davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-20
0eiunobeits= s=BebOrSe.

Sr. s. 6. Gsrguion, tpel6er ieii
Infans Suni i'm Nuftrase Der @efunb.
beitss8eb6rbe bas MaHer Der WaFer=
wert'@eieaidaft tdgli9 auf feline &ein=
belt 4emii9 unteriudte, Eat 9eitern
ieine &e6nung einsereidt' Sieielbe
belduft fi9 auf 1862 na9 Der &ate
bon 1926 ben Monat, tpel1e i'm ber-
flohenen Sabre Sr. 90. 6. Wbite ftr
dbnli9e analbtii9e Mrbeiten be3abli
tpuroe.
Bis babin finb in bieiem Wonai
ftinfsis Jdae bon Msrpenfieber semeI.
bet tuoroen, geifsrn allein tpuroen a9i
beri9tet.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-20
GnSlid Sffnet Der 6immel ieime
s4lemien.

@nbli4 traf eefern Der lanseriebnte
&egen elm, um ben S9aben tpieoer
gut3umaden, pel9en bic al3usiitiee
Some mdbrenb Der lsbten Wo9sn auf
ben Gluren angeridtst bat. 5auisnbe
bon 6armerbersen atbmen erIei9tert
auf, baB HE 6ruate ihres 6IsiBss, bic
fie i'm S@weibe ibres Nnsefi9ts ses
idt baben, nidt bsrloren linb.
llebsr ben Stanb Der Saaten erhal=
ten mir aus ben einaeluen Counties
fOlgenoe geridte.
Sn Grant @ountp 1T Der
&egen au fpdt 9efommen; Der Mais ili
ausgswa6ien unb fann nur als @ieb=
futter bermenbet tperben. en- Der @e=
genb bon BLOOMFIELD iit Der Wais aui
ben bodgelegenen Sbeilen berbrannt,
fe1t bagegen in ben 6lubnieoerunsen
gut unb berlpriht eine rei1li9e @rnte.
Sn @ibion @Ountp 1T ebenfals rei9=
li4er uno rubiger &esen sefauen UNI
tommt berielbe namentli9 benz @a6s.
tbume Der Waiiermelonen iebr 3u fiat:
ten. Sn pIainiielo bat es au9 Der
gan3sn Gag geregnet, ebenio In Bloom,
in9ton unb Wtonroe County, mo- be,
Mais auf ben 6ageln i9on iebr selit-
ten bat.
Sn 2nor @ountp bat be,
Regenfaa bo0e 3tp6lf Stunben ee.
bauert ,lnb iinb oabur9 Sauienbe bor
Mdern Mais bor Der @erni9tung BE-
wabrt geblieben. @benio in gpons
bile, tpo es felt so Sasen ni9t eereg
net bate unb bic Garmer bereits ALL
6offnung aufgegeben batten.
Gerner 1T aussiebiser &esen esfal
len in Serre Saute, Sabieb County
Sennings, Selamare, Mabiion, 8ippe
canoe unb 9ancod @ountp, ilnb ilt oa
bur9 elm unberedenbarer S9abei
re1taeitis abgepenoet tporoen.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-20
0as 8nnoes= &rieserfef
glimnt morssn in ct. Souls ieinen anfans.

Sas oiesidhrise gunbes=Griegerfeif
nimmt mor9en in Ct 2ouis ieinen
Mnfans uno miro Bis Sonnerftaa, ben
25. NuguIt, bauern.
9as Set prparamm fir mOrgen
lautet:
Morgens 6 llbr: Sagrebcile. IL ll6r:
Mntreten Der &ameraoen in ibrsr @ers
einsballe (oer Sslesaten i'm 9aupiquar=
tisr); bon ba Nbmarid nod Der II.
StraBe CUR paraoe, wcl6e ourd Die
SauptitraBen nod bem 8roabmap bonn
6eltmari4aa seleitet wirb; bon bier
benuben bic 2ameraben Die Straben-
babn nod Dem Geifplabe (gl6mete's g
parf), rpoielbft Der Ginmarid unter
3anonenoonner erfOlst. 2 ubr Na4=
mittaes:. 8egriiBung bes Sef-Yrdii.
bsnten, &ameraosn @brif. gpers.
8 u1r Va1mtftags: Nntpr9ne Dee
gunoes.prdlioenten %. Bad. 81 llb,
Na9mittags: Nniprade beg Central
0erbanns= iinb Ssif=Gbren=p =prdfoenter
&i9. WiiQer bon New gort: 4 ubl
9la9mittaes: 6eftrebe oes @unsreB.
glboeor6neten Qldtbaren &ih. Bart.
bolot. 5 llbr Nadmittags: preis'
grercieren bsridiebener 8epebr See'
tionen. 8 llbr Nbenbs: @rOBes 6euer'
tpert bon profeior 2ouis Walter.
NuBeroem finbsn preisfedten mi
Sdbel uno 8emebr, preisi6ieBen, Sc
geln uno ioniti9e 8sluiiisungen fiji
Sung unb Nlt .ifatt.
Gum 8eifen bes gentral= =0erbanbel
miro Elm @rtra preisi9ieben abse
halten.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-20
@iirfelipieler befraft.

8on ben bier Spielern, Die am
Sonnta9 beim Warfelipiele on ben
llfern bes gasle @reef perbaftst MUIR
ben uno oeren Sdlle auf geifern ber=
i9Oben waren, wurben awei, Otis
Wbite unb Sobn Moore, nit S. unb
Soften beitraft, tpdbrenb @onrao 2in-
Der unb Stanbope Spencer entlafen
truroen.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-20
Gin gamarienbosel berpfanSet.


SOiepb 9ou&, 1913 Bennington
Str, elm Muiiter, purbe seiiern unter
Der Mntlage Der $runtenbeit berbaftet.
ct ion ben @anarienbogel ieiner Grau
perpfdnbet unb bas @elo in Spirituo-
len angelegt baben.
Sowie ct beimtebrte, lou er feline
Grau, bic iibrigens bertrhppelt 1T,
aus benz 0auie su iperfen beriu6t
baben, jebod wurbe bic NntIaae oes
tbdtli&en Mnariffes ni4t ssssn ibn er-
boben, oa bic Grau teinen gerbaftste=
febl ertpirtte.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-20
Yienit bes Gbors ano Srdeitera
oes Mniifbereins.

Sie Witglieber bes @bors uno Orde.
tiers beg Seutiden Club uno Muft'
Vereins beranitalten beute i'm Ser.
mania part Elm gicnic. Nm Na9=
mittag 1T elm 9emiiibli9es 6affeefrdns-
den unb ilt fiir nnierbaltungen, fiji
bortrefflide Concert. uno San5muiit in
umii6tiser @eiie seiorst tuorbsn. Cine
Der 9auptnummern auf oem reiatbal'
tieen prosramm biloet bas Souper am
Ibeno.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-20

Muf einer 8allonfa a 3 I
berung j d t. Der leBtbtn tn
Wien aufseitiesene 2uft6alIon rSiz
rtus" BON Der Wiener aeronuutifden
Mnitalt lanbete nah mebrftiinbiger
Gabrt in Oberbein5enbcrf, Mdbren.
Ser 9allpn befanb iih f9pn in Der
Ndbe bss Bobens, als bic Snfaien,
bier Sffiaiere, aus Der @onbel gefdleuz
bert ipurben. sic trugen nlebr ober
minber fapers 0erlesunsen bopon.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-20
Su eritiidem 3mtanb.

Seth Burnett, tuel&er am lebter
Montag bel Der StraBenba6n.@ @ata
ifropbe, Der iein 6reunb Grant 8
Steen gum Opfer fiel, berleBt tuurbe
beiinbet fi9 CUR 3sit in fritif9em gu
itanbe, 10 oaB Seputp=@oroner DR.
9unlabp feline Musiasen nidt entssssn
nebmen fnnnte.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-20
SIREN GrauSmnnSen erleseit.

Srau Wnrp @rinlep, 431 %. @6e=
inpsate Str, bic neulid in ibrem 8ett,
usl9es bur6 Gunten aus elmer 3abafs=
pfeife Seuer ssfansen, fia 10 i4wer
nsrbrannte, iit sefern i'm Stabtboipi-
tale ibren Wunben erleeen.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-20
VlOtlia seftorben.

SOuis @eeter, elm Jarbiger, fiel
9efern trr3 nad Mittag aus feinem
Bette uno wuroe cine balbe Stunoe
fpdter tOot auf oem JuBbOnen liegeno
aufsefunosn. Sin Ser3f9lag batte
ibn setOotet. @r wobnte gto. 351
Mef IL. Ctr. Sie 9ei1e tpurbe in's
ftdotiide 5obtsnbaus tiberfuhrt.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-20
Yerional= =Noti,sm.

9onnerifag friib bei9enfte 6rau
6ubert Seller ibren @atten
nit einem prd&tisen Wedo9en unb er-
bob oaburd 6errn unb 5rau @obert
Seller our @robelterntpiirbe. Wir ora.
tuliren!
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-20
g6autauqua 0ereinigung.

g6autauqua 8ereinigung.
Waoiion, 19. Nusuf. 3uslsid
nit Sesinn bss Ianseriebntsn &egens
murbe bic @bautauqua 8ereinisung
er6ffnet unb mirb rlorgen 8rnan in
Serielben cine &ebe balten.
9 otma arf9aII NIT rs
Gents 90 o9enlpbn.
prineeton. 19. Mug. Stabt=
mari6al SEQ. Msrebitb Bat feline &s=
fisnatiOn sinserei6t, neil fein Salair
nur rs Gents per Wo9e betrus, uno
purbe bieielbe aneenommen. Der
6taotratb lebnie cine @rb0bung bes
Salairs ab unb 10 fommt es, bab un=
Ier Ort nit 1900 ginpobnern fsinen
StaOtmari9aG bot.
Ns iOr Wenaies mad
81 opus berufen.
gbansbflle, 19. glug. Waior
Wlen3ies bon Wt. Bernon bat bon
&i6ter Barrier cine ginlaoung befom'
men, ibn i'm 2aufe bisier Wo9e 81 be=
fu9en. Mian bermutbei. bab &i9ter
Barrier bic oolitif6en Wseinungsber=
faieoenbsiten beieitigen mill, bic 3tpi-
f1en Maior Waen3ies uno 3bomas
Saggart beifeben.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-20

~ Mau9t bic BONANZA.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Map of Portion of Northern Montana Showing

Of employment are choked with surplus
and non productive labor.
Corporations make no pretense to
having souls, and the old idea of their
managers was that they had small con-
Germ with the general welfare of the
people, provided the balance sheet at
the end Of the year showed the desired
profit, and the stockholders received
the expected dividend, but 1t is begin
hing to dawn on the more intelligent
managers of corporations that the only
permanent source of corporate prosper
ity and of corporate dividends is the
permanent prosperity and general well
fare Of the whole people of the country.
No one industry can permanently pros
per at the expense of others, any more
than an athlete could retain the
strength and agility of one arm while
the other was poisoned with gangrene.
And the greatest menace to organ
lied capital-to corporations-as well
as to organized labor-to trade unions
Is the existence of surplus labor in
large quantities which cannot be en-
ployed in productive industry.
The American boys, millions of them,
who are growing to manhood. without
ever thought being given as a matter
of industrial or governmental policy.
by labor, by capital. or by politicians,
to what those boys shall do for living
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03


tricate problem, as all questions reiat-
Ing to our foreign trade and commerce
are intricate problems, subject always
and at any time to tariff complications
to the complications of war, and to
thousand and one uncertainties and
possible limitations, or sudden and un-
expected changes which make our for
eign trade the most unsafe foundation
or between foreign nations with which
we have no concern.
The necessity for some intelligent
that can possibly be imagined for the
permanent stability and steadiness of
our social and business conditions.
Where then shall we turn for the op-
portunity for the expansion, not only
OF our trade and commerce, but of fndi-
v1dual opportunity for the individual
man to get employment and build a
home?
The individual man" may seem a
but bear in mind that he is a factor
that is being multiplied by the millions
as the years go by.
On October 10, 1901, meeting was
held in Denver. Col, to organize
brance of the American Institution of
Bank Clerks, and at this meeting, Hon.
Lyman j. Gage, then secretary Of the
treasury, said: Fifty years from now
the country will have population of
10000, 600 people"
Are opportunities to be provided for
this increase of 100.008,000 people with
in the next fifty years by charging our
foreign trade and commerce? Are we
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03


does not distribute 1t over the land at
sthezrightS time produce crops. The
rains fall upon the high mountains, the
heavy SHOWS mantle them with thick
robes Of white, and fill the rivers when
they melt in the spring, and unless
these waters which now run to waste,
IN times of flood can be harnessed by
the hand of man and led out upon the
rich and fertile plains and used to irri-
gate them, those plains must forever
remain to very large extent waste and
desolate and uninhabited
IT irrigated, however, they will sus-
tain teeming population.
1t is conservative and reasonable
estimate that in the entire state of
Montana there are not less than 10000
600 acres which could eventually be ir-
rigated by the construction of national
irrigation works. 1t can never be done
by private enterprise or with private
capital The task Is too gigantic. The
legal and engineering problems are too
complicated. The amount of capital re-
CURED is too great. The time which must
lapse between the original investment
when construction begins and the re-
turns from the harvest after the coun-
try has been settled, is too long
period. And above and beyond all this,
the highest prosperity of the settler,
and of the; irrigated communities and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

Dor and provide employment for 1t in
channels where it will not come in con-
fict with the trade unions.
In the last analysis the inflexible law
of supply and demand will force itself
through and break down any artificial
barriers created by any plan or princi-
pie of organized labor which does not
contemplate providing an opportunity
Tor employment to every man who
wants work, whether he be a member
Of a union or not
When labor is scarce In this country
1T Is because opportunities for labor are
plentiful in productive employment.
And when labor Is scarce wages will
be high for that reason.
On the other hand, when labor is
plentiful and work is scarce no human
power can hold the price of labor above
the natural mark to which the irresist-
fble weight of competing labor will
push it down.
And though 1t may seem a contradict
ton, it is none the less a fact, that
when labor is scarce, and wages are
high, because there is abundance of OPP
portunities for the profitable employ
ment of labor. business is prosperous
and employers of labor are enabled to
pay better warges and make greater
profits than in times when the avenues
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

is stayed, and the lands which remain
are saved for the home builder, and re-
claimed from aridity by the constriac-
ton of great irrigation works by the
national government
To illustrate conditions as they now
exist, turn to Montana.
There Is a state with an area as large
as Illinois, Indiana and Ohio combined
Those three states have population of
100000 people, which they sustain in
comfort and plenty, while Montana has
population of about 100000.
That one state of Montana contains
natural resources awaiting only their
development by the hand of man, which
would provide within the next ten years,
If need be, opportunities for 10 200, 600 of
our people to go there and develop
those great resources and build their
homes and create the industries which
would sustain them through all the
years to come.
But there is difference between Mon
tana and the three states with. which it
has been compared.
Throughout those three states the
rich prairie lands were capable of agrf-
cultural production In their natural
condition without Irrigation. The in
going settler needed only to break the
sod and plant his crop ana reap his
harvest. The individual could cope with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

when they get to be men, or what men
shall do for work who may in any fu-.
ture period of hard times be thrown out
of employment, constitutes the most
grave and serious problem of American
craftsmanship today.
And it must and will be solved
But before it can be solved some way,
must be found to awaken the people as
mass to its profound Importance, and
to the fact that there is wide open
way to the solution of the problem.
In the days of Horace Greedy 1T could
be condensed into his famous advice:
60 West, Young Man.
AS long as the boundless prairies and
rich and fertile lands which were adapted
to agriculture in their natural state
stretched westward beyond the advanc-:
ing tide of population, and every Amer
lean man or boy who wanted employ
ment where he could get a living for
/ is family could get a p &c of govern
ment land and plant his home on it and
get his living from it, there was the
solution of the problem SO long as that
condition continued.
But that great outlet provided by ma
ture for the surplus labor of the last
generation has been exhausted and is
closed to this and the coming genera
ton unless the hand of the SPECTATOR
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

every problem necessary to build a.
nome Tor himself, and the accretion of
the many homes which, in the end, Gre
ated communities and built cities and
mace states, was the natural aggrega-
ton OF the work of many. individuals
without the necessity for aid from the
government to overcome difficulties
which nature had put in the pathway.
of man In his efforts to subject to his
needs the natural resources of the coun-
try.
In Montana it is different. The nat
ural resources are all there And they
are even greater than in any of the
prairie states. The mountains of Mon
tana are robed with magnificent for
ests and filled with rich minerals.
Gold and silver and copper and iron,
and almost every commercial mineral
exists In enormous quantities. And
from the base of her mountain ranges
vast plains stretch away and lie before
the eye of the traveller as he watches
for mile after mile from the window of
a fast moving railroad train. Those
great plains-not only the level valleys
along the river bottom, but the high
prairies and bench lands as well, are
rich in every element of productive fer
tility, with the single exception Of
water. Nature sends the water, but
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

OF the state, can only be accomplished
through national construction and con-
troll of the water supplies in co-opera-
ton with the settlers themselves, so
that the men who will till the soil will
suffer no hardship or extortion from
water landlords whose only interest lies
in absorbing to themselves the largest
possible share of the profit of the far
mer.
The reclamation of 100000 600 acres of
land would cost an average of not less
than $50 an acre, increasing as land be-
came more valuable and the works
necessary to reclaim 1t more costly
OF course, the lands most easily and
cheaply irrigated would be reclaimed
first. In other words, the reclamation
of the state of Montana alone presents
to the people of the United States a
great engineering problem, requiring
the eventual investment of not less
than $200,000,000. Every cent Of this
money would be returned to the gov
eminent, from charge on the lands
reclaimed. Each settler would pay such
proportion of the cost of construction
of each irrigation system as the benefi-
hts which he derived from it bore to
the entire cost of construction. In the
long run, the people as whole would
, not be out of pocket single dollar, and
through all the years of the future, the
rich and prosperous communities Gre
ated by the construction of these vast
irrigation systems would be per-
manent source of revenue to the gov
ernment-not only to the national gov
eminent but to every town, city, coun-
ty and municipal government of any
kind in the state of Montana, as we'll as
to the state itself.
Now carry the mind back to the
problems which were presented in the
opening part of this article
What are we to do with our boys?
What are we to do with our surplus
labor?
What are we to do with the unem-
ployed?
What are we to do with the ''scab"7
What are we to do with the union
man without work?
What are we to do with the man who
cannot get admission to union?
What are we to io with the boys who
cannot find places as apprentices7
Draw them all together into one great
current of humanity-one great aggre-
gate mass of surplus labor
And what are you going to do with
them?
To say that you will find work for
them all by charging our foreign trade
and commerce is a snare and a delu-
sion.
We never know when our foreign
trade and commerce maybe compli-
Gated or curtailed by entanglements,
either between us and foreign nations,
system of reciprocity with other ma
tons for the enlargement of our foreign
trade is practically conceded by our
economists and business men, but our
politicians seem incapable of reaching
solution Of this problem. 1t is an in
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The Lamar register., 1904-01-27

Washington. Jan. 22,-Eugene II:
Grubb, member of the Colorado State
Board of Agriculture. and Prof. w. l..
Carlyle OF the Agricultural College,
went before the House committee on
agriculture yesterday afternoon and
discussed the project of cattle feeding
in the non-corn producing states of the
West.
The committee had under its consid-
Grafton the annual agricultural appro-
priation bill, from one item of which,
namely, the funds set aside for the bu-
reau of animal industry. IL is hoped 10
obtain the money to carry on expert
ments.
The state of Colorado is the first oil
the arid and semi-arid region states
and territories to bring to the atten-
tion of Congress the wonderful posi-
bilities of system whereby the prod
ucts of the region, such as alfalfa, beet
pulp and roots raised on irrigated land
can be fed to western cattle and made
TO yield beef.
1t is proposed to head off the vast
shipments of western cattle that are
being sent East every year to be fat
tened on corn and keep them at home
to produce wealth for the farmers by
being fed on the natural products. 1t
has already been privately demonstrat-
ed that beef can be fattened without
corn, and government aid is asked IN
order to carry on extensive experiments
and educate tho farmGrg
The Lamar register., 1904-01-27
Blizzard in Wisconsin.

Milwaukee. Wis. Jan. 22-Snow
drifts are ten feet high to-day in Ra-
cine as a result of the blizzard that
ragged all of Wednesday night through
out southern Wisconsin. The snow
was blown into huge drifts tfat packed
solidly causing considerable Interrupt
ton to electric railway traffic in the
different towns. Cars were stalled in
many places and railroad trains are
delayed.
The Goodrich Transportation Con-
pany's steamer Georgia, which left for
Chicago last night, was icebound more
than a mile out in the lake. with a
number of passengers on board. The
field of ice extends out as far as the
ice can reach Off Kenosha the steam
er City of Marquette. bound for Chica-
go. is still stuck in the ice. That YES
sci is resting easy and no one is suf-
fering for want of anything. The
steamer Georgia was released yester-
day and proceeded to Chicago.
The Lamar register., 1904-01-27
BIG MILL BURNED
AT FLORENCE

Denver. Jan. 22-A dispatch from
Florence. Colorado. last night says:
The most disastrous fire in the his
tory of Florence or Fremont county oc-
CURED to-day when the Metallic mill,
two miles north of this city. the prop
erty of the United States Reduction
and Refining Company. was burned TO
the ground. causing loss to the COM
pany estimated variously between SI1,-
600 and 100000.
The origin of the fire is not known.
although there are several theories, one
of which is incendiaIism and another
that one of the workmen either dropped
or the wind blew some ashes from his
pipe into some CT the combustible
refuse lying around
The entire mill. consisting of several
large buildings, is total loss, as also
is the Florence & Cripple Creek rail-
road depot. one of the office buildings
and a hSlf dozen small dwelling houses.
By the destruction of the Florence 4
Cripple Creek depot telegraphic COM
munication with Cripple Creek was
shut off
This mill. which was the largest cy
anide plant in the world, but has not
been operated since becoming
the property of the United
States Reduction and RennlnS COM
pal.y, was being dismantled and the
best of the machinery was being
shipped to Utah to be used in a
new mill which the company is con-
structing there. A large quantity of
the machinery was stored near the mill
in sheds and some of it was damaged
to such an extent that it is entirely
worthless.
The mill was closed down some three
years ago on account of the men ask
ing for shorter hours and an increase
of wages. which was refused. At that
time it employed about 300 men. The
large and handsome office building
which stood near the mill was saved.
The burning of the mill is large fl
nancial LOGS to the company and as the
insurance had expired only short
time ago and was not renewed.