davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-04-15
SUBURB OF BOSTON SWEPT
by Flames--Fire Devastates Heart
of Chelsea's Business District.

Boston, April 12.-Fire devastat-
ed more than one square mile of5the
manufacturing, business and tene-
nent district of Chelsea to-day, en-
failing loss estimated at fully $1O,-
100000. The fire, started at 1880
a. m, near the Boston Backing Com
pany's works and crossed the city, a
distance of one mile and quarter,
to Marginal, opposite the East Bos-
tor shore.
Late tonight four bodies had been
recovered from the ruins. About SO
persons were injured, several proba-
bly, fatally.
Among the buildings burned were
13 churches, Frost hospital, Chill
dren's hospital, city hall, Fitz public
library, Ave school houses. dozen
or more factories and about 800 ten
ements and dwellings. E'+ #
The residential section of the city,
where the Weather classes reside,
escaped the flames.
In the retail section, through which
the fire passed, were 20 blocks, which
were destroyed. The United States
marine buildings we're not admaged.
The Chelsea fire was practically
under control at 8 o'clock tonight.
Two women are known to be dead as
a result Of the fire. Neither body has
been identified. -,
The fire originated in the rear of
the Boston Black.Lg Company's
works, in close proximity to the Ev-
erett city line. A terrific gale from
the northwest, which at times had a
velocity of 60 miles an hour. carried
burning shingles, embers and myr-
jadr5of sparks to score Of buildings,
most of them of cheap wooden con-
struction.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-04-15
NEWS NOTES FROM RICHLAND
Happenings in and Around Town--A
Live Community.

Richland, April 13.-Special: Miss
Marion Coe, of Brenau College, ac-
companied.l by her school-mate, Miss
Fleta 9Nesbit, will spend Easter holt
days at home.
w. ii. Coe. of Memphis, will spend
Easter with his mother. Mr.. Coe
expects to make his home I'm Denver.
Col, some time in the near future.
Mrs Sara McCubbins, one of Rich
lands teachers, anticipates spending
several days this week in Union with
her sister.
Miss Geraldine Hughs will teach
TOT Mrs. McCubbins during her abb
sence.
Miss Pearl Ballenger is visiting her
sister, Mrs. H. A. Knox, of Mayes-
Vile. She will remain until after
Harmony Presbytery convenes
MRS. 3. n. Hughs and son, Master
stiles, Jr., spent a few days in SEN
eca last week visiting her sister. Mrs
e. l.. Anderson.
Miss Pauline Hughs, who is now
engaged as book-keeper for the
Bowen Lumber Company, of Norris.
spent Saturday and Sunday of last
week with homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. j. Allen Terrell, of
Westminster, spent one dav iast week
at the home of j. H. Depdy.
Mrs. j. O.. Armstrong, who suffered
from stroke Of paralysis recently,
is much improved.
Married, on Sunday, April 9Th, at
the home Of the brides parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Dave Stribling. Miss Kate
Stribling and Joe Mcdonald. Mr.. Nc
Donald is prosperous farmer of
Richland. We wish this young cou-
pie much 1appfness s n.
As Mrs. Emily Stribling was alight-
ing from her buggy Sunday the horse
gave a sudden start, throwing her
between the wheels. A physician was
summoned. He reported no bones
bronen, but considerable bruises.
Miss jamie WHY, after spending
three weeks with her uncle, IS. p.
Stribling, OF Fair Play, has returned
home.
Miss Clara Werner, after teaching
q successful, term OF school az Ta-
massee, Is at home for a short vaca-
AS suggested by your Bounty
Land correspondent, we correct her
statement concerning Our school
grounds. We have only built mounds
ing our yard sodded IN grass. !,
Perhaps Richland is not the little
"Atri9 our friend (?) supposes.
She (Richland) is and has ever been
at work In her Quiet way. sStili
water runs Deep" Rfchland proudly
boasts OF the fact that whiie she was
seemingly 80 near lead she was pre-.
pairing her inhabitants to face this
cruel world. Richland has already
sent out five prominent lawyers, and
has two others half way up the hill,
M. ID. Wake up, Bounty Land!
Omega.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-04-15
ohanberiain's Has the Preferenoe

Fred, @. Hanraban, a prominent
druggist, of Portsmouth, Va, says.
For the past six years I have sold
and recommended Chamberlain o
Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy. It fs great remedy and one
of the best patent medicines on the
market. ~ handle some, others for
the same purposes that pay me a
larger profit, but this remedy is so
sure to effect cure, and my Gus
toner so certain to appreciate my
recommending It to him, that give
1t the preference" For sale by DR..
y. w. Bell, Walhalla; w. ]. Lunney,
Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-04-15
Meeting Of Oakway Union.

Oakway Farmers Uuion will meet
next Saturday, 18th, at 2.30 D. M,
and all members ere requested to be
present.
w. M. Brown, President.
w. H. Cole, Secretary.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
MARATHON RUNNER
WENT LONG ROUTE
UNFRAMED ON BET
J. F. Regain Won Wager and
Congratulations nfrom Assoc
GATES in Briscoe Club.

The Briscoe Athletic Club, composed
of the employees of the Briscoe Manu-
featuring Company, was today CON
graduating one of its members, j. r.
Regain, who gave a remarkable per-
formance in THE EVENING STAR
marathon race Wednesday. Although
he finished in seyenty-lrst place his
feat is considered out of the ordinary
Fas he did not have any training what
yer. and left his work bench two hours
before the race started, went home and
ate ahearty lunch, donned his running
suit and then started in the race.
Regain entered the race as the result
OF a wager, several of his working COM
panions taunting him that the reason
he had not previously entered the race
was because ne was afraid. He thea
went into 1t and the wager was that
he would not finish. He won and now
he Is the hero of the Briscoe Athletic
Club. which is one of the athletic assoc
Citations which have expressed a desire
THE EVENING STAR give future
Variations.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
WOMANS BODY SLASHED
AND POISON BOTTLES NEAR,
Believed Widow Hurts Grief
Caused Suicide Attempt.

WOODBURY.. Oct. 23.-Mrs. Ide,la
Hurff, widow OF the late Harry Hurff,
was found in a pool of blood in her
home The arteries in her left wrist
were severed and several gashes were
found in her body. A table-knife had
been used, otherwise the wounds would
have been more serious.
A bottle OF arsenic and another of
were found. but evidently had
not been opened. Last summer the
woman's husband was killed by the
bursting of a gasoline engine and she
had hrooded continually over her loss.
1t Is believed she had attempted to kill
herself, nothing indicating the presenae
OF nm assailant
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
PRATT PRAISES
BRYAN, HARR|GAN
AND HAUsSL|NG
Essex Congressman Gets
Great Reception from Leveen
Democratic Association.

Congressman LeGage Pratt made a
hit with the members of the Leveea
Democratic Association when he told
them at their meeting last night that
at all times he was the champion OF
organized labor. He said:
Il want to say that | was not only
a mere congressman who signed his
name to the check he received for his
salary. but 1 worked all day and many
Nights, and first, last and all the tins
organized labor was uppermost in my
mind.
Il believe 1t would be a wholesome
thing at this Time to elect the greatest
man this country ever knew as Presi-
dent, and that is William J. Bryan
The congressman then lauded Mayor
Haussling, and said that William Har-
rigan would make the best sheriff Els
sex county c had. The other can-
didates We're also. praised.
John w. Dobbins, representing or
eanized labor. spoke on the injunction
plank
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23


to the Opera House mass-msetipg, and
combined squads, who made up almost
a company, stood at attention and sa-
iuted General Grub an he stepped to
the front Of the stage to address them.
Not satisfied with this, the veterans de.
manded the privilege OF reading from
the platform the following communica-
ton:
ITO Our Beloved General Grub:
W. want to protest against the lies
of John Gardner, who put disgrace
on every Game Chicken OF the
Thirty-seventh New Jersey when he
avs we saw no fighting after ga.
Ha this man Gardner been In the
o trenches with Us for seventeen
days before Petersburg, 180 yards
from the rebel lines, Ia the summer
of "a. when we fred $4,000 rounds OF
ammunition, he wouldn't have been
here to try and make us out cow
ards. General we salue you. Re-
apectfuily,
YOUR OLD GAME CHICKENS"
Touching Demonstrates.
Before the chairman could proceed
with the Introduction of the soldier
candidate, Captain Harry Wilson was
in the aisle clamoring for recogni-
ton. Let every man present who
fought under Grubb In the Civil War
stand up!" he shouted. Half q hundred
Grand Army men we're on their feet In
stantly.
Attention. comrades; salute your old
Numbered the captain, as
hands went up, and General Grub,
quick to respond, answered the salute
from the stage. Tears streamed down
the cheeks of men and women and sobs
of the old men were drowned in the
cheers to which the onlookers gave
vent.
Old Captain Michael q. Deviney, who
ed the company OF the "Game Chick
ems in "a, and who is now crippled by
rheumatism, embraced the general with
his n free arm n cried out a refu-
tation of the Gardner attack.
General Grubb said:
Comrades, in accepting the nomina-
ton for Congress of this district, I have
answered a call for patriotic service as
loud as that which summoned US to the
front in the days Of Lincoln. Demo-
Gratis and Independent Republicans have
tiC PCSptG Hiia1A thiGs aAQ w
the help of God the people shall rule.
Gardner agents have gone TO anus
ing extremes in their efforts Il cover
the Congressfnan's responsibility for the
open lawlessness which for years has
Haunted itself in Atlantic county. Their
latest declaration is that / am not mt
to receive the church vote of the dis
trict because / once saw game chickens
fight. Gentlemen. I plead guilty. Some
of the Game Chickens / saw fight In
that terrible arena before Petersburg
are before me tonight.
Again Calls Gardner u Dodger.
Your present Congressman is still on
the dodge. He dare not and he cannot
answer the issues of this campaign
truthfuliy. Gardner and his hired
press agents are doing all I'm their power
to throw dust in the eyes Of voters of
the district
Shot after shot that General Grub
poured into Gardner AZ 4 Corporation
tool and u the agent OF Gar Cam
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
GRUBB'S GAME
CHICKENS" WRITE
SC0RCH|NG LETTER
Answer to Gardner Attack ON
Generals War Record Read at
Vineland Mass-meeting.

vfNELAND. Oct. 2S.-veterans, angry
at thu attacks made by Congressman
John j. Gardner on the war record of
General II. Burd Grub, Independent
and Democratic nominee for his seat,
led n wild demonstration here last night
against Gardner and those of his fol-
lowers who have assaulted the old leader
of Jerseys Civil War volunteers. Ola
soldiers of the famed Game Chickens
and "Yahoos," now In the Soldiers
Home here, embraced their former
commander and promised support.
Veterans of Lyon Post, G. A. r.,
turned out at the head of a procession
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23

non" made telling bulrs-eyes with vot-
ers who repudiated Gardner in the re-
cent primaries by overwhelmingly de-
feating his delegates here.
"Gardnerism', was the target Of Law
yer French, Of Camden. who said:
Gardner, in his desperation. Is assaii-
Ing the old soldiers because they refuse
to stand for the piratical methods OF
the present-day machines who sacrifice
ever patriotism to serve their corpora
ton owners. In my opinion, Grubb car
almost be called the Lincoln OF today
who has risen to free his district of the
rule OF politicians who have enslaved
your citizens by gag methods worse
than those of the slave-drivers.'
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
RETURNS TO M AND
FAMILY AFTER rs YEARS,

ELIZABETH, Oct. 23.-Twenty-five
years a wanderer fropl his old home in
Germany. Herman Gobel. whose aged
parents wrote recently to Chief of Po-
lice George c. Tenney asking for In
formation regarding his whereabouts.
returned to this city and learned that
he was being sought. Gosel called at
police headquarters today and was
given a copy of the letter from his
father and mother. He win probably
return home Immediately.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
HALF-CENTURY A MASON,
RUTAN TO BE HONORED.
Kane Lodge to Receive for State
Deputy Grand Secretary.

Invitations have been issued by Kane
Lodge. No. 55, r. and A. NJ, for a re-
ception to Right worshipful Brother
William Duane Rutan on Wednesday
evening, November 4, on which day he
will have been fifty years q Mason
He is deputy grand secretary of New
Jersey Masons. Charles H. Stewart.
master of the lodge, and Frank Tanner,
secretary, are arranging the affair,
which will be held in Grafton Hall.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-23
dERmANA WomEN's OUTING.

The Germania wonen's Society will
have its annual entertainment in .Ianu-
airy. A meeting vas held In Wiese-
mann's Hall, In Ferry street. last night,
when the preliminary arrangements
were made.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-03-13

wASH1NGTON.-AN records of in
w terest in congressional kid
members are being broken by the at
tention the brown 'kids" from the
Philippines are receiving in congress.
They are the distinct attractions, not
only of the galleries, but of the mem
bers and senators Themselves.
Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson of
osculatory fame, and Nicholas Long
worth are "has beens'' that no longer
receive the notice of up.to-date capitol
guides. Every one in Washington ap-
pears as proud of these two resident
commissioners, Benito Legarda and
Pablo Ocampo de Leon, the Philippine
islands have sent to Washington, as
young America is of his redtops or w.
Bourke Cochran of his latest forensic
effort. They are the real congressional
oddity, for they can speak in either
the senate or house.
OF course, the senate has been kind
enough to grant these Filipinos the
same courtesies as the house, but the
commissioners feel more at home in
the informality of the lower body than
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-03-13

M EW YORK.-With the Vanderbilt.
~ Szechenyi wedding, Mrs. Ogden
Mills annual dance and the charity
ball affairs of the past, the social sea
son is on the wane, but one unusual
and interesting event is promised in
the tableaux and play being ar:
ranged by. Mrs. Waldorf Astor
Theatricals are fast becoming fad
with society women, and Mrs. Astor
has been encouraged to her present
undertaking by success in similar ven
lures in England. Not only will she
be seen in several tableaux drawn
from masterpieces by Gainsborough
Reynolds and other artists, but she
will play the leading character in the
pretty little comedy, lie Reveillon de
Pierrette."
Society is feeling blue over the
prospect of dull summer in Newport
1t is practically certain that the
Breakers will not be opened, as Mrs
Cornelius Vanderbilt will pay pro
longed visit to her daughter, the
Countess Szechenyi. in Hungary, and
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish has just made
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-03-13
Glea11i11as;. ;.Z.' Of 1G6t11;al11l1:ll i ]
Gotham Social Season Is on the Wane
Interesting Bits of News from tbs|.
r = ~ v4s ~ : Great Metropolis

known that what little time she
spends next summer in this country
will find her in Garrison, N. Y
There have been signs of late that
Mrs Fish is wearying of the exciting
social grind, and she no longer seems
ambitious to take the place of Mrs.
Astor as leader of the fashionable
world. She has been only half-hearted
in going about society's business this
winter, and it is significant that she
no longer Graves for the lively com
panionship Of the Harry Lehrs. The
Fish country residence, at Garrison
has been redecorated and refurnished,
and Mrs. Fish has been giving close
attention to the remodeling of q
large suite of rooms. The OBJ
ject has been to give an un-
broken view of the Hudson from
every window in the suite, and to
this end many obstructive trees have
been felled. There is an isolation to
be found in Garrison impossible in
Newport, and all these changes, taken
with the sudden interest of Mrs. Fish
in the place, gives color to the report
that she is anxious for quiet and re-
tirement. If this be the case society,
as it runs to publicity, will lose one
of it's most interesting figures, for it
has been truthfully said of Mrs. Fish
that she never has been guilty of an
entertainment bare of imagination,
and, besides, always has succeeded in
being picturesque.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-03-13

DRES1DENT and Mrs. Roosevelt and
i Miss Ethel Roosevelt attended the
"circus" given the other night by the
boys Of Y. M. G. A. in their gymna-
sium to raise funds for completing
their running track.
Quentin Roosevelt made his first
appearance as clown in turn that
was carried on the program as Prof.
Quentaene and his educated elephant,
Bolivar"
The elephant was worked by two
other boys and had on it's saddlecloth
the emblem, &C. o. p" Quentin
drove the elephant around the ring,
keeping up running comment on the
qualities of the animal. Then another
clown came along and found fault
with the elephant because it was too
thin.
What do you feed him on?" he
asked Quentin.
Dates" young Roosevelt replied.
What kind of dates?'
Candidates. said the presidents s
son.
This brought great applause in
which Mr.. Roosevelt joined heartily
The presidential party came in just
before the elephant act and were
given a rousing reception. The boys
band played "The Star Spangled
Banner" and the audience arose and
yelled itself hoarse.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-03-13
ROUND THE CAPITAL.
Information and GOSSIP PICKED lJp Here =
and There in Washington.
Fiipinos Are the New Pets of CONGRESS

among the dignified members of the
senate.
With it's two new members congress
has been economical. Each will re-
ceive the regular salary of $500, but
the 20 cents a mile travel gift is not
for them. Two thousand dollars
apiece for. each round trip is their
travel allowance
Neither the house nor the senate
was particularly prepared for them.
Although the authority for the selec-
tfon of the commissioners was given
in the Philippines organic act several
years ago it remained for the first as
sembly last fall to make their choice
possible. Then the commissioners
slipped across the Pacific and pre-
sented themselves at the capital.
Congress had not been thinking
much about their coming or their 60
ing until they wanted to know what
rights resident commissioners" had in
congress. When they left home one
felt that the United States would let
them stay in Washington only under
surveillance, while the other went so
far as to believe that they would have
the right to vote in the house, run
down the corridor and vote on the
same measure in the senate.
The powers that be finally decided
that they should be given seats at
both ends of the capitol and the privi-
leges of the floor, but not of voting.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-03-13
Women Cannot Eat Without an Escort

that prevails in all first-class hotels
that women alone will not be served
in public dining rooms in the evening.
With woman friend she went to the
roof garden of the Hoffman House
between six and seven o'clock and
endeavored to obtain dinner They
were courteously refused, being told,
at the same time, that downstairs
within the hotel they would be served.
But they declined to observe the GUS
tom and insisted that they had as
good 4 right to eat where they were
as anybody else. After creating
great disturbance, they were elected,
and promptly brought suit against the
hotel proprietor for damages.
The case was decided against them.
and there is great sorrow in suffragist
circles in consequence. But the rule
adopted by hotels will undoubtedly
remain in force in spite of that. Re-
spectacle women should remember
that all women are not respectable,
and If the rule were abrogated wom-
en- who are not respectable would in
stantly take advantage of their op-
portunity to ply their wiles in every
good hotel where there is chance
of meeting men victims. The rule
is really as much for the protection
of respectable women as for anybody
else and they should be grateful that
it. exists instead Of trying to break it
down.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-03-13

HE regular army is revenged, Last
1 fall its officers had to take q Is.
mile ride in the Roosevelt horseman-
ship test.
Gen. J. Franklin Bell, chief Of the
general STAFF, the other day, beguiled
the president to William Muldoon's
15.mile test on foot.
Both the president and Gen. Bell
were guests, after their hike, at a
dinner given by Postmaster General
Meyer. Gen. Bell was as fit as could
be. The president still was fit-for
dinner. But he admitted he had lost
all his appetite for Muldoon tests.
The president exhibited great curl
osity as to the Muldoon system of fit
ting fat statesmen for the Washington
dinner season, since Secretary Root
and Gen. Bell have successfully taken
the course at White Plains.
Secretary Root. to be sure, is not
fat, He was suffering from too much
Monroe doctrine and nervous agita-
tion over the open door in China when
he surrendered himself to the hands of
the professor.
But Gen. Bell is fat, or was, until
he returned from White Plains. The
president did not pay much heed to
Mr. Roots account of his strenuous
days at Muldoon's, because Mr.. Root
is not athletic. He even avoids golf.
But when the crack horsemen of
the United States cavalry returned to
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-03-13

THE cost Of running the city govern.
1 ment of New York this year will
he $143,572,26G, an increase of $13,'
15O,160 over last year, and $685.
9S1 .934 more than for the year 1885
an increase of more than IS per cent.
in ten years. This means a per capi-
ia expenditure of $36 for every man.
woman and child in the city. or an
average of about $3.50 a family, which
is paid by taxing both the present and
future generations.
The present generation pays the as
sessments imposed upon it by the
tax commissioners and future genera.
tions will have to redeem the enor.
nous amount of bonds now outstand-
ing.
/ The interest charge upon the people
of New York is now. more than $24,.
000, 900 annually. almost as rnucf, as
the total cost of running the city Of
Chicago. and about Sc per capita OF
the population. The expenses of the
national government have Increased
very rapidly. with our prosperity but
our national debt has BEEN decreas.
ing all the, time and the interest
charge upon the people of the United
States annually is. only a few tLoul.
sand dollars more than that paid by
the people Of New York city, white
the annual expenses of the national
government are only four times rs
great as those of New York city.
Before the present great era of
prosperity and large government ex'
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-03-13
QUICK Descent of the Morse Rocket

fiery gashes across the financial Skies
At that time he was commonly cred
tied with the control of corporation
that had an aggregate capital of $685.
100000. Among these were II banks,
three insurance companies and II
steamboat, realty and other corpora
tions. The total resources of the cor
porations controlled by him were es-
timated at more than $500, ,O00, ,00o
Big figures these are; but Morse was
a big man and used to big figures.
The rocket scared pretty high. But
it began to fall. To-day federal
grand jury is inquiring into his meth
DDS of transacting national bank af-
fairs. A receivers report openly
charges him with having fed to Eu-
rope with the intention of defrauding
his creditors: Three of his banks
have closed their DOORS He has been
thrown out of control of the big
steamship merger which he built up
at much pains He has been practi-
cally ousted from every large institu-
tion with which he was connected
His forty millions have shrunk to q
shadowy ghost of their old proper
tions. He isn't king of anything any
more. The rocket came down a stick