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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
FRlCKa At ITS HEAD.
Steel Trust VIII 30 Capitalized for Abou
&c n Billion Dollars. sf4

Steel Trust VIII 30 Capitalized for About
Z -ET| o Billion Dollars. 80
CHICAGO, May 6.-The Times-Herald
says: John w. Gates, president Of the
American Steel and Wire company, has
returned from New York, where con-
ference Of the steel magnates was held.
In an interview Mr.. Gates confirmed
the rumor Of the combination Of all the
large steel companies in the country.
According to him the headquarters OF
the new company will be in New York,
and the capital stock will be between
t50o, 600, OJ0 and $s0O, 600, 600, or itmight
reach $1,000, 900, 700. The president of
the new company will be H. G. Prick OF
Pittsburg, who has been so closely iden'
titled with Andrew Carnegie. MI. Gates
said Mr.. Carnegie would not have any
interest in the new concern, providing
bis terms to the combination were &C.
copied. lgs : 49, q s.f&..s:s. III.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09

sugar factories Now there are . large
number. but not nearly enough 70 sup
ply the country with sugar. We expert
mented until we found where the best
sugar beets could be raised. and then
we induced tho farmers to plant tho
heets and the manufacturers to plant
tho factories. Al result we are turn
ing out hundreds of tons Of sugar and
keeping thousands Of dollars at home.
ITO ascertain the best grain for our
northern states and to procure the most
hardy seeds we have an agent in south
ern Russia who is going among the
farmers asking What 10 your best
graini How do you plant it, Which 10
the hardest VARIETY He will send NJ
the wheat which they use and other
grains. The westerners complained they
had no grass that could stand the
drought, 20 We sent to the steppes Of
Russia and got some Of that grass"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
Gi ven = Life sentence.

- E#3es. ,i,sfr vs. vOn y AAsAO 0ONt0AVOs .
HUTCHINSON, Kan, May 6.-John
Moore, who, in March last, cut the
throats Of Eve of his little children,
crushed their skulls with q Ratchet and
then set fire to the house in order to
conceal his crime, has been convicted
Of murder in the first degree, which
means q life term in the penitentiary. :,
a touch Of nature that makes tho
whole world Kin IL furnished by Bucks
county, Pa. A well to do farmer, John
Lewis. recently died, and then his two
sons who helped him work the farm fol-
lowed him. Mira Lewis, another son
and the hired help are down sick and
unable to work the farm. They we're in
pitiable condition. Then the farmers
Of Bucks county came together and
said something must be done Having
aid II, they did it. Fifty plows went
% work with 50 teams and 80 harrowA
Ono hundred acres were plowed and
seeded down. Then the farmers went
back 60 their own farms but the Lewis
family viii have their harvest a usual
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
FRENCH WAR MINISTER OUT
n. Dc Ersyoiust Said 70 Have Rssigne
'%$ His Portfolio and Retired.

n. Do Frsyeinst said 70 Have Resigned
1T His Portfolio and Retired.
PARIS, May cit is reported that NJ.
Charles Louis de Freycinet, minister Of
war, has resigned in consequence Of the
reception given to his explanation in
the chamber of deputies regarding the
suspension of the lectures Of M. Durya,
9 professor in the Ecole Polytechnique,
after disturbances by his students.
81 The discussion was heated, and NJ.
dc Freycinet was freely heckled. He
explained that Professor Durya had
written a pro-Dreyfus article, which
had irritated the students, whereupon
the principal Of the school, in the in
|terest of good order, had suspended the
lectures.
M. de Freycinet stated that he fully
approved the action Of the principal.
This announcement was greeted with
loud cries of disapproval, and the min
!:ster of war exclaimed that inasmuch az
1T was impossib BILE for him to speak, he
would leave the tribune.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
PORTO RlcAN, GUARDS.

General Henry Has Nearly Completed
IA u the Enlistment Of Four Hundred.
a WASHINGTON, May 6.-Reports 70
ceived at the war department show that
General Henry at San Juan is making
fair progress in the plan for the enlist
ment OF 400 Porto Ricans in the United
States army for service in their native
country. In order to give all sections
81 the island an equal representation, 1t
was decided to recruit only IS natives
soldiers at any one place. The town Of
Tares has already supplied its quota Of
men and Acatjutla all but two or three.
At the present rate Of progress It Vii
not take long Is secure the full quota.
General Henry reports thst he hos good
lnatstial To select from, and that most
of the natives seem to Il consider It "a
honor to wear the uniform. The re-
cruits will b distributed among the
different infantry companies.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
;PressAsat Kragsr's Reply.

tHHoslAsnt KFugoI's Reply. N
4 CAFE Town, May 6.-The reply q
President Kruger Of the Transvaalr 50.
public to the demand from the British
secretary Of state for the colonies Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain, for the cancels
ton Of the dynamite concession d pub.
lished here. ( President Kruger con.
tends that tho concession ID bona 6de
and constitutes no breach of the Lon
don convention. The Transvaal, Preai-
dent Kruger insists, 10 entitled to it
opinion 90 to what is for the best inter
ests Of the republic. s5. .s.s
The amendment Of the concession q
asked by the British government, the
president adds, would be breach q
faith with regard to other parties.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
Throatsnsd to JAN Thsna.

+ HAVANA, May 6.-Major scriven Of
General Ludlow's staff, made short
work Of the stevedores strike here, e.
peclally when it was found that gov
eminent business was being affected.
He took the names of the ringleaders
and then gave them five minutes to
choose between resuming work and GO
ing to jail. The latter alternative they
declined to face and the men were soon
1t work again. .js III -
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
MERCEDES READY TO SAIL,
Former Spanish Cruiser TO Start for til,
F>s5 Il lssa United st.&ea. ..'.- gls

Former Spanish Cruiser TO Start for the
slss5 ~ United states. .-gl2 20
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, May 6.-The for
mer Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes,
which sank in the channel of Santiago
harbor during the bombardment by
Admiral Sampson's feet on July and
which was recently raised, pumped out
and brought to this city for repairs. left
her mornings and was lowed to the GEN.
ter of the harbor in readiness to start
for Newport News as soon as the tow
boat arrives. Va #s gsssss, zag sy.:, ~,
Some practical navigators predict a
repetition Of the disaster which befell
the Infanta Maria Teresa while on her
way north If rough weather should be
encountered, but the Reina Mercedes
looks as II she were seaworthy. |
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
! USED UNFORTUNATELY.

Only street Cars 90 Engaged May Use the
Es&a Sign ''U. q. Mall"
WASHINGTON, May 6.-Postmaster
General Emory Smith has made a rul-
ing that the sign ~. s. Mail" or other
sign indicating the carriage of the
mails must be carried only by such cars
on street railway lines as actually ct the
time are transporting the mails. This
decision is in response to q request from
the Amalgsmated Association Of Street
Railway Employees who, in convention
in Louisville Wednesday, photographed
President Mckinley protest against
the indiscriminate use Of these signs by
street car lines with the apparent dc.
sign Of intimidating employees.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
"A Rural Financter.

''Bill, you 60 out an clear up bout
ten acres Of new groun'. while John gifts
bout 20 acres ready for cotton, an Dick
lays of go for corn an 300 for water.
millions: then saddle the mules with
the mortgages an lay in q years provi'
sions. an III stay at home an agger jest
how fur we'll be behind when the year. 4
out !'-Atlanta Constitution!
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
y. ~ a ' = ~ l--I1 ~ = .I-|7I',-I ! -
Town or Nollatt0 Flood led.

MELLETTE, 8. D., May 8.-The arte.
sian we'll at this place broke loose and
the city is flooded. The cap came of
from the top Of the pipe and since then
it has continued to spout upward an I'M
controllable stream over 80 feet In
height and diameter of ~ inches.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09

Asked te Rsoonstrpot the Ministry. {
RoxE, May General Ludigo Pei.
loux, premier and minister Of the in
terror in the cabinet which resigned on
Tuesday in consequence Of interpella-
tions in the chamber Of deputies touch
ing the governments handling Of the
Chinese question, has been charged by
King Hum bert with the reconstruction
of the ministry. "a ,as.s. = .4.-s. 49,. ,L.s
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
Y r.. E.t.t. w.rth q, 900 = 600.

The Estate Worth o., 0OO, 900.
s New York, May 6.-The will Of the
late Antonio Terry, who died in Paris,
France, Dec. IA, 1893. and who was the
husband Of Sibyl sanderson, the opera
singer, was filed for probate with the
surrogate here. The principal legatees
are Mime. Terry and Mr.. Terry's daugh-
tor; Il 10 said that tho amount of the
estate II about q, 900, 900. j. #
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
|CONCBDB NOTHING
Buffalo Dock Strikers Refuss
the Proposition Of the Ar
filtration Board. ...5
Abolition OF Contract Work the
One Demand They Are
Asked to Drop.
oar,,a ~,nA non.a,.a,n ,a,nnae
SITUATION GROWING WORSE
Fifty-fIve Crain-LadenV Vessels
In Port and More Con-
stantly Arriving.
Proposed Strike Of All Union
Men at the Dock De-
y ferred for a Day. t'@@

BUFFALO, N. r., May 6.-The mem-
bers Of the state board OF filtration
and mediation have work hard all
day in an endeavor to settle tho exist
troubles on the docks. Conferences
have been held with the strike leaders,
meetings have been addressed and
speeches listened to and later . confer.
ence was held ct the Iroquois hotel
at which representatives Of all interests
involved were present. While there is
every indication that Contractor Con-
nors is willing to grant concessions to
the strikers in the way Of advanced
wages and the removal Of the saloon
bosses, the strikers show q most un-
yielding spirit. A meeting was held in
the afternoon at which were present
fully 1900 scoopers. When q member
Of the state board advanced to the
front of the stage and, addressing the
men, asked them IL they a@
Would Return to Work -,s.
if all their demands save one that Of
the withdrawal Of the contract from
Mr.. Connors-were conceded there was
SEoat 6uOUt VI NO, uoVeGS We WILL uOt
60 to work again under any contractor"
In the face Of this spirit the members Of
the state board feel far from encour-
aged. *.~'
The strike Of all union mon employed
on the docks, which was prophesied for
noon, did not occur. President Nc
Mahon of the new scoopers' union said
that at the request Of the state board it
was deferred "a hours.
The situation in the harbor 10 grow.
ing worse. So far this season 80 grain
laden boats have arrived in port. OF
this number but Is have been unloaded,
leaving IS still to be handled. a 4,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
4 10 Tree Wood.

We new: advise cutting down .
healthy apple tree. even though 1t be
long unproductive. So long az It 10
sound in the trunk It may be made to
produce profitable crops But there are
many old trees too far gone to be worth
saving. and Thousands such are cut up
and burned for 6rewood every winter.
Apple tree wood IL worth too much to
be put to such uses, though apple wood
makes q hot fire and an ash rich In pot
ash. It IL a very tough wood. and even
when full Of knots its value for manu-
featuring purposes Is rather enhanced
than lessened. The factories will drive
40 hard bargain with the farmer %
they can. but sound apple wood cut in
suitable shapes 10 worth many times its
value AZ firewood. and the farmers who
have such wood should know the fact
Boston Cultivator.,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
Peace Estsblishsd 1. vensxusls.

CARAoAs,4 Venezuela, May 6.-Peace
70 now re-established in Venezuela,
General Ramon Guerrero, formerly
Venezuelan minister of war and marine,
who started the revolution last Febru-
.azy and was finally. severely defeated
BY the government troops, has escaped.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
sIgnsd A.ti.rrust Bills,

n JEFFERSON CRY, Mo-, May 6.-Gov.
srnor Stephens has signed the two rad.
ical antitrust bills passed by the legis-
lature Wednesday. Ono permits the
attorney general to subpoena officers Of
trusts located in other states and If they
do not appear the supreme court may
enter Judgment against them. The
second bill provides method Of taking
testimony In proceedings against trusts.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
I sAirss xIst.ssssnes ! rr,s,d.,t.

DuBueuE, Z, May 6.-Judge shiras
II the federal court has made 8 decision
establishing 9 precedent in bankruptcy
eases. He ruled that the United State
court has no jurisdiction IN bankruptcy
proceedings The district court + the
only tribunal '.1s
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
Receptions 70 CAPTAIN Coshlan.

/ 20 Receptions 70 OaDtain Cogh1an.
WILMINGTON, N. c., May. 6.-Two
elaborate receptions were rendered Cap
tain and Mrs. .Coghlan and tho officers
Of tho cruiser Raleigh in this city. The
first was at the residence Of Mrs. James
6prult and the second at the opera
house. During the first event q hand
some silver dinner service was pre-
scented to Captain Coghlan.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
MINOR ITEMS OF INTEREST

Havana stevedores are ON strike fo1
8 day in place Of $3.50.
Cardinal Philip Krementz, arch
bishop Of Cologne, is dead. He was in
his S0th year.. ~.
Joseph A. Hickman, . we'll known
contractor Of Cleveland, died in terrible
agony as the result of cat bite.
The gunboat Vixen has been ordered
to Bluefelds to replace the Detroit,
which draws too much water to render
the best service. [lt.: 5S1
The United States cruiser Chicago
has arrived at Gibraltar. Statutes were
exchanged with the British squadron in
the straits. ~ 7Hl r..i.
A Stickeen mail carrier reports 200
men on tho Ashcroft trail facing starva-
ton. Mules and dogs are their only
subsistence. - .,.r..ss .-st,es,f = \, IN
Owing to the recent tendency Of the
Indians to make trouble in Alaska the
government has decided to send addi-
tional troops to the Klondike region.
Wilder s. Metcalf, junior major Of
tho Twentieth Kansas volunteers, has
been appointed by Governor Stanley to
succeed Colonel Fred Funston, pro
noted. $780,. ss,t'. ...s.. 3!5$s
The industrial commission 10 investi-
eating child labor \. and sweat shops.
Florence Kelley, for four years factory
inspector Of Illinois, testified that most
Of the Notwithstanding in Chicago
was sweatshop work. &
Special government officers are inves-
tigating the allegation that the govern
ment has been defrauded by the trusts
in placing the valuation Of plants trans
ferred to them at q value far below
their real worth, in order to pay less in
ternal revenue tax. " @}s
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
FOR THE FARMER.
the Agricultural Department.
Care Of pigD.

1.-THE great country lying in the tenn
perate Zone and stretching from ocean
to ocean has within its confines almost
every condition of climate and SOIL
says Secretary Wilson Of the agricul-
tural department. 1T IL possible there
fore to grow to highest perfection some
where in the United States almost ev-
erything In the world. We are trying
to ascertain what particular parts Of
the United States will grow certain
grains, fruits and vegetables and to
what parts certain grains, etc.. are Pc
culiarly adapted. We find. for instance.
that the finest muskmelons sold In tho
eastern markets come from the dry val.
legs Of Colorado. There is, however, in
the valleys Of Afghanistan, perhaps the
original home Of the melon. q musk
melon greatly superior even to those
raised in the west So to Afghanistan
we sent our agent, who returned Us Q
quantity Of seeds of the famous musk.
melon. which often grows to weight
Of 30 or 80 pounds.
''Years ago the Gala lily was very rare
and very expensive. It's place in tho
popular esteem was taken by the beau
tiful Easter lily. Every one at Easter
time likes to see Easter lilies about, but
they are expensive The bulbs come
from Bermuda, where the soil IL very
rich. But the production Of the bulbs
Of these lilies, which grow 30 rapidly,
exhausts the soil, and, as the soil in
Bermuda is very thin. they will scarce
~ be able to produce the lilies much
longer. They must have three things
rich soil, heat and water. SO We have
imported 500 bulbs, which We are dig
tributing across the southern states.
1.-THE Californians complained that
their fig trees were like those In the b.
bio which bore no AgA They had fne
trees, fine flowers and very favorable
conditions Everything was there ,ex-
cept the Aga Our scientists examined
the situation carefully and decided that
tho trouble was that the pollen was mot
reaching tho female flower. This Wa
demonstrated by means Of artificial fer
tilization. The pollen was blown into
the flowers by blowpipe, and those
flowers produced fruit. An agent was
sent to Smyrna to see how tho trees
there were fertili1ed, and be found q
peculiar bee which lived among the hg
trees and carried tho pollen from flower
to flower by means Of IT. hairy lega
The people Of Smyrna did not want to
let any OF these bees 60 out Of the ooun.
try, but our agent brought some away
IN fvina unfnrknnafa thew uara dead
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
GERMAN TREACHERY SHOWN
Further Details Of the Fight
~ ing in Samoa. VI
ALLIED FORCES WERE AMBUsHED
American and British Marines Trapped
By the False Information Of
German Planter.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.-The regular
correspondent Of the Associated Press
writing from Apia, Samoa, under datt
Of April 20, gives detailed account Of
the fighting in which Lieutenant Lans
dale and Ensign Monaghan Of the
American navy and Lieutenant Free
man Of the British navy lost their lives
On April IL landing party made up o.
60 American sailors and marines and s.
En- glish sailors and about 100 natives
proceeded to Vailele to break up an
assemblaGe Of rebels who had beer
committing depredations in the vicinity
The party was under command 81
Lieutenant Angel Freeman, first Officer
Of the Taurlnga, and with HIM were
/ Lieutenants Cave Of the Porpoise and
Hickman OF the Royslist. When thu
party had .xvs9 .c
Il Reached the Gsrmaa Plaatatloa
Lieutenant Cave asked Captain Hut.
nagel, the German manager, il there
were any samoans in the vicinity. The
manager said that none had been there
that day. At the very moment and
within few hundred yards Of the ex.
petition was q large body Of rebels.
Hufnagel advised that . return home
be made by way Of the main road
through the plantation, as everything
was quite safe and no rebels had been
about. Three other Germans were
with Hufnagel and heard this converse
ton. No one gave any warming Of dan.
ger. The return march to the beach
was commenced, and no sooner had the
men got out Of the plantation when, at
. bend in the road 400 yards away,
large numbers Of rebels were seen and
the disastrous fight followed. Hufnagel
was afterwards arrested and is held on
board tho German cruiser Fake. 't.ifJ
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
II. ,1riok Deni01 the story.

NEW YoRK, May 6.-Mr. II. G. Frick
has made the following statement:
The current rumors that the Carnegie
Steel company and the II. @. Frick
Coke company contemplated combina-
don with other steel interests were
wholly .pnfsunded.n & +. = ~. /. 8
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
Hama Hesds This Trust.

4 CLEVELAND, May Cit develops that
Senstor Hanna is the largest owner Of
stock In tho new American 6hipbuild-
ing company, representing tho console
dated shipyards Of the Great Lakes.
Mr.. Robert Wallace OF Cleveland Is Sec
ond on the list Of stockholders. The
holdings Of tho Hanna and Wallace
families are, Of course, very much
larger than the amount Of stock owned
BY these individuals, a6 ~feu&. 81
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-05-09
Care Of P1n.

One Of my neighbors had four htters
1f pigs to come On the 10th Of Febru-
ary. With the mercury II degrees below
zero He made good beds Of short stuff
Sud kept away from the sows except at
Feeding time He saved ,28 out Of 26
pigA Another man had three Ntters to
come the same day. He had good beds
and good shelter. but he only saved four
pigs out Of rs. This man just staid in
the hoghouse and kept the sows ''stirred
mp 70 badly that It was impossible tor
them 70 care for their offspring. !
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-29

stares them in the face. Several Of
these papers, notably the Pioneer Press,
in the northwest, are advocating the
very policy suggested by Senator Petit.
grew at the time OF the passage OF the
Dingley bill when he introduced an
amendment to that bill providing that
when a protected article of manufacture
became the object Of a trust it should
be placed on the free list. The amend
ment was voted down by every repub-
lican in the senate. Here is a sample Of
the arguments the Pioneer Press has
lately been INDUCING to bring it's party
round to anew policy: "A letter to the
New York Evening Post says: This
great amalgamation Of all the tin.plate
mills in the country has just advanced
the price OF tin plate to $3.50. a box,
when last fall, under independent man
axement, the mills sod the same plates
for $3.50 per box. The great trust gives
it out that a further advance is likely e.
come soon and with con
iidence that it can advance the price :.
cents more without being interferred
with under the present tariff. As &
matter of fact, it has already advanced
the price Of plate which last S~eptembeI
WAS laid down in st. Paul for $3.50 pc
box to 81 40 per box. This is al advance
Of over 60 per cent, under circumstance
which. IN reducing the cost of admins
~tration and production, would have en-
abled it to make a much larger prot
than before without advancing tn.
price at all.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-29

Easter II the Church." picturing
some churches most artistically decora-
ted for Easter, appropriately opens the
April Ladies' Home Journal. Easter
Morn in q Colored Convent" and Easter
Mondays Egg Rolling in the Presl-
dents Big Yard" though differing wide
ly, are also timely and interesting. A
notable special feature recounts the &C.
centric and dazzling career Of 1.-The
Magnificent Madam Rush." the most
famous social leader Of her day, aud
another portrays THE Life OF q japan.
csc Girl" Three articles IT peculiar
interest are entitled "How to Be Pretty
Though Plain" About Men," empha.
sizing the evils OF flirting, and "What II
Means to be u Housewife" showing the
demands and requirements OF the vocs-
ton.