davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-06-04
Tries Suicide &c Times.

frls, dashed along Sixth street. She
Sas sobbing as she ran, and pedes-
sians paused. She stopped at cor
a, lifted hand to her lips, uttered
prolonged moan and lunged forward
the sidewalk.
Many persons rushed to her They
&and her lips scared with acid, and
payments of half-ounce bottle that
fniained the drug lay scattered about
D. An ambulance was called and
was hurried to the hospital, where
fompt treatment saved her life. From
az evening her attempts to commit
elde became frequent.
i've times since her first attempt
has tried carbolic acid. She has
% taken laudanum, paris green,
senic and other poisons.
one morning pedestrians and resi-
ls In the same neighborhood were
'rlhed as a body shot from high
pndow. Bruised, MANNED and uncon-
lous, 1t lay on the sidewalk. The
pnceman thought her dead, and
ied the patrol wagon. But before
arrived he sent in another call, this
ae Tor an ambulance.
seemed as if the idea of suicide
~ possession of her every time she
Nv tue blues" Trouble or worry,
: or imaginary, seemed, in her
ae OF mind, to call for revolver, a
EOse, a vial of poison or the waters
"a IWer' But success always eluded
IN the seeking after death.
Usually some policeman happened
Ons IN the nick of time to cut her
va or to rush her off to the hos
~ IL she had taken poison.
A' olher times she has been arrest
y ~ ner own request when the sui
si impulse was working within her
\, ! she was striving to resist it. The
[aee realizing her situation, always
~
a ny poiice warned every druggist In
ro .'uiau not to sell poison to the
& an IN quantities large enough to
, uuuSe death She circumvented thai
s as by going from one pharmacy
aO'uer buying a small amount Of
os' az each until she had enough
' aus the death of several persons
OE,r ass 'ne police had to order tn,
ss'''s 10 refuse her poison.
slps sVse'ons man makes NO friends
n 'utalese Proverb.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-06-04
PRESIDENTIAL LovgMAkINo.

CCORDING to a story in circula.
~ ton at the time, Daniel s. Lamont
was the John Alden of Grover
Cleveland in connection with the lat
ter's marriage Lamont was sent by
the president to Buffalo to ask Miss
Folsom to marry his chief There was
no Speak for yourself. John as Miss
Folsom accepted the offer. Miss Fol
som, of course, knew her future hus-
band very well, as she had been his
ward and had come into frequent and
intimate contact with him
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-06-04


suggestions were made as to amend
ments, perhaps slight, and my under
standing is that these amendments
were subsequently adopted. All the
cabinet knew for three or four months
before congress convened that 'hls
bombshell had been prepared. Never
theless, 1t was kept absolutely secret:
Nobody knew anything about II. AS
Mr.. Cleveland himself said, he ala not
believe in doing public business on the
sidewalk. The message that MI CleVe'
land afterwards wrote was prepared ny
himself lust after he had returned from
nm outing He had gone down the
river ON a fishing excursion, ana Wheh
he got back the message was written
occupying him for two days me mes
sage was read to the cabinet Delore II
was sent in. do not remember Whe'h-
or any suggestions were asked or OIL
fsred the message being a cohdehsu,
zion Of the very powerful Clney note.
"Did you anticipate that war "ouiu
result from the fessageE
mo. | did not think So because
ala not think there was enough IN the
controversy to cause war between
tha two countries which were SO close
" allied in blood and business W W
course, such measures as eo9ia Se
taken with the means in mana 70 ue
ananared I'M case of trouble were taken
Nv The navy department, but there
was neither time nor money nor up. oppo 70.
tunity to make any extensive prepare"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-06-04
A FRIEND OF THE PEN.

~wR CLEVELAND TOOK great IN
M terest in pension legislation. OBJ
AVA serving a discriminating attitude
which was most important, both FOR
the nublic treasury and from the point
% view of those veterans of unblem-
ished records, it was his custom to eX-
anime each act and all the facts con
~antad with the claim of the benetci'
ary With the greatest care, If he found
. aaw in the record he would put a
veto on the back of the act In ms own
handwriting. Cleveland rarely dc
tated He found his ideas flowed bet
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-06-04
EMBARRASSING FRIENDSHIPS.

~ NE of the remarkable traits of Mr..
~ Cleveland's character lay in his
ability to shake himself loose from
embarrassing friendships upon reach
ing position where he was charged
with the responsibility of filling fed
eral offices. Probably this was most
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-06-04
Errors Preferred to Base on Balls.

I'D rather see any kind OF an err
ror made by our team than to see
pitcher give base on balls" says
Manager Lajoie. Go over the record
of our defeats for season and you'll
find that in half OF them the trouble
started with base on balls"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-06-04

torney FOR the northern district OF
New York. This was Indignantly de-
cllned at fret, but subsequently nc
cepted for the benefit OF Lockwoods
young associate, William b. Hoyt.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-06-04
. .ro,IlAR cHuRcHooER.

pvEL AND's father was a PresDy'
terian minister. When the son was
" e o president the Rev, Dr. sun
u s',nnh in Washington determined "
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-06-04
First ptoonb Exprsuden

the next in line. This was a fash
which only a woman of Tremendous
physical endurance could carry out
successfully. At the New Years re
ceptions, for example, 5000 persons
greeted the president and his wife, Sc
that Mrs. Cleveland took 5000 steps
and shook hands 5000 times on each
of these occasions.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-06-04

'lasalese Proverb. ~
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-22
Mt. sinai omcers.

The following officers of Mt. Sinai
Temple have been appointed by Illus
trious Potentate George Il. Randall.
First Ger master, Charles r. Jamason,
| White River Junction.
Second Ger, master, Joseph w. Jack
SON, Barre.
Marshall, George e. Emery, Woods
Vile, N. H.
Capt. of the guard, Charles H. Glib
son, Bellows Falls.
Director, Walter G. Washburn, Mont
pelier.
Asst. director, Fred G. Armstrong, St.
Adams.
First alchemist, Bert L. stebbins,
Claremont, N. II.
Second alchemist, Harmon T. Bald
win, Wells River
Architect, Russell G. Collins, East
Montpelier.
Asst architect, Fred E. Blodah,
North Montpelier.
Outer guard, George r. Leland, Spring
field.
Master Of wardrobe, William II. Her.
rick, Montpelier.
Musical director, r. g. Gibson, ST.
Johnsbnry.
Asst. musical director, Dean w. Ed.
son, Montpelier.
Medical director, Elroy w. Whitaker,
M, d., Barre.
Electrician, George H. AImon, Mont
pelier.
Asst electrician, Irving NJ. Frost,
Montuelier.
Purveyor, Martin J. MCGOWAN, Barre.
Chief arab Patro, r. b. Gammen,
East Barnet.
Arabs.-Fred 4. Davis, North Pom
fret, Stoddard n Allen, North Ferris
burg. Frank X. Goss, Montpelier, George
A. Cross. Mortified, Edward G. Bald
win, West Brookiield, Mass. Charles Al.
Gates. Burlington, David a. Elliott.
White River junction, Arthur G.
Sprague, st. bloomsbury, Orvie NJ. Jones
Warern, Leslie D. Pierce, Rochester,
Elmer Fl Wallace, Albany WILDER, w.
Wood, Middlebiiry, George b. Albee. Bel
lows Falls, Yergil II. Ayers, Barre,
George II. Topper, Bethel, Alton n.
Hubbard, Randolph, H. r. ]. Howe.
Waitsfeld, William r. Jones, Woodstock.
Fred III. Morrill,, Rittsford, Edward ID.
Tbayer, Brandon, Edward L. 0sgood,
charlestown, n. H.. N. Riley Swister,
Laconia, n. II.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-22
Worse and MarEs.

A convict in a German prison had
been extremely refractory One means
and another had been tried, but moth
Ing could break his spirit
One morning the governor said to the
warder:
"A say, Huber, the scoundrel Il be.
having worse than ever. Put him on
bread and water
But he is already doing two fast
days. sir"
Then give him a cookery book to
readA We must break his spirit some
how Illustrated Bits.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-22
TALK OF THE TOWN

Special prices on odd lots at Abbott's
Tenemnt and barn to rent. A. T.
Batchelder
A nine-piece chamber suit at Hooker
& Co.'S red tag sale, massive and heavy
was $500, now $4,000.
Mr. and Mrs. James M, Perry Of Elm
street, who have been i'll with the grippe
for over two weeks, are now improving.
To members Of the Burns club: Burns
anniversary will be held in the Wood
mems hall. Bolster block, on Friday even
ing, january "a. The annual dues will
be- collected on the same evening. Let
members govern themselves accordingly
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-22
TALK OF THE TOWN.

The Frank McWhorter company has
few boys caps, in small sizes, 2Sc
and Soc, to close at Toe.
A new line Of up.to-the minute buckle
gun metal and oxfords for men at the
Peoples shoe store. Hale's block.
That Red Cross fountain pen at a
dollar each il certainly more than your
moneys worth. Red Cross pharmacy.
There win be a special car to Mont
pelier after dancing is over, hospital ben
eft bali, next Thursday evening, Janu-
airy twenty-third, in Woodnen's hall,
Bolster block, Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-22
TALK OF The TOWN

"The Watchmaker's Secret, and "a
Startling Chase at the Theatorium.
The regular meeting Of the Presby-
terrain cadets win be held at the church
Wednesday evening at 10 o'clock.
There will be regular review of the
knights of the Maccabees Of the worlo,
Friday evening, Jan. "A, at eight o'clock
in the X. Of p. hall
Notice, tool sharpenersl A regular
meeting Of Tool Sharpeners' no. branch,
Granite Cutters International associa-
tion, will be held in their hall, Nichols
block, on Wednesday evening, January
%, at o'clock. JAS Muteh, secretary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-22
TALK OF THE TOWN.
ale of silk waists at Abbott's.

Sale of silk waists at Abbott's.
The best pictures at the Theatorium.
Real hot chocolate at the Red Cross
pharmacy, Sc.
A two-ineh post pipe-top brass bed,
was $500, now $270o, at b. w. Hooker
& Co.'s red tag sale.
Household furniture for sale at Mrs.
J. j. MacKenzie's, BOLSTER avenue,
Call between and and and p. m.
The supper will be served beginning
at ii p. m, rain or shine, in Odd Eel
lows hall. Gordon block, at SOC per plate.
See menu.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-22
Rreakina h Gently.

Little Marion, who had been taught
to report her misdeeds promptly, came
to her mother one day, sobbing most
penitently.
Mother, I-I-broke brick In the
fireplace"
wen, that is not very hard to rem
edy But how on earth did you do it
my ehildT
Il pounded it with fathers watch."--
Youths Comnonion
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-22
SOUTH BARRE.

There win be ride for the members
Of the South Barre Sunday school, over
eight years old, and all interested in the
Sunday school, Friday night, January
oath. The team win leave Mrs. Carr's
house at Z o'clock. After the ride re-
freshments win be served at her nome.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-22
WILLIAMST0wN.

The funeral Of Mrs. John Jameson
was held yesterday afternoon at one
o'clock from her late home in Dilliams-
town, Rev. w. G. Mcintyre Of Barre
officiating. There was large attend
ance Of friends. The interment was IN
Elmwood cemetery
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-22
GRANITEvILLE.

The engineers Of GranitevilIe win hold
meeting Thursday night, at Fitz-
patrick hall, Hooker's block, at o'clock,
where matters Of Importance will be dis
cussed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-22
Card Of Thanks.

We wish to thank the friends and
neiehborA who 50 kindly assisted as
during our recent bereavement and es-
peeially the friends who gave the floral
tributes
1Irs Joseph Domhrouskie and family
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-22
card Of Thanks.

We desire to express our thanks to
all for the kindness and aid extended
TO rs in our bereavement, ami also for
the many floral tributes
John Jameson.
Florence Jameson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-22

n A special communication Of
* Granite lodge, F. 6 A. NJ.
~ on Wednesday evening, Jan.
q C1AA 22d, Z p M Work, +. A.
gNS,xSN degree. Per order W, M.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-17

ters under the presidents order Of
Dec. I in all states east Of the Missis-
sippi and north of the Ohio rivers
Washington was stirred as it seldom
is by that proclamation. But proba
bly, wise consideration of the order will
convince all thoughtful persons that In
the long run 1t will not only work to
the advantage Of the postal service,
but relieve congressman Of the petty
annoyances incident to selecting post
masters, with all the aninosities en-
gendered thereby on the part of the
disappointed applicants.
1t is to be hoped that the order viii
be extended to cover the entire coun
try, to the end that our postal affairs
may be eliminated from partisan poll
tics and service be better and members
Of the congress be able, therefore, to de-
vote their energies to larger matters.
Some irreverent people have been SO
cruel as to remark that Mr.. Roose-
welt, who in the eighties was an ardent
civil service reformer and was then q
commissioner and writer for the mag
azines on that subject, has not been
much Of n reformer of the civil servicc
since he became president.
1t is one of the political facts that
during the campaign just closed he
used the postmaster patronage with
ruthless disregard for the civil service
| proprieties and that Frank H. Hitch.
cock, national chairman, postmaster
general to be, was the instrument fol
such using.
However. that the old regime Of
postal employees political activities is
to be a thing only of unsavory mem
DRY let the nation rejoice, and let the
joy be more the less because the ad
vance was achieved by one of the mosI
inconsistent acts in President Roose
yelt's career, a career dotted thickly
with glaring inconsistencies.
| Washington, D. G.
| WILLIS J. ABBOT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-17

a visit with her uncle, Thomas Cross,
and aunt, Mrs. Brady.
Clyde Trowbridge was on jury duty
last week in Rock Island
Joshua Farmer attended to his du-
ties as supervisor for Canoe Creek
township last week, returning home
Thursday evening.
Miss Eva Mercer visited over Sun
day with her sister Clara in Erie.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Holmes returned
home from Kansas City last week,
leaving Mr.. Holmes father on the
road to recovery.
Mr. Harness and Mr.. Paddock of
Rock Island visited last week with c. II
Wundle
William Conrad sold his property
down by the Meredosia road to Charles
Fisher. Mr.. Conrad then purchased
the Oris Rasmussen property in Hills
dale and moved his family up town
Monday Mr.. Rasmussen intends tC
move back this spring to Hilisdale
from Moline. He will occupy the house
vacated by Mr.. Conrad.
Wallace Kempster spent Monday il
Prophetstown with his parents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-17
FOSTER

The remains of the late Mrs. Lydia
Underwood, a former resident of this
vicinity, who passed away at her home
in Peoria, Ill.,, Monday night, were
brought to Muscatine Thursday morn
ing The funeral services were held
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
home of her niece, Mrs. Cora Rey-
nolds, and interment was made in the
Greenwood cemetery. Mrs. Underwood
was 60 years of age. For 40 years she
was a resident of Muscatine, Iowa, un
til nine years ago, when she removed
to Aledo, ILL.,. where she lived six years
before removing to Peoria, ILL.,, where
her death occurred from pneumonia
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Thomas Osborne of the First
Methodist Episcopal church of Musca-
tine. The services were impressive,
and were attended by large number
of deceased's friends. Mrs. Underwood
is survived by two half-sisters and
two half-brothers, Mrs. l.. Lambert OF
Muscatine, Iowa, and Mrs. Robert Muir
dock of Buffalo Prairie, ILL.,, and John
and A. c. Reynolds of Eliza township,
Illinois. Three grandchildren, Burtis
and Harvey Underwood and Miss Bes-
sic Kuhn, all of Peoria, H., also sur
vive.
Friday while coasting down hill at
the school house at Drurys Landing,
Miss Gertrude, the 12-year-old daugh-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-17


the advantage of the opposition. 1t is
the trump card in the political deck
just now, and if 1t does not remain in
the Democratic hands it will be be-
cause the Democrats with open eyes
permit the Republicans to reach across
the table and simply take away that
trump and with it win the next con-
gressional game.
1t is timely TO warn Democrats Of
these things, for dangers herein limited
at actually exist.
Mr.. Rect of New York.
AS forecasted in this letter last week,
Elihu Root has been elected senator
from New York, Notwithstanding the
legislature of the Empire State will
not be In session until January. The
president, Mr. Taft, Mr.. Woodruff and
a few other misters talked over the
matter, and the decision was that the
able secretary of state shall be senator,
and it would be silly to question that
the election is just as fully assured to-
day as 1t will have been accomplished
perfunctorily when the New York leg
islature shall have ratified the action
taken In the White House councils.
Quite naturally one drifts from Mr..
Roots senatorial election by the presi-
dent and his political associates to Mr..
Roots recent "frazzling' of the con-
gress by effecting that which is sub
stantially treaty with Japan without
the consent of the federal senate.
Or course the constitution provides
that treaties with foreign powers shall
be ratified by the senate. But the
same brilliant intellect which conceiv.
ed ways and means for gathering into
one control for Thomas F. Ryan all of
the street railroad. IL road and sub.
way privileges in New York city easily
found way to circumyent the limita-
tons of constitutional authority vest
ed In the executive establishment, and
his Exchange of notes. with the Jap
, anese government becomes a thing
done and sealed without leaving ap
parent ground for the senate to OBJ
ject, although wise senators aver tina,
. they will object and will devise means
for getting that United States-Japa
nese pact up for debate.
Inasmuch as Mr.. Root is President
Rooseyelt's secretary Of state. 1t Is log
ical that the latter indorses the substi
tuition Of executive action for senate
rial ratification of the treaty or "sim
pie agreement" as this newfanglet
arrangement Is called by the admins
tration.
A Blow at Civil Service.
However, let this article contain no
only questioning Of the executivei
methods. 1t is with pleasure, indeed
with deep satisfaction, that one is per
mitted to comment on the civil servic,
classification Of fourth class postmas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-17
Amusing Tariff Comedy Staged at Washington

its production by no means foreshaG-
owed what was to come during the re-
mainder of the play.
Mr.. Payne, Mr.. DalZell, Mr.. Fordney
of lumber and beet sugar fame and
others of the majority members of the
ways and means committee assem-
bled for their tariff hearings and be-
gan their questioning of witnesses in
the frame of mind in which the chair
man had emerged from the White
House that day.
Tariff Hearings Fareieal.
The farcical character of these hear
ings soon went to the consciousness Of
the people. and those committee men,
bers began to hear from the country.
Then came the letting of the cat out
of the bag" by some enterprising CORE
spondent at Hot Springs, Va, where
Judge Taft was resting" the cat be-
ing the secret that the president to be
warfare on the aged but agile speaker.
The very day on which this hint was
received the demeanor of the stand pat
members of the committee changed,
and it was apparent they We're solicit
Gus and sought to impress the unim-
questionable country with the assertion
that the hearings were dead in earnest,
and that was act No. 2.
Representatives of special interests
came to Washington in droves, in
punches, in squads, in companies and
regiments. They took possession of the
principal hotels. 1t being noticeable
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-17
NEWS OF THE NEIGIIBORS

visited several barrooms. He was I'M
der the influence of liquor when he
went to the Petersen establishment,
he claimed, and did not realize what
he had done until he reached his home.
The managers of the store did not de-
sire that the boy be made to suffer I'M
necessarily. The value of the stolen
goods was placed at $3.50, making
the offense petty larceny. Forty cents
added to the valuation would have
made it grand larceny, and the young
man would have been held to the
grand jury.
Obituary Record. - Miss Catherine
Veronica Costello died yesterday at
the home of her mother, Mrs. Mary
Costello, 1892 Marquette street, after
a protracted illness. She was born in
Davenport and was aged IL years. Sur
viving her, with her mother, are her
two sisters and four brothers, Mrs.
William Nahrgang. Davenport, and
Mrs. w F. Rohn, Chicago; Michael
Costello, Oakland, Cal, and Thomas
John and William Costello, Davenport
Mrs. Martin Mcguire after an illness
of four months passed away Tuesday
evening at the residence of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Balluff
1415b West Seventh street, aged &c
years. Mrs. Mcguire was born and
reared in this city. She leaves hel
husband and daughter, Leonora; hel
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Balluff
sister, Mrs. Henry Strive, Jr., and
four brothers, Albert, Herbert, Charles
and Elmer Balluff, all of Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-17

necessary to make room for the plant
in the location that has been chosen
for it, The company has consented to
take care of the city garbage during
the winter months, using it in the fill
on the island.
May Form Liberty League.-A mass
meeting has been arranged to be held
next Sunday afternoon at o'clock at
Armory hall to express the sentiment
of the liberty-loving citizens of Daven-
port in regard to the present attempt
of the Russian government to secure
the extradition of Russian political ref
ugees in the United States. The cases
of Christian Rudowitz and Jan Janoff
Pouren will be discussed, and also the
question of forming an organization in
Davenport for the purpose Of cooper
ating with the Political Refugees De-
Tense league recently organized in Chi
cago by the best citizenship there.
Boy Admits Theft. - Leo Schebler
will spend his Christmas in the coun.
ty jail He had his hearing yesterday
morning before Magistrate l.. E. Rod
dewig on charge of larceny, having
confessed to the theft of three fancy
combs at the Petersen department
store Monday evening. The. property
has been recovered. The young man
manifested extreme penitence for his
crime, and said it was his first act OF
wrong doing. Drink was responsible
He had planned to buy some Christ
mas presents, and instead of going tc