davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
INVESTIGATE Brownson's scrap.

Washington, Jan. 14.-The house
has adopted the Gill resolution de-
handing that the secretary of the
navy produce all correspondence and
everything in his possession relating
to the assignment of Stokes as COM
mander of the hospital ship Relief and
the resignation of Brownson.
This is the first step looking to a
congressional investigation of the
Brownson controversy.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17

A resolution authorizing the presi-
dent to expend $1,373,643 in the ac-
QUESTION of consular lands and buiId-
ngs IN China, Japan and Korea was
onered in the house recently by Mr.
Perkins of New York, the money to ba
appropriated from the residue of the
Boxer indemnity fund to the United
States by China.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
Holdup Is Shot Dead.

Los Angeles, Jan. 10 Charles
Gray, aged "a. up to last December
employed as a bridge carpenter by the
Southern Pacific, armed with two re-
volvers, attempted to hold up Re
donuo car near Slauson, and was shot
and instantly killed by j. c. Greer.
conductor of the car.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
REMOVE TROOPS FROM NEVADA
Roosevelt to Issue Order-State Must
Preserve Peace.

PreSerVe Peace.
Washington, Jan. IA. - President
Roosevelt has determined to withdraw
the federal troops from Goldfeld, New,
shortly after the legislature begins it's
special session. The legislature meets
today. This intention was made known
at the White House today, when the
report of the special investigating COM
mittee was made public, together with
letter from the president to Governor
Sparks, dated January A. The presi-
dent says he shall be governed by the
recommendations in the report unless
the governor can show that the state
ments of the report are not in accord
ance with the facts.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
nrnanizinn RanidIY.

The Washington Live Stock associ-
alton is planning to organize two more
auxiliaries during February, carrying
out the plan which was formulated at
the December meeting held in Spo-
kane North Yakima auxiliary will he
organized February Z, and Ellensburs
the following Gay,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17

San Francisco, Cal, Jan. r.
Charles w. French, promoter and in
corporator of the Pacific Steel COM
pany, launched about two years ago
with an alleged capitalization of $780,
100000, is in the city prison here
charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
LesuvIus Throws out Ashes.

Naples, Jan. 13.-Mount Vesuvius
continues to throw out ashes and in
candescent matter from its chief
crater, the cone of which, formed by
the last eruption, collapsed recently,
the earth trembles being felt for long
distances.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
Intoxlcate Father; Rob child.

A municipal court jury in Chicago
found William Tobin and David Nc
hale, saloonkeepers, guilty of having
deprived Raphael DeHaven, 5 years
old, of means of support by selling in
toxicants to her father, and imposing
a joint fine of 5000. The suit was
brought by Mrs, Jennie DeHaven in
behalf of her daughter.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17

Down in the canyons surrounding
Lewiston dozens OF farmers are plow-
ing, their coats hanging in the house,
and spring weather marking the be-
ginning of work, while on the prairie,
not over 40 miles from Lewiston, the
farmers are feeding their stock, read
ing the papers and planning spring
work, while the stock runs over the
fields on frozen ground.
Forced to raise the prices because
of the competition of independent
buyers, the old grain companies have
lifted the lid on the grain market,
offering top prices Tor all unsold grain
on the Nez Perez prairie. Five hun.
bred thousand bushels are still un
sold.
Contractor George Stickney has
about so men at work in his lumber
camps on section -, near st. Maries
Surveyor General Eagleson has re
ceived letter from Secretary jane
r. Garneld requesting his resignation
by order of the president. He refuses
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
Cities Bank CIearinus,

The following table shows the bank
clearances of the different cities of
the Pacific west and the percentage
of gain or loss:
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17

dred thousand bushels are still I'M
sold.
Contractor George Stickney has |
about so men at work in his lumber
camps on section ~, near st. Maries.
Surveyor General Eagleson has re-
ceived a letter from Secretary James
r. Garneld requesting his resignation
by order of the president. He refuses,
MONTANA NOTES.
A Red Lodge surgeon who has per-
formed an operation on Charles Jo-
akinen, a young Finnish miner, for
the removed of the cause of pain in
his chest, found in the cavity left
by a previous operation two pieces
of rubber tubing, four and five inches
long, respectively. To one was attach
ed safety pin, badly rusted. The
rubber tubing was nearly half inch
in diameter. The foreign substances
had been left in the wound when New
York surgeon sewed it up, following
an operation several months ago. Jo-
akinen is recovering.
pany, for a consideration of $685.
454,A has purchased the line of the
Montana Central railroad.
While Walter Hetrick, fireman on
the Short Line, had his head under
the engine at Butte, examining the
machinery, Engineer Edward Hughes
backed upon him, instantly killing
him, crushing his head to a pulp.
Hughes did not know that his fireman
| had descended to the ground, and was
under the impression that he was still
in the cab
Suits have been begun in this state
against the Northern PACING for vio-
lating the railroad eight hour law
and otner regulations designed for the
benefit of trainmen.
Bank Examiner Collins has made
public summary of the reports of
the AZ state institutions under super
vision of that department, and the
showing is remarkable, indeed. Since
the last call in August the banks have
increased their reserve $4,000, and
now have total resources of $26, 491,-
08S9O. A gain in cash on hand of
81 100000 during that time is noted.
| Eight additional freight crews have
been laid off the Rock mountain divi-
sion of the Northern Pacific. This
leaves just enough men to run about
three freight trains out Of Missoula
east and three west.
Governor Joseph X. Toole has ap-
pointed 80 representative citizens as
delegates to the Missouri river navi-
cation congress, to be held at Sioux
City, Iowa, January 22-25 next. The
delegation is headed by William Seal
Ion of Butte.
Master in Chancery Crane has filed
| finu4ngs in the famous Deed Lodge
valley smoke case in the federal court,
and if approved by Judge Hunt it is
likely that a permanent injunction
asked for by farmers residing close
to the $5,OOO,OOO Washoe smelter at
Anaconda will be granted.
| Henry Hammer of Butte a dTedge
employe, let loose of the crank of the
windlass which he was turning and
the handle, flying back, struck him on
the head, tearing off portion of his
skull and knocking out his eyes, which
hung down on his breast. He was al
most instantly killed.
The body of Hezekiah Roadebush, a
pioneer of Butte and one of the best
known old timers of the camp, was
found in a cabin at Rochester recently,
where he had died unattended and in
extreme poverty.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-19
AN EASIER LIFE.

Its my private opinion that the
majority of New York women would
have an easier life if they lived some.
where else,' trainer in a well-known
gymnasium volunteered to. a group
OF her pupils recently.
"You are not willing to exert your.
selves and yet none of you wants
to- grow fat. If you'll take my ad.
vice those who want to get married
will go to Calabar, and those who
don't aim at matrimony will take the
train for Boston.
why? Why, for the simple rea-
son that women neither grow fat
nor get married in Boston, while in
Calabar to get married a woman has
first to be fat Yes, indeed, in Gala.
bar it is the invariable custom to
fatten woman before she is allowed
to marry.
Gust look at the streets of New
York and see what the women come
to look like. Why, the meal sack tied
In the middle, proverbial in my moth
er's day, doesn't begin to express
either their weight or their figure as
| see them. A cotton bale set cross.
ways, with a water bucket on top
for a head, is the nearest thing
can think Of
I'm spite Of such proportions just
spend morning in gym and hear
the way they puff and groan over
| taking little exercise That is when
they attend the lessons, which is
| the exception not the rule.
And when they finally, decide to
give up all together, to give up all
pretence of the exercise which they
have never taken, they come to me
with such AN apologetic manner. You
would really fancy they had been do
ing me favor, a charity to join my
class. Maybe you do look upon me
as an object of charity. Well, I'll tell
you that look upon myself as a
would-be public benefactor, a prophet
without honor in her own country. y
New York Sun.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-19

we are nailed with Him to The cross.
by faith we rise with Him in new
ness of life, by faith we partake OF
divine power. Yes, we need a real
Saviour.
But again we find Johns great
ness shown in his devotion. He was
not word repeater He cared little
for forms. Creed making was not
in his line of work. He had out
grown the rudiments of life and had
come to know the secret of power.
The set rules Of the schoolroom are
important in their place, but in after
life we forget them, having adopted
the principles that they expressed.
Words become nothing to us when
they have done their work and fixed
their meaning in our lives. John
was possessed with realization that
he was commissioned by the Almighty
to proclaim great fact His whole
soul was thrilled with the thought.
He was on fire with q divine en-
thusiasm. He had no inclination to
con over the old form of his call, but
rather to do his work under the i'm
pulse Of new soul ambition. Who
ever heard OF any man being per-
manently baffled who was on fire with
q o. Oe11 ~ uCA We SOY IudI ClTCum.
stances are against us. Not so. It
is our faithlessness that hinders our
devotion. The world always believes
in the man who himself believes. The
crowd always makes way for the
man of faith. The trouble is we
keep coming over our old formulas
instead of allowing ourselves to be
swept on by great convictions. We
repeat our creed and say, II believe
in God Almighty, maker Of heaven
and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His
only Son, our Lord" but the state
ment does not take hold of us and
inspire us to action.
Do you want to be great? 1t is
laudable ambition. But you will
never become so If you measure
greatness by show. John did no
miracle. True greatness comes by
faithfulaess, humility, sense of
reality and devotion. Emotions
pass, but principles abide. It's the
man at the lever and not the man
on the trapeZe that is exalted.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-19
Bostonians in a Rat Hunt.

An exceptionally high tide inun.
dated the lower piers Of the wholesale
district, Of Boston, and the water
drove thousands of big water rats
into the street It was just about the
time the business houses were open
ing, and fer the next two hours there
was a rat hunt on what probably
never. has been duplicated. A dog or
two and one lone puss took part, but
for the rest sedate business men,
rushing messenger boys, stenograph
ers and clerks did the killing.
When it was over the streets were
lined with the dead and the street
cleaning department put in the rest
Of the day clearing the thousands OF
corpses away.-Philadel elphia Record.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-19

jim.
know a certain clerk
Named Jim,
He Amt in love with work,
Not him.
No matter what may be the task,
us this my Work?" he'll always asia
When told to make a case
Or such,
Does Jim for lumber race?
Not much.
At such a time he's always said:
You oughter call on Bob or Fred.a
Jim to his same old job
Seems wed
The boss advanced both Bob
And Fred.
But Jim's chance looks trifle Sims
He says the boss is down on him.
Louisville Courfer-Journal.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-19

Readers fond of studying statistica.
tables can find figures more cheering
than those given out by the experts
on nerve strain and grip. Scientists
also have found that disease in gen.
eral is decreasing and that the period
Of life is growing longer, observes
the New York Herald. If one must
study vital statistics why not the op
timistic ones!
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-19
President Roosevelt's Weddino.

Although Americans who come to
This country are we'll aware Of the
fact, and always make a visit to the
Church, the average lEnglishman does
not know that President Roosevelt
was married at st. Georges, Hanover
Square. There the entry runs: 'sThec.
dore Roosevelt. twenty eight, widow.
er, ranchman," and Edith Kermit Ca,
row. It was some years ago that an
American discovered" the entry. and
now there is much curiosity on the
part of his countrymen to see the
church where their strenuous presi
dent was married.-London Globe.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-19
NO KIDS WANTED

Sunday School Teacher Now, chill
dren, who was Herod?
Chorus-He wuz man wot wanted
ter get rid OF all de children.
S. S. Teacher-Yes, but what was
he?"
Youthful voice-I guess he wuz de
lan'lord of bat.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-19

A fellow who neglects TO hire caa.
tickets, just because it is leap-year,,
prono1nces the Manchester Union, de.
serves TO be an old maid.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-19

@ s@nss with an.,,rn,o..
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

Mrs. Johnston heard so many Incl.
dents connected by the babyhood OF
little Hattie Cochran that she an.
nounccd her intention to write n story
about the child and her grandfather
who has since died. The story Is true
to the letter and when the author be.
gan to collect material for the work 1t
grew so fascinating that 1t was inn
possible not to continue from volume
one to volume two and after they were
printed the demand for more came so
insistent that they were continued and
ten constitute the series. The one
which was published for the holidays,
The Little Colonel's Knight Comes
Riding BY 1t is said will be the last
book of the series. A good part Of
this book is fiction pure and simple,
but you will find that Martinsville's
famous mineral springs have favorable
mention. The visit of which the book
speaks was made here in May and
June of this year"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
West Point News.

West Point, Neb., Jan. 1S.-Special
of the oldest settlers of Cunning coun-
ty and an original homesteader, died
at his farm home this morning at the
age of 70. Mr.. Caster has been res
ident of Cunning county over forty
years and has always taken a promi-
nent part in the upbuiding and devel-
opment of the Elkhorn valley. He
died of cancer of the stomach, his adj
vanced age initiating against the cure
Of his malady. He leaves large fam
lily of sons and daughters and large
estate. He was one of the best known
of the early pioneers, man Of rugged
honesty and much respected in the
community where he lived so long.
The spring term of the Cunning coun-
ty district court will convene at West
Point on February with Judge Guy
r. Graves of Pender on the bench.
William Dill has been selected as
chairman of the county board of SUI
pervisors. Dill is a republican, the
first one to be thus honored in many
years. He has also been elected pur-
chasing agent for the county.
At a meeting of the creditors of
Feehan Brothers, who made an assign
ment for the benefit of their creditors
Otto Kerl of West Point was unani'
mously elected assignee of the estate
and has taken possession. The Fee
han Brothers operated saloon in this
city for about eighteen months.
County Assessor John Clatanoff has
appointed the following as township
assessors for Cunning county: Ban
croft, Charles Kramer; Cleveland, M
NJ. Tyrrell; Grant, John Skala; Blaine
John Lueschen Wisner, George Lehm
kuhl; Beemer, Birch Bowyer; Logan
Frank Kafka; Neigh, John Koehleri
Garfield, Charles A. Anderson; Elk
horn, A. w. Toelle; Mismarck, G
Koopmans; Lincoln, JOS Schultz; st
Charles, William Oligmueller; Cum
ing, S. P. Johnson; West Point, f. ]
MalchOw.
The new officers of the Modern
Woodmen of America, who were elect
ed in December, were installed or
Monday evening. They are: Consul
Al. Maritime; advisor, Frank Miller
banker B. G. Hermann; clerk, Angus
Hanft; escort, H. S. Raider; watch
man, Fred Kloth; sentry, Herman vii
de; camp physician, DR.. H. L. Wells
manager, f. j. Brazda
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
GOLD CROP IS LOOKING Up
SMALL NUGGET FOUND IN THE
cRAW OF A DUCK.
ON THE FARM OF H. c. STANCE

Piece Of Gold the Size Of a Small Bull.
let is Found, Which is Pronounced
the Real Thing by Competent Au.
thority.
Madison county's gold crop is look
ing up. Additional reports of gold be-
ing picked up by fowls are coming in,
II. G. STANCE, a prominent farmer
of Battle Creek precinct, came to Nor
folk Saturday with a particle of gold
the size of a small bullet that had
been found in a ducks craw. Mr.,
STANCE took the particle of yellow
metal to George II. Burton's where
the metal was tested and found to be
gold.
Mr.. STANCE lives about two miles
south Of the Elkhorn river and about
eight miles southwest of Norfolk. At
different times small pieces of gold
have been found in chickens and
ducks on the STANCE farm.
Mr.. STANCE has no designs on a
stock company as he admits that the
gold has hardly been found in paying
quantities.
Chickens and ducks have been in
dustrious miners on several Madison
county farms. Gold has been found
on the farm Of Peter Bussey.
The jeweler who examined the par
ticle of gold said that it was a gold
nugget weighing about pennyweight.
He said that it was about twenty-three
karat. The value of the little piece
of gold was placed at about eighty
cents.
Gold eating ducks are valuable for
they easily double their value
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
RockEFeLLER's PROFITS CUT.
The Sun is Helping to Reduce Earn
mas.

"The sun is putting our mutual friend
John ID. Rockefeller out of some of
his earned profits" remarked n. A.
Rainbolt this morning gazing at the
calendar. at is indeed an unobserv-
ant person who has not noted that the
period of day light is getting gradu'
ally longer and longer"
To-day from sunrise to shutdown is
ten hours, twelve minutes and thirteen
seconds.
"Since December % the days have
been growing longer and the people
have been using less light. Rookie
feller's profits are being cut, the Nor
folk electric light company is having
its profits cut each day and the gas
company is also losing.
"Now Rockefeller is a canny man
and loves his profits. You'd think
that he would get out an injunction
against the sun. He ought to hole
it down to union hours"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
WHY He BECAME A LAWYER.
WHY J. x. MAcoMeER CHANGED
FROM SCIENCE TO LAW.
N. A. RAlNeoLT FIGURED IN 1T

Mr. Macomber Was a Professor in the
Ames College, When Little Per-
sonaI Application Of Law Caused
Him to Change Professions.
J. X. Macomber, one of the leading
attorneys of Des Mones, Iowa, and
one of Sewer Contractor o. p. Her.
rick's lawyers in the latter's big suit
against Norfolk owes his present pro
fession to a peculiar incident in which
n. A. Rainbolt of Norfolk figured. In
cidentally Mr. Macomber was in Nor
folk yesterday looking up matters con
nected with the Herrick suit and was
the guest of his old friend, Mr.. Rain
bolt.
Nearly thirty years ago Mr.. Macon
Der was not a lawyer but professor
of physics and mathematics in the
Iowa state college at Ames. At that
time a new scheme in lightning rods
was flourishing over this western coun
try, filling the Golfers of the promot
ers with much gold and silver. This
| lightning rod graft was based on 8
claim that lightning rods could be
built without ground connections but
so constructed that the electricity
once lightning struck the rod, would
be diffused again in the air.
Professor Macomber wrote an ar
ticle characterizing the whole thing as
impossible and fraud. The new rods
were bringing in rich harvest ant
the Ames professor was promptly sueC
for $4,000 damages in the fedora
courts.
n. A. Rainbolt was one of the attor
neys engaged to defend the scientist
In preparing the defense affidavit:
were secured from a number of thu
worlds famous scientists of America
and Europe. The latest knowledge
and the most authentic facts that thu
world knew about electricity and light
ming rods were collected.
When the affidavits were filed il
court the $4,000 damage suit was has
tily dismissed. But for the defendan
the results of the suit did not emf
with the dismissal of the case. From
his forced plunge into law he decided
to become a student of law. So Mr.
Macomber gave up his position in thu
college and went into a lawyers offic,
to read law. And in time he became
one of the best lawyers in Iowa.
Mrs. Macomber is well known amonI
students of travel. A remarkably well
travelled woman and thorough lin
guist she has conducted many parties
of students to Europe and even to thu
far east.
Mr.. Macomber while in Norfoll
placed the local end of the Herricl
suit against the city in the hands o
Attorney M. d. Tyler.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
AGAINST THE CONTESTANT
JUDGE KELLY PROMPTLY DIS.
MISSED THE CASE.
NIGHT SESSION OF COURT HELD

Contest over County Assessorship OF
Pierce County Results In Failure TO
Make Case by Gus Lierman-other
Contest Cases.
Pierce, Neb., Jan. Especial to
The News: After consuming all day
in the trial of the contest case be-
tween Gus Herman of Hadar and f..
ID. Pulcifer of Plainview over the OF.
flee of county assessor, night ses.
sion was held last night to finish the
case. After the introduction of the
testimony County Judge Kelley with.
out hesitation dismissed the complaint
at the cost of Herman and the prob.
ability now is that all contests cases
will be dropped. In case Herman ap-
peals the contests over county clerk
and commissioner will come on for
trial later
The Foster saloon license case ia
again being heard today by the board
of county commissioners.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24
REMOVED THE MISSOURI RIVER.
Dividing Line No Longer Appears on
Rock Islands Mileage Book.


Rock Islands Mileage Book.
The Rock Island railroad has done
new thing. II has removed the Mis-
souri, river from the mileage book
map. 1t announces a new mileage
book to be placed on sale February
Is, which will be good on either side
Of the river. The book will be good
for one thousand miles and will sell
at 500 It will be good for one year
from date of sale 1t will be honored
on all Rock Island system lines, on
the Frisco lines, on the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois between Chicago and
st. Louis and between Danville and
st. Louis and on the Burlington line
between Burlington and st. Louis.
The book is good for more than one
person east of the Missouri river and
good for one person only west of the
river. In Colorado, South Dakota
and Louisiana the equivalent of one
and one-half miles will be taken from
the book for each mile travelled, while
in New Mexico six miles will be taken
| for each four miles travelled.
NO ICE HARVEST HERE YET.