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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
REEVES BILL PASSED.

House Finally Adopts the Tonnage Tax
Scheme.
The house yesterday afternoon con.
sidered AZ q special order the Reeves
mining tax bill defeated last week
and the vote afterwards reconsidered),
and after q long debate passed the
measure by q vote of 60 to 46. A mo.
ton was made by friends Of the meas.
ure to reconsider the vote. The motion
was lost and the bill now goes to the
senate.
A feature of the debate on the bill
was the statement Of Representative
johnson Of Freedom county that he
had been approached by lobbyists to
vote against the bill. Representative
Lloyd also announced in explaining
his vote that, although he was inclined
to vote against the bill as matter Of
principle, the action of the lobby
against the bill had been so notorious
that he should vote for its passage.
Debate Was Spirited.
The morning session Of sthe house
was marked by spirited debate on sew
oral Oils Uuuor. COuS4uoIdGAOA' AAo
Goar bill, providing for the organiza'
ton of Nelson county out Of portion
of Polk, came up first, and after con.
siderable talk Of more or less parti-
san nature, was passed by vote OF 10
to 80. The Lttleton ''mental anguish
bill, providing for damages against tel
graph companies for mental suffering
in addition to actual damages for fail
ure to deliver a message, was taken up
The bill was debated at length, finally
amended to limit the damages to $500
and passed. The following bills were
also passed:
81. F. 674, Reeves-Making railroads
liable for damages in cases where the road
is not fenced and cattle guards are not
constructed.
H. F. 1928, Marin-To legalize defective
township organizations.
II. F. 70, Hicks-Providing for forest
area and providing for q forest commits
sion.
H. F. $50, misunderstanding terms
of county auditors to four years.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
Minnesota Dairymen.

ST.. PAUL, March 20.-The summer
meeting Of the Minnesota Dairymen's
association will be held at Crookston
June 81 and "a. The date and place
were fixed at q meeting Of tho execu-
tive committee of the association held
in St, Paul. It was decided that in
case tho people about Alexandria desire
it. . special meeting Of one day will be
hold at that place on June %.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.

Seventeen Bills Cat Through the Upper
House.
There were II bills on the senate
calendar for consideration and when it
was reached q call Of the senate was
ordered. The first bill taken up was
tho Miller bill. s. F. 866, relating to
the advertising Of the delinquent tax
list. 1t was passed without objection.
Under this bill publishers will be al.
lowed to collect pay Tor the clerks no.
tice, published before and after the
tax list is printed. S. r. 457, Thorpe's
bill to grant additional powers to the
state board of equalization caused con-
siderable debate but was finally passed.
Messrs. Spencer, Durham and Fuller
voting in the negative. Among the
other measures passed were the follow
ing:
Minor Measures Passed.
s. F. S72, Collester- TO authorize boards
Of supervisors Of towns to license, regulate
and control the use of billiard and pool
tables within such town.
S. F. 220, Ringdal-Yo validate and con-
firm deeds and mortgages made by any
married woman by her attorney, Where
her husband has not joined in the power
of attorney, etc.
S. F. AT, Wing-To provide for the Or
ganization of township graded schools.
S. F. s72, Wyman-To require annuity,
safe deposit or trust companies to pay q
fee for deposit of securities with the state
auditor.
H. F. 40, Snydsr-To amend chap. Ito,
general laws 1893, providing for taxation
for educational purposes.
The Good Roads Bill.
The senate spent considerable time
on general orders, but final action was
not taken on any measure. The capitol
appropriation bill at the bead of gen.
eral orders and the Sheehan antitrust
bill, No. y on general orders, were laid
over, and the first bill taken up was
Senator Peterson's bill to create a state
highway commission. Senators Thomp'
son, Stevens and Greer spoke in favo,
Of the measure, and Senators Howard
and Thorpe against it, their objection
being to the proposition to create new
state officers. A motion to report
progress was carried.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Experimental Station for Lo Sueur Rec.
commended.

Experimental Station for Le sueur Rec
commended.
The bill for the establishment of an
agricultural experimental substitution
&C LIE Sueur and the bill for the organ
ization of Cass and Beltrami counties,
both of which were recommended to
pass, occupied most of the time of the
senate in committee Of the whole, and
the fourth hospital and capitol meas
ures were not reached. The SUBJ
station bill was recommended for in
definite postponement by the finance
committee and was vigorously fought
OH the floor, but it managed to pull
through by a vote of "a to Is. The Dill
to organize Cass and Beltrami counties
also met with great opposition, the vote
on recommendation being ~ to ~.
Passed Number Of lis
Before taking up work on general or.
ders the senate passed 10 bills On tho
calendar, several of them being of more
than ordinary importance. The bills
were Is follows:
S. +. B67-To prevent the introduction
of the San Jose scale and to license nur-
serynen.
S. F. 1856, Wyman-Allowing women to
vote for members Of library boards.
S. +. cato provide for the treatment
Of inebriates by Ramsey, Hennepin and
st. Louis counties and prescribing rules
for governing the same.
S. F. SSS. Greer-To legalize In certain
cases proceedings for extending the period
OF corporate existence.
s. +. 8S4, Thorpe-To conform savings
Institutions to uniformity of powers.
81. +. AL, Synder-Authorizing and en-
towering cities in this state having more
than $1,000 inhabitants to contract for the
purchase Of electric power with which to
operate their public waterworks.
s. F. 4S4, Greer-To prevent corpora.
lions from organizing or doing business
in this state whose sole or principal bust
ness IL the dealing in or acquisition of tax
titles.
S. F. 1910 authorize the organization
aud admission of certain insurance com
panies to insure against loss or damage
from burglars, robbers, etc.
s. F. 80, Barr-To amend sec. 29s, chap.
4a, general laws 1859, being part of the
probate court.
n. F. 251, Lovejoy-Providing for pay
ment to w. NJ. Jones for legal services
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
Owls Exterminate 0amo.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, March 25.-
The large gray owls of this vicinity
have played havoc with small game in
the forests of the Northwest this win
ter. The rabbits and cartridges espe-
cially have been victims, and lumber.
men say that in some portions of the
woods they have almost been exter-
minated.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
Lower House of the Legislature
ReCOnsiders the Vote on
the Reeves Bill.
Again Placed on the Calen-
dar, but Final Action
Is Postponed.
Senate Debates the Peterson
Good Roads Bill With
out Result.

ST. PAUL, March 22.-The Reeves bill
to tax mines and mining lands was re.
vived by the process Of reconsideration
of the vote by which it was lost, and
the further consideration of the matter
was postponed for time. The friends
of the measure said that they had no
desire to further debate the measure,
but tho voting had shown that a ma
jority of the house was in favor Of the
tho bill, and they were entitled to q
vote when the full membership of the
house w:s present. The motion to re-
consider prevailed by vote of 80 to -.
The opposition conceded the postpone.
ment on the ground that the more con.
slderation the bill received the fewer
votes it would command, and when
the vote was taken on the question Mr..
Cunningham Of Hennepin was the only
member to oppose it.
To Allow Pool Selling.
The baltimore pool bill came up
rather unexpectedly at the afternoon
session and caused quite little debate.
The bill proposes to amend the pro-
hibitory pool selling law passed two
years ago, so as to allow pools to be
sold upon race tracks during race
meetings. The bill went to the com.
mittee on crimes and punishment and
was favorably reported, but afterwards
recommitted. At the afternoon SEES.
sion Mr.. Scott of Ramsey moved that
the bill be recalled from committee and
placed on general orders. The motion
was vigorously opposed by Messrs.
jacobson, McGill and others and when
a vote was taken was overwhelmingly
defeated.
Committee Of tho Whole.
The house spent only a short time on
general orders, the following bills being
disposed OF as indicated:
H. f. 1913, Schmidt-Relating to special
general orders.
H. F. Sos, Mcdonald - Providing for
further inspection of bakeries. Indefnite-
~ postponed.
S. F. 1913, Hanna-For the relief of P. O..
Dasseth. To pass as amended.
H. F. 47S, Scott-Authorizing cities to
impose q bicycle license. Indefinitely
postponed. q
H. F. sl7, Schmidt-1mposing the stock
holders liability upon stockholders of
miping corporations. TO pass.
81. F. 621, misunderstanding from
the provisions of the law prohibiting
alien ownership Of land companies en-
gagged in promoting immigration. To
pass.
n. F. 696-Giving courts discretion to
demand Of receivers and assignees q bond
equal only to the value of the property,
instead Of double the value. To pass.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
After Long Shutdown.

\ PROVIDENCE, r. l., March 23.-The
weybosset wooden mills resumed oper-
ations on full time with three.quarters
of the looms running, after q shutdown
Of nearly o year.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
r,h.,od . Game Warden.

ST. PAUL, March 2o.-E. w. Davis OF
Detroit City, Mimi, was declared
guilty Of having criminally libeled
Deputy Game Warden Stevens, also
AZ Detroit. A motion for q new trial
will be argued Wednesday. ,a...
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
REINFORCEMENT BILL.
Committee Agrees on a Measure to Be
Reported.

Committee Agrees on q Measure to Be
Reported.
Just as soon as the clerical work of
preparing an apportionment bill can be
completed, measures will be introduced
in the house and senate looking to re-
districting of the state on the basis Of
90 senators and l19 representatives, be.
ing an increase of six in the upper
and five in the lower house.
The subcommittee which has been
ut work for several weeks on plan of
reapportionment has reported to the
full committee and the report was ap.
proved by the unanimous vote of the
cOmmitt0o.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26

Two Reports to the Senate on the Neces.
city Of Fourth Asylum
The senate committee on insane hos.
pitfalls has submitted majority and
minority report on the Miller resolu.
ton to investigate the necessity of a
fourth hospital for the insane. Summed
up briefly, the majority report holds
that nothing short of q new hospital
will accommodate the insane wards of
the state and that the need of such an
institution is imperative. The minor.
ity holds that new asylum is unnec.
essary for several years to come.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
Packing House Stsrts.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March 2s.-Swift
& Co., will begin work at their pack
ing house in this city at once, giving
employment to at least 100 men. The
force will be gradually increased.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26

Senator Sweningsen has secured q IA
vorable report from the senate insurance
committee on his anti-compact bill, which
requires that insurance agents or brokers
must be bona flde residents Of this state,
and to do business must pay license fec
and file o bond.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

The Torson bill for the election of rail-
road and warehouse commissioners has
been made special order in the senate for
Tuesday next.
The senate committee on banking,
which has investigated the bank exam
iner's office, has made a report endorsing
the work of Examiner Kenyon.
Tho senate bill to allow the secretary
Of state to contract with Frank p. Du-
fresno for printing the Minnesota reports
for period of six years, was passed by
the house under suspension of the rules.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
Had . Tempestuous Voyage.

BOSTON, March 2S.-The overdue
German steamer Armenia Of the Ham.
bure.American line, which left Ham.
burg for this port Is days ago, has ar.
rived here after q tempestuOus voyage.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
LEGISLATIVE. NOTES.

Senator Stevens has introduced q bill
to authorize, counties, towns, cities and
villages In Minnesota to use automatic
voting machines at all elections.
Mr.. Underleak has introduced a bill in
the house to prohibit the exhibition by
means of the kaleidoscope or any kindred
device all pictures Of prize fights.
Mr.. Donnelly's bill providing that mu-
inequalities must furnish a meal, nights
lodging and a days work for any person
seeking employment was unfavorably re.
ported by the house committee on labor.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
COMMITTEE DIVIDED

unity auditors to four years
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-20
OYSTERS.

|inman Haddies, per To-. .15c
|moked Halibut, per b....15c
lresh Goldfish, per pound.1Oc
|alt Herring, per pound. .07c
] olland Herring, key. ..$1.OO
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-20
NUTS.

Mixed Nuts, per pound. 10
Walnuts, per pound. 10y
Hickory Nuts, per pound.O5
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-20

Smoked Whitefsh, tb.....10 c
Fresh Whitefsh, per fb..1O C
Salt Mackerel, pound. ..12Ac
Fancy Norway Herring. 10 C
Salt Salmon, per pound.OS C
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-20
Celluloid Novelties.
Notions.

One hundred and fifty dozen Ladies Handkerches
mostly linen and sik-al must 60 Don't fail to
Ladies' Neclwear and Fancy Dress Fronts Tor evening
dresses and also the latest novelties Fancy Silks Fancy
Table Spreads and Does Ladies Colaretts, FUR NUNS
Children's Sets, etc.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-20
POULTRY

Chicken, per pound, lie
Ducks, per pound. ......12c
Quail, EACH. ...... .....25c
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-20

turkeys, per pound. .....14c
beese, per pound..... ......12c
Prairie Chicken, each. soc
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-20
Wooden Goods.
Gents, Furnishings,

Gents Furnishing Goods, Muhlers Necktles Hosiery;
Gloves. Mitts Caps Underwear, Overcoats, Boys ana
Mems Suits; ali at the lowest possible prices
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
The Cnusc of Her Anger.

"Men arc the most brutal creatures, ="
said the young wife 10 her feminine friend.
"What makes you think sog"
"The way my husband treated me this
afternoon.
what did he doY''
"Hc came home from the Office, and in
the first place he kissed me- and
"He ought to be asha''-
"Oh, 1t isn't q at, of course. But pretty
soon he menti~od casually that he saw
Mrs. Dawkins this afternoon and that she
had on beautiful new dress. And then
he-what do you suppose he didP'
81 can't guess. What is it?"
"Went TO talking about something else. l"
"The brutep'
ayes, and I'll dio before Twill ask him,
but
$50 would |"
But she asked him tho very naxt morn
ing at breakfast, and when he said he be-
llcved 1t was some sort of green or blue,
or possibly brown, with yellow or gray
trimmings-he was not certain which
and sash, she snid woman might as
we'll talk with a Fiji islander as with her
husband for all tho instructive inforna-
tion she would obtain from him.
And her husband was surprised to no.
tice iNat she seemed almost angry about
something or other. Denver Times.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
Michigan's "Jag Act"

"The laws that are passed by some Of
our state legislatures are absurd and
puerile in the extreme" said Mr.. G. i.
Milhous. SIN Michigan there is statute
known in the cities rs the jag act under
the sweeping provisions of which an Off
cious policeman can bring almost any body
before the local courts. 1t mikes up all
sorts of offcnses in n way that would be
ludicrous If IL were not harmful. A man,
for instance. who threatens to leave his
wife and children is, by the act, disor-
derly person and subject to arrest; Sd
also is an innocent exhibitor of Punch
and Judy show, or rope or wire dance
performer, or the giver of drink 10 a
friend who has already had perhaps few
smiles too many.
1.-The trouble with law like this, which
the supreme court of the state has de-
clarcd constitutional, Is that it may easily
become an instrument of persecution. IL
may be employed as dragnet TO enmesh
respectable citizens who thoughtlessly
violate some of IFS provisions Domestic
infelicity might cause n man while in bad
humor to threaten 10 abandon his home,
though be really cberishes no such pur-
pose. My theory is that legislation in
tended to regulate the morals of people
is out of place in the closing years of the
nineteenth century. ."-Washington Post.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
PEEP AT A BIG LARDER.
Method of Caring For Table Delicacies
In a Large Hotel.

The general cold storage room OF large
hotel is refrigerated, and hero are kept the
general stores, such as canned goods,
meats, vegetables, eggs, etc, so that ii
looks exactly like wholesale produce
house. In il are somo 81 doors, SO that
the difficulty of maintaining the low tenn
pcrature Of "a degrees is evident. The
freezing chamber, which branches off from
this one, Is kept at Is degrees F., and In
it are stored the fish, poultry and game.
A milk box about 10 feet long by wide,
and nearly deep IL used for storing the
milk and cream as IL is received, and is
kept just above freezing point, or at 32
degrees. Then there are several short or
der boxes for keeping meats from meal To
meal. The butter, cheese and fruit for
immediate use are stored in another room.
One of the strangest places for "a refrig-
orator box TO the uninitiated would seem TO
be in the bakery, but here the pastry has
to be kept stiff, puddings cooled, berries
preserved fresh, fresh preserves for baking
purposes kept sweet SO that the pastry
section is quite important and u most in
tercsting sight. A still stranger room is
what Is known n the pitcher room, ="
where the shelves are filled with rows upon
rows of pitchers filled with ice and water
and ready for instant use. The bar
box, which is in reality u room IL feet
square and s feet high, for storing wines
and beers and kept at u temperature OF ~
to IL degrees, Is an important adjunct TO
the house. Mi ilwaukeC journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
The Telesensatorium of A. ID. e1,5.

1t il bewildcring 20 contemplate tho
effects of the introduction of this great in
vention into general use. Some of the
things already possible and which have
been tried by its merits arc as follows:
A lover at one end of the line may con
vcy In something less than one-thirty-
thousnndth part OF "A second the impression
Of his sweetest kiss TO his waiting love at
the receiver end of the line and may re-
ccive similar responsive thrill. This re-
markablo fact is shown that ut distances
as great 8s 10000 miles the impressions
will lose only , per cent OF their vividncss,
n result far trGnsCending that Of the best
electrical work. Another result Is that "a
schoolhoy may be spanked by his stern par
cnt at any Distance. In this case the child
Is presented 10 the receiver while the par-
ent strikes the transmitter.
Again. "A surgical operation may he sat
isfactorlly performed over any extent of
territory 10y the surgeon In his office. since
all impressions are conveyed in either di-
rUctiun and are permanent. Courts uf
law do not need the actual presence of
witnesses ur others. Postal serNirp, except
fur mere handise. IL nu longer necessary.
Experiments are now In Progress 10y
which IL Is hoped that II will bv pos.ible
o. feed ~ pctson 10y pre,,nting food to his
physical counterpart at tho other end Of
tho line.
All honor To- III. inventor, Herr Rhcgnois
HwickeDe DeistenRiGcnsc hock May lc be
npored to perfect his truly marvellous ap-
planes. Time ard the Hour
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
"HooDooso PROVED LUCKY.
An Actor Who Tested the "signs' and
Made Money.

An Actor Who Tested the "signs' and
Made Money.
William Fayersham is credited with the
following story by the Boston Herald
"Oh, / know very we'll that what was
good luck to the Romans in many cases
was bad luck to the Greeks, but even that
did not alter the state OF feeling which I
wish to describe. No man is so truly void
of logical reasoningas to think that seeing
the new moon over ones shoulder or the
other, or stubbing the toe of one foot rath-
er than that Of its neighbor, or going un-
der ladder or n thousand other signs
and portents' really can affect "a man =
life, even for an hour or a day, but this is
positively true, that sign coming our
way does affect ones spirit and makes one
light hearted or the reverse for the time be-
ing, and thereby We are more or less i'm
pressed.
II recall case where all signs failed as
in dry weather. 1t was "A friend of mine
in San Francisco, brother, and no did
run the gamut OF bad luck omens. We
will suppose it to be Monday night when
he went home, having lost close on TO $5,-
600 10 a turn in the market lie went up
stairs as straight as could be, but in going
down again tC get "a pitcher of water he
stumbled. Now To stumble up stairs is
good luck. Down stairs is bad luck He
muttercd something not quite fit for polite
ears with an eXecration against the luck.
That evening he'd seen the new moon over
his left shoulder and he had not "a coin in
his pocket.
"'By love, he said, IN try it tomor-
row and see what will happen.
by it he meant signs or omens Well,
on arising he got out of bed the wrong
foot foremost, he put on one stocking and
one shoe before he put OH the other stock
ing, when he got ont on the street he
went under every ladder he could find, and
so on. Every bad luck sign he could test he
did. Then at about noon he went and
borrowed money.
Now, they do say that it is the worst
tuck in the wurit ~ spucututc on entirely
borrowed money. You must have few
dollars of your own in the pile you invest.
"Wcll, what was the result? He made
$27 900 in one day, that day which he
marked with SO many back stones Of bad
luck omens and daring of proyerbial ira
dition.
'Of course he has Dragged about that
thing ever since, hooting AT any one who
dares suggest a bad or good luck sign.
And yet there is one thing he will not do"
z-here Mr. Faversham had u quiet laugh
to himself while his listeners waited he
will never pick up chair he has over
turned
The raconteur paused here and relit his
cigar. OF course some one asked why the
breaker of all traditions would not pick
up an overturned chair, and Mr. Fayer-
sham chuckled as he answered: Because
IL is bad luck 10 ovcrturn "A chair, and tho
only way To frustratc the i'll omen, To put
out the evil eye, so To speak, is To have
some one else put the chair upon its proper
footing. 80, you see, even my friend Id
not pachydermatous TO superstition.