davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-04

son, Is falsely accused of numbering
his father. He is sent to prison while
the real murderer runs away with the
convicts misguided wife. But after
years OF anxious waiting and praying
poor blind mother secures pardon
from the governor. and Tom Logan
tracks his faithless wife to her apart
ments, were he reclaims his little girl,
who has been kidnapped from the
grandmother, and hands the real muir
derer OF his father over TO the police.
But not. however, until after the lat
ter has added another crime to his list
the murder of the unhappy wife.
~ho Is shot down in cold blood.
John McKeever Is the villain. Fred
erick Armsdale, and he does well. con
sidering that the role Is new to him.
Miss Sadie Calhoun as jeanette Lo-
gan. made the most OF the part The
engagement Is for the entire week.
with matinees daily except Wednes-
day.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-04
LYcEuM.


From English court circles In the
time OF Charles ii. to western min
ing camp of today Is a big jump, even
in stageland, but II was made with
ease by Vaughan Chaser and company
I'm the Lyceum theater Sunday even
ing. In place OF the strange and un-
familiar characters of an obscure past
we found real men and women of the
living present, weaving for our edi-
fication as virile love story as ever
flowed from the pen OF playwright.
In this instance we have TO thank Paul
Armstrong.
The Heir to the Hoorah" Is the
story OF real man and woman who
learns what true love is only after a
bitter lesson. Joe Lacy, rough. un-
couth, noble-hearted miner, marries a
society woman for love, only to find
that she has married him for his
money. Under the dornineering infiu-
ence of her aristocratic mother, who,
I'm the beginning has everything her
own way In the mansion the miner has
built and furnished according TO her
ideas, the young wife tries TO teach
the husband how to wear a dress suit
and how to act before company. He
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-04
WINDOW CLEANING.

to the audience. and the applause
showed that the people who paid real
money were getting the worth OF their
coin and enjoying II. Rose Sydell is
as big and jolly as ever. and she is
supported by band OF comedians
who work hard all the time TO drag
out the laughs.
The chorus was there with the
good looks and tunefulness and was
called back number Of times. the
enthusiasm getting most vociferous
at one song. during the rendition OF
which the horse-play was 80 bolster
GUS that II appeared as II one OF the
comedians would be beaten to uncon.
sciousness
Last. but most noticeable, the com.
pany has musical director with more
hair than Paderewski and he is a star
all by himself
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-04
Knew MANY oovernors.

DIR. William IA. Wishard, OF Indian
apolis, according 10 an article I'm the
Star, OF that city was personally &C
quainted with twenty-three OF the
twenty-five governors who have pre-
sided over the state since its admts-
sion into the Union, I'm 1916. Curiously
enough, the only governors whom he
never met are Governor Hanley and
Colonel Winfield T. Durbin. The first
two governors he knew well, but he
has never seen the last two" DIR. Wis
hard Is described as a most re-
markable man. He Is in bis 92nd
year and his mind Is as clear as a
bell His memory stretches back ~
Jonathan jennings. the first governor
OF the state, who was the chief ex-
ecutive from 1916 TO 1922" Only two
widows OF Indiana ex-governors are
noy living. They are Mrs. Ira, j.
Chase and Mrs. Claude Matthews.
When. Winfield Taylor Durbin was
governor there was no ex-governor
living end the fact that all OF the
states chief executives had died soon
after completing their term or Office
made some people believe that the
election as governor OF Indiana vas a
solemn, warning. Colonel Durbin."
says the Star, rs showing a dispost,
ton TO knock the props from under
this superstition. He and Mrs. Durbta
arc enjoying the best OF health At
their home ia Anderson"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-04
oAYETY.

II Is no disparagement to the hui
man performers I'm Rose Sydell's Lon
don Bellies company TO say that the
big feature OF the performance Is the
act presented IN the ollo by Princess
wanoco. a diminutive monkey which
displays real acting ability. Her i'm
presentations lack nothing but speech
and she gives a fair Imitation OF that.
Wanoco, a bicycle-riding babboon. and
TinymIte, q dwarf West indian horse.
are other stars In the Woodford ami
NAL troup.
The living pictures are more num-
erous than usual this week and the
posing is really artistic The curtain
had TO be lifted again and again for
these models In which a dozen pretty
girls take part
As for the rest OF the show, II Is
better than average. The best test OF
q burlesque show IL the way Il appeals
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-04
AVENUE.

Nothing quite so good as Herring.
tons Lady Birds" has appeared in
the Avenue for several weeks. and the
company was greeted by two large
audiences on Sunday. The show is
chock full OF comedy. and the tire
some slam-bang variety Of fun, with
which most burlesqpe shows are over.
loaded. is entirely cut out
NJ. j. Kelly takes the leading com
edy part In the two skits. and no is
ably assisted by Jerry ID. Sullivan, the
dlminutive acrobat
Miss Gertrude Fisk, advertised as
The Little Nightingale. is no longer
little, but she sings as we'll as ever.
and far better than most vocalIsts
heard I'm burlesQue. -
Perhaps the hit OF the show was
made by The Great Chick the wiz.
ard OF the wheel. aud his two chill
drenS The riding or the children. par.
ticularly the younger. chubby little
youngster of about two years. pleased
the audience immensely.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-04
WHITNEY.

Human Hearts," one of the best
known OF the Hal Reid plays. was re-
vived In the Whitney theater, Sunday
afternoon, and an audience which fill-
ed every available foot of room in the
playhouse. alternately wept and cried
As this touching story OF the Arkan-
sas hills was unfolded
Human Hearts" Is well named
The story Is familiar to most playgo-
ers. but II will bear repeating Tom
Logan, now played by Edmund A. An
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-04

Other numbers In the olio were
HALEY and McKinnon, black face com
edians and dancers. and the Bates
musical trio.
From start to finish the show Is ex-
cellent The company Will remain
during the entire week, with the usual
matinees.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-04

IOn--Schwankovsl<y Studios
PRIMARY courss-only SIS for term OF
ten weeks Two lessons weekly br APP
proVal teachers Can be paid w>ekiy
Soc. Inquire studio ~ sixth 6o9r.
schwankoysky Boildins.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-04

Nothing jolts sarcastic man more
than a dose OF his own medicine.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-04
LAFAYETTE.

In no role that he has had since
the new company OF Lafayette Play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
EDWARD R. TRUE, CASHIER.

end during President JacksOn's admins
tration 1t was then that the authorities
discovered that they could not do a real
banking business with the people direct.
1t was not paying proposition for the
government to enter into a competition
with private banks when they did not
have the same facilities for putting out
the money that We're allowed the private
banks So the Treasury Department took
Over the charge of all of the public moneys
AMI installed this little country bank to
attend to the disbursement of it.
1t is situated right at the north en-
trance of the Treasury building, and the
general dinginess of the room, together
with its plain and unpretentious business
windows. give no idea TO the casual Wis
itor of the immense amount of business
done here every day.
The air. though. is heavy with the dank
peculiar odor of many greenbacks, and
one may feel. rather than hear. in the
very quietness of the place the dull clink
of gold. The largest business of the bank
is not done over It's windows, but out of
it's shipping rooms. and therefore few
people are seen in the bank proper. COM
pared to the crowds that move in and
out of the big banks in town. But any
of the men who come to transact bust
ness in Uncle Sans bank. as a general
rule carries away with him more money
than many of the other banks handle in
a whole day.
Visitors, however, from all parts OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

smallest warrants ever made. The larg-
est warrant is of comparatively recent
date. This largest warrant was made out
to cover the purchase price of the Pan
anna canal and is for the sum of 10000
600 In contrast to this is the warrant
made out to President Cleveland for
cent to balance up his salary.
Mr. George F. Robinson. the Waterman
who sits at the door of the bank, has OPP
portunities of seeing more people-strang-
ers from out of town-and talking to them
than nearly any one else in the govern
ment service.
Every stranger asks Mr.. Robinson one
question at least. Some Of them spend
quite a long time with him. for he is able
to tell them some very interesting things.
And strangers sometimes remember him
after they get home and send him pos
tails and even letters. Mr.. Robinson has
letters from all over the world from WIS.,
itors who have made his acquaintance at
the door of the Treasury bank.
Yet. although the largest bank in the
world there have been very few attempts
to rob Uncle Sans bank. Several times
money has been embezzled. but only in
small amounts and then the culprits have
not enjoyed their gains very long. for
the government has unlimited means for
running them down. In fact. II has be-
come nearly a breach Of criminal etiquette
to make fe!onious attempt on the
Treasury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

ness is Gore from the paving te!er'S Win
dow. and yet nearly s1o.Gfb.n00 is annual
~ handed out through it, In the ship
ping rooms most of the money is seen
From here X is that all the millions OF
dollars made every year at the bureau of
engraving and printing are put in circu-
lation. Nearly all of the banks in the
country have as correspondents one or
the local banks To 1t they send all or
their old and frayed money: the corre-
sponding banks sends them to the Treas
ury and the Treasury issues new bills
for the old ones. These are packed in
the shipping room and sent by express to
the original bank. In sending notes to
banks the Treasury always sends bliis
whose numbers run consecutively. AS
partment is recorded, it is great deal
easier to take only the first and last
numbers than to list each one separately
This exchanging new money for old is
one of the most interesting of all the
things that are done Not only do all
be exchanged. but many of the visitors TO
the building step to the window and ask
for new one instead of the old, battered
much traveled one which they carry.
A Four-Cent Transaction.
One of the employees in the building
tells an interesting story of an exchange
that he made on his own hook. 1t seems
as though he was in the civil war and
had been captured and imprisoned by
the Confederates. One day not so very
long ago an old white-haired man came
I'D to him and asked if he was Capt.
-. He acknowledged the fact and then
the old man asked him if he didn't
remember him. The captain looked at
him for a moment and then grabbing him
by the hand he nearly wTung 1t OF as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

he exclaimed We'll if this isn't Col. -
I'll eat my hat 1t was the Confederate
officer who had charge of the prison in
which he had been confined. The two
veterans fraternized for some time, and
snapped stories of the war. The colonel
told him that this was his first visit to
the north, and that he had come to the
Treasury for the purpose of taking back
some of the new money. AS it was after
3 O'Clock and the banks had closed
for the day. he couldn't get it that day,
but the captain discovered that he hau
some new notes in his pocket. The
colonel took out a f1ve-dollar gold piece
and received five new one-dollar bills
from his one-time prisoner in exchange.
The two parted very affectionately and
both went their separate ways. The
next morning the captain took the gold
to the window to get paper money for 1t.
They took it in after examining it for
few minutes. gave him four one-dollar
bills and % cents in change. In
exchanging bills they always give bill for
bill. but In exchanging gold it is carefully
weighed and only the exact value of the
worn piece is returned.
The captain looked ruefuly at the
change and then sighed: II knew that
old rebel would get the best of me If L
ever gave him d chance.
Not all of the Cancelled warrants and
checks made out on the treasurer are
kept. but they still have the largest and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

Mrsl GOnlpers. wife of the LABOR chief
tain is Eoman of pleasing personality
who las MT been deferred. by her fond
rass A,r fit home or the responsibilities
of rearing 4 large family. from taking
ver, altiJe hnd intelligent interest In her
husbandg 'Inissionary work In behal
of oxn3zed labor She and Mr.. Com
pers were married wien they were both
very Young, and when the young man
was working at his trade as cigarmeker.
but she had opportunity from the outset
to take a sympathetic interest In her
husband devotion to the cause OF union
labor In tribute to the comradeship with
his wife, which he has enjoyed all these
wears. Mr. Gompers said the other day:
II cann6f remember the time when was
not u6aftSed.'' He might have remarked
with equal truth that he could not recall
the time when he was not active in be-
half of his fellow workmen, for since his
fifteenth year he has been an advocate
of the rights of labor and connected with
the efforts to organize the working peo-
pie.
With one Of the women of the Com
pers household--Miss Sadie Julia Com.
pers, youngest daughter OF labor's spokes-
man-the public has recently had an OPP
portunity to become acquainted, for Miss
Gompers following the example Of the
daughters of Senator La Toilette. Tom
L. johnson and other public men, has
lately adopted a stage career. Miss Com
pers. who is a strikingiy beautiful bru-
nette, displayed marked musical ability
in early childhood. and spent several
years under the best masters in New
York in preparation for the concert stage.
However. q couple OF years ago a man
aser~ho. had hsardsher.sinE.. offered her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
GonPE85 KlP IF WFE.
q


modest, but comfortable. three story brick
residence al 2122 1st street northwest. and
his really exceptional fondness for his own
tircsidc is augmented by the fact that
ne is Obliged TO be absent from II 80
much of the time. Mr.. Gompers esti-
mates that he spends almost one-third
If his time on railroad trains, and by
rea son of his official duties he must be
absent from his family circle about half
the time
There is every reason to believe that
Mr. Gompers is the most-trayeled public
nan I'm America-certainly he Is entitled
10 the place of honor in this respect If
The computation be restricted to travel
within the borders of the United States.
If journeyings outside the Union be taken
into account Mr.. Tafts globe trotting
during the past decade might entitle him
10 rank as competitor. but. In the mat
ter of travel in the greatest republic. not
even William Jennings Bryan can rival the
record of the energetic labor leader.
The Gompers household has consisted
of late years of the labor leaders wife.
an unmarried daughter, the eldest son
and the latters daughter. The son, Sam
uel j. Gompers, does not live at home,
but his dwelling Is not far distant from
that of his father. and during the lat
ter's frequent absences the younger man
acts as the man of the family. The grand
daughter. Miss Florence NJ. Gompers, who
is President Gompers' especial favorite.
likewise spends much Of her time at the
homestead. and recently she has become
proficient In stenography and typewrit-
ing in order that she can be of practical
assistance TO her grandfather in the very
considerable amount of work that he per.
forms at home. -. :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
il 81 IS SeSs52 II S S 4&s,'
WA1MM1foN ho21E p,, s

'frfCiB~
PLANTATION that Mr.. Gompers is a, aabitus
night worker. He has fitted up ON the
top floor of his residence combination
of worl1room and library that he calls
his den and it is not unusual for him
TO labor here until 3 o'clock I'm the morn
ing. Or. if he retire at a comparatively
early hour. he is very likely to wake
during the night and steal up stairs for
an hour or two at his desk. All of which
is the more remarkable when one re-
members that Mr.. Gompers is not young.
save in ambition. He is. however. hu-
man dynamo for work which is perhaps
not surprising since he began to earn his
bread and butter when he was only
eleven years of age.
The possibilities of self-education have
seldom been more convincingly demon
strated than by the intellectual achieve
ments of this self-made labor captain
His memory is remarkable. and public
men generally regard II as little short OF
miraculous that Mr.. Gompers never
writes out in advance any OF the hun.
dreds OF public addresses which he de-
livers every year. He may have in his
hand. when speaking. fragmentary memo
randa OF statistics or subjects, but for the
most part he speaks extemporaneouslv.
and he AYERS that he is able to do this
only because he is SO full of the subject
dear to his heart. President Gomners
has mastered the difficult accomplishment
of working as successfully on railroad
trains as in his home or Office, which il
an economic advantage. since he has
averaged 10000 miles of railroad travel
every year for the past thirty years-a
total of 100000 miies-which is equivalent
to seven years of constant travel.
----------., WAI4DON FAWCETr. 8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

- URROI' NDED by some of the most
beautiful and most handsomely
fitted banks in the country is q
~ bank the very existence of which
is known by comparatively few
people: a bank whose interior would
hardly do justice to an average country
bank in small! town. and yet this bank
does more business a year than any other
bank in the world.
While there are no farm wagons with
their loads of produce ready for the mar
ket and trucks of hay hitched to a post
in front of the building, and no crowds
OF loafers are lounging around the doors
smoking their corncob pipes and swap
ping yarns and horses with equal imper-
turba bility. the bank, in atmosphere, at
least, seems as much of a country bank
as it's village prototype. 1t is dark and
gloomy inside: the walls are smoked with
the atmosphere OF fifty years, while the
woodwork is of that dark walnut so famil-
la in the small country bank.
This bank is properly the Bank of the
United States for il is here that all of
the government money is disbursed and
money received from those who are au-
thorized to deposit it with the Treasury
This country bank is in reality the direct
descendant of that real Bank of the Unit
ed States which came to such an untimely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

country pass in and out the whole day
.ong and listen to the monotonous voice
of the guide, who tells them about the
enormous quantities of money in its
vaults and about the largest and smallest
warrants drawn. They listen with awe
stricken faces and go home and tell the
folks about it. together with the fact
that they have held a million dollars In
their hands. 1t doesn't seem to these
visitors that the money they have worked
necessities and Injuries of life comes out
Of this little bank in the Treasury De-
partment. Every piece Of money issued
by the government passes through the
hands Of the employees of this bank and
strict account is kept of the corporation
bank or individual to Whom each he"
bill is issued.
If the cashiers of the first-class banks
in the country had at their immediate
disposal the mighty resources that
Cashier Edward r. True of Uncle Sans
bank has they would be liable to have
palpitation of the heart But Mr.. True
pursues the even tenor Of his way as
though he were the custodian Of 800 cents
and not 100000 900.
Handles District Business.
The business Of this government bank
is transacted practically the same as
that of any other bank. with the excep-
ton that private individuals are not per-
mitted to make deposits OF to cash their
personal checks. Federal officials who
disburse the public funds are the only
ones authorized to draw checks on this
bank and corporations like the District
Of Columbia and the executive depart
ments are the only ones allowed to make
deposits
The funds of the District are all
handled through this office. That means
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

phasiZes the fact that the President of
the American Federation of Labor is
short of stature. The great labor leader,
now in his fifty-eighth year. is a man at
once distinguished and distinctive in APP
pearance. An Englishman by birth, he
has few of the characteristics usually
associated with that nationality The
physical feature which is likely to most
wildly impress person meeting him for
the first time Is the massive head. sparsely
covered with iron-gray hair. He is smooth
shaver and wears glasses. and might as
readily be taken for college professor as
for a labor organizer and agitator.
The women Of the Gompers family have
no fads, il we except their common love
of music, and President Gompers finds
sufficient relaxation in the variety of his
work. which embraces everything from ed
itorial and executive work to public
speaking. The leader of Americas army
OF 1900 600 union men takes almost no ex-
ercise- in the ordinary, acceptance OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

= :: =: e: !; ::
dent of the American Federation
OF Labor. is unquestionably the worlds
foremost labor leader. Not only is this
commander chief of organized labor
singularly modest regarding his personal
achievements, but he has studiously re-
Trained from taking the public into his
confidence regarding his home life. 1t is
only at this late day that the labor chief
tain. now more than ever in the public
eye owing to his political activities, mas
consented 10 allow the pardonabiy curious
newspaper reading public 10 have closer
acquaintance with his wife and family.
Samuel Gompers makes his home in Q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

= ANK of the United States,
l. Where More Money Is
Handled Than Anywhere
Else in the World-Cashier
of the Bank Is the Custodian
of Hundreds of Millions of
the Peoples Money-District
of Columbia Business Is
Handled Through the Bank
ALI New Paper Money Is
sued Through This Medium
Biggest Warrant Ever Is
sued on Bank Was for $780,
100000, While the Smallest
Was for I Cent-Watchman
Robinson, Who Is Seen and
Talked to by All Strangers,
Has Heard From Them From
All Over the World-Routine
of Business Same as That of
Any Bank.
nat every day all the District office
hat take in money must deposit
18th the Treasury and every time Their
any need for any sum to be paid out
reasury warrant or check must be mad
ut for the same.
Only a small part of the regular bus