davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-28

any pirates away. When pirate gets brilliantly sue
vceroy of the province writes him mighty pretty
letter all full Of Go compliments and such and INV invites s
justice. This is great compliment, SIR, they never
pays to any except extry good pirates"
Alywin had heard this story before and laughed
at it,
pirates make excellent judges, and foreigners stand
better chance before them than any other sort of
sGoin 70 sea long enough sir,' replied stubbs sol
emnly, 'quaifes man for most anything except the
kingdom of heaven If you III excuse me- sir, ii take
a extry turn at the wheel
This Stubs proceeded to do swearing softly to
trot and made several very pretty turns IN the whlr
ing and treacher9us water before pulling up sharp at
The daylight lasted until the he Aetta @ had dropped
slipped up the wide reaches Gho great river and
wrapped the earth and waters and ships IN its cold
embrace. The fog horns from ali the ships began
their frightened waiings, like children crying In the
Alywin dining in solitary magnifcence in the cap
tain's cabin, meditated deeply upon Chinese pirates
British admirals and their daughters, and the sailing
winds bring gloomy weather; southerly winds heavy
Sen has ha Was heaT& undeF S the
Aywn, jumping up ran out on deck, A shadow sa;adowy
piled in FrenchEngish to the chief quartermastcr's
ssThis is the launch of LHirondere, with her com
manding officer. Lieutenant Tourneau. We
caught in the fog trying to make our our ship,
knew how Tourneau stood with Clarce Harbord just
as Tour4eau knew how Aywn & stood & W1th IN Mary har
fog lifts"
The next moment Tourneau was camboring over
the side, while the boat being holsted upt does
not do to leave boats out at night Chinese waters
Just in time for dinner said Alywin, showing
Tourneau into the cabin.
Tourneau was short and dark, with the indomitable
for getting lost in the fog All the officers in that
little international gathering acutely conscious
that the others were looking
The Japanese boy ran down into the galley and Dor,
roved quart of soup from the wardroom cook, and
leg of mutton which was about to be placed upon
the wardroom table These, with tin of mush-
rooms and a bottle of uncooled champagne, made u
very respectable dinner for unexpected guest.
Visitors Aboard.
Alywip during the density of the fog. required ten
minute reports from the chief quartermastor, and.
in his turn, apologized to Tourneau for this extra
prccauton
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-28

Tourneau rose from his chair at that and carefully
orderly prying eyes and the intrusion of the Japa-
nese boy proceeded to execute skirt dance without
tant dhstS1 song, "iil ma Belle, Ma Belle'}
Then returning to his seat and leaning forward
his black eyes dancing he said to Alywin:
'Look you, my friend. my sister IS superior or the
snd at Hweh sort kWsnS U IT w % fh5G
Kwang which will require the presence of my ship
Aiywin leaned over and the two gripped hands.
Tournenu continued;
has meek voice, but she is the bravest man In the
family, though L and my three brothers all bear
live in state of siege every hour of their lives. Do
they get frghtenedl a thousand times no. But my
and long to give a drubbing to those heathens at
Howchn Kwang which would teach them to respect
Europeans little more than they do.
GLOW bloody mad Admiral Harbord will be when
he finds that he has sent his daughter to your
Tour9eol whipped out his note book and carefully
"A good expression, - he said
, Then they began to whack tho champagne joyfully,
concerning a rumor that Admiral Harbord had him
self picked out prospective spouse for Mary Har
$50 have heard it whispered-a red-headed
Scotch lieutenant by the namo of Kenneth Mckenzie
nm Ih9 ASdjmra you know is torpedo-what shall
'Crank' suggested Alywin.
All, yes, torpedo crank, and it is the joke among
me British officers that the ADMIRAL selected Nc
torpedo, boats, he is considered n-what would you
''A torpedo sharp advanced Alywin
" Yes, yes, yes; the best torpedo sharp the China
station
As Alywin had rcsorted to tho champagne in his
moments OF exhilaratlon. he forced to
do the same thing TO raise his dropping spirits
sequent upon Tourneau's news.
Just as Alywin finished the bottle he heard a
ing against the Aiettas side The door opened and
an orderly, appeared with report from the officer
Of the deck that Chinese junk lost in the fog, had
bumped against the Aletta side. Alywn out
and in the gangway butted into the chief quarter
master.
ga Chinese junk full of pirates, sir'' whispered
stubbs They don't want, to, come aboard, sir
Aywin; taking the hint, remarked to Tommy Jones,
who had tho deck:
Have all those Chinese brought aboard, and
the chief quartormnster will examine the boat
Aywin went forward. and leaning the side
watched dozen chattering Cinnamon crawl in tho
port. The last man TO come aboard big
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-28
ny |
G6e COMM ANDER
T 66e
A L Z 7 T A
By Foxcroft Davis

Tho Yang-tsc, Yellow river, four hundred miles
aOn Hankow, is not the pleasantest winter cruising
nmvm,nd in the world, and, said in unmistakable
TSase Ounu Chief Quartermaster Stubbs of the Amer
esu ganboat Alletta.
sa' stsnbbs was reckoned pious man on shore and
xeonenter of the Seamen S Bethes, and n naval ad
;aust Of the Salvation Army. The minute however
} felt the spokes of the wheel in his brawny hands
steady stream of profanity trckled forth uninter-
,mtedly from between his clenched teeth. In the
nsformance of his professional duties Stubbs was
lsc enemy of all mankind especially the Chinese 4
raon which habitually eschews lights on big junks
and gigantic rafts IN the falrway of ships is fikely
% ncnr the Ill will of quartermasters. Besides the
.sn rules of the road at fixed by international
sorsement Stubbs had added another which read as
ioilows in large printed characters:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-28

her tunnels was pouring black smoke, warranted
TO be seen at least thirty miles away.
With the conviction that the admira's eye would
De upon the Alletta when she down tho river
wheel, but was little bnsbfui about mentioning it;
temporary commanders proverbially bashful as
well nervous.
I think, stubbs, said Alywin, clearing his throat
that we want to take up good berth at the end of
the line, and to do in style 1t might be just
well for you TO have eye the man at the wheel
when we get close enough
''1'll do it, SIR" promptly responded Stubbs "In
keep an eye on the man at the wheel, sir,
hen gathered with her chickens under her wing 1t
amt worth while to take Of native lunks
as may be prowlin' about. The chances is ten to
nothln they pirates and if, by the blessings OF
IN great gain
1.-THE Chinese have way of protectn' themselves
against pirates They rub themselves all from
head to heel with garlic. but heard it KEEP,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-28

Chinaman, who alone made no protest when ordered
out Of the boat from the Alletta's deck.
Alywin went back to the cabin and finished the
champagne with Tourneau. Then he returned to the
dark and slippery. deck; The junk had been hoisted
aft and secured in order to save the sacred white
paint tho Alletta's sides The faint twinkle of
lantern might be seen in the junk, dark fig
ure, which Stubbs, searched it. Presently he
pulled on the rope and brought the junk enough
for him to climb in at n lower deck port. In min
ute more he was on the deck and standing by Ally
win side in the wet and darkness.
It's regular arsenal. SIR whispered Stubbs.
s'There.s kinder false bottom to the junk, and in
is thirteen rifles and eight pistols with the mark
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-28

I Al ) 9f t6S CHINA SEAS

f'My frend,' said Tourneau in burst of conf
dence, t'let be frank L am at this moment in
state of the greatest concerning my ship
see you arc the same Let encourage each other'
There is great comfort when man is uneasy in
finding ANOTHER man in the same circumstances equally
fog held and even reached the point that Tourneau
inquired anxiously of Alywin, who had left Hankow
after him, concerning Clarice Harbord.
'tFor I dare not ask the admiral, - he plaintively
remarked "English fathers very PECULIAR
Alywin g answer to this was:
"Clarice has been sent up the Linkang river with
a party of ladies visiting the convent at Howchn
Kwang.'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-28
HAND
SAPOLIO
FOR TOILET AND BATH.

Fingers roughened by needleworb
satch every stain and look hopelessly
airty, Hand sapolio removes not only
bhe dirt, but also the loosened, injured
sutfcle and restores tho fingers to theiI
Natural beauty.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-28

Beneath it inscribed in Stubbs' own hand.
wrlinc, homcly but clear, like himself:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-28

RULE XI TAKE TT FOR GRANTED THAT
EVERY VESSEL YOU MEET Is COMMANDED
BY DAMNED JACKASS, AND GIVE HIM a
WIDE BERTH.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-16
INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHY
CAL UNION LEADER SPO-
kANE'S GUEST.

President James nj. Lynch of the
International Typographical Union
of North America will arrive in
Spokane tomorrow. A telegram was
received from him this morning by
members of the local Typographical!
union, in charge Of arrangements
for his entertaiV. giving this
information.
Mr.. Lynch expects to remain in
Spokane but one day, hence the
long program of entertainment for
him is to be crowded into a single
day. He will be entertained by
local officers until 4 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon, when an informal
smoker will be given in his honor
at the typographical union hall,
Madison street. At 5 o'clock spe-
cial meeting will be called and al
$40 o'clock President Lynch will
speak. This 10 minutes will give
those in the job shops chance to
reach the hall for the address.
About 100 members and guests OF
the union will go to the Hall of the
Doges. in the Davenport restaurant
at 5:45 o'clock to attend banquet
given in honor of the international
president. Representatives Of the
building crafts. fire. some Of the job
print shops and the newspapers
will be among the guests.
Mr.. Lynch has taken In some OF
the Canadian cities on his western
trip and has settled trouble In Los
Angeles and in Seattle. and has al
ready consumed much of the time
he expected to devote to the trip
/ There is no trouble for him to set
tie here in Spokane. consequently
he is cutting his visit short here In
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-16

where ARE BEST FARMERS
WIVES, IN EAST OR WEST?

OAKLAND, Cal, Dec. 16-Which
side of the continent produces the
ideal farmers wife?
Hey! Now look out! That Is a
mighty ticklish question.
You bet it is. But Farmer Jas.
Furbush of Witipquin, Maryland,
answers it. He speaks right out
in meetin'," too.
Farmer Furbush, aged so, does
not think much of eastern women
as presiding geIiuses of the kitch-
en- and the dairy. So when he be-
gan to look about for help-mate
to take the place of his deceased
first wife, he turned toward Cali.
fornia.
He sowed three-line want ads
thick among the California dailies
nearly year ago, and now he Is
going to do his reaping in Oak
land. He regards Mrs. Margaret
Ferguson, of 1862 Eighth avenue,
Oakland, a widow of 80 with four
children, as an ideal farmers wife.
After Farmer Furbush has gath
cred the last of the crops from his
1913 acre farm on Chesapeake Bay,
he Is coming to Oakland to make
the Widow Ferguson his wife.
"The women of the east are not
my style he says. ''They don't
think enough about the kitchen anc
other household affairs, and al
though l do not expect a, wife of
mine to. do much work, want her
to know how to do it,"
Mrs. Ferguson says she wants to
get back on farm, for she was
reared in the country. Her father
is farmer in Mendocino county,
Cal. Her oldest son is 10, and
wants to be a farmer.
After she had read Furbush's
advertisement for a farmers wife,
and answered 1t, sending along her
photograph, Furbush and his three
children compared her picture and
letter with the many others
brought by the postman. Father
and children thought Mrs. Fergu.
son looked more like the ideal
farmers wife than the rest. and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-16
CREMAT0RY
To RAISE
"0D0R'
MAYOR PRATT, ON RETURN,
MAY HEAR OF LIVELY RUM
PUS FROM THIS DE-
PARTMENT.

One of the first things to be laid
before Mayor Pratt after his return
from his holiday vacation in the
east will be large sized insurrec-
ton in the crematory department.
This may not be a very pleasant
task for the mayor to undertake
after two weeks of comparative
ease and quiet, but it is coming,
just the same.
Crematory Superintendent ID. c.
Harmon today said that he will lay
the matter before the mayor him.
self, to know just where he stands
II he is going to continue at the
head of the crematory department
he proposes to show the men en-
ployed in the scavenger and garb-
age work of the city just who is
boss.
And when Mr.. Harmon said this
CLEAN shot from his eye that be-
tokened no love for some of those
In his employ that have been tell
ing tales out of school.
1t does not take much to raise an
"odor' in the crematory depart
ment. The business is naturally
inclined to be odoriferous, but with
little stirring up can be made to
attract public attention at most any
time. This has been the case more
or less since the city of Spokane
went into the crematory business.
When Superintendent Harmon
proceeds to ventilate crematory az
fairs before the mayor he will find
that he has stirred up a real hor.
nets nest All the situation has
needed for some weeks is for some
one to set the gall In motion, and
Mr.. Harmon says he will do this
himself.
|. When the smoke OF battle clears
away there may be several execu
tive heads about the crematory de-
partment missing, and wise ones al
the city hall say that Harmon's may
be among that number.
AURORA, lll.--Half dozen
women of this city have been vic
Tins recently of Jack the Slasher
Mrs. William Berry was the mos,
seriously wounded.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-16
AN OWL
CONGRESS

An Owl congress, to be attend
ed by various varieties Of the
t'aproned" species of the wide eyed
hooters" will be in session in the
lower Pacific halls on the evening
Of December 28. There will be a
pair Of each species. though it Is
not promised that each pair shall
be mates, but it is going to be one
of the "hootenist" times that ever
rivaled the dreams Of a rarebit
fiend.
The police will be Called on to
double their forces to administer
soothing syrup and heart balm to
i'll mated northumberland dwell
ers Of the neighboring blocks are
aluready planning excuses for alb
sence from home till 1t is night
time in Owldom. That is about
3 q. p. X.
In short, the evening Of Deem
Der % Is designated as the time
for the annual apron party of the
Brotherhood of Owls. Feminine
members of Owl households are ex-
pected to make two aprons of a
hiuu DcioTc tHdt tine. luey are U
wear one. of them conspicuously
displayed. to the dance and to wrap
up the other and throw II into the
big basket at the door.
II. A. Owens, representative
member of the feathery tribe. is
authority for the claim that men,
especially of the owlish sort, are
inquisitive anyhow and 1t won't be
long after reachiag the hall that
the fair young maker of the two
aprons alike" will see some hoQting
knight proudly strutting up and
down the floor behind the Tapping
folds OF pinafore No. 2. looking for
her Then II Is time to swap with
the lady in the next chair il you
don't like the looks of what your
apron Is bringing to you.
At meeting OF the Brother.
hood of Owls last night, and after
a class Of about 80 new candidates
had been successfully tortured. the
initiation fee was raised from SIS TO
$25. II. A. Owens says the victims
were getting to much fun for their
money.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-16
LATEST FINANCIAL news

sure, several Of the higher priced
issues, such as the Hill stocks and
American Telephone, were lower
than last nights close but other
wise the Harrimans, especially
South Pacic, which was actively alb
sorbed in anticipation of an in
crease in the dividend Of Z per cent
yearly at the next meeting were
strong and active and impaired q
good tone to the balance of the list.
The increased dividend Of l.. & NJ.
to per cent yearly basis was fa-
vorably received and It is thought
that Southern Railway Preferred
will be put on per cent basis in
the near future.
The increased rate on Reading
yesterday to per cent was not re-
Elected by any particular activity
in that stock but the action IL
thought to foreshadow develop
ments of similar character in
other directions.
The announcement Of the pur.
chase of various important tele-
phone lines by prominent banking
institutions was favorably regarded
as 1t is thought that perfect har-
mony will exist between the va
rious companies engaged in such
enterprises. 1t is thought that eff
forts will be made to force a higher
range Of prices before the end Of
the year.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-16
Disarmed and Beaten, but
UnGSSunted, Youth Gets
Ps1sol and Fires as
~ They Flee.

TRENTON, N. j.. Dec. 16.-In an
endeavor to save his little sister
from harm and the home of his
parents from the depredations of
thieves. Louis Lanning, the 1Gyear-
old son of Charles Lanning, care
taker of the casino at Broad street
park, suburb. confronted two bur.
glars with rifle yesterday.
The heroism displayed by the
lad availed little. as the thieves
disarmed him and after procuring
watch, locket, several smaller
pieces Of jcwelry and s1o0 in
money, they threw him into some
shrubbery near the house and fled.
Undaunted. the boy managed to
get back into the house. and pro-
curing his fathers revolver. dis
charged II several times after the
fleeing robbers.
Both Mr., Innning aud his wife
were away from homo. Both chill
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-16
THE PRESS COMPLIES FIGURES ON 'EM
Each Costs City About $4,000 Up
to Date---Facts Regarding Two
Big Situations.
SWITCHMEN'S STRIKE

The cost of the switchmen's
strike for higher wages rivals
that of the fight between the
l. w. vs. and the city authori-
ties, though it has existed less
: than hal fas long as the revolu-
tionist's struggle has gone on.
Sums compiled from figures
furnished by those implicated
in the fight would indicate that
the switchmen's troubles have
already cost nearly $4,000, and
some believe that should the
entire expense be known of the
fight from November 80 to De-
cember 16 1t would amount to
nearly $4,000.
The most of this represents
the wages of the men out of
work and those who have been
out Of work az a result of the
grievances OF the switchmen.
At the present time, It Is fig
ured that the strike is costing
the switchmen Of Spokane
alone about SITS daily. III ad,
dition. to this. actual extra eEs
pense OF. the merchants must
be considered.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-16
Furnished for the might Pink"
edition of the Press by Walter J.
Nichols & Coz
Grain News.

~ atIb
CHICAGO, Dec. 16.--There was
a strong swell on trst trades, based
on higher foreign markets. Early
buying was mostly by shorts, how
ever. and a groupof big houses led
by Armour, Harris Winthrop, Nc
Dousall, Finly and others sold ratb-
er persistently and forced the May
price back one cent from high
point. Market now acting stubborn
again. After all the talk Of rush
of receipts at Northwest markets
yesterday, the movement was dis
appearing, 273 cars compared with
343 last year. st. Louis and Kan
sas City receipts are decidedly
light. Flour output at Minneapolis
larger than year ago, stocks there
reduced to 100000 bushels for eve
days. Fairly good strength in corn
at opening. Buying orders at 65h
in market late yesterday were with
drawn over night and this led to
local trade to force the price off.
Copper Letter.
BOSTON, Dec. 16.-The copper
market continued to boil again to-
day with Lake as the leader. This
stock advanced On strong buying as
high as 66h, closing at Sc. The
advance in this stock has been re-
markable and the floating stock is
extremely scarce. The present
price could be obtained by the
strongest kind of accumulation and
II certainly looks now as II some
large interest had purchased ma
jority OF the stock and was willing
to hold 1t through better or worse
until the mine had reached pro-
ducing basis. Hancock showed the
same kind Of buying which has
been going on for some time, clos
ing at 29h with little stock in
sight. The buying Of S. & b. was
again very strong and all profit-tak-
ing is being taken care of by new
buying. North Butte has been ia
vorite with the bears for the past
few days. but they failed to bring
out much liquidation and toward
the close when they tried to cover,
they found the stock very scarce
and the rally to SSH was very
quick and decisive. On the adj
vance, however. good selling ap-
peared from strong interest and IL
looks as If the stock would sell off
again.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.--With only
a moderate amount of selling pres
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-16
HER SAVINGS
ALL. GO UP
IN SMOKE
Fires Ruthless Hand De-
stroys Savings of Aged
Feather Cleaner.
F I r E M A N S AVE S So

Fire starting from a defective
fIue in little old house at S22C
Stevens street this morning de-
stroyed furniture and Implements
the value of which represented the
savings from months of hard and
tedious toll of Mrs. Winsiow, a fee
BILE old widow who has earned her
living by cleaning ostrich feathers
The house belonged to Mrs. New
port and the damage in all amounts
to about $500, yet represents lit
tie fortune lost to the aged feather
cleaner. She carried no insurance
II had just paid out $3.50 for i'm.
plements and stock to carry on my
business and l guess the whole lot
of it is destroyed" Mrs. Winslow
tearfully told a reporter. "The fire
started behind the stove and l put
it. out by throwing water on II
once, but it broke out further. up
the wall and l couldn't reach it.
Everything seemed to be afire In
an instant and had to hurry out
leaving everything, even a few dol
lars had laid away"
Just at this time a fireman, with
clothes dripping with water, emerg
ed from the dilapidated old house
with three blackened silver dollars
in his hand and gave them to the
distressed old woman.
"Oh, thank YOU" she said. This
is a part of what had saved.
don't suppose ! can find the rest
of it. 1t wasn't much, but it is sc
hard to save. l suppose / can
brighten this up and 1t will be all
right. / have lots of ostrich feath.
ers there in tub to be cleaned
and they will be saved. l am
thankful for that"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-16
LORD
MY HEALER
SAYS BOY
ONE OF "CHURCH OF THE LlV
ING GOD" SECT.
1Have you a physician7"

Have you physician2"
EYES,"
"Who7" "a
1.-THE Lord"
Ibid he call todayW
"Yes, he is always here"
/ That is the kind Of a proposition
Probation officer John clifford Is
up against In the case Of Ray keef-
err, the 17-year-oid son Of Henry
keefer Of 1870 North Pittsburg
street, who 10 confined to his bed
with inflammatory rheumatism.
For two weeks the youth has
been lying in his bed suffering from
the ravages Of the dread disease,
but he Is as firmly convinced as his
|arents that medicinep can do him
no good that divine healing alone
can cure.
"It's up to the boy" said the
father yesterday. IF he wishes a
doctor, will send for one"
!. III there is a law that will force
me to give my boy medicine when
we don't believe in 1t, you'll have
to show me-" declared the mother.
{ II am getting well without medi-
cine, and do not want a doctor"
answered the sufferer when asked
as to his preference in the matter.
Mr.. Clifford has notified the pros
ecutor's office of the case. The
father Is able to provide all neces-
sary care for his boy, but the fam
lily belongs to q sect called "The
Church Of the Living God" and be-
lieve in divine healing.