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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07

lie schools Of her native town she went, at
the age of IS, to Jacksonville, Ills, where
she entered the annex Of the state college.
Mr.. Bryan entered the institution at the
same time, and their acquaintance was
soon begun. They graduated together,
each with honors, and both were the vale
dictorians of their respective classes
While Mr.. Bryan was studying law at
the close of his college career Miss Baird
returned to Jacksonville and took post
graduate course. Then they were married
and removed to Lincoln, Neb., where Mr.
Bryan sat patiently down In q little office
to wait for clients. Mrs. Bryan, resolved
to keep him company by studying law her
SELF She proved on apt pupil and two
years after her marriage was admitted to
sthe Nebraska state bar. The society wom-
en- Of Lincoln looked upon her as good
deal of q curiosity at first, but after her
husband had been successful in politics and
had been elected to congress they found
that the brown haired, brown eyed little
woman was very kindly, unaffected and
entertaining. r. @ 80 rS@
I Mrs Bryan cares nothing for society or
fashion and pays little attention to either.
Caring for her three children and working
with her husband leaves her no time for
afternoon teas or dressmaking consulta-
lions When in Washington, the organs
lived In q modest, quiet boarding house
not far from the capitol They went out
very little, for q $1,000 salary had to sup
port them and build up a reserve fund for
the days when Mr.. Bryan should return
+ to Lincoln brieaess lawyer again. =
h With cool deliberation Mr.. and Mrs. Bry-
an worked on that famous tariff speech
a. g. 0f h0
Platte" out Of obscurity. Together they
metaphors and made the speech fairly scin-
tillate. Its success was no surprise to
them. That night there was reception to
the young Nebraska member. Mrs. Bry-
an appeared In high neck, long sleeved
dress that was not even fashionably made.
Indeed, she never appeared at any OF the
Washington social functions In full dress,
and 1t is doubtful II she ever wore such at
tire In her life. ..,5 5. ssl..ls (. "a. s :,
During the last few years Of her resi-
dence In Lincoln she has been an active
worker In literary circles. She was one of
the founders and is an ex-president Of the
local Sorosis. She Is an ahectionate moth.
er and is very proud Of her three children
Ruth, her eldest child, Is II years old;
William J., Jr, is 6, and Grace, the baby
Of the Bryan family, Is . little miss Of 5
years. Is &c. &c., u u 4 gs gsl..4 FL
Mrs. Sewall is the daughter Of the late
Charles Croker, who was one Of the lead
Inn business mon In Maine of his time and
oneof Bath q most successful shipbuilders
She was educated 1T once famous fitting
school in Ipswich, MASS, and afterward
travelled considerably abroad. She has
been student and book lover for years,
and French Is her favorite language. She
10 8 water color artist Of no little ability
and Is an enthusiastic amateur photoF
rapher. She cannot swim or ride q bicycle,
AZ can Mrs. Bryan, because her lack OF
health does not permit her to takc such 90
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07

100 sFsa W LILLIAN NJ klNLEl OobOlsNE.
the Republican candidate, but he Is .
friend Of his boyhood and an army COM
rade. * v %2
Mr.. Osborne's mother and the majors
mother were sisters. The two boys went
to school together at the old academy at
Poland, O., and the warm friendship
which was then built up still exists. They
enlisted at the same time and went to the
front in the same regiment Osborne, who
was little older than Mckinley and of a
less hardy constitution, could not stand
the har1ships Of the camp and field and
fell victim to typhoid fever. He was sent
home, and on his recovery, although he re-
turned to his regiment, was unable to
make for himself the distinguished record
which his cousin did. es
At the close of the war he went to Ann
Arbor, Mich, and took course In the
law school. Then he returned to Ohio and
practiced law at Youngstown. He became
active in politics there and was elected
mayor in 1874. In 1880 he removed to
Boston, which was the home Of his wife's
parents Mrs. Osborne was formerly Miss
Francis Clara Hastings. When Mr.. Has,
tings died, his widow and Mr.. and Mrs.
Osborne spent several years in Europe, and
oSoosS>~ H~~
manently in Boston. rs.- q, H..
: He soon began to take an active interest
in city politics and In 1885 was elected to
the common council. He served with such
success that he was appointed a year later
as member Of the metropolitan police
board After serving for three years Com
missioner Osborne was reappointed by Gov
ernor Ames for term of five years. After
leaving tho nolice hoard he continued to
take an active part in municipal campaigns
and was one Of those who engineered the
election of Mayor Hart
Mr.. Osborne is frequently called Gen
eral," q title which he has vainly tried to
get rid of. 81 was private he declares,
|"and am proud Of it, because there are
out few Of us left. I have never been g
military officer Of any kind. W II t the title
has stuck to him, and more than half his
friends still call him " General Osborne,
although he occasionally enters weary
protest. He is quiet, unassuming man
and is very popular with New England Re-
DublicanS, ~ =. E% eE.9tf a, 4. 1888
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
ms a. N. REYNOLDS.

nolds Of New Haven. Besides q thorough
religious training she has been splendidly
educated, having spent three years In Paris
and Berlin studying languages after being,
graduated from Wellesley. She returned to
this country, an accomplished hnguist, able
to make addresses In French, German and
italian. Eight years ago she entered &C
lively into the work Of the association as
secretary Of the Young Woman's Christian
association In Brooklyn. She left there to
become state secretary of the association In
Iowa. Afterward she edited The Evangel
the association organ, and resigned this
office to become worlds secretary with q
rowing commission.
Miss Reynolds began her three years,
term by going direct to the association
headuuarters in London. From there she
went to Southampton and sailed direct to
Cape Town. After visiting Johannesburg,
where the association has branch, she
called for Tasmania, 10 days voyage
over the southern sea. Her next jump
was to New Zealand, and from there she
went to Australia, where she visited the
branches and inspected the work In Mel
bourne, Sydney, Adelaide and other large
cities. From Melbourne she sailed back
10 Southampton, and after brief stay In
London, embarked for America.
Miss Reynolds stopped for only two
hours In New York, and then started for
Geneva, Wis, to attend q conference, only
to hurry back to Northfeld, Mass, to b
present at q similar gathering. She IL to
spend August at Lake Placid in compare
tive quiet, but By September she will be
travelling again. Miss Reynolds Is wonl-
an OF fine physique and says that she
rather enjoys the long journeys which she
Is compelled to take. II Is fOrtunate for
her that she dos, for she has much more
az the same kind Of work before. her.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07

"Lawler'' and ..Hit him again.
u John f. Stone Of Pine and O. a.
Quist Of Hennepin were chosen as Sec
retaries and the usual motions for com
mittees were made and carried.
{, NJ J. McGrath moved the appoint-
ment Of committee Of seven by the
chair to confer with the Populist state
committee in regard to joint ticket
and the committee was named. The
convention took a recess at II 40.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
HON. JOIN LIND.

C1ool-s:on for treasurer. No nonina-
tions were made for Lieutenant governor
OF attorney general, as these Offices are
to be filed by the Populist convention.
E The sensation OF the convention was
the unseating OF National Commit.
teeman Lawler, J. j. McCatferty and F.
w. M. Cutcheon, prominent gold Dem!
ocrats of Ramsey county, because of
their announced intention to not sup
port Bryan for president. A hard fight
was made against this action, but the
roll call showed that two.thirds Of the
delegates favored it. Mr.. Lawler was
also deposed as national committeeman
and T. D. O'Brien of St. Paul given the
position.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
THE NOMINATIONS. !

Lind Named for Governor by Acclams-
A motion that John Lind be nom
mated for governor by reclamation was
made and carried amid great applause.
A committee of notification to join
with similar committee from the Pop
ulist convention was named as follows:
John p. Rea, Frank L. Randall, T. q.
O'Brien, E. G. Gridley, Henry Himmer--
man. EAR 5ss al sz II i#& f13stsf
For secretary Of state julius ]. Heinz
richs Of Minneapolis, A. Biermani Of
Rochester and Alex McKinnon of.
Crookston, were named, but the sentirt
ment became SO clear that Bierman and
McKinnon were withrawn and Helm.
richs nominated by a rising vote. 4
For treasurer George Geissell Of Nor
rison and Alex McKinnon were pres
scented and roll call became necessary,
resulting: Geissell, 1866 McKinnon, 545.
Closing Acts of the Convention. III
The state central committee, to be-
appointed, was clothed with plenary
powers to put the names Of the Popu-s
list nominees on the ticket and the fol-
lowing list Of electors was presented
John Day Smith of Hennepin, H. H.
Bonnewell of Mcleod, Charles d Autre-
mont of St. Louis, Wilson Borst Of Cot.
tOnwood and John H. Ives of Ramsey.
The proceedings closed with the an
nouncement Of the state committee as
follows: Byron J. Mosier, Saltwater !;
Thomas J.. McDermott, E, J. Schur-
meier, St. Paul; ]. H. johnson, VII
mona M. Breslauer, Lars M. Rand,
Minneapolis Joseph Roach, North
field; Henry Zimmerman, Jr., Man.
kato; Frank Zins, St. Cloud; J. w.
Craven, Carver; Tim O'Connor, Rem
vile; H. T. Tolsure, Spring Valley; O..
II. Stanton. Appleton; Dan G. Brown
ell, Luverne; John r. McKinnon,
Crookston E. @. Kiley, Itasca; J. W..
Eddy, Stevens. sa IS +
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
THE PLATFORM.
Endorses Bryan and Sewall and the Chi
cagO Declaration of Principles. s--

Endorses Bryan and Sewall and the Chi
cagO Declaration of Principles. s--
The Democracy of the state Of Mime
sofa in convention assembled hereby re-
affirms the platform recently adopted at
Chicago and hereby approves it's selection
Of candidates, Bryan and Sewall, for the
high offices Of president and vice presi-
dent. .,i y $st
We further denounce the platform OF
the Republican party on the all absorbing
issue of the day, namely, honest money.
It processes to favor bimetallism, yet it
proposes to submit the question to other
leading nations, when it we'll knows that
those nations are solidly In favor OF the
Of the present gold standard.
The question: therefore, now before the
people is whether we shall be obliged to
remain on the gold standard, with all it's
destructive tendencies, or whether we
shall follow the traditional policy of the
United States and hold both gold and sill
yer to be the standard money Of our peo-
pie, freely coined on the old legal ratio Of
is to /. On this all important question
we earnestly invite the cooperation Of
every citizen who ia anxious for thefuture
prosperity Of the country.
Regarding State Affairs.
We demand that the policy, which for
the past 80 years has controlled the legis-
lation Of our state and the administration
Of its institution and affairs, be now
changed Wrongs older than genera
ton remain to be redeemed No state
can ever prosper which commits for 80
long q period Its affairs to the same pOliti-
cal party. We now congratulate the peo-
pie that this long period Of misgovern-
ment is about to end and that the people
are now ready to resume their right Of
honest government and the reform Of all
abuses.
We denounce the Republican party Of
the state for its subserviency to corpora
lions, rings and trusts, and its total disre-
gard Of the great producing masses-the
middle classes, the common people, farm
ers, mechanics and laboring men. We
hold that these latter classes should re-
ceive the fair and first consideration Of the
legislative and executive powers Of the
state. We pledge the people, If given the
authority that corporate and mOnOpolts-
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
FOR SILVER AND BRYAN.

Convention Loudly Cheered Their Mem
tion by the Chairman. ="
! It was II :15 when Chairman Nc.
Dermott called the convention to order
and declared that this was the freest
convention ever held in Minnesota.
When he got as far as "free' he was
loudly cheered in expectation Of the
word "silver." But it did not come.
Mr.. McDermott approached his climax
with great adroitness, SO when he
sprung the name Of Bryan he brought
down the house.
The reading Of the call was dispensed
with, and T. D. O'Brien nominated E.
T.. Champlin for temporary chair
man, referring to the fact Of Mr..
Mr.. Champlin's turn down at the last
convention, when the gold men held
the reins. Seconds came thick and fast,
and Mr.. Champlin was elected by ac-
clamation. T. D. O'Brien, Judge Rea
and Mr.. Rosing escorted MIR. Champlin
to the platform, and he accepted the
honor in betitting speech. IL e
81 The Party Of the People.
The Democratic party, he said, was
the party Of the people, and it was with
pride that he announced that he was q
Democrat. He predicted the trium-
plant success Of the Democratic ticket
/ and declared that the last Democratic
congress had made a gallant stand for
the interests of the people in the repeal
Il OF the Infamous Mckinley bill and
the force bill. It would be a long time,
he said, before q Republican congress
would pass such legislation.
Mr.. Champlin argued for. silver and
charged criminal practices in the en-
actment of the characterization law.
The audience held its breath for mo-
ment when the newly elected chairman
Took Rap at Dan I.awler,
who sat Immediately in front Of him,
for his alleged party disloyalty. He did
not ,lame Mr.. Lawler, but every one
realized the subject Of the remark when
he said that ..the men who had raised
the banner Of treason in the Democratic
party must remember that no one man
! s greater than the party" There was
loud and prolonged applause at this
thrust and there were = few cries q
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07

tic selflshness, greed and power shall not
control our conduct, and that while we
have no desire to strike down and injure
In the slightest degree vested rights, we
will see to it that the rights of the COM
mon people shall not be trampled upon
but jealousy guarded.
u Demand Free Ballot.
The ballot Is the weapon Of American
freemen, and the sacredness Of the ballot
can only be preserved by Its secrecy. We
unqulif 1edly condemn all efforts Of corpo-
rate or private employers to enquire into
or investigate and uncover the true senti-
ments of the voting employees, thus by q
covert threat challenging his vote and
neutralizing his influence and making him
tributary to interests which may be OPP
posed to the interests Of the people.
The constitution provides that taxation
Of properly shall be a. nearly equal e pos
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
MISS REYNOLDS MISSION.

Travelling Around tho World For the
Young women's Christian Association.
Two-thirds round the world and back
again in 10 months is the record establish
ed by Miss A. NJ Reynolds, the first
worlds secretary of the Young Woman's
Christian association. She was not tray
cling against time either, but merely on
business connected with her office and
spent much of that time in visiting asso-
citation homes and In attending conven-
tions. "a .l r, rg:.5 +, d < q X s.2.
Miss Reynolds is an American woman
and the daughter of Rev. William Rey-
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
Heinrichs Of Hennepin for Sec
rotary and Alex Mckinnon
l@sl for Treasurer.
Popuiists Will Endorse Them
!, and Name the Remainder
of the Ticket.
Sensation of the Convention
!! the Ousting of Committee
! man Lawler. !.
THE TICKET NAMED.

Governor : John Lind
h5t.E&fa Brown County. ~"
R.cretarv of State Julius Heinrichs
Hennepin County. Gt
Treasurer -S Alex McKinnoD
,g,,.-e Polk County. gag " f.
Elcctors-,JOhn Day Smith Hennepin
%t% III. L. BOnnewell - Mcleod
"a Charles d'AutremoDt st. Louis
.4.7 Wilson Borst Cottonwood
j. H. Ives Ramsey
Nominations for lieutenant governor
and attorney general were left open and
will be filed by Populists.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07

(: M1NNEAPoLIs, Aug. 5.-The Demo-
cratic state convention, as predicted,
nominated Hon John Lind for governor
and came out fatfooted for the free
coinage Of silver. Julius Heinrichs OF
Minneapolis was nominated for secre-
tary Of state and Alex McKinnon of
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD.
Martin Peterson the Victim Of Gross
4 &&sg.5',&4 CareleWnoss. a. fsr,. 49,. ~ H.

Martin Peterson the Victim Of Gross
a 9s&g5, CAFe1eDness. %F5a- ~s.. w. IL
TYLER, Mimi, Aug. 5. Martin Peter,
son aged 16, was shot through the head
by George Miller, the l6-year.old son Of
q neighbor. The Miller boy was spend
ing the day at Peterson's and had his
rifle with him. He was continually
pointing the weapon at young Peterson,
who protested in vain. He finally aimed
at.Peterson's head and pulled the trig-
ger. The ball passed in at the left side
Of the nose and came out behind the
right ear. Seeing what he had done
Miller fed.
The boys were good friends and We're
much together, consequently it is re.
garded as q case Of extreme carelessness.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
Great storms in Nic.rasua.

. NEW YORK, Aug. Ga dispatch to
The Herald from San Juan del Sur,
Nicaragua, says the captain Of the
steamer Costa RIGA. which has arrived
here from Ell Rama, reports that heavy
floods have occurred at that place, de-,
stroying houses and plantations, and
causing great loss Of life. The Nicara-
guam government is trying to reopen
communication SO as to confirm the re-
port. Y IFS {H s.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
o,gRIEN AS COMMITTEEMAN

Nation IL Democrat Commit tee Asked to
Give Him LAWYERS Place.
Mr.. d'Autremont Of Duluth offered
resolution endorsing the selection Of 4.
d. O'Brien as q member Of the execu-
tive committee of the nationals Demo.
cratic committee, and asking the ma.
tional committee to declare MIR. Law.
ler's place vacant and confer it upon
Mr.. O'Brien. Mr.. Matt Gallagher Of
fered substitute simply ousting Mr..
Lawler, but it was voted down and the
dAutremont resolution adopted. Mr..
O'Brien made q neat speech Of thanks.
H. ]. Peck Of Shokopee presented the
conference committees report faYoring
John Lind for governor, and the nomi-
nation Of treasurer and secretary OF
state by the Democrats, leaving lieu
tenant governor and attorney general
to be selected by the Populists. The
electoral ticket was also to be divided,
four being chosen here, four by the
Populists and one by the Silverites.
Donnelly Endorses Fusion. N
Ignatius Donnelly was at this time
given a hearing and made character.
istic speech in support Of the proposed
fusion. Without further debate the re-
port Of the committee on conference
was adopted.
j. w. Griffin, chairman of the bimet.
allie organization, announced that the
Silverites wanted John Day Smith of
Minneapolis nominated as presiden'
tial elector. aia- 3,
@. d'Autremont moved the appoint
ment Of committee of seven to Sc.
lect electors, and the following were
chosen as such committee: Senator R.
o. Craig, Waseca; w. s. Comstock,
Mankato; r.. H. McClelland, Glencoe;
Byron I. Mosier, Saltwater; Q. NJ.
Foote, Minneapolis; Harry Hawkins,
Cloquet, and Alex McKinnon, Crooks
ton. ..4s ~
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
STORIES of
7IIH]|Es SIEGE
OF MET q z

BAzA1NE's AT At Gravelotte,
-, 80 y, ,,s,,, ~ - Aug. is, 1870, the
=, ~ - 6o ~ - fate Of Bazaine's
army and of the French stronghold at
Metz was decided. But there would
have been no Gravelotte had things
gone we'll with the French at MARSHA
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
MAJOR M'k,NlEY's COUSIN. I

william Mckinley Osborne, Secretary Of
the Republican National COMMITTEES.
OF all the men on the Republican ma
tional committee there is one in whom
Major Mckinley can repose implicit faith
to look zealously after his interests This
is William Mckinley Osborne, secretary of
the committee. He is not only q cousin of
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07

sible, We therefore demand that iron
mines and unused railroad lands be- re-
q1ired to pay fair and Just tax Ia the
same manner that other property Is taxed
We are furthermore opposed to the
struck jury law and demand Its repeal.
We demand an amendment to the CON
stitution of the United States providing
for the election Of president, vice president
and United States senator's by q direct
vote Of the 1ple. &
We favor legislation looking TO the con-
struction and maintenance of good roads
In the state Of Minnesota.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07

Tour in the bat
ties Of the 18th.
Mars-la-Tour re-
suited from an
attempt by Ba-
zaine to with.
draw from Metz
and form a juno
tion with an out
side army under
MacMahon. The
q t tie Dt was
blocked st Mars
la-Tas.. by a Sc
ries Of engage
mAf.ts in which
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-08-27
Nominating of State Senator.

How, when and whore the republic
can convention shall be called to
nominate a candidate for state sem
ator Is still an unsettled question.
One proposition Is to allow one dele
gate to each town having 100 repub-
lican voters or major fraction there
of. Another is 10 elect by assembly
districts, allowing one delegate for
each $50 republican voters or major
fraction thereof. Under the first
mentioned plan the senate district
convention would consist Of 81 dele
gates-i0 from Grant county and u
from Iowa; under the district pro-
posal the whole number Of delegates
would be 26-l7 from Grant and 9
from Iowa. This county would have
relatively the same representation
under either plan. As compre-
mise, We propose that the assembly
district plan be adopted, and that
the representation for each district
be one delegate for lao votes or
major fraction Of such number, cast
for upham in 1894, This would Sc
cure very general representation,
give euch county its proportionate
strength in the convention, and al
most surely secure recognition to all
parts of each county, Under such
plan Grant county would have @
votes and Iowa. IS. BY all mean:
however let it be 50 arranged that
separate caucuses and conventions
for the nomination If county Officers
and selection Of delegates to the
senatorial convention may not be
ne tCcssary