Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-01-05
Wedn erday, Dee. ~.

OF Nebraska. now IN his 10Th year. ana
Mrs. S. E. Jamison were married at
Brownsville, Neb.
The directors of the Great Northern
Railway company have awarded the
contract for the construction at Quebec
of million bushel elevator, at cost
Of $25O, 200.
Thursday. Dec. rs.
The main building of the trust tam
merry at Merrills Wis, has burned. H.,
The torpedo boat Stockton was
launched at Richmond, Va, Wednes-
day.
Jurors in the Molineaux case com
plain Of being constantly Swallowed by
detectives.
The strike Of French miners in the
St. Etienne district has spread to the
| Loire district.
The Southern Educational associa-
| tion is in session at Memphis with 700
| delegates in attendance.
General Otis has issued decree au.
thor ling the celebration of civil mar
riages in the Philippines.
William Penn of Des Moines has been
appointed an assistant supeript endent
of the railway mail service.
+ Congressman Boutelle is said to be
suffering from Brights disease in its
last stages. Another version is that he
ia suffering from paresis.
Friday, Dec. 10.
It is announced that all the independ-
ent telephone companies of the country
will consolidate.
Senator Kyle of South Dakota is
stated to have practically lined up with
Republicans on the financial Issue.
The remains of $50 victims of the
Maine disaster were inferred at Airing
ton Thursday with full military honors.
The president, Admiral Dewey and
General Miles were present.
The dean Of the diplomatic corps at
Pekin has .telegraphedS to the senior
consul at Shanghai that the decision
reached in the matter OF the extension
Of the foreign settlement has been rat
flied. -.
The Steamer Curacao. from Guaya-
| mas, brings news that the British men,
| of-war Pheasant, Leander, Warspite
and lcarius were in Magdalena bay
| when she left that port, but were all
preparing to sail for Acapulco Dec. 20.
Saturday, Dec. 80. =. =
Admiral Schley's flagship, Chicago,
has arrived at Buenos Ayres and will
remain there until further orders
E.V. Smalley, publisher Of the North
west Magazine, died Friday night at
his home in st. Paul. of nervous dys-
pepsia. : ..
Alfred Morrison, New York profess
sor of languages, mistook his wife for a
burglar during the night and shot her,
at their home in Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
She may die. Mrs. Morrison exoner-
ates her husband from all blame. :
The Michigansenate-16 to 13-killed
the Pingree joint resolution for the sub
mission of a constitutional amendment
permitting amending Of tax laws, which
passed the house. The. large number
of votes against the proposition was q
great surprise.
The Missouri State Teachers associa-
ton unanimously adopted q memorial
to congress to establish in the Indian
Territory a system Of free public
schools to be supported out Of the
United States treasury, until conditions
shall permit the people to support them
by taxation. =. e:
Monday, Jan. 1. -
The total imports Of wool into the
United States for 1899 from all coun.
tries was rs, 763, 600 pounds. ~.
I Emperor William has conferred the
title of prince on Count Won Eulen burg,
the German ambassador at Vienna.
Fire partially destroyed the stock
yards of the Illinois Central railroad at
Sioux Falls and consumed q number of
hogs.
Attorney General Griggs refuses the
request of the Jobbers' associations to
| prosecute an injunction to restrain the
operation of the new railroad rate
classification. :
The Annuaire du Bureau lies Lougi.
| tudes for 1900 announces that on and
after Jan. the hours OF the day will
| count from to "a in all official depart
ments Of France. Official clocks are
being made TO correspond to the new
official division of the day,
Tuessiay, Ja,. q. -
Mccoy won his fight with Maher in
the fifth round. K, g. ~.
| aoebel has been nominated for D. esi-
dent pro tenn Of the Kentucky senate by
I Chicago university has received q
New Year'sgift of So, $40, 900 half 81
which was raised by President Harper
on condition Of an equal donation by
Rockefeller. :l = SsSS5:, , s1.
" One of the animal keepers at the
Vienna geological garden entered the
cage Of the lions in a spirit of bravalo
and six lions rushed upon him and tore
him to pieces. !. .s= 81. y u 81;
a dispatch from Vantage, County of
Berks, says that Richard Croker, who
has been staying at a country house