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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
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SAYS THERE'S PRECEDENT
Pres. Msllsn Anticipates Final Victory in
?. the St. Cloud Case. -Railroad
lmprovements.

President Mellen OF the Northern
Pacific still continues to give the
New York newspaper men some
good comments on northwestern
conditions and especially the affair,
of. his road. Here is what he said
yesterday.
Farmers will continue to hold
their wheat for some time, but ex-
pect Northern Pacific earnings will
increase $1oO,UO0 per month the rest
of the winter. When the spring
comes there will be q rush of wheat
and earnings may increase anywhere
from 500, OO0 to $500, 400 per month.
I did not attend the rate conference
here, but General Traffic Manager
Hannaford did. NY greatest hope
in rate improvement lies in a modi-
fication of the interstate commerce
law, the Imprisonment clause should
be abolished. A railroad tariff ia
flexible and based on the business
neeQS OF Cne country.
We shall disregard the III terstate
commerce. commissions ruling re-
garding the long and short haul
clause as applied to our uulu TIL Twin
City service, and believe the supreme
court will decide in our favor, rs it
recently did in the Louisville &
Nashville case. st. Cloud and Brain
erd are only interested locally and
cannot be benefited by a. decision
that would cause us loss of revenue
by shutting us off of our competitive
business.
Regarding the Seattle depot moth
has been decided. If Seattle declines
our propositions We will save about
$500 900 which we can spend else
where. Weyerhaeuser has paid us
$3 OOO. 900 for the lands we sold, and
that money, with the exception OF
$500, 900 that Is applicable to the re-
demption of bonds, is now available
for betterments. We are making
elaborate surv VS. OF our proposed
trans-continental cut off, which we
will be in no hurry to build. That
is a very expensive undertaking and
in time it will he built, but not be-
fore tue traffic is sufficient to justly
the expense. Our oriental business
is steadily growing.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
NEW JAIL FOR TODD.
County Commissioners Take the Initial
Step to That End at
Recent Meeting.

Long Prairie, Mimi, Jan. 1.-The
county board ut the January meet
ing took steps toward the erection
OF a new Jail for Todd county to cost
about $4,000. A committee was ap.
pointed cOnsis ting of the entire
board, who will meet with the state
board Of correction and charities,
and will visit the jails OF some of the
cities of the state.
The village council has for some
time had under consideration the all
visibility of the purchase of the
electric light plant in the village,
now owned by Peterson, Linderud
& Snow. The owners hold the prop
erty at about $13, 900. The question
will be submitted to a vote OF the
people.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16

Many military experts are
now declaring that the South
African war is showing the fu-
tility of troops attempting to
storm intrenchments that are
protected by skilled men armed
with modern and machine guns.
"A few men with machine guns
can almost annihilate an army
force advancing toward them
over exposed battle fields. The
Beers have been unsuccessful in
attacking the British behind the
intrenchments at Ladysmith,
Mafeking and Kimberly, as the
British forces have been in at
tempting to force the works of
the Peers along the frontier.
With The present arms in use it
will require larger proportion
tie attacking force than in any
previous war to capture ordi-
nary earthworks. The conclu-
sion is therefore reached that
the English cannot win until
they send forces sufficient to
not only keep large armies in
front of all Boer positions, but
also to send large armies around
any possible line of opposing
lines of defense. There is a
limit to the Boer line of defense
and also to the armies that
England can send.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
At A COST OF $25,Ooo,ooo.

Completed Portion Of sibsrlan Rail.
road Mast He Rseonstruotsd.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-Before tho
completion of the Siberian railroad it
has become necessary to reconstruct
tho work already done and this will
cost not less than $26. OOO. 900. In tho
haste OF construction aud the anxiety
to get everything cheap the road was
laid with q 12-pound rail instead Of q
A-pound rail. The bridges were built
of wood and crossings were made far
apart. Conseq uently moro than 20
miles an hour cannot be made on the
level with safety. To add to the danger
there has been put on tho lines tho
heaviest engines in existence, tho com.
pound system. Tho light rails, the
steep inclines and tho high gradings
com bined make travelling risky. On
steep inclines, owing to tho light rails,
the heavy engine cannot be held and
running at speed Of 80 miles an hour
turns the rails out. Therefore it has
been concluded that the road must be
reconstructed on broader lines.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
Grow Must Have NunbOrOA
Sixty and She May Have
carrioa Passeneoco.
VESSELS NAME NOT KNOWN
Sea 10 6tlii Running Heavy
and 1t 10 impossible to
Reach the Ship.
Mum Dor Of Dead Bodies Vs.
ibie Tossing in the Surf
Along the Beach.

ST.. JoHNs. n. f., Jan. 1S.-At least
60 peol'e ,'or,shed by the wreck Of tho
unknown steamer which went ON tho
rocks five miles of this point Thursday
The ship 10 . 2-nastsd steamer Of nearly
5000 tons and probably carried Grew
of 90, with posnbly some passengers.
She went ashore before dsybsesk on
Thursday morning, striking . ledge at
the foot Of the clid where escape was
hopeless. Tho Grew launched tho boats,
but it appears that all were crushed
against her sides or swsmpsd, the occu.
pants psrishiug. The ship was soon to
10 on fire by residents ok miles away.
Attracted to tho scene they found tho
after part of the wreck blaEing Aercely
and tho forepart under water. Kero-
acne in the cargo helped the blaze. At
that time only three men we're loft on
board. Two were on tho bridge and
one was in the rigging. Those on tho
bridge were safe until about 2p. M,
when they were
"Ash1o OvorDo2r0 ana UfOW0O01
tho bridge being carried away. The
survivor soon after left the rigging,
swan to the rocks and twice endeavored
to get footing. Failing in this he
made his way back to the rigging.
where he died Of exposure during the
night.
Many dead bodies are visible tossing
in the surf. Two Of them, thrown up
in a cove, cannot be reached owing to
the heavy sea. Que is judged to be
that of woman. Boats and other
wreckage are strewn among the rocks
for miles.
Residents along the shore made every
posi- bic effort to rescue the survivor in
the rigging, but lacking proper outfit
they were unable to succeed. There IL
not the slightest prospect that anyone
on board escaped death, Is the intense
cold would kill anyone who escaped
drown ny.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
REMOVED BY WOOD.
Fiscal Of the Cuban >upreme Court
L0sos Hla Position.

Fiscal Of tho Cuban >upreme Court
Lssss HI. Position.
HAVANA, Jan. IS. -"Frederic Mora,
fiscal of tho supreme court, is hereby
removed for the good of the public
service. This removal is the result OF
investigation into the administration OF
justice under his supervision"
The foregoing official order was
handed to Senior Moro by Governor
General Wood during the morning.
Senior Morals fall has been predicted
ever since the first case was brought
against the customhouse officials and
the disgraceful condition of the pris-
ons, especially as affecting those wait
ing trial. has been generally charged
against him. For some time it has
been said that Mora had been devoting
too much attention to political affairs
and too little to his duties.
General Woods Investigation
has shown that the Office Of the su-
prsme court fiscal is largely responsible
for number of the untried cases, and
not only Mora. but q number Of others
in the department of justice have been
persistently trying to block tho cases
against customhouse officials whom
Collector Bliss is anxious to prove
guilty of wholesale bribery and corrup-
tiop.
Every possible influence has been OK
erted to protect the incriminated men
from receiving the punishment which
10 their due, Morals letter to tho su-
preme court regarding the customhouse
fraud cases under trial, which has al
ready been published, was last straw.
His dismissal had been decided upon
aov,oo n QUO boforo
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
u,rrs- go, ~ .,@ ( .,,. a~r-
PLENTY or. LOCAL WORK.
If Buchanan Has Any Surplus Iusrgy
For the Republican Cause he Should
Begin 1t Home.

Hon. G. h. Buchanan is talked Of
for chairman OF the state central
committee. Buchanan Ia far
sighted politician, a leader and or.
ganizer III men, u scrapper from way
back-iust tile man for chairman OF
the committee. With a good man
to head the ticket and Buchanan to
plan the campaign the result would
he what Republicans every where de-
sire-an old time Repu bltcan victory.
Let Buchanan be chosen chatrman.-
kOyaltOn Banner.
The abovei item from the RoyaltOn
Banner is only renewal of tn old
system OF continually mentioning
Mr.. Buchanan for some position II
honor or responsibility that polit-
ical powers Of the state were about
to force npon him-and this example
has the usual absence Of fOundatiunl
The many reasons why Buchanan
would not be available as chairman
OF the Republican state committee
are 80 we'll known that we
see no necessity for repeating
them in detail at this time. The
Hann"r is en- tirely familiar with them.
Neither the Banner nor Buchanan
have supported the local Republican
ticket for the past few campaigns.
and it would be much more appro-
pirate for them to exert their inhu-
ence for the benefit of the party To-
ca]ly than to attempt to obtain an
endorsement OF their former POLITICAL
methods.
The interests of the Republican
party of Morrison county urgently
demand that all loyal Republicans
unite in an earnest campaign for the
party and it's nominees. But that
demand is not warrant for IN
assumption tat those who have
chosen to oppose the local nominees
campaign after campaign are partic-
ularly suited for the highest degree
of party confidence.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
RAIL PRAIRIE.

Snow is falling-sOmething that
the woodmen have been looking for
for some time.
The Rail Bros. have their wood
camp almost completed, where they
will move and haul wood for Mr..
Baker at Pilleger,
Miss Carrie Rail is visiting her
parents at Spring Brook.
Roy Jones and N. Layman went
to Lincoln Tuesday with u load OF
lath bolts for the lath mill at that
place. The mill is running with a
full force and is turning out good
material.
Quite a number OF young folks WIS.,
tied VIM. Jones Wednesday evening
as surprise, They occupied the
place for about eight hours in dane
ing then departed for their homes all
having had a good time.
w. S. Mushatt started yesterday
with his family and household effects
for the place where he has his saw
mill north Of Pillager. He has quite
a job of saving to do. They will be
missed in this vicinity.
Miss Susie Smith was the guest o.
Miss Minnie Jones for a few days,
visit, returning home yesterday.
Max Rail, who had his jaw frac-
tured some time in early summer by
q horse, received word from DR..
Camp of Brainerd that he would
have to 60 to the hospital and I'M
dergo an operation.
Their are rumors OF another lat1
mill starting up in this vicinity.
Dan Miller, who has been in this
vicinity for some time, went to Little
Falls, where his parents lives. He
expects to return in a few days and
go to work getting out cordwood.
Miss Lottie Mushatt did not 90
with her father, but will visit with
some OF her friends before she goes
to her new home.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16

In his Minneapolis speech
CIV. Lind said he wanted to
give the state "clean efficient,
business-like administration of
public AFFAIRS" If he really did
it is too bad that he was handi-
capped by such an assistant as
Gen Pope.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
ARMENiANS ARE SAFE.
Rumors OF . Cotton plated Massacre
Are Omoiaily Denied.

Rumors OF . Contemplated Massacre
Are Omoisily Denied.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-Relative to
the reports In circulation some time ago
of contemplated massacre Of ArlAe-
man Christians at the vilayet OF Har-
pool, the state department has received
of the United States minister at Con-
stantinople information that no massa-
ere was threatened. Conditions at
Harpool are reasonably pacific and no
cause exists for alarm on the part Of
the Christians. The United States le-
CATION has been assured by the sultan
that the Christians of Harpool have
given no cause for any action on tho
part of the authorities.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16

OMAHA, Jan. 13.-The general i'm.
preston here is that William J. Bryan
10 misquoted by the Utah correspond.
emit of The Commercial Bulletin on the
subject Of free wool. If Mr.. Bryan has
changed his views on the tariff no one
in Omaha can be found who knows it.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16

. M. J. Bowling, of Renville,
who has been prominent in Re.
publican politics for several
years, has started on a trip
around the world. He will act
as correspondent for the Mime
apOlis Journal.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
onshes Alleged BrsSs,y Case.

Onoho'S Alleged 6Rt6ORy Case.
OMAHA, Jan. 1S.-lembers Cowis,
Hess and Sears OF the board Of educa-
ton, arrested for accepting bride in
connection with contracts, have given
bond for appearance for trial on Jan. "a.
ksmbss Ixsy has nst yet bssn arrested.
Gss1sla 1sS Sessns Place.
IADnoH, Wis.,, Jan. l2.-Ths ladi'
con Journal, the Official Republican OF.
gan, prints lettsr to tho editor Of The
Journal In which Governor Edward
scofsld 10 proposed ~ = vice prssidep.
tial candidate.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
Public Con Adsnes Restored.

CARACAS, Vsnezuela, Jan. 1S.-Ths
financial crisis il ended. The Difficult
ties between tho government and the
banks have been amiosbly settled and
public confidence IL restored.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
S.S.S!F4sS. Blood

q tho only remedy equal to such deep
seated diseases; it goes down to tho
very foundation and forces out every
taint. 1t is purely vegetable, and 10
the only blood remedy guaranteed to
contain no mercury, potash or other
mineral substance whatever.
Books mailed free by Swift Spseias
Company, Atlanta. Georgia.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
Plague Victims 1t Hon oluiu.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-The state de-
partment has been informed by Mr..
Haywood, United States agent at Hon.
olulu, under date Of Jan. l, that eight
deaths have occurred from the bubonic
plague Ut Honolulu since tie last tsls-
graphic report. Dec. 26 last.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16

would arise made the at-
moDphere Of the room
ltckeninG and unbesrable.
The disease next attacked
the eyes, and We feared she
would lose her sight. En-.
1nent physicians from the
surrounding country were
consulted, but could do
nothing to relieve the lit.
tle innocent, and gave IT
g their opinion that the
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16
SCI: ofl11a to. r..
Consumption.

Any ono predispossd TO esrofulA -,
nsvsr 30 healthy and vigorous. Thu
tsint IA the blood naturally drifts int
Consumption. Being such ! deep-ssats1
blood disease, Swift's Specific 10 tns
only known cure for Scrofula, because
II il the only remedy which can rsasA
the disease. y 23, 49,
eerofule appeared on the hsad II NJ little
Rtandchild when only 10 months old. Shortly
her body. The scsbs on the soresNould peel
on on tho Gltghtsst touch, and the odoI thA1
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-16

yooSible % save tho chiid's eyesikht. It W.
lAsn that ~ decided to try swfft's Specific.
That medicine ct once made speedy and COM
plete cure. She is now young lady, and hao
A N1s. RUTH BERKELEY,
Salina, Kan.
6crofula Is an obstinate blood disease,
and 10 beyond the reach of the average
blood medicine. Swift's Specific
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-16
Angora Goats.

Gradually the goat is finding his way
into popularity on the farms in some
sections of the country. 1t is not the
ordinary billy goat" that is made the
butt of so many newspaper jokes, how
ever, but the long-haired Angora. This
animal is good investment because
the woody hair that he produces in
considerable abundance is profitable
article of commerce, and because goats
can do well on pastures that do not
afford sufficient grazing 10 keep any
ether kinds of stock in thriving condi-
ton. In addition to this they are sail
to be the most healthy and least sub
ject to disease of any of the domestic
animals, and the kids are most excel
lent to eat. These things being true,
the Angora goat ought to find a place
On thousands of southern farms,
where no kind of live stock at all is
raised. There is hardly farm any,
where on which a flock of goats would
not flourish and require little or no
feeding at any season of the year..
rri-Statc Farmer and Gardener.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-16
D00E OF THE LOBSTER.
The supply Constantly shrinkine
and the Price Rising Cor.
respOndingIy.

The extinction of the lobster is
threatened. He is in too much demand
as an article of food. The United
States fish commissioner, in answer to
an inquiry from Representative Fitz-
gerald, gives statistics which show
the catch of Holsters in Massachusetts
waters has decreased 20 per cent. DUR
ing the last IS years. The yield was
4,315,416 pounds, valued at $15S.229 in
1880, which in 1898 fell to 1.693,741
pounds, valued at $147.7O2. The yield
has not only decreased, but with in
creasing scarcity the price has ad-
vanced, this in turn causing greater
activity on the part of fishermen. The
fish commissioner, says the Chicago
Tribune, has been doing it's best to
maintain the supply. During the last
five years 3s7,o41,7o5 young Holsters
artificially hatched have been liberated
on the Massachusetts coast. Practi-
cally all the eggs from which these
Holsters were hatched would have been
destroyed had the commission not pur-
chased the egg-bearing adults from
fishermen, which is good evidence that
but for the commission the supply of
Holsters would be practically exhaust
ed to-day. The New England states
have laws against the catching of un-
dersized Holsters, and also of brood
Holsters carrying eggs. but the laws
do not seem to be well enforced. The
result is that in spite of the work of
the commission the lobster supply ID
constantly shrinking, and the time
may come when the lobster will be as
much of a curiosity as is the buffalo,
and only multi-millienaires can afford
- eat thsm.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-16
TEN GREATEST MEN.
men and Americans of the
Nineteenth Century.

Who are the ten greatest men OF
the nineteenth century? This il a
favorite conundrum just now across
the water. but we have seen only one
attempt to solve it in print. An Eng
lish periodical names. Abraham Lin
coin, the statesman: Grant. the SOL
der; Darwin, the scientist: Thack-
cray, the novelist; Herbert Spencer,
the philosopher; Jenner, ''the most
commanding figure in medicine;
Froebel, the educator; Beethoven, the
musician; and Morse and Stephenson,
first masters of electricity and steam.
1t is easy to imagine. says Youths
Companion, the frantic objections a
Frenchman = for instance would
raise to list which mentions not ono
Of the masters of art and life of his
own nation. Noting that the list is
restricted to Englishmen and Amer
leans, men of the Anglo-Saxon race,
and to Germans-first cousins. SO to
speak, to that race--he would allege
that here was another outcropping of
that self-satisfied egotism which
makes the 'Britisher" or the "Yan-
kee" so disagreeable neighbor.
The real truth is that man, wheth.
Englishman or Frenchman, who
undertakes any such classification, en-
cages in perilous enterprise. He may
not hope to satisfy anyone but him.
self. Probably every thoughtful stu
dent of our own time has at least one
hero whose name he would vote to
substitute for some name given above.
Yet this is good list. one worthy
of respectful consideration. 1t is not
ours. We merely import the conun-
drum and the answer. But the Amer
lean who constructs n more glittering
roll of honor will have to read hard
and think deeply. The sterner critic
will probably concede that it would
not be possible to mention ten great
est men" of the nineteenth century,
omitting all the ten whose names are
given above.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-16
THE BURLINGTON ROUTE.


"The Burlington-No Northern Pacific Ex.
press" from ST. Louis in the morning,
from Kansas City in the afternoon, for
Northwest Nebraska, Black Hills, Montana,
Washington, Tacoma, Seattle, Puget Sound
and Portland, Oregon, via Billings, Mon
tana-the short line and time-saver to the
Upper Northwest.
10 the Puget Sound in 10 hours from
Kansas City; II hours from st. Louis, after
April 10Th, 1900.
This is the climax in the development OF
the Louisiana Purchase.
Through Coaches, Chair Cars (seats free),
Standard and Tourist Sleepers and Dining
Cars. This is the main Travelled route from
the Southwest to the Northwest. =.
Number 5, Nebraska Colorado Express
midday train from st. Louis; late night
train from Kansas City, for Nebraska, Col
orado, Utah, Pacific Coast = one night to
Denver.
Please write for printed and illustrated
L. w. wAKELEY,
I. General Passenger Agent.
HOWARD ELLIOTT.
General Manager,
st. Louis, Mo.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-16
HERE AND THERE.

sheep and lambs are selling at rec.
crd-breaking prices, and the flockmas-
ter is more than ever impressed with
The value of the golden hoof idea in
connection with his business.
Mules are steadily advancing in
price. Whenever they are offered for
sale, If the owners do not obtain their
asking prices they hold them, which is
sign there is faith for better future
sales.
The Southern Farm Gazette says
truly that one-fourth of bale of cot
ton per acre will not pay at any price.
1t is only when half bale or more is
made that the farmer gets pay for his
labor.
Gut clover is one of the very best
foods for laying hens. IL should be
cut fine, scalded and mixed with wheat
bran. 1t is an excellent substitute for
green stuff when fowls are confined 20
small yards.
Any staple product of the farm,
il of superior. excellence, will COM
rand the highest price. On this ac-
count no animal should be kept that
has not individual merit to commend
il, and no crop should be grown unless
all reasonable care is taken to secure
the best growth and yield.
The farmer who buys nitrogen as
a fertilizer is not an economist, unless
he grows high-priced crops on high
priced land. There may be an excuse
fer purchasing phosphoric acid and
pt tash, for, if they are deficit, they
mrst be supplied from without, and
they are comparatively cheap. The soil
can be made to produce its own nitro
gen.
Southern farmers have not, as =
rule, properly appreciated the import
ance of crop rotation. There can not
te any permanent success without
proper rotation, and the only process
that is actually permanent and capa-
lie of adding continually to the valre
Of the farm is rotation of crops COM
bined with feeding the crops to live
sleek on the farm,