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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
Damage in the South Greater
Than First Estimated.
DEATH LIST IS APPALLING
Believed Seventy Persons Per.
ished in Georgia and the
Two CarOIinas.

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 29.-Sfxteen
known dead in the vicinity of Augusta,
with probably an equal number of
deaths in the outlying districts from
which reports have not been received,
q property loss of $2,000,0OO in ALI
gusta and vicinity and 1000 persons
homeless, summarizes the situation in
the Georgia flood district. In the Caro-
unas Spartanburg, Greenville and
other cities report that the flood has
receded, but that the damage is
heavy. Possibly $1,OO0,OO0 has been
lost in North and South Carolina be-
cause of the high water. The loss of
life is comparatively small in these
states, warnings having been given be-
fore the great sweep of water shot
over the cities. When the whole situa-
ton has cleared it will probably be
found that the total death list in the
three states of Georgia, North Caro-
lima and South Carolina will be in the
neighborhood OF seventy. Most of the
whites have been reported as having
lost their lives.
Negro cabins faDking the river
banks and setting in the lowlands
were washed away like so much drift
wood. The water rose so rapidly that
many of the occupants of these cabins
never had a chance to even escape
from the rooms in which they slept.
In Augusta reports were received that
bodies had been seen floating down
the river, but only sixteen bodies had
been recovered in the city limits of
Augusta. The country districts re-
Fort number of casualties.
The suffering in Augusta is reported
Intense among the poorer classes,
whose homes were swept away. The
sudden drop in the temperature to al
most the frost limit adds to the dis
comfort OF the persons made home
less.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
STOP TRAFFIC.
Many Trains Stalled on the Canadian
Pacific.

~Su1Ss
Winnipeg, Man., Sept 2.-Fifteen
passenger trains, besides all freight
and stock trains, on the Canadian Pa
citic between Winnipeg and Fort Will
lam are held up at way stations and
s1detracks between these two points
as the result of a cloudburst that flood
ed the main line between Horner and
1gDace. 1t is stated by railway men
to be the worst disaster of the kind
that ever happened In Western Can
ada. Not train has reached Winni-
peg from the East and 10000 people
are being kept waiting at points along
the line. In addition to this Eastern
mails are held back for sixty hours,
as is mail going East and all express
matter is likewise delayed for this Pc
Rod. Earl Grey, governor general OF
Canada, and party are on one of the
late trains and other passengers are
made up of business men, commercial
travellers, tourists and immigrants. As
the result of the sudden cloudburst
bitches and cuts along the road filed
almost instantly and water raced
along the tracks at a speed which
swept away surface material and IN
dermined ties to such an extent as to
render traffic impossible
There are two big washouts at SEQ
vile, east of Kenora, besides several
smaller ones between that point and
Rennie. AS the result of the tracks
being washed out at Deception six
boarding cars filled with people at
that point were thrown into the ditch
Every available man along the line
has been put to work to repair the
rOadbed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
THREE MEN INJURED.
Accident Happens to Balloon Near
Niagara Falls.

Niagara Falls. N. Y, Sept. IA bal
loon, supposed to be one of those
which left Columbus, O., has passed
over the eastern end of this city
The gas was escaping and in passing
over the New York Central freight
yards the basket struck a freight car,
injuring the occupants, three French
men. One of them has two ribs brolI-
eli. All three were very much ex-
cited and spoke very incoherently.
The balloon continued, but soon aft
erwards parted from the basket
which landed in the New York Cen.
trail cut at Devils Hole. The balloon
dropped in the woods at Devoe col
lege.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
COLONEL WILLIAM F,
Villas PASSES AWAY
Noted Wisconsin Man Expires
After Long Illness.

Madison, Wis.,, Aug. 28.-Colonel
William F. Villas is dead following
five weeks of illness. When DR.. Phil
lip Fox made his morning call he
found him unusually cheerful and
bright and believed he showed signs
of remarkable improvement.
Shortly after the doctor left, while
the nurses were administering bath
to the patient, they noticed that he
weakened very quickly and an attempt
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
not The NEGRO
UNDER ARREST
Sensation Il Assault Case
at Springfield, Ill.
ANOTHER WARRANT OUT

Mrs. HaIIam Signs Statement That
Man Held for Assault Is Not the
Guilty Party-Woman's Charge Was
the Cause of the Recent Bloody
Race Riot That Took Place in the
illinois Town.
Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. 2.-Mrs. Earl
Hallam has signed a statement that
George Richardson is not the negro
who assaulted her on the night of
Aug. II. A warrant is reported to
have been sworn out for the arrest Of
another negro named Ralph Buston.
who may be implicated in the assault
It was the alleged assault charged
against Richardson and his arrest and
removal to BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, that pre-
cipitated the recent bloody race riot.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
CHADWICK IS BANKRUPT.
Last Official Chapter in Great Swindie
Is Recorded.

Last Official Chapter in Great swind'e
Is Recorded.
Cleveland. o., Aug. 2S.-The writing
of the last official chapter in the rec
ords of the monumental swindles of
the late Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick was
begun when DR.. Leroy S. Chadwick,
husband of the late wizard of finance,
fled a petition in bankruptcy in the
United States district court here.
With assets of SIS, except for medical
books and Office fixtures, valued at
$1,000, which he claims are exempt,
DR.. Chadwick hopes to wipe out obli-
cations aggregating over 100000.
The action of DR.. Chadwick is con-
sidered to be only formal in effect,
for the purpose of clearing himself
from any connection with the various
notes his wife gave and which he had
endorsed:
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
Wisconsin Railway Man Dead.

Green Bay, Wis.,, Sept. Nv. G.
Modisette, aged sixty-two years, gen
eral freight and passenger agent OF
the Green Bay and Western railroad
and one of the best known railroad
men in Wisconsin,, died at his home
here from asthma. He hald his posi-
ton since 1901. Previous to coming
to Green Bay Mr.. Modisette was con-
nected with the Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy railroad, the Quincy, Oma-
ha and Kansas City road and the st.
Louis and Hannibal road.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
FIRE At NEW ORLEANS.
slxty-two Concerns Badly Damaged q
Destroyed.

New Orleans, Aug. 31.-Fire which
broke out in the center of the CONNER
cial district swept over portions of
three blocks, destroying a large mum.
Der Of wholesale houses, manufacture
ing plants and smaller stores.
Originating at Brinville and Char
tres streets, the flames worked their
way north as far north as Cont street
and west toward Royal. The loss is
placed at $1,400,0O0. Sixty-two con-
Germs were badly damaged or de-
Btroyed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
REFUSES TO ABDICA1E.
sultan Of Morocco Preparing to Re.
.. new fiuht,

Tangier, Morocco, Aug. 26.-Abdul
ASH, whose army was overthrown bv
the forces of Mulai Hafid, his elder
brother and pretender to the sultan
ship, just week ago, has gathered
another army of 1000 followers and
will resume hostilities against Mulai
Despite the fact that Mulai has
been proclaimed sultan throughout the
country Abdul Aziz refuses to abdi-
cate.
In the new and unexpected stand
that he has taken it is believed that
no II secretly being supported by the
French. 49,,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
Wealthy Woman Suicides.

Chicago, Sept. 2.-While her three
year-old daughter Anna tugged at her
skirts, begging her to play with her,
Mrs. Anna McBurney, forty-one years
old, said to be worth 100000, stood
before mirror in her bedroom and
placing a revolver to her breast, fired.
She died almost instantly. Mrs. Nc.
Burney had been in poor health for
some time
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
Cholera Increases in Russia.

Berlin. Aug. 29.-The Asiatic chol-
ora IN It's westward march across Rus
sia has reached LODI, Russian Poland.
The German health authorities have
Increased their watchfulness on the
eastern border, along which hundreds
Of medical inspectors have been sta
toned.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
ORDER LIMITING TINE TO FILE
CLAIMS, AND FOR HEARING
THEREON,
Estate OF Peter Henry Newman
State of Minnesota. J
County of Morrison !

State of Minnesota.
County of Morrison
In Probate Court
In the matter of the estate of Peter
Henry Newman decedent.
Letters of Administration this day hav-
ing been granted to J. Henry Newman.
It is ordered, that the time within which
all creditors of the above named decedent
may present claims against his estate in
:his court, be, and the same hereby lie,
limited to six months from and after the
date hereof; and that Saturday the 9th
day of February 1909, at 10 o'clock a. M, in
the III Pr ;36; court rooms at thecourt house
and the same hereby is, fixed and ap-
pointed as the time and place for hearing
upon and the examination, adjustment
and allowance of such claims as shall be
presented within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the publ
cation of this order in the Little Falls Her
aid as provided by law.
Dated August 18th, 1908.
(SeaD E. F. SHAW,
AL Judge of Probate.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04

About thirty lady friends were
entertained Monday afternoon by Mrs.
Fred Cary at her home, 2O2 Third
avenue southeast, the game of 500
furnishing the amusement Of the
afternoon. Mrs. Val. E. Kasparek
captured first prize and Mrs. 81. G.
Brown took second prize. Delicious
refreshments were served at the close
OF the afternoon. All report delight
full afternoon.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
Tolstoi Says His Work Is Done.

Moscow, Sept. Count Leo Toll
stoi's physicians announce that the
aged reformer's illness will likely de-
velop into pneumonia which, in a man
of his years, would prove fatal. He
seems Indifferent as to the outcome of
his illness and has told his physicians
that his work is DONE
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
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CITATION FOR HEARING ON PETI-
TON FOR ADMINISTRATION
Estate of Begata Berg.

State of Minnesota. }
County of Morrison
In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Begata
Berg DeCedent:
The State of Minnesota 70 all persons in
terested in the granting of administra-
ton of the estate of said decedent: The
petition! of Gertrude Berg having been
filed in this court, Representing
that Begata Berg then a resi-
dent of the County Of Morrison,
State of Minnesota. died intestafe
on the l2th day Of August 1908; and pray
estate e. be Se,,L granted t9 Gertrude Berg
place foI hearing said petition;.
Therefore. you, and each of you, are
hereby cited and required to show cause,
if any you have, before this court at the
Probate court rooms in the Court House,
IN the city of Little Falls in the county Of
Morrison. state of Minnesota, on the 18th
day of Sept. 1905 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ,
why said petition should not be granted,
Witness. the Judge of said court and
Seal Of said Court, this 18th day Of
(seaD E. F. SHAW,
All Judge of Probate.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
CITATION FOR HEARING ON FINAL
ACCOUNT AND FOR DISTRI.
BUTTON
Estate of Albert F, Bradt
State of Minnesota, I
County of Morrison
IN ff0Date Coz
In the Matter of the Estate of ]
+. Bradt, Decedent:l

Al 4IOOa4IS court
In the Matter of the Estate of Albert
F. Bradt, Decedent:l
The State of Minnesota to all persons in.
terested in the final account and dietri-
button of the estate of said decedent:
The representative of the above named
decedent, having filed in this court her
dnal account OF the administration of the
estate OF said decedent, together with her
allowance of said final account and for
distribution of the residue of said estate
to the persons thereunto entitled; There
fore, You, and Eech of You. are hereby
cited and required to show cause If any
Court Rooms in the Court House in the
city of Little Falls in the County Of Nor
of September 1905 at 10 o'clock a. M, WIN
said petition should not be granted.
Witness. the Judge of said court, and
the Seal of said Court, this 18th day AZ
August. 1908. 80
lSeal) 3. SHAW.
Probate Judge.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
FIFTY-0NE OF CREW PERISH
British Steamer Founders With Heavy
Loss of Life,

Loss of Life.
Rojio, Japan, Aug. 2S.-News of the
sinking of the British steamer Dun
earn and the loss of all but two of the
fifty-three members of her crew in
the typhoon which ragged on Aug. 26
off the port of Goto, on the island Of
Kiuhiu, has reached here in a report
received from Moi, a town on the
same island.
The Dunearn was bound from Niko-
la1esk, Asiatic Russia, to Singapore
and put in, at the port of Karatsu for
COAL Again putting to sea on Aug. "a
the ship ran into the very center of a
typhoon. which sent her to the bottom,
The two survivors are Frustrated from
exposure and hardship.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04

G. L. Marcelllus of Lake Benton,
after visiting his sister, Mrs. j. H.
Cook, has returned home Monday
He intends to take In the state fair
enrOute.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
Little Falls Business College
It's the School for You.

A fine black team of horsse, which
were shipped up here from Iowa, have
been put on the deliver wagon of the
local station of the Minneapolis Brew.
ing company.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04

= Little Falls Business College,
It's the School for You.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
SENT TO W0RKH0USE.
Brother Of MckinIey's Assassin Be.
Iieved to Be Insane.

Sharon, Pa, Sept. John Czolgosz,
a brother of President McKinley's as
sassin, was sentenced to the work
house for three months. The police
claim Czolgosz is insane and his case
will be investigated.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-04
John Love will build hotel at

. julius Ehman visited Mile Laos
lake last week. .sS
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-10-29
PUBLIC MASTER OR PUBLIC
SERVANT.

The true underlying issue in the
Presidential campaign has been indi-
Gated with peculiar distinctness by
President Roosevelt's Secretary of
War Luke e. Wright, in a speech in
behalf of Mr. Taft Speaking at Tee
race Garden, New York, ON the 10th,
as reported in a Taft paper, the Chi
cago Inter Ocean, of the goth, 'Secre'
tary Wright said Mr.. Bryan had on
several occasions declared that the
President Of the United States is
merely the hired man of the people.
While such a statement may tickle
the groundlings,' the Secretary said
1T makes the righteous grieve.' In
no proper sense, the Secretary added,
is he the hired man" of the people
He then outlined the power of the
President in an endeavor to show that
the President is not hired man, but
the chief ruler of the people. In
many respects he is vested with pow
ers and duties as large as most SOW
ereigns, and, in fact, may affect the
fortunes and future of his people to a
degree equal to that of the crowned
heads of the civilized world -" Here
we have a clear-cut discrimination.
Mr.. Roosevelt's Secretary of War
criticises Mr.. Bryan for regarding the
President as the head servant Of the
people; he asks votes for Mr.. Taft be-
cause he sees that Mr.. Taft stands for
the doctrine that the President is not
the head servant but the head master
of the people. The meaning of the
two candidates. could not be better
expressed. Mr.. Taft is of aristocratic
temperament, tendencies and spirit;
and aristocracy looks upon public
officials as rulers of the people. Mr.
Bryan, on the other hand, is of demo-
cratic temperament, tendencies and
spirit; and democracy looks upon pub
lie officials as servants Of the people.
A master or servant. that is what
the people of this country will vote
for next month, and one or the other
will be elected. There is no third
choice. They will vote for William
H. Taft, who has never held an cleo
tive Office and was prepared for ad-
ministrative functions by appoint
ment to the Philippines as a ruler Of
the people and not their servant; or
they will vote for William ]. Bryan,
who has been twice chosen to elective
Office and whose preparations for ad-
ministrative functions are of a kind
that would make him the servant OF
the people and not their ruler. Be-
tween these two will the choice of the
people be made, and the one they de-
serve is the one they will get-a pub
lie master or a public servant.-The
People.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-10-29
BRING OUT THE VOTE.

Now that the political campaign CT
1908 is fast nearing its close every
Ohio Democrat who has concern In
his paTty's success should constitute
himself an Independent committee of
one to bring out full vote. There
isn't real need to talk to Ohio Demo-
Gratis about voting for Bryan. or
about voting for Harmon and his as
sociates ON the state ticket. Those
who go to the polls are going to vote
right. The one important question Is
how many will forget their civic duty
and not vote at all.
Conditions are not in the least wha,
they were In 1904. Democrats are
awake and aggressive. Yet there is
always a big stay-at-home vote In
this state, and there ought to be an
earnest endeayor to reduce this to the
smallest possible minimum.
Let us bring the popular vote OF
Ohio up to its normal proportions
again. Let every Jealous Democrat
turn earnestly to his task. Bring the
voters to the polls and they win do
the rest.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-10-29
THE PEoPLs ARE READING.

There are doubtless reasons peculiar
to the present presidential campaign
for the apathy that prevails especially
in the eastern and middle states but
there is also evidence that the popu-
lar demand for oratory, professions
and fireworks in political contests is
declining. The tendency to form
opinions by reading rather than lis
tening is increasing as civilization ad
vances. A few centuries ago only a
very small minority of the people
could read; hence communication of
ideas was chiefly through the ear
rather than the eye. 1t requires an
orator of considerable power to draw
large audience. no matter how i'm
portant the message which he brings.
Some clergymen regard it as mark
of moral decline that attendance at
church has declined in proportion to
the population but attendance at lee
lures and similar methods of instruc-
ton, including political addresses, has
also diminished as compared with
what it was a half-century ago. The
man who obtains his information by
reading can sit quietly at home,
smoke or indulge himself in other
ways, which the decorum of the au-
dience room as rule forbids.-Fitch-
burg Sentinel.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-10-29
EVERYBODY IN DOUBT.

The people are undoubtedly more
interested in business than in politics
this year because of the effects Of the
financial panic of last October. They
feel that business must pick up soon,
no matter who is elected president
whichever way the election goes 1t
will not bring back the dollars lost to
merchants and artisans by the de-
pressed times, nor win the result of
the election prevent business enter
prises from starting up when the Ell
fects of the depression have entirely
disappeared.
1t is also noteworthy that this is the
first presidential campaign in which
the Republicans have been con-
fronted by business depression which
occurred when their party was in full
power in the nation. Heretofore they
have been able to attribute hard
times" to the Democrats. This ac-
counts largely for the lack of enthu-
siasm over politics by the Republi-
cans this year.
At this writing il is probable that
If the campaign managers Of both the
leading parties told their honest opin-
ion regarding the results of the pres
idential election ON November 8 they
would say, in view of ali the apathy
and puzzling factors: 1T is very un-
certain; the public knows as much
about it as we do.''-Boston Globe.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-10-29
WOMEN AT eANouETs.

An interesting feature of the Can
adian Club dinner to Ambassador
Bryce on Monday night was the pres
ence of women. The custom of allow
ing their women folks to participate
in their banquets is followed by prac-
tically all the societies of the growing
and influential Canadian element in
Boston, in doing which they copy the
most attractive feature of German
club life.
Last year the charitable Irish So
ciety took leaf out of the Canadians
book and began the custom of invit-
ing women to their social meetings,
and altogether it is a custom worthy
to be more generally followed 1t
gives the women chance to meet
their husbands friends and associates
who are outside Of their home circle,
and to understand what the men folks
are thinking and talking about and
working for.
The tendency to excessive drinking
at stag" banquets has practically
disappeared of late years, but the
presence of the women will make
these affairs even more temperate.
The social features will help to draw
together people of common interests
or descent and by interesting the wo-
men will push along much faster the
fight for social reform and good gov
ernment.--Boston Traveller.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-10-29
PoLrlcAL FOOTBALL.

An eastern contemporary sadly be-
wails the fact that there seems to be
no science in politics. Il finds an ut
ter disregard Of the scientific spirit in
every speech, 1t bewails the fact that
inferences pass for ascertained facts
and assertion supplies the absence Of
research and exactitude There may
be the lack of the scholarly and the
scientific in politics, but there IS
plenty of the artful And no indus
trial chemist ever applied the princi-
pies of his science to the working out
of problems in his business more than
the Republican political experts are
applying all their knowledge Of
human nature and skill in argument
to the carrying Of the election. And
the postmaster of this sort Of thing
where scruples are laid aside and the
end is held to justify the means is
Theodore Roosevelt.
The ordinary onlooker not foot
ball expert sees in the confusion oil
the successive scrimmages little Of
skill or science. He has perhaps heard
of end runs. bucking the lire, fake
kicks, the delayed pass and other
tricks of the players, but it takes 8
quick and trained eye to see them as
they are being pulled off. There is q
political touchdown to be made by
one of the big rival teams in aNfev
days, and If the Republican party
and Theodore Roosevelt are true t.
their former style of play, they viii
resort to daring. even spectacular
trickery to get the ball over the line
The man who can urge Hartman
to raise monster corruption fund TO
eleventh-hour uses is not likely L
stop at any resource now when he ha'
SO much prestige at stake. Watcl
out for trickery from the Whit,
House. 1t is anything to win will
the present occupant, and things hav
reached such state that it will tax
about everything to do it.