Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-09
Fridav, Jan, 2,

ftCav, Jan. &.
Count Lamsdortf, Russian minister
of foreign affairs, has left Vienna for
St. Petersburg.
The gold product of the Black Hills
mines for 1902 was $8,373, 1892, against
$500. 900 for 1901.
Colonel Phil Shenon. a pioneer of
Montana and one Of the best known
mining men of that state, was thrown
from his wagon and killed.
DR.. George R. Weeks. native of
Ohio, who took notable part in the
Civil war. is dead at his home in Los
Angeles, aged seventysix years.
The total receipts at the New York
postoffice in 1902 for stamps, box rents,
etc., was $12,425. 1875 The same
sources in 1901 yielded a revenue of
$11 ,102.a21.
Congressman Corona, editor of the
Cubano Libre, shot and instantly killed
Senior Insula. edit0r of the Republica,
at Santiago. Cuba. Both men were
prominent politicians.
Saturday, Jan. 3.
Isaac s. George. eighty-four years
old. financier and banker, died at his
home in Baltimore Friday.
Eleven children have been aban-
doned in Chicago during the past
week. OF these. four were infants.
Crown Prince Frederick William of
Germany has accepted an invitation of
the car to visit his majesty at St.
Petersburg in the middle of January.
The Dutch steamer Dordrecht, from
Pensacola Dec. % for Bremen, has ar
rived at Hamilton, Bermuda, In dis
tress. The cargo in the fore hold is
on fire.
Partial returns from the consular
districts indicate that Germany's ex-
ports to the United States increased
in 1902 by about $5,OOO,000 over those
of 1901.
Thomas Macpherson, one of the
oldest shipbuilders in this country,
who had 4 hand in building the cup
winning YACHT -HlI2i;c: half a century
agu. is Aruu at his home in Williams
burg. n. y.
Moio5ay, tar. 5.
TIL strike t.: }-'.h, rubber workers
at Chicago has ended.
Pierre I.utti;Ie. l,,aUrr Of the French
Postriets, died in l>;u!>; Sunday.
Charles Childs, pioneer resident OF
Nebraska, died at Omaha Sunday,
aged eighty-seven years.
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close Of bust
ness Dec 81, 1902, the debt, less cash
in the treasury. amounted to $947,-
164,679.
A syndicate of New York interests
has been formed for the purpose of buy
ing the Brockville, Westport and Sault
Ste. Marie railroad in Canada.
The disturbances in the interior of
China are spreading. Five thousand
troops have been sent to suppress the
disorders in the province OF Chekiang
Cornelius Vanderbilt is so far on
the road to recov cry from his recent at.
tack of typhoid fever t!fat he is MAX.
ing plans for a cruise in foreign waters
next month
Tuesday, Jan. 6.
James NJ. PyOtt, one of Chicago s
pioneer builders and iron manufacture.
ers. is dead
W. : ~ L 1o"Cl, a i1ioilCCI ICoitlClit
OF Minnesota. is dead at St. Paul, aged
Lightweight years.
Brigadier General Eli Long of Plain
field, n. j.. is dead. He served in the
Civil war and was twice brevetted for
gallantry
Senator Lodge has introduced bill
suspending for period of ninety days
the duties on coal imported into the
United States.
a. A. Sifert, prominent business
man of Eddyville Ia, was. found in the
rear of his residence frozen to death
He had been i'll.
Governor Dslrbin of Indiana has mott
fed the city officials of Muncie that
prize fights in the guise of boxing ex
hibitions will not be tolerated.
Just as he resumed his seat at the
conclusion of a speech accepting the
presidency of the Woonsocket Or. ~
board of aldermen Emmanuel Ii. Sim.
mons expired in his chair.