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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-04-08

called Christians and as such remain
firmly ~ our belief, that no other
government. or dministration can.
produce mill onaires aa fast. If
.nine-tenths Of this nation are starv-
ing to death no harm is done ii only
our party is alive. In the name ct
Justice and co relieve humanity, I
hereby submit an earnest summons
to your valuable paper and ito
thinking readers: Pull from off the
republican monster it's golden dis
guise and exhibit to the public the
death image with it's protruding
bones. Perhaps the ardent crack
Drained respect, too long devoted to
this skeleton by the needless, may
evaporate little by little. O. F. j.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-04-08

rhe official title should be "Ihe
senate and Thomas B. Reed"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-04-08

The editor OF an exchange whose
name is not given, who got married,
made the following entry in the fam
lily historical scroll:
1 got acquainted with a young
widow, who lived with her STEP
daughter in the same house. mar
ried the widow; my father fell, shortly
afterward, in love with the step
daughter OF my wife, and married
her. Ny wife became the mother
in-law and also the daughter -in-law
of my own fat',er; nv wife's STEP
daughter is my stepmother and I am
stepfather of my mother-ia-law. My
stepmother who is the stepdaughter
of my wife, has a boy; he is natur-
ally my stepbrother, because he is
the son OF my wife's stepdaughter SO
is my wife grandmother OF the little
boy. and I am grandfather of my
stepbrother. My wife has also a
boy; my stepmother is consequently
the stepsister of my boy, and is also
his grandmother, because he is the
child OF her stepson; and my father
is the brother-in-law of my son, be-
cause he has got his stepsister for a
wife. I am the brother OF my own
son, who is the son OF my STEP
mother. I am the brother-in'law of
my own mother, who is the aunt of
of her own son. My son is the grand
son OF my father: and l am own
grandfather.
For Sale Cheap.
Three fine dwellings on West side.
For particulars write
J. S. MORTON & Co., Bankers,
Elysian, MINI.
Our fours are said directly to con-
sumers. We guarantee satisfaction.
or money refunded.
Two RIVERS MILLING Co.,
Vasaly Block.
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hills and no unfenced reservoir. Four fifths of the people in Reno are in fa- vor of municipal ownership. You can stop one man, but you can't stop the people. Reno has done the cleverest. the most practical and the most far reaching act of her political life, and she will feel the benefit of it for years to come
 The largest sheep owner in Nevada values the 10000 sheep he possesses at a quarter of a million dollars. He is enthusiastic over the prospects of Ne vada in general and of Reno in par ticular.
 People do not realize" said he, "the proportions that the sheep industry has assumed here. Three years ago we shipped from Reno 30,000 sheep to Chi cago. The following year we shipped 60,000 And last year 100000. Dealers there were not anxious to buy of us at first. They gave us only s1 25 a head for our lambs. Now they give us s2 50 a head, and are glad to do business with us. We get the very best prices for Nevada lambs that are paid by such firms as Clay, Robinson & Co. of Chicago and by others in Kansas City
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WILL OF CHARLES HANSON. He Directs That a Part of His Large
 Estate Be Held in Trust.

The will of Charles Hanson, the cap italist, who died on the Fist inst, was filed for probate yesterday by Attorney W. H. Jordan Hanson's will directs that one-half of his estate go to his widow, Charlotte Hanson. and disposes of the re- mainder as follows: The holder of note for $13, GOO, dated May 15, 1895, promising to pay that amount two days prior to his death, is to be paid by the executors on presentation of the note. The name of the holder is not given. Grace Merritt is to receive s5o00 and H. C. Chese- brough, of Oakland, employed as man. ager by the 'testator, is to receive S25 ,0Oe and one-fourth of the stock owned by him in the Tacoma Mill Company The executors are further directed to pur- chase a plot in Cypress Lawn Cemetery and to erect a monument not to exceed SI5, 900; also to have the remains of son and daughter, buried in Redwood City removed and inferred in the plot The remainder of the stock owned by the de- cedent in the Tacoma Mill Company Is to be held in trust by H. C.. Chesebrough Samuel G. Murphy and William H. Jor- dan for five years after the distribution. of the estate. If at the expiration of that time the only living son of the testator is alive the stock, together with S1000 is to go to him. In the event of the sons death the stock is to be delivered to the widow and if both of them are dead ary. The will concludes with a direction that the trustees be each paid $60O0 per annum during the existence of the trust. Samuel c. Murphy and H. C. Chese- brough are named as executors of the will to serve without pondA
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four hours The commission mer- chants of San Francisco wouldn't hays it. They want all our wool to be shipped via San Francisco. So now if we ship wool direct to Philadelphia we pay s2 50 a hundred; if we send it to San Francisco and from there to Philadelphia it costs us $1 so.
 ''We arranged to have a securing mill, but we were informed that if by securing the wool we reduced it's bulk about tWo-thirds, the railroad would maintain it's profits by increasing the rates 300 per cent. We can send carload of potatoes for s27 50. If that same car be filled with secured wool we must pay 3 cents pound. But this state of affairs will not cannot last. And that despite such discrimination Nevada's sheep men are so prosperous and the city of Reno is doing so much business are the best evidences in the world of the great resources of State that was supposed to be bankrupt when its mines gave out.
 "The sheep business is paying spIend- idly, and as every lamb that's sold, every sheep that's sheared pays it's tax in money spent or men employed in Reno, the future of the city which re- lies not on this one industry, but on many is assured"
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and Omaha. Why? Simply because Nevada mutton is better than any raised anywhere else in the United States. Our lambs are fatter because the conditions make Nevada the best possible sheep-raising country. Many of the cattle men here are quitting the cattle business to invest in sheep. You see Nevada is an ideal country' for the sheep man. The browse here can't be eQualed. We never suffer from drought. When the winter comes the sheep come down from the mountains and feed on the deserts here. Why, last winter we lost not 2 per cent Of our sheep. As to the wool, Nevada pro- duces wool that is particularly fine in quality. The shrinkage is great, but the 5,250,000 pounds of wool sent out of Reno yearly are of a quality that is un- excelled. Three years ago we shipped 5000 sheep as far as Glasgow; shipped them alive and they arrived in good condition and were sold at top prices
 Nevada men will not accept anything but top prices. And why should they :? They are so situated, the climate of Ne yada is such, it's natural advantages as a sheep-raising country are so great that the Nevada sheep-raiser is in a position to dictate terms-to all except the railroad. You see Nevada is still groaning under the discrimination
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HUBBARD FORGIVEN.
Immigration Commissioner North Has Caused the Dismissal of the
 Captain of the S. N. Castle.

United States Commissioner Heacock yesterday held an examination into the charge preferred against Captain H. H Hubbard of the schooner s. N. Castle of having landed an immigrant without mo- tifying the Immigration Commissioner as required by law.
 The testimony showed that the captain had failed to send a manifest to the Im- migration Commissioner and that he had surreptitously landed a lady passenger, a native of Hawaii. The captain pleaded ignorance of the law. and upon his prom ise not to repeat the offense Commission CT North moved that the charge be dis missed. which was accordingly done
 A similar charge against Captain Jack son of the brigantine Tropic Bird for landing eighteen natives of France in the same unlawful manner is pending.
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students. The skill that the young men acquire in the carpenter and the ma chine shop enables them to do most or the repairing and building required on the grounds. Young women are favored wherever possible with such work as typewriting, copying and housework- A general assembly of all the students Of the university and of all the mem bers of the faculty is held every Wednesday at 11:45 a. m. This is the lecture hour of the week. and is under the special direction of the president of the university. These weekly lectures are given not only by the members of the faculty, but also by men and wo- men of special eminence in particular fields of study and travel and business enterprise. There are 5000 bound vol umes in the university library and 4000 pamphlets.
 The university has had a remarkable growth in this practically first ten years of it's life. Plans for the con- struction of new buildings and fir the extension of the university's influence are being considered and if the next ten years shall see even as great an improvement as the last Nevada's State University will be one of the recog-
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right here in Truckee Valley. and at least s2000 worth of hay has been sold, which We didn't need.
 We have just received fifty Shrop- shire sheep and seven fine Herefords from England. where Mir. Sparks sent an agent for this purpose. Those Persian sheep, you see, weigh 300 pounds, fully; more than any of the Shetland ponies in the next field. We are raising deer, also. Nevada was made to be the nat Ural breeding place of the finest anil mals.
 of course, you know MT Sparks fn- terest in cattle is not confined to this one ranch in Washoe County. Out on the range there are from 40, 900 to 50, 900 head, which are provided with pure bred sires from here, where of course, we keep a bovine blue book. We do business with Kirke Armour of Chi cago in dispGsing of our beef.
 Nothing could be in better shape than the interests of the cattlemen of Nevada All the surplus stock of alfalfa of the farmers about Reno has been consumed, and as consequence the bankers of Reno say that the farmers in the valley are paying up old debts which their creditors never hoped to collect. In return, the banks are lending money more freely. Loans are made to-day in Reno which would
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of to various stock raisers from Cali fornia to Kansas, at prices ranging from S125 to $500.
 ''The reas on that Nevada owns and breeds the finest cattle west of the Rockies said the clever manager of the Sparks ranch, "is because of the wonderful natural advantages of this State and particularly Of Truckee Val ley. Not once in all this year, all through the winter, has it been neces- sary to shelter the cattle. But the main reason of our prosperity is that, unlike the cattlemen of California, we do not depend upon an uncertainty. The farm CTS and the cattlemen of California are watching the heavens in suspense. If it doesn't rain their interests are com- promised. In Nevada we have a sure thing. We irrigate. It is not the heav- ems we rely on, but the streams and the snow you can see over there on the Sierras which, melting. will add to the volume of water in the rivers and, incl dentally, to our prosperity.
 "A third reason for our pre-eminence is that cattle here do not require to be fed grain, as they do in the East, for instance. All the alfalfa required for the cattle on this ranch has been raised
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against us Still within the last three years freight charges on sheep have been reduced 50 per cent, so that the sheep men are making money and other trades feel the effect of course.
 We need laroe market. Only one fifth of our sheep are sent to San Fran cisco. A little village of 300.000 people, like San Francisco, is too small to ab- sorb the products of so great an in- dustry as has developed in Nevada. There are 900 sheep on the hills Of Nevada to-day. The nutritious grasses which our soil produces are capable of feeding two and a half millions of sheep
 Reno owes her present prosperity and she will be still more benefited in the future-Io the fact that she is so situated as to be the point from which all shipping will be done.
 But the time will come when the banks of the Truckee will be lined with woolen mills. The only reason that has not been done already is on account of railroad rates We made arrangements with the railroads to re- duce the rate on wool from Reno to Philadelphia from $2 50 a hundred to s1 50. The rates lasted just twenty
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describing how the officer had showed the coupling pin into his face and used vile language to him. The defendant was asked by MT. Hosmer to show the jury just how Seymour acted. and grasping the murderous weapon hourished it about in much the same manner as he did the previous day in his direct examination
 The District Attorney during the morn- ing. had Hoff retell the incidents that oc- cured at the Clute residence, S03 Guer- rero street. while he was there on the day the murder was committed. Hof said that when he went up stairs Mrs. Cute apologiZed for disappointing him, but said the confusion of moving had inter fered with her settled plans. He was questioned about the man he saw putting down some mating and whom. he testi- fled Tuesday, he had left in the house Yesterday Hoff contradicted himself and said the man went down stairs.
 To all of Hosmers attempts to get him to say whether the man returned to the house. Hoff evaded a direct reply. Finally the District Attorney asked:
 Are you willing to swear that the man you saw go down stairs came back again while you were there?'
 T am willing to swear to the truth"
 Answer my question. Are you willing to swear to that?"
 "I am not"
 That was the first fiat contradiction of his own testimony Hom then entertained the cut on his hand. claiming 1t was caused by tack in carpet. Hosmer next asked him if he had ever stated to the Chief of Police that when he reached the house he found a short, thick set man there, who was evidently Mrs. Clute's guest.
 'I never made such a statement" Hoff declared with emphasis. Later on he de- nied having told the Chief that the man he found laying mating in one of the rooms left the house before he did. The shorthand notes taken by Otto Heyne- man. the Chiefs stenographer, show that Hof did make both statements.
 From that time until the noon recess and for considerable time during the afternoon Hosmer piled the defendant with questions about the treatment he had received from Detective Seymour during their visit to the scene of the murder the following day. Hof unhesi-
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tatingly repeated the harsh language he had on direct examination charged Seymour with using, and also described how the officer shook him by the collar and in other ways tried to intimidate him. When he illustrated how Seymour ap- preached him with the coupling pin Hof raised his voice to high pitch.
 Hosmer asked if Seymour spoke in that tone.
 'Yes; only louder"
 Can you show us how loud he spoke ?'
 oh, no; my lungs are so bad now that if l tried I would break down and prob ably die right here"
 After some further questions about Sey- mours conduct MT. Hosmer dismissed Hoff, and Attorney Schooler called John Donald, proprietor of the Lindell House. 1031 Howard street. The defense evidently expected to show that at the hour of the murder, between 4:30 and , O clock on the afternoon of December b. Hoff was at the time, and when he attempted to tell what Eugene Melton, a former employe of his. who is now in Alaska, had told him about it, an objection shut him off.
 H. Heneker, a grocer at Franklin and McAllister streets. was next called, and also attempted to give some hearsay testimony, but an objection stopped him, too and the defense rested its case
 Mir. Hosmer then had Hoff's carpet bag and the coupling pin weighed, the former tipping the scales at 1612 pounds and the later at 5 pounds, after which he called Otto Heyneman, Chief Lees official sten- ographer. in rebuttal Witness with the aid of his notes corroborated certain statements attributed to Hoff during his examination by the Chief, and which the defendant a short time previously had denied having made.
 Hon'S testimony regarding Seymour'S rough treatment and harsh language was read to witness and he positively denied that the officer talked or acted in the manner attributed to him. Witness ac- companied Hoff and the detective to sos Guerrero street and heard and saw every thing. Attorney Schooler took Heyneman in hand for cross-examination and ques- toned him minutely about what occurred while they were out to the fiat. When witness denied that Hoff had conducted
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University is the David Starr Jordan Of Nevada. He is a man whose attain ments and whose individuality are such as to make his influence felt not only upon the young men and women who come under his immediate charge, but upon the community in general; which has learned to value the presence of Q man so cultivated, so human, so full of interest in practical affairs and so ready and able to help his fellow men. The School of Mines in the Nevada University is second only to that of Columbia College As is fitting, much attention has been given to this de- partment sof the university, and stu dents from all over the great western mining territory come to Reno to take this special course. The university maintains a dining hall. where the best of Truckee Valleys rich products are served at a rate within the reach of students of limited means. For the benefit of such as these, too, scholar ships are provided; one, in particular, by the Century Club of Reno, an or ganization of over a hundred women
 Even the corporate heart of the rail- road has been touched, so that over every railway in the State students are entitled to half rates. Almost all of the work in and about the university buildings and grounds is now done by
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nized great institutions of learning in the West.
 One of the possessions upon which Reno brides herself is the Sparks ranch. four miles from town. This mill lionaire cattleman came to Nevada from Texas about four years ago.
 MT. Sparks speciality is in dealing in the finest. choicest breeds. On his ranch there are 300 pure-bred Hereford cattle-cattle which he values at from s40,O 900 to s50,000. The reputation. of the cattle on the Sparks ranch is such that Cecil Palmer, the noted animal painter, has come to Reno. solely for the pur- pose of sketching the great Earl of Shadeland, the Duke of Fulton and others of these mammoth, white-faced, blue -blooded bulls, whose mighty backs mounted on short legs look like ami mated billiard tables. Valuable billiard tables they are, too. MT. Sparks values the three thousand pounds of bone and muscle that make up one of those four footed aristocrats at least a dollar a pound And s5000 wouldn't buy the pa triarch of the herd.
 The Sparks ranch has become the breding-place of the West. Since Sep tember one hundred and twenty-five pure blooded calves have been disposed
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in telling his story, "till I read in The Call this morning the account of his con- duct when poor Burke was shot last Wednesday. I then made up my mind that the public should know what sort of a man he is- About January 10 last he came to my house. accompanied by a neighbor named Thompson. He had no warrant and he told my daughter that he wanted to arrest me He made use of such language to her it was lucky for him I was not present at the time. He told her that two of my sons should be in San Quentin and that they were disgrace to the neighborhood. My daughter sent for me and when l came in he bega 10 question me in an insolent and overbear- ing manner. He asked me what l worked at and l told him it was not necessary for me to do any work as l was able to live off the income from my property. He then asked me other insolent questions, his evident purpose being to get me to create a disturbance, so that he could place me under arrest.
 II kept my temper, as I did not want to get mixed up in any quarrel with him or with Thompson. He rudely kept his hat on all the time he was In the house, and conducted himself altogether in a manner unbecoming a guardian of the peace. I was glad when he went away, as I was afraid of losing control of my temper At the time thought of laying a complaint before the Commissioners. but decided for the sake of peace to let it go Now however. 1 think l would be doing wrong in not making the charge against him..
 After telling his story Scheel was ad- vised to prefer a sworn complaint and lodge it with the clerk of the Comnis- sioners and the case would come up at the next meeting. He promised to do so at once.
 Scheel states that he is a property owner, the father of a large family and was never in trouble in his life He said that Thompsonis wife had made com piaints about being annoyed by two of his sons. but personally he knew nothing about it.
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That the Nevada State University Is located at Reno is at once a cause and an effect of Reno's prosperity Finer raw material for the making of su- perior men and women than the boys and girls of Nevada is not to be found Reno's excellent schools and State Uni- versity are the factories in which the change takes place. The university is really but ten or eleven years old It was removed from the eastern part of the State to Reno in 1886. At that time there were but forty-f1ve students. two members of the faculty and one-third of the first building erected on the university campus-which has an area of forty acres and is beautifully located on an eminence overlooking the city sufficed to accommodate them. Now there are 450 students enrolled; there is a faculty of twenty-four professors, and the nine buildings will soon be too few to provide for the wants of the young men and women who are f1ocking from all parts of Nevada, from California, Oregon. Idaho Texas and even as far East as Ohio and New York. to pursue their studies here.
 The president of the Nevada State
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RUDE CONDUCT OF AN OFFICER Charge Preferred Against Policeman T. w.
 Marlowe. J. Fl. Scheel, a Property Owner, Is the Complaining
 Witness.
Entered Scheel's House and Tried to Force Him to Raise
 Disturbance.

The position of Policeman T. w Mar lowe is not at present an enviable one. Besides lying under the stigma of cow ardice at the time Lieutenant Burke was shot by T. P. Haynes a week ago, he will also have to answer charge before the Police Commissioners of unoffieerlike conduct, to be preferred by citizen.
 Yesterday morning J. H. Scheel of 132 Henry street called at police headquar- ters and asked to see Chief Lees. The Chief was out, and Scheel announced that he wanted to prefer charge against Policeman Marlowe.
 T did not intend to take any notice of thu policeman,s conduct" said Scheel