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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-12-15
The Spirit of
Christmas
By DIR. WORTH NJ. TZPPY

OF all the years festival days, Christ
mas is peculiarly the festival of love.
Easter commentaries the resurrection
Of Jesus 1t is our festival of life,
divine and immortal; for the power
that raised Christ from the dead has
passed into the lives of the millions.
1t comes with peculiar appropriate
nature is awakening to spring and
everywhere are warm winds, sunshine,
growth and beauty.
Thanksgiving is Our festival of Di-
vine Providence, celebrating the low
ing care of God over all that He has
made. 1t comes at the time when. in
agricultural communities, the earth's
fruitage has been garnered and the
years work draws to close 1t is q
good time in all pursuits to close the
books with God, and to bring to Him
the only possible return for His benefi-
cence, the gratitude and appreciation
of our hearts.
But Christmas is the climax of the
Christian year. 1t is our festival Of
love, and as such is it not beautifully
fitting that the day should be cele-
brated by the bestowment of gifts?
1t is as natural for love to give as for
birds to sing and for flowers to grow
yhe spirit of Christmas is the spirit
of giving This spirit takes hold upon
all classes of people, carrying into
every soul the sweetness and purity of
loves ministry. 1t lavishes gifts in
homes of wealth and it finds a way in
the direst poverty.
Christmas was the day when God
gave His richest gift to men-Jesus
the Christ-and that marvellous gift of
the ages has proved the inspiration
of the day and given birth to the
spirit of giving among men. And for
this reason let us give remembrances
to just as many people as we can af-
ford to give, to those of our own
homes, to our friends and to the poor.
It doesn't need to be much, so that
it is token of friendship. Remember
particularly the lives that are cast in
hard places. Lift a mortgage, pay a
debt, send check to the brave wom-
an who is fighting for her children.
Bring the young man or young woman
who is away from home to your own
fireside Send Christmas dinner
where you are, sure there would be a
scanty one if you did not send it.
The spirit of Christmas is love ex-
pressing itself in service. The love
Of God found it's expression in the gift
of a, Saviour to the world The love of
Christ found its expression in the gift
of a life of pure and unselfish service
to mankind He gave Himself to the
closest association with men so that
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-12-15

every man might take nearr IN the
struggle and have reasonable hope
OF being able to live likewise.
This gift of service is the best gift
which can be given to the world. And
this gift is within the reach of every
body. There is no excuse for those
who do not make it, None are too
busy to be friendly and none too great
to stoop to little kindnesses l once
thought there were natures that could
not be cordial, but l know now that it
was mistake. The most memorable
duty men ever have is to love and to
render services of love- 1t was one of
the last teachings of Jesus that we will
be judged at last by our attitude in
practical service to the sick, the op-
pressed, the stranger and to those who
lack the plainest necessities of food
and clothing.
But this spirit of Christmas which
is to find it's expression in the gift of
loving service is not the spirit of mere
benevclence. Kindness that is not in
spired by comradeship is not beautiful
at ALL 1t may be pity from a proud
heart, but that is not friendship, and
it is not the deep brotherly love of
Christianity. Men needs friends more
than they need aims. We all need
each others friendships. We are in
separately bound together as men of
one race and men of all races. The
powerful need the sympathy and rec
ognition of the humble, the rich of the
poor, and the cultured of the unrefned,
and for this reason the life which finds
its expression in unaffected and uni
versal friendship is the life which has
most nearly caught the spirit of Christ
and of Christmas. Let us give gifts,
and among them that larger gift of
loving service. Thus will the spirit
Of Christmas be shed abroad and make
the world brighter and better.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-12-15

Prof. Okakura Yosh1saburo, author
Of 1.-THE Japanese Spirit" thus de-
scribes the Japanese ideal of womanlv
beauty: "She is to possess a bodv
not much exceeding five feet in
height, with comparatively fair skin
and proportionately well-developed
nmps; a head covered with long,
thick and jet-black hair; an oval face
with a straight nose, high and mar
row; rather large eyes,. with large
deep-brown pupils and thick eye.
lashes; small mouth, hiding behind
its red, but not thin, lips; even rows
OF small white teeth; ears not alto
gether small, and long and thick eye
brows forming two horizontal but
slightly curved lines with space
left between them and the eyes. 2 z, as5s.s
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(Soene in printing Office in rural

(Soene in printing Office in rural
Texas.)
Printers Devil Through a. crack in
the sanctum dcor)-Thar's a dog-gone
cranky lookin' feller-citizen outside,
Cunnel, that says he shore wants to
see yo'.
The Editor Cooking up YEARLY and
apprehensively)-Dad burn it, what's
up now, Leander?
The Devil-Says he shore bound to
mop the flo with yo', Cunnel!
The Editor (brightening and reach
ing for his pistol)-Ah! Is that all?
I raik'n'd it was somethin' unpleasant,
and was shiverin' TO- fear he was
gwine to stop his paper! Tell the gen.
tleman to step right in, Leander!~
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-12-15

CHRISTMAS IN THE KLONDIKE.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
WILL NOT LEAVE BASE
Togo Awaiting Enemy Where Navlsa-
ton Is Specially Hazardous

Special Cable to The Herald
HONG KONG, May 10.-Admiral
Togo's whereabouts are not accurately
known except to the highest officials
in Toxic. He has been reported at
various points, from the Pescadores to
Sasebo, where he is said to be at
present.
The Japanese admiral is not likely
to leave his base. He will have every
advantage in fighting between For
mosa and Japan. The Ruikiu islands,
that stretch away to the northwest Of
Formosa will prove a dangerous trap
for the Russians. Navigation there is
peculiarly hazardous owing to the
many deceptive currents.
Meanwhile Rojestvensky is offering
large sums to pilots who know the
ways around the islands. His trans
ports are discharging cargoes into
smaller vessels, which will follow the
fleet.
When the Russians leave the French
Indo-China coast they will enter hos
tile seas They will find that the Jap
anese have strongly fortified and amp
ly provisioned the Pescadores for two
years. The strategic points on the is
lands are defended by heavy guns and
the forces In garrison number 5000.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
UNITED FLEETS
RULE THE SEA
BERESF0RD TELLS WHERE
THE POWER LIES
CRITICISES AMERICAN SHIPS
Considers That Togo Should Be Vic-
torious, and He Predicts Great
Slaughter If Rojestvensky
Meets Him
cRITICISES AMERICAN SHIPS
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
NEW YORK, May 10.-According to
Lord Charles Beresford, vice-admiral
of the British navy, who returned to
England today on the White Star liner
Oceanic, the balance of the worlds
naval power resides in the combined
fleets of America and England.
He said that, although the United
States had some excellent battleships,
their navy was more or less handi-
capped by many vessels which had
gone out of fashion and do not rank
with the highest class of sea fighters
found in the foreign navies.
Nevertheless, the combination of the
fleets of this country and Great Bri-
tain would command the peace of the
world.
Lord Beresford expressed the opin-
ion that, Japanese would be victorious,
owing to the superior Workmanship of
their gunners and their ability to out
maneuver the Russians. He prophe-
was a great slaughter.
For the battleship Missouri, on
which he spent several days, he ex-
pressed great admiration, declaring
that she had not an equal in the
world.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
TRAIN CREW DESCRIBES
THE APPALLING SCENES

Special TO The Herald.
HOBART, o. T., May IL, S;45 a. m.-
A train crew which took a special from
here last night to the wrecked town Of
Snyder returned here this morning,
bringing a partial report of the scenes
of horror in the hurricanes path.
They give heartrending descriptions
of the desolation which marks what re-
mains OF yesterdays happy and pros
porous community
The rescue trains were unable to get
close to the town owing to the wreck
age which strews the railway. The
wires of telegraph and telephone sys-
TENS are down and lay in an inextric-
able mass across the railway tracks.
The railroad men tell Of half clad and
demented people wandering about the
prairies calling alout the names Of
their dear ones.
Bodies of the dead lie on every hand.
Every cottage has its dead beneath
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
VIRGINIA HARMED
MUCH |NCENSED
INDIGNANTLY REJECTS GIFT
OF DIAMOND
HAS NO USE FOR TOE RING
Creator of TriIby Repudiates the Of
fering of an Admirer, Who
Wished Her to Wear 1t
In the Part
HAS NO USE FOR TOE RING
SpeciaI to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, May 10.-Virginia
Harmed, wife of Edward H. Sothern
and herself celebrated actress, is
exceedingly indignant at the act of
an admirer who presumed to send her
a diamond ring. The ring was in
tended to be worn on one of her toes
while playing the part of Trilby.
1t will be remembered that Miss
Harmed was the original creator of
this part in the United States, the first
performance being given at the Park
theater, Boston, March IL, 1895. Since
then Miss Harmed has appeared under
the Frohman management and also as
n member Of the A. M,sPalmer stogf
company.
She was born in Boston and made
her stage debut when sixteen years of
age. She was married to Mr.. Soth-
ern September 3, 1896.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
ARMOUR'S GRIP
IS SHAKEN OFF
MICHIGAN CENTRAL WILL USE
ITS OWN CARS
SHIPPERS TO PAY ONLY COST
Evidence Shows That When Exclusive
Contract for Icing Was Obtained
Charges Were Nearly
QuadrupIed
SHIPPERS TO PAY ONLY COST
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
CHICAGO, May 10.-The monopolis-
tic grasp which the Armour car lines
have had on the Michigan fruit trade
for some time past was effectually
broken today when the announcement
was made before the interstate COM
merce commission that the Michigan
Central railroad would hereafter use
it's own refrigerator cars and would
charge shippers the exact cost for
icing service
This pledge was made by Attorney
A. d. Shaw, representing the Michi-
gan Central, and resulted in the case
against the railroad being dismissed
by the commission.
The split between the Michigan Cen
trail and the Pere Marquette roads
came after an Intellectual attempt to
induce the commission merchants, and
later the interstate commerce COM
mission, to accept new schedule of
tariffs, making reductions of between
Is to 80 per cent in the icing charges.
for the commission men, declared to
be ridiculous, the former testimony
having shown that since Armour had
obtained the exclusive contract for
icing, charges have been advanced be-
tween 300 and 400 per cent.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
HOBART GIVES FIVE
HUNDRED AS THE FIGURE

BY Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 1.-THE
telephone operator at Hobart, 80 miles
north of Snyder, states that it is be-
lieved in Hobart that five hundred
people have been killed and injured.
Every one who can render assistance
in the capacity of physician, nurse or
other necessary work has gone on the
special train which left Hobart shortly
before o'clock. Nurses and physi-
clans have been called for at all the
towns possible to reach in that sec
tion Snyder is town of about 1900
people, located 40 miles west of Lawton
in Comanche county.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
ARKANSAS LEGISLATOR
CHARGED WITH BRIBERY
AssembIyman Sent to Jail for Alleged
Attempt at Cor
ruption

BY Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 10.-A special
form Little Rock, Ark, says c. E
Andrews, representative from Nevada
county, in the general assembly, and
editor of the Prescott Picayune, is In
the Pulaski county Jail, on the charge
of having received bribe and of offer
ing a bribe in connection with legis-
lation.
The information on which the war
rants were based was furnished the
prosecuting attorney by Representative
Simpson of Hampstead county, who
alleged that Andrews offered repre-
sentative Simpson $50. for his vote on
the Killough levee bill and that he
(Andrews) accepted a bribe of $1OO for
his vote on the same measure. Andrews
denies the charge.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
Rv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
GUTHRIE, o. T., May 10.-Late re-
ports from Hobart, o. T., and Chick
asha, 1. T., place the number Of dead
and injured in the tornado at Snyder,
o. T., at 800.
The storm broke over the town at II
o'clock at night, completely demolish-
ing it, as near as reports can be OBJ
tanned.
received at Hobart, o. T., by tele-
phone giving a bald statement of the
tornado having struck the town. The
wires, both telegraphic and telephone,
then went down, and no further news
has been obtained directly from Sny-
der.
1t is now impossible to reach Lawton
o. r., the nearest telephone exchange
to Snyder. and all telegraphic connec-
tions are reported down between thai
place and Snyder.
Rescue trains have been started from
Hobart, o. T., and Chickasha, 1. T.,
which will arrive at Snyder this morn
ing.
Reports from Chickasha, I. T., re-
cite details of special trains loaded
with physicians, nurses and assistants
which are leaving over the Frisco road
for Snyder, Okla. Estimates of sew
eral hundred killed and injured are
given, although no definite figures are
named.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
AN NT|-SEM|T|C
RIOTS RACED
LIST OF SLAUGHTERED STILL
INCREASING
MARTIAL LAW is PROCLAIMED
Jewish Circles Fear Further DeveIop-
ments All Along the Polish
Frontier, Where Hostile
Sentiment Is Strong
Ry Associated Press.

Ey associated freSS'
ST. PETERSBURG, May 11.-Accord-
ing to private advices from Zhitomir
the fruits of the anti-JeWish riots there
are sixteen dead and over one hundred
was proclaimed there today. The city
is filled with troops and order generally
is restored, though individual cases of
violence are still occurring and re-
evening and next Sunday. Stores,
which have been barricaded in fear of
tumults, are gradually reopening and
ordinary life in the city is being re-
sumed.
The same private advices bring news
of a further anti-Semitic outbreak in
Gostynin, in the province of Warsaw,
in which many Jews were injured and
houses pillaged. No fatalities are re-
ported, but Jewish circles here fear
further developments, not only in Zhit-
omir and Gostynin, but also in other
localities along the Polish frontier
and the anti-Semitic sentiment strong.
Say the Jews Started 1t
The official account of the zhltomir
tumult assigns the origin of the rioting
to an encounter between a party of
Jews who were boat riding and some
roughs on the bank of the river. The
latter stoned the Jews. who defended
themselves with revolvers, wounding
several of the attacking party, but not
seriously. Reports of the encounter.
quickly eprsading, aroused the Christ
ian populace to frenzy. The Jews also
banded together for mutual protection,
and, though a general encounter was
prevented by the troops, several minor
riots occurred, in one of which Jew
ish boy was killed and several persons
were wounded The disorder culmln-
ated on May in a pitched battle be-
tween Jews and Christians in the pub
lie square In the center OF the city.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
FIFTY KILLED, ONE
HUNDRED INJURED,
MRAH WAY WRECK
PASSENGER STRIKES DYNAMITE CARS
Western Express on the Pennsylvania Road Is
Destroyed by Explosive Escape
Death or Wounds in Disaster

authorities, to seize one Of the hotels
and turn it into temporary hospital.
The following are among the in
jured:
Harry Spritzer, F'innburg, critical.
George Crabbe, Pittsburg, badly cut
and bruised.
Charles de Forest, Cleveland. O.,
seriously hurt internally, cut and
bruised.
H. L. Harmon, Pittsburg, arm
broken, cut and bruised.
Charles Johnson, Philadelphia, badly
cut and burned.
Robert G.. Daugherty and little son,
Philadelphia, seriously injured.
E. B. Otstot, Chicago, cut and
bruised.
A. R. Dupost, Elizabeth, N. ].
F. L. vandeman, New York, cut and
bruised.
]. R. Phillips, Pittsburg, will die.
Charles Donnelly, Pittsburg, cut.
-. Eberly, New York, internally
injured, may die.
olOIHelliIeI, 4NSW ioihB ihtOl
nally hurt, will die.
A. G. Cope, Pittsburg, cut and
bruised.
H. S. Watson, Clearfleld, cut on
hands.
w. II. Valentine, Pittsburg, head cut.
Charles Johansen, Pittsburg, cut and
scalded.
The engineer of the passenger train,
H. X. Thomas of Philadelphia, was
killed outright. The fireman, R. R.
Dickey of Philadelphia, was only slight
ly injured.
A. L. Crosby, conductor, was in
jured
Train No 49, which was wrecked, was
west-bound and is known as the Cleve-
land and Cincinnati express. 1t left
Philadelphia at 11:5O Wednesday night
and was due at Harrisburg at 1870 a. m
and at Pittsburg at a. m.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
MANY PROMINENT PERSONS
AMONG THE PASSENGERS

AS fast as the injured who were able
received attention they were sent
away. They were taken to hotels and
private houses, whose occupants in a
great many cases threw open their
doors to the distressed.
Pathos indescribable characterized
the scenes about the wreck. Husbands
separated from wives and little chill
dren bereft of their parents sought
their friends among the dead and dy-
ing. Sometimes they succeeded in find
ing their loved ones among the slight
ly injured, or even among those I'M
scathed, but many were found among
the bodies in the temporary morgue at
the Paxtang plant. In many instances
they failed to find them at all, either
because the bodies were still buried in
the smoking debris or We're so badly
burned as to be unrecognizable.
Among the passengers were many
of prominence. Mr.. and Mrs. Tindell,
the latter a daughter of Senator Knox,
were among those reported injured at
an early hour this morning.
Mrs. Albert ]. Barr and two daugh-
ters, of the family of the editor of the
Pittsburg Post, were among those
slightly injured and were taken to the
Harrisburg hospital. Their condition
is not critical. Mrs. Barr personally
asked the newspapermen to make this
statement
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
BODIES SCATTERED ABOUT
THE STREETS OF SNYDER

BY Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, May lit is
reported from Hobart via Chickasha
that between $50 and 400 people are
dead at Snyder and that bodies are
scattered all over the streets and sur
rounding country.
The storm struck the town from
the southwest. travelling north until
about 100 yards of the Oklahoma City
and Western railroad tracks. Then it
took a northeasterly course through
the business portion of the town. North
Of the track not a building is left
standing. The first relief train sent
from Hobart has arrived on the
scene.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
SHERIFF SHOOTS DESPERATE
Virginia Officer Arrests Man Charged
With Three Murders
BY Associated Press.

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, May TO-
George H. Wright. for whose capture
there is a reward of $4,000 for killing
three men at Provo, Utah, was ar
rested at Williamson after desperate
battle with officers. Marshal Johnson
was shot in the leg during the fusillade.
Wright has been working at William
son In coal mine. He is charged with
having murdered Alfred Wilson. Albert
Hayes and Andrew Jackson, who settled
on his ranch at Provo. Utah. He fled
and was not heard from until located
at Williamson.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
HARRISBURG, May II, $3.50 a. m.-
The western express on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, known as the Cleveland
Cincinnati express, crashed into a
freight train which contained two cars
of dynamite early this morning at
South Harrisburg, and the explosions
that followed brought death to fifty
persons and grave injuries to at least
100 more. The passengers numbered 1863,
and nearly every one was killed or in
jured.
Both trains were piled in mass of
wreckage, which at once took fire. The
flames from the blazing mass were so
fierce that rescuers who hurried to the
spot, attracted by the noise of the ex-
plosion, were unable to approach the
pyre of the dead and injured.
Following the crash of the wreck,
three distinct explosions were heard.
The spread of the flames caused sew
eral later blasts, adding to the fierce
ness of the blaze and increasing the
number of casualties.
AS the smoke rolled from the wreck
the forms of men and women could be
seen beneath the timbers which had
formed the passenger cars, and their
cries for help were piteous
The wreck was caused by a smaller
wreck to the freight train, which was
eastbound Passing the plant of the
Paxtang Electric company, near Cedar
street, an air hose burst, and several
cars in the middle of the train buckled
up and fell across the passenger tracks
at the side.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
MIDNIGHT TORNADO
BRINGS LlNE7ERALDED
DEATH TO HUNDREDS
RESCUE TRAINS RUSHING TO SCENE
Pitiful Call for Succor Comes From Stricken City.
Specials Carry Scores of Physicians and
Nurses Hurrying in Response to Cry

the wreckage and the streets are
strewn with bodies.
The first work of the physicians and
nurses was to establish temporary
field hospitals, which were almost i'm
mediately filled with injured.
When the trainmen left Snyder the
work of collecting the injured was
progressing slowly.
They can place no reliable estimate
on the number of the dead.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
SKIPPER MAKES CHARGE
Says Captain of Rival Ship DeIlber-
ately Rammed His Vessel
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
VICTORIA, b. c., May 10.-Charges
have been forwarded to Ottawa by
Captain Johnson, of the river steamer
Mount Royal. through the Merchant
Service Guild of Victoria, alleging that
Captain Bonser, a rival skipper of the
Hazelton. deliberately and maliciously
rammed his vessel on the Skeena river
and also at past date performed a
similar act on the Ramona in the Fraser
river.
Further charges have been made that
Captain Bonser endeavored to induce
CATION in order to precipitate disaster
to a rival vessel
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
Incorporates carensIe Fund

BY AssocIated Fress.
ALBANY, N. Y, May 10.-The $10,-
900, 900 Carnegie fund to establish a
retiring pension fund for college teach
ers was formally Incorporated today
with the secretary of state. The name
of the corporation is the Carnegie
Foundation. Its principal office is in
New York city
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
ANXIOUS ONES SEEK
NEWS OF THEIR FRIENDS

capped from the wreck began fiocking
to the newspaper offices to ask that it
be published that they had escaped in
jury, so that their friends might be
relieved Of anxiety. Among these was
Charles w. Stranglon of Baltimore. su-
preme chief Of the Brotherhood Of Gas
Inpectors, Car Builders and Railroad
Mechanics OF America.
Samuel Schubert of New York, man
ager of the Lyric theater. jumped out
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