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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-07-31
To the Gold Fields of Alaska.

The Northern Pacific Railway compa-
ny has arranged to sell through tickets
to the Yukon mining district, Alaska,
via Seattle and the steamers of the North
American Trading & Transportation
company. Steamers sail from Seattle on
Thursday, June 10, 1897, and Tuesday,
August 10, 1897, and proceed directly to
Fort Get There, on St. Michael's island,
near the mouth of the Yukon river,
touching only at Dutch Harbor, Unalas-
ka island, (Aleutian chain) en- route; at
Fort Get There change is made to the
Company's river steamers, which pass up
the Yukon river to Circle city, Fort Cud-
ahy and Forty Mile, thus affording an
easy and pleasant trip. Prospectors and
miners are advised to take the boat sail.
ing from Seattle on June 10, so as to az
rive at the mines in time for a good sea-
sons work.
Rates and further information will be
furnished on application to A. d. EDGAR
General Agent, Helena, Mont. 1886.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-07-31
The Finest Train In the World

Inc FINEST Train In the World.
The finest train IN the world is the
''New North Western Limited which
leaves Minneapolis and st. Paul every
night for Chicago, via the North western
line. This magnificent train, from the
mammoth engine, patterned after the ia
nous $685." to the last car in the train,
is brand new, and represents the latest
and best ideas for absolute comfort and
luxury while travelling.
Besides the splendid buffet library car
really a clubroom on wheels, there is a
magnificent private compartment sleep
ing car, just the thing for ladies, famil-
les or those desiring privacy, luxuriously
appointed standard sleeping cars and the
most comfortable and we~ll-equipped day
coaches ever offered the travelling public.
This "New Limited" train is admitted
by the press as well as by thousands of
people of Minnesota and states west who
have inspected it, and also by many
Others of this western country who have
recently rode or it, as being without any
question the finest train in the world,
and no extra charge is made for any class
of passengers for its superior accommo-
dations.
Tickets via this popular line may be
secured from agents of the Northern Pa
cific railway, who will also make Sleep
ing car reservations; or, apply to Capt.
M. M. Wheeler, travelling passenger agt.,
Miles city, Mont, or to T. w. Teasdale,
G. p. A, st. Paul, MINI.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-07-31

With the compliments of J. H.
C~alderhead, commissioner of agricul-
ture, labor and industry for Montana,
we have the advance sheets of the
fifth annual report of that important
bureau, containing the report of the
assayer in charge of the U. S. assay
Office at Helena, giving the mineral
production of the Treasure State for
1896. We notice from its figures
that the production of silver is rapid
ly decreasing.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-07-31

Woolgrowers are feeling jubilant
over the good prices they are r%eceiv-
ing for this years product, and they
e look to see the figures go
higher. The Great Falls Leader is
booming the sheep industry and adj
vising the iock-masters to go into
the business for all they can stand.
The tip may be a good one, but we
are dubious Just the same.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-07-31

The statement was openly made
in Great Falls, anent the assessment
squabble over the Neihart district,
that G. w. Hill, county clerk and
recorder of Meagher county has fall
sifed his reports. The origin Of
such statement a hardly be prov
ed, but being an idle tale, a gossipy
tatterdemalion, the public will not
long give it credence. OF those
who knw g. w. Hill, the verdict
will be not guilty, and the story will
be classed with that specie of un-
iustifable prevarication commonly
known as damlie.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-07-31
GENERAL NEWS.
Bar silver, 575.


Bar silver, 574.
Tramps capture a train at Omaha.
The Salt Lake jubilee is Il stupen-
dous success.
Food is scarce In Havana and
famine is feared.
Two schooners wrecked off coast
of Massachusetts.
Mary E. Lease wants to be gov
erness of Kansas.
New Orleans street railway barns
burn for 100000.
Havre, France, will again cele-
brate the Olympic games.
Tramp at Moundsville, w. Va,
kills two boys with a grub-hoe.
Pres. Mckinley will recognize
Cuban belligerency Oct. l, next.
Youngstown, Ohio, sees a very
destructive cloudburst for 100000.
The matter of the Behring sea
treaty will be postponed till Octo-
Der.
Yellow hair and Sam Crow, Chey-
enne renegades break Jail at Miles
City.
President Faure, France, will Wis
it the czar next week and make
medicine.
Congress adjourned Saturday i'm
mediately after passing the Dingley
tariff bill.
Ed. Smith, Helena, gets Is
months for robbing a female box
%rustler of $170.
Tightening struck a baptist
church at Great Falls last week, de-
ing little damage.
McKinley's message for currency
commission died in the senate by
adjournment of that body.
A statue to John A. Logan was
unveiled on the lake front, Chicago.
amid imposing ceremonies.
Three bushels of gold received al
the Helena assay Office from Clon.
dyke region. Value 100000.
A mar named Bennett has struck
800 free milling gold in Sun river
gulch, 20 miles from Great Falls.
All the big armor plate works re.
fuse to make bids for government
ships under the $500 limit fixed b,
congress.
American citizens need not appl,
for work on the Crows nest pas.
railway. The Canadian authorize.
have so ordered.
Joel Warner, Stanhope, KY, is (
murderous Enoch Arden. After !;
years of unexplained absence he re-
turns and kills his wife.
Lynchings are now reported il
the daily press by the column
Most of them are in the gulf states
and negroes constitute nine tenth'
of the victims.
Ed. Duckworth, 20, of Hutchin.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-07-31
ON THE

The klondyke gold field now rls-
es to Guido the Rand in production
of the rich metal, and begins to at
tract thousands of reckless adven-
turers and lovers of excitement to
explore its Ophirean wealth. Sto-
rics of tons of gold having been
gathered within a few weeks or
months, are sufficient to convert the
most conservative citizen into an un-
scrupulous boomer, if not to an out
law. The grand rush of gold hunt
ers into that country which is al
ready attaining the magnitude of
"a stampede, will surely be followed
by dire distress and suffering, as
wholesale as suffering can be. Proof
of the truth of this forecast is found
in a brief examination of the geog-
raphy of the country.
The Klondyke field lies in the
valley of the Yukon, British North
America, 2,45O miles from the
mouth of that river and more than
1000 miles north of Sitka. Circle
city, the headwater of navigation on
the Yukon is situated under the
Arctic circle, in Alaska. Here the
tourist starts overland, through vast
marshy steppes, or by frequent port
ages over icy streams to the soutl
east for more than 300 miles. BY
the time the Klondyke boomers
have assembled the Yukon the season
will have SC far advanced that navi
cation will be extremely dangerous
Then the last 400 miles of the jour
ney is one of toll and hardship
When the crowd has reached tina
country, the price of provisions, al
ready fabulously high, will rise owe
all precedents and restitution ant
starvation will follow. The new ar
rival in that country will be con
fronted by a long cold winter, wit
its terrible consequences, and tn
half of his tale of woe will neve
be told. The man who goes t,
Alaska should have started last May
or he should wait until next spring.
There is probably a better route
to the Klondyke country than vis
Circle city. Let the boomer go tc
Sitka or Juneau, in the early spring
Then as soon as the SHOWS have suf.
fciently settled let him make the
Chilcot pass of the Rockies to Ethe
north and thence travel down White
or Sand river to the Yukon. Thi:
course is much shorter and it also
presents the advantage of abou'
$50 miles or half the distance from
Juneau, of travel by water. The
Chilcot pass route from Sitka or Ju
neau ought to be covered in 81,
weeks or less. But the season TO
starting to the gold field is too lat
for this year and the wall of suffer
ing soon to be heard from tina
quarter will prove its truth.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-07-31

Gov. Smith has just returned from
the east with the word that prosper
ity is not abroad in the land and that
the state of business throughout the
east is very quiet. He says "the
man who claims free coinage is dead
in the east, knows nothing of the
facts"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-07-31

son, Kansas, goes to st. Louis and
loses his mind for a month. He
cuts out his own eyes and doesn't
know his name nor residence.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21
LEFT TO JURY.
Issues Raised in the CITY
Treasurership Case SuffI-
Gent for a Jury Trial.

Attorneys Blanchard and Rhodes,
who were at st. Cloud Saturday
afternoon to make their arguments
in the mandamns proceedings t"
compel Kobt. Heron to either turn
thu books of the city tr'nsurrr's
office over to A. Simnnet or show
cause why an order OF the court
should not be issued Tor him to %
80, returned ON the evening after the
arguments were made. Judge
Searle decided that the issues raised
by the defense were sufficient for Il
Jury trial of the Case. A jury trial
cannot be had until the September
term of the district court. and the
matter will rest until that time un-
less Simonet decides to take another
course of procedure In the matter.
This, we understand, IL quite prob
able.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21
New Bicycle Walk.

The Pine Tree Lumber company is
building bicycle walk to their West
side mill, for the benefit Of their many
employees who ride to and from their
work. The w0lk is four feet wide.
built of plank and extends along the
river bank from the Broadway
wagon bridge to the south side OF
the mill, and from the upper wagon
bridge to the north end Of the mill.
This is q great convenience to the
men, as many who now have wheels
ride home to their dinner, and the
roads from both bridges to the mill
were almost impossible. Formerly
those riding to the mill run along
the narrow plank on top. of the dyke
at the very edge of the water, and
several riders, with their wheels,
have taken Il header into the river
by running off the plank. They now
have a nice, level, four foot walk to
ride on from both bridges. About
twenty OF the bicyclists contributed
81 each for the walk. but the sum
received was only a small portion OF
the cost of it's construction.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21
STATE MONEY REFUSED
The Per Cent of Indebtedness
Is Figured on Real Estate
Value Only.

The application OF the Independent
school district for u loan of $4,000
from the state is refused, for the
reason that the new loan would
bring the district indebtedness up to
more than7 per cent OF the real
estate valuation. The law provides
that loans are made to n certain
percentage of the real estate value,
and NJ consideration is given the
personal property valuation. The
boerd of education therefore decided
to sell bonds under the old election.
held about q month ago, and will
offer $4,000 Of bonds for sale on
Wednesday, May rs. The bonds
will bear 5 per cent interest.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21
WEST POINT CADETSHlP.
Shannon, Of Duluth, Wins
Six With lngerbretson, Of St.
Cloud, as Alternate.

The st. Cloud board OF examiners
has reported the result Of their ex-
aminations for candidates for the
West Point cadetship and find that
James A. Shannon, OF Duluth. had
the highest standing, and liver NJ.
Ingerbrctson. Of st. cloud. second.
The commission gave out the re-
suit of the examination Friday.
Six points were fixed by the comis-
sion. Reading, spelling and pro-
nouncing counted one point; arith-
metic, two points; grammar one
point; geogra ply, one point; history
one point
The standing Of Shannon and
IngebretsOn was al follows:
james A. Shannon, Duluth. Is
years old-Reading 81; spelling 81;
pronouncing IS; arithmetic 80; gram
NOR 9S; geog. Apply 100; history IS.
General average ".
liver NJ. Ingebretson, st. Cloui, n
years old-Reading 80; spelling Is;
pronouncing u: arithmetic 81; gram
mar IS; geography IS; history w.
General average %.
The following candidates came
next, and the com mission states tina
they are entitled to honorary men,
ton:
Earl P. Mallory. Brainerd, who
stood third; Ernest NJ. Merrick, ot
Little Falls, fourth; Clyde G. Dragoo,
Royalton, fifth.
Shannon has been studying for
three years for the purpose Of passing
the examination, and was very
anxious To go to West Paint. He Is
q graduate III the Duluth high school.
SAYS HILL WILL WIN.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Liquor License Granted ana
Bonds of Printer and
Sprinkler Approved. g..

The city council met lin adjourned
session Friday evening. There were
present Aldermen Moeglein, Carlson
Martin, Stewart and Lane; absent
Aldermen MathiesOn and Mecnsker.
The applicat ton Of Paul Bahr for 9
liquor license was considered ana
granted. and his bond, with P. III.
Newman and Thos. Monahan as
sureties, was approved. f.. VA
1t was moved, and duly seconded
and carried, that the city clerk Oe
instructed to draw an order In the
sum Of $25 inf favor OF John Bowman
for rent of city pound for the ensuing
year. ~
1t was moved and carried that an
order be dra wn for $25 in favor I'll
Kerrich 4 Moeglein for rent Of city
pound for the past year.
The contract with C. D. Auyer tot
city printing was presented and ap'
proved, as was also his bond. with
A, Simonet and Samuel Trebby az
sureties.
The contract between the city and
j. w. Jones for street sprinkltnE. and
his bond for the faithful performance
of his part thereto, with p. w. Hayes
and Samuel Trebhy as surities, were
upon motion. duly seconded and
carried. approved.
The bill Of j. W. Jones for three
days sprinkling in April, in the sum
Of 50 vas allowed.
A resolution was passed instruct
ing the street commissioner to circu-
late Il petition to ascertain how
many of the property owners ON the
proposed extension of the West side
sidewalk on Broadway would build
their own portion Of it, and report
at the next meeting Of the council.
The council then adjourned.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21
HORSE TIPS.

Levi Hurd Is to try old Ryland T again.
Maud, 2:1S4, has boon bred to Baron
Wilkes.
Gus Macy has added Luxon, 2:19k, to
his string
J. o. Gerrty will campaign Victor
Spraguc, 2:lShs, :his season.
A new trottng association Is In process
Of formation ut Lancaster, Ky
Work has commenced on tho new mile
track at Hiehlnml park, Detroit.
Fcurs, "a y, iho daughter of Allcrton,
5000, is booked to l.ookhnrt, 3:O812.
Tho young Robert McGrcgors ut Kotoh.
am furm are logged OH half milo straight.
away track.
That fast green pacing mare Of last sea-
son Bright Light, 2:0Sl4 Is to go tho way
Of the sale ring.
Tho Sidney pnccr Rosedalo, 21oN, 10
now owned by John H. Shuts, the Park.
Vile millionaire.
Tho stubby littlo Alcantara PAGER Allen
Lowe, 2:l2, went for paltry $500 ut
Fasig snlc recently.
Lilly G, 2:2lN, by DR.. Herr, died at
Champaign, Ills, March u. Her foal by
Axtcll has also been lost.
That well known and popular Iowa
trainer Mr.. G. A. Thomson has located
at Fleetwood park, New York.
Star Pointer, .Joo Pntchcn and Frank
Agnn will cross swords, probably for the
first timo this year, ut Detroit.
The California youngster silver Arrow,
by Silver Bow, 2:l6, out Of tho dam of
Ethel Downs, 2:l3 is in training.
A feature Of the 2:l7 trotting stake at
Lexington, Ky, this fall will be the Wall
nut Hall Farm Cup Of sterling silver.
Mel Pounds, Elyr,a, o., will DO out this
season with tho 6-yeur-old marc Marion
Messenger, 2:2OE, II daughter Of Elyri".
Bessie Leach, 2:lS24, the pacing marc by
Gnmhonito, who was second to Frank
Bognsh at DETROIT last July, in 2:131a, Is
now owned by Urinh Dunn, Danvillc, Ky.
Splun goes on record with this prophecy
regarding GENTRY: Some people shy ho
will mover heat his record. Nothing but
death or accident will keep him from do.
ing it"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21
NEW GRANITE WORKS.
A Polishing Plant is Being
Put in Here by st. Cloud
Men.

Under the name of the little Falle
Granite Company, party OF St.
Cloud gentlemen, all experienced
mechanics, are putting in g. granite
polishing and stone cutting plant In
this city. The names of the gentle
men who are interested in the
project. which, we underst and. will
he run on cooperative plan, are j.
F. McAuIay, Joseph and Louis
Robbers and George and Charles
Hall.
For the past wear McAulay and
Robbers have had control OF the
granite quarry on the farm Of Mic
Meyer, near Fish lake in the town OF
Rich Prairie. under q lease. They
have quurried the rock, hauled 1t to
the cars ut this place, and shipped 1t
to St. Cloud. where it was dressed
or polished to fill the orders. This
was very expensive, and as the
granite is OF exceptionally tine quail
ity, suitable and in good demand for
monument work, they have decide d
to put in a plant herefor dressing the
stone, thel eby lessening the expense
and enabling them to compete with
other uuarries for the rthwestern
trade.
These gentlemen have also secured
a Lease of the quarry north OF Gravel
vile, about ten miles east of this
city. This granite is darker than the
Fish lake stone, but is said to be
of a yerv fine quality also.
Mr.. McAulay says that their bust
ness will be largely in furnishing
dealers with monuments with all the
work done on them. the dealers fur
nishing the designs. They will also
furnish all kinds of building stone,
such as window and door stills, and
claim thht they can furnish them at
prices that enable then, to compete
with any quarry in the state. Min
neapolis dealers have been handling
the Fish lake granite in monument
work and claim that it is taking the
place of the celebrated Vermont
granite wherever it has been intro
duced.
The machinery for the new plant
has arrived, and is now being placed
in the west portion of the Mahan
planning mill Cd the West side, and
the::po wer for running it will be for
present furnished from the planning
mill engine. Later, it is expected
that the power will he furnished
from one of the mill water wheels.
All of the gentlemen interested in
the project have had years of ex-
perience in the granite business, are
said to be first-class mechanics, and
there is but little doubt that with
the advantages they have at hand.
they will soon build up a successful
business.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21

THURSDAYS st. Cloud Journal Press
says: Last evening the family OF
Valentine Wetzel celebrated his
SEVENTEEN birthday. All the children
of Mr.. Wetzel were present, from out
of the city being Mr.. and mrs. John
Wetzel and Math. Wetzel, of Little
Falls. and Mrs. Mic. Schmidt, OF
Waite PARK. The affair was had at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Rams
burg, Mrs. R. being a daughter OF
Mr.. WetZel.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21
Drawing tho Line.

There arc distinctions to DO made
That oft are very fine,
And he is wise who always knows
just where ~ draw tho line.
To say that johnson "hus q wheel"
Is deemed to DO I'LL right,
But tell him hc "hus wheels, md then
He'll strnightway want to fight.
-Clevclund Leader.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21

MADRID, May II. General Camilla
Polavicja, formerly governor general of
the Philippine islands, who recently
was superseded by General Rivera, has
arrived here. He received d popular
ovation and has been granted special
audience by the queen regent.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21
MT Is,causs OF Brutality.

CITY OF MEXICO, May 17.-Tho city
government forbade any bull fight to
be given Sunday. The authorities
claim the bulls provided for the fights
are so poor they do not justify tho
price Of admission.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21

RoyaltOn Banner: Just as we go
to press we learn that r: Wilde's
two-year-old little girl drank aquan-
THY Of carbolic acid. The bottle COLI
tanning 1.-THE noison was ON a high
shelf, but the little one climbed on
the ice chest and reached it. DIR.
Kinney and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilde are
working over the child and 1T is
hoped will save her life.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21
SAYS HILL WILL WIN.
The Minneapolis Times New
York Correspondent Still
Insists on That.

Mondays Minneapolis Times con-
tains the following from its New
York correspondent concerning the
latest developments In Hills plans
to control the Northern Pacific:
lit ia now claimed that the voting
trust has been absolutely "squared'
and that without resi- gnations or
scandal or publicity Mr.. Winters
resignation will he accepted and Mr..
Lamont will be elected In his stead.
Only a general European war with
it's drastic effect on the money mar
ket could. it is said, block these
results. There will be II special
meeting of N Northern Pacific directors.
at which this program will be car
rie.l out. The date of this meeting is
probably not known t" any one
with certainty. Chairman Adams
will call meeting when he is sure
there will be no hitch, possibly early
in June. The annual meeting does
not luke pluCc uulu OCCoOOl "uo ~"
one believes matters will he allowed
to drag at loose ends until then.
1t is not to be supposed that all
will he plain sailing for the Hill
Adams combine. There will he war
within the board and many and
bitter will be the remarks made.
But it is impossible to SEQ any other
outcome now than Hill supremacy.
The voting trust controls o majority
of directors, the latter being in u
measure the creatures or creations
of former, and the trust Is convinced
that Hill alone can place the stock of
the Northern Pacific in the dividend
paying class.
There isn't much sentiment about
the Deutsche bank, tho bank OF
Montreal or the great financial
house of j. =. Morgan Il co.
Dividends or the hope OF them speak
louder than the voice Of many peo-
pie or the orntOry in half II dozen
legislatures.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21

The AnOka police fired a tough
looking character out of town on
Friday and an hour later received
notice from Duluth that the fellow
was wanted on a charge of murder.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21
S1le Was Safe.

Mr.. Grubbs (1Op III. III hate to go to
sleep knowing that strange young man
Is down in thu IA: or with our daughter.
Mrs Gru'ls-Nc,'t you worry. Wo
had onions tonight, you know.-Ncw York
Weekly.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21

"What did you do with that klcptomn-
MAC in your literary club?"
"Wo didn't do anything. She mado us
all weep by contrasting that sho had been
led nstruy by having to pick her husbands
pockets for pin money. "-ChiougoR Record.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21

-COnsiderab BILE excitement has been
caused by a clairvoyant ut Brninerd
claiming that the body OF q boy
named st. Clair, who was missing
three weeks ago, would be found in
Boom lake with hia throat cut. The
boy has not been found, but the
medium il making money during the
excitement.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-21

Tom Lowry will build another
electric line between st. Paul and
Minneapolis. The new line will pass
through st. Anthony Park.