Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-04-15
NEWS con DE \ NsATIO MS.

t5.S.. Wsanesday, April 6.
5 Mayor Starkweather was defeated at
West Superior BY his Republican oppo-
nent. s3 i.5=. sssS 55z
Captain Dreyfus is reported to have
died on Devils Island, to which he was
exiled. .ssI. v. . zl#s II.
The condition Of the insane King
Otto of Bavaria has suddenly become
worse and it is feared that he is dying.
The Omaha World Herald has col
lected $40, 258 in cash and IL carloads
Of supplies Of all sorts for the relief Of
Cubans. E~.az 4 IS \,
It is understood that China has con-
coded the demands of France. They
first demands. =" =.
The triennial elections of the lower
house o: the Danish parliament have
resulted in clear majority for the
Radical Left of IL.
The Tri.State Medical association
met at Dubuque, Ia, Tuesday. A hun
dred delegates were present represent
ing Iowa, Illinois and Missouri.
Thursday, April =.
The Bank of England has increased
it's rate of discount from to per
cent.
The wheat yield of Victoria Colony,
Australia, is estimated at 10, 400, 900
bushels.
Archibald H. WEIGH, second vice
president of the New York Life Insur.
ance company, is dead at Morristown,
N. j., aged 81.
The monthly London board Of trade
returns for March show an increase in
the imports of 60, 275, 700 and de.
crease in exports of e813,400.
Miss Jessie Parker was elected mayor
Of Kendrick, Idaho, after a spirited
contest. Her opponent was one of the
most popular men in the city.
Benjamin Hill was hanged at San
Quentin prison for the murder of his
wife. He made full confession and
expressed penitence and died bravely.
A strike is on in the Wheeling min
ing district, the opera tors having de.
clined to treat with the miners
collectively as to the details of the
Chicago agreement.
Friday, April 8.
Margaret Mather, the actress, is dead.
Acute Bright's disease was the cause.
Three Great Northern trainmen in
Montana were killed by a locomotive
explosion.
A joint commission may be created
to settle all differences between Canada
and the United States.
James Kearney, aged 70, of South
Chicago, shot and killed his wife, Min.
ME Kearney, and then shot himself.
Jealousy is said to be the cause.
Gaudaur, champion oarsman of the
world, and Robert johnson of Van.
couver, have arranged match race for
the championship and purse and q
side bet of $4,000.
A pool room in the board Of trade
building, Chicago, which is patronized
by women exclusively, was raided by
the police and 20 women who were bet
ting on the races were taken into Gus.
tody.
Saturday, April 8.
Privy Councillor Bansch, engineer of
the Emperor William canal baltic
and North sea canal) is dead.
Lieutenant Commander Mark of the
Maine court of inquiry, has been de-
tached from the Vermont and ordered
to the Scorpion.
A serious fire occurred at Doland, S.
D., sweeping away several buildings
and also farmers houses and barns for
a distance of 10 miles.
AL. Cutler, station agent at Glidden,
Wis, was found dead in his Office with
three bullet holes in his body. Robbery
was evidently the motive.
The governor of Delaware has issued
q proclamation calling upon the able.
bodied men of the state to send in their
names for enlistment in the national
volunteer reserves.
General William P. Hardin, one of
the leaders of the Confederate army
and superintendent Of the Confederate
home at Austin, Tex, died of Bright's
disease in his SD year.
Monday, April II.
Cubans are said to have Pando prac-
tically surrounded.
Madrid papers are seized for attack.
ing the government because the latter,
as they claim, made concessions. =
General Lee left Havana Saturday
afternoon. He called on Blanco to say
goodbye, but the latter was "busy"
and did not see him. "
The remains Of Miss Frances E. Will
ard were cremated at .Graceland ceme.
terry, Chicago, in accordance with her
repeatedly expressed wish.
A dispatch from Nagasaki states that
a collision has occurred between the
English and Russians at Ia Lien Wan.
The rumor is unconfirmed. t..
Vessel owners are uneasy owing to
lowering Of the water in Lake Superior,
ascribed by some to subterranean out.
let to Lake Huron, whose waters are
higher. z .@" #s}s ..+s-.%. E
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Samuel French, the American theat-
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