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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-08

Manufact urcrs and producers
are presenting their claims tor
increased protection before the
wavs and means committee Of con-
gress. The committee hopes to
have bill ready to introduce
early in the extra session OF con-
grcss that President Mckinley will
call Just after his Inauguration.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-08

Minneapolis Tribune: The at
titude of the Republican caucus
toward State Senator Morgan Was
eminently proper and manifesta-
ton of good politics. No matter
how far a Republican may have e
wandered during the late cam
paign, when he shows disposition
to re-enter the party lines no
obstacles ought to be placed in his
way and no new tests of member
ship required Of him.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-08

Three notorious cOunterfeiters,
for whom officers have been in search
for over two years, were arrested in
Minneapolis Sunday.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-08

Hansborough's chances to
succeed himself as senator from
North Dakota seem very good
now. He has evidently assured
the leading Republicans that he
will support Republican principles,
as he did during the last campaign.
Before the St. Louis convention
he was free sllverite, but ne
endorsed his party platform.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-08

A large number Of the members
of the North Dakota legislature
were prevented, by the snow
blockade, from reaching the
capital at the time Of the organ.
ization, and the fellows who were
on hand early made combine for
themselves and shut the unfortu'
nate ones out on the organization.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-08

Geo. W. Office, York City, sample
copy of he YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE will be mailed
The herald., 1897-08-29
Among the Dramatists

Creston Clarke will produce his own
drama, The Last of His Race" this
season.-Mirror.
H. Grattan Donnelly Is at Marblehea d,
Mass, gathering material for new
play to be produced in the fall.
The new farce comedy that Scott Mar
Bile has written for Nellie McHenry is
called Miss Plaster of Paris
j. w. Shannon has completed the
transla ton and adapta ton from the Ger
man of a humorous comedietta entitled
"a Pair of ponkeys."
r. P. Cotton ard George Backus have
completed a new one-act play which, it
is said, will probably be used as a cur
tain-raiser with THE Mysterious Mr..
Bugle."
John Crittenden Webb has just fin
shed his spectacular play in four acts,
founded on Greek mythology and called
Hercules and has forwarded it to
j. Walter Kennedy in Chicago, who will
produce it early in the coming season.
Episodes in the Revolutionary war are
the material out of which R. N Stephens
has made comedy for Charles Frohman
which will be produced some time dur
ing the coming season. The chief events
of the play are connected with the bat
tie of the Brandywine, and George
Washington will be one of the charac-
terS.
The herald., 1897-08-29

were they not crowded out by new at
fractions. They are musical entertain
ers, and from the nature of their act,
which is set as farm scene, they are
known as the Musical Harvesters"
They produce sweet music from many
harvest implements.
The only Gus Williams will be retain ed
for one week longer His fund of stories
and songs is never exhausted, and a
second week is as good as the first.
Frencelli and Lewis, the operatic stars,
will introduce new specialties, and Hilda
Thomas and Frank Barry will produce.
an entirely new sketch. The usual We'd
nesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees.
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THE LOS ANGELES THEATER.-
advance Announcement.) The next
attraction at the Los Angeles theater
will be THE Heart of Maryland" by
David Belasco. So much that is highly
complimentary has been said of this
play by the best American critics, ana
it has such record of splendid business
elsewhere, that it Will be surprising if
the Los Angeles is not packed at every
performance during the engagement.
Certainly no play of late years has been
so well advertised, and, apparently none
has had more work spent upon it in Or
| der to achieve success.
The herald., 1897-08-29

afraid of me. 1t was fine sight. They
were all dressed up in fancy costumes"
Michael Hart, a prominent member OF
the new tribe of Red Men instituted Fri
day night, told me yesterday that the
woman would in all likelihood divulge
her knowledge.
'She had been on that fire escape
he said, "about an hour before she was
discovered. and though the lights were
turned low, as the rules of the order re-
quire, she could see everything from her
position on the fire escape and hear al
most everything that was said, too. The
ceremonies had progressed for fzly an
hour when Mr.. Devlin heard a noise at
the shutters, which resulted in the dis
covery of the woman. She refused to
leave the place. and it became necessary
for us al last to send for the police. An
offense of the kind of which Mrs. O'Meara
was guilty is deserving of the severest
punishment, especially as l understand
she has been in the habit of doing this
sort of thing with the other secret or
ders that meet in the hall. New York
| Herald.
The herald., 1897-08-29
MRS. O'MEAR'S MISDEMEANOR
She Overheard Lodge Secrets and Is
Accused of Eavesdropping

The simulated anger of the Red Men
Of Shoracapic tribe as they danced
around the paleface bound to roasting
stake in the Kingsbridge tepee on Fri
day night has real expression in their
feelings toward Mrs. Thomas OMeara,
a tenant on the second floor of the build
ing they occupy and who boasts as much
knowledge of the methods of the braves
as one who has been a scalp hunter all
his life.
Her quiet enjoyment of the fantastic
spectacle in the tepee, her resenting the
sachem's request to go away and her
subsequent dousing of a policeman
with pail of dirty water We're all topics
of conversation with secret society men
yesterday. Mrs. O'Meara, it is said, in
addition to enjoying the ceremonies of
the Red Men, has seen those of the Royal
Arcanum and the order of Foresters.
The secret society members have not de-
cided on any plan of action, but they sig
nificantly point to this section, No. 436,
of the penal code:
Eavesdropping-A person who Sc
cretly loiters about a building with in
tent to overhear discourse therein. and
to repeat or publish the same to vex or
dEiiOy VI lllJui OlilCi lillly Ol d lIlI5-
demeanor."
1t has beer a long time since this sec
tion has been invoked and if charge
is made against Mrs. O'Meara by the
Red Men it will be the first time that
a secret society has had recourse to law
to punish an improper custodian of it,
secrets There is an authenticated story
in Masonry which tells of the young
sister of noble Irishman, whose unfor-
tunate curiosity led her to listen to the
proceedings of lodge held in her broth
er's castle. She was discovered ard was
about to be slain, when her brothers s
plea saved her life, upon condition that
she assume the obligation of an Entered
Apprentice Mason. Whether the Red
Men would consent to have Mrs. O'Meara
initiated and placed on the footing of a
brave entitled to wear war paint is a
question.
Mrs O'Meara was a popular woman
yesterday. All her women friends called
on her, anxious to learn something of
the mysterious rites. When l saw her
she was enjoying her fame.
"The Red Men are al right" she de-
claled. Bless 'em They needn't be
The herald., 1897-08-29
Pearls in Arkansas

Within the past few months Arkans nsas
has come to the front as one of the most
prominent producers of pearls. The jew
elers of Memphis have been investigat-
ing the matter, and some of the pearls
found within ninety miles of Memphis
have brought as high a price as $500.
But the finding of valuable pearl is
to such large degree accidental that
there is little probability of the discovery
amounting to any great thing for that
section of the country in the way of
separate industry In speaking of the
matter, e. l.. Burns Of c. L. Byrd & Co.,
jewellers. of this city, said that he had
for some years heard that the natives of
Arkansas in the vicinity of Bald Knob
were finding pearls in the shells of the
mussel but he had never given the mat
ter any particular thought until last
Christmas.
In Arkansas" he said, 1.-The bulk of
the pearls are now got from the lakes
and lagoons of the low lands that have
so many mussels in them, although
pearls are found all along the Little Red,
the White and the st. Francis rivers.
Most of those that L have seen came out
of a lake that was owned by a man
named Griffin near Bald Knob. He went
into that country some fifteen years ago
from Michigan and bought 10000 acres
of wild land. He has made a lot OF
money, principally out of the timber on
it, and although he owns the lake that
has furnished the bulk of the pearls, he
has never found one of them nor has he
been benefited cents worth by the dis
covery of the Arkansas pearl. The pearl
in this country comes from the shell of
the musSel. 1t is generally found at the
thick end of the shell and near the hinge
but it sometimes occurs It the other end
of the hinge and on the next edge to the
hinge. OF course it always comes from
the inner side of the shell. 1t would cer-
tainly be money in the pockets of the
Memphis jewelers. for the industry to be
developed so close to the city, but
would not advise any one to go there
with the hope of making a fortune out
of finding pearls in mussel shells. From
the best information that I have been
able to gather 1 would state that out of
every thousand shells that were opened
there would average one pearl and out
of every thousand pearls found an aver
age of about one would have CONNER
cial value.-Memphis Commercial APP
peal.
The herald., 1897-08-29
cause much sorrow to his many former
associates. His widow survives him.
Personal

Signor Nicolini's health has improved
so that Patti is again entertaining nota-
BILE persons at her castle.
In Sir Henry Irving's production of
Peter the Great, Ethel Barrymore will
play the part of Euphrosyne, who betray9
Alexis to his father.
Yvette Guilbert has again changed her
mind, and is said to be studying hard
on the role of Camille, in. which she will
be seen in America next season.
George c. Boniface and Nonna Ferner
will not open at Proctors this week as
they intended. They have deferred their
vaudeville debut until later date.
Bassett Roe, who was seen here at
Wallack's as Bonnie Prince Charles, will
rejoin Julia Marlowe next season, ap-
pearing as Jacques and Mercutio.
| Mr.. Weldon Grossmith is the owner of
THE Idle Apprentice" the dramatic ver-
sion of Jack Sheppard" made by JOS
eph Hatton. He will play the robbei
himself, and is looking for a suitable
theater in London.
Scot Inglis, the Australian actor who
arrived in New York last week, has
disposed of his interests in his native
country. and will probably remain in
America. His wife, Yda Hamilton, is
an American actress.
Mr.. Albert Gilmer has secured lease
of the London Princess theater for the
next forty years. The interior is 20 be
reconstructed and improved in many
ways, and it is hoped that the house will
be ready for opening at Christmas.
Jaguarina, the champion female
| swordswoman, will be featured WITH
May Howard's Extravaganza company
this season. Her fencing partner will be
Corporal Nelson K. High, late of TrooE
A, Sixth United States cavalry, whose
discharge from the army Miss Howard
has purchased. They open at the Pleas
ure palace on August 80.
The herald., 1897-08-29

however, the one swallow which does not
make a summer. Mr.. Sarcey and other
veterans lament the almost complete dis
appearance from the French stage of the
ornate and emphatic diction of the old
school. Exactly the same state OF things
prevails in London"
Music and Drama announces that DR..
turned to Los Angeles from an extended
eastern tour, will again act as corre-
spondent for Music and Drama in the
City Of the Angels" Music and Drama
is to be congratulated.
T. + 4
charming picture of Marion Short
adorns the Richfield, n. Y, Life. Miss
Short. since her departure from Los An
geles has thoroughly established herself
in the east as platform reader and is
everywhere the recipient of the finest
kind of press notices together with boil
quets and presents galore.
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The retirement of Will Conant as
treasurer of the Los Angeles theater
takes place the 1st proXo. He will be
succeeded by Len Behymer, formerly
press agent for the house and an accom-
plished wielder of the box office paste
board. Mr.. Conant has been connected
with the theater for so long time, and
he has made so many friends by his uni
fornlly courteous treatment Of the pub
lie, that his departure will be sincerely
regretted, while good wishes will go with
him in his new sphere of action.
+ 4 y
The sight at the Orpheum matinee yes
terday was curious one-the house was
so packed that the standing room was
overflowing and the managers declare
that the crowd turned away was large
enough to fill the house. The women and
children owned everything in sight,
and the eXclamations of delight when
Papinta went through her remarkable
dances in the light of variegated colors
were a genuine tribute to an artistic
display. G. A. DOBINSON.
The herald., 1897-08-29

Rockets are to be used for advertising
purposes, the printed circulars being
wound around the outside of the rocket
and held in pla@S by fuse, Which is
ignited when the hpcket ascends to, re-
lease the advertisement.
The herald., 1897-08-29
Col. Andrew j. Smith
\ FrER nearly seven years of hard work at lifting up

FTER nearly seven years of hard work at lifting up
IM his old comrades in arms, COL Andrew j. Smith,
bade adleu to Leavenworth, and is now in COM
mand as Governor of the National Soldiers Home, Pa
cie Branch, at Santa Monica CAL Before leaving the
Soldiers Home at Leavenworth he the recipient of
several testimonials of esteem from the soldiers of the
Home and from citizens of the city of Leavenworth At
the farewell meeting held the Sunday previous to the
Colones departure, there was an affecting scene and
many of the old shed tears. An elegant "Lov
ing Cup, of sterling silver presented to Miss Daisy,
the Governors daughter, which inscribed "a Low
ing Cup to Miss Daisy Smith, token from her
friends at the Veterans Kelley League" Mrs. Smith
presented by the Ladies' Circle of the 6 A. R. with
afney wrought gold star, the emblem of the Circle.
The Leavenworth Daily Standard in chronicling the
departure of Colonel Smith and his family said:
large crowd of veterans of the Home and people of
Leavenworth assembled at the Burlington Railway Sta
ton to bid Governor Smith and his wife and daughter
goodby For time it looked if half the population of
the town would be at the station before the departure of
the train carrying the Governor. The scene at parting
from comrades and friends most affecting, and
and women alike shed tears.
The last official act of Colonel Smith the promu
gaton of General Orders No. 20 C.S., from which we
make the following extract:
- The collateral branch Ct the hos
pita service, the Kelley Treatment introduced in 1892
made necessary by the prevalence of the alcoholic
diseaseone of the most woefu hertages of the camp
and battleied-and the transformation which has re-
suited in this respect attess the wisdom of the
Before the treatment was introduced drunkenness was
the rule sobrety the exception. lnebety riot in the
camp, the roadways leading to Leavenworth and the
green sward OF the adjacent woods were srewn with
buecoated sleeping off the effects of alcoholic poison
while the city streets were thonged with staggering vet
erans Now all this IS changed in this regard and So
briefly the rule, while drunkenness is the exception.
More than have received the treatment the
ority of whom continue enjoy the blessings which it
has conferred upon their lives-bessings which
shared with them by relatives and friends scattered broad
the land The influence of these cured has
produced marked effect upon the membership gener-
ally. appealing to the better impulses of the majority and
creating healhful sentiment throughout the garrison
may be confidently asserted that today there
body of men of equal number in all the country whose
general behavior is more to be commended"
For information q
Kelley Institute, n. and CONNER
Merchants
ooCon0o2c-0oCNo No0c@o
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08

Notice is hereby given that on the 10th day
of April, 1897, application was made to the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners by
James Doyle and others for the construction
SEWER IN UNION STREET.
from a point about So feet west of West Side
avenue. to and connecting with the sewer IN
Mallory avenue.
the provisions of Chapter 27 of the Laws of
1895, and in accordance with the established
plan of sewerage, together with all the neces-
sary manholes. receiving basins and appur-
tenances.
Notice is also given that on the oath day
of August, 1897, the Commissioners of Assess
ment filed in the office of the Clerk of. the
BOARD of Street and Water Commissioners
showing the probable total cost of the con-
templated improvement and the probable
amount to be assessed on property specially
benefited thereby, and the Same is now open
to public inspection in the office of the Clerk
of said Board.
And notice is also given that the follow
ing street or avenue or particular section
thereof is included in said assessment, name
UNION STREET,
from a point about 100 feet west of West Side
avenue to a point about so feet east of NAL
lory avenue.
And that in accordance with the provisions
of the Act above cited, the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1897, at two o'clock p. M, and the
Assembly Chamber of the City Hall are
hereby fixed as the time and place when and
where the Board tof Street and Water Com
missioners will meet to hear parties interest,"
ed in said application and all remonstrances
against the said proposed improvement that
may be presented in writing.
By order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
Dated Jersey City, September 8. 1897.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08

NO4lCH III lO~NIfLAClBHo
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, September IL, 1897, at two O'Clock
T. n. in the Assembly Chamber Of the City
IMPROVEMENT or ORIENT AVENUE.
from Ocean avenue to Jackson avenue.
Said Improvement to be made conformably to
the provisions of Chapter 2I7 of the Laws of
1895 and in accordance with specifications on
Blank forms of bid and agreement Of sureties
must be obtained at the office Of the Chief
hhslhsefs TaIM haai Of asrsey MY
About 700 cubic yards of earth excavation.
About 200 cubic yards of earth filling.
About 120 cubic yards of sand or gravel NIL
About, 800 lineal feet Of curb stone.
About 20 square feet of bridge stone.
About $500 square feet of Tagging.
About 20 square yards of repaving.
About 10 To- SQUARE arnaae Feet Of T r fsaid i bridge s' Stone.
About 400 square feet Of relaid Tagging.
About About I r s,snSn1g basin basin heads he Is to Be- reset
Time allowed for the completion of the work,
40 working days.
The making of the above improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be subject
to the rennonstrance of the owners of the prop
erty liable to more than one-half the assess
ment therefor on the basis of preliminary
sketch
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
'velopes, endorsed Proposals for the improve
ment of Orient avenue directed to stMr.
Ferd Heintze, Chairman of the COMMITTEES on
on Suests ana sewers, ana handed 70 the
Clerk of the Board in open meeting when
called fer in the order of business relating to
sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution Of s~ureties be allowed.
Proposals must conform to schedule of prices
adopted by this Board Ga copy of which is on
file in the Office of the Chief Engineer) or they
will be declared Informal and rejected.
The Board may, under the provisions of the
act above cited, exercise its right to reject any
or all proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section 7, Chapter 1874, of the Laws of 1891,
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city or become effective or
operative until the bondsmen offered by the
contractor have been approved as to suficiency
by this Board and as to form by the Corpora
ton Counsel, the President of this Board hav-
ing the power to examine the proposed bonds
men under oath.
By order Of the Board of Street and Water
GEORGE t. BoUToN.
Clerk.
Dated Jersey CITY. Sent. 3. 1897.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08

Sealed proposals viii ne received by ths
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners on
in the Assembly Chamber OF the City Hall.
for the construction Of a Finch yitrihed pipe
SEWER IN BERGEN AVENUE.
from Myrtle avenue TO Bostwick avenue; an
1S-ineh vitrifed pipe sewer from the north
side OF Bostwick avenue to BidwelI avenue,
and a 24-inch brick oval sewer from the north
side Of Bidwell avenue to and connecting
with sewer in Fulton avenue. and all con-
said sewer to be built conformabiy
to the provisions Of Chapter 217 of the Laws
on file in the office of the Clerk of said Beard
Blank forms q BID and agreement Of sure
ties les must y be obta = aa at the ofl 1e. Of tbs
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 1877 lneal feet Of Pinch vitrifed pipe
About no nneal feet Of 1s-inch vitriaed pipe
About LIS lineal feet of 2a-inch brick oval
sewer.
About 25o cubic yards Of rock excavation.
About 10 cubic yards of concrete.
About 1900 feet B. NJ. lumber in sheathine
and bottom
Time allowed for the completion of tho
work. 100 working days.
The making of the above Improvement and
award Of the contract therefor viii be SUBJ
feet to the remonstrance of the owners of the
property liable to more than one-half the as
sessment therefor on the basis OF preliminary
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
struetion Of a Sewer in Bergen Ave-
nue., directed to NJ Ferd, Heintze.
Chairman of the Committee on Streets
and Sewers" and handed to the Clerk Of the
Board in open meeting when called for in
the order of business relating to sealed pro-
posa1s.
No city official viii be accepted as surety,
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
Proposals must conform to schedule Of prices
adopted by this Board "a copy of which is on
file in the office of the Chief Engineer) or
thew will be declared informal and rejected.
The Board may, under the provisions of the
Act above cited. exercise its right to reject
any or all proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
70 Section T., Chapter 1874. of the Laws of 1891.
under the terms whereof no contract shall
he binding upon the city, or become effective
or operative until the bondsmen offered by
the contractor have been approved as to suffi-
ciencv by this Board. and as to form by tina
Cornoration Counsel. the President of this
Board having the power to examine the pros
posed bondsTnen under oath.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. T. BoUToN.
Dated Jersey City, September 8. 1891.