davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
Machen's Many Duties.

Conrad Syme made the opening state
ment for Machen. He dwelt at length
on the wonderful manner in which the
free delivery division had grown In ten
years the numerous matters of great
import Machen had TO handle, and the
large number Of executive officers under
him.
With all this he could not have taken
the personal part in the installation of
the Croft fasteners that has been al
legged hy the prosecution. His relations
with Lorenz were perfectly legitimate,
and grew out OF incidents which origi-
mated before Machen entered tGe public
service.
Ina Liebhardt. whom Machen ap-
pointed his chief clerk. was the first
witness for the defense, and described
the growth of the division She admit
ted she had signed Machen's initials to
nearly all of his mail the last two years
he was I'm Office, and for about two
years before this she signed half OF f.
He had told her 10 sign the initials
and refer to him only those letters she
thought Of Importance.
She was asked why she signed the
initials in such a manner that her inii-
tation could not oe distinguished from
Machen's original She had no explana-
ton except that at first the signatures
were different. but in signing his name
so many times she uncorsclOusly copied
II
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
COTTON SKATERS
ALL HIGH RECORDS
July Touches Ie-Cent Mark Amid Wild
Excitement on New York
Exchange.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-Cotton shat
tered all records this morning. July SELL
ing for 16 cents, and other futures es-
tablishing new high figures. The rise
was attended with wild excitement.
A scare of shorts in Liverpool start
ed the upward flight of prices. Sully.
by free buying. and the prevalence Of
bullish news in the South, helped the
advance along.
The abnormal price touched by cotton
today is considered by S. II. Agnew, of
E. r. Chapman & Co.. TO be the fore
runner OF a terrific panic in the market.
The present value Of cotton is fcti-
tious." said Mr.. Agnew. and the mar
ket is bound to collapse sooner or later.
The staple is now in the hands of a
| clique, which has bulled and bulled
prices, and is even predicting a higher
| level
AT the present price of cotton. there
cannot be any demand among spin
ners and weavers. 1t would not be pos
sible for them TO conduct their business
| on a profitable basis If compelled TO pay
l6 cents a pound for the staple.
"I expect TO see soon one OF the
| Crandest panics in the market that has
ever occurred The break may amount
to 2 or cents. and will be felt heavily
| I'm some quarters.
! 'In 1895 cotton sold for GA cents a
pound That was an abnormally low
| price, as the present is abnormally high.
| Statistics show. however. that cotton
can be grown and sold at profit at
cents "A pound.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
THE TEMPERATURES.
THE SIN.
TIDE TABLE.

HIN tide tOOdg g.-s----ss ..s.-.t-pO a. III
High ode tomorrow. .4:30 a. m, 5:06 p. m.
Low tide tomorrow. IL a. M. II SO ,. m.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

Best Boards, $3.50 Per 100 Feet.
Frank Libbey & Co.. 9Th s. n. Y. Ave.
Adv.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

Singers and Public Speakers viii find Piso's
Cure an ehectuai cure for hOarseness 25e--Adv.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

Snow tonight, rising tenn
perature; snow tomorrow;
fresh, eaSterly winds.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-10
Tribute of Respect.

Resolved by Montgomery Lodge
No 163, f.. 4 A. NJ, That, whereas
1t has pleased the Great Grand Mas
ter Of Heaven and Earth to remove
from our midst our worthy brother,
Seaborn Dean, who died on the 18th
,lay Of August. A. ID. 1904. at his sons,
John w. Dean. two miles north Of
Montgomery, La, and whereas Bro.
Dean was a good and highly esteem
ell citizen and neighbOr. a consistent
member of the Baptist church, and u
jealous Mason. therefore lie 1t
Resolved by Montgomery Lodge
no. 168, F. & A. NJ. first. That in the
death of Bro. Dean the lodge has
lost a jealous Mason. the church a
consistent member, and the country
a good citixen--One escrupulously HON
est and always ready to protect and
promote the interest and Integrity OF
his neighbOrs and brothers.
Resolved, second, That these resO-
Intions he spread upon the minutes
of the Lodge and copy sent the Col
fax Chronicle, Peoples Demands and
WINFIELD COmrade for publication,
and the secretary Of this Lodge he In
structed to furnish q copy to the be
reaved family Of our deceased brother.
By order of the Lodge.
tR. w. HORN,
Committee.{ B. Il. WOODS,
MATHEW L. JACKSON.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-10
Letter to Cappel 3 LaCroix.


Dear Sirs: Your business IL, when a
house burns down, to give the owner
some money to build o new one. 1t
is good business. Queer that the
wQEld got on 80 long without It.
We paint the one that burnt down
and the new one too. What is bet
ter, we paint that don't burn down.
You insure the houses that burn;
we insure the houses thatdOn't You
have the ashes and smoke; all the
houser are ours.
We paint lead land zinc; Devoe. We
sell the paint to painters; we don't
paint.
Lead-and-oil is the old fashion paint
Devoe Is zinc ground in with lead and
linseed oil: the best paintin the world
and the cheapest, because it takel
fewer gallons than mixed paints and
! 1t wears twice a. long as lead-and- oil
| Nobody wants poor paint; there's
| lots Of It, though, IN the world.
A. NJ. Grifin, Plainfield, N. J..
writes:
.sMr. Aaron Higgins,. Of P1aInfeld
always used 15gHll0ns Of mixed paint
| for his house. Last Spring he bought
| Is gallons Of DevOe and had gallon
left Yours truly,
F. w. DEvoE & Co.,
lSo New York
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-10

With family around expecting him tc
die, and con Iding for life, Is miles to
get DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con.
sumption, Coughs and Colds. w. II
Brown, OF Leesville, Ind, endured deaths
agouies from asthma; but this wonderful
medicine gave instant relief and soou
cured him. He writes: II now sleer
soundIy every night" Like marveloui
cures Of consumption, pueumonia, bron
chit,s. coughs, colds and grip prove Il
matchless merit for all throat and lung
troubles. Guaranteed bottles Soc and
S1.OO. Trial bottle free Crescent Drug
Store, Coltax; Bush 4 Randolph, Fair
mount.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-10

The September trade edition Of the
N. o. States says. that the lumber
trade Of the South has had disas-
trous year. but there IL firm faith
that there will be an early resump-
tion of favorable conditions. The
production Of lumber has been great
ly curtailed because prices shrunk,
and there has been a great falling of
In exports.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-10
Large Plantations Passing
Away.

II -
60 - - -s,-.:y.,- -
49,. ~ ,.....s - s .:y
- E m p M. ~ ~:.:.. |
80 a'." ~ 49,. -. ~: !. =. $500 s:s..
-. -. :. a. 49, ~ a..s,..sst; s t;ass
- a. 49, :~.~
s-s,, M ha,s;. -A;.. - ~ ~ ~ 49,
'.,.,. .'.' :s. ~ 80 = =
- - M s.
psss-..;~s. - :. 81 !. s..-ss*
r'S i..,'s.ss s ). -. sr, 80 -.
'.e ss. - =. -.s s 49, g. - I.
- .-sss-s. : "a 49, s srs.t s.,..s., ~ !. !.
-. e - - AsSrs 80
nase nesseo'olo ~ ose1ooAe.'
they show our natives now 20 double
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-10

aouos A.s' soPs' = Aevss
Editor Collar Chronicle:
write to the dear old Chronicle to
gay that we are having some sickness
around this locality. We can hear Of
the doctors coming and going, and
see them passing here occasionally.
This would be good location for
q doctor. He would have the terrific
~ At Phillips station, and along the
Colfax and Northern railroad at least
half way to Verda, and along the
Valley road half way to ModtgOm-
cry; also the interior territory and
that on Red and Cane rivers.
Mr.. J. N. Fletcher has boen In Alo-
ha Of late, having some moro work
done on his store front, which be Will
paint, thereby greatly improving the
appearance of our town.
The people Of this section are be-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-10

The attorneys representing Shep
Davis, the negro who killed r. B.
Wright, marshall Of WINFIELD. have
applied for change Of venue, and
the case has been transferred to Rap
ides parish. o. ". Graham and w.
NJ. Wallace, the attorneys appointed
by the court to defend the negro.
proved to the satisfaction Of the
court that their client could not have
a fair trial in Winn, owing to th'
great feeling against the accused.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-10
An Invitation to Everybody.
OFFICE OF STATE COMMISSIONER,
st. Louis, Sept. 2, 1904,
editor Coffax Chronicle:

Editor C0ffax Chronicle:
Louisiana Day at the Worlds Fair
will he celebrated by proper services
on September 18th. In accordance
with the Governors Proclamation
all the citizens Of Louisiana are cor
daily invited to these exercises. 1t
is impossible to send invitations to
all the citizens Of the State, and there
fore. respectfully claim a space In
your paper to announce that, with
or with Invitations, they will all be
cordially received at all the cere-
monies at the CabildO ON Louisiana
Day. All Louisianaians are earnest
Iy Invited. In accordance, with the
Proclamation Of the Governor, to aid
In making this the most memorial day
Of the Exposition. A large crowd ID
expected. WILLIAM G. STUBBs,
State Commissioners.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-10

Bedridden, alone and destitute. Such.
in brief was the condition Of ap old sol
der by name Of ]. j. Havens. VersaIlles,
O. For years he was troubled with kid
ney disease and neither doctors nor med.
icines gave him relief. At length be
tined Electric Bitters. Il put him on hin
feet in short order aud now he testifies.
I'm on the road to complete recovery.
Best on earth for liver and kidney troub-
lee and al forms Of stomach and bowel
complaints. Only 6Oo. Guaranteed BY
Crescent Drug Store. Colfax; Bush 4
Randolph. Fairmount
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-10

w. II. Harrison. Cleveland, Miss-,
writes, Aug. Is, 1902: Il want to say z
word Of praise for Baliard's Snow Lini.
mont. stepped on nail, which caused
the cords Of my legs to contract and an
abscess to riss in my knee. and the doc
tor told me that would have stiff leg
90 one day I went to J, #. Lords drug
store (who il now in Denver, Colo.) HI
recommended . bottle Of Snow Liniment
I got 500 size. and il cured my leg. Il
IL the best liniment in the world.
Absceses. with few exoeptions. an
indicative Of constipation OF debility
They may, however. result hon blows q
from foreign bo ies, introduced into th'
G1in or ilesh, such - sp1intesab thOrno
stc. Sod ~ Valley Dfag 61ore.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-10

In the last analysis nobody knows, but
we do know that it Is undef snrct law.
Abuse that law even slightly, pain re-
sults. Irregular living means derange-
ment Of the organs. resulting in coneti-
patton, headache and liver trouble. DR..
King's New Life Pills quickly re-adjusts
this. It's gentle. yet thorough. Only
25c ct Crescent Drug Store, Collar;
Bush q Randolph, Paramount.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-10

Connections at Shreveport, AIexandria and
winnfrld for all points.
wesoIicit ycur freight shipments from Shreve:
port Alexaudria and New Orleans, and from al
points in tho North, Eust, West, and Southeast.
For further information address
CLARENCE ELLERBE,
AseistRnt to President.
j. A. SWIGERT,
General Superintendent.
e. G. ID. MARSHALL.
Assf. Gen. Freight Agent
General Ofices. shreveport, Isa.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-10
The Cotton Belt Did 1t.

A WEEK AT The WOhhD FAIR
Think ofit! The Cotton Belt Route
viii sell tickets to St. Louis and re-
turn for &l1 20. These tickets are on
sale at Shreveport on Sept. Sd, 4th,
9Th, 18th, 18th, 10Th and 9th. and al
low seven days at the big fair. They
will be honored on s'The St LOuIe
Train" In its chair ears and hand
some day coaches. This train car.
rics Pullman cars and diner through
to st. Louis without change, and is
the finest and fastest train from the
southwest to the Fair. You leave
Shreveport at AS p. m. and arrive al
st. Louis l1:30 next morning. Don't
fail to see that your tickets read via
Shreveporta and the Cotton Belt. Fol
particulars write L. p. Smith, 7. r. A.
rs Milan St.. Shreveport, La
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-10

The board Of directors Of the Bank
OF Colfax held their regular meeting
on the eth inst. Mr.. J. w. Bolton, Of
Alexandria. was the only director
from a distance present. The only
change in the personel was the elec-
tioa Of j. C. Mcknight as assistant
cashier. in the place Of T. II. McNeely,
resigned. The same officials and
board Of directors as last year were
reelected. The surplus fund was in
creased to 81, 800, making the total
surplus and undivided profits $1,000
The officials Of the bank are, ]. H.
McNeely, president, j. n. Williams,
1st vice president; J. w. Bolton, ID
vice president; Earl Roberts, cashier
Board Of directory. H. 8icNeely
J. w. Bolton, G. h. Mcknight. e. b
Gray. X. w. Richardson, 8. r. Lee
J. H. Williams, +. e. Bush. Earl Rob
erts. The bank isin q fine condition
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-10

1 have sold Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for more than twenty years and
it has given entire satisfaction. ! have
sold pile OF it and can recommend It
highly.-Joseph cElhiney, Linton, Ia.
You will fiud this remedy . good friend
when troubled with cough or cold. It
always affords quick relief and is pleasant
to take. For sale by ]. 81. AcNeely.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1904-09-10

Don't put yourself fn this man ssplncs.
but ksep 3 bottle Of this remedy IN your
home. There 8 nothing % good 1oe
Colic. Cholsrs Horbus, DyDenteEy ard
Diaxrhoea. Il b equally valuable fcg
summer Complaint and CholsEA Infan-
tum and has saved tho Hvee Of moro
chi1dEen than any other medicine n uso.
when reduced with Wafer and sweet
ened Il y pleasant to take.
You o. some one Of your family aEo
oure to need thio remsdy sooner OF lntoR
and when that time comes you VIII neod
u badly you viii needit quickly. Why
not buy &c now and b prepored tor encb
hemerBeucy. PtieeL 2cc.; ;1aSGe Gl1A oQc6
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-11
HdW0ii=Vei a Generation AQO
EARLY IMPRESSIONS OF CHARLES NoRDHoFF.
Hnpas Magazine If august

woods disappear the water-courses dry
up, and the sugar-cane has of late,
am told, begun to suffer from a worm
which eats out the pith, near he
ground, and thus destroys the whole
cane. For general agriculture the IS
lands are worthless. A small Or gen
eral farmer would not starve here be-
cause he could always raise enough
sweet potatoes to live on. but he
would never get on. OF specialties, the
sugar culture is the only one which
has not entirely failed; and yet when
you hear of plantations which cost
$4,000 sold by the sheriff for $4,000,
or of plantations which cost $4,000
bought in for $4,000 and hardly pay
ing profit even on this minor sum,
you viii scarcely regard this industry
as a thriving one. There are natural
as well as artificial causes for this
want of success: but I must reserve
the discussion of these for another
time. What is certain is that these
islands, aside from their fine climate,
have absolutely nothing to tempt our
own people To live on them, or to in
vest money in them. The native, who
lives on poi, bananas, cocoa-nuts, and
fish, can always do well here: but the
{Sl~{S%e{sl~{SS@4Sl@SS -~{Sl~Sl$slA{S}
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-11

place The water is not good. and you
viii probably drink only coeoa-nut
milk, until, fifteen miles further on.
at Captain Eidart's, you find pleas
ant and comfortable resting-place for
the second night. with a famous ma
ural warm bath. very slightly mineral.
Thence a ride of twenty three miles
brings You back to Hilo all of it over
lava, most of it through a sterile coun-
try, but with one small burst of a real
paradise Of tropical luxuriance, mile
of tall forest and jungle. which looks
more like Brazil than Hawaii.
Near Hilo are some pretty water
falls and several sugar plantations. to
which you can proftably give a couple
of days, and on another you should
visit Cocoa-nut Island, and-as inter-
esting a spot as almost any on the
islands-a little lagoon on the mainland
near by, in which you. may see the
coral growing, and pick it up in lovely
specimens. with the stones upon which
1t has built in these shadows and pro-
tected waters. Moreover, the surf
beaten rocks near by yield cowries and
other shells in some abundance: and
do not know anywhere of a pleasant
er picnic day than that you can spend
there.
Finally, Hilo is one of the very few
places on these islands where you can
see truly royal sport-the surf-board
1t requires a rough day and a heavy
surf. but with good day, it is one
Of the finest sights in the world
The surf-board is a tough plank a.
bout two feet wide and from six u
twenty feet long, usually made of the
bread-fruit-tree. Armed with these, a
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-11
@{sles}e(sels~(.l~@lesle0

extent of agricultural land is SO small,
and what there is lies at such serious
natural disadvantages for transporta-
ton, that the man who means to raise
something to sell has no chance More
than one-half the surface of the is
lands is lava, which may, I suppose,
in about three millions of years be
worth perhaps a dollar and a quarter
an acre. And even for grazing they
are not suited, for there is no market
for beef or mutton. They are begin
ming of late to boil down their cattle,
and sell their hides and tallow; and
a sheep farmer must depend entirely
on his wool.
At Kaimu, twenty-five miles from
the Volcano House.. you sleep in a
native house very comfortably, and
under cover of the tapa, or native
cloth. You must bring with you tea
or coffee, sugar, and bread. Sweet
potatoes and bananas, and chickens
caught after you arrive, with abund-
ant cocoa-nuts, are the supplies of the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-11
(ConcEusion.)

When you have seen the fiery lakes
and every part of Hawaii and of the
other islands will have a new interest
for you; for all are full of craters, and
from Kilauea to the sea you may trace
several lines of craters, all extinct. but
all at some time belching forth those
interninabIe lava streams over which
you ride by the way of the Puma coast
for nearly seventy miles back to Hilo. I
advise you to take this way back. AL
most the whole of it is a land of desc
Iation A narrow trail across unceas-
ing beds of lava, a trail which in spots
was actually hammered down to make
it smooth enough for travel, and out
side of whose limits in most places
your horse will refuse to go, because he
knows it is too rough for beast or man,
this is your road. Most of the lava
is probably very ancient. though some
is quite recent, and ferns and guava
bushes and other scanty heritage grow
through it. In some of the cavernous
holes, which denote probably ancient
cones, you win see cocoa-nut tree
or a pandanus trying to subsist; and
by-and-by, after descent to the sea-
shore, you are rewarded with the
pleasant sight of groves of cocoanuts
and umbra geous arbors of pandanus,
and occasionally with patch of green.
Almost the whole of the Puma coast is
waterless. From the Volcano House
you take with you not only food for
the first day, but water in bottles, and
your thirsty animals get none until
you reach the end of your first days
journey, at Kaimu, where you can send
q more than half naked native into
the trees for cocoa-nuts, and drink
your fill of their refreshing milk, while
your jaded horses swallow bucketfuls
of rain-water.
Tt will surprise you to find people
living among the lava, making potato
patches in it, planting coffee and some
fruit trees in it, fencing in their small
holdings, even. with lava blocks. Very
little soil is needed to give vegetation
a chance in a rainy season, and the
decomposed lava makes a rich earth.
But, except the cocoa-nut, which grows
on the beach, and seems to draw it's
sustenance from the waves, and the
sweet-potato, which does very well
among the lava, nothing seems really
to thrive. This Is true all over the
islands. If you ask about oranges, you
near that. except in a very few favor
ed localities. the orange-tree suffers
from a blight. The coffee culture has
almost persisted, because of 4'the
blight The cacao is blighted. The
mulberry makes rank growth, but
the black or white blight covers it.
And so with almost all useful trees and
plants. A lady said to me. I'm truth,
everything which has been tried on our
islands seems to have failed from this
blight. or scale insect, except sugar.
cane, and there is scarcely a planta-
ton of sugar, even, which has not
ruined the first, and in some cases tbs
second, owners Wheat and other,
cereals are not raised, but all impoftg
ed Even the forests are now perish
ing, partly because cattle eat tie
young shoots, and partly be-
cause an insect attacks the older
trees. This is serious Inconvenience,
because fuel is scarce, and as the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-11

party of tall, muscular natives swim
out to the first line of breakers, and,
watching their chance to duck under
this, make their way finally, by the
help of the under-tow, into the smooth
water far off beyond all the surf. Here
they bob up and down on the swell
like so many ducks, watching their OPP
portunity. What they seek Is a very
high swell, before which they place
themselves, lying or kneeling on the
surf-board. The great wave dashes
onward, but as its bottom strikes the
ground, the top, unretarded in it's speed
and force, breaks into a huge comber,
and directly before this the surf board
swimmer is propelled with a speed
which we timed and found to exceed
forty miles per hour. In fact, he goes
like lightning, always just ahead of
the breaker, and apparently down hill,
propelled by the vehement impulse Of
the roaring wave behind him, yet SEEM
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-11
MANILA CIGARS IN TEA.

Or without. Just the thing for a
Christmas present. Cali at the HA-
WAIIAN TOBACCO CO, corner King
and Bethel streets, and place your or
der for box. Only a few left. New
stocks of smokers requisites just ar
rived.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-11

CONTINUED on page 81
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-10-20
Wedding Bells.

Rex Chagnon and siiss Mabel Abbott
were united in the holy bonds of matri
mony yesterday afternoon at 2 O'Clock al
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Uren
Rev. NJ. w. Frary, officiating.
Miss LIE n Uren was tue bridesmaid
and William Uren The groom's best man
The bride has been a r sident of Win
nemucca for some time past, her home
being IN 'ortland, Oregon. During heI
stay in the former place the young lad,
has made many friends who hold her in
high esteem.
The groom is quite we'll known il
Battle Mountain having resided at Ga.
lena some years ago. He is a son OF e
E. Chngnon OF Galena and is an indus
trious young man, we'll liked by all with
whom he is acquainted.
The young married couple will spend
a few days in town before taking the
departure for their home 10 Winnie
mucca.
The NEvAoAN extends congratula tom
to the happy young couple.