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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-07-17
come on boardY I

it mi ht be some young fellow Of good
stock who had been cleaned out by the
Philistines, and whom they wanted to
get out of the way to save trouble. Any
how, it didn't concern me, as long as
Murray was suited, and / didn't bother
my head much about it.
"When I got On board I found the cab
in Of the Atwood all lighted up. A young
fellow was sitting in my armchair. He
was smoking, and had tumbler of hot
brandy and water before him. A bottle
three quarters full of Martcl was on the
table, and the galley tea-kettle stood ON a
plate alongside of it. Altogether my
passenger was making himself at home
a free and-easy way, indeed.
"He was about three-q uarters drunk,
but apart from that was a queer look
ing young fellow for minister's son.
He was clean shaved, but had very dark
Jaw from his dark beard. his face was a
peculiar one, good-looking enough, but
with eyes close together, and very restless
and shifty. Altogether, he had very
cunning, fash look, and 1 said to myself
.stWell if L am not much mistaken,
,, you're like most minister sons "a tolera-
BILE hard case.'' He wore plain black
broad cloth suit, new and shiny, carried a
watch and a heavy gold chain, had a
woman's cluster diamond ring on his fin
! ger and a fancy blue necktie with flowers
worked in colored silks on the ends
around his neck. My mate sat drinking
with him. When I came into the cabin
he looked over his shoulder, and the
mate said: That's Captain Bryant )
He put out his hand, and said; How
are you, Captain2 I've been waiting fol
you ever since nine o'clock. But it's bet.
ter late than never, eh, old boy2''
T gotsto know him the more I was ptzz.
led. I tried hard to pump him, but il
| was emphaticaliy no go. He spoke Of
! nothing but horse races, politics, faro
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-07-17

the Other three Killed. II Is wonder there
were only two;o three casualties. 81
J.. -. A cAvE-IN. - ~ ~
A disastrous cave-in took place July IL,
at Ishpeming, Mich. It is estimated that from
10000 to 900 600 tons Of rock, embracing the
whole upper part of the hanging wall of the
major part of the mine, fell in, completely
demolishing skip roads and filing the mine
with debris. It being noon nobody was at
work in the mine. One hundred and fifty men
were usually employed in that part of the
mine where the fall occurred. It is believed
that one or two of the pits can never be REQ
pened. The accident will undoubtedly dimin-
.ish production for the present year .% 90 =,
YELLOW FFPER. s,s,9s~g !.
B a Memphis telegram Of July 12, says:
The yellow fever sensatio n has collapsed and
Memphis is assuming its customary aspects
of thrift and life. No further cases Of the
dreaded disease are reported. and physicians
here declare positively that the excitement
grew wholly out Of but one genuine case, that
OF Mrs: Cranon, and in which the victim died.
Investigation has established the fact that this
family inherited a. quantity of clothing be
longing to relatives who died during the cpl.
demic Of 1878, and these articles had been
packed without regard to disinfection until
the recent hot weather, when they were ex-
posed to the air. On some Of the bedding
dark spots were noticed, and found to be
stains Of Of j ne gTo's vomit, contact with
which caused the death Of the person il
Memphis last Wensday, and the subsequent
panic The Memphis physicians are con WINGED
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-07-17


of stopping ashore at Jacmel. But he
found Hayti such forsaken country,
with SO few white faces, and all the peo-
pie speaking French, that he changed his
mind. I'LL go to Cuba he said; 1T
easier to learn Sps nish than French, and
there's more fun there. Besides. I don't
want to live among a parcel of
coons like those Haytians.' So I
carried him to Baracoa. When he
was ready to land I gave him the pack
age of money and his pistol. He looked
at the package and asked: "What's tl'is?'
I told him and he was ovejoyed. swell,
by jingo," he said, ssthis is better news
than expected. Look here, Captain, let
bygones be bygones; shake!" We shook
| hands. He had fine silk umbrella and
he insisted on my accepting it. "Give it
to your wife," he said. IF you don't
take it I'll chuck it overheard" In con-
sideration of this threat l accepted the
souvenir. My wife has got what is left
| of it. I went ashore with Sharkey and
attended to my business while he hunted
La hotel. That afternoon met him stroll
ling around town, and he invited me to
dinner. He told me then that he was go
ing to take trip overland, and promised
to write to me from Havana. But he did
not keep his word. #s:.
The fact of his being an American put
him on good footing with the young
Cnbans, and l heard subsequently that he
used this intimacy to make money from
the Spanish Government as spy on the
Revolutionlsts, to which party most OF
the native young men belonged. How
ever true or false this report is, learned
on pretty good authority that a determin-
ed attempt was Eaade to assassinate him
in Havana BY some young patriots whom
he had got into trouble. An accident saved
him, but he was sufficiently scared to
leave the island as soon as he could get
off, St
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-07-17

At Concord, ". III, July 10, a. Buzzell,
the murderer Of Mrs Hanson, was hanged
he died Without q struggle. Buzzell passed
the night in company with Chaplain Hannah,
giving most Of his time to religious discus
sion. He droses about i 80 and made his toilet
IA a careful manner, after which he had break
fast and passed the remaining time IN quiet
conversation with visitors. AT q few minutes
before q O'clock, Buzzells arms were pin
toned and he was led to the scatfold He
walked with perfect comp face blanched
and staring eyes. His lips moved constantly
as he stood upon the drop, and these phrases
were heard: The Lord be with me. This Is
hard lizard
The sun., 1879-01-08
Pleased at the Prospect.

The few perfunctory criticisms which
Gen. TECUMsEH SHERMAN passes upon the
BURNSIDE army scheme, hardly veil his
elatlon. 1t Is true, he gravely observes in
his letter to BURNSIDE, that there should
always be In the army lieutenant-general,
three major-generals, and six brigadiers,
instead OF the two major-generals, four
brigaders, and no acknowledgement after
the present incumbents. which the bill Ii. II.
b4so proposes. But Congress years ago de-
clared that the Acknowledgements should
lapse by casualty and the House passed
with ease only last summer bin reducing
the major-generals TO one and the brigadiers
10 three. Besides, the very reason that
Gen. TECUMsEH SHERMAN assigns, namely,
that 900 men amount TO a corps d drmee,
the equivalent OF lieutenant-general'
command, equal to three strong divisions,
OF six strong brigades," would sufficiently
refute itself. For, In the regular army,
there are never even 10000 men within a
hundred miles OF each other, or subject to
the same marching orders; and, again, even
II there were 25,000, they would not require
Alieutenant-general, for SHERMAN himself,
rs maior-general, commanded over 100000
men in his Atlanta campaign, and Of these,
under SHERMAN, Maj Gen. THOMAS COM
mandod 600O0.
Again, we find Gen TECUMsEH SHERMAN,
ordinarily 30 fierce against any reduction,
mildly observing that, in place Of the pro-
posed regiments Of cavalry, 5 Of artillery,
and 1s of infantry, he would prefer OF caval-
ry,4 OF artillery, and 90 OF infantry. These two
safe suggestions, and two or three verbal
orit oil ba hua 20
against the BURNSIDE BILL which he praises
for precision and accuracy" and for its
"wise and liberal mode OF reduction and
consolidation" He even declares that "in
tho aggregate this bill, II enacted substan-
TALLY as 1t stands, will give us a military
code better than any which has prevailed
Blnce 1884," that It is consistent in all its
details, and will probably bring harmony to
nil parts OF the service"
Curiosity is at once aroused to find why 1t
Is that Gen. SHERMAN, who has always at
tackled schemes for diminishing the number
OF officers In the line. now smiles approval
on ono which, paltering and deceptive
though 1t be- does plan an eventual reduc-
tion OF about hundred and fifty officers Of
the line, exclusive Of the staff reductions
which bring the total number up to three
hundred and thirty-throe.
On examining the proposed plan, one ex-
planatlon for Gen. SHERMAN's satisfaction
appears The whole military establishment
is TO be concentrated in his hands as never
before. The Engineer Corps is brought by
sections 70, 80, $40, and 57l within the ordl-
nary army organization; sections 80, 565,
and 56G give Gen. SHERMAN much control
over ordnance and ordnance depots, whereas
the Ordnance Corps has long been law
unto itself; section SO requires his approval
for the employ OF contract surgeons; section
~ nroYides for his ramarks upon the cases
The sun., 1879-01-08

To THE EDITOR OF THE BUN-SF; Dr. Carver
has made something which had the appearance Of a
challenge, and have been asked again and again when
am going to acceptit have been waiting to see the
iul conditions OF the challenge but these are very
long In coming II they to come will accept the
CHALLENGE he seemed about to make and shoot him 600
gass balls han double and hall SINGLE 900 side
or VIII make time match AT 20 no balls each man 10
Load Tor himself nr. Carver 10 shotgun Or rifle IL
aefno9n ana two hours evening the one breaking the
mos pas To take h the receipts and the loser pay Tor
the bnu% MY match IN Gilmorc's Garden morrow and
neNtday. at 6oOO balls without miss will show what
can do under severe test Will wager 81 uOO even
" carver cannot equal my score there. Like all my
yer included. carr A. IL DosAnprs "
.,, Chamnion Wing Shot OF the World.
The sun., 1879-01-08
Mr.. Edmunds's Uncon.titutional nlII.

There was tlmo whom the Senate OF Tn,
United States was looked upon as the grcat
bulwark to protect the Constitution against
lll attempts at legislative encroachmonts
We are inclined at present, however, TO re-
gard the popular branch OF Congress as the
more conservative OF constitutional rights
There, II ls to be hoped, the extraordinary
Experimental bill Of Mr.. EDMuNDs to reQu.
late and control Presidential elections
which has already passed the Senate, may
Encounter n more searching examination, a
more thorough and caustic ovorhaullng,
Man 1t received In the body where 1t origi-
Aated.
IL Is generally conceded now that the
power to determine what electoral votes
Tor President and Vlce-Presldent shall be
Sounted is reposod by the Constitution In
lhe two Houses OF Congress. The language
Of the Constitution Is this:
"Tho President Of the Senate shall In the presence Of
he Senate and House Of Representatives open all the
kruneatss and the votes shan thenbe counted
We have maintained that the true mean
ing OF this clause ie that the Senate and the
House are to be present, clothed with all
their official authority, as the two compo-
hent bodies OF Congress- II they were to
Attend as mere witnesses tho language
more appropriate would have been, "in the
presence OF the Senators and Representa-
lives"
This construction of the clause in the Con-
stitution we do not understand TO be gravely
questioned by any considerable number OF
statesmen at present.
Now, Mr.. EDMUHDss bill provides that
bach State may provide for the determlna-
lion OF any controversy concerning the ap-
pointment OF electors; and every such de-
Termination, made pursuant to such law,
Bhall be conclusive evidence OF the lawful
little OF the electors who shall have been so
determined to have been appointed. and
bhall govern In the counting Of the votes us
provided in the Constitution.
This cannot be constitutional. II the SEN
ate and the House have the power 10 deter
mine what votes shall be counted, IL Is
power vested in them by the Constitution,
which can neither be enlarged nor abated
one jot or little by act Of Congress. And it
Is power the true and conscientious exer-
Else of which must consist in simply de-
termining who are the electors really ap-
pointed by the States, respectively. To de-
pii'O NhV ANo llpuSfb vi Nnt power 10 ueClue
who are the electors appointed, is TO deprive
them OF the power to discharge a solemn
duty imposed upon them by the Constitution
In the only manner in which that duty can
be intelligently and faithfully executed.
This is just what Mr.. EDMUNDs's bill does
IL makes the tribunal erected by State
more potent than Congress. The determin-
alton OF the State tribunal is to be "conclu-
sive," and Is to govern"
II State tribunals may be made control
ling over Congress in this, one Of the high
est duties intrusted to Congress by the Con-
stitution, they may be made omnipotent in
all things. Thus the powers OF the general
Government may be abolished and annihi-
lated by act of Congress, and anarchy and
dissolution may be peaoeably established by
Congressional legislation.
The sun., 1879-01-08

organ at South Bend, TO let his nelghbors
know that man had come to see him, who
considered his dlsmal recolections Of suf-
ficent Importance to print them.
The inhabltants OF South Bend say that
SCHUYLER goes out into his front yard
every evening, and holds his ear TO the
ground for q good half hour to see II he can
hear his country call him, and then walks
sadly back. The way OF tho transgressor s
hard, and on some accounts we pity
SoHuYIKR But justice TO society requires
that he should continue to be secluded and
kept beyond the roach OF temptation.
The sun., 1879-01-08

To THE EDTToR OF THE suN-eir Walt
Whitman says that O Washington childs A. NJ Is mot
a poetl" Surely Walt Whitman never can have seen
william +. Oils Late OF Edgar Allan Poe" The Appen
dix to thatyoume contains Letters from the Poetsr In
response to invitations 10 he present the occasion OF
the dedication OF tho Poe monument at Baltimore, IN
November, 1878 and among these letters from Poets
including those OF Tennyson Bryant Lowell. aud many
more, the letter OF a. Washington Uhids, A NJ. Is
spicuouA To be sure 0s book records else where thai
the monument mnd money rasers were generously
aided In their efforts by Geo W Childs OF Philadelphia
whose donation amounted to nearly half the cost OF the
monument" But aside from this the very letter OF G
Washington Ohds A. NJ, proves that he Is poet
Speaking of his broherpoeL Poe Poet ChIds remarks;
lie seems 70 have been happy only Ia his visions out
which we live.
Andit precisely in this post mortuary ncd that Mr.
Childs himself Is most "happy.n Not poet indeed
Walt Whitman will next say that Poe was not poet
Dua
The sun., 1879-01-08

The Legislature did not open with its
usual flourish yesterday. Snow blockades had
prevented 30 many members from reaching
Albany that the Republicans postponed the
Speakership caucus. and thus blocked the or
ganization OF the Assembly. There was meet
ing in the old $4,000 Capitol. and then Senate
and lower House trudged over to the new one
OF many millions. and after unimportant cere-
monies. scattered TO plunge anew into the
Speakership contest. The Senate did find time
TO request the States Congress delegation to
oppose the Army Reorganization bill. and to
place on lo Mr.. GoEBEL's plan for changing
New York city's Board OF Education. but too
much was going on outside for the transaction
OF business within.
The sun., 1879-01-08
Policemen Here and In France.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: In
to-day's SUN there is report Of sad case Of
police mismanagement. causing the death OF
Noah Gill at Baltimore. Mr.. Gill was found un-
conscious in the streets. and at once treated rs
drunkard taken to the station house and even
tually transferred to jail. where he died. Such
has naturally led TO the INQUIRY why the police
did not NJ once call In medical aid.
E. n u France at 1eyery police station the words
up all persons injured. found drunk or un-
conscious II taken to tho police station are nj
tended at once by medical man on duty for the
purpose. II is Impossible for the guardians OF
the peace in all eases to discover whether
persons found in the street are in fts or suffer-
Ing from the abuse of liquors, and il Is 10 pre-
vent the locking up Of really sick persons that
such precautions are taken In France.
Would IL not be az well for New York md
lald down Tor the police in Paris and publish
every week officially in the papers the names OF
certain medical men in each ward who would
during their weeks tour Of duty. be at the call
hnally till seen by one OF them. In the same
way drug store or more in each ward could he
detailed Tor duty. and compelled to keen omen
all night to meet emergent cases, Mayor
great boon on the public II he could get some
such organization in this town. II policemen
knew their prisoners would be seen by COM
p'unt medical man who could testify 10 their
ingly handled by them might be checked and
many sick persons saved the disgrace and in
dignity OF incarceraton in the station coils.
, lhht police doctors exist In each precinct
there If no doubt, but these gentlemen are only
called IN II the Captain of the district thinks il
necessary. Could not the examination Of ali
prisoners before the key is turned on them be
made compulsory w, H.
The sun., 1879-01-08

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Su; Reading
III Yesterdays suN Of the fearful rayages OF sewer gas in
the luxurious house Montague terrace Brooklyn / am
led to ask ono question which think is OF great import
anee and perhaps vital Was the main waste drain from
ne onse to The street sewer connected outside the house
WIN nm ndelendcn sewer pipe sufficient size and
length to lead from the Sal connection 10 and above h
foo Of the house the outside and wholly disconncc
RON all other pipe except when connect ted outside the
mouse To the main wastef II such necessary precauton
anu one mat entails little cost was omitted then
consider mat the plumbing Of the house was very faulty
put not more so than in nine-lenths OF the nrstcass
houses Of the two cities A BulIpKN
The sun., 1879-01-08
The old aud the New Capitol.

Yesterday the Senate and Assembly Of
this State met for the first time In the new
| Capitol. In the evening the citizens OF Al
bany gave a reception In its halls to a great
throng Of visitors. It was a grand affair,
we dares say.
The old Capitol is soon 10 be removed.
The original cost Of the edince that has
served the State through seventy eventful
years, was sifO,6Ss42
The State has already expended SO 000, 900
on the new ednce; and IL ls little more than
half finished. It's patrons are dlsputing
over the question whether its completion
will cost s60OO0OO more. or $sO0000O. We
think tho larger sum has the best OF tho ar
gument; but we will average tho difference
and call 1t $7,OO0,oo0. This makes total OF
$l7,0OO,OOO for construction purposes.
DE WITT CLINTON, MARTIN VAN BuREN,
Chancellor KENT. Chief Justice SPENCER,
their compecrs, and their SUCCESSORS OF tho
next generation, were satlsflcd to leglslate
and adjudicate for the state in building
that cost $4,000 Tho present race OF
statesmen that rule us from Albany require
for their accommodation an edifcc that will
cost just one hundred and llfty-nve times as
much as that which was found amply SUM-
Client for their predecessors through long
and memorable period.
The number OF officials who are to occupy
the new Capitol is precisely what It was
thirty, fifty, seventy years ago. We beg
pardon-we forget the lobby. But then,
they are only seml-ofllclals
We are willing to listen TO the argument
that the present style OF Albany statesmen
require far larger and more expensive
building for carrying on their operations
than did those who moved In the narrower
sphere OF the Clintonian epoch. But TO esti-
mate them, man by man, as one hundred
and fifty-five times as great, is placing the
figures too high.
Really, though are not the taxpayers Of
the State rather astoundcd at the cost OF
building which Gov. RoBINsoN called "a
great public calamity" May they not in
quire with some anxiety II there is TO be no
end 10 extravaganza Of this kind
The sun., 1879-01-08

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sh. THE sun
OF today asks 90 How much tribute iscxactcd by them
Whe pohcel from The keepers of disrcputable resnrts
IN one precinct o TINS city (whuss number II Is un
necessary io give, the amount ot tins hlackma is about
fli per week or Si1UU per year In other urerluct
large hnt not so large Where tie money goes 10 or
for the Police Commissioners L. r.
NEw NORk Ian -
The sun., 1879-01-08

Congress is not In the habit OF turning off
much WORK on the first day after recess. In
the Senate. yesterday. the most interesting
event was the Offering by Mr. BECK OF a resolu-
ton directing the Finance Committee TO find
out whether JOHN SHERMAN Is complying with
the laws. ST. JEROME EDMUNDs objecting. the
resolution went over. Then ST. JEROME Ed
MUSDs offered n declarntive resolution setting
forth that the war amendments were as valid
and binding rs any other part of the Constltu-
tion. and directing the judiciary Committee to
report a bill for the more efiectual protection Of
tho rights OF tcoloredl citizens This was ta-
bled also. Mr.. VooRHEEs then made a speech
in support OF his project for recoininR the trade
dollars into legal-tender dollars. and incident
ally predicted that specie resumption would
turn out badly.
Young Mr. ACKLEN OF Louisiana insisted on
boring the House with a speech about his scan
dal case. and asked for an investigating COM
mittee. which the House very properly refused
With equal propriety II ordered its Judiciary
Committee 10 investigate District Judge BLoD-
oETr Of Chicago. who is accused Of gross mis-
conduct and corruption.
The sun., 1879-01-08

The unfinished building in which the New
York Legislature met yesterday. and which has
already cost the State over ten millions of dol
lars, was ablazo last evening with thousands of
gas Jets, and was brilliant with the costumes OF
a multitude Of dancers. Tho music OF two
high-prced bands hoated through its costly
corridors while invited guests from all over the
State sat down to 1000 banquet Then came
the speeches congratulatng the people upon
the near completion OF the edilce that has al
ready cost moro than was required to construct
the entire Erie Canal
The guests enjoyed the dancing and the mu.
sic the salads and champagne. The contrac-
tors too who have made fortunes out OF tho
building, were gratlncd. and 1t was an especial
occasion for delight 10 the men who have had
The sun., 1879-01-08
Grant and the Corhonlans.

Tho Catholics of Cork do not forget that whom
Hta asmfed for tliri term 10 the Presidency Of the
United states he tried 10 strengthen his position AS Tho
kr ubhcan candidate bY importing In the most invdious
manner the religious ami annCathoc element into the
political a9taun lie appealed Ia the religious passions
ol ne nauNe American element IN our population and
HW appear mas now risen IN Judgment before him in
The sun., 1879-01-08

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. I wish nd
vice on certain point want 10 know how can grta
par OF pants have not Of money tn buv nuir
what ~ do. DtsfRHss
Perhaps you will be able to get pair next
Tuesday the llth. On that day there is to bo a
general collection OF clothing and other sun
plies throughout the city for the benefit Of peo-
MIA in mad
The sun., 1879-01-08

tho letting Of tho contrae,s But how about tho
people7
The building over which they made merry
last evening must raise the Rroans Of tho toll
ing and moilng tax producers. As monu-
ment TO the States wicked waetefulnese. II ~ n
Duoceaa
The sun., 1879-01-08

OF the bills introduced in Congress yes
terday there is at least one that should not be
suffered to GO through. That the Mare Island
Navy Yard would bear great deal OF improv-
ing is true; but the country isn't rich enough
Just now TO spend 800 600 in improving 1t.
The sun., 1879-01-08

bill was favorably reported in tho Sem
ate yesterday directing the Treasury officials
to pay McIIS. late OF the Florida Returning
Board. and more recently appointed by the
grateful HAYES to a New Mexico Judgeship.
the money which he claims for his brief SER
vice on tho hench