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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
LOOKING FOR NEW MINES.
Big Firms I'm North Of England
Stirred by Competition of Amer
lean Concerns.

Some big firms in the north of Eng
land in order to meet the threatened
invasion of this country by Ameri-
can iron and steel goods have been
lately devoting time, trouble and
money to the search for new beds Of a
high quality of iron ore near the al
ready existing collieries, says dis
pa tch to the New York Tribune from
London. The northern countries are
full of coal, but up to the present time
many of the largest iron works have
had to depend largely on Spanish and
other extraneous supplies of iron ore.
That will, however, no longer be the
case should the discoveries reported
in Cumberland and elsewhere prove au-
thentic. Vast beds of excellent hema-
tite are said to have been already
tapped in more than one locality, and
the quick success ct these tentative ef-
forts are expected to stimulate the
search further.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
Girl KILLS Big Catamount,

Florence Hutchings, of Mount
Orange, N. Y, established her repu-
tation as a ''crack shot, by sending
a bullet through the brain of the
largest catamount that has been
killed in the wilds of Sullivan county
in many years. Miss Hutchings has
never had any fear of firearms; in
fact, the use Of her fathers Winches-
ter is sort of second nature with
her. She has demonstrated her abil-
ity by frequent hunting trips for all
kinds of game in season, seldom re-
turning without q well-1illed bag.
She was alone in her home Tuesday
night, and shortly after retiring she
was aroused by the screech of the
cat. She arose, dressed, and sailed
forth in the night with her trusty
gun. She discovered the cat through
the glare of its eyes and she lost no
time in putting bead on it," with
the result stated.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
Ready for Practical Use.

During discussion before the Amer
lean institute Prof. Small, of Columbia
university, said that it. was not neces-
sary to wait for more developments be-
fore equipping every lighthouse with
apparatus for sending wireless mes
sages to sea notifying ships of their:
proximity to rocks and breakers. Fog.
according to Prof. Small, being better
transmitter of the waves than pure air,
the lighthouses could still save the
lives of those headed for the rocks,
no matter how dense the day. Another
interesting declaration during the dis
cussion was that in all probability tho
present method of sending and receiv-
ing wireless messages from tall poles
or towers would be done away with, a.
the curvature of the earth makes no
difference in the waves. ~ H..
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
LOOKING TO CANADA.
Britain Expects Fertile Acres Of the
Dominion Will Solve Question
of British Food Supply.

Canada is being congratulated on
the progress exhibited last year,
says the London correspondent of
the New York Tribune. The fact that
public deposits in Canadian banks
amount to $500, 100000 is considered
'emarkable, and the Morning Post
looks to the time when the fertile
acres of the dominion will solve the
whole question of the British food
supply, which is the nightmare of so
many Jealous politicians in England.
~'Here, surely" says the Post, lis
room for British capital and energy
to solve a problem not merely of the
greatest importance to the internal
development of the dominion, but
also to the welfare of the empire.
Az a whole, it's solution would be ia
ciitated by the conspicuous loyalty
Of Canada, whereof so many ex-
amples have recently been Afforded
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
TREES IN BOSTON COMMON.
Expert Says That Their Beauty
Can he Saved.

All of the trees in Boston common,
old and young, are in bad health.
Samuel Parsons, superintendent of
parks, in New York city, says so.
He was brought there as an expert
to examine the condition of the trees
on the famous common. He began
work in August last, and has just
made his report. It was noted that
the wealth of trees on the common,
particularly the e1ms,, were dropping,
and the whole city was aroused. The
authorities were compelled to do
something, and Mr.. Parsons was
called. He asserts that the soil has
been neglected, and that the pruning
on the common was, in his opinion,
done under wrong principles. The
tree expert gives Boston hope, never
the1ess, declaring that there may be
a few-a very few-trees on Boston
common that are beyond the hope OF
restoration, but many of them may
be kept in beauty for years.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
Gigantic Cannon Exhibit

The Krupp cannon foundry is pre-
pairing the greatest individual e.
hibit in the history Of expeditions for
this years Westphalian arts exhibi-
ton, which opens at Dusseldorf in
May. This. will be the first display
arranged by the great cannon builder
since the Chicago worlds fair. It
will cost more than q, 1000, 600 marks
($l,1so, ooo). The exhibit will be re-
plete with types Of monstrous war
weapons, the chief Of which will be
the soA-centimeter eoast defense
gun, built for the imperial fortifica-
tioa board. At one end Of the Krupp
pavilion will be the PROV Of a Ger
man battleship bristling with guns.
Archbishop Simar, Of Cologne, has ar
ranged to exhibit at the Dusseldorf
fair collection of Catholic art treas
ures valued at 4o,ooo,ooo marks. ($9,-
$4,000. .:''"1
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
is A POPULAR DRINK /: TX
Coffee Coming to Be Favorite
\. Beverage with Americans. II
Importation the berry During
1901 Were the Largest in the His
tory Of Our Import Trade, Ex-
ceeding a Billion Pounds.

Coffee importations of the United
States for the calander year 1901
were the largest in the history of
our import trade. Figures. of the
bureau of sta tistics show the impor-
tations of coffee amounting to 967,-
$685. 85 pounds in the II months end
ing with November, against @707;,496,-
: 1872 in the: corresponding months in
1900; 81, 223,877 in the corresponding
months Of 1899; 744,91o,17e in the cor
responding months of. 1885, 726, 49,.
1896 in the same months of 1897, and
SCI, 1929, 817 in the II months of 1896.
These figures indicate not only that
the coffee. importations of 1901 were
larger than those of any preceding
year, but that they for the first
time exceed 1,ooo,0oo,ooo pounds.
The value of the coffee imports of
the year reach about $70,00o,o00.
While the quantity imported exceeds
by more than 2oo,oo0,0o0 pounds that
of any preceding year, the cost was
less than the average during the
years from 1890 to 1897 when the cost
per pound was materially higher
than at present.
Brazil furnishes, of course, by far
the largest proportion of the coffee
importation of the United States. In
the II months ending with November
the coffee imports from Brazil
amounted to 762,14s,514 pounds, while
the next largest quantity came from
other South American countries, o.
297,714 pounds; Central America, 64,-
554, 400; Mexico, 21,594,432.
The United States is by far the
largest coffee consuming country of
the world, as will be seen by the fol-
lowing table, which shows the impor-
tations of coffee into the principal
countries of Europe and into the
United States in 1899:
NET IMPORTS OF COFFEE.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
INVENTS NEW LIGHT.
Cheaper and Better Il1uminant
n .;,..E Than Arc Light.

Over the entrance to the house of
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, at IL West Thirty-frst
street, there hung the other night
what looked like column of cold, blue
white light, four inches in diameter
and four feet high. Itgave brilliant
illumina ton to the street for nearly
half block. Inside the house the au-
ditorium was lighted by five similar
lights, but of lesser diameter, and the
light of the hall was almost like sun
light. II Beneath these lights, which
looked like big candles, sat several
hundred members Of the American In
stitute of Electrical Engineers to lis.
ten to the reading of a5paper on '.Elec-
trio Gas Lamps and Gas Electrical Re-
sistance Phenomena" by the young in
ventor Of the lamps, Peter Cooper
Hewitt, son of Abram S. Hewitt.
Sixyears ago Mr.. Hewitt came to the
conclusion that, a better and cheaper
light than that supplied by either the
arc or incandescent lamps could. be OBJ
tanned by the use of a gas as the con-:
" ~SOOA 4ASSO0u VI CAC ALlA uSCO al LuC
incandescent lamps. He began to ex-
pertinent, with the result that he has
obtained such light, and, except for
the perfection of few details, is ready
to put it on the market.
Mr.. Hewitt's lamp consists simply
of a glass tube, with bulb at one end,
into which he introduces the gas gen.
Grated from mercury. The tubes,
when filled, are connected with the or
binary electric power in any building
and the current turned on. The gas
acts as the conductor, and as soon as
the switch is turned the tube is flood
ed with light.
Mr.. Hewitt says he can produce his
light at one-eighth the cost of the in
candescent lamps and one-third the
cost of arc lamps and of gas lamps.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
MUST NOT LOAF.
New Rules i'm the Treasury Depart.
,&r ment at Washington Cause
M Clerks to Complain.

There is much complaint in the
treasury department over the secre-
tary's new order requiring the clerks
to reach their desks promptly in the
morning, remain until their days
work is done, attend strictly to bust
ness, and not to take advantage of
the half-hour allowed for luncheon.
The bureau chiefs are required to
enforce the new order and report to
their suPeriors any infraction of the
new rule and the hardness of the
clerks. ~ :
The most Objectionable feature of
the new rule prevents the clerks from
visiting each other or to receive Wis
it's during business hours except on
official business; from frequenting
the corridors of the building, reading
newspapers or other unofficial mat
ter, and smoking in the flerooms de-
partment. Those who violate these
rules will be subject to severe dis
cipline. ::
The new rules are particularly OBJ
jectionable, as the clerks of the treas
ury department have been allowed
great deal of freedom, and it is an
ordinary occurrence to see groups of
them standing about chatting or
promenading the corridors. Others
are found reading the newspapers and
in the filerooms enjoying quiet
smoke during Office hours.
For some time Secretary Gage has
been endeavoring to bring about re-
form, but he has not met with sue
cess. 1t is believed, however, that
the strict enforcement of the new
rules will work wonders.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
NEW SAFETY DEVICE.
System Devised for Closing Water
Tight Doors on Steamships in Case
of Accident by Electricity.

The first public exposition of new
system of closing water-tight doors
on steamships, adopted two years ago
by the North German Lloyd company,
but thus far installed on only few
of its vessels, was given on board the
Kron Prinz Wilhelm the other day at
New York. The new system is one
by which every bulkhead connecting
door throughout the vessel below the
water line can be closed automa tically
by the turn of a lever on the bridge and
within the space Of q minute. In order
to close the 20 compartment doors of
the Kron Prinz Wilhelm it is necessary
to move lever on the bridge, in doing
which an electric bell is sounded for
20 seconds at every door, giving warn
ing that the door 10 about to close.
Then the doors close slowly, and in
order that the commanding officer may
be sure that every door closes there, is
q board in the charthouse on which is
an electric bulb number to correspond
with each door. As each door closes
tight the corresponding bulb in the
charthouse CLOVIS.
Aside from this arrangement, the
doors are so arranged that in case of
any failure Of the automatic system
the doors may be closed by hand in the
usual manner.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
Expedition to Mexican Indians.

Expedition to Mexican Indfans.
DR.. A. Hedlicka has started on his
fourth expedition among the Indians
of the southwestern United States and
northern Mexico. These expeditions
are part of the system of anthropo-
logical explorations carried ON by the
Hyde expedition for the American mu-
scum of natural history under Prof.
F. w. Putnam. The expenses are de-
frayed by F. E. Hyde, Jr., of New York
The plan of DR.. Hed1icka is to ascer-
tain the physical characteristics of the
extinct as well as the living peoples in
the area once occupied by the cliff
.dwellers Of Pueblo, Aztecs, Toltec and
Obedience peoples. The principal
tribes to be studied on this present trip
are the Pimas, Papagos. Yaquis, Mayos.
Tepehuanos, Coras, Aztecs and Taras-
COS.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
EMPERORS YACHT.
Will Be Christened by President
Roosevelt's Daughter.
To BE the Largest Schooner Yacht
AhOat, and Will Be Plain and SUBJ
stantial in Finish Throughout
description of Boat.

The New York Tribune publishes
the. following facts concerning the
German emperor's yacht which Miss
Alice Roosevelt will christen at the
request of the kaiser: .@s.
The yacht is being built by the
Townsend & Downey shipbuilding
company, from designs by Cary
Smith & Barley, is almost plated.
and it is hoped that she will be
launched the early part Of February.
She will be the largest schooner
yacht afloat. the architects say, her
dimensions being 161 feet over all,
with a beam of ~ feet: With avn
ings set and curtains at the side,
there will be ample room on deck to
give ball: ~ T.. :'~- >''s
To carry out the emperor's COM
mands her: finish throughout will be
plain, yet substantial. All her deck
work, such as the deckhouse, sky
lights and rail, will be of selected
teakwood, and all capstans. winches,
etc., of bronze. Aft is deckhouse
of steel cased with teak. There is a
bathroom on the starboard side,
opening directly from the ladies' cab
in. Opening from the passage lead
ing from. the vestibule to the saloon
are three staterooms and bath
room for gentlemen in waiting. The
owners room is on the starboard
side, just aft the saloon. It is large
one, being about 10 feet long. It
contains brass bedstead, several
wardrobes, dressing table and writ
ing desk. The room has a large
skylight; in fact, it is feature of
the yacht that every room is venti-
lated, not only by headlights through
the side in the usual manner, but
also by means of skylights. The
staterooms are few in number, but
of large size. The main saloon ex-
tends the whole width of the boat,
and is IS feet long. There is tran
som on each side, piano at the
after end, while there is an open
fireplace at the forward end. The
large extension table in the center
will seat "a persons.
Throughout the owners quarters
the woodwork will be mahogany
enamel painted ivory color touched
up with gold, with only a small
amount of the trim showing the ma
tura1 wood, thus carrying out the
emperor's idea of simplicity. For
ward of the saloon are a large own
er's gallery and an entirely separate
gallery for the officers and crew.
The emperor is taking an extreme
interest in his yacht, and has given
detailed, orders as to how she is to
be fitted below. All questions re1at-
ing to the design, rig and outfit have,
however, been left entirely to Aessrs.
Cary, Smith & Barley.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
NEW MARRIAGE LAW.
New York State Abolished the
Common Law; Marriage.
In Its Place a Civil Contract Form II
Provided, Which Must Be Signed .
Before Two Witnesses and Then
Filed at Court House.

With the old year common-law
marriages in New York state ceased,
and a new law recognizing marriage
by civil contract has taken effect.
BY the signing of written agree
ment in the presence Of: two wit
nesses, acknowledging it before a
notary and fling the paper with the
county clerk, a man and woman may
legally wed in New York state.
In abolishing the old law, It's abuse
by designing persons has been done
away with, and the services of cler-
gymen, justices of the peace and al
dermen are made no longer neces-
sary to tie the marriage knot. Law
yers who have given the new law at
tention say that it will require fur
ther amendment to prevent its being
used to the, injury of one or the 9TH
er of the contracting parties by a
failure to make it matter of rec
ord.
Assemblyman John A. Weekes,
Jr., introduced the bill in the legis-
lature last February. It passed both
houses in April and received the gov
ernor's signature.
1t is the last clause in the law that
has aroused criticism. If both par
ties contract a marriage, but neglect
to record it within six months
through carelessness of the intent
of the husband or wife, the marriage
is invalid.
It is pointed out that husband
may wilfuliy deceive wife about re-
cording the certificate and after the
interval has passed may desert her.
It is suggested also that the law pro-
vides an inconsistency by recogniz.
ing man and woman as husband
and wife for five months and 20 or
80 days, and then, if no certificate is
filed, declaring their marriage ille-
gal.
In advocacy of the bill Assembly,
man Weekes pointed to many cases
in the courts in which designing
women had posed as widows and
claimed estates of men deceased.
The new law recognizes all marriages
solemnized by clergymen, and no de-
crease in the number of church we'd
dings is expected.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
Relics of Saints Received.

A package containing bones. and
dried blood of St. Magnus, Roman
centurion, and St. Bonosa, a Roman vir-
gin, who were martyred in the Chris
tan persecution ordered by Nero, ar
rived from Rome at the office of the
surveyor of the port in Louisville, KY,
the other day. The relics will be placed
under the altar of St. Martha's Cath
olic church in Louisville. They were
taken from the catacombs over 200
years ago and have since rested in the
Church Of the Convent Of Agnai, near
Rome. e Il. 81 &,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
Kill Three Tons of sparrows.

! The annual sparrow hunt of Pleas
ant township, ILL.,, came to an end. and
as q result over three tons of SPAR
rows were killed. The hunt was in
dulged in by two parties of farmers.
Twenty men on each side engaged in
the hunt, the stake being banquet to
be given by the party securing the
fewest birds. The victorious party
brought in 10000 birds, while the losers
tagged 1900, a total of $4,000. The
birds averaged four ounces each, MAX
ing an aggregate weight of over three
tons. The hunt had been in progress
for one week and was one of the most
notable in the history of the state.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
AFTER MANY YEARS.
Old Lovers Separated for Quarter Of
d Century Welded at Last
at Chicago.

Twenty-Five years of separation
failed to dampen the love of Oscar
r. Beers, of Belvidere, ILL.,, and Mrs.
Julia Gade, of Derby, Conn, and New
Years day they were married in Chi
cago. In their childhood they played
In Belvidere, and when Oscar became
OF age and his playmate Is their en-
gagement was announced. "Alt ks@%
The wedding day had been set and
the trousseau begun when Q violent
lovers quarrel separated them. Both
married almost Immediately after
ward. Charles G. Gade, who was tho
girls accepted lover, took his wife TO
Derby. When he died 10 years ago
she supported her young so1 and
daughter by keeping q fashionable
clearinghouse. ~.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beers settled on
stock farm at Belvidere, where they
accumulated a fortune of $10o, 1000.
Last April Mrs. Beers died. Mr.. Beers
and Mrs. Gade met by chance at the
Pan-American exposition last sumo
mer. The old love returned and tho
engagement was renewed. By ar
rangement Mrs. Gade sold out her
boarding house, and, meeting Beers
in Chicago, became his wife. Then
she went to the farm which q quar-
ter of century ago Beers had pre-
pared for her.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
Great Siberian WATERWAY.

Capt. Joseph Virgins, the arctic ex-
plorer who discovered the Kara SEQ
route, has reported to the Anglo Rus.
sian society the result of his investies-
ton of the commercial routes OF! So.
IBERIA. He declared that the Trans
siberian railway is inadequate to
handle the volume of freight it is called
on to carry, and urged, Russia to de-
velop the waterwaysof Siberia. ST here
is no countryin the world, not even tho
United States said Capt. Virgins,
shat possesses river routes as mag
nificent astthose of Siberia $5gFss
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
Urges Fiction in Teachinr.

). DR.. Arnold Tompkins, of Chicago,
emphasized the value Of literature
in the arousing OF the higher ideals
of school children at a recent teach
ers' convention at Lincoln, Neb. Re
declared that the steacher should thor
>oughly understand the purpose of ev-
cry work of literature before at
tempting to teach it. Fiction was
the best method of dissent
mating truth and nothing was more
helpful than a proper selection of lit
erary masterpieces for the school.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
Who Gets the school Funds,

There is. we believe, declares the Chi
sago Inter Ocean, nothing going to
show that the public school children
are getting share in the benefits of
the tremendous annual increase in the
cost Of maintaining the sehools-
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
Where x-Ray Failed.

Inasmuch as mo creature can live
in a human stomach" the X-ray pic
ture of snake in the stomach of the. ];
man in, the, southwestern. psrtlof town
says the Chicago Tribune, must be az
other case of mistaken iden tity.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
An Honored state,

There is no doubt about it whatever,
exc;aims the Chicago Tribune. Iowa
10 distinctly It.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17

What Pauperfsm Costs.
England spends e s,4o0,0o0 year on
her paupers, Scotland 1900, 900, Ire
land s1,4oo,ooo. France spends less
than Ell, 100000. si,4i l@
, 1902-06-25

Yesterday afternoon a motto" was
posted in each of the Union Pacific
shops informing employees that the
shops would be closed permanently at
the end of working hours. and when
the whistle blew at $50 O'Clock SOC
shop men received time checks. says
the Cheyenne Tribune of this morn.
ing. The shutdown was complete. bot
a man remaining in any of the shops
aside from the round house. where a
very small force is employed.
The posting of the notices gave the
employees short warning of what was
in store for them, but the information
came as a thunderbolt, that the shops
were to be entirely closed and per-
manently.
Counting the thirty boilermakers
and helpers who struck a week ago to-
day and the men who had been dis
charged in the meantime. and the men
let out last night. there are $50 fewer
men with jobs in Cheyenne than IN
June IS. The sweep in the shops was
clean. every department closing entire
~ down.