davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-17

Representative William Mckinley Of
Illinois was host at a dinner party last
evening in honor Of the Speaker Of the
House and the members of the Illinois
delegation i'm Congress
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-17
MI meyers
Returns To Capital.

n Meyers, who has been visiting Mr..
and Mrs Elias Bull. of Norfolk. va.
has returned home
=
Mrs. Henry Bernard and daughter.
DorTls. Of New York, are the guests Of
the formers parents. Mr.. and Ms
Henry Strauss, of the Winchester apart
ment.
Miss Sadie Wei has left for Jackson
vile. Fla. to be the guest Of Mr.. anJ
Mrs. Nathan We'll. to spend the winter.
Mrs. II. ~Peyser is visiting New yorl-
as the guest Of her sister, Mrs. AID
Statter-
Ms S. SoIomson has returned home
after visiting her mother. Mrs. r. Cans.
o. Baltimore.
The Excelsior Club has issued invita-
tons for dance Monday evening. De
Cember p
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-17

Chicago telephone girls arc to be for
hidden 90 wear Duns and rats. Then,
if they can be induced to wear an air
Of attention to subscribers, they viii
be handsomely fitted OUT
ZcIaya has resigned, but there is no
definite assurance that he U.s. resigned
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Legare ell
tertalned a party of young people at
dinner last evening i'm honor of Miss
Margaret Draper and Miss Sophy
Johnston
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-17

j. is often observed by literary
persons, with deep sorrow, that the
art OF writing letters has fallen into
decadence. Considering the discou--
aging operations of Mr.. Hearst. ard
the sad experiences of Mr.. Archbo- q
and Mr.. Murphy, can it be wondere d
If folks prefer not TO write letters?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-17

All the fruit, produce. and com
mission dealers I'm Topeka have been
arrested charged with maintaining a
trust Tor the purpose OF keeping
prices nigh, in violation Of tho State
laws seems to be more and more
evidence that the States could holm
some I'm this matter Of suppressinr-
the combinations, II they only v--uId
The folks out in Kansas have had a
good deal Of fun poked at them b,,t we
notice that they have secured a general
reduction Of sleeping car rates I'm their
state, which seems 10 put the laugh on
the other side. Now If they can ef-
feet a reform which viii mike all the
berths lowers. they'll have definitely
established their claim to premiership.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30
New and Startling Facts
About United States Navy

terdahl, II I may be allowed to use
that expressiou-and pulling IL badly.
too
THE Connecticut has 10 feet free
board-that is, her forward or fore
castle deck is 10 feet above the water
The King Edward VII has IL feet, and
the Kashima 10 feet. The British ship
has one foot less and the Japanese
ship exactly the same as the American
ship. why viii the heavy sea pun
ish the one so badly and not the 9TH
er as wen2 The Connecticut carries
her main battery guns, forward tur-
ret. 20 feet and five inches above the
water. the King Edward VII % feet
and six inches-two feet six inches
less than the Connecticut. What then
will be the condition OF those foreign
ships when the forward turret guns
~ the Connecticut are silenced by
the heavy sea? Either the common
tator did not know what he was writ
ing about. or intended TO deceive. which
cannot be supposed, or some mistake
was made IN setting up the type for
this remarkable statement
when IN command Of the Atlantic
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

|, eeet on tho cruise 10 tho Pacific,
made n report 20 the navy department
concerning minor defcuts IN the YES
seis on the fleet In this ! recommend
ga. among other things, that tne pfeao
bisber level. ana this because, aftor
watching the ships for many days
sfeaniinq An a trade wind sea, was
conndont that ia battle under these
conditions the forward weather guns
would lose their effectiveness because
of tho spray which was constantly
thrown over thom. I know perfectly
wolf that the ships Of other nations
would suffer IN the same way, as our
gums are ovlte az high a. theirs, but ]
believed that if ours could be placed
higher 10 would give us a distinct au-
vanmge This report has been dis-
tortod and twisted by some critics
in nm EFFORT 10 show that ] believe our
guns would be fought az a oisad-
vantage because they were lower than
those ON foreign ships which 81 not
the case and never was iu my mind.
II fully appreciate the difficulties
in tho way OF carrying out my RECON-
mendatious. but hope that sooner or
later the designers win overcome them.
But az 30 is 90 be done az tho cost or
less protection 20 the ship I prefer
chat no change should be made, for |
firmly believe that a low gun well
protected lS better lnhu n ulhlicI hAA
with materially less protection.
"In view Of the Increased range OF
torpedoes. and. therefore. the difficulty
OF destroying the torpedo boats using
them, tho Importance OF vel placed
torpedo defense guns becomes very
great. and this was my reason for
criticisinC our present arrangement OF
them. 1 admit to begin with, that l
have no scheme myself for mounting
such guns. nor have ! heard any sea-
going officer suggest satisfactory one,
but / do hope that tho constructors
after hearing what we have "a say ON
the subject. will solve the problem for
MS as successfully as they have 9TH
ers which at first sight seemed quite
as difficult
Present conditions seem 60 demand
that the toryedo defense battery should
be mounted behind armor OF sufficient
thickness 20 protect II as far as pos
sible from the destructive effects OF
heavy shells during action, for the
main torpedo attack will come after
the hattleship has been practically dis
ablcd by gunfre, as was the case In
the battle Of the Sea OF japan: but
how can we put so much weight so
high upon the ship without too great
"a sacrifice in some other direction
We demand that these guns shall DO
mounted higher than the others, but
We must not forget that we may be
called TO use them at any moment be-
fore a general battle Is fought as well
as after some ships are helpless
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

"HERE is no battleship in the
United States navy that would
nll and sink in one hour be-
cause of the damage done by
three 12-inch shells on her water-line ar
NOR no matter whether they made a
gateway OF holes as big as q door," de-
clares Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans.
replying I'm Hampton's Magazine for
February TO critics Of American bat
tleship construction. Henry Reuter-
dahl. and other critics have charged
that all our ships. old and new and
under construction. are faulty in de-
sign In the matter OF water-line pro-
lection and would crumple as did the
egg shell Russian fleet under heavy
FIRE we are not in the condition OF
the Russian fleet In the Sea Of Japan,
either temporarily or permanently
asserts Fighting Bob, adding:
THAT our older battleships do not
differ from those Of England or Japan
OF the same date in the matter of de-
sign in this respect l am sure, because
/ have personally inspected these
shiDs when deeply loaded and found
their water-line belt in the same posi-
ton with reference TO the surface OF
the water as We're our own. / am
strongly OF the opinion that this con-
ditOn was in most cases the result
of placing on board unnecessary
weights. and not a fault primarily Of
design"
Comparing the height Of our main
batteries. broadside guns and FREQ
boards with those OF foreign battle
ships, Admiral Evans says:
"Au talk about the ships being able
TO fight their bow guns when our
ships would be smothered I'm tons OF
water coming over their bows IL pure
nonsense. and must have been written
IN ignorance Of the facts. Somebody
has been pulling the leg OF Mr.. Reu-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30
A RELIGIOUS AUTHORS STATE
MENT

For several years / was afflicted with
kidney trouble and last winter | was
suddenly stricken with severe PAIN
I'm my Kidneys and was confined 70
bed eight days unable 70 get up with
out assistance. My urine contained
thick white sediment and passed
same frequently day and night l
commenced taking Foley's Kidney
Remedy, and the pain gradually abat-
ed and finally ceased and my urine
became normal. I cheerfully recon-
mend Foley's Kidney Remedy. II. ].
Hin Drug Co. C'The Never Substitu-
tors.")
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30
Nrom a Postal Card

HEN the wires flashed the
news "a week ago that the
White Star liner Republic
had been rammcd ON the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30
NccoNAnAY,s GRAn.nAG SID.

Saturday and Monday. Two thou
sand bags, containing articles worth
from 35c 70 So, 25c a bag. Just 20 clean
out odds and ends before moving into
our new store. sc Main street. Feb. 1,
Cthe new Galloway, Hook a. Francis
block. MCONAHAn'
The Jeweler, 81 Main Street
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

ENUUH IhIFF
a OF
e made
in
which he called endure many
TO
lie came to Utah lived
in Of
the but in
surviving be
%
sunday Those desiring
time Of the
vice Burial win occur In
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30


high seas and was in a sinking con-
ditlon several hundred Utah and Idaho
citizens became interested beyond that
OF the ordinary reader During the
past four years that big 15.oOO-ton
vessel has carried hundreds Of Utah
and Idaho passengers both east and
west across the Atlantic TO say Moth
ing of those who have left Europe
20 make their permanent home In this
intermountain region.
with an the thousands who have
crossed the Atlantic bound for Utah
during the past Go years but very few
have lost their lives on the ocean
Severa ships that have carried Utah
people have been lost. notably the old
Guion liner Abvssinia which burned
with three Latter-day Saint mission
aries on board. no lives were lost, how
ever The other two vessels which
carried so many Utah and Idaho peo-
pie were the American liner Wacslahu,
which was run down shortly after
leaving Liverpool, and the Republic.
Both of these. however, carried no
passengers from this territory at the
time
Tho Republic left port at . p. M,
Jan %. for Mediterranean ports and
almost Immediately ran into blanket
of fog. While feeling her way along
she was rammed admldships by an
Italian liner carrying the FIRST band of
earthquake refugees to reach America
from Sicily.
The subsequent events will be read
ily recalled and undoubtedly De carried
down in history as the first occasion
OF the use of wireless telegraphy 70
the successful saving of a thousand
souls from a watery grave.
summoned by the ether waves sent out
bv the operator who stuck 10 his post.
no less than seven big liners hurried
To the scene among then being the
Anchor liner, Furnessia. which in its
time also carried hundreds OF Utah
and Idaho passengers.
The Republic, was built at Belfast
Ireland in 1903. for the Dominion
line. and was first named The Column
bus After the Boston service OF the
Dominion line had been acquired by
the White Star line. the name was
changed From the first she was
classed among the unlucky SHIPS
and encountered several minor mis-
haps which superstiuous seamen are
wont % regard as ill omens. She was
$40 feet In length and her gross tom
mage was 1879 On her last voyage
she carried many passengers on
pleasure bent on Trip to Europe. In
her hold were several thousands OF
tons of stores destined for the American
battleship fleet to be- transferred prior
no fhe last run ON the trip around the
world.
Through the courtesy Of w. c.
spence, transportation agent for the
church OF Jesus Christ of Latter-day
saints. the Dcseret News is in posi-
ton % give a partial list OF names
of passengers from Utah. Idaho ana
other points. who left this city ~
1906 and 1907 and sailed on the Nc-
public FOR Europe. ln addition to this
lisa there were possibly as many who
crossed iu her westward bound. Peo-
Die coming Co America for the hrst
time are not included I'M the following
roster,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30
WEST RouNn 1905.

Names Of passengers who sailed from
Liverpool 20 Boston on the S. $. Re
public on the return trip during year
1905.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

New Csc Popular Music, tOc.
This week. Clayton Daynes Music CO.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

The November lith sailing of the 8.
p Republic from Liverpool 90 Boston
wis the last sailing of that steamer in
tho Liverpool Boston service. lmmedl-
utcIy upon arrival at Boston the steam
or going into tho Boston Mediterranean
service. The following returning Utah
rIsaougcra came Ou tue November ttl
calling
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

MccOy's Livery Stables. Both phones 81.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-08-11
Boston Cream Cakes.

Put in saucepan half a cup of
butter and a cup of hot water. When
they begin to boil, stir in a pint of
sifted flour, beat and work we'll until
perfectly smooth. Remove from the
fire and when cold add five eggs,
yolks and whites beaten separately.
Beat in the yolks first and then the
whites. Stir In half teaspoonful of
soda and teaspoonful of salt.
Drop on buttered tins in large spoon
fuls an inch or so apart. Bake in a
quick oven for fifteen or twenty
minutes. When the cakes are done
and have cooled off, make an incis-
ion in the side of each cake and put
in as much of the following cream
filling as the cake will hold. Put half
a pint of milk over the fire in dou-
BILE boiler, stir in one cup of sugar,
two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch and
two eggs well beaten, and when the
mixture has cooked sufficiently to
thicken, add teaspoonful of butter,
remove from the fire and beat for a
moment. When cool season with va
nilla.-New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-08-11
Housekeeper's Hints.

II you want to get the best results
in embroidering initials, do not use
a twisted cotton but one that is soft
and mercerized.
A fruit jar rubber slipped over the
projected end of a teapot lid will pre-
vent the lid from dancing up and
down when the kettle boils."
An attractive garnish for veal or
chicken loaf is to put sprigs of cress
on top of the loaf and at the ends of
the platter, and surround it with
stuffed olives.
Did you ever try leaving eiderdown
baby blankets or wrappers out-of.
doors on the grass, in driving rain?
Turn from time to time until it gets
clean without getting lumpy.
Slip coverings for the furniture are
especially pretty this year. They
come in the figured cretonnes and
cost no more than the dull linen ones
which have been used for so long.
Cold fish is not specially appetizing,
but mixed with cream sauce, mold
ed in individual fish molds and
served hot with Hollandaise sauce
for luncheon course it is worthy of
a chef.
When staining new floors, first
brush over with fairly weak solu.
tion of glue and water When the
floor is quite dry take two ounces of
permanganate of potash and dissolve
in half a gallon of boiling water.
Brush this over the part to be stain.
ed. II not quite dry enough give a
second coat. Let it dry again, and
polish with beeswax and turpentine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-08-11
Filet of Beef.

Have some filet cut into slices
about an inch thick; melt a piece Of
butter the size of an egg in a sauce
pan and put in fiat the meat sprin.
kled with salt and pepper. Let it
stand in the butter one hour, then
put the saucepan over quick fire
and burn the meat on each side.
Take the meat out and keep it warm,
meanwhile add to the butter a table.
spoonful of flour; stir it smooth; put
In half pint Of bouilion, half a pound
of mushrooms already peeled, wash.
ed, and cut up If too large, and lastly
the meat. Cook until the mushrooms
are done. Add the juice of half a
lemon and serve with the meat in
the centre of the dish, the mush.
rooms around 1t and the gravy poured
over.-New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-08-11
Baked TamaIe.

Boil until tender one small chicken,
or that amount of any tender meat.
The meat from soup bones is fine
used this way, and veal is as good as
chicken. In fact, you can use to ad.
vantage any tender leftover meat
Strain off the broth, remove the
bones, and break into small pieces.
Put into a frying-pan two tablespoon
fuls of lard or drippings, and when
hot add two tablespoonfuls of flour,
and let brown little. Then all the
meat, stated to taste, with one cupful
of broth and two tablespoonfuls Of
chilli powder. Stir and cook ten min
utes. Set off to cool and add small
cupful of raisins (whole) and about
the same Of olives. Now make a stiff
batter Of three cupfuls of cornmeal
and one Of flour, salted, into which Is
rubbed three-quarters of cupful Of
lard or drippings, moistened with one
beaten egg and one cupful of broth
Line a deep pan with the butter, and
bake one hour.-The Delineator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-08-11
BLESSINGS of Cheap Money.

If it is true that cheap money is as,
some claim, a blessing, then the re-
public of Columbia, in Spanish Amer
lea, should be of all the elect the
most supremely blessed, for there
gold is at 10000 per cent premium and
Q paper dollar is worth less than a
cent.
Nominally, one dollar gold is hun
dred dollars paper, and 500 gold is
equal to $4,000 paper. They talk In
big figures in that country. Money
seems cheap, but in reality it is dear,
and the people have very little of it,
comparatively speaking. A man with
an income of $4,000 month with diff
ficulty meets his necessities, while the
laborer at 500 a day finds it hard
piclSings. But for bountiful soil,
where provisions are so abundantly
grown that no one can really be in
want, they would find their lot desper-
ate.-Moody's Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-08-11
s7dEMOIRs OF DAN RICE" THE
CLOWN OF OUR DADDIES.
At Last, There is on Sale . Book
Brimful of American Hum0r.

At Last, There Is on sale . booR
Brimful of American HumOr.
Any bookseller will tell you that
the constant quest of his customers
Is for "a book which will make me
laugh" The bookman Is compelled
to reply that the race of American
humorists has run out and comic lit
erature Is scarcer than funny plays
A wide sale is therefore predicted for
the Memoirs of Dan Rice" the
Clown of Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown, book guar
anteed to make you roar with laugh
ter. The author presents to the pub
lie volume Of the great TESTERS
most pungent jokes, comic harangues.
caustic hits upon men and manners.
lectures, anecdotes, sketches OF ad-
venture, original songs and poetical
'effuslons; wise and witty, serious,
satirical, and sentimental sayings Of
the sawdust arena of other days.
These Memoirs" also contain series
of adventures and incidents alternat-
ing from grave to gay; descriptive
scenes and thrilling events; the REQ
ord Of half century Of remarkable
life, In the course Of which the sub
Ject was brought into contact with
most Of the national celebrities OF the
day. The book abounds in anecdotes,
humorous and otherwise; and 1t af-
fords a clearer view of the inside
mysteries Of show life than any ac-
count heretofore published. Old Dan
Rice, as the proprietor of the famous
~One Horse Show" was more Of .
national character than Artemus
Ward. and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book Of 500 pages.
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
postpaid to you for $1.50. Address
Book Publishing House, 1874 Leonard
street, New York City.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-08-11
HONOR TO NAVIGATOR
French and Italians to Join In Gel
ebratlon.

ebratlon.
On the strength of their claim that
Giovanni De Verrazzan sailed through
the Narrows and landed boatload Of
men on Manhattan island I'm 1924,
Italian and French citizens OF the
United States have secured the incor-
poration of FrancoItalian celebra-
tion in the Hudson-Fulton proceedings
In New York next September. Yer
razzano was an Italian navigator in
the employ of the French government,
and inasmuch as Hudson admittedly
did not enter the river which now
bears his name until 1909. the Latin
Americans who were pushing Verraz-
zano's claim, convinced the Hudson
Fulton committee that the very least
that could be done in justice was to
grant them place in the coming eel
ebration for glorification Of Verraz-
zano on their account. More than
this, they have taken up subscriptions
from their fellow countrymen in the
United States, for statute Of the
Italian explorer. Ettore Ximenes, an
Italian sculptor, accepted the commits
sion and is at work in New York on
a fourteen-foot effigy of the sixteenth
century navigator. 1t will be cast in
bronze and erected in a public park
In that city with elaborate ceremo-
malls.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-08-11
LIFE AT CAPE NOME.
Hardships Not Common and Prices
Reasonable Under the Midnight Sun.

Hardships Not Common and Prices
Reasonable Under the Midnight Sun.
Discussing life at Cape Nome, A. III.
Lehrfeld, of Cape Nome, who Is at
the Riggs, said recently: 1.-THE most
ridiculous question put to me by my
friends is, How do you manage to
stand the climate out there? From
about May 1 to August l we have
the midnight sun, with one prolonged
day, and then it begins to get dark
at midnight, and December Il we
are able to see the edge of the sun
for two hours.
"The country is just beginning to
get settled" continued Mr.. Lehrfeld.
''They have found quartz ledges,
which insures its permanence.
People ask me about the comforts
of that country. | answer, Let me say
there are three large slaughter houses
in Nome and stores galore. A stor-
age company has three big plants
there, and three large ocean-going
steamers keep them supplied with
the finest the market affords, which
are sold a little in advance of those
charged in the States. The best SUI
gar has been selling at twenty pounds
for 81, fresh eggs at 30 cents dozen,
potatoes at $3.50 crate of 100
pounds, and other things in proper
ton. Coal has been selling at s14 a
ton, and the Standard Oil Company
has a big plant up there and oil Is
cheap, and so is the best quality
Of Pacific Coast lumber
1--WE have an electric light plant"
added Mr.. Lehrfeld. "The buildings
are we'll put up with two thicknesses
of matched boards, with tarred paper
between them, and are weather proof
1t would astonish you people in the
States to walk into home in Nome
and find the walls papered, adorned
with pictures, carpets on the floors,
piano in the parlor, and a kitchen
as well equipped in way as can be
found in Washington. We have fire
departm volunteer organiza-
ton, and it is the best organization
Of that kind in the country. Wash
ington Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-08-11

sometimes he will go to Mars II 40
minutes.
He proposes to do this In motor
worked on the principle Of centrifugal
force. There are no wings or pro-
pellers to this vehicle. It Is simply
projectile. Such speed will beat the
planets. 1t will keep up with comet,
and run around it, and guy it for
being so slow. The inventor might
get it ready to accompany Halley's
comet, on its grand cycle around the
sun, next year. Very interesting such
fight would be. 1t would make the
Wright boys medals worth not 30
cents.
Yes, we are getting very fast; too
fast, even on earth, without pestering
the skies. Our brainworks are keyed
to our legs and we had better be care
ful.-Columbus Journal.