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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-09
Venezuela Commissioner Cou-.
,dert Returns From Hio
g. Visit to Europe.
Examined Dutch and English
: Records With SatisfaC- Il
tory Results.
Present Negotiations With Eng
land Deals With Arbi- ~
tration Only. ,.G&.t#

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-Frederick r..
Coudert, the eminent lawyer and mem.
Der Of the Venezuelan commission APP.
pointed by President Cleveland to in.
vestigate the Venezuelan boundary
question, has returned to this city, from
The Hague on the French line steamer
La .Bourgogne. Mr.. Coudert went
abroad for the purpose of examining
the old Dutch records relating to the
boundary and has spent considerable
time over the government archives
with the result that quite an array of
new testimony bearing upon the point
at issue has been unearthed. Mr..
Coudert was seen concerning the result
of his trip. He said that much had
been accomplished. , 49, ..&Is
Immediately upon my arrival at
The Hague" said he, II met Professor
Barr of Cornell university, who, as the
representative of the commission, has
already ''
: Spent Much Time in Gathering Data.
Together we went through the records
very thoroughly. Then we went to
London where many Of the records
were transferred at the time of the
purchase of Guiana in 1916. Many of
these records had already been pub
lished by the British government and
very fairly. We found other useful
evidence there, however, and both in
London and Holland met with uniform
courtesy in the prosecution Of our
search"
"Were all the records prior to 1915
transferred to London at the time of
the sale?' was asked. a
mo, indeed not all of them. We
found some very valuable papers in the
old Dutch records" 80
Just how valuable these were or what
they tended to establish Mr. Coudert
would not disclose. Another useful
source of information he said was the
propaganda at Rome where some most
valuable records were found, 4.
Deals With Arbitration.
Regarding the correspondence which
had passed between Secretary Olney
and Lord Salisbury recently, Mr. Cou-
dert said: Il understand that this
correspondence deals with the subject
Of arbitration generally and cannot be
specifically applied to the Venezuelan
controversy. The recent visit of 10.
seph Chamberlain did not, in my opin:
ion, have any connection with this
matter.
$50 far as I know officially nothing
further has been accomplished in the
matter than when left, and if any ne.
gotiations are being conducted by the
executive Of the government to settle it
they are unknown to me. cannot say
when the commissions report will be
ready nor whether it will be finished
before President Cleveland's term of
Office EXPIRES
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-09
DISASTER At BULUWAYO.

Powder Magazine Explodes, Killing Five
Whites and Scores of Kafiirs.
BULUwAYo, Oct. GA second explo-
sion has occurred here, a large powder
magazine being destroyed. Five white
persons were killed and many seriously
injured. Scores of Kaffirs camping in
the vicinity Of the magazine were
crushed to death by the flying frag-
ments of the huge rocks. Many houses
were wrecked and the streets were lit
tered with rocks and debris. Earl Gray
and General Darlington are leading in
the movement for the relief Of the in
jured. The Jail and the market hall
have been converted into hospitals.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-09
What Free Coinage Means.

What does 'free coinage" as it is
called, mean? It does not mean that the
government would buy any of the sill
yer; not an ounce. The government
would simply receive the silver from it's
owner, stamp it and hand it back to
him. Does this create any demand for
silver? = ]
Buckwheat flour is now used to a
limited extent for food. The demand
for buckwheat -four is entirely due to
this fact. Would opening a new buck
wheat -four mill create any demand for
buckwheat? Certainly not, any more
than the reaping and thrashing did.
These are all simply steps in preparing
the supply. The market would still
have to be found in competition with
other kinds of four.-Hon. ]. T. Nc.
Clearv of Minnesota.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-09
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
National Democrats Prepare For A,
Aggressive Fight.

National Democrats Prepare For An
Aggressive Fight.
CHICAGO, Oct. 5.-The executive COM
mittee of the National Democratic
party (gold standard) has created a
campaign committee consisting of nine
members. John P. Hokins Of Chicago
has been elected vice chairman of this
committee, Mr.. Bynum holding the
Craftsmanship ex.ofdcio.
The committee is as follows:
Daniel w. Lawler, St. Paul, Mimi. ;
W. B. Haldeman, Louisville, KY. l..
@. Krauthoff, Kansas City, Mo-. <; COL
onel L. M. Martin, Marshalltown, Ia. ;
W. D. Shelby, Grand Rapids, Mich. ;
Ellis B. Usher, La Crosse, Wis. :; John
P. Frenzel, indianapolis, Ind; O. Vey
Holman IF Maine
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-09
Charged With Murder.

MAusToN, Wis, Oct. 5.-George S.
Kainie, Jr., of Necedah, is in jail here,
charged with the murder of his father,
George s. Kainie. Father and son
quarreled Sept. 8, and the old man re-
ceived a blow on the head from which
he never recovered, his death occurring
two weeks afterwards. The coroner's
jury has just decided that the elder
Kainie's death resulted from the blow.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-09
ChOCTAW COLLEGE BURNS.

Four of tho One Hundred Students Perish
In the Flames.
ANTLERs, I. T., Oct. Sat II p. m.
Spencer academy, located 10 miles west
of Antlers, burned to ashes -Four
Choctaw boys were burned to death in
the flames.
The origin Of the fire 10 supposed to
be incendiary, a. no one was occupy ing
the room in which the fire broke out
and there has been no fire in it this sea-
son. The academy was built by the
Choctaw Nation and 102 boys were
there when it burned. Everything is a
total loss, as the Nation did not carry
insurance.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-09
NOTICE or FORECLos URE SALE

NOTICE OF uI2E SALE
Whereas, default has been made in the
e"n S e%ees of f Sy Wa nrsfHfss .SS
widower nortgageor, to Emily II. Kinney,
mort agee, dated on the 9th day Of sep.
1872 n ssSs o the the So See of
Morrison and state of Minncsota, on the
9th dayo September, 1893, at o'clock p. mr.
in book "Y" of mortgages, on page 20, con
described land and premises, situated In
the county of Morrison and state of Min
n-sota, to-wit:
quarter and the west one-half of the south
east one-qunrter (c y of sw Il and W II of
Sc ~ all in section six 10y, township one
nine C2W, in Morrison county, minnesota:
Whereas, by reason of said default, the
power in said mortgage has beco,ne
ape TIE date i Hereof on ' said ertsage
and the debt secured thereby, the SUN, Of
twohund,ed i siXtytive End fiftyEfo"r
stituted to recover said mortgage indebt-
edness or any part thereof
Now therefore, notice ia hereby given
that by virtue of the power of sale therein
contained, and pursuant to the statutes
in such case made and provided, the said
mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of said
Of said Morrison county ut public auction,
to the highest bidder for cash, ut the north
front door of the court house, in the city
of Little Falls, county of Morrison, state
of minnesota, on Saturday, the 10th day of
October, 1896, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon,
due on said mortgage, the debt secured
thereby, twenty-five dollars attorneys
fees and the costs and charges of foreclos-
,ire as stipulated in said mortgage.
Dated at Little Falls, Minnesota, Aug.
q, 1896. EMILY II. KINNEY.
MOrtgagee.
SHELDON, Attorneys for MortEagee.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-09
lyman Not Yet Released.

BoULoGNE, Oct. ga report cabled
here from New York that P. J. lyman
had been released from prison here,
which was conveyed to New York in q
private cablegram, is denied by the
prison officials. They state that lyman
is still in prison and that the local au-
thorities have received no orders to re-
lease him
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-09
ITALY AND FRANCE AGREE.
Tunisisn Treaty Gives the Latter Further
Rights.

Tunlsian Treaty Gives the Latter Further
Rights.
LONDON, Oct. 5.-After long discus
sion the new Tunisian treaty between
France and Italy has been signed, thus
solving one Of the most ticklish .ques-
tions between the two counties, the ad-
justment of which would have been
impossible a little while ago. Italy
under the new treaty surrenders her
rights to try her own subjects in her
own conrts in Tunis and receives in ex-
change commercial accessions, among
which is the right to have Italian ves-
sells admitted to French ports under
the same conditions as French vessels,
Italy making similar concessions to
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-09
SATOLLPS FAREWELL.

His Successor, Mgr. Martine1li, Makes His
First Public Appearance.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-The last public
mass in this country conducted by Car
Ginal Satoli and the farewell reception
to him took place here during the day,
the mass being celebrated at St. Alloy.
sius church and the reception being
given at Gonzaga college. At the mass
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-09
Harri son to Sneak at Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 5.-The Republican
campaign committee has received q
telegram from ex-President Harrison
consenting to make a political speech at
Music hall in this city next Wednesday
night. On Thursday night he will
speak at Charleston, w. Va.
Richard Musser Dead.
MUscAT1NE, Ia, Oct. 5.-Richard
Musser, aged %, one Of the foremost
and best known l1mEcrmen in the Ibis:
sissippi valley, is dead.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-09

IFifst Publication Oct. 1st.]
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
UNDER JUDGMENT OF FORE
CLOSURE.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, J
COUNTY OF MORRISON. y
District Court, Seventh Judicial District
The American Freehold Land
Mortgage Company of London
against
George Urquhart, Jr.. and May L.
Urquhart' his wife, Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that under and
by virtue of a Judgment and decree en-
tered in the above entitled action on the
9th day of September, 1885, a certified tran
I, the undersigned, sheriffof said Morrison
county, will sell, at public AUCTION, to the
highest bidder for cash, on Monday the
10th day of November, 1895, at ten O'Clock
in the forenoon, at the north front d2c1 OF
in said county, ia one parcel, the pre- misses
and real estate described in said judgment
and decree, to-wit: All that tract or parcel
Of land lying and being in the county OF
scribed as follows, to-wit:
The west half tw1a) IF section thirty-four
(3D, township forty (4O range thirty-tWo
l30 the south half (s1a) of section four ~,
the west half of the southwest quarter ter
east half of the southeast quarter (e3 of
seA) of section three 3), in township
thirty-nine (39), range thirty-two GO, con-
tanning eight hundred acres, more or less.
Dated, Oct. LIST, 1896.
sheriff of Morrison County.
GEO. H. REYNOLDS,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-09

L1NDBERGH, BLANCHARD & L1NDBERGH,
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-02-12
Every Man His Own Assessor.

J. M. Challis, Of Atchison, has scheme
Of his own on assessment and taxation
which is novel one. He says he
thinks it is all right and that il he is
elected to the Legislature no will secure
it's enactment into law. The substance
OF the plan is as follows:
"ro equalize the valuation propose to
make every taxpayer his own assessor
for all property owned outside OF the
homestead. Then | would have perma
nent commission OF five competent
homestead owners to assess all other
homesteads in the county. Any party
desiring to purchase piece Of property
not a homestead, may tender to the
owner the amount OF the valuation
turned in by the owner for the purpose
OF taxation, and demand a deed to the
property. The owner may refuse to exc
cute the deed and the party desiring to
purchase may bring his action to compel
conveyance. The defense OF the
owner will be that the valuation he has
placed on the property is it's full cash
value; in case the court so finds, q con-
veyance will not be decreed, but in the
event that the property has been under,
valued a conveyance will be compelled
as penalty for an attempted fraud on
the community"
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-02-12

until 1873, Che silver dollar was not
only the unit Of value but 1t was Che
equal of gold for all monetary purposes
under all circumstances and conditions
In the United States, and In commerce
it was often worth more than gold at q
legal ratio. All our contracts were
made with that knowledge and undeE.
standing. All writer's, statesmen and
economists so regarded it, aud hence
they always referred TO our standard
money as gold and silVer-tw bases,
one standard. Our banks held gold
and silver coins alike as specie reserves,
No question was ever raised concerning
the disparity of the metals by our nneE.
chants and ordinary business men; and
when, during the war Of the rebellion
and some years afterwards, our SeCre.
tarles of the Treasury urged tina doc
trine Of redemption Of the treasury
notes, they invariably referred 20 gold
and silver alike ss the money Of final
payment"
The Senator then quotes the reports
of Secretary of the Treasury MCCul-
loch to show that the above statement
was true.
"The arguments and recommends.
tlons of the Secretary of the Treasury
bore fruit on March Is, 1859, In AN
act to strengthen the public credit,
which promises to redeem In coin oil
the notes out and all the bonds OK.
cept such as are payable In currency
other than gold and silver
ave are very apt, Mr.. President, In
discussing this subject to overlook Che
important fact that the act Of Congress
which authorizes the redemption OF our
greenbacks and treasury notes In
coin and the payment of our
bonded indebtedness In coin par.
tlcularly specifies that gold and silver
coin was meant by the trainers Of the
law.
"That Is the basis Of all subsequent
coin legislation so far as 1t Is made Sp-
pliCable to the redemption Of notes or
the sale Of bonds. The refunding act,
following the next year, provided for
the sale of coin bonds. The resump-
ton act, passed Eve years later, refer
ring to the bonds authorized by the cot
of 1870, brings up the same old queS.
ton.
al have among my papers the Ian.
gu8ge which appears upon the bonds
Issued under the authority of the
act of 1870. The wording
Of the statute is quoted on the face
Of the bonds. The language refers
specially to the fact that the bond is 10
be paid In coin OF the standard value
Of our coin In 1870.
"The alteration made by the coinage
act of 1873, changing the application
Of the unit from silver to gold, did not
have the effect of demOnetizing silver
any more than the original act Of 1893
gold by applying the unit
TO silver. There IL nothing In the law
Of 1873 which 10 any manner affects
the legal tender functions Of the silver
dollar. Its coinage was stopped by
that act, but its Office ss one OF the
awful coins of the country was not In
The least degree altered. Every silver
dollar then In existence was az good
For monetary purposes after the pas
lA0e of the act "a it was before"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-24
ROB ROY"
At The Grand Opera House Tonight
And Tomorrow Night.

At The Grand Opera House Tonight
And Tomorrow Night.
Rob Roy's" spectacular comic op-
era in three acts, music by Reginald
DeKoven, book by Harry B. Smith,
Scottish melodies are pleasingly treat
ed in the score. The orchestration of
the work is strong, distinctive and
mastery. The operetta contains two
remarkably beautiful quintets, certain
duets of charming quality, and sew
eral arias that are delightful; in feel
ing and melody. The choruses are
spirited and there are two or three
bits of dance music, which are Wen
nese in rhythm. Mr.. De Koven
gives his Highland patriots various
stirring airs and choruses and intro
duces many lively and agreeable
measures; in short the authors have
written an opera which will increase
enjoyment and add to their reputa-
ton.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-24
Why He Apologized.

There were five of US hunting and
fishing in the Puma range, and one
rainy day, when we were sticking close
to the shanty, stranger appeared. He
said he was tramp barber on his way
to Dobbs City, and as none Of us had
been shaved for fortnight we gave
him half days work. He had steady
hand with the razor and was an expert
with the shears and the only popularity
any of us noticed about his work was
that he let his razor lovingly linger on
the throat. We gave him his dinner and
90 in cash, and he went away we'll
pleased. About four hours later band
of six men rode up and the leader in
quired if we had seen tall, roughly
dressed man pass that way. We told
him of the barber, and he looked from
man to man and exclaimed:
"Good heavens, but you are all fresh
ly shavedp'
eyes, we gave the barber job. 4"
"And he shaved each one of you?"
"He did, and did it WE'LL"
"Boys, do you hear that?" shouted
the man as he turned to his companions.
"What of it?" asked one of our party.
"Why, he went insane yesterday and
cut a mans throat in his barber chair
over at Unadilla, and we're after him
to put him in an asylum.
They rode away at a gallop and next
morning returned to our camp with the
man, who had been captured after a
hard fight and was tied on his horse.
He seemed to remember us as he was
given drink of water, and as he hand
ed tho cup back he quietly observed:
''Say, gentlemen, please excuse me.
1 meant to finish off the last man who
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-24
FAYORs A COTTON MARKET.

A well konwn cotton buyer remark
ed to a Light reporter that about ten
years ago 1900 to 10000 bales Of cot
ton were sold in San Antonio every
year, while now the number hardly
reaches 5000. He said that there
were now only two cotton firms here,
while formerly nearly every business
house of any consequence had a sal
aried man for the purpose of buying
cotton. He said the local merchants
used to pull for it, while now the far
mers take their cotton to Floresville,
ElmendOrf, and other small towns,
leaving San Antonio nearly altogether
out of the deal. He believes the mer-
chants ought to induce buyers to come
here and thereby make San Antonio
a competitor in the cotton market.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-24
A Few RattIesnakes,

About 10 o'clock in the forenoon we
met a covered wagon drawn by an old
blind horse and bobtailed cow har-
messed together. The man was walking
beside them, while the woman sat ON
the front seat, smoking her pipe and
putting black patch on pair of gray
trousers. The rest of the wagon was
filled with towheaded children and
household furniture.
How fur is it to franklin" asked
the man as he yelled "Whoa" to his
team and made cut at one OF the chill
dren trying to get out of the wagon.
l told him and asked if he was leav-
ing his claim and going back to civil
cation.
THAT'S what we be, stranger" he
earnestly replied "This yere land is
too much fur me. Can't raise five BUSH
els of corn to the acre. 1 jist got dawg-
goned discouraged and picked up and
left
ANY rattlesnakes back there?"
ANY rattlesnakes? Why?"
Because man at Franklin is pay
ing 80 pint for all the rattlesnake oil
he can get. He asked me to notify all
settlers. Did you say you had snakes
on your farm:'
Snakes, stranger - rattlesnakes?
Why, great lands, but there was Is of
'em under the bed when we pulled the
quilts off. There is rattlesnakes ON that
claim of mine till you can't rest. They
bit my other boss and they bit my other
COW, and they bit calf and hog and
my sister-in-law and my hired man.
Thar's millyuns of 'em, all fat and
sleek and iley, and-whoa, git around
yere Mother, do you hear what this
man says?"
Yep" complacently answered the
woman.
"How many snakes did we leave be-
hindu"
"Bout a millyun. "
"And how many pints of lie will
they maker"
Fifty thousand, guess.
"And at Sc a pint that's clean
800, 900 in the next three monthsl
Stranger, fur Gods sake git outer the
way and femme turn about and head
fur my claim, and if you won't say
anything about rattlesnake's lie to any
one else I'll make you a gift of the land
as soon's we've cleaned the reptiles
off,"
He got the team around on the run
and put on the CAD, the woman caught
a pair of twins just as they were falling
out of tho wagon and away the outfit
went at a hot pace, and though two
chairs, feather bed and wsshtub
fell off behind, there was no stop to pick
them up The discouraged pioneer had
struck lie" at last. M. QUAD.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-24
A Few Figures.

Ira N. Turner, who has returned
from q trip to st. Louis and st.
Joseph, Mo-, says that every thing
up that way is politics, and that
most of the people he met were for
sound money. He says that he at
tended q meeting Of the Board OF
Trade in st. Louis with friend,
and that q vote was taken at the
meeting on the money question.
There were 400 men present, he
says, and not q silver vote was re-
ceived. He says that while riding
on the train a vote was taken at q
number of the cities along the
line, resulting as follows: On the
Katy, between Fort Worth and
Dallas, $50 votes cast, 46l for sound
money, 121 for free silver; at Par
sons, Kan, LOG votes, 43 for sound
money, GO for free silver; at Kan
sss City, 103 votes, 101 for sound
money, 2 for free silver; on the
Missouri Pacific, at Leavenworth,
Kan, 725 votes, $50 for sound
money, 1872 for silver.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-24
Waiting to Meet johnson.

got to know that the old man Rob-
inson, at whose cabin was staying for
a week, had had feud with the John
sons for about 20 years, and one after.
noon, when we were over at the moon.
shine still and alone, brought the mat
ter up and asked him how it began.
81 can't skassly remember" he re-
piled, "but reckon dawgs had sunthin
to do with it. Reckon our dawgs had a
fout."
and each of you stood up for his
dog?"
"Of cos'e."
'And did you have fight with John.
SOM"
Reckon did"
"Well, why can't the matter be fixed
up? I'm told that four or five people
have been killed and the war still goes
ON. Can't you and johnson come to-
gether and make peace?"
'How?" he asked.
Suppose go and talk to johnson
and tell him you are willing to let the
matter drop if he is. ;"
Yes"
"Then you can meet, shake hands,
take drink and let the news go on,
that you are friends.
"That would be nice" he replied,
while shaking his head in a doubtful
way.
"Of course it would. If you agree tc
it, I'll go and see johnson today"
sit wouldn't do-wouldn't do, sah
We've dun tried it three times over"
''Then you've been brought together?"
Eyes, sab, three times. He was
willin and l was willin, but when we
Gums together he seq to me if them
dawgs had bin left alone his dawg
would hev licked"
"And you denied it?"
"Of co'se. Ny dawg was on top and
bound to lick. Yes, sab, allus denied
and dun called johnson liar, and then
the wah broke out again.
But couldn't the dogs be left out?"
eyes, l reckon they might, but if
they was he'd begin braggin bout his
ole mewl, and I'd hev to brag about
mine, and thar'd be a row to end up
with. Better let the matter drop, sab.
1 shall likely meet johnson at the
'leckshun next week, and one or 'tother
will be popped over, and that will be
the last of it.