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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
PHILIP u, ARMOUR,

cold increased he did not come at all.
It was understood in the Office that he
had had an incipient attack of pneu.
monia but it was given out no later
than week ago that he was on tho
road to recovery. 1t was noted, how.
ever that the constant attendance OF
Dr.. Frank Billings. the family physi.
clan, at the bedside Of the sick man
did not corrorborato the favorable re.
ports of down town offices.
The k1ud Nos Unexpected.
For several days death had been
feared as the outcome by the close
associates Of the groat cant;tin Of in-
dustry. They reuIi&od that tho decline
from day to day did not cease and that
there could be but one end. When
death came his grandchildren, who
had so close q place III his heart, were
at the family residence, as was J, Og-
den Armour, the surviving son.
SO carefully had the plans for tha
future been mado tnat tho death of
N1r. Armour will have little effect Oh
tie outward working Of the great en-
ter prise with which he had been 50
closely identified. 1t is believed that
all tho Armour properties will be held
intact until tho grandchildren come
into their own.
Estimates of Mr. Armour's own es.
tate run from S25 900, 900 to $, 10000, 900.
This of course does not include the
$l2,OOO,00O or $2O,00O,O00 owned by
the younger members Of his family.
For years every enterprise he was in
terested in has been making immense
profits. His holdings Of stock have all
advanced largely during the last three
years.
Was in His Sixty-ninth Year.
Philip D. Armour was born in Stock.
bridge, N. y, May l6, 1882. When
but II years of age he became infected
with the gold fever and with a few
compaions went to California, travel.
ing almost the entire distance afoot.
After residence of six. years in Cali
fornia he amassed fortune and re.
turned home. Becoming dissatisfied
with the quiet life of his native town
he again came West and located in Mil.
waukee, engaging in the wholesale
grocery business and afterwards in the
grain elevator business. In 1866 he
went to Chicago to represent New
York packing establishm ent and from
this grew the largest plant Of its kind
in the world. He married Miss Malvi'
ma Bell Ogden in 1862. They had two
children-P. D. Armour, Jr., who
died a year ago, and J. Ogden Armour,
who will probably succeed his father
as the head of the Armour house.
In works Of charity Mr.. Armour's
monument will be found in the Ar.
mour institute. to which but shor,
time ago he gave $750,O00 in one re.
membrance. Asked once what he con.
sidered his best paying investment, he
replied: 1.-The Armour institute"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
SMALLPOX RAMPANT

The Disease aaid to be Prevalent in Over
One Hundred Missouri Counties.
b KANSAS CsTY, NO., Jan. AT a
meeting of the board of health OF this
city DR.. S. g. James, resident member
of the state board Of health, said thero
are cases of smallpox in over 100 coun.
ties IF Missouri and that the most Wig
ouous quarantine measures have failed
to stop the spread Of the disease. City
Physician G. o. Coffin expressed the
fear that Kansas City will suffer an ep-
idemic of the disease this winter. There
are 100 cases here now and new cases
are being daily discovered.
The smallpox existing here is not Of
q virulent form aud few deaths are ex.
pected to result from it.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
EAlcTlM or JokERs DEAD.
End Of Wisconsin Lumbsrman Traced ia
Mock Hanging Months Ago.

End Of Wisconsin Lumbsrman Traced to
Mock Hanging Months Ago.
MARINETTE, Wis, Jan. 7.-The
death Of Moses Peterson, we'll known
resident Of this place, which occurred
here ia said to have been caused indi-
rectly by a practical joke.
While he was in lumber camp near
Marquette, Mich, about six months
ago, Peterson's companions playfully
strung him up to tree. He feared
an actual hanging and, although he
was not injured, the shock was too much
for him. His mind became deranged,
aud rupture of blood vessel in the
head caused his death. The mon who
perpetrated the joke were arrested, but
afterward were discharged.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
EXECUTION OF YU-HS,EN.

French Foreign Office Has Confirmation
Of the Report. ..
PARIS, Jan. 7.-The foreign Office is
advised from Shanghai, under date of
Jan. 8, that advices from Sian Flu con.
firm the reports of the execution Of
Yu. Hsien. (the former governor of
Shan.Si, guilty of massacreing about
so missionaries whom he had invited
to accept his proteotion), Dec. 10. by
order Of the dowager empress Prince
Tuan 10 still ct Ninghis.
There are 10, zoo Chinese regulars at
Sian Flu. The court has made no prep
aratioas % rst1xp.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
GENERAL URIBE ESCAPED.
Insurgents Debated Near the
Venezuelan Border. S

Columbian Insurgents Debated Near the
venezuelsn Border.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan. THE
British steamer Costa Rican, which
has arrived here from Colon, Oolum.
bia, reports that big battle was
fought recently near the Venezuelan
border, between the Columbian gov.
ernment forces and 1900 insurgents
under General Uribe. assisted by sym
pathizers from Venezuela, the battle
ending in the defeat Of the rebels, who
broke into small parties. General
Uribe escaping. The government
forces, at the time the Costa Rican
left Colon, we're securing the country
in the endeavor to catch General
.Uribe, who is regarded as the real
leader of the revolution. @
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
FOR a GLASS COMBINE.
Meeting Of Manufacturers in Session 1t
Philadelphia. "a

Meeting Of Manufacturers in Session at
Philadelphia. a
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. IA number
Of glassware manufacturers Of Penn.
sylvania and Eastern states have held
daily meetings here within the past
week. looking to q combination in the
trade. Joseph P. Whitney of the
Whitney glass works is said to be the
leader Of the movement. Twenty Of
the largest concerns are said to have
signed an agreement regulating the
business.
The signers are the large bottle,
demijohn and goblet manufacturers Of
the United States and their object is to
stop the fight in prices and to estab.
Hsh uniform rates for the different
grades Of products in this line.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
CANNOT ADVANCE PRICE.

Injunction Against the Peoples Gas
Company Of Chicago.
CHICAGO. Jan. 7.-According to de-.
cision by Judge Dunno Of the circuit
court, gas company in absorbing q
rival company, may not advance the
price of gas in violation of the charter
requirements of the company absorbed.
The decision was rendered in the in.
junction proceedings against the Peo-
ple's Gas company, which has absorbed
tho Hyde Park Gas company, and will
prevent the former owners from ad.
3vancing the price OF fuel gas from ~
cents to 81 thousand feet. .."
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08

Bryan sanguine of His Papers Success.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 7.-William J.
Bryan passed through Kansas City on
his way home from Galveston, Tex.
Speaking Of his paper. The Com
moner, he said the first issue would be
out about Jan. 20. He feels that his
newspaper enterprise will be great
success. He said that subscriptions
were received from 33 states and terri
tories within a week after he an
nounced his intention of publishing the
COmmoner.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08

cles throughout rne country, uea az
the University Of Pennsylvania hos
pital at 1880 p m. Mr.. Sims was oper.
ated upon on Dec. II, to relieve him OF
an acute attack Of appendicitis. He
stood the shock of operation quite we'll
and was slowly progressing toward
complete recovery until Dec. 23. when
his heart began to fail him. He rallied
slightly from this new danger, but
again grew worse and succumbed dur.
ing the day. All the members OF his
immediate family We're with him when
the end came.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
CAPTURED BY FILIPINOS.

Two American Privates, Five Scouts and
r. several Natives. .--
MANILA, Jan. 7.-Private George H.
Ray of the engineer corps, his assist
ant, Private Lyons Of Company K.
Fifth infantry, five scouts and two ma.
tive policemen have been captured
while Oh their way to Batac, by insur.
gents. On the receipt of the news an
American column was dispatched
against the F1llpinos but failed to over
take the party.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
Legislative Bill Reported.

WASHINGTON. Ja1. 7-Tae lcy!s.a-
tive, executive and judicial apr ycia-
ton bill was I~Eortad to9tha .cgase,
making the first resu4ar apr, 4 on
bill to be reported. Tho Net :, ~. -.ts
in the total appropriation re ao,urn".. ID
by. the committc, :, %aiS.7@J. He ..nE
the aggregate u to "a, 80, 3':,.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
Fatally Burned by Lamp Explosi"n.

Fatally Burned by Lamp Explosi"n.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Jan. ii.
D. Smith, we'll known laundryman.
was fatally burned by lamp, which
exploded while he was undressing Tor
bed. His face was burned beyond
recognition and his body also terribly
scorched. Smith, wife aud child were
visiting q neighbor at the time OF 4he
accident. He is not expected to sur.
vivo Ep.&
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
A Man and Twenty-nine Horsas Burn.

A Man and Twenty-nine Horses Burn.
MAN1sTEE, Mic, Jan. THE livery
barn of Henry Radamacher was burned
during the day with it's contents, in.
oluding 20 horses. The fire also burned
a block of buildings adjoining. While
the fire was in progress an unknown
man was seen to rush into . burning
dwelling to assist in saving goods.
Just as he entered the building 1t col
lapsed and his remains were found in
kho e~iaa.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
SEVERE COLD IN EUROPE

First snow sssn in the City Of Rome for
Many Yesrs.
PARIS, Jan. 7.-Severe cold is re
ported throughout France and Italy.
A foot Of snow fell at Marseilles and
the mercury shows l8 degrees Of frost
in Paris. There have been number
ot deaths In the streetA Trains from 4
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
Ex! EDITION RETURNS.

Germans Capture Many Krupp Guns at
gr Lein-Chens Hsu.
TEN TsIN, Jan. THE German ex-
petition which started Christmas for
LIEN Cheng-E under command Of
C,lonel ,Greudor, returned Thursday.
Colonel Greuuer reports the capture OF
43 krupp field guns and the destruc-
tion of 1000 rifles and large quantities
of ammunition. .....
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
Schooner Abandoned by Her Crew.

Schooner Abandoned by Her Grow.
New YORK, Jan. THE North
German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Maria
Theresa which arrived during the day
was in collision with the schooner
Luenberg, n. s., in midocean and
damaged the latter SO badly that the
crew abandoned her. All hands, the
captain and five seamen. were brought
to this port.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
BUY TIMBER LANDS.

New York Mon Bid for $4,000 Acres In
"nsh!n. ton.
TACOMA, WASH, Jan. "a, M.
Booth t5 Sons OF Ellnlra, N. Y, are
negotiating Tor the purchase Of $4,000
acres Of timber lands III Wharcom
county. 80 miles from the Northern
Pacific branch to Sumas. They intend
to erect large mill. They will secure
the land at about S. per acre.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08

long distance are greatly delayed
Snow has fallen in Southern Italy y
Che City OF Romo and surrounding
country are snow clad for the first
time in many years.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
JOHN c. SIMS DEAD.

Secretary Of the PsnnsylvanlA Railway .
4 Victim o1 Heart Failure.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. John O. Sims,
secretary Of the Psnnsylvania Rail.
Wy. apd well known In railway cir.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
E"W Lini,.-'F snr .ca,:I..

sEATTLE " "a. 7.-A..r,.g
Carnegie mas p,':Itl&a:, Soo't.o ..>1s.a.
tl"n OF $780, ,v r:,pe.iuea -. the
construction OF !. new public library.
He requires yearly guarantee of $50.
OCO for main nteue.,c. aud ;uuro,,..., MT
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08

Mother aud th.;,iran Drowned
JAMESTOWN. Cri, Jan. 7.-Mrs. A.
Bennett and t~o children were
drowned near hero wnlle trying to ford
Sullivan creek in buggy.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
.(Continued.)

The great success Of our New Century Sale com
pels us to say but little today, too busy sell
ing goods. The people appreciate the fact that sell
goods at the prices advertise and if goods not
as we say, Your Money Back.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08
NlinCra Ktllcd in n Riot.

LONDON. Jan. Z. According to dis
patch to The Daily Express from Vi
emma miners were killed and 40
wounded Saturday in an uffray at Alt.
geberge. hungary. between riotous
miners and gendarmes. = -
lS1 A AEAM ONE
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08

Sheets and Pillow Cases
A very good pair Of pillow
cases l9c.
A better pair Of pillow cases
15c.
A fine pair Of bleached muslin
she,ts 55c.
A still finer pair CSC.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-08

"a sheets OF good writing pa.
per SC
Is good envelopes DC
Nice boxes of paper contain
ing 25 sheets of paper and "a
envelopes SC, 10c, 12c and zoe
A nice bottle of Carter's,ink SC
A nice one. foot ruler 1c
A nickel tipped pencil 1c
A nice rubber eraser 1c
A nice pencil sharpener 1c
A nice pen holder 1c
2 steel pens 1c
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-10-13

best he could and fired point blank. But
the bullet crashed wildly into the plaster
above their heads and Bannisfcr's totter-
ing form was clutched from behind by the
Malay and quickly pushed into side
room.
Bannister regsined his presence Of mind
almost instantly after being thrust into
this room. which was lighted and fur
nished as a library, and as he turned to-
ward the door he was face TO face with
Cruden. whose outstretched hand held a
heavy revolver
Back. George Bannisterr' he exclaimed
with n fearful scowl. Gould / have
pointed this at you in the hallway a sec
ond ago. I'd have bored you through"
Bannister fnstinctively recoiled a step,
a look of deadly rate in his eyes Cru
den, hend, you abducted my wife and then
by some power have chained her soul to
yours"
Don't rave theosophy and hypnotlsm
George. You're off the track" said CRU
den sardonicaliy, motioning his listener
into an armchair, as he proceeded:
More than six years ago. one night when
Leone told me she could love only you,
and added that mock saying about there
being as good fish in the sea as ever were
caught, / mentally vowed there weren't.
And IL her double, as near as nature
could duplicate her according to certain
original theories. could be produced, l
might in a measure be satisfied. Iiow
true has been this natural reprod Iction
of the original, you have testified by your
precipitous conduct in surprising Rta 70
be your abducted wife, Leone. / granted
you the privilege of looking on her faee
tonight through curiosity as TO the e.
feet. Besides" and his eyes fairly gilt
tered as he said it, would you add insult
to your virtuous wife's name, whether she
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By 3. A. Koblegard, Weston. w. Va.
gsaEEtggsEslE GlI wNg 9MElUa
copyrighted, 1900, by B. A. Koblegard,

disappearance could not have been more
complete. The sleuths of the law and
private detectives by the seore-the lat
ter attracted wholly by the munificent
rewards offered by the husband-had
been steadily engaged on the case with
out obtaining single clue to the wom-
ans whereabouts. These successive
defeats of the detectives caused Bannis-
ter to despair of ever seeing Leone's
face again. He was disguised with the
helplessness of the law. Silent and mo-
rose, he neglected his friends and BUSH
ness, and when not at home or at the
club. he was bound on long, aimless,
usually nocturnal, walks about the
streets.
But upon certain evening he occu-
pied his accustomed position at one OF
the club windows. A recent rIimor had
rendered him deeply Retrospective, and,
as he gazed blankly out into the bril-
liantly lighted avenue, mechanically
smoking a cigar and slipping brandy
and soda, certain incidents OF the past
were alive in his mind. The girl whose
heart he had won at college seven years
ago was now his abducted wife. In
this love affair he had out-rivaled his
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want him TO re3eat it,
Ritas words were intensely significant
IN rr,tder

want him TO re3eat it,
Rita's words were intensely significant
to Cruden
Damn you. Bannister, de-
The speaker was on the point of en-
phasizng this fatal command with a bull
let from his revolver when a cry from the
Malay i'm the hallway, succeeded by a
crushing sound and a death groan. caused
him 10 look irresolutely around.
Another cry, not human and not Of ter
ror, arose, and Cruden's face became
deathIy pale. The ape was loose in the
hallway and had perhaps killed the Malay
servant. Then the sound of the brute's
footsteps, together with the regular thud
Of a heavy object on the bare floor. told
the three listeners that she was approach
ing
Its the orang: she has murder in her
hearth exclaimed Cruden, forgetting his
own murderous purpose, and with quick
movement towotl shutting the door
But Ritas hand detained him, while
she seized the revolver just as the ape.
with shrek OF triumph, doomed up in
the doorway carrying An oblong bundle
in cloth and an iron bar covered with
blood. one end Of which rested on the
floor.
A strange defiant utterance Lroke from
the womans throat which was repeated
by the ape, as the former fired two bull
lets, the first striking the oblong bundle
and tho second penetrating the animals
right eye. With a mad leap forward the
iron bar fell with terrific force on Ritas
head, splitting it and spilling her brains.
The bar rose and fell again, this time on
Cruden's head, who at the instant was
shielding it with one arm and clutching
frantically at the woman's body.
As Rita went down the revolver left her
hand, falling at Bannister's feet. Think
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ance. It stood sullenly apart from the
adjacent buildings and back few PAGES
from the heavy iron fence that sepa-
rated ii from the street. Heavy oaken
shutters at all the windows, from the
first to the third stories, were kept
barred.
Bannister reeled and felt slckening
despair choking in his breast as he
noted those dark walls and saw the den
wherein his wife had been detained for
months, worse than dead in the re-
mor9eless power of a fend.
81 shall kill him tonight" he mutter-
ed grimly and shrank into the shadow
of nearby building to think coolly
over the situation. Now has that cab
arriyed?" he asked himself.
As If in answer to his query the min
gled sounds of hoof beats and rumbling
wheels filed the street and the dark
outlines of cab with driver appeared.
"sTis them returning" he thought,
and his fingers clutched his revolver.
while he crouched trifie closer in the
shadow.
The wheels grated against the, curb
ing. The cab came to a stand long
enough for Cruden and his vei,ed com
panion to a1ight, and then departed.
Bannister boldly approached the man
and woman who had already entered
the iron gate and were ascending the
stone steps to the front door, which
opened mechanically to admit them.
AS the returning couple stepped upon
the threshold, a low, savage howl broke
from the hallway, succeeded by scuf-
file and human cries.
Bannister, revolver in hand, dashed
up the steps and the next instant had
placed his back against the closed door.
He beheld an attack upon Cruden, the
woman and Malay by a huge female
ourang- outang. The Malay had re-
ceived deep scratch on the face, from
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ing his turn came next, he seized it and
fired a fatal shot at the frantic orang, as
she came toward him with the queer bun
die, having left her murderous weapon
at Cruden's side.
AS the ape fell forward, lifeless, the
bundle rolled from her embrace at his
feet disclosing the dead body of an in
FAINT, its bosom stained with blood. More
over, it was a freak, half human and half
ape. The head and upper part of the
body were human and Caucasian while
the lower part was hairy and ape-like.
At this juncture the heavy tramp of
feet sounded in the entrance and looking
across the bodies of the strange dead,
Bannister dimly beheld the badges of the
blue-coated officers.
A mystery is sacred when it hides ter
rible truth, which would have its applica-
ton in the case of Leone, the abducted
wife of George Bannister. Had the Malay
been killed by the blow from the ape that
night at Crudens house, the whole truth
perhaps would never have been known
As it was, the servant received fractures
that did not prove fatal until after his ar
rival at the hospital, where he told all he
knew of the facts in the case.
1t seems that Leone Testers rejection
of CrIden had insanely inspired him to
make her his in body If not in soul by the
help of science. He therefore devoted
himself to the kindly sciences of biology
and natural history and later went TO the
Islands of Borneo and Sumatra to learn
the habits and cultivate the affections of
a female orange-outapg, since this family
is the most human-liSc in all its attri-
butes of the ape species. Together with
z trusty native Malay, he went into the
swamps where these "anthropoid" crea-
lures roam and in time ingeniously won
the undying>love and devotion Of "a very
intelligent female orang -outang. He
taught her human manners and the mean
ing of speeeh@and although she could not
articulate, She was educated to the aver
age human level. Thus satisfied, he and
the Malay servant loaded the prize orang
with other geological specimens.--the lat
ter collected to give the expedition a
strictly scientific appearance and TO mis-
lead the public-on shipboard for New
York. where he continued his unique in
structions in private.
Prior to the Bannister masked ball. he
ledrhed from customer what the host
and hostess would wear and when the
evening arrived everything was arranged
for the latters abduction He had famil-
iarized the ape with Leone's photograph
as reproduced In the newspapers; de-
scribed her costume and the course to be
taken. Finally he arrayed the orang In
a cloak with a cowl. and the three drove
to the ball in u closed cab. The reader