davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-15

increased by substantially the same
amount, and the government now faces
the necessity of meeting the deficits by
new loans In this situation Dr. Barthe
sees the possibility of political reform
In the combination OF parties known as
the "Buelow Bloc" the National Liberals
are an essential constituent. He has
hopes, though they nre not strong. that
the latter may demand political conoH-
sions a. the price of their continual sup
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-15
Queer German Political Situation.

sian Parliament the Social Democracy,
by far the most numerous party in
Prussia, as well as II Germany" which
actually casts mere votes than the Con-
seryative party, was not represented by
one single member, and the Conssrsa-
tives were represented by more than 200
members"
Ths distinguished economist points ont
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-15

running up sometimes to So and 81 per
mail package. But the citizens OF these
United States pay no bill so gladly as
that OF furnishing mail communication
between the big centecs Of human life
and the most isolated points, no matter
what the cost or the hazard of maintain
ing the efficiency of the mail service.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-15

Professor Barthe. OF Berlin University.
Is one OF the most famous of thinkers
and educators Writing OF German po-
htical conditions he says:
The backwardness OF political Germany
consists in the undemocratic character
OF its professed representative institu-
tons, especially In Prussia For IN
stance, In the last session OF the Prus-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-15

has been made by the Cuban government
for road building, sanitation and public
buildings since the Magoon adminiscra-
ton was inaugurated and IT is expected
that an additional appropriation of $780,
coo will be made In the next budget
These roads, which rOnnect the two
more important towns and are tapped by
intersecting roads reaching TO all parts
of the island. appeal alike to the BIZ
cycle rider. the horseman and the au-
tomobilist They are in themselves an
element of beauty as we'll as utility. and
nave contributed no email part toward
the favorable impression made on visitors.
Variety in Fruits As Well as
Scenery.
The diversity Of island scenery found in
valleys, on hill and mountainside has q
counterpart in the variety OF fruit that
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-15

one way or the other.
They were week late in learning that
President Mckinley was shot and that
Theodore Roosevelt had become Presi-
dent of the United States This letter
carrier has only 40 miles to cover, but
the overland trails are so bad that 1t
40 miles. The carrier draws a salary Of
$l,1OO, but must pay all his own ex-
penses, so the Job is no sinecure
Another Hawaiian letter-carrier has
the Job OF getting the letters from
Pahala to the Volcano House. He makes
the trip in about six hours Last year
be got $1,26S.8 So. and doubtless is con-
sidered a rich man by the natives of the
island.
There are only II mails year at Pago
Page, Samoa and these come via Homo
lulu to San Francisco. distance Of over
5000 miles. 1t is details OF this sort
which cast an educational light on the
queer places, and the vast distances COW
cred by Uncle Sans letter-carriers
throughout the world.
IN ICY ALASKA AND THE YUKON
REGION.
The river Yukon Is not much known
to the casual traveller or to the ordinary
citizen. Yet II is one of the great rivers
OF this continent, river that vies with
the Mississippi and Missouri In. volume,
and width, and Is of vast length. On
this mighty river for certain periods
of the year the Northern Commercial
Company delivers all the United States
mail from the swift little launch, the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-15

ture which appeals with peculiar force
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-15

The Isle of Pines affords a nne pleas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
. MUSICAL FESTIVAL
BEsT TALENT IN AMERICA TO PAR
 TTCTPATE.
The Whole South Atlantic seaboard, Mississippi, Tennessee. Kentucky and Indiana WiII Furnish
 Patrons to Affair.

Spartanburg. S. C.. April 26.--The fourteenth annual South Atlantic States music festival will take place here April 2s. 30 and May 1.
 There will be three evening and two afternoon concerts. Ten soloists, in- cluding such artists as Madame Cad ski. Madame JomeIli and David Bisp- ham. with the New York Symphony Or chestra of fifty men. Waiter Dam- rosch. conductor. and the Converse Col lege Choral Society of 200 voices. Ar thur A. Manchester, conductor. will furnish the program. On operatic night The Messiah the ''Eroica," i" symphony and star program on art ists nightewiil be the features.
 The scope of the festival is shown by the extent of its patronaae. the whole South Atlantic seaboard. Mississippi, Tennessee. Kentucky and Indiana fur nishing patrons From modest be- ginning 1t has grown until the cost of orchestra and soloists for a single fes- tival now exceeds that of the entire first five years of It's existence. Found ed for the purpose of giving music lovers distant from music centers. op- portunity to hear large choral works, adequately given. the festival has pre- sented all the great oratories and many smaller choral works, besides many operas in concert form. It also has introduced many stars of the musi- cal Armament. The rapid growth of the last three years has necessitated the enlargement of the auditorium In which the festivals are held, and 1t now seats 2,5o0 and contains s1O,00o pipe organ.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
TwENTY-EIGHT DEAD.
Result of Collision Between British
 Cruiser and American Liner.

Result of Collision Between British
 Cruiser and American Liner.
 London, April 26-The total number of dead and missing of the Gladiator's crew as a result of the collision be- tween the American liner St. Paul and the British cruiser off the Isle of Wight, is twenty eight. Divers par ties searched the sunken cruiser for bodies. but were not successful in fnd- ing any.
 The opinion among shipping men and naval officials appears to be unani- nous that the accident was unavoid- able, being one of the chances of the sea which all seamen must risk. There will be the usual naval court and an inquiry by the Board of Health. The officers of both ships refuse to discuss the affair until they have given their testimony officially.
 All the witnesses of the disaster agree practically that both crews be- haved as well as possible.
 Coming so soon after the loss of the torpedo boat destroyer Tiger. which was sunk by the cruiser Berwick off the Isle of Wight on April 3 last. thirty-six men being drowned, the sinking the Gladiator Is a severe blow to the British navy.
 Interesting details concerning the collision and the rescue of the men of the. British cruiser were. told today by various passengers of the liner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
! RESPONSES cosrrNe sIN.

Washington April 2e.-Already re- sponses are coming to the invitation extended. through Secretary James M. Cowles. of the Postal Progress League, to public men and organizations in- terested in postal reform measures. to assemble in Washington in convention on May 8. in an effort to influence Con- gress to enact some of these meas ures into law. before the expiration of the present session.
 The league is relying upon the moral support of Chairman Overstreet, of the House Postofiice Committee, because of his announcement in a speech last win- ter in Congress that he earnestly fa- vored the extension of tho service. On that occasion. he said:
 Upon the postal service, more than upon anything else. does the economic as well as the social and political de- velopment of the country depend"
 The National Grange Is expressing interest also in the approaching con- vention and a letter has been received from N. J. Bacholer, the master of the Grange. expressing regret at his inability to attend the meeting as an advocate of an extended parcels post as at once the hope of the rural mer- chant and the farmers. The Grange endorses other projects of postal re- form advocated by Postmaster General Meyer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
STORM AT MEMPHIS.
Large Business Building in DOwntOwa
 Section Destroyed.

Memphis, Tenn. April 26-A terrific wind and rain storm broke over the city late today, causing much damage to outhouses and other frail struct- ures. Seveal large plate window glasses were broken in the business district The storm was especially se- were in New South Memphis No cas- ualties have been reported.
 The wind blew at the rate of over sixty miles an hour. In the downtown section of the city, the Gabay building. at the corner of Linden Avenue and Main Street. already gutted by fire. was almost completely wrecked.
 In New South Memphis the full fury of the clements was felt and here great damage was done. The dam age is estimated at between $20,0O0 and S5O.00O. The big tin roofs of the mills were lifted high in the air and scattered in fragments many bloks dis tant The smokestacks and the chim- neys were caught in the whirl of the winds and thrown to the ground
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
WEEK OF REJOICING
NEW YORK CATHOLICS CELEBRATE
 ANNIVERSARY OF CHURCH.
A Million Men, Women and Children Give Thanks for the Progress of Catholicism in
 Their State.

New York. April 26.-Every Catho- lie Chrch and the houses within the archdiocese of New York were in fes- tai array today while perhaps a mil- lion men, women and children gave thanks for the progress Catholicism had made in New York since it was formally established a hundred years ago. It was the beginning of the week of rejoicing in honor of the completion of a century of activity.
 The center of interest was St. Pat rick's Cathedral. which at II o'clock this morning, Monsignor Lavelle, the rector. was celebrant of a solemn mass of thanksgiving and the Archbishop of New York preached a sermon. The ed- ifce was decorated in the interior with the papal colors and outside and be- tween its tapering towers the Ameri- can flag was flung to the breeze.
 Cardinal Logue occupied the arch bishops throne. and gave the blessing at the close. Archbishop Barley well comed Cardinal Logue to this country. He then delivered a sermon in the course of which he reviewed the his- tory of Catholicism in New York. spoke of the numerous patriots 1t had given to the country, referred to the papal- istic school system and its influence on the morals of the community. then closed with a word on the tendency of the age.
 Tn the evening the Archbishop gave a dinner in honor of the Irish cardi- nal. Tomorrow night the Countess Leary will entertain both Cardinals Logue and Gibbons and other prelates who are here for the purpose of the festivities that begin Tuesday at the Cathedral Cardinal Gibbons and Mon signor Bruches, of Montreal, will ar- rive here tomorrow.
 Arrangements have been completed for the procession on next Saturday, after which the ceremonies will close. Brigadier General Thomas H. Barry will be the grand marshal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
WEEK IN CONGRESS
ORDER OF PRoGRAsEs IN SENATE AND HOUSE.
AEricuItural Btsl VIII Follow Naval .BiII in senate--House WiEi Give
 Entire Week to Sundry
 sass Civil Will

washinKton, April 2e.--In Congress this week, the agricultural ,appropria- toin bili will follow the naval bill in order in the Senate, snd 1t will be sue- ceeded In turn by the District of Co., lumbia and pension appropriation bills.
 The House will give the entire week to the consideration of the sundry civil bill, which ls really the last of the big supply bills to receive the attention of that body during the session. There are two more of these bills, to come. the general defciency and the Mili- tary Academy bills, but they will carry comparatively small appropriations.
 The House currency caucus Is sched- uled for some night about the middle of the week. Mfr. Watson. the Repub- Ucan whip. says there is no doubt the eaaeus will be held and he inaists that q currency bill VIII be agreed -unon at me caucus and passed by the House. The prediction Is general among Re- publican members that if any bill passes. it will be the Vreeiand bill
 If that or any other currency meas ure receives the approval of the cau- GUS 1t will probably be taken up for consideration by the House immedi- ately after the disposal of the sundry civil bill.
 There will be two days of general de- bate on the snndry civil bill, which, in addition to permitting several politi- cal speeches to be made, will also afford opportunity to consider conference re- ports. of which quite number are expected to be presented during the week. The bill itself will probably pro- yoke no little anta agonism.
 The naval bill will probably occupy most of the Senate's time Monday. as there are still several speeches to be made eon the four sbattleship amend ment The Senate will meet at Il A~ Co Nf ceeding with the consideration of the bill. and 1t Is the agreed program to conclude with it before ad5ourning for the day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
OVER THIRTY PERISH
CANADIAN HAMLET BURIED UNDER
 sTIDING MOUNTAIN.
The side Tore a Path of Death and Destruction For It's Way and Many Homes Were En-
 nwIfea.

Buck ingham, ontairo, April e6.-Half of the little French Hamlet of Notre Dame de 'Salette, sixteen miles from here on the Lievre river. is buried to- night under sliding mountain and at least thirty of it's small population are known to have perished.
 The hamlet has no telephone or tele- graph and neither Is 1t on railroad. Meagre news of the disaster came in by messenger from the physicians and other rescuers who hurried there when the first calls for aid came.
 The River Lievre winds at the foot of the hamlet and a mountain lowered behind it. Spring rains for days past have been melting the snow and ice on the mountain side and streams have been coursing down to the river. At s o'clock this morning. part of the mountain started to slide toward the river. It tore path of death and destruction for it's way, and those who were not killed when their homes were engulfed, were left buried under the mass of rock and earth.
 Camille la Pointe's house stood in the path of the avalanche. He and his family of sezsvehs sare known to have perished. Eight others whose names have not been obtained. are known to be missing.
 Mrs. Des Jardine's cottage also was swept away. and she, with her two children, a domestic and a hired man. are known to be buried in the land slide.
 De'Salette. like many ham1ets of it's kind, rambles into gardens and little fields on the mountain side, Nso about half of it was not in the path of the avalanche. The sliding mass rushed with roar and spread fanlike over part of the place and dumped itself into the swollen stream at its foot.
 Cut of from the outside world, mes sengers were despatched to Poupere, the nearest hamlet. Those who ar- rived first, estimated that at least a dozen homes were crushed in the path of the landslide. Buckingham was appealed to. but the flight of the mes sengers across the spring roads was slow. Those first on the scene found de'Sallette in panic with the unin- Jured ones packing their belongings for flight.
 The first messengers to Buckingham ordered twenty-five collins to be sent to de'Salette.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
THREE MORE VICTIMS
 OF AWFUL CYCLONE.

the money and the supplies being con trfbuted. as well as with the men and women who have commenced iaboring to meet the wants of Albertyille. In Gadsden for example, committees to solicit aid have already been named and have begun their canvassing.
 fortunate condition prevails in communicative accommodations be- tween Albertville and other places by rail. telegraph and telephone. The fact that service over the wires prac- ticafly undisturbed made 1t possible for Gadsden to be informed almost im- mediately of the cyclone and of the general results of it. so that aid could be sent at once. H. Barrett. manager of the Western Union in Gadsden, was in the first relief party that went to the place after the news of the storm had been received here. and he assisted the local operator there in the sending of messages that were almost without number. It was particularly of impor- tance on the night of the storm and since that night in getting press ser vice so that the news of disaster might be published as quickly and as general iy as possible.
 It is notable that the Western Union wire was severed less than a block from the once in AlbertvilIe,. but the severance was on the other side of the office so that communication with Gadsden was not interrupted. The rail- way company and the telephone com pany have assisted generously and ef- Actively.
 More Deaths Reported.
 How many were killed in the country near Albertville cannot be ascertained accurately because of the impossibil- ity of reaching reliable sources of in- formation. Several more deaths were
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
SHOT TO DEATH.

Baltimore. Md. April 2s--Mrs Annie Grifith, aged 36 years, was shot to death tonight by Frank Mcintyre, who had been a boarder at the Griffith home for about a year
 Mcintyre had been entertaining some friends and all Of them are said to have been drinking. Leaving the others, Mcintyre. went up stairs to Mrs Grifiith.s room. He had been gone about fifteen minutes. when five shots were heard. Every one of them struck the woman. who died before a physi- elan could be summoned. Mcintyre gave himself up. No motive is as- signed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
ANOTHER STORM IN MISSISSIPPI Only Me7<e Details Are
 otainable. ALA. ANA IS SWEPT AGAIN Considerable Damage to Property
 Is Reported. Rumor Says that Timber Section of Southeast saississippi snd Ad- tacent AIabama Territory
 Is Destroyed.

Mobile. April 2s-A special to The Register from Meridian, Miss, says that at o'clock this afternoon, a dis astrous tornado passed through a sec tion of East Mississippi south of that city.
 Immediately following the falling of the barometer and the visible pres ence of a tornado to the south of the city, Meridian was visited by a re- markable wind. rain and hall storm. the ground being covered with hall as large as pigeon eggs. Much damage was done in and around Meridian by the hail to crops aud shrubbery. All wire communication south of Meridian is down. except a small telephone line to Caseville. twelve miles distant. The people there say the main tornado passed seven miles below that place in e timber and sparseiy settled district. The extent of the damage is not known other than that the timber properties are reported almost devast- ated.
 Passengers coming In from above the city say that heavy rain and wind storm struck, forty miles north late this afternoon in the vicinity of Dwight, Ala No deaths are reported but 1t Is claimed that considerable property damage resulted. Related re- ports from the vicinity of Winchester and waynesboro. on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, north of this city, are to the effect that a number of people have been found dead in the interior toward the east as a result of the tor- nado of last Friday night. This infor- nation comes from passengers on the trains coming out of these two places. the information being brought there early this morning by runners from the country.
 A rumor tonight Is that the timber section of Southeast Mississippi and the adjacent Alabama territory has again been visited by heavy storm and much property damage done. De- tails are meagrs as wire communities. ton is hampered..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
THE CALL FOR HELP.

. There Is urgent need In the {
 c Alabama path of the terrible {
 . storm of Friday. The destructive . force of the storm grows with {
 . each new report. Death was in . the track of tho storm as 1t passed . over Alabama and not only now { . there Is need. hunger and suffer- . ing in its wake. The need presses { . with every hour. . The appeal has already come { . forth. It was sent out of the { . stricken towns of Alabama before { . the dead were buried, before the {
 . debris was cleared away At Ber- { . gen and at Albertviile death rode {
 . on the storm. In the two towns {
 . hundreds of men, women and chill { . dren are homeless. And there are c scores of them who do not know . where they will find the next meal. . The Mayors of Bergen and Albert { . vile have sent out the appeal>for
 | help. The people of the more for { . tunate portions of the State {
 . those sections which have been {
 . spared the horrors and sufferings {
 . of some of the North Alabama . towns. will not permit the appeal { | to so unheeded. { . The Advertiser wiil take charge { . of any contribution made until {
 . committee Is appointed. Any con- { . tributions sent to The Advertiser { . ofice will be turned over to the {
 . proper authorities, { . Before any call was made vol { . untary subscriptions were brought {
 . to The Advertiser office by Dr. J. 6 W. Kendrick and W. M. Irvine,
 . Both gentlemen contributed $o {
 [ each.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
Report b Dlseredited.
DECKHAND IS DROWNED.

Mobile, April 26.-(Special. lotto Leakes. a deckhand on the U. > cus- toms cutter Alert. was drowned in the river near the foot of St. Michael Street shortly after noon today.
 The accident occurred in the presence of a large crowd. but no one there could swim or render assistance. Leakes started across. the river alone in a small double ender boat. A stin breeze was blowing and when about 100 feet of shore the boat hlled and went un- der Leakes could not swim and drowned before assistance could De ss- cured. The deceased was about g years of age and has no relatives in Mobile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
TWO VALUABLE MAIL BAGS
 STOLEN IN NEW YORK

London, April 26.-The London postal authorities have learned that two bags of mail from this city. containing se- curities and other valuables worth $500, 900 were stolen In New York the latter part of last month.
 According to the reports received here, one of the bags was destined for St. Louis and was shipped by the Ma jestic, which arrived in New York March 26. the other destined for Brook lyn. was shipped by the stesmer Phil adelphia. which arrived at New York on March 2S. Both bags disappeared in transit between the steamers and the postofice. It was stated that they were handed over to the mail boats and are receipted for. Efforts have been made to keep the theft a secret while the investigation has been going on.
 Report is Dtseredited.
 New York, April 26.-Postal author ities in this city tonight professed to know little about the loss reptSted in a dispatch from London. of two mall bags containing securities and other avluables worth about s500000 which are said to have disappeared in this port in March.
 Postmaster Edward NJ Morgan and Postal Inspector Waller s. Mayors both stated tonight that they thought it impossible for S500.O00 worth of se. curities or other property to disappear without complaint being made. Ros- tai Inspector Mayer said that 1t Is true that a couple of mail bags are missing, but the authorities here are inclined to believe that the absence of the bags was due to an error.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
Indrn c. J. WelIborn bend.

Millen. Ga. April 26-Judge Carlton J. wellborn. aged 72 years. died here today. He had served many years as State Librarian. was a brigade ouartermaster on the Confederate Army, had been a circuit judge of the State courts. and under Secretary of the Interior Hoke Snoith, during a term of President Cleveland, served as one of the attorneys of that de- raa rtrnant.