Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-03-04
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I. NJ. 81 Laborie, counsel for NJ Zola,
made an impre ssive appeal TO the jury
ii the trial Of the novel; sssat Paris.
President Mel inley delivered an adj
dress to the stud Tents Of Pennsylvania
university on Washing Ms birthday.
The premature explosion Of charge.
of dynamite in q stone quarry at Phila.a
delphia killed three Italian workmen.
Railway traffic in Eastern Canada is
demoralized By 9 big snow storm which.
has been raging almost without cessa:
ton for three days.
Members Of the Cuban cabinet are re-
ported secretly negotiating with the
revolutionists with view to the indie.
pendence Of the island. ......
Governor Stephens has appointed
Willis G. Marshall, city councillor Of
St. Louis, to the Missouri supreme
bench, to succeed Justice Mcfarland,
who died recently.
:. Thursday, Feb. "A s.:
Prince Sal Wan Koon, father Of the
emperor OF Korea, is dead. 49, .-s
Simon Lazard, founder of the bank.
ing firm of Lazard Freres, is dead
Four lives were lost by an avalanche
which destroyed two houses at South
Quebec. ...s- i 81 Ill
Thomas D.. Hooper won the amateur
MI cIo0ti,,u 1,o in 1f
America at Garden City, L. l..
F. A. Bartlett OF Fond du Lac was
elected grand patriarch of the Wiscon-
sin encampment. I. O. o. F. Z.
Thirteen students Of Lombard uni
versity at Galesburg, Ills, have been
suspended for participating in class
color fight. Five are seniors.
Martin McCue of New York, and
Jimmy Lawler of San Francisco, fought
an eight round contest before the Re-
lance club at Oakland. At the end of
the eighth round Lawler was practi.
cally whipped. J.
The St. James Gazette is informed
that Mr. Gladstone will shortly undergo
an operation to alleviate the pain
caused by necrosis of the bone from
which, it is alleged, some OF the
specialists say he is suffering.
Friday, Feb. 26.
A hay trust is being formed.
France and England will reach an
amicable understanding as to Africa.
Robert Law, the pioneer coal opera
tor of Illinois, is dead at Chicago, aged
70 years.
General Samuel Beck, adjutant gen.
eral of the army, has been retired on
account of age. His successor is Colonel
Henry T. Corbin.
Mrs. Daniel Manning, widow Of the
former secretary of the treasury, was
elected president general of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution.
The postoffice department has award
ed to P. G. Richardson of Seattle,
WASH, contract for carrying the
mails during the open season of 1898
from Seattle, via St. Michaels, Alaska,
to Circle City.
-, Saturday, Feb. &c. '~." ~
4 There is slight improvement in the
condition of Mrs. William G. Whitney.
The steamer Campania from New
York for Europe took out 621, 900 ounces
of silver.
Gold to the amount of 81, 200, 900 has
meen engaged in Europe for shipment
to the United States.
The controller of the currency has is
sued call for statement Of condition
of national banks Feb. Is. =:
The house judiciary committee has
made favorable report on the Hen
derson bill concerning the jurisdiction
Of United States courts. r.
At meeting of the Woman's Tenn
pie trustees at Chicago resolutions were
adopted appealing to the general public
Of the country for assistance in raising
the debt which hangs over the w. G.
T. U. building " q
A dispatch from Kingston. Jamaica,
says succession of terrific earthquakes
have caused great destruction Of prop
erty on the island of Montserrat. They
began on the 10th, but the most severe
occurred on the Goth. -&.. .s. ~ ?
-. Monday, Feb. 20. -
Costa RIGA and Nicaragua are stated
to be on the verge Of war. -, - r. !.
The Illinois miners convention has
adopted wage scale to go into effect
April l. ). .&
Ex-Mayor Robert Blee Of Cleveland
died Of acute pneumonia, after an i'll.
ness Of only three days. *
Frederick Tennyson, the poet, eldest
brother Of the late poet laureate. Lord
Alfred Tennyson, is dead. i, ..s
The German government has decided
tosexclude foreigners from the machin.
cry and engineering department 81
Che Berlin technical high school.
The sultan Of Morocco, in order to Re:
arm his army with modern weapons, is
sending . large portion Of his unriyaled
collection Of gems to Germany and
England for sale.
s9.55 Tuesday, March 1.
National league base ball magnates
are III session at st. Louis. -.5 =
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