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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-30

AaAAM AaNA anu AAAN
Upon big brown bear.
Another one laughed loud In gies
And raced around the track.
And she was seated fcarleasiy
Upon q lions back.
And one rode on q tiger fierce
Another on a deer.
While others rode on prancing siee-
Without q sign Of fear.
And round and round the track they
rode.
AT az O rapid pace.
And no one beat. tho all tried naFa
To win the funny ec.
~ last the racers car 70 rest
The music ceased 10 md.
And an the little tots u home
And LEFT the merry-s 5and.
William u J Durroy.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
JOINING TIRE COMBINE,
Wisconsin Paper Manufacturers Getting
Into the Pool.

Wisconsin Paper Manufacturers Getting
Into the Pool.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-The Evening
Post says: A delegation of Wisconsin
paper manufacturers headed by j. A.
Kimberley have been in this city for
several days conferr.ng with represent
tatives of Eastern manufacturers of
white paper used by newspapers, with
view to entering tho pool now form
ing. 1t is believed that the most prom
inent firms of the West will agree to
the proposed combination. Allotment
and percentage gre the main questions.
The trade. in the West differs from
that in the East and the prospect of
all open market for concerns situated
at IA distance from the great center is
believed to be one Of the objects OF the
proposed union. All that now remains
to complete the union of the Eastern
manufacturers seems to be the formal
action concerning questions of contract,
agreement, etc. Although most Of the
manufacturers are identified with the
production OF other lines of parer, it Is
stated positively that the negotiations
now pending concern the newspaper
grade only, and have nothing to do
with the manufacture Of other kinds.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
GENERAL READ DEAD.
Fam GUS AZ an Organ ger During the Civ
War and Later IA q ID piomat.

Famous AZ an Organ ger During the Civil
War and Later III a ID piomat.
PARIS, Dec. 28.-General Meredith
Read died during the morning. He
was born in 1887 He was adiutant
general of New York in 1906 He
was chairman in April, 1850, of the
committee to draft bill in behalf of
New York state appropriating $1,000
for the purchase of arms and equip
ments, and he subsequently received
the thanks of the war department for
his ability and. zeal in organizing,
equipping and forwarding troops He
was first United States consul general
for France and Algiers and acting COLI
sui general during the Franco. German
war. In November, 1873, he was ap-
pointed United States minister resi-
dent in Greece. While minister to
Greece he received the thanks of his
government for his efectual protection
OF American persons and interests in
the dangerous crisis of 1878. The last
years of his life were devoted to htera-
fura
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
WHITE PAPER POOL.
Prominent Wisconsin Manu-
facturers Going into the
Combine.

New York, Dec. 26,-The Even
ing Post saws: A delegation of
Wisconsin paper manufacturers,
headed by J. A. Kimberly, have
been in this city for several days
past conferrlng with representa-.
tires of Eastern manufacturers of
white paper used by newspapers,
with a view to entering the pool
now forming. It is believed that
the most prominent firms Of the
West will agree to the proposed
combination. Allotment and per.
c.ntage are the main questions.
The trade in the West differs
from that in the East, and the
prospects of an open market for
concerns situated at a distance
from the great centers is believed
to be one of the objects of the pro.
posed union. All that now re-.
mains to complete the union of
Eastern manuf acturers seems to
be formal action concerning ques.
tions of contract, agreement, etc.
Although most of the manufac.
turcrs are identified with the pro.
duction of other lines of paper, it
is stated positively that the ne.
gotiations now pending concerns
the newspaper grades only, and
have nothing to do with the man.
ufacture of other kinds. The
work of organization has been
systematized by a series Of com.
mittees.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
Alderman Indi cted For Murder.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-Alderman Thomas
J. O'Malley of the Twenty-third ward
has been indicted by the grand jury
for the murder of Gus Colliander, on
election night in November, 1894.
O'Malley's Indictment has created a
sensation. He was elected to the coun.
Gil last spring, with the endorsement of
the Municipal Reform league, and has
q good record in that body.
To Dig Minnesota Coal.
DULUTH, Dec. 28.-A party of men
equipped with the necessary imple-
ments is being organized to develop a
vein of soft coal in the northern part of
Minnesota. The gentlemen interested
decline to talk, but it is learned that
they have great expectations of devel.
oping an important mine. The coal
resembles the best Illinois variety, and
is suitable to make coke of.
Minister Andrade Arr yes.
New YORK, Dec. 2S.-On board the
Red D line steamer Caracas, which ar.
rived during the afternoon from Vene-
zuelan ports. was General J. Andrade,
Venezuelan minister to the the United
States and Judge Storrow. The latter
was interviewed at Quarantine, but de-
clined to make statement.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
tI.,E Y. f0f- - q "a 2 ~. - -
A NEW LAW SUGGESTED.


There is law in force in Yer.
mont which, it seems to lis, would
b. good one for. all states to
adopt. It. requires all officers,
boards, commissions, ETC., having
charge Of public moneys to make
full and detailed reports of their
expenditures through the medium
of the newspapers. Not only are
the meetings at which money is
appropriated to be reported in de-
tail, but each and every meeting
Of the school board, village council,
etc., must be reported to the off.
cial paper by a recording officer.
The only objection to such law
would be it's expense, but the fact
that the cost Of printing the FRO.
ceedings would be easily saved by
the extra care which the. officers
would exercise in the discharge of
their duties c,n easily b. demon.
strated. 1t is the newspapers that
to great extent Safeguard the in.
terests of the people, and an ex-
tension Of their powers, as outlined
above, would, we think, prove to
be a good investment of the money
it would cost.-Anoka Herald.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01

The railroad and warehouse
commission Of Minnesota has re.
duced the fees for inspecting and
weighing grain. Hereafter the
charge for inspecting grain will
be Is cents per car and for weigh.
ing Is cents car. That is re-
duction of 10 cents per car. The
commission aims to make the SER
vice self-supporting, and as the
former price resulted in a sur
plus in the fund, the rate was
reduced.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
WALKERS OPINION

G. A. Towne was fond of mis-.
quoting Francis A. Walker during
the campaign. Mr.. Walker re.
Gently delivered peech tn Mass
achusetts, in which he said: II
bimetalism is to be re-established
it must be sought through inter.
national agreement. No single
state is powerful enough to do
this work alone; and every state
owes it is It's citizens not to ven.
ture upon any rash experiments,
the failure of which might wreck
it's credit and destroy it's commerce
and industry. Nothing IS to bt
gained by venture which could
only result in throwing an addi.
tional onus and odium upon this
object. During the past summer
few ardent European blmetal.
lists, under the excitement of see
ing the United States apparently
about to undertake the free coin.
age of silver alone, have been led
away into giving some doubtful
encouragement to the proposal.
But the general sense of the bi.
metallists Of Europe is distinctly
opposed to any such measures on
our part. If the advantages of bi.
metallism shall not prove Stuff.
cient to overcome the jealousies
and animosities of European ma.
tons, we can at least say that the
people of the United States, by
reason of their high standard Of
wages, their large accommodations
of wealth, and their vast unde.
veloped resources, can endure the
evils of gold recommendation as
long as the best of them.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
MINOR ITEMS OF INTEREST

Charles D. Kerr, judge of the district
court of Ramsey county, Mimi, is dead.
John S. johnson and Olaf Rudd
broke two wolld's records in skating at
Minneapolis.
The P. H. Kelly Mercantile company
of St. Paul has been reorganized and
the receiver discharged.
Charles w. Hoffman, LII. D., libra
rian of the United States supreme
court since 1878, is dead.
Several St. Paul banks have notified
State Treasurer Koerner that Jan.
they will cease paying interest on state
deposits.
After seven years service in Wash
,ngton as the representative of his gov
ernment, Mr.. Alfred Leghort the Bel
yian minister, has been recalled.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
Kate Fields Funeral.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2S.-The final
obsequies over the remains of the late
Kate Field were held in Trinity church
during the afternoon. The large editice
was crowded to the doors with the
most prominent people of the city who
assem- led to do honor to the memory
Of the load vrcmrr E- a..
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01

C. A. Towne has returned from
Washington for his holiday vaca-
ton. He Informed the Mlnneapo-
lis repo.t ers that the unusually
large vote this year was due to
gross frauds, and that he knew of
places where the vote was suspl-
ciously large. Th't is not quite as
bad as the fairy tale he stated in
Denver about llama spending
$3.50, 900 to defeat him.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
BIG MINE ON FIRE.

Another Disaster to the Spring Hill COL
liery in Nova Scotia.
HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 2S.-Another
great disaster has overtaken the Spring
Hill coal mines. Just five years ago
the mines were wrecked by a great ex-
plosion and 100 lives lost. It took tho
best part Of year to get the colliery Ill
working order again. 1t was splendidly
equipped, gave employment to 1000
men in the pits and had an output of
$4,000 tons year. From the meagre
dispatches received it appears that fire
has complete possession of the under
ground workings of two or three slopes.
The loss of the east slope is believed to
be complete.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
Good Part of the Town Gone,

PoTTsDAM, N. Y, Dec. 2S.-The
Windsor hotel, four saloons, two
clothing stores, three restaurants, one
grocery store, two livery stables and
two barber shops, composing a large
portion Of the business section of this
townl were destroyed by fire during the
day. The damage is estimated at
hlOO, 900.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01

Jones, Of Nevada, and Dubois,
of Idaho, two of the silver
senators who left the Republican
party, now find that the Populists
want their seats in the senate.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01

If the newspapers tell the truth,
the Cubans received several
Christmas presents of guns and
ammunition from friends in the
United States.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
NATIVES LOST HEAVILY.

Hard Fighting Reported From the Scene
of the Latest African Uprising.
PoKwAN1 CAMP, Bechuanaland, Dec
28.-There has been stiff fighting since
noon and the rebel position has been
taken. The principal stadt is in flames
The natives lost heavily, but are still
fighting in the hills. No casualties
have occurred among the whites. The
bodies Of three whites, murdered in re-
cent disturbances, have been found.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01

One hundred inmates of the
Kentucky penitentiary petitioned
the governor to pardon them IN
order that they might 60 to Cuba
and help the insurgents. The
governor might lend them to
Weylcr to practice on when cap
tured insurgent is are scarce.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
'Big -Four" interchangeable Mileage.

The interchangeable one-thousand
mile tickets of the big Four Route"
areindispensab!e to all business firms
and commercial travellers. The lines
of the big Four penetrate all the
big cities of Ohio, Indiana and ILL.,
nois, and a ticket which can he used
to reach these cities as well as cities
on principal connecting lines, is in
valuable.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
Only Lasted Three Rounds.

PINE BLUFF, Ark, Dec. 2S.-The
best fight ever witnessed in this city
was pulled off before the Pine Bluff
Athletic association. The fight was to
be 25-round contest between Tom
Kavanaugh of Buffalo and Artie Flint
of Denver. In the third round Kavan-
augh landed on Flints neck and he
went down in a heap. Flint failed to
respond to the call of time and was car.
ried from the ring by his seconds.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01

The assignees for P. H. Kel-
" and the P. H. Kelly Mer.
camille company have been
discharged by the court, all the
debts having been paid. Foley
Bros. now own a controlling inter
est in the Mercantile company.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
EXPLOSION OF FIRE DAMP

Seven Men Lose Their Lives in an Indiana
Mine.
PRINCETON, Ind, Dec. 28.-A terrific
explosion of fire damp occurred in the
mine of the Maule Coal company, this
city, and as result seven men were
killed and four were injured, one of
them probably fatally. The men were
making repairs Of damages resulting
from similar explosion a week ago.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
Three People Drowned.

WATERLOO, N. Y, Dec. 2S.-A spe-
cial to The Standard from Clayton, N.
Y, reports the drowning of Edward
Rogers, his son frankie, and a domes-
tic, Miss Minerva Robinson. Mr. Rogers
was the agent of Charles G. Emery,
owner of Calumet island.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01

The governor has issued his
proclamation establishing Red Lake
county, and the officers have been
chosen and have qualified.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01

The nation is shocked by the
signed announcement of w. J.
BRYAN that he may not deliver
five lectures this season.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
Sultan Must Keep Hands on.

CoNsTANT1NoPLE, Dec. 28.-The Rus
sian ambassador, M. Nellidoff, has
warned the palace and the porte that if
the revenues coded for the service of
the public debt are touched, European
financial control in Turkey will be-
come inevitable.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-01
1 The lending silver men Of the
stare will meet il St. Paul on Jan.
s, to Z ..%coat time the fight .". -.
The Chicago Times, Herald now
gives Merriam the place Of, ssecfee-
tary Of war in McKinley's cabinet.

A sensational report comes from
Cleveland Hanna has a head
ache! It's Christmas time, and
hc is mortal.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-27

and held her first reception in what is now
the presidents office on the second floor.
The British troops burned the White house
in 1914, and for three years President and
Mrs. James Monroe occupied rented build
ings. When they returned to the White house
it was in a very crude condition. still bearing
some Of the marks of the vandals and ma
rauders called soldiers. who had desecrated
1T.
During the winter season of 1924 Presi-
dent Andrew Jackson abandoned all public
receptions and state dinners because the
mansion was too small and in every way in
adequate to the demands of circumstances
and conditions for such entertainments.
And yet we have the same unimproved
White house for the use of our presidents
and their families until this day. 1t is about
time that something was done to change ex-
listing conditions. The plan Of Mrs. Harri-
son is an excellent one and ought to be
adopted unless something better can be de-
vised by architectural experts The present
White house is getting to be a popular nui-
sance, both as a business office and as res
idence for our presidents. 1t is dwarfed be-
tween the treasury and state department
buildings. 1t is as the house of a butler or
hostler as compared with the homes and Of
fees of the executive heads OF other nations.
1t is dscreditable to our people, and as soon
as they become familiar with that fact their
representatives will be required to take suit
able action. The plan of the wife of Presl-
dent Harrison, as compared with the original
White house, commands the consideration
and respect CT all who understand the stua-
tion and environments of the president and
his family in the old mansion.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-27
GREAT CURIOSITY.
The blazing Spring Washington
Found in West Virginia.

AS long ago as 1775 George Washington
visited what is now West Virginia, and To-
Gated as part of the pay for his military
services some of the land which helped to
make him the greatest of the plutocrats of
his day before he died, says the Charleston
CIV. VaD correspondent of the st. Louis
Globe-Demoerat In the kanawha valley he
set apart for all time as a public reserva-
ton an acre of land. His motive was the
preservation of one of the greatest natural
curiosities of the period. In the center of
that reserved acre a small hole in the
ground When rain fell the hole filled with
water Through the water bubbled contin-
l1ousiy a current of air from some hidden
source. A burning stick held over the pool
Immediately started a flame, which contin-
used until blown out by strong wind.
Travellers for many years stopped to marvel
at. George Washingtcn's Burning Spring.
This was the discovery of natural gas, but
Washington and generations which followed
his time Gid not know it,
Forty years after Washington christened
the Burning Spring" very determined citi-
zen enterprising as it was understood In
that time, bored for salt water. He did not
reach it at a depth expected and was ad-
vised to stop. His reply was that he would
find salt water or bore into HI. In short
time he struck gas in such volume that
the boring tools were blown out. The gas
caught fire and a mass OF flame shot up
ward. The enterpriSing citizen concluded that
he had done it, and abandoned the location.
Nearly a century passed from the time Of
Washington's discovery until the West Vlr-
gfnians turned 20 practical account the nat
ural gas which is now thought to be under
half of the counties of the state.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-27

zone sees a disc, apparently about the
size of nickel coin, divided vertically
in two parts, one-ha1f being of one
shade of color and the other of another
This effect is produced by the passage
of the ray of light through system
of prisms and lenses, through the zoG-
millimeter tube, and finally through a
compensating medium in the form OF
a quartz plate, shaped like wedge,
with one of the fiat sides toward the
observer" Turning the screw moves
this plate back or forward, and as 1t
moves the two different colors ON the
disc blend more and more until both
sides are of the same color. The index
finger on the upper cylinder has also
been moving as the screw was turned
and when the blend is complete the
index points TO the degree on the scale
indicating the quantity of sucrose IN
the solution. And that degree, as we
see by the quotation, determines how
much tax shall be paid Now. when
your grocer tells you that granulated
has gone UP two or three cents
pound, you can pause, as you drop the
spoonful into your coffee or tea, and re-
fleet what q beautiful, scientific process
that sugar went through before it could
be known how many hundredths Of
cent tax you should pay before it got
into your spoon. And you might wish
that some one would invent a polari-
scope that would determine the pre-
else amount of taxable value there is
in the possessions of people, their real
estate and their personal property,
their stocks and bonds and notes and
money, their jewelry and all those
other things that the dull-eyed asses
sor cannot discover with his unassisted
eye. Perhaps some day some genius
will find some way Of applying DR..
Roentgen's famous rays to fill that
longfelt want.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-27
AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARS.
Ex-Goy. Sprague and His Daughters
Meet.

CINCINNATI, O., Sept. 26.--A Wash
ington special to the Enquirer says:
After separation of nearly eighteen
years, caused by divorce proceedings,
ex-Gov. William Sprague, of Rhode
Island, yesterday had a pathetic meet
ing here with two of his daughters,
Portia and Kitty. When Gov. Sprague
was divorced frem Kate Chase, eigh-
teen years ago, his three daughters,
Ethel, Pertia and Kitty, were put in
the custody of their mother. During
the past eighteen years the latter kept
constant vigil on the girls, restraining
them from communicating either di-
rectly or Indirectly with their father
Or any of his relatives. Several weeks
ago Portia was appointed to position
in one of the departments, and she de-
cided to care for herself. She left her
home and took apartments in a fash
ionable boarding house on New Jersey
avenue.
Realizing that she was able to main
tain herself without any assistance
from her mother, she concluded that
she had a right to write to her father
and break the long silence between
them. Accordingly she wrote him a
touching epistle, which reached him at
his Narragansett home last week. In
her letter Portia implored her father
TO come ana see nef. Yesterday HloII-
ing the old governor came down to
Washington on the noon train. Portia
and her sister, Kitty. were at the sta
ton ready to greet him. The meeting
between them was affecting. Copious
tears streamed down the old governors S
cheeks as he caressed each child. Their
pathetic meeting was witnessed by sew
eral persons.
1t took the old governor fifteen or
twenty minutes to recover, after which
he escorted the girls to Portals home
and presented them to his present wife,
Mrs. Inez Sprague. The unique feature
of the meeting is the fact that it is not
yet known to their mother, who is now
visiting in Columbus, o. The latter left
Daughter Kitty in Portals care, and it
is expected that she will cause some
sensational developments in reference
to the meeting upon her return to
Washington.