Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-08-18
Con DEns ATIoNs

JlEIY ATION
Il 80 syss |sz
I Ths Chiica nm kers1is
practical1y Sc. n
II Labor troubles threa ten to again sus-
4 pend coal mining IS Illinois.
An alliance is said to have been con-,
4 cluded between Japan and China. ss.z
The first case 81 yellow fever among
the troops 81 Havana has Just been re-
ported.
Fire at Red Lake Falls, MINI, de-
stroyed four business houses, causing 8
loss Of $50, oOo.
! Tho special session Of the legislature
called BY the governor Of Louisiana for.
the purpose Of passing the waite. sew
erage and drainage act, has convened at
Baton Rouge. e s# 81. s.. . s=5s..
The American delegates to the peace
conference have offered on behalf Of the
United States to erect near the English:
church peace chapel, with a stone to
commemorate the conference. The offer
has been gratefully accepted. .@z
| =. Thursday, Aug. 10. *:,:. .: II = /
Charles Best, vice president Of the
t Wisconsin National bank of Milwaukee,
is dead. Tia a ut 81 ~ Z, :=te ~
| Emperor William will visit the queen
at Windsor castle iii November, remain
ing week. ILL.,, - - a. -:
The French minister of foreign af-
fairs, NJ. Delcasse, has left st. Peters
burg for Paris. : j. % q. ~ =
| It is understood thata com bination of
-four and cement bag manufacturers
and rope paper makers is. under way.
"A dispatch from Manila reports that
sailed to take possession of the Caroline
islands -: #.H.=zr~ ,~....: .'i,-'.t ..,.ss
One jockey was fatally injured and
two others badly hurt in spill during
the final race at the Shelbyville, Ills,
racetrack.
The municipality Of Havana has
asked Governor Ludlow to authorize
the expenditure of $500, 1000 per year for
public schools. ,N
Friday, Aug. H.
Heavy loss of life resulted from the
hurricane in the West Indies.
The Edmonton route to the Klondike
is strewn with men dead or starving.
The Thirteenth Minnesota regiment
and the South Dakota regiment sailed
for home Thursday.
The government report shows the
condition of Minnesota spring wheat to
be higher than that of any other state.
The crops on 100000 acres in North
Dakota and $4,000 in Minnesota were
almost totally destroyed by storm
Thursday.
General Gomez has made statement
claiming that the differences in opinion
in Cuba have been exaggerated and that
independence" is the sole watchword
there.
The National Association of State
Railway and Warehouse commissioners
is in session in Chicago. It will prob
| ably recommend amendments to the
interstate commerce law.
| Saturday, Aug. II.
Severe storms throughout Chill con-
tinue to do immense damage. T.
Colonel w. G. johnson of Cincinnati,
acting commander-in-chiefo of the G.. A.
R., is candidate for election as COM
mander. ~ .: ~ ~> mt. e..
The St. Louis Business Mems league
has resolved. to institute a. vigorous
campaign to secure the Republican ma
tional convention.
| Major Charles E. Kilbourne, pay
master of the army, has been appointed
to duty as treasurer Of the Philippine
! islands and the island of Guam. .>.>
Milwaukee has been selected by the
State Railroad Commissioners associa-
ton for the. next meeting, which will
be held on the second Thursday of next
May. =. ,.,.,... :: = ~ .....>e 800.
r. Admiral Dewey has declined the invi-
tation to dinner extended to him by
the officers of the Union League club Of
Brooklyn. He excuses. himself on the
ground Of poor health. II, III .o1s IL. ",
r. tHHecsr Monday, Anglia s'tsj>:'t n
An investigation: has unearthed con
siderable municipal corruption at Cleve-
land. ...>..<:, -.
T., Ground has been broken for the new
$12, 900 drill hall and gymnasium at the
South Dakota agricultural collegesat
Brookings. >*~ . -.
! Lieutenant Cdammandstsrt ST. = ohm III 81
F the British navy, is indignantly repudi-
sates' the report that he criticised Gem
fexal Otis. ,ss%* -t y, 4: ~ y zs ~.
" II ID announced that Dr.. Charles
Outhbert Hall, presidentyof Union The7
illogical seminary of New York city,
will succeed DR.. Fairburn, in the Has
+ 1e11l lectures, at Oxford university, (
{. Dr. CoFellana Dutra OF Brazil reports
! to the Academy Of Medicinea new cure
fne snake bites, even the most venom
1 Gus II He gives two grammes II calomel
! II Two tablespo onfuls of soup and thirty
5g.ranmes Of strong lemon. jfuiee, repeat
! ing tie. dose three times 81 two hour
intervals a j5st$ a S. t* ss5 4
] II