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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
ia :KIES /, 4 & E
q MINERs' WAGES ARE CHANGED
s. he 1. NEW RATE WILL ATE
FROM The PRESENT

.commissi axes Action sat his
Time to Simplify and Expedite thu
Investigation and il Order 70 Pref
. vent Pressure for Hasty Action on
the Whole Subject Investigation Of
Mines Around Scranton Continues
Scranton, Pa, Nov. 1.-The anthras
cite strike commission has officially de.
cided that if any change is made in the
rate Of wages of the men it shall date
from Nov. /. This announcement was
made by the commission through Re:
corder Wright in the following brief
statement given out by him: I.
Voted unanimously, if the. commits
sion, at the conclusion OF its hearings
and deliberations; makes any award at
fecting existing rates of wages such
award shall take effect from Nov. /,
1902" r ~ :.
u The recorder of the commission stat
ed that this resolution was adopted
by the commission because it felt that
it was important:to make its investi-
cations deliberately and that it might
be well in order to relieve itself from
pressure from any source which might
cause undue haste to inform the oper-
atOrs and the miners that should the
investigation and the deliberations fol-
lowing it warrant any change what
ever, either in the way of increase or
reduction of wages, such change
should be from a certain date, thus
enabling all parties to facilitate their
calculations. - =" I'll. <. H.
The action of the commission in TAX
ing this step at this time will save the
commissioners a lot of time. It is
known that each side to the contro:
versy would take determined stand
on the question of when the new rate
Of wages, if one is made, shall 60 into
effect. The operators, in their orig
inal proposition to President Roose-
welt, wanted the commission to fix the
date. The miners wanted the prospec-
tive new rate to be retroactive and go
into effect on the day when the min
CTS returned to work, Oct. %.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
in uNcoLLEcTED TAXES.
City Of Chicago Lost $5,610,000 in Ten
'' Years. /.

City Of Chicago Lost $5,61o,ooo in Ten
49, Years. l.
Chicago; Oct. 30-In ten years the
city Of Chicago has lost $5,610,OOO in
uncollected taxes. A report showing
this and declaring the tax assessing
and collecting methods of the county
full of errors, abuses and mysteries
has been placed in the hands OF Con
troller Mccain by expert accountants
who have been examining the books
of the county treasurer.
During ten years the accountants as
sert the collections Of delinquent per
sonal property taxes amounted to only
$4,000 until an investigation of the
books was begun and then the county
authorities were able to collect $4,000
in month
It is asserted also that the. county
authorities have made practice of
accepting partial payments as pay.
ment in full without showing by their
records why a reduction was allowed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
WORK or LADRoNEs.
Superintendent Of Schools in Contra
Negroes Murdered. -

superintendent OF Schocis IN central
Negroes Murdered.
Manila, Nov. 4.-D. G. Montgomery,
superintendent of schools in Central
NegTOs, was murdered Friday by La
drones three miles from Bacolod. Mr..
Montgomery was going to Bacolod for
consultation with the retiring superin-
tendent and to assume control of the
division. Six natives, armed with bo-
los and spears, killed him and then
mutilated and robbed him of q large
sum of money. The constabulary have
offered reward for Mr.. Montgomery's
murderers and it is thought they will
be captured. I.
This is the first instance of a teach
er In the Philippine islands being
harmed while in the discharge of his
duty.
Mr.. Montgomery leaves widow,
who is a teacher in the Island Of Ne
gr0s.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
SELECTED ,RY MINE WORKERS.
Commission Visits One Of the Worst
~ Galleries in the Region s<.:5::

Scranton, Pa, Nov. 1.-The coal
strike commission during the day. Wis
tied the Manville colliery at Green
Ridge, two miles from this city, and
drove through the nearby territory for
The purpose of viewing the habitations
OF the men who toll in the mines. The
Manville mine is operated Jointly by
the Delaware and Hudson and the Del
aware. Lackawanna and Western CON-
panies. The mine is one of the worst
for miners in this territory. The veins
are small and there is barely room
enough for. workmen to stand up. This
colliery was visited at the suggestion
of the mine workers. representatives.
The commissioners party left the
hotel at $3.50 o'clock and drove to- the
mine. After DOMINIC suitable clothing
the party proceeded under ground.
Accompanying the. commissioners
were Assistant Recorders Mosely and
Neill, General Superintendent Rose OF
the Delaware and Hudson and General
Superintendent Phillips of the Della.
ware, -Lackawanna and Western,
which companies operate the Manville
colliery on alternate months; district
President Nichols of the United Mine
Workers, p. w. Tolan, president of the
Manville local of the United Mine
Workers, and William Watkins, fore
man of the mine. 49,.
Commissioner Wright did not go
into the mine, but returned to the hotel
to look after correspondence.
Extremely Tiresome Work.
The commissioners inspected three
breasts and were in the mines two
hours and a half. The first breast was
1900 feet from the foot of the shaft
and the commissioners had o.swalE
along in a STOPPING position owing to
the low roof It was extremely tire
some for those unaccustomed to the
mine.
At the face of the breast a miner
and his helper were found Some of
the commission piled the two men with
all sorts of questions. The man said
he was able to get out four or five cars
a day, told how much he made, and
gave other information to the commits
siCners.
Judge Gray was so fatigued by walk
ing in bent ever position for an hour
that he decided to go to the surface.
He was hoisted to the top with Bishop
Spalding.
General Wilson was the most az
gressive of the commissioners in seek.
ing information. He did not appear
to mind the physical discontinue and
went wherever he was asked. He
asked many questions of both the com.
pany officials and of the miners and
their representative and usually got
answers to questions from both sides
that were at variance with each other.
Commissioners Clark and Parker also
piled the miners with many questions,
The commissioners returned to the
Hotel Jermyn at 1 o'clock. -
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
; ROBBERS MAKE BIG HAUL.
Secure $4,000 in Cash at Home o.
=. Wealthy Montana Htdian.

wealthy montana isidian.
Butte, Mont, Nov. "A special
from Miss0ula says that one of the
most sensational robberies that has
ever occurred in the history Of West
ern Montana was enacted at Plains,
news of which has just reached this
place. A wealthy Flathead Indian,
named Matchell, was robbed Saturday
night of $4,000 in cash, the money
consisting of $500 bills and $40 gold
pieces. During Matchells absence
from home Saturday night man
dressed as squaw visited his home in
Camas prairie and engaged in CONVEX
.sation with Matchell's squaw.. Mrs.
Matchall noticed that the visitor was
not an Indian squaw but a white man,
as he. could not talk good Flathead,
but did not suspect anything was
wrong at first. When she saw two
men run out from under the building
carrying something With them her sus-
picions were aroused, as the wealth
had been hidden in that building.
The robbers jumped on their horses,
which were nearby, and the one that
had been talking to her Joined them
and the three hurried away. Mrs.
Matchell gave the. alarm at Plains and
score of young Indians started out to
locate the robbers, but no clue was
discovered. j.. H.. s<....ss =.
Matchell is the wealthiest fullblood
Indian on the reservation. The. old
Indian kept his wealth concealed in a
trunk in an outbuilding at his home,
fearing to trust the banks. ~, !
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
q lABc5LlcJ III lJRpER..
4 hree Persons killed and House Fired
y Near Palmyra. 3. aH

~ ar I'D t'atmy q, M
d Palmyrra. wiz Oct mat .i III
ssupposedsto have been one sot the most
.sdiabo licaf murders ever ommitted
occurred ut 8 :o' clock q. M: when the
home Of lila ilkingso three
miles southeast Of. this place, was
burned to the ground after, II; lis
thought, the three occupants had been
robbed and murdered. The names Of
those whose charred remains were
found in the ruins are as follows:
William Wilkingson, aged forty-two
years; Albert WILKINSON, aged forty
years, and Julia Wilkingson, aged
5thirty-six years.
n Evidence secured points to murder.
The most important clues to work
upon are that William Wilkingson
drew $500 from q local bank Wednes-
day and that q rig was heard on the
road near the Wilkingson home short
~ before the fire was discovered. In
the search of the ruins during the day
William Wilkingson's body was found
face. downward with arms outstretched
and near the charred bones of the
.I1SnI Aduu was IOunQ q revolver auSx
1865 in gold. A tin box was also
found containing burned fragments
supposed to be bills amounting to
nearly $1,000. The other bodies were
also found. .@<
5. A yerdict had not been reached up
to a late hour. From the evidence Sc
cured, it is thought William Viking
son died while fighting with his re-
volver and that his brother was
struck by: his assailants while he was
in the hallway. The remains were
placed in one casket and removed to
La Grange. =, u. - g..
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
EoYs BREAK FoR LIBERTY.

Inmates Of the New York Juvenile
Acys-:n Try to Escape.
=, New York, Nov. 1.-TWO hundred
and fifty boys, inmates of the New;
York juvenile asylum, made a coz
certed. break for freedom during the
day. The plot was devised several
weeks ago. Fifty OF the boys sue
'ceeded in escaping, but twenty-three
of them were recaptured ate? two
hours. Those at large, range in age
from ten to sixteen years. >.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
HUNDREDS OF SHEEP PERISH
Cold Wave and Heavy Snow in Texas
and New Mexico,

FL Paso, Tex, Nov. "a cold wave
has swept over this section during the
past twelve hours and reports from the
surrounding mountain regions indicate
that the snowfall has been heavy on
the slopes in New Mexico. Hundreds
of sheep. caught unexpectedly in the
open have persisted, and below this
city in the Rio Grande valley the
losses have been heavy.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
KILLS WIFE AND HIMSELF.

Domestic Troubles End il Tragedy.
at Grover, Mis-. q
Coleman, Wis, Nov. 8 Peter Grant
shot and killed his wife at Grover, Six
miles north Of Coleman, during the
day. Grant then went to- his barn and
fired two shots into his own body with
fatal effect It is believed tragedy
was the result of domestic troubles
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
THREE .TRAlNMEN KILLED.
Locomotive Boiler Explodes With "a.
tat Results.

Baltimore, Nov. 8. Three trainmen
were almost instantly killed during the
day by the explosion Of a boiler Of q
Baltimore end Ohio locomotive at
Halethrop. Traffic was delayed about
three hours by the accident. Those
who were killed were: . 15s ..#
Engineer e. w. Briggs, Fireman O.
w. Hunt and Brakeman G.. r. Stalling.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
LINKS THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

Last Sect'on OF Imperial Cable Laid
at the Fiji Islands.
London, Nov. 1.-The last section
of the British imperial cable was laid
at the Fiji islands Thursday. A con-
gratulatory cable message to King Ed
ward reached Buckingham palace dur
ing the morning, being the first mes
sage sent over this line, which links
the British empire together. z5 ...
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
CONVICTED OF PERJURY.

EX"DeIS9Ate #6eTSCH#OI@S I..#EoulS GETS
Five Years.
st. Louis, Nov. Edmund Bersch..
former member Of the house Of dele
gates, was found guilty Of perjury in
his testimony before the grand jury
as to the SIS, 900 Doodle fund raised to
secure the passage Of the Suburban
franchise bill and given five years in
the penitentiary The jury deliberat-
"a but q few lninutes
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
MAD DOG IN "a DANCE HALL.
Nearly Twenty People Bitten by til
Brute at coilins, Wis.

Brute at Collins, Wis.
Brillfon, Wis, Nov. 3.-Terror per
vades Collins, country place twelve
miles from here in thickly settled
district. A mad dog forced his way
into dance hall there and nearly
twenty persons were bitten. Six
passed through here during the day
on their way to the Pasteur institute
at Chicago. None Of the names could
be learned. NM
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
ers Escape With Difficulty.

ers Escape With Difficulty. 5
81, Chicago, Nov. 8 ~ dynamite bomb,
the weapon of a deranged assassin,
blew up the. home Of Joseph Kordeck
in Chicago Heights during the day,
killing two members Of the family out
right and injuring several others. The
house was set on fire and burned,
while that of a neighbor caught fire
and was also destroyed The dead
are:
JOSEPH KoRDECK, arms and legs
blown off.
LUCY KORDECK, aged two years,
body blown to pieces. -
Mrs. Lucy Kordeck had the flesh
blown of her right side and is injured
internally. She may die. IA -. .css
Seven children who escaped were in.
jured, but not seriously.
The explosion occurred while the
family was asleep. The father and
mother, with the daughter, Lucy, oc-
cupied a room in the front of the cot
tage. On either side were rooms oc-
cupied by the rest of the family. The
cottage stood three feet from the
ground on wooden posts. The bomb
was placed under the room and the
impact Of the explosion tore a hole in
the floor, blew the bed to pieces, dis
membered Kordeck and scattered into
fragments the body of Lucy, who was
sleeping with her parents. Pieces of
flesh the size of mans hand were
the largest remnants of the child S
body that could be found The force
of the explosion was directly upward
and tore piece of flesh from Mrs.
'Kordeck''s side and blew her through a
window. The noise aroused the rest
of the family and they had hardly time
to escape from the flames, which soon
destroyed: the cottage. Kordeck's
body, torn to shreds, was found in the
debris after the fire. :, -
| Charles Smith, former boarder at
the Kordecks' house, who was paying
attention to one Of Kordeck's daugh-
tiers, has been arrested charged with
the crime. The Kordeck girl was to
have been married to another man
next week: Smith declares he is in.
nocent, but neighbors declare that he
made the threat that if the girl refused
to be his wife he would blow up the
entire family with dynamite. Smith
was absent from his room at the time
! of the explosion. His roommate:
Thomas Kobilinski, claims that Smith
| returned to his room greatly excited
shortly after. the explosion.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
Northern Pacific Workmen5 Killed.

INUTI!ICIH S1Iz9lNIIIeu.
5 Whateom, " ash. Nov. 4 N Jews has
reached here that three men. were
killed while engaged in clearing out a.
tunnel where cayein had occurred on
the Chuckanuts Creek cutoff division OF
the Northern Pacific
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07


Names % Duty Many Times.
Berlin statisticians have found that
only SGT Christian names are EN-.
3ployed for the 41.ooo children born
there each year.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
q ~. = =.
Wanted "a CHOW.

Wanted % Know.
e London paper tells of an incident
IN an alleged literary club meeting
which nearly broke up the assem-.
sblage. IN the course Of discussion
on poetry some one let fall the name
OF Keats. One Of the members
promptly demanded enlightenment.
What are Keats?" he asked.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
VICTIMS ], ]! 1 ]! ] I! G
.DER 81 ed ASA BLOWS \ UP
q, sEpH KoRDEc k's oNE ii .
CHICAGO llEl otiT,s

Foree5 s. the pIosion Dismembers
kordeck and Tears His Body Into
shreds, While the Two-Y ear-old
Child Is Literally Blown 70 Fras.
ments-House Takes Fire and 9TH
i: SF E4 8 TIM szi
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-05-10
sGR0FIJIA AND ITS awful HORRORS
.Johnston's SarSaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
A MOST WONDERFUL COHSA-
a Grand ola Lady Gives Her ExPcrieDce.


Mrs Thankful Orla beautiful village bnsns0S
highly respected Lazy VA oo1
Of in Hebron washington
Ippecanoe
POSSESSING
"reminiscences OF
Michigan and the anu
Wncn ne
in manifold
Hurd Inherited noency
disposition terribly destructive blood faint wncn n W.
cursing marking thousands
tins Transmitted from generation 10
unsghty sweings IN tne
of Attacking mucous
head developing In the lungs aS W.
md ofte is OF consumption
troubled
would
My swell ana oecame
with
bad condition and
appetite had sores
condition had tried every remedy ~ aG n ~
One of
Of scrofuous consumption
his famous experiment nan any
agreeable
kept taking 1t TOOK
became entirely
or oso
Of gooo
JOHNSTONS
wide
medicine This remarkably od
and she repeated several times Il oene NJ
was by JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARlLLA
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-05-10
FIRE INSURANCE.
Daily Item.

Daily Item.
The Insurance Commissioners of
Louisiana, Mr.. McGivney, reports
from the sworn statements filed
with his department., that the fire
losses in this state for the psstI
year have been $1,76O,527, which
is $6l9,S78 in excess of the pre-
ceeding year. The amount of pre-
miums paid have been $2,9l7.l94.
Mr.. Mckinney goes on to say
that the average expenses through
out the United States for lis COM
papies, according to the report of
the Connecticut Commission, was
1926 per cent, and deduces this
astonishing result: add this to
the loss of ratio of 60,35 per cent,
for this state, and it is found that
the companies have a combined
loss and expense ratio Of 1905 per
cent"
The arit hmetic of Mr.. Mckinney is
faulty. The premiums in Louisi-
ana exceed the losses by 81, 1885,
667. Deduct from this the 1925
per cent, for expenses, and the
companies are still ahead of losses
by the handsome sum of 1865, 927.
If all the forty-five states furnish
ed the companies an equal profit
upon their business, the companies
would realize net profit on the
years business Of nearly thirty
millions of dollars. This is a very
different result from the Juggling
of figures which adds together two
percentages of different things and
brings out a deficit. The insu-
rance companies must laugh 10
their sleeves at the peculiar figures
of our commissioner.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-05-10
PROCLAMATION.

By virtHe Of the authority vested in
me by law, l by this proclamation, order
that an election be held In the town Of
st. Martinville. at the Court House. BY
the duly qualified electors Of said town.
on Tuesday May 2Oth. being the third
Tuesday Of said month. for the election
of Mayor and FIVE Councilmen. to serve
for term Of two years.
Given under INV official signature. this
9Th day Of April 1902.
HIP. FOURNET, Mayor.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-05-10
LOUISIANA AROUSED.
Iberville South.

A conference of educators was
held at Baton Rouge, La, on April
10, to inaugurate and push a vigo-
rous campaign for better school
houses, a nine mouths term, i'm
proved teaching and an education
adapted to the needs of the rural
communities.
Governor Heard made a force
full speech in which he quoted Gov.
Gambler of Georgia, as saying that
local taxation for schools is the
mudsill of the public school sys-
tenn, and declared. that the local
tax fostered interest and pride in,
the schools, and a spirit of self
help. We welcomed the Southern
Education Board movement as
coming in the spirit of George
Peabody and McDonogh and said
that its efforts would have his ear
nest sympathy ana cordial sppro-
baton.
After a stirring address by Pre-
sident e. A. Alderman of Tulane
University, the conference organ
lied under the name of the State
Central Educational Committee
and issued an address to the peo-
pie of Louisiana. The campaign
will be pushed under the direc-
ton of this committee, of which
Gov. Heard and State Superinten-
dent Calhoun are members, and
the Southern Education Board,
through DIR. Alderman, will ac-
lively cooperate in the movement.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-05-10
1t Saved His Leg.

P. A. Danforth, of LAGRANGE,
Ga, suffered for six months with
a frightful running sore on his
leg: but writes that Backlen's Ar
MICA Salve wholly cured it in five
days. For Uclers, Wounds, Piles,
it's the best salve in the world.
Cure guaranteed. Only Csc. Sold
by 4. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-05-10
A Public Work Completed.
N. l. Enterprise.

From, an interview with Mr..
Geo. Broughton, the President OF
the Belle Place Drainage District,
we are enabled to give our readers
some idea of the important work
done by this Board. The Drain
age Canal starts at the low line OF
John M. Henshaw's property the
East side of the Bayou Teche and
from thence to Lake Fausse Polnte,
an arm of Grand Lake, a distance
Of seven miles. trsversing through
the woods and swamps about three
and one half miles in the rear of
the plantations of Fausse Pointe.
A canal the entire length has been
cut with an average width of thir-
ty feet at the Lake end and of ten
feet at the upper end or Henshsw's
line. There is yet one or two
small blocks to be cut out, when
the canal will be completed. This
is an enterprise long needed by
landowners of Fausse Pointe, and
already the good results can be
seen in the rapidity with which
heavy food rains disappear, leav-
ing the lands dry. Heretofore
there was no outlet and the rear
lands were practically useless and
could be entered only after extern
lded drougts. 1t is predicted tina,
ia five years these low lands viii
be cultivated in cane, corn snC
other crops, enhancing the value
Of these lands 500 per cent.
| Most of the work has been paiC
for from the revenues of the Boarf
derived from an acreage tax of l5t
per acre. There are yet some lat
erals to be made where the defec
tions of the canal necessitate them
but all these will be made in dut
time, and the objects of public
work will be fully carried out. W.
congratulate the Board upon Their
thorough aud rapid work. notwith
standing their inexperience ant
the many obstacles which the.
were forced to combat. To til,
energetic and intelligent efforts o
Mr.. Broughton and his confrerel
is due the phenomenal success at
tanned. A success that is in strik
ling contrast to the dilatory tactic
and discussions of other drainag'
districts which have accomplished
nothing.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-05-10
Old Soldiers Experience.

M. M. Austin, a civil war we're
ran, of Winchester, Ind, writes:
my wife was sick a long time in
spite Of good doctors treatment,
but was wholly cured by DR.. Kings
New Life Pills, which worked won-
ders for her health" They al
ways do. Try them. Only Csc at
7. j. Liable drug store.