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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07
,Clleaninx House u r. Cubs.

-Four centuries Of ,nisrule ended ~
S Cuha On the lot q January and \ ~
Omitted States began the new regime q
!; houseclsaning. General Greene report
Of the condition Of affairs 81 TINT islaa1
suggests that there are 400 years =
filth to DO cleaned away before ~
progress can be- made toward that ooGD.
dition supposed to be next to godlinesL
Havana must be next to Bagdad In dirt
One does not wonder that for hundreds.
OF years this island has been plaguD
center. General Greene's description a.
the sanitary condition Of Havana reads
like De Foes description Of London due
ing the great plague, and is hardly.
credible to people Of ordinary cleanli-
ness. He declares that the entire city
has been soaked with excrementitiouss
drainage that has oozed into the harboe
until that fine piece Of water ia littls
better than q vast cesspool. The prodi-
gious tack Of Americanizing this old
Augean stable Of Oastjlian pride IL
merely question Of engineering skill
and finances. Undoubtedly the peopls
there will have to pay for the cleansing.
But they can we'll afford to. Oncs
sweetened and in its right mind, Cube.
will become one of the health reeorts a
the United States. il not of the world.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07
.HEORSELES TRUCKS.
fDsGY WILL SOON se DolN0 Thg
cARTiN0 or Big ciTlEs. n,

Autstrusks ,Ars g d Pat e svvsrk
Il lglgAt Away n New York. sLonlAA
80 Paris-To y moved " CS1a-
| stressed AR. 81 N III (. III "a '..st
The street car horse IL already an un-
accustomed sight. The truck horse 10
soon to be eliminated. New York will
soon have hundreds of autotrucks NOV
ING swiftly and silently about its busi.,
ness streets % the motor cabs now!
glide about in the residential portion Of
the metropolis. A syndicate OF capital-l
lists 10 about to Introduce these horse.
less trucks not only In New York. but
In London and Paris az well. In time
they will be seen In every American
city. @ q
The autotruck will be distinctly
novel feature Of urban life. It viii mako
atradical change In the character Of the
street panorama. It will bring with It
economy Of space and time.
Street blockades will presently be
things Of the past. Being only six or
Z eight feet long. the autotrucks will take
up about one-third as much room al
the horsepower trucks Of today. As
their carrying capacity will be mucl
greater than the old trucks, there will
be fewer Of them. When backed up to
the curb. they will not occupy half the
street as at present. -,
That picturesque and profane indi-
vidual, the truck driver Of today. will
lose many of his characteristics. Shorn
Of his whip and lines. he will perch on
a lofty seat and grip double motor
wheel. Doubtless he will prove terror
to pedestrians, as of old, but there win
be fewer opportunities for him to come
into collision with his brother truck
drivers. As a result he will lose some.
thing Of his powers of repartee. Hav-
ing nothing animate to swear at. his
morals may be improved. GAS*
As beginning in what is undoubted-
~ large undertaking, the New York
Autotruck company. with capital Of
81 1000, 900, has been Incorporated. With
this capital 1t Is proposed to plac au-
totracks, operated by compressed air
in the streets Of that city. When this
has been done and the utility and desfr-
ability Of the innovation have duty Ina.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07

All the ceremonies Of transferring
Cuba to the United States on New
Years day were simple and in the main
oonsiderate Of wounded Spanish ssnsi-
bilities. Our officers acted with q gen.
erous and manly chivalry that thu:
Spanish officers did not care to mani
fest. In fact, General Castellanos ap-
pears to have suIlenly pouted, shed
Gears and sulked, 1t would have been
much finer for him to have gone through
the ordeal with bis head up, treating .
generous foe with lofty dignity and
courtesy. But he could not quite get rid
Of the air OF whipped and disappoint-
cd child, and hurried through the oere-
mony, took bis satchel and cleared oua
With all thu tuppepny pride of Cats
lonian gsntlewoman who feels that fa-
miliarity breeds contempt Generah
Brooke and Wade paid little attention
to these seneibilities except to ooudous
them. Tho flag went up. the strains o.
1.-THE Star Spangied Banner" crossed
che harbor, Moro shook for the 6rA
time under Yankee gunners, and Gen
eral Lee. ouoe snubbed by the governor
general. came down the plaza calmly
and smiline1y. like IN army with han
e., #
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07

4 The new viceroy Of India, Lord Cur
ron. arrived at Bombay on the 29th amid
great enthusiasm and 8 prodigious val
come The cablegrams to the English
press describing the event make men
ton Of the fact that the stars and stripes
mingled with the royal ensign all over
the city. and this; 10 mentioned az an
unprecedented incident in the history
Of India. MI -. q. ,s... a~
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07
SULTAN OF the /! !: s | |.
Picturesque Potentate the Unit.
ed States Has, Acquired. .
HISTORY OF HIS ISLAND DoxA1s.

spsia ,DiA Not Bother His Majestyl
\ Much ana Paid Hin $4,000 . Year
T. to See to ThinEs-Religion Of the
Islands, 10 Mohammedan-Mann
ana Customs Of the Natives. Il /
When the American peace, commits.
sioners in the negotiations at Paris in.
sisted on the cession Of the Sulu archi,
pelago to this country, the United
States acquired . very. picturesque a,.i
possibly unruly vassal in the person .,
his highness the sultan Of Sulu, togeth-
or with his hsrem of sultanas and some
thing more than 1000 Mussulman
subjects. Thus for the first time is the
Mohammedan religion brought under
the protection of the stars and stripes.
The Sulu archipelago over which this
Mussulman monarch holds sway is thu
southernmost part of the remarkable
Philippine group. lying east Of Borneo.
which was at one time under his high
ness jurisdiction. Parts of Mindanao
and Palaman still render allegiance to
his highness, two vassal sultans in the
former, paying tribute to the sultan of
the Sulus as their feudal lord. Although
for nearly three centuries the Spaniards
waged war against the sultan Of the
sulus not until 1877 did this potentate
acknowledge the sovereignty of Spain
in his donlinions, which was also form
ally recognized by England and Ger
many IN protocol signed March II.
1877. No military post was established
in the archipelago until 1880. when b
convict corps took possession, Two
years later garrisons were established
in Bongao and SLASH. two small islands
of the Sulu group. s<a
In 1887 the island of 6ulu was partly
conquered by General Arolas. who waa
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07
stoclsholm.s Opera House.

Stockholm has an opera house which
IS said to be the finest in Europe. al
though others have a larger seating ca
pacity. 1t took seven years to complete
It, and the cost was more than $1,000. 600:
Private enterprise made the scheme pos
sible. although the property has already
passed into the possession Of the mu-
,nicipa!ity. f.. st..n
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07

z Nearly al q Thu &Dglish pagjodloai1
publish gsyiews " shet 800. I'D 80
az thsm rsler % thS dddan entrance q
thsa United ssatls isSo Earopsaa aiRai1s
Ess the most importsns d ~ syssss of
ne year. TN TN 4 Scospssd asiooosn-
plishsd. though opinions wv widely
U 70 whas ths results may - The
Spectator. whiohs 4: not only ths most
|sagaoious. but to bert written q Eng
'ish periodicals. takes : comfortable
view OF the probable results Of our war
with Spain and lays apscial emphasis
on the closer and moro friendly rela-
lions Of England ana the United s-Ates
which have grown ont Of Il Tho satur-
day Review Makes OCCASION to remind
the world that II Great Britain had mot
refused 20 join the European power.
the results Of our war would have been
different But even The Saturday Re.
view sees only : good portent IN the
closer relations Of the Engliah speaking
peoples. Il 10 noticeable that the possi-
bilities Of IN Anglo.s Saxon alliance have
been more frankly and carefully dis
cussed and all the possibilities oanvassed
BY the English press than BY the Amer.
lean. The Spectator goes 90 fsr. % to
say: might it not be possible that the
two branches Of the English speaking
race would join together for interna.
tional purposes and face the world with
a feet impossible to overcome? But II
thenew alliance is to be safe the stases-
men on both sides of the Atlantic must
act ON the maxims both Of philanthropy
and statecraft. Their watchwords must
be justice, mercy, moderation. a..
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07

France 10 applying a sentimental
salve to the Fashoda affair. She pro-
poses to present Commandant Marohand
with costly sword BY popular sub.
scription. The enthusiasm with which
the French press has taken hold Of this
scheme is almost childish.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07

A&SGoly III COuluduU VI Vu0 Opb0A0u 8h1>
rison at Havana In this conquest the
sultan did not fare % badly. for he 60.
cured the title Of excellency and an an
nual pension Of 2.400. besides q re-
newal of the decree of 1877 exemptinR
the entire population Of the archipelago
from taxation for h second period OF
ten years. from 1887. Spain has never
been able to levy tribute upon the sui
tan of the Sulus. In fact, Spanish juris'
diction in Mindanao and the Sulus has
always been of the most limited de-
scription. Mr.. John Foreman, the Eng
lish traveller who lately gave informa-
ton regarding the Philippines to the
American peace commissioners. OBJ.
serves on this point:
1T Is at great SACRIFICE that the
Spaniards can retain, the little posses
sion which they have acquired in the
south. and frequent acts of violence are
still perpetrated on them by the turbu-
lent Mussulmans. who virtually refuse
to recognize other rights than those of
their sultans. to whom they give ALE
glance. Indeed it may be unhesitatingly
asserted that the Spaniards hold no
more domain I'M Mindanao and the sui
tanate of Sulu than that Of q days
march from their respective gar1isons,
and in Mindanao. in particular. not one
hundredth part of the territory.
His highness the sultan resides at
Maybun, in the island Of Sulu. the lar
gest in tho archipelago. It is about 81
miles long and 10 broad There are 40
or 100 islands in the sultanate.' 80 OF
90 Of which are uninhabited. Sulu, the
Spanish capital of the group. was for.
titled and put in good sanitary order
some years ago by General Parade. re-
Gently stationed at Havana and MEM
Der of the evacuation commission. This
officer In the early eighties was govern
or Of Sulu. He erected land defenses
and furnished the town with q pure
water supply. His government was one
Of martial law. The sultan. at Maybun
on the southern coast. ruled without
Spanish interference.
A visit to this potentate is described
by Mr.. Foreman. who found the palace
q large and we'll constructed building
Of wood and bamboo. with spacious
vestibule decorated with shrubs and
tropical plants. He was received by
three chiefs. who conducted him to the
throneroom Mr.. Foreman says:
d. Ills excellency was dressed in very
tight silk trousers, fastened partly up
the sides with snowy chased gold or
gilt buttons---a short eton cut olive
green jacket with an infinity Of but
tons. white socks. ornamented slippers.
red sash around his waist. kind Of
turban and creese at his side. One could
almost have imagined him to be Span
ish bullfghter with an oriental finish
off. We all bowed low, and the sultan.
surrounded by his sultanas. put biz
hands to his temples. and on lowering
them he bowed at the sarae time. There
was a pause. and the Sultan motioncd
to us to repose on cushions on the floor,
and we did 80. The cushions. covered
with rich silk; were very comfortable.
Servants in fantastic costumes were
constantly in attendance serving betel
nut. ~n.. .- II
Zone sultana was fairly pretty. OF
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Yellow Fever and Smallpox.

yellow FtVEr H0U SInHIIpOXs
HAVANA, Jan. l3.-Customs Inspector
Doane, who was attacked with yellow
fever OH Jan. 4, il dead. A new case Of,
smallpox has developed on the Iondo
estate, near Major General Lees camp.
-, Bow to. Make Cheese Bails. s,s.
Blend one cake of Neufchatel cheese
with two tablespoonful OF Whipped
cream, the same measure Of Chopped
almonds and tablespoonful of minced
parsley or crets,, Dip butter paddles info
ice water and mold the cheese into bal
the size of an ordinary hickory nut
Serve with the pie. ~
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07
PHILADELPHIA CITY
) HALL CLOCK. H

" q metal skeleton for q dial. and the
parliament clock, with its antiquated
mechanism. is not always q reliable
timepiece. i@ss> -s- p. NJ
Philadelphia's big clock. however,
will always be accurate SO long as It
runs. The motive power is compressed
air. The ponderous hands on the four
dials are operated by means Of air un-
der 81 eat pressure forced through tubes
liner than telegraph wire. and all four
pairs of hands are controlled by one
little master clock that could easily be
set on library mantelpiece.
This little clock. as 1t ticks the MINI
utes received by telegraph frohi the
Washington observatory. In turn re-
leases the compressed air. and over
each dial 400 pounds Of hands are push
ed forward. i. .
The hands are moved every half min
ute. and the jump of the minute hand
from half minute to half minute is 81
Inches. The pressure exerted Is 700
pounds-suficient. 1t Is said, to drive
the hands under any weather condition.
and neither wind nor snow, nor sleet will
prevent their accuracy at any time. -.
The motive power applied to this
timepiece 10 novel one in clock Of its
proportions. Compressed air. a. q mo.
tive power has been used before. but.
all the big clocks 10 far have been sop.
Grated by means OF weights. Indeed.
Professor Hardness Of the naval OBJ
servatory at Washington, who was
consulted before the clock was install-
ed. advised the installation Of this
method as being certain and tried for
centuries with success. He expressed
himself rs doubling the reliability Of
electrical appliances, as being subject to
lapses.
However, electricity istreally the pow
er which governs the workings Of the
clock, and by ingenious automatic ap-,
pliances it Is believed that any lapse by
electricity will be Immediately taken up
by the relief motors, etc. There are
two electric motors used to work the
pumps to compress the air and so ar
ranged that in the event Of one break
ing down the other will Immediately
take its place without fraction of
time intervening. Should the other fail
also. a water motor will assume its
work. ..r T. .. o..
! The only thing that has not been pro-
vided against is break in the illumi-
mating circuit. That. however, is q
trifling matter compared with the ac-
curacy and constancy Of the clock.
This same,idea of having all the work
done by machines that will instantly
come to the relief Of the other is carried
out with the master clock, the heart
and brains.' so to speak. Of the Brob-
dingnagian, timepiece. which has also
its fellow. These master clocks are To-
Gated in q room on the seventh floor Of
the city hall. 200 feet below the big
dials, in glass compartment. in which
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07

80 #rtt 70. W u ~.
80 the .grealt
Mechlin cathe.
dral clock. which
has q dial 40 feet.
IN diameter and
10 500 feet In the
air. The other
80 the big house
of parliam ent
clock in London.
This has q dial
22h feet in d.
ameter. but it il
only ITO feet
above the side
walk. w, +. (.
: The Phladel-
phia city hall
clock has a dial
OF % feet dame
ter. only 6 inches
less than the big
London clock.
But 1t is loftier
by far than even
the great Mech
lin clock, for the
top Of it's tower
is go feet above
the curb. 1t Is
a much better
clock than either
Of the other two.
It Is modern and
up to date. The
big cath edr:al
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07

the temperature
ii kept always
by means Of q
thermostat and
electric coils at
Is degrees. Both
Of i the master
clocks are not
connected con-
stantly with the
pneu matte APP.
paratus 3 which
moves the mech
antsrn Of the big
clock. Only one
10 employed. but
the other could
beconnected inn
mediately should
any. failure be
n office d. The
m ter clock
regulates the
flow of COM
pressed air.:E
hour hand is 3
feet long and Q
feet 8 inches
br ID a n d
" e. 6 h 8 FPS
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07

At last we'll directed effort Of the
business men Of the country is making
toward an improvement Of the consulal
service of the United States. The Cleve.
land chamber of commerce gave the mi.
tial start to the movement, but it has
been taken up in severa! Of the large
commercial oenters. and prominent mer.
camille houses having vast interests
abroad have sent representative men to
Washington with the object of effect.
ing permanent reform in the service.
II is generally considered that no branch
Of the public business 10 90 far behind
the. active demands Of the day. and
there is every reason to believe that the
general interests of the country, quite
irrespective Of politica demand rad
ioal improvement not only in the men
appointed as consuls, but in the whole
'modus operandi Of the service '.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07

Cuba passed over into the possession.
or at least under the guardianship Of
tho United States with the new yeur.
The ceremonies we're simple. consisting
mainly of an unostentatious parade and
the proper salute. General Brooke. %
whom the arrangements we're left by
our government. appears to have carried
them out with discretion aud firmnesa
refusing TO give the Cubans any latitude
for excess and insisting that the depart
ing Spaniards Should be treated with
respect and Kindness The city of Ha.
vana has virtually accepted tho Ameri-
can occupation as an agreeable nlterna~
tive and business upon an American
bnsis is said to be looking up in all de-
partments Of industry. There .are now
about 80, 900 American troops in Cuba
which force ia thought by the war do
pnrtment to be ample for any possible
emergency.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07
GER BIG EST CLOCK
THAT ON PtslLADELP4lA's CTS Hall
III TIE LARGEST lN.AAERIeA \ B

n n Also the Talle.ta $40 Fi.esj
Clock In the werld--A linate IIasG
weighs a$5 iPosnSs Rsn ~ Csna-
DFessed Air. iia
\ The new clock In the tower Of the
Philadelphia city hall - the largest In
America and has q loftier home tina n
any other clock In the world. In fact.
there are only two clocks anywhere that
compare with 1t Ia. size. One fof Stheae
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07

Id. d.. - y I. u ~
:. The attitude Of Great Britain toward
the French aggressions In China will
probably result in another Fashoda a..
fair. Great Britain has again warned
France to take her hands on Il 10 char.
aoteristio Of the French that they should
again comply with the utmost polite.
ness and an occasional strophe Of the
"Marseillaise. The London Times of
Jan. . declares authoritatively that
Great Britain will enforce her lesiti,
mate claims in China without bleeding
the Chinese government, and it must not
be- forgotten that our own minister
there has made our claims almost ialan.
ticn1 with those of Great Britain. f..
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07

has an extreme length Of -16 feet,
for each is counterbalanced. Each dial,
complete, fitted with Its 90 pieces Of
glass, weighs FIVE tons. One Ave min
ute section-for so the dials are con-
structed-weigh 525 pounds.
y -. CHARLES WARNER. rs
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-02-07

The Delaware Indians, tho most in
telligent, peaceful and friendly of all
the Indian tribes found by the white
men on the North American contincut
will soon emigrate in body to Mexico
according to present probabilities. Tho
name will ut once recall Chingachgook
and Uncas, those splendid heroes Of
Cooper, to every romance lover. With
this tribe also William Penn made hts
celebrated treaty. Originally the Della
wares and the other septs Of the Lenni
Lenape nation occupied large part Of
the eastern United States, numbering
about 200, 900 souls. They were faithful
to the colonies during the Revolution
airy war and to the north during the
civil war, not only with their sympa-
Thy, but with their rifles. What were
left Of them were settled under treaty
rights in Kansas in 1866, and the land
was solemnly guaranteed to them In
perpetuity with the faith Of the nation
behind the title. But it is the old story
over again, and tho Indian finds be has
no rights. The DeIawares will dispose
of their valuable Kansas lands aud
probably accept the proposition Of Mexi
co, which has offered them valuable
holdings of land in Sonora. And 60 will
pass from the United States tribal
remnant Of the red men 90 Interestingly
involved with the whole earlier history
of the United States.
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eighty Per Cent Died In Three Years.
HAVANA, Jan. I3.-The official repors
Of the mayor of Santa Clara shows that
In 1896 there were LAG deaths. 6.967
deaths in 1897 and 4,84l deaths in 1893,
being in three years a loss of 80 per cent
Of the population.
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Brought Siols Soldiers.

y, HAMPTON, Va, jap. 12.-The United
States hospital ship Relief, with 1876
sick and convalescent soldiers from San
tiago de Cuba and Ponce, Porto Rico,
arrived at Old Point during the day.
The patients were transferred to the
Josiah Silnson general hospital:
Sword for, Commodore Philip.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4. - Commodore
John W. Philip, U. s. n, was pre-
scented with a sword and album at the
residence Of General Daniel Butterdeld
in recognition Of his services at. the
naval battle Of Santiago July 8, 1898
Governor Roosevelt made the presentar
ton. s,.l -. -