Little Falls herald., 1900-09-07

increase of lip, 145, or 25.07 per cent.
John T. Fish, state solicitor for the
chicago and Northwestern railroad
and formerly general solicitor for the
chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, is
dead at Milwaukee.
Thursday, Aug. so.
Obligatory military service has been
approved by the Chilean congress.
The Michigan Prohibition conven.
ton has nominated full ticket headed
by Professor F. 8. Goodrich Of Albion
for governor.
Ihe autumn maneuvers of the Ger
man army will be attended this year
tor the first time by the representative
OF the French army.
The postofice department. has or
dered the establishment of rural free
delivery service on Sept. at Chippewa
Falls, Wis, and Hawarden, La.
The general land Office has with
drawn four townships at the Shoshone
Falls and Blue Lakes in the Snake
river region in Southern Idaho for q
national park.
Germany's Porto Rican imports for
1899 amounted to II, 900, 900 marks, an
increase of 100000 upon the previous
year. The exports totalled 9,800,0OO
marks, an increase Of 5, 100000.
Friday, Aug 81.
Eleven persons are now suffering
from bubonic plague at Glasgow. Scot
land, and five others have symptoms of
the plague.
Italy has protested against Ger.
many's new meat law on the ground
that it contravenes the Italian-German
commercial treaty.
The census bureau has announced
that the population of Evansville, Ind,
is 59,O07, as against so, 756 in 1890 This
is an increase Of 8,25l or 16. 26 per cent.
The census bureau has announced
the population of Detroit, Mich, as
282, ,7O4, as against 205, 1916 in 1890. This
is an increase Of 79,828, or 36.77 per
cent.
The importation Of railway iron and
steel into Mexico from Europe has in.
creased this year owing to the higher
price of the material in the United
States. u
Mary E. Reese, sister of General W.
T. and ex-senator John Sherman, died
at Lancaster. O., from the effects of g.
fall down stairs, which happened q
week ago.
II Saturday, Sept. I.
All grades of-refned sugar have been
advan nced s cents per 100 pounds.
The postof6ce department has or
dered the establishment on Sept. 15 of
rural free delivery service at Wa
verify, Ia.
Father Rogers, president of Mar
quette college at Milwaukee, has been
transferred to the presidency of St.
Louis college.
The Nicaraguan congress has ap-
proved the commercial reciprocity
treaty between Nicaragua and the
United States.
Frank Erne of Buffalo and Tom
Couhig of Dunkirk fought six rounds
to draw at the Olympic Athletic club
at Buffalo, n. Y.
According to the London Daily Mail
an order was placed at Newcastle
Thursday for $4,000 tons of American
coal for the Mediterranean
Monday, Sept 3.
Mrs. Mary l. Carr of Colorado has
been elected president of the Woman s
Relief Corps
John G. Woolley of Chicago, Prohi-
bition candidate for president, opened
the campaign in Utah Friday.
1t is announced at Shanghai that the
United States battleship Oregon and
four German battleships have been or.
dered to WI Sung.
Miss Francis Griscom of Philadelphia
won the women's s golf championship by
defeating Miss Margaret Curtis of Bos-
ton by s up and to play.
The Milwaukee road has completed
an agreement with the Northern Pa.
cifc whereby the former road will use
the St. Paul and Duluth tracks to the
head of the lakes.
Fred Lutte. Chicago railway .cross
ing watchman;, shot and probably fa-
tally wounded his wife and then blew
out his brains. A recent attack of tv-
phoid fever is believed to have unbal.
anced his mind.
Tuesday, Sept. 4.
Several people were seriously injured
in the latest race riot in New York citv
Monday evening