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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17
Dominion News.

An adjourned meeting OF sympat hizcrs
with Louis Riel was held at jacques Cartier
Hall square, Quebec at which about 5000
were present. The meeting was addressed
by II. j. Pelletier, secretary Of the com
mittee and by other French Canadian
gentlemen. Owen Murphy ex-mayor OF
Quebec, also spoke. He compared the
cause OF the hali-brecds tc that OF the Irish,
who, ifthe proper appeal were made, would,
support. The following resolution Was
then adopted Resolved, That in view OF
the fact that all British subjects who are &C
c,lsed OF criminal offenses are entitled to 81
complete and impartial trial, and to at
tain that end considerable sums, must be
Forthcoming, o public subscription be taken
up, as the half breeds have not the means
to attain that end.
Jurymen for the Riel trial have been &C.
lected from among the white settlers along
the line OF the Canadian Pacific railway.
Half-breeds and other sympathizers OF Riel
are obiecting because the Jury will not be
mixed. The trialwill certainly begin on the
goth inst. Hon. William McDougall, who
ranks high as constitutional lawyer, in al
communication to the Ottawa papers, ex~
presses doubts OF the validity OF Il court
trial of Riel as at present constituted, and
contends that Il stipendiary magistrate OF
the Northwest territories has not power
without the issue OF a special commission
from the crown. The indictment is also
considered irregular.
The franchise act Of the dominion is kind
to Indians. 1t permits thousands of de-
pendent Indians to vote and excludes tens
OF thousands Of self-supporting white men.
The Emerson (Manitoba) authorities are
now looking for Thomas Cole, the late clerk
OF the court there, for embezzlng $4,000.
Cole was clerk there for some years, and it
was during 1882. when Emerson was as
Stunning metropolitan proportions andspec-
ulators were dipping heavily in real estate,
that the loans, as Cole called them, were
made. He took small sums from time to
time aggregating $4,000, and when Osborne,
ss npei' aG.o't 4Sa vs-nt '1' nn
across the international boundary i"e
to Pembina, Mimi, where he is now sale
from the Canadian authorities.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17
John Roach Knocked Out by Attorney
General Garland.

Attorney General Garland has rendered
a decision Oh the three points relative to
the acceptance OF the Dolphin by the gov
eminent submitted to him by Secretary
Whitney. The attorney general holds that
the vessel cannot be accepted, that no con
tract exists between Mr.. John Roach
and the government, and that the large
sum OF money paid to him for the vessel
may be recovered. Mr.. Garland says:
This vessel, you inform me, has been found
to be detective in three particulars; two Of
which are fundamental; that IS to say, first,
she does not develop the SPEED and power
which the contract calls for; second, she is
not sta unch and stiff enough for the service
expected Of her, and, third, the general
character OF her workmanship does not
comeup to the requriments OF the contract
as to the defects in the matter Of speed.
Continuing at considerable length and
citing prominent cases in support OF his ar.
gnments, Mr.. Garland concludes: 1t FOL
lows, then, that no contract exists between
Mr.. Roach and the United States, and
large sums OF money which have been paid
Mr. Roach have passed into his hands
without authority OF law, and are
held by him as so much money
held and received to the use OF
the United States and may be recovered
from him, and not only so, but the money
thus paid him by officials holding q judici
airy relation to the government havinggone
into the ship Dolphin, a court ofequity will
follow it there and for that purpose enter.
tain a proceeding against the ship itself. In
support OF this position I need do no more
than cite the recent decision Of the supreme
court OF the United States in the case OF Ma
tio1al bank VS.. Insurance company.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17

points or from sixty two to nearly sixty
i've A very slight decline is reported i'll
Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and
some ofthe southern states In Michigan
Indiana Illinois and Missouri there has
been Improvement as well as California
and Oregon The winter wheat region
which does not include the territories
now promise about 2l5 100000 bushels
The condition OF spring wheat continues
higher, though the average has been reduc-
ed slightly, the average being nearly ninety
six. The Indications now point to q crop
OF about Las, 100000 for Wisconsin, Min
nesota. Nebraska and all other territories
and northern New England. This makes
an aggregate of 363, 100000 bushels.
The immense corn area of last year has
apparently been increased about per cent
or at least 900 900, making an aggregate
OF "a, 100000 acres. The largest increase
is in the Missouri valley. The condition OF
corn is higher than in any year siuce 1880
except the last. 1T average 81 against SO
in 1854. It is highest in the South, and
higher on the Atlantic coast than in the
West. The Kansas average is SO; Michigan
and Missouri, ST; Wisconsin, 50; and Ne
braska, 81 per cent. The average OF win
ter rye has increased from II to 81 since
the LIST of June. The general avera ge for
oats is 81 in place OF SO last month. Oats
have shared with all the cereals in the i'm
provement Of the month. The only states
below so are New Jersey, North Carolina,
South Carolina Georgia, Mississippi and
California. The condition oiharley averages
90; OF tobacco, So percent.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17
The Criminal Calendar.

Ferdinand Hader, sixty-two years Of age,
and an old resident OF Mazamonie, Wis,
committed suicide.
O. D. Morrell OF Newton, Jasper county.
H.. e:-circuit clerk OF that county and a
prominent Democratic politician committed
suicide. -,
Schlintzen, the proprietor OF the Ameri-
can house, at Lemont, H., was found dead
in his room, with a bullet hole in his head.
1t is suspected that he has been murdered
In an alteration between Capt. Couch
and IL member OF his Oklahoma company,
named Bush, in Augusta, kans., Couch
struck Bush a blow which is feared will be
fatal i ...
William Matthews, who had eloped with
James ,Secrist's wife I'M Comanche county,
Tex, came back to..the latter's house to get
some OF Mrs. Secrist's clothes He was
presently shot dead by Mr. Secrist.
At Carmichael, Pa, James Joliff, an old
and respected citizen. attacked his son-in-
law, Sam Hathaway, with loaded cane,
and after beating him over the head shot
him in the back, inflicting fatal wound. :
Police Officer Bernard j. Murphy OF
Chicago fatally shot Charles Mckay, for
merly a contractor for the board Of public
works. Mckay had assaulted Abraham
Morris and resisted arrest. The officer is
in custody. 1919
Thomas Pugh, aged sixty-two,s started
in buggy from Hubbard, Ohio, for Green
vile. Pa, recently, to get Sc, 900 in q bank.
His horse returned at night with the empty
buggy, covered with blood. No clue to the
murderers. 5s.sS 5 szs d
George Kichz, a heavy broker, was ar.
rested in New York recently for alleged fraud
in regard to stock and other TRANSACT ions,
on the affidavit OF Mr.. Shaug messy. The
amount involved is $103, 900. He furnish.
ed $40 900 bail
AZ Pittsburg rhile the cashier was al
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17

The Portland Oregonian states that
the cost Of shipping a ton of wheat to
Liverpool via Cape Horn is $14, Of
which the Oregon Railway & Naviga-
ton Company takes So as it's share.
The average cost of shipment from
Duluth to Liverpool via Montreal is
$500; this added to the Northern Pa
cifc rate of IS to Duluth makes total
charge of $l3.61 per ton from the
point OF production to market, or q
difference Of SOC. per ton in favor of
transcontinental shipments. On the
same authority it is stated that the
Northern Pacific would, if necessary,
make still lower rate on the eastward
traffic.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17

In g. Fourth-of-July editorial, the
New York Mail and Express states a
fact not generally realized in this coun-
try. 1t says: "Americans are living
under the Oldest system ofgovernment
now existing in any country not peo-
pied by Mongolians. There is not O.
government in Europe that has not
been changed, modified, experimental
with and more or less revolutionized,
since the adoption ofour Federal Con-
stitution crowned and completed the
American system of government and
thatsystem has been unchanged for the
nearly one hundred years in which
the statesmen of Great Britain and of
every nation on the Continent OF
Europe have bsen discussing and ex-
perimenting on all the conceivable
varieties of government, with no set
tied notions, with no feeling ii attain
able pernlanency OF government and
with no solid satisfaction in the re-
suits of their experiments.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17
Bradstreets Journal has CT

Bradstreets Journal has compiled
from reports made the same day all
over the country OF grain in store at
the present time. BY the tables it
appears that the visible supply Of
wheat, July /, i'll the United States
east OF the Rocky mountains and i'll
Canada was 48,196,667 bushels; Of
corn, 6,794, 922; Of oats, 1872, 0so;
OF barley, 164, 794; and OF rye, 1885,
l6O. In Minnesota, Dakota, and
Wisconsin, with certain exceptions,
there were 15,245,968 bushels Of
wheat. This total isexceeded only by
that of fifteen important central and
Western points, including Chicago.
'"The visible supply OF wheat" says
the article under review, "has-ac-
cording to the current weekly reports
declined about IL per cent. since
April l, 1885. Meanwhile flour stocks,
in the aggregate, have piled up about
or more than one-third as much more
asthere was in sight three months ago
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17
An Heroic Cure for the Opium
Habit.

A pathetic story has lately come to
my knowledge OF q young man, an I'M
dergraduate in an eastern college, who
had become a victim OF the hypoder-
mic use Of morphia. He went with
his father, who was engaged in the
numbering interest, into the pr,mevai
forests OF Maine, hoping that during
his stay of months with the wood
choppers he would beable to fight out
the battle OF gradual abandonment
successfully Through a strange IA
tality, when heparty had just arrived
at their campingpIace, and were trans
porting their goods across a. stream,
the case Of norphia, was broken by an
apparent accident and its contents
scattered into the water. None but
the haggard young man could, at the
moment, comprehend the appalling
magnitude of the calamity-there, as
he was, two hundred miles from the
nearest settlement! He survived the
terrible ordeal, but no words could ex.
press, he has said, the fortunes and
agony through which he passed dur,
ing the succeeding weeks. He was
closely watched, else at times, he
would have drowned himself OF have
beaten his brains out on the rocks
Months afterward he came back to the
world skeleton, worn and haeggard
from his terrible contest It was an
experience to which he could never al
terward refer without the most pain
full emotions.
Not theleast significant point in this
yeritable account is 4.he tact the young
man always believed that his father
purposely brought about the catas'
trophe for the sake Of bringing matters
to a speedy end! Has the usual treat
ment Of the disease by physicians at
this day anything to offer that IS much
better than this mans summary
method Popular Science Monthly
for July.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17

From g report made to the British
Government by it's Consul General at
Frankfort, it appears that all over
Germany the consumption Of ardent
spirits is rapidly increasing, especially
among the working classes. In Prus-
sia, for instance, between 1869 and
1880 the number Of public houses in
creased at the rate OF 3S per cent,
while the, population only increased at
the rate of ID percent. Theconsump-
ton of spirits rose from S.6 litres per
head between 1870 and 1874 to 90
litres per head in 1851.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17
The court OF Appeals OF New York

The court Of Appeals OF New York
having pronounced the oleomargarine
law unconstitutional, and thefact that
the Minnesota law is Identical with
the New York law, in it's main pro-
vision, it becomes interesting to know
exactly what the law is in both states.
The section of the statute considered
by the court reads as follows: "No
person shall manufacture out of any
oleaginous substances, OF any com
pound of the same, other than that
produced from unadulterated milk or
cream OF the same, or shall sell or offer
20 sell the same as an article OF food.
This provision shall not apply to pure
skim milk cheese produced from pure
skim milk" The Minnesota law cor
responds, word for work with the
above. The counsel for the State in
argument frankly argued that IF the
sole object of the statute were to pro-
tect the dairy industry Of the State
against the substitution OF a cheaper
article, made from cheaper materials,
this would not be beyond the power OF
the Legislature" This, says the
Court, lis the real question presented
IN the case and itgoes into the sub
ject OF the limits imposed upon the
-. ( + - a.
Legislative power Of the States by the
Constitution OF the United States,
1 and the Constitution Of the State OF
New York. No proposition says
1 the Court Of Appeals, nis now more
firmly established than that it is one
Sof, the fundamental rights and privil-
1 sisges 81 every American citizen toadopt
! and follow such lawful industrial pur-
suit, not injurious to the community,
5 III he may see fit" And then il asks:
Who will have the temerity to say
that this constitutions principle, as
others; sis not violated by an enact
S sai isi which absolutely prohibits an
I ,s1port anttt branch 81 industry for The
nv ssols reason that II completes with an.
Il, md may reduce the price Of 40
0 I tbicle 81 TODD icrs III human race?'' d
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17
Lively Partisan Tragedy.

Paris is excited over horrible boulevard
tragedy The architect Caudray, although
married and having children, maintained a
liaison with MINNIE. Bessier, wife OF Il shop
keeper on the Boulevard Voltaire, ttnd who
had an amiable husband and dutifUl daugh-
ter. They quarreled, and during the shop
keepers absence from the place ofbusiness,
Candray called on Nine. Bessier and with
a pistol shot her dead. He then ended his
own life by putting q bullet through his
heart. Bcsser soon afterward returned to
his shop and stumbled over the dead. He
had never believed the story he had heard
OF his wife's infidelity, and the revelation
came upon him so suddenly that his mind
broke down and lie fed from the scene a
raving maniac, yelling his shame up and
down the Boulevard Voltaire. Policemen
finally overpowered him. The corpses We're
taken away from the shop. No living person
knows why the suicide killed his mistress
1t is thought that Bessier will neverrecove1
his sanity.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17
Prospect of a War With the Cheyenne
Indians.

For some time past there has been con-
siderable alarm in Kansas over the disturb
ed condition OF the Cheyenne Indians in
the Indian Territory. The governor Of
Kansas called the attention OF the
government to the matter and vigorous
measures have been taken to subdue the
Indians and protect settlers. A large num-
Der of troops have been concentrated on
the border. Gen. Sheridan has left Wash
ington for Fort Reno, Indian territory.
The general desired to be at the scene ofthe
conflict A telegram has been sent to the
officer in command which says that the
outbreak must be suppressed even ii the
Cheyennes are wiped out Of existence. Gen.
Miles is expected to arrive in the Indian
Territory in a few days. The hope is ex-
pressed that he may be able to quiet the
disturbance without bloodshed. He is we'll
known to the Indians, and is said to have
considerable influence over them. In a
trouble with tie Cheyenncs some years ago
they surrendered to him voluntarily.
Gen. Schotield notified Gen. Terry, to
hold in readiness to march at an hour S
notice seven companies OF troops, to be
sent to the scene OF the Indian troubles on
the border OF Southwestern Kansas and
the Indian Territory, if it was considered
necessary. .-.>
The president addressed the following let
ter to Gen. Sherdan:
Executive Mansion, Washington, D. c.,
| July 10, 1SS5.-Lieut. Gen. Phil III. Sher-
| idan-Sir: In view OF the possible disturb
| ances that may occur among the Indians
now in the Indian Territory, and the con-
| templated concentration of troops in that
! locality, / deem it desirable that you pro-
coed at once to the location where trouble
| is apprehended and advise with and direct
! those in command as to. the steps to be
! taken to prevent disorder and 'depreda:
tions by Indians. AS to the DISPOSE
| ton of the troops, your acquaint-
ance with the history and the habits and
customs OF these Indians, leads me also to
request that you invite statements on their
part as to any real or fancied injury or in
| justice toward them, or any other cause
that may have. led to discomfort, and to
inform yourself generally as to their condi.
! ton. You are justified in assuring them
| that any cause OF complaint will be fully
examined by the authorities here, and
wrongs exist they shall be remedied. 4
| think / hardly need add that they must be
fully assured Of the determination on the
part OF the government to enforce their
! peaceful conduct, and by MI the power il
has at hand to prevent and punish acts O
lawlessness and any outrages upon our set.
| tiers. Yours truly
t GRovER CLEVELAND.
Gen. Sheridan started Tor the West tC
carry out the president INSTRUCT lions.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17

lunch, a young man entered the Fourth
National bank, and told the clerk in
charge that a gentleman wished TO
see him at the door. The clerk was outfor
a moment speaking to a man in q buggy,
and when he returned $4,000 in cash was
missing, and the stranger had disappeared.
a party OF tramps who had established
themselves near the railroad bridge, across
the river in the lower part of Burlington,
Iowa, attacked ~ man named Harrig &C.
who says his home is in Chicago. The
tran1ps robbed him. beat him terribly with
stones, tore his clothes from INN anathre"
him into the river. Harrigan crawled up to
the railroad track, and when IL train came
along he was taken aboard and brought to
the station, from whence he was sent to the
hospital. The police was notified and sue
ceeded in arresting six OF those who made
the assault.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17
Little Falls Transcript.
". u FULLER, Publisher.
LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA.

Professor Atwater of Wesleyan uni
versity asserts that the New England
dishes-pork and beans and Goldfish
and potatoes-approach more nearly
than any others the standard Of the
ideal ration. 1t is not understood,
however, that the. professor would
like this ration for every meal OF the
wear. O.. srf,. s1-
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17
Personal News Notes.

Christopher Mann died at Independence,
Mo-, aged III years.
Mr.. Packard, ex-United States consul at
Liverpool, sailed for New York on the
steamer Alrana.
Albert Weber, the piano manufacturer
was married in Philadelphia to Miss Irene
Brady OF New York. .
Mrs. Frank H. Hamilton, wife OF one OF
President Garfield's physicians, died
at her home in New York. Mrs. Hamilton
had been in feeble health for some time,
hut her early demise was not thought Of
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17

Sitting Bull was interviewed in But
falo recetly about the fight in
which General Custer was killed. He
said That is of another day. |
fought for my people. My people said
I vas right. I will answer to my peo--
pie. The friends Of the dead paiefaces
must answer for those who are dead S
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
The State Alliance to the Farmers


The Minnesota Farmers Alliance has is.
sued an address to the farmers OF the state.
regarding the recent action OF the board
OF railroad and warehouse commits
sioners regarding the SYSTEM of "doek
age,' which the alliance ''is con WINGED has.
proved decidedly observation-disclosures to the
Farmers in many ways" and which it con-
sders wrong in principle and pernicious in
practice. The view taken of it bv the
board is sound in theory. and the
members OF this alliance in particular. and
all the farmers throughout the state in
general should use their utmost endeavors
to aid them in bringing about the reform.
1t is a system that prevails in no other
state in the Union but Minnesota, the finest
wheat country in the world, and whose
world.
First-The farmer gives the offal away
Second-He hauls it to the country mar
ket free
Tlird-He pays freight on it from tie
country markets to the terminal or ship
ping point. say st. Paul, Minneapolis or
Duluth. 4 calculation made recently re-
veals the fact that we have paid freight on
about l5,oo0,000 pounds OF dirt the past
year to Minneapolis alone, saying not hing
about Duluth or st. Paul.
Fourtl,H is based upon a system
of guess work" and common sense
will tell MS that when the buyer
or elevator man glesses against the
farmer us to the amount Of dirt III his load
OF grain in ninety nine cases out Of one hun
dred the buyer is going to make himself safe,
and if possible more than safe. Now You
have the disease, where is the remedy? This
reform cannot be brought about in one DAY,
Or one month or one year. But we can
make d start, and in our efforts show that
we appreciate the effort Of the board Of
railroad and warehouse commissioners.
whom we are satisfied have the interest OF
the farmers 1T heart. This has been ellown
plainly by their actions, although all DE us
cannot see it,
Now What We wish to impress upon the
farmer is to ever bear this in mind, ii we
cannot completely carry out this system OF
reform and market clean grain, let US svt it
as clean as we can. Letevery farmer see to
it that each threshing machine has its sieve
screens on, and insist that this shall be
done, and fatty and positively refuse to
employ any thresller who has not his screen
so attached; and once SO attached, see that
it is kept clean and not clogged up, and thus
become useless; also, have the screenings
thrown back from time to time into the
machine, and thus reduce the volume Of
screenings yr ofial.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-17
covernment Crop Report Tor July.

Government Crop Report for July.
The month has been favorable to the
development Of winter wheat. a slight 5im-
.provement Is indicated which advances the
general average betMeen two and three