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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12
BOSTON's EMPTY PEWS.
Figures Show That tho Cit1's Churches
Have $4,000 Unoccupied sittIngs.

Figures Show That tho Cit3's Churches
Have $4,000 Unoocupied sittinEs.
Massachusetts, and more particularly
Boston, has been regarded for many years
az being a great center of superfiuous
women. Now it seems likely to achieve .
reputation as tho city Of an abundance of
church sittings. This is gathered from a
report submitted at the annual meeting Of
the Boston City Missionary society. The
statistics show that the Protestant churches
of the city provide over 10000 surplus sit
tings for the Protestant population, even
were they all to attend church at any one
service. 49, '.'-
These figures are the result of careful
investigation made by the society in No.
vember, 1897, when tho attendance at the
various services on q given Sunday was
obtained by In accurate count. Out OF
265 places Of worship count was made in
1884. The aggregate attendance at the sev.
eral services and meetings was 81 ,584. An
estimate of those present at the 30 churches
where no count was made brings this fig
ure up to 1O8, 318. Based on the estimate
of the seating capacity of the Protestant
churches made in 1899, the figures prove
that If all the worshipers Of every desorip-
ton gathered In the churches at one serv-
ice the churches would have only been
two-thirds filed. ''-'
From the experience Of the superintsnd-
ont Of the society he states that IA, 900
may be regarded 40 the total available at
tendance at any one church service. From
this it may he seen that If the sum total
- all those who had attended all the serv-
ices had gone to church at any one given
service there would have been over 10000
empty sests.-New York Press.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

The Electric & Water company
had remarkably good success in
moving the electric light machinery
and getting 1t In running order
Thursday. The private patrons Of
the company suffered practically no
Inconvenience. i The street lights
were out Wednesday night, and the
incondescent lights out that night
after midnight. The lights started
in good season on Thursday evening.
aids all the machinery, belts and
shafting were so well adjusted that
M, shut down was necessary during
the evening. 1t was quick piece Of
work. %DU E" f@L - i ,..
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

Sank Rapids Sentinel: Benjamin
Briggs Jr..ys}was arrested on Satur-
day last upon complaint Of Pearl
Vanderbilt. charging him, Briggs.
with cruelty to an animal, his horse,
by stabbing him with pitch fork.
The case wascontinued. He, Briggs,
was also arrested on thu same day
on charge Or Jos. Shaver tor abu-
sive language; but that case was
dismissed. go vi {
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

A. Fl. Clark. VI Ellis. was at Little
Falls Monday and received payment
in full for the logs he has put In tho
past winter for the Pine Tree Lum-
Der company. He did not get In so
much as the contract called for, but
they thought he did well for such an
open winter aud he will get the bal
ance ont next season. They also Of
iered him another bunch Of about a
million feet II he desires to. take it,
Staples World.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12
Sunshine.

dropped into our office this morning, "A
thing of beauty is Vick's Garden and
Floral Guide, with its cover Of delicate
tints. blue. pink and gold, and the Golden
In bold relief. -. IA - ''ti' 49, 5is';t'i6StF
4 The many half.tone illustrations are %
nfe-ike AZ possible to make by photogra-
from the flowers, and the radishes and az
paragus in Rlass dishes look very tempt
Ing. No doubt but this catalogue IL the
best one sent out by Jemes vicEs Sons Of
years they have been In business, the
next year will BE their Golden Wedding
anniversary. anes it 10 their intention; to
TONER for 1893 III I'-s5 - ma - -
"a If interested In good gardening write at
once, simply mentioning this paper, and
receive copy of this elegant seed cata-
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

Officer Heroux made a complaint
In Justice Sheldon's court Thursday
against Chas. Tanner charging him
with using abusive language.
Tanner IL said to have called
the officer a liar. and applied
other epithets to the guardian
Of the peace that tended to pro-
woke an assault. The case was
settled this afternoon without =
trial. Our prise beauty policeman
seems to have a whole bushel Of
trouble on his hands,. ,~.p
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

John Newman and son Peter re-
turned Friday from visit OF several
weeks with relatives at Mount Yer
non,, Wash. They went out over the
Great ssNOrthern road and were
5blockaded several days by snow
slides in the Rocky mountains. The
entire coast country, they state, IL
filed with men, q majority Of whom
are out of employment, hence that is
not a very good country for la
boring men to emigrate to In search
of work.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12
-vNurae1wo FLAGS
A Brief International Eplssas - x1uz1Ses
: IN 4 AM vi Honduras. u 8 IA

Brief International 1pSeO0O - 11U1sssss
/ 49, I Avn Honduras. IA IA
n the winter Of 1895 the "mudholins"
cruiser lof The north Atlantic squadron
was making visits TO the small ports along
tho coast of Central America, the drst one
touched at being Truxillo, Honduras.
There 10 an old fort on the seward side
Of the town manned BY so or go ragged
and barefooted soldiers, under tho COM
mand of q colonel OF the army OF Hon
duras This officer, a. the commandant
Of the military forces, ID the most impor.
tant person in the town. Soon after tho
arrival Of the cruiser and when national
salutes had been exchanged between ship
and fort, the colonel and his staff came OF
to the ship to visit the captain, where ev-
cry attention was shown him. : q res
The quartermaster of the watch, keep
Ing q sharp lookout for every thing through
bis long glass, noticed that the flagstaff
on the fort presented an unusual appear
ance, having two fags hoisted. He re-
ported the circumstance to the officer Of
the deck, who after looking earnestly at
the fort sought the executive officer. The
executive took the glass, gave one good
look and went In haste to the captain.
The United States flag could be plainly
seen hoisted on the flagstaff of the fort
with the flag of Honduras waving proudly
over It. e. re-" *~t
Here was an insult to the flag that the
young midshipman wanted to wipe out In
blood, or at least have target practice on
their tumble down old fort, but the cap
tain had ideas of his own and asked an ex-
PLANTATION. The colonel was much sur
prised when told that we could not allow
any foreign nation to hoist its flag over
ours and protested that he had ordered the
display as compliment, with no thought
that it would be taken otherwise. When
convinced that the captain could not see
it in that light, he wrote an order to bis
second in command, which was taken to
the fort by one of the ships officers, whose
appearance there and the order caused
great hurry and excitement. The troops
were turned out, drawn up facing the
flagstaff and brought to present. while,
with the playing Of the bugles, the two
flags came down and ours went up again
alone. There 1t remained tor half an hour,
floating over q foreign fort to show what
. Honduran colonel could do in the way of
reparation. After the flag was haule j
down the colonel and his staff went back
to their fort with many a wish Of Hasta
u vista. New York Sun.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

Gust Nordquist, oi this city, re-
turned Saturday from Minneapolis,
bringing with him his bride. Mr..
Nordqulst was united In marriage
ut Minneapolis on Aprils6, to Miss
Hannah johnson. Miss johnson
was formerly a resident OF this city
and was an employee Of Maj. and Mrs.
A.C. Morrill, for some time. They
will begin housekeeping immedia tely,
in one of q. A. Lindbergh' 9 new resid-
ences on the West side near the
Antlers hotel.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12
.cLARKs TOO NUMEROUS.
1t was 10. p. and not ,. N. Clark
VINO Died at Royalton n
Recently. a

In Wednesdays Transcript we
published a notice Of the death OF
J. NJ. Clark, who lives near Royal
ton, based upon Information from a
prominent and reliable citizen of this
place, but we later discovered that
We were lnisiniormed, and that IT
was II. D. Clark. of ROyalt0n,. and
not j. NJ. Clark, Of the same place
who had departed from this life.
The ROyalton Banner contains the
follow ing concerning the death of
H. D. Clark: .'.,.. 49,. ,ma.
Herb&rt d. Clark died last Friday
night at II O'Clock, Of pneumonia,
after u brief illness. For some time
he had not been In the best OF health.
About a year ago he suffered with
infIa mmatory- rheumatism. which
confined him to the house for a long
time, but he recovered from the at.
tack and was nearly bis old self
again, when pneumonia. contracted
a couple of weeks ago. laid him low.
For some time he had been planning
to move to .Newburg, Oregon, in
hopes that the climate Of that state
would prove more congenial to his
health. He had sold some Of his
property and was dispOsiDg Of the
residue as rapidly az possible and
expected to soon join his wife and
children, who had already gone to
Oregon, but death interiered with
his plans.
Mr.. Clark was born. in New York
state 81 years. He came to Mime
sofa 10 1868 and settled in Mapleton
where he lived ~ years. About Is
years ago he moved to Laneola and
settled on a farm q few miles south
east of the village. During the last
six years he lived in the village much
of the time. During his life Mr..
Clark devoted some Of his time to
but pedd)ing was his prin-
cipal business both In Mapletou and
after he moved to this neighborhood.
He was a member Of the Methodist
church and q protesting christian for
many years. When death came 1t
ound him ready and willing to 90.
He leaves brother. Geo. A. Clark, Of
Mapleton, and 4 sister, Mrs. H A.
III New burg, Oregon. besides
a wife and six children to mourn his
death.
Az soon as his condition became
critical his wife was telegraphed for,
but she did not arrive till Monday.
three, days after his death. Funeral
took place Tuesday, Rev. Saunder-
son officiating.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

Judge OF Probate N. Richardson
has received u letter from Gus Beau
leau, who is now in Washington In
the interests Ut the Mile Laos In
dians, In which he states that he ex-
poets to send for eight more Of the
Indians, and asks that the judge &C.
company them to Washington II
they are sent for, Mr.. Beauleau
claims that the Indians cause is
gaining friends, and he thinks Mr..
Richardson could greatly aid him in
his work. %.# T.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12
Crisis In HE Career.


"Cyrus," asked bis wife, "what are you
moping about?'' -" '.''-'
1T is 81 years ago today, Keturah," re-
piled the gloomy man, who had thrown
himself ON the lounge, ''sinoe I became
cashier Of the bank. -
"Well, what of thati Arc you worn outi
Is the salary too smallp Have you ever
had the slightest trouble with the banks
Is there anything wrong. with your ao-
oountsi Are they thinking Of replacing
you with q younger mani" -" "';i -.
"No, there's nothing wrong In any
way" rejoined the bank cashier, "but the
very fact that I have been the banks mort
trusted Official for 81 years, that have
never done . dishonest thing In my life,
never made IN injudicious loan, that my
accounts are perfectly straight and that no
man on earth can say a word against Lie
10 making people suspicious and they are
beginning to talk about me."-Chicago
x11Ouu0. .,,.,7, ], 8 80 IN - va
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12
A Pleasant Feature

IL the dining and cafe car service, serving
. Ia carte meals, attached TO fast trains
running from Minneapolis and St. Paul to
Milwaukee,, Chicago and Eastern and
Southern points, via WISCONSIN CEN
TRIAL LINES. Your nearest tickle tagent
can tell you about other pleasant features
on the Wisconsin Central.
Jas.C. Pond, Gen., Pass. Agt" Milwaukee,
Wis. 3. ''.'N',
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12
A Populsr Play Indeed.


Shakespeare's "Julius Cesar has been
translated into German nine times, into
French seven, into Italian six, into mod
ern Greek three, into Latin and Swedish
twice and into Croatian; Danish, Dutch,
Ffisian, Polish, Roumanian,i Russian,
Magyar, Portuguese and Yiddish. There
are seven OF, eight English acting editions
Of the tragedy. But one attempt actually
70 alter and improve II has ever beel
made. This was In 1879, when John Shelf
deld, duke Of Buckingham, divided II into
two parts at the death Of Cesar, calling
Il "The Tragedies Of Julius Csesar and
Marcus Brutus' and made many other
changes To enrich this poor play, or
rather these poor plays Pope furnished
some ohoruses. But they bad the usual
effects of Ill adjusted ornaments they
served only to mako the rneannebs Of the
thing they bedeoked: the more oonspjou-
ous.-New York Times. ,,,..,lr,g,s, .,ss,,,s.g,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

Military authorities now state
that the national government can
not call out the militia in case OF
war. The militia is organized to
8 .stain the laws of the country
and repel invasion. In the pos
sible trouble with Spain over
Cub, there would not be danger
of invasion, and the militia would
not be- needed to sustain laws. Ut
course, the militia companies
would volun teer in any form the
government would accept them,
but they could not be called out.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

The unsettled international CO.
ditions have caused q market falling
off in travel from the United
States to the old world. The pas
senger lists of outgoing steam.
ships showa decided decrease in
travel.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

Albertl Rhoda received news last
week that his aged mother. who re-
sides At ,Winsted, Mcleod county.
vast dangerously III. He departed
Tuesday morning to be at her bed
side. She has reached the ripe age
OF 50 years and 1t IL hardly possible
that she can survive. Todd County
Argus. AL
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12
Literally.

Willie, the bill oollsctor, limped pain
fully Into the creditors Office. u II pre-
sented your bill to Clodhopper," be muir
INJURED, with the accompanying threats
from you" &9sa y ! >s.fse$zj ...s
''Welll" queried the creditor.
He footed tho bill, " replied Willie, dc.
dining the pronered NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

C. N. Parker. owner Oi the Brain,
'erd street railway plant, has made
a proposition 70 the people Of that
city, to stock It FOR se, 0o, II the
citizens win take one hill the stock.
II nothing i done shout the offer
before May 1,sIhs viii take up the
road ana sell the material. 8
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

Leading officials Of Spain declare
that their government will either
fight the United States or have to
subdue rebellion at home. They
will probably prefer to fight a
civilized nation. 7
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

In an address before the Educa.
tional convention at St. Cloud on
Thursday, A. w. Rankin, state
inspector of graded schools. said
that four-fifths Of the pupils OF
the high schools Of the state are
girls. "
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

Frank Long has received well
drill from R. r. Howell & Co., OF
Minneapolis, and will be prepared In
a short time, to drill and dig wells
and do all kinds OF work ia that line
He will also handle wind mills, and
will furnish and put them up on
short notice. IA .4ll f.S
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

w Both the women and the
.~.. tmen have changed radically since
those days. The modern man does not
admire the fainting woman, neither does he
marry her.jSIf BY chance he does. he 10
only man, and lives to regret i; There y
Ing woman. General bodily weakness and
nervousness in women are due to weaknese
or disease of the delicate, special organs Of
the sex. Dr.. Pierce's FavoTite Prescription
IL scientific and unfailing remedy for all
disorders Of this Description. II imparts
health and strength to the sensitive and
susceptible organs upon which u woman'e
general health 10 largely dependent. It
quiets and tones up the nerves. reatofes the
!igor Of youth. rounds out the emaciated
form, imparts the glow of health - The
complexion and transforms weak, sickly,
nervous invalids Into new, healthy, happy
women. It fits for wifehood and mother
hood, ~ H$E If 4. sss354 &SS)iEf S'fAT 81
words fall to describe my suffering before
using Dr.. Pieces Favorite Prescrip tion" writes
Mrs: sellie Key, Of Tannpicc. Granger Co.. Tenn.
Il had Inflammation. irritation and geoea1e
biy At Ri times. Myfset and limbs were cold. /
I'D palpitation offthe heart, and my back woe
snNeak that could not turn myself - bed
werevay hadiy adsdedsS ! hsd 6eeaS dsw..ix
monthi. Il tosld mot Sleep igtt q day and hid
y1a 9R g, sGRs ~ as:sdnd So Ts o ss1e
walk q mile and do al my own houeeWoek.8 !
Seen ,a ior ID Tsae9ite i prescllptsca. 81
Send to Dr.. R.sv. Pierce, Buffalo, N. r,
for free copy Of the Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser" For paper-cover-
ed COPY enclose ii one. cent stamps to cover
mailing only. Cloth.b bound, II stamps.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12
A. Hau,ivalsus.

The young composer Z. . overwhelmed
with debts ~ = r 80 !
4 ''Sir,," said bis housekespsr, 1.-THE coal
man has been here again for his bill. {"
x. IN despair hands her over bis Lass
score that he has just finished and Gays: I
''I've burned bis coal. Let him burn my
seore; then ven b quiasi''-Fisaro. n I
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12
If war doss come, it will not be-
! disadvantage for the goyernm1le'nrt'
to have enough ammunition on
hand for Z few naval battles.

A. r. Kiefer has been nominated
for mayor by the Republicans OF
St. Paul, and the Pioneer Press
threatens to prepare war mes
sage. i. ,-- ~.... ,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

A Minneapolis police officer shot
a man, who when approached by
the officer started to run, and did
not stop when ordered to. The
man died from the effects Of his
wound. ....- ...
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

About fitty-nve million feet Of
lumber has been cut during the past
winter on the White Earth, Leech
lake and Winnibigoshish Indian res
ervatiOns. .,&
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

There ia little rebellion In Porto
Rico against Spanish authority.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

The two banks at Grand Rapids
have consolidated under the name Of
the Lumbermen's hank. ~ I
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

Five thousand carpenters in Chi.
cago went out ON q strike ON Mon
day. 'sS' W. i!
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12
1rom Fridays Daily. rgs. gp@ 81.
IS LACKING IN JUDGMENT
officer Heroux Shows His
UnfItness by Abusing :
Boy Last Night. y

city has one OF it's police officers
80 clearly shown his untitnessI .iOr
the position as has Officer Heroux.
Last night he placed himself In a
ridiculous position by arresting and
putting In Jail Louis Wright, q lad
about Is years Of age, who, he claims,
was creating q disturbance In the
Salvation Army meeting. He may
seek to justify himself by stating
that he only put the boy In Jail to
scare him, and II such was the case
his action would have been com.
mendable, but how can he, justify
himself for the brutal act of striking
the hoy. who is very small tor bis
age. on the head with his hand? aIt
10 very evident, however, that he in
tended keeping the boy in jail all
night. for be was not released until
his relatives appealed to Chief sof
Police Lauerman. a4S hi
HerOux seems to have faculty
for getting into trouble over small
affairs that any other officer would
have smOOthed over and the public
would have known nothing about.
A month ago his friends would no
doubt have said that this criticism
was for political reasons, but 1T can
not now be so stated. for his action of
last night has been loudly denounced
By many who voted at the last; cleo
ton to retain him ON the force. "a
1t ia claimed by the relatives. OF
young Wright that recently. son OF
the officer and the Wright boy had a
fight in which the latter got decided
~ the best Of it, and that his rough
usage Of the boy was due to spite
over this affair.
This 10 not the first time that He
roux has been charged with using
his authority az an officer to satisfy
a personal grievance. and II be had
not otherwise demonstrated his lack
of judgment and unfitness for the
position. this fact alone lis sufficient
cause for his removal from the force.
The talk Of the West side depot is
being revived q little stronger than
usual. 1t is true that right-oi-way
is being secured from the river just
below and nearly opposite the paper
mill to the main track two miles be-
low town. The right-oi-way is be-
ing secured In the name of the Little
Falls & Southern Railroad company,
which owns the tracks on the West
side. 49,. - -. e s.>g:le
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

Two hundred Americans left
Havana on Thursday. &
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-12

-Boise, Idaho, elected Miss Parker
az mayor. HI ttS$
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-05
OFF
HIGH HORSE

Cavite. July 30.--via Hong Kong, Aug.
SIT is believed that the course that Is
being followed by Gen. Merritt, the
commander of the American military
forces here, will avert the threatened
trouble with the insurgents. He is taxi
ing a very firm attitude toward the in
surgents, with the result that there Is a
very material change in the situation.
Aguinaldo, the insurgept leader, Is
dismounting from his high horse. and
instead OF acting, as he did for time,
as though ne was master OF the situa-
tion, is now adopting far more con-
ciliatory attitude. He does not talk In
such a grandiose maner OF what the
Filipinos intend TO do when Manila has
fallen. on the contrary, he has asked
permission OF Gen. Merritt TO march
his troops through the city after the
Americans have captured IL.
He has also suggested to Gen. Mer-
ritt the formation of native regiments
10 be commanded by American officers.
IL is very evident that "a great light has
dawned on Aguinaido and that he real
ICES the futility OF opposing the wishes
~ tho Americans