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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-11-27

There lives a family on Delaware
place with palate for eels. AS Of
ten as twice a week the head of the
family carries home from the fish
market two or threeof the slippery,
snake-like wrigglers. He usually
returns home late at night, and it is
his custom to put the cells in buck
ct OF water where they are kept un-
til morning.
In the front rooms OF the apart
ment where lives this family are two
young women from Indiana, who.
during their soiourn in the city, are
boarding with the family of eel eat
ers. Each of the young women has
eaten OF the cooked food, but neither
of them ever saw an eel.
One night last week The man of
the house took home three eels. Az
ter stumbling about the darkened
house in futile search for bucket
he hit upon another plan. He tip
toed to the bathroom and turned the
eels loose in the bathtub.
AS soon as the house was quiet.
the youngerof the two sisters, dress
ed for her dreams, stole out of her
room with heavy crash towel
thrown across her arm, and pro-
ceeded to the bathroom. The room
was dark and she could find nc
matches. Not caring to search for
a match she decided to bathe in the
dark, and accordingly turned on the
hot and cold water. When the tub
was well filed the young woman
stepped in. The hot water had put
life into the slippery cells, and when
the girl got into the tub the crea.
lures slid about her ankles and
across her feet.
That was all she remembered.
With one hysterical scream she be.
gan kicking furiously and crying
for help. Her elder sister. fearing
she was being murdered, ran TO the
bathroom, but found the door lock.
ed. After couple OF moments had
elapsed, the girl imprisoned in the
bathroom fell out of the tub and
managed to unlock the door. Not
hearing the anxious questions her
frightened sister was crying at her
she fairly few down the hallway
clad only in the darkness.
The whole family was aroused b,
the screams. and lights fiared up in
every apartment Of the building.
The women Of the house and ths
elder sister, sfser fifteen minutes
work, succeeded in calming thu
frightened bather.
What in the world is the matter
sister 2 asked the elder one.
oh, horrors = shuddered the hys
terical girl, the bathtub is full O
snakes =
BY this time the head OF the fami
ly, clad in pajamas, was totterini
lup and down the hallway choking
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-11-27

Wednesday night dead man sat
in a game of cards for two hours in
saloon of James +. Hedrich at
Eight and Locust streets.
He had taken seat as q specta-
tor between two Of the players and
while the cards were circling about
the table he was dealt the cold hand
of death. His head sank forward
on his chest and he seemed to be
doing. Once the corpse swayed
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-11-27

In spasm OF laughter. He stamp.
ed bis feet, hit his head against the
wall, and at last controlled himself
sufficiently to light the gas In the
bathroom and called his wife 10 take
a look nj the room. The floor was
flooded with water and two Of the
eels were wriggiing upon the floor.
Inter Ocean.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-11-27
J cra.sr wouId msassEe zoo miles

st4~ W 0k%t E~-*se< --er-t AsetsNs
across.
Nearly ESQ .0ll0. coo haf< been spent
in the attempt 10 cnt . fifty mile
long ditch through the Isthmus oi
Panama The Congo HFar, work
ing beneath the surface f the Allan
r. ss dug out for It'll from the
- aar fean q orch which Is
.nrnore than LOO miles in
u~- cas.sin parts. petween 6vs
o1,.s sand feet afcp.
oEslbtful II 1l4 labor Of the
-. anahe present population oi
az, continued under the most
g. zse conditions. and. OF course,
- ary land, would k0fIiee 10 exc.
.f1le 90 stupend0Hs Yet the
songo, curi0usly enough, makes lit
.1e practical use of the canon it has
reated; for investigations, carried
ut by Commander Purvey- Gust in
| S99, show that it is occupied, not
Sy the fresh water brought down
I ~ the river, but by the OCEAN salt
fater.
] Above the latter the yellow, pea
| 1oupy Congo flood creeps out 10 the
;pen sea as upon an inclined aaue-
Jus viaduct, with decreasing velo-
city and increasing depth: SO that
assuming, for the sake of argument.
a sheet of glass could he esubstituted
for the roof of the stapnant super-
incumbent sea water. and the latter
then drawn of. q man standing on
the floor of the creyasse would view
the river crawling slupeishiv along
n mile above his head
One of the most strikinolv nictnr-
esoue bits of submarine scenery lies
in comparativelv close proximitv to
our shores. For n distace of about
23O miles tn the westward of Ire
land the ocean bed stones so Grad
ually that the average increase in
depth of the water is only ahout six
feet per mile: but in the next few
miles it drops suddenly. in n series
of tremendous stems or terraces.
more than 5000 feet to the great lev
ell, subaqueous plain which forms
the true floor OF the Atlantic. and
which stretches with scarcely a sin
gle break for 1900 miles to the banks
of Newfoundland.
1T would be difficult, remarks
Hamer Smith, "to coaceiye OF any
thing more stupendously grand than
this series OF terrace steps, extend
ing for hundreds of miles north and
south, each step measuring in YER
tical height from 500 to lIOO feet,
and Gin breadth varying between
four miles and few hundred yards.
Elsewhere, mountains, that, If uu-
covered, would vie in height and
majesty with Everest or Aconcagua,
but whose submits now show above
the surface'of the sea as islands, soar
ppward from enormous depths. Such
are Tristan da Cunha in the Sonth
Atlantic. which rears itself on a
comparatively small base to a height
of more than $4,000 feet above the
true level of the adjacent ocean bed;
as well as Christmas Island in the
Pacific; Teneriffe; St. Helena. and
many other similar solitary islands
of lesser note.
The uncovered projecting tons OF
.ho. of oo.a ,,;.;hlo q. 49,
'"o'o :" y :. " 'V'
tai eyes, ano oy sIuoyihg the'r con
tours and general appearance some
idea can bc formed of the massive
tious which are submerged. But.
on the other hand, there are many
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-11-27

Parties having Real or Personal
Property for sale can obtain des-
cripsive handbills neatly executed
and at city prices.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-11-27

Much Of the finest scenery on tn
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06
RIoTINe AT CHICAGO.
Striking Transfers and Sympathizers
Clash With Police. @i.

Striking Transfers and Sympathizers
Clash With Police. i.@s5
Chicago, June 3.-Riot and blood
shed marked the progress Of the team
sters' strike during the day. There
were numerous fights between the po-
lice and the. strikers and their sympa-
.thizers. Street car traffic was stopped
while the fighting went on, the: po-
lice and employees Of the, packing com
panies were stoned, and at one place.
when surrounded by dense crowd of
men and women, the police, fifty
strong. under the commend Of Lieuten-
ant Collins, maddened by the. numer-
Gus stones with which they had been
pelted, drew their revolvers and
charged full into the crowd, which
showed NO. disposition to retreat. Fists;
stones and clubs were brought into
requisition by the strikers and the ~po-
lice used their batons and the butt
end of revolvers freely. When this
fight was over there were d number
of strikers needing surgical attend
ance. None were dangerously injured
as far as known, however, and the
wounded strikers were carried, OF by
their friends ~ = - - !. " - "a
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06
Monday, june 2,

+ House-Rules suspended and a joint
resolution passed extending the thanks
of congress to Secretary Hay for his
address on the occasion of the McKin-
ley memorial exercises. Forty six
Democrats voted against the resolu-
ton. :sI5- s. ..: ? 4 i. ..G
Senate philippine bill discussed
under the 5-minute rule. ! Little: inter
est was shown in the debate either in
the galleries or on the floor. ~
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06

III shlngtonl, June III ~ elipe Bl IS;
sc illI fformarly grim NJ
,sitlet as ID before the house committees
son insular u fairs during the day He
SAID; lhis country, the Phil pinpess
like az Click ma az conva lescing from Sa'
dangerous illness. It was still bleed
st l1 from Ia esWound Its aspfr-
were those aof Nashtng tom lib b:
Y e n and justice, under American SOW ",
y srl,eignty. which til yss loved. They
looked I I, u to congress Is give. them ajust
and II q Hberal governme He detailed
the facts connected with the@earlyy up
rising of the Filipinos 81 55
Aguinaldo was an idol and the peo-
pie believed him when he told them
that 4 bat Dewey had promi sed them ind aH
pendence. He reviewed al that has,1
been done since the outbreak a1,-5
spoke of the gradual extensio on Of
merican authority and practical paci;
Sf1cationS Of the greater part Of the isl
:ands. There were nov 800 municipal
tiles established land they had proved
satisfactor Under the Taft system,
ne: said, the Filipinos have, greater lib
trty than they would have enjoyed 'uns
der the Aguinaldos government had at
Eheen established. Governor Taft was
now the idol of the people e. He said
the people of the p Philippines would
like to have their political status fixed,
whether they are American or; Fill pi-
nos. He preferred that they should be
Americans: The happiness of the peo-
PIE depended upon American soyer-
eighty. 6 .@5 # i:.. s.ss IT,
.i Representative Jones of Virginia
called attention to the fact that. Sixto
Lopez differed with Buencamino and
Isaid the minority wanted to have Lo
lzpez summoned. Several Republicans
protested, because Lopez had not been
| in the Philippines in recent years. 4
u There was some discussion between
the members Of the committee Of q
| warm character. <:.@=@.. -: ~
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06
NATIONAL L BANKRUPTCY LAW
United States Supreme. Court Holds
~. the Act Constitutional. T..

Washington, June 3-In passing on
the case Of the Hanover National bank
of New York VS.. Max Moyses, the
United States supreme court, in an
opinion delivered by Chief Justice Full
Ter, decided the national bankruptcy
law to be constitutional The court
held that to be valid bankruptcy law
must be uniform throughout the Unit.
ed States and, further, that it is uni
form, when the, trustee takes in each
state whatever would have been avail
able to the creditors if the bankruptcy
law had not been passed" He added
"The general operation Of the law is
uniform. although it may result in Ger
tain particulars differently in different
states, He also said: Congress may
prescribe any regulations concerning
discharge iii bankruptcy that are not
so grossly unreasonable as to be in
compatible with fundamental law, and
we cannot find any thing in this act
on that subject which would justify
US in overthrowing it's action" .z% e.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06
NAILED 70 A TREE.
Alabama Man Cruelty Tortured BY
~ @,jt Robbers. 53,i$

Birmingham, Ala. June "A spe
cial to The News from Huntsville, Ala,
says: $500, ~ {s@>j ~: : FIJI :sGs5
H. Tom Hairless, a farmer who lives
near Berkeley, Ala, was assaulted and
robbed by two men and then nailed to
"a tree. Il He was discovered alive, but
his hands were badly torn. Hairless
had: been on the bsslinger place plow-
ing and waS eating his dinner It q
spring when be. was confronted by two
strange men with pistols. who robbed
him Of 81 and then backed him against
a tree. The loose folds of flesh On
each side were pulled out and nailed
to the tree and his hands were
stretched above his head and treated
likewise. In this. condition the man re-
NAMED until dark when he was res
cued by farm hand. 5 81 sNs. Il .*s*.zs
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Y Chicago, June q Cattle Good to
prime steers, $7.10@7.60; poor to me
dunn, $4.90@6.75;;ss stockers and feed
ers, $2.5O@5.0O; COWS and heifers,
$1.5O06.OO; Texas steers, $5.25@6.75.
,Hogs--Mixed and butchers, $3.50
7.55;; good to choice heavy, $7:25@
7:40:a rough neavy, s. 00@715; light,
$s:75 OF: o5;; bulk Of sales, $7.oo@7:25.
sHeep Good to choice, i5.4006.25;
lambs, $5:uo@7. 10. 1. 7 s. ISL y :s Il
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06
TtEUP NOW COMPLETE.
Engineers, Firemen and Pumpmen il
the Anthracite Region Out T.

Engineers, Firemen and Pumpmen in
~; the Anthracite Region Out
# Wilkesbarre, Pa, June =, 3.-The
strike of the engineers, fremen and
pumpmen employed in the anthracite
coal collieries for an 8-hours day at
present wages was inaugurated at Z
a. m. There are conflicting reports as
to the number of men that quit work.
The Mine Workers officials claim that
fully 80 per cent of the men. obeyed the
strike order but the companies dis
.pute this figure. 2 >@s ~ y, .~s !.
The mining superintendent Of the
big coal companies say that reports re-
Sceived from their own col1feries and
those of Individual operators show that
the pumps as a rule are III operation.
They admit that a great majority Of
the firemen quit work and that large
numbers of spumpmen and engineers
also refused to report, but add that in
nearly every operation enough men
were on hand to fill the strikers
places. :" % ,it,,
. The entire region is reported to: be
very quiet, which condition greatly re-
lieved the apprehensive feeling that
has, prevailed for the last few days.
It is the belief of both sides, however.
that the struggle has Just begun and
there is. no telling when or where AN
outbreak will occur That there will
be- some: disturbance is not doubted.
"a local authority says there are en-
ployed in the 357 collieries in the an
thracite region ], 070 engineers, 5000
.firemen and j ,425 pumpmen. ..'
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06
EiThursday, Man. S29.
n: Friday, May 80: s.:>
decoration Day-No session held by
Ter house or senate ~ =. !.
Saturday, May 81.

Senate-Mr. Spooner (Wis.) com
p1eted his spealn Ii defense of the adj
mirlistration,s policy in the Philippines.
One of the remarkable occurrences of
the day was kissing of Mr.. Carmack
(Tenn.) by the galleries, when he re-
marked that he supposed a certain sol
der would repudiate a letter he had
written, as every officer and soldier in
the Philippines had done when: it was
required of him. z <&<@ ;
,House-Not in session. "
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06
TWELVE Dr. { RoWNED.
soow Laden With Galician immigrants
>,@ Capsized. sE ". :: r f'.5 7 .as

j S% x 4 capsized. Z VI 4 %-.a' &
Winnipeg, June 2. Twelve Galician
immigrants were drowned in the Cas-
katcheWans river near Edmonton, Al
berta, according to advices Just receiv;-
ed In this city. 81. q szss III #..S 4 . 1,
t. These settlers landed h Cxnaaa
about q month ago, and reached Cal
gary about the middle OF the month at
RdInoaton. They were placed on q
seow loaded with q cargo Of effects.
5Theres were 80. people inl all. They
were to hoat down to- Victoria, near
the Galician, settl ement. #.sss ,.1 s II I'll
The scow overturned in the river,
which 1s unusually high, and 10 OF the
30 were lost The others managed to
reach shore. III III 81 M t.z: II u 3
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06
Duluth Grain.

y Duluth, June 2. Wheat Cash, No.
/ hard @761sc; No Northern, 81 Nc;
No. 2 Northern, hc; No. 3: spring;
,69Mc. To Arrive-No. 1 hard, 61bc;
Noa / Northern, % 1sc; July, 1870
7sAc: Sept, TOY @70%c. Flax
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06
St. Faui Union Stock Yards.

IS st.4tPaul, June. Cattle Choice
butcher steers, $6.25@6.50;; choice.
butcher COWS. and heifers, ,$5.25@5.5o;5
good to choice Veals, $4.50@5.50.
Hogs $6.65@715:& Sheep Good to
choice, 1925 @5.50; lambs, $5.50@6.00.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06
Sioux City. Live Stock.

Sioux City Ia, June Cattle
.Beeyes, $5.75@6.S0; cows: bulls and
mixed, $3.25@3.?5; stockers and feed
ers, $3.0O@460;. yearlings and calves,
$3.0O@475. Hogs-$6.80@7.10. = 4
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06
MARKET. QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, June 2.-Wheat-July,
731sc; Sept, 691s@69Ac. On Track
No. l hard 765sc;< No. 1 Northern,
743s @747sc; No. 2 Northern, 72B@
.73kc. ;, -. -. =, p u, .:|*F5
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06
|yllll lE!l'llI1|
yPREslDElsr 4 DIS ssEsS sPENDIlNll1elI1
LEals LATloN q / Al ~ ss@
3zssS Der On Senate rs. S5sz ID
Cuban Recipr and the thr AZ
d Canal aills conside y Vital ] Il; e i II,
portance N ~ the Chief Executlv, g
L1eetine 81 oppo sition senators Held
l-a:er and Decision Reached "a .' e 3
vi Oppose Conc essions 70 Cuba. s53g3

w DR. q
q La:er and : Decision Reached q t g.
Oppose Conc SESSIONS . Cuba. 5 5S
( washington, June 8. Senators Mel
son, Proctor, Gamble ID and Kittredges
were at. the White House during the
forenoon on invitation and had q con-
ference with the president ii regard to
pending legislation. The subjects dis
cussed were the Cuban. recipr ocity bill
and the prospects for canal legislation
at this session The object Of the con
iferenceawas to urge upon the senators
the necessity for unanimity Of action
and the real necessity for legislation
on these subjects at this session. 3 An
other conference will be held during
the evening at the White House with
other senator's in the hope that the
members OF the senate can be gotten
together on these matters; and legisla-
ton speedily enacted. AS to the canal
bill it is known that the president
would reluctantly accept the RESPONSE
bility imposed by the Spooner amend
nent of electing a route, but he would
much prefer that congress select the
route itself. 4 = TX. IL t,I.s z1>.. !.
The president sent for a number OF
senators who have been known in op.
position to granting concessions to
Cuba on the ground that it. will seri
eusly interfere with the beet sugar in
terests of the country. He urged upon
these senators the Importance of unit
ed action if possible and expressed the
hope that the Republicans would act
together. The president, again assured
these Republicans that in urging &C
ton on reciprocity he was carrying
cut the announcement of President Nc
Kinley, uttered in his last. speech
which had met with such popular ap
prevail throughout the country, also
! the promises that had been made
concerning concessions to Cuba. The
president indicated that the adoption
Of the Plat amendment made it obi;
gatory upon the United States to trea
Cuba differently from other nations
! He told these Republican senators tina
| the party: ought not to be divided OF
tariff issues as it was entering tn.
campaign and: he expressed the hop
that the Cuban bill would lie passet
without the aid of Democratic votes
! One result. of the conferences tina
! have been held at the White Hous'
/: was a meeting at 1 O'clock in the com
] mittee room of Senator ::Elkins, wher'
!, those senator's opposed to /, grantin,
concessions to Cuba or who. rejecte'
the straight reciprocity plan of tn
majority assembled to consider tn
!, propositions. Eighteen senators al
tended the conference. The genera
sentiment was in favor of defeating
any proposition for Cuban reciprocity
but, in order. to secure harmony Al
| agreement was made that they woul'
support rebate plan, the money to b
! returned to the Cuban government.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06
'l9lg
'Flsue.sdsy ].

U iousa tfuac rnltni grati On Elm
passed |. The featur the day WIS =
livelyssd ebate on the squestio lon Of pro
hibiting THE sale ofs lint ieating liQ-
ilors At immi grant atoms The
carrie So to Mr..
Lands lind. followed victory
with an amendment to Sprohib BIT the sale
of intoYicapts / In the GO pitol and itspre-
I Ys''s y 81 laFfsF na'SF'fy es'f9
Senate &. ers 81 Colo::D) con:
Guided his speech o. the Phil ppines.
Committee appointe to confer with e
like committees ofsthe house about the
disagreement which has arisen be
.tWeensthe two houses, as TO: the arm
preparation bill. a :5.5
&: 52; ednesday, Mayss2s. u.
81 House Day spent debating: the BIZ,
to increase the subs idiary coinage by
coming the silver bull lion in the treas
sury and to- recon standard silver dol!
lars as the public necessities maysre:
!qllire: as I;s s & s * & III II. Il
5sis Senate 4 greement reached to vote
on Philippine bill Tuesday next. S. !. Mr.
sBurro Mich. J spoke in. support 'ot
the measure. y n s B. .@ n ri n 81.
$.s5 Thursday, May 20. II ss: q
House Bill to increase the subsiG
larry silver coinag passed. The. Dem;
ocrats directed their fight chiefly
against the provision to recon the
standard silver dollars into subsidiar;
coin as public necessity might require
4 Senate Speeches: in support Of thu
Philippine. bill delivered by Nessrs
Morgan (Ala.) and Spooner (Wis.)
ME-. Clay (Ga.) opposed the measure
Mr. Lodge (Mass:), in charge of tn
measure, offered several unimportan
amendments which were adopted. :.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-19
SOMETHING NEW IN STRIKES.
A SYMPATHETIC ONE BEGINS FOR MEN
WHOSE WORK DOES NOT START
FOR TWO MONTHS

A sympathetic strike unique even IN building
trades strikes which have many odd features took
place yesterday at the home Of George w Wander
bilt, Ffty-rstst. and Fifth-ave in support of the
Amalgamated Painters Society The feature of
this strike is that, while the other went out
in support OF the painters there was not painter
at work on the building the time. The painting
and decorating will not begin for two months yet
The contract for the painting and decorative
work is held by William Baumgarten g. Co. and
the strike Is to force him to employ members OF
the Amalgamated Painters Society or to have the
contract given TO another employer. The trouble
dates back to about year ago, when there was
general strike Of painters for advance in wages
The employers Of the plain painters granted the
demand, but the Interior Painters and Decorators
Association. of which the firm of William Baumgar-
ten Co. is member. filled the places of the strik-
ers with members Of the Brotherhood Of Painters
The Amalgamated Painters Society then started
a series of strikes against the Brotherhood.
These strikes lasted for a month or two and
were then dropped. and this week the Amalgamated
Painters Society decided 10 renew them beginning
with the contracts Of William Baumgarten 4, CO
Besides Fhe strike the Vanderbilt house strikes
nave been ordered on all other houses where the
At the Vanderbilt house the electricians and q
number or others quit work. The plasterers
work. NJ
Mr. Baumgarten said last night that the strike
was an outrage The firm was employing union
The leaders of the unions he said .toI5 The
representative OF Mr.. Hunt the architect at the
building, that the strike would be ordered either 10
force US to employ members Of the Amalpa mated
Painters Society 10 get Mr. Vanderbilt ia taI[a
the contract from our firm. The strike however
beginning work, and the painters will not he uor
ing until they through" "