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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
THE STATE BANK TAX.

Advocates of Abolition Will Test Their
Strength In the House.
WASHINGTON, May 21.-The state
bank issue which has been gathering
strength at caucuses and conferences
ever since congress assembled, prom
ises to be fought to finish in the house
during the present week. It will bring
out sharp contest on party as we'll as
economic lines, as the state bank plank
Of the Democratic national platform
has advanced the question to place of
Importance second only to those Of the
tariff and silver. The advocates Of
state banks have been restive for weeks
to test their strength. They failed to
get bill reported from the banking
committee. Thereupon caucus was
called and resolution passed that the
issue should be made before the house
on an amendment to the Brawley bill.
This long deferred bill, with the state
bank amendment, is now to be brought
to q vote s*
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
BRIBERY INVESTIGATION.

The serate Committee Meets for tho
Purpose of Organ;zins.
WASHINGTON, May II. The special
committee to investigate the charges Of
bribery in the senate, had a meeting
for the purpose of preliminary organi-
zation, and to take steps as to the sum-
moning OF witnesses, the employment
of stenographers and clerk. ,..>
AT the close Of the meeting Mr.. Gray
stated that the committee hal decided
to hold it's first meeting Monday, be-
ginning at 10 O'Clock. The first work
will be upon the alleged attempt
to bribe Senators Hunton and Kyle.
The Senators named, Senator Hunton's
son, Senator Kyle's private secretary,
and G.. w. Butts, who has been repre-.
sented as q man VINO undertook to bribe
the senators Will Le Summoned. The
committee did not deci>;e upon IL course
OF procedure with reference to uile al
legged operations Of the sugar trust,
leaving the details Of that branch Of the
lnqniry to be tiken up when the first
part of it shall have been concluded.
The investigation will be conducted te-
hind closed doors.
The chairman is to be authorized
from day to day to give out for publica-
ton the purport of the testimony.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
BIG BLAZE AT PHILADELPHIA.

Fire Does Damage to the Extent cf
$525, 600.
PHILADELPHIA, May 2l.-Fire con-
sumed $525, 900 worth of store property
in the heart OF the business section Of
the city. The flames were discovered
about 1880 in the cellar of the store Of
the Julius Sichel company, dealers in
dry goods and millinery. Before the
department. arrived the flames had COM
municated with the upper floors,
through an elevator shaft, and the en-
tire property was gutted. The fire
quickly spread to the wholesale millin-
cry and straw goods establishment of
l.. Dannenbaum, Son & Co., adjoining
on Arch street, and their stock and
building were totally destroyed. The
flames were confined to these two
buildings, but adjoining stores on Arch
and Eighth street suffered loss from
fire, smoke and water. The origin of
the fire is unknown.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
Residences at Huntingdon and Portsrown
Flooded.

Resfdences at Huntingdon and Portkrown
Flooded.
HUNTINGDON, Pa, May 21.- Within
the past 24 hours the Juniata and the
Raystown branch have risen 20 feet,
flooding the low lying farms and i'm
sprisoning. entireaf families ia their homes
who scannot be reached. ortstowSsnEi, d
suburb Of this town, was flooded to the
second floors of the houses, and Ale
gheny street in the city was submerged.
The gas company's works here have
been temporarily abandoned to the ris-
ing waters and many residences and
business houses are flooded to the second
floors. The new iron county bridges
at Mapleton, Mill Creek and Trexlers
have been swept away.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
FOLLOWED HIM FAR.

a Chase Of Ten Thousand Miles f,r the
Signature Of : Tramp.
.. KNOXVILLE, OK 2 Tenn, May q. A tramp
giving the name Of Lacy j. Baird ar
rived N the city and asked admission TO
the city hospital as he was sick. A few
hours afterwards a. Z. Sharrack, land
commissioners Of the Burlington railroad
system arrived il the city il search of
Baird, whom he had followed 10000
miles to get his signature to.a deed for q
valuable piece Of land il Edgemont, S.
-. Sharrack went % the hospital and
paid Baird $500 for property which lies
= the heart Of Edgemont. and IS valued
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
No News of the Ishpeming.

No News of the Ishpeming.
ALPENA, Mich, May 21.-No definite
news has been heard from the schooner
Ishpeming, which suffered so severely
off Presque Isle. It is thounht she
rode out of the gale safely. Tugs will
make another attempt to reach her.
The tug Owens Raft which went on the
beach above Middle Island is reported
broken up. The schooner American
Union, on the reef at Thompson's
harbor is probably total loss. Huge
waves swept over her all day. Wreck
ers bad been working on her for IL
days. It is still blowing q. gale from
the north. and is bitter cold. It is
feared that the crops are badly in
iured. ~ z
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25

SPOKANE, Wash, May 21.-J. q.
Hanford has issued an important writ
to United States deputy marshals here.
They are directed to bring each east
bound freight train between Sprague
and the Idaho line, and warn industrials
not to climb aboard. Those who disre-
gard the warning will be arrested and
conveyed to Seattle. Under this order
Deputy Marshal Harmon has sent num-
bers Of deputies all along the line, and
numerous arrests are expected.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
BRAVE MESSENGER,

He Ellis a Man who Tries to Hold Up a
Stage. III
.5NSrocKToN, CAL, = May II. - Two
masked men made an attempt to hold
Ifp the Alurp ply stage, - miles above
Non one was inst ttantly killed by
messenger Hendricks, who " as Oh the
sat. Hendricks fired on the highway
men immediately after they stopped the
stage. The second robber returned the
fire and seriously wounded Miss Ella
Bray, young lady passenger from
Stockton, and T. T. Hume of Murphy,
another passenger. The dead robber
and his comrade were left by the road
side. A posse has started from Milton
after the surviving highwayman.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
ELECTION FRAUDS.

The Grand Jury Brings in indictments
I Against Several Chicago Ofhcials.
CHICAGO, May 21.-Two aldermen,
three police officers and four judges and
clerks of election were indicted by the
special grand jury for violation of the
election laws. The men indicted are:
Alderman John McGillen, interfering
with voters.
Alderman John J. Coughlin, various
violations of the election law.
Officer John McGovern, Officer Dennis
Dillon and Officer Hugo Malinowsky,
refusing to preserve order at the polls.
20. w. Willetts, Alonzo Lee, Albert
Lee, William S. Darrow, clerks and
judges of elections.
Other indictments of various city Of
flsials are expected to follow. .~
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
SERIOUS FROSTS.

Damage fseport-A From ths Che roxee
Strip Northwari.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Lay 2l.-A light
frost 1ell III this vi Unity, Lu5 no dam
age resulted. Reports received at the
railroad offices and ~ commission men,
however, are to the effect that in coun-
ties north of here, and in Kansas and
Nebraska the frost Was sufficiently
severe to lnjure growing vegetables and
fruit. Towns in Kansas along the Grand
Island road report the heaviest frost.
KANSAS CITY. May 2l.-Serious frosts
were reported in various parts Of Kan
sas. It also extended to the Cherokee
Strip and great damage was done to
garden truck, but crops will not be
much affected.
OMAHA, May S1-The frost did i'm
mense damage to crops. Ice formed a
quarter Of an inch thick and vegetation
on lowlands was cut down.
Water Froxe at Des Moines.
DEs MONIES, May 21.-Water froze
here but the atmosphere was dry. There
was not much damage to fruit.
CEDAR RAPIDS. H., May 21.-There
was a heavy frost in this region and
considerable damage to gardens is re-
ported
LEMARs, Ia., May 21.-A hard frost
here has cut corn and all tender plants
to the ground.
CHICAGO, May 21.-The weather was
so cold here that water was frozen.
Reports from various parts of Knox
county show injury to fruit and vege-
tables. >5
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25


'MpYameht. Ksngetinss Of the the !, ,la atstaariss
will he held in Des Moines soon to form
national association. The Olney
brothers aud others have charge of the
local end OF the movement and at a
meeting in the trades assembly hall
many laboring men signed an agree
ment to join the contemplated associa-
tion.
The O1ney brothers say there are al
ready local associations in San Fran
cisco, Omaha, Denver. Salt Lake City,
Ogden, Minneapolis, Chicago, St. Paul,
Cleveland, Columbus, and IN fact many
OF the large cities of the country. They
say that the order, which is to be of a
political nature, will be as rapid in its
growth as the A. P. A.. but unlike that
order will have nothing to do with re-
ligious subjects. 1t will invite the
laboring and poorer classes to gather
and force congress and state legisla-
lures to accede to their demands. With
in two or three days call will be is.
sued for national convention.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
Conductor Killed.

DEs Mo1NEs.~ Ia., May Gloon
ductor Redpath. OF the Great Western
road, Was shot by two unknown young
men while on his way to take train to
st. Joseph. The shooting occurred
about 10 o'clock and within two blocks
of his home. He was dead when
assistance reached him, and his assail-
ants escaped. Robbery is the supposed
motive.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25

WxsHlNGToS, Nay 81. 1The saMats
Begun tho saventh week OF, the discus
sion Of the tariff bill ut 10 a. m. by TAX
ing up the metal schedule. and the
prospect is now that the entire week
will be devoted to the tariff without at
tempting any other business than that
which can ie done in the first half hour
of the daily sessions and possibly al oc-
casional brief executive session after
o'clock for the disposition of uncon-
tested nominations.
Senator Harris has reaf1irmed his in
tention of pressing the bill forward as
rapidly as it may le possible to do so,
but he said he had no idea of an at
tempt to extend the daily sessions be-
yond o'clock so long as the work
should go on as satisfactorily as it is
going at present. He expressed the
opinion that the Republican senators
who have been opposing the bill and
apparently seeking to delay it's passage
had decided to change their policy
and to
Let the Bill Proceed
upon lis passage a1Cer giving Cne Vari
Gus items of difference the attention de.
manded by their merits and instanced
the fact noticeable on Friday and Sat.
urdsy that there had been decided
cessation Of long speeches and of rel
calls as we'll. This change in the
course of those of the opponents of the
bill who have sought to put obstacle:
in the way of it's progress, the Demo
Gratis attribute to the two facts thai
their opponents have discovered thai
they mean to pass the bill, and that ths
Republican conferences of the past
week have developed a decided senti
ment in the Republican party on ths
question of delay, with, as they think
a majority opposed to all Gi,atory tao
tics.
Senator Ald1ich expresses the opinion
that the week will be spent upon the
metal and woolen schedules, and ht
says the discussion will go on much a.
it has during the past week that tht
.Replhl
items Of the Fiji to go unchanged anc
they will ask explanations and give
their opinions Of changes made il
others. y'->.-*
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
RAN INTO A WORK TRAIN.

ght Killed In a Collision in Standing
Rock Tunnel.
PRINCETON, KY, May 21.-A vest
bound freight train collided with work
train in Standing Rock tunnel 10 miles
east of here at 10 a. m. The conductor,
Nick Hill, of the work train, and seven
occupants of boarding car attached to
this train were killed and others injured.
The trains fill the tunnel almost from
end to end and it is impossible to get
further particulars.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
KILLED BY A GIRL.
A South Dakota Man Attempts Murder,
but Meets Death III mself.

A south Dakota Man Attempts Murder,
but Meets Death ii mself.
Sioux FALLS, S. D., May 21.-A
tragedy occurred at Lead. City Satur-
day night which shows the pluck of
Western women to good advantage
Tom johnson, a jeweler, was shot and
killed by Minnie Van Aiken. johnson
had called and tried to get the girl to
promise to marry him. Failing in this,
he drew revolver and fired at her, the
ball striking her in the wrist. Rushing
at her, his revolver was knocked out of
his hand, whereupon she grabbed it and
put three bullets through his head.
Miss Van Aiken worked in a hotel and
bears good reputation.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
HENRY GUlLLOTlNED.

The Paris Bomb Thrower Pays the
Penalty of His Crime.
PARIS, May 21.-Emil Henry, the
author of the explosion in the cafe Of
the Hotel Terminus, was guillotined at
Ala a. m. AS Henry emerged from
the prison gates he shouted, ''Vive la
Anarchie," which he repeated just be-
fore he was thrown on the guillotine..
There was no disorder.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
I Captain Gardner Dead

DEcoRAH, Ia, May q. Captain
George g. Gardner, cashier Of the
First National bank, was found lying
dead on sofa in the directors room Of
the bank during tie morning. The
cause Of his death WIS heart disease.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
Kelly at Quincy.

QUINCY, Ills., May II. - General
Kelly OF the industrial army addressed
2,OOO people IT Highland park during
sthesaft the fternoo e 1le1 By train from
Buena Vista, leaving the army behind.
For three days the city has been full Of
tramps who say they are awaiting
Keliy's army. The industrial horde
will be encamped on Goose island, op-
posite the CITY.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25

aYANKToN, May 21.-A killing frost
occurred here, destroying half the gar
den truck.
RED WING, Minn., May 21.-A heavy
frost did considerable damage here. Ice
formed a quarter of an inch thick.
RED LAKE FALLS, Minn., May 21.-
Heavy frost damaged fruit Otherwise
no damage was done.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
Four Young Men Missing.

CHICAGO, May. 21. The friends and
relatives Of four yonng mechanics liv-
ing at 126 Ambrose street, who hired q
row boat at the Van Buren street pier
last Thursday afternoon for fishing
expedition and were last seen rowing in
an easterly direction on the lake, have
had no tidings from them since. It
is thought that they were lost il the
storm.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
At JOhnstOwn.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, May 21.-The heavi-
est rain storm since the big food of
1889 ceased during the morning, and
early light disclosed flooded streets and
alleys and cellars full of water.
Merchants here worked all night get
ting goods kept in cellars to hig her
places, where the water could not
damage them.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
Battle With Horse Thieves.

ST. LOUIS, May 21.-A special to The
Republic from Paris, Tex. says: Fif-
teen horse thieves, supposed to be Jim
Turner'S band, had a desperate battle
with marshal's band near Okmulgee.
l. T. One of the thieves was captured
and another killed. A body of about
100 citizens are pursuing the main
band.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
Machinery and Lumber Burned.

Machinery and Lumber Burned.
OELwE1N, Ia., May 19.-The farm
machinery warehouse and lumber yard
Of s. A. Sylvester & Co. at Westgate,
Ia, six miles north of Oeiwein were en-
tirely destroyed by fire. Loss estimated
at s., 600; insurance $4,000. The cause
of the fire is not known:
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
Killed His Wife and Suicided.

Killed His Wife and Suicided.
CAMBRIDGE Mass, May 21.-James
Wilson, 40 years old, murdered his
wife by cutting her throat with razor
and then inficting three gashes upon
his own, from the effects of which he
cannot recover. But recently Wilson
was discharged from the inebrlate home
at FOxhoro - -. --.--E--- >.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
Il Decision In the Burns e.

ST. PAUL, May 81 Governor Nelson
has filed his decision in the Burns case
and dismissed the charges. He says
the testimony is too contradictory to
justify him in removing MI. Burns
from cffice.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
Forty-three Coxeyites Sentenced.

Forty-three Coxeyites Sentenced.
~ HELENA, Mon., May 2l.-All the
Coxeyites captured at Forsythe have
appeared before Federal Judge
Knowles. Forty-three, including the
leaders, were sentenced to the county
Jail for 80 days to six months, and
others have been liberated on promise
not to interfere with the Northern Pa
cifc trains. The liberated number
about 200.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
BridYea SWent Away.

HARRISBURG, Pa, May 21.-The iron
bridges at Mill Creek, Mapleton and
McVeytown have been swept away by
the high waters of the Juniata river.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
THIRTY Years for Rana,

FERaUs Falls, Mimi, May 2l-Be-
fore the regular court business was
taken up Battleson, the rapist, was
brought IN and given sentence OF
thirty years in the penitentiary by
Judge Baxter. He was taken to Still
water at once by Sheriff Billings and
Mr.. ard. the husband Of the woman
rared.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
South Buffalo Flooded.

BUFFALO, N. Y, May II. - The
steady rain for the last three days sent
Buffalo river booming over its banks
and down through South Buffalo.
Dozens of streets are flooded and hun
drels of cellars are full of water.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
Racine Millionaire Dead.

RACINE, Wis, May 2l.-Massena B.
Erskine, a prominent citizen and mil
ionaire, died Sunday afternoon of old
age. He was 81 years Of age and has
been closely identified with Racine's
manufacturing interests since 1862.
-Four times he served as mayor of the
city.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
Storm, on Lake 1Iichira

SHEBoYGAE, Mich, May 21.The
windstorm has teen increasing il veloc-
ity all day and the heaviest sea ever
known for this time of year is raging
on Lake Michigan.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
FLOODS IN PEANSYL LVAh|A
Repetition Of tho Scenes Oh
Threatened Along theoEa
FIVE DAYS OF C0NTiNt0
a Rise OF .rwenty- Six sHsssNSA SAAss
ready and the RiyeEssNi~~ = : :
GoinS Un.
FIVE DAYS OF coNriSt q
MANY BRIDGES ARE SWEPT AWAY.
Railroad Traffic About Suspended
and Property Loss Ia
Immense.

JEKSkY SHokEs IA. May Sl.-Nluo,
rain and storm are causing grave
trouble throughout this entire section.
1t has rained heavily, almost unceas-
ingly, since last Wednesday. and now
there is s6-foot flood on this branch Of
the Susquehanna river aud it is ex-
pected to reach height only second to
the great food of June, 1889, and may
even exceed that as at this hour the
river is rising at the ra:e of one foot an
hour. The water is now standing on
Main street in this city. At Remove,
Lockhaven, Jersey Shore and Williams
port the residents are moving to the
second floors of their homes and mer-
chants are all busy moving their goods
to places OF safety. Many families are
leaving the towns and
Seeking Safety From Floods
by going to the hills. At Williams
port there is a 23-foot food and water
is now rising at the rate of more than a
foot an hour. The report from there is
that the great boom, which contains
160, 1000. QUO feet of logs, will break in a
food of 26 feet. This will be terrible
calamity, and the ruin caused by such
q disaster cannot be told. All the docu-
ments and valuable papers have been
removed from the county Offices and
taken to places of safety. At Phillips
burg the water is already higher than
it was in the flood of June, 1889. At
Clearfeld the Beech Creek railroad is
dddG1 ytl Iset; nfCn - 6lghsf thanit
has been Tor many years.
General Superintendent Palmer of
the Beech Creek railroad, has been out
on the road all day making an effort to
protect the compary's property. Sew
eral bad washouts of the road have
been reported. The railroad is
Blockaded With Standing Trains,
both freight and passenger, and there
has been no travel over the Philadel-
phia and Erie road. Many people, who
are seeing their homes damaged and
household goods washed away by the
Water, will suffer greatly, as a large
number of the poorer classes have not
yet recovered from the effects of the
flood of four years ago. At Lockhaven
water stands four and half feet deep
on the main street Of the town, and is
still coming up rapidly. All telegraph
connections with the outside world
have been cut off.
At Dubois, Pa, five inches of water
fell in the last 4S hours, and all of the
lowlands are flooded. Many people
have been obliged to move out of their
homes, the first stories being flooded.
The fatlands at Reynoldsville, Brock
vile and New Bethlehem are flooded
also.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
Engineers at Duluth.

DULUTH, May 21.-Five hundred
members of the B Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers arrived in Duluth
from st. Paul during the morning and
spent the day as guests of the city. An
informal reception was given fer the
visitors at the Spalding in the evening.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25

Preabyterians at Saratoga Make Over
lures to the Church South.

Preabyterians at Saratoga Make Over
lures to the Church South.
SARATOGA, N. Y, May 2l.-After
devotional exercises the general Presby-
terian assembly considered miscellan-
eous business for half an hour. A re-
port came from the committee on bills
and overtures on reunion with the
Southern Presbyterian church. With
out discussion resolution was adopted
BY rising vote and with applause, pro-
viding for the appointment of COM
mittee of nine to take IN the whole
question Of organization with that
church On the basis of the
Common Standard OF Doctrines
held by both bodies. The clerks were
authorized to send iraternal greetings to
other churches now in session. The
Southern Presbyterian church at Nash
vile, the Cumberland church at
Eugene, Or, and the United Presbyte-
rian church at Albany, Or.
Elder John j. Nc Cook Of New York,
was appointed vice moderator, new
departure il the practice Of the as
sembly.
Theological seminaries.
The subject Of theological seminaries
was opened By Dr.. William G. Young,
chairman OF the committee.
The legal questions involved III the
new proposals Of the COMMITTEES were
discussed By Thomas McDougall Of
Cincinnatti. This ended the debate On
his subject for the day.