Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-12-23
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Secretary of Interior Bliss Will reaig 9
Major General Brooke has been ~
pointed military governor IS Cuba
ss The province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba,
IS now under the Stars and Stripes.
Four American war .vesse Is have been
ordered to Havana to prevent further ,,
rioting. f.s ssz
The Northern Pacific executive com
mittee has recommended 9 I per cent
dividend. 81 1s5 s. 5553.
Sir William Vernon Harc,ooulrtt Has
resigned the leadership Of the English
Liberal party. ,::.5:. d: 5, .s !.
President NICK inley has issued proc1a-
nations regarding the collection Of Gus
toms in Cuba and Porto Rico. =. NIL
Gideon w. Marsh, president, of the.
looted Keystone bank, Philadelphia, has
been sentenced to a fine and impr1son-
ment of 10 years and 3 months. H. rs
v The president has left Washington
for Atlanta, Ga.,. to attend the peace
jubilee celebration there. Generals
Wheeler and Lawton and several mem
beers Of the cabinet accompany him.
,~Ti: Thursday, Dec.k16 i~4,:e& ed Sss>>
The Ohio river is frozen over at
Wheeling and Petersburg and navigac
ton has been suspended for all upper
river points. , - , >. .-
The house naval affairs committee has
ordered a favorable report upon the bill
to create the rank of admiral and vice
admiral in the navy. =
Mayor Graham Of Lincoln, Neb., has
been acquitted in the district court on
the charge Of bribery following an in
dictment by the grand jury.
A bill increasing the pension of Flea
zir Smith of New Hampshire, who is
over 100 years old, and one of the three
survivors of the war of 1912, to. $50 a
month, passed the senate.
Frank Moran, one of the most widely
known minstrels in this country, died at
the German hospital in Philadelphia,
aged 73 years. He was one of the foun-
ders Of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks.
Friday, Dec. 10.
Ex-senator Calvin S. Brice is dead.
He was i'll only week.
Judge I. E. Waite, chief justice of the
Oregon supreme court from 1859 to 1862,
is dead, aged IS. .
Mrs. R. J. Bright, wife of Colonel
Bright, sergeant alarms of the United
States senate, is dead.
The executive council of the national
council of the G. A. r. has appointed
Sept. IL to "a for tho encampment at
Philadelphia. 7
The Illinois State Grange has adopted
resolutions advocating the state furnish
ing free text books to public schools, the
books to be made by convict labor. !
The Wabash has given formal Motif
cation to the Western Passenger associ-
alton of its intention to withdraw from
that organization on the 10Th of next
month. / /.
Saturday, Dec. ~. j; f., FL Il
Street-lighting companies will COM
bine. = y, : ~: -" :: :.
7 The tin plate trust has been incorpor-
ated.
Hawaii is to be made customs dis
trict, with three SUPPORTS Of entry.
The national board of trade pro.
nounced against postal savings banks.
The pension bill, carrying $145, $685.
$50 passed the house without debate in
20 minutes.
Havana is excited over the report that
the Americans will depreciate Spanish
gold and silver.
The president attended the Atlanta
peace jubilee and made two speeches.
For one he received the thanks of the
Georgia legislature.
The committee which has been inves-
tigating Lower Mississippi floods says
good levees are the only solution of the
problem. The. work would cost $lS,-
100000 to $20,000,000.
Monday, Dec. ID.
Senator Davis is confident, that the
senate will ratify the peace treaty.
Clement Scott, the noted London
dramatic critic, will lectur re in the
United States.
The steamer Werra, which sailed from
Havana on Dec. 6with about 1000 Span
ish soldiers, has arrived at Malaga,
Spain.
According to a Boston paper Professor
! Charles Eliot Norton has accepted the
''expansion policy O. inevitable and ex-
pressed confidence in our s. ccess as a
colonial power, after makingfome blum.
ders and paying for them"
Henry A. Chaplin, the muiti-million-
aire mine owner, and richest man in
Michigan, died during the nj gilt at his
home in Niles, Mich He wab sc years
old, and his wealth was estimated at
from SIC, 900, 900 to $50, 100000. n