Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-19
1NTER-ocEAN1c CANAL.

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INTER-oCEANIc CANAL.
At Washington city count, DR.. Les
'eps, the French engineer, informed the inter.
oceanic canal committee March 9, that whilc
hewas not present to talk politics, but to give
scientific views about the canal, he could not
refrain from expressing his delight with the
presidents message yesterday on the subject
Of the canal, because it would certainly be ad.
Vantageous to have the protection OF the Uni
led States during work and after the opening
Of the canal. He had just sent a message to
his son in Paris, saying that the presidents
message assured the safety Of the canal Capt
Eads read paper in advocacy Of his plan Of
q ship railway.
T. a.. AN INDIAN BATTLE.
+ ,Advices from Santa Fee, New Mexico,
state that on February 18th, Lieuts. Gonline
and Stark, 81 the Fifteenth Infantry, in COM
mand Of % men Of the Ninth cavalry, struck d
band Of about 80 hostile Indians in Amms
canon, southeast corner of the Sacramento
mountains. Lieutenant Cohline with thirty
men attacked the camp, and after brief en-
counter drove out the Indians, capturing and
burning their equipage, while Lieutenant
Stark with ten men surrounded the Indian
stock, capturing the entire herd Of 1e, horses
and Is mules, the scout returning with the
captured stock to Fort Stanton on!thS Ord inst.
The Indians are supposed to be some Of Vic
ferla's band. ," Il" o. ) e7s-
TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT IN OHIO. !:
:, At a temperance convention held at
Alliance, Ohio, March 10, there were 1923 dele
gates present, and resolutions we're adopted to
sustain principles rather than party, recon-
mending no separate prohibition party, but to
labor in caucuses and at the polls to secure
sober men for officials, endorsing legal suasion
as proper means for the suppression Of bev-
erage traffic In intoxicants and evils arising
therefrom, protesting against tho present per-
missive statutes which sanction the sale OF
ale, beer and domestic wines, and praying for
a local option, antiliquor law, with clauses al
lowing the sale on payment of taxes therefor,
but allowing the voices ofwomen by petition
or ballot to be equal to that of man on the en-
forcement. go.
-, M : SUDDEN DEATH. IT.
At Rochester, Minnesota; on the eve
ming of March 6, the wife of G. M. Gjerde,, q
Norwegian, died suddenly, not being sick over
an hour. Gjerde is blacksmith at the North
western wagon shops, and was m arried Janu-
airy ii. He is pronounced by his employers
an Industrious and steady young man. At
tea time Mrs. G. was apparently as wcn as U.s.
ual About o'clock her husband went down
town for groceries and on returning he found
his wife in bed and suffering excruciating
pain. A physician, was hastily summoned,
but she expired before he reached the house.
1t is understood that her family is afflicted
with heart disease, and that she, had been
struck by lightning, but after recovering from
the shock wasconsidered as well as ever.
VIGOROUS ACTION TO PROTECT THE PEACE.
Advlces from San Francisco state that
the Morning Call of March 10, contains a
manifesto declaring their objects and purpos
es to secure peace and prosperity within the
law. It attacks no political party. It il now
for the manhood of San Francisco to be us.
serted, and the line to be drawn between law.
abiding citizens and those who are for riot
assassination, pillage and anarchy. The courts
are able to remedy evils, but whoever would
begin acts of violence or confagration here let
him count the cost. The manifesto is mot
signed, but it is understood it is issued by a
body of men representing the wealth and bu.
siness interests of the city, including some
who in times past distinguished themselves
in putting down the disorderly elements OF
society.
THE COLORED EXODUS.
Ex-senator Burch, of Louisiana, col
ored, was before the exodus committee, March
Is. His analysis of the causes leading to the
of the colored people of that
State, was divided into four heads: Fear on
the part of the colored people Of class legisla-
ton against them by the Democratic legisla.
tors. Fear ofinterference with their educa.
tional privileges. Uncertainty of obtaining
homes and insecurity in relation to them in.
terferirg with their religious and personal
rights, and fear Of Acknowledgement he also
asserted that, the reason for the change of col.
ored votes from Republican to Democrat was
brought about by the election machinery put
operation by the Democrats, and that such
machinery would enable that party to contest
the colored vote in the future without resort
to force as in the past.
THE WHEAT CROP.
The Cincinnati Price Current of March
10, publishes special returns from nearly 300
points in the West in regard to the growing
wheat crop. indicating almost uniformly fav.
orable condition and fattering prospects, e.
peciallyin Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and in
Michigan. In Missouri complaints are ex.
ceptionable. In Nebraska the winter crop is
generally reported favorable. Wet weather
has done harm in Illinois, while in Iowa and
Kansas there are complaints Of dry weather,
but an average crop is expected. The most
serious complaints of winter killing came from
Wisconsin. With the increased acreage gen.
orally reported the Price Current regards the
promise favorable for an unusually large yield
OF winter wheat, while returns from spring
wheat sections indicate an increased acreage
of this crop.
THE PAPER TARIFF.
' George Jones, of the New York Times,
and Erastus Brooks, of the Exprsss, made ar
guments, March IL, before the ways and means
committee for the removal OF the duty of the
20 per cent. imposed on wood pulp. They
claimed it was owing to the advance Of from
20 to % per cent in the price of pulp and a
combination of paper manufacturers, chiefly
in the West that the price of paper had ad-
vanced from 81 to 6 cents per pound, the
price last year, 10 81 to 10 cents, now charged.
1t was also claimed that it was combination
of paper-makers that forced the price of paper
to rs and % cents per pound during the war,
that had now caused the advance of above 50
per cent, and that if no restrictions were
placed on them they might force the price
even to war figures. The manufacturers pres
ent denied the existence of a. combination to
enhance the price, and claimed. the advance
was entirely regulated by the law of supply
and demand. e,a;>. 49, .>s.G ia ~. :--4. -
BURNING HUMAN BODY.
r. The body Of DR.. Hahn was cremated
ct Washington, Pa, March 9. The body was
accompanied by A. kaufman, father-in-law
and DR.. Hoppel, o friend; arrived at go D. m.
and was Immediately conveyed to the crema-
tory. The corpse was in plain iron cssket,
and carried into the receiving room Of the fur.
mace, the coffin opened, the body lifted out and
placed in the crib, and covered with sheet
saturated'in alum no services whatever At
S:45 the body was carried into the retort room
by four men, showed in head foremost, the
door placed on and secured, A slight odor az
Of burning hair, prevailed the vicinity. In
twenty minutes the sheet began to expand.