davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-15
habited with any other woman.

hab1ted with any other woman.
AS to the charge that the respon-
dent is bound by some oath or obliga-
tion controlling his duty under his
oath as a senator, the respondent says
that he has never taken any such
oath, or in any way assumed any such
obligation. He holds himself bound
to obey and uphold the constitution
and laws of the United States, includ-
ing the condition in reference to polyg-
amy apon which the state of Utah
was admitted into the union"
The members of the committee did
not go through the formality of read
ing it during the session. It was
agreed that at the regular meeting of
the committee to be held next Satur-
day the attorneys for Mr. Smoot and
for the petitioners should be heard.
John G. Carlisle, of New York, for
merly secretary of treasury; r. W.
Taylor, formerly representative in
congress from Ohio, will appear for
the prosecution. while Mr.. Smoot will
be represented by Messrs. A. s. Worth
ington, of Washington, D. c. Waldo
man Van Colt, Of Utah, and w. e.
Bosahof, of Idaho. The attorneys will
be heard as to the merits Of the case
as already presented. They will be
examined to show precedents and au-
thorities, and after they shall have
made their presentation the committee
will decide whether to go further in
the matter by calling witnesses or dis
pose of it on the showing which will
then have been made.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-15
CHAPTER XIII.
PRISONERS.

They passed through the heavy
gates, down a narrow and heavy-aired
passage, and finally into naked room.
1t was here, in such somber surround
ings, that Mary Connynge saw again
the man whose image had been craven
on her heart ever since that morn at
Sadler's Wells. How her heart coveted
him, how her blood leaped for him
these things the Mary Connynges Of
the world can tell, they who own the
primeval heart of womankind.
When John Law himself at length
entered the room, he stepped forward
at first confidently, eagerly, though
with surprise upon his face. Then,
with sudden hesitation, he looked
sharply at the figure which he saw
awaiting him in the dingy room. His
breath came sharp, and ended in a
sigh. For a half moment his face
flushed, his brow showed question and
annoyance. Yet rapidly, after his fash
ion. he mastered himself.
WILL" said he. calmly, to his
brother, kindly ask the coachman to
wait for this lady,"
He stood for moment gazing after
the form of his brother as 1t disap-
peared in the outer shadows.
Madam" said John Law, in deep
and vibrant tone, you will pardon me
if say that It gives me surprise to
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-15
MAKES ANSWER TO CHARGES
Senator Smoot Declares he Il L..
gally Entitled to Hold His Seat.
Denies He Is Polysamist or That
He Il Bound by Oath Inconsist-
emit with Consultation.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE response
of Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, to the
charges made against him has been
presented to the senate committee on
privileges and elections by, Senator
Burrows, chairman of that committee.
The document was in printed form,
and is in part os follows:
This respondent is advised and
AYERS that but two of the charges
made against him in said protests,
either directly or by implication, are
such as, if true, could legally AFFECT
his right to hold his seat in the SEN
ate. These two charges are:
Il. That the respondent is a poly
gamist.
2. That he is bound by some oath
or obligation which is inconsistent
with the oath required by the consti-
tuition, which was administered to him
before he took his seat as senator.
Both these charges respondent
denies.
"As to the charge that he is a polyg-
amist, the respondent says that he
was married on the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1884, to Alpha May EldridSe.
She is still his wife, and is the moth
er of all his children. He has never
had any other wife, and has never CO.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-15
GOES ON RETIRED LIST.
Chief of Army-Reception
Marks Change.

Washington, Jan. 11.-After having
served at the head of the army as
chief of staff with the rank of lieuten-
ant governor general for little less
than five months, Lieut.. Gen. S. B. M.
Young relinQuished his duties at noon
Saturday to his successor in office,
Gen. A. r. Chaffee, who has been act
ing as his chief assistant for several
weeks past. The change is due to the
fact that Gen. Young became GA years
Of age Saturday, and therefore, under
the law, was relegated to the retired
list.
The retirement of Gen. Young and
the accession of Gen. Chaffee was
marked by the usual reception to the
outgoing and incoming official. This
reception took place in the Office of
the chief of staff. and was largely at
tended by army officers on duty in the
war department and vicinity.
BY direction Of the president, Secre-
tary Root Saturday issued an order
announcing the retirement Of Gen.
Young and highly extolling the serv-
ice of that officer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-15
Out at First.

Ont at First.
Jack Dashing Miss Brighter
Ethel, do you know me well enough to
marry me?
Ethel Bright-on the contrary, Mr..
Dashing. I know you too well.--Chica-
20 Daily News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-15
Ce.tasnIy.

81 like man." she remarked, "who
says exactly what he thinks."
About somebody else. OF course sus.
gested her chum Chicago Pest
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-15
ng but misfortune in all my life!"

ing but misfortune in all my life!"
/ 1t was one rebellious, unsubdued ma
ture speaking to another, and Of the
two each was now having its own sharp
suffering. The instant Of doubt is the
time Of danger. Then comes revulsion,
bitterness, despair, folly. John Law
trod step nearer.
by God! madam" cried he, III
would l might believe you. / would
/ might believe that you, that any
woman, would come to me at such a
time! But tell me-and bethink me
my message was not addressed, was
even unsigned-whom then may
trust? II this woman scorns my call
at such time, tell me, whom shall
hold faithful? Who would come to me
at any time, in any case, in my trouble?
Suppose my message were to you?"
Mary Connynge stirred softly under
her deep cloak. Her head was lifted
slightly. the curve of cheek and chin
showing in the light that fell from the
little lamp. The masses of her dark
hair lay piled about her face, tumbled
by the sweeping of her hood. Her
eyes showed TREMENDOUSLY soft and deep
now as he looked into them. Her lit
tie hands half twitched a trife from
her lap and reached forward and up
ward. Primitive she might have been,
wicked she was, sinfully sweet; and
yet she was woman. 1t was with the
voice of tears that she spoke, if one
might claim vocalization for her
speech.
Have not Gomez" whispered she.
by God! Mary Connynge. yes, you
have comet" cried Law. And though
there was heartbreak in his voice, it
sounded sweet to the ear of her who
heard it, and who now reached up her
arms about his neck.
"Ah, John Law" said Mary Con-
nynge, when woman loves-when a
woman loves, she stops at nothing!"
ITO be continued
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-15
FIRE ON OPENING NIGHT.
Unexpected Testimony at Inauess
Over Iroquois Theater Victims
Three More Die.

Chicago, Jan. 11.-Unexpected evil
dence developed Saturday morning at
the Iroquois inquest concerning q fire.
that occurred at the theater on the
night of the "Mr. Bluebeard" opening.
All information concerning this fire
appears to have been hushed up COM
pletely. The jury was much surprised
when the testimony came out.
The evidence was given by John
Bickles, a carpenter, who was em-
ployed at the Iroquois theater before
the opening and for day or two att
erward. The night the theater opened,
before the performance he was in the
basement in narrow passage. when
he heard an explosion in an adjoining
room. A flame came over the parti-
ton. He did not know what caused
the explosion, but had heard 1t came
from some sort Of gas tank. He
never had investigated the matter
further.
Three more deaths of Iroquois VIC
tins have been reported. Miss Nellie
Dawson, ~ years old, died Friday at
the Passavant hospital Miss Estella
Muir, 81 years old, died at the Poll
clinic hospital. Mrs. L. A. helms, %
years old, 5145 Prairie avenue, died at
eight o'clock Saturday morning at the
Samaritan hospital
1t was reported at the Samaritan
hospital Saturday morning that two
other fire victims there could hardly
recover. Four injured persons are at
the hospital and all are seriously Ill.
The four bodies at the county morgue
remain unidentified.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-15
receiving Teller Missing.

New York, Jan. 11.-A warrant has
been issued Tor the arrest of Frederick
j. Voss, receiving teller of the Dollar
Savings bank. of the Bronx, who is
charged. with grand larceny. Voss dis
appeared December IS. The bank 8
president says an examination of the
books has thus far shown shortage of
5000. but the indemnity companies on
his bond for $4,000 have taken up the
hunt for the missing man. The bank is
not affected
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-15
Would Bear watchins.

well. what did he say?" asked the
head of the firm.
HE just said: Come around the latter
part of the week and I'll pay that little
bill of yours replied the collector.
HE did. Ell? Well. you keep hot on
his trail. or he'll get away from you. II
he really meant to pay that bill he
wouldn't call 1t little. Philadelphia
Press
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why, jest two bales, because, We know
Lunt's furnishin stock an tools
And how much money will two bales
brng?"
II guess about $780,"
"An' the liens $780,
Yes, an Wen have to stretch ii to
forty-five by time the gatherin's over"
We'll have about S15 left, them"
jest about, as / figger 1t, IL no bad luck
happens along. Never can tell, though A
right bad drought now would bring us out
short O. the lien-an' the Lord knows what
I'D happen then. / reckon Lunt 'ud go
clean crazy, an we'd have a hard enough
time to give a lien next year. But won
der what ye're askin' all them questions
about?'
81 been thinkin' about Mr. Lunt a want
In us to cut down on our bread an meat.
an l wanted to see how it would come
out"
That's a thing we jest hatchery can't
tell about. There's no accountin' for what
wind an weather'll do
Bill laid his pipe on the window sill and
the three drew up to the table. Little talk
ing was done while the meal lasted After
supper Hannah dragged chair after her
into the yard The moon was shining
brightly. and Hannah had been seated un-
der the branches of an old oak only a few
minutes when a mocking bird, perched on
the topmost point of dead pine-which
had been left stSnding alone In the field
two hundred yards away-began pouring
forth his rich melody.
But Hannah heard it's music only in a
vague sort OF way. She was young, only
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insist that all goods bought by them have
union labels. II the women of the coun-
try would do this they would elevate their
sex more rapidly than by any other meth.
Cd. If they will demand the union label
upon all goods they buy they viii compel
every factory to obtain that label. and this
means that the factory will pay fair wages,
give fair hours and establish good working
conditions for its hands. By demanding
the union card they will make 1t so that
every woman clerk must belong to the
union. and the result will be that 50 per
cent of our women workers will get high
er wages for shorter hours. and that UNI
der better sanitary conditions.
Do trades unions make women mascu-
line? Certainly not; why should they3
show them that their sex does not protect
them from the greed of an unfair em-
ployer. They teach them that they must
organize to protect their own interests"
What is the aim Of womens trades
unions?'
1.-THE same aim as that of other trades
unions, the betterment of our conditions
We want more pay and less hours of labor
We want better conditions of work, and
by our union we secure them. In some OF
our factories we now work fifty-five hours
per week, in others fifty-three and in some
the girls have half holiday every Satur-
day the year round. Our wages are no.
where less than SO per week. and upon
piecework the girl cigar shippers make
from 81 to So per week"
VIII the time come, when women will
receive the same pay as the men?''
Yes, just as soon as they realize that
they must adopt the same methods to
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Japanese Maids.

From the ST. Louis Republic.
It is high time we took thought of the
Japanese woman, as a possibility of rule in
the orient-in the same sense in which the
American woman is the potential ruler OF
persal civilization. Such men as Lafcadio
Hearn and Edwin Arnold have long held up
the japanese woman to,ithe worlds imag-
nation, and, except our. own, there is none
more picturesquely and ymore prominently
in universal attention. siHers Is piquant
and colorful attractiyeneSs which has made
itself felt upon mankind, and the mention
of her carries with 1t am atmosphere and
suggestion of the tenders the beautiful, the
lovable, essentially the artistic" Yet ex-
1cept for what Arnold and Hearn and our
romances and operas and teacups and Jap
anese fans have told US, we know not much
about her; know her superficially at best.
Despite the wide adapttveness of Japan
and the extensive adoption of European
ideas which have characterized its progress
during the last generation, the position OF
it's women has changed little. The men OF
the little island kingdom have at least
shown themselves conservative in their at
titude toward her. A proposal to ''emanci-
paterzher is as yet viewed--or would be; no.
body has forcibly urged it--as not only un-
necessary, but in the nature of things abb
surd. The difference between her life as
girl, wife and mother and that of the
American girl is SO great as to be almost In
comprehensive to u.s. To regard her seri-
ously has not occurred TO the Japanese,
though by no means is she denied Affection
a disposition suggesting reverence. a care
involving respect. To all purpose, by Gus
tom, by tradition, she is the charming ir-
responsible and, as recent writer puts It,
Automatic" doll
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Education and Beer.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
DIR. Edward Meyer, a distinguished pro-
lessor of the University of Berlin, has been
visiting the University of Chicago. Being
invited to address the students, he confded
to Them among other things, that beer 10
used in abundance by German students,
and that their beer drinking is good Gus
tom. 1t induces the young men, he said, to
grow up in happy spirits, and is beneficial
in counteracting the effects of too much
study. Dr. Meyer could not imagine Ger
man student who neither sang nor drank.
Such a man, he said. would not be a real
German student
American students have been known to
drink beer but they are rarely encouraged
in it, except by the brewers. and nowhere
have they attained the proficiency in IL
that the German students enjoy. DIR. Mey-
ers talk made scandal in Chicago. The
president of the w. C. T. u grieved sor-
rowfully to hear a learned man advise
drinking, brawing and good-fellowship."
A representative of Northwestern Univer-
sity said: IF he had said such things at
Northwestern l think we would have mob
bed him." Perhaps more beer would make
Northwestern more tolerant. We have
heard Americans who have studied in Ger
man universities remark how hard they
worked, how much they learned, and how
much beer they drank. Beer and study
really seem to go well together in Germany.
But in this country the affinity between
them is much less noticea BILE We don't
think our beer does our college boys any
particular good.
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save We a lot o. hard work this summer
But we say We haven't changed?'
Yes, said hadn't changed"
E I'll m, now / don't reckon there's many
girls helpin' their dads work out a lien
around here that wouldn't jump at the
chance TO be Mrs. 81 Lunt No. o.
Maybe not"
Strange thing. anyhow, how I got to
lkin' We so well. after havin' such a row
with my own son an runnin him clean out
o the country because he wanted to marry
ye three year ago He's got in a good
huRior, though" continued 81. Got a let
ter from him here in my pocket now" Mr..
Lunt placed his hand on his breast pocket.
"An the way from Arkansaw-want to
read IT, Hannah" The tone of his voice
expressed sarcasm. and he smiled as he
went on. relishing the torture he felt quite
sure he was infiicting upon the girl Never
though / reckon he has a brat or two by
now. Don't think they have any lien laws
In Arkansaw, leastwise not the kind we've
got here in Carolina"
With a set grin on his face he continued
to stare at the back OF Hannah's split bon
net, while he thrashed the rails playfully
with his riding switch. Hannah WAS trac-
Ing the scallops OF the distant ridge against
the sky with her eyes, and only set her
teeth firmly upon her lower lip when ST
intimated that Tom Lunt had family
In Arkansas.
Don't want to read Toms letter, then?''
asked 81, after pause of some moments
Don't reckon i do, answered Hanna h.
after another moment of silence. And,
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Mr.. z. L. Morse has also recently finished
notable portrait. which both subiectively
and technically is Of special interest. This
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A DEFEATED LIEN.
WRITTEN FOR TIE EVENING STAR BY cHAs s. REID

Copyright. 1904, by chas. s. Reid,
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OF the Executive Board of Woman's Boot and Shoe
Workers Union.
merchants of this city of Chicago. 1 there
fore say that every woman should help In
the cause of organized labor. 1t is by this
means that we can raise wages and secure
fixed employment, and by these means only.
You ask what the retail clerks have
done. Through our union we have reduced
our hours of labor from fourteen and six
teen hours per day to ten hours. and in
some places to eight and nine. We have
secured fixed legal holidays, and in some
cities a weekly half holiday during july
and August. We have cared for our sick
and buried our dead.
"As to wages, the lady retail clerk re-
ceives from $3.50 to So per week About
so per cent of our salesladies are getting
less than 81 per week and 80 per cent less
than So.
Masculine Women.
You ask whether trades unions unsex
women and make them masculine? l don't
think so. If they are unsexed it is from
the lack of respect that men have for them
since they have entered the field of labor.
They look upon us as competitors and do
not remember that we are an absolute ne
eessity, and that if we withdrew from the
field an enormous amount of foreign labor
would have to be brought In to do our
work. The woman now takes her own
chances in all public places. She has to
fights against her for 1t. Is it any won
der that such battles have a tendency to
make her appear masculne?
Twill women ever receive the same wages
as men? That time is far distant, but it
will come. 1t has come in some crafts. In
union printing offices lady typesetters are
paid the same as men. In union cigar fac
tories women are paid by the union scale
and it is so in some other branches of union
labor
..As to strikes. women make excellent
strikers. They will do and dare more than
the men. They are more determined and
more persistent. believe in reserving the
right to strike, and that the strike serves
as school in which both employer and
employee learn to know and appreciate each
other better. I believe in the boycott as
one of the best weapons of the trade
unions. and that without it but few battles
could be WON
Anna Bowen, the Tobacco stripper.
My next letter Is from Boston. It is writ
ten by Miss Anna Bowen. the head of the
women cigar strippers of that city. She
says:
women can do much to help their sex
in labor matters They should demand
union cards from the saleswomen Of whom
they make their purchases. and they should
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Bill-"It is said that the Indian banyan
tree has at times sheltered as many as
1000 eIsons.' ;,
Jill The Mormons should adopt ii as
q family tree. Yonkers i;fsltesman.
La Junta tribune., 1904-07-02

ers, FIRE works, ETC., within the
corporate limits, and it is suppos-
ed to be in force on the Fourth OF
July and every other day in the
year unless otherwise ordered by
the powers that be. The ordin-
ance, under the head of "Ofen
ses," article two, section six, reads
as follows:
"If any person shall within the
town FIRE or discharge any gun,
10 Wing piece, pistol, or firearms
of any description, or any FIRE
crackers, fireworks, or other com
bustibie material. without permis
eion of the Mayor, or authority Of
the Board OF Trustees. every such
person, shall upon conviction, be
fined in any sum not less than FIVE
nor more than twenty FIVE dol
lars"
Mayor Corbin says that with all
due respect to the State Board OF
Health, he believes in letting the
boys have good time and cele
brate in the good old fashioned
way as long as they use reasonable
discretion Let them have
cannon crackers" said the mayor;
"we had ours when we were
young
La Junta tribune., 1904-07-02
Remedy for Melon siisnt.

While the cantaloupe growers of
the Arkansas Valley are beginning
to wonder IT they are to undergo
the annoyance OF melon blight this
season we are sure 1t will pay
them 10 spray their vines with a
weak solution of bordeaux mixture
to ward off aphidae as well as the
leaf fungus. BY weak solutions
OF bordeaux we mean the use OF
only two or three pounds of cop
per sulphate, or blue vitrol, to a
tiity-gallon barrel OF water. Ii is
customary with writers on spray
ing to speak of the l to-S, / to II
and to IL formulas of bordeaux
This is a short way OF expressing
the use of one pound OF copper
sulphate to eight, eleven OF twelve
gallons OF water. Spray pumps
are unualiy mounted in barrels
holding from fifty to fifty two gal
Ions, and generally about forty.
eight gallons OF liquid are put in a
barrel, hence toS formula
would mean that six pounds Of
copper sulphate are used in a bar
rel holding forty eight gallons OF
water, and the to.I2 means that
four instead Of six pounds are use3 J
in the same sized barrel. The
Ito IL formula is strong enough
to use on cantaloupe vines in cur
dry climate at any time, and il IS
safer to use only half this strength
while the vines are small. A large
excess OF lime should not be used
in preparing these solutions, ~
the application Of too much caustic
lime, either dry or as combined in
bordeaux is likely to stunt the
young vines. IL IS advisable fos
all growers to commence spraying
their melons as soon as they are
out Of the ground and repeat this
application every week until the
lice disappear.-Field and Farm