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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-01-24
Eneagement Closed.

-
The Empire Comedy company
closed weeks eDRa cement at the
G. Oss opera house Saturday evening
with a double hill that proved thu.
most entertaining. performance II
the engagement. 1.-THE Yankee IN
Cuba" a three act drama, depicting
life In Cuba under Spanish rule,
proved very pleasing. being cleverly
presented. Married In Haste" the
three act comedy which concluded
the evenings performance, was.
without doubt, one Of the most en-
pertaining and amusing pieces In the
cumpany's repertoire, and the audi.
erce left the hall with the kindliest
feelings toward the company, and
the hope that It would return to this
city again. The company. as
whole, Ia a strong one, although
there are one or t wO III. mbprs whose
work il sOmew hat amateurish.
Miss Sadie t'regan and Messrs.
Cregan, Salisbury. MostOn and 9th
ers Of the company appeared 10 ad-
vantage In whatever role assigned
them. There has not been an actress
In this city for some time that has
won more praise from our citizens
than has Miss Cregan.
The company left here i"r st. Cloud
Sunday, where they will play a
weeks engagement. The manager
stated that several new artists
would be added to the company ut
st. ClGnd. and that two At the pres
ent company would be substituted
by more experienced artists, which
changes will make it one of the
strongest repertoire rumpany's ON
the road. He also announced that
1t was the intention OF the manage.
ment to play another engagement
here Ia ter In TN SEASON.
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Result of . Family Quarrel

CHICAGO, Jan. 23.--John Deithlotf shot
and killed his wife today after q quar-
rel. He then shot himself twice. Both
died later at the hospital. Deithlof fire.
quently demanded money from his wife
and her refusal to supply him with
funds is supposed to have caused the
crime.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-01-24
ARMY BILL. IN THE HOUSE.

Democrats aud Populiats VIII Make .
Bitter Fight Against It.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The time Of
the house this week will be devoted to
the army reorganization bill. The con-
sideration of this bill, which is regarded
as pre-eminently the most important
general measure to come before con-
gress at this session, has been delayed
by the illness of Chairman Hull Of the
military affairs committee. He has re-
covered sufficiently to pilot the meas
ure, however, and the house has for
mally agreed to take up itsc consideration
at once. The general debate, not in
Guiding three night sessions, is to cop-
tinue Is hours. This is as far as the
agreement goes. It contains no pro-
vision for final vote. The debate
promises to be both interesting and i'm
portant as it will raise all the questions
Involving the increasing of our
Standing Army to 100. 900 Men,
as provided by the bill, together with
our whole future policy relating to ter
ritory acquired in the recent war with
Spain. There exists wide variety of
opinions upon the proposition to in
crease the standing army. It has a
strong majority of the Republicans be-
hind it and it comes into the house with
the Endorsement of the presidents mes
sage, practically as an administration
measure. The Democrats and Populists
are intensely hostile to the wholepropo'
sition and intend to fight it to the last
ditch. They will have some support
from the Republican side. The opposi-
ton, however. does not desire to embar-
rass the administration and are willing
to provide for a temporary increase in
the army Of $4,000 men in accordance
with the provisions of the substitute
bill offered by the minority of the COM
1nittee.
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Enxland'x Offer to France

LONDON, Jan. 23.-The Times discuss
ing Anglo French relations hints that
France will be offered concessions in
Madagascar as a setof to the French
shore rights in Newfoundland.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-01-24

Severe Earthquake in Jamaica.
PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica, Jan. &3.-An
earthquake, lasting 10 seconds and the
most severe in years, has occurred here.
The amount of damage is not known.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-01-24
Sick Soldier, From Porto Rico,

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. a3.-The trans
port Port Victor arrived at Fortress
Monroe. She comes from Porto Rico
and has on board 1876 sick soldiers from
the army hospital on the island.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-01-24
Habeas Corpus Begun.

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 23.-Habeas cor
pus proceedings have been begun to re-
lease County Judge Skipton, ordered
imprisoned by the house for contempt
in refusing to bring in the ballots in a
contest case.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-01-24
Launch Run Down and Sunk.

Launch Run Down and Sunk.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23.-The naptha
launch William D was run down and
sunk by the steam ferryboat Oakland in
the bay tonight. Two lives were lost
J. o. Wattles, marine engineer, and
Frank E. Orr.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-30
HARVARD.
YALE.
EARLY MORNING SCENES.
SUBSTITUTE AND FRESHMAN RACES POS,
PONED ON ACCOUNT OLE ROUGH WATER

SUBSTITUTE AND FRESHMAN RACES POST
PONED ON ACCOUNT OF ROUGH WATER
New-London. Conn June 20 (SpeciaD.-The
morning at New London dawned dark. 1t looked
as II the downpour which had been so heavy the
night before might start up at any moment.
Crimson and Blue together usually can make
things rather bright, but there was a settled
melancholy upon the countenances of Harvard
and Yale arrivals. and gloomy predictions were
all lips. The pretty girls who were planning
TO wear feathers in their hats were dlsconsoate
while the youths who squander money on white
duck trousers feared that there was trouble
ahead But about 1870 o'clock. after several
violent efforts. the sun broke through the clouds
and the Yale and Harvard girls felt that the
crisis for drenched SHIFT waists and bedraggled
ribbons was past
The first contests on the programme for the
thousands who were pouring into the town from
the north and south and the ways OF the rising
and the setting sun were the four-oared and the
freshman races scheduled for 10 a. m. This is
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looked down on the speeding shells Inc iaie
men. who know how to sing, tried to start up d
Yale rlee. but It was a swan song and ruherai
dirge rolled into one Yale felt that IL was
beaten vet never a stroke did 1t faiter OF lali'
And who knows? Something might happen IL
was not the fault OF the police arrangements a'
the finish that something did not happen.
As has been described. the Harvard smell es-
caped by a hair from dire disaster. and lost at
least two or three seconds by the detour 'ha'
her coxswain had to make. Many people thoush'
that he had steered out Of his course ike the
Wisconsin rudderman, but It was not So bu'
Vale was so far TO the that the mishap ola ITO
harm. and as the guns pealed out royal welcome
n, acclaim the Harvard crew dashed across tne
line a winner over Yale by six or seven leheths
Not a man in the Harvard boat was padiy spent
but IN the Yale boat, which crossed the line over
twenty seconds later. there was good deal OIL
distress, pluckily borne .o,l
uarvards winning time was ~ minutes or
.ocords which is excellent although not WITHIN
holf q minute Of record time.
Following is the official time OF the crews io'
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THE FOUR-OARED RACE.
VALE SHOWS POOR FORM AND IS oUTPo1NT-
ED FROM THE START.

New-London. June 20 (specaD.-For the four
cared race. which was rowed from the head OF
the our-mile course. just as the varsity race
was later on. the Harvard crew had the east
and the Yale crew the west course. There was
long DELAY at the start because No. in the
vale boat broke his outrigger. and the four had
10 return to the boathouse for repairs. II was
lust a little after 4 p. m. when the two crews
lined up.
Harvard got a magnificent start and shot
ahead OF the Yale boat like an arrow loosed
from it's shaft. Yales start was poor. and the
crew splashed about a good deal. In the frst
fifty yards the copper-bac four from cam
bridge sprinted and rushed their tidy smell a
length to the fore. If the Cambridge men kept
nm nace like this. it was already all over but
the shouting. The Harvard oarsmen didn't keep
ND quite so fast a stroke, but they gained
steadily and by the time that the quarter-mile
point was reached chorus OF Harvard cheers
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THE VARSITY RACE.
HOW THE STURDY SONS OF JOHN HARVARD
WON THE GREAT CONTEST.

WON THE GREAT CONTEST
New-London. June % Especially -There was a
good big delegation that went up to the two
minor races in the early afternoon but there
seemed to be little or no diminution in the
crowds that came thronging into town by every
boat and train all eager for the supreme strug-
gle Of the day. At 3 o'clock they crowded onto
the station platforms impatient to start up the
river. but 1t was after p m before the obser
walton train for the earlier two races returned
and dumped its yelling Harvard and trfe
subdued Yale bands upon the platforms. Mean
time. however the officials of the Central Yer
mont Railroad reckless of common-sense and
common decency, had started their observation
train out promptly on the minute and by the
time that its ticket-holders gathered anxiousy
10 get aboard their travelling grand stand had
sped five miles up the river. 1t was too late
for them to use any other means Of conveyance.
had there been any at hand. The other obser-
walton train was full. So big lot Of Harvard
and Yale graduates and their eager daughters
were left TO sit in the station and hear family
from miles away the din Of the great strife and
Harvard triumph.
THE CREWS ARE OFF
The cheers ceased, and all was quiet as
summers day when was heard the hoarse Are
you ready Of the referee. Then the shot rang
out and the crews were off
The nimble Harvard eight had a shade the
better Of the start. but the difference was hard
y more than perceptible. The nose Of Har-
wards boat pushed ahead perhaps yard or
two in the first half dozen strokes but when the
two Fights settled down TO the long four-mile
Journey Yale up fully even. Both were
rowing in excellent form at about a "a clip to
the minute. Neck and neck for the first quar-
ter OF a mile the two crews rushed, and at times
so even were they that from across the river It
looked as II the two crews had been merged
instead OF two were flashing in the sunlight
The Yale men the banks were giving their
Greek cheer with snap that could be heard
above the din and rumble OF the train. and the
oarsmen in the Yale boat bent to the task of
getting the lead.
The water was In perfect condition when the
referees blast summoned the two university
crews to their wager Of battle. The two eights
one grasping the -bladed oars the other
bending TO the crimson sweeps, lay close under
the west shore. Here there was not breath
Of air, and the water glass
Just 10 the west rose the bank and above
that swelled rounding hill. deep green against
the light-blue sky OF the far horizon. Along
the embankment. so that at the start the
people could gaze straight down into the faces
OF the crews. stretched the misguided Vermont
observation train. Across the broad stream
the sun shone straight and hot though sink
ing in the western sky into the faces OF the
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work. There was just the least shade OF
hitch between the strokes. .s
New lease of life seemed suddenly granted 10
the Harvard oarsmen, and in twinkling their
frail craft shot TO the front Of Yales. the mo-
ton Of the boat was just smooth as ever out
there had been a sudden leap forward IN us
sneed The whole band Of crimson-faced ana
rIbboned watchers saw the gain. and they were
on their feet In & jify. bowling and swinging
their arms until the rolling train rocked as II
sped along The Harvard nightingales had oeeh
humnng This is Harvard's Day under thelr
breath for some little time but now they came
ont and shouted the chorus: Glory glory
Hallelutah. Glory, Glory Hallelujah for this
"a Hervards day" At the mile-and-a-halt nag
Harvard's lead was unmistakable. She was
good length TO the fore and gaining little at
every heave Of the oars
Yale was plugging along at thrty-four gait
but her shell was falling steadily to the rear.
Clear water was beginning to show behind Har-
wards rudder. and that was the signal for an
other series OF demonstrations by Harvard sup
porters As the crews bore down on the two
mile flag Captain Higginson hit up Harvards
stroke and more Of that glimmering sweep or
water showed itself behind the she'll Stroke
Williams in the Yale boat. made desperate
attempt to meet the squirt and go Harvard one
better But the power that lay In those sturdy
Yale lads did not all find its way to the oar
blades So Harvard steadily forged ahead.
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RED FIRE IN NEW-LONDON.

HARVARD CREW WILL COME TO NEW-YORk
FOR THE BALL GAME TOMORROW
New-London June 20 (speciaD.-The jubilant
men OF Crimson throng the streets to-nigh'
The crimson Of the fireworks in the city ana on
the river seems more vivid, and nobody grudses
the men all the comfort they take out OF their
great and signal victory.
The victorious Harvard varsity crew VIII TAKE
a hand In the final baseball game between mar ,
vard and Yale at New-York next Saturday.
They won't exactly play ball. but are expected
to play on the feelings of the Yale nine. Inc
manager Of the Harvard crew wished IL 10 DC
announced tonight that the crew would ieaVe
Boston. Park Square station, at midnight To-
morrow for New-York. where they would stay
at the Murray Hill Hotel. and go up 10 lhe
game in a body on Saturday afternoon.
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ROTH CAPTAINS REELECTED.
SCENES AT THE TRAINING QUARTERS AM
WHAT THE COACHES HAD TO SAY.

SCENES AT THE TRAINING QUARTERS AND
WHAT THE COACHES HAD TO SAY.
New-London. Conn, June 20.-Head Codch T.
c. Storrow was outspoken In praise OF MS men
They won" he said simply by rowing haiu
steady race; it was a victory when diu 'hei"
very great credit The time. though good "ouiu
have been much better II the race had been
rowed an hour earlier, and If the excursion o'a''
had tot crowded the course
Cantain F. /. Higginson IT.. stroke OF the first
winning Harvard crew since 1871 VINO contrib
uted greatly to Crimson success. was fairly
beaming with happiness when ne Junipeo rohi
the launch on hA return to quarters j. ). Stor-
row. the coach of the freshman crew. IN speak
ing of the varsity, said: The crew was re-
markably fast one and its special feature was
In the fact that the men rowed well together
Soon after dinner the varsity election was
held. and F. L. Higginson was again chosen
captain Of the eight
At the Yale quarters at Gales Ferry there
was dense gloom from the time the varsity
crew landed after the race until they finally lett
for New Haven. Dinner. which was served al
most Immediately after the crew returned, was
eaten in silence.
After dinner those who pulled in the she'll
assembled and reelected Captain Frederick w.
Allen, 90, of Nalpole. Mass.
Captain Allen in speaking OF the race said
that II a hard and was won on Its
merits. Harvard had fast crew and deserved
n victory. our crews ] know were not especially
slow" Head Coach Gaaudet said There is
little to say at time like this. All we can do
is to extend congratulations TO Harvard for
their well earned victory" Alfred Cowles who
has been DR.. Gallaudet's assistant during the
last FIVE months said: our men pulled a fine
race. and they rowed as well as they knew how.
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even better than we expected. Harvard's crew
was fast one. and they deserved the yctory'
LITTLE SLEEP AROUND no. p.
MEMBERS OF THE HARVARD CLUB CELL
RRATE THE VICTORIES.

BRATE THE VICTORIES.
Few folks living within block or t"o-in any
dIrecton-from No. q West Forty-four,h-st. got
their beauty sleep last night; or to state me case
more Complementary. 1t may be SAID mat iev
got any sleep at all until the milk wagons began ID
go their rounds. For No. q is the Harvard Club.
and its members celebrated the happenings OF ths
afternoon at New -London
Were going to have an old-time jolihcaton,"
said D. ]. Mackie chairman OF the House CON-
mittee, carly in tn, evening" zone OF the kind we
used to have frequently previous to about eight
years ago"
And they had It, It made necessary much hur-
raining frequent explosions OF fireworks In front OF
the building repeated iteration Of college and class
yes the singing Of innumerable glees and all
that sort Of thing. but while 1t kept the neighoors
awake, 1t did not annoy them bit, for 1t Is
Harvard neighborhood and everybody all around
was almost IL not entirely as happy as the club
TheHouse Committee had arranged luncheon OF
huge proportions and great variety. and the details
OF the celebration also included "a punch"
Such members OF the cub as had not been able
to go to see the began to gather In the club
house early In the evening. and while waiting Tor the
return OF the two hundred three hundred Harvard
men who had gone to New-London. they passed
the time In talking about past victories ana In dis
GUSHING Haryard's chances OF success IL the ball
game with Yale tomorrow. Soon after II o'clock.
however this peaceful scene was broken In upon oy
the advent OF the home-comers. and then the
long pent-up enthusiasm broke loose.
THE TRIPLE VICTORY A SURPRISE.
Several members of the club said that Harvarc's
victory. especially the triple triumph, was a sur
prise to them.
I'VE were not very hopeful Of victory even before
the race" said DR.. B. T. Tilton, whose brother is
a member Of the winning crew. and VINO himself
rowed In two or three races several years ago.
but when at the two miles the crews were so
nearly even feared that fales superior weight
and strength would win out .
There were several Yale men among the guests
IN the Harvard clubhouse. among them Deing
rharies " could who was counsel to the Relief
Committee In Cuba and they all took the defeat
Of their crew good naturedly ana philosoPHiesiS'
so far as appearances indicated
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reioiced in the clear water that was showing
between the crews.
Harvard was rowing a beautifully clean and
powerful stroke while Yale continued every
nov and then TO send the spray flying In dia-
mond flashes from a high-pued catch. AL the
half-mile flag Harvard had between two ana
three lengths to the good. and the race was al
ready settled Yale tried TO squirt, but Harvard
rowing thirty-one strokes TO the minute lhaih-
taned and easily increased her Lead. IL was
getting 10 be a procession, and the Yale men
on the observation train. used only 10 such
spectacles with Yale in the van. were rather
silent Yae's bow and No. were working nara
but were not doing effective work, and the Yale
shell seemed to crawl. More cheers, with the
old Harvard ring in them. revealed the fact that
the one-mie flag was close at hand and the
race half over with the blue badly in the
rear. Yale had stopped cheering, except out OF
compliment to her hard working men, for the
race was lost unless somebody In the Harvard
boat broke an oar slipped his slide. But the
Yale supporters took the situation rather philo-
sophicay No one at the Yale quarters mad
picked the Yale four as winner, and so the
New Haven lads surprise was due mostly 10
the extent Of the defeat.
HARvARD's BIG LEAD.
almost Is seconds ahead rowing a long. clean
stroke The oars flashed in the golden sun
light and the boats began to eat we'll into the
second and last mile. Harvard had dropped her
stroke to thirty, and though occasionally doing
a little careless spashing, was we'll within her
self The Yale men were getting pumped IL
was a question now only or lengths, ana 1aie
managed TO keep about her same reIatNe posi-
ton.
The finish line was close at hand now and
the Yale oarsmen made last effort to lessen
the cleaning gap OF water. 1t was OF no avail
Spent by the hard pace, their squirt resulted
only In some bad splashing. Still rowing her
splendid, easy stroke. the Harvard four swung
across the line. and the victory was won. 1t
had been so clear q walk-away as to lack inter-
est II It had not been taat Yale and Harvard
were the contestants. Between them game
Of marbles would give many people heart dis
ease The Yale boat padded YEARLY over to
the lee of the east bank. where the blue launch
lay to give them hand OF cheer.
Harvards time fer the two miles was 10
minutes 81 seconds; Yale IL minutes seconds.
q difference Of II seconds which meant a defeat
OF six or eight lengths
The makeup Of the two crews was as follows:
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RECORD OF HARvARD-YALE RACES.

The record OF the four-mie eight-oared races
between Harvard and Yale begins with the year
1876. Since that time Yale has won thirteen out
Of the twenty dual races that have been held
and Harvard has won seven. In 1896 Yale was
at Henley and did not race in this country Har-
ward rowing against Cornell at PougnHeepsis
and losing In 1897 and 1898 Harvard Yale ana
Cornell rowed three-cornered races IN WHICH
Cornell was the victor. but in which Yale de-
feated Harvard. Counting these two VICTORIES
the tale Of Yae's triumphs over the Crimson
would be increased to fifteen.
Tha recnrd Of the races is as follows