Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-09-15

cisco for ernbarkation to the Philip
pines
Thursday, Sept. 7.
Spanish is to be taught in three of
Chicago's high schools
James Kreeland, wealthy resident
of Milwaukee, is dead.
Joe Patchen defeated Star Pointer
| and John r. Gentry in match race at
New York city.
The quar:ermaster's department has
chartered the ship Lennox to carry
horses from San Francisco to Manila.
The extreme heat of the past week
has done considerable damage to the
corn crop III Nebraska, Iowa and North
| ern Missouri.
Over $4,000 Spanish manufacturers
! refuse to pay the new taxes and many
| land owners have decided to follow
their example.
Seven persons were killed in a freight
wreck in Dingess tunnel on the Norfolk
orakemen, a fireman and four tramps.
Friday, Sept. 8.
Maryland Republicans have nomi.
mated Lloyd Lowndes for governor.
| The Transvaal situation continues
very critical. Both sides are fastening
war preparations.
Track On the extension of the North.
ern Pacific into the Clearwater valley
is completed as far as North Fork, or
the Clearwater river.
The French embassy at Washington
has no confirmation Of the cable report
that NJ. Barrere, at present French am
bassador at Rome, has been appointed
ambassador at Washington.
A train returning from Wady Halfa,
with soldiers and workmen for the At
bara district, fell into a ravine, owing
to the oallapse of a viaduct, and "a mex
were killed aud 80 others injured.
The British foreign office has received
dispatches relating to arrangement.
made between the British chang,
d'affaines ut Washington, Reginald
Tower, ami the secretary of state
Colonel John Hay, regarding the Alas
kan dispute. Publication is withheld
until Salisbury has examined them.
| SATURDAY. Sept. q.
The eighteenth annual convention cot
the Sons of Veterans was held at De
troit beginning Thursday.
The transport Sheridan, bringing tn
Minnesota aud South Dakota regiments
has arrived at San Francisco.
The Iowa regiment is at Manila read,
to sail for hume. 1t is the last of til.
volunteer regiments in the Philippines
Esterhazy, in an interview, reiterate
that he cid all he did do under direc
ton of Colonel Sandherr. He says b,
| will not return to France because il
would mean imprisonment.
The Washington regiment has saile6
FOR home On the Pennsylvania. tn,
regiment seft in Manila 10 officers an6
l47 enlisted men, re-enlisted; officer,
40 enlisted slen discharged. None sick
! The Burlington and Great Western
roads have announced cut in the
western cattle rate to 10 cents per hun.
dred, to meet secret rates supposed tt
have been put in effect by the Mil
waukee
Monday, Sept. IL.
The government will manufacture its
! own powder.
: A reduction in hard coal rates. fol
| North Dakota has been announced By
tho Graat NOrtharn
C.. A. Yowne of Duluth will stumu
i Ohio for bicLean, the Democratic can
didate for governor.
Professor Campbell of Lick obserya-
! tory has discovered that Polaris, the
; north star, il a triple system.
The iron mining companies of the
Marquette range have announced vol
untary raise in wages of 10 cents day,
taking effect Sept. l.
A report via Mexico has it that the
United States is to acquire territory on
the Amazon claimed by Bolivia, and
South Americans fear the Yankee will
get possession of the whole South
American continent.
Tuesday, Sept IL.
Cornelius Vanderbilt died of paralysis
at his Nhw York residence.
Admiral Dewey sends word that he
will reach New York Sept. 20.
The Venezuelan rebels are said to be
getting the best of the government.
President Mckinley intimates that he
will visit Minnesota ahont Oct ID
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