Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-12-29

NEWS C0ND ATTIC
III .sS.s Wed nseday, Dss. -.
Congress has "a j 1nlpd ffor. the holi-
day recess 81 s. :5
United States Senator Thomas Mar
tin 8, Viirginia has been reelected for
the term begi inning March 4, 1901,
The United States board Of engineers
recommends fixed weirs at {. the head of
the Niagara river to regulate the levels
of the Great Lakes. ~. IF :.. = &:
The British second class cruiser Isis
ia conveying General Lord Kitchener
from Egypt to the Cape. She has been
ordered to steam at is knots. .2 .,; +.
N Reports received from this seasons
sugar crop in the Hawaiian Islands
gives the total production 1872, 1907 TONS,
which is one Of the largest in years. TT. !:
. Gus Rubin, the Akron, o., giant,
defeated stockings" Conroy of Troy,
N. Y, in seven rounds before the
Broadway Athletic club, New York. = !
The postofRce department has been
notified that the president of Guate-t
mala on the 18th inst, approved the
United States and Guatemala parcels
posts convention: It is effective Jan. /.
Z I r.. Thursday, Dec. RI
Kuhn, Loeb. & Co. have shipped
$500, 900 gold to Europe. The gold is
in double eagles. : = re- -
!, The Franco-American commercial
treaty has been presented to the
chamber of deputies. 49,,
i, The official call for the Republican
national convention to meet in Phila-
delphia> June 10 next has been issued.
NJ. G. Meagher. an elephant trainer,
better known as Patsy Forepaugh, was
instantly killed by an elephant at Sells
vile, O.
The Japanese envoy to The Hague, on
behalf of the 1nikado, has signed all the
) conventions of the International peace
conference.
The American Bell Telephone COM
pany has declared regular quarterly
qivid end Of ) per cent, and an extra
dividend of ~ per cent. :
Friday, Dec. %.
A temporary receiver has been ap-
pointed for the Globe National bank Of
Boston
General Wood has accepted the resig-
nation of General Brooke's advisory
cabinet.
Samuel Goldberger, the saloonkeeper
and Talnmany election district captain,
who was convicted of colonizing in the
recent New York election, has been
sentenced to two years. imprisonment
at Sing Sing.
The central agricultural bureau at
St. Petersburg has published a report
showing an increase of 20 per cent in
winter cereals over 1893 and an increase
of per cent upon the average Of the
last five years.
Congressman G. A. Boutelle of Maine.
who is at Youngs hotel. Washington,
has been taken seriously i'll. A bulle-
tin stated that the congressman is suf-
fering from congestion of the brain, in
duced by a severe attack of indigestion.
Saturday, Dec. 23.
General Butler has moved back in
order to defeat any attempt at flank
move.
A general order has been issued by
the war department announcing the
death of General Lawton.
The New South Wales assembly has
passed bill authorizing the issue of
treasury bills to the amount of e4,-
voc, OOO
Ex-United States Senator James w.
Bradbury of Maine is dangerously ill.
He is in, his 96th year and il not ex-
pected to recover.
The Rand Il Latin powder mills at
Pleasant Prairie, near :Kenosha, Wis,
have started up. The plant is one of
the largest in the United States. 1t
consists of IS buildings, covering several
hundred acres Of land.
General Otis has notified the war de-
partment that the transports Senator
and Ben Mohr have arrived at Manila
with the Forty fifth infantry and two
batteries of the Sixth artillery. No
casualties were reported.
Monday, Dec. rs.
: Daniel S. Ford, owner of the Youths
Companion, is dead at Boston, aged Is
years.
The British steamer Ariosto WAS
wrecked off Cape Hatteras, II lives be-
E ing lost. :.
Chicago men have started national
combination Of shippers to combat the
advance in freight rates..
!. British General Gatacre has issued a
modified reconcentrado order for the
benefit, Of the .rebellious Dutch in Cape
Colony. 8 s }',;:: :< ! 3: .szs.1.
: A Missouri: farmer, because of imam
cial reyerses,, killed his three children
and himself, his wife having previously
committed, suicide. - :: : = = -, 80 =.
RI Under the new census, which will
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