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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-10-30
INDEMNITY ARBITRATION.

Secretary Hay Forwardsj Russia's sug-
AL gestion to Minister Conger. ~
Il New YORK, Dot. ga step in the
direction Of the arbitration Of the Chi.
nese difficulties, a Washington dispatch
The Herald says, has been taken by
Secretary Hay. He has cabled to Min.
lister Conger the suggestion made by
Russia, that in case Of protraoted
divergence Of views the questions Of
indemnity be referred to The Hague
court for decision and instructed him
to consult with his colleagues as to the
demands their governments will make
upon China i'm this respect. Should he
report that it is not possible to reach an
agreement, then Secretary Hay intends
to advocate vigorously the adoption of
the Russian suggestion as the easiest
method Of obtaining satisfactory solu.
ton. asF@Sr> -. 49,.
Secretary Hay and other officials of
the administration believe in general
arbitration, but they think it is in the
interest Of all the powers and China
that direct negotiations should first be
tried. &s5@ 55$,. ~ ~ ss=;<. 7 w..
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wild songs. Sud denly, with deep grunta.
and cultural sounds. oil sit down and
shove their feet into the fire, kicking
the glowing Goals and scattering them
labont the place. Then, rernar kable8 AZ
AZ: may sound. they dance On these
Goals until they are extinguished, then
fall on their knees. lighting the $tiret
with their hands, IN 3 perfect frenzy.
;slapping Il, pounding II putting dirt on
IT nnttl 1t is entirely put out III
sss One big Indian, whose frenzy Isl get.
ting the better OF him. IS hauled out of
the IRE by his wife. Some Ia their ex-
element put live Goals IN their mouths
and chew them up. The edicine man
fis supposed 10 prevent them from get.
ting burned. M Persons who have seen
the dances are Of the opinion that the
old Indians dance until their feet are
perfectly numb; that it does not hurt
them to dance on the fiery; Goals. al-
though many times the odor OF burned
skin permeates the air. N ri So $5i@ y.s
III "a fire dance was held a few days
previous to this zone at the Mesa
Grande fiesta. Not only was there q!
fire dance, but also q feather dance, q
wildcat dance and other queer cereno.'
MES. This fiesta 10 one Of the events
of the year with the Indians, so they
all came with their household goods,
their horses and their: dogs. especially
the dogs. "A fiesta would not amount
to much unless there were two or
three fiat chested, razor backed dogs
to each Indian. ma Z 5 5% .s H. +. 4,
The fiesta was counted quite sue
cess from nearly all standpoints - in
point OF, numbers, in the amount of
gambling and horse racing INDUCED Iii,
in the enthusiasm proc uced by the GER
clnonlal dances of the old Indians, es-
lpecially the graceful tatahuila dance,
and finally III the number Of white peo-
pie who came out of curiosity to wit
ness the performances. The fiesta last
ed a week. A few families would leave
daily as their funds became exhausted
until finally all had gone back to their
several villages to thrash a little more
grain or cut some more wood to pro-
cure little more money to "squander
at the next fiesta, which is to take
place at a neighboring ;rancheria. I taS5E
These fiestas, stretching through six
months Of the year, are a great source
Of poverty among the Indians. Most
of the, hard earned money OF the red
skins vanishes at these celebrations,
and they 60 home with empty purses,
sometimes with empty stomachs and
very often in q state of intoxication :,
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TELEGRAPHlC eREVITlES.

The registration in Cleveland is 3D.
871, gain Of 9,79s over four years ago:
i: The Nouveliste de Lyons says plot
to assassinate President Loubet has
been discovered. -. .".& d; =. t;''.4
. A total Of $40, 1876, 6s7 worth of gold
dust and bullion has been received at
the Seattle assay Office during the pres
emit year. - = .7<..@; r.. 4
The Rev. Harry Russell Pritchard,
the oldest Christian minister in the
United States, died suddenly at Chess
terfield, Ind. gs+3: 5s5 i ]:
.Advices from Dawson City state that
q big strike has been made on Goring
creek, Ii miles above the mouth of
bunker creek. The whole creek has
been staked. q
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ADDED TWO / NAMES.

Foreign Ministers Demand the Execu-
stion of3Prinoe II ana Wing Men. .-..ss
LONDON, Oct. 29.-Dr. Morrison wir.
ing to The Times from Peking under
date Of Oct. 20 says: The foreign min.
listers in conference today decided to
add the names Of Prince vi and Ying
Men to those Of seven officials whose
execution France has demanded. "a
; :. 1t is said that the commander of the
allied troops at Pao Ting Flu has ar.
rested the provincial treasurer, who
chiefly responsible for the Entertainment
Of the rescued missionaries.
T The st. Petersburg correspondent of
The Daily Express claims to have au-
thority for the statement that when
peace is restored, Russia will hand
back to its owners the railway from
Tong Gu to Niu Ohwang. ,Gs9.3s .,
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before, Joe never heard of it. He looked
upon Jim as soft mark, as a sunburned
baby on wheels. 1t was his plan to git
that half breed into q game and scoop
him high and dry and teach him great
moral lesson. He pats Jim on the back
and works In the soft soap, and bimeby
the pair sot down to the keerds. &isssi
This court kin imagine the picturs,
and if thar is any critter here who can't
he'll be fined IS and costs as soon as his
name is known. The half breed knows
the value Of keerds, but he hain't got the
face Of buffer. He's got an inherent,
homesick look calkerlated to deceive 4
better man than Joe Fairburn. On the
other hand, every one of US who has sot
in game with Joe knows that he is 4
buffer from top to toe and that he has 9
leetle programme to 60 by. He went BY
programme in this case. He let's Jim
win five different pots on no better keerds
than pair Of kings, and then he springs
his trap. He gifts only ace high after
the draw, but with a tender look on his
face he chips up dollar. Jim sees him
and goes one better. This tickles Joe,
and he keeps on with his leetle game till
thar's $40 in the pot. Then he thinks
it's time fur the half breed to drop out,
but the half breed stays right thar. He's
thar at SIP, SIS and $40, and he ain't
sweatin hair. Joe Fairburn says he
hates to rob toll hardened man Of EiS
plunks and throws out other hints thai
he is holdin tours and has merciful
heart, but Jim hangs right to that game
like wolf to bone. Joe raises him SIS
to give him a jar and run him off, but
he sees it and calls. The half breed has
a full house, and Joe is ace high. ia&&9%
|, Thar is the fust half Of the case.& The
second half is when Joe Fairburn comes
down to me at the Red Dog saloon and
with tears in his eyes and his lip trem-
bin says: = -; ~. = " $r.
":tJedge, I'm arter jestice' = -. g..
"'What sort Of jesticeY says 1. r. =.
"'The real thing. I've bin robbed by
the half breed
II issues a warrant fur Jim Shasti,
and after his arrest find out al about
matters. Joe lies fur awhile, but finally
owns up. In dischargin Jim Shasti from
custody and sayin that his reputation is
as ispotless as the snow on an angels
wings in January want to call pertickler
attention to the inherent and guileless
way he entered upon that game. While
he played squar' hand and won, I'm
thinkin he's chap we'd all better look
out fur in the future. He may not be
much on the bluff, but he seems to hev% a
way of gittin stiff hands and putin on a
heartbroken look to conceal the fact. Joe
Fairburn, stand up!
"'I'm sorry. jedge,' says Joe as he
obeys. ,..,.., =. ~
s'Bein sorry has nuthin to do with the
case. We kin start out with the fact
that the town of Sandy Bend has bin
sot back fur so vars by half breed
gittin the better Of a white man. It's as
bad as if Chinaman had pulled the nose
of the city marshal. The second fact is
that you started out to bluff and fell
down; and the third that you made a
reg'lar squeal over fair game. When
you found you couldn't bluff nor skeer'
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'YE rs. FE.v r RAM IAN j,

I Prevalence Of the Plsg1s n Havans
q NIX iss Causes General Uneasiness. 81 III
jS,.il HAVANA, Oct. ~. The continuance
Of yellow fever in Havana has greatly
depressed Al business interests and the.
4 fear that the city and island will fail u
get its regular proportion Of winter
tourists is adding to the misery Of the
merchants. There Sis no denying that
the fever 10 much more severe this see-
son then last and that the percentage
of American victims i greater than
ever before. /; lss5s5 ~ I, 4 & Il 5},
"a Everything possible 10 being done to
relieve the situation. The cause of.
yellow fever has not been removed and
will not be until the new sewerage sys-
tenn has been put into effect. MA ss:s 5E+ +
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ton, with their store clothes. short
hair and half civilized manners, being
content to be interested spectators.
The singular ceremonies will undoubt-
sedly pass away with the old men of
the camp. . E,,f y. . i; 55 ,ss5 :} !;
The most recent of these strange and
peculiar dances was held only q few
nights ago, says the San Francisco Ex-,
aminer. 1t was in connection with the
death of q prominent young Indian
Jose Clayto, who passed to the happy.
: hunting grounds one year ago.. Big
ceremonies attended his death at that
time. and they were continued this
year. The full significance Of the cere-
mony is not understood by those not
thoroughly initiated into the mystic
ries of Mesa Grande Indian lore, but it
is weird and uncanny enough to sat
>isfy the most fastidious taste. ,,..,
= The time is 8 o'clock at night in the
large court or square of the fiesta
grounds. A big fire of oak logs lights
4 women squatting by themselves, the
men standing, and oil as silent and ex-
pectant as If some dire tragedy were
about to be enacted "
/ Soon two Indians emerge from the
deep, mysterious shadows Of the rama
das, about 20 yards distant, and slowly
approach in a STOPPING posture, utter
ing strange, cultural sounds. They are
naked to the waist and are painted
\ hideously with white paste or chalk.
They wear a line of eagle plumes
draped gracefully from the shoulders
to the waist and have iheaddress Of
fluffy owl feathers. They do-ce-do
about the circle once or twice with pc
.culiar antics and then retire, uttering
the strange sounds. p ~ Yss. s>,;.: s..,.-.
54 Soon a solitary Indian comes out, ut
tering the same strange cry, circles the
fire and also retires. Then comes the
grand entree. From out of the dark
ness emerges a band of about Is In
dians, crawling slowly on hands and
knees, uttering queer: sounds IN their
throats. They are nude to thesswaist.
all daubed and streaked with white,
and wear feathers In their hair. Walk
Ing ahead OF the crawling procession
are two or three Indians, apparently
herding the crawling creatures back,
TO keep them from going too fast, like
1 cowboys in front of band Of cattle.
AS they crawl past the fire one or, two
Try TO roll into the, blaze, but are herd,
ed back. 4 ys's &, ,@:sF VA ~; tG
At last the band comes to q halt and
is5 finally soothed into quietness by the
y,herders using. their plumes and sprin.i
king medicine On the kneeling figures.
!: For some moments not q sound is
heard except the low chanting Of the
squaWs. The dancing begins and grad
iually increases in vehemence as the
/ chanting grows louder and wilder.
B This Is kept up for an hour or two, mn
til the men are reeking with perspira-
ton and the white designs on their
brown skins are sadly marred, Mean
while logs have been heaped on the
/ fire until It lights up the closure like
day. The dancing IS now varied BY the
squaWs Joining IN and all dancing and
singing around the fire. iii tsr5 ii az D a 1
After half an hour Of this the women
withdraw, and the men, led BY old So
none with his medicine rattle, circle
around 70 few times, chanting their
: III 4 q
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Y |I|L''.l|O||R.Bp1lBR|S J
easnrSf Al Pao Ting FuG Gives
~ dars to Boxers IS Exter. Vi
l,;$s S;f3I inmate Them. #.55
4 He Allowed Eleven Americans
ss| ~: and Four British to BE ia
Sss.ss5 II. Massacred. Is t.l 5 II
ACCOuHTs ARE I: NARROWING
Stories Received of the Per
s5.5l secution Of Missionaries
III \ ,:5.;55 81 by Chinese. % =;
Emperor's Agents Collecting
B: 81 ~ Funds in the Southern
s5$355 q Provinces. +. m

LONDON. Oct. 70. The Chinese en-.
hroglio is in state Of .stagnation.
Shanghai sends renewed rumors that
the court, from Sinan Flu, is sending
agents to collect funds in the southern
and central provinces. Advices from
Pao Ting Flu give narrowing accounts
Of the suffer,ngs Of missionaries at the
hands Of Boxers, and it is reported that
10 missionaries are still at Cheng Ten
En-. The correspondent Of The Morn.
ing Post at Pao Ting Flu, wiring Oct
20, says: 49, ~ 4. % .=,%# -. -" ..S4
''The Boxers declare that the provin-
oial treasurer has ordered them to kill
all foreigners. He allowed eleven
American and four British to be mas.
sacred, +"
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!. 1890 n '7Fl ~ 80 I.
wanted TO Ne safe.

We were spending the winter IN old
Fortress Monroe. and the small boy Of
the family had been cautioned repeat
eddy not to drink any water that had
not been boiled, DIS it was not safe,
& One day, when something had gone
wrong and he was crying bitterly, his
mother called cheerily to him Ken
meth, do you know that your tears are
salt? Catch the next one and taste IL. Z
S Stopping his sobs for a moment, he
walled forth IN the most dismal tones:
oh, no! aI'm 'fraid to. It hasn't been
boiled. IS" New England Magazine. 4: III
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'LEAvEN. OF CIVILIZATION.

How Benighted Africans Adopt the
.}:,.,s = White Mans Ways. III
The opening of the Uganda railway
running UP from Mombasa on the east
coast Of Africa into the interior has
suddenly brought the arts and amuse-
ments of civilization, into a region hith-
erto little visited by white men, At, q
recent native religious holiday at Nom
hasa the natives, who probably had
seen pictures of the Ferris wheel in
the illustrated papers sent to the rail.
road men, resolved to make; wheel
for themselves OF the same pattern.
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NJ lhk % " u li34 Nm
I GAVE 8 AT 81.
what T. Gees aDAical survey PaRsy
Disco yeRSd In Okla ma. SRI "a

want - Geographical 9uFvey$PoY1$
Discoyessds In Okla oma. IN rs
Like q stNry of wonderland IL the
tale of caves told NV members Of the
ahoma geolag ical survey, which haA
penetrated into the Wild lands not Tong
delivered from the sway Of the Indian
/ tribes. Immense caverns extending
beneath level valley lands. Inv whose
weird depths are sheltered millions OF
bats, are. among the wonders they have
recorded. @ I'd !. 5 "a
4 DR.. Van yleet's party explored these
caves so far; as they could, 3 says the
New York Herald. In some places the
entrances were SO low that 1t was diff
cult to crawl into; them, but once In
side great chambers opened UP and the
torches used by the party could not
give a view Of the roof. Sometimes
4 the course Of q cavern could be follow
ed for miles along the creek, with large
and small openings giving opportunity
to see the wonders within Is;
But exploration of their depth was
found impossible. When the party ven
tured into any Of these caverns with
torches, they disturbed Inhabitants that
had never before had such a vista
ton and resented 1t. Great swarms of
bats, winged and furry things, swoop.
ed down from the roofs and in from
the passages into which the light pen
etrated, flew around the explorers
heads and even dashed blindly into the
flame of the torches. n.5 ~ ts#,.,
The men were compelled to fight
dercely against the horde of small
things They were worsted. too. in
the fight, for the best they could do
was to stand their ground. II they at
tempted to venture into the passages,
they could see opening farther along,
they would awaken new hordes of the
winged things, and their foes would be
multiplied twofold and sometimes ten
fold. -.~1. n u
They were fairly stifed by the on
slaught. Their torches were several
times extinguished and they had to
grope their way to the light, and they
feared to- venture into the depths of the
caves lest they should be left without
means to guide them back into the
stream. - +
, DR.. Van Vleet was greatly impressed
by this spectacle of millions of the
winged ones setting at defiance the ef-
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-10-30

Jim OFF, you come to me whinin FUR JUS
tice. Joe, you're a peach. You're ;a
thing Of beauty You're sunthin 30 soft
and downy and beautiful that the town
OF Sandy Bend cant keep you any lon-
ger. The decision Of this court is that
YOU pay fine OF $40 fur squealin over "a
game Of poker, and, as you can't pay 1t,
the second decision is that you be given
one hour to pack up yo,tr traps and Git.
You needn't make any remarks. as they
would be wind wasted. j s'pose / orter
add that may the Lord hevs mercy on
your soul, hut that would be wasttn
breath on my part. n 81 M ~, QUAD ll1o's
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forts Of his party, and he made a study
of the bats. He remained several
nights in the canyon to observe what
they would do. While daylight lasted
there were no signs Of life in the depths
of the gorge. 1t was only when one
fared a torch against the fantastic
sides and the roofs Of the caves that
there was any indication Of the lif.
that lay in the canyon. -. #&c.. Z.
But when the, first signs of darkness
came, then the canyon showed its peo-
pie. With the shadows would come
solitary bats winging out of the cave
ems, like scouts in the fore of an army
They would wheel up among the rocks
and down again, weirdly circling, as
though not yet certain of the course
they would take or Of the light to
guide them. e 49,
AS the shadows deepened others
would join these first few adventures,
and the gorge would become alive with
the silent things that swept around
and never seemed to alight. Then. as
darkness came, the great army of bats
would begin their swift flight out from
the depths in which they had hidden
themselves. IS. Ga& ;
In great clouds they would appear.
Thousands on thousands would emerge
from every opening in the canyon.
" Thicker and thicker they would grow
In the air above, until It seemed to the
watchers below that q great cloud had
settled over the canyon. 1t could be
seen that they were leaving for the
plains above to take long flight In
search Of food, but the number In the
gorge would not seem to grow less. h.
Il Minute after minute the black things
would continue to come out of the dark
openings In the cliffs, not checking, but
all the while wheeling upward, until
one might doubt whether all this life
were real and believe the furry things
\ were passing and repassing through
some subterranean way, like the SOL
diers in stage army. t,,sssst{sSS Sfs5. a E
S& For more than half an hour eacf
night Dr.. Van Nleet and his party saw
this army Of little things pass out, and,
being scientific men, they tried to com.
5pute what the. number must be. They
stopped when they came to the mil.
lions, for they agreed that the number
could be nothing less 5% 5:.. 80 ;#&.. IS
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Ms 1rsa kliaiS 80 slf Absut mpsndins
iSss MI hi Cah TIT Chr M .Si 38s

Nss ret klis1 - ssSlf Abert I'm pending
gsi CabtnAt CAasgss. WI "a u ~ 8SS
M NV YoRx, OCT The depa
W III. Joseph Chamh sslAin Il with hin
;5son 1or tho Med tsrran ~ II rood proof
that - not con srnsd 81 ny cabinet
changes which are imp dinR, ~ The
Tribuno' Z Lord lon correspo dent. He
may have some \ ofa cial bu1insss ~
Malta, but the chief object ~ hi Jour
snsy = rent aftsr the labors a. the cam
yask His retention q the colonial of.
Ace ID now regarded a. = foregon cons
5clusion. 4 No cabinet change - ~
pected Tor ! week Is 40 day, but ~
eral transfers are Will mont doubt under
fconsid ation. The friends of SS 6ir
William Walrond are asserting that ha
will have q seat IN the cabinet.
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killed At : Political !: Me- ting !.

an FANS Cry, Neb., Oct 29.-City
Marshal Wake Of the town Of Rulo
was shot and killed by t'Bill" Hunt
last night. Hunt was disturbing speak
3ers at 8 political meeting and the city
marshal attempted to arrest him when
Hunt shot him twice. killing Instantly.
/ An effort was made to form. mob. to
lynch Hunt, but he was hurried away
~ the county Jail ut this place. /: %.
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JUDGE HOK E'sS G URT
q JUD,csHL OEc,slc N !AT SANDY BEND
ON AGE HIGH. 1 fssisS

,And the Plaintir n The Penain9
IA Aavauit Got Anythlns; INT the Bsst
S$5 of II AccordinK - the Court's Ri
n inS = u Blackstone. \, sss Sjsl
lcopyrisht. 1901. ~ z. 3 Lewis.l 9s|
j$t'Thar's no need OF lawyers On d jury
In the case before ms. = said Judge Hoke
Of Sandy Bend after calling for order
and instructing the constable to drive
ont three dogs and two Cinnamon and
keep them out. IT'S q plain. straight
trail, and kin settle II accordin to
Blackstone In q bout ten uninits. The ease
starts at Joe Fairburn's shanty up on
tie hill. Joe has knocked Of. work fur Ia
holiday. He has SGT in cash. and he's
wishin somebody would come along "a
play a few gumes Of poker with him
when Jim Shasti. the half breed. shows
up. II Jim ever played 4 game Of poker
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i Yorkes VIII Begin Digging.

LONDON, Oct. 20. ~ Experimental ex-
cavations at various points along the
route Of the Charing Gross, Euston aud
Hampstead railway, whose franchise
was recently acquired by Mr.. Yerkes,
will be begun during the day, and the
work will then be continued without.
Interruption. - IN, g-.@ 2, - Il. l&.5s$
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n How would you like to danceEon Nv
Ing Goals Of fire with your bare 4feets
That Is what the Mesa Grande In
dams Of San Diego county do when
they have one Of their fire dances q
not infrequent occurrence. But these
fire dances will soon be q thing sof the
past. for It Is only the old Indians that
now take part, the, younger genera
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. n y = ' ~ 'I.1-- II. = a y
Killed While Hunting.

i RoYALroS, MINI, Oct. 29.-Henry
Rppin IS years old son, Of Oliver Fppin
Of this place. was killed while hunting.
The gun 20 rife. was accidentally.
discharged, the bullet taking effect in
the throat directly under the chin, pen.
etrating the windpipe. He died in
stantly. a; - - -. ~ s'i5Nq '~r
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AFRICAN FERRIS WHEEL.

How they succeeded is shown in the
picture. The wheel, whatever it's de.
fects may appear to be from an Amer
lean or European viewpoint, was the
great success of the celebration, and
the natives are immensely proud of
their rapid development in engineering
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LATE: MARKET REPORT.
Duluth Grain.

5.-i DULUTH Oct. 20. !
WHEAT-No., l hard 1890, No. r /
Northern 741sc, No. 2 Northern 7O1ac,
No. 8 spring 65hc. To Arrive-No.. IS
hard 1910, No. Northern 741So. Novem-
Der 74Ac, December 7411c, May 7722So.. -, =.
= FLAX-Cash S1.76, October $l.75,
November &1.7sK, December 81. IS, May
el861 "Fs,z. %.''&. :, < =