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Evening star., 1907-11-03
The Farmers Turnips.

A. Barton Hepburn. at the convention
of the American Bankers Association at
Atlantic CITY, said Of certain argument:
But that argument fails to cheer On
the contrary. 1t nlls US with gloom and
foreboding. 1t is like the cry. intended
to be reassuring that came to the farmer
across the turnip field.
"a farmer. on frosty autumn after
noon, went out into his turnfp field and
began to gather turnips The early sun
sank in the west. and, as the blush dusk
came on the farmer perceived at the
other end Of the field two men who. lay
ing down a bag, began to dig with frantic
haste.
1.-THE farmer watched the pair in some
perplexity. What could they be doing?
And he was Just putting his hand to his
cheek to shout and ask them their bust
ness. when one of them rose up and
yelled. loudly and reassuringly:
Don't let US disturb you; we are only
prigging a few ourselves"
Evening star., 1907-11-03
Strange Troubles.

R. L. Ditmars, curator of the New
York zoo, has had his lungs slightly af-
fected through his efforts to eradicate
consumption among the zoo monkeys.
'It Is but a small affection" said Mr.
Ditn1ars to a reporter. "A month in the
mountains will make me all right again
I am not at all worried. We all have
our troubles. you know. Some of US have
the strangest troubles"
He smiled
1.-TWO deaf mutes were conversing." he
went on.
well said the first mute philo-
sophicaily, we all have our troubles
How true that is,' said the second. !
have to tie my wife's hands every night
SO she won't talk in her Sleep"
Evening star., 1907-11-03
The Washington Turk.

Ex-Mayor j. NJ Head of Nashville said
the other day that where municipal rot
tenness existed nearly always some great
CORPORATION was the cause
'Cherchez la femme we used to say"
he went on. Now we should say, Look
for the corporation when a public man
goes wrong.
Hence these corporations have become
suspicious things-suspictous as the young
turkey OF which the maid said:
Isn't 1t strange? In cleaning this
turkey I found an old-fashioned Georeo
Washington spoon"
Evening star., 1907-11-03

deal Of surprise. Two canvassers fell
Into talk about 1t.
gins said the first Instead of Just
shaking hands with a voter in the ordi-
nary way. he rushes up and grabs the
mans two hands. shaking them long and
warmly
said the other canvasser.
"'Overdoing it? No, indeed It may
look like OVERRIDING it. but Juggins knows
his way about. AS long as he holds both
the fellows hands, he knows his purse is
safe"
Evening star., 1907-11-03
Iethodical Cordiality.

DR.. A. F. w. Ingram. the. Bishop of
London. said at a dinner in Washington:
''They say oyerdo athletics, but 1
don't, really. Exercise keeps me ht. l
don't overdo it any more than the par
liamentary candidate, Juggins, overdid
his cordiality.
"Juggins was running for a slum dis
trict In Birmingham. and his cordia ity
among the slum voters excited 4 good
Evening star., 1907-11-03
Rare Ice.

Irving Brokaw. Americas champion
figure skater. said of skating at dinner
at the Knickerbocker Club in New York
I'VE are not good skaters in this part
of the country because we don't get
enough ice. Good Ice is as rare with us
as jewels. The way we prize it is almost
lauShable.
'1n my boyhood knew a man. Jeremy
Corne by name. who used to lease a skat-
ing pond each winter. and charge Is cents
admission to 1t.
'One winter the weather was horribly
mild. With December well on, the pond
had not once frozen over. Jeremy Corne
was in DESPAIR.
Then a cold day came, and a lieht
scum formed on the water. There was
another cold day. and that scum turned
to clear green ice. crowd OF young
people came with their skates and their
quarters. but Jeremy would not let them
on the pond.
1.-The ice is still too thin to bear We.
he said. 'Ye'd spile everything, and may
be get drowned into the bargain If I let
ye on now. Call round agin tomorrow
The young people went away disap-
pointed. but one venturous youth, when
Jeremy's back was turned, slipped on his
skates and skinned out gayly into the
middle Of the pond. -
-" Come back herev yelled Jeremy.
Come back. consarn yer
Tue Ice was very thin. II cracked a
Evening star., 1907-11-03
Why He Paid.

John g. Shedd. Marshall Fields sue
cessor In the great Chicago business house.
said recently that success and failure were
matters Of luck much oftener than the
world supposed.
1.-THE race" said Mr.. shedd - not al
Evening star., 1907-11-03
Cheek.

F. e. L. Beal of the Department Of Agri-
culture has been pleading the "caws Of the
crows" those dignified birds that certain
farmers want to eradicate.
>- Nr~ Bed points out that the Crow, eat
Evening star., 1907-11-03
The Painters Way.

Mark Twain. at dinner in New York,
talked about the troubles of housekeeping.
Referring to the painting season. he said:
IF you are housekeeper. don't need
to tell you that when a painter has taken
up the parlor carpet, removed the furni-
ture from the dining room. leaned two lad
derS against the hall mantel and stacked
a half-dozen variegated cans of paint on
the sideboard 1t means he is now ready to
paint the outside shutters and the back
fence"
Evening star., 1907-11-03

Thus 1t Is good dramatic wit when the
heir says to the doctor:
Doctor. is there any hopeT
And the doctor. shaking his head an.
swers sadly:
No. none. Your poor uncle will re.
cover
1T is good dramatic wit. too. when the
maid brings in a telegram on a salver
and the husband. looking at his wife, says
timidly:
"A dispatch for me. dear. May open
Evening star., 1907-11-03
7@S

ing grasshoppers. grub worms and tho
beetles that produce the destructive white
grub. does. on the whole, more good than
harm.
After all this service" said Mr.. Beai
the other day, Ito want to exterminate
the poor crow is cheek. Ungrateful cheek.
1t reminds me of a waiter.
"A waiter, at the end of a dinner, pre-
sented lis bill on a silver plate to a we'll
dressed couple.
THE man looked over the bill, frowned,
shook his head, and said:
But you charge us for three plates of
| soup here. We only had two plates
"'Ah.' said the waiter. with reproach-
full smile. but monsieur forgets the plate
l spilled down the lady's neck
Evening star., 1907-11-03
An Active Chase.

Marcel Perot. one of the chefs Of the
famous Ritz Hotel in Paris, Is in Amer
toa to learn how 70 make eocitails, to stew
Evening star., 1907-11-03

eastward from the Peace Monument and
which fringe the west boundary Of the
Capitol grounds are sprung from these
two venerable planes.
Near the parent plane are the following
historic trees: A British oak, planted by
Mr.. Bayard Of Delaware while American
ambassador to the Court of st. James: a
European oak, planted by Proctor Knott
Evening star., 1907-11-03
His Only Chance.
The Unexpected.

Clyde Fitch. in an address in Phlladel-
phia on the drama, said:
wit In a play succeeds best when It ia
" the unexpected and surprising typA
Evening star., 1907-11-03
a.
Poor Prospects.

Kid McCoy-or Norman Selby, to give
the noted ex-pugilist his right name
bought the other day a $3.50. 900 Office
building in New York.
To a reporter who congratulated him
on his opulencc. Mr.. selby said:
'It is pleasanter to be well-to-do than
not Ike the young man out in st. Jose ph
whom l heard about the other day He
and his sweetheart certainly have poor
prospects.
"A friend of mine called on this St.
found her embroidering.
"'Oh. say my friend exclaimed what
exquisite embroidery. don't you know.
1t is a little case for jewels. isn't it?'
Well. no. said the young woman;
but. you see. George. poor darling. has
nothing to keep his pawn tickets in"
His Only Chance.
Capt, John E. PiIlsbury. the navy
in Washington Of recruit who could not
shoot:
The sergeant tried the fellow first at
600 yards. and he failed to come within a
mile of the target
Then be was tried at 800 yards then
at 200. then at 100. and his last shot was
worse. II possible. than his first
The sergeant looked at him dissusted-
~ got very angry. and walking up close
to him. shouted IN his face:
Attention, Fix bayoneti Charge the
target! It's your only chance
The Unexpected.
Clyde Fitch. in an address in Ph!ladel-
phia on the drama, said:
wit In a play succeeds best when it 1,
" the unexpected and surprising tyne.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-01
DRANK MILK OF MAD COW
Score Of Minneapolis People Advised
to Take Pasteur Treatment.

to Take Pasteur Treatment.
City officials of Minneapolis have
advised more than twenty residents
Of the, Mill City, members of the
five families who drank milk from
John Swanson's COW, which went mad
several days ago and killed itself, to
take the Pasteur treatment The milk
was examined by the city bacterioI-
ogist and signs of rabies were found
The COW was bitten by dog about
week before the rabies were noticed,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-01
WILL! |l.| REVIEW ! D | ! Case
Federal Supreme Court Grants 70
tition Of Minnesota Official,
IMPORTANT POINT INVOLVED
Question Of Respective Jurisdiction Of
State and Federal Courts in
Railroad Rate Litigation.

The federal supreme court has grant
ed the petition of Edward T. Young,
attorney general Of Minnesota, for a
writ bringing the contempt proceed
ings against Mr.. Young in connection
with the enforcement Of the railroad
rate law Of that state to that court for
review and enlarged the scope of the
order so as to permit of his admission
to bail. He is now under sentence by
Judge Lochren of the federal court on
the charge of instituting proceeding
in the Minnesota state courts in the
face of a prohibition by the federal
court. The action of the supreme
court will bring the entire subject be-
fore that court. The important ques-
ton Of the respective jurisdictions Of
the state and federal courts in cases
in which state railroad legislation is
involved, which has arisen in many
states, notably in North Carolina, will
necessarily be considered in this suit
and it may prove to be test case
along new lines.
Government officials, including the
members of the interstate commerce
commission, regard the case as the
first real clash between the state and
federal authority on the transportation
onestion that has occurred in the
United States supreme court.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-01
HEAVY SLUMP IN WHEAT
Drop Of Four Cents In Price on
the Chicago Board.

Chicago, Oct. 28.-The financial con-
dition in New York and the action Of
the local banks In deciding to issue
clearinghouse certificates and to de-
mand full legal notice on withdrawal
of time deposits caused a weak mar
ket in all of the grain pits. Wheat
within a short time after the opening
struck a point 4 cents lower than the
previous days close. The opening for
December wheat was 971a to SO and
from this point the price slid down
to 90. At 10: 80 it was holding around
81. The selling was in quite large
volume, but the demand was slack
and buyers were to all appearances
extremely reluctant to take hold. Brief
rallies took place after the breaks,
but the principal buyers were shorts.
There was little buying for investment
and the refusal of the banks to pay
out large amounts of cash limited the
opportunities of prospective purchas-
ers to put up the margins demanded
by the brokers.
Both corn and oats were weak for
<ba same reasons Is affected the
wheat market.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-01
SITUATION IS BETTER { ! ! !
Financial Conditions in New York
Continue to Improve.
HEAVY GOLD APPROPRIATIONS
Engagements Already Made Aggre-
gate $17,5oo,000 and Have Had
a Very Helpful influence.

New York, Oct. 2S-The financial
situation continues to show encourag-
ing evidence Of improvement, as ex-
ceptionally large engagements Of gold
have been made abroad and the stock
market Is advancing on the general
demand for securities at low prices.
The gold enGAeemsnts now total ST.
bo0, 900 and already exert very help
full influenza. There are considerable
orders FROM abroad for AW@fican &C.
curities, &bh ~ust be Ply for in
gold, and His will augment The specie
imports. Investigation also discloses
an exceptionally large pulhber of
transfers 6t stocks Ypop fha books OF
the various corporal |Ra1 6sflng head
quarters In New Yotk, indicating
heavy investment buying.
There are practically ~ margin
transactions on the stock &xohange at
this time. No failures have been re
ported anywhere ip Nov Fork and
even In The 0hse Of tho Kansas City
AASsAtQF4vA. "AAAS4 SAoSVN up uO44R ~
was forced to close only because 1t
was refused admittance to the priv
ileges of the clearinghouse remedial
efforts in that city.
The pressure upon the banks in
New York is distinctly abating. Nc
new runs have been reported and
those begun last week have dwindled
to almost insignificant proportions
Wall street has assumed practically
its normal appearance, the crowds be-
ing no larger than in the days OF
financial quietude. The adoption OF
clearinghouse certificates and the re
fusal to pay cash for boarding pur
poses has produced no apparent ex
citement whatever in this city.
In order to assist in the measures
undertaken to relieve the strain on
tho currency situation the leading life
insurance companies have decided tt
grant thirty days. extension Of time
on tho payment of premiums due or
| policies.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-01
TO .C0NYENf NOV 9Th
e;vtss..a.,liir .R,.,..,....-el.a-
Conference 81 Charities
and Corrections

The following circular has been
issued by Eleanor Hanson, secre AIRY
and press agent for tho state con-
ference of Charities and Corrections
st. Paul. MINI. Oct. II, 1907-The
sixteenth Minnesota state conference
of Charities ana Corrections, to be held
at Fergus Falls Saturday to Tuesday,
November 9, 10, II and 10. ia attract
ing unusual attention. this is due
partly to the fact that the state
Association of County Commissions is
to hold it's annual meeting at the
same time and place
The object of the conference az set
forth in it's rules is TO discuss the
problems of charity and correction,
to improve the methods of dealing
with dependents, and delinQuents and
to disseminate information relating to
these subjects It is really a
practical school in these lines of work.
It promotes economy in the OK
penditure of public money while
increasing efficiency in the administra.
ton of jails, aims hoases, loekups.
hospitals. asylums. ETC.. and at the
same time undertakes to lessen the
need for such instructions, by
Influencing home conditions aud
broadening the common school curse.
The conference is Of special interest to
county commissioners. relief agents.
managers of benevolent societies,
county and city upsrintendents of
schools, sheriffs. judges Of probate.
county physicians and all engaged or
interested In charities CT correction
work. Among the subjects to be
considered this year are: An Educa-
ton Which will Terd More to Lessen
Pauperism and Crime, discussed
at length by educators and charity
workers; The Duties OF the Pablo to
the insane, (what d:ties 50 individuals
do we owe to the insane?) The
Treatment of Inebriety; The Care OF
the Aged ard inHrm; Relief Societies
IN the Smaller Cities. IN the county
Gffcial' s section The Relation of the
Con ty Boards to the County Schools
and an extended consideration Of
Good Roads. All who attend have the
privileges OF the conference A. J.
Eckstain, New Ulm. is president, F.
A. Whittier, Red Wing, vice presi
dent. and Miss Eleanor Hansen, st.
Paul, secretary.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-01
NOT GIVEN ACTUAL CASH.
Chicago Depositors Paid by Check on
Withdrawal.

Chicago, Oct. 28.-The banks of this
city are largely upon a checking basis.
They have taken the step of refusing
to pay out large amounts Of currency
and will not return to the former man.
ner of doing business until the f1nan-
cial condition in the East improves.
In all banks belonging to the Clearing
house association or affiliated with It
depositors seeking to withdraw money
were given checks of the bank itself
instead of the actual cash. The de-
positors are allowed to draw the full
amount of their balances, but they
were compelled to accept the banks
checks instead of currency.
The rule requiring savings bank de-
pcsitors to give thirty days notice be-
fore drawing out less than 500 and
sixty days. notice before drawing out
more than 500 was also put In force.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-01
CITATION FOR HEARING ON PETI
TION FOR PROBATE OF WILL
Estate of Franciska Safr.
State OF Minnesota.
County of Morrison

County of Morrison
In Probate Court
In the matter of the estate of Franciska
Safr, decedent:
The state of Minnesota to all persons
interested in the allowance and probate
Of the will of said decedent:
The petition of August Schmuda being
duly filed in this court, representing
the County of Morrison, State of Mime
sofa, died in July, 1907. leaving a last
will anc testament which ia presented
to this court with said petition, and pray.
ing that said instrument be allowed as
the last will and testament of said dece-
dent, and that letters testamentary be
issued thereon to August Schmuda.
Now Therefore. you and each of you,
are hereby cited and required to show
cause, it any you have. before this court,
at the Probate Court Rooms in the Court
House, in Little Falls, County of Morrison
State of Minnesota, on the sd day of
November. 1907. at 10 o'clock a, m, why the
prayer Of said petition should not be
Witness the Honorable,
s. F. SHAW, s.
Judge of said court, and the seal of said
court. this 26th day of October 1907.
(Court seal) E. F. SHAW,
nj " Probate Judge.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-01
SEVERAL MORE FAILURES.
Additional Brooklyn Concerns Close
Their Doors.

New York, Oct. 25.-The First Ma
tional bank Of Brooklyn, with a cap
ital stock Of 100000. has suspended
payment. It owes depositors about
44,20O.000.
The failure Of Gregory, Gulick &
Co., members of the Consolidated
Stock Exchange, was announced dur
Ing the afternoon. The failure is an
unimportant one.
Tho Williamsburg Trust company
Of Brooklyn. which has a capital stock
Of 100000, closed its doors during
the afternoon. It owes depositors
about @7,500,000.
The Jenkins Trust company Of
Brooklyn, not an important institu-
ton. closed it's doors during the after
noon. It's total Of deposits was about
$4,000. 900.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-01
BY ORDER OF GOVERNOR.
All National Banks in Oklahoma Re
main Closed.

main Closed.
Oklahoma City, Okla, Oct. Is
Every bank in Oklahoma City remains
closed in accordance with orders is
sued by Territorial Governor Frank
Frantz. It is understood that the Or
der affects all national banks in Okla
homa and Indian Territory.
The action was taken because the
banks of Kansas City and st. Louis
refused to forward cash to the banks
Of the Southwest. It is said that a
telephone consultation of many of the
bankers of Oklahoma, Indian Terri
tory, Arkansas and Northern Texas
took place and that all decided on sim
liar action.
The banks of the Southwest are fur
Their embarrassed because of the de-
mand for cash to move the cotton crop.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-01
HAD BROKEN HIS PAROLE
Reforms tory Prisoner Suicides When
Rearrested.

George Blackwell aged twenty-five,
paroled prisoner from the St. Cloud
reformatory, blew out his brains at
the entrance to the Central police sta
ton at St. Paul. Blackwell had
been working for four months as book
keeper in the Minneapolis steel and
machinery works. Several days ago
he broke his parole by quitting his
job. State Agent Bancroft arrested
him at the Union depot and had just
reached the station with his prisoner
when the latter pulled a 38-caliber re-
volver from his pocket and shot him.
self through the temple, dying almost
instantly.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-01
lin JUSTICE COURT.

Emil Busse of Ft. Ripley was ar
raigaed in Justice Gaadet's court
Saturday afternoon, charged with
stealing chickens. r. 81. Petterzen, q
neighbor was conpla lining witness
and alleged thst on q certain nigot
the defendant had gone to his chicken.
house and carried them away. l..
". Vasaly conducted the case for the
defendant and caused evidence to be
introduced tending to show that ths
defendant was at tie home of friend
some distance from the Petterzs n
home on the particular night in
question. The case was dismissed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-01
Falls on Red Hot Wheel.

Emil Zorf1elitto, sixteen years OF
age. was probably saved from be-
ing burned to death at the Griffin
wheel works at St. Paul. While
scuffling with another lad he fell into
one of the pits on top of a red hot
Wheel His flesh. was sizzling on the
hot iron when several men jumped
into the pit and dragged the boy out.
His chest, hands and arms and his
face and head are seriously burned.
It is said that the boy may recover,
but that he will be horribly disf1gured.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-01
FOUR PERSONS INJURED.

Serious Fire Occurs in a Minneapolis
Elevator.
Four people were badly hurt in
q small but fierce blaze at Min
neapolis, which did but very little
damage, but gave the firemen a hard
fight. The blaze started in an old
elevator used by the Twin City Char
coal company. Two employees and
two flremen were badly burned. The
injured are: -~-.,~ ~
Henry Carpenter. oolored; Harvey
squires, Captain Arthur Price, engine
company No. 4; Lineman Michael Car
roll, engine company No. 4. The flnan-
cial loss amounts to $4,000.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-01
LAST SEASON OF SAUK RAPIDS
SAW MILl.a

Manager Henry Schocknecht of the
Sank Rapids saw mill said to the St..
Cloud Times:
1.-The last log sawed on Saturday
or Sunday may BIS the last timber the
Neils Lumber company will ever cat
in Sank Raids. or, the company may
sa" mere f'r several years more Our
contract with the Northern Pacific
under ordinary conditions would not
expire fer two years yet but the
Northern Pacific officials state that
Tire contract was rendered invalid by
tie laws of Minnesota. and we have
bean compelled to pay freight on our
logs at the rates called for in the
new tariffs. This has been 80 high.
Sc thousand are the figures, that we
can now saw only at a loss. I am not
IN position, no wever,to state what the
company's plans are as regards the
future. I am of the opinion, however,
that the Sank Rapids mill will not
remain here long We will make our
arrangements. however, just as if we
expected to saw again next season. =
In ans wer to question as to
whether or not this transfer had
bee0 ordered to one of the other mills
OF the Neils company. Mr.. Shocknecht
etated it had not but that he ex.
pected to 60 wherever the Sank Rapids
mill went
Should the Neils company decide to
remove the mill from this town ito
loss will be greatly felt. During the
past season the comauy has kept
continue asly employed % the night
and day shifts over $50 men. The
pay. roll amounts to q, 700 or g. 600 !
month.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-01
Burglars Raid Minnesota Town.

Burglars raided Lake Crystal, Blue
Earth county, and got away with a
large amount of plumber. At the
Thomas Jones hardware store they
took razors, knives and some money.
At Frank Barclatt's iewelry store they
took watch cases. movements and
some money. John Williams lost sew
eral pairs of shoes and money They
visited two saloons and made off with
whisky. cigars and money.