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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-11-07
COLENZO GIVEN UP.

Another Bitter Pill for the British Pub
lilo to Swallow.
LONDON, Nov. 6.-The war Office has
issued the following announcement:
1.-THE colonial Office has received in.
formation to the effect that the British
troops have with drawn from Colenso,
and have concentrated further south,
but we have no news of any engage
ment in that neighborhood."
News that Colenso has been evacu.
ated was another bitter pill for the
British p..hlic and is arousing fears
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-11-07

that tho continental statements OF q
second serious defeat of General White
Hay prove true. A strange fact is tina,
the war Office does not say when Co.
lsnso was evacuated, so the statement,
Which emsnated Thursday from DR..
teyds, the diplomatic representative OF
The transvaal who is located at Brus.
tells, that the Beers had occupied Co.
lenso was possibly true. There wa.
% uch apprehension that the war Office
\ suppressing bad newa
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-11-07
Lo.t Two Hundred Horses.

LONDON, Nov. 6. - The troopship
Rapidan, which sailed from Liverpool
for South Africa Nov. but was obliged
to turn back owing to damage received
In Fridays storm, lost 200 horses over
board in the gale.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-11-07
LETTERS OF MARQUE.
They Are Issued by the Beers in Europe
and tho United States.


and tho United States.
PARIS, Nov 6.-The Temps corrobor-
ates the statement that the Beers have
decided to employ privateers, and says:
There is an immense fleet of trans
ports now at sea carrying troops. The
Transvaal government cannot seriously
threaten these, but there is no doubt
that it has issued letters Of marque in
Europe and the United States, and
British commerce may suffer, even if
the transports do not"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-11-07
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Assistant los stmas,er General Heath
4. laVNr. II. ExLem.t0M.


.. lavor. 1t. Extension.
WaF1I;| ,,NGTON. Nov. GA vigorous
appef' ~ rural delivery is made in the
annui report of FIRST Assistant Post
mast General Perry Heath. Mr..
Heat says the service SO fur has re-
suite lin increased postal receipts, ELL
HANGED the value Of farm lands reached
by rural free delivery from " to So per
acre; general improvement of the con.
dition Of the roads travelled by the rural
carriers; better prices for farm prod.
ucts, the producers being brought into
daily touch with the state Of the mar.
kets,. besides educational benefits con-
ferred by relieving the monotony OF
farm life through ready access t.
wholesome literature and knowledge
of current events.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-11-07

Pretty Dress A new lot of
StuffS pretty dre SIS
stuffs in today;
all the latest shades of the good
wearing dress goods, and our
word for it the prices will please
you when you see the goods.
900 yards of fine fall dress
goods at 14c a yard, worth 20.
1000 yards of pretty fall dress
stuffs fresh from the loom at 18c,
worth 25c.
Then there are outing flannels
at these prices, and they are
worth a fourth more: Sc &c 7C SC
and 10c.
Underwear and Small type,
Hosiery but read it,!
If ever facts
and figures spoke eloquently
OF economies these do. Not
especial lots," priced as we like
to have them, and as our system.
allows us to have.
At 68c good shirt or drawers
for men worth 95c at present.
Beautiful mems underwear at
75c and $1.00 a garment.
The all Cotton kind at 48C and
SOC.
Mems stockings at 19c, worth
25c.
About Pretty Our store news
Dress Skirts of Friday had
a few words
about these separate skirts.
And dSaturday capped the climax
in skirt selling and no wonder;
because the quality and style
are here and we don't want as
much profit as others.
There are 20 skirts, 6 different
patterns, at IFS each.
There are % skirts, seven
patterns, at 2.25.
There are Is skirts, 5 different
patterns, at 3.25.
ShirtWaists for This is a new
Winter lot of good
we'll m a d e
careful cut, stylish winter shirt
waists, Some of these waists
are all cotton, some cotton and
wool, some silk and wool and
some all silk.
The all cotton ones are SOC.
The cotton and wool ones are
Csc, IS to $1.25.
The all wool ones are ST. so to
$50.
The silk and wool ones are
from $780, to $50.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-11-07
SEVENTT-FOUR CHINESE,
United States Marshal Holding Thom lox
Trip 1T Ear1o

UuICoU oC1IOb 0SHH1U1I 11UIU1uX 1H01 TUX
Trie 1T Fargo.
FARGO, N. D., Nov. 6.-United States
Marshal Haggart has arrived from Por-
tai with 86 Celestials who crossed into
tho United States last week. The Jail
is unusually crowded at present and
hunks have been fixed up in . store
room for the entire number. They will
probably be held here for two or three
months before tho hearing Of all Is COM
pleted. There are now "a waiting trial.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-11-07
Over Eight Hundred Missine.

DURBAN, Natal, Nov. 6.-The official
roll call shows that 843 members Of the
Gloucestershire regiment and of the
Royal Irish Fusileers are missing as the
result Of the engagement at Farquhar's
farm.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-11-07
Ton Conts Costs $4,000.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. Nov. g.
A $15, ZOO fire occurred in the dry goods
store of w. F. Ferguson & Co., on Ash
man street. An errand boy lighted
match to find 10-cent piece he had
dropped and set fire to a bundle of COT
ton batting. The flames quickly spread
to adjacent goods and the interior of the
store was soon ablaZe.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-11-07
Annexed Moro Territory.

CAPE TOWN, Nov. t.-Another dis
patch from Ladysmith says the Beers
have proclaimed the upper Tukela divi'
sion of Natal annexed to the Orange
Free State.
Farmer Assassinated.
WHEELING. w. Va, Nov. 6.-James
w. Gasnell, prosperous farmer OF
Mount Pleasant, o., near here, was
assassinated during the night. Two
shots were fred from the darkness
through the window in which Gasnell
eat, He was killed instantly.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-11-07

The all SILK ones are IRON
|$4.5 to 700 and all prices be.
tween.
Ladies Petit A few score of
Coats pretty ones,
''new arrivals"
are here this morning; the good
we'll made dependable kind.
We warrant these garments to
suit you or your MONEY BACK
if you ask for it.
A good sateen petticoat in
black and colors ST. 10, $1.50and
$1.95.
The mercerised cotton look
like silk and wear better, $500
$2.25, $3.50 to $500.
Must HAYES for These little
H0uSekeeperS things may
be calle d
notions, but we must have
them therefore we call them
must haves.
A rowof pins 1C to4c, hair curl
er SC, a yard of elastic &c to SC,
6 sheets of writing paper 1c, a
bottle of mucilege or ink 5, a
bottle of mending glue 10, boys
supenders SC and 10c. a nice bar
of toilet S Jap SC, a nice bar of
Williams shaving soap 1OC,
children's handkerchiefs 1c, &c,
Sc and SC, ladies' handkerchiefs
Sc, DC, and Sc, mems handker-
shiefs 4c to 10C, 3 spools of
buttonhole twist for SC, 2 spools
|of sewing cotton SC, book straps
and shawl straps5c, 10c, and 25c,
SO feet of lace shelf paper SC,
6 boxes of matches Sc, a good
nickel tipped pencil 1c, a good
whisk broom 10C. 800 wood tooth
picks SC, crochet hooks 3 for SC.
Lamps, Pretty You are in
and Good vited to CON-
pare our prices
on lamps or on anything else
with Chicago or New York
prices. It is our bushes to see
that you don't have to go to
New York or Chicago for any
thing.
Very nice glass lamps at 15c,
zoe, 25c and CSC.
Very good dining room lamps
SOC 75c and $1.00.
Very good sitting room lamps
SIPS, $1.95, 200 to $500.
Library or hanging lampsfrom
$3.50 to $1,000.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-11-07
Object to Now Prison Rules.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Nov. G.-There
was almost u riot in the Santiago prison
when the order WAS enforced respect
ing the use of the conventional convict
uniform of stripes, prisoners wearing
clipped hair and clean shaven faces.
Til" prisoners tiatly refused to comply
and ,n lrlson officials were compelled
to use ltiCe.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-11-07
Shnrkey fIering Severely.

NIw York, Nov. 6.-Thomas Shar-
key, in 1uin ana encased in plaster
SUPPORT spent the day quietly in his
quarters. Hc was closely attended by
his l,lnyslcians, who ordered him to be
absolutely quiet. The defeated pugi-
list was restlve and uncomfortable unit
Il sleeping powder had been admins
tered.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-11-07
Surrendered to General Castro.

Surrend cred to General Castro.
CARACAS, Nov. 6.-After a blockade
of two days, Puerto Cabello has sur
rendered to General Cipriano Castro
and the officials of the de facto govern
ment.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-10-06

Our goods here
We ask visit opportunity
Ieiet of
Goods Cohng
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-10-06
C0RSETS, HOSIERY AND Under WEAR

We are headquarters for these goods.
Try few pairs of our ID, 20, % and 80
cent ladies' and misses hose. "Mert wins
success and the merit of these goods is
beyond question. We carry the greatest
variety of styles in Thomsons, Warmers
and Il. & CT. cOrscts in Ocala. Many new
shapes, noted for fit and finish.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-10-06
CARPETS, MATTINGS, RUGS

Portieres, Window Shades, Etc., Etc.
The largest line of these goods we have
ever had-new and attractive patterns and
prices unusually low. Our carpet depart
ment on second floor is overfiowing with
beautiful goods. Don't fail to visit it. Car
pets made to order and put down promptly
and first class work guaranteed.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-10-06
DRESS GOODS

Black as we'll as Colored, showing the
very latest productions of foreign and do
nestle looms in fancy and plain fabrics, all
prices. A large and very choice collection
of dress patterns-no two alike-$3.5O to
Sl5 per pattern. These come in great vari-
ETY. of styles and colorings, comprising Cam
cl's Hair Serges and Suitings, Striped and
plain Covert, Homespun Cycle, Mercerized
Silks, Vigereaux, Crepons, Solice Satin, Mel
ange, Satin Berber, Venetian plain and
mummy effects, Two Toned Illuminated Suit
ings, fancy striped Poplins Camers Hair and
Baretta Plaids, Millonette, Venetian Covert,
Fancy Corderettc etc.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-10-06
BLACK AND C0LoRED SILKS

A handsome line in the new fall weaves
representing styles and values that will not
be surpassed. A large variety of silk
waist patterns of pleasing colors and de-
signs, each with the stamp of fashion. Come
and see them.
SCHOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY
Don't forget that we are handling school
books new and second hand. We are head
quarters for all school supplies, stationery,
blank books, etc.
CAPES AND JACKETS
Our children's Jackets have arrived and
a most beautiful line. We ask the ladies
not to buy their capes or Jackets until they
see our stock The colors are new and
beautiful showing the highest types of
fashion. All prices.
WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT
+ This department is replete as never be-
fore. The shelves and counters are full of
all kinds of merchandise, and we ask the
merchants of Marion and surrounding
counties to visit this department on second
floor while in the city.
ny bargains we have for
our store your stopping
best. You may buy goods
r 8.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-10-06
DRESS TRIMMINGS

We offer you these in great varieties, in
the seasons latest designs and colorings. No
finer array of new effects can be found
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-29
ROMANTIC STORY OF THE WAR

the Almirante Oquendo. The Vizcaya
come to anchor, it's great 13-inch guns
trained on the American consulate
Amid the blare of trumpets and the
shouts Of the populace the fleets COM
mander came ashore. He paid the GUS
tomary official visit to the Spanish
military commander, and in the
course of the conversation asked:
who represents the Yankees here?"
philip 9. Hanna,' was the reply.
"My friend" Capt. Eulate turned
pale. fastening back to the fleet he
changed the position Of the Vizcaya.
Then he penned a note of invitation,
requesting the pleasure of Consul
Ranna's presence at dinner aboard the
flagship. The consul, who had in the
Intervening time been married to g.
charming Iowa girl, responded on be-
half of himself and wife The meet
ing was dramatic one, war being
then certainty, and, in fact, only
few days off, and great was the aston
ishment of the Spanish town and the
Spanish fleet to witness the triumph
Of friendship over circumstances.
While the ships were yet in the
bay the consul was ordered to leave
San Juan and take refuge in the Dan
ish island of st. Thomas, less than a
hundred miles away.
Mrs. Eulate remained in San Juan
when her husband sailed away to join
Cervera. Then came q report that
Cant F,ulate was killed In the midst
of excitement Consul Hanna did not
forget. He telegraphed to Washing
ton to ascertain whether the captain
was dead Or alive He got word that
the Vizcaya had gone down and that
Eulate was a prisoner Of war. He sent
all the facts to Mrs. Eulate and she
wrote him a charming letter Of
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-29
SPELL OF THE BIRD.
STRANGE TALE OF FASClNA-
TON.
"A Ftcndlsh Partnership Between Seduc-
tive Songster ana kcpul-iye Se~nenr
of the south American Wilderness
Killing Il Monster.

Fascination? Does any one belieYe
in fascination? Yes. | do. and don't
MIND who hears me say it or who
laughs at it. If you had had the eX-
perlence | once went through, You
would believe in it tool"
Inc speaker was Mr.. George Crel-
don, and he proceeded to tell one OF
the wairdest tales human tongue has
ever uttered Several years ago, with
friend, he had gone to that part of
south America where Venezuela, Bra
I'll ana British Guinea meet. and was
engaged in working a gold mine owned
py Mr.. Soltram, who had settled in
theSe untrodden wlds with his beau
tllul daughter, Ledra, and established
village of Indians about him, to help
work the mine. Among the Indians
was a deep-seated belief in the exist
ence OF a monstrous serpent OF unusu-
ally terrifying aspect, but of slug
slsh nature, which is always accom-
PANIED by one or pair of birds equal
.ly rare but of st.ikingly beautiful
plulnase. This serpent is called in
some parts "kragi," in others, again,
there IS no particular name for it, and
IL IS ranked as kind of "camoodi."
winch is the Indian term for the great
ooaconstrictor of Guiana. The bird
is called the kalon, or sometimes the
hrao-kalon, and is declared to entice
victims into the neigh borhoOd of the
serpent, so that the latter may seize
'hem with very little trouble or exer-
tlon, the bird being afterwards re-
Warded by being allowed to pick out
the strangled creatures eyes and other
tit-bits before the dead body is swal-
lowed by the reptile. But let Mr..
Creldon himself tells his story:
One day, about noon wei. e., Sol
tram, my friend Bringham, and myself
had come to the mouth of the mine
from the distant workings to have our
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-29
Blew His Hand OF,

Mr.. Harris Lohman, telegraph op-
orator on the Beech Greek district of
the New York Central railway locat-
ed at Garway, Pa, Clearfield county,
met with a distressing accident the
other day. LOhman was shooting off
an old army musket on the platform
of the depot The target was a stump
in a field near by. Remarking to a
friend that he would show him how
to shoot, Lohman loaded the gun with
ten inches of powder. He was warned
by his companion that it was danger
Gus to discharge the gun with this
amount of powder in it, but in spite
of the warning Lohman placed the
musket to his shoulder and pulled the
trigger. AS he did so the barrel ex-
ploded and his left hand was blown off
at the wrist. The injured man sank
to the platform and was picked I'D by
companions and carried into the depot.
Money Lost in the Mails.
About ten thousand dollars cash is
lost every year through being inclosed
in letters and mailed, the postoffice au-
thorities being unable to identify
either the sender or addressee. In ad-
dition to this something like ten thou
sand dollars is found loose in the mails
every year. 1t is officially styled
loose money"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-29

nearly every Latin country. A list
was kept Of the names OF the pris-
oners and of the amount of money eX-
pected from each before he could be
liberated.
There were two men in La Guayra,
however, upon whom Escheverra had
not reckoned. One was tall, slender
young American. He was Philip Han
ma, an Iowa man, the American con-
sui at the port. The other man who
was destined to interfere was a lieu
tenant of the Spanish navy, dark
visaged, taciturn man, who had taken
a liking to the Iowa boy, and whose
vessel was lying in the harbor. This
vessel, the Jorge Juan, was about the
size of the little Concord of the Ameri-
can navy. The two men had been ac-
quainted about two months, Lieut..
Eulate-for such was the Spaniard's
name-visiting the bachelor quarters
at the consulate for a smoke and a
chat, and Consul Hanna going aboard
the tiny warship whenever it came in
from the coast survey duty. There
was no war anywhere, except in Vene-
zuela. Spain was friendly to the
United States and Indifferent to the
revolutionary quarrels of Crespo and
Mendoza.
One morning in September the day
of the Wholesale arrests, Consul Han
ma received a note from the prison
telling him there was an American
locked up, man who had been
naturalized. The consul was alone.
He tried to telegraph Minister scruggs
at Caracas. for instructions. but the
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-29

he said, to let those people out. Well
stay here till you do it," The twenty
minutes were just up as Gen. Esche-
verra turned sullenly and unlocked
the door of the Jail. The eighty-fve
prisoners lost no time in getting out.
IF it ever comes my turn, lieuten-
ant" said Mr.. Hanna, TO do you
favor, you can count on me-"
Little did either man think of the
consequences of the affair. The Vene-
zuelan dictator, baked Of his prey by
a despised American and reckless
neutral Spaniard, complained to Ma
drid and to Washington of the breach
Of international law. Washington
only took trivial notice of the mat
tion and then to Mendoza, telling him
he had only got what he deserved, or
less. Madrid took a different view of
it. Eulate was stripped Of his rank
and put in the guard house to await
court-martial. Things would have
gone hard with him if Madrid had not
soon received the thanks of seven
teen governments for the timely aid of
Eulate
Mr.. Hanna, as in duty bound, had
requested the consuls to write home
about it, with the result that the mer-
curial Spanish government officials re-
leased their man and promoted him to
the command Of the Havana naval
depot, with the rank Of captain.
One fine day in April, 1898, when
the two nations were on the verge of
war, the harbor Of San Juan de Porto
Rico was entered by the Vizcaya and
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-29

midday meal, as was our custom. This
was brought for us from the huts by
Indians, and Ledra would often come
with them and chat with us while We
ate, going back with the Indians. On
this particular morning, when we got
out in the open air, we found Ledra
there, but not her attendants. She had.
in fact, run on in front and outstripped
them. A clearing of considerable eX-
tent had been made round the mouth
of the mine, and this was Uttered
about with heaps Of debris, logs OF
timber, and so on. | then saw that
Ledra was chasing a bird of wonder
fully beautiful plumage. 1t was, in
some respects, like the bird of para
disc, but in briliancy Of coloning 1t
surpassed any bird | had ever seen. 1t
seemed quite tame, and frequently al
most allowed its pursuer to come up
to it; when, however, with a coquet-
tish little futter, it would evade cap
ture with remarkable agility, and af
feet to hide among the logs or behind
some heaps of rubbish. Thinking that
Ledra would like me to shoot it in or
der to secure the bird, | turned back
into the mine for my gun. | had left
a double -barreled piece loaded with
shot in one barrel and a ball in the
other in the first gallery over the en-
trance. Just as had taken the gun
heard an outcry, and paused for mo-
ment to look out through the bars of
sort of window to the gallery to see
what was going on below. The In
dians had arrived with our meal and
had evidently taken alarm at some
thing and were fleeing in terror, each
one having incontinently thrown down
whatever he or she was carrying. Much
surprised, | looked anxiously for Le-
dra, and saw that she was standing
still in the middle of the open space,
while her father had gone after the
bird, which had perched itself on one
of the lower boughs Of tree at the
edge c' the clearing. Meantime, the
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-29
Meteor Falls.

Philadelphia Inquirer: The narrow
escape Of the Norwegian steamship
George Dumois from being sunk at sea
by a meteor which exploded in her
course while she was bound from Phil
adelphia for Jamaica was related by
members of the crew when the steamer
tied up at the West India Fruit COM
panys wharves. Capt Jentoft states
that on the night of Oct. 10, the ves-
sells position being about latitude 23
north and longitude 7422 west, the
meteor, which was only seen a few
seconds before it came near, exploded
within few yards of the vessel, scat
tering it's fragments in all directions.
The explosion was due, he believes,
to the hot substance suddenly coming
in contact with the water. During the
entire night the luminous trails of
other meteors could be seen in their
downward descent The crew of the
vessel were blinded by the trail OF
intense light which followed the me-
tsor even after 1t had disappeared.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-29
Incidents Of Years Ago That Made Consul
Hanna and Capt. Eulate Firm Friends.

OF the thousands of American citi-
zens whose pity went out to the brave
officers of Cervera's cquadron in their
hours of anguish and depression dur
ing the weeks of their captivity on
Yankee SOIL very few knew of the
early incidents of a romantic story
between Capt. Eulate and loyal
American citizen, which the war with
Spain later brought to a close.
1t was in 1892 that the story really
begins. Venezuela was in a reyolu-
tionary tumult A dictator, Mendoza,
had seized the government a few
months before and installed himself in
power at Caracas, the inland capital.
Inc war had grown very serious by
September. His troops clamored for
pay. That was circumstance the
dictator had not provided for. The
treasury had been depleted LONG be-
lore, SO there was no money to be had
In that quarter. Gen. Escheyerra was
Mendoza's principal supporter. It oc-
Cured to him that the quickest way
to get money was to- take it by force
from whomsOever had it. So he ar
rested eighty-fve of the wealthiest
people of La Guayra, the seaport and
commercial metropolis of Venezuela.
The prisoners were mostly merchants
OF foreign birth, but the really serious
part of the affair was the fact that
seventeen foreign consuls were in
cluded in the arrest-the consuls of
Russia, France, Belgium, Hawaii and
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-29

Indians had every one disappeared
with shouts of 'drao-kalon' and 'kra-
gi.' Suddenly the bird began to sing,
and it had the most charming, thrill
ing note l ever heard in my life. In
deed, it was not like the song of bird
at all; it resembled nothing SO much
as music given out by an Aeolian harp
when the wind sweeps across its
strings. The effect was ineXpressibly
sweet; yet mingled with it was a
weird wild note that somehow repelled
while it charmed. And as the notes
swelled out fuller and louder l could
not but stand still and listen in very
ecstasy of pleasure and delight; which,