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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
PASSENGER Train Missing.

MARQUETTE. Mich, Sept. S.-Much
apprehension exists here regarding the
whereabouts of passenger train which
left Duluth Saturday afternoon and was
due here Sunday. Two hundred miles
OF its run lies through the fire swept
district and it is feared bridges have
been burned beyond Even, both in
front and behind the train, thus cutting
off escape.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
The End Near.

LONDON, Sept. 3.-Reports from Stowe
House states that the Count Of Paris is
growing weaker. It is believed that
the end is near.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
Around Rice Lake.

RICE LAKE, Wis, Sept. 3.-Forest
fires are raging to the north and north
east of this city. Saturday the section
and station houses at Bashaw were
burned and trains on the Omaha de-
layed several hours. Fires are raging
furiously along the lake and men left
here to fight them. Much property has
been destroyed, but no lives were lost
as far as can be ascertained.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
FORTY BUILDINGS ARE BURNED.

Fire at Muscoba, Wis.,, Started by Children
Playing With Matches.
BoscoBEL, Wis, Sept. 3.-The village
Of Muscoba, II miles east of this city,
was visited by fire that left houseless
25 families. The fire caught about 2 D..
m. in a barn where children were play
ing with matches, in the northwestern
part Of the town. A brisk wind was
blowing from the southwest and at once
carried the sparks to the surrounding
buildings, until some 40 buildings, in
Guiding the finest residences and stores,
were totally destroyed. Help was called
from this city, Avoca and Lone Rock.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
RASHAW DESTROYED

RICE LAKE, Wis.,, Sept. 3.-Terrible
forest fires are raging in this vicinity,
and the town of Bashaw, Is miles north
Of here, is entirely wiped out Railroad
bridges are partially burned and tele-
graphic connections are entirely cut off
from the north. The passenger train
leaving here at 1:30 p. m. reached as far
as Bashaw, but had to return, picking
up what people it could find, to this
city. Some of them were nearly over
come with heat and smoke and would
have perished had it not been for the
timely rescue.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07

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them are terribly burned and suffering
great agony. The two most severely
injured are Archie Mcdonald and Rob.
ert Sargent, who are burned about the
face and head. Superintendent Thorn,
who was with the relief train, says the
reports have not been exaggerated and
that unless rain comes within 12 hours
the loss Of property will be doubled.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
BASE BALL SCORES,

Western League.
At Sioux City, 18; Toledo. 10.
At Milwaukee, 3; Toledo, IL.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-07

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Highest OF all in leavening strength.
CSiI-;:I: :@:t3::i2s Gnvnen
MENT FOOD REPORT.
Royal Baking Powder Co.,
1O6 Wall St., n. Y.
The Forrest City times., 1894-05-04
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Maxwell Gray. the author of ''The Silence of Dean Maitland" is the nom de plume of Mary Gleed Tuttlett. She is the daughter of physician who lives in Newport, on the Isle of Wight, where she was born, and has been an invalid nearly all her life.
 When Theodore Parker visited Car lyle in 1S43 he found the two brothers. Thomas and John, drinking hot whisky punch together. Carlyle praised the young poet Tennyson to the American. defending him from the reproach of daintiness and shouting out: low, he drinks his glass of grog with the rest of usr'
 Mrs. Potter Palmer, ef Chicago, has penchant for Mexican and drchesse laces She probably owns one of the finest assortments of these delicate em- broideries in the world. Mrs. Isaac Catlin, the wife of the general. has a special charity fad. She loves to dis pense clothing and food to the needy youth of Brooklyn.
 George Meredith rejoices ina profu- sion of hair which falls in artistic neg ligee round his classically -chiseled face. and he looks younger than his years. which are sixty-two. Oscar Wilde had described his style as ''chaos illumined by brilliant flashes of light ming" and, save by the inner cult, no one really cares for his books.
 Most of the droll stories attributed to Abraham Lincoln are supposed to be apocryphal, but Robert Bonner makes public letter he received years ago from Henry Ward Beecher. in which the Plymouth pastor says concerning a visit to Lincoln: 'Abraham told ne three stories, two of which l forget and the other won't bear telling" Miss Elizabeth Bullock, who died in Salem, Mass. recently, at the age of seventy seven, had not left her house for more than forty years. Miss Bull lock was engaged to be married to a young man of Salem. Just before the marriage was to take place the young man broke the engagement and de- parted for the west. This was more than forty years ago. Miss Bullock declared she would never leave her home again alive, and kept her word.
 MT. Gladstone since his retirement has received many hundreds of tributes from admirers all over the United Kingdom, and the gifts are still pour ing in. He has received several dozen walking canes and umbrellas. A num- Der of admirers clubbed together and sent him a handsome armchair. and many more pretentious presents have come to him. The tributes have been entirely spontaneous, no suggestion of such thing having been made in the newspapers until their number became notable.
The Forrest City times., 1894-05-04
Youthful PietY.

heard an amusing story the other day. It was told me by one of our best-known writers He said that lit tie niece of his had been very naughty little girl and her aunt had had to pun ish her very severely. When she came to say her prayers at night her little mind was still full of wrath against her aunt. but yet the child did not quite like to leave her name out of her even- ing devotions, so she compromised mat ters by saying: Pray God. bless father and mother" etc. then after a long pause, she added ''and bless Aunt Julia. too-but not much" do think it is so natural that little children should expect their small supplicatio ms to be answered literally. can so sym pathize with the little boy over his sums, who said to his governess in a puzzled, half-indignant voice: ''I can't do my sum. can't; and did ask God to help me; aud He's made three mis. takes alreadyr"-Lady's Pictorial
The Forrest City times., 1894-05-04
HUMOROUS.

In the case of telegraphers' strike it is just little doubtful who would hold the key to the situation. .--Buffalo Courier.
 -Harry-"Mam who was the in- ventor of the cotton-gin?" Mamma (sternly)-'I don't know. my son. Nor do I take any interest in liquor or liquor-drinlsing." ."--Pittsburgh Bulletin.
 Mrs. Brown (nudging MT. Brown. who snores with his mouth open)- civilian, you'd make less noise if you'd keep your mouth shut" Mir. Brown (only half awake)-''So'd you" Life.
 -Tom-'I like your new house. What a charming vista one gets, through these parlors into the library" Kitty-"yes; but my brother says I'll never have any luck until the portiers are up."-Life.s
 -Wife-"My milliner was here to- day to see you, and told her you were out" Husband-''Whatd did she say?" Wife-"She said that when she had seen you you would be out still more. |" IN. Y. World.
 Miss Fadley-"Are you fond of flowers. Mir. Slimcash?" Mir. Slimcash -'I don't know, really" Miss Fadley -"Dear me! Why not?' Mir. Slim cash-'I haven't noticed the price oi them. m."-!nterOcean.
 His Occupation. = Senator-'sDid you say your friend had place in Washington Politician "Yes" Senator-''By the day or job?" Poli- tician-''Oh, by the job; he's lobby ist."-Detroit Free Press.
 Excited Lady ion the beacE)- "Why isn't something done for the ship in distress? Why don't some of you" Coastguard (hurriedly) have seut the crew a line to come ashore. mum. :" Excited Lady-''Good gracious. Were they waiting for formal invitaticn?" Home.
 -''I am going to make great hit with my next novel" said the golden haired authoress, '-and don't you for get it." Whats the plot?" ''0h. don't really know. yet. but there are to be four chapters devoted to the suffer ings of the hero from appendicitis. - Indianapolis Journal
The Forrest City times., 1894-05-04
Understood English Vel, Enough.


 A North-sider of a musical turn of mind was starting down town recently when the strains of hand organ played by an Italian across the street reached his ear. He recognized the music as popular aria from ''Semira- mide." The harmony was perfect and the impresario at the crank was con ducting the performance with excellent judgment as to tempo.
 Startled at hearing music of such 9 class from the much abused hand organ the North side citizen stopped and lis- tened. The organist finished the aria, made some change in the interior ad- justment of the machine and started it again. The selection this time was from "Lohengrin." and the performance was equally good.
 When the music ceased the listener crossed the street, took a coin from his pocket, gave it to the organ grinder, and said:
 Do you understand English?'
 "Yeh," replied the impresario. pocket ing the coin and grinning delightedly. "Then I want you to play that last piece again"
 The organist grasped the handle of his machine turned it with renewed vigor, and the suffering atmosphere for blocks around vibrated with the ago. nizing strains of After the Ball" ."- Chicago Tribune.
The Forrest City times., 1894-05-04
THE ROCKING BIRD.

He didn't know much music
 When first he come along: An all the birds went wonderin'
 Why he didn't sing a song. They primped their feathers in the sun An sung their sweetest notes; An music jes' come on the run
 From all their thrillin' throatst But still that bird was silent
 In summer time an fall: He 1es' set still an listened,
 An he wouldn't sing at all. But one night when them songsters Was tired out an still, An the wind sighed down the valley An went creepin' up the hill; When the stars was all a-tremble In the dreamin' fields O blue, An the daisy in the darkness
 Felt tha faiiin' o' the dew; There come sound O melody
 No mortal ever heard, An all the birds seemed singin' From the throat O one sweet hirdl Then the other birds went Mayin' h land too fur 10 call; Fer there warn't no use in stayin' When one bird could sing fer all IF. L Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
The Forrest City times., 1894-05-04

"And all over . cussed Chinaman, too," he would mutter.

"And all over . cussed Chinaman, too," he would mutter. One night in winter Rose Kenyon sat all alone in her room at the hotel It was dark. but she had not lit the lamp. for she preferred in her then mood to sit in the dark and think. Suddenly she became aware that the door had opened, though it was done noiselessly enough. Her eyes being accustomed to the darkness, she was able to make out the nondescript figure of Jim Wah. He stole toward the table oa which she had deposited satchel containing her last months salary. The Chinaman must have figured or must have known where the little satchel lay, for he went to it without hesitation, picked it up and started to leave the room.
 Give that to me at once. Jim Wah," cried Rose, springing to her feet and seizing the Chinaman resolutely by the arm.
 Jim Wah struggled to get away, but she only held to him the tighter, and screamed for help.
 The noise of footsteps was heard Jim Wah uttered Mongolian curse and drew a gleaming knife.
 Just at this moment the door opened, and five or SIX men burst into the room. One of them carried lamp.
 A shot rang out, and Jim Wah sank to the floor. He was dead.
 The shot had been fired just in time to save Rose Kenyons life. 1t was Jim Walker who had fired the shot, and it was he who said, tri- umphantly:
 ''I told yer, Miss Kenyon. that the next time fired at that Chinese galoot I'd kill him."
 But Rose didn't hear him She had tainted.
 Boys" ordered Jim. carry out that yellow snake"-pointing to the blood stained body.
 The remains of the murderous ce- lestial were lugged out with little cere- mony. The coroner of Rang-Up City wouldn't take the trou ole to hold an inquest.
 When Rose came to she was lying on 8 sofa in the hotel parlor. The land lords wife was bending over her, but Rose saw only Jim Walker. who stood at the foot of the sofa.
 Reckoning him to bend over her, she whispered:
 My preserver"
 Don't say another word about it, Rose"
 But won't you ever let me thank you, Jim?"
 James Walker, Esq. and Rose Ken yon were married in the spring. IN. Y. Morning Journal.
St. Paul daily globe., 1894-05-07
HEAVY DAMAGE DONE.
Saturday Nights storm Very De.
stroctiye.

CHICAGO, May 5.-Reports received
tonight show that yesterdays storm
was more widespread than at first re-
ported. At Fairbury. ILL.,, great trees.
fences and weak str uctures were
leveled to the ground. Signs in the
business part of the town were torn
loose and hurled through the glass
fronts. The front of E. p. Chapman's
agricultural warehouse was entirely
blown out and some of the stock in
jured. Great damage was done in tho
vicinity Of Aurora, III. Maine
station, near Abba, Iowa, was
visited by a cyclone and heavy hail.
which caused much damage. One wom-
an was SO badly injured that she died
this afternoon. Over a dozen houses
were blown down and much damage
done fruit and small grain. In the
vicinity of CerrO Gordo. Ill.,. the wind
assumed. the proportions OF a small
cyclone, tearing roofs from houses and
extensively damaging others. AT Shef-
field, ILL.,, the rains caused the roofs to
the entrances of many mines to cave in,
closing the, mines and stopping work
temporarily.
+ From Ladora. To-. is reported water
spout and hailstorm, doing a great
amount of damage, entirely destroying
early garden stuff and DUNG great dam
age to crops of corn and Wheat. At
Brooklyn the loss of glass in stores and
dwellings will amount To several thou
sand dollars, Several people were pain
fully injured by the hail. Crops are
badly damaged, and considerable stock
was killed
St. Paul daily globe., 1894-05-07
FROM TWELVE PLATFORMS
Speakers Address Meetings in the
Z City OF London.

Speakers address Meetings in the
City OF London.
LONDON, May 6.-May day was cele-
brated today by the holding of meetings
in many of the towns of Great Britain.
There was large demonstration in
Hyde Park, attended by thousands of
workingmen. The proceedings were
orderly. The usual labor agitators
harangued the crowd in their usual
Jules Guesde. the well-known socialist
member Of the French chamber of depu-
ties; NJ. La Fargue, another French
socialist; Herr Mendehsoha. Pole,
and Herr Bernstein, spoke from the
international platform. Altogether
there were twelve platforms from which
speakers addressed the crowd. Resolu-
Hons declaring in favor OF eight hours
as legal days work were put to vote
and unanimously adopted. The an
archists held meeting short distance
away from the workingmen. Their
audience was made up chiefly of detect
ives.
: The speakers INDUCED in their usuaI
Trades. and were listened to with tol-
erance until one of them, more violent
than the others, began to speak on the
eight-hour question. He declared that
an eight-hour day must be obtained,
even if it should be necessary to kill MIR.
(! Gladstone and murder Lord Salisbury.
This excited the ire of the crowd. and a
rush was made for the stand, the crowd
being apparently determined to lynch
1, the speaker. He was dragged from
/, the platform and was very roughly
{ shandled, when the police made charge
and rescued him from his captors. The
next speaker attempted to make a speech
/ ia similar strain. Another rush was
made for the platform. The speaker
sprang from the rear Of the platform
and set a hot pace across the. park, with
the crowd in full cry after him. lie
would certainly have fallen into
tile hands of his pursuers had not the
pelice interfered. The crowd returned to
/; the platform where they eagerly list
ened for the speakers to indulge in vio-
lent harangues. No sooner would they
do this than they would be hauled from
the platform and passed along to the
rear and severely cuffed and kicked.
There were storms of cat.calls, boots
and Kisses whenever anything was said
even in mild way that did not meet the
appfoval of the crowd. The whole pro.
ceedings showed very plainly that the
anarchists cannot count on any friends
among the genuine workingmen of
London.
St. Paul daily globe., 1894-05-07
EASE Is COMING
When the Bank of England
Loosens It's Purse Strings.

When the Bank of England
Loosens Its Purse Strings.
& LONDON, May 6.-There was little
change in the money market during the
week. Current business was conducted
on such small margin of funds, and
Bank of England controls such un-.
usually large resources that any un-
usual damage creates scarcity of
money and consequently rates advance.
The bank, however, must shortly in
vest funds. thus bringing ease to the
market. The general belief is that the
ease, when it does come. will be pro:
tonged. Small business was done at
the stock exchange, but the tone was
trm. Investment stocks were very
firm, but there were few speculative
dealings. Foreign. securities were
strong, especially Italians, which were
ona higher. Argentines were dull on
the continued rise in the gold premium.
which it is feared is due to secret issues
Of more paper money. Home railway
securities. were, well maintained on
coed traffic reports. showing a half,
yearly increase of 950O.00O
Ailarican Railroad securities were
dull and unsettled.
The market closed somewhat stronger.
Mr., Morgan's action deprecating the
foreclosure OF I, the Reading mortgage
was fayorably regarded. The gold ship
tnents did not depress the market hsre
as much as they did Wall street, as it
was hopeo that they would hasten the
passage of the tariff bill, Reading in
comes showed a decline of 8, ordinary
IL; Erie seconds 21a. and Atchison u;
Chicago. Milwaukee Il st. Paul, Lake
Shore 4 Michigan Southern and Mis-
souri, Pacific each advanced l. Grand
Trunk and Canadian Pacific slightly
feceded. Brazilian lines were we'll sup
ported, the rise ranging from to per
cent. Central Of Argentine dropped 8.
St. Paul daily globe., 1894-05-07
NO DECENT CHRISTIAN
Can Vote for Breckfnridge, Say.
Rev. Morrison.

Can Vote for Breckinridge, SAYS
Rev. Morrison.
LEXINGTON, KY, May 6.-The town
is wild with excitement at midnight
over the sensational scenes witnessed
in the South Methodist church tonight.
After II. L. Morrison, noted boy
preacher. had finished his sermon, the
pastor, Rev. E. l.. Southgate, began to
talk about the attack made on the min
listers yesterday by Col. Breckenridge at
the opera house. He said that he was
willing to lay down his life, if need be,
in defense of the virtue of the women
of the congregation. With this he
broke down, and then Morrison arose
and said the city of Lexington was
"Sodom and Gomorrah," because so
mauy of, her people wanted to honor
this man (meaning Breckinridge), even
by returning him to congress. South
gate then added he was sorry his origi-
nal remarks before the Young Mems
Christian association had not been
printed in every paper In the land. II
repeat this remark" he said. II again
say that no decent Christian can afford
to vote for this man." His remarks
were greeted with applause.
St. Paul daily globe., 1894-05-07
DUPLICATE CERTIFICATES
Made the Basis of Bargain and
Sale by Celestials.

WASHINGTON, May 6.-The internal
revenue officers have not received re-
ports from all the collectors charged
with the registration of the Chinese un-
der the exclusion act, but it is expected
that final statement can be made verv
soon. One matter that has given the
collectors a vast amount of trouble has
been the efforts of Cinnamon to register
more than once, and it is not certain
that these efforts have not in many in
stances been successful. In thickly
populated portions where the collection
districts cover comparatively small
areas the scheme has been worked
to quite a considerable extent. A
Chinaman living in New York would
have no particular difficulty in register.
ing under another name in any one or
more of the neighboring districts, and
as photograph OF one Chinaman might
St. Paul daily globe., 1894-05-07
BRECKINRIDGE oBscENIrY
In Book Form May he Kept Out
of the Mails.

WASHINGTON, May 6.-The question
of obscenity in the Brcckinridge trial
will be passed upon by postal authori-
ties. The story of the trial. as told in
book form, was recently submitted to
Postmaster General Bissell by the pub
fishers to determine whether the trans
mission of the books through the mails
would constitute violation of the postal
regulations. and. in accordance with
the policy of the department, the nn-
official request was ignored, pending
complaint of the postmaster at Chicago.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Jones has received from Postmaster
Hesing copy of the book, accompanied
by request to pass upon the: question
of violating the law. 1t is felt at the
department that passing onthe question
would involve tile legality of transmits
sion of newspaper reports of the trial
through the mails. Definite action will
be taken within few days.
St. Paul daily globe., 1894-05-07
La CHAMPAGNE AGROUND.
The Vessel on a Mud Bottom 200
Feet From shore.

New YORK. May 6.-The steamer La
Champagne. which arrived this morn
ing from Havre. While proc eeding up
the bay during thick weather. grounded
Oh the Long Island shore, south of Fort
Hamilton. Tue vessel lies in an easy
position on mud bottom, hard and fast,
within 200 feet of the shore. Health
Officer jenkins and Deputy Sanborn
proceeded to the scene, boarded the
vessel and. after inspecting the passen-
gers. granted her clean bill Of health
and permission to transfer her passen-
gers 1t will be impossible to haul the
ship off even at hlgh water this even
ing, as she went ashore at top of high
water. She will be lightened of consid-
erable cargo before being hauled off.
All the passengers were taken off by the
tug Rosa about noon. the CABIN passen-
gers being landed at the French pier, in
this city, at 3 p. M, while the steerage
passengers will be taken to Ellis island.
St. Paul daily globe., 1894-05-07
THE TARIFF ON BARLEY
Precipitates an East.and-West
Contest


Contest.
WASHINGTON, May 6.-Representa-
tives Lockwood, Tracey and other New
York members ere closely watching the
barley item Of the tariff bill, and are re-
lying mainly upon Senator Murphy's
familiarity with the brewing business
to secure an arrangement ot the barley
schedule satisfactory to New York.
Several conferences have been had with
the senator, during which the barley
tariff has been discussed. The New
York brewers draw their supply of
barley from the great crops of Canada,
and with a nominal duty the Eastern
men have a prospect of commanding
the brewery business OF the country.
But tile Weatern interests, particularly
those centered at Milwaukee, st. Louis
and Cincinnati, draw their supplies
mainly from American farmers. and can
get along without the low-duty barley
of Canada. With The Canadian crop
kept out out by high duty, the West
erners have Il prospect of commanding
the market. The Western men were
well satisfied with the high rate of 4U
per cent fixed in the senate bill. but now
tie Eastern men are at work to bring
the rate down, and they feel that they
will succeed.