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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
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sad Fate Of q Noble Tribe Of New
l., |,sH.s Zealunders.

Sad Fate Of 4 Noble Tribe Of New
!" .,.,n.-. y 5 zealnnllers..s
Civilizay,on is responsible for the de-
cadence and the probable extinction Of
one Of the finest tribes that ever existed.
the Maoris Of New Zealand. Their history
is one Of continual b!oodshed and fight
ing with the tribes Of New, Zealand and
with the British. Looking ut the Maors
OF today. it il difficult to believe that they
wer. once proud and naughty savages.
who regarded with dis'iain the white sail
ors who occasionally visited them. mock
ing them as they walked. because they
We're not trained to the same athletic de-
gree OF fineness as the Maoris.
Artistic tattooing is still Il feature of
the Maori's personal decoration. says an
Auckland correspondent Of the Detroit
News-Trbune. Some Of the older men
still retain their proficiency at the spear
exercise. and the chiefs are not wanting
in dignity and hau'eur. but the Maori Of
today Is not the Maori Of so or even 30
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
POSSIBLY AN OIL STEAMER,
Vessel Lost on st. Johns, n. f., Beloved
to He the Hels GLAND.

Vessel Lost or st. Johns, n. f., Beloved
to he the Hels GLAND.
NEW YORK, Jan. l5.-The Times
says: It is believed here that the
wrecked vessel off St. Johns, N. F., is
one of three oil steamers chartered or
owned by the Standard Oil company,
two of which sailed from this port and
the third from Philadelphia. The
Helgoland, which sailed Jan. s, is most
likely the vessel. Having left Phila-
delphia on Jan. s, the time elapsing
between her date Of sailing and the dis
covery of the wreck off the Newfound.
land coast, ought to bring her in that
ne;ghborhood. She carried Q crew of
about so men.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Jan. 15.-The gale
has not yet blown itself out and the sea
is still too rough to allow boats to go
near the wrecked steamer in the bay.
As yet there is nothing to show the
name of the vessel. Ten bodies have
been located among the rocks and 9TH
ers can be seen floating about.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
| r,c4io 4 \ 81 | 81 &Uskam IT..

csar Highly Praises HI. Foreign M'nas'
I! ast-tsk fpsrRsSSRt SSSSN(SEi e.
!: sr.s.PEfERsBuRd. ejfah. 10. The "esar
has addressed rescript to Count Mu-
ravie6, the minister Of foreign Affairs.
highly eulogistic ofthe eminent quai-'
tics displayed by the minister in bring.
ing. about q happy, solution, In con.
for1nity with the cars instructions. OF
the disquieting political events arising
from the Cretan Instruction and the
Turko. Greek war, thus showing true
appreciation of the historic inission
which has fallen to tho lot Of Russia.
After remarklng that the introduction,
Of an autonomous administration in
Crete ended the agitation which had 80
long troubled the repose of the Turkish
East, While.th maintenance of friendly
relations with all the powers showed
the fruitful influence of Russia's peace
full and continuous policy, the rescript
proceeds: :: -,
Appointed guardian of the most i'm
portanti interest of the state you have
co-operated, while conforming exactly
with the indications gave you. in the
realization of the traditional tendency
of Russia to obtain in the far East an
ice-free outlet to the sea. The agree
ment arrived at with the government
of China, relative to the cession in
usufruct Of the Kwang- Tung peninsula,
with Ports Arthur and Dalmy, while
testifying, to tho reciprocal friendship
and confidence which exists between
tho two great neighboring empires, full
fills the evident necessities of Russia as .
maritime power and will create in tho
Pacific q new centre for the commercial
and industrial enterprises Of the entire
world. The negotiations subsequently
undertaken under my direction with the
British and Japanese governments led
to Sthetconclusion of partial understand
ings, which'1by; removing any reasons
for MISUNDERSTANDING in the political
dom ain, enable Russia to devote her
strength to the progressive develop
ment of the prosperity of her possessions
in the far East"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
PERT PERSONALS.

AZ bone Of contention in congress Mr..
Roberts will represent three ribs.-Phila-
delphia Times.
The best line in Poet Laureate Austin's
latest war poem is the one which he
quotes. This was 4 real Inspiration
l Boston Herald. - ~ &
} IA movement has been started In Pitts
burg to abolish Santa Claus. The idea
probably Is to substitute Andrew Came
sgie. Chicago Tribune. 60
Lawyer Tom Reed manages to slip
away from bic clients long enough to do q
sltlls .magezine writing. He might add to
HI income ~ securing notary's com
snsssaoa. w asflingtoa Post.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
Hsvaus Customs Receipts.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The war do
partment has given out for publication
q statement of the receipts from Gus
toms at. the port Of Havana, Cuba, for
the month OF December. 1899. The
total receipts for that month were
81, los, 100. Attention is invited to the
fact that though there was only "a
working days in the month of Decem-
Der, the total collections exceeded those
in any other month of tho past year.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
DEED OF. A LONE RoBBER.
Held Up Two Rsstaursnts in the Hesrt
of Kansas City.

Held Up Two Rsstsura.ts in the Heart
of Ksusas City.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 15.-In true West.
ern fashion, lone robber, masked and
armed, cleaned out two restaurants in
the center of the city at a. m. under
the glare of an electric light. In Lewis
restaurant at 1910 Walnut street, he
pointed a pistol at the cashier and
tapped the register, while he kept his
revolver in plain view of the customers
eating nearby. Skipping across the
street to the restaurant Of Robert Nc.
Clintock the robber covered the cashier
there and commanded two walters and
three customers to hold up their hands.
They complied promptly and the rob-
Der emptied tho register in . twinklipg.
He pocketed the entire contents, $40,
and backing out of the door escaped.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
MINOR ITEMS OF INTEREST

Felix Morris, the actor. IL dead st
New York. I;
St. Paul has abandoned the ice carni-
val project.
A heavy fall Of snow causes Wiscon-
sin lum bermen to rejoice.
The University of Minnesota won in
the joint debate with the Northwestern
university in Minneapolis.
A dispatch from Bordighera on tho
Riviera announces the death OF Manlio
.Garibaldi, son of the late General Gar
dbaldi.3S. - ~, .u,- sa. n t@Ss5s3zy
Louisville street railway men have
presented long list of grievances and
threaten to strike if matters complained
of are not reformed.
The Northern Linseed Oil company IL
the name given a new and independent
oil mill, the headquarters of which are
in Minneapolis. q. w. Baker will be
manager OF the concern. ) +
Lieutenant Samuel Howard, U. s. n,
the pilot and the last Of the officers and
crew of the Monitor during her MEM
orable engagement with the Msrrimac,
is dead at Washington.
Editors Frederick G. Bonfils and 81.
81. Tammon of the Denver Evening
Post, were both shot by w. w. Ander.
son, a prominent local attorney. The
cause is not definitely known.
Ex-Governor F. M. Drake Of Center1
vile, for whom Drake university OF
Des Moinss is named, has increased his
donation to that institution $S2, 500,
which will be used in making imms.
diate necessary improvements.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16

Slam OncrR TFeoent 10 America.
The United States minister to Siam
writes to the state department at
Washington that the Siamese govern
ment has given another evidence Of its
friendliness to the United States BY
offering to present to that country a
part or the whole Of the temple
grounds on which the United States
legation Is situated. ut Bangkok. says
the New York Times. The property is
worth $4,000 and is valuable for It's
water frontage. The gift. IL accepted,
involves an outlay, of about $4,000 for
improving the premises. Secretary
Hay has sent the correspondence to
son9rvsxs for favorahle action.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
Chicasoans nuy Big Lumber Cut.

MARlNErTE, Wis, JAM 15.-The
Perley-Lowe Company of Chicago has
purchased the seasons cut of tho H.
Witbeck company of this city. The
deal involves = consideration Of over
t5O0, 900, and is the largest ono made
this year. It will undoubtedly stand
a. ono Of the 1asgsst singls deals tor
1900. -,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
citixsns Burn . Pest nous o.

Dies MONIES, Jan. 1o.-The city pest
house in North Des Moines was burned
during the evening by citizens in order
| to prevent its use for smallpox patients.
The council having determined to iso-
late all cases of the disease there, the
citizens Of that part of the town rose
indignantly and declared the pesthouss
would be burned. It was fired and
burned to the ground.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
LATE MARKET REPORT.
Duluth Grain.

Duluth Grain
DULUTH. Jan IL
WHEAT-Cash, No. l hart, o61tc; No
I Northern, $3.50; No. = Northern, 621to'
No. 8, $3.50. To Arrive-No. hard.
eshc; No. Northern, $40, May, 67ho;
July, os9<o.
FLAX-To arrive, 81. IS: cash, 1855
Nay, u.47.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
Minnsapolis whsst

MlNNEAPOLIb, jan. 10.
wHEAT-In Store--No. Northern.
January, $50; May $50; July, 66f@
669<c. On Track -No. hard, $50; No.
l Northern, 6,Ao; No. Q Northern, o1Ho.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
At. Pau, Union stock Yards.

St. Paul union SGOCk xoH0o.
SOUTH ST.. PAUL. Jan. IL.
HOGS-Marketo opened strong. and 70,
HIGHER: closing 100 higher. Range Of
prices, 44.49H@4.60.
CATTLE Good butcher cattle steady,
stookers and feeders in good demand.
Sales ranged at q e5@s.to for COWS,
a. sou4.25 for stockers; 3s.A00AO for
bulls; sS.YO@s.76 for heifers; >6.00G6.0o.
TOR calves. 49, "
SHEEP-Market drm.. -
. Sales ranged at ts.t0045o for sheep;
1s.eoa4.0J for lambs.
Chicago Grain aaA Provisie.s.
f&f CHICAGO, Jan. IL. :,
WHEAT snuary, 84<o: May. e7Ho,
July, $3.50. -
CORN-January. s0Ke; May, axe
s31<c; July, .41t@ j4Nc. nv,
OAT9-JanuAry, 229<o; May, Slo. -
PORK-January S1O.75; May, Sl1.oak'
July, sl1.12h. r..
TLAX-Cssh, Northwestern, $50;
southwestern, $l.to; May. tl.4sh.
POULTRY - Dressed, turksya 81,
chickens, 7x0skc .. :
8UTTkR-Crssmsriss. nOsss; saiFs,.
Ss005e. +f-f& ~ =.
1ooS-JsssA, ~. {" =
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
HOUSEHOLD FASHIONS.

Fine Table and Bed Lipen-A Pretty
Gown.
The preferred table linen is of fine
damask with an embroidered cipher.
This device is no longer made very large
and conspicuous and is not much greater
for the tabecloth than for the napkins.
Sheets with ruftied tops are again used,
after being long abandoned. Sheets and
pillowcases, with the bolster cases il q
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
Sioux City Tive Stock.

SIOUX CRY, Jan. Is.
CATTLE-Market steady.
Sales ranged at s4.50@5.5O for beeves;
S2,OO@4.OO for COWS, bulls and mixed;
s3.5O@4.4O for stockers and feeders; 1850
ass for calves and yearlings.
HOGS-Market steady to weak. Range
Of prices, e4.4004.60.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
OUT or DOOR COSTUMES.

Wraps For watkins and CARRIAGE.
Wear. 's&s
At this season it is the wrap and the
hat which constitute the out Of door COS
tune. The .own is Of small account.
particularly ,t the wrap is a long redin-
gote.N Black and W hite,; 50 long in favor.
continues to be fashionable combina:
ton, both as trimming and for entire
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
ARIZONA soU1REs' COURTS.
Pay Little Attention to Law or Juss
tice-Some Illustrative In
stances.

The most wonderful and fearful
Jurisprudence in the world, perhaps,
is that of the squires' courts in Ar
izona. These courts are not generally
presided over by men who have made
close study of the law, and some of
their decisions would cause the blind
goddess of justice to weep in very
shame.
A justice who was new to the busi-
ness of law proved himself equal to the
emergency recently in Williams, Ariz.
1t was a case where a prisoner was
brought before him charged with in
sanity. Several witness were eX-
amined, and it was conclusively proved
that he was insane, having refused tc
drink when invited, and by other SIM
liar actions having convinced those
who knew him that he had gone en-
tirely wrong.
After brief examination of the wit
nesses the justice leaned back in his
chair, and with a look of profound
wisdom on his face delivered himself of
a decision as follows:
young man, it has been proved that
you have done sundry things, which
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Only one-third of the popula tion of
Calcutta are females.
Land in England is 900 times as raj
uable now as it was 200 years ago.
Khartoum may now be reached from
Cairo by boat and rail, and hotel with
room for 60 guests has just been COM
pleted at Khartoum.
A foreign royalty is having plum
pudding made in London which con-
tains a silver casket guarding dia-
mond and opal brooch worth 6 100.
In all Ceylon there are only 5000 Eu-
ropeans, as against 3,250,000 natives.
The island is almost as large as Ireland,
and tea planting is the chief industry.
The harbor of Queenstown is three
miles long, two wide, almost entirely
sheltered, and as safe as it is capacious.
The whole British navy may safely ride
within its area.
In the Drakensberg mountains. in
Natal, is natural formation known as
Napoleon's kop. 1t gives an excellent
bust representation of the little cor
poral.
In Russia women are employed as
apothecaries. In the state and mu-
nicipal dispensaries women prescrip-
tion clerks stand on the same footing
as men, while in the large cities like St.
Petersburg. Moscow and Kew there
are pharmacies in which the business
is conducted entirely by women.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

said things have led me and the rest
of Us to believe that you are wrong in
the garret; therefore, l, with all th,
judicial power vested III me, do hereby
fine you $25 and costs. You may &C
now, but don't let this happen again.
Another instance thai fittingly IL
lustrates the fellow feeling of the aver
age juror occurred not long ago.
y tough citizen, who had been all
sorbing decoction of liquid that
would corrode the armor plate of the
Oregon, concluded that the town was
getting too tame. He picked up a rife
that was standing behind one of the
bars he had been patronizing freely
and went out into the street. A col
ored woman CHANGED to be passing that
way, and he proceeded to empty the
contents of the rife into her body;
then calmly returned the rife to the
barkeeper and went to sleep.
He was arrested and tried before a
jury in the district court. The jury
discovered that the man was troubled
with alcoholic insanity" and he was
promptly acquitted and turned loose.
Enquirer
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
BIRD POLICEMAN.
An Ostrich ON n Florida Farm Tha'
Patrols the Camp Like
Watchman.

On a Florida ostrich farm one of the
birds acts as watchman. This ostrich,
who has Deem dubbed Napoleon. pa
trolls the camp. giving at intervals a
cry which may be said to mean ''All's
we'll If anything alarms him, he at
once communicates it to his compan-
ions by series of yells as he advances
to the attack.
Napoleon stands nearly ten feet high
and weighs upward of 400 pounds. lie
is a savage bird, of unusual intelli-
gence. At night he is unusually fero-
cious, and often his keeper is obliged
to stand off. To see the keeper force
Napoleon back to his pen in the morn
ing with q large fork. is one of the
sights of the ostrich farm. The enor-
nous bird ScreecheS with rage and
strikes out with his feet, but all of
the while slowly giving way.
One night the farm hands were
awakened by the roars of Napoleon
and the agonizing shrieks of human
being. Rushing to the pens. they saw
the ostrich chasing negro. The negro
made an effort to get over the fence,
when the bird struck him a glancing
blow on the thigh, which ripped it open
was thought the poor pheasant thief
would bleed to death. The fame of this
episode has naturally caused the pheas-
ants quarters to be Stunned by Other
depredators
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
Sights in LndHamifh.

''Ladysmith is a terrible place, ,,
writes one of the Kings First Liverpool
regiment. I'VE are all under tents. as
there are no huts or barracks here at
all. There is not even a tree to be seen
for hundreds of miles around, nor a
blade of grass. The ground here is all
rocks as hard as iron. and not a living
herb of the field could grow here; and
there is no water; only river, called
the Vaal river, runs straight into the
Transvaal from where we are sta
toned, and that is what we have to de-
pend on to drink and do our cooking
with. There are no white people here.
only soldiers. and the population is
over 10000. all Zulus. Basutos and Kaf-
frs; and to see the way they live and
run about is discredit to civilization.
They live in kraals made of stones.
with little hole in the bottom to crawl
in. They wear no clothes at all, only
a kind of skin over their loins. and
they smell terribly. During the 17h
hours in the train l saw such sights as
l never saw in my life before, enough
to strain the eyesight of an English
man ns-PearSOn'S Weekly
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
CORNISH MINERS.
Men Who Work Far Below the Depths
of the Sea Encounter Many
Dangers.

One of the most memorable sights
IN Cornwall is an ascent of miners wit
| messed from one of the platforms of
the man engine To the rhythmic beat
at that strange machine, one by one
the ocherous figures rise from the
abyss, step off and on, singing as they
file past. One is sure to find that it is
hymn these rough miners sing, and
the chorus rises from below, and
descends from above, blending with
the beat of the shifting platform into
an awe-inspiring melody.
That men who work far below the
depths of the sea, in hourly danger
from flood and fire-damp and dynamite,
should have highly developed religious
feeling is not to be wondered at. In
each escape from death they distinctly
see the finger of God.
The story of Verran is known all
over Cornwall. He and his mate were
working far below the surface, putting
in blasts. Suddenly it was noticed that
hole was about to explode prema-
turely.
In that narrow drift, only one of the
two men could be saved. Verran, with
out a moments hesitation, sent his
comrade to the surface and flung him
self upon his knees in prayer, expect
ing death.
The explosion wrecked the drift.
Huge rocks were flung up and down,
entirely around the kneeling miner.
They made an arch over his figure,
protecting him from the flying and
falling debris. He was found upon his
knees, unable to move-but safe! To
the mind of every Cornishman this was
an interposition of providence. None
of us can dispute their sublime belief.
In September, 1898, run took
place in one of the mines, and entombed
eight men more than half mile be-
meath the surface. When such an ac-
cident occurs rescue is almost hope
less, for the run is so sudden that
there is rarely any escape. In this case
a relief party, after IS hours of terrible
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

South Africa. was killed at distance
of 1.4OO yards at Majuba hill. We lost
terribly in officers at the fight men
Rorlle's drift. from the deadly rifles
of the sharpshooting Beers"
1t is easy enough to see how the
Boer became so expert with the rifle.
History of one hundred and more
years ago in the southwest and the
west of this country is repea ting itself
on the South African veldts. Every
old state of the American union ex-
cept Louisiana was won from its
deadly rifle. For 24O years the Hol
lander who went to far-off South
Africa and his descendants have
fought wild beasts and wild men for
the country they wanted. The Boer
region of South Africa. producing fine
wheat and corn crops. is very fertile.
1t has native grass that live stock
thrives on. with climate very much
like that of the country from south
western Kansas to New Mexico. Bat
to obtain this country the Boer had
first to conquer it. This made him
a sharpshooter. One hundred and
fifty years ago the Dutch farmer with
his fve-foot barrel roer. smooth
bore gun. was a dead shot within the
limitations of his weapon. Every
Boer is hunter. He has to be. His
farm is large. anywhere from $4,000
to 25.G00 acres. The country is sparse
ly settled. The lion and other small
er cats and the hyena were the nat
ura1 enemies of his hocks and herds
They had to be kept down by the
roer and later by the rife. Kruger
is himself said to have killed $50
hyenas. Then the ever-present dam
ger of a native outbreak caused the
solitary farmer or Boer to see to it
that he had the best arms available
for defense and offense.
The Boer weapon that did such ex-
ecution the other day is the sporting
model of the Mannlicher. a German
arm, perhaps the most powerful
weapon of its caliber and weight in
the world. The military Mannlicher
is used in the armies of Austria, Hol-
Roumania. The ideal Mannlicher is
a sporting rife known as the Haenel
model. 1t is beautiful finished arm,
about eight pounds, and
costing in South Africa 200 German
marks The rife barrel is 80 inches
long, the earbine "a. 1t has a pistol
grip and sling straps, and is hair
Its caliber is 80. This |
rife has an extreme range of 4,500 |
yards, and a killing range of 1000. |
At that distance. the bullet will go |
two inches of solid ash, and |
nearly three of pine, quite enough |
force to kill, if the bullet struck a |
vital part. At 20 yards it will shoot |
through so inches of pine. The bullet /
for war is full-mant1ed, with a fine |
outlr skin of copper or nickel. That |
for game shooting is only half man
tied. leaving the lead point exposed
SO that it opens back or mushrooms
when it strikes. For deer, elk and
bears there can be no better arm
Though the bullet makes but a small
orifice where it enters. the expansion !
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

causes it to tear hole as large ~
mans finger when it makes ita
exit. Travelling at the rate of 2,00G
feet second the force of this bullets
blow is tremendous. There has been
much discussion over the dum-dum
bullet. 1t is soft-pointed missile,
but by no means so deadly or destruc-
tive as is this Haenel-Mannlicher bull
let which the Beers are using. If it
strikes at close range. or 1000 yards
or under, and does not fiatten, the
Mannlicher bullet bores a hole right
through a bone without splintering.
But when it upsets the shock is ter
rible The bullet literally smashes
the flesh and bone into fragments.
It has been charged that the Beers
are using the soft-pointed bullet in
their deadly observation-disclosures
" Sun