Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-02-02
NEWS CONVERSATIONS.
Wednesday, Jan. "a.

!. /. "Wednesday, Jan. 2 4. d u; 4: "A .
CONGRESS- Senate: Routine; business
occupied the short session. , Pettigrew
made speech: !: House:' Debate on Rob
erts case continued. r.. = -E;4 /
American sugar manufacturers object
to free trade with Porto Rico. r.. 8 J:
i General T. H. Stanton, former pay
master general. Of the army, is: dead. j.
: The national board of trade has begun
it's annual convention in Washington.
: The formal call. has been issued: for
the National Prohibition convention at
Chicago June ~. >. =: !
Definite notes have been received
from all but two powers on.sthe ,"open
door" proposition. So: 80
-. 1t is stated that Charles G: Bennett Of
Brooklyn has finally been. determined
upon: as secretary Of the senate: !.
:. Montagu White, consul general of the:
Transvaal in London, has had an inter-
view with Secretary Hay" He will, it
is said, be diplomatic agent of the Trans
vaal at Washington. ~'"'
Complet e returns show that about 100
fishing schooners and other craft We're
destroyed or sunk. during the severe
storm which swept over the Japanese
coast Dec. 20 to rs. The total number
OF lives lost is placed at 1S9. =:
Thursday, Jan. rs.
CoNGREss-Senate: Resolution askin g
orders in Idaho strike matter passed.
House: Rob1rts exclusion resolution
passed, 26S to so. -
Arrangements are being completed fer
the establishment Of Russian consulate
in Canada.
Congressman Charles w. Walton,
for IS years: a Justice Of the Maine SUI
preme court, is dead:
Fire in the village Of Rombakshotten,
Sweden, destroyed 81 houses, leaving
scores Of persons homeless. -: -:
1t is believed Republican opposition
will defeat all reciprocity treaties nego-
tiated by the administration.
Julian Pauncefote will retain his post
as British ambassador here, notwith-
standing he is past the age limit.
DIR. John e. Davis, professor of matll-
ematical physics in the Wisconsin uni
versity and a well known scientist, died
Wednesday at the Presbyterian hospital
in Chicago.
Friday, Jan. 2O.
CoNaREss-House: Eilogies of Vice
President Hobart.
The Republican cong ressionA COM
mittee favors early state and congress
sional conventions.
An English infantry officer, writing
of the battle of Colenso, calls his supe-
? riors ''orr idiotic generals. -
Several hundred armed men have ar
rived at Frankfort, KY, to protest
against the unseating Of Governor Tay-
Tor.
The dowager duchess of Schleswig-
Holstein, mother Of Empress All gusta
Victoria, who had been suffering from
pleurisy, is dead. A.. -, 49,.
The North China Daily News pub
fishes an edict signed by Emperor
Kwang Su appointing as emperor in his
place Pu Sing, the .-9-year-old son of
Prince Tuano. The new emperor will
ascend the throne on Jan. 81. Another
report says Kwang su has committed
suicide. .s-
saturday, Jan. ~. -
Spokane has 10 cases of smallpox of a
mild type.
General Otis reports that the western
coast of P:anay is now open for traffic.
Boer dispatches tell of a British
slaughter during the past few days
fighting
The Pennsylvania Democratic state
committee declares Bryan it's choice for
president.
The British forces have been COM
PEELED to evacuate Spion kop, captured
from the Beers on Tuesday.
The Pennsylvania, which sailed Fri:
day for Manila, carried $1,000. 900 gold
and a considerable sum in treasury notes
to pay soldiers. =
Monday, Jan. 29.
CONGREss-Scnate: In executive session
motion to reconsider Samoan treaty de-
feated. Mason and other senators pro-
tested against criticism of senators by a
British consul. Tillman spoke on Phil
ippines. House: Weather bureau reor-
ganization bill defeated.
The. Northwestern curling bonspiel
began Monday at Milwaukee, i.
The police at Quincy, Ills, killed two
expert safe blowers and badly injured q
third -. :
Colonel Bryan has assured the Popu-
lists he will accept their nomination for
the presidency. 81
Indications are becoming more appar.
ent that Japan is preparing to strike q
blow ut Russia.
The senate insular committee has de.
cided that Porto Rico and not Puerto
Rico, is proper. 49,.
Spanish genda,1ncs une,rthed a Car
list arsenal III A house in Palencia. cap
ital Of the province OF that name. and
seized 100000 cartridges and a large