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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-08-30
HuslhEss \ !: AND PLEAsuR uRE.
Knights Tsmplar Conclave and Attend
\ u ing Ceremonies In Full Blast.

Nnishts sTsmplar Conclave and Attend
mr. Ceremonies IN Full Blast. ~
50 Boston, Aug. 90. Business and
Measure have combined to take up the
time. 81 every Knight Templar and the
conclave and its all endant ceremOnie
are In full blast. Every where recep-
tions are being held, and the Sir Knight
who is venturesoms enough to attend
them all would find himself heavily
laden with souvenirs. The members OF
the grand encampMellt are all busy pre-
pairing for the election Of officers and ID
private. meetings for consu. :ation are
frequent. 81 h; '5ss ~ ].
The streets are still thronged with
people, and, cOnsid dering the fact that
Boston has returned to business, this
shows the enormous number Of visitors
that have come to the cOnclave besides
the Knights and their families. The
crowds are So great as to seriously inter-
fere with traffic. $i{..5 s 5;s 5s5
The Next Encampment. SE.
58 The matter Of time and place for the
next triennial conclave has bee,a re-
ferred to committee composed Of the
following members: ID. w. E. Carroll,
Pennsylvania; III. II. Montgomery, IL
inois; III e. Whitney, Minnesota; a. 81.
Holt, Washington, D.. O.; NJ. /. Houk,
Ohio; e. s. Lppett, California; s. p.
Deut, Idaho; r. p. Thomson, Ken
tucky. I: Z. i. # nj an. 10
The principal business Of the after
noon session was the discussion Of the
matter Of time and place. Invitations
/ have been received from Minneapolis
and Pittsburg, and the Associated Press
representatives learned from an authorl-
tative source that q canvass Of the grand
encampment shows that the next trien-
NAL conclaye will be held in Pittsburg.
During the day committees were ap.
pointed on credentials, charters and q
grievances. II y. VA @ S.,:G Z 81
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-08-30
COULDN'T TooT AND RUN.
Curious Excuse for Pulling Trains Off q
3. 8. South Dakota Road. Wv

Curious Excuse for Pulling Trains Off q
H s.. South Dakota Road. &#
GETTYSBURG, s. D., Aug. 20. Every
train on the entire system Of the Forest
City and Sioux City railroad between
Gettysburg and Forest City has been
pulled off, and the elevators along the
line have stopped buying grain. The only
reason given BY General Manager Smith
was that the farmers living along the line
Of road insisted on the engineer giving
the regulation number Of toots Of the
whistle at each wagon crossing. This
was great drawback to the fast time
Mr.. Smith would like to have his trains
make. They had to come to dead stop
at each crossing, as it was impossible,
with the engines in use, to make steam
enough to run and whistle at the same
time. Ut III s5s 58s5 a En-,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-08-30
Trade Conditions.

Trade this week has not quite held
Merchants are receiving fall stocks.
and have gone in heavily nnticipnt-
ing good trade. Wheat has declined
since last week, but Indications at
present areiOr IL rise. The Interstate
Milling company of Little Falls has
again made Il notable reduction in
the pfice Of flour. their best product
selling now at $3.50 per barrel.
Bran and shorts are reduced a dollar
per ton. The scarcity OF dressed
veal and live hogs has sent prices up
farther. The market fer garden
stuff, is weak. as shipping prices are
low, the good crop in other sections
making vegetables very plenty.
Wheat-No. hard. 4sc No. / Northern 47c.
No. 2, 43; No 3. 3Sc. Ills
Flour, patent process. per Dbl. $780,
Straight grade, per bbl. $500
Bakers per btl $3.50. e.
Ground feed, S22.5O per ton. -
Bran-$l2
Shorts-$l4
Butter--lOc "a 1oc.
Eggs-10c.
Fat cattle-26D 2Lc.
Veal dressed-5kc. toe |2
Hogs live-4ac ~ e
Fresh poFk-5h O. &C s|-'z- :
Mutton dressed Sc. .,r'- O." =
B, Cut meats. s to 12Ic. -
Chickens, &c to Sc. ~u
Lard, 8 to loo. il
Potatces-l5c to zoe per bushel. -,.t. -,
Beans-$2 to $3.50 per bushel. y" '.E
b. Peas-Sl to 81. .25 per bushel. p, r.,.. '#l- .EE
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-08-30

The house on the corner Of Third
street and First avenue north, will
be moved by the owner, II. Thorson,
next to the Butler prop
erty. The house. will be reno deled
and enlarged. Mr.. ThOrsOn contem-
plates building a residence on the
vacated corner, and removing to-
this city from st. Paul. The house
which is to be moved was for many
years the home.of Sheriff I. j Hayes,
well remembered by the older resi-
dents OF Little Falls. Z. 3,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-08-30
'slss tyutgt9ie Hi, ble Hfisyht Break III

- ESsfA
1t was deemed unWise to open the doors
Of the hall f after all entitled to admis-.
sion were inside, and it was necessary
for the 90 platform to get inone
corner and discuss their business.
The anti Quay minority, led BY Con
gressman Da1zeu, fought for a more def
mite expression in favor Of sound money,
and being outvoted in committee,
brought their fight to the convention
floor and carried their point without
much opposition, Senator Quay accept
ing their plank rs addition to the one in
his platform. The resolu lutions were pre-
pared by men opposed to Governor
Hastings and the matter of endorsing
his admi nistration was very nearly over
looked, q thoughtful delegate Offering
the necessary plank few minutes be-
fore final adjournment
Harmony May Not BE Permanent.
The delegates who arrived early found
over 125 men in the hall, guarding the
entrances to prevent toughs and heelers
from taking possession Of the premises.
They had been there all night and
showed evidences Of their long vigil as
they marched ont Of the hall shortly be-
fore the hour for convening.
Although there was an outward indi-
cation Of harmony and forgiveness it is
said that this extends only to Governor
Hastings and his friends. Those on the
platform observed that Senator Quay
did not look at or. speak to G. 2. Magee,
David Martin and Senator Porter, the
men who have led the fight against
him, and it is predicted that the
wounds now partly healed will be opened
in a very short time. "a i,s5
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-08-30
AN A.NlNJUlC'IlON ASaIl|' ]
Question Of Norther Pacific
s8.s ReoTgar1izatIo In Court
at ST. Paul. n
stock older Pearsall of ths||
Great Northern Opposed
MA . to the Deal. sss lE
Arguments BY Prominent Am. fllt1s.
u torneys Before Judge
Sanborn. iSl

5 ST. PAUL, Aug. %. One Of the most
important railroad law suits that hrs
been tried here in some time was begun
during the day before Judge Sanbcrn,s
sitting in the United States circuit
court. It is the injunction suit of
Thomas w. Pearsall, q stockhold older in
the Great Mort hern railroad, to restrain
the officers Of that read from carrying
through The deal for the control Of the
Northern Pacific As far rs the direct
interests Of 4 be parties to the actiolial
concerned the sui IS not OF material
consequence, but the final outco1ne iss
expected to be SO reaching nits ef-s
feet and the public interest III the reor,.S
ganizaticn scheme is so great that ilet
action becomes OF the utmost impert-53
ance. The public interest IS show NY
the large number Ct laat,i;lg ;s,torAsys
who :s,e spect;.torsat tie hearing. 9s$S3 9$S3
Asks sn Injunction. :. y 5ss3ss,
Pearsall is tie hCIacr GT 500 shares of
Great Norther siock, the face ysl1le ofE
which is 500 per share, and he ;lslzsfor
the injunction On the ground that l his
interests are likely to suffer if the Great
Northern is permitted to- guarantee be.
interest OH the bonds Of the NorthS SEn
Pacific, as the reorganization scheme chet
proposes. The. Great Northern officials
have maintained that the suit was only
a friendly action to settle the legal diff iiiffis
culties in the way Of carrying out the
proposed consoli ilation, but the manner
in which the plaintiff and his attorneys
are fighting the case seems to prove the t
contrary. VI NJ
Attorney General Childs is an inter-
Iested spectator from the jury box, being
present to lcok after the interests Of The
state. President Hill himself lis also3
present, and seated all around areIa
number Of leading attorneys Of the city
who drop in occasion onally to watch I'M
\ proceedings r H; sssS Il. ls5 III
| h NJ Al The Argument Begun.
At torneY Kellogg read the answer
III llo1lge
sthat5the consrl mat ion of \ the deal with
the Northern Pacific would result moab
advantageously to the Great Northern
and would not depreciate the value df
the stock us plaintiff contends. At
torney Horn then began his address for
the plaintiff, going into the history Of
the roads at some length. He declared
the two systems were competitive lines
and the proposition to consoli lidate was
in violation Of the statutes. l#s.
Colonel Grover followed Mr.. Horn in
brief statement Of the case for the do
Tense, leaving the main argument to
Senator Davis. The senator begali
speaking just before adjournment AMI
the bulk of his argument was confined
to quotations from decisions in cases
involving points similar to those raised
in this one. s># :
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-08-30
SETTLERS WON. j
Sweeping Victory Over Northern Pacihii
h.y .sg, Railroad COmpany.4 245$ 4 SSSEtaasSS Z

n
Railroad Company: 5S zsEsSss,,3e !
# SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 20 The set'
tiers and mining men have won a
sweeping victory in the decision Of Reg
lister Logan and Receiver Flournoy i'll
the contest Of Arthur Tinsley VS.. the
Northern Pacific, involving the patent
to three sections of land around the fa-
nous Cleveland mine in Stevens county.
This is the first decision in a railway
mineral land contest rendered in this
state. "a @535
The land in contest is very valuable,
owing to the rich deposits of mineral
groupings from the Cleveland lead hay
ing been struck throughout the three
sections. The railroad company had al
army of legal talent here in its behalf
which made a big fight to hold the land.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-08-30
C.,isorni.-Nev.tl. boundary. ! !

Calhornia-Nevnda boundary. 8
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. %. Definite in
formation has reached this city that the
re-survey Of the boundary line. between
California and Nevada will result in
giving California strip Of country ag-
gregx king several hundred square miles.
The survey concerns only the boundary
line between California and Nevada
south Of Lake Tahoe. Z. &.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-08-30
Collection Of Indian Curios. !

7 q IH3 COIIeCCIOn Oh InulAn Cuf1OB.F ~ = ~
y ST. PAUL, Aug. 20. The State His
torical society has received from Will
lam Wakefield Of Libbey, Aitlin county,
q unique and valuable collection Of In.
dian curios. They consist Of hardened
copper knives, spear heads, arrow heads,
etc. They are the first copper specimens
found in this state. 25#
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-08-30
VAS VERY HARMONIOUS
Promised Row at the Penney
vania Convention Falls
rs Develop. NJ
Quay's Candid date Chosen toI
Preside BY a Majority
Of Thirty.
senator Named State Chair lair,
MANA Sound Money /.
. Plat fornn. 81

HARR1sBURG, Pa, Aug. 80. The Re
publican state convention met here and
nimously agreed upon the following
ticket: # s. ,,. .
State chair1nan-M. 8. Quay.
.5 State treasurer Ben J. Haywood Of
Mercer. q a ;... n. ~
Superior court judges James A..
Beaver Of Center county, 3. N Ill
ard Of Lackawanna, Charles p. Rice OF
Luzerne, George B. Orlady Of Hunting
don, John +. Wickhaln Of Beaver,
Howard Reeder Of N rthampt ton.
Senator Quay is now the hero as well
as the idol of Pennsyl lvsnia politicians
of all degrees Of prominence. His.
rooms at the Lochiel hotel have been
constantly besieged s.nce the conyen-
ton ended, by men anxious 70 pay
homage to his matchless lead
The senator takes all Of the praise and
&congrat ulations that are being show
cred upon him with his usual stoicism,
and, 50 far as outward appearances go,
his demeanor is just the same as when
the fight seemed to be going against
\ him. %s9 55.. y. III Il
5:- Developed Into Glove Feast 0 0
The convention, which started ont
with every promise Of being one Of the
most exciting ever known in the state,
developed into 'slovei FEAST and
wound up about as tanely as any ever
seen here & & i.55 IA
& The first battle between the factions
came on the election Ct q temporary
8 chairman. The Quay didate won by
a maj jority of 40, and after this the SEN
I. ator had his. own way completely. :. A
An incident Of the day was the offer.
ing by Senator Quay Of q resolution
/. calling for the puri fication Of politics
and civil service in all branches Of the
/ public service, which was afterward
ambo died in the plat form. Regarding
4 this docunep there was much discus
y sion IN ttttee. 3scausa CT he tsar
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-07
A Story Of the Pope.

A curious story is circulating
throughout the world about the rope
1t is said that the parsonage who now
occupies the Vatican under the name
Of Leo the Thirtccth Is not the man
elected to the papacy at The death
of Pic Mono. but that be san lmpos-
Ter who has usurped The Office The
story goes that long after Cardinal
pecci was inaugnrated, and when his
mind began to exhibit signs of feeble
ness. Il man, named Giovanni Plom-
bino, the son OF a Roman vaudeville
actress, got into the Vatican gardens,
worked his way into the private
apartments, and, finding the Pope
asleep, put him under the influence Of
chloroiorm, and with the aid of a few
accomplices carried him of to cell
in vaults Of the Vatican, and assumed
his robes and his title. This he was
ont blcd to do by remarkable like
ness to the real Pope, which deceived
the attendants. With this story in
their mouths, three swindlers with a
bright Italian dys-maid to help them,
are said to be travelling through
Roman Catholic countries and the
United States collecting money for
the alleged purpose Of rcscuing the
Pope from his dungeon, and expelllng
the false pretender from his throne
The story is iishy is throughout and
only fit for place in novels. In this
age of the world such things do not
happen. Catholics may feel entirely
certain that the real Leo XIII rcigns
the Vatican.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-07

The ABILENE REFLECTOR speaking for thu
place, threatens 10 oppose the location Of the
proposed new Insane asylum In Salinn 1t
Ia u long road that has no turn and Sallnn Is
able to take care of herself In the long run,
Abilene and Abilene men may want some-
thing good themselves In the future and
salIna may have say about it,--lsallna Re-
publican.
We have no objection to Salinas
having an insane asylum, or half a
dozen Of them II it wishes, but we
could not help recalling how Abilene
had time and again supported Saline
county men and yet when Abilene had
a candidate our ncighbor from whom
we had right to expect a slight re-
turn for the courtesies Of the past not
only did not grant them but the Re-
publican was quick to announce
politically" that salina gave Abilene
no help. 1t is that kind Of dog-in-lhe-
mangcr politics that has kept north
western Kansas from having its share
of the honors and offices and will con-
tinue to do SO unless there is q
change.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-07
Mortgage Foreclosures.

The people Of Kansas have right
to demand Of the legislature a change
in the mortgage foreclosure law to
the effect that the securing of a title
to realty by foreclosure shall cancel
the debt. The vast majority OF loans
made on real estate in Kansas now
maturing were negotiated when prop
erty was much higher than now A
depreciation Of fully onc-half has oe-
cured in some classes Of real estate
and a lesser amount in others. When
the loans were made the property was
ample security and the investor was
abundantly satisfied. Now when he
comes to foreclosure there is llttle
demand for property and no bidders
are present. lie brings suit on M
interest coupon instead Of on the
principal note, or suing on the prin-
cipal bids but a third or fourth OF Its
amount with the result that the Dor
rover after surrendering his land
finds that in addition he has per-
sonal judgment hanging over him to
embarrass and larass him for years.
II is no unusual thing right here in
Dickinson county for man to mort
gage a 81, 900 property for 81, 900; be
unable through stress OF circllm-
stances TO meet the debt; have IT
foreclosed and the property bid in by
the MORTGAGE for $500 or Slooand SO
leave a judgment Of $1,000 in addition
to the loss Of the property.
This is all wrong and IN Just. The
legislature owes 1t to the Kansas peo-
ple to pass a law which will make the
surrender OF the property either vol
unfairly or by process of foreclosure
a cancellation Of the debt.
10 be sure it will make investors
more careful in placing loans, but
that will be no hardship. On the
other hand it will lift from many II
discouraged and heartsick man the
burden of debt he feels to be MUST
and which, while he In most instances
does not intend to pay it, eompeIS
him to use sublerflges in handling
his property and cmbarrasses his bus
mess dealings.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-07

II the Pop senate wished to do
something injurious to Kansas credit
1t could not have done so more effect
lively than by Its = p"r cent interest
bill The bill makes the legal rate q
interest 3 per cent and works u for
fixture Of principal and interest in all
usury cases. Few II any eastern in
veslors realize more than Z per cent
on their Kansas loans. Would it be
lust to make them lose their money
simply because some agent added an
extra 2 per cent for his commissions
Would II not rather work to the bor-
rowtrs' injury by causing u with
drawal of cadtal from Investment
here and a consequently hig'.'r ra''
Of interest (ior interest laws are al
ways evaded,) Kansas Is not suffer-
ing from too high an interest rate.
Supply and demand are regulating
than fairly well.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-07
AFTER INSURANCE COMPANIES


Or lers fer the Suspension ofNew York Fire
:Acenscs In itnnois is-ne4, .Fsts
TorENA, KAN, Feb. O. &c. A. Cox,
chairman OF the select committee 10
the fourteen New York fire
insurance companies doing business in
Kansas and their methods, with refer
enca to The state insurance department,
yesterday served written notice on
State Superintendent ;'nl1Ier to with
bold from all such companies
Licences for the year, beginning
March !, pending The invasti-
CATION with which the insurance
committee ia ehlraed. Iae iqvestiga-
ZION will cover tae oq'lrcian of what
is known rs the 'roc iprotil tax" and
the settlement OF tao proceedings msti-
tuted last fall to collect It. The sus
pension of licenses will have the effect
of bringing to tho state at once repre-
of the delinquent companies,
and thus the committee VIII be aided
materially In It's stigation
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-07
The Silver Basis.

There are two sides to the silver
question. Those enthusiasts who are
so certain that the west and south
would reap only benefits from a
change to a silver standard may well
consider this from the Topeka
Capital; In asserting that 10 90 to a
silver basis would relieve the south
and west Of half Of its debt to the
east the London Statist shows that it
is not familiar with some important
facts. Among them is the fact that
in Kansas, as typical state in the
west, the great majority Of mortgages
made in the last five years, and these
include about all the living mortgages,
are payable in gold. The farmers
corn and wheat would be purchased
on the silver basis but his debt would
be payable in gold. Another fact,
disclosed by the census, is that about
one-half Of the mortgage debt OF
Kansas was due not to the east but
to Kansas loancrs. And another in
tcresting fact is that of the mort
cages moi payable in gold the largest
part belong to those due to Kansas
creditors, the eastern creditors hay
ing lost no time in converting their
loans into gold obligations. 1t is not
a very pleasing reelection, either, to
western and southern people who are
paying insurance premiums on the
assumption that the policies will be
paid money worth 100 cents, that il
the country goes to Il silver basis the
policies will be payable in silver dol
lars at whatever value they may
happen to have. Cutting down the
standard Of values is not such apicnic
for the people Of the west and south
as it is sometimes cracked up to be.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-07
Cleveland's Financial Panacea.

Many men have asserted that Presl-
dent Cleveland Is an honest man and
1t is well that they make the state
ment for little else can be said Of
him as president. He Is not even
intelligent in his propositions to help
the country in its present time Of
financial distress. The New York
Sun voices the general opinion OF the
country on his proposed measure
which is that the $500, 00O, 900 OF out
standing legal tender notes shall be
retired and cancelled by the sale OF
an equal amount of tifty-year three
per cent bonds, payable in gold,
principal and interest, and receivable
at the treasury as security at their
par value for national bank circula-
ton. Says the Sun:
This is, in effect, proposition that the
country shall pay the national banks sl5,-
100000 in gold every year for fifty years or
sT5O,OOO,O0O altogether, for supplying 1t with
s5o0oO0,OOO of paper money which 1t now gets
for nothing except the loss Of interest ON
the comparatively small amount OF gold
needed for Il redemption fund The naked
statement OF this scheme Is sufficient TO In
sure It's rejection by congress without
debate.
The fact Is that Cleveland does not
know what to do. He is a gold bug
by nature; he is backed by the gold
bugs and Wall street fnanciers. He
dare not offend them yet he must 90
something to relieve the treasury.
His message was the wall Of a man at
his wits end for an expedient and
gives no impression OF his own be-
lief in the measure he proposes.
Cleveland would give Il large bonus IL
he could let 60 Of his job.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-07
change.

There must be special session of
the legislature during the year 1896
for the purpose OF making the qnin-
quennial Legislative apportionment Of
the state required by the constitution,
and the county assessors will next
month make the necessary ennmera-
ton Of inhabitants upon which to
base the reapportionment. The re-
turns from the counties must be COM
piled by the secretary Of the state
board Of agriculture.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-07

In some things the Kansas legisla-
ture is really nervcy. For instance
that proposal to cut down Chancellor
Shows salary because his residence
Is free. When 1t is considered that
Shows own uncle through Shows
efforts gave the State the money to
build the residence and threw in
$4,000 more for library building,
it really requires good deal Of gall
to make the proposition. The
ehancellor's salary may he too high
but the reduction cannot with good
grace commence with Chancellor
Snow,