Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-03-07
e Great Express Gait.

The Wells Fargo Express co1,l7anv las noti-
fled the Northern Pacific that t Y shall require
cars aud convanauc.s for doing atl express
business throughout the entire liue OF. the
Northern Pacific coalnoa.ine MArch /. The
l.tter has directed It's otiic;.i. 10 eject Ill ex-
press matter from its trains belonging to the
Wells Fargo company. Ii tlro latter succeed
by legal process i'll forcing the Northern l'aci-
tic to carry their Ndtt"i, rct,ii5olE measures
viii be instituted by the Northern Pacific EX-
press company, by cstabi- niuGr express, ro,2.es
on railroads now controlled exclusively by
Wells, Flrgo & Co. There is greet excitement
III railroad circles W.lar4 the facts IT. knuwn.
y hard i2llv is cxptct,,E
The railroad company, Wil:tf has; mutually
satisfactory contract with the N3rthcrl Pacific
Express company, viii defend the iatters in
terests as far as 1t is able. The officials say
the company Will not rainlSc the Wells !, Fargo
people what they ask, but viii j,siat Hpon grant
ing the cars and convanlc!-@: necessary ollv
upon terms which are euN!tn'!" and inst. 1t
is the intention OF the railroad &urlpnv to pros
ecutc the matter to the utmost limit, aia il is
generally expected that testimony viii be ad-
ducod showing some inside history Of express
concerns, and their manner oi hoing business,
that will be particularly interesting To those i'll
terested in such matters
Attempted Double Murder in Eakora.
" Parker, Oak. Special: town is excited
over at attemptadmurder at Fiulay, five miles
southeast of that place. A man named Matt
Miller has been living during the winter With
an old couple in Woodbury. county, Iowa, and
induced them to sell their farm in Iowa and
come with him to Dakota, representing that he
owned q farm that they could work They
bought two teams, took the rest of their money
and all three started for the territory, arriving
Mt Finlay, he induced them to go to an old
nft1 yyan nj fnr lrI,Sr
telling them they could stay in it oil
to his farm. Miller aligl,ed
from the wagon, and as the old gentleman got
out MIAer dealt him heavy blow on the head
with club. A sqnabble eisued during which
Miller procured an ak. and attacked the man,
knocking him senseless, and then attacked the
woman, knocking her down He did not get
any money, but turned to run away just as the
Old woman was reviying She soon found her
husband, who was also recovering his senses.
and the two went to another house over a mile
away, giving the alarm to the neighbors, who
lmned iately came to the place, and notified the
sheriff, and he Is nowin pursuit tits supposed
That Miller intended to murder them both, take
th ~ money, and leave the country, but was
Premler Maidstone introduced in the COM
mons a. universal franchise bill designed to
strengthen the state by enfranch:sing people
lscapabla ct exercising the rights Of franchise.
~ proposing the bill, Mr. Gladstone said: This
measure, by greatly extending the franchise
ana placing voters in boroughs and counties
upon equal footing, would increase the voting
p se OF the United Kingdom about 2,o0o, COO
O u thus number England would furnish $780,
oOO Ireland AGO COO, and Scotland 2eO. Coo This
result was certainly worth attaining. If the
mouse took q broad view Of the mat er, enfran-
cniaement must be considered desn a. de. The