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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

Springfield Republican The time
ought never to come when a powerful
federal bureaucracy, with the seat of
its power in Washington, would be-
come insolent and arrogant In its
retensions to being the whole United
States government. Yet it Is idle to
disguise the fact that bureaucracy
OF tremendous reach and influence has
in late years been forming, as one OF
the natural resuItss of rapidly
increasing Capitalization. At bottom,
there is an inherent antagonism be-
tween a great bureaucracy, intent
simply on spending money and doing
things, and the legislative body from
which it must draw the means of its
support; and If the American people
will look sharply enough they will see
the beginnings of the conflict IN the
present situation at Washington
Perhaps the most vitality important
heritage free people enjoys IS the
absolute control of the purse by the
parliamentary or congressional body.
For, in the last analysis, bureaucracy,
however arrogant, must be hopeless
before it, provided that the people are
alive to the maintenance of the
different departments OF government
In their integrity.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

HOCKEY PLAYER CHASING THE PUCK.
In the sporting field, for, as a rule, it
marks the opening of the outdoor sea-
son in the east. And in the northwest
and parts Of the middle west where
cold weather comes earlier it indicates
the time of the very height Of activity
There is, after all, something charac-
teristic of the very Christmas season
itself in the pastimes Of the holiday
period. This is the season of good
cheer, of good will toward men, theo-
setically anyway, and the recreat1ons
are distinctively those that promote
good feeling toward oneself as well as
to others.
1t is almost impossible to enumerate
the outdoor winter pastimes that find
favor in this cratic land. That the
king of them all is ice yachting almost
any one will admit, though unfortu-
nately the number of votaries Of the
thrilling diversion is limited by the
space required, and also the uncertainty
Of the weather is frequent discour.
ager. But when favorable conditions
prevail what can excel day on an ice
!! yacht:
A mere view Of the spectacle of a
popular ice yachting center is sufh
! Gent to start the novice's blood occurs
ing. On Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota
Lake Michigan, Lake Champla1n, the
Delaware, the Shrewsbury and Hud
son rivers these sensatiOnally swift anl
| thoroughly dangerous craft cover sheets
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

MID-FLIGHT. Man was made for
cold weather as well as warm weather,
and the delicate mollycoddles who try
to divert the designs Of nature by stay
ing close to the fire when the zero
temperatures disport themselves are
usually the first to succumb to pneu-
monia when a chilly breeze collides
with their delicate little selves.
"What is so rare as day in June7"
sing the poets. "What is so rare as a
day in December or January?" sing the
sound limbed, deep chested, oaken
hearted American lads. ''Then, If ever,
come perfect days. of slanting to
windward, mile in fifty seconds, on
a true aud tried ice yacht, of spirited
hockey matches, of skating over miles
of glistening lake or river surface, Of
bobsledding, Of gliding under moon
lit skies with the girls in the old FAM
lily sleigh, Of snowshoeing and tobog-
gaming, Of hunting the sly fox, the
Juicy rabbit or the elusive bobwhite.
''The worst thing about winter is
that it isn't long enough" said ruddy
checked athlete to the writer a few
days ago. He swims in New York bay
all the year round king in the ice
to secure a dip when necessary, and
sikes nothing better than running foot
races in bare feet lin bathing suit
over snow and ice This borders on
the heroic, and most of us would prob
ably object to following such an exam
pie.
Christmas is in a sense a landmark
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15
New York Cabnlell | urnbandits
Invade Cigar Store and Beat With BIackacks Brave Clerk Who
Defends Till With His Life and Wins
Check For $1,000.

A desperate battle between three
holdup men. one Of them taking his
first step In crime to relieve the suf-
fering Of an invalid wife and sick
child. and the clerk Of the cigar stand
in the Hotel Manhattan, in New York
city, during the Sunday morning break
fast hour was witnessed by large
number of guests. The hotel was
aroused, and many guests, believing
that they had witnessed murder,
chased one of the robbers and aided
in his capture. XIII. z"
Joseph J. Cassidy, the clerk, guard.
ing some $500 Of his employers money,
fought under a rain of blackjack and
lead pipe blows upon his head until he
succeeded in disarming one of his as.
sailants. Then. with blood from many
wounds binding him, he grappled with
another, who still was armed with a
piece Of lead pipe. and for the first
time called for assistance In order that
the others might not have opportunity
to steal.
Guests from the lobby and dining
rooms and employees Of the hotel an.
swered his call, and two of the holdup
men ran from the hotel. Followed by
the guests. some of them bareheaded,
one Of the fugitives ran along Forty.
second street. A fireman in uniform
led the chase and called for. the police.
In front Of the Grand Central station
the fleeing man was tripped by Police
man schultze and captured by Schultze
and Policeman Cooper, with the crowd
Of pursuers hard at his heels. The
third man had escaped.
The party quickly returned to the
hotel and found Cassidy still locked in
desperate encounter with his assailant.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

the practices of the SWedes aud Nor.
Wegians of Minnesota, who have erect
ed immense slides and hold annual
championship meets to decide the pre-
| miership of the skee jumpers. Some
of these jumpers glide down a steep
incline on the long ashen runners strap
ped to their feet, bound from take
off and hurl themselves from 100 to
12O feet through the air, landing In
an upright position. There is disaster
in the skee jump for the careless Or
unframed man, but who would stop
to think of danger when a brace Of
plump Christmas turkeys and a cham
pionship title reward the victor?
The people who try to argue that
American ice sports do not call forth
the hardihood of those of other nations
appear to the writer to be irrespon-
sible or prejudiced in their way of
talking.
How about a hockey game? How
about the work Of the men who handle
the tillers Of ice yachts? How about
our snowshoers and our long distance
A hockey game az played by the well
known clubs Of Cleveland or Pittsburg
or Detroit or New York or Buffalo or
the many colleges is heroic test for
even the most seasoned athletes. The
strain on wind. heart and muscle in a
hockey game is so severe that in
match games between prominent
teams the players are examined by a
physician before being allowed on the
ice. Sprained ankles, torn ligaments.
| violent blows from skate blades and
sticks are the merest incidents to
trained hockeyists. The typical Amer
lican Is born fighter, and to satisfy
his lust for actual combat he begins to
play hockey as soon as the football
season ends. He makes the game as
much like real war as the police will
allow, and when some meddlesome
college president tells him he is an
abysmal brute or ruttianly man
mangler he begins to fear for the sta
bility of the nation.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

medicine that might mean life to them.
II don't care what becomes Of me If
l could only know that my wife and
baby were all right
Cassidy, strong and athletic young
man, owes his escape from death tn
his good physical condition. It was
found at the hospital that the blows on
his head had only laid open the SCALP
and had not fractured the skull.
II was standing behind the counter
making up the cash in the cash drawer
of the register when I saw three men
walk into the hotel and approach the
cigar counter" said Cassidy Zone
asked me for box of cigarettes, and
as turned to wait on him saw one
of his companions come around the
end of the counter. He made lun9e
at me with blackjack, and although
tried to ward off the blow the heavy
instrument struck me on the head.
II grappled with the first man, and
as did saw the one who had or
dered the cigarettes jump over the
counter and come at me from behind.
In the struggle we got out from behind
the counter. and I fell to the floor.
jumped up and jerked the blackjack
from the hand Of the man who arst
attacked me and tried to protect my
self the best t could. By this time
we were almost to the front door Of
the hotel, and I called for the police.
Zone Of the men I had been fighting
turned and ran. The third man stood
in the middle of the door when the
other two men came up to the counter
and seemed to be standing guard.
However. he hit me several times In
the fight and ran away.
When President George ]. Whela1
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

The legislature exhibits an undue
sensitiveness in regard to lobbyists, -
III making the term cover pretty near
everybody who is not a member of the
two houses. The people of this state
are entitled to all possible information
regarding those who seek to make
their laws The gentlemen who go to
St. Paul need to be reminded that
they are the servants and not the
masters of the people, and that the
public has right to know what IS
going on in committee rooms as we'll
as what appears to have been done on
the floor. Revelations Of committee
room transactions may have very
important bearing on legislation and
help to interpret Legislative action.
Rules which prevent advocates of
necessary reforms from access to
information which belongs to the
people Of Minnesota, are unjust and
tyrannical
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

to regret it. In case of an upset, while
his passengers, crouching low under
the monster boom in their heavy furs,
are usually thrown out on the ice on
their backs. the helmsman is so placed
that he is Invariably caught under the
heavy fabric and crushed and dragged
over the ice. 1t is this danger that
creates much Of the fascination Of ice
yachting, and it is doubtful if the en-
tht,siasm Of men for it's allurcments
exceeds that of the thrill craving wom-
Ell Of the day.
The habitual skater claims that the
invigorating qualities of ice yachting
are c0unterbalanced by tue physical
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

The men were rolling about the blood
stained foor, each trying to dea! an ef-
fective blow with the blackjack and
lead pipe, and among those who looked
on In horror were a number of women
guests.
Halt a dozen policemen had respond
ed to the alarm and by main strength
separated the fighters. Cassidy identi-
fed the two men as his assailants and
then tainted. He was attended by DR..
Hastings, who believed from hasty ex-
animation that Cassidy's skull had
been fractured aud that his injuries
were fatal. The wounded man was
taken to the Flower hospital
When DR.. Hastings said that he be.
lieved Cassidy to be fatally injured
one of the prisoners turned pale and
almost tainted.
Edward Haywood. thirty-two years
old. with no home, and Frederick Grit
fin. thirty -one years old. also homeless
were the names given by the prison
ers. They claimed that they were
coachmen out of work and driven des
perate by facing starvation for them
selves and families. They said that
the taxicabs had robbed them OF en-
ployment.
II never did anything wrong before
In my life." said Haywood II hope
for his own sake, that the young fel
low won't die. I didn't want to xii
him, heaven knows. But l got letter
last night from my wife, who is IL
Providence with her parents, asking
me II l couldn't send her even 81 fol
medicine. She is an invalid, and oul
baby IS down with diphtheria.
II didn't have a cent In my pockets
l have not had anything to eat To-
four days. I have walked the streets
all day looking for work and at nigh
have stood about in doorways tryin,
to keep warm and get some sleep.
could not beg -
"The letter from my wife made M
desperate. 1t seemed to me that hat
to get some money for her couldn'
think Of her and my child in want o
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15
THE CLERK FOUGHT DESPERATELY.

of the United Cigar Stores company
read his paper on the train coming in
from Plainfeld Monday morning he
got his first news of the attempt to
murder and rob Cassidy He was
amazed and delighted to read of the
game fight put up against the two
highwaymen by his employee.
lis that story true?" asked Mr.. Whe-
Ian when he reached his offices at a
West Eighteenth street. He found
that 1t was
Mr.. Whelan decided that such ddel-
ity deserved immediate reward. Young
Cassidy had taken a terrible beating
and had come near sacrificing his life
to save the $500 In the TIL Of the store.
A check for $1,000 was Immediately
drawn in Cassidy's favor, and r. ].
Resented, the general superintendent
Of the company, was sent to the young
mans home with the check and tho
following letter:
Dear slr-As a mark Of appreciation Of
this company for the courageous defense
you made Of the company's property a
| the store In which you are employed In
the Manhattan hotel when an attempt
was made to rob you We beg you to &C.
cept the Enclosed check for $1,000
Let 10 add az well our earnest acknowl-
edgments Of your splendid conduct IN thl
performance Of your duty a. q United
clerk. You have brought honor to thu
badge you wear.
We are glad to know that, while you1
injuries are severe. they are not serious
and we hope for your early recovery
Pending your incapacity for work your
salary will be continued, and all expenses
incidental to your injuries will be assured
and paid by this company.
| Again thanking you for the protection
you offered your store at q great persona
risk we are respectfully yours.
! H. s. COLLINS,
| Second Vice President.
| The $1,000 is fortune to the Cassf
dys. mother and son. The boy whis
pered through his bandages that he
had done the best he could and ex
pressed feebly his gratitude for the
substantial recognition of what he
! had tried to do. He said that he
would get back on the job as soon a.
his wounds were healed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

SKATE SAILING.
liant. Spurning the
racers who per
petually ic K G I
over the value OF
their prizes. he re-
solves in to t h e
Hans Brinker style
of long distance
ventures or be-
fore an admiring
throng deXterouSl.N
begins with tile
execution of the
simple Dutch roll
and ciiinaXes his
exhibition with Il
few difficult piro.-
cites or the Phi-a.
delphia grapevine.
Perchance if the
village beauty
dashes into the
immediate Scencr:;'
he will coax her
to pr &C ice tie
elaborate s'bishop's
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

of glaring ice ut the rate Of a mile in
from thirty-seven to sixty seconds
when at their best. Jumping cracks
yards wide. leaping yards into the air
from obstructing hummocks, crashing
their huge bronze runners inches into
the hardest ice, on they go, with the
Windward runner at times lifting ten
or twelve feet into the air despite the
weight Of one of the crew who clings
to the windward stay perilously far out
on the oaken crossbeam. Then it is
that the passengers must grit their
teeth and pray that the helmsman
knows his business. The ice yacht
skipper who errs ever 50 slightly when
going over a mile minute rarely lives
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

Representative Thomas j. Brady
OF st. Paul is to be the author of
bill requiring a physicians health
certificate before the granting Of a
marriage license. 1t is a well-known
fact that children have carried
through life diseases and deformities
as q direct result of their parents
lndiscretions and in i'll health prior to
the ch,ldrens birth 1t IS q question,
however, with more than one side.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

he Christmas hol1-
days are the hey
day Of the winter
sportsman, for this
period marks the
height Of outdoor
activity in sport in
many parts Of the
country.
The genuine win
ter sportsman has
supreme contempt
for the man who
fears exposure to
the cold, cen
winds that try a
mans hardihood
q n d 8 tart his
nerves a-tingling,
and well he may.
H. e.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

The decision of the supreme court in
favor OF the wide-open tax amendment
is probably tie most important
decision ever rendered by that
tribunal 1t will open the way to a
great many reforms IN taxation. The
legislature has great opportunity
presented to begin the work Of reform.
The "wide-op feature can be made
a vehicle Of evil, also, and there will
be need of vigilance.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

eight" because it is SO difficult that she
will take all winter to learn it. This
is clever mode OF securing monop-
oily of one of the most desirable of
life's necessities.
Occasionally the American sportsmen
are ridiculed by foreign rivals because
our winter pastines. they allege, do
not require especial hardihood. It has
been claimed that skating races and
hockey games do not, for example,
call for the ruggedness and daring re-
quired in the Scandinavian sport Of
skeeing. Then, too. there are Green
landers and 1celanders having an un-
conquerable passion for wrestling.
stripped naked to the waist. on Arctic
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

The Transcript is dlsingenuous In
its Official defense of the county board.
The storm of criticism so far from
being allayed appears to have in
creased. The most outspoken critics
are those who are of the same party as
the ruling majority so the cry of
politics cannot be urged.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

The Glencoe Enterprise finds 1T
necessary, in commenting on the
recent disaster in Sicily, to intimate
that Messina has been very bad city
during its existence of about 5000
years. The Enterprise seems to know
something about Messina that he has
evolved from his inner consciousness,
and that no one else knows
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

The Jordan Independent is pleased
over the sentence given Gompers and
his associates. Which is not surpris.
ing. We suggest that Labor Com
missioner McEwen take the Indepen'
dent IN hanu
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

It is very evident that there will be
no postal Savings bank established by
the Taft administration, despite the
platform promise. The big boys
are aganst--it.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

The Norman County Herald cele-
brated its twenty first birthday last
week. but 1t has exhibited manhood
in its conduct for years. There is no
ADLER, cleaner, or more honestly
independent paper IN the state.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

ice foes. The man who is thrown of
the ice cake and promptly freezes to
death is considered the loser. The
victor wins the privilege of supporting
the losers family-if he had one. So
far as skeeing is concerned, scores Of
Americans have taken it UP. following
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

The st. Peter Herald, Governor
Johnson's old paper, only published
six columns Of his message. We really
think it is near to lese majestic, and
the governor shouldn't be blamed If
he ordered Essler before courtmartial.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

The Hewitt Bridge company has
completed the construction of the
bridge over Skunk brook in Agram
town, replacing the one that collapsed
some time ago. The bridge is said to
be a strong one.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15
AS OTHERS SEE US.

The Morrison County Board ordered
out all the telephones in the court
house, except the one in the sherlff's
Office. This action appears penny
wise and pound foolish. st Cloud
Times.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

A. Thoma has moved his book
bindery to the Democrat Office, where
he has secured quarters.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15
FRIDAY JAN. Is, 1909.

Richard Croker is..I.going into the
poultry business. Unkind folks say
that he feathered his nest long ago.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15

pig, some hens and ROSTERS, parrot.
duck and a goose. Percy said he had
to do it. He was hungry and broke; r.
explained, and to prevent starvatis-,
devoured the whole show. He was &
onerated by the court.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-15
Actress Husband Ate the Whole Show.

Mrs. Nellie Halleran, a vaudeville
performer. told Clerk O'Rourke in the
West Side court in New York city.
that her husband, Percy Halleran. had
eaten her "act" while she was out of
town. She said she had left trained
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-02
STRONG DEMAND FOR LAMB
IN EASTERN MARKET

uThe demand for wethers is not so
strong as it was last year, the greater
demand being for lambs, - is the state.
ment made by c. b. Stewart. secretary
of the Utah Wool Grawers aSsocia'
lion. who has Just returned from Oma-
ba and Chicago. The change in the
market conditions is due 70 the i'm
provement in the taste of the consum
crs who now demand the best the mar
ket affords The price Of wethers has
accordingly fallen.
Secretary Stewart says that the
fund to he used in eradicatIng nuro-
bacillosis is being increased daily, the
sbeepmen making liberal contributions,
and the work viii soon be carried 10 a
successful termination.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-02
Good Cough Medicine for Children and
Grown Folks, Too.

.sWe could hardly do without Cham
berlain S Cough Remedy says Mrs,
Flora Despair Of Bloyd, Ky. 81 found
il TO he so good for the Group and have
used il for years. / can heartily rec
ommend it for coughs, colds and Group
in children and grown folks, too The
above shows the implicit confidence
that many mothers place in Chamber
Iain'e Cough Remedy, confidence
based on many years experience IN the
nsc Of it. No one need hesitate TO use
ibis remedy. for it contains no chloro-
form, opium o. Other narcotics and may
be given 10 child rs confidently as to
an adult. For sale by all druggists.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-02
FIRST DAYS BATTLE
IN WAR OF ROSES
Both Sides Victorious and
Many Persons Are Taken
Captive.

Tho first DAVIS battle in the War
&c ibe Roses'b resulted in a glorious
victory for both armies. When tne9
hosts retired from the scene of peaeeiui
,aruaee Monday evening, a trcmen-
dous number OF captives had been tax
en-. These VIII be held IN calm "a ana
willing subiugation forever more: Ihey
Will be enrolled on The membership Ists
of the Young Women g Christian asso-
ciation to increase which the whF is
being wagcd -, ~.
The conflict will continue until No
vcmbcr l5. AT the end of the war 1t
i fhe hope OF the captains and leu
tenants that tho membership will have
oroyyn fourfoId