davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Republican journal., 1895-12-26

originated in 1870 by an old Family Physician.
lie not afraid to trust what time has endorsed.
The Republican journal., 1895-12-26

y lIuG COPY. AllcSl.
JERE'H d. PARKER, Req
The Republican journal., 1895-12-26

OFFER in connection with The PANsY for 1896.
The Republican journal., 1895-12-26
At a Probate Court held at Belfast, within and

A true copy. Attest
JEREH d. PARKER, Register
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
DECISION BINDING
The Taxpayer Has No Re-
course Out to Sue for
Recovery.
HAS PROVED A BIG MIDDLE.
The Income Tax Collectors
Find Difficulties. at.
Every Turn.

WASHINGTON, April 1870 far as
the lower courts are concerned" said
Attorney General Olney, 1.-The division
Of the. supreme court upon the income
tax law is as binding as if the whole
court had been unanimous in it's favor.
I cannot believe any judge would grant
an injunction to prevent collector
from collecting the tax on incomes de-
rived from other sources than rents or
state and municipal bonds in the face
of the supreme courts action. The
only way I can see by which persons
who object to paying the tax can secure
judicial action is by their paying the
tax under protest and entering
Suits For Its Recovery"
The attorney general said that some
papers had made the mistake of saying
that in his arguments of the cases be-
fore the court he had mentioned rents
as we'll as public bonds as likely to be
unconstitutional features of the law.
1T is mistake to state that I in
cluded the incomes derived from rents, "
said Mr.. Olney. Il did not believe the
law would hold regarding the taxing of
state and municipal bonds and am glad
the decision was against it in that re-
gard, but I did not say anything of the
sort about rents"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
ANOTHER DIVIDEND.
RIankiuvon Bask ReosivsP PAys DsDoss-
tors 10 Per Cent.

R1ankiu,on Bssk Reosivsr Pays DsDess'
tors 10 Per Cent.
MILWAUKEE, April 10.-The payment
Of the first dividend by the receiver for
the stockholders Of tho Plankinton
bank, and the third dividend by the
bank will be made soon. The payment
will be 10 per cent dividend upon the
money still owing to depositors by the
bank, which is something like 500, 900
Of the original debt of u, 100000 To-
ward this payment over $4,000 has
been collected by Receiver Fletcher
from stockholders. Each depositor
will receive 10 per cent Of the amount
still due in the shape Of check upon
one of the banks of the city. In addi-
ton to the money paid in by stock
holders under the law Of liability the
assignee has collected considerable
money from parties owing the bank
and fourth dividend will probably be
paid during tn" summer.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
MADE BOGUS srAMPa
Large Number Of Counterfeit Twos Have
Done Duty ON Lettors.

Large Number Of Counterfeit Twos Have
Done Duty ON Letters.
CHICAGO, April 1o.-United States
secret service officials in Chicago and
Washington have unearthed probably
the most unique and at the same time
the most important swindle ever perpe-
trated upon any government. Its mag
nitude. after two days investigation,
can only be guessed at, but it is believed
thousands upon thousands of dollars
have been secured by gang of skilled
counterfeiters. who have reproduced
with wonderful skill and accuracy the
pink two cent stamp of commerce.
It is thought the country is flooded
from New York to San Francisco with
these spurious stamps, and the United
States has been carrying millions Of
letters from which not one cent of reve-
nue. was received.
Chicago, apparently, has been the
headquarters Of the gang, and its prod"
uct has been shipped to distributing
SCENTS through the express companies.
Just how the information reached the
government officials is not known. But
they evidently got a straight tip, for
last evening Captain Stuart OF the
postal inspectors department and Cap
tain Porter Of the United States secret
service bureau called at the Wells
Fargo Office. They were taken to the
store room and there found an oblong
package, looking like roll of music.
It contained 10000 of the counterfeit
STAMPS
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
TRADE IS STOPPED
Insurgents III Cuba Burn Build.
ings and Terrorize the
People.
HATRED FOR ALL AMERICANS.
They Can Hold No Positions
of Trust on the
Island.

NEW ORLEANS, April 1O.-Frank 81.
Duncan, sugar planter just returned
from Cuba says that all trade is prac-
tically stopped there and that the sugar
crop of the island will be small. He
said:
"With brigands, insurgents and rob-
bers of all kinds the people are kept in
constant terror of their lives. The in
surgents burn sugar houses, country
haciendas and sometimes towns, and
act generally like a set of barbarians.
It is not race war, and all Of the three
revolutionary war leaders hate the ne
groes, though one of them is a mulatto.
1.-THE Spanish troops just sent over
are not good soldiers. Spain
Cannot Afford to Lose Cuba,
and for that reason all Americans are
treated with distrust. The hatred is so
intense that orders were issued some
time ago that no American could hold
a position Of trust on the island. The
railroads are forbidden to hire Ameri-
cans. Other foreigners are treated all
right, and they only hate Americans
because they fear they will take the
island. The insurgents favor America
and the general sentiment expressed is:
If we do not get our freedom we annex
to America The country is in a ter
rible state and the insurgents are be-.
coming quite formidable.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
VENEZUELA GRATEFUL.

The South American Republic Thanks
Uncle Sam for Sympathy and Support.
WASHINGTON. April 10.-President
Crespo of Venezuela has sent special
message to the congress Of Venezuela
concerning the attitude of the United
States ON the British Venezuela ques-
ton. Immediately following the re-
ceipt Of the presidents message the
congress passed resolutions, amid great
enthusiasm, heartily thanking the
United States for it's sympathy and
support. Senior Andrade, the Venezue-
Ian minister, received copies of the
message and resolutions. In a day or
two he will have enrolled copies to be
delivered to the state department. and
probably to the president. The people
are also getting up a monster popular
petition breathing the warmest appreci-
alton for the support Of "the great re.
public of the North"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
REFUSED THE APPLICATION.

Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Sets
Down on = Minneapolis Company.
MADISON, Wis.,, April Reinsurance
Commissioner Fricke has refused the
application Of the Worlds Life and Ac-
cident Insurance company Of Minneap-
oils to do business in Wisconsin as a
mutual beneficiary association. In re-
fusing the application of the company
Commissioner Fricke says that the ar
ticles of incorporation and bylaws SUBJ
mitted contain no provision authoriz-
ing the company to call assessments for
the payment of death benefits, nor is
there date fixed for accident insur-
ance, nor in any manner provide the
benefits to be derived from such acct
dent insurance. He also states that I'M.
der the Wisconsin law he cannot grant
the application for license to the
above named company.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
THE NICARAGUA CANAL

British House Of Commons Discusses tho
Question.
LONDON, April 10.-Replying to q
question in the house of commons the
parliamentary secretary to the foreign
Office, Sir Edward Gray, said that the
government was aware that tho United
States had appointed a commission to
inquire into the feasibility Of the plans
for building canal across Nicaragua
to connect the Atlantic with the Pa
cific, but Great Britain could not ap-
point commission to cooperate with
the United States committee unless the
government Of the United States was
DESTROYS that Great Britain should do
so. In answer to a question Sir Ed
ward Gray said that in case the con-
struction of the canal was proceeded
with, the government would take steps
to insure that British trade was placed
on the same footing as that Of other
nations
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
THREE SUICIDES.
A Trio OF Well Known Omaha Mon Take
Their Own Lives.

A Trio OF Well Known Omaha Mon Take
Their Own Lives.
OMAHA, April 10.-Three we'll known
Omaha men have committed suicide.
At an early hour Judge John H. Sehler
blew out his brains at his Omaha resi-
dence. He left note attributing his
act to financial troubles. Sehler has
been banker, lawyer and lobbyist in
Nebraska for quarter of a century.
In the past 10 years he has attended
every legislature and was the recog-
nized king of powerful lobby.
J. j. Jones, an Omaha lawyer, wrote
q long letter to the press and disap-
peared. He said he would be dead be-
fore the letter was received. He claimed
he had lost his wife's fortune and could
not face her. His friends think his
mind gave way and believe he has sui.
cided.
Mansfield s. Bailey, a Union veteran,
blew out his brains in Omaha. His act
is attributed to domestic troubles.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
AGAINST PEACE.

Japanese Press Deprecates the Conclusion
of the War.
LONDON, April 10. "A dispatch to The
Times from Kobe says that it is the cor
respondents belief that the responsible
statesmen of Japan are DESTROYS of the
success of the peace negotiations. But
their efforts are thwarted by the war
party. The Japanese press. he says,
is virtually unanimous in deprecating
the conclusion Of peace at present, and
he adds that it would be incorrect to in
fer that the armistice for Northern
China indicates disposition towards
peace. In conclusion the correspond
ent says that some Of the influential
papers demand, besides the occupation
of Pekin, the subjugation of Southern
China.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
OF LITTLE PROFIT.

Counterfeiting of Stamps Attended With
Difficulties.
WASHINGTON, April l0.-Chief In
spector Wheeler Of the postofice depart
ment refuses to say anything about the
stamp counterfeiting in Chicago though
he has received several kilograms con-
corning the affair. It was learned,
however, through other officials, that
the extent of the counterfeiting has
been overestimated. Third Assistant
Postmaster General Craig says that
counterfeit stamps have carried letters
through the mails and have been can
celled, but says that stamp counterfeit
ing cannot be carried on to any great
extent, as the cost of making stamps
and the difficulty in disposing of them
is so great as to render the counterfeit
ing of little profit.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
SETTLERS MUST GO.

squatters Will Re Removed From the
Yankton Reserve.
WASHINGTON, April 1O.-Secretary
Smith took up the protests Of the Yank-
ton Indians against allowing the State
of South Dakota to select school lands
within the coded reservation. The Sec
rotary decided to recommend to the
president, who has the proclamation
declaring the lands open yet unsigned,
to temporarily withhold his signature.
He will allow the state two weeks
within which to file arguments show.
ing it's rights to select these lands, and
thereafter will render his decision. It
is probable that in the meantime he
will take some steps to have squatters
removed from the reservation, a task
that may require the use Of United
States troops.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
IN THE HOUSE.

Hastings and Dakota Land Grant Bill
Y. y: q 4 Recommended for Passage.
In the house during the morning J.
D. Jones had s. F. 1873, Stevens anti
pooling bill, recalled from the special
committee on crimes and punishment
to which it was referred some days ago,
and placed on general orders. Mr..
Jones made no sensational statements
as to suspected attempts to kill it, but
he plainly said that he preferred to
have the house free of all charge on
that score. He didn't want it said
that the bill had been killed in an I'M
derhand manner, referring to what
might perhaps be thought OF its de-
tention in committee. The bill was
placed on general ord 7rs.
On general orders the house killed
the mineral land lease bill proposing
rebate on all ore from school lands
manufactured or smelted within the
state The bill was once recommended
for passage and later this action was re-
considered and the bill held for amend
ment, but final quietus was given it,
and it was indefinitely postponed.
The house spent it's entire morning
on general orders and number of un-
important bills were acted on.
Afternoon Session.
Senator Young's bill to forfeit the
Hastings and Dakota's land grant was
the feature of the afternoon session,
When the bill was reached on general
orders Mr.. Littleton advised that it be
referred to the judiciary committee,
holding that if the company had car
ried out it's contract it had earned it's
grant and no power Of the legislature
could abrogate the contract at this
time. Messrs. jacobson, Staples, Feig
and Johns supported the bill, and J. N.
Jones supported Mr.. Littleton. The
bill was recommended for passage.
Work on the calendar resulted as
follows:
To provide public school libraries.
To suppress the sale Of unwholesome
poultry and game.
To authorize cities to sprinkle their
streets.
Relating to village water works.
Relating to foreclosure of mortgages.
Relating to meeting, in common school
districts.
To amend the law of 1887 relating to the
practice of medicine and extending the
term of study in the state university to
three years.
About 5 o'clock Mr.. Douglas sent up
a resolution notifying the house of the
death of Mrs. j. M. Bayer, wife of the
sergeant-at-arms, and, out of respect to
the official the house promptly ad-
journed, first adopting a resolution of
coincidence and sympathy with the
afflicted husband.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
ADJOURN ON THE TWENTIETH.

Wisconsin Legislature Sets q Date to
Close the Session.
MADISON, Wis, April 1O.-In the
senate the assembly resolution to adj
journ on the 18th was amended to make
it the Goth and adopted by vote Of 16
to Is. The senate INDUCED in lively
debate on the bill to create q state
board Of immigration, but the bill was
finally passed by vote of rs to 4.
In the assembly the bill requiring
county superintendent to pass an ex-
animation was ordered to third read.
ing by vote of 81 to 10. The La Crosse
Normal school bill was made the special
order for Thursday.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
FAD NO WARNING.
Two Large Brick Buildings
Collapse at Wheeling,
i. $I@ - West Virginia..
THE RUINS CAUGHT ON FIRE.
Five Persons Killed by the
WreCk-Only Two Bod
les Recovered.

WHEELING, W. Va, April 10.-At
$40 a. m. the south wall Of the 4-story
brick block of T. T. Hutchinson & Co.,
on the corner of Main street and the
alley south of Twelfth, collapsed with.
out warning. Next north of it is a g.
story brick block, which Chapman &
Son were Just finishing, to baused as a
paint, glass and building supply store,
and they already had stored in it about
$4,000 worth of stock and were doing
business there. Hutchinson & Co. deal
in hardware, saddlery and wagonmak-
ers' supplies, and the building was
packed full of goods. The wall on the
alley first fell out, pulling with it the
part of the wall between Chapman's
and Hutchinson's. The crash Of the
falling buildings was terrific and soon
drew thousands to the scene. The
Horror Of the Accident
was increased by fire which broke out
Immediately, and as there were large
quantities Of oil. turpentine and the
like in Chapman & Sons the situation
was delicate.
AS soon as people about the place be-
came cool enough to think it was
found that there were buried in the
Hutchinson buildings ruins four en-
ployes, Robert Wincher, Eugene
Birch, p. J. Koran, M. J. Ford.
Charles Haller, the bookkeeper, and
Adam Blum. Junior partner, were
penned up against the rear wall and
were released by prying the bars of the
windows. They were unhurt. Mr..
Hutchinson was in the second story and
was badly injured, but
Was Rescued Alive,
and hopes are entertained that he may
recover. Ford was reached after hard
work by large force Of men and found
alive and unconscious. He was taken
out after an hours work and removed
to a hospital. He may get well. The
other three employees are still in the
ruins and doubtless dead. When the
collapse came Ford was selling bill Of
goods to Benjamin F. Pritchard,
wagon manufacturer Of Buchannon,
W. Va. Pritchard's dead body was
found lying across Ford's legs. He was
Crushed to Death.
Shortly before the accident Very Rev.
Father F. H. Parke, vicar general Of
the Catholic diocese Of Wheeling, was
seen to enter the alley and he was be-
1ieved to bs killed, and this belief was
was sadly confirmed at $50 p. m. by
the recovery of his body.
Great indignation is expressed be-
cause at the time the old Meloden hall
property was remodeled and story
added in 1891 by Mr.. Hutchinson, the
walls were condemned, but he persisted
in using them, and, owing to the lack
Of adequate laws, could not be pre-
vented
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
THE LEGISLATURE:
Senator Potter's County As
seseor Bill Recommended
For Passage.
SENATOR CULKIN VERY ILL,
Hastings and Dakota Land
Grant Forfeiture Bill Rec
commended.

ST.. PAUL, April 9.-At the opening
of the senate session Monday morning
President Day announced that Senator
Culkin of Wright was seriously ill with
typhoid fever and would not be able to
attend any more sessions of the senate.
A committee was appointed to prepare
proper resolutions which were adopted
by a rising vote.
Senator Ozmun occupied the chair in
committee of the whole.
S. F. PAL stirred up considerable dis.
cu,sion. 1t is Senator Potter's bill Gre
ating the Office of county assessor.
After a number of amendments had
been attached, a motion that the bill be
recommended for passage was first lost
on a tie and then carried on close vote.
The bill is optional and does not disturb
present city assessors.
S. F. 500 was killed. It is bill regu-
lating titles to real property by descent.
Senator Stevens admitted that the bill
made q radical departure. Senators
Morgan, Spencer, Sperry and Schaller
claimed that it tended to take away the
rights of the wife in the property that
she had helped acquire. A motion to
indefinitely postpone carried unani-
mously.
In the Afternoon.
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion Senator Stevens asked leave to re-
port S. F. ~ from the judiciary COM
mittee with a favorable recommends
ton. The bill is a lengthy one and is
designed to abolish the board Of public
works in St. Paul. Accompanying the
bill was very lengthy amendment, the
purport Of which is to combine the
board of public works, the park board
and the city engineer department. SO
that one commissioner shall have
charge of the whole matter. The
amendments were approved, the bill
read second time and referred to the
Ramsey. Hennepin and st. Louis dele
cations.
In committee Of the whole DR.. Tiers
bill relative to pardoning board was
recommended to pass, as was also Rep
resentative Blanks beet sugar bill.
The woman suffrage bill brought
Senator Keller to the floor, loaded with
a speech which created amusement. He
thought the bill was aimed at the Ger
man people. After considerable discus
sion the bill was referred to the judi.
ciary committee.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
Eu1Oined q Board.

EYorA, Mimi, April 9-The common
council of this village was served with
an injunction issued by the district
court, restraining it from granting to
any applicant license to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors. At the annual charter
election on March IL there were cast 81
votes in favor of license and So against.
The grounds upon which the injunc-
ton was granted, as stated in the COM
plant, are illegal voting, Irregularities
in posting and wording of election
notices, there being no poll list posted;
also that the polls were not kept open
the time specified by law.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
First of a Series of Cuts.

PEORIA, Ills., April 1O.-Prices of
spirits and alcohol were reduced 2
cents per gallon to all distributors.
This is the result of the disruption of
the Spirit Distillers' association by the
withdrawal of Peoria and Pekin indie
pendent houses and it is believed to be
but the first of series Of cuts.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
Seized a British Steamer.

LONDON, April 10.-The Times pub
fishes dispatch from it's correspondent
at Shanghai saying that Japanese
man-of- war has seized the British
steamer Yik Sang outside Yakuv, hav-
ing on board 220 cartridges shipped at
Shanghai by respectable German firm
as "bamboo and STEEL" The owners of
the Yik Sang, it is added, accepted the
shipment in good faith.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
Met y Horrible Death.

GARY. s. D., April 10.-A farmer
named Filing Brown, living south Of
Gary, met with an accident while seed
ing which cost him his life. While he
was starting his team became fright.
ened and unmanageable and an away,
throwing him from the top Oh che NOV.
ing implement in front of the sharp
hoes, one Of which caught in his neck
under the right ear and cut his throat
from ear to ear. His face was badly
mutilated by other hoes passing and
striking him.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
A Rush of TAXPAYERS,

CINCINNATI, April 1O.-More income
tax returns were fled with Collector
Bowling during the day than on any
other day since the bill became law.
Following the decision of the supreme
court there was a rush, more than the
clerks could accommodate promptly.
Owing to the previous delay in this dis
trict the rush will last until Friday.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
Admits the Charge.

CHICAGO, April 10.-James Matthew
Aubrey, Jr., has fled his answer to the
divorce bill of Mrs, Pauline Cony Au.
brey, a daughter Of Chief Justice Fuller
of the United States supreme court
The answer is very brief and admits
the single charge in the bill, which is
that of excessive indulgence in intoxi-
cants. The answer being purely for
NAL one shows on it's face that Mr.. Au-
brey does not desire to contest the case.
Mrs. Aubrey will be awarded the Gus.
tody of her two children.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
Ate Diseased Beef.

ST. LOUIS, April 10.-A special to
The Republic from Virginia, Ills,
says: Peter Kuntz, wife and four
children, residing on farm nine miles
from here were poisoned from eating
dressed beef. They recently killed one
of their COWS which had a growth or
boil on its side. Two children have
died and the remaining family is in a
critical condition.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
Floods in PeuDsylvania.

EAsToN, Pa, April 10.-A freshet of
unusual magnitude prevails in the
streams of this locality. The Delaware
and Lehigh have overflowed and the
low lands are submerged for miles
around. Many factories have been
compelled to shut down.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-12
Onlv Out for a Cruise.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 10.-Hugh
Craig, vice president of the chamber of
commerce, has received a letter from
Secretary Herbert in reply to protest
about the transfer of the ship Monterey
stating that the Monterey has only
been ordered to cruise the Southern sea
waters and has not been permanently
assigned to foreign station. She is
now at San Diego On route to Callao.