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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-02
Petition for Cessation Of Hos
IN tilities the First Step In
That Direction. 1S
OTIS C0NFERs WITH REBELS
First Meeting at Manila Termi-
mates Without Reaching
q Conclusion.
Am erioan Commander Will
Not Recognize the Fill
pino Congress.

WAsHINaroN, April 2o.-The end Of
the Filipino instruction Is in sight in
the opinion Of army and navy officials.
"A telegram received from General Otis
announced that Aguinaldo had taken
what 10 regarded as the first step to-
wards surrendering- namely, request
ing . cessation Of hostilities. Secretary
Alger said, as the department closed,
that while it could not be said that
peace was assured he regarded the pros
poets as the brightest and felt confident
that the end of the instruction was
near. 80
Everybody is praidng the volunteers,
q marked change in the sentiment e.
pressed . few days ago when it was un-
derstood that the same men were plead
ing to be brought home. Colonel Fun
ston came in for the most commenda.
ton, even the regular officers taking
note with admiration Of the fact that
his achievements were, ell strictly
within the line Of plans laid down for
him by his superior officer. General
Wheaton. H.. s4
' Medals for All volunteers.,
General Corbin said that every VOL
unteer who participated in the fighting
in the Philippines since peace was de.
clared should have q medal Of honor.
BY the terms of their enlistments they
were entitled to withdraw from the
service, but they had remained volun.
tarily, performing more than was re-
quired Of them, which was more than
the ordinary duty of q soldier. It is ex-
pected that there will be further nego-
tiations with the insurgent representa-
tives at once. While the hope is ex-
pressed that our commission will not
hold out terms 80 severe as to lead to q
renewal Of the fighting or the with
drawal Of the insurgents to another
stronghold further north, it is realized
that General Otis must exercise care to
make sure they do not, in bad faith,
take advantage Of the opportunity af-
forded BY q suspension of hostilities to
secure whatever Of benefit to themselves
may come from the rapidly approaching
rainy season. Campaigning on the part
of the Americans will be almost impos-
sible at that time.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-02
Latter Weeds Perry Belmont
. Soon a. the Decree .
10 Made Public.
PRO- EEDiKGs WERE SECRET
Petition for Separation Heard
" = Referee and Moth
\ lng Disclosed.
The New Mrs. Belmont Gives
Back Property Valued at
Half q Million.

NEW YORK, April 80. ~ Henry T.
Sloane, the we'll known and wealthy
society man, has been granted an abso-
lutte divorce from his wife, Jesse A.
Sloane. The decree was handed down
BY Justice Slower in the supreme court
and was based upon the report Of : ref
cree whose name was not disclosed.
The name Of the correspondent was also
kept eecret. The custody Of the three
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-02
Thirteenth Infantry seiIs.

SAN FRANc1sco, April:20. The United
States transports Senator and Ohio
sailed during tho day for the Philip
pines via Honolulu. The vessels bear
the Thirteenth United States infantry
and several hundred recruits for service
in the Philippines. III
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-02
Verdict OF tho Jury In the George Cas-
Caused q Dem nstrotlon,

Verdict Of tho Jury IN the George Case
Caused . Demonstration
CANTON, O., April 2V.-At 1O:42 .. m.
the jury in the George case, after being
out all night, rendered . verdict Of not
guilty. A mighty cheer went up from
the crowd in the courtroom when the
verdict was announced. The cheer was
almost instantly taken up by the people
who packed the streets. Mrs. Georges
face lit up with q smile rs the words
were spoken that made her q free
woman. She was immediately sur.
rounded BY : great throng who desired
to congratulate her: .. ~ 4
n The trial of Mrs. George occupied 22
days of actual sessions of court and the
jury was out 22A hours.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-02
BIG BRIDGE J CONTRACT.

American Company VIII Build Twelve
for the Russian Government. ~
PHILADELPHIA, April 20. The Phoe.
nix Bridge company, whose works are
located at Phoenixville, Pa, and the
executive Offices in Philadelphia, has
received contract to build 10 steel
bridges for the Russian government and
work will be commenced on the struc-
tural material in few days, the de-
signs and plans having already been de-
cided on. The bridges are for the
Eastern Chinese railroad, the south
western extension Of the Transsiberian
galway. ~. I. ~ - - ~
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-02
THE MESSAGE FROM OTIS.

Insurxent Government Asks That Hostile
,e-.. tiles he Suspended. E ~
WASHINGTON. April 29.-General Otis
has telegraphed the war department
that the commanding general of the in
surgents has received from the in
surgent government directions to sus-
pend hostilities pending negotiations
for the termination of the war, and that
insurgent staff officers are now on the
way to Manila for that purpose. v,.4
The text Of General Otis dispatch fol-
lows: -. ,,.,,.~.. ,-.~ .,@
after taking Calumpit MacArthur's
division crossed the Rio Grande river in
the face of great obstacles, driving the
concentrated forces of the enemy back
on the railroad two miles. Macarthur
reports that passage Of the river re-
markable military achievement, the
success of which was due to- daring,
skill and determination Of Colonel
Funston, under discriminating control
Of General Wheaton. Casualties slight,
number not yet ascertained. ", .
Admire American Fighters.
''This morning chief Of staff from COM
manding general Of insurgent forces en-
tered our lines to express admiration of
the wonderful feat Of the American
army in forcing passage Of the river
which was thought impossible. Staff
officer reports that insurgent command
ing general has received from insurgent
government directions to suspend hostil.
tiles pending negotiations for the ter
mination Of the war. Staff officer with
! party Is now en- route TO- Manila and
will arrive soon. Lawton's forces we'll
IN hand in vicinity Of .Angat, east Of
Calumpit, where he Is waiting supplies.
A force Of. ! 500 insurgents attacked the
troops at Taguig; driven back by Wash
ington regiment. Our loss 2 killed, IL
wounded. yI& u ,s}
The dispatch from General Otis was
immediately telegraphed to President
Mckinley at Philadelphia. The off,
cials Of the war department. all believe
bat the hostilities are about concluded.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-02
4 waat Japan to intervene.

LoNMoN, April 27.-According 70 9
special dispatch from Shanghai it Is re-
ported there that Aguinaldo's agents in
Japan have issued . strong appeal tor
iJspanese aid and sympathy and are
urging Japan 70 . friendly Intervention
with the United States. sEa@ -Ss =
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-02

Sloane children wa given to Mr..
Sloane Hew was also accorded the right
to. marry, and defendant in the suit, it
was stated, should not lawfully marry
again until after the death Of Mr..
Sloane. A%.. "a. 81 .'s..g Ii
ls'But," the decree continued, ''the re-
marriage 81 the parties to this action Il
not hereby prohibited" s,y !. ..s u
Mrs. Sloane ii deprived Of the right to
any part in Mr.. ,Sloane's property. The
separation Of the couple wa. announced
ilaet Decem if M ss45tss:
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-02
Blewn rwsaty-av, lli, I.

! ST.. LOUIS, April ao.-A special to The
Republic from Lancaster, Mo-, says: A
great many articles of wearing apparel,
papers and pieces Of jewelry bearing
the names OF Kirksville people, were
found strewn over the eastern part Of
this county during the day. They were
blown from Kirksville, Is miles, by the
tornado. Among other things was a
800 note. s., 8 a....'.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-02
The Fad Tor the Present..

81. PAUL, April 29.-The court Of in.
quiry into the charges against the off,
GERS of the Fifteenth Minnesota has fin
ished its labors. It has spent nearly
three weeks taking testimony, two full
days have been devoted to arguments
and over 8,O00pages Of manuscript have
been accumulated. That il the end Of
1t for the present. . ,.<.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-02
Howl,ps Blix.ard iu Che Hllls,

OMAHA, April pa special to The
Bee from Deadwood, 8. D., says . howl.
ing blizzard has been raging all through
the Black Hills for the past 10 hours.
Six inches Of snow has fallen here and
reports from farther north state that
the fall is still heavier. H.,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-02
N.vlxation Soon Opeu..

DULUTH, April 29.-.It now looks a. II
navigation would be ON in earnest in
side of q week. There is about 10 miles
of ice field at this end of Lake Superior,
but it floats loosely and will offer no OBJ
struction to navigation.
IT SUITED THE CROWD.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11
PRINCIPAL FIGURES
"a va Es "a "a 20 "a "a % "a "a "a va

meeting and two to each aisle, they
stationed themselves halfway down,
beneath signs reading, These Seats
Reserved for Bidders" Policemen were
put on the doors, in addition to the reg
ular corps Of doorkeepers. ushers were
placed in readiness for the oncoming
crowd and the signal was given, open
the doors!"
An answering yell from the outside
and a rush. Pellmell came millinery
and femininity, sealskins and summer
wraps, crowding past the few men who
and going fairly over the heads of
ushers, policemen and onto and beyond
the managers half way down the aisle
For one short minute the elaborate
plan of management for the auction
seemed to sink out of sight, never to
appear again. II was only for a min
ute. however, an extraordinary and un-
looked for minute at that, but the we'll
laid plan triumphed and bobbed up Sc
renely. smiling at the steady onpour
of prospective buyers that followed
the first rush.
Every plan made to add to the COM
fort of those attending the auction
and everything devised to avoid con-
fusion worked as if on wheels. Man
ayers. ushers and policemen were
equal to the occasion, and in less time
than it takes one woman to say good
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while Alf Ellinghouse and Sam Mott
who are always de rigeur. got them
selves up mere so. Harry Morosco who
has a well-trained pompadOur, did not
have to waste much time on prelimin-
aries and. consequently, was the first
to appear at the managers meeting
preliminary. at which they were all put
through their PAGES by the Tivoi ballet
master
While the managers were preparing
for the nitric-acid test on the public
pocketbook, the dear people were gath
ering outside in the street. ready to
storm the doors the moment they show
ed the least sign of giving. The crowd
began assembling as early as lO:3O
O'Clock BY II the gripmen on the
O'Farrell street cars found it difficult
TO navigate their craft through the
sea of summer fashion and millinery,
the women were so thick in the crowd.
despite the lowering frown Of the morn
ing sky.
AS the minutes slowly passed and the
hands on the clock crawled to the ap-
pointed time for the doors to open, the
street was absolutely blocked. It was
not an impatient crowd, particularly,
but it took Police Sergeant Shea and
all Of his half-d0zen assistants to keep
it in bounds.
At last. the managers filed out OF the
- ws e - g q Es ss "a "a "a "a "a
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11

craning Of necks and turning Of eyes
in a hunt for the bevy of stage beau
ties promised for close inspection. Not
one was in sight. The shrewd theatrical
managers had planned as wisely in this
as in all other arrangements and had
assembled their stars on the stage be-
yond the gaze of the uninitiate until
such time as they should be sprung,
full panoplied. into their midst.
A sudden darkening of the house, a
kissing, sputtering sound and a bright
glare of light on the curtain announced
to the audience that the biograph was
in action. A picture of Brigadier Gen
eral Jim Smith, the colonel who led the
boys away and has since earned his
promotion, was flashed on the scene
and drew forth burst of yells and
handclappings, the harmony OF which
was marred by the sputtering Of the
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11
AT THE ORPHEUM AUCTION.


hand, amid the plaudits of the specta-
tors, he nailed it TO the mast.
Pictures showing the work of the Red
Cross, were full of action and loudly
appreciated the show closing with q
rapid firing charge which showed all
the grim realities of war.
The house lighted up, second cur
tain ascended and there on the stage
was the beauty show. All the adver-
tised owners of feminine loveliness,
with the exception of Blanche Bates
and Margaret Anglin, were stretched in
a semicircle, after the manner of a
minstrel first part, Wendell Iwaston, the
official auctioneer, and w. J. Martin,
chairman. of. the citizens decoration
committee, in the seats of the end men.
Appropriately, in such an aggregation
of loveliness. there were no bones"
Mrs. John Morrisey, who enjoys the
privilege and distinction of honorary
membership in the Elks, among whom
she is known as Our Tillie," was
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11

calcium. A bust Of Colonel Duboce was
flashed on the screen and so loudly
cheered that 1t was flashed on again
to the encore. The wife of the colonel
was in a box to hear the cheers for her
hero.
In quick succession followed spirited
pictures showing deeds on the field of
battle for which California is preparing
such a rousing demonstration for her
returning sons. Part Of a regiment of
New York volunteers was shown
marching from the cars at Tampa to
the transports. Then came one, What
Our Boys Did in Manila A Spanish
adrniraTs. flag flying met the gaze of
the audience. In a moment the head of
an American tar showed as he Skinned
up the pole and tore off the emblem
of the foe. From his blouse he drew
the Stars and Stripes and, hammer in
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11

~ DING, going, gone" with nearly
r $4,000 in the treasury and not a
L r hair turned, is the record of
wv the auction sale held yesterday
at the Orpheum of the boxes and seats
to be occupied on the occasion of the
benefit to swell the fund for the recep-
ton of the Homecoming California Vol
unteers.
That is, it is the bare record. The
whole thing would fill a big book if
scne one had the power to furnish even
a bare description of the scenes crowd
ed into the hour before and the three
hours taken up in the sale. San Fran
cisco never attempted anything on such
q scale before, but she has set herself
a mark that even such a city will find
it hard to overstep.
For days before the auction the COM
rnittee Of theatrical managers, having
in hand the arrangement of the benefit,
put on it's best front; looked large, as is
the fashion of those who would induce
others to help them be larger; and. put
ting its thumbs into the managerial
vest. said unutterable things, even
though it doubted, about raising $1,000
from the benefit.
A man with less imagination than a
clam can picture to himself how the
individual managers felt after the auc-
ton was over. They felt that they
were IT, so persistently did the people
nat them on the back for the good work
they had done; and, away down in
their great big hearts they felt, al
though they blushed to admit it, that
thew had done all and more than they
had promised.
Hard as the managers worked every
day since their appointment on the
committee, they worked harder yester-
day. They had a sort of skirmish
drill at their respective houses TO get
things in shape to run by themselves,
in order that they might devote their
whole time to the business of the bene-l
ft. Managers Meyerfeld and Morrisey
cast the last cursory eye over the inte-
rio,r of the Orpheum and saw that
everything was in shape; Fred Belasco
got an extra close shave and DOC"
7 .eahv patronized the same Figaro for
the latest in Vandykes; Sammy"
Friad1ander made a demi-toilet that
was a wonder and had his hair dressed
TO the dead center. Mark ThaH and
"Ja ke" Gottlob and Melville Marx
paid extravagant prices for rare pinks,
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by to another all were seated for whom
there were seats. The incoming others
were provided with the choicest possi-
BILE standing-room, until even that was
exhausted and a still ,arge but dis
appointed crowd of late-comers took
up its stand on the outside to await an
opportunity later on to inside.
The Orpheum seats 2200 people, Ind
there is comfortable standing-roo for
500 or 700 more. You can figure out for
yourself that there were fully 5000 peo-
pie in the house by noon. No prettier
scene than they presented has ever
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11

been witnessed at any popular gather
ing in the city. This was due undoubt-
edly to the fact that a good three
quarters of the crowd was composed Of
women. Look which way you would
your eyes rested on parterres of pretty
faces banked with summer flowers The
faces were all smiles, and flashing
orbs above rows of pearly teeth that
made you envy the ripe, red melon that
would tempt them to bite.
It was dream of fair Women-one
of those rose gardens of girls you read
about. which once led an anonymous
poet to exclaim:
Cover
Me over
With showers
OF flowers;
Heap
Them deep
My shivering,
Quivering
Body above,
For I am dying Of lovel
Had he been at this auction what
pretty accompaniment his poetical
paradox would have been to the
Going, going, gone!" of the auc-
tioneer! The sprinkling of we'll
dressed men in the audience in all
probability would have shared his
despairing cry.
1t was several minutes past the noon
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11
ONE WOMAN LED THE WAY FOR
BIDDERS AT THE AUCTION
Townsend Was the Fairy Gomo Whose Magic Wand transmitted
the Boxes for the California Volunteer Benefit
Into Piles Of Gold
Into Piles OF Gold.

hour when the head OF the first musi-
clan poked up from under the stage,
followed quickly by a number Of.
others, and a general rustic was heard
in the audience. denoting settling
down for the promised entertainment.
Herr Rosner sat himself down to his
organ. washed mis- hands, and the or
chestra plunged into the dreamy music
of the "Serenade." The auction was
on.
The overture finished and duly ap-
plauded the audience had about ten
seconds, which it put in with general
-xr- n 1r-Ra ST "a T W q "a ST
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11

DING, going, gone" with nearly
$4,000 in the treasury and not a
hair turned, is the record Of
the auction sale held yesterday
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-16
MISSOURI SCHOOL STATISTICS.
Interesting Figures Given in an Address
by Prof. John r. Kirk. Ex-State Super
intendent of Public Instruction.

Macon, Mo-, Aug. 13.-Prof. John r.
Kirk. late state superintendent of pub
lie schools, delivered an interesting ad-
dress to the teachers at the institute
yesterday, and cited some facts that
could not but be gratifying to
friends of the public schools of the
state. He explained what had been ac-
complished the past four yearssby the
effort to thoroughly organize the
schools of the state, so that the graded
schools will articulate with the high
schools and the latter with the univer-
stiles Last February there were a.
600 pupils in the Missouri high schools,
against only 5000 in 1895. No other
state in the union has such ratio of
growth. The high school libraries
have also grown until there are now
$780, worth of books on the shelves,
against $40, 900 worth in 1895. Labora-
tories have kept pace until there are
now high school laboratories costing
$45. 900, an amount three times greater
than that invested in 1895. While as
complete statistics are not available,
the same proportion of Improvement
has been maintained by the country
schools of the state. Prof. Kirk gave
due credit to the state examiner for
much of this advance, who does not
confine his work to high schools alone,
as is generally believed. He said the
university, the normals and the state
superintendent are working harmoni-
ously together and he anticipated an
era of educational advancement un,
paralleled in the history of the state.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-16
KANSAS BOYS PROMOTED.
On Col. Metcalf's Recommendation Gov.
Stanley Issues Commissions to Ten Mem
bers of the Twentieth Regiment.

Topeka. Kan, Aug. 13.-Gov. Stanley
has issued commissions for the follow
ing officers of the Twentieth Kansas
on recommendation of Col. Metcalf by
cable to-day: Charles B. Walker,
Kansas City, lieutenant and adju-
tant, to be captain, vice F. E. Bu-
chan; j. r. Whisner, Kansas City,
first lieutenant; B. E. Northrup, Kansas
City, second lieutenant; Clad Hamil-
ton, to be captain, vice Glasgow, dis
charged; E. Guy Simpson, Beloit, to be
first lieutenant; Charles L. Sampson,
Salina, second lieutenant: A. Fl. Con-
ley, Fort Scott, first lieutenant, vice
Agnew, discharged; Philip Fox, Man
haitian, second lieutenant: o. 81. Bur
ton, Fort Scott, first lieutenant, vice
Green, discharged; Charles P. Barsh-
field, Kansas City, second lieutenant.
The vacancies filed by tho promotions
were created by the discharge of Off
GERS who have been commissioned in
the new regiments and by Capt.
Buchan's appointment as lieutenant
in the regular army.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE census of Cuba is ordered to be
completed by July next.
Mrs. RICHARD CoULToN, wife of a
farmer near Chandlerville. ILL.,, swept
up two pounds of giant powder which
had fallen from shelf and threw il
into a fire in the yard Her ten-year-
old son was fatally burned and Mrs.
Coulton was reported in critical con-
dition.
THE J. c. Robb elevator at King
fisher. Ok, was destroyed by fire. to-
gether with $4,000 bushels of wheat.
Ivy CRABTREE, the girl who killed
her brother in an attempt to poison
her family at Carmi. ILL.,, threw herself
upon the mercy of the court and was
sentenced to the penitentiary for Is
years.
A DISPATCH from Anderson, Ark.
stated that the sawmill of the Bluff
City Lumber company was destroyed
by fire and about 20 men were thrown
out of employment.
WoRKMEN found the bodies of James
Bloodworth, aged 81, and Miss Grace
Cooper, aged Is, in a room at the high
school building at Arapahoe, Neb.
They were lovers and had committed
suicide because of opposition to Their
love affairs.
THOMAS MARTINS home at Marion
Va, was burned the other night and
Martin and his three children. aged s
IL and IS years, perished.
A TERRIBLE flood swept over the sub
prefecture of War Chow, China, and l.,
$50 houses were destroyed and thou
sands of poor people rendered homeless
A TRAIN of 90 freight cars was wrecked
in tunnel No. 4 on the Cincinnati
Southern railway by the explosion o.
tank car loaded with naphtha. The
wreckage caught fire and the entire
train was burned.
EDWIN d. HEIDLER was hanged fol
murder at Erie, Pa, on the sth.
SERGT. JACKSON was shot and killed
at Fort Douglas, Utah, by Private Car
ter, and the latter was killed while re
sisting arrest. Both were negroes ans
participated in the battle of San Juan