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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18

I Trade in the local lumber market
lis rapidly assuming a volume that
is out of proportion TO- the expec-'
tations of the wholesalers. They
looked for a good demand for lum'
Der as soon as business was fairly
started, but they did not look for
SO heavy ? call 50 early in the
spring. January and February
were larger from standpoint OF
of volume of shipments than any
two corr spending months on re.
cord. and while it is hardly ex'
lpccted that the whole year will
keep up the rate at hich trade
has started, it is expected that
there will be q good demand until
the country freezes up for another
winter Minneapolis Lumberman'
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18

H. Senator Keller's beet sugar fac.
tory now seems to be a certainty.
The Esterly harvester $yorks at
Minneapolis have been purchased,
and a contract made to have the
machinery in place and the factory
running Oct. I. The capacity
will be $50 tons a day.. The pro-
moters are now endeavoring to
get farmers to grow beets. They
otter to make contracts to pay - q
ton. y,,-,e
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18
JUDGE MORRIS SPEECH.
Th o WASHINGTON Post Of March

~ ) F.. lra 4
J" The Washington Post Of March
IL, III its report of the debate in
THE house on the 10th on the free
homesteads bill. speaks of Con.
gresham Morris and his able
effort in behalf of free homes as
follows: .. q"
Representative Morris, Of Min.
nesota, who succeeded G. A.
Towne, antagonized the PROPOSE.
.,tion Of Mr.. Lacey in very able
speech, referring to the fact that a
bill embracing all the reservations
in this amendment had twice
pas sed the sepate. ''Inthe last con.
gress, !" said he, ''the bill came
back here and died on the speakers
table because the chairman Of the
Public Lands committee (Lacey)
then drew this illogical distinction
regarding trust lands and because,
perhaps, the speaker of the house
opposed the bill" l.'.@' y '..'-
In the course of his speech, Re-
preventative Morris dwelt a great
deal upon the plank in the Re.
publican platform, pledging the
party to free homes. His ma inner
. was dramatic, but he attracted a
large audience on both sides Of the
! chamber, all giving close attsn.
ton. Representative Morris is a
slender man, with q striking face,
( topped by . heavy crop OF black
hair. He speaks deliberately but
forcibly, being given to ford de.
scriptions. As type he does not
belle his Virginia birth and rear.
ing. Hisspeech was undoubtedly
zone of the best Of the week, and
that is saying q good deal when
one counts in the burst Of elo.
#quence that attended the passage
of'the appropriation bill for the
national defenses. When he
finished, Mr.. Morris was warmly
congratulated by members Of the
Minnesota delegation. and by Re.
pres ntatives Otsy, Of Virginia;
Hartman, Of Montana; Mcguire,
Sof California; Champ Clark, Of
Nilsson Lewis, Of wv Washington,
and others. On account Of the
side Of the question that he took,
the Democrats showed more out.
ward enthusiasm than the Re.
publicans.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18

Minneapolis Lumberlnan: w. E.
Penfield, who has for several years
represented the Pine Tree Lumber
company in central Iowa, was IN
Minneapolis over SUNDAY and here
after will be seen In Minneapolis
probably abont once q month. This
year Mr.. Penf1eld makes northern
Iowa and southern Minnesota, In
Guiding the Twin Cities. The Pine
Tree Lumber company ts represent 81
In southern Iowa and northern
Missouri ny Geo. r. sAnthes. ". B..
Meads, formerly ajobber IN Kansas
city Ia now represent ting the PiLe
Tree Lumber company In eastern
Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri
river territory. making hts head
quarters at Kansas City. An
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18

Gov. Pingree is trying to break
up the pass custom in Michigan,
ard in his call for an extra session
Of the state legislature urges al
members and officials in the pub.
lie service to pay their railroad
fare. He slso opposes the accept,
snce Of reduced fare under any cir.
cumstance. 1850 s#
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18
q ls FFE'9,I n a vi : n e . = = . =
Il AsPleaeant Feature

ID the dining and cafe car service, serving
2 la 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 ticke tagent-
can tell you about other pleasant features
on the Wisconsin Central. as
Jas. C. Pond, Gen. Pass. Agt., Milwaukee,,
Wis.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18

Attend the day and evening see-
siOna at the business COlledge. Win
ter term commences Nov. ] Special
advantages win be obtained by
those commencing promptly at be-
ginning Of this term. For further
information call at business college
ONCE, Rhodes block or address
w. HI. DINNEY, Prin.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18

Reports that have come In this
week from the northern part Ut
Minnesota are to the effect that log:
ging operations will have to he
practically suspended unless there il
an immediate charge to cold
weather. The warm davs Of the
latter part Of last and the first OF
this week not only melted the snow
but have ruined the ice roads, and q
number Of camps have bsen aban.
tiOned .-Minneapolis Lumberman. T
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18

Lumber shipments from Mime
apolis have been IS heavy for the
last few weeks that the railroads
have not been able to furnish
enough cars for PROMPT shipment.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18
Against Mile Laos Settlers.

.@~ The Indian commissioner today
completed his report on the bill in
PRODUCED by Representative Morris,
allo wing settlers on the Mile Laos
reservation patents for their lands.
The report 10 adverse and ;is based
ON the ground that allo wing settlers
patents for these lands would be q
viOlationof law and treaty stipuln-
tions and would be a, hardship to
the Indians. The commissioners to-
day sent the report to the secretary
of the interior for approval. The
land commissioners recently prepared
a favorable report on this bill and
suggested the advisability Of the re-
m0val of the Indians to White Earth.
It il not known Whist action will be
taken by the secretarv.- Washing
ton correspondent 81 Pioneer Press.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18

st. Paul Dry GOOdsstOre
! Turner Dry Goods Co.
A. Tanner. 4 sas. sSa /, I.
Michand 70. 33t ts,5
Nelson & Swa nsOn
N. +. stanton. 3sf.
M. y, Kennedy. q
Bell Clothing Co. l
F. H. SchleuSener.
A. Heron. s.
p. w. Blake.
p. j. Gross. Il. N
ID. j. Villa E,s. Il
Mrs. r. =. H)sch
E. Belts.
M. IL. Gravel.
i. W. Palmer. g tTsh3sAfaU !;
C. w. WOOdwOrth. "a
Ellentecker & GOuiet.
VIM. O'Sllea. .rs,.
r. Nj. Medved. X
Hail & Co.
j. H. Williams. i, .f.3
Richard Bros.
F. ShOpera. .-.s...
s, s. Vasaly. :. .s!s
p. J.. Tomelty. ..g...,5
. J.. w. Ber.<. sa.4s
M. Maurin. sS
-
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18
WILL CLOSE AT EIGHT.
Agreement Of Business Firms
for Early Closing OF the
Stores.

We. the undprs gned merchants Of
Little Falls do hereby agree to close
our respective stores at eight (S).
O'Clock evenings all the year around
excepting Wednesdays and Satnr-
daya. Sf &7$@$Ftsfa Z W. y.e ttaS Nh
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18

~ ~ n 49, 49, ~, Z. .YNT lS...1
IL VeSy Psl''ss''s ~ ~ uSlvl' B n"
f1eioossnk -. = '"e 80 'n' ues"
from Wua' c'uu Is .'".ne''
y appears !" r''"'' Wi ~ = I" " ' -"
one en:' was ot ~ 'epa''e" :.
Inc "hrei W WIS sery h lti ai'p \
over "n'c" ''e'. 49, u''"."s' a"'
III some manner lsu I s''pI't'u lai''ns
'etween .ne NJ J" y l'e'e'~' n .""k
one o' h ~ leRa aug ~ ls'ru = 81
tnre" = ~ ~ ~ ~! ''' = !. ~" !, w -
was alSo ~ severely ss1pu.: ~ 'e"
~" 800 =
SIX s'''ces - ~. '. wv 80 : .
i'op'r's "tsa nv " e'''i'' f"''. g"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18

Z, "A span of the Chicago & North
western draw bridge arross the Mis-
sissippi at Winona collapsed Monday.
Fortunately no train was on the
bridge at the time.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18

Floods In the province OF On.
tairo. Canada, have made l,5tN peo-
Pile homeless.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18
SPAlN'3 CULPABlLiTY FOR
CUBAN STARVATION.

SPAlN'S CULPABILjTY FOH
\. CUBAN STARVATION.
To give q mere exact idea Of the
fearful mortality amongst the PEG.
pie in the fortified towns, ! NAV
quote the statistics for the city OF
Santa Clara, with . population Of
IA, 900 inhabitants. For the six
years from 1890 to 1895 the total
number Of deaths was 4O72, Or at
the rate Of 67S annually; in 1897,
when the concentration order was
in force, the total number OF
deaths was 6,9S1. Santa Cara IS
a fair example Of what has hap.
pened in other towns which have
been made centers for the country
people. Amongst the 300, 900 des-
titute persons stillleft alive out Of
the coo, 900 originally driven IN
from the cou ntry the rate Of NOR
tality is quite as great now as 1t
was last year when the concentra.
ton order was in full force.
. In the face of this national ca
lanlity, the government has taken
no steps to provide relief. Any
thing that has been done to allevi'.
ate the distress has been the effort
of private charity, or IS the result
of the appeal made by Secretary
Sherman to the people of the
United States to give aid to the.
starving thousands Iii Cuba. But
private charity, together with the
assis lance sent from the United
States in consequence Of M. Sher.
mans appeal, is quite inadequate
to cope with the present situation.
The government is perfectly aware
Of the true state Of affairs, apd yet
makes no pretence Of helping.
The excuse that is gwen for this
attitude is the want of funds to
carry out relief work; but a gov.
ernment of any country is never
blind to the fact that when a
famine occurs it's first duty is to
endeayor to mitigate the evil at
anJ cost. '.. d.
The plea of lack of funds does.
not absolve the government from
the responsibility confronting the
question of help for the destitute
population of Cuba. A govern.
ment that can. spend 500, DOC, 900.
d year. for the 3 maintenance of
armed forces in this island is
hardly in position to plead pow
erty as an excuse not to organ ze
relief for the hundreds Of thous-.
and of people dying Of want in
consequence Of the direct acts Of
that government, and whose only
fault is that they happen to be
Spanish subjects. The government
III Madrid and the colonial govern
ment III Havana are equally culpa'
bic in this matter, and deserving
of the most severe censure for
their conduct. z.@s ~s<&
There is also another question
involved IN this unfortunate state
Of STAIRS. It is this: Private
charity will soon be exhausted in
Cuba as = means Of providing aid
to these poor people, and the sole
channel of relief will be the fund
raised in the United States in re-
Spouse to the appeal made by Sec.
rotary Sherman. It is hardly
possible to expect sufficient resour.
ces from this quarter to sustain
300, 900 people for an indefinite
length Of time, And yet if assist:
ance from the United States fails
them, tile great majority Of these
800, 900 destitute human beings
must die Of starvation in thecourse
of the next six or eight months
G. E. Akers, in Harper's Weekly.
=, d l5sls- Y - = = NJ 4 s..Es. -
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18
Barney Burton,

As will lie seen by the above, the
effort to have the business men Ut
the city close their establishments at
an ca rlier hour has been successful.
We>think It ia certainly u wise move
ment. It VIII give a large numter
of people some leisure at the close OF
the day. and will work hardship on
no one. 1t was hoped at first 10
make the hour. of closing instead Of
s o'clock, but it was not found pos
sible to do so. The working hours
OF those employed in stores are long
er than those in nearly every kind
OF employment, and under the new
agreement they are longer than the
hours of work in similar establish
ments in the larger cities: where or
ganized labor has been able to- OBJ
tain even earlier closing hours. IL is
to he hoped that every firm signing
this agreement will live strictly up
to it. that no cause for complaint
be given, or no excuse for its
abrOgatiOn found. lt ), .sflyas$t
When your stomach begins to-
trouble you. 1t needs help. The help
1t needs. ID to digest your food and,
until 1t gets it,syou won't have apy
peace. Stomach trouble is very dis
tressing. very obstinate. very dan
gerous. Many Of the most dangerous
diseases begin with simple tndiges-
ton. The reason ia that indigestion
mot Digestion, not nourishnent)
weakens the system and allows dis
ease germs til attack 1t. The anti
dote is Shaker Digestive Cordial.
strengthening, nourishing. curative.
It cures indigestion and renews
strength and health. It does this by
strengthening the stomach, BY help
ing 1t to diRe+t your food. It nour-
ishes you. shaker Digestive Cordial
is made of pure herbs, plants ana
wine, Is perfectly harmless and will
certainly cure all genuine stomach
trouble. Sold bv druggists. price 10
cents to 81 90 per bottle. t. i#
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18

The papers stall promise an early
report about thesMaine disaster.
The board ofinqp'ry has apparent
Nv finished it's work.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18
Br azil Has abolished the freight
discrimination against American
-four and other products.' ,s,
\; Grover Clev Gland urges that the
administration have the support
of all citizens at this time.

The libel suit Of State Auditor
Dunn against Editer Paradis, Of
st. Paul, is now Oh trial in the St.
Paul court. @. E#t
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18

\ A BALCONIES expedition under tho
charge 81 two French aeronapts
will soon leave for 4 Journey to the
north pole IN search of Andree.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18

Letter sold 2.OO0.OOO bushels Of
wheat Saturday. 81
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18

st. Cloud JOurnal-Press: Effective
today a new law. firm Is numbered
among St. ClUud' g large list of legal
gentlemen. The firm IL Taylor &
Jerks. and is composed Of Myron D..
Taylor. the present city attorney
and jams L. jerks. a young man
recently admitted to the bar Of this
state. or some weeks 1t has been
known among the friends OF the
glntlemen that a firm was among
the proba bilities but the announce
ment Of it alton was only made
yesterday. The new firm will have
it's Offices in MIR. Tavlor's quartersin
the Mcclure block for the present, or
until Mr. Taylor becomes register ol
the United States land Office next
August. ~ ~ . Tn& rs5G% ~ ,'3s
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-18

Minneapolis Lnmberman: The
large new offices of Weyerhaeuser &
company and the Coast Lumber
company In st. Paul are being put
in order for business. and when com
pleted, these companies viii! have; a
suite of Office rooms that will be
very .cOmmodiOuso and complete.
The companies directly interested III
the Coast Lumber company, are
Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann. Rock
Island; the Northwestern Lumber
company of Eau Claire; the Musser
Lumber: company, Of Muscatine: the
Laird, Norton company, Of Winona.
and through these companies and
their members most Of the Weyer-
'haeuser companies are interested ii:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-22

mistakes. I am not the first one to
make them.
Q.-Mrs. Collins, did John have his
diamond at the time of the inquest?
Al don't know.
Q.-Do you know whether he has it
now?
Al do not
County Attorney Jetmore exhibited a
diamond stud which Mrs Collins iden-
titled as being Johns S. She also 1denti-
fled Johns watch and chain. 1t is a
gold hunting case watch with his name
engraved in it.
Q.-Do you remember about a re-
volver being found on the day of the
murder?
Ayes.
Q.-Where was it?
Am a. clothes press closet upstairs.
Q.-What room did he occupy?
A.-The one on the north side, back.
Q.-How many times did John sleep
in the front room?
Att would be hard to count.
Q.-Why was John sleeping in there
A.-Because my son and his VIE
0.-Where did Mr. Collins keep his
gun?
Am the closet.
Q.-Where did he keep the shells?
A-Some in his hunting jacket, and
some in the Closet.
Odd he usually keep it in can
vas case?
Ayes.
Q.-Have you seen the case since the
murder?
A-No.
Odd you look for it?
A.-No, l gave that to others.
Cross-examination by Attorney God
ard:
O.-When you made this statement
70 Chief Steele YOU did it rather with
out any thought as to whether John
was guilty or not?
Al never for one moment thought
John guilty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-22
TROOPS FOR SKATER.
Movement of Reinforcement Be-
gins Today From Falls
Church.

Washington, June 22.-The forwarding
of reinforcements to Gen. Shafter at
Santiago de Cuba has begun and at
o'clock this morning, the first body of
troops left Camp AIger for Newport
News. there to take transports for Gu
ba. This was in accordance with or
ders issued by. Major General Miles last
night, directing the movement to begin
today. The order was to Major General
Graham, commanding the second army
corps camped at Falls Church and is as
follows: with the approval of the
secretary of war you will detail Brig.
Gen. Duffield and one regiment and one
battalion of another regiment of his
command to proceed by rail to Newport
News, Va, with ten days travel rations.
On his arrival at Newport News, Gen.
Duff1eld will go on board one of the
auxiliary cruisers now awaiting to
transport his command to Santiago,
Cuba. Upon arrival at that place. they
will be reported to Major General SHAFT
ter, commanding the United States for
ces there The troops will carry COM
plete camp equipments and full sup
plies of ammunition for field service.
1t is understood not to exceed six horses
can be taken on board the ship.
(Signed) N. A. MILES,
Major General, Commanding.
Other orders in execution of the gem
eral plan of sending reinforcements will
follow. This first movement is confined
to one regiment and one battalion, as
it was found necessary to divide Gen.
Dufheld's command in order to meet
the accommodation of the transports
Harvard and Yale. the facilities of one
being considerably greater than the
other.
The Twenty-third and one battalion
of the Thirty-fourth Michigan were Sc
lected to go first, comprising 1850 men
and So officers. 1t is expected that the
Harvard will be the ship first ordered.
The remaining regiments and battal-
ions of Gen. Duffield'S command will
leave on Saturday next, taking the
Yale. The entire expedition will then
proceed under command of Gen. Duff
field, whose brigade consists of the
Ninth Massachusetts, the Twenty-third
and Thirty-fourth Michigan and the
Third Virginia regiments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-22
THREE GREAT CREWS.
Harvard, Yale and Cornell Oars
men Contest Today.

New London, Conn, June 22.-The
young oarsmen who are to battle for
college supremacy the Thames to-
day. the students and graduates who
came to cheer them on in the fight and
hundreds of camp followers of Harv-
ard. Yale and Cornell could find but
little fault with the weather conditions
as they looked over the river, or out in
to the sound early this morning.
A cool invigorating breeze swept
down the Thames from the northward
with not too much force to it and in the
forenoon hours gave every indication OF
subsiding materially before race time.
The prestige of a winning crew made
Cornell to 1 shot in the eyes of the
sporting fraternity while bets on the
Ithacans against the field also COM
manded better than even money. There
was, however, considerable Harvard
and Yale money about today when the
latest gossip from the crews came down
the river and by noon college loy&-ty
had overcome caution, as it always does
and the Cornell hackers began to lind
more use for their money.
At noon there was something like
even money on the IuhacanS- Just what
started UP this confidence in Yale and
Haryard's ability to get at Cornell was
not apparent The crews yesterday
showed but little improvement over the
previous days and Cornells crew had
seemingly kept up the same pace which
they had set upon their advent on the
Thames.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-22

a present for you" He handed me the
diamond stud. L took it and looked at
it and asked him: ''IS this diamond?"
He said Yes" I carried it around for
several days until Spencer, a friend of
mine pawned it for me at PASSIONS S.
John asked me if he could meet Jor-
dan at my house that night. 1 said all
right. Then John went away and L
showed the stud to Cornelius Carter.
That evening Tom Griffith and 1 went
to the 9:1S train and met johnson Jor-
dan and Joe Johnson. Joe Johnson and
I went uptown to the Eldridge House
and I told John Collins that Johnson
Jordan was there We went on down
and John followed US. He went into
the back room at my house and talked
with Jordan.
Q.-How long did he talk in there?
ACUTE awhile. When he came out
John said to me, Il guess can trust
this fellow" Jordan said to me, ''I can
trust him, too Then Jordan said,
John will be down tomorrow morning
and give you $75." John left the house
and l walked to the north end of the
bridge and left him. The next morning
Collins came down little late and he
gave me the SIS. When l went over
the river gave Jordan the money and
he gave me $35 of it.
Q.-What did you do after that?
Al went uptown and bought me a
pair of pants, and coat and vest and
a hat.
Q.-When did you see Collins again?
"A day or two later.
Q.-When next did you see John Col
Inns?
A.-Three or four days afterward.
Q.-Where?
AIT my house.
Q-When?
Am the morning
Q--What did he come down for that
time?
A.-Asl1ed me if I had heard from
Johnson Jordan. He wanted to know
Jordan's number. 1 told him 1 would
try to get it for him.
Q.-How many times was John at
your house?
A.-Almost every day from April 26
to May IL.
I went up to Topeka and saw John
son Jordan and he said: What do
you think that guy wanted me to do
for him?" I asked him what. He said:
He wanted me to kill a man.
When 1 got back 1 saw John and he
asked me if I had seen Jordan. 1 said
a man, didn't you?'' He sort of laugh
ed and said: Keep your mouth closed"
Q.-When did you see John again?
Ale came to my house Sunday.
Q.-What Sunday was this, the one
before the murder?
Ayes. He came down and told me
that he had been out on a little wine or
champagne supper the night before and
was short. He gave me revolver and
asked me to get $1.50 on it as he wanted
to go to Topeka and said he couldn't
for $3.50 and gave it to him, and the
pawn check.
The state completed the direct ex-
animation of Harper at 11:55 o'clock
and an adjournment was taken to 2
o'clock.