davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-30

Beckwith slept late next morning. He
awoke 70 an uhaccustOmed stiffness in
the house, and there was no answer 10
his summoning bell. He had forgotten
the absence of the butler. The events
of the night came back TO him, dim and
dream-like, and he realized their truth
only when he thrust his hand under
the pillyX and CROPPED in vain for his
watch.
Somewhat sleepy and very hungry
he went down TO the library, where he
was won't to find the morning paper
laid ready TO his hand. He opened the
door and paused, staring. upon the
threshold Chairs were pushed about
in uncouth order; books and magazines,
brushed hastily from the table, lay in
careless heaps upon the floor; and the
little safe, its doors swinging wide. was
empty
Beckwith stood and looked, his half
smoked cigarette hanging Imply from
between his fngers; then he walked
| slowly into the room and picked up
one of the magazines. II had been used
| to muifie the Sound of the blows, and
was cut through with jagged holes from
the steel chisel. With his fingers he
! followed mechanically the ragged edges
of the mutilation
So. lie thought, 1t MAS all ruse; and
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17

The Russian army must regret, as
rkeenly as the Car does, that he parted
SO soon from The Hague.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17
fIREMEh'S tXHIBI TON
Continued from page ID

I about five feet from the ground. AS
each man alighted from the exercises
! already described, he gracefully swung
himself to the ground from the netting
in a back handspring.
Leaving the rope fastened to the top
of the tower, the next performance
was that of hose-laying. The fire lad
dies to man the hose wagon and also
! to rally to "a steam fire engine retired
to their hunks upstairs. When all was
ready, Senator Isenberg and Commits
sioner Hustace standing by with stop
watches, the gong sounded and quick
er than it takes to tell a hose wagon
was out of the Beretania street front
and speeding around the corner to a
hydrant up Fort street. AT the same
time a team had been harneSsed to an
engine, but did not leave the build
ing. Soon the hose wagon came clat-
tering into the yard at the rear the
boys pulled at the slack end of the
needed length, the scaling ladders We're
manned, the pendant rope was put in
service and, like flash, the nozzle
of the hose poked itself into the grip
of fireman at the summit of the
tower.
From the sounding of the gong to
the placing of the nozzle, with $50 feet
of hose connecting it to the hydrant,
in position of service at the top of the
tower just three minutes and twenty
one seconds CPD had elapsed. This
was a second slower than the firemen
had done in former practice.
Exercises with the Hayes truck
ground extension ladder were next
given. the firemen getting to the top of
the tower of the main building in %
seconds from the order to raise the
ladder This implement is in two sec
lions of equal length, one telescoping
into the other. Four men were upon
it at once on this occasion. but it will
bear six or seven men at a time.
Last of all there was leaping into
the life-saving net. One man jumped
from the lowest window of the prac-
tice tower, q height of about 15 feet.
took the leap from the sec
ond window, thirty feet high. Each
landed in the circular sheet of rubber,
which comrades held up by its iron rim,
coming down in sitting posture with a
swat and then, with an
agile vault over the ring, came to cat
tention" with feet upon the ground.
Many expressions of admiration for
the performances of the fire-ighters
were heard. 1.-The boys earn their
money, you bet" legislator was heard
to say.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17
FARMERS AND LAND.

1t is plain from the demand which
follows the opening, or projected open
ing of any of the public lands of Ha-
wall. that the Government could settle
ND the country if it would Despite
what the large Iandholders say and
what their satellites affirm, the people
have a distinct faith in their capacity
to make a living from the soil They
want land 10 build homes upon and to
TIL. Since the Advertiser began its
opening-up agitation, the volume OF
small products has vastly increased in
Hawaii So many people have gone into
poultry that eggs are cheaper now than
ever before, interest has become acute
not only in farms, but in cuftivablel
villa sites, a rubber plantation has
been started, the pineapple and sisai
area increased, good tobacco has been
cultivated, the vanilla experiment has
attracted notice from practical farmers
and a large banana industry has bcea|
created where before were jungles of
lantana or indigenous growths. All that
this spirit needs to make itself the
means of redeeming Hawaii from prinl-
tive disuse, is the marketing in small
tracts of the public lands not needed
for sugar or forestry, as fast as they
become availab BILE. gcThe curse of any
country are large, uncu1tivated estates;
and if those we have in Hawaii could
be broken up by the adoption of the
New Zealand law. which puts tie heav-
lest taxes on unused land held for |
speculation, the result would be seen
in an enormous accretion of taxes and |
in the Americanization of the Terri |
tory. 1t is almost criminal to leave
that principality of loan which one i
looks down upon from the Pail, to the |
occupancy of lantana and guava, but |
only the New Zealand law can force its
owners and Iessees to let go in this
generation.
Despite all opposition and drawbacks,
however. things are slowly moving to-
ward diversified farming, and public
sentiment is steadily rolling up against
the old feudal system. We shall have
an Americanized Territory yet. For
tunateiy, the Government, through Mr..
Pratt, is giving some help and in time
we shall expect to see it's eperg .es di-
rected toward the great colonization
enterprises for which the country waits.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17

1t is curious how the old crowd of
Territorial circuit judges should have
persisted, when abroad, in calling them
selves United States circuit judges. The
claim, which is only advanced to main
land newspaper reporters, rested chiefly
upon the fact that their salary envel-
opes from Washington came so address,
ed-a bIunder Of some clerk or type
writer. Not one these judges, in their
island capacity, ever tried a Federal
case. Their functions were purely Ter
ritorial, as are those of their success
sors. the present judges. The fact that
the United States paid them did not
confer the honor of a Federal circuit
judgeship upon the many more than the
fact that the United States paid the
Territorial Chief Justice and his asso-
ciates. made the latter members of the
United States Supreme Court.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17

One battle in Manchuria makes the
whole Spanish war look like a sunday
mir
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17

Surprise is expressed that Alaskan
farmers should have does so well with
the flower and vegetable seeds sent
them by the Department of Agricul-
ture. But the initiated know that
some of the finest wheat in North
America has been raised in the Mac
kenzie river valley away up towards
the arctic circle. 1t is warm there
for about six weeks in the year and
during that time, with the help of
twenty hours per day of sunlight, the
crop reaches maturity
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17

Senator Morgan's disappointment
about the choice of Panama over
Nicaragua for the canal does not sub
side and he predicts that the Panama
canal will never be built. The old
gentleman should watch Roosevelt.
The President has four years to work
in and he desires, above most other
things, to make a record at Panama
which will be the browning feature of
his administration. If the canal isn't
half done by 1909 it will not be the
fault of the strenuous man in the
White House.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17

Evidently Kuropatkin did not wait
to be cat hit in Tie pass, as that inn
portant point has been occupied by the
japanese. who are now pursuing and
fighting the enemy. Kuropatkin is
breaking for re-enforcements, which
must be now on their way by rail.
There are signs that Oyama's envelop-
ing movement put a strong force north
of where the Russians are now. and
that there is danger of KuropaIkin
being captured. That is probably what
is meant by the afternoon dispatch
from ST. Petersburg saying chat his
position is critical.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17
ST. pArRIcK.s DAY.

ST. Patrick's Day is a good, old, joy
GUS holiday of the sort that inspires
patriotism, promotes good feeling and
cements friendship.
Is there any reason why the Fourth
of July should not be more like it?
bore celebrations the year affords, that
of the Fourth of July is the most OBJ
noxious. There is nothing in it to COM
pare with the st. Patrick's Day ban
quet, with the miscellaneous literary
feast and ball and with the general
good time among neighbors. st. Pat
rick's Day in Honolulu is as much alive
within it's circle as an Irish jig; the
Fourth of July with us is usually a
Memory. walking in its sleep. Hurrah
for the 18th of Ireland
The spirit of Patrick, which the fol-
lowers of Ireland's patron saint invoke
today, ought to feel at home in Hawaii.
Here also is an emerald isle; here also
is a snakeless paradise; here also the
potheen gurgles, .well-spring to the
thirsty soul; here also is a Home Rule
party and absentee landlords and quite
a number Of the sassanach. Surely st.
Patrick will feel good when he drops
down from the clouds for his annual
yisit-that foine ould gintlen1an saint
Whose fuIness of the vest
Betokens that his victuals. and
his spirits are the best. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17

The repeal of all the restrictive laws
about liquor and gambling, by the Ne
vada Legislature, will make the sage
brush State as picturesque as it was
in the days of the Comstock lode. The
object probably is to make Nevada a
Monte Carlo and thus bring prosper
ity to the moribund towns that stand
on the wreck of the old silver mines.
Several .'cities" are going to be built
On the new Salt Lake and Los Angeles
railroad line. which. under the inspira-
ton of the wide-open policy, will prob
ably revive the most precious memo
ries of the roaring seventies
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17
INTERPRETATION BILL.

1t would seem that native children
are diving off fast enough now without
exposing them TO the perils of small
pox as the Kanfho bill proposes TO 90
Every LEGISLATURE has developed a
number of native statesmen who nave
an unreasoning fear of vaccl 2atlCn'
due to some legendary accidents which
happened before the custom of inoculat-
inc one man from another was discard
ed. They want to repeal the compui-
sorry feature of the vaccination law,
forgetting the time. not so very long
go. when 5000 of their number in Ho-
noI,1lu were swept off the face of the
earth by smallpox. There is an
attempt to make the natives believe
that the vaccination law is intended
for them alone, which is absurd, whites
as we'll as Hawaiians being amenab-e
to il. The writer of these lines is not
an exception among other white men
here in being vaccinated and the chill
dren of white parents in the pubic
schools. without exception, had been
before they could register.
Smallpox is a, disease which often comes
to this port. and if it ever gets a start
among unvaccinated natives it will kill
ten where leprosy has killed one. The
best comment to make upon the Kanf-
no bill is that whom the gods would
destroy they first make mad.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17
BRITAIN FEARS WATER FAMINE.
Past Year Has Been Exceptionally Dry
Towns to Restrict Supply.

Past Year Has Been Exceptionally Dry
Towns to Restrict Supply.
LONDON, Mar. S-The United King
dom seems to be threatened with
water famine in the year 1905. Last
year was exceptionally dry and the
deficiency since Jan. 1 has been con-
siderable, except in the northern por-
ton of Scotland.
Many large towns in all parts of the
country, but especially in the mid
lands are beginning to be alarmed over
the situation. 1t is estimated that Lei
cester has 700, 100000 gallons less stor
ed than in February last year. Some
towns are actually contemplating the
restriction of the supply, which is a
very unusual step to take except in the
dryest of summers
Mr.. Latham, an expert in the matter
OF rainfall. points out that the records
show that during the last century all
years ending with the numerals or )
except 1894 and 1895 We're periods of
lower water than usual. He admits
that possibly this is a mere comet
dence, but it is a remarkable fact that
wells from which the records are taken
in different parts of the country tend
to increase in depth of water toward
the end Of every decade, while they are
lowest in the middle of each period of
ten years.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17

Senator Dickey's remark: IF th,s
baby wants the razor, give it to him, -
describes. in a very terse way, the ar
gument for the County Act.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17

THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF
HAWAII. Bound in law calf, sent
postage prepaid to any address in the
United States for S. a copy. Copies
can be had at the Gazette Office.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17
KOREAN EMPEROR A CATHOLIC

CHICAGO, March "A special from
Kobe says: According to the Osaka
Mainichi's Seoul correspondent, the Ko-
rean Emperor has become a convert
to Roman Catholicism and has request
ed the Seoul Catholic Mission to re-
ceive him formally into the church.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17

The big stick attitude of the central
Committee toward the Legislature docs
not brighten the Senators. They know
a stuffed club from the real thing.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17

HICKS HAIR RESTORER AND
FRECKLE CURE. Not Dye but a
Restorer; Not a Cream, but FREQ
KLE, TAN and PIMPLE CURE. If
not, money refunded by Miss Wynn,
Hair Dressing Parlors, Richards street.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-17

AS a cinch bill the measure to tax
the gross premiums of insurance poll
cies four per cent takes it's place east
'ly at the head of the cortege.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15
Shiloh News.

Kind Editorials it has been some
time since have seen any thing from
this part l will send in a few dots to tell
you that it don't fail to rain, and you
know that makes the grass grow which,
keeps all hands and the cook busy.
Health of the community is fine at
present.
Mr.. aad Mrs. Lee Smith of Wood
worth, La, is visiting Mrs. Lockett.
Mrs. Almah Preston of Comet, has
been at her mothers sick for the last
few days, and glad to know she is on
the improve.
Mrs. Brooks of Atlanta is the guest of
Mrs. H. G, Lockett.
Mr.. Nipper and family are visiting
his mother-in-law, Mrs. stone.
Some of the boys thought. w. Stone
was crazy because he lost his dog, but
glad to say he is alright now as the
dog came home,
Mr.. Will Lennon of Prospect, is
making good many calls in this Sec
ton of late.
The young people of Shiloh had an
enjoyable time al the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carroll Tuesday night.
MIR. G. G. Mccain and Miss Bert Gro
mer, Mr.. P. Ii. Stone and Miss Blanch
Lockett, passed up Main street Friday
night headed for J, P. Fant's near Lin.
den TO partake of ice cream, and they
report grand time.
Mrs. Summers, the guest of Miss
Minnie Sanders. is visiting Mrs. Stew.
art of Shiloh.
Bro. ]. L. Russell preached an inter
esting sermon, taking for his text: John
Itch, Tvs. Psalms, Bach,
The boys have hard time going tc
see the girls for they all get "wet."
Marry boys and quit your foolishness.
Mr.. Jim Stone called to see Miss Rosa
Whitfield Sunday eve,
We can't tell which has been the
most destructive to the crops-the rain
or the girls, Just ask Messrs Monroe
Stone and Sharp Whitfield.
Mr.. Bob Key passed down Travi:
street to see his best.
PEGGlE AND BRICK DUST.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15
Man Disappeared.

Marshall, Tex, July 11.-This
entire county is greatly disturbed
over the unexplainable absence of
Lucius Cole. The gentleman is
a we'll to do farmer residing twelve
miles west of here. Mr.. Cole left
his home last Thursday evening
riding pony, his destination be.
ing Marshall. 1t is said he had
between $50 and SIS on his per-
son. The missing mans intention
was to come to come here and take
train for Jefferson where he had
a good mare, Every effort has
been made to find him. Cole has
a wife and three children and his
home has always been most con-
genial, He has no debts and
good we'll stocked farm. which
makes his disappearance most I'M
explainable. Many people think
MIR. Cole was drowned while SWIM
ming some of the swollen streams,
while others think he was muir.
dered. The following description
is furnished: Thirty.fve years of
age, light complexion, sandy mus
tache, height about 5 feet,3 inches;
weight 145 pounds, slender build
with blue gray eyes.
LATER-The morning after Cole
left home his horse was found in
Longview, and there were small
blood stains on saddle,
A negro who lives on Coles
place, and who left home Just be.
fore Cole did, returned later and
was arrested by officers on suspi.
cion and held for investigation
The negro said he had been on a
visit to his mother.
A search party was in Jefferson
but he had not come this way.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15

Somebody has unearthed from
the files of the Scientific American
this little item, of present inter.
est, which was printed in the issue
of September 2, 1868: In cutting
some timber in Omaha, a few days
since, bullet was found imbedded
in the trunk of a rock elm. The
grains which had overgrown it
show that it must have been de-
posted there sixty-two years ago,
a time when the country had not
yet been visited by any white man
except the explorers, Lewis and
Clark"
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15

The Confederate reunion at
Gatesville promises to be large
occasion on July 18th 10 21st, and
they extend an invitation to the
people of this section, and espe-
cially to the Confederate veterans
to be with them Oh these dates,
They are we'll prepared to accom-
modate large crowd at their camp
grounds. There will be all kinds
of amusements and speaking. For
any information write Davis r,
Hall, or w. H. Johnson at Gates
vile, Texas.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15
From Henry Markos.

Sitka, Alaska, June 90, 1905.
Hello! Ward, old boy, how are you
to day? Pm in land where you don t
sweat much. If you were here you
wouldn't even want ice water. All you
have to do is go to tree and get an
icycle, that is all. Well, as l want to
get this letter to the mail Steames
Sewalla | must get my ovcrcoat and go
so by, by. Remember your friend and
tell my friends howdy for me.
All is going first class, but snow in
some places is fifteen feet deep, so by,
by, old boy. Send my JImp. to the same
old place because if the ship leaves Sit
ka the JMp. will follow wherever we 60.
So farewell. Wishing you all prosperi-
ty and good fourth of July. | re-
main as ever,
Your true friend,
IL. r. MARKOS, U. S. N,
U. S. Flag Ship Chicago,
Sitka, Alaska, U. S. A,
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15

District Clerk Joe Hughes of
Bowie county and Miss Allie Len
OK were married at Texarkana on
July 9Th. Miss Lenox will be re-
membered as court stenographer
for this District the past year, and
made many friends during her stay
here, who all wish her much hap
piness.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15

The Blossom Bee hits the town
loafer when it says: "The busiest
fellow we know of just at present
is one who has nothing to do but
advise others how to make a sue
cess IN life.while the bill collector
is passing his name to the list of
deadheads. :"
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15

The State Encampment will be
held at Austin during the last half
of August. The state appropriated
$3.50 and the citizens of Austin
donated $4,000 for the encampment.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15
TAKING TESTIMONY.
This Being Done In Suit to Gust
Standard Oil Company.

standard VII Company.
Kansas City, July 12.-Taking testi-
mony in the suit of the attorney gen.
eral Of the state to Dust the Standard
OIL company from Missouri has been
resumed here before Judge Robert A.
Anthony, the case having been trans
ferred from st. Louis Herbert S.
Hadley, attorney general, and two as
sistanst, represent the state. The state
charges defendants entered into a
combination to control the prices of
all. thereby destroying competition.
Judge Anthony was named as special
commissioner by the supreme court to
hear testimony and report findings in
the case after examining several wit
nesses here he will likely go to other
parts of the state for the sam purpose.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15
LARGE YARDS
They Will Be the Greatest Freight
Terminals In the Nest

San Francisco. July 12.-It has been
formally announced by local officials of
the Santa Fe Railway company that
steps are to be taken toward establish
Ing large freight yards on the China
basin property. They will be the nu-
cleus for what promises to be one of
the largest freight terminals in the
west. 1t is expected the construction
OF these buildings Will take about a
year, during which time other import
ant improvements will be under way at
the basin.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15

Henry Markas writes about pref.
ty cool weather for summer where
he is at, Sitka, Alaska. We don't
like hot weather, neither do we
do we like overcoat weather for
summer. We guess Henry is
thinking about '.good old summer
time" in Texas.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15
Passes Returned,

Washington, July 12.-It is stated at
the navy department that Secretary
Bonaparte has outlined his position in
regard to accepting passes for free
transportation from railroads by re-
turning passes that have been sent to
him, with thanks for the courtesy, but
stating that by reason of the public
position which he occupies he feels
unable to avail imself of such consid-
Grafton.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15

The farmer who sold his cotton
in December got thirty dollars per
bale, and those who held for July
got fifty five per bale. A pretty
good difference.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer

The following subscribers have
thanks for payment on subscrip-
ton:
Mrs. A II Rowell, ] T Lindsay, J L
Blocker, F G circuit, DR.. J A r Moseley,
II Schellinger, DR.. F NJ Mccormick,
Miss Elizabeth Beatty, Joe McIntoch.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15
limp. Office for Letter
Heads, Note Heads, Bill
Heads, Envelopes, State
ments, Cards, etc.

To pick up paper and see no
bank ads, manufacturing, real es.
tate, or professional cards, always
will leads stranger to form an
idea that the town is of very little
Importance that cannot show some
of the above firms are doing bust,
in the town.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15
ron Company's Liant.

The Atlanta News gives some
good advice when it says your pc.
tato crop is not total loss. If you
have few hogs feed them and you
need not be hauling strip of ba.
con out of town every Saturday
next Summer.