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Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23

Some 80 or Snore American sculptors
Of renown ar: at work upon the deco
rative groups which are to have
place at this Exposition. These are
to be nearly all original productions
under the master direction of Karl
Bitter 1t will be the most elaborate
use of decorative sculpture ever under
taken at an Exposition. there being
more than l25 groups. These will
adorn the fountains, bridges. entrances
to buildings and other salient points.
Besides the pools and fountains, with
in the several courts will be grand
and stately canal which will surround
the entire group Of buildings. In the
southern reaches of this canal are
artificial bodies Of water known as the
Mirror Lakes. from which lagoons ex-
tend in several directions. thickly set
with aquatic plants of rare species.
In addition to the SunlZen gardens
and other floral features Of the courts
will be the ort;r,lltural exhibits in the
southern part OF the grounds: These
the finest productions Of the best nurS-
cries and greenhouses Of the western
world. The competition for supremacy
Will bp very keen and the lover Of flo.
ers VIII haye a rare opportunity to
make a comparison Of the merits Of
the productions of competing groves.
MARK EENN1TT.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
LONGEVITY OF VARIOUS RACES
At Twenty the Americans Expectn.
ton of Life Ii Longer Than
Other Katiunalfties.

It 10e often been remarked that
while nothing is so uncertain as the
duration of any given human life,
nothing is more certain than the ag-
gregate of years which may be as
signed to a group of 100 persons or
more at any particular age. The ex-
pectation of life at given age, to
use the actuarial phrase, differs con-
siderably, as might be expected, in
different countries, and Eng}ishmen
may be surprised to learn that they are
not the longest lived among the white
races. At the age of 20, says the Lon
don Globe, an Englishman in average
health may expect to live AZ years.
and any life office will grant him pot
icy based on that proba bility. The
Americans expectation is for slight
Ay longer period. On the other hand,
German lad of 20 can count upon lit
tie more than 39H years. It would
seem, therefore, that the restlessness
attributed to the American tempera-
ment does not necessarily coEduce to
the shortening of life, nor the compo-
sure of the German to it's proionga-
ton. Possibly the better feeding and
clothing of Americans in the lower
classes Of the population is the princi-
pal cause of their greater longevity.
Their position is. at any rate, main
tanned in later as well as in earlier
years. The American who has reached
90 may look to complete II years more
while the Britisher's expectation is
only about 13 years and ten months,
and the Germans as nearly as possible
IL months less. Both at 20 and so
the Frerchman's prospect is a little
better than the Germans and little
worse than the Englishman's.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
Buildings Geing Cp-

The magnificent buildings which are
to house the exhibits of the Pan y meri-
cam Exposition at Buffalo next sum-
mer are fast progressing toward COM
pletion and will soon be ready for the
collections which are Oh the way from
all quarters OF the American continent
The scene upon the grounds III the Ex-
position. in the northern part Of the
city. including part of the famous Della
ware Park. is a busy one. and every
day sees some definite progress made
in the construction wosk Conditions
have been very favorable to rapid
work. and the Pan-American Exposi-
tion bids fair to break the record In
the matter of swift construction OF Ex-
position buildings and their entire COM
pletion before the time arrives to open
the gates to the general public
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
GRlGGS WILL RETIRE.
Makes the Formal Announcement at a
Cabinet Meeting.

Makes the Formal Announcement at Il
Cabinet Meeting.
AsH1NGToN, Nov. 19.-At the days
cabinet meeting Attorney General
Griggs informed the president and his
colleagues that, after mature delibera-
tion, he had concluded that it would
be impossible for him to remain a
member Of the cabinet for the aext
four v .ars This was the ll:S, letinite
response from any Of tho cabinet mem
bers to the presidents wish expressed
at the last cabinet NEE ing that all OF
the portfolios should remain i'll the
same hands during the coming admin'
istration. The resignation Of the at.
torney general will not take effect until
March next, and it is thought at
present all the other members, with
the possible exception, of the. secretary
of war, will retain their present posi-:
tions The Chinese question. was the
main topic of discussion. Secretary
Hay brought with him several com
munications bearing upon the subject
| that had come to the state department.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23

position in Euii;l!o. This building was
typical in it. style Of the old fashioned
Boston architecture and. in addition.
Possessed y special interest from it's
historic associations, 1t formerly stood
on the Washington street end Of Prov
idence coalrt, partly on the. site Of what
is now Clark s Tavern.
One Of the members of the Massa-
chnsetfS commission to the Paris Ex-
position, who recently returned from
the French fair. secured there about
$50 valuable exhibits. which will be
transferred to the Pan American at
Buffalo, Ex Mayor Frederick FosdicIs
of Fitchbl'rg and City Treasurer Z. r.
Tiff Of Springfield returned recently
FROM a visit OF few days in Buffalo
very enthusiastic ovev the prospects
for the success: of the Exposition al!I
are anxious to have the good old BAY
State we'll represented there
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
First publication Oct. 18th.
ORDER FOR HEARING PROOF OF WILL
STATE OF orA,( .

First publication Oct. 226th.
ORDER FOR HEARING PROOF OF WILL
STATE OF MINNEso TAI
CouxrY or MoRR1aox. . !.
In Probate Court, Special Term, Oct.
18th, 1900
In the matter of the Estate of Chas,
Whereas, An instrument in writing. pur.
porting t. be the last will and testament
Of Chas. Hoppe deceased. late of said
county. has been delivered to this court;
And whereas, F. X. buessler has filed
tnerewith his petition, representing
an,%Gg that SAID Ghas Hoppe
June, 1900, testate. and that said petit
TONER is the sole executrix named In said
last will and testament, and praying that
he said instrument may be admitted to
probate. and that letters testamentary be
to him issued thereon; ~
struinent, and the said petition, be heard
before this court. at the probate Office in
said county, on the Xth day of November
a. D. 1900, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon /,
when all persons interested may appea r
for or contest the probate Of said instru-
nlent;
And it is further ordered, That notice of
he time and place Of said hearing be
give n to all persons interested, by pub
fishing this order once in each week for
three successive weeks prior to said day
of hearing. in the Little Falls Herald, a
at Little Falls. in said county.
Dated at Lite Falls. the 10Th day of
Oct, A. D., 1900.
By the Court,
(SEAL) N. RICHARDSON.
Judge of Probate.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
WAS NOT A SUCCESS.

Hispano-Anerican Congress Failed "a
Excite the Interest Hoped Fer.
PARIS. Nov. 20. O.-"Even those who
sympathize with the movement that
led to the Hispano.American congress, -
says special dispatch from Madrid,
"will not be satisfied with the results
of the congress. They are obliged re-.
gretfully to acknowledge that the con.
gress did not excite lively interest in
the peninsular, that the spirit that once
prompted Spain to cherish her old time
influence in the Western hemisphere
does not now exist and that the present
is uufavorable to the effort to develope
it. The delegates were not numerous
and the resolutions were fiat. Never.
theless it is hoped that the work of the
congress will not be altogether thrown
away and that the ultimate result will
be to draw closer together Spain and
the South American republics
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
BAY STATE AT BUFFALO.
Fine Historical Exhibit Will Ee
Nnde by massachusetts.

Fine Historical Exhibit Will Ee
Mnde Ivy Saa%sachusetts.
The historic commonwealth of Mas
sachusrtiS will lave Il most interesting
exhibit at the Pan American EXposi-
ti0n 1T Buffalo,
1t is being collected through the CO
operation OF various societies. such as
the Sons OF the Revolution. Daughters
.os the Ervol,1ttOn, Sons OF the Ameri.
can Revolution. Daughters of the Amer
ican Heyol|'t'rn. the Society Of the War
Of 1912 and kindred organizations. The
chairman Of the Massachusetts, Fan.
American commission Mr. Walter Gil,
man Page. is a leading spirit in these
societies and is anxious that the wealth
of historic material possessed by Mas
sachusetts should be adequately repre-
scnted at the l'an-A American EXposi
ton.
The matter of building las not yet
been definitely decided. EHt it is prob
able that the old Providence House,
which was cnn of the historic bu;,din gs
of Boston, will be Reproduced as u home
for Massachusetts exhibits at the Ex-
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
AXE FOR THE KAISER.

Attempted Outrage on German Emperor
at Hreslau.
BREsLAU, Nov. l9.-Emperor William
was the object Of an attempted outrage
during the day which, however, failed.
AS be was driving in an open carriage
to the CuiIassier barracks, accompan-
led by the hereditary prince OF Sake
Meiningen, woman in the crowd
hurled all axe at the carriage. The
rapidity with which the vehicle was
passing saved its occupants. The axe,
or hatchet, fell just behind the car
riage. The woman was Immediately
arrested.
The missile, it developed later, was a
short handchopper.
The woma11's name is Selma Schnap'
ke. She occupied place i'll the front
rank of spectators, Oh the side 1urthest
from the emperor. Thc hatchet, it now
appears: struck the carriage.
A crowd of people who witnessed the
outrage threw themselves On his ma
jesty's assaileat, but ;he promp> inter-
! yention CT the police saved the woman
from injury.
! The assailant is a tradeswoman OF
! Preslau. A provisional medical ex2n'
ination Of the prisoner has been made
and she has been prom insane.
While Emperor William was return.
ing from the barracks to the railway
station he was cheered by immense
crowds Of people who gathered along
! the route.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
A Jockeys SENSATIONS.
One Of Them Tells How He Feels
when Riding Down the
Home Stretch.

"If you ride with your head down
that is to say, bent slightly so that
the wind does not beat right on to
your face---you can breathe easily, but
if you hold your mouth wide open and
let the sir beat right in your face,
then YOU will have great difficulty in
breathing. and if the race is a long
one you will become exhausted by the
end Of the ride.' So said well-known
Jockey when questioned on the subject
of what his sensations were when
riding in race, relates the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
"a mile race on a good horse is run
in about 40.
"a mile in 40 is at the rate of 36
miles an nour. so. you see, a race
horse travels at train speed.
''lf you want to know how it feels
to 90 through the air at race horse
speed, just hang Your head out of
railway carriage window, turning
your face toward the way the train is
travelling.
''.At the same time imagine that you
are sitting in saddle and have to
hold on to your horse and guide him
on to victory, if possible, keeping him
from being run down or interfered
with.
1T is no easy task to ride horse
in a race. The jockey must have all
his wits about him. He does not have
much time to think how he feels.
When riding in a neck-and-neck race
down the home etretch I forget ev-
erything except that / must strain
every nerve TO pass the other horses;
no thought is then given to the
rlaudits from the grand stand"
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
NATIVE VICTORY.

Independent Candidate for De +gate to
Congress Wins in Haw i;..
HONOLULU, Nov. =, via San Fran.
cisco, Nov. 19.-Robert W. Wilcox,
the independent .Royalist candidate,
has been elected Hawaiian delegate to
congress by small majority over Sam
uel Parker, the Republican candidate
Much depression has resulted among
all whites. az Wilcox was strongly op-
posed by Republicans aud Democrats
alike. His campaign was an anti.
white canvass, with promises / on the
part Of some of his campaign workers
that it hof was elected Queen Liliouka.
lani should be restored to the throne.
The result Of the vote shows the native
bitterness over annexation TO- bss still'
alive. i .s.:~s 81: ~. y
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
HARD WINTER IS COMING.
Expericnced WOOlsnen See Certain
Indications of an Unusually
Severe Season.

"All the signs in the woods" ex-
planned an experienced woodsman to a
Washington Star reporter, point to a
very severe winte though it may be a
short one. The squirrels have already
begun laying away their winter store
of nuts. though in the immediate coun-
try around Washington the nuts have
not begun to fall to any great extent.
The crop of acorns, hickory and chest
nuts is unusually large this fall, some
trees that have come under my obser-
vation bearing at least double the
quantity they did last year. This is a
very reliable sign of severe winter.
=. "Another sign is the crop of persim-
mons, which is also extra heavy. The
few frosts that we have had have not
done much to ripen the persimmon
and many of them are yet green. My
observation conviDces me that these
signs are entitled to some dependence,
though, of course, they are not recog-
nized as infalible by the authorities
on the subject. think have satisfied
my own mind on the bearing the per-
simmon has on the weather that il to
follow and that this is incontroverti-
BILE: If the persimmon ripens and falls
early the winter will be brief, but if it
holds on TO the tree late into the fall
the wintxr is very liable to be late in
its wind-up and severe while it prevails.
The animals are preparing for a cold
winter, and there are some reasons for
believing that they know what they
ere about @q
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
Connecticut at Pan-Amerfcan.

The state Of Connecticut is getting
together a large display that will rep
resent her farm, fruit and dairy inter-
ests at the PanAmerican Exposition
next year. Benjamin 81. Lee OF Hart
ford is the commissioner in charge Of
the work, and he Is assisted by a com.
mittee composed of N. s. Platt, chair
man. New Haven; Professor @. s.
Phelps. secretary, agricultural station,
Storrs; j. A. Dubon, Poquonock; Pro
fessor A. G. Gulley. Agricultural col.
lege, Storrs; e. 81. Jenkins. agricultural
station, New Haven; ]. B. Noble, dairy
commissioners, Hartford; B. G. Patter-
son, master Of state grange. Torring-
ton. = x., H., -.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
TAe oover.nent'e Duilat.x.

: The Government buildings at, the
Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo
are being built By Rasmussen e. Streh-
low Of Omaha. The contract calls for
group of three buildings connected By
curved arcades. The main structure is
to be 400 by 1870 feet. with a dome 25O
feet high, and the smaller buildings
each $50 feet square. All departments
Of the government will make up to
date exhibits. which the members Of
the G0vernm,1t board are now busy
collecting and getting into shape,
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
] NEWS con DEN II IONS.
Wednesday. Nov. IA.

ssss12EsE$st Wedneaday, Nov. IL. $50 = s.
Aferce gale swept over the English
channel Monda, night. causing q mum
ber Of wrecks. -. = zzs.5.',..-
Appropriate and impressive exercises
marked the laying Of the cornerstone
OF the new state normal school at Co.
dar Falls, Ii. g..
Hampton jackson. a colored deputy
sheriff. who was shot in the election
riot IN Denver, is dead. This is the
third death resulting from the riot.
At Leavenworth, Kan, an open
switch caused thenorth-boundM Missouri
Pacific passenger train TO collide with
a switch engine. Seven. persons were
injured.
Patrick J. Fitzgerald, once champion
6.day walker of the world and still
holder of the l00-hour go-as.you-please
record, is dead at his home in Long
Island City.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
BRILLIANT IN. .C0LORS
PAN-AMERlcAN EXPOSITION WILL
GLOW WITH WONDERFUL RADIANCE.

Electrical Illuminations and Other
Feature~ lin Which Bunnlo's Fair
Will Excel All Former Enterprlses
OF This Description.
Even the Buffalonian cannot compre-
hend the exquisite character Of the
great Exposition he is building. Is it
any wonder, then, that the distant ma
tive still asks what it is to be? Indeed
it is to be everything that is graceful.
harmonious and beautiful. Form and
color will join their Wonderful forces
to please the eye and delight the sense.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23

Cucumbers largely take the place
of fruit in Siberia. They are raised
in L,ofusion and when nearly ripe
they are put down for few days in
a brine made from salt and oak leaves
and then are eaten both in connection
with regular meals and by themselves
as one eats apples.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23

A severe earthquake was felt on the
island of Curacao. Only slight damage.
however. was done.
The steamer Oregon has arrived at
Seattle, Wash, from Nome with 145
passengers and $500, 900 in treasure.
American capitalists, it is asserted
are projecting all underground electric
railway from the west end of London
to Putney.
William Sullivan, the murderer of
Spencer Gaylord, the watchman of a
Tuolome county gold mine, WAS hanged
at San Quentin. Cal.
Frederick W. Royce, widely known
as an inventor, electrician and veteran
telegraph operator, dropped dead from
apoplexy at Washington.
Charles r. Tyler, the oldest letter
carrier in the United States, died of
heart disease in Brooklyn Mr.. Tyler,
who was born so years ago, had been
in the employ of the postoftice depart.
ment about 80 years =.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
Young Women for South Africa.

According to Gen. Baden-Powell,
there is a future for girls in South
Africa. The situation is realized by
practical Germans, who have already
started a regular emigration bureau
for young women. most of whom are
engaged Or married almost as soon
as they land.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
Tuesday, Nov. go.

Tuesday, Nov. go.
The United States supreme court has
taken a recess for two weeks
George Putnam was executed at the
Folsom (Cal prison for the murder of
a fellow convict named John Shoers q
year ago. g.. x'.
Colonel Charles Caughling, who was
q I: men, r of Commander.in.C Chief
Vandervoort's staff and has been editor
of=the Toledo Blade s6 years. 10 dead.
/. Henry Y. Williamson, who has been
in charge OF the foreign mails depart.
ment in the general postoffice New
York for 36 years, dropped dead at his
desk Monday. ;:.z, T. x s5z}'sts 81 s@4..*,S. ~
William Waldorf Astor has dis.
charged Lord Frederick Hamilton from
the editorship Of The Pail Mall Ga
sette. his place being taken by q pro.
fessional literary man. s5..
By deal to be closed Dec. 10, the.
title to $1,000 acres Of coil land in
Johnston, Floyd and Pike count ties.
KY, will pass to a coal syndicate which
has been formed in Pennsylvania BY
Eastern and English capital.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23

Saturday, Nov. ~.
Glasgow has been declared free from
plague.
Adolf Tichler, the poet and novelist,
10 dead at Innsbruck, Austria.
At Fruit Cave. Fla, Albert Houston
decapitated Donnan Fatio with a knife.
They Quarreled about 40 cents.
Baron Oranmore and Browne, a rep
resentative peer for Ireland, since 1869.
is dead. He was born June 8, 1919.
The state department has been III.
formed that P. A. Moseley, Jr., consul
general OF the United States at Singa-
pore, is dead
4 bent piston rod caused the return
OF the monitor Monterey to Hong Kong
soon after she had started for Canton
The damage is slight, according to the
reports to the navy department..
An outbreak of bubonic plague is re-
ported among the natives OF Szinoka,
near King Williamstown. Cape Colony.
Precautions are being taken to prevent
the spread Of the disease among the
whites.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
Thursday. Nov. Is.

Thursday, Nov. Is.
The attack of influenza from which
the czar has beer suffering has now de-
veloped symptoms of typhoid fever.
Thirteen persons were killed and ~
others injured seriously in a fire damp
explosion in the Pluto coal mine at
Wlosa, near Brax, Germany.
F. W. Vaille, director general of
posts of the Philippines, in his annual
report to the postmaster general shows
a surplus of Sl9,635 to the credit of the
Philippine postal service.
Lieutenant Colonel Russell B. Har-
rison, Inspector general, =. s. v, has
been honorably discharged from the
service Of the United States, his service
being no longer required.
=" Joseph II Choate. the United
) ambassador to Great Britain.
.~red the inaugural lecture at the
Philosophical Institute of Edinburg,
taking as his tlone, The Career and
Character o. Abraham Lincoln.''
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23

Friday, Nov. 1G.

Friday, Nov. 1G.
Major Charles Alfred 3, ID, u. S. A.,
quartermaster il charge g. the United
States arsenal at St. Louis, is dead,
1t is estimated that "A per- cent of
the corn crop of 1899 was still in the
farmers hands Nov. /, as compared
with SO per cent of the crop Of 1898.
According to Commissioner Of I1nmi-
grafton Fitchie immigrants have ar.
rived IL this country at the rate Of
1000 per day from all countries since
July last.
Yale university offers to educate five
Filipinos provided young men of ex.
ceptional fitness and high character be
rejected by Judge Taft or che Philip.
3ine commission.
IN cases begun by Dean Hart to pre-
vent Sunday theatrical performances
in Denver Police Judge Thomas decided
in 1avor Of the theatres, holding that
city ordinance on the subject is void,
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-08-31
Musical Note.

Musical Note. ~ y
He was member of an orchestra in
Z London theater. but that he was q
native of the sister isle will be quite
unnecessary information to the reader
Of the following:
After the overture he said TO his con
ductor. "Mr. Van Buster, did ye hear
.thim two bars didn play just now"
> And only the rising Of the curtain
flushed the unseemly hilarity in the
trout row Of the stalls Pick Me On
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-08-31
An ImbeCile.

Biggs-What makes you think that
Dobbs is weakminded
Boggs-Wheneve he goes to a ball
game he is always perfectly satisfied
with the umpirs's decision. New Yorl
Journal
Not the Usual Way.
Don't you think" he asked anxious.
ly, THAT New York has things some.
what reversed"
Before giving him chance to spring
his joke by asking, Sin what way?"
the man at the desk took care to get
hold of paper weight. Then he gave
the man in the doorway the necessary
encouragement to continue.
Because, explained the man in the
doorway, sin getting up her recent
shows New York began with snakes
and ended with horses instead of going
from
Owing to the promptness with which
he retired without finishing his SEN
tence some coffin maker temporarily lost
o job.-Chicago Post.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-08-31

"Have You paid any attention to the
race problem?' asked the thoughtfu'
man as he laid down his paper.
"Have II" answered the very small
man with the massive diamond Pm
the fellow who taught Tod Sloane how
TO ride. Washing ton Star
Life Made Comfortable.
Borem-Still live in Jersey. ehf
Hustler Yes; / have no thought Of
coming back to the city.
Borem-But it must be very incon-
venient. 40 minutes by train and 10 by
boat every day, and you We got to catch
both right on the minute.
Hustler-That's what like about it.
You see. when people buttonhole me
and get to talking all have to do is to
jerk out my watch mutter something
about train time, and get away with
out giving offsnse Seer
Borem-Ha, hal That's goodi That
reminds me Of little thing Saphead
was telling last
Hustler--By the way, it's train time
now. Tatal-New York Weekly.