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The herald., 1896-10-02
THE UMATILLA
Is Still Lying on the Rocks-The Cargo
=. z-D~ Sold


PORT TOWNSEND, Oct. There is
little change in the condition of the
steamship Umatilla, except that her
stern has sunk entirely down and at
high tide is wholly under water. She
still rests easily on the beach. Divers
yesterday made four attempts to locate
the hole in the ships bottom, but with
out success, as the sea was rough from
the heavy gale. 1t is thought that the
puncture is near the keel, and as the
Umatilla is almost flat on her bottom,
It will be hard for the diver to find the
exact spot.
The surveyors today ffnishedthe work
Of surveying the wreck and reported
to the owners, but the report cannot be
learned, as the surveyors say it will
have to be given to the public by the
ship owners.
The ships cargo, upwards of 300 tons,
$50 Of which was for Seattle, all perish
able freight, was sold here at auction
on the company's dock today, good
prices being received.
The herald., 1896-10-02
A HELPLESS WRECK
The Linlithgow Is Not Likely to Ever
Reach Port

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 1.-The first
comprehensive description Of the inju-
ries to the British tramp steamer Lin
lithgow, now drifting helplessly in the
Pacific, was received here in letter
written by Captain Petrie of the dis
tressed steamer today before crew Of
six men left here in small boat to
make the perilous voyage to the main
land and notify the ships owners of
her condition.
The letter was brought by the San
Bias from Acapulco and received by
the agents for the ship here.
The herald., 1896-10-02
NEBRASKA NOMINATIONS.

OMAHA, Neb, Oct. 1.-The National
Democratic party met here tonight in
State convention and named the fol-
lowing ticket: Governor, r. S. Bibbs:
lieutenant governor, o. F. Biglin; audi
tor. Emil Haller; treasurer, Frank Nc
Gibbon; secretary of state, James Mat
tes; attorney general, r. s. Patrick;
superintendent of public instruction, 8.
G. Glover; commissioner, G. M. Baer:
regent, DIR. ]. 1. Leas; supreme court,
Frank Irvine, w. H Platte
The herald., 1896-10-02

IG<F0gE1lng mass. The greatest excite
uent prevailed and it is wonder no
one WAS trampled to death. Ex-Gover-
oor Sherman was found lying under the
debris with a large plank across his
neck. but was rescued without serious
injury. Miss Drake. the governors
1aughter. was not injured as at first
reported. A number of ladies were
slightly injured.
The herald., 1896-10-02
cALAyERAs CANDIDATES.

SAN ANDREAS, Oct. 1.-The Calaveras
Republican county convention assembled
here today and made the following nomi-
nations: Assemblyman, Charles d. Fon-
tana, Copperopolis; judge of the superior
court Ira Hill Reed. San Andreas; super
visors. Mokelumne township, J. r. Sbith.
West Point; Angels township, j lanes Snow;
San Andreas township, James w. Roberts
The herald., 1896-10-02
FIELDS CONDITION

WASHINGTON, Oct 1.-Justice Field
of the United States supreme court has
returned to Washington after sum-
mer spent in California. The Justice
has been in feeble health for. some
months, but expects to be able to sit on
the bench during the most if not all Of
the coming term.
The herald., 1896-10-02
BIG FAILURE IN vIsALIA.

vISALIA. Oct. 1.-The well-known
firm Of Geo. Cummings & Son, Of Visa
liza, has been attached by creditors. The
stock has been sold to the Broadway De-
partment store and moved to Los An
geles.
The herald., 1896-10-02
DISHONESTY OR LACK OF CUR
RENCY

The story of poor collections is being
told all over the United States, as one
business firm after another closes It's
doors. And yet some people maintain
that there Is no scarcity>of currency. Do
these same people prefer to- think that
creditors are dishonest? - Denver
Times,
The herald., 1896-10-02

No news Of the Linlithgow's posi-
tion or her condition since First Officer
Yell and his five men left her has been
received, and as high as Is per cent for
reinsurance has been paid on her. No
vessel has been sent in search of her.
The herald., 1896-10-02
AN AWFUL DISEASE.

merry. Turkestan, Oct. Ia malipnant ~
fever. similar to that which appeared in
1888, has ravaged Turkestan for the mast
TWO months. Ten thousand persons have
'4ied from the fever. most of the victims be-
ing 6ktldren.
The herald., 1896-10-02
HOW DOES BENJAMIN FEEL7

How deos Benjamin Harrison feel
over the assertion that it is beneath Mr..
McKinley's dignity to make stumD
speeches ?-Chicago Dispatch.
The herald., 1896-10-02
AN UNDERGROUND ROAD.

There seems to be an underground
railroad between the Indianapolis con.
vention and Mark Hanna sbarrel.-Phil-
adelphia Item.
The herald., 1896-10-02
COUNTY JAIL ARRIVAL.

The only arrival at the county jail yes
terday was p. Winter, brought in from San
Pedro by Constable Schwartz to serve q
forty-day sentence for petty larceny.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14

The National Guard Of Minnesota
will be reviewed by Governor Ciough
and staff ON Thursday, Sept. 3, at
the state fair, when field maneuvers
will be executed by one thousand
men. There will be host of minor
attractions. including games OF
Lacrosse between Indian >trlbes,
three balloon ascensions and sensa.
tional parachute leaps; exhibitions
of trick bicycle riding by Sid Black,
the premier of all cyclists; music by
one of the finest bands in the
country; Ferris wheel sixty feet high,
ETC., etc. 1t is anticipated that two
hundred thousand people will at
tend the fair this year, as it is held
the same week as the G. A. K. ma
tional encampment at st. Paul and
the knights of Pythias national
encampment at Minneapolis.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
Discharged.

The trial of Mrs. August Brett
kreutz, charged with assault. was
completed before Justice Gaudet and
a jury Monday afternoon, and re-
suited in verdict OF not guilty and
the defendant was discharged.
Mrs. Breitkreutz claimed that she
a.cidently threw the pail OF swill on
the boy and not Intentionally. One
thing is certain, there has been bad
feeling bet tween the families of the
defendant and the complainant,
Kraus, and this is the third or fourth
time that they have been in the
Justice court on some charge or
other. ..+..
There was considerable conflicting
testimony in yesterdays trial, and
that, with the reputation the COM
plainant has as a disturbance
breeder, was responsible for the
defendants acquittal. 1t is too bad
that the authorities cannot find some
way of effectually stopping this row,
for it IS just such affairs as this that
lead to murder.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
A Good PAPER Mandatory.

The largest single plant in tie
world for carrying on the pulp and
paper business is said. to be- that
located at Corinth, N. Y, where
some 35 900 cords of Canada short
wood and $4,000 cords OF; logs are
used annually, while the wood
carrier or trestle is 1902 feet III length
and it's capacity 80, 600 cords nf four
feet of wood. The branch and yard
railroad consists Of four miles. of
tracks, and about seventy carloads
Of logs and wood are received daily.
The amount of printing paper manu-.
factured is some 100 tons d day, this
vast amount being sent not only to
the various great cities Of the Union
but about 1885, tons a month are
shipped to England and Australia.
The manufacture Of wood pulp per
day. with the new wheels furnishing
Is. 900 horse power, is estimated to
reach capacity Of 125 TONS ofpaper.
Forty tons of sulphite are produced
daily .-Newspaperdo
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
Mckinley Leads.

L. Van Hecke, of the Interstate
Milling company, who has just re-
turned from q trip to Wisconsin and
Illinois, comes back with a firm be-
lief that Mckinley will overwhelm
Bryan in those states. He made a
special effort to find out the senti-
ment in the localities he visited, and
says that he was astonished at the
preponderance of sentiment against
free silver. He was at Rockford, ILL.,.
and met old acquaintance In whose
word he had complete faith. They
told him that Il careful canvass OF
many OF the manufacturing estab-
lishments there showed that the
employees were almost unanimous
for Mckinley and sound money. In
Chicago the free silver sentiment
seemed confined largely to agita--
tors and men out of employment,
and that the men at work
in the factories and stores and
business men were almost solid
for sound money. In southern
Wisconsin there was scarcely. any
free silver sentiment.
Mr.. Van Hecke is thoroughly con-
WINGED from what he learned. that
Mckinley will sweep the country
this fall.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
Are tho Magyars Slavs?

French writer's, from Balzac to lola,
invariably speak OF the Mngyars rs COS
peuplcs slaves. BY what cgrcgious error
in books on geography the French gift OF
fine distinctions has been so utterly mis-
guided do not know. A weeks stay in
Hungary will teach any Frcnchman that
Of Magyar proverbs there is none better
known than the saying, "Tot mem ember
--Kasa nom etcl"-that is, IA Slav is no
human being-millct pap is no food. y
There is a radical difference between the
Slav and the Magyar difference more
pronounced than that between the Ger
man and the French. The Hungarians
have adopted few hundred vocablcs from
tho Slav idicms, in the midst Of which
they were living. That is all. 1t is like
the medieval nobleman borrowing q few
hundred zecchines from the obscure usurer.
1t has influenced none Of tho vital organs
of tho Hungarians, and they have amply
repaid it by allowing the mcsalliance Of
hundreds of their own words with tho
nambypamby squealings called Slovak
dialects. Nor are the Hungarians Ger
mans.-Nincteenth Century.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
Annual Election OF Officers.

At the recent annual election Oi
the st. JOseph's Benevolent society
Of Little Falls the following officers
were elected:
President-JOhn Kerrich.,
Vice. resident-Fred Valentine.
Secretary-J. j. Gross.
Financial Sec.-J ohm Billstefn.
Treasurar-.Jos. l.. Meyers.
Finance copmittee--Frank kOpacz,
John Vertfn and Casper Schmitt.
Tie society is now in fiourishing
condition. and has a membership Oi
sixty-twO.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
Saw Mill Men for Mckinley.

Minneapolis Journal: straw
vote on the presidential candidates
was taken today at the saw-mill
and lumber-yards of the Bovey-De
Laittre Lumber company. and it re-
suited in d complete victory for Nc
Kinley, who secured ITS votes to %
for Bryan. Each man twas supplied
with a Mckinley and a Bryan ballot
and asked to. cast the one that
named his favorite for president.
The balloting was secret and Frank
Bovey. who conducted the election,
says that he has no idea how any
man voted. He and Mr.. De Laittre
believe implicitly that the men ex-
pressed their honest convictions.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14

Pioneer Press: Encouraged by the
success of the Niagara Falls Power
company, Il similar enterprise is
about being inaugurated at Sault
Ste Marie. Il is backed. SO it ssaid,
by the Cramps, of Philadelphia,
Hyde & Sewall, the ship builders, OF
Bath Me-. and several other indi-
viduals and corporations of great
wealth. The fall of the 500 is OF
course livery small compared with
that OF Niagara, but the projectors
claim it is ample to secure the neccs-
sary head of water. 1t is proposed
to construct a power canal $50 feet
long, to cost $4,000. 900. and expected
to develop 40, 900 horse power. Under
recent improvements in electrical
transmission of power, a large part
of this can doubtless be used in
Detroit. Another enterprise Of the
same character is on foot at Austin,
Tex, where a great dana has been
built across the Colorado, two and
a half miles from the city, which is
expected to furnish light and water
for the city, and q surplus Of power,
electrically convened for other uses.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14

BRAINEHD, Mimi, Aug. lO.-James
Willis, foreman Of the planning mills
at the Northern Pacific shops. while
inspecting some gearing this after
noon. fell from q high beam to the
floor below. striking his head on a
Jack, badly fracturing his skull. He
was taken to the Sanitariun, where
an 0perat i0n was performed, several
,ieces of bone being taken from the
brain, but he has never recovered
consciousness and the physicians
say he cannot live. He is one OF
Brainerd's oldest and most respected
citizens. ~ q
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
$40 PER CHICKEN.
That is Whatit Cost a Citizen
OF Little Falls for Killing
/. Three Birds Yesterday.

I.uxuries come high, SO though
Barney Burton when. he paid g
fine OF S32.5O when brought before
Justice Shaw "Wednesday morning ON
a charge OF illegally killing three
prairie chickens Tuesday evening.
1t was a dead sure case against
Barney. and he pleaded guilty ana
was given the lowest possible SEN
tence, which was $40 for each bird,
with the justice. and OTHER costs III
addition, running 1t up to total ~
$325O. .s. 81. .'-S III,
Barney went out Tuesday evening
east of town, and when about three
miles out he met Game Warden >.
Trebby and Constable F. Stuart. wh"
were then on their return from trip
up Platte river, " here they had heard
that a number of people were killing
chickens. ~ =, X ~. ,.,.
Barney said he was going out to
train his dogs. but the warden was
SUSPICIOUS and followed him and
came upon him with, two others
Chas. Young and a man named
Whitney, just as they had killed
three birds out of q covey on +. j..
Berke's farm, hear the road. The
hunters made an attempt to run,
and conceal their birds. but the
officers had surprised them, and
having a team soon overlook them.
The other two were let off as they
were not seen doing any shooting,
although one of them had q gun.
Burton acknowledged that it was he
who did the shooting and paid all
the costs. He took the matter as
quite a good joke, but says that
hereafter he will wait until the sea-
son opens before hunting chickens
again.
The warden claims to, have sui
ficient evidence against several par
ties to convict them. and promises
to have them brought up soon.
The warden gave Barney one OF
birds. seeing that he paid a good
price for it. and Barney ate it for
dinner Wednesday, and stated that
twas a rather expensive menu when
the game course cost $32.5O.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
wA7TERsoh m r1e RED MILL.
Tho Kentucky Editor Sees . Famous Re.
sort In the French Capital.

Tho Kentucky Editor Sees . Famous 10"
& sort In the French Capital.
BY the light Of day the Red Mill, for
that is its name In English, is but poor
affair-squatty, squalid, with nothing
to signalize 1t except the elevated open
space in which it stands Like some hor-
rid monster, recumbent and asleep from
dawn to twilight, no sooner does the sun
60 out of the heavens and the stars begin
to shine than it yawns, rears, and with
great howl springs to it's feet, its eyes
flaming and its jaws agape, eager for it's
prey. AS your carriage mounts the hill
through long, dark avenue you become
conscious Of a lurid glare. You look
ahead. Before you is a place, or square,
brilliantly lighted only at the farther end.
There you behold q gorgeous electric dis
playa facade Of white and golden globes
and high above these the wings of a
great windmill slowly Huntingdon tho
mills even OF such false goddesses rs reign
in Moulin Rouge grind slowly-the wings
being composed, of course of myriads Of
red electric lamps. The effect, though
sinister, Is picturesque and novel.
You pay your francs and enter. There
are garden, q theater and a dance hall,
all opening one into another, and when
you have tired of the Indifferent concert
proceeding upon the stage you can go ms
you please and need not sip your beer alone
either in the garden or upon the balconies
on either side Of the dance hall, where an
excellent band discourses very good music
of it's kind. The costumes are varied and
often pretty. The less said Of the wearers
the better.
For liquors both ladies and gentlemen
may and do come here with IMMUNITY.
One gets 80 used to tho demimondaine in
Paris that its agglomeration presently
ceases to shock or even to be particularly
observed. The other evening an old man
and an old woman, probably from Green
county, were sitting at table looking on
the fantastic scene, the old woman with n
sort of fascinated delight. At last tho old
man rose suddenly, and said he, "Como
along, Mandy; this amt no flttin place for
SIGH as we," and reluctantly the old wom-
an did as she was bid.
have observed that women arc moro
impressed by what they SEQ and hear at
Moulin Rouge than tho men who como
here. Perhaps it is that there is in tho
case Of the women an appeal to tho imagi-
nation which in the case of the men Is
wanting, for a man must be callow, in
deed, who finds anything in IL place like
this to arouse other than his disgust. In
deed, the woman, particularly the good
American woman does not realize the full
meaning or tho extent Of I'LL this depravity
Her sense is lurcd by the fantastic The
music, tho lights, the color, tho novelty,
catch her fancy. 1t is the thoughtful man
who, knowing all, looks on with pity and
horror. Courier-Journal
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14

Pioneer Press: Executive Agent
Fullerton, of the state game and fish
commission, returned yesterday from
Brainerd and Duluth. He was &C.
cOmpanied by Secretary Benson, OF
the commission. At Brainerd they
examined Ferris lake, which had been
leased for the propagation of bass.
They report that the culture OF bass
in that lake has proved u failure.
Another examination will be maze,
and if no young bass are discovered
by SEEMING the lake will be aban-
dOnei. '' go "' "'''-'
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
SAlLBOAT SPIDERS.
Tho Queer Discovery That Was Made by
Careful Observer.

Careful Observer.
1t was reserved for DR.. McCook to dis
cover u mode of locomotion used by some
spiders, but previously unknown to natu-
ralists. When studying tho habits of Ger
tain water spiders, he shook tho branches
of u tree that stood by the waters edge in
order to procure specimens. A number of
spiders fell, aAd all travelled back to shore
in ways familiar to tho doctor, with the
exception Of one spider, which seemed to
move across the surface Of tho water with
out any motion of it's legs.
When it approached the shore, tho doc
tor placed it far out on tho pond again
and watched it moro closely. In u fow
moments 1t resumed its peculiar method of
travelling and he saw positively that it did
not use its legs. How, then, did it cross
the water9 The gentle breeze blowing
against its body could hardly have driven
it at the rate it was going, for that 1t WIS
moving along at fairly good pace was
evidenced by tho little ripplets which
strea1ued out on either side of the circle of
rigid legs.
1t occurred to the doctor that perhaps
this little mariner was sailing under an
invisible sail In other words, that per-
haps the spider had lot out u number of
silken threads IA the aeronaut spiders do,
and that, instead Of carrying it through
tho air, they caused 1T to skim rapidly over
tho surface Of tho water.
AS tho curious little chap approached tho
land again, tho doctor held his cunc out
about two fce6 above the spider. In mo-
ment it came to halt. Tho mystery was
solved. AS he had suspected, the tiny
craft was really sailing under invisible
sails, and as they came into contact with
the doctors cane they adhered to it so
firmly that by q sudden movement of tho
stick the spider was lifted clear out Of the
water.
1t Is just possible that gossamcr
thread runs from tho tip of each leg to the
one next it, thereby forming diminutvo
silksn float for the spider to stand upon,
but on this there is no certainty How
over, VIC could hardly ask for anything
more wonderful than u spider that is II
sailor, and his own sailboat, and his
own sailmaker, all in one. Our Animal
Friends.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
CAPTAIN JOHNSTON.

Ill.
heavy iron port shutters became jammed
by the heavy shots rained against them
and only with difficulty could be OPEN
ed to run out the guns. for firing. Ad-
miral Buchanan and the pilot were both
wounded, and as u finishing disaster
tic rudder chains were cut in two by
a.. II inch shot from the monitor Chick
as..w.
/: Buchanan was Frustrated with bro
ken leg and sent for Captain j. d.
Johnston, the master of the ship. Said
he quietly: "They We got me, Johnston
You'll have to look out for her now.
This is your fight, you know" John
ston responded: Gall right, sir. I'll do
tho best I know how" At that instant
the vessel careened SO as to throw John
ston off his feet. The Lackawanna, in
a third attempt, at least, that morning.
had at last put in her blow. She struck
the ram while running at full speed,
cut into her stern and crushed the plank
ends for the distance Of three feet above
the waters edge to five feet below. Tho
only perceptible effect Of the shock up
OH the ram was to cacse her to list
heavily.
The loss Of the smoKestnck made it
impossible for the engineer of the Ten
ncssee to keep up enough steam to stem
the tide, which was setting against her
at the rate of four miles an hour. There
was no rudder to keep the vessel in po-
sition for firing, and after consulting
the wounded admiral Captain Johnston
went out upon the top of the shield with
a white flag. One Of the heaviest ships
of the enemy's fleet, the Ossipee, was
then steaming rapidly forward. intend
ing to sink the helpless ram. Seeing the
flas of truce, Commander LIE Roy Of the
Ossipee, stopped his ship, but the momen'
tum carried her heavily against the Ten
nessee. At that moment the commander
hailed and said: "This is the United
States steamer Ossipee. Hello, John.
ston, how are you? LIE Roy-don't you
know me? I'll send boat alongside fol
you. Johnston and LIE Roy had been
bosom friends in the old navy.
The strength Of the Tennessee lay in
her armor and the massive spur or ram
at her bow. Had other things been equal
the armor and iron beak would have
made her. the most terrible Of all the
dreaded rams Of the Confederacy.
GEoRnE L. KIMER.