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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
Populfsts and Democrats Can't Agree.

FARGO, N. D., Sept. 5.-The state
committees of the Populists and Demo-
Gratis have been unable to come to any
understanding. The Democrats want
Newton and Standish to come off the
Populist ticket, but they won't come
down. They also wanted Wallace off
as candidate for governor, but finally
gave this up. No change will be made
in either ticket.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
keifer RenOminated.

SALTWATER, Minn., Sept. Coon
gresham A. r. Keller Of st. Paul was
unanimously renominated by the
Fourth district Republicans at the cou-
Yention here.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
For a New Treaty With Spain.

MADRID, Sept. 5.-Negotiations have
been opened here for a modus vivendi
or for new commercial treaty between
the Spanish colonies and the United
States, one of these agreements being
necessary in view Of the cancellation of
the reciprocity treaty between Spain
and the United States.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
Don't Like the New Schedule.

PORTLAND, Or, Sept. 5.-The en-.
ployes Of the Oregon Railway and Nav
igation company have united in a petit
ton to United States District Judge
Bellinger to restrain Receiver Mcneil
from putting into effect his revised
schedule of wages.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
Clan dered Horses Shot

MoNTEv1DEo, Mimi, Sept. 5.-Veter-
mary Surgeon B. Lambrechts was
called to the farm of G. n. Reunewantz.
about Is miles east of this place, to see
some horses suspected of CHAMBERS. Five
were found SO diseased and were shot.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
Mail Clerks in Session.

CINCINNATI, Sept. 5.-The annual con-
vention of the United States Railway
Service Mutual Benefit association be-
gan it's annual session here during the
day with several hundred delegates
present. A warm welcome was ex-
tended to the delegates by the mayor, to
which President Nightingale responded.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
CITY OF THORPE BURNING.

No Possibility of Saving the Place From
Total Destruction.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Sept 5.-The
city of Thorpe on the Wisconsin Gen.
trail is burning, the result Of forest
fires Help was asked for from Chip
pewa Falls, but it could not be granted
as the engines from there were still at
Rib Lake. The stave mill of Firkel G.
Co. at Thorpe is burned, besides several
mills and dry kilns. 1t is not thought
possible to save the rest Of the place.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
FORTY MISSING.

Where Is the Lumber Crew That Worked
Near Rush City?
RUSH CITY, MIMI, Sept. ed ST..
John arrived in town and reported that
great fires have destroyed the lumber
camps belonging to him and to James
Flemming. Forty men worked for him
and are missing.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
Henry Irving Gives $500.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Acting Mayor
Mcclellan has received cablegram
from Henry Irving in London contrib
uting $500 to the forest fire relief fund.
This is the first contribution received.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
Brothers Accidentally Killed.

LIE MARS, L., Sept. 5.-John and
Thomas Walker, brothers, wealthy
young farmers, We're instantly killed by
the falling Of a bridge which they were
crossing with a thresher engine near
Remsen.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
INDIANA IN LINE.

Union City Loses Number "f Business
Houses by Fire.
UNION CITY, Ind, Sept. 5.-Fire:,
after midnight, started in Hook Bros.
butter factory from an unknown cause
and soon enveloped the whole factory
and lumber yard and spread to the
Schmidt brewery, Smith pump factory
and q number of business houses and
residences. The total loss is estimated
at from 1925, 600 to $3.50, 0OC, with about
half insurance.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
Fire Near Mora.

MORA, Mimi, Sept. 5.-Forest fires
are close by Mora. The citizens are out
fighting, and, with the present calm,
may save the town.
An Aged Engineer Dead.
AUGUSTA, Ca, Sept. 5.-Henry Ra-
wath, the Oldest locomotive engineer in
America, has just died. He pulled the
throttle on the first engine used on the
South Carolina railroad, and had rec
ord Of more than half century contin-
uous service with that road, continuing
in charge Of an engine until at IS years
of age his sight failed him.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
Pleased.

Her mind was full of pleasing thoughts;
On conquest she was bent.
Anticipation made her glad
AS to the shore she went.
For had she not heard some one read
AS she sped on her way
That at her destination there
Were sixteen males day?
New York World.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
A Hercules.

Guest-In your circular you stated that
this hotel was only stones throw from
the station.
Manager-Yes.
Guest-Well, must say that have
great admiration for the man who threw
the stone.-Vogue.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
LIST GROWING.
Humber Of Dead at Hinckley
and Vicinity Will Reach
Five Hundred.
MORE BODIES BEING FOUND.
Work Of Burying the Victims
Going On as Rapidly
as Possible.

H1NcKLEY, MIMI, Sept. 5.-The list of
dead is still increasing as more bodies
are gathered up here and brought in
from the territory east and north.
There are known to be 463 dead in the
burned district, and the bringing in Of
other bodies still goes on. 1t is now be.
lieved that the dead will number over
500. The list of dead now known is a.
follows:
Hinck1ey.
Sandstone. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81
AAAACA I'D
Skunk Lake. .. FL
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
BASE BALL. SCORES.
National Ieapue.

National League.
At Brooklyn, 0; Cleveland. 8.
At Baltimore, 9; Chicago, g.
At Philadelphia, 6; Cincinnati, g.
At Pittsburg, Is; New York, IA.
At Washington, Z; St. Louis, 10.
At Boston, 20; Louisville, II.
Western League.
At Milwaukee, 5; Toledo, O.
At Kansas City, 2; Detroit, 8.
At Minneapolis, 4; Grand Rapids, 10.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-07-26
eI1IO SALOONS CLOSED.

InG effects Of hard times are very
clearly shown in the returns Of the
Dow law tax collections, which are
now being made by the various cOun-
ties. Seven counties have thus far
reported All but one Of them are
rural counties, and only one shows
an increase in the number Of saloons.
The other six show an aggregate de-
crease Of fifty-nfne, or almost 20 per
cent. In Athens county, where many
coal miners have been out of en-
plOyment the number of saloons has
fallen from eighty-six to fifty-three.
and in Richland county, Of which
Mansfield is the chief town, the num-
Der decreased from eighty-one to
sixty-eight. The returns from coun-
ties like Cuyahoga and Hamilton, in
which are large cities, will be more
interesting still. There is no doubt
that they will show surprising de-
crease in the number Of saloons, and
it may be possible to get little salts
faction out of the hard times after
Leader.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-07-26
STEAD ON PULLMAN

William I. Stead. the author of
II CHRIST Came 10 Chicago, in his
chapter on the Chicagoan trinity aS
he terms Marshall Field. PhiIiD n
Armodr and George NJ. Pullman
speaks thus of the last named:
Mr.. George NJ. Pullman is an active
republican politician well known in
Washington, and much esteemed by
party treasurerS, to whose campaign
funds he has been liberal contribu-
tor. Mr.. George NJ. Pullman is nota-
bic among the mfllionaireS of Chicago
as the man who, taking a hint from
Krupp, endeavored to found a town
in his own image. The town of Pull
man, which was named after the
author of its being, is a remarkable
experiment which has achieved a
very great success.
Unlike Mr.. Field or Mr.. Armour.
Mr.. Pullman has built up his fortune
without reSorting to the more ruth
less methods of modern competition
Indeed, his career is notable as an
instance of competition by high prices
rather than low. Mr.. Field wiped out
the retail storemen. and Mr. Armour
the small butchers, by underselling
them. Mr.. Pullman has underSold no
one. He has always succeeded, not
by producing a cheaper article but
by producing a dearer, but the higher
priced article was so much better
that Mr.. Pullman succeeded in es-
tablishing a virtual monopoly of one
Of the most highly specialized bust
nesses in the world.
AS a resident in the model town
wrote me, Pullman was all very well
as an employer, but to live and
breathe and have ones being in Pull
man is a little bit too much. The
residents in the city, he continued
paid rent to the Pullman company
they bought gas of the Pullman com
pany, they walked on streets owned
in fee simple by the Pullman com,
pany, they paid water tax to the Pull
man company. Indeed, even when
they bought Bingham for their wives
or sugar for their tables ut the ar
Cduc VI luS ludlheI uUuSSs IL Sc6ulGil
dealing with the Pullman COMPANY
They sent their children to Pullman's
school, attended Pullman's church
looked at but dared not enter Pull
mans hotel with it's private bar, for
that was the limit. Pullman did not
sell them their grog. They had to go
to the settlement at the railroad cross
ing south Of them, to Kensington.
called, because of it's low row OF
saloons, "bumtown," and given over
to disorder. There the moral and
spiritual disorder of Pullman was
emptied, even as the physical sewage
flowed out of the Pullman farm d
company who owned the sewerage
system, and turned the waste into a
fluid, forced through pipes and con-
Quoted underground to enrich the soil
of a large farm. The lives of the
workingmen were bounded on all
sides by the Pullman company; Pull
man was the horizon in every direc-
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-07-26
IN A WE'LL WITH A SNAKE.
A Georgia Mans Thrilling Experience
With a Reptile.

! Some days ago Mr.. Early White
| Of South Macon, was engaged in SUI
perintending the cleaning out of his
we'll, says the Macon Telegraph. The
work had progressed for some time
when the idea struck him that he
ought to go down in the we'll and See
how the work was being done. He
was lowered to the bottom by rope
and bucket attached to a WindIasS
that was used in drawing UP the
trash and clay from the well. The
Welldigger who had the job in hand
had come to the top to allow the pro-
pr1etor Of the premises to 90 down on
his tour Of inspection. When he
reached the bottom he cast his eyes
upward and saw to his utter horror
the head of an immense water rat
tlesnake prOtuding out of the side Of
the we'll less than six feet above his
head. His hair rose on end and those
chilly sensations well known to those
who have been placed in such close
quarters crept down his back and
produced a Surrendering sensation in
his knees. Further and further the
snake swung out from his hole be-
tween two sections Of the curbing until
finally he lowered himself within a
few feet Of the man, kissing in a
threatening manner and seeming
ready at every moment to spring at
full length upon his victim.
Recovering himself in a moment of
dire emergency, calculating closely be-
tween life and death, Mr. White called
Justify to the men above to lower the
bucket that he might be drawn to the
top before the snake made up his
mind about what he would do, having
it evidently in mind to sWOOp down
upon him. But his hope Of escape by
means Of the bucket fell several de-
grees when it flashed into his mind
that even if he got into the bucket
before the snake plunged down on
him the danger would not be over. |
for the reptile was so Infatuated that
1t would strike him as he passed up
to the top. AT this juncture of dis !
tress the bucket could be seen coming
do"u "dIu. w ueH II SOL OppOS4Le
the snake he struck at it with venom
that all but paralyZed the man with
fear, but nerving himself to
the effort he jumped in the bucket
when it reached him and called to
The man at the helm to snatch him
Up with a jerk" This was probably
Ill that saved Mr.. Whites life. Sew
.ral strong men laid hands to the
vindlass and at the given signal from
he friend in distress brought him up
With such suddenness that it COM ]
,letely defeated his snakeship's de-
igns and caused his strike to fall /
everaI feet below the mark of the +
apidly ascending man. The snake |
hrust himself out with such force that '
e dislodged himself and fell to the g
ottom.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-07-26
CHILDREN ON THE STAGE.
Sometimes They Are More Funny
Than Is Desired by the Management

A child playing in Driven From
Home" says the Boston Globe, is
asked the question in the play, How
old are you, my chilI:" The lady
playing her mother is to answer: "She
is f." This child had been borrowed
tor the performance, and when the
lady answers, "She is T. the little
girl proudly corrects her, mo, l am
not; I am T." A baby borrowed one
evening for a scene il which she was
to be brought to her mother in dying
condition, having just fallen from a
high veranda is brought on by the old
man, who is just about to hand the
dying child to her mother, when the
baby vigorously springs up, jerks off
the old mans wig, and, laughing loud
ly, holds it aloft.
A little girl was asked if she would
like to go to the theatcr one night and
play with the company. The child
was delighted with the idea, so she
was engaged to play little Willie in
East Lynne" 1t was not necessary
to give her a rehearsal, as she was
only required for the deathbed scene.
She accompanied one Of the ladies OF
the company TO the theater that even
ing and was taken into the dressing
room. She had never been in a the
alter before, and thought the PROPOSE
ton was to play games. She was elat-
ed at finding such a large, nice place
for playing, and, jumping up and clap
ping her hands together, she gleefully
exclaimed: ooh, this is lovely play
house! What will we play first?'
Then, noticing the ladies beginning to
undress, she cried in distressed tone:
ooh, you told me you were coming to
play and now you are all undressing
to go to bed" She was quieted by the
assurance they gave her that it was
necessary for them and also for her to
change their dresses before beginning
the play. So she was kept in the
dressing-room. She did not guess what
was going on on the stage until her
scene came. She was placed in the
cot to die. When the curtain rose It
revealed Lady Isabelle bent over the
dying child. Underneath the cot was
stout lady to speak little Willie's
lines. She was concealed from the
audience by the long drapery of the
couch. When the curtain was up and
the little girl strained her head around
and saw that there was an audience
there she sprang from the deathbed.
taking the drapery with her, ran from
the stage, and all that was left was
Lady Isabelle. looking in surprise after
the vanishing little figure, and the fat
lady, lying under the couch with the
book Of east Lynne" in her hand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-07-26
! contained They then bound him and

contained. They then bound him and
left
Yesterday copious rains fell around
Yankton, S. D., and thereby saved the
corn and wheat crops. Oats and pota-
toes were beyond redemption. 1t also
rained heavily throughout Illinois and
is Of incalculable benefit to crops.
An explosion Of 400 pounds of pow
der at FIT. Pulaski asterday morning,
shook the earth and fatally wounded
Ordinance Sergeant William Chinn,
seriously injured Mary Washington.
his mother-in-law, and set fire to the
fort.
4 telegram from Mineral Point
Wisconsin. announces the death there
on the Goth inst. of Hon. Moses NJ
Strong. one of the oldest residents OF
| the state and for many years among
| the best known politicians. AS 6
presiding officer over a convention he
| probably never had a superior in Wis
| consin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-07-26
YOUTH AND CRIME IN FRANCE.
The Worst Offenders in the Sister Re
public Are Under the Age-.of 20.

The connection between crime and
youth is now one of the problems that
are being most seriously discussed in
France, says a writer in the ST.
James Gazette. One would naturally
suppose that the most atrocious and
! the most callOus criminals would be
those who had reached mature age in
a career Of crime. But such it not
the case. The most daring, the most
Sanguinary, and the most hardened
criminals with whom French justice
has had to deal Of late years have
been, with few exceptions, mere
youth. The great majority have been
under 20 vars. Those who wish TO
be more fully informed on this sub
Ject would do well to consult the
Mem OirS' Of Able Faure, who, as
chaplain at the Grande ROquette, had
ample opportunity for taking note
Of the most dangerous class Of crimi-
mails. NJ. Guillot, an investigating
magistrate whose name has become
we'll known to the public in connection
with famous trials, declares that, al
though statistics show no general in
crease, in France the contingent of
young criminals is growing more and
more numerous and that youthful mis-
creantS were never so remarkable as
now for cynicism and ferocity Il
had supposed" says NJ. Guillot, that
during my long career as judge din
structiOn [ had seen the lowest depth
Of human corruption, but it is only
since [ have had to do especially with
young criminals that I have become
acquainted with it." We learn from
him that many a Paris boy belonging
to the class from which the prisons
are chiefly supplied is completely de-
bauched at the age Of IL. The magis-
trate of the republic had had the cOur-
age to declare that the official with
drawal of religious influences from the
instruction imposed upon children Of
the people has had much to do with
the production of this youthful type
of criminal. who, when he is before
the judge. does not shed a tear, but
appears really astOnished at the eX-
asked of him for his evil
conduct.
Speaking not from sentiment. but .
from observation, NJ. Guillot declares
that the passing away oft he religious
ideal is apt to entail the abandonment
Of all ideals and the loss of all sense
Of duty. To English people such an
of opinion may seem SUI
1erfuous; but in France it has upon
| host Of politicians much the same
Effect as a red flag is said to have
lpon a bull. It will be remembered
low many men Of leading, if not of
light, have striven in France since
he fall Of the empire to realize the
deal Of an atheistical state. 1t is
rue that not a few of them, discour-
ged by reaction of public opinion,
AVE considerably modified their poll
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-07-26
HOW HIGH DOES A KITE FLY i?
Measurement of Its Altitude Not a
Problem Easy Of Solution.

1t is one of the most difficult under
takings imaginable to even approx
mately estimate the height of a kite
above the earth, says the st. Louis Re
public. This is on account Of the fact
that objects floating in the air seem
to be farther away than they really
are. 1t may be safely said that 1880
feet is the greatest altitude that can
possibly be attained by a single kite.
A kite flying at the height mentioned
will appear even to a conservative OBJ
server to be nearly if not quite a half
mile above the surface of the earth,
but a careful measurement of the
string and it's angle will quickly prove
that it could not have been more than
a fourth Of a mile above the ground
Ordinarily a kite will go no higher,
even if more string be paid out; this
is because the wind depresses the
cord and causes the kite to really re-
cede, when it appears to rise. 1t has
been said that it is possible to arrange
several kites in such a manner that
they will reach a higher altitude than
it is possible to Gttain with a single
kite. In this manner, where three.
four, or even a dozen kites have been
used, remarkable heights have been
reached. Where more than one kite
is used only the main one is attached
to the end of tn. string, the others
being attached alng the main line On
a manner similar to the arrangement
Of the hooks alonea "trot line") al an
average distance # about twelve feet
apart. Hinklema1, who made expert
ments at Buda Psth, and Irlson, and
Watson, whose Investigations under
the Russian academy Of sciences were
carried on at Edenea, Finland, report
curious results.
Where single ki;es could be forced
up into the atmos,here to a height o.
1,500 feet a pair could be made Il
ascend to a height Of from 1000 to
2,100 feet, and a tandem easily
reached the high-vater mark Of $500 /
feet.
The three eXpermenters alluded to |
believe that with proper arrangements /
Of the kites, and With a scientific adj !
justment of both the tail and string, !
a height Of two niles will eventually .
be reached.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-07-26
VALUABLE BULLETIN ISSUED ON
THEM
THE SOW THISTLE \ GREAT
MENACE.
Photographs Given by Which 1t May
Be known-Russian Thistles Found
Near the Capitol-A Rank Growth
Good Work Being Done at the
University Experiment Station.

The agricultural experiment station
Of the University of Wisconsin has
recently issued a bulletin on noxious
weeds which will be of interest to
our people generally especially to the
weed commissioners. This bulletin,
which was prepared by Prof. E. S.
Golf, describes all of the weeds named
in the weed law, viz, Canada thistle.
burdock, OK eye daisy, snap dragon,
mustard, cockleburr, SOW thistle, sour
dock, wild parSnip and sweet clover.
Most of these weeds are already we'll
known to our farmers but there is
one marked exception, viz. the sow
thistle. The SOW thistle is without
doubt one of the very worst weeds
menacing our agriculture. Fortunately
it is found only in a few spots in this
state as yet, but it is spreading and
where it gains a foothOld it is almost
impossible to eradicate it.
This bulletin contains three photo
graphic pictures of the SOW thistle,
and so describes it by the aid of these
pictures and the text that any farmer
recognize it. Two or three other weeds
are often mistaken by persons for the
sow thistle, and thus much confusion
| has been caused to weed commits
SiOners and others who are not sure
! whether certain plants are the ones
meant in the law. Two pictures are
given to help in this matter. One
Cl,N
is a weed but not a serious one. The
other shows the wild lettuce, a plant
often mistaken for the SOW thistle.
Our readers have heard a great
deal about the Russian thistle in Da-
! kota, and no doubt most of them think
of it as trouble to people at a dis
lance but nothing which directly in
! terests them. They will be surprised
to learn that the university authorities
have found the Russian thistle already
| rooted within our own state bOundar-
les. Specimens as rank in growth as
I those of Dakota or Russia have been
found growing within one and a half
miles of the capitol at Madison. Prof.
Golf gives us Photographic picture
| of one of these plants found near
Madison, and in the text warns the
people against this latest accession to
our list Of weed pests.
This bulletin covers 50 pages Of
printed matter and illustration A
copy should be in the hands of every
weed commissioner in the state and
every intelligent farmer. Copies of
the bulletin so long as the supply lasts,
will be sent free Of all cost to any
person in the state who will send in
his request for the same. Address
Agricultural Experiment Station, Mad
ison, Wis, and call for bulletin 80
If you wish bulletins issued on other
subjects and the annual report of the
station, write your request on postal
card sending to the above address,