davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Arizona republican., 1903-08-28
CRESCEUS' NEW RECORD.

Dayton. O., Aug. 27.-A new world's trotting record of 2:OSA for a half mile track was made by Cresceus this after noon.
Arizona republican., 1903-08-28
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At Philadelphia R. 1T. F. Boston ........................ 1 Philadelphia ............. ? ,
 Batteries: Hughes and Criger: Plank and Powers.
 At Detroit-DctrCit-C Chicago game postponed on account of ram. Double header tomorrow
 At New York R H. E New York .................6 II i Washington ...... ......... ,
 Batteries: Chesbro and McCauley Orth and Kittredge.
 At Cleveland-Cleyelan Louis game postponed on a4count of rain.
Arizona republican., 1903-08-28
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. At Louisville-Lousvile :; Kansas City, 6.
 At Columbus-Columbus s; Minne : apolis, '.
 At Indianapolis-Firs game: Indian 2polis, 9; Milwaukee, l. Second game: Indianapolis, ?; Milwaukee. A.
 At Tolcdo-Toledo-S Paul game postponed on account of rain.
Arizona republican., 1903-08-28
ON THE IGNOMINIOUS DEFEAT OF THE SHAMROCK
ished Within the Time Limit It Was the Adminst
 Challenger for the Americas Cup.

Wind Two Hopeless and
 the Result The NextR
Arizona republican., 1903-08-28
WESTERN LEAGUE.

dIlC IJolan.
 At St. Joseph-St. Joseph Peoria game postponed on account of wet grounds.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12
ESTIr1ATE OF
KANSAS LOSSES

Kansas City. June 9.-kansas has
more than any other state. No exact
figures of the loss sustained can, OF
course, be given, but the damage done
in the principal cities and towns is es-
timated as follows:
North Topeka, 100000; Lawrence
$3.50. 900; Salina. s2OO,00O; Manhattan
$150,00O; Junction City. 100000; Solo
man, $4,000: Abilene, $250.000; Linds-
borg. 100000; Hutchinson, 500 900;
Minneapolis. 100000: Empora. $65,-
900; Florence, $4,000: Lincoln Center
$4,000: Atchison, 100000; Argentine
81 ,000.0 .000 Kansas City, and suburbs
$4,000 900
Nearly 200 smaller towns were af-
fected by the floods.
The lowest estimate that can be
made of the loss done to crops is
IS 1000 600.
All day Sunday gangs of men were at
work clearing up the west bottoms. the
Union depot, the railway yards. the
wholesale houses, the stockyardS. and
the various packing houses. and there
was quite a general resumption in all
lines of business Monday morning
The extent of the damage to the rail-
roads operating in and out of Kansas
City. caused by the food. can scarcely
be estimated. Outside of the very con-
siderable item involved in loss of
freight. in cars and buildings nearly
all lines out of Kansas City suffered
severe losses in washedout track and
destroyed bridges. The loss in freight
flooded. burned or lost down the river
may amount to 81 900 900 or 81 900 900
The Burlington estimates its loss in its
freight house alone at S50o00o Each OF
the other roads lost as much
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12
Attacked by a Wildcat.

Cripple Creek, Colo. June 7.-Filius
Franks, a ranchman residing near Mar
igold in the southern part of the coun-
ty. had an exciting but unpleasant ad-
venture with a wildcat yesterday af-
ternOon. Franks was coming to town
for medicine for sick child He was
making a shortcut. taking the trail over
the hills. At one point the trail is so
steep that the ranChman dismounted
and was leading his horse when he
spied young kitten on the path in
front of him. He kicked it ont of the
road, when the infuriated mother. who
was crouching in some rocks nearby,
sprang at him.
Franks was unarmed and had to
fight the beast off with his fists. which
he finally succeeded in doing. He was
badly scratched about the face and
hands and his coat was torn to rib.
bons.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12
BUILDING TRADES
BOARD DISRUPTED

New York. June with a s,ldden-
ness that surprised many of the dele
gates themselves, the united board of
building trades was disrupted yester-
day afternoon. one faction of sixteen
delegates leaving the hall. while twen-
ty more remained inside and jeered the
seceders as they strobe down the
stairs.
This came soon after Samuel Parks,
walking delegate of the Horsesmiths'
ana Brldgemen's union, had been ar
rested, almost under the windows of
BfeVoort hall, where the meeting was
held. Parks had been president of the
board from 1899 to 1901, and naturally
his arrest stirred his former colleagues
to high rancor but when they saw
their central body collapse. with all it
meant to them, Parks was soon forgot
ten and the delegates gave their atten-
ton to more important matters
The break in the board was practi-
cally sharp parting between skilled
and unskilled workmen. John ]. DON
oVan. president of the board and Will
lam II. Farley. secretary, followed by
the representatives of fourteen other
unions of skilled workmen walked out,
and left the representatives of twenty
other unions. for the greater part un-
skilled, in possession Of the hall.
1t is the plan Of the seeding faction
to organize a new board that shall
contain nothing but representatives of
skilled trades. and be in fact and name
the United Board of Building Trades.
with all laborers and unskilled labor
eliminated
In all there are thirty-n unions in
the united board. and its total mem
bership exceeds $4,000 of the highest
paid wOrkmen in the country. The
united board has always been consio-
cred as one of the most powerful labos
organizations in the country.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12
IMMENSE LOSS INFLICTED BY
SOUTH CAROLINA CL0UDBURST

Following is the summary of the
damage to the cotton mills;
Pacolet Nos. | and =, totally de-
stroyed; Pacolct No. 3. badly damaged.
These mills operated 10000 spindles
and 2O,200 looms. Clifton mill No. 3,
at Converse, jl 900 spindles. totally de-
stroyed.
Dexter mills, 80 800 spindles. half de-
strOyed; Clifton mills, 27 800 spindles,
half destroyed. Glendale mills. badly
damaged: Pacolct warehouse. totally
destroyed, $500 bales of cotton and
1000 bales of yarn swept down stream
At Pacolet a Presbyterian church,
hotel and a number of mill cottages
were entirely demolished. The prop
erty damage is in the neighborhood Of
$500, 900.
The mayor of Charlotte to-day issued
an official call for relief. About $500
has already been raised here by private
subscription.
The flood was due to a mighty cloud
burst along the headwaters of the
Pacolet river. in Polk county. North
Carolina. The crest of the flood when
it reached Pacolet was sixty feet high.
The mills were located along the
banks of the stream in a deep valley
and they caught the full force of the
food
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12
JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL
EXPLAINS NEW MILITIA LAW

pate in the maneuverS or operations do
so for the purpose of improving their
discipline and efficiency, and that iD
such participation they act under the
orders OF their respective governors.
While so engaged the several organiZa-
tions of the national guard. he says, re-
main under the control OF their several
commanders-in-ch chief. and not having
been called forth in the manner pre-
scribed in the constitution, do not pass
under the command and control OF the
President as cOmmander-in-chief of the
land and naval forces of the United
States.
He holds that the enlisted men OF the
national guard are not entitled to IN
creased pay in virtue OF previous ser
vice in the militia but says that OIL
GERS who have served five years in the
militia are entitled under the law TO
the same ten per cent. increase in pay
that is provided for officers OF the
army.
The judge advocate general says that
in aDplying section IS. the drills and en-
campments which took place in any
state or territory during the year ended
December 81. 1902. should be consid-
cred in determining the right of the
state or territory to participate in the
benefit conferred by previous and pres
ont laws.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12

Washington. June S.-Judge hdvo-
cate General Davis has sent to the sec
retary of war an opinion relative to
various disputed matters of cOustruc-
ton OF the new militia law. one point
raised was whether section IA Of the
militia act, relating to expenditure OF
money for the militia, was not in con
tiict with the federal constitution, the
contention being that it would take the
militia from the control OF the states.
General Davis points out that the new
militia law does not dffer materially
from the present law, and that all that
will be necessary is a change in the
forms for accounting to be made to
the Treasury Department.
A more important point raised con-
Germs section Is. which provides for
the participation of the militia of the
several states in maneuvers and field
instructions of the regular army, but
with further proyiso that the com
mand of a military post or camp and
of the officers and. troops OF the United
States stationed where such manouvers
occur shall remain with the regular
command of the post, without regard
to the rank of the commanding or
other officers of the militia TEN, ora
rily encamped there.
General Davis holds that such pOr-
tions of the national guard as partici-
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12
Grand Recorder Commits Suicide.

Denver, June rather than turn
over the records of his office. which
would show shortage. Francis Ma
rion Roberts fired bullet into his
brain yesterday morning and died in
stantIy The suicide occurred about )
o'clock in the rear of No, POLO Market
street, resort kept by Nellie Will
liams. The body was not found until
nearly 10 O'Clock.
Roberts was grand recorder of the
Ancient Order of United WOrkmen
and was to have turned over the rec
ords of the office to his successor yes
terday afternoon. A committee of the
order is now engaged in checking over
the accounts of I've office and it is
given out unoiIicially that the amount
OF the shortage will be about 81 900.
Roberts had been missing since
Wednesday and a committee had been
appointed to search the city for him
The police were not asked to aid in
the search. Where he has been dur
ing the past two days none of the
members of the lodge has been able
to ind out.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12

Columbia. S. c., June Though
the great flood Of water is passing on
to the ocean laden with debris OF ev-
cry description and the swollen
.-'reams are subsiding in the Piedmont
region the losses OF life and property
are increasing and a conservative es-
innate tonight places the property loss
at not less than 81 800 600 The most
conservative estimate OF the dead is
eighty. At Clifton alone 100 mill op-
eratives are missing from the village,
and all are believed to have been lost.
TO-day's development in the devaS-
tated mill settlements at PacOlet and
Clifton, on the Pacolet river in South
Carolina. magnify the horrors of the
situation there.
The town of Union, South Carolina,
=. is to-day totally isolated
At Converse thirteen dead are re-
ported and fOrty-one at Clifton No. 2
mill. At Clifton No twenty-siX
shomes are destroyed thirteen at Cliff
ton No. ! and twenty at Clifton No. ).
The loss at Cliftons three mills will
approximate s. .0OO.0 900. AT Pacolet the
loss is near $l0O0.0O0. The greatest
want among the survivors is at Clifton,
where 500 are destitute.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12

ueless. This company was formed in
1901. The erection of the works was
started at Pueblo and the enterprise
has Just now reached its fruition.
The plant is one of the most modern
in the world, and was erected under the
supervision of the experts of Germany
and America. Ii embraces all the lat
est devices. and has a capacity for
smelling 200 tons per day
Ernest o. Jacobsen said last evening
that mis- firm had shipped about - 900
tons of zinc ore to Germany up to this
time. and that ii cost them from 50 to
$40 to transport it to its trans Atlantic
destination.
The Pueblo works We're opened un-
der the direction of William Shuttle OF
Overpelt, Germany. one of the best zinc
metallurgists in Europe. Mr.. Schultz
Will leave on his hOmeward voyage
next week. Experts in zinc smelling
were imported from Frankfurt. Ger
many, and Will remain in the employ
of the company. These men are adopts
in treating just such ores as Colorado
produces. The ore is not clean prod
net. The basic supplies of the smelter
will come from Leadville. That camp
is now turning out 300 tons of zinc ore
per day, ore that is worth IS per ton
The demand for zinc is constantly
increasing and the local boom in these
ores has caused many old mines that
had formerly been imperative on ac-
count of this product to be reopened.
The furnaces of the works are OF a
special pattern. and have already
proved a great success Mr. Jacobsen
says the opening of the works has been
satisfactory in every particular, and
predicts great future in this indus
try.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12

falling. The high water mark of the
great flood of 1903 as established at St.
Louis is 37.5.
So great an extent of territory is
covered by the flood, so constantly
changing are the conditions as the wa
ter creeps higher and renders the stu
alton the more chaotic. and so unrelia-
BILE are the various rumors of the dew
astation that substantial summary of
the losses of life and property cannot
be obtained. but up to o'clock last
night information from APPARENTLY the
most reliable sources showed the situ-
alton to be as follows:
River stage. 37.5 feet, stationary
Twenty lives known to have been
lost.
More than 100000 acres of rich farm
ing lands under water.
All Of Venice and the greater parts
of Madison and Granite City under
water
Twenty-Five thousand people render
ed homeless
Freight traffic completely paralyzed.
stopped
districts of East ST. Louis for three
miles along the river front Is under
from three to eight feet of water Hun
dreds and probably thousands of head
of stock drowned East St Louis
threatened with complete inundation.
st. Louis flooded only along the water
front Entire property loss estimated
at $3,000.000
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12
OPENING OF ZINC SMELTER AN
EVENT OF GREAT IMPORTANCE

Denver. June 9.--The News this
morning says:
The blowing in of the new zinc
sInelter OF the United States Zine Com
pany at Pueblo yesterday marks a new
era in the metallurgical history If
Colorado. The first bit of spelter ever
produced in the state at that time and
from this date forward zinc ores that
hitherto have only found a market in
Germany will be reduced here at home
The new work cost 81 ,00O. 900 and are
located in Pueblo near one of the
American smelling plants. The sucIt-
er will be running at full capacity in
about three months and will then en-
ploy 800 hands. At present 200 are at
work.
The Inauguration of this important
new enterprise means that ores when
few years ago were not only consid-
cred worthless. but serious drawback
to the operation of silver mines, now
have a distinct market value and can
be sold near the mining district
-Four years ago e. o. Jacobsen & co.
of 2 and Stone street. New York
learned of the great demand in Ger
many for zinc ore and began to buy it
at the Leadville mines and ship il 10
the great German smelters at Frank
furt The Guggenheims became inter
ested in the project and asked Jacob
sen & Co. TO ascertain how the ores
could be treated in this country.
Jacobsen & Co. interested German cap
italists and they. joining forces with
Jacobsen G. Co. and NJ. Guggenheim 5
Sons. incorporated the United States
Zinc Company, the purpose of the com
pany being to smelt zinc ores. which up
to that time had been considered val
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12
Spirtualist'S Will Sustained,

New York. June "a will which
had been contested by relatives on the
ground that Mrs. A. ID. Thompson, who
made it, and left the bulk of her es-
tate to Joseph NJ. Mahan. a protege
of her husband, was under the innu-
enCe of spiritualists and not of sound
mind, has been admitted 10 probate
by Surrogate Thomas. The latter said
in entering the order:
Almost every one at soma time in
vestigates what is known as Ameri-
can spiritualism. That some people
believe they can have communica-
tions with their loved ones in the 9TH
er world is a well-known fact. but the
fact of that belief is no ground for the
setting aside Of a persons wishes in
his last will 9uJ Testament"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12
TERRORS OF THE
ST. LOUIS FLOOD

st. Louis. June Sword has been
received here at / o'clock that a levee
near Madison on which gangs of men
were working gave way and fifteen
men, employees of the American Car
and Foundry works, lost their lives
About $50 men, it is reported, are i'm
prisoned on a section of the levee that
is slowly crumbling, and all means of
escape has been cut off Word has
been sent to the ST. Louis side to rush
the private yacht Annie Russell, to
the rescue. The Annie Russell started
TO Black Walnut this afternoon, but
could not force her way against the
current 1t is feared she cannot make
her way to Madison.
A small steamer from St. Charles
succeeded in reaching Black Walnut
tonight and the 200 imperilled people.
terrified and in great distress for food
and shelter, were taken from the ISL
and in safety. All We're rescued.
st. Louis. June Like a millraca
the swollen Mississippi is surging past
st. Louis with stage of 369 feet at
O'Clock tonight. making a rise of one
and One-half feet since the same hour
last night
All Venice, Madison, portions Of
Granite City and 1900 acres of rich
bottom farming land are in the grip
of the flood north of East St. Louis
Houses have been swept from their
foundations and sent adrift. The dam
age already done is enormous and the
flood hourly reaches further inland
more and more crippling railroad traf-
fic and enguIfng additional homes,
farms and factories. The east approach
to Merchants bridge is reported to be
severely damaged.
All the farm houses and barns occu-
pying the lowlands across the river
from St Charles have been swept away
with but few exceptions. Three women
in one farm house refused to leave un-
til they had ripped new carpet from
;he floor They could not be again
reached
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12
Trick That Failed,

Once upon time,' said an old sol
dier. after weary, dusty forenoon
march. we halted to rest for an hour
or two. A snug-looking farmhouse
being invitingly near, couple of my
comrades went over and called for
dinner. Their names were Theodore
and Levi. and their united finances a
3-cent stamp and a pewter dime. The
odore said he knew a dodge that never
failed. and they would get dinner.
Iou see, Theodore was raised in Phil
adelphia, and Just took as naturally
to cuteness as baby does to measles.
Well, the dinner was in due season
cooked and eaten and was pronounced
good.
Nov, landlord said Theodore.
pulling out his purse with the air of a
millionaire, what's the bill? One
dollar for both of you said the man
of the house. Very ACKNOWLEDGMENT
remarked Theodore. in a patronizing
way. L say. landlord. you couldn't
change $50 bill?' Wal. yes, L reck-
on-lets see what bank it's on was
the answer. For an instant Theodore
stood as though dead struck. and then
broke away as though the whole
southern Confederacy was after them
eXclamns: Well. who'd suppose that
rebel could change a $50 bill?"-
Washington Star
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12
STEAMERS LASHED TOGETHER
STRUGGLE HARD TO SAVE LIFE

St. Louis. June 9.-The flood has
probably reached the zenith of its de-
vastating power and the situation is
appalling.
The climax came last night when by
the breaking of levee near Granite
City, a wall of water six feet high
rushed down upon Madison and deeper
engulfed the already stricken city,
sweeping houses from their founda-
tions and drowning fifteen people who
were vainly fleeing for their lives.
The report was current that fifteen
workmen in the ST. Louis Car and
Foundry Works had been drowned, but
later it was found that while seven en-
ployes had lost their lives. thirteen 9TH
ers. men, women and children, had per
ished
Hundreds of persons were forced to
the roofs of their floating houses. and
an appeal was sent to St. Louis for as
sistance.
Every effort was made to force
steamers against the heavy current
four miles north OF the stricken town.
but it was noon before the ST. lr,ers
Mark Twain and Anna Russell, iashed
der every ounce of steam after five
hours of battle with the current were
able to reach Madison.
The crest of the food has been
reached and the river is falling At
1:30 O'Clock the gauge registered 37.1
feet, indicating a fall of 04 of a foot
since o'clock last evening. Reports
from along the river indicate that it is
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12
Planted a Laurel Bush,

An impressive service took place at
the Soldiers Home, Chelsea, on Arbor
day. AT the suggestion of Miss Ade-
line F. Fitz, director of the Powder
Horn chapter. Junior Sons and Daush.
ters of the Revolution. the children
were asked to plant laurel bush, the
state floral emblem, on Arbor day, and
the Soldiers Home was the place Sc
lected.
The children met on the hill at Q
O'Clock and were received by the su-
perintendent Capt. Creecy. and the
adjutant, Richard F. Foster. with a
company of soldiers. The resident of
the chapter, Miss Lois Endicott. Dre
sented the laurel with these remarks.
I'VE represent the Junior Sons and
Daughters of the Revolution, and plant
this laurel, the state floral emblem
hoping 1t will grow and bloom, prov
ing a constant pleasure to the inmates
of the home. We do this as a token
of regard for the soldiers of 700 wears
ago, as well as the soldiers represented
here"
Capt. Creecy responded with deem
appreciation. The children recited the
salute to the flag and the bugler closed
the exercises by playing America"
The children were then escorted over
the home.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12
O. e. HENENWAY
COMMITS SUICIDE

Denver, June IA Republican spe
cial from Colorado Springs last night
says:
Lying dead in a pool of its own
blood. shot through the head and the
revolver few inches from its right
hand, the body of Alvaro Hemenway
was found at 40 o'clock this after
noon by searching party in some
brush behind group of cottonwood
trees in the Fountain Creek flats. The
place is called the Portland pasture,
and the location of the body was about
$50 yards southwest of the Midland
bridge over Fountain creek and quar-
ter of mile east of the Portland mill.
William Myers, one OF the searching
party employed by o. j.. Hemenway,
son of the deceased, discovered the
body.
No inquest will be held, as the case
is clearly one of suicide. The bullet, a
3S-calibrc, had entered the head one
inch above the tip of the right ear, and
had left the skull the same distance
above the left ear, but an inch farther
front
AlvarO Hemenway had been missing
since Wednesday morning, and his
Dcrturbance over business affairs. to-
gether with the fact that the revolver
was missing from its accustomed place
in the safe at the Hemenway grocery
store. led to the theory of suicide on
the part of Orin E. Hemenway. the son.
The latter employed searching par
ties since Thursday. and the canons
and other neighboring points were be-
ing secured when the discovery was
made.
The deceased was one of the oldest
and most respected citizens of Colo
RADIO Springs. He came to this city
about twenty years ago. first conduct
ing feed business on East Huerfano
street. About three years ago he sold
out. devoting all his attention to the
carriage business of A. II. Hemenway
e. Co, which had gradually been in
creasing each year
All his business interests fiourished.
but it is said that he lost heavily in
Cripple Creek mining. His estate is
now rated at about 100000
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-12
The Waocs Of War

The Wages OF War.
What are the wages? Here" he said.
And he pointed down TO the ranks of
dead
Down to the field that shranlS blooi-red.
From the stars OF love in the sky Ger
head
Pointed 10 scenes that mems hearts alb
her
And answered This is the cost of war"
But how for tn" lips that ask in vain
FOR the one who will never come gain;
IN" longing face At the window pane
ihdt sees no breast with crimson stain?
for hearts are broken as lives are lost.
so count them up III the battle cost.
Nay. count them not You can only say
As the field lights up with the dawn OF
day,
Ihat many were lost In the bloody fray:
Not counting mere tears nor lips that
pray,
Not counting the hearts with sorrow
filed
But only the wounded ones and killed.