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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-24

Major o. H. Havill, a st. Cloud
banker, who holds the title az
major in the uniform rankKnights
Of Pythias, called on Governor
Clough Wednesday and offered him
the services of four companies of
Minnesota Pythiane, who will be
ready to respond to the second call &.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-24

1t is probable that all the Re-
publican congressman in Mime.
sofa will be renominated this year.
Heatwole is the only one who is
not after a nomination.. and he
may be given it anyway.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-24

There is no further doubt but
President Mckinley was right in
opposing the recognition of the
Cuban government. While the
people of that country are brave
ly resisting Spanish rule, it is
plain that there is no such organ.
lied government as should exist
before It's authority was recognized
by the United States. All over
the island the natives are il re-
bellion, but they have not yet
formed q government that has prop.
er authority to represent them as
4 free state. President Mckinley
and Fitzhugh Lee were right in the
course they recommended.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-24

The cruiser St. Paul narrowly
escaped being destroyed by a fire
in her coal bunkers.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-24

The latest reports are that State
Auditor Dunn is improving rapid
cy in health.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-24

The Spanish fleot is looking for
places where there are no Amerl-
an ships.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-24
A rebellion is iminent in the
Samoan islands.

Congressman Morris will be re-
nominated at Anoka on June 1.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-24

McClure's Magazine for June
will be a special War number,
with articles by General Miles and
General Fitzhugh Lee; an account
of the first cruise Of the blockad.
ing feet off Cuba. written by Mr..
Stephen Bonssl, who was on the
flagship "New York;" a descrip-
ton of the marching Of the vol.
uuteers by William Allen White;
some ''Songs of the Ships of Steel, -
by James Barnes; an American g
account Of his life in Manila; and
other timely articles, and a great
many pictures relating to the war.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-24
\ Cheap Farm
and a Good One.

Do you want a good farm, where
you can work outdoors In your
shirt sleeves for ten months in q
yeor, and where y 'ur stock can for
age for itself all the year round? II
so, write to P. Sid Jones, passenger
agent, Birmingham, Ala, or DR.. r.
B. Crawford, travelling passenger
agent, 6 Rookery building. Chicago.
III. al
Do you want tn 60 down and
look at some of the garden spots Of
Of this country? The Louisville &
Nash Vile railroad provides the way
and the opportunity on the first and
third Tuesday in each month, with
excureiOns at only two dollars over
one fare, for round trip tickets.
Write to Mr.. e. p. Atmore. general
pasaeorer agent, Louisville, KY, for
pa ticulars. -
NO you want to read about them
before going Then send 10 cents In
silver or post age stamps for q copy
OF "Garden Spots to Mr.. AtmOre.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-24

Brazil is one of the Spanish
American countries that 10 EN-.
phatically endorsing the action Of
this country in the present war.
The people of Venezuela are in
sympathy with Spain, as are the
countries of Argentina, Paraguay
and Uruguay and several ether
smaller Latin-Americian states.
Mexico, although neutral, is
strongly in sympathy with US.
Evening star., 1898-04-29
REPRIEVES GRANTED,
Condemned Murdcrers In District
Jail Secure Executive CIemency.

Condemned Murdcrers in District
Jail Secure Executive CIemency.
Word reached the city hall this afternoon
that the President has granted reprieves to
the three convicted murderers now in the
District Jail awaiting execution. The post
ponement of the dates for the hangings
was due to the fact that appeals from the
verdicts of the trial court have been taken
to the Court of Appeals. and additional
time is required for arguments and for the
upper court to prepare its opinions.
The condemned men are William NJ
Strather, convicted of the murder of Rosa
Talbot: Edward Smith, who is held re-
sponsible for the death of Edmonia Jack
son, and Charles Winston, who, it was de-
clared shot and killed his wife, Emma
All three are colored. Strather is under
sentence to be hanged Thursday, May );
Smith, Thursday, May II, and Winston
Wednesday, May 25. Strather and Smith
are reprieved until Thursday. June 16, and
Winston until Thursday, June %.
The Court of Appeals. after recess of
several weeks, will meet Tuesday next. 1t
would be rushing matters too much to at
tempt to hear the appeals and render opin-
Ions in the short time between next Tues
day and the dates set for the executions.
Prior TO the announcement of the action
of the President, the Court OF Appeals
S gned an order staying the executions, for
the reason given.
Evening star., 1898-04-29
Florida May Furnish the Cigars.


The Cuban war has done one big thing
fer this country; it has compelled recog-
milton, indirectly, of the value of Florida
lands for the production of the finest to-
bacco in the world. In the course of his
recent trip to the south Secretary of Agri-
culture Wilson was astonished to discover
that 1GO,Voo,0O Havana cigars were act
ually grown and manufactures at present
On the Florida peninsula Already great
areas in the western part of the state are
planted with this crop and extensive ar
ranSements have been made for it's intro
ductiGn into the central region. Thus, it
may be expected that before long Florida
VIII rival Cuba as a tobacco producer in
respect to the quantity Of yield, while
the quality of its cigar leaf seems to be
quite equal to that of the famous Euelta
AbaJo. All the conditions OF climate in
Florida favor the production Of the highest
grade CT tobacco. The soil is much like
that of Cuba, and, by the aid of the sys-
tenn of spraying that initiates natural rain
iall the plants are ripened in forty-five
days after they are put out. Tobacco can
be grown almost all the year, and CROPS
can be set out in every month nearly.
Evening star., 1898-04-29
The Lair OF the kraken.
From the Spectator.

In the deepest waters of the ocean. Ear
from any shore, there are immense Num-
bers Of swift predatory fish, such as the
bonito. the dolphin (Coryphaena) and the
albocore. Mammalia also like the porpolse
grempus, and rorqual, require enormous
supplies of fish for their sustenance. and
never fail to find them. AS we ascend Tie
scale of size the struggle becomes majestic.
war OF Titans. such as no arena on earth
has seen since the deluge. The imagina lion
recols dismayed before the thought of such
spectacle IS is afforded by the gigantic
cachalot descending to the murky depths,
where in awful state the hideous kraken
broods.
No other name befits this inexpressible
monster as well as the old Morse epithet
bestowed in bygone days upon the greatest
of the mollusca by terrified fisher folk of
Scandinavia. Vast, formless, and insatia-
bic, he croGches in those fathomless si-
lences like the living embodiment of sin, an
ever-craving abysmal mouth surrounded by
Medusa-like web of unresting arms His
enormous flaccid bulk needs a continual
holocaust to supply its flood of digestive
juices, and that need is abundantly sup
piled. Tnen comes the doughty leviathan
power, disdaining subterfuge. rushes
straight to the attack, every inch of his
great frame mutely testifyng to the enor-
nous pressure of the superintendent sea.
Sometimes sitting for air, the whale rises
to the surface, dragging upward his writh-
ing prey, though almost bulky as him.
self. In hts train follow the lesser mon
sters, eager for their SHARE and none of
the fragments are lost.
Evening star., 1898-04-29

the conference was practically to retain the
bill as it passed the Senate, was adopted
without debate.
Mr.. Pettgrew Is. d. called up a bill for
the restoration of annuities to the Sisseton
and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux
Indians
Mr.. Allison Qowa) was opposed to the
measure, and said he was not prepared to
have bill considered involving several
millions Of dollars on short notice
Mr.. Pettigrew explained that the gov
ernment had paid the Indians between
S5oo,000 and $60o,000, and that the amount
involved in the bill was less than 50 DOC, 600.
On objection the bill went over.
On motion of Mr.. Aldrich (R - 1t was
decided that when the Senate adjourn to-
day it Re to meet on Monday next.
Consideration of bills on the calendar
was then begun, and the following were
passed:
To authoriza the Shreveport Bridge and
Terminal Company 10 construct and MAIN
tain q bridge across the Red river at
Shreveport, La; to promote the efficiency
Of the revenue cutter service.
At 1:35 pm, on motion of Mr.. Allison,
the Senate went into executive session.
AT 1:45 pm. the Senate adjourned uutil
Monday
Evening star., 1898-04-29
Gen. Hampton Ready to Fight.

At meeting Of the Confederate Veterans
of South Carolina, in annual convention at
Charleston, last night Gen. Wade Hamp-
ton spoke, and caused the widest enthus-
iasm by the following reference to war
with Spain:
MY old comrades, we know what war is.
l do not hesitate to say that 1 regret the
enc upon which we are row entering, but
you are South Carolinians; you are sons
of the men who have shed immortal glory
on the palmetto flag in the past, and |
would rather die than think that South
Carolina would not respond to the call
made upon her for volunteers. And old as
I am, 1 can still ride horseback and WELD
sword, and # her quota is not filed, if
there is one name lacking to make it full
l myself will volunteer. This is our coun-
try and it is our duty to make it the cham
Evening star., 1898-04-29
Your Chair and Your Desk.


Some curious experiments have been
made by Harvard professor to prove
what is really the best height for the chair
You sit on and the desk you write at.
Every person, It appears, ought to have a
chair specially made to suit his or her
height, and the seat of the chair should be
exactly one-quarter of your height from
the floor. Thus, if you are six feet high.
the chair seat should be Is inches. The
width Of the seat should exactly equal its
height, ana it should slope backwa ri
thfee-quarters of an inch to the foot The
back should be trife higher than the
seat and sloped slightly not too much.
Finally. your desk should be two-thirds as
nigh again as the seat of your chair
Ihus, IL your chair seat is twenty-four
inches, the desk should be forty inches in
height. When you have attended to all
these little details you can sit and write
all day without feeling that backache that
comes from chairs and desks that don't fit
you.
Evening star., 1898-04-29
The President and the Civil Service
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

The Civil Service Reform Association Of
Pennsylvania, in it's annual report, de-
clares that since the beginning of the move
ment for civil service reform no year has
been SO filled with more encouraging
events to the friends Of good government
than the year just closed. The most sig
nifcant event was the PRONUNCIATION by
President Mckinley Of the order of July
1897. providing that renewals from the SER
for cause only, and that persons accused
shall be furnished with a written copy of
the charge, and afforded an opportunity to
defend themselves The spoilsmen seek to
excuse violations Of this executive order
because, they say, it is the dictum of the
President, and not the law of the land 1t
is to be presumed, however, that the Presf-
dent means what he says; that he is COM
petent to define the policy of his admins
tration, and that all officials under him.
having to do with appointments and re-
movals, are ready and willing to give that
policy loyal and sincere support. Mr.. Nc
kinney has always been a staunch sun
porter of civil service reform. AS a meu1-
Der OF Congress, as a candidate for Presf-
dent and as the executive of the nation he
has, In all Of these relations, proclaimed
himself an enemy to the spoils system.
Our relations with Spain at present occupy
his whole attention, but abuses in admins
tration should not be suffered to 90 unre-
war 0gitation we may look for insfdious
attempts by the spoilsmengers to evade or
override the laws and regulations govern
ing the civil service, and the heads OF de-
partments and the civil service commission
snoulo De on guard, not only to defeat
these schemes. but to remove from ofIice
all omciaIs detected In such malfeasance,
Evening star., 1898-04-29
NAVAL APPROXIMATION BILL.
Report % the Conferees Submitted q
Both Houses.

bOth Houses.
The report Of the conference committee
on the naval appropriation bill was pre-
sented to both houses of Congress today
The report shows that the House conferees
accepted all the amendments made by the
Senate with the exception Of q few Of
minor Importance. Not only were all the
Few vessels provided for by the Senate
accepted, but also the addition Of S., S;So.0ao
for the enlistment of seamen
Indeed. this amendment received an adj
dition of 800 for the payment OF addi-
tonal men in the Marine Corps the pro-
vision as amended being as follows: ITO
enable the Secretary of the Navy to enlist
at any time after the passage Of this act as
many additional seamen, landsmen and
boys as he may deem necessary To man the
ships OF the navy or in use by the navy as
temporary force therefor during the ex-
listing war, and for pay Of the same and
for the temporary additional officers and
warrant machinists hereinbefore suthor-
lied. s., $1,000
To enable the Secretary of the Navy TO
enlist at any time after the passage of this
act the following additional force for the
Marine Corps as temporary force during
the existing war, viz: Not more than tD
gunnery sergeants with rank of first SER
geants, not more than 80 corporals and not
mere than 1.5o0 privates, and pay of the
same. S567 9e0.'
The total amount provided for torpedo
stations in the conference report is S91.uo
or $1,000 more than was provided either by
the Senate or House.
The provision authorizing the appoint-
ment of naval officers for the war from
civil life was changed so as to permit such
appointment to grades as high as that of
CT mmander. the original provision limiting
the selection to lieutenant or under thai
NIX. This change is understood TO have
been made in order to permit Capt. Wat
kins to continue in comns"~ If fhe Paris
Yale)
Evening star., 1898-04-29

Prominent Young Men Enlist to Go to
the Wnr

the War.
Spt cial Dispatch to The Evening Star
CUMBERLAND, Nd, April 29.-War en-
thusiasm Is great here. Two companies are
forming. One was organized last night
Charles I. Lowndes, a son, and j. p Ro-
man. a. nephew, of the governor Daniel
Amman, jr., and DIR. T. B. Mcdonald have
been active in raising it. 1t will be COM
posed of 100 able-boded young men from
Cumberland, Homecoming and Frostburg. A
number of young men came in from West
Virginia as recruits.
Messrs. j. Philip Roman and F. Brooke
Whiting, who have enlisted, would have
graduated at the Maryland University Law
School next month but dropped their
studies at the call of arms and will go into
the field at once. Adjutant General Wilmer
having promised to call the company into
service as soon as 1T organizes
The other company is being formed at
the Y. NJ. c. A. building by General Secre-
tary W. l.. Radcliffe and Capt. Frank Hart
ley of the Allegany County Academy Ca
diets. The full complement of men will
soon be obtained
A third company is being recruited at
Mount Savage, this county, by w. Bladen
Lowndes, another son of the governor.
Many railroad men are joining the various
companies, having been assured by the
officials that their places will be held open
for them.
Evening star., 1898-04-29
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.


West Point Graduates Appointed
Second Lieutenants.
The President today sent these nominal
tions to the Senate:
Samuel r. Gummere of New Jersey to
he consul general at Tangter, Morocco
Luther T. Ellsworth of Ohio to be consul
at Ruerto Cabello. Venezuela.
A list of cadet graduates of the Military
Academy were appointed in the army as
second lieutenants.
Postmasters: New York-Frank N Web
ster, Spencerport; William NJ Wallace,
Gowanda; Edwin P. Bouton, Johannesburg:
Albert P. Merriam. Phoenix.
New Jersey-Furman L. Richardson. Cape
May; VIM. H. Foley, Bordentown; Wm. B.
r. Mason. Bound Brook
Pennsylvana-Frank G. Sairs, Athens
Charles +. Riggs, Canton; John Grein
Homestead; VIM. Writ Henderson, Brook.
VILE; James D. Ames. Hawley; H. d.
Patch, Wilmerding
Vermont-Minnie A. Benton, Saxtons
River
Maine-Jos. w. Gary, Caribou; Newton H
Fogg, Sanford; D. K. Jewell, Hallowell
Maryland-H. c. Connaway, Berlin.
Massachusetts-Geo. P. Smith, Ipswich;
Geo. G. Cook, Milford; John H. Humphrey
Athol Center; VIM. H. Foote. Westtield
Connecticut-Charles H. Rose, Manches-
ter Benjamin ]. Maltby, Northford; 1. L.
Trowbridge. Naugatuck.
New HampShire-HOrace French West
Lebanon; F. E. Hoyt, Milford.
California - Austin Young, Randsburg
Shelley Inch. Placerville; John T. Lindley,
Ontario; Charles G. Chamberlain, Pacific
Grove; Geo. A. Cakes Haywards.
Colorado-Maude Evans Mclean Breck-
enridge; Stephen A. Noyes. Idaho Springs.
Florida-Charles w. Lewis Fernandina.
lllirois-Edward C. Schumacher, Bradley;
Levi W. Dawson. Earlville; David A. Cour-
ter. Hinsdale; p. c. Willoughby. Anna:
Geo. J. Castle. Carlinville; Charles A. Coul-
ter, Lasalle; Frederick w. Obermiller,
Mount Pulaski.
Delaware-James H. Maull, Georgetown.
Indiana-Silas D. Byram Liberty; Frank
c. Mosbaugh. Cambridge City.
kansas-Henry f. Leib, Oberlin; d. +.
McClelland, Chanute; Ewing Herbert, Hia-
watha.
Kentucky-James NJ Wilson, Falmouth
William II. Harrison, Flemingsburg
Michigan-John d. Smead, Biissfield;
Charles H. Pulver. Dundee: Samuel Adams.
Bellaire
Minnesota Lewis p Hunt, Mankato
Nels a. Lilyquist, Winthrop
Missouri-James w. Brocaw. Harrison
vile; Jos. NJ. Phelps, Centralia; j. Porter
Patton, Monroe City; John G. Richmond,
La Belle.
Nebraska - Chester H. Smith, Platts-
mouth.
Ohio-Isaac N. Zearing, Bellefontaine:
II. s. Enck, Leipsic; c. c. Marsh, Shawnee:
+. l.. Vale. Columbus Grove; Tully McKin-
ncy Mechanicsburg; L. C. Bailey, West
Liberty.
South Dakota-John d. Cotton Parker;
George l.. Fish, Woonsocket; Frank S.
Myers, Redfeld.
~ Texas-Tyler Haswell, Bryan: w. II.
Webber, Lampasas
North Carolna-Dollie w. Garrett, Hen
Iennessee-Samuel Eowerth, Gallatin.
Mash1nston-B: c. Keller. Port Angeles;
James Ewart, Colfax
Wlscorsin-Levi l.. Odell, Galesville; w.
A. Jones, Oconomowoc; John Kellogg.
Reedsburg; Hattie Fl. Clarke, Brodhead:
Lewis s. Patrick, Marinette: George r.
Hall, Oconto.
WyoEing-Elmer T. Beltz, Laramie,
Evening star., 1898-04-29
Washington Stock Exchange.

Railroad cow es si:ooS at 1lsis PnsHmia Iie
100 at 81 cents; LOG at 50 cents, Lanston Mono
riage, loo at 50 cents. q. S. Electric Light, 10
Miscellaneous Bonds.-Metroro rolitan Railroad IS.
~ bid Metropolitan Railroad cow: 6s: lis bid.
Bel Belt Railroad 5s, IS bid 90 asked Eckington
bid. Washington Ga. Company cs, series .; IN
Chesapeake ana Potomac Telephone IS. lo2,a bid.
aSs eS b,a sssuy and DS s 5
A. and d. O.. i.S co bid ID Washinston Marie. Market Com
sny Inst g. a. S bS I'D Market Market Conn
pany ext. 6s 100 bid. Masonic Hall Association
5s, les bid. Washington Light Infantry LIST os,
National Bank stocks..Bank Of Washington. eTs
s bid anS m hid Sex
end l.o % bid C, S,ti,s1s , lao BID Columbia. d Isl
bid bid Traders, 100 bid. Lincoln. 10 10 bid bid. iis i
Safe Deposit and Trust Comp.nies:-National
Loan and Trust. xlz5is bid, 100 asked American
Security and. and Trust $50 bid Washington Safe De-
Railroad stock.-cap;tal faction. 72n hid. ~
iumbia. 20 bid, 7G asked. Belt. 1 asked. %
Gas and Electric Light stocks.-w ashington Cas-
s. Electric Light. 80 bid. ioi asked. ''''' -
Insurance stocks.-Firemen's. 80 bid Franklin
a1nson Gs i5 Sa rs "s 90
ls5 bid. National Union. 8 hid Columbia. 10
bid. Riggs, bid. Peoples. 81 bid. Lincoln.
Title Insurance stocks.--Real Estate Tile. 75
bid. Columbia Title. Az bid. Washington Title,
. Telephone ssoctsHfennsyiysn 81 bid. che~a.
peake and Potomac, x5o bid. American Grauho-
phone. II bid 15h asked. American Grnphephone.
preferred, 14k bid. 15k asked. Pneumatic Gun
Carriage. 50 bid. "a asked.
Miscellaneous Stocks. = Mergenthaler Linotype
14e bid l42 asked. Lanston Monotype l3l iid.
IA asked Great FaIls Ice. l25 bid.
xEx d.. s.g61
Evening star., 1898-04-29
HindOo Pursuit of q Treasure.
From the London Empire.


The following incident occurred recently
In one of the largest hotels in Calcutta. 1t
appears that about a week ago an officer
of the Gordon Highlanders arrived in town
on his way home. He had a large sum of
money with him-about 1900 rupees-and
the usual jewelry Of an English gentleman.
These were all locked in one of his trunks.
Returning from the dining saloon to his
room the other evening, he was just in
time to see some suspicious-looking ma
tives bolting down the corridor. On en-
tering his room he found, on examination.
that all his trunks had been forced open
and the contents thrown about; but,
strange to say, not piece Of his money
was missing nor any item Of jewelry. He
believed that the burglars were Afrfdis,
and the object of their cupidity copy OF
the Koran belonging to the Mad Muliah,
which they somehow learned was in his
possession. The book was rolled up in
an old ssnglet and thus escaped the search
ers, who appear to have tracked the officer
from the front. :
Evening star., 1898-04-29
Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, April 29.-Flour firm. unchanged
receipts, 8.103 barrels; exports, 10, 73i barrels:
sales. 2,10o barrels. Wheat frmer-spot, month
red. 11ossal1o s-receipts. 1881 bushels; ex-
ports, los. 1I2 bushels; stock, 6s0,373 bushels:
11oa1144; do. ON grade. 1lO1sa114. Corn quiet
and easy-spot and month. 3sAa3sts; May. 3sLaa
3SN June. 3SIaa3SA; July, 39n39h; steamer mix
ed. 37Aa3!E.- receipts, 220.517 bushels; exports,
l94 l67 bushels; stock, 479.561 bushels Sales 40.
COO bushels-southern white corn, II do. yellow,
4oa4l: Oats frm-No white. 31Aa3s: No. 2
mixed; saa34h.receipts. g, ,se9 bushels; exports.
No. nearby, 63aa6a; No. western, eyre
ceipts. u, $50 bushels; exports. 10000 bushels:
stock, 49, 1856 bushels. Hay firm for the better
grades-choice Timothy, 1890 bid. Grain frcights
very firm, steamers active. parcel quiet unchang
ed Sugar strong -granulated. 5.52. Butter and
eggs firm. unchanged. Cheese STEADY. unchanged
Lettuce-$l o0a$175 per basket. Whisky un-
changed.
Evening star., 1898-04-29
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS,

The Senate yesterday passed House bill
400, to prevent the adulteration of candy in
the District of Columbia.
The Senate yesterday passed House
bill $3.50. to vest in the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia control of street
parking in the District.
After the passage by the Senate yester-
day of House bill 5SS3, to authorize the
reassessneIt of water main taxes in the
District of Columbia, Mr.. German offered a
motion for the reconsideration of the bill,
which was adopted.
Evening star., 1898-04-29
Trustee Brown Exonerated,

Messrs Job Barnard, Thomas H. Wright
and Jesse H. Wilson, committee of the
beard of public school trustees, appointed
to investigate the charge preferred by Wnl
NJ Cook against the Rev. Sterling N.
Brown, member Of the board. today sub
mitted to the District Commissioners a re-
pert fully exonerating Mr.. Brown. 1t will
be recalled that Mr.. Cook charged that
Trustee Brown had promised Miss Daisy
jackson position as teacher II she would
become worker In his church. Mr.. Brown
stoutiy denied the charge. and the investi-
gazing committee confirms his statement