Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-01-18
NEWS CONVERSATIONS.
Wednesday. Jan. 9.


Wednesday, Jan. 9.
Chicago plumbers have decided to
quit the building trades council.
NJ. Luckais, former Hungarian min
lister of commerce, committed suicide
by drowning himself in the Danube.
He had been suffering from nervous
trouble.
Western roads have agreed to make
rate Of one fare plus 81 for the
round trip to Washington and return
for the Inauguration of President Nc
Kinley on March 4.
Frederick Clark Withers, one of
the most famous architects in Amer
lea, is dead at his home in Yonkers.
N. Y. He was born in England 70
years ago and came to this country
in 1863.
Experiments with wireless teleg-
raphy in connection with the Fren> h
fleet have been so satisfactory that
it has been decided to provide tie ell
L4I
wireless apparatus.
Thursday, Jan. 10.
Governor Lind of Minnesota has pre-
sented to the State Historical society
the last Spanish flag captured in
Cuba.
John B. Laing. believed to have
been the oldest Free Mason in the
United States, is dead at Chicago,
aged 100 years.
An explosion of gas in coal mine
No. at Hondo, Cohauila, Mex, caus-
ed the death of four men and the in
jury of upwards of 20 others.
The Philadelphia clearing house
association has decided for the pres
ent to establish no charge for col.
lecting checks in other cities.
Albert Emmett Kent, the pioneer
packer Of the West and the originator
of the option system on the Chicago
board of trade, died at Genoa, Neb.,
of heart trouble, aged 70 years.
Friday, Jan. II.
David Graham Adee, brother of AS
sistant Secretary of State Adee and
we'll known as an author, is dead.
Kirk B. Armour, nephew of the late
Philip D. Armour and head of the Ar
mour interests in Kansas City, is crit
ically i'll with pneumonia at his home
in that city.
Svante Anderson, a Swede, shot
and killed his wife and probably "a
tally wounded his mother and 5-year-
! old boy. at their home in Jamaica
Plain, Mass. He then killed himself.
Major Nat Burbank of the New Or
leans Picayune, widely known as a
dramatic critic and as the author OF
the humorous column of that paper,
| died suddenly in street car Thurs
day.
Secretary Wilson made an argu-
ment before the senate committee on
| agriculture Thursday in support OF
| the GroHt olcolnargarine bill He
SAID the measure was intended to pro-
| tect ts1e farmer and the public at
large and should become a law,
Saturday, Jan. IL.
Secretary Hay continues to ian.
prove
George T. Jarvis. general manager
! OF the Wisconsin Central railroad
! company, has resigned.
The president spent a restful night
! and continues to improve. Nothing
| in his case at all unfavorable has SC
far appeared.
William Trenholm. who was comp.
! troller of the treasury during Presi
dent Cleveland's first administration
Is dead in New York city.
All the German pipe foundries- &C
corling to dispatch from Cologne
have Joined the pipe trust which is be
Ing organized this month.
! The exports from the South German
| consular districts In 1900 amounted
to $40 1888. an increase of $1,476,
S23. For the last quarter the exports
| aggregated $1@ ,523,676, & decrease OF
| $5s;ss9.
Monday, Jan. -.
Lord Lionel Cecil, half brother Oh
the Marquis Of Salisbury, is dead.
AdVices from Madagascar report
the drowning Of so natives from the
cspsizing of barge.
The American hospital ship Maine
has arrived at SOUTHAMPTON, Eng.
| with inEalids from China.
The Odessa correspondent of the
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