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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
DIDN'T KNOW HIS RECORD.
Colorado Democrats Nominated . Man
WAC Led Bolt for Cleveland.

Colorado Democrats Nominated Man
VINO Led . Bolt for Cleveland.
DENVER, Sept 8.-There is conster.
nation among the Democrats over the
discovery that the state convention
which met here, nominated q Cleveland
Democrat as q candidate for justice OF
the supreme court. The nominee, John
a. Gordon Of Trinidad, took an active
mart in the Pueblo convention in 1892,
aud led the boilers from the convention
after it repudiated Grover Cleveland,
on account of his position on the money
question. Many of the delegates voted
fur the nomination OF Gordon in ignor-
ance of his record and have no hesitancy
IL expressing disgust at their hasty az
ton, which was taken in their anxiety
rs nreyen5 the endorsement Of tho Pop
Mist nominee, w. Il. Gabbert,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
r1,eso Oppose the 6B-Csnt Rate.

! These Oppose the 6b-Csnt Rate.
MAssILLoN, o., Sept. 8.-The Nasal.
ION district miners appointed delegates
70 the national convention and In
sttructed them to vote against the 20
,copkanoe Of the proposition 20 return 70
work ct 66 cents. The Bellaire and
Whssling Creek miners voted to reject
tha accent rate.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
strong Points Against Luetgert.

Strong Points Against Luetgert'
CHICAGO, Sept. 8.-Two strong points
were scored during the day by the
prosecution in the Luetgert trial. The
Witnesses were Nicholas Faber. who
testified that on the night Of May l he
~ Luetgert and his wife enter the
anusaee factory, and Charles Hengst,
Who sWore that on the night Of May l
Ia psseed the factory and heard 9 cry
from within % though some one was in
,pain. s7 ~ n
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
President Ratchford Believes
Miners Will Accept the
/, Compromise Rate.
Means AN Increase III Wages
\ Of at Least $e.ooo.ooo
for the Year.
Uninstructed Delegates to the
Convention From Pitts
burg District.

MAss1LLoN, O., Sept. s. -President
!. Ratchiord OF the miners organization
has started for Columbus to attend the
mass convention there. He said he be-
ieved the miners would accept the Co.
rent rate and return to work.
''The miners will meet tho PROPOSE.
Zion like men, he said, land will be
guided by their judgment rather than
their desires. Our executive council
was unanimous in its recommends.
lions, each member like myself feeling
that it was his duty to make known the
actual condition and recommend &C.
cording to his judgment. With this
done the case rests in the hands Of the
SINNERS, and if they see fit to continue
Che strike the responsibility of their
failure will be theirs and not their OFF,
Cials. do not, however, anticipate
any such continuance. The miners
will accept and resume work in few
days. ..e
II Have &c ned Millions In Wages.
s'The advance demanded is Is cents q
ton. The proposed comprcr.;;o ei~as
MS II cents ton, or cents rs ..lan
our demand. The gain to the Oalo
miners alone by the increase would
amount annually TO 81, 100000. Add to
1his o proporionate advance to all
branches of labor around the mines and
1t will increase the AMOUNT to nearly
$2,0OO,0OO to be divided between $4,000
miners and mine laborers in this state
alone. Garry this line Of reasoning to
the other states and it will be found:
that the total gains to the miners Of
those states will exceed $9.oO0,0O0. On
Jan. / another increase, in my judg-
ment, will take place, though 1 am un.
able to say what the amount may be-"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
De.th Of . Centenarian.

WAsEcA, Mimi, Sept. 8.-Wiliam
Harding, in his l01st year and the old
est member of the G.. A. r., is dead
here. Mr.. Harding was veteran Of
three wars, the war Of 1917. the Mexi-
esn war and the civil war. %'> a
King Of Belgium for Arbitrator. 4
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.-The full text
Of the formal acceptance BY the Japan.
ese government Of the proposal to arbi.
trate its differences with Hawaii has
BEEN received In this city and : copy
was delivered to Secretary Sherman BY
the secretary Of the japanese legation.
Japan suggests tho king Of Belgium a
sole arbitrator. ,s 9Th ss a
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
xE.,1skan g make Another TFip.

n1m York, Sept. s.-Walter Well
80. Tie journalist and Arctic explorer,
- oao 81 tho passengers o. the New
Ynh j, He had bssn 10 Norway and
RHada @ consult with Dr.. Nansen and
s arrange 10f 8 steamer and for : large
snl,unInhss 81 does H lid that ehorts
vo66 - nads 70 reach the north pole
~ ~ 1satSwas ccomplilhsd.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
Ouebec Town Burned.

NEWPORT, VT, Sept. Sword was
received here from Magog, Que. 30
miles down ON Lake Memphremagog,
that the business portion OF the town
has been destroyed by fire. The
fire started in grocery store and
spread rapidly, involving a loss OF
about $500, 900. -: f
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
wreokine ENGINE Kills Three.

READING, Pa, Sept. S.-A Philadel.
phia and Reading wreoking engine
crashed into . wagon at q grade cross
ing at Brush Valley . few miles above
Reading, and three lives were lost
Evan Hester, aged 45 years, and two
children, Z
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
Revolutionists Nearing M0ntevideO.

Revolutionists Nearing M0ntevideo.
LONDON, Sept. 8.-The Times CORE
spondent in Buenos Ayres says the
Uruguayan rebels are within two
days. march Of Montevideo. If they
made q determined attack, the CORE.
spondent says, the capture Of the cap
ital would be possible, as the garrison
comprises only S,0oo men, and there is
no system of defense. a&
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
MuTINous CONGO TROOPS.

Belgian OnlOers and Men Killed and All
49, the Forts Destroyed
BRUSSELS, Sept. 8.-Mail advices
have been received from Uganda stat
ing that mutiny has occurred among
the troops Of the Congo Free State in
the Toro district. The mutineors, it is
said, killed 50 Belgian officers and men
and destroyed all the forts, committing
depredations right and left.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
Considered o I3e ckdown.
placad Under Europe.

Placed Under European Gendarmerie.
CASEA, Island OF Crete, Sept. 6.-The
Turkish gendarmegie has been placed
under the command OF officers of Euro
pean gendarmerie, the powers paying
the expense and receiving therefor half
Ct the customs revenues.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
Rigid Quarantine at Mobile.

MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 8.-Every pre-.
caution has been taken to guard against
the introduction of fever into Mobile.
Rigid quarantine has been established
by land and water and half q dozen
persons who got in before quarantine
arrangements were completed have
been sent out of the city to the deten-..
ton camp. No train crews are allowed
to come into town.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
stole : March on the Deputies.

~ Stole . March ON the deputies.
HAzLEToN, Pa, Sept. 8.-Sheriff Mar
Yin Of Luzerne county, with number
Of deputies, routed about 80 strikers
who were planning a descent upon the
tEnrkmen at Cranberry colliery. In the
AFTERNOON the strikers stole march on
vthe deputies and drove the workmen
away from the Lattimer and Erbervals
colleries.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
ca. withdraw Rsgalar Troops

HAVANA, Sept. 8.-Senor Rodriguez
ssnpedro, civil governor Of the prov
inoe Of Pinar del Rio, has informed
Captain General Wsyler that, In his
opinion, the government may withdraw
the regular troops from that provinces,
- the vol unteers arc sufficient TO sup.
pfess tho snall groups q insurysnts
scattered ore. TIT tee1itpsy. sss $50
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
killed By a Barrel of Salt.

SPRING VALLEY, Mimi, Sept. s.
David Highly, aged rs, was killed while
unloading barrel of salt from wagon.
He was moving the barrel when he fell,
the barrel striking him on the forehead
and chest.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
B,sia 1ipbsr Fascinating

1 T1uxy R1vrR FALLS, Mimi, Sept. Z.
Major Wright 81 the interior depart
,ment and w. e. seeleye, chief Of the
new corps Of Indian land examiners,
have rome to Red Lake agency. whore
5,Wosk viii commence. The corps con.
aisfs az IS practical woodgmen.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
Recognition.

It is wrong for The Literary Gazette to
say the south has not recognized Will N.
Harden, for she has. She not only recog-
nized him, but we remember that when he
got check for $1,000 for his first story
She identified him at the bank and Dor.
roWed $500 of it.-Atlanta Constitution.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
Three Cases at Biloxi.

Biloxi, Miss, Sept. S.-Three well
defined cases of yellow fever are re-
ported here. They are under guard
and no fear is felt. -
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-10
HAVE PRACTICALLY AGREED.
Details III the Treaty Of Peace WIN He
settled In : Day or Two.

Details ~ the Treaty Of Psace WIN He
Ssttlsd In : Day or Two.
CoSsTANTINoPLE. Sept. 8. The only
remaining question in the treaty Of
peace is the dates for the payment Of
the indemnity. The powers desire to
insert these dates in the treaty Of peace,
but the British ambassador suggests
that they leave the dates to be deter
mined upon by the international com.
mission. The ambassadors expect that
all the details Of the treaty Of peace
will be settled on Thursday next. Lord
Salisbury's proposal for the constitution
of an international committee repre-.
senting the six powers to assume con-
troll Of the revenues for the indemnity
payment was accepted.
A dispatch from London says: The
correspondent Of the Times at Constan.
tinople telegraphed that owing to a
note from Count Muravieff, the Rus
sian minister for foreign affairs, in
timating that Great Britain was respon.
sible for the ''incalculable evils from
which Greece and Turkey are suffering
through the delay in the conclusion Of
peace between the two countries, !"
the Marquis Of Salisbury submitted
fresh proposals for the settle.
ment Of the permanent peace be-
tween Turkey and Greece, namely
he constitution Of an international
commission, representing the six
powers, under whose control Greece
shall pay her revenues guaranteeing the
interest to the holders. Of old bonds and
to the holders OF the bonds of the in
demnity loan, this step to be followed
by the prompt evacuation Of Thessaly
by tho Turkish troops. ~
A dispatch from Vienna said the
Politische correspondent announced
that Greece had abandoned her opposi-
ton to the demands of Germany re-
garding the control of Greek finances.
Considered Breakdown. .ss-
LONDON, Sept 8.-Tue Marquis Of
salisbury's latest proposal fer the set
Element of terms o. peace between
Turkey and Greece is generally re-
sarded as victory OF German diplo-
macy, and much bitter feeling is dis
p.ayed i'll England over tie British
U. elnier's backdown. A fresh proposal
was what Germany had been holding
out for, namely: The control Of the
Greek revenue interest Of all the credit
ors of Greece, as well as for the security
Of the loan to Greece for the purpose of
having her indemnity to Turkey.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01
atNrrs.sRsArA.

Oh, Gente-breath goes singing goes sing
fng through the grass,
And all the flowers Know her and love 10
see her PASS.
Oh. all the flowers know her. and well
they know the song
That Gentle breath goes singing. goes
singing all day long
o Ccntle-breat IN! 0 Gentle-hrcathl
they do not know you sing Of death.
Oh. Gente-breath comes grooming a ten
der lullaby
The merry day is over. the stars are in
the sky.
The stars are in the sky. and the flowers
droop their heads,
Ihey cannot hear her passing. so airily she
treads.
GeKtie-breathi o Gontle-breathl--
How mournfuny she murmurethl
Oh, Gentie-breath comes crying.-comes
crying In the night,
Among the sleeping flowers with Footsteps
swift and light.
Her tears are on their faces'-She shcus
them for their sakes.
Asd there is in her singing a tender heart
that breaks.
o Gente-breathl o Gentle-breath!-
How tunefully she sings of DEATH
Oh, Gentle-breaah goes wailing--goes shiv-
ering away,
And Icy-breath comes bowling, and clouds
are dull and gray.
oh, lcy-breath comes hOwing--the pine
trees sob o'er'head
F01hthe leaves that all have fallen, the
Rhowers that are dead.
o Genue-breath o Gentle-breath!
They did not know you sang of death.
o promise sweet!-I hear it!-the falling OF
the rain.
The leaves once more shall rustic the
flowers come again!
The flowers come again, with their faces
fresh and sweet,
And all the grass shall tremble meath the
touches of your feet
For you will come, o Gentle-breath!
And sing again your song of DEATH
Annie Campbell Huestis. in N. Y. Inde-
pendent
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01
AMERICAS OLDEST MANSION.
Was Built on a Bank Of the Hudson
in l642.

On the east bank Of the Hudson
river, not half a mile below Albany,
stands a remarkable house whose
fame should preserve it from destruc-
ton. A bronze tablet affixed to the
front wall declares it to have been
erected in 1912, and that it is the old
est dwelling in the United States in
state of preservation. This tablet
was placed there by committee at
the time of the biennial celebration
of Albany as a chartered city in 1886,
and is considered trustworthy infor-
nation.
The house was the homestead Of the
Van Rensselaer, family, and for over
two and a half centuries has been
known as the Crailo Manor house.
The house is a two-story-and-attic
brick structure, and until within a
decade was in an excellent state of
preservation. 1t is of the most sub
stantial construction and the walls
are of great thickness The beams
of hewn pine are of unusual size, many
measuring 16 inches square. During
the life of the house practically the
entire history of the United States
has been made. Perhaps the most in
teresting feature about the outside of
the house are the two remaining of the
nine original stone loop-holes through
which the Dutchmen of that day pro-
truded their firearms when repelling
an attack from Indians and other
hostile parties. While the Dutchmen
Of the settlement were generally on
friendly terms with the Mohawks-
the tribe inhabiting that section
the settlers often had to endure raids
from the nomadic Mohegans or River
Indians, and it was their stone-headed
arrows which left their marks in many
places about the buildings exterior.
Since 1898 the manor house has
been the property of the estate of the
late Jane Van Setback, who died in
Albany in that year, soon after she
had acquired title through mortgage
foreclosure. The lack of tenant re-
suited in negligence of the premises,
and the village vandals gained en-
trance by removing the boards from
the windows, and they not only in
jured the fireplaces, but made way
with the stairs and whatever they
could move. The New York chapter
of the Society Of the Colonial DANES
tried by means of fair to secure funds
with which to purchase the house, but
the attempt was unsuccessful, and
thus the matter rested. On August 4,
the house was sold in partition suit.
The purchaser was John Circh-
enacher, and the price paid was 3d.
300.-Leslie's Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01
Metals Become Tired.

Various instances are on record
where metals, while not showing any
appreciate wear, have literally fallen
to pieces, and that without any as
signed cause. On one occasion steel
rail, after % years continuous serv-
ice, on the Great Northern railway,
in England, actually disintegrated
under the wheels of a passing train.
So complete was the breaking up that
scientists thought it worthy of inves-
tigation, during which it was deter
mined that the metal had become ex-
hausted and had broken down, Just
as an overstrained animal might be
expected to do. This has led to fur
ther inquiry, and scientists are salts
fled that metals do become tired out.
Fine cracks often appear in steel
rails and it has been supposed that
they are caused by the continuous
conclusion of railway wheels. This,
however, seems to be contradicted by
the examination of newly-made rails,
in which similar fine lines occur. The
idea that metals become weary, while
not altogether a new one, is to an
extent plausible one, and under the
careful scrutiny of scientific societies
will probably be satisfactorily ex-
planned and settled.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01
Purifying Water by Electricity.

An electrical company engaged il
the rectifying of alcohol and sirup'
by electricity has made some expert
ments in the publication of water and
has discovered that even the foulest
water may be made disable. The proc.
ess is by the free use of ozone, whic+
entering into the water, cleanses it OF
all impurities. 1t has long been
known that water moved at high
rate Of speed clears itself or is cleared
Of a large amount of Objectionable
material. This, with the addition of
the ozone, probably makes the most
thorough cleansing which can be
made aside from distillation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01
Obtaining Large Crystals.

Much difficulty has been expert
enced in obtaining large-sized crys-
tails, 1t is said that large crystals may
be secured in the following manner;
The small crystal is so mounted that
while in a saturated solution it can
be continuously rotated on itself with
speed of several rotations to the sec
ond. Potassiums and ammonium
alums, copper sulphide and sodium
chlorate are said to give particularly
fine results.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01
i The story well cleared up. ! was.

Of the story we'll cleared up. ] was.
honest
And, as a matter Of fact he had
been, but Mrs. Harris was now reused
to a point Of vcxation, and said that
if he wasn't trying to make a fool of
her then he must be stupid himself
not to understand plain English when
it was told him. And, fully supported
in this by Miss Marian, she haughtily
walked out to the front porch, loav-
ing Mr. Harris gloomily trying to
piece out the story as he slipped his
coffee.
AT last he gave it up.-Chicago
Record.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01

1t is computed that 10000 tons
Of canned salmon are consumed an
nually in this couatry.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01
ON THE DOWN GRADE.
Degeneration Of Country Towns in
New England.

We have in mind a certain town
which may be taken as a type Of many
Others. It is $50 miles or more away
from the alleged corrupting influence
Of large city; it has comparatively
little of a foreign-born element, not
enough to exert any appreciable in
iluence in political control; it contains
some of the most valuable farming
lands in New England; its farmers are
generally prosperous, many wealthy;
there is no operative class, since there
are no manufacturing establishments
of any consequence; its three or four
villages are, with one exception, of the
average rural New England order;
the exceptional one has, because of its
somewhat rapid growth and peculiar
character, been given by the legisla-
ture a village government distinct
from that of the town; but in this town
the condition of affairs is thoroughly
unsatisfactory.
Taxes are high, higher than in
many cities, and taxpayers complain
that there is little or nothing to show
for expenditure; crime of the lesser
sort is winked at, police regulations
are merely nominal, the assumption
being that these are unnecessary in a
town, the best class of citizens are not
elected to the town offices, rings have
grown up, and men are elected to con-
troll town affairs who expend the pub
lie money in such manner that they
count upon the support of little
rural and village machine of a few
dozen voters who are supported in
part by labor furnished by the town.
The large taxpayers and property
owners complain of incompetent Sc
lectmen, reckless and extravagant ex-
penditure, and more than hint at Of
fetal corruption; yet have become in
different in a measure to what is done,
since they say they cannot help it,
that the ring has things its own way.
At town meeting called during the
past summer to provide some thou
sands of dollars for a special emer-
gency, the polls had to be kept open
for two days in order to secure the
necessary number of votes to legalize
an appropriation. The heavy tax
payers and the best citizens complain
and yet permit the ring to control the
town meeting, and the incompetent
men to be elected to office, because
the better element says it is of no use
to try to reform Boston Advertiser.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01
AMUSING INVESTIGATION,
intellectual Unfitness of Many Men
Who Are Called to Jury Service.

The jury commission appointed by
the appellate division of the supreme
court of Michigan to investigate the
workings of the new jury system in
Erie county had sitting recently.
Forty men who have been rejected as
jurors by Commissioner Meads on the
ground of intellectual unftness were
called before the commission and ex-
amined to discover if there was good
reason for barring them out
The men were asked the meaning of
capital punishment, reasonable
doubt, arson, forgery, perjury, proba-
bic cause and other legal terms.
One man said that to perjure meant
to "damn your soul forever" Another
said that forgery meant to set fire to
your neighbours house. Commissioner
Lang suggested that he had confused
arson with forgery, bat the man per-
sisted in saying that forgery meant
burning houses.
One stalwart son of the Emerald
Isle refused to answer any questions,
saying:
Pm no lawyer and don't propose
to make a monkey of myself"
One of the men called declared
that reasonable doubt meant that a
man should be hanged on general
principles and mentioned the Ben
ham case ms an illustration.
Another witness thought that capt.
tai punishment meant that the guilty
man was condemned to kill himself
within a certain time.
A witness from East Buffalo kept
crying task me-" but when he was
asked he knew nothing of any of the
matters propounded. - Buffalo
Times.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01
Pneumatic Snow Plow.

A citizen of Alionta, Ga, has in
vented an electrically driven pneu-
matte snow pillow that is entirely UNI
like anything ever before brought
out. The snow is scraped from the
roadway by a shear and then blown
out of the way by an air blast from a
blower, which latter is driven by two
30-horse power motors. When pass
ing teams the wind gate may be
closed and snow permitted to accu-
mulate until the air is turned on
again. Neither the snow remaining
or removed is packed. The pillow is
adjusted in regular work to remove
10 inches.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01

IRlee.-First Monday IN February-term
snIee weeks third Monday In May-term two
weeks.
HRIsT1AF Fourth Monday in February
seIm SIX weeIs First Monday in June-tein
Tour weeks ; nth Monday in senteu her
term six week.
GALLOWAY second Monday in April-term
shree weeks First Monday in August-term
Term rec weeks
LYoN.-First Monday IN May-term two
week hrst Monday In AugUst-term two
weeks brst Monday in September term two
weeks
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01

EN- SHERWOOD, Agt Hopkinsville. Ky,
WA, KELLoND, A. G, p, A. Louisville, Ky.
All. HANSON, &, p, A., Chicago, III.