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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-05-29
THUNDER MOUNTAIN,

Reports from the New Thunder Nounta1n
Gold Fields grow steadily better. There WIN
undoubtedly be great rush into the disaxict
this year. Last year the news concerniu9
tho new discoveries Of milling orc ~
only begun to leak out and before Octubar
more than %, 900 claims were filed.
From every quarter there viii be peopl,
going to Thunder Mountain. and all YIN
want reliable information as to tho best rouho
and how soon the trail will BE- open. Many
who cannot 20 viii want to invest in q rood
property there, and the time to do that II nov
when money is needed for mine equipment,
The Thunder Mountain Gold Mining and
Milling Company has splendid property Q(
lao acres, across which there is hemeudouo
vein Of free-mil!in4 ore 80 feet wide and rum
ming right into Rainbow Peak. Mr.. Char3oo
]. Perkins, General Manager of the Company.
spent al Last summer In the district he b
now at the Componys eastern Offices In New
York, where he win remain until some time
in May purchasing equipment and describing
TIE property to all who wish to buy share@
the district and makes it point to answer
az questions about it, without charge, 20 that
all who are interested NAV write and get thia
Information free and at first hand.
The Company which Mr. Perkins repre-
eents made its first public Offering of stock in
0o-cAy 1Au ~ "etAy SUBSCRIPTIONS nave 0oo0
received that a great deal of the equipmeut
tor the mine has been purchased and prepared
for shipment as soon as the way is opened for
travel
It is estimated that fully three millions Of
dollars of machinery and equipment is now
on the way to Thunder Mountain for various
companies One OF the companies sold stock
q year ago at 50 cents share and now It =
not to be bought for $500 per share Thirty
other mines are opened and are getting ina
richer ore every day.
Tho property which this Company owns h
second to none in the district, and the more
one learns about it and its officers the greater
the desire becomes to own some Of its stoclr.
For information regarding it, price of shares,
etc., write to
THUNDER MOUNTAIN CONSOLIDATED GOLD
MINING AND MILLING COMPANY.
New York Lie Building, New York CITY.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-05-29
SUPPORTS HIS CHARGES.
Postoffce Clerk Says Promotions Were
Obtained Through PoIitical Pull.

Postof'ce clerk says Promotions Were
Obtained Through Political Pull.
New York, May 26.-Charges sup.
ported by documentary evidence that
promotions in the New York postof-
flee have been secured through po-
litical Influences have been made to
Postmaster General Payne by Louis
M. Enrich, for eight years a clerk in
the general postofhce.
Enrich was dismissed May q, after
trial on charge of being absent
thirty-five days without leave Enrich
produces letter from Charles K
1.exow, his district leader, explaining
that as others had been more active
than he, their names stood at the head
of the list of applicants for increase
of salary. Favored employees, he says,
received increases of 5000 a year,
while he had only one increase in eight
years.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-05-29
HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS.
Terrific Rain Storm Causes Devasta.
ton in Oklahoma.

Terrific Rain Storm Causes Devasta.
ton in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City, Okla. May 26.-A
terrible rain storm has blockaded
traffic, flooded the cities and caused
terrible devastation throughout the
territory. Oklahoma City Is prac-
tically under water. The Choctaw,
Oklahoma and Gulf and Santa Fe
roads are blockaded. Tomatoes did
frightful damage in various parts of
the territory.
At Foss, in Washita county, the rain
was overwhelming and the city en-
tirely flooded. It was the twenty
fourth consecutive day of rain at Guth-
RE.
At Enid q cloudburst did $4,000;
damage. Hundreds were rendered
homeless and dozens were injured.
several fatally.
Another tornado and cloudburst at
Yukon did thousands of dollars dam
age and rendered hundreds homeless.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-05-29
AN OFFICIAL ESTIMATE.
Nine Hundred Thousand Sheep Lost
in Montana Blizzard.


Helena, Mont, May 23.-Statistics
compiled by President T. C. Power of
the state board CT sheep commission
ers fixes the fetal number of sheep lost
in the recent blizzard at 100000.
Up to the time of the storm 100000
had frozen in the snow of previous
billiards., making the grand total of
100000 lost in Montant since De-
cember. At an average of $3.50 this
means a monetary loss of $3,750,000.
Professor A. c.. Collier of the Boze-
man agricultural college has received
word that district forty miles square.
situated east of Forsythe, is pestered
by the Rocky mountain grasshopper,
which has eaten up everything.
Cattle h ave to be removed from the
infected sections, as there is nothing
cor them to feed on.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-05-29
FIRE LOSS OF $1,000, 900.

Philadelphia Warehouse Filled With
Merchandise Destroyed.
Philadelphia, May 26.-A fire that
IS estimated to have caused a loss of
upwards of 100000 occurred Sunday
evening in the building of the Front
Street Warehousing company. The
building was three stories high in
front and five stories in the rear and
had two subcellars. Merchandise Of
a general character was stored in the
place.
The building was owned by Jacob
Wiseman and was valued at SIS, OO0
Three f1remen were injured, two Of
them sustaining fractured shoulder
blades.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-05-29
FOR TAKING. A BRIBE
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
MILLER UNDER ARREST
At WASHINGTON.

money From IOfT lnveetment
Company for a Decision Allowing
Them Use of the Mails-Prisoner
Valves Examination and 10 Released
on Bonds Of $500.
Washington, May Postmaster
General Payne has summarily dismiss.
ed Daniel v. Miller, assistant attorney
in the Office Of the assistant attorney
general for the postof1ce department.
for accepting a bride in connection
with the case Of John ]. Ryan & Co..
charged with fraudulent use Of the
mails. A warrant has been issued fo1
Miller's arrest -..~
Another warrant has been Issued for
the arrest of man who is charged
with being the partner or a go-between
in the transaction. A postoffice in.
spector has gone West from Cincinna.
tt to effect the arrest. The bride is
alleged to have been accepted at Gin.
cinnati last December.
Miller came here from Terre Haute
Ind, about two years ago. He was
appointed by Former Assistant Attor.
ney General James N. Tyner.
The charge against Miller has been
under investigation for three months.
The Ryan company was a turf invest.
ment concern which operated at St.
Louis and Covington, KY. It's meth.
DDS and working operations are said
to be similar to those of the Arnold
company, which has figured conspic-
uously in the postoffice investigation.
The Ryan company was the bene-
f1ciary under a decision Of the assist
ant attorney general of the postoff1ce
department, made several months ago,
subsequent to the decision in the Ar
mold case and couched in practically
the same terms as that decision.
Were Free to Use the Mails.
Those decisions declared the con.
Germs reCed to be free to use the
mails. The Arnold decision, it is
stated, was signed by Assistant Attor.
ney General Tyner and the Ryan de-
cision by George A. Christiancy, the
law clerk of the department, who was
then acting assistant attorney general
on account of Mr. Tyner's protracted
illness. Mr.. Christiancy was at the
postoffice department on a summons
from the department and was closely
examined regarding the case.
1t is stated that the amount offered
Miller as bride aggregated several
thousand collars and was in the form
Of cash, followed by a check. This
payment is alleged to have taken place
in Cincinnati, so the case will be
tried there, probably in the October
term Of the court
Miller was taken to the city hall at
night and placed under arrest by a
deputy marshal. He waived examina-
ton and was released on $1,000 bonds
for appearance in court at Cincinnati
next autumn. The warrant, it was
learned. charges conspiracy instead of
bribery, as first reported.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-05-29
FIFTEEN ARE KILLEL
SERIES OF DISASTROUS lorna
DOES SWEEP OVER SOUTH
ERN NEBRASKA. IL.

10 Blown to Pieces-Many peopi.
Seek Safety In Cellars and Escap.
Serious Injury.
Hastings, Neb.. May 26.-A- serie'
Of heavy storms, two Of which de
voloped into the worst tornadoes thai
have visited Southern Nebraska TO,
years. passed over portions of Clay
new steel elevators, with a storage ca
night. Fifteen persons lost thei1
lives, twenty odd were more or less
seriously injured and a number O,
others received minor injuries. Every
dwelling and outbuilding in the path
of the tornado was blown to pieces,
and the financial loss thus far &C.
counted for will reach about $780, 900.
The dead are: Daniel McCurdy,
Robert McCurdy, Mrs. John Wehlever,
Mrs. Earl Bacon. Mrs. c. A. Triple,
near Norman; Lutheran minister,
name unknown; Mrs. John Peters,
Mrs. Chris. Lamers and mother, near
Upland; Mr.. and Mrs. James Muman
and child, Frank Quigg, Flaro Palmer
and John Palmer Of Pauline.
Near Norman, at the home of Daniel
McCurdy, number of relatives and
friends were spending the day and
not an inmate escaped death or serious
injury. Two miles south of Upland,
German Lutheran services were being
held in schoolhouse when the storm
struck and demolished it, killing four
of the occupants, including the minis.
ter, and injuring number of others.
People Were Warned.
The storm was equally destructive
at Fairfield, but the people were
warned of its coming and sought eel
lars for safety. Six dwellings were
blown to pieces at that place but their
occupants, with few exceptions, es-
capped injury.
There were two tornadoes, both
originating within a. mile Of Fairfield.
The first one moved to the north
west and the second off to the south
west The one to the northwest
passed close to the town of Pauline,
killing six persons. Southeast of
Norman, Neb, three persons living in
the same house were killed. Many
members of farmers families in the
track of the storm fed from their
homes, while others sought shelter in
cellars. Farmers driving to town re-
port that they were unable to find
members of their families from whom
they were separated during the storm
The nine members of the family of
Peter Hockinson were scattered in the
storm, but were reunited late in the
day. The Hockinson home was CARED
away and completely demolished.
The heaviest individual loss re-
ported is that suffered by Charles Tay-
10y, who places the damage to his
stock farm, including cattle and horses
killed, at $4,000. The two school
houses were destroyed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-05-29
NEGRO HostIer Dies Of Chambers.

Newark, N. j., May 26.-Glanders
has caused the death of Simon Wilson,
col0red, a stableman in this city. This
Is the second case recorded here in
which this disease peculiar to horses
has attacked a human being. The
other case is that Of Alfred Meyer,
who Il in tho last stages Of the dis
ease; s=
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-05-29
IOWA TOWN VISITED.

Tornado at Roife Kills Man and ia.
tally Injuries Child.
Des Moines, May ga tornado
struck the town of Rolfe, seventy
miles west of here, killing Fong Too, a
laundryman, fatally injuring a child
and wrecking the State bank building,
Crayon's general store, the Hotel de
Main and one other building. Several
residences were damaged.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-05-29
DEMAND ONE DOLLAR WHEAT

Farmers Are Advised to Hold on Tor
an Increase.
indianapolis, May 26.-The Ameri-
can Society of Equity has issued a
pamphlet to the farmers of the West
urging them to hold their wheat.
They claim that the farmer is en-
titled to 81 per bushel delivered in
Chicago for his wheat and that he is
foolish to sell it under that price.
They tell the farmers to hold the
wheat and compel the Chicago traders
to pay for it despite the laws Of supply
and demand. H..
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-05-29
SIX PERSONS KILLED.
sawmiII Boiler Expiodes at Wilcox,
Louisiana.

Louisiana.
Plaquemine, La, May 26.-One Of
the boilers of Wilson & Cochran's
sawmill at Wilcox, near Warrington
station, exploded during the day, kill
ing six persons.
The dead are: William E. Pearson,
white, laborer; James Victor, Phillip
Archer, William Hill, Richard Hill,
Joseph Thomas.
Nine others are seriously injured
and it is thought that two of them
will die. No cause is given for the
EXPLOSION.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-05-29
BATTLE RACES THIRTY HOURS,
Hundred and Fifty Macedonian lnsur.
gents Killed.

Vienna, May 26.-About $50 Mace
donian insurgents were killed at the
village Of Smerdesh, south of the Lake
of Presba, May 81, according to a dis
patch to the Neue Freie Presse from
Salonica. The insurgents, who had
possession of quantities of dynamite,
sought refuge in the village and were
attacked by Turkish troops. The
fighting lasted for thirty hours and
ultimately all the houses were burned
or blown up by dynamite by the
Turks. One hundred and fifty bodies
we're found in the ruins.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-05-29
EIGHT THOUSAND HOMELESS.
Big Fire RACES in the Tondo Distric
of Manila

Manila, May 21.-Two thousand ma.
tive houses have been destroyed BY
fire In the Tondo district of Manila.
About 5000 persons are homeless and
are being fed and sheltered by the mu.
snicipality. The damage 10 estimated
e. 1000. 900 pesos. -.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-02-12

knowledged that Jesus was the Christ
in being buried with him in his name,
showing their repentance and then was
the gift of the Holy Ghost promised TO
them. But, Cornelius life shows that
he had accepted the John baptism and
his working righteousness brought to
him full salvation (Acts K, 35.)
The Word says: Neglect not the
gift that is in thee, which was given
thee by prophecy, with the laying on
of the hands OF the presbytery" Il Tim.
iv, 14.) l am ready for holy men Of
the kingdom to give the outward sign of
the inward work.
We are indeed all master builders, so
to speak, and Gods word says for us to
grow in grace aud in the knowledge Of
the truth QI Peter iii 49, But as it is
with the bee so 1t is with Gods chill
dren, they can only grow so big till
they must get into another state, and
in this state, praise God, we can grow
forever. OF all the growths that /
know of in all the kingdom known to
to men the spiritual kingdom is the
slowest. Sometimes we worry about
the growth of the animal and vegetable
as we'll as. the business kingdom. What
do you suppose God thinks Of our puny
growth and development in his spiritu-
al kingdom?.
GRO BE CoETINUED)
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-02-12
F. e. B.

We heard man say the other morn
ing that the abbreviation for February
Feb. means freeze everybody, and
that man looked frozen in his ulster
1t was apparent that he needed the
kind of warmththa stays, the warmth
that reaches from head TO foot, all over
the body. We could have told him
from personal knowledge that Hoods
Sarsaparilla gives permanent warmth,
it invigorates the blood and speeds it
along through artery and vein, and re-
ally fits men and women, boysand girls,
to ENJOY cold weather and resist the at
tacks of disease. Itgives the right kind
of warmth, stimulates and strengthens
at the same time, and oil it's benefits
are lasting. There may be sugges-
tion in this for you.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-02-12
Constitutional Amendments.

The house has passed the bill intro
duced by Mr., Romile, submitting at
the regular election in November, 1904,
the nine amendments to the constitution
proposed by the last general assembly.
The amendments submitted in effect
are as follows:
/. To make the governors term four
years aud making him ineligible more
than eight years in any term OF twelve
2. To have the people elect the secl Q.
tary Of state for four years.
3. To strike out circuit and chancery
court so that they no longer be constitu-
tional courts.
4. TO make sheriffs, trustees and reg
istrars' terms four years, and make
them ineligible to succeed themselves.
5. To elect treasurer and comptroller
by the people for four years.
8. To provide for local road and fence
laws.
Z. To permit cities and counties tC
exempt manufacturing concerns from
taxation for ten years.
s To limit indebtedness which cities
and counties may incur to 10 per cent
of the value of taxable property.
0. To permit cities and counties tC
levy special assessments for local I'M
provements.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-02-12

are ye if We do them" John xiii, 17.)
Riches will never be in your way
when you get Christ on top, The stone
must be at the head of the corner.
! praise God for the intelligence that
no spiritual gift has ever been or ever
will be impaired to man by man. Paul
says II planted Appollas, watered, but
gave the increase" Il Cor. iii, o. You
may be Gods drummer, but God will
furnish the goods. Excuse me, please,
for don't think God has any among
the modern drummers, for they tell me
they won't stay all night where beer
and whisky is not sold. We have Gods
word for it that every act Of man to or
for man is but an outward sign of an
inward work of Gods grace in the soul
in imparting some divine, holy gift Il
Peter iii, 21.) So, when any human
soul, white or black, bound or free, Jew
or Gentle, heaththen or Gods chosen
seed, repents and believes on Christ
they are born again, born Of the spirit,
born from above (St. John iii, 81, and
it is at this point that they always de-
mand the outward sign OF the inward
work (Acts ii, 49, And when Cornell
US and as many as believed at his house
received the gift of the Holy Ghost
Peter commanded that they be baptiz-
ed in the name Of the Lord (New YER
sion "Lord Jesus "). And why in
Christ's name only? Because Peter is
preaching the gospel of the kingdom
and Jesns Christ is the new king. To
establish this fact we refer all readers
to Acts i, 1-9, where this gospel of the
kingdom started (Acts ii, 3s; viii. 16;
K, As; xix, 81 The Jews had SO ac-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-02-12

then assured of the fact that / would
receive the eldership in the same way,
ano my very soul longed and thirsted
for the blessing. And while in the
field of battle for the Lord, preaching
the gospel of the kingdom after-I had
obeyed the spirit of the Lord as de-
manded of me, / was ordained or COM
missioned by Gods spirit an elder in
God invisible spiritual kingdom. The
blessing came as did the power to write
the book, on Gods wireless telephone,
in direct answer to prayer for just what
wanted. The blessed gift was receiv-
ed December 80, 1909, and January /,
1908, being the same night in the week
in which Christ set his table / set my
first table in the same room where | re-
ceived the gift Of God Cor. XII, 31.) In
this home there are three out of five that
have been sanctified and the younger
daughter is the most earnest seeker l
ever saw not to get the blessing. She
went to the Lords table and humbled
herself to wash the saints feet Il Tim.
V, 1O) My second table was spread at
the church at Neva, Tenn, and I>feel
it my duty to mention two characters
that were In that, the most precious
service Of my life. washed an old
brothers feet that was eighty four
years old, and quite young married
lady, whose husband is probably worth
two or three hundred thousand dollars,
knelt at the altar of communion and
engaged in the foot-washing after sup
per. "If ye know these things happy
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-02-12

when they had laid their hand on him
and prayed and pronounced him an
ordained elder in the church of God he
said to them, "Brethren, / don't feel
that you have added any power to me.
No, never, for it is by his spirit that
every gift is bestowed. So l thought l
would like to be ordained in the same
way Matthew Henry was, to preach the
word and hold communion services as
l see it should be done. When ] heard
DR.. Power from Washington, d. O.,
preach at Milligan l thought him a
very deep spiritual man and l felt like
l would love for he and Brother W. G.
Barker to ordain me. So spoke to
Brother Aaron Ferguson and Brother
Power in regard to it and Brother
Power said to me, "Brother Anderson,
you will have to first attach yourself to
our church before 1 can ordain you. "
SO turned away from him, as be-
lieve in the one body which is an entire
spiritual body. So gave up the idea
in despair OF being ordained by any
men or parties. 1t was left for Brother
Wallace Tharp to set me on the right
track when he gave me the chastise-
ment on writing the little book, "Two
Works of Grace, and Gods Hand in
it ALL" What a blessing and light did
that chastisement bring to me. 1t not
only put me on my knees more and
longer than ever, but it kept food out
of my mouth for three days at time.
You may keep the outside world from
knowing you fast, but you can't keep
your own family from knowing it.
When I received the gift of writing
the book on November 25, 1902, I was
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-02-12
PLAIN PROOF.
What This Gentleman Says Is
a Mere Statement of Facts.

No one can have any reason for dis
senting from the particulars and proofs
which follow, for veri6cation of the
same is within easy reach of every res.
ident of this vicinity. That Doan's
Kidney Pills promptly and effectually
cure kidney complaints is substantial
ed not only in this particular case, but
by all who have given them fair trial.
Testimony likewise shows that you do
not have to take them indefinitely to
be cured.
Walter McLachlin, q machine hand,
employed at J. Holiday & Sons plan
ing mill, Wheeling, W. Va, address
3OS2 Jacob street, says; "Had I not
used Doan's Kidney Pills when 1 did
would not be alive now. I was in a
terrible condition, and although I took
quarts OF medicine I got no better, but
worse. Friends spoke of my bad ap-
pearance and thousands knew about it.
/ could hardly get around, and felt and
looked like o dead man more than q
living one. Doan Kidney Pills were d
blessing to me, half box relieved me,
three boxes entirely cured me and now
l feel as though my back was as strong
as that of any horse in Wheeling. /
would rather have a box of Doan's Kid
ney Pills than the services of all the
doctors in the state"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y, sole agents for the q. s.
Remember the name-D Doan's- and
take no other.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-02-12

Homeseekers excursions via the Mis-.
souri, Pacific Ry. and Iron Mountain
Route Tickets on sale February Sd
and 18th, March Sd aud nth, April 7th
and eist, to Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma
and Indian Territory. Write the un-
dersigned for reliable information as to
rates, routes, etc. Great depends on
your getting a good start. The Iron
Mountain Route is the way to 20 to
Texas. No change of cars. Write and
tell me where you are going, how many
there will be in your party, and where
you will board the train, and then give
YOU all the information necessary for
you to make the trip safely and com
fortably. l. Z. Rehlander, Travelling
Passenger Agent, No. 1S West 9th St.,
Chattanooga, Tenn. ap20