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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
BULLER At SOUTHAMPTON.

Greeted by Lord Wellesley and STAFF and =
Large Crowd Of PsopIs., ~.
r SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 10. General Sir
Redvers Butler on the Dunvegap Gas.
tie from Cape Town reached the quay
at Southampton at $3.50 p. m. He was
greeted by Lord Wolseley and his staff
as well as an immense assemblage Of
townspeople. At 9 o'clock he sat down
to the mayoralty banquet, the first Of .
long series Of functions in his honor.
After the banquet he was compelled to
appear and acknowledge from the bal.
oony Of the hotel . great demonstration
and the crowds promenaded to and fro
in front,o the hotel serenading him
and singing patriotic songs until . late
hour. Ell -. .
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
Force Of Habit,

1.-THE, funniest thing saw during the
war" said the colonel, happened in my
regiment. One Of my captains had been
railroad conductor before the war. He
was good disciplinarian and kept his
men we'll drilled. One day he had a
squad Of men out marching them by
flank when he turned to speak to a
friend. When he looked again, his squad,
marching like veterans, were In the act
Of putting into high board fence.
I'm the emergency he forgot for a mo-
ment that he was soldier and became
again railroad conductor.
Running forward toward the squad,
he shrieked At the top of his voice: Down
brakes! Down brakes!
'He was one of the best soldiers just
the same and led bis men into many 9
bot Eight. ~-Chicago Tribune. snn
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13

SCRAPS OF SCIENCE,
/, coalbeds are of vegetable origin.

AL, coalbeds are Of vegetable origin. =
The ocean, it is estimated, contains
100000 cubic miles OF salt, and il 1T
could be taken out at once the level tf
the water would not drop an inch. 3s?s
In q recent communication to. tbs
French Academy of Medicine, NJ. L. Du-,
tremblay advocates the treatment of seas
sickness by inhalation of pure oxygen
under pressure. :%>.%'%
After keeping cylinder of gold ai1d
one Of lead together for four years IT.
about IS degrees F.-that is, co,npara-
lively cool temperatuTn-Sir w. Eohsrts-tt
Austin found that the gold had slowly
but surely made its way into, or mixSdt
with, the lead. -, &lrE.> 244' l'i5gaEfsS5$,E
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
PLURALITY
Minnesota Democrats Concede
s the Eiection of Captain s
n Van SAINT: IN 4. 33s5
Give Him Two a thousand More
! 5 Votes On the Face 81 the
"a Il n Returna.
RESULT Is uNsATlsFAcT DRY
Claim There Y e, III n 4 any lr.r,eg.
4 ularIties Ia Counting the
3.: States Vote. IN IN ..>s..& a
It Is Now Very Probable That
Governor Lind Will Make Z:
8 Contest. I. I n.

y ST. PAUL.. Nov. 49, Chairman Ros.
ing Of the Democratic state central
committee states that upon the face Of
the returns Van SAINTS election is prob
able BY about 1900, which is less by
], 500 than the Repu blicans claim. Mr..
Rosing also stated that the returns in
dictate such . close election that it 10
entirely possible that upon the official
count q change in the returns may be
made that will yet give the election to
Governor Lind + =. =: s1: +. 5 4. {
:: The figures given out BY the commit
tee give Van SAINTS vote as 150, O36 and
Lnd's q lab. 500, giving the former .
plurality Of lat. '. ,,,f ~, %,l5.}
Mr.. Rosing claims there were many
irregularities in the count and it is
probable that the election Of Van SAINT
will be contested ' ;.....:.~ =.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
JUBlLATloN- DINNER.

Prominent Republicans Attend . Love
-'f'. Feast in Nsw York City.
NEW YORK, Nov. l0.-A jubilation
dinner given by the executive commit.
tee of the national Republican commits
tee was held at the Union League club.
Among those present were Chairman
Mark Hanna, Joseph H. Manley, Cor.
nelius N. Bliss, Senator N. B. Scott,
Governor.eleot Benjamin B. Odeli,
Senator Thomas G. Platt, General Rus.
iell A. Alger, Senator Depew, Senator
John @. Spooner, Frederick D. Tappen
and others. The dinner was private
affair and speeches Of congratulation
and iubilation were made. -
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
THE PEDAGOGUE.

+. President Charles Henry Oliver Of the
Imperial college Of Picking is a native of
ireland and went to the college In 1879
at the request Of Sir Robert Hart.
! M. CASTOR Deschamps, literary critic
Of the Paris Temps, has been engaged
by the Cercle Francois Of Harvard to
i've eight lectures, beginning Feb. 20, on
1.-THE Contemporary Stage" t'... .
The trustees of Iowa college have elect
ed Professor Frank knight Sanders
president to succeed President George A.
Gates. Professor Sanders Mt present
occupies the chair Of Biblical literature at
Yale. e~
) Christopher Columbus Langdell. the
retiring dean Of the Harvard law school,
was the first to revolutionize the old
methods of legal instruction and substi-
tute the. case system for the textbook.
He is "a years old. and his eyes are Civ
ing out,
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i Beers + LOST HEAVILY.

Severe Fighting Around Bothavi.ls Since
!. fSsS Nov. g.. 2i*3I% ~ , ~ !.5"'
BorHAvILLE, Nov. 10.-There has
been heavy fighting since Nov. 8. re.
sulting in the defeat Of the Beers, who
lost % killed and so wounded, and 100
taken prisoners. Seven Of their guns
also were captured. MILL !, ~ ss5$s -
The British lost 8 officers and 4 men
allied. 4, ~ a :, ~. s@s'%.
LONDON. Nov. 9.--Lord Roberts,
'telegraphing from Johannesburg under
date of Nov. 8, gives details Of the de.
feat Of the Beers near. Bothaville and
adds to the facts already known the
following: IT i s@ A:.* 5" h gs' y
Colonel Legalais was heavily on.
gagged for five hours with 1000 Beers.
Knox reinforced Legalais and com.
pletely defeated the Beers. Dewet and
Steyn, with the Beers, left in great
haste and were pursued some miles to
the southeast. The enemy broke up
into small parties. Legalais was among
the killed. Steyn' . secretary, De Vile
ries, was wounded and captured. !"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
EnlistiDR for the Navy.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1O.-Four hundred
and fifty men are being enlisted at the
caval recruiting station here to be sent
to the training ship Buffalo at N ok,
Va. About Dec. they will leave for
Barbados or Trinidad, where they
will board the training ships Lancastsr3
and Hartford. An exchange OF men
will then be made and the Bur lo, ii u1 81
der the command Of Captain q.
Hutchins, will leave for six months
cruise among the West Indies. }i8ss
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
THEY WANT REDRESS.

Germans Expel Nrturalized American
Citizsns From Alsace-Lorrains.
BERLIN, Nov. lo.-The United States
embassy is crowded with applications
for redress against the German govern.
ment made by natives Of Alsaoe-Lor.
raine who are now, American citizens
and who. after the, Paris exposition,
visited their old homes only to be CURLY
expelled by the authorities. :.
Under the provisions Of the treaty OF
1868 Germany refuses to recognize them
as entitled to protection. g... e. a
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
Mr.. Yerkes will probably not be hap
~ until he has the Londoners hanging
ON to the straps Of his cars.

A fine of Is In the police court and
the breaking Of his engagement were
the double punishments inflicted upon
an Omaha man for laughing at the fu-
neral OF the woman who was to be his
n,other-in-law.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
THE ROYAL COX.

At one time the kaiser called Victor
Emmanuel III "the wandering royal EN-
cyclopedia.
The kaiser is one of the fastest of
public speakers. It has been estimated
that in the course Of a speech he utters
an average Of 275 syllables a minute.
1t seems that the young king Of Italy,
economically inclined though he be In all
other respects, intends to indulge In good
music and plenty Of 1t. Both he and his
queen are passionately fond Of music.
A humorous friend of the Prince OF
Wales recently gave him a silver stetho.
scope as a present-the point lying In the
fact that his royal highness has been
given diplomas as a physician and sur
geon.
Queen Wilhelmina is said to have prof
tied by the shah Of Persia not visiting
England, for she has received the superb
snu&box of the finest enamel covered
with brilliants which he carried about as
a gift for Queen Victoria. 1t was to have
been presented at Osborne on Aug. 10
and was valued by Paris expert at co.
600 francs.
The king of Sweden and Norway is an
admirable linguist. When the oriental
congress met at Stockholm a few years
ago, he addressed the assembled scholara
In the languages of the hationalities to
which they respectively belonged and
seemed to speak with equal duency in
English, French, German, Italian. Rus,
sian and Spanish.
In the friendly waters Of New FORK
harbor floats a Greek warship. The
Greek navy has long been thought, in
this country at least, to be as extinct
as the FIVE toed horse, and evidence of
its survival Is pleasant indication Of
the growing strength Of the Hellenic
kingdom. Although Greece will never
again occupy so important place in
human history as she once did, the his.
toric peninsula and its pleasing isles
may grow again into a power to be
reckoned with. For the sake of it's
ancient glory such q development of
the country Is greatly to be desired.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
TO PRESS FiLiPlNOS.

Macarthur 1. Ordered to start . Wig.
.-, orous Campaign. "
NEW YORK, Nov. lo.-A Herald spe.
cial from Washington says: rs: p.
Although no one in authority at the
war department is willing to discuss
the subject, it is perfectly we'll known
that orders have been sent to General
Macarthur to start . vigorous cam.
paign at once in the Philippines. press.
ing the remnants Of the Filipino army
to the last extremity. following even
small bands, whom necessary. =
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i BY SEVEN THOUSAND.

That II the Minority Placed to McKin-
80 =. ley's Credit In Nebraska. -. +.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 10. Practically
complete returns on electoral ticket and
on governor show that Mckinley car
ried Nebraska by about 1000 and that
the governorship is but a few votes
either way and will require the official
returns to decide the result. The state
ticket will be divided The fusionists
elect Lieutenant governor, attorney
general and land commissioner, and
the Republicans auditor, treasurer and
superintendent Of = instruction. The
Legislature is admitted to be very
close. ~ = ~ &E' : ". F'F5%3 y.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
Deals in Large Figures,

WAsnlNeToS, Nov. 10.-The annual
report of Pnymaster General Kenny OF
the navy, deals In large figures, He
shows that last year he spent 80, 1885,.
900 on account of construction and pur;
chase Of ships, SO. 933. 900 for repairs to
ships, tll,7l5,000 to keep ships in COM
mission, including pay. 1855, 900 TO,
the marine corps. and S5S,9s3 for the
naval militia
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13

Verify the men Of Glen Ridge, N. j.,
are ungallant. BY q vote Of % to 3 the
Glen Ridge club has voted against ad-
hitting women to membership. Won
der what the three think?|
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
She Had n Smaller One.

It was on a west side cable. The stout
Teuton woman with the little boy handed
the conductor 81 bill.
Smallest you haveT' inquired the con-
ductor as he shifted the silver and nickels
In his pocket.
She thought he meant the little boy.
"Nein," she responded. II haf one
home only dree months old alretty."
Then the laugh was on the conductor
Tacoma News.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
Restored His Erope r,y.

WASHINGTON, Nov. l0.-Word has
been received from Venezuela that the
govern meht has restored TO Former.
President iAndrade all his real estate
and property confiscated at the time Of
the recent revolutions. The ex.pssseasnt
10 new Nving II New York. (
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
STILL CLAIMED eY: BOTH.

Situation in Kentuoky Unchanged by Late
50 81, s;isG. ga Returns. .s$x In (
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 1O.-The situation
In Kentucky may be summed up as
follows: Pr &..; - l@7i@g :. r.
The Democrats claim the election Of
their whole ticket; the Republicans
claim that II Mr.. Yerkes, candidate for
governor, 10 defeated, it was done by
unfair means. The few party leaders
still in the city refuse to alter their
claims, the Democrats placing Beck
hams plurality close to 5000 and the
Republicans pinning their faith on the
official count. This edcial count, the
Republicans ASSERT, will bring to the
front hundreds Of ballots not yet. re.
ported. The unreported vote Of Casey.
county, which 81 practically conceded
70 the Republi leans, and one missing
precinct IN Metoah county, claimed BY
the Republicans BY IS plurality, are ex-
pectsd to come in soon but will proba-
lbly have NO material effect on the re-.
bult 40 the figures now stand. q.
Republican Chairman Leslie Combs
has announced his purpose to contest
the electoral vote of the state and to
Dee that congressional contents are in
stituted by the defeated Republican
candidates in the Third, Ninth and.
Tanth -,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
Cheers Tor tho U.ftsd states

4 SYDNEY; G. B. :. Nov 10.4-At a5sath.
sEing Of successful Liberal oandtdates
Of Cape Breton Hon. J. =. Armstroux
pronounced President Mckinley tins
greatest statesman OF the, age. Or.
Kendall, member.elect Tor sydney,
proposed three cheers for che great re- re-.
public. after which tho company joined
il singing "Ths ksar Spanglsd Ban.
neT." @ssss4. M ,;s:5 .5as... %a. 5,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13

A new electric motor for automobiles
has been devised which restores energy
to the storage battery when the vehicle
n running down hill. tl,% ~ =
z Electricity as a motor for regular rail.
way trains has been found Is per cent
cheaper than steam in the experiments
recently made at Bertha on the Wansee'
Bahn. II
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ExpsnA . 1Gillisn ysunas.

DovER, Eng, Nov. 1o-It 10 an.
nounced by the local commissioner Of
the hsrbor board that 81 ,0o0; 600 will
be expended here In dock extension
with view to acoommoda ting vessels
Of tho sizs Of the Oceanic. various
American lines having intinatsd an
intention to call At This port when the
work is completed. 5,,-.
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ClaiIn : : solid DeIsgstion.

4ToPEKA, Kan. Nov. 1o.-RepubNe.
ans now claim the election Of. q. w.
Wheatley to congress from the Third
district By ! plurality 81 10 without tie
vote Of the soldiers now serving in the
Philippines, which, they say, will DO
largely for him This gives the Re-
oublicans solid delegation IN congress.
Running Ahead Of, His Ticket. Il ii
81 SALT LAKE. Utah, Nov. 10. - Late 70.
5nrns from the state show that King
(Dsm. for congress: is running ahead
: on his ticket. Sutherland's majority
has been cnt down to 500 TO 900. The
returns are now almost completes. a
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
,s.netor Davi. Moon Tn proved. Z

ST.. PAUL, Nov. 1o.-senator Davis
10 greatly improved. d II is now conf,
IDENTIFY believed by the physicians that
he has passed the danger point and
that his com plete recovery il but q mat.
ter Of time. He showed great interest
in the political situation and discussed
the subject with ardor. @fss .ysa IL x
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
! ArontereX,. Ksturus g Hepsaag Kopk.

". !. III Monterey Returns - Hsas KoDE. "
SHcNa KoSo. Nov. 10. The United
States turret ship Nontsr has -
turned here, having failed 20 reach
Canton owing u ~ asctdsas = hss
DAehinery. q al . i5s,.is. sz. ~ lsis
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
nsmoorats Got the Governor.

SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 1o.-Under
methods Of looking up ballots for Off.
cial count in this state the popular vote
will not be known before Monday. The
majorittss reported from tho counties
up to 2 p. m. show the following ma.
iorities for the state: Mckinley. 9. 1855;
Roger. (Dem.) for governor, $3.50.
These figures will b. changed but little
In final reports. In the Legislature the
Republicans will have rs mem bsrs ,sut
Of 8 total number Of ia s.s. Il \ :.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
~ ~ ~. - - 4 ~ '-.F isr',lf @ ..'- -r.
Two Strikes Settled.
BURNING BoER HOUSES.
British JSstiflaatio Tor Whist Lord Rob
,f5st1.;; ,. .s=$ orte Has Dona. ~ ~ ;:f[f

Il LONDON, Nov. lo.5-The Times gives
prominence to . two-column letter
from Leonard Courtney, who repre-.
ssntsd the Bodmin division Of Cornwall
in the n 3lats II parliament :, protesting
against the burning Of the farm build.
ing Of the burghers and other harsh
measures adopted against the Beers.
Referring editorially to Mr.. Courtsn.
~ argument, The Times justihes the
measures taken by Lord Roberts al
necessary, and as ::'no worse than; the
means employed By other European M.
tions in similar circumstances. ~ s.ss e
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-13
BULLION FOR $7O,OOO,OOO.
Homestake the Richest Gold Company
= y in the World. ~

Homestake the Richest Gold Company
r. /" in the World.
LEAD, s. D., Nov. 1O.-The Home
stake Mining company Of this city has,
up to date, produced nearly SO, 900. 600
in bullion. 1t has paid the largest
amount Of dividends of all gold com.
panies in the world, and there are but
two companies, those of copper ores,
that have paid larger dividends " '.'"'''
I. The company will increase tho
monthly dividend at least one-third as
soon as the two old stamp mills are put
into operation and as soon as the two
mammoth cyanide plants are com.
pleted. = 80 -{I.,., ~.
= .t.,s5. Two Strikes Settled. ,..,..
1PITTsBURa, Nov. 10.-Oficials Of tho
Amalgamated Association Of Iron and
Steel Workers ann ounce the settlement
Of the strikes at the Riverside iron
works Of the National Tube company
and the Bessemer, Ala, plant of tho
Tennessee Iron, Steel and Railroad
company. The resumption Of the two
plants willl9a give employment 70 5000
men. 4 xs,!n ~ 5:@t,t2s !: ri: 3sf&. r ..'s
4 6U RNlNG BoER HOUSES. y.
5iSESsYt ~ a. h5S Is e ~. 'rH
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-18
o o o o Q
TNTTTTI NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Written for The PRISON Mirror.

Written for The PRISON Mirror.
"Gosh darn the ornery critter. | les
wonder what on airth the good Lord
made sech tarnal things as calves far
anyhow
Sanders had been out in the lot back
of the store trying to catch young
calf that had broken out of the stable,
and after being butted over in the
mud and walked upon two or three
times by the calf, had given up the job
in disgust.
Its enough to make Teller cuss his
daddy" he continued, as he scraped the
mud off his pants with the big blade
of jackknife, "the first butcher that
comes along gets that darI ed calf at
his own price"
ooh, come now" said the drummer,
who had witnessed the performance
and enjoyed it hugely, ''don't say
things you will be sorry for. Why You
don't know anything about mean
calves. That calf of yours is angelic
compared to some we used to have"
Sanders looked incredulous, but for
fear of spelling the story which he
knew would follow, kept still
"Why," continued the drummer, 81
remember one calf we had that L al
ways thought was possessed of a devil
A hof
day my father called me, and told me
to get a halter and lead that calf to
town as he had sold it to butcher and
had promised to deliver it. Well [ got
the halter on and started for town
about three miles away. Everything
(meaning the calf went along lovely
for about mile, the calf was leading
as nice as you please, when it took a
notion that it didn't want to go to
town. 1t stopped. SO did l. Then it
began to pull back. I did likewise
The harder it pulled the harder
1 pulled Say, you have no idea
how strong a calf is. l pulled
at that blamed thing until I
thought there was danger Of pulling
its head off. | was black in the face
and my eyes stuck out so far you
could hang your hat on either of them.
10 make matters worse, it was as cold
as blazes and my hands were numb
with the cold and the rope was buried
into my flesh so deep that | wondered
if it would ever be got loose. Sudden
ly the calf decided it would go on
towards town and started. | sat on
the cold frozen ground SO hard that it
Jared my false teeth loose. But the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-18
From Other "PenS'

Mr.. Croker's broken leg will
have less effect on the New York
democracy than some Of Mr..
Croker's broken promises.-St.
Paul Dispatch.
Sunday must be the strongest
day. since all the others are week
days, and yet Sunday is broken
oftenest Elliott's Magazine.
Would Christ call the man who
steals loaf of bread for his starv-
ing children a thief, and he who
steals railroad in his greed a
fnancier?- Free Baptist.
A squint into many a country
editors Darkroom about this time
would discover them busily en-
gagged in sharpening their har-
poems, to be thrown into the vitals
of those who show a disposition to
hog things.-Litchfield News
Ledger.
An Atchison man is suing his
wife for divorce because he found
her examining mourning styles.
Portland (Or.) Welcome.
A St. Louis man attempted sui
eide and severed the optic nerve.
He will recover, but will still con-
tinue to look on the dark side Of
things. ST.. Paul Globe.
The ostrich's digestion is good
on half bricks and old glass, but
it would have some trouble with
the democratic planks. Minnea-
polls Journal.
The democrats allowed an orr gil
nal poem to be read at, their meet
ing at Minneapolis last night, by a
man named Smith, who claims his
ancestors were the only and origi-
nal John Smiths. Saltwater Gaz-
cite.
The trouble with the people who
boast that they always call spade
spade is that their frankness
leads them to call things spades
which are not spades.-St. Louis
(Mo. } Humorist.
An Alabama man is suing the
telegraph company because it's