davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The newspaper., 1908-11-13

The postmaster of New York
City was shot but not killed by a
man on the street who then killed
himself.
The newspaper., 1908-11-13

A monument has been erected
on the field of the famous battle
of Tippccanoe. 1t was dedicated
on the 9th anniversary of the
battle.
The newspaper., 1908-11-13

pld ptrer- to saica' tni> uff.t
% o,tt> fer hunfr.d
The newspaper., 1908-11-13

An explosion in a coal mine
near Palisade killed one man and
injured others this week.
The newspaper., 1908-11-13

President Roosevelt will giva a
banquet to the labor leaders who
supported Taft.
The newspaper., 1908-11-13
NEWS NOTES.

Maryland divided her electoral
vote giving 6 to Bryan and 2 to
Taft.
The newspaper., 1908-11-13

Forest fires are doing great
damage IN Tennessee. western
Kentucky and north Alabama.
Timber amounting 10 hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars has been
destroyed in the past few days
and the fires. are reported to be
burning ferccly. A dense smoke
covers Nashville and vicinity.
The newspaper., 1908-11-13

There are something like a
thousand moose IN the Jackson
Hole country OF west central
Wyoming The reason Tor the in
crease is that moose have been
protected during the past few
years by closed season and to
be caught in IN olestation OF them
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
AssAssIs' VICTIMS AT REST.
Funeral Of King Carlos and Prince
Lulz an Imposing Spectacle.

Lisbon.-With the church bells toll,
ing continually. the bodies of the muir.
dered king and crown prince. in two
Golden chariots shrouded in black vel
vet and drawn by eight hooded horses
were escorted by a glittering funeral
pageant on Saturday across Lisbon to
the Portuguese pantheon and laid at
rest beside their ancestors of the Bra.
ganza dynasty. Seven hours elapsed
from the time the foreign princes and
the special ambassadors of all the
powers gathered at the palace for the
ceremony there until three salvos OF
twenty-one guns and three volleys of
musketry. revorberating over the ter
raced and sun-bathed hills and an.
swered by the British warships in the
harbor. announced that the last rites
were over.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
GOVERNOR IN
CRAFT SCANDAL
Former Chief Executive Of Penn.
sylvania Placed in Unfavorable
Light by Witness.
Claim ls Made That Letter Intended
to be Misleading and a White.
wash Was Prepared at susges-
ton Of Pennypseker
and Others.

Harrisburg. Pa.-The trial OF Con
tractor Sanderson and three former
state officers charged with conspiracy
In the furnishing of the new capitol,
took a sensational turn on Friday,
when Stanford B. Lewis. assistant to
Architect Huston, declared with dra.
matte earnestness that Illusions let.
ter to former Attorney General Car.
son, explaining his part In the con.
tracts, had been prepared at the sug.
gestion of former Governor Penny.
packer. former Auditor General Sny.
der, one of the defendants. and Mr..
Carson, and that 1t was misleading
and intended to be a "whitewash."
According to Lewis story, when II
came Illusions turn to write an an.
swer to Mr.. Carson, Lewis was tele.
phoned to come over to Harrisburg by
Pennypacker and Snyder, ana the let
ter was prepared at a conference with
those two officials and the former at
torney general, TO doyetail in with
others prepared by state officers con.
nected with the construction and
equipment of the capitol. The letter
to which Lewis referred was one OF
a series written during November and
December, 1906, In response to the
Carson inquiry into tn capitol scandal
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
SON OF PRIEST A MURDERER.
Leader OF Band Which Assasslnated
King Carlos Came From Good
Family,

Rio Janeiro.-The leader OF the band
that murdered King Carlos and Crown
Prince Luiz, at Lisbon, is Manuel Res
Silva Buissa, and he was born in
the province of Braganza, Portugal
He was a son of the Able of Vinhaes
and as a boy he went to the Lyccum
at BraganZa. He had nine brothers
and sisters, and one OF his sisters,
named Belmira, lived until short
time ago In this city. Manuel was
not the first criminal in the family.
One of his aunts killed a servant in
her employ when she found that her
husband was making love to the wo-
man. She was arrested and sentenced
to a long term of Imprisonment in
Africa.
During the last few years Buissa
was a Republican In politics, and he
had friendly relations with members
OF his party He became free
thinker and II was his custom to de.
fend his political ideas in open dis.
cusslon In the streets and In the cafes
OF Lisbon.
Bulssas friend, who supplied the
foregoing information, does not think
that he accepted money for the com
mission OF his crime. Manuel Bussa
was vicious and wicked in many
ways, but he was above taking money
for murder. Buissa's family is wei
OF, not TO say wealthy, and stlll lives
at Vinhaes.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
DON'T AGREE WITH PRESIDENT.
Claim Made by Treasury Department
That Roosevelt Has Exceeded
His Authority.

Washington.-Willi s. Rossiter.
appointed as acting public printer in
place of Public Printer Stillings, went
TO the treasury department ON Friday
to have his bond approved. The de
partment refused to consider the mat
ter, on the ground that the president
had exceeded his authority in appoint
ing Mr.. Rooster; that under the law
the associate public printer, Captain
II. T. Brian, succeeds to the vacancy
Under this informal ruling Mr.. Ros
sitter later in the day stepped aside
and his place was taken by Captain
Brian, who will administer the gov.
eminent printing Office as acting pub
lie printer for the time being. Mr..
Rosslter, however, does not relinquish
the work of inquiry laid out for him
by the president. His position In the
government printing Office becomes
that of the presidents personal rep
resentative, and he Is proceeding with
the investigation.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
NOTED KENTUCKY FEUDISl
SHOT DOWN BY HIS SON
Judge James Hargs, Accused Of Com
plielty in Many Murders, Murdered
by Drunken Som

Jackson, Ky.--Former County Judge
Hargis, for many years a member OF
the state Democratic executive COM
mittee, accused OF completely In many
murders and prominent figure in
the feuds which have disrupted
Breathitt county for several years,
was shot and killed In his general
store here Thursday afternoon by his
son, Beach Hargls. The son fired five
shots In rapid succession at his IA
tier, who fell dead while his clerks
were waiting on customers The ex-
act cause OF the murder has not been
learned, but is supposed to have been
the result of differences which have
existed between father and son for
some time. The two men are report
ed to have had a quarrel several
nights ago. when the father, II is al
legged, was compelled to resort to vio-
lence to restrain his son.
Young Hargis was arrested and
placed in jail. He was raving like a
maniac, and the officers were COM
PEELED to drag him to Jail
Judge Hargis will be buried in a
casket which he himself purchased
about a month ago.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
TAFT GIVES WARM wsELcomE.
Missourlans Pay $3.50 Eacn for At.
tending Banquet With Secretary
Of War.

Kansas Clty.-Wqllam II. Taft, sec,
rotary of war. was given memoir.
able ovation by $4,000 people in Con.
vention hall Monday night, when he
was the guest of honor and principal
speaker at the most elaborate ban
quet ever attempted in this city,
given by the Association of Young
Republicans OF Missouri. and attended
by 1900 persons, many OF whom came
from Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma
and distant Missouri cities. The dem.
onstration accorded Secretary Taft
when he entered the great banquet
nall and again when he rose TO speak
has never been surpassed by the well
come given any man in the history
OF this city Each OF the 1900 ban
queters paid $3.50 for the privilege
Of attending. but the balconies OF the
hall were free to the public.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
PORTUGUESE REPUBLICANS
SAY THRONE IS TOTTER|NG
Leaders Are Jubilant over Prospect
o. Downfall of the Monarchy
Financial Crisis an Import
ant Factor.

Lisbon.--The republican leaders in
Portugal are in extremely high splr,
It's They assert confidently that a
republic is now matter of months,
not OF years. One OF the republican
leaders is quoted as saying: "The end
OF the monarchy is near. II will come
as unexpectedly as did the murder OF
the king and the crown prince, and
the world will wake up one morning
to find a republic in Portugal We
are convinced that the revolution will
be peaceful one. II is a mistake for
Foreigners TO imagine that the people
OF Portugal are not awake. There is
republican organization in every
town. and doctors, lawyers and even
village priests are sending in notices
OF their adherence by the score. and
there arr avowed republican officers
II. the army.
king Manuel is a well.intentloned
boy lie starts his regime with fair
words and the restoration OF political
liberty. but It Is inevitable that he
shouIu illl into the hands OF the ma.
nipulaicrs of the two old parties
whose bankruptcy was proclaimed by
King Carlos and Premier Franco. The
men about the throne know that the
end is near. and when the time comes
that they realize that they cannot
fight they will surrender as did Dom
Pedro In Brazil. don't think a shot
will be fired. King Carlos knew he
was making his last fight. He had
transferred every dollar he had to
Englano."
The financial situation is viewed
with great alarm. The country is
staggering under its foreign debt, and
commences is almost paralyzed by the
fluctuations In the gold premium.
Conservative bankers consider the
financial situation to be more critical
than the political.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
land Fraud sIeuth 8 Dead.

Portland. ore.-Frank Michael Mey-
endorff, special agent Of the depart
ment OF the Interior, died in this city
on Sunday of Brights disease. Mey.
endorff. who was of noble Polish
birth, achieved a splendid reputation
for his work in connection with the
investigation of coal land frauds in
Utah, Wyoming and Colorado in 1906,
and II was through his knowledge OF
the situation that enabled the inter,
state commerce commission to bring
the offenders to justice. Meyendorfi
was 5S years OF age.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
Considered Needs Of Larger Navy.

Washington.-General Bell chief OF
stan Of the army, by invitation of
Representative Hobson of Alabama,
spent three hours on Friday with the
house committee on naval affairs dis.
cussing the needs Of a larger navy
In relation to the Pacific coast FORTH.
cations and defense, The fertilization
Of Subig bay, near Manila, and the
need OF dry dock at Pearl harbor,
near Honolulu, were considered. A bill
appropriating 100000 for commence.
ment OF the latter project has been
introduced.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
NIne Miners kIIIea BY Gao.

Central City. Ky.-Niue miners
1.-TWO white and seven negroes). were
hllsd and one other fatally injured
by an explosion Of gas In the mine
Ut the Moody Coal company at South
Carrollton, three miles from this city.
onday afternoon The mine Is a
small one. and only thirteen men
ere at work in the diggings at the
time Of the explosion. The accident
vas caused by slow hast setting OF
the gas. w ich had evidently accumu.
lated In considerable quantity, as the
interior Of the mine was wrecked and
the cages smashed
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
ATTORNEY HALL FOUND GUILTY
Convicted Of Conspiracy In Big Land
Frauds Of Oregon.

Portland, Ore.-Former United
States district Attorney John II. Hall,
indicted for conspiracy with the Butte
Creek Land. Livestock & Lumber
company TO maintain an Illegal fence
which enclosed 10000 acres of public
land In Wheeler county. has been
found guilty. The trial has been in
progress since January 10. and has
been bitterly fought on both sides
The offense is punishable by fne not
exceeding $4,000. or by Imprisonment
not exceeding two years. Sentence
has been suspended for the present,
and Judge Lionel r. Webster has
taken sixty days In which to file no.
tice OF appeal, and was granted until
May ] in which to prepare a bill OF
exceptions.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
Imports Into the United States From
Germany Show Heavy Decrease.

Berlln.-The exports to the United
States lnvolced by Alexander II.
Thackara, the American consul gen.
eral, since the beginning of the flnan.
cial disturbance in America. are from
20 to 40 per cent less each month
when compared with the correspond
ing month OF the preceding year In
December. 1907, they amounted to
SSi9,1S3, as compared with sl.077.479
In December Of 1906. For January,
1908, the figures are sst3.SSG, as com
Narcd with Sl.2G5.35i for January
1907.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
WILL BUiIiTliU: ''f E W. e ;
NEW BATTLESR|PS
House Committee Rejects Recon-
mendations of President That
-Four Ships be Built.
The Appropriation Bill, az Agreed
Upon by the Committeeman, Car.
rles 100000 for the Naval
Establishment for the
Next Fiscal Year.

Washington. by a vote OF f3 to &.
one member absent and not voting.
the house committee on naval Affairs
on Monday rejected the presidents
urgent recommendation that congress
authorize at this session the building
OF four battleships at total cost of
$3S,00O,000, and by unanimous vote
there was included in the navy ap-
preparation bill an authorization for
the construction OF two, to cost 80.
100000. each to be of the Delaware
type.
These representatives voted In &C.
cordance with the presidents recon.
mendntions: Lilley, of Connecticut,
(Republican): Thomas. Ohio. (Repub.
lican); Myer. Louisiana. (Democrat);
Talbot. Maryland. Democrat); and
Hobson, Alabama, (Democrat).
Representative Hobson announced
after the committee meeting that he
intended to make minority report
recommending authorization for four
battleships
The naval appropriation bill as
amended and agreed upon by the com.
mittee, carries a total appropriation
of s101 100000 for the navy establish.
ment for the next fiscal year, about
s24,000,000 less than was asked for
IN the department estimates.
Under the head of new authorize.
tons for whose fulfllment congress
is bound to Appropriate money at the
next session II the bin as recommend.
ed passes the house and senate, the
committee included two battleships to
cost s19,0O0,00O; ten destroyers. S..
100000; eight submarine torpedo
boats, sS,OlO.Oo0; total. sS0.540O0O, or
sss.73O 900 less than the total for new
authorizations asked for the navy dc
partment.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
lands wIthdrawn From Entry.

Northumberland lands. approx
mating 22.50O acres, withdrawn sub
ject only to homestead entry In con.
nectlon with the Truckee-Carson irri.
cation project, Nevada, have been seq.
regated under the forest form of with
drawal, which provides that they shall
not be subject to any torn of dlsposi-
ton whatever under the h'lo land
laws These lands lie nships
II. IS and 10, range 25 a. 20 east,
Mount Diablo meridian. They are
required for the Carson reservoir
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
MINORITY CURRENCY BILL
NOW BEFORE The HOUSE
Democratic Leader Introduces Meas
ure Agreed Upon by Minority
Members Of Committee on
Banking.

Washington.-what will be known
as the minority currency bill" was
introduced on Friday by Represents
tive John Sharp Williams Of Missis
sippi, the Democratic leader Of the
house, who drew the measure as a
result OF q harmonious conference Of
Democratic members Of the houps
committee on banking.
II repeats all laws permitting ma.
tonal banks to keep three-fifths oil
their reserves In national banks of re-
serve cities and similar laws permit
ting such deposit Of one-half OF the
reserve amounts.
1t provides that not less than one
half of the reserves now required to
be kept in lawful money in central
reserve cities shall be hereafter held
in gold or gold certificates.
1t does away with the payment OF
national bank examiners by the fee
system, and substitutes salaries not
less than $4,000 nor in excess of $4,000
yearly, with actual expenses.
II provides that the total liabilities
OF any national bank, exclusive of tho
liabilities of its members, shall not
exceed one-tenth Of the banks paid-in
and unimpaired capital stock, and
one-tenth Of Its impaired surplus
funds; and that in no event shall the
liabilities exceed 80 per cent OF the
capital stock.
No national bank shall loan in the
aggregate more than seven times the
amount of its paid-up capital plus its
unimpalred surplus.
Any national bank may keep 80
Ter cent OF its reserve in United
States bonds or bonds OF states, or In
the bonds of certain municipalities,
but not more than one-fourth of the
total reserve may be kept in state or
municipal bonds; and the bonds shall
be acceptable only OF such municipal
tiles as have maintained their bonds
at or above par for six years proceed
ing, and have been in corporate exist
ense ten years, and have never de-
faulted in their funded debt, and
whose net Indebtedness does not ex-
coed IS per cent OF their taxable
property.
The comptroller OF the currency.
Immediately after the passage of the
bill, shall furnish a copy OF the new
law to each bank in the country and
inquire II 1t will accept the provisions,
Consent shall be binding and the
liabilities attaching to consent may
be enforced by the comptroller. Agree
ment to accept the provisions shall
entitle state banks and trust com
panies to the benefits OF the new law.
The elastic currency feature Of tho
bill is contained in section which
provides that these interconvertible
bonds may be deposited in the near
est sub-treasury," and the depositlns
bank shall receive in lieu thereof
United States emergency treasury
rotes subject to taxation, redeem9 BILE
nt any time, and legal tender.
For the creation Of fund OF $45..
900, 900 for the payment of depositors
of failed banks, operating under the
provisions of this law, there is au,
thorized the imposition of a tax OF
one-sixteenth Of per cent on the de-
posits of banks so operating. and
whose consent to be so taxed has
been obtained.
The final section of the bill pro
vides that no bank officer shall make
g loan for the purpose OF stock gam
hing.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
Coxey Again in Public Eve.

st. Louis.-"General" ]. s. Coxey OF
Mount Vernon, o., who led an army"
OF unemployed to Washington in 1895,
arrived here on Thursday to take part
In the convention of itinerant unem.
pioyed The general" announced that
be has been making money during the
past few years, and will use 1t to take
out a special train over the country
TO advertise a bill he has prepared.
The bill provides that states, counties.
townships and cities be permitted to
issue bonds without interest, the bonds
to be deposited with the government,
which will permit the issuance OF pa
per money to cover the face OF the
bonds.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
Thsw Isn't Satisfied and Wants to
Move.

Fishk.il Landing. N. with the
purpose Of seeking an asylum more
congenial 10 Harry X. Thaw than Mat.
teawan, where he is now confined un.
der observance, Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw and Daniel o'Reilly. one -
Thaw's counsel, will inspect the h.,
sane asylum at Poughkeepsie. Mrs
Thaw and Mrs. o'Reilly visited Thaw
on Friday. when the contemplated
visit to Poughkeepsie was discussed.
Josiah Thaw was also a caller on bis
brother.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
FINANCIAL STORM
HITS DENMARK
Extensive Speculation on Bourse Of
Copenhagen and Tight Money
Market the Cause.
There Has Been Run on a Number
OF Banks and Two Have Been
Forced to Suspend Payment
Government viii Aid
Banks.

Copenhagen.-A financial panic has
arisen here on account of a tight
money market and extensive specula-
lions on the bourse. Two small banks
have been affected and one of these
forced to suspend payment. There
has been a run on several of the
banks. The minister of finance on
Sunday conferred with the officials of
i've OF the principal banks here. and
IL was decided that the government,
IN conjunction with the leading banks,
guarantee all the risks for the banks
Affected by placing the necessary
funds at their disposal. which will i'm
mediately satisfy all the Danish and
foreign creditors.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
GIVES UP THE FIGHT.
Former Premier Franco Flees From
Lisbon to Save His Life.

Lisbon.-The secret and sudden
flight of Franco the former premier
OF Portugal, from Lisbon across the
frontier into Spain, accompanied by
his wife and son. was caused by the
threats of death which had been made
against him. Since the murder OF the
king, Franco has been in receipt OF
many letters, all threatening ven
geance. Already Franco as dictator
had been plotted against and had
gone about protected by armed guards,
who also watched his house lest those
who opposed his iron rule should do
him harm. and of late to these were
added the enmity of those who held
that Franco was responsible, Indirect
ly, at least. for the tragedy of Satur-
day last. Two of Francois ministers
also have disappeared.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
Burlington lie Bound for the Coast.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-That the Burilng
ton railroad directors have approved
Of new transcontinental route from
It's connection with the Northern Pa,
cihc in Montana to its terminus a,
Kearney, Neb.. was stated by General
Manager Holdredge Of the Burlington
IN a hearing before the state engineer
Of Wyoming on Friday. The hearing
was for the purpose OF listening to a
protest by the Burlington against the
erection OF a power dam on the Big
Horn river by Asmus Boysen.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
Attempt to Wreck Trains.

Butte, Mont.-After two attempts
to wreck two Oregon Short Line ex-
presses Monday night, train wreckers
succeeded in derailing a freight. Two
suspects are in custody. The north
bound express from Salt Lake, pulling
out of Silver Bow at night. hit pile
of ties. The engine remained on the
rails. A few moments later the
southbound train hit another bunch OF
beams An hour later a southbound
freight was derailed by a switch flung
while the train was passing over IT,
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12
RIFLED BANKS VAULTS.
Between $4,000 and $4,000 Mystsri.
ousIy Disappears from Salt
Lake Bank.

Salt Lake City.-It has just been
discovered that some time during the
month OF January, some one. presum-
ably an employee, distracted between
$4,000 and $4,000 from the vaults OF
the Utah National bank of this city
There is theory that some employe
OF the bank, who had access to the
unsealed envelope, got the combina.
ton to the reserve money chest, and
at time that was favorable worked
the combination and made the biggest
haul that Is known TO local banking
circles. The directors have made
good the loss, and detectives are
working on the case.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-12

Bordeaux.--JoaoF Franco, the former
premier of Portugal, who arrived here
on Saturday with his family from Ma
drid, spent the day In his room at a
hotel near the railroad station. His
only answer to repeated requests for
information as to his future move
ments was that he had abandoned pol.
itics, and he prayed all questioners to
leave him alone with his great sor
row" Franco did not leave the hotel
either during the day or night, and re-
oeived no one except the Portuguese
vice consul.