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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02

Bro. Stivers,. of the Brainerd
Journal, is always looking for
trouble with a CIRCUS; the feud be-
ginning away back lin about 1877,
when Little Falls was entertained
by it's first circus. At that time
Stivers and Jerry Root had to whip
q large part OF the roustabouts.
while Others practically destroyed a.
few of the performers. That was in
the afternoon; in the evening most
of the citizens attended with axes,
and the performers and assistants
were all very courteous. This week
the old trouble broke out again,
when Stivers and another editor
(IngersOlD went to the ticket wagon
TO collect their advertising bills. The
treasurer was busy selling tickets,
and refused to stop to pay bills.
The newspaper men insisted on
d Ding business then, and ticket
selling was suspended long enough
for the treasurer to pay the bills in
dimes. Then he suspended long
enough for Ingersoll to carefully
count the dimes, while Stivers kept
the crowd back and conducted a
vigorous dialogue with the circus
man. Now the newspapers call
those circus fellows buffers.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02
woODMEN EXCURSION.
All Camps Planning for {
Grand Time on July
Is.

At the meeting Of the Little Falls
Camp Modern Woodmen OF America,
held last evening. steps were taken
tc have the Little Falls branch OF
that order we'll represented at the
picnic to be held ut Detroit lake on
July is.
The camps of the entire
district Of Northern Minnesota,
about fifty in number, will he includ-
ed in the picnic and excursion trains
will be run on all roads In the north
ern part Of the state.
Iheprogram Of amusements at the
lake will be an elaborate one i2clud-
ing games Of all kinds, such as
bicycle races, foot races, tug of war,
base ball, etc. For the tug OF war
the camps of Little Falls and Fergus
Falls, will be in the contest. At first
it was thought to arrange q game
ofbaseball between these two camps'
but later it was decided to change it
to q tug of war, and atlast evening q
meeting the challenge of the Fergus
Falls camp was accepted.
A committee was appointed to
make all arrangements for the local
camp, and it will endeavor to get as
large an attendance as is possible
from this city. st. Cloud is the
southern end Of the district and from
that city special trains will start
early in the morning of July Is. 1t
is expected that the train willy leave
this place some time between 5 and 6
O'Clock In the morning. Tickets for
the round trip will be 81 each, and
everyone who wishes to can attend.
They will be ON sale next week.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02
Chemical 70. No. 2 Election.

Chemical Co. No. 2 held it's monthly
meeting Saturday evening, during
which the annual election OF officers
took place. The following were
elected:
FOreman-E. W. Collins.
First observation-disclosures Moe.
Second Assistant-W.J j. COOns.
Treasurer-T. y. Berg.
Secretarv-Frank Southmayd.
The matter of securing some kind OF
q fire alarm for the Chemical Co. No.
2 station, was discussed. and some
members expressed dissatisfaction
at the councils action In failing to
provide one.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02
NOT VERY SERIOUS.
An Alarming Summons from
RandalI-But No Arrests
:. Needed.

Sheriff Rider received g. telegram
from Randall last Friday evening to
come to that place at once to arrest
parties engaged in a stabbing ARRAY.
He went on No. ], and when he ar
rived there found that the case was
not at all serious. A neighborly row
had been INDUCED in, in which
Charles Tewing had inflicted slight
cut to John Munson's hand. and
Martin Munson was bruised about
the head a little. Before the officer
arrived peace had been restored, and
no one wanted his services. 1t was
q case Tor keg) of beer.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02
STOLEN WHEEL FOUND.
The Thieves Have a Quarrel
and One Of Them Turns
Informer. '"

Two men. whose names we did not
learn, who were conducting q dis
reputable business in tent near the
outskirts Of the city, had a quarrel Il
few days ago, and through their
quarrel it was discovered that a
bicycle. which they had with them
and had offered for sale, was stolen
one.
They had traded the bicycle to a
band OF gypsies that had also been
in this vicinity for several days. and
one of the gypsies was attempting
to sell the wheel tn Il business man
In this city. The business man was
told by one OF the parties VIII"
brought the wheel here to have
nothing to do with it, ~ 1t was a
stolen wheel, and he also gave the
name Of the place from which it had
been taken. The business man nOti-
fled the chief Of police and he tele-
graphed to the place named, Smith
Lake. Wright county. He received
an answer stating that bicycle
had teen stolen and gave its make
and number. The number and make
tailed exactly with the description
sent, 50 the chief Of police took the
wheel from the gypsies and will hold
it until it's owner. whose name is J.
A. Burkhardt, sends for it.
A warrant was issued for the
arrest OF the two men who had the
wheel, but when a search was made
for them 1t was found that they had
skipped out, and the two women
who were with them, hitched up the
team and drove away, claiming that
they were going to Staples. AS the
crime was not committed In this
the authorities here will not
likely follow them up, hut the Wright
county authorities will be notified
and they can hunt the thieves II they
see fit.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02
Joe P&219MT7@2&
lTPAYS TOBE AN INDIAN.
If You Want to Kill and
Sell Game in
Minnesota.

From the St. Paul Dispatch.
Executive Agent Fullerton. Of the
state fish, and game commission, re.
turned this morning from Moor
head, where he attended the trial Of
Davis, the Detroit commission man.
for shipping birds out Of thecoutrary
to law.
Judge Baxter decided that Indians
were not subject to the state game
law; that theys could shoot, hunt
and fish wherever and whenever
they saw fit throughout the state.
and could do what they pleased
with game.
The state cannot appeal one OF
it's own cases. but the commission
will make out a new case against
Davis and have it certified to the
supreme court as early as possible
in the October term.
Mr.. Fullerton said they believed
the decision of Judge Baxter would
be overruled, but, if it should be sus-
tanned, there would he absolutely no
use in trying to enforce the state
game laws, for white men would en-
ploy Indians to shoot and fish all over
the sections of the state where there
is game or fish enough to amount to
nything. There would he absolute
" NO limit to the destruction of fish
and game. and to, enforce the law
against white men would be simply
to paw out the money of the state to
prevent then. from ENJOYING. the
same advantage as a lot of worth
1esa Indians.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02

The West Newton rafting works
near Winona have closed. The sea-
cons output was about 200 ,oOO,O 900
feet. This is only q third OF the
usual seasons work. A large
quantity of logs were left over from
last year.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02

"A news item from Saltwater on
Monday says: The st. Croix boom
was forced to suspend opera tons
this morning owing to the strong
current in the river. Up to date
1O2. OO0, 0G0 feet have been sorted and
there are enough logs in this market
to supply tho demand until work at
the boom is resumed.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02

The Little Falls mills are running
full time, and as is usual at this
season of the year the lumber is &C.
cumula ting in the yards, although
shipments are quite large here as
else where.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02
Lees Annual Sale.

Long Prairie Leader: W. E. Lee
and brother. Geo.. were at Little
Falls Tuesday. Mr.. Lee went over to
make his annual sale of that Touring
mill he owns near there. He has
been trying to make deal to get it
off his hands for a long time, but
always without success. Mr.. Lee
thinks he has disposed OF it for good
this time. He sold to Citrowski &
O'clock, of Randall, over on the cut
off.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02
James NJ. Nichols Dead.

James M. Nichols, who was fire.
quently called ''Black JIM to dis
tipguish him from Others Of his name
in this vicinity, died at st. Gabrfel's
hospital June "A from pneumonia
after an illness of only few days.
Nichols has been in the employ ct
C. B. Buchanan for a number Of years.
working in the woods and ON the
river, and was well-known to all the
residents of this community. He was
taken i'll last Monday and was re-
moved from the Batters house, where
he had been boarding, and although
attended by one Of the best doctors
in the city, he grew steadily worse
and succumbed to the disease that
often proves fatal with persons of a
much stronger physical constitution
than his. - ., ~
Nichols was about Is years of age,
and lived from boyhood until several
wears ago, in the town of Chatfield,
MINI. But little is known here of his
relatives. It is said that he has a
sister living at Santa Barbara, Cali
fornia, and a brother, whose resi-
dence is not known here.
About two years ago it was said
that by the death of @ relative In
California he had been left an estate
Of considerable value, but it never
came into bis possession, and some
state that it was only about 81. 900.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02
LOGS AND LUM Der.
Some Items About the Lum-
ber Business and @
Saw Mills.

James Muncy's Platte river drive
IL making fair progress. and the re-
cent rains should supply an album
dance Of water. The front logs are
passing through the dam at Royal
ton.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02
MinpeaDOlis Lights.

The follow Is from the Mfnne"-
apolis Times of Saturday:
An interesting bid was received
from the Minneapolis General Elcc-~
trio company for electric street light
ing for 1898. The bid, hich was the
only one received. is $1,000 lower
than the prices quoted for ~. the
price for ~ was $1l5 per light and
for '9S $105. on moonlight schedule.
On an all night schedule the prices
for ~ were $40. for '9S $125. The
company's bid was us follows:
For 12l all night and every night
lamps, $125 net per lump per year.
For $40 moon schedule lamps, Sl05
net per lamp per ycnr
Price based upon the total number
OF lamps lighted not falling below
700.
For 200 all night and every night
lamps, $11S per year.
For 600 moon schedule lamps, $1OU
per lamp per year.
Price based upon number OF lamps
lighted not falling below 800.
The Milwaukee railroad shops in
Minneapolis that have been running
half time since last fall will at once
run fail time. increasing the pay roll
roo Ol)O a. month. y.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02

WIN. Long. who formerly ran a
saw mill on the cutoff In the north.
western part of the county, IL now
located ut Beaver Mills, Ont. In the
Lake of the Woods country. He has
sold 2,OOO.OOO feet of lumber since
June l, and IL doing well.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02
Clarke Land Sale Postponed.

St. Cloud Times, June "a: During
the last few days Assignee Lucas
Kells, of the insolvent firm Of N. p.
Clarke & Co., and N. p. Clarke in
dividually, has been receiving bids
for something like ten thousand
acres OF land that is offered for sale
for cash under al order from the
district court. According to the
original order the bids were to he
opened at three O'Clock this after.
noon, but an order was recently
secured extending the time. Under
this second order application to act
upon the bids will be made to the
court at Fergus Falls on July 9th,
which means that the assignee will
not open the bids until that time.
The lands are situated in the cOuntie
of Becker, Benton, Crow Wing, Cass,
Clay, Douglas, Hubbard, Hennepin,
Itasca. Kandyohi. Lyon, Morrison,
Ottertail. Stearns, Swift, Sherburne,
Todd, Wilkln and Wright.
The Aitkin Republican records q
speed contest between "Alex Van
Praa9, the irrepressible wag from
little Falls" and Archibald, local
sprinter. The Republican says:
cyan Praag is quite walker, and
he made the assertion that he could
walk 100 yards in q shorter time
than Archibald could run $50 yards.
Joe's duties as dog-exterminator
have put him in good training and
he concluded he had snap and
called the bluff OF the Little Falls
man. But he wasn't in it. Van
Praag coming in an easy winner"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02

The freight lines owning special
cars refuse t. report and pay taxes
az provided by the last legislature.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02

Minneapolis Lumberman: There
IL some change in the running OF the
mills this week. Additional time Is
being put In Nv some Of the crews.
At the McMullen mill four extra
quarters are being run each week.
making iseven days OF ten hours.
The Plymouth mill is also running
four extra quarters, as is also the
Diamond mill. Aside from these
changes there ia nothing Of note that
has occurred. All the mills are run
ming to their full capacity for the
time they are putting In, and theloGs
are coming 50 that they are enabled
to keep busy.
The Foley Bean Lumberco mpany's
mill at Milaca has cut 100000 feet
of lumber 80 far this season. and Is
runningltwenty hours day.
The lumber shipments from Min
neapolis last week were ZOOS, 900 feet.
In reviewing the Minneapolis lum-
Der market, the Lumberman of that
city says: The shipments from the
local markets continue ut the high
standard they have hecn holding
during the past two months, ana
though for the first week In that
time they fall behind In volume the
shipments for the corresponding
week of last year. the drop is only
one cur load. There was falling
off from last week Of few cars. but
again the difference is slight. The
volume of shipments IL very salts
factory tv the manufacturers and
they are feeling better than at any
time before this year. There is not
the same satisfaction with prices,
but though they are low, they are
higher by about a dollar than they
were when they reached the lowest
point last year. and the present VOL
ume of trade has a tendency to make
the outlook for better prices good.
The best Of the trade Is coming
from the Dakotas, both North and
South, and the firms that are ship
ping into those states are handling
about all the lumber they can get
out. Trade in western Iowa is also
good. but in the eastern part Of the
state the demand has fallen OH by Il
considerable amount. Some OF the
tray yelling men have been palled out
of that territory and sent into the
parts OF the country where the de-
mand Is better. TO the other parts
of the white pine market there is
large amount OF lumber moving, and
one firm reports that 1t has been
Obliged to take it's travelling men OIL
the road because 1t has 80 many
orders that it's capacity for loading
is OvertAXCd.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02

Minneapolis Lumbcrman: Maybe
business is not good with the Pine
Tree Lumber company at Little
Falls, MINI. A local paper states
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02
A BAD BREAKDOWN AT CLOQuET.

A ~
Clonnct Pine Knot: Tuesday
afternoon about o'clock Superin-
,cndcnt r. M. Weycrhaeuser, Of the
Northern Lumber company. anu
Engineer Stokes Wilson were stand
ing in the door Of the engine room OF
the lower mill, watching the mighty
Corliss that drives 1t working,
smoothly and silently. They turned
away, and had not left the spot two
minutes when Il muffied roar, that
Jared the mill was heard while
volumes OF scalding steam poured
from the door where they had been
standing. Fireman King was at the
opposite end of the engine room,
when the explosion occurred, and
with great presence of mind cut on
the escaping steam at the throttle
valve before aving the engineroOm.
When the escaping steam had SUBJ
sided it was found that the big
cylinder head had been driven out
and hurled through the door hall
way to the river. The accident was
caused by the slipping OF the pin In
the piston-head. thus releasing the
rod, which drove against the cylinder
head with irresistible force. 1t Will
take nearly three weeks to repair
the damage to the engine, and busy
as the Northern company now Is the
delay is very annoying. However,
it will be in Il great measure over
come by running the new mill nights.
It was started Immediately after the
accident, and will run every night
until the repairs are made, and they
are expected to take about three
weeks.
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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02
:.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Resolution vacating Alleys
Rejected-Approprationt tor
4th OF July Celebration.

The city council met In adjourned
regular session at the council cham
Der at the city hall Friday evening.
There were present Aldermen Mar
tin, Mecusker. Moegleih, Mathieson.
Stewart and Carlson; absent Pres
ident Lane, Vice President Carlson
presiding. .,'...,,
A resolution for vacation of the
alleys in blocks Ga, Is. 70, ana
81. all in Thuyer's addition to the
city, in accordance with petition
filed on May 5th, was presented and
read. and upon roll call for ayes and
nays for adoption, the resolution, was
rejected. The vote was as follows:
Ayes-Moeglien. Mathieson. Stewart.
Mecusker and Carlson; nay Martin.
The resolution was declared re-
jected.
A communicable from J. B. Arm
strong, manager OF the Little Falls
band. asking for financial aid to as
sist the band to properly celebrate
the Fourth OF July, was presented
and read, and 1t was moved duly
seconded and carried that an order
be drawn in favor Of j. B. Arm
strong for the sum Of $50. to aid In
defra ying the expense OF the Fourth
Of July celebration. .....
A communication from the Elec-
trio Il Water company, proposing to
furnish incandescent lights for the
cityIhall at $500 per month was pre-
sented. 1t was moved and carried
that the council offer the Electric e
Water company the sum of $40 per
month for incandescent light service
for the city hall, as per lisc presented
with communication. ~
Mrs, Proper was at the meeting
and asked the council for aid, stat
ing that her husband was sick. The
matter wac referred to the poor
committee.
E. W. Collins was present and
called the attention Of the council to
the damage done by the surface
water running off the hill In the
Staples addition, and asked that
something be done this summer to
prevent further damage next spring,
or at times when there are heavy
rains. He also asked for infOrma-
ton in regard to a proposed scheme
for fire protection to the northeast
portion Of the city, stating that the
residents were considering the mat
ter of building large tank on the
hill and connect 1t with the water
mains on Sixth and Seventh streets.
and desired to know II such an ar
rangement would conflict with the
contract between the city and the
Electric & Water company. g.
On motion duly seconded and car
ried the followin bills were allowed:
p3ohor6 proa 1umhor tn
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-08-20
A HORRIBLE DEATH.

Sunday morning, about 8 o'clock,
Willie, the three-year-old son of w. N.
and Winnifred Harris, living at 115
Second street, met injuries from his
clothing taking fire that resulted in
death about o'clock in the evening
of the same day. 1t seems that the
child had been in the habit of riding
with the milkman in his daily rounds,
from his home to the house of neigh
Dor, few blocks distant, and walking
back by himself. He was clad in
light summer clothing and wore a
blouse with pocket, in which he car
ried such smaller toys and playthings
as pleased his fancy. He found spe
cial delight in lighting matches, and
notwithstanding the care of his par
ents would ut times obtain a supply Of
his favOrite means for amusement.
The child had reached the corner of
Third and Washington streets on his
return home, when it is supposed that
he stopped and struck match, for
when attention was attracted by his
screams his clothing was ablaze. Har-
ry +. Palmer, the scene-painter, was
the first to rush to the rescue, but as
he was nearly a block distant, the
cruel flames had an opportunity of do.
ing their worst before he could make
his services effective. He stripped off
his coat and wrapped it around the
struggling victim, but in smothering
the flames, the burning mass was for
a brief period brought into still closer
contact with the scared flesh. BY this
time quite a crowd had collected, and
the smoking mass of cinders were
stripped from the child and he was
carried to his home.
Drs. Kincaii and Redpath were
called and labored all day to mitigate
the sufferings and save the life of the
vic tim, but i'll vain. He died in the
evening, after a heroic struggle, for
one so young, for life. Willie was a
beautiful child, of splendid physical
power, and showed unmistakable prom
Use of brilliant intellectual develop
ment.
The funeral took place Monday at
$50 P. NJ, Rev. L. A. Wye, of the Epis
copal church conducting the services
at the residence and the grave.
A sad result Of this catastrophe is
the effect the shock had upon the
mother of the deceased. She was
thrown into commissions and for many
hours it was feared that her life would
likewise be sacrificed. She is now
slowly recovering from the effects OF
the terrible ordeal.