Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-16
NEWS CON 10 E N AIIONS
Wednesday, Dec. Z. ]

ss<. Wednesday, Dec. u. As
The suspension is announced on the
New York Stock Exchange Of Joseph
Connah. It is said the liabilities are
not large. - ~ :t g. r.
+: A large batch of nominations was
sent to the senate by the president
Tuesday, many of them being recess
appointments, which included four cab
met positions. s~
Three thousand persons, including
many of. the best known members of
the theatrical profession, attended the
funeral of Mrs. George Henry Gilbert,
the actress, in New York city. TO-
The National Alliance of Amalga-
mated Painters, Decorator@a and Paper
Hangers has convened in New York
city for the purpose Of arranging If
possible combination with the Unit
ed States Brotherhood of Painters.
William Blake, aged sixty-one, a
we'll known lawyer, author, athlete
and advocate of physical culture. was
stricken with apoplexy at his home in
New York city Tuesday and died be-
fore a physician could be summoned.
He had been in the best of health.
Thursday, Dec. 8.
Howard Cole, former law partner
of ex-President Benjamin Harrison,
died Wednesday night at Indianapolis.
The November statement of the Brit
ish board of trade shows an increase
of $9,736,509 in imports and $15,377,.
500 in exports.
Special prayers are being offered for
~ fof-
of Dauphin, Cumberland and surround
ing Pennsylvania counties.
Charitable institutions in New York
city report that never before have
they been called upon to assist SO
great a number of unemployed men.
Charles Laird, an expert rifle shot
and winner of the International cham
pionship in 1879, is dead in Washing
ton as the result of stroke Of paral
ysis.
1t is officially announced by Presi
dent Thomas Of the I4ehigh Valley
|, Railroad company that NJ. B. Cutter
I has been appointed general manager
| Of the system
Friday, Dec. 9.
Father William Kroeger, the noted
| priest-healer,. died Thursday Of dropsy
at Epiphany, S. D.
Ccan1 Paul d'Abazo, former French
| consul at New Orleans and consul
| general at New York, is dead.
| Fred Hast, aged ffty-three, a promi
| nent brewer and resident Of Superior
| Wis, for fifteen years, dropped deaG
| ct his home Thursday evening OF hear
failure.
At St. Louis, Abe Attell of San Fran
cisco was given the decision Over
! Tommy Feltz of Savannah, Ca, at thu
| end Of their fifteen-round bout Thurs
day night.
| The Servian cabinet formed Wednes
| day under the presidency of Genera
| Gruice resigned Thursday, a confer
ence having developed doubts of it:
ability to command a majority of thu
| national assembly.
James Smith, Jr, as receiver, sol,
| at auction all the stock of the sub
siiiary COMPANIES of the United State
Shipbuilding company to George R
Sheldon, chairman Of the reorganiza
ton committee, for $350,000.
Saturday, Dec. 10.
| A strong earthquake was felt a
Lima, Peru, Friday morning.
The Peruvian government has callel
second extraordinary session OF con
gress to meet Immediately.
l Fire destroyed large part of tn
business district of Plymouth, Ill. tn
Christian church and seven bushes
houses were burned.
The wedding of Crown Prince Fred
erick William of Germany and tn
i Duchess Cecilia of Mecklenburg
Schwerin has been definitely fixed 70
the latter half of May.
| Viceroy Curzon arrived at Bomba,
i Friday from England and met will
an unusually cordial reception. Man,
of the native rulers travelled to BON
bay specially to welcome the viceroy
| James D. Hoge, one Of the oldes
telegraph operators in the Unite
States, who was connected with tn
Associated Press for many years, i
dead at GAINESVILLE, o., aged sixty-nin
years.
! Monday, Dec. II,
! Former Secretary of the Treasur