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Picnic Under Water.

Eating meal cooked 20 feet under water is sensation not enjoyed every day. An invention perfected by Simon Lake of Baltimore has, however, ren- dered that and even more possible. It is a steel boat that will crawl about on the bottom of a river or the sea like an alh- gator in theznud It rolls along on the ground on corrugated iron wheels. One feature worth noting i'll respect to this submarine boat is that 1t is designed for the arts of peace rather than of war Whom steamer is sunk with her cargo, this submarine boat will descend beneath tho waves and creep alongside the wreck and gather therefrom her freight and other valuables and then silently appear on the surface once more.
 The submarine vessel is go feet long and 9 feet wide. When it is to be sunk certain steel compartments arc filled with water As these fill the vessel sinks beneath the waves till she strikes bottom. not hurriedly, but gently and gradually. The crew number six. 
 They receive air through tube which rises from the boat to the surface and : floats open ended upon the water. A tank of compressed air supplies ven tilation to the forward compartment, from which diver leaves tho subma- sine boat to explore wrecks. A flag siaf above the surface of the water fhe whereabouts of the craft be- The compartments are emptied ar and filled with air to raise the Thoroughly equipped is this latest
 dltion for exploring river and ocean Jed that the vessel can remain under swater for hours her crew meanwhile aing quite comfortable. A news
 aer man who went down ill her on
 trial trip is honest enough to confess
 he was nearly frightened out of his
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HoN. s. M. TAYLOR, of this city, is receiving numerous and urgent appeals from this county and else where to enter the race for Congress in this district next year against Congressman Little. Should MT. Taylor enter the race, he would make very formidable candidate.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-31

There are more than 100, 900 chil- dren in the national schools of Germany who shutter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-31

A HAPPY and Prosperous New Year to our readers.
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MR. CLIFFORD SIrroN. Ganaa'aa 2


 MR. CLIFFORD SIFToN. Canadian Minister of the Io teiisat, fs E s1g4s'as !, ts, ,xr.a6 6f,se Ion and bas inlornne-s-.---'v .ss asins5nlsfra tion that ltt opinion tlas 2 reIlsetf Expedition could not reach the Klondike country in time to do any good. He bases his iudg- ment on the failure of the Canadian government, with all the facilities in it's possession, to get in with 20 tons of provisions for the miners. For our part, we cannot see at any rate why the people of this country who stay at home to take care of their failies should be taxed to support the adventurers and greedy gold seekers who have rushed unpre- pared and unadyisedly into the Klondike country.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-31

Nerve will carry you through, with common sense to back it.
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.as ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN
 IN APPLICATION.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
Rslsucs Largely In Our Favor Fer the
Past Eight Months. 4

R.isues Largely In Our Favor Fer the
Past Eight Months. &
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE month.
" statement of tho exports and imports
Of merchandise, gold and silver, from
and into the United States during Feb
ruary last, issued by the bureau of sta
tistics, shows as follows:
Merchandise exported, $40, 77S, 1893 !;
merchandise imported, $50, 1874, 1893 (of
which nearly $4,000, COO was free of
duty; gold exported, 1886, 697; gold
imported, $544,70O; silver exported,
g., $50, S67; silver imported, S762,942
AS compared with February, 1898, this
statement shows an increase of about
81, O7O, 900 in the value of merchandise
exported, and q decrease of over
sY, 25O, 900 in the amount imported. For
the eight months ended Feb. az, there
was gain of over $132, 000, 900 in the
amount Of merchandise exported, and
a decrease Of nearly $4,000, 900 in the
amount imported. The gold exports
during February were $l,S74,00 less
than a year ago, and the imports about
$ll ,OOO, 900 less than FEBRUARY, 1896.
Tho silver exports were about 500, 900
less than in February, 1896, and the
imports about 100000 less than Febru-
ary. 1896.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
MANY NEW MEASURES.

Over Four Hundred Bile Introd uced In
the Donate.
WASHINGTON, March l7.-1n the sem
ate 4YS bills and 8 joint resolutions
were introduced. They embraced
nearly every phase Of public business
and were referred to the several com.
mittees, with one exception. the bill
pensioning the widow Of Brigadier
General Stevenson at go per month,
which was passed, being the first bill
passed ut the extra session.
Several hours were spent early in the
day on the question Of admitting Mr..
Henderson. appointed by the governor
Of Florida, to fill the temporary va
cancy from that state. The debate wa
largely Of legal and technical charac'
ter concerning the precedents on ad'
hitting senators. The case finally wa
referred to the committee on privileges
and elections, where the names Of Mr..
Corbett of Oregon and Mr.. Wood Of
Kentucky are pending.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19

Secretary Sherm u COnfers with the Sea.
ate Comm .ttse on the Subject.

Secretary sherm u Confsrs With the Sen.
ate Conan .ttse on the Subject.
WASHINGTON, March l7.-Secretary
of State Sherman met the senate com.
mittee on foreign relations by his own
appointment and was closeted with
them for some time. The principal
subject under discussion is understood
to be the treaty with Nicaragua. Sec.
rotary Sherman has under considera.
ton the negotiating of another treaty
such as was negotiated by Secretary
Frelinghuysen, which was withdrawn
at the beginning Of Mr.. Cleveland's
first administration. Secretary Sher.
man. when discussing the Rodrigues
letter against the old Nicaraguan bill,
indicated his desire to negotiate .
treaty on the old lines, and supported
the stand taken in the letter. The
probabilities are that if new position
is taken on the canal question it will
be on the lines of the Frelinghuysen
agreement. Secretary Sherman's long
connection with the senate led him to
consult the senate before any definite
terms of agreement were made.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
GENERAL HORACE PORTER.

General Horace Porter comes Of Revo-
lutionary stock, his grandfather, Andrew
Porter, being one of Washington's most
valued officers. General Porter's father
was David Rittenhouse Porter, at one
time governor Of Pennsylvania, and
prosperous manufacturer. Horace Porter
was born just 80 years ago in Huntington,
Pa. He was we'll educated in his own
state, at Harvard and finally at West
Point. Soon after his graduation from
the military academy he was assigned to
duty in the South, then In secession. He
was an ordinance expert, so much OF his
service was in the artillery branch, on the
stats Of Mcclellan, Rosecrans and Grant,
where he earned u reputation as gallant
and fearless fighter, as shown by his
brevets. He served in the Chickamauga
and Wilderness campaigns and the first
assault on Charleston, where he was
wounded. General Grant was greatly
attached to General Porter, and made him
assistant secretary Of war, while he him.
self filed the secretaryship. He surren-
dered his army commission In 1873, and
plunged at once into active business, being
first president of the West shore railroad,
vice president of the Pullman Car COM
pany, and associating himself with other
great corporations, in directive capacity
He Is we'll known in the field of literature,
being an author of repute and much
sought after public speaker.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
TO AVOID THE TARIFF.

Immense Purchases Of Sugar for Imme-
diats shipment.
BOSTON, March 1.-THE wholesale
sugar market in this city has entered
upon an interesting phase. In antici"
patton Of the new tariff bill, which is
expected to go into effect on May /,
imposing duty Of cent and upwards
per pound on all sugars imported into
the United States, the sugar importers
are actively engaged in buying up all
available sugar, both in the markets Of
Germany and Cuba, for prompt ship.
ment to this country in an effort to get
the commodity into the market with
out paying to the government the new
tax.
The valuation Of sugar on the way
and booked for shipment to Boston
alone will reach into the millions, and
the money saved on duty, provided the
sugar reaches here before the new tar.
III goes into effect, will be enormous.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
DEMURRER. SUSTAINED.

South Dakota Prohibitionists Defeated In
. Decision.
PIERRE, s. d., March l7.-Judge
Gaffy has sustained the demurrer set
up to the answer made by the Prohibi.
tionists in their effort to test the legal.
ity Of the repeal of the prohibitory arti.
Gle of the constitution. The answer to
which the demurrer was sustained set
up that article ~ is yet part Of the
constitution, and liquor sold cannot be
collected for; that the question Of re-
peal was not correctly submitted by
the legislature that it was not cor.
rectly placed on the ballot, and that
10000 voters did not express themselves
on the question. The demurrer states
none Of the answer is sufficient defense
against the collection of liquor bill,
and this is sustained. This leaves tho
Prohibitionists no nearer q settlement
Of the legality Of the manner Of repeal
Of the prohibitory question than they
were before they attempted to get at it
in the defense Of q liquor bill suit.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
General Belief at Athens That
"a Nothing Can Prevent Ac-
f.. tive HostiIitieS.
Center Of Interest Transferred
From Crete to Macedo-
MAN Frontier.
Latest Move of the Greeks
Indicates a Decision to
Stand Firm.

ATHENS, March lit is the general
belief here that nothing now can pre-
vent war, and the government has its
plan of campaign fully prepared. The
cabinet had long session during the
day as to the attitude to be taken in
face of the coercive programme of
Europe, and it is reported that de-
cision was reached to take active meas.
ures, as being the only solution possible
for Greece.
The center Of interest 10 now trans
ferred from Crete to tho Macedonian
frontier. It is evident from the haste
which the government has displayed in
getting all its available troops of by
sea before the commencement Of the
blockade that there is q strong cOnvic-
ton that they will be needed at once.
With the sea route closed. the trans.
portation Of troops must be overland,
and this would be An
Exoesdi.gly Slow and Dtmoult Proc"ss,
owing to the lack Of horses and the
very incomplete railway system in the
northern portions Of Greece. Many Of
the war correspondents have already
arrived at Volo, Larissa and other
frontier points. The Greek officers on
che frontier find the utmost difficulty
In restraining their men, and the de-
parture Of Crown Prince Constantine
Tor the frontier has been deferred on
the advice Of the generals in command,
who fear that his presence would have
q dangerously exciting influence upon
the troops
1t is reported that tho Turkish forces
ON the Macedonian frontier are raising
& double line of Notifications and being
constantly reinforced from Salonica.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
MINOR ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Signor Grimaldi, the Italian states
man and ex-cabinet minister, is dead.
Five men were injured, two Of them
fatally, in railroad accident at La
grange, Ind.
The London, Ont, council has decided
to impose license fee of 500 on Gig.
arctic vendors. in the hope Of lessenlng
the cigarette habit among the youths
Of the city.
Barbara Newman was burned to
death and another young lady fatally
hurt in q fire which destroyed the resi-
dence of William Spier, 864S Yer
non avenue, Chicago.
Senior Depuy De Lome is quoted a.
saying that unless Secretary Sherman
il moro lenient in his demands for the
recognition Of the rights Of American
citizens in Cuba, he (De Lome) might
- well go home.
The Joint Traffic association has
authorized q one.fare rate for the round
trip for the convention Of the Epworth
league to be held at Toronto, Ont.
next July. Also for tho international
convention Of the Y. N. g. A., to b
held at Mobile, Ala, April 21.25. =
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
PARTY OF PRISONERS.

Fourteen Prisonsrs Put ON Trial for
Wholesale Murder.
BUDAPEST, March 1.-THE trial Of
IL women and two men was com.
menced at Hold Mezo Vasarhely, on
Lake Hodos, during the day. The
prisoners are charged with poisoning
their husbands or others of their rela-
tives in order to obtain insurance
money. Some of the prisoners are &C.
cused of four or five murders. The
chief prisoner is q midwife named
Marie Jager, who is charged with sup
plying the poison with which the muir
ders Werecommitted.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
THE PENCIL DEEDS.

Famous Doouments in the Fair Case
Have Been Filled in Court.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1.-THE At
torney for Mrs. Craven, who claims to
be the contract widow Of ex-senator
James G. Fair, has fled in the superior
court the original pencil deeds to prop
erty valued at ~, OK, OoO, conveyed by
Fair to Mr.. Craven. All may now in
spect these famous deeds, and - the At
torneys for Fairs children and tho ad-
ministrators have pronounced them
forgeries, they will now be able to have
expert examination of the documents
to prove their charges. The two parties
to the Fair litigation are now arguing
the question of whether tho case shall
be decided by the court or . jury, the
Fair heirs opposing Jury trial.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
BRIBERY CHARGED.

Procssdings Cut Short BY N Advsrss
Omcial Ruling.
Sioux CRY, la, March l7.-Andrew
Gundy and Fred Goulder fled charges
before the newly elected city council,
accusing Alderman Marshall Of taking
money from candidates for offices
within the gift Of the city fathers.
While the clerk was reading the docu-
ment Mayor Queland squelched it by
ruling that, while Marshall was q
member Of both the old and new coun.
ellis, the acts alleged were committed
during his first term, and that the new
council had no jurisdiction, except
over the acts Of it's present members.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
Fed Them with Poison.

PORTAGE, Wis, March l7.-Ishmual
Simon, who resides in the town of
Scott, near Cambria, is in Jail here
awaiting examination on the charge of
poisoning his wife and her sister. His
wife claims that he came to her and
her sister as they lay in bed and put
poison in their mouths.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
VANDERBILT AND HILL.

Joint Traffic Agreement Alleged Between
Northwsstsrn and Great NortherD.
CHICAGO, March lit is reported
on apparently reliable authority that
the Vanderbilt interests have entered
into an agreement with J. J. Hill:
president Of tho Great Northern road
for q close interchange Of traffic be.
tween the Great Northern and Chicago
and Northwestern at St. Paul, similar
in effect to that now in existence be.
tween the Union Pacific and the
Northwestern at Omaha. The effect
Of such an agreement would be to give
the Vanderbilts two transcontinental
routes and would give them q practical
monopoly Of the transcontinental
traffic.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
Gresss's Latest Proposal

LONDON, March 1.-THE Rome cor
respondent Of Tho Daily News under.
atands that Greece proposes to the pow
n that she should concentrate her
troops now in Crete ut some spot near
the coast where they could be easily
ptovisloned and would be quite tso-
lated from the insurgents; that the
Turks should do likewise, and that the
powers should then pacify the island
aud the Cretans be given an opportu-
nifty to declare freely how they wish to
Re governed.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
Schools May He Closed.

DIES MONIES, March 1.-THE city is
overrun with measles and it is feared
the West Side schools will have to
close. So far this month about 20
cases are reported and there are II new
cases during the day.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19

To Amend the A aska Treaty.
WASHINGTON, March l7.-1n execu'
tive session of the senate Senator Stew.
art Of Nevada offered IN amendment
TO the Alaskan boundary treaty which
Is in tho nature of q substitute for the
provision for ascertainlng the merid'
ian. It provides for the survey OF the
whole boundary line but fixes definitely
the boundary as provided in tho treaty
Of 1867, which is the treaty OF ceshion
from Russia to the United States.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
LoWla1ds Inundated.

GREENWOOD, Miss. March 1.-THE
Yazoo river is rising very rapidly at
this point and the lowlands are now
covered with water. Several tributaries
of the Yazoo are reported to be higher
thon they were ever known. and it is
feared that when these waters reach
the Yazoo her banks will be swollen to
ovorflowinQ.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
SITUATION lNFLAMMABLE.

Turkish and Greelsn Troops 1t Close
Qusrtsrs on the Frontier.
LARIssA. March 1.-THE situation
On the frontier il now indammable. At
6eversl points the sentries and outposts
Of the Turkish and Greek forces are
within 40 PAGES Of each other.
The Greek feet has . magnificent
position OF Skiatho Volo has been
veil reinforced BY gunboats, torpedo
hoats and transports. A shipload of
100 Hungarian horses has arrived
there.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
Shin Corn tn New Orleans.

PERRY, o. T., March II -Business
men Of Blackburn and Usage City,
towns on the Arkansas river, are build.
ing half dozen barges and boats, and
during the rise of the river will ship
corn to New Orleans on the Arkansas
river. They buy corn at from 6 to IL
cents per bushel.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
NEW AMBASSADORS.
LAY Co.'s T. England aud Porter to

nay Goss q England aud Porter to
~ tr t1 France.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE presi'
dent has sent to the senate the follow.
ing nominations:
To be ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary of the United States,
John Hay of the District of Columbia,
to Great Britain; Horace Porter of
New York, to France; Henry White OF
Rhode Island, to be secretary Of the
embassy of the United States to Great
Rrltain
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
ldaokintosh Has Quit.

WINNIPEG, March l7.-Lieutenant
Governor Macintosh of the Northwest
Territory, now on leave Of absence.
will not return to the duties of his OF
fee, AMI o successor will be appoinet
shortly.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
Vsgaries Of . Certain Sovereign.

Vxgarios Of . Certain oovoFolGn.
LONDON, March l7.-The Daily Mail
eays: 1.-THE vagaries Of certain con-
tinental sovereign are causing profound
anxiety to his family, and especially to
the diplomats who recognize that tho
concert of Europe may at any moment
be disturbed. Pincning guests and try
ing to trip them with his sword, are
among the antics attributed to the In
ssne Sovereign" The paragraph un.
mistakably hints at Emperor William
If Germany.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
Spanish Convoy OF Six Cars
Wrecked by Dynamite
of Insurgents.
Two Hundred and Fifty of
Those on Board Killed
or Injured.
Reported at Havana That Cen
eral Gomez Is Badly
Wounded.

New YORK, March ia Havana
special to The World says: Through
Cubans here it is learned that train
carrying Spanish troops was blown up
by dynamite while passing over deep
gorge south of Candelaria, Pinar del
Rio province, and that nearly $50 SOL
diers were killed or injured. The To-
connective and six cars were demol.
ished. The tragedy occurred about the
10th. The Spanish General Arlal had
learned Of a proposed insurgent attack,
supposedly on San Cristobal, and he
sent of 500 troops in armored cars to
reinforce the garrison there. About ~
miles from San Cristobal, the road
crosses a deep gorge on q very high
bridge about 500 feet long. The insur-
gents, learning Of the departure of the
train, lined the bridge at the ends and
the center with y
Heavy Charges Of Dynamite
connecting the explosive by wires with
q battery in the woods some distance
off. Three hundred insurgents lay in
ambush near by. Tho train ap-
preached the bridge about 8 o'clock in
the morning. When fully on it all
three charges were exploded by the
wires. The engine and cars few into
the air like so many chips and fell into
tho deep gorge below, crushing dead
and injured alike. There the wreck
age caught fire. AS soon as the ex-
plosion occurred the insurgents dashed
from their ambuscade with wild cries
and began q massacre. But for the
timely hosting of q white flag BY
Colonel Mores, who was in command
of the Spanish forces, every man
would have been macheted. As it was
the Cubans
Secured Three Hundred Prisoners,
including the officers. Tho private sol.
diers, after being Invested Of their uni.
forms, were released and sent to San
Cristobal. The officers were retained
as hostages for IS insurgents who are
held at Artemisa, and threatened with
death. i.
The Spaniards here admit the dyna-
hitting Of the train but claim that the
details are exaggerated.
General Aranguren raided two towns
in the southwestern part Of Havana
province Friday and Saturday and
looted the stores and destroyed one
Spanish block fort.
Word comes from Santa Clara Of two
fierce engagements on Thursday and
Friday in which the Spaniards lost
heavily,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
Found Choir Now Home.

OMAHA, March 17.-Charles Rod.
stinsky with his wife and baby, started
from Omaha early in the morning to
find new home. The family was In q
covered wagon, with gasoline stove.
Just before starting on tho journey .
fire was lighted in the stove. Before
driving block the stove exploded and
the team ran away. Before help could
reach them the occupants Of the wagon
were fatally burned.
Relief Work at Lucknow.
LUCKNOW, March l7.-The special
representative Of the Associated Press
has just completed an exhaustive tour
Of the northwest. In an area Of 400 BY
700 miles, 1,75O, 900 persons are receiv-
ing governmental relief. Owing to the
governments timely grasp Of the stu.
alton, the correspondent did not dis.
cover a single instance Of death from
starvation during the whole tour.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
GOMEZ BADLY WOUNDED.

Such In the Report Now CaRRs1t in
Havana.
HAVANA, March II 1t 10 reported
here that General Maxine Gomez, the
insurgent leader, was seriously wound.
ed in the fight which occurred recently
at Arroyo Blsnoo, province Of Santa
Clara, between tho Spanish under Gen.
eral Bernal and an insurgent force un.
der Gomez.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
Three Fatally Burned.

IN CLEVELAND, March l7.-Three men
we're fatally burned at the Emma blast
] .rnace by series Of explosions Of
molten metal. A number of other men
were struck by the flying pieces of red
hot iron, but were not seriously hurt.