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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
MODELLING AT CAPE VERDE.

Spanish beet There Assuming Large
Proportions.
ST. VINCENT, Cape Verde Islands,
April l5.-The Spanish armored cruis.
ers Cristobal Colon and Nara Teresa
have arrived here. The Spanish tor.
pedo flotilla is still in these waters.
MADRID, April 10 (via Paris).-The
Vizcaya and the Almirante Oquendo
are expected at the Cape Verde islands
during the day.
LONDON, April l5.-1t is reported at
Lloyds that the Spanish cruisers Viz
caya and Almirante Oqueudo sailed
April . from Porto Rico with secret
inatructiona ."t'
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
NHw oRLEANs, FORMERLY ANAzoNAA
o'clock. Both ships reported them.
selves in good trim. The trip from
Halifax was uneventful.

Spain Ca0not Get the Garibaldl
ROME, April 15.-The Messagero an.
nounces: All negotiations for the sale
of the Italian cruiser Garibaldi to Spain
have been suspended on account Of tho
international regard duo to tho powers
about to become belligerents.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
ConVoCation Decree Assumes
q Determined Tone jus
D. tifyin9 the Act.
AN APPEAL TO THE POWERS
Note to Be Sent Explaining
the Situation From Their
Standpoint
Weyler Arrives at Madrid and
Offers His Services to
H.
tho Queen.

H. MADRID, April 16.-8 p. m. "A oabi.
net council has decided to reopen the
Spanish parliament on Wednesday
next instead Of April IS. Later in tho
day the queen regent signed the decree
oonvoking the parliament.
The preamble Of the summons for tho
oonvocation Of the oortes, published in
The Official Gazette, assumes . very
determined tone in justifying tho oon.
vocation. ...,.. ...>
After the cabinet council the minis.
tsrs reassembled st the ministry for
foreign affairs and there discussed the
question Of sending note to tho great
powers, communicating tho decisions
arrived at during the days cabinet
meeting aud explaining the situation
from the Spanish standpoint.
The action of the council confirms
tho general belief here that conflict 10
inevita bio aud has produced much OF.
element. The decision was published
in an extra which sold rapidly in all
parts Of the town.
A cabinet minister, who was inter.
viewed on emerging from the council.
said:
"The true climax is approaching.
But Spain IL CAIN. She has done
everything to avert war and is now
confident in her right and in the JUS
tice Of her cause. She is ready to de.
tend her soil and her honor. When
the American government commune
Gates its decisions Spain will stand
ready to meet all eventualities.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
Present Movement Not OF the
Same Mild Character a.
the Former One.
WILL ASK FURTHER DELAY
Spain Should Be Granted
Time In Which to Try
the Armistice.
Action Of Congress Instrument
tai in Initiating This
Latest Move. ~.

VA00ANoAONS <ApAAA Az -AV 40 eSoA 49,
In high diplomatic quarters that an ex-
change Of notes has begun between the
European capitals with view to max.
ing strong Representations on the Span.
ish. American situation. In tho same
connection an informal meeting OF the
ambassadors and ministers in this CITY
Of tho six great powers of Europe was
held late in the day. Several OF the
foreign establishments received cable
adv.ces from their governments as to
the opening Of the exchange Of notes.
This had been anticipated in view OF
the prevailing sentiment in all the for
eign quarters here that the action thus
far taken in congress made war inev'
liable. This common opinion had
been officially reported to the several
European capitals. and it was doubtless
instrumental in starting the active ex'
change between the great powers. 1t
is understood that the present move.
ment is
Not Of the Same Mild Character
% the former one. Simultaneous with
the opening Of the exchange word came
from Madrid that the Spanish govern.
ment was about to issue another appeal
to the great powers Of Europe. 1t is
understood that this appeal il an in.
itiatory to the concerted action Of the
powers, and there is an apparent agree.
ment in advance that the appeal will
receive favorable consideration. It is
said that Spain's appeal will recite her
grievances against the United States,
stating in detail the many concessions
she has made and pointing out that it
was in response to the urgent repre-
sentation Of the six joint powers that
the last concession OF an armistice was
granted. II the powers determine to
act their influence probably will be
particularly directed toward inducing
the United States to grant Spain suffs
oient time within which to try the
armistice recently proclaimed. During
the recent
Joint Action OF the Powers
their main influence was exerted at
AAAANIAO1 VA0 VAAy SVVAVAA ~ w ssoAAAASVV WI
being the courteous expression Of hope
for peace. But the present movement
contemplates that the. influence shall
be exerted At Washington rather than
at Madrid, and it is the common belief
in diplomatic quarters that the Madrid
authorities have reached tho limit Of
concessions, and should now be given
adequate time to try what they and tho
powers have offered as q means Of re.
storing peace in Cuba. There is no
suggestion, however, that this infu.
ence at present will be Of . material
character, but is expected to be an as.
sertion of all the moral influence of the
powers in checking tendencies which,
it is believed, inevitably will lead to
war. France and Austria are most
active in the present movement, as
they were in the former one.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
barcelona Students Rlotous.

LONDON, April 1.-THE Madrid cor.
RESPONDENT of The Daily Mail rays:
News has been received from Barcelona
that the university students thers made
i riotous demonstration - they were
leaving the lectures Thursday. Alter
giving '.vivas" for the army and navy,
Spain and Cuba, they uttered cries
against yankee pigs."
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
ADVISED TO DECLARE WAR.

Tuxth~Y Concessions By Spsin VIII Pre-
sipitsto Revolution.
LONDON, April l5.-The Vienna cor.
respondent Of Tho Daily Mail says:
Several European powers, including
Austria, are reported to have advised
Spain to declare war because further
delay or concessions would be likely to
provoke q revolution.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
OUR DUTY TO INTERVENE.
Eaellsh Papers, However, Crltio!ss til
Methods Proposed.


:, Methods Proposed.
LONDON. April 1o.-The afternoon
newspapers print long comments on
..the evil d leaving the issue Of peace
or war in tho hands of congress" Not
one of the papers, however, questions
tho duty Of the United States to inter.
vene in Onbe, but they are disposed to
criticize the methods proposed. They
freely acknowledge that the Americans
have shown "extreme patience under
tho most terrible provocation," eulo-
gize the crusade against Spanish
cruelty and refer to the newspapers
which criticize the United States AZ
being the same ''who supported the
Turks against Armenia and the slave
owners against the slaves"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
Negotiating for Moro Vessels.

BERLIN, April 16.-Acoording to id.
vices from Kiel the United States 10
negotiating for the purchase OF the tor.
pedo catchers Timburi and Tupy, now
being built at the Germania yards tor
Brazil, which offers more ships for sale.
Holland also is inclined to sell two
armored cruisers.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
Iu.truet.d to Buy 1fulee.

WASHINGTON. April Is. Tho quarter.
master general Of the army has been
instructed to purchase 1000 mules for
transportation purposes. The purchase
probably will be made ut St Louis OF
Kansas City. ~ = S>s.-
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
Powder For the EastsrD Fleet.

Powder For the EaseorD Esoee.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.-A special
train loaded with brown prismatio
powder will be dispatched next Mon.
DAY from San Francisco for tho East.
ern ships and Notifications. Tho pow
der IL Of the smokeless order, and has
been manufactured by the California
Powder company.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
THREATENS TO ABDICATE.

Oueen Recent Insists That the Cabln0t
0taad firm. W
LONDON, April IL. Tho Madrid cor
respondent OF The Morning Post, tele.
graphing BY way Of Biarrits says:
s'The queen regent has informed the
members Of her court that IL 10 her in.
IGNITION to abdicate immediately II the
cabinet takes any steps derogatory to
Spa,n's honor and dignity" g."
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
German Press Unfriendly.

BERLIN, April 15.-The action Of con.
eress in the Cuban crisis is unfriendly
commented upon by the German news
papers. The Tageblatt says: Hardly
ever before have there been more
frivolous provocations for war"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
GETTING SERIOUS NOW.

Spanish Newspaders Begin 70 Believe
War Il Inevitable.
MADRID. April l5.-9:30 .. ,m.-The
newspapers here regard. war a. inevi.
table. The last dispatches from Wash.
ington have created profound excite.
mont throughout Spain. The Span.
iards protest against the ''odious i'm.
putation' that Spanish officers were
responsible for the loss Of tho Maine.
It Is asserted here that proof can be
furnished to show that no torpedoes
have ever been laid in Havana harbor.
The official gazette will publish . de-.
cree organizing q national subscription
to increase the strength of the Spanish
feet.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
AWAITING THE WORD.
Spanish 1sinistsr Makes Final Prspara-
tions to Quit Washington.

Spanish 1ginistsr Makes Final Prspara.
tions to Quit Washington.
WAsH1NGToN, April 1e.-The Spanish
minister, Senior Polo, has made final
preparations for his departure from
Washington, but no actual step in that
direction will be taken until specific
instructions are reosived from Madrid.
Up to tho present time there have been
NO such instructions and no intimations
that they were about to come, but the
preparations for removal have been
completed in view Of the obvious con-
dision of affairs. Tho official archives,
which constitute the most important
possession of the Spanish legation,
have been sealed in readiness to be
placed in charge Of the French ambes.
sador 1t Washington. NJ. Cambon.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
The Rlaok fset Rsservation.

KA1lsPEL, Mon, April 15.-Register
Nash OF the United States land Office
has notice that the plats Of of the coded
mineral strip of the Blackfest reserva-
ton viii be placed on file in his Office
On April %. instead Of April Is, as
recently announced from Washington,
and then the land will be open to entry
under the mining laws.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-19
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NEW CRUISER IS HERE.

Recently Purchased Amssenss Arrives %
New York. X &l
NEw York, April l6.-The cruisers
San Francisco and New Orleans, (for.
merly the Amazonas) dropped anchor
sf Tompkinsville, s. l., shortly altar ,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-01
HE name I answer

he name [ answer
to is Ernest Brock
man, and my pres
emit age tw e n t Y
Q ig h t. In May,
1896, after having
serve d the Char
tered Company as
postmaster and tele-
graphist in Mash
onaland, I returned
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-01

From petty thievery we are never
exempt, and while as rule it is only
vexatious it sometimes requires the
ability of Sherlock Holmes for its
detection.
A gentleman in this city doing bust
ness in one of our Office buildings was
annoyed from time to time by the
mysterious disappearance of choice
fruit which he had laid by on his
desk for his own delectation, and the
situation became grave enough fol- in
vestigation. Was il Office boys or
ianitors? Then occurred bright
idea. Doses of tarter emetic deity
inserted under the rind of several
choice oranges might be the means Of
locating the culprit. No sooner
though Of than executed. Result, a
very sick janitor the next morning
and vacancy in the authorship.
The Berlin newspapers have lately
been telling with great glee of a like
triumph Of science over crime.
In one of the great offices OF the
German capital O number of petty
thefts had been committed, the pockets
of coats hanging in anterooms being
visited and cigars and small change
distracted. The police were for a
time nonplused and invoked the aid
of science. A professor being con-
suited, he advised the insertion Of a
delicate aniline powder in the mouth
end of some cigars to be placed at the
mercy Of the thief. The next morn
ing summoning of the clerks and a
general inspection of their mouths.
One unhappy youth was discovered
with aniline tongue and lips! Verdict
guilty. Little scientific traps will
sometimes beat even the police. -
| Chicago Times-H Herald.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-01

his escape from the one OF the Safety
Islands called Tile du Diable out OF
the question. Nevertheless, about
two years ago story obtained cirouls-
ton that Dreyfus had escaped from
the island through the instrumental
ity of his devoted wife, who was
known to have gone to Cayenne:
That this story should have obtained
belief seemed absurd, in view OF the
fact that the poor Jew on Devils ISL
and was more closely guarded than
was Napoleon at st. Helena. No boat
or vessel was allowed to approach
within fifteen cables Of the island,
which is about twenty-seven miles
northeast of the town of Cayenne.
The island was formerly leper settle
ment. Dreyfus has been for over
three years its chief if not its only
prisoner. A dozen other Frenchmen
are made miserable in order to keep
him there. The climate is probably
the worst in the world, and il. is sup
posed Dreyfus's accusers hoped 1t
would drive him to suicide.
The Corld, if not France, might
perhaps have forgotten about Dreyfus
if Zola had not taken up the cudgels
for him last December and challenged
the verdict of the court-martial which
had been presided over by Count Els
terhazy. lola was too late. By this
time it was not the guilt or the inno-
cence of Dreyfus, the Jew, but the
honor of the French Army which was
at stake. The French Government,
discerned this, hence the scant justice
with which Zola was treated. Even
Dreyfus got more. "Spit on lola, "
represented the attitude Of the Govern
ment, as it did that of the Paris popu-
lace. Frances most popular novelist,
although not in the Academy, is now
in exile-he concluded it would be
useless martyrdom to serve the SEN
tence of his second trial.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-01
Frightened Into Health.

Fear is sometimes curative, al
though vastly less so than the oppo-
site emotions of Joy and hopeful ex-
pectation. DIR. luke reports the case
of man suffering from rheumatic
fever who was instantly cured by the
shock and fright of a railway &C ci-
dent. Sharp relates a similar his
tory. Hysterical paralysis has been
cured by sudden fright, although such
occurrences are rarer than is gener.
ally supposed. Michea, celebrated
physician, one of the most profound
in the knowledge Of mental diseases,
used to write insulting anonymous
letters to some of his patients in or
der to cure them, and with good re-
suits in some hypoohondriacal cases.
Physicians have sometimes had re-
course in hysterical cases to threats or
sudden fright to check dangerous
symptoms when all other remedies
have proved useless. Amann tells of
hysterical patient who suffered from
tetanic commissions and frances, and
whose father treated her with blows
and cured her. Pansanicis relates
that youth recovered his speech in
the fright caused by the sight of o
lion; and Herodotus, in his history,
narrates that the son of Croesus was
dumb, and that at the taking of Sardes,
seeing Persian with drawn sword
about to kill his father, he cried out,
overcome with fright, "Kill not
Croesus!" and from that moment he
was able to speak. --Mt-Bits.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-01

In some villages there seems to be
a tendency to reduce everything to
the cut-and- dried condition of the
city. thus marring natural rural
beauty and destroying many attrac-
tive features. In protest against
this sort of thing, the Bridgeport
Conn Post adds: eve refer to the
passion for clearing away vines and
shrubbery along the roadside, to the
desire to make everything prim and
formal, to place whitewashed boulders
along closely shaver turf, and all
those ut-anddried processes whereby
a Connecticut village is changed from
delightful, interesting, romantic beau
ty to spick- and-span ugliness re-
minding the artistic visitor of the
most dreary streets in bourgeois
cities, where the hand of the Philis-
tine has been guided by mere utilitar-
ianism."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-01
Smallpox and Cholera in India.

1t appears from the vital statistics
of our Indian empire for 1867, just
issued, that the year in question
showed higher rate Of mortality from
smallpox than any year in the last de-
cade. Some idea of what this means
may be gathered from the return of
1892 deaths from this cause, as
against only 54,979 in the previous
year and 43, 623 in 1894-'5. Yet this
only represents less than two-thirds
per cent. of the registered population,
while cholera, which in 1867 was
not more than ordinarily deadly, car
rled off over two per cent, and 'fever"
over twenty per cent of registered
population of some 217 millions
Westminster Gazette.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-01
The Warfare on Ruttv Road..

ga ditch in time saves nine," if il is
placed SO as to prevent a lot of high
way "washouts.
The Missouri Good Roads and I'M
proyement Association now has an or
ganization in fifty counties.
Salt scale is largely used upon the
roads Of the county of Cheshire, Eng
land, and is said to greatly improve
the surfaces.
Spreading stone on the surface or
in a trench is not bodybuilding, as
some still seem to think. A properly
rolled, shaped and drained earth foun-
dation is the first requisite.
Commercial and military necessities
constructed good roads in Europe be-
fore the days of the railway, but the
canal, steamboat and railway began so
early to develop this country that need
for good roads was but uncertainty felt
and imperfcctly appreciated.
At the Folsom prison in California
a vein Of trap rock runs through the
grounds; there is splendid water
power and railroad at hand, and the
convicts are able to turn out road ma
terial for the counties at the remark
ably low pries of twenty-five cents q
ton,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-01
Heroes Who DON'T Drink.

The recent brilliant English victory
in the Soudan was won by force
composed exclusively Of total abstain
ers. For months Sir Herbert Kitch-
ener has denied all liquor to his
troops, with the result that, in one of
the deadliest of climates, no army has
ever had SO little sickness, been in
such magnificent physical and moral
training, or won hard-fought battles
after forced marches OF such extraor-
binary character. No wonder that the
total abstinence principle in warfare
is being pondered by military author
tiles throughout the world.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-01
A HYMN OF VICTORY.

Praise be Thine,
God of battle, power dlvinei
We, Thy servants, at Thy word,
Flung the banner thou hast blest
Ger the pleadings and oppressed.
Here, oh, Justice, Is thy sword,
Red as winel
Now at last
Let the battle rage be pastl
To the foeman stricken sore
Let us stretch the brother hand.
Peace unto his troubled land,
And an honored flag once more
To his mastl
James Buckham, In Leslie's Weekly.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-01
Fire Burns a Mennperis.

A fire occurred in a menagerie in
Liverpool, England, and burned to
death more than forty animals. in.
Guiding five leopards, four lions. a
tiger, a puma, and jaguar, and suf-
located number of other animals and
birds.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-01

It Is wonl
Silent musket, she'll and gun.
Flash the tidings east and west!
Bells OF all the Christian lands,
Clap your mighty iron hands.
Love has sueeored the distress.
War Is donel
Might was right
In the fierce and stubborn flghti
While the stars waved DER the fleet
God was sitting on His throne.
Freedom battled not alone;
Lightnings from the judgment seat
Smote mems sightl
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-01

1t is estimated that fully two-thirds
OF the whole amount Of public money
held by the London banks does not
bear interest
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-01

The death rate of Gibraltar was re-
duced from 1925 per 1000 in 1866 to
1852 in 1896.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-21
win be entirely finished and ready fer

win be entirely finished and ready fer
water to-day.
The officers of the staff are inclined to
discourage the construction of shacks and
shanties on the roads near the camps for
the purpose of selling soft drinks and
other stuff to the men. One of them said
they proved a veritable nuisance in jack
sonvule, and some of them had TO be sup
cred here he said, an armed soldier would
probably be stationed at each of them 10
prevent the soldiers from purchasing any
thing from them.
Something like sixty or seventy is the
number Of cars, passenger and freight,
that is required to handle a regiment Of
troops and its equipment The Ninth Hi
nois, for instance, which will be loaded
to-day at Jacksonville aboard Florida
Central and Peninsular trains for trans
portatiOn to Savannah, win have sixty-six
cars. OF this number thirty-one will be
freight and the remaining thirty-five will
be coaches and sleepers. These cars will
be run in three sections. the first of
which will be for all the freight, the army
regulations prescribing that all regimental
property shall precede the regiment. This
is in order that a command may not
reach a place destitute Of all that might
be used to make the men comfortable. 1t
is desired to have the equipment ready
and waiting by the time of the arrival Of
the troops. The other two sections will be
composed of the coaches for the enlisted
men and the sleepers for the officers. Six
companies will travel In each of these
sections.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-21
FOOD INSPECTORS WORK.

Meets With a Few StOrekeeDers Not
Inclined to Have stores Examined.
Food Inspector Well, who was only re-
Gently elected by the sanitary beard is
rapidly getting the run of the duties ex-
pected Of him, and has demonstrated that
he will make an efficient officer. Expert
ence has shown that one Of the main diff
iculties the inspector meets are the
bluffs made by proprietors, who are not
disposed to have their stores examined.
You have no right in here" the in.
spector was told the other day by pro-
prietor. There is no use of inspectors,
and in my opinion the city is just throw
ing away that much money"
That's no affair of mine" the inspector
replied II am here TO inspect your stock
If you think the office should be abolished
go to the aldermen with your complaint"
The following report, just submitted to
Health Officer LeHardy by Inspector We'll,
shows what has been done since he began
work:
Total number of inspections, 215; green
groceries, 81: grocers. 121: butchers and
beef companies. 4; fish houses, 2; fruit
dealers. SO: restaurants and bakers, Is;
liquor dealers, 5; confectonaries, l. Con-
demned Ala pounds of meat and cases of
tomatoes.