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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-03-11
General Debility
and Loss OF Flesh

SCOTS Emulsion has been the
standard remedy for nearly a
quarter Of a century. Physicians
readily admit that they obtain re-
su1ts from it that they cannot &c,
from any other flesh-forminx food,
There are many other prepare.
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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-03-11
Motley.

March S.-The following are the re-
ports OF the Motley school for the month
ending March 4:
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-03-11
Huff.

March S.-H. Oby had a severe a ttack
of grippe last week, but is able to be
out again.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-03-11

March 8.-Rich. Gorst has bought HIM
a fine horse. He willnejther borrow nor
1ond
The times., 1898-02-17
The Kansas Pacific Scandal.

The record OF the months national
notifications would not have been
complete without the Kansas Pacific
accomplish any good in saving to the
Treasury a matter of 81 1000, 600. which
the Executive authorities have donated
to the Union Pacific reorganization
committee. and whomever that organi-
zation has 10 divide with, but it was
still desirable that the matter should
be thoroughly ventilated for the in
struction Of the country. The details Of
the transaction have been so often
given in these columns that we need
discuss them again but briefly.
The Government claim on the Kansas
Pacific division amounted to So 901, 273
OF this sum s6,27T, 166 was principal, and
S6,624 10I interest After the sale Of the
Union Pacific main line. at which time
that of the Kansas Pacific division was
postponed. and again postponed to Feb
ruary 16, the reorganization committee
at first proposed to bid for the latter
only 81 500, 600. But it became evident
that there would be Congressional ac-
ton in bar of such deal, and a short
time ago it was announced from the
Attorney Generals office that higher
price had been offered, namely. the
principal and one-half of the accrued
interest This, however it was said,
was not satisfactory to the Government,
which would either again have the sale
postponed, or. if the reorganization
committee should not offer the full
amount of the national claim. would
pay off the first mortgage lien, which
was ahead of the national one. and
bid in the property.
On this understanding Congressional
action was averted. A few days be-
fore the date of the sale, the Hon
The times., 1898-02-17

George Hoadly, representing the Gov
ernment, went TO st. Louis, where he
met the attorneys and representatives
of the reorganization committee. On
that occasion he arranged with them to
accept the bare principal of the public
claim, and to sacrifice the whole inter
est. The extreme obnoxiousness of this
transaction has been thoroughly ex-
posed by Senator Harris.
Apologists for the Administration
have been saying. since the unpleasant
facts became known, that, as long as
the Treasury received the face value
of the subsidy bonds, which it origin
ally. turned over to the company, it
could well afford to forgive the interest.
Possibly that might be a tenable posi-
ton If it were TRUE that the accrued
interest in this case was interest due
the Government from time to time. and
unpaid. That is not the fact. This in
terest item, amounting to $6,624. .l07, rep
resents money actually paid out of the
Treasury to holders of the Government
Kansas Pacific subsidy bonds, for in
terest which the company defaulted.
Consequently it became part of the
principal And yet this great sum is
presented to Wall street syndicate
and it's hidden coparceners, as a free
gift.
Senator Harris has demonstrated
that the Kansas Pacific division for
twenty years has earned 4 per cent
upon a Capitalization of $50 600 000 and
is worth every dollar of it. BY paying
off the first mortgage, of s6.S02. 600. the
Government could have taken the prop
erty at an outside cost of $l9,204, 273,
and made a handsome profit AS it is,
the American people are paid of at
As cents on the dollar. while the first
mortgage bondholders get 125 and hold
ers of the third mortgage receive lis.
How long, o. Lord. how long," will
it be before this Administration shall
get through liquidating its campaign
debts?
The times., 1898-02-17
The Tim es, News.


The Times yesterday scored a jour-
nalistic triumph which will not soon be
forgotten. 1t was the only newspaper
east Of the Allegheny Mountains which
of the destruction of the Maine. Not
another Journal published either in
New York, Philadelphia. or Baltimore,
had this news. Its city edition, issued
an hour later, treated the facts in de-
tail, which later on went to make up
the spurious extra editions of several
more CT less esteemed contemporaries
printed in Washington and elsewhere.
Til first extra edition of The Evening
Times. put forth at ll:45 a. m. con-
tanned Information giving the first clear
idea Of the Spanish treachery Of which
the Maine was the victim, and fixed
the guilt where it properly belonged.
In its regular evening edition, The
Times published not only a full list of
the survivors Of the catastrophe, but
Capt. Sigsbec's cipher report to the
Navy Department. in which he stated
that the Maine had been destroyed by
means Of n Spanish torpedo.
Ii was n great day for the one Wash
ington paper which rejoices in the fact
that it is not a member of the Chicago
Associated Press.
The times., 1898-02-17
Now Let Us Apologize.

In his grief over The appalling list
of dead on The battleship Maine, we
sincerely trust that Mr.. Mckinley. viii
not forget his duty to the living, His
ally. Spain, still survives the shock and
is able to bear it with Christian for
titude. Nevertheless, he should not
lose = minute in providing Gen. Wood
ford With the instructions and argu-
ments necessary To the submission of a
most humble American apology for the
annoyance which the incident must
have caused the Spanish government.
Aside from the noise and excitement
caused in Havana by the explosion, we
owe il 10 Spain To apologize for the
afront Of having a warship in her prin-
cipai Cuban harboT, capable OF blowing
or Of being blown up. We are strictly
serious in this assertion. Warships are
built at considerable expense for the
purpose Of blowing up other warships.
When we furnish To our anliable ally
such an ohjcc; lesson. as a great battle
craft whose oaly usefulness is to dem
onstrate how easy 1t is for the -tmeri-
can Navy u fai = victim 10 c3releSs-
ness and neglect of duty within. or
The times., 1898-02-17
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IL, 1sss.
The Lesson of the Maine.


The situation with reference to the
massacre Of the crew of the battleshir
Maine demands the patient considera-
ton Of the Administrati ton. and not less
its prompt action.
The American Union contains sev-
enty-three or seventy-four million citi-
Zens OF that number We can safely
say thar not one hundred today be
iievc that the Maine was not destroyed
by oIder Of the Spanish government.
Any effort on the part OF the friends
of the Administration to make the ca
lamty appear otherwise viii fail To
impress the public That an attempt
may be- made to make it SEEM thai
the destruction of the Maine was due
To causes within the ship. is possible
An Administration member Of Congress
yesterday said in the hearing of a
Washington newspaper man. that the
catastrophe must be assigned TO care
lessness. to spontaneous combustion. uy
t. something other than Spanish
uc8cheTy, or the hold Of Speaker Reed
upon the Republicans in the House oi
Representative would be lost forever
This Republican is not man without
patriotic instincts; but he is one who
subordinates his patriotism and man
hood to The interests Of certain corpor-
ations In his district. to which he owes
his nomination and election 10 Congress
and upon which he is dependent for his
living as an attorney.
His position Illustrates one side Of the
question Of the day as 1t concerns thr
honor Of the country. He stands as tn,
exponent of the Administration view.
But there is another view which the
Havana incident brings strongly into
prominence. The American peupl,
have been long suffering and kind 10 an
Administration which has violated ali
American precedents; has sunk the ma
uion in dishonor. and has violated all
of its party pledges in forming an ALI
ance with Spain against the cause of
liberty in Cuba. Now thai il appears
that its diseraceful course has led Ia
such hagrant affront. outrage and
horror. as we have good cause to be
lieyc is involved in the destruction OF
the Maine. while lying peaceably in the
harbor of Havana, it must be said that
American patience has reached its
limit.
We have had the best reason to think
that the Administration OF Mr.. McKin-
ley has acquired a contempt for the
people of this country. Ii has been
demonstrated in many ways. There
may be grounds upon which this Ad-
ministration can base an idea that
the people will stand everything! 1t is
even possible that the interests which
dominate Mr.. Mckinley may think that
the treacEery which sent the Maine and
two hundred and fifty-three American
seanien to the bottom Of the harbor Of
Havana can be overlooked.
But that would be mistake There
is not q hamlet within the boundaries
Of eur union which, this morning. is
rot euraged because Of a suspicion that
our Government is 2, creature OF Spain.
Does Mr.. Mckinley appreciate the
fact that there is a limit to the endur-
ance Of the American people? Does he
not know that the masses. by and by,
may rise in their wrath and take this
question out Of his hands?
IN the history of nations there are,
sometimes. days of wrath,
The times., 1898-02-17
SHALL THEY SINK OR SWIM?
The List of Vessels fu the Anne l.
can Nayv


First Rate.-Iowa. Indiana, MaSsachu-
setts. Oregon, Brooklyn. New York. CO..
Iumbia. Minneapolis. Texas, Puritan and
Olympia.
Second Rate.-Chicago. Baltimore. Phil
adelphia. Monterey Newark. san Fran
cisco. Charleston. Niantonomoh. Ampni-
trite. Monadnock. Terror. Lancaster. Gin
cinnati Raleigh. Boston. Atlanta.
Third Rate.-Hartfore. Katahdiu. a j;lx
Canonicus. Mahopac. Manhattan, Wyan-
dotte. Detroit. Montgomery. Marblehead.
Marion Mohican. Comarche. Catskiil Ja-
son. Lehieh. Montauk. Nah,tur, Nan
tucket. Passaic Bennington. Concord
Yorktown. Dolphin. Wilmington. Helena.
Adams. Alliance, Essex. Enterprise.
Nashville. Monocacy. Thetis. Castfne. Ma
chias. Alert. Ranger. Anna polls. Njcks-
burg, Wheeling. Marietta. Newport.
Fourth RaTe.-VesuviUs. YaDtic. Petrol.
Fern. Bancroft. Michigan. Pintd.
Torpedo Boats. Cushing Ericsson
Foote. Rodgers. Svinsiow. Porter Du
Pont, Rowan. DahlEren. T. y. NJ. Craven,
Farragut. Davis. Fox. Morris. Talbot.
Gwin. Mackenzie. Mckee. S4ringhan.
GoldsbOrOugh. Bailey Stiletia.
Tugs. = Fortune. Iwana. I.eylen, Ms--
keeta Nina. Rocket. SIfHdiSb Naaic,
Triton Wahneta. Unadilla. Samoset.
Sailing Ships.-MonongaheIa, ConstslIt-
tion. Jamestown. Portsmouth, StratoSl,
ct. Marys.
Receiving Ships Franklin Wabash.
Vermont. Independence. Richmond
Under Construction. - KearS1rge Ken
tuckv. Illinois. Alabama. WISCONSIN,
Princeton, Plunger. Tug No. :. Tug No. {,
training ship for naval acadamy.
The times., 1898-02-17
THE BANKRUPTCY DEBATE.
1t Occupies Almost All of Yester-
days Session.

People thronged the galleries of the
House yesterday with the hope of hearing
it discuss ard take some action on the
awful tragedy in Havana harbor 1t
was not until the close of the session
that the matter was referred 10. and then
only by a resolution of sympathy for
the relatives of the dead and of praise
for those who lost their lives in the de
fense of their country.
The proceedings opened tamcly with 4
motion for printing. as a House docu-
ment. the report of the Secretary of Ag-
riculture on the adulteration of American
flour. The motion was agreed 10.
The regular order. Senate bill 1895, 10
establish a uniform system of bankrupt
cy. was then taken up.
The discussion was opened by Mr.. Hen
derson. of Iowa, for the judiciary Com
mittee, who contended that the present
bill covered all the legislation needed on
the general question.
Mr.. Underwood. of Alabama. argued in
the interest of purely voluntary bank
ruptcy BILL He opposed the proposed
measure in vigorous terms.
Mr.. Lanham, of Texas, supported the
bill in long speech. He asserted that
the passage of the bill was dictated by
sound principles. equitable 10 creditor and
debtor alike.
Judge Burke, of Texas, congratulated
the House on the fact that1here was
bill before it absolutely free from politics
and constitutional objections. Ii was the
function of Congress to enact laws both
for creditor and debtor. under both VOL
untary and involuntary bankruptcy.
Mr.. Henry, of Texas. spoke in opposi-
ton. favoring the Nelson bill. He char
acterized the present measure as one
looking to the extension of the power of
the Federal courts. In a digression, the
speaker said that there would be no relief
to the people until the free, unlimited.
American coinage of silver had been re-
stored under the leadership of the intrep-
id Bryan. (Applause.1 Mr. Henry, in
passing. paid his respects to Secretary
Gage and his cohorts"
Mr. McRae. of Arkansas next address,
ed the House. His general line of argu-
ment was that the question of settlement
of bankrupt debts should be remitted tn
the States. He did not think that the
creditor class would ever agree to such -
bill as the present. If the bill went into
effect, giving extraordinary powers to the
Federal courts. in less than q year two
thirds of the merchants of the country
would be declared bankrupt. The pros
perity of the country could not be adj
vanced by passing a, bankrupt law and
when the course of the gold standard and
goldbugism were strewn with CONNER
cial wrecks. He believed in enlargins the
currency. The continuance of such q
course meant the wreck of the republic.
but with the free coinage of silver. In
twenty-five years the people and the
would be free of debt. Cap
plause.)
Mr.. Cochran, of Missouri. said that
there was no need of additional iegis!a-
The times., 1898-02-17

tion 10 collect debts. The dcmsrd for IN
voluntary bankruptcy came. he thought.
from the great cities. He wa
opposed to making Congress q COLLECTION
bureau. to use extraordinary means OF
distress 90 collect debts. The old bank
rIptcy law was used IN that way and ths
present would be used IN the same way.
Mr.. Terry moved 90 adjourn until to-
day at II l. m
Objection WIS made.
Mr. Henderson moved adjournment AZ
D. m. hut Withdrew hi~ motion in order
that several resolutions might b. intro
dueed. one being of sympathy with thos..
who perished in the destruction - the
Maine
A resolution was introduced cstllirs GA
the Secretary Of War 20 explain certain
new specifications in the bids Tor the
Improvement OF San Pedro Harbor. Mr.
Maguire objected. and the resolution
went over until to-day.
A resolution. offered by Mr. GrOsvengr
was passed. requesting the Secretary Of
the Treasury to inform the House con-
cerning alleged frauds In the free zone
in the matter OF trade with Mexico.
After the passage Of some bills Of per-
sonal interest the House adjourned to-
dag until noon
The times., 1898-02-17

Just before leaving on the steamer Bti-
tannic Dupuy de LONE wept and tore
his hair. and declared that the news from
Maine broke his heart. He said that what
Spain wanted was peace and a navy big
ger than that Of America, and that he
could not believe the sad news TO be true.
He averred that next 10 his own country
he loved this one. He ought to- Reed
and Hale have done everything they
could to make him do so. This. however.
does not keep a wicked rumor from cir
cuiating-one that connects his haste to
leave the country with expectation of a
startling event.
The times., 1898-02-17

The Senate yesterday did part OF its
duty 1t practically doubled the House
appropriation for coast defenses. The de-
partment asked for $l3.S7S.51 The House
cut this down two-thirds The Senate has
raised the amount to $685. i9i. This was
we'll: but it would have been better to
have given the fun amount. These are
not the days to paraiyze the military arm
of the nation by Withholding vitally nee
essary aid. The Senate appears TO be
twice as patriotic as the House of Reed.
But that is not enough! Il
The times., 1898-02-17
A Pertinent Question.

All things being equal, and the
Maine an English ship, what do the
American Tories think would happen?
Would twenty-four hours elapse before
an English fleet laid Havana in ruins.
and awaited Spain's demand for an ex-
planation?
In matters of this sort it is sometimes
better to act first and discuss the mat
ter afterwards. If We should adopt
this course we would not only be fol-
lowing England's example as we i'm
agine it. but Spain's example as we
know il
The times., 1898-02-17

1t was because of the distinguished
services in the cause of Spain performed
by those hispaniotic sons of Maine,
Thomas L. Reed and Eugene Hale. that
the battleship bearing the name of their
State was selected to represent the coun-
try in friendly visit to Havana The
theory was that the very title of the big
boat would breathe friendship and self
sacrificing alliance 10 the Spaniards. The
sentiment appears to have worked.
The times., 1898-02-17
Bodies Food for sharks

Havana, Feb. l6.--It IS believed that
the bodies of many Of the American
sailors who were lost in the harbor will
never be recovered.
Cuban waters are infested with sharks
and many were seen in the water this
morning
All possible efforts 10 find the bodies Of
victims before sharks can get them are
being made
The times., 1898-02-17
Capt. Summers Views.

New York, Feb. 16.-Captain Sum-
ner, who is in charge of the Brooklyn
navy yard. said today:
THE Maine could not have been
blown up by an explosion in her mag
azine. 1t is the rule of the Depart
ment to close the magazine at sun
down, and it would not be possible for
the combustibles stored there to have
exploded accidentally.
1T was not an accident"
The times., 1898-02-17

What a joy it must have been to Dupuy
de Lone to sail with knowledge of his
country's great naval victory in Havana
harbor fresh in his mind! 1t is to be
hoped that expectation of the event did
not hasten his preparations for depar-
ture. which really were quite hurried,
when one comes to think about It.
The times., 1898-02-17

The witticism of Sepor Juan du Bose.
although probably justified by the cir
cumstances. is i'll timed and offensive
When he gave il as his theory of the Ha-
vana catastrophe that "a donkey engine
had exploded he made 4 general refiec-
ton on the State Department. and the
Spanish policy of the Administration,
which should be resented as truthful but
insulting.
The times., 1898-02-17

treachery without, We should hasten to
make the amende, and to promise that,
hereafter. We viii once more devote
our sea power TO its proper function
which, of course is that of acting ex-
ciusiIely as police patrol and block
aiding fleet, TO aid Spain in crushing the
spirit and the war Of independence in
fNuIa
The times., 1898-02-17
DE LONE GETS THE NEWS.
Hypocritical1y Deplores 1t and Pro
feSSes Inyc for America

New York. Feb. 16.-Dupuy de LONE
was pale with anxiety when the news
of the explosion was brought to him.
This is dreadful, awful he said.
''I pray God it rs some mistake. No
Spaniard did this. Spaniards desire
peace. There will be no war. There
can be no war. This appalling disas-
ter forces me to declaration that l
love America as 1 do no country save
my oWn.'
The times., 1898-02-17

a last opportunity is-offered to the Re-
publican terrafin of the House of Rep
resentatives. Do they approve of the
Maine massacre. or not2 If they ap-
prove it. will they say so? If they do not,
viii they proceed to avenge it so far as
they can?
The times., 1898-02-17
Nj. AlcKinley,s Way.

(From the Philadelphia Ledger.)
President Mckinley pays little respect
to public opinion or to the fitness of can
didates for public Office. but his stanch
adherence to his policy of allowing Sena-
tors to pay their political debts at the
expense of the public must awaken the
admiration of practical politicians.
The times., 1898-02-17
Too independent to Wait.
lFrom the New York Pressl

tFTO1Ii tflt NtW 1UFK PTGSS.l
y San Francisco man has killed himself
because an airship he had invented
wouldn't fly. If he had kept on trying
his invention would probably have saved
him the trouble.
The times., 1898-02-17
MAIk's Friends.

(From the Birmingham Age Heraldl
Mark Hanna can be depended upon to
do all within his power to aid in the con-
firmation OF Alabama's appointees who
belong 10 the worst clement
The times., 1898-02-17

Had we a true American, or a brave
man in the White House, Cuba would be
an American possession within two
weeks
The times., 1898-02-17
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-12-30

a representative of the Associated Press Is
informed that the new Filipino cabinet A
much stronger. from an insurgent point of
view, than the last. as all the new members
are pledged to insist upon the independence
of the islands, and refuse to Iberate the
Spanish prisoners. 1t Is added that the Fill
pinos will never release these prisoners
while thousands of Filipinos are dying in
the Spanish convict settlements of Fernando
Po, the Ladrones and the Caroline islands -
Mabini, the new president Of the cabinet
and minister of foreign affairs, is described as
notary living in Manila, of Indian descent,
and as of having Spanish blood in his veins.
He is an cd man. partly paraiyzed, said to
be a great patriot and alleged to have always
been councillor OF Aguina,do.
Antonio Luna, the minister of war, was
employed by the last cabinet in the war de-
paTtment. He IS the editor of the Manila
insurgent paper, Independencla; was educated
in Europe, and only lately returned to the
Philippines from Paris.
Rosario, is probably DR.. Thomas Rosario,
who was educated in Spain, and 1t is sup
posed that his post, state deed, means keeper
of the archives.