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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
~, children Cry for
Pitchers Ca9torss.

1t is estimated that In Minnesota
and the two Dakotas there Is enough
snow on the ground to make c.25O,-
OK, 600 barrels Of water.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26

AT the coming municipal election
at Fargo in April the question Of
esta blishing public library under
the state laws will he voted on.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26

Brainerd Journal: The board OF
county commissioners has posted
notices on the wagon bridge across
the Mississippi river. near the rail-
road bridge, warning all persons
that II they cross the bridge they do
80 at their own risk, as the bridge Ia
not in a safe condition. The matter
of building new bridge has already
been delayed COO long. and public
opinion ID now wide awake to the
fact that it liz high time for the
proper authorities to act. A bridge
across the Mississippi river is an I'M
perative necessity. There is no room
Tor argument on that question. The
old bridge can no longer be repaired
go as to make 1t safe. A new bridge
must be built Immediately.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
NEW HARDWARE FIRM.
Ellenbecker g. G0ulet Now
Doing Good Business in
Their Line.

or the many regent additions to
the business firms M this city. not
one started out with better prospects
of success than did the firm Ut Ellen
becker & Goulet, who about n mCnth
ago embarked In the hardware busi-
ness IL this city.
In the first place both have had
considerable experience In the m"r-
camille business and especially. Mr..
Ellenbecker, who for number OF
years was boOkkeeper and salesman
for Mnurin 4 Medved when that
firm did an extensive general me:-
chandise business handling among
other. things a large line u hard
ware.
Then the new firm have ample
capital tn take advantage OF every
opportunity offered t" secure goods
cheap und during their many years
residence In Morrison county they
have not only become acquainted
with nearly everyone in 1t. but havs
made d vast circle Of friends who will
patronize them in their business.
When Messrs Ellenbccker & GOulet
decided to 20 into the hardware
business here, they were fortunate In
securing the large and complete
stock Of an established business in
this city ut n reduced price. and they
are not only able to show as COM
plete line az il carried bv any firm,
but can offer it to- the public at as
low prices az 1t can he purchased for
In any city In the state.
Both are popular and ent"rprising
gentlemen, and we not only wish
them success but firmly believe that
they have every necessary uualifica-
ton for Il successful business. and
will soon be among the most pros
porous business houses.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-01
Converted Water Powers.
Hartford courant.

hartford COurdnt.
The large plants for the utilization of
water power In our country now furnish
1900 horsepower with the prospect of an
increase TO l5o.O0O horsepower when all
are completed. In addition there are a
vast number of smaller ones used in
mines or in lighting towns.
switzerland comes next with Is 600
France will have 1900 when the plant on
the Rhone, near Geneva. Is completed
Germany and Italy have less than 10000
horsepower each. Norway and Sweden
have each about 15.000 with possibilities
OF great development. England comes
last with only 4,ooo horsepower Some l5.-
700 OF the power credited to America be-
longs TO Canada country which abounds
In undeveioped water powers.
These water powers are made to do all
that coal can do. except raising smoke
A coal bed Is exhaustible, and exery ton
taken from 1t brings it nearer It's end: but
the energy OF waterfalls Is nexhaustibIe.
and will be @available for mans needs long
after the last pound Of coal is raised from
the mine.
Not the least remarkable feature of this
new departure is the size of the turbines
employed. One-hundred horsepower used
to be regarded as a large amount to be
given by single wheel Some of the
turbines at Niagara develop fifty times as
much. The next great movement may be
the utilization of the tides, In which there
Is an immense reservoir of power We
may see the day when the great amount
OF water power in Alaska is brought down
TO temperate region. and Is more valua-
Bile than the gold under its frozen soil.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-01
MO)RF'S LONG SENTENCE.
Ex-ArDTr0R OF NEBR AsKA GETS
EIGHT YEARS IMPRISONMENT.
Despite the PiteOus PieadtnEs OF
His wife. the Court IRnfcts Sc
we're Pwnishment for His Onense
~ Embex.lInx the state Funds.

LINCOLN, Nov. @.-Eugene Moore, ex-
auditor of the state was re-senteacea oy
Judge Cornish today to eight years In the
penitentiary for the embezzlemen, OF In
surance moneys.
The sentence was surprise and =
crushing blow to the prisoner. VINO had
expected but nominal punishment. Moore,
with his wife standing by his side. pleaded
with the court for mercy. making long
and somewhat rambling statement. Al its
conclusion he sank In his chair. sobbing
bitterly. his wife trying yainiy TO comfort
him. Judge Cornish, visibiy affected.
spoke slowly of the crime committed and
the entire absence of extenuating cir
cumstances. He said he believed no less
than ten years in the peEitentiary would
satisfy outraged justice. As he paused,
Mrs. Moore threw her arms about her
husbands neck and shouted. "Oh, please,
judge. have mercy on him, have mercy!'
Judge Cornish then said:
On account of your devoted wife and
your loving children I will reduce the SEN
tence by two years. Therefore the SEN
fence OF the court is that you shall be con-
nned IN the penitentiary for the term of
eight years at hard labor paw the costs
OF the prosecution. and be fined in the sum
of Ss.sls.iG.''
Moore's attorneys will appeal to the su-
preme court. Moore was twice elected
state auditor. and his family moved in ex-
celient society.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-01
FOUND THE MEALY BUG.
Pestiferous Insect In = big Lot Ok
Oranges Brought to Seattle
From japan.

All the Japanese oranges upon the To-
cal market were fumigated yesterday on
the order of Inspector Of Insect Pests W.
H. Brown. The oranges reached inc
Sound by the last steamer from the
Orient For this city were LOCO boxes. In
that amount the inspector founo three
distinct species of pestiferous insects, the
mealy bug the purple scale and the per-
nicious scale. The mealy bug. LOOKING
like a patch of white cotton. was Ioahu
to show signs of life at temperature OF
20 degrees.
The Coccidae, of which species the mealy
bug is a star member, are described In
Chambers Encyclopedia as follows:
THE Coccidae are very numerous, and
are attached to particular plants, on the
juices of which they feed, often producing
much mischief by the flow and loss OF sap
which their punctures occasion. and CIV,
ing great trouble to gardeners, who find
it very Difficult, to free their plants, par
ticularly in hot houses, from the meaiy
bug and other varieties.
Various washes. consisting of soap. sui
phur. tobacco. etc. are employed for this
purpose; but moist heat, or as much ex-
posture to steam as the plant can bear,
has been found in many cases the
most efficacious remedy. The destructive
coffee bug belongs to this family. The
male Coccidae are winged insects. having
only two wings, which shut horizontally
upon the body. the abdomen is terminated
by two threads. 1t is not well known
how the males subsist, as they have no
permanent organs for sucking juices or
eating any sort of food. The females have
a beak which they insert into plants in
order to suck their juices"
Inspector Brown considers the introduce
tion of fruit infected as were the oranges
a great menace to the gardens and hot
houses OF this city. The insects multiply
with great rapidity. Consider the dam
GER" he said yesterday, ''in the broadcast
distribution of the infected oranges.
What looks to the uninitiated a simple
patch Of cotton is an insect which In GER
tain temperatures moyes-walks. Suppose
In home an orange Is eaten and the peels
are laid for a brief while on a window
sill where flowers are blooming In the
warmth of the room the insects come to
lie and move to the live flowers. spread
ing thence TO the garden and other gar
dens, and in course OF time extending
everywhere"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-01

1t would be . very simpie-minded
person who would attempt to ac-
count by the 81 rate In and of itself
for the crowds thronging the Cope
land Offices. for the public interest,
for the general gratitude and for
the very avalanche Of letter. from
sick people.
The fact that an institution was
giving medical treatment for 81
month would certainly account for
none Of these things. OF course. sicl<
people like to feel that they are re-
ceiving medical care at a small cost,
but that II only . minor constdera-
ton. What sick people want to
feel and know. what their loving
and anxious families and friends
want to feel and know, In that they
are receiving the very best medical
treatment that can he obtained.
II the Copeland practice were .
mere money-making venture in
stead of being u public ble.sing, an
offer of *5 or an offer of Stree treat-
ment." for that matter, would be re-
cefved with Indifference.
II some horse doctor offered to
treat consumptives at S5 a month,
or IL the devil himself or some devil
fah person offered to teach eti-
quette and mathematics to little
boys and girls at $5 a month. 1t
would not imply any great human
ity to the consumptfvex or to the
children. Had treatment and bad
teaching are bad, even IL '.givcn
free.
No. the thrOnGs Of patients. the
interest and the gratitude are ac-
counted for not by the 50 rate. hut
by the fact that all these people
know that under this rate they are
being admitted to the benefit. Of "a
practice that has commanded for
years the respect Of the profession
and the public.
They know that under this fee.
low as 1t seems, they are obtnin-
Ing care and treatment that they
could not obtain anywhere else for
any fee, high or low.
They know that under this oppor-
tunfty they may be relieved of dis
eases which NO other method of
treatment has ever been able to
benefit.
They know that under this OppOr-
tunify they obtain the best treat
ment and the hest professional skill.
They know that under this OppOr-
tunfty they are going to he cured.
And il In this that accounts for
the thrOngs of people, the interest
and the gratitude and the avaian niche
OF letters. and (what II of more i'm
portance than anything elseD for
the warm and hearty commentator
of right-thinking people.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-01
AMI SEMENTS.
"I0sf. Strayed or Stolen"

II would be difficult to conceive any,
thing more uproariously funny than the
third act OF the clever conceit by 7 rhea
yer Goodwin and Woolson Morse. entitled
Lost. S'raycd or Stolen" which by cour-
tesy Is called an opera, but which IS in
fact. big musical farce in which the lines
of the many catchy songs really have an
application. On the ASSUMPTION that the
piece Is an opera. 1t may be said that last
night Seattle had its first taste Of opera
o. the present season and II Is one of the
brightest and newest things ever seen on
me local stage. an opera of today. with
dresses of today. and all of the business
and effects Of the present. The same gem
erous distribution of fun does not annIy
10 all of the acts as TO the third but there
is fair measure Of ioiiity running ali
through 1t. and there IL much music, that
Is iuneful and tinklng infused into tire
many scenes that follow one another In
the telling of funny story. The catch
line 1T Is Paris" is aptlv applied 70 - 90,
StTayed or Stolen" and the air is filled
with legs, lace and lingerie. much 10 tho
citation of the front rows while over and
under and through ii ali run the measures
OF music that today the street boys arc
whissiing.
II Lost, Strayed or Stolen is weak In a
Single particular II Is in respect to eii-
makes, no. single instance presenting H.
not necessarily weaken the piece as thsra
IS such riot II funny incident crawaaa
INTO Il from the flrst curtain 10 the rnaI
All on spectacular ensemble that II fx 70
freshing for people to wait the few mo.
ments allowed 10y the intermiSsions "a for
iKy themselves for the further unrsyeI,nr
of the ingenious plot.
The story is that of the first born NJ a
Partisan florist named Riasr.. who he
comes lost as preparations are hefnp r,sse
TOT MS christening. This incident Is in
tensiffed by the appearance OF thres sara-
rae gentlemen who have been invited hv
h1daFt. his wife and his mofher-tn-l,.y -
scs as godfather. With Bidart the thYee
wou3c-oe Sodfathsrs prosecute a se,-rh
'of ihe lost one THAI takes them into many
peculiar places. under many peculiar .,r-
eulhs'1nees- The FIRST part OF the hunt
iAkes them to the barracks Of tn. T,xer,x,.
second regiment at Paupinere. Later thew
appear IN the boudoir OF Rose DE
pFsina Donna In both places incidents If
the most excrgtta;iagly funny ch.ra~..r
take place. and the whole strnoznhzr. =.
inst Of France IL It's Frenchfext ssnA..
Mr., Harry Clay Blaney. who ,.kss .s.
part ~ BGATi. is a comedian wIfhor. q
Eoice ous 10 end Of talent. and his eccentric
dance IN the last act set the gallery ,,.,tss
ne was t~lee recalled Mr.. Tnayer's rs,-
ting Zi1S-EooEl song and its chorus b.
'6% soldiers In the second At VS. ~
nas4cai gem OF the evening Il Is rsr-sr,,.
larry catchy and Was well sung Tna 81.
fooa chorus 0f the fourth act alsn sa~raa
GOT 'tseli recall The piece is strongly
cas-. AID The scenery furnishes psetar.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-01

some Bubbles In the (.lnss

Louisville Courier Journal
The editor OF the rourier-Journal
returns his thank-. along with his most
respectful homage. 20 those Of hts
esteemed contemporaries who have been
doing him tho honor 10 consider him In
connection vi,h the result uf the recent
e3ee'fan. Whether their comments were
or eninpllment or Of compassion ne Is
alike behoiden To them. He frankly CON
itNsS"s that being too badly hurt 20
laoEn, Hf' 100 brave 10 cry. ne was In
some perpleS'iy what was best tn do.
whether Ia take tn The woods or iurnn
into the river ard hotter fire. or 10 era "a,
into some hole and draw the hole after
him, ar TO go s-hshIng or what not pu,
their WORKS Of sympathy. penetrating sbe
DARK Processes OF The cloisterS whittier he
has betaken himself ard where IN ,h.
future he viii make his abode. come l,to
the songs NJ birds to souls In nurratorv
They confirm his philosophy. They rhscr
hl~ exile, They indicate 10 hin, r.,
there may he yet a drop or two :, .be
bottom Of the GLASS. perhaps a grain a.,
sugar. Human nature is rot so MA
after an
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-01
VETERAN PIONEER DEAD.
Wfi1fam p. smith PASSES Away Near
Rent0n ~ the Ripe Old Age
0f 40 HeAPa.

A pioneer home builder In King county.
William r. Smith. died Monday night In
his home near Renton of heart trouble.
He was sz years Of age and has heen on
the Sound for the last fortytwo years
-Four weeks ago he was taken with lung
fever, which developed into heart trouble.
Up TO ss3s O'Clock Monday night, the hour
OF his death, he retained consciousness.
His last words were addressed 10 his son.
r. w. Smith: My son. want you 70 stay
With mel am going 10 choke Then the
soul OF the vigorous old pioneer took
fight.
Two sons are Jeff. W, r. Smith, of Ia
coma. ard r. W. Smith, of Renton. The
mother died twelve years ago. Six weeks
ago the father had been severely bruised
In falling under car, but the accident Is
rot believed 10 have Lad any influence on
has neral health. which was excellent for
so aged man. Heavy work ard exposure
had hardened his constitution until II
seemed almost impre gnatle 10 the assaults
OF time.
Not "a more tasteful farm home is In the
state than that in which w. p. Smith Was
passing his declining days. OF a DISPOSE
ton whIeh delighted In the creation of or
der from chaos and In the Identification
OF SURF 1undings. he made a garden in the
forest. importing rare flowers and shrub
berry TO adorn his grounds. The property
OF Mr.. Smith was twelve acres I'm extent,
lying across the river from Renton. he
collection Of flowers and shrubs was the
rarest In the state of Washington.
w. p. Smith was born in July, 1875, In
England His parents were weil-to-do
farmers. When very young he came to
New York city and engaged In the boot
and shoe business. II was there that at
the age of Is he was married to Miss Eliza
Thompson. A son was born to them, w.
II. Smith.
In 1855. with his wife and boy baby. he
crossed the isthmus and came to Puget
sound. being among the earliest settlers.
He located In Seattle, and was occupied as
a contractor and builder. When the In
dian war broke out he volunteered for
service At It's close he went to Port
Townsend and for two years held the iu-
crative Office OF foreman of government
buildings.
His nsxt move was 10 Renton. He took
UP homestead and a donation land claim
and these. with land purchased gave him
40 acres In body across the river from
Renton. That was In 1859. Two years later
his second son was born, r. w. Smith.
After opening up his farm. he built a per-
manent home, stocked his farm and In
III opened the Renton pleasure gardens
For many years they were the popular
resort of numbers of people.
About ten years ago he retired from ac-
tive business life and disposed of all mis-
property save twelve acres. He had been
living quietly and easily up to the time Of
his death.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-01
WAS IL GRIEF?
suicide Of an Unknown Japanese
Woman nj Lake View Ceme-
tery-A Singular Case.

Suicide Of an Unknown Japanese
Woman nj Lake View Ceme-
tery-A Singular Case.
The body of a Japanese woman of about
80 years Is lying at Butterworth's morgue
with three ugly looking bullet holes
through her neck. No one has identified
the body. which is that OF q suicide The
woman shot herself to death at about 10 30
o'clock yesterday morning in waiting
room on the car line. near the Lake View
cemetery.
Early yesterday morning one of the en-
ployes at the cemetery met the woman
who was neatly dressed In black search
ing through the graves for the tomb of
friend. She said he had died about three
weeks ago and that his name was Har-
din, She was shown about the place and
aided In her efforts to find the last resting
place of her friend. for whom she evil
IDENTIFY mourned.
The woman's mission was fruitiess, and
although she fingered among the graves
Tor TWO hours or more, she went away,
her quest unsatisied.
No particular attention was paid to her
until shot was heard from the little
waiting room on the car line. A. r. Lind
say. who Is employed at the cemetery,
rushed to the place and found the woman
clutching short black revolver. while she
wiped the blood from wound In her neck.
He ran for help and to summon a doctor.
Before help could reach the woman she
had deliberately and with great coofness
turned the weapon against herself and
fired twice through her neck
Superintendent Watson and a Mr. John
son. who had been summoned, hurried to
the room and found the woman gaspng
her last on the floor. She died soon after
ward and the body was removed to the
morgue.
coroner fandell Is making an investiga-
Ton INTO the case. Several Japanese have
viewed the remains. but they have m.
been identified
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-01
RICHES OF ALASKA.
Quarts Claims on Helms Hay Sold to
Weatern Syndicate.

More prophets than one have foretold the
coming greatness of the quartz mining re-
gion of Southeastern Alaska. During the
past summer hundreds of prospectors have
hunted for the mountains filed with veins
OF gold and more than one good discovery
has been made. One of the most important
was made last August by four prospectors
from Ketchikan. They located q group Of
free milling quartz claims on Helms bay.
fifteen miles south of Ketchikan and have
mining men.
William +. Richardson. well-known
mining man from Montana. bonded the
claims. which are known as the Independ-
ence group. There are twelve claims In ALL
Mr.. Richardson returned Sunday on the
steamer City of Seattle. bringing with him
several boxes of very handsome specimens
tie VIII not say what assays have been re-
ceived from the samples nor what the
consideration was in the deal.
The independence claims are located adj
'oining those In the Gold Standard group
The last named properties have been pro-
nounced by mining men one of the richest
discoveries In that section Of Alaska dur
Ing the past season.
The original locators OF the Independence
group were J. w. Daily. o. w. Grant, J. L.
Carson and l.. McWiliams.
THE Independence group of claims touch
tide water on Helms bay" said Mr.. Rich
ardson yesterday. The ore is strictly free
milling. although il may get base as depth
Is attained, The property is susceptible of
easy development. / bonded the claims for
myself and some friends of mine, whose
names am not al liberty 10 give you. We
Will develop the property.
I have spent a number of years In min
ing In Montana and California but IL is my
belief that Southeastern Alaska will pro-
duce more big quartz mines than any other
section of the Coast. The ore from The IN
dependence group can he loaded on ships
right al the mine. There is plenty of tim
her and water available and a good har-
bor for ships
IL Is understood that L. c. Dlllman Is one
OF the men in whose interest the bond was
secured.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-01
Praise for the Police.

The civil service commission. al Its scs-
sion iass nlsht passed The following rcSo-
buttons commencing the courage and gen
efal efficiency OF the police department:
lin common with other citizens of our
city, the ciVst service commission rctc'ces
st the excellent work being done hy the
police department Of the clay and desires
hereby To express SIS appreciation Of such
work 1t desires ~ especially commend
the bravery shown by Officers Meredith
and Barhce in the capture Of the criminal.
Charles Philips. II being necessary for
said officers In order 10 effect his capture
80 place themselves in position whore the
work Of the assassin could have been cas-
ily accomplished. The continuance ~ the
work done by the department for the pasG
several months viii make this city place
too hot for the ordinary cria'Oa! and
cause general rejoicing on the part Of the
citizens"
The commissioners also paid a tribute to
tho memory of the deceased patrolman,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-01
PIKE street Theater.

A nieritorious production OF The Two
Orphans at the North Side theatsr is at
tracing good crowds Of the better eie-
msnt OF that vicinity. and is already prov
ing it TO be a family resort" The stock
company is a clever one. and the beautiful
stage pictures, realistic scenes. gorgeous
costumes and good music are enthusiastic
ally praised and literally applauded- Mss
Blanche Warren. the leading LADY. al
though III last night. hraveiy played her
part and was well received. as was also
VIII III. Chapman. painstaking actor.
Susie Levine, as the Countess. was real
viii II. Stevens and George NJ. Hayes are
well-schooled actors. and Harry Sedley is
a comedian bound TO be big favor.te-