davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-04-07
Groceries.

@etrodnete 6rii6te-MepfeI, an Der Some
setrodnet. SC; Sobannssbeerem 7c Bis 7%c:
ettron 13c bis lac; aoFnen, 2 Gruun, Der
Ffino, 7c, 8 @rorun TIC, 4 grouun TIC Soo,
r1enfrete &c bis SC. California RuscateI 7Hc;
Sultatta TIC, tmporttrte SuItana lie Biz 14c
California Aprtfofen Sc bis I2c.
Sprup-Stanoart Corn Csc bis 25c: ne,
rodblter 27c bis &c; Sorghum CSC Biz 8sc;
Stem Orleans NoIaHes 1ec bis 26c; eeudbI.
ter 3Oc bis 38c.
Sdife -Bra3iI nea SC bis 1Oe; Silberts IL;
gtanbeIn IA; wetbi1aItse RanbeIn 15c:
Serbian RanbeIn 15c; 4eanats &c bis SIC;
serDftete 7c bis Sc; GnsIti6e BalniHe 1916.
gtGIes-24OO tint Sab $40; 1900 tint Sas
SO; 1900 tnn 9aIbfaB $3.50; 900 TN Sa5
$3.50.
SnotanapsIts RofeessreHe:
@erpobnI. BITS gutter 10-12c; prtaaa BIS geo
mablter 14-16c : Sancp 324-33c. goIhsn
Deaom Ii bts 22c, Sane 28-32c.
SIN Badeten:
Hrioia $11.75 aion $11.76, Serfeb S1I. 10:
Caracas $11 10, 9iHporth's S11. 76, Quito
Saea 8lsnb $14. 50,N aiI8ou@ S11.76, @ateg
gIenbeb Sapa S11.75.
Sader-Dominoes 7.47e; GtiiG8uGer $50
puIpertFrter 5.47c; 3388 puIperttrter 6.37e,
feiner granultrter 4.97c; @ubes SAC; Con.
~fectioners' N4.87c: saibsepoob U 4.s2e; 300,
mtg u Alto; @,nptre u 4. TIC; SbeaI Grtra
SpIben 6 4.67c; Binbior Grtra 6 4.62e,
&ibgewoob u 4.62c; seIber 6 4. tie; 1e gels
Der 4.02.
8ets-@aroItna. Ropf, 58--7}c, SGpan 8
-64c, gebrodener, 3a--4fc.
@ffs-RaIs 90 OF. Eef). Sat. s-11c be
@aIene.
@eruir5e - @an3e: Gnfpiee 15c bts 16c:
Gaifta 13c bis 15c NustatbIithe 6Oc Bis
65c; NusfatnuB 46e BIS Soc; @an3er i&roars
ser gfefer 15c bic 16c. s5ot 19c peis rec;
NeIten 15e; setsabIener i@par5er gfefer 1sc,
weiber DOC bis 35c, rotber zoe.
Stdrte-pearI, 5}e. Champion @IoB, l unb
8 Bfaab 8a6ete 8. Rorn. l 8fb. podete,
4h-63c.
@insenta9te 5rti6te-8IaGberrtes 8 gfs.
$1.10c; gea8es STANDARD, 8 gfb., 81
2.25; SECONDS 8 8futb 81. 6O-$1. 65; Yie
4eafes, 81. 4O-$1.50; Gnanas, STANDARD,
Z Pfb., 81. 65-$1. 80; SECONDS, 2 gfanbs
81 .2b-$1.45; grfne 8obnen. 8 Bfunb Rans
men, 81, 8abauta gnanas S1.90-$2. 25c.
Seftebte grbien. S1.20-$l. 76. fribe Stunt 96
@ents. Rarrom 90c, etnse1uei9te 65e-SOe,
tomatoes, 8 Rfunb, ST.. 1O-$1.16, i3uGer'
Rorn 9Oc-S1. %, gpfeIbutter. per Datenb,
8 Hfurte, $1.
@anbp-Stansen &c; gentii9t 7c; @ro'
Ger sentii9t 74c; @anner Epif &c; @reant
8onbons 10c: $50. 2 Cream semif9t &C.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-04-07
0eraM@erteS EIetf@.

Suaar Glreb S9irten - grife AuaEitGt :
1870 BfunO 123: 10 EfntS 124c; 19-12
9fuab Is; 3wette AmaIttdt : 20-l8 Sfanh
124c ; 10 gfunb 12c ; 10 Rfunb 123c ; 10
9F.nb 1876.
~@oIsfprnti@e s9tnfen-6 bis 8 Ffunb Sc;
8 Bis 10 ssfuub SIC.
S6ultern-@nsI. @ureb, Is BIS 20 gfunb
I'M Dur bfi9nitt, 84e; 16 Bfutb Dur&i@nttt,
84c. 10 bis 10 8fue 84c.
Srabfid.s pe6-aIarer @tsIiib @ureb 16,
ae.ud6Iter Gmgar @MreS 16e, 6-7 9funb tn
Dur@f6nttt 15c ; 8 big 9 Hhanb TIM 9ur@,
i@nitt 1916; 10 bis 10 Bfunb TN Dur9i@mttt
lie; s q anb TN Dur9f9nitt. f9naI, 1l8c;
8 gfanb i'm Our4i@nitt, f9utal, I14c.
sped, gnsL.-@epdbIter, 8 BIS 10 gfunb
TIM Durbi6nitt. 1876; IL BIB IA 9f,snb TN
Dur9i9nitt, 12c.
SpeG-Rlare Getten, 80 bis go Pfnttb I'm
9ar4f9nitt, 98c; RIare Setten, 80 Bis 40
pfuns. 1Oc; RIare Bellies, 25 bis 80 gfuab,
93c; 1s bis 22 8fb., 94c; IA bio is 4funb,
lOac; aIare &iden, 20 bis 80 @funs. 93sc;
%i6en 10 Bis IL @fustb 94c; 2lare Riiden 8
bis 9 Bfunb, 1Ofc
@ep6deItes S9metnefIeti9 - Rno@enIoies
Tancp pig Sal 90; RIares 8saa $1,000; Sans
Ip 1880; Gbort gleor $3.50; 9rsnrpi
$40 so.
Celebrities NinbFei5@ = g@infen, reg.
Sets, 123c; Mubenieiten lie; Snaeni. 143e
Sn09eI 133c.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-04-07

s q n n o n m + 8orfibenber
Wafbington, 6. Npril. Ge,
ebemaliae &riees=S efretdr S. Stool
tpirb seitneiliser. Spre6er Cannon
permanenter 0orfbenber auf Der rep.
National=@onpentipn in @bica9o. Sc
entfprt6t bies ben Mtnf9en berborra.
aenoer republ. 8olitifer bier uno bieit
&e9elung wurbe aud i'm 2anoe GIN:
ffig aufgenOmmen.
Nmeritani1es &C.
d 10
% a 3 9ton, 6. Npril.
Na9 einem beutisen Bulletin i'm Wa:
rine : Departement bat Der 8efebls.
baber bes pbilippinii9en G9la9t=@e=
i9mabers Die G9iffe ermd9tigt, n6ro=
lid bis Sudan an Der afiatii9en 3dft
su freusen.
9 rieee Il + bic
fe1Iung g.
g etpport mems, 3d., 6.
Npril, Nuf benz 9ampfer .9oune
@aile" langten beute 8eneral @ronie
unb 200 8uren, fopie 100 britiI1e
Solbaten, Die i'm 8urenfriege oienten,
so 6rauerr uno &inber, ferner 20 3u=
lus, Gafern unb 3ambefis aus be,
Gapffabt an. 9ie 8ur9bers in be,
@eieGi6aft fdmpften nit @ronje BEL
Paarbeburg. @eneraI giljoen ertpar-
tet bic Int6mmlinge in @t. 2ouis.
6 an Srancisco, 6. MpriI. so.
ro1 WaBuburai bonn japan. Sberbauit
traf beute auf Dem Sampfer .Gorea"
nit einem 8eelsiter elm. @r fiber.
nimmt Die 2eitung Der japan. Musftel.
lung in ct. Souls.
0erfebrs=S todure ourd
Brano.
sc 10 q 0 + T, 6. Mpril. Ser Ser.
febr an, unteren 8roabtpap bel Der ct
pauls @apele mar bsute cine balb
Stunbe lang bur9 einen fleinen 8ranl
in benz neuen SunneI gebemmt. 81
&audmolfen, mel6e bur6 Die tpeniael
Sefnungen auf Die StraBe branaen
trieben bic GuBgdnaer bintpeg uni
binberten Die Sbdtigfeit Der 6euerrebr
Sele9rapb= uno Selepbon=g abel unite
Der @rbe tparen Der 5euerbibe ausge
febt uno Der Sienf in Jolge Defien er
bebli9 gef6rt.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-04-07
Gamseeetem.
SnbianapoIis Detail gerfaufspreiie:

indianapolis Detail Gerfaufspreiie:
@anmutb RIee Sc. 25-Sz. 90.
3otber $o.00-$6. 70.
M fife 81 26-$6.O0.
MlfaIfa $9.26-$10 90.
@eiber So 50-$1O.25.
Sancp Simotbb ~$1.85-$1.90.
@erpdbIter 81 80-$1. SO.
8rtma 81 B-$1 80.
Sancp Rentudn BIausraB $1.40-$1.50
@rtra rett1es IN gbaf 10000.
Sr6arb @rab 81 .45-$1.6O.
Seo Sop in gbaf 85c-$1 25.
8eiBer Soma Sar1er 9afer $1,000.
NetBer S0inois 5c-55c.
Samet Corn meiB ano gelb $1.10-$1.35.
9lmber Suderrobr Samen 10000.
gnftlaee Corn 10000.
Sribiabr @erfte 10000.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-04-07
0etret0e.

Eetaen - $50. 3 rotber $1.02 auf @ele s
fen, $1.02 pom NiibIen; go. 8 rotber 80;
NprtI 81; Baeenwesen 81.
Rorn (reues) = $40. l weiB SOC +; $50. 3
weiB 5Oc SEQ 8 metB sos; $50. A weiB,
47c; yto. 2 wetB gentii9t 1876; SEQ. 8
weib sentii@t 49fe ; $40. 4 wetb semtiGt
473c; $50 2 9eIb zoe; $40. 8 geld SOC !
$40. 4 seIb SOC; $50. 2 semti9t SOC
$50. 8 aemti9t 51c; SO. 4 semtftbt 4se
RoIbe1 471kc.
2afer- Ne 2 metBer 43c; go. 8 rpeiBer
42c; Rc. Q gerati@ter 414c; Rs.8 seuati9tes
Ale.
9eu - No. | Tttaotbh $12 so; Rc.
Q Eimotbp 5000
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-04-07
0ef@Ia@tetes WteD.

5rtf9es Rinbfetf&-BefIt&e Sttere 64-
6ac; bieiise Stiere IL -7ac; btefige Rinber
$50 bis FnO @fuab 6ac; btetse Ribe 400
bis $50 8funo 53c Ribe $50 bis $50 gfunb
g.; Gtier gorbernierteI SIC, Stier Strters
piertel Sc, Sinb 9tnterpierteI SC, Sinh
gorberpterteI &c, Sub Sort erpierteI &c, Sub
SlnternierteI &c.
Strides RaIbFeii9-RaIber 93c, Sinter,
pierteI 13c, Sorberpisrtel Sc.
Strides G9afIeii@ - 9dn,ler per Pfarb
1O3c ; g@afe BIC; S9enteI 10c; %aGs. fu<1,
18c.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-04-07
wrA@te ttmD 3 SENATE.
Srn6 te.

@itronen-$3. O0--3. 80 fir 100000.
Oranaen-Tantb SIorioa S. 5 per Bpr,
California Seedlings $I.75, California yta'
peLs $50 bis 2.t0 per Bog, San9arines
So. so bis $2.75.
Bananen-6epd1Ite ST .25 bis $1.60 pei
Bun6, sneite AuaIttGt 81. 100 bis $l.25.
RotnsntHe-$3 OO-2.25 per 5unbert.
Seigen : Smprna 11-16c bas Ef1nb.
Datteln &c per Ssfunb, go Rfo. Rtten.
MepfeI-$2.5 90 bis "a. 90 per Sab.
NeHer Soni9-l6c.
9ineaPpIes So. so.
Granberries SO .25-2.75 per 8uibeI.
@emGfe.
2rutebeEn-eeIbe $2.76 per 100 Nfo., netBe
ooet rotbe $500.
Gpantf9e 8mtebeIn ST.. 80 per @rate.
SartoHeIn 81 per SuIbel.
Neue Rartoffeln So 50 per 8uibeI, 500
per 5ab.
Sninois GaBfartoffeIn S $50 per SaB.
Rraut-$1.6O per SSaB.
@eLerb-per Dutenb Doc.
Rotbe Riiben So per SaB.
Stamp gobnen 5 10 per 8ufbeI.
Raoblau9 SC per 8funh.
@eiBe &iiben 91c per 8nibeI
sdoli9e gaoieie Soc per gun9, einbetntii9e
30c per 0usenb BunGes.
9aIat 1tc-17c pr 9funb.
Spinat Coo per Dutenb 8nn6es.
Neue rpeiBe 8hiben 40c per Dubeno @rn9es.
Hbubarb Al Goo per Outenb.
Crime gobnen S .75-$3.OO per Sifte.
Sale So. rs per SaB.
Gurfen $1.0O-$1.5O per Dukenb.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-04-07
Bo4st @agems Rasst.

Stn1otbb-Bertaufspretfe: $11. oO-13.0o.
RIee g~ersaufspreife: $8. OO-$9.OO.
8ei&torn = gertaufspretfe: ie na@ Der
AuaIttdt, $500.
~Safer-sef9dt 39-45c; IN ben Hebren
So OO-$10.O0 per Eorne.
Strob-8retie, ie mad benz @rab, IN Bab
len, $6-SY.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-04-07

Dorf, 3d.. 6. Npril. 9rei Geuer=
mebr=2 cute famer1 beute um's 2eben
uno perf6ieoene erlitten 8erlebun9en
bel eiuem 8ranbe, Der Die groBe Jabrif
Der Sort Carriage So. eindi9erte uno
angrenaenbe 8auli9teiten bei9doi9te.
Ser @9aoen pirb auf $3.50. 600 ge=
f9dBt.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-04-07

Attrffe @erdu9erte sratmurft s4c.
5ranffurter TIC; Bologna tn Ddrmen s4c, In
3ib SIC.
S1mak- In Tterces-1. Dual. 94c; q.
Analttdt SIC; 8. RuaIitSt SIC.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-04-07
Tdglther WarftbertGt.
BteDMsarst.

S~not0nGpolts linton Eiebbofe,7 Ipril.
Rtnbpteb.
@etpdbIte BITS printa @gport
Shere, 13OO--15OO 8fo..... 81 60-5 %
NkBise bis mittIere @rport
gtiere, 130O-I4OO gfb..... 44O-4 IS
Suite bis prima e6Id5ter stiere.
115O-125O gfb.....-...... 425-6b
@eruObnIi9e Stiere, 11,bO BIG
1880 gfunb. ..."."."..."... 401-4 40
Suite bis sepdbIte Seeding
Gttere. 4OO-4 80
RdBige bis quite Seeding Gttere,
100000 Rfb ........-.".. 375-4 Ii
Suite @toders 8 25-4 90
2et9te StDGers. ........ ...".. 2OO-3 20
Suite bis aepdhIte Eeilb er. ....... 8 75-4 %
Wtttlere bis quite S9inber...... 8 36-3 65
@ep6bnIihe &inber. ..."..... 3 75-3 25
@ute bis ostpdbIte Riihe... ........ 8 CO. 90
HtttLere Riibe. 8 25-3 50
@epobnIt6e bts CUTE &ibe........ 2 7b-3 so
@emobnIi9e aIte RiiAe. .......... 2 OO-3 10
Suite Rihe nit Rail-. $2S- $50
@emohnLtthe Riihe nit &aI 800. $40 $26
geuabIte RGIber. 400--6 co
Ghwere R6Iber. OQ-5 90
4rtma bis fancp Export Sut@er
Buuen 8 40-3 70
gepobnlt1e bis CUTE g~nIlen...... 2 76-3 20
@em0bnLi1e Buf1en 2 00-2 80
S&wetne
@ute bis serpdbIte i@were.".... So 35-5 80
Seutf9te uno f9wers $adtn9... 8 3O-5 40
@ute bis gepatite IeiGte. ......- 526-5 35
@ep6bnIt9e let&te....~..."... 3 15-6 20
Suite Yigs-...".."...-..".. 0O-5 10
QetAte 2ioB........ ....... 45]-4 76
SQUADS A 75-6 Is
S&afe.
Suite bts gepdbLte 2duTaer-..... 8 90 10
@sm6bnIi1e bis quite SGtumer... A 90 8 %
Suite bis sepdbIte S4afe....-. 525- 875
Orotndre bis CUTE SGdfe..-... 2 TO 8 90
90 90
B0de, per 100 3fo.."".".. Q 90 8 90
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-04-07
0rei Opfer
Inter Der Teuerwebr forbert elm ser@
tOrenDer Grano In @orf, go.

tOrenDer Grau0 In 0Drf, ga.
Oorf, 3d., 6. Npril. 9rei Seuer=
pebr=2eute famen beute um's 2eben
uno Derf6ieoene erlitten 8erlebun9en
bel eiuem 8ranbe, Der bic groBe Jabrif
Der Oort Carriage So. eindiderte unb
an9ren3enoe 8auli9teiten bei9doi9te.
Ser S9aoen uirb auf $3.50. 900 ge=
f9dbt.
l.. 9anf oer8 eteraner n.
% arlington 6. Npril. =
Nbg. @ouloen, q. g., iiberrei6te benz
8rdlibenten beute cine Norehe Der 81
8. u. st. goten Der Stabt Seem Sort,
IL, 900 Mit9lieoer umfahenb, NORM
Dem prdfioenten, 5efretdr oes Snnern
uno Dem penions=@ OmmiRdr fir lire
v~9roBbersige Sb%eilnabme", ME tie fi9
beim @rlaRe Der iiin9ften penfions=
g%erorouung funoge9eben, Der 9anf
aus9eorift miro.
9rei 2eute # d t.
pbilabeIpbia, 6. Npril. Sic
8rioer Sammono uno .. Sigertrew
inb getern Na9t in Der 9ammonb
Wobnune on 2eu9t9as erfift. 9as
@as, bas nit einem @asofen in 8er=
btnbuns tanb. mar BON 9. angeorebt
tporben.
9 al b lit CUTE 8 a b.
5 II.
81 8 Orleans, 6. Ibril. 800
Selegaten nabmen beute an Der 8rin=
oung Der vSoutbern @oob &oaos
4Hn." tbeil. 5 Staten maren per=
treten.
Sic &eoen betrafen Die 8ortbeile fir
9anbel unb Snoutrie bur9 2ano=
etraBen=8 9 rbeHerun9; Mopre, Brdf=
bent bes National=8 erbanbs empfabl
als @rfes ben grlab zines 8a9anten=
@eieBes. uel4es bic 8entbung aaer
f0rperli6 tii9tieen Strdfin9e, 2anb=
lfrei9er unb @emetnoearmen fir ben
5traBenbau e%eftattet.
6 b a n g e /. -lutbcr. 6 trei t.
ra9en.
9etroit, 6. Npril. Sn Der Gar
monte Sale begann beute cine Spno=
bal : @onferena Der eOan9l. : luther.
Stride, 3u Der 500 lu.berii9e @eifli6e
aus benz mittleren Wefen eri6ienen
paren. Man boft Elm @tnperfdnb=
nib iiber bic tbeolosif9en Sragen, bel
tpel9en friiber unter ben beri6iebe=
men &ir6en Spnpoen 3eriplitterun9
berri9te, gu erreihen. Inter Den &eo=
ner11 Der eri ten Sibuns befanSen f9
Der grdfioent Der MiHouri 9pnOoe,
Sr. gieper, Der fir 9rdoeitinatiOn ein=
trat uno Sr. @talborn, Columbus,
ben @tanopuntt Der Obio 9pnooe oar=
Legend.
Gre@er g d N n Ell.
9|etroit, 6. Npril. Charles s.
8ennett, alias g. s. Sones, tpurSe
heute unter Der Mnflage Der PoH=Se=
nubung 3u Setruss=3weden perbaftet
unb in @rmanelun9 bon gtrgi9aft
eingeifeft.
Ser 8af6ulotete bot bur9 N. ..
8ldtter eteauneen in Californian bel
Der San Jrancisco, Soutbern &
@olf 8abn" an. Den Npplifanten
uuroe seiaet, es banole f9 UNI cine
,@ooperatib" @eieaf6aft uno Dor Der
Grnennung feien cine Iftien : Sub
ffription BON 500 erforberltd. Gen-
nett utersei6nete fi9: g. Sranets
Sones, @efretdr beg erfen 8ice=prdf=
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-19
CTo be continued.J
Not His Forte.


Clyde Fitch, the playwright, says
that well-known New York mana
ger was recently much annoyed by the
persistent applications for a Job"
made to him by most peculiar looking
and seedy individual. Time and time
again, it appears, the manager had re-
ferred this person to his stage mana
ger. Talk TO Blank" he would say,
interrupting the mans attempts to
name his qualifications.
Finally the seedy man in search of
a job did see Blank, the stage mana
ger, who at that time was In the. thea
ter, listening to the efforts of candi-
dates for the chorus. AS there was a
number ahead of him, the peculiar
looking Individual would, between
songs, interrupt the stage manARer
with his requests for job. Exasper-
ated, the stage manager at length
turned to the pianist and babe him
play an accompaniment for the strang-
en- With some hesitancy the applicant
for job employed what voice he had
in song. 1t was as bad as bad could
be-
Disguised, the manager stopped him.
"And you have the audaeity to ask for
a jobr' he exclaimed, wrathfully.
Certainly" replied the man.
"Why, you can't sing little bit!"
said the manager, astonished.
II don't claim to be able to sing"
roY,1iod +ba Saadv iudivid,aI calmly
And don't want to sing. I'm stage
carpenter was only singing to please
you people"'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-19
oueer Matted Fir free.

Zone of the greatest natural curios-
tiles ever saw is the matted fir trees
of North Carolina" said c. r. Ball, OF
Raleigh, in the Washington Star. Il
have never found botanist who could
explain the phenomena, but there is a
grove of fir trees on the side Of Mount
Mitchell which when they attain the
height of eight or ten feet begin to
Irvine their branches and form fiat
tops. They grow in this way until
the tops are perhaps twenty feet in
diameter and these have in some In
stances combined with the tops of
other like trees and person can walk
for a considerable distance upon these
tops.
They are undoubtedly a species OF
FIR. but wholly unlike the other frs
which are plentiful IL that section ex-
cept in appearance of foliage. have
taken several scientists out TO see these
trees and have not yet found one who
had ever seen or heard of similar
growth. They occupy al area of only
a few acreas and are found nowhere
else in the North Carolina Mountains"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-19
short New. Notes.

Former Italian Premier Zanarielli
died at Maderno. Italy. He was "a years
old and one of his country's greatest
statesmen.
Helen w Evarts, widow Of the late
William NJ Evarts of New York, died at
her country home "a Windsor, Vt, in
her S4th year.
The Bcrlin Frankfurter Zeitung says
that an international petroleum pool has
been arranged between United States,
Austrian and Russian interests.
IL has been announced that Andrew
Carnegie has set apart 100000 as a
fund the interest on which is TO be used
TO care for injured workmen at the Car
negie steel plant.
Two masked bandits entered the bril-
hantiy lighted drug store OF DR.. A H
Wolf. in Joplin, No, and forced the
proprietor to give them $45 in cash The
robbers escaped
Rev. NJ. y. Popoff. New York, received
a letter from friend in Sofa, Bulgaria
saying that Turks killed LaEar Rachel.
at Mshomia. By placing redhot eggs on
his bslre breast after they had thrown
him to the ground.
Union labor has declared against the
inhalation Of typesetting machines in
tie government printing Office. and Co
lambda typographical Union Of Wash
ington has appointed 3 committee 70
w,rk in Congress against the machines.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-19
old-Age Pensions in France.

The labor unions of the United States
will be interested in one of the bills
now pending in the French Congress,
which provides for an old-age pension
of ST. year for every workingman
who reaches the age of 65 in France
1t is not as popular as it would be If
people did not suspect an Interior mil
itary motive. The pensioner is asked
to put aside ] cent day, if he earns
les sthan 40 cents; . cents If he earns
between 40 and so cents; cents If
he earns between so cents and 81 q
day, and an increased amount daily
if his wages are greater than the last
sum named. These savings are to be
deducted weekly from his wages, I'M
der written contract with his en-
ployer. and at the same time the en-
ployer is required to deposit with the
government similar amount for each
of his employees This money is In
vested in bonds and the interest allow
ed to accumulate until the pensioner
has reached the age of 65 years. when
he stops paying and begins to receive
dividends. In case of incapacity for
work from i'll health. accident or other
reasons before he reaches the age of
60, he is allowed a pro rata according
to the number of payments made. For
example. If he has made $500 pay
ments he viii receive a pension of $40
year: Il he has made 5000 payments
he will have $45, and so on The gov
eminent viii make up the balance Of
So year.
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dicating any undue activity throughout
the country
The present building boom had its in
ception in 1892. The ball was set rolling
by Representative David B. Mercer, who
for number of years past has been
chairman of the committee on public
buildings and grounds of the House of
Representatives. Mercer. who halls from
Nebraska, developed perfect hobby for
providing new government buildings, and
has given all possible ala to every Con
gresSman who has had justification for
asking for a new 'branch office" of the
government. TIE crusade started with
rush in 1892, when Congress appropri-
ated money for 1S5 new buildings at a
total expenditure OF S30000,000. In the
few years following there was a lull in
distribution of contracts in order to give
the builders an opportunity to catch up
with the government, but in 1899 the
rage for public buildings was again in
full swing. In 1899 Congress appropri-
ated $10,000,000 for new buildings, and
work upon some of them is not yet com
pleted. In 1901 the authorization of new
contracts footed up $19,750,O00, and tf.e
present year has seen $17000,000 worth
of contracts added to the list. AS some
of the work provided for as far back as
1899 is vet under way, the buildings now
in process of erection or projected repre-
sent an outlay of more than $50000,-
600
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WEST IS PROSPEROUS.
AGRICULTURAL SECTIONS ARE
IN FINE CONDITION.
People of the Great Corn, Wheat, Hog,
Cattle and Dairy Country Are Now
Money Lenders Instead of Borrow
ers-Reign of Prosperity.

Walter Wellman, the well-known
newspaper correspondent, recently made
tour OF that region embracing Michi-
gan. Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa
and Minnesota. The most noticeable of
all conditions at the present time in the
great West he writes, is the almost un-
diminished continuance Of the high tide
of prosperity. Broadly speaking there
has been no falling off in the volume of
business The farmers have more mon
ey than ever before. The employed peo-
pie are all at work for good wages. Rail-
road earnings throughout the West aver
age higher than q year ago at this time
by from to u per cent though many
good judges thought last years volume
of traffic up to the highest possible mark.
The amounts of money which the people
of the West nave cn hand representing
their surplus, their savings. their accu-
mutations through these recent years of
unexampled prosperity are simply amaz-
ing. In purely agricultural counties the
bankers tell me they do not know what
to do with the money that is offered them
for deposit. In many instances they
have been compelled to refuse further
deposits because of the difficulty of using
the money proftably. 1t is surprising to
be told that in an average Western coun-
ty of perhaps $4,000 population, embrac-
ing probably $500 farms, the aggregate
sums on deposit in the local banks reach
as high as 100000 or $3000,000, or an
average of approximately $1,000 per
farm. As no one individual has very large
deposits. it follows that the accumula-
tons are well distributed.
What is true of the agricultural coun-
ties is true also of the cites and towns
in which there are manufacturing and
commercial interests. In fact, money is
abundant everywhere, and all classes of
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people have shared in the prosperity.
! Millions of dollars of money representing
| the savings of Western farmers and me-
chanics have been sent to New York for
use in railway and industrial enterprises.
| The West is lending to the East. At
Chicago during the past month there has
been a great accumulation of money.
Chicago bankers had sent out a round
| hundred millions of currency to move the
crops, and that money is now flowing
back, and much of it is loaned in the
| East. Chicago provided more money dur
ing the autumn for crop-moving than
New York did, and saved New York
banks much of the drain which they had
feared on that account. 1t is a peculiar
and an interesting fact that a large share
of the hundred millions which Chicago
sent out for crop-moving purposes was
sent to the South to buy cotton. There
is so much money locally in the North
west that the centers are not called on
for funds as they were in the olden
times. and what bankers used to regard
as an annual stress, and which they
found it necessary 70 provide for long in
advance, has nearly disappeared. Broad
~ speaking the people of the great corn,
wheat. hog, cattle and dairy country of
the Northwest Save money to do their
own crop-moying and to carry on all
their operations. They are lenders, not
borrowers.
Wherever one goes he beholds evidence
that the people have been living well. 1t
is undeniably true that never before in
the history OF the world have 20,00o,000
people inhabiting a given area enjoyed
such high standard of personal comfort
as the people of the great Northwest.
They are housed, clothed, fed and pro-
yided with articles of necessity, and of
luxury upon a scale which in its distrib-
uted average surpasses anything ever be-
fore known in the history of mankind.
This high standard of living is the
amazement of all foreigners who visit
our country. 1t is a condition simply inn
possible in any nation of Europe. 1t
Is a standard which is surprisingly well
diffused; its curve throughout the mass
of population is almost a straight line,
showing few elevations for the wealthy
and not many depressions for the very
poor.
Though the people have been living
well, buying much and enjoying the good
things of life to a remarkable extent,
they have Cor the most part lived within
their incomes, as is shown by the large
accumuations of savings. This is more
true of the agricultural communities
than Of the manufacturing or CONNER
cial centers; and if there is to be a period
OF industrial depression. the farmers, the
ve-y foundation of the edifce. were never
before so strong or so well able to wealth
er a storm.