. Jeffrey, as a contributor to our
columns. as we expect him to follow up his first
article, "Making a Start With Poultry" with
other practical letters. Mr.. Jeffrey is an ex-
noricnced and welI-equipped poultryman, and
though he has been in North Carolina only a few
months. has already made a good impression on
our people.
"A Boys Crop of Onions" (page p contains
2 helpful hint, not only for our boys, but for
our older readers as we'll. Onions are easily
raised and easily kept, and as they usually COM
mand good prices, it is strange that larger guam
titles are not grown in this State.
Our Easy Science Study this week deals with
the bec-and there is nothing more interesting
in all the insect world. At any rate, reading
Maurice Maeterlinck's book, "The Life of a
Bee" has brought us to this conclusion. We
hope that none of our readers will pass over an
opportunity to read this remarkable work.
Out in the Corn Belt-especially in the great
Three Il" States: Iowa, Indiana and Illinois
the farmers and agricultural scientists are doing
some valuable and surprising work in the matter
of corn-breeding. Professor ShameIs statement
on page 3 will give an idea of its progress and
possibilities.
The trucking industry-and especially the
strawberry branch-is becoming of such great i'm
to have a much larger number of articles on
trucking probIems-such, for example, as that
on profitable Strawberries" on page 3.
We are sorry that there's no Social Chat for
our Home Circle page; if you are sorry, send us
a letter. Now that commandments are over,
Aunt Jennie hopes that her friends will find time
to write. The cynic's alphabet (page g. is very
bright-cspccialIy his definitions of a bore, a
fool, an idiot, and a %quibbler. The "List of
American Fiction would be hard to improve on.
And the article on "The Home Speech" deserves
the attention of both parents and young people.
In our Correspondence Department., DIR. Alex
andcr continues his interesting series of remi-
ni~ccnt articles, and Superintendent Boddie
gives an account of the forward Movement in
education in Franklin County.
Lastly, We believe that our little folks will be
pleased with Stevenson's rhyme, Ellis Shadow"
on page II.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-02
More Epigrams from Emerson.

20 with mean people, and you think life is
mean. Then read Plutarch, and the world is a
proud place, peopled with men of positive quail
ity, with heroes and demigods standing around
us, who will not let us sleep. Books)
1t makes a great difference to the force of
any sentence, whether there be a man behind it,
or no. Representative Menu
The secret of genius is to suffer no fiction to
exist for US; to realize all that we know; in the
high refinement of modern life, in arts, in sci
ences, in books, in men, to exact good faith,
reality, and a purpose; and first, last, midst, and
without end, to honor every truth by use. Rep-
resentative Men,
There is no luck in literary reputation. They
who make up the final verdict upon every book
are not the partial and noisy readers of the hour
when it appears; but a court as of angels, a pub
lie not to be bribed, not to be entreated, and not
to be overawed, decides upon every mans title
to fame. Only those books come down which
deserve to last. Spiritual Laws)
Life is not so short but that there is always
time enough for courtesy. (Social Aims.)
Every act of the man inscribes itself in the
memories of his fellows, and in his own man
ers and face. Representative Men,
Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that
around every circle another can be drawn; that
there is no end in nature, but every end is a
beginning; that there is always another dawn ris-
en- on mid-noon, and under every deep a lower
deep opens. (Circles.(
Nature paints the best part of the picture;
carves the best part of the statue; builds the
best part of the house; and speaks the best part
of the grafton. (Art)
And what is Originality? It is being, being
ones self, and reporting accurately what we see
and are. Genius is, in the first instance, sensi-
bility, the capacity of receiving just impressions
from the external world, and the power of CO.
ordinating these after the laws of thought.
(Quotation and Originality
The less government we have, the better-the
fewer laws, and the less confded power. The
antidote to this abuse of formal government is
the influence of private character, the growth of
the Individual. Politics.)
A friend may well be reckOned the master
piece of nature. friendship
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-02
Four Discreditable Truths About North Carolina.

Four Discreditable Truths About North Carolina.
North Carolina has 43 counties in which there
are more than 20 white voters out of every 100
who are illiterate; that is, who cannot read and
write.
There are 217 counties in the United States
in which there are more than 20 white illiterate
voters out of every 100. North Carolina has
43 of these counties.
More than % people out of every 100 in North
Carolina over ten years old cannot read and
write! The census of 1900 prints this fact
about North Carolina. It is a part of the COM
mon knowledge of mankind. It cannot be con-
cealed.
More than 10 out of every 100 white people
in North Carolina over ten years old cannot read
and write. There is only one other State that
has as many illiterate white people as North
Carolina.-Southern Education.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-02

There is not in all the world a more ignoble
character than the mere money-getting American,
insensible to every duty, regardless of every prin-
ciple, bent only on amassing a fortune, and put
ting his fortune only to the basest ~uses-whether
these uses be to speculate in stocks and wreck
railroads himself, or to allow his son to lead a
life of foolish and expensive idleness and gross
debauchery, or to purchase some scoundrel Of
high social position, foreign or native, for his
daughter. Such a man is only the more danger
Gus if he occasionally does some deed like found
ing a college or endowing a church, which makes
those good people who are also foolish forget his
real iniQuity.- Theodore Roosevelt in american
Ideals"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-02

The Chronicle is the lame of Charlotte's new
evening daily published by the Observer Com
pany. We have seen only one number, but with
IL. u. Banks as editor and w. I. Underwood as
but the Chronicle managers have foemen worthy
OF their steel in the News force-W. @. DOwd,
publisher; DIR. a. J. McKelway, editor, Robt. w.
'hcent, city editor. We hope that Charlotte is
large enough to support both papers, for we
shouldn't like to see either fail.
We again remind our readers that each county
Is entitled to six more rural school libraries un-
uef the provisions of the act of 1908. We OBJ
serve that Forsyth County has already applied
'OF her full quota under the new appropriation.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-06-16
THE STUDENTS
WERE HOSTS
President Roosevelt Enter
tanned Today at Univer-
sity of Virginia.
FOUNDED BY JEFFERSON
Party Was Driven Direct to the
University Where the Pub
lie Exercises We're Held.

Washington, June 16, 1903.-Presidrnt
Roosevelt left here this morning on a
special train over the Southern Railway
for Charlottesville, Va, where he will
make an address at the graduation cere-
mony of the University OF Virginia. In
the presidents party were Mrs. Roose-
welt, Secretary Loeb, Ambassador Nc
Cormick, Assistant Secretary of State
LOOMS and Col. l.. s. Brown, general
passenger agent of the Southern.
ENTERTAINED BY STU DENTS.
Charlottesville, Va, June l6-Tbe
University OF Virginia today entertained
the President of tho United States and
right royalty the students performed
their duty as hosts. The occasion of
the presidents visit was to attend the
seventy-ninth commencement Of the
university which occurs today. Mr..
Roosevelt is the third president to visit
the university of which Thomas Jeffer-
son, whose remains lie quite close to the
college he loved, was tho founder. Pres
ident Hayes and President Cleveland
have enjoyed its hospitality The pres
ident's special arrived here fiom Wash
ington at ll:3u this morning. The
Guard were on duy at the
depot. The president was cheered as
he stepped from his car. He was met
by Dr. Paul Barringer, chairman of the
DAYS exercises and committee of
alumni. The party was driven direct to
the University, where the exercises
we're held in the public hall.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-06-16
TREMENDOUS DIVIDENDS.
Fifth Avenue Bank Of New York Has Declared
One of Us Per Cent.

New York, June 16.-Stockholders of
the Fifth Avenue Bank, one Of the
most prominent of whom is Russell
Sage, will receive a dividend of 1876
per cent on their holdings as the re-
suit of declaration made today.
1t became known in Wall Street that
the directors had, in addition to the
regular quarterly dividend of 25 per
cent, declared a special dividend of 100
per cent on the capital stock of the
bank, which amounts to 100000. Both
dividends are payable July l.
The meeting at which the dividends
We're declared was held at the bank on
Thursday last. 1t was explained that
the earnings of the institution for the
years 1900, 1901 and 1902 had been ex-
traordinarily large, so that the declar-
alton of such large dividend was
fully warranted.
The distribution of the dividend Of
1876 per cent calls for the payment of
$125, ,OOO-an amount more than the
Cdplldl SlOCh. Ilt SlOth oeiio ut tlODC
to $4,000 a share, the last quotations
being $3,725 bid and $4,000 asked. The
directors of the bank include some of
the strongest financial interests in the
city.
Only few other banks in this city
make a dividend distribution in any
way close to the heavy dividend dis
bursement paid by the Fifth Avenue.
Its yearly payment for some time has
been 100 per cent.
The Chemical National Bank exceeds
this payment, as 1t regularly pays up
on it's 100000 of capital stock 1850 per
cent in dividends each year. Stock OF
the Chemical National Bank is quot-
ed at $4,235 bid and $4,350 asked.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-06-16
IARKEf REPORT.
GRAIN.

0AsAhAAs'
Chicago, June TO- Close. Wheat,
July, 75N @76; Sept, 73X@73A.
Corn, June, 49X; July, 49A.
Oats, June, 3sss; July, a91s
PORK, LARD. RIBS.
Pork, July, SIC 81; Sept 6.s7h.
Lard, July. s.s731; Sept, 500.
Ribs, July, % 32h1; Sept. $3.50
STOCK
Kansas City, M, Juno 16. Cattle,
steady.
Native steers, $500 a $50; Texas
and Indian steers, 81 30 "a 81 25; Texas
COWS, 81 90 @ %. IS; native cows and
heifers, 1920 a .$i.4O; Stockers and
feeders, $500 q 81 so; bulls, $500 a
1850; calves, .S2.75 % Sc. SO; woster n
steers, $500 @ $4.94; western cows,
$500 q 90. 40.
Sheep, steady.
Muttons, IS IS q IS. Is: lambs, a 80
"a $500; Range weathers, % 60 a Is. 40
Ewes, 50 40 q $500.
Chicago, June 16 - Cattle, market
steady.
Good to prime steers, "a 90 q $40;
poor to medium, a. 90 q a so; stOckers
and feeders, 90 90 a a so; cows a 60 q
g. rs; heifers, S225 @ 34,95; Gamers,
81. 60 q s3 90; bulls. $3.50 q a. 25;
calves, g. so @ s6 rs; Texas fed steers
a. 90 q $3.50.
sheep, steady.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-06-16
HASTILY BURY
ING THE DEAD
The Latest Advices From Heppner, Oregon Say
it is Known That at Least 275 or 300
People We're Drowned.
A PATH SWEPT THROUGH
THE TOWN A MILE LONG
AND TWOp KS WIDE

be seen some tastance away. SHARP
and vivid flashes of lightning were
accompanied by bowling thunder. Then
suddenly the thunder storm died away
and left an ominous silence. The noise
subsidized Then a low rumbling noise
was heard, very faint at first, but
growing louder The city Is situated
on Willow Creek, which makes a
sharp turn above the city. AS this
noise grew louder and louder the peo-
pie became frantic. But in moment,
the van of the flood burst into view
around the curve of the creek, carry
ing in it's crest the cabins and houses
which had stood in it's path. Then they
made rush to the hills, but were too
late. The flood was upon them. The
little river is ordinarily 10 feet wide
and six inches deep. In five minutes it
was transformed into a roaring tor
rent, 400 feet wide and 20 feet deep.
Houses were lifted from foundations
and carried on the swirling waters.
Resistance was impossible. Everything
was swept before the rush of the
flood"
NOT MANY INJURED.
Spokane, Wn., June 16.-Direct ad-
vices to the Chronicle from Heppner,
Orn., at 10 o'clock this morning state
that thus far the bodies of 200 victims
of Sunday nights disaster have been
found Two hundred more are sup
posed to be hidden in the ruins or to
the terrible flood. Today's reports in
dicate that the number of injured is
small.