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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

ion. had disappeared He was pur-
sued, arrested in Australia, aad
brought back TO St Louis He was tried
on a charge OF killing preller for
the purpose of robbery, convicted and
sentenced to be hanged His defense was
that he was treating Preller for an acute
disease and that Preller died while under
the influence of chloroform. An appeal
was taken through the State courts to the
United States Supreme Court on the ques
ton of the constitutionaliJy of the state
low OF Missouri The Attorney General
moved for the dismissal OF the writ Of error
on the ground that the supreme Court was
without jurisdiction
The gist of the decision is as follows:
ChiefJustice Waite says that IN the case OF
Spies VS. the State OF Illinois il was held that
20 give this court jurisdiction under section 200
of the rev sed statutes because OF denial by
State court of anv tile. right, privilege i'm
munity claimed under the constitution or any
treaty or statute OF the United States
IL mus. appear on the record that
such right title, privilege or immunity
was specially set up or claimed az the prorer
time in the proper way. To be renewable
here the decision must be against the right
set up or declared. As the Sup enc Court OF
the State reviewing the decision OF the
trial court it must appear that the claim was
made in that court, because the Supreme
Court was only authorized TO review the judg-
ment for errors committed there, and can
do no more.
Applying that rule to this case, we find that
at the trial no title right, privilege or immu-
nifty was specially set up or claimed under the
const tutions, laws or treaties OF the United
States Thus, for example when the testimony
of D.ngenfelder offered, the admission OF
which is assigned for error. the objection
was not that its admission would be viola
ton OF any provision OF the constitu-
ton or laws Of the United States, but
because 1t was incompetent and Irrelevant
coming, as il did, from a man who, by his con-
duet IN forcing the statements from the de-
PENDANTS 10 which It was proposed he would
testify, had shown himself 10 be unworthy of
belief in court Of justice ana because tho
witness has shown that he held out an induce
ment, promise 10 the defendant for his state
ment, which renders 1t Incompetent
THE ass gnments OF errors which relate TO
the rulings of the court fail entirely to present
any quest on OF Federal law for our cons ,dera-
ton. So far as appears that court in its dec.s-
ions was governed exclusively by the constitu-
ton and laws OF the State; and the Supreme
Court, in its opinion on this part Of the case,
makes no mention whatever of any claim Of
right under the constitution or laws of the
United States"
Uron the question OF the oyerruling in the
trio CONT of The motion for n
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

an 10 ldI. sue A~'A - N-AA'A ii~--'
dropped into a deep sleep, and died at 5
O'clock Satur lay morning. The funeral
viii take place this afternoon at = o'clock,
and the body viii be inferred at Lake View,
where rests all that is mortal of her beloved
son.
eliza Ballou Garfield was born September
25, 1892. at the foot of Mount Monadnocly, n.
H.. married Abram Garfield, OF WATERFOWL,
Mass, in 1927, coming to Orange, CUyahoga
County. o., in 1884. when her eldest child,
Thomas Garfield, now OF Grand Rap DIS, Mich.
was 6 years of age. She was o woman
Of strong sense and spirit, and had
a singular capacity for managing and
educating children. Abram Garfield d ed
when Tom, the eldest boy, was 10
years Old, leaving the widow with four
ch .ldren and a cabin in the woods. Her care
anu energy produced che of Americas greatest
public men, and carried the family in respccta-
bic poverty to the point where It could make
its own way. James A. Garfield was her pride
aud JOY, and she has aged very rapidly from the
day that Guiteau's bullet struck him down. Not
until December last however, was she COM
PEELED to take to her bed
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WEST AND SOUTH.

INDak0ta the blizzard embargo was raised
on the 18th, and the first mail since January
II arrived a. Hur8a
OK the 18th the Hatfield gang from 10
gan County went 70 the house OF Sim Nc
Gov. IN Pike County. Ky. tied bis wife TO {.
tree. shot her TO death. with her two eldest
children. ani banned Mccoy and the TWO
Youngest children 70 death
GOVERNOR sEaIPLE on the 18th signed the
hin giving women the right TO vote in Wash
ington Territory.
At Harrod, o, Frank Smith, his wife and
Eve children perished in the IRE that de-
stroved their home on 18th
'vrrr.E in a 1t Mrs Hudson. an old lady
ilvins uear Yandalia. H., fell in the ire on
the lashand was burned 70 death
I rs eorots-r found 81 600 in gold on the
ION hidden IN she hut of William Price,
who died recensiyst starvation ct Girard, ..
OSthe l9Eh three ns~a broke into q hall
at Kansas City. gathsreo an the Bibles.
song-books and printed sef.-ons Of sam
Jones and sam Small, who we4- holding
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THE NORTHWEST.
Brief Mention OF News Of General
Interest.


ILLINOIS.
At the annual session of the State Bar
Association in Springfield recently Thomas
Dent, Of Chicago, was elected president
In Rockford the other day Ephraim Her.
ricks. MIR Hiram Wood and Allen Gibson, all
old residents, died suddenly.
C. W. Pavey & Sons, general merchants
at Mt Vernon, failed recently for $25 900.
Forty or more members OF the Evening
Star Club. OF Paxton, were indicted by
the United 5tates Grand Jury at Springfield
few days ago for selling liquor without a
Government license
William Deatharge, aged one hundred
years, died at his home in Morgan County
the other day. He was an early settler and
the oldest man in that region
Thomas Houston, an old citizen of
Logan County, was drowned the other
night in Sugar creek at Lincoln.
William johnson, Rockford grocer, was
iven small fine the other day for slap
ping customer. Mrs. Lizzie GanOung
Syl Bassett, of shelbyville, who murdered
his brother Albert, was recently sentenced
TO eighteen years in the penitentiary
Thomas Hetty. pioneer, who about 1S4I
was engaged in the wagon business in Chi
cagO, and who boosted of having killed
game within a short distance of where
Cook County courthouse now stands, died
the other night at Freeport, aged ninety
two years
A high grade of iron ore has been discov-
cred in the Embarras river hills two miles
east of Charleston. and a company is being
formed to market it
Two miners at work in a coal mine near
Paramount were crushed 20 death recently
by mass of slate falling upon them
r. n. Dodd's drug store and S. W. Hickox's
grocery store at Springfield were burned a
few days ago Loss, $35, 600
A semi-annual dividend of Sig per cent
payable March l, has been declared by the
Illinois Central Road.
The twenty years pastorate of DIR. Good
win at the FIRST Congregational Church in
Chicago was celebrated the other night by
a sociable ar rehnion.
DIR. +. w. Phillips superintendent of the
Illinois Institution for the Blind, died at
Jacksonville a few afternoons r.. D.
Governor oglesby has pardo ed Charles
F. Huston, a two-yoar man because he had
his arm crushed in an accident at the peni-
Tertiary
The village of Maroa was visited by a de-
stTuctive fire the other morning. which
swept away S25, GOO worth of property.
Rockford boasts the only woman station
agent in the State. The Chicago q North
western Railway Company has appointed
Mrs A b. Whitmeyer to fill that position,
made vacant by the death of her husband.
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MICHIGAN.


Several Michigan cities are discussing the
propriety of establishing schools for man
ual training
The State Central Committee of the
Union Labor party of Michigan met at
Lansing recently and decided to call a con-
vention 70 select delegates to the National
convention at Lansing Nay 23
Mrs. George Qugley, residing near Stan
wood, was run into by sieigh-load OF peo-
pie few days ago and instantly killed. the
tongue striking her in the back and break
ing it
Rev H. C. Beals. Of Plymouth. died the
Other morning Of apoplexy, aged fifty-two
years. He was prominent member of the
Baptist church, and had been for thirteen
years State Superintendent of Missions
William IL Jewell, prominent farmer of
Assyria township. and for several terms
register OF deeds OF Barry County, was
found the other morning m tie wood
shed of the courthouse at Hastings with
his legs frozen solid to the knees and his
arms frozen to the elbows He had been
drinking heavily and would die
The John Spry Lumber Companys saw
mill at SGult Ste. Marie was burned the
other night Loss, $50. 600; fully INSURED.
The Seventh Day Adventists =
churches in Michigan, and [. -1Is
thereof paid tithes to the amount of over
$50, 600 last year They have 4, $50 mem
bers in the State.
Alice Ragin, aged eighteen years, and
employed as a box-naker at the Diamond
Salt Works at st Clair, was caught in the
shafting the other morning while crossing
a room and was whirled around a pulley
several times and killed instantly.
Milton ID Frost, a well-known woode.I-
ware manufacturer, died at Detroit the
other morning, aged sixty years.
The Michigan Grand Chapter, Royal Asch
Masons, at its recent session at Grand Rap
ids elected Benjamin T. Watts, Of Ann
Arbor Grand High Priest.
A falling building at Odessa few DAYS
ago killed James Converse and injured J.
W. Boder perhaps fatally.
The Grand Trunk road is building
branch from Elkhart, Ind, 10 Jackson.
r. E Butterworth, Of Grand Rapids, the
first to develop the plaster resources of the
vicinity of Grand Rapids, died recently,
aged eighty-two years
William H. Fisher, the missing farmer of
Bay City, was found few days ago at
Rochester, Mimi.
pioneer of Coldwater, Thomas Daugh-
erty, residing there since 1885, died the
other day, aged lightweight years
Faith. Hope and Charity are three of the
prettiest little girls in Bay City They are
triplets and their age is eleven years They
are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Elias
Baker, and they are the picture of health
rhe Continent Il OIL Refining Company
was recently incorporated at Detroit with
a capital of So, 600, 900, to manufacture
and sell petroleum products
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

Az Esquimau woman. who left her
native home on the eastern shore Of
Greenland when fifteen years old and
has resided in this country long enough
70 learn the language and to develop
the fact that E>quimaux are rs white a
other people when the dirt and grease
are washed of. is lecturing. and says
among other things the people of her
nationality never wash or battle. have
Ne rulers. no form Of government. every
one does exactly rs he or she pleases.
and al are very well contented with
their lot. rs they know of nothing bet
Tor.
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THEY have queer way of conduct
ing the post-oilice in Mexico. In one
of her letters Miss Ward relates that
If you 20 into the land of '.Dios of
Libertad" and ask in English for let
ter. the obiging postmaster, or one of
his deputies will toss out the whole
stock addressed to foreign names.
whether it be q peck or bushel. and
allow you TO select for yourself, quite
indifferent as to whether YOU coniine
yourself TO your own or other people,
mil
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LOUISE MICHEL

The joan Dare of the French Anarchists
Shot ard Seriously Wounded by n Man
in an Audience She Was Address ing.
PARIS, Jan. 24-An attempt was made to
xiii Louise Michel at Hsyre Sunday evening.
She was making an address at meeting
of Anarchists when a man in the audi
ence named Lucas suddenly arose and,
pointing a revolver at the speaker, fred
two shots at her She received n wound in
the head, and the lobe of one OF her ears
WIS torn away. Lucas had a narrow escape
from lynching at the hands OF the infuri-
ated Anarchists, and it was only the timely
arrival of gendarmes that saved him. He
was locked up. Examination shows that
the wound N the head is not of a serious
nature
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

A WRITER in the Richmond Times
SAYS. Congressman Kelley, of Penn
sylvania. grows more wonderful every
dav. and one Of the most extraordinary
things about him is his memory. He
Is Al example Of a man who has made
a success Of public life without being
able 10 remember either face or a
name. lie can remember men :
voices. but not their features. and he
can tell. while sitting in the barber 5
chair. who is speaking by the accents
of the speakers voice. though he could
not tell the name OF the man perhaps
II be saw him.
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sonthern Iron Industrlc.

CHATTANOOGA Tenn, Jan. 23-The
Tradssmaa has compiled from the reports
OF the American Iron aud Steel Association
the production Of pig-iron in the South in
1857, representing the following States:
Maryland, Virg MIA, West Virginia. Ken
lucky, Nor Carolina, Tennessee. Georgia,
Alabama and Texas The total output
WIS go. 1876 tens an increase of 30 per
cent in two years. and represents one
eighth Of the total prodlc ion of the Uni,ed
States The Tr,tiespsp1 reports twen y-ive
blast furnaces bailding in the South. twenty
of which viii 90 into blast this year, and
es ina es the total production in the South
in 1888 at 1 15l 500 tons
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MINNESOTA.


George Hanson, asixteen-year old Mime
apolis boy, committed suicide recently by
hanging. No cause was known for the
deed
J. II. Reid, convicted of criminal assault
upon an actress in West 81 Paul, was de
ned a new trial the other day and sen
fenced to fifteen years in prison. Reid is a
member of highly respected family OF
Minneapolis.
Mrs Letitia Bovee, who IN her youth was
betrothed to President Buchanan, died at St
Paul recently. After the engagement was
broken the girl married a worthless man.
and Mr. buchanan remained a bachelor and
became President
The sixteenth annual meeting Of the
State Fremen's Association was held at Al
bert Lea a few days ago. delegates beng
present from twenty-eight cities The
treasurer gave the balance on hand at $12,
1914
The members of the police force at St
Paul presented the Little Sisters OF the Poor
with $l1i 80 a few days ago.
According to the best estimates, the
value of the new building Improvements
in NJ nneapolis in 1887 was $40, 200, OOO,-
the greatest in the city's history. The real
estate transfers amounted to 500, 000, 600
A remarkable discovery is reported in st
Paul of geese, that divide their time be-
tween a shallow river and 4 gravel hank,
being killed and found to have gold in their
crops
William Wood went into the army twenty
five years ago, leaving young wife and
child in New York The wife died while he
was in the service, and the child ives cared
for by Strangers He was never able to
l. Al. -
found her servant girl at Bronson, Mich.
He is weal5hy, and would take the girl to
his home in Minneapolis
Bishop Foss, OF he Methodist Episcopal
church, has made nearly $500, 600 in Min
nespolis real estate.
Of interest in railway circles is the action
os the Minneapolis { s. Louis Railroad Com
pany in their letter 10 the Rlilroad Com
mlssioncrs of Minnesota informing them
that their action has ruined the company's
business The action referred to WIS o
ruling based on the ~long and shorG haulH
clause of the State law.
At the annual election of the Duluth
Board of Trade recently Owen Ferguson
was reelected president
The State Horticultural Society held a
three-days' session at Minneapolis recently.
Secretary c. l. Smith, of the State Forestry
Association, read a paper in which ne pre-
dieted that the timber of the Northwest
wonld be exhausted in twenty-five years
unless the Government took steps to pre-
vent it
Lumbsrmen from Little Falls, who have
crossed the country from Princeton, con-
firm the recent report that a Swede had
murdered his wife and seven children. The
Swede was a farmer named Henry 0strum,
and the scene OF the crime is a Swedish
settlement about twenty miles from
Princeton Ostrum gave as a reason for
the crime that he feared his wife and chill
dren would freeze to death
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

A NEW thing out is 4 clock, with
ordinary works. that will run for a
year without attention. An electric
battery concealed in the case winds up
the clock from day TO day. or week to
week. as the need may be. Once in a
great while the battery must be re
Hewed. but that is all the care the
clock calls for
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

An oddity Is the sanitary, ventilated
shoe. Ii was conceived by a German
physician who makes n speciality o.
hvgienic clothing. The shoe resembles
an ordinary one. but IS trite larger
anu much more clumsy. The uPpers
are Of the regulation kind. but the soles
are four in number. Two are made OF
some kind Of cameI's hair felt and two
If common sole leather The upper
felt and leather are perforated more
than porous plaster and greatly re-
scnlble .he latter in appearance The
perforations connect with one or more
ar tubes complying outside
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

TWENTY odd years ago a kind-hearted
old Philadelphia merchant caught the
office boy pilfcring. He talked to him.
prayed with him, gave him another
chance. and in time the boy was pro-
NOTED step by step until he became
the most trusted employe. 4 few days
ago it was discovered that the young
man had been appropriating twenty
dollars a day for twenty years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

AscIENTIsT 1t Cleveland. o.. thinks
the reason birds Can fly i that their
flesh and bones are a battery Of such
a composition that the RAPID CULVER
ing of the feathers charges the body
with negative force. and, in eoi.se-
auenee. the wings have but little labor
u perform further than 10 guide and
propell the body onward He thinks
this could 6e proved by Harvesting UP
4 Cock Of wild pigeons and causing
them TO discharge their electricity
into 4 receiver By supplying men
with sufficient electricity. says this
Cleveland gentleman, they could ty.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26
NECESSITY Knows NO LAW.
Rural Residents OF Nebraska Who Lack
Fuel Making Raids on Coal Trains.

Rural Residents OF Nebraska Who Lack
Fuel Making Raids on Coal Trains.
OMAHA. Neb, Jan. % Dispatches have
been received at the Union Pacific head
q larters announcing attacks made on
TIE coal ours Of the company by set
tiers along the line in the western part
of the State who were suffering for
want of fuel The terrible cold weather
and the snow blockade have resulted in the
burning up OF every bit OF coal in these o
calities, and the farmers have been
obliged to burn corn, hay, outhouses.
and in some instances even household
furniture to keep from freezing. On the
1S5h, at Cozad, q freight train containing
several cars of coal was stopped by 100
men, who unconpled two of the ears, threw
the coal on tie ground, and afterward
hauled it away. At shelton last night
coal tram was boarded, and coal thrown
OF in TIE same manner Similar raids on
the coal trains arc reported from G.bbon
and KeaTney.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

II 1870 the American record of
horses known to be able to trot in 2:S0
or better embraced only Isl horses
Last year there were twice that num-
Der recorded who for the first time
made 2:30 or better. and the list as
how completed includes 5000 that can
trOt or pace in that class.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

THERE are two hundred private rail-
road cars in the United States. repre-
sentinS value Of nearly s.. 900. OOO
They are worth anywhere from 81,
70 5000 each. the most luxurious,
probably, being that owned by George
III. Pullman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

Miss DoTLE. Of Brooklyn. n. Y. was
pronounced to be dead the other day,
and the body was prepared for burial.
loud when they tried 10 take her away
from the coffin that the supposed
corpse rose up and startled the cOngre-
cation. She had been in trance, and
is now well and happy again.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

"a NAANA III TIC u 30
of Hugh NJ. Brooks,
alias w. l. Maxwell,
convicted at st
Louis of numbering
G. Arthur Preller In
hat city In April,
1854 The opinion
was reed by Chief
Justice Waite.
The case involved
in the decision is the
famous "uunk mys-
cry case Prefers
body was found in
the Southern Hotel,
cut up and packed
in a trunk. Brooks.
an Englishman, o
fellow country IN a n
OF Preller and his
t,..xaifpn ,a.rv.p
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

ATcnsoS. KIN. Jan "a = Governor
Martin authorizes the statement that great
distress prevails in the extreme south
westel 4 part Of Kansas. owing 70 the fail
ure OF The crops last year and she rigor Of
the winter Governor Martin is fully con-
WINGED that there are great many cases
Of restitution, and appeals TO the people OF
tie older counties to organze for tne pur-
pore Of sxtandlng the required assistance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

Dr. MERRIAM. of North Adams,
Mass. has in his possession a sleigh
which was made for his great-great-
grandfather in 1868. and which has
been used by the different generations
OF the Merriam family ever since 1t
Is still strong. and DIR. Merriam drives
about in il every dav.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

RICHARD WooDMAS and his wife
were recently released from the State
Insane Asylum 1t Concord. Conn.
after thirteen years confinement. An
investigation shows that they are not
insane. and never were. but were
stubborn about paying over a bill that
had already been paid.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

The BinghampIon IN. - LcaEcr
says: 1t is leap year, and it has Just
been one thousand years since there
were rs many SIS in the year as we
have just now. 1t 5 a good time for
old bachelors to cDgit-S. the girls to
reciprOc-S and not hesit-S.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

new trial. the Chief
Justice, after quot ny
the opinion OF the Mis-
souri, Supreme Court
upon the point, says:
at thus appears that
while upholdmg the
statute (sect on 1867
Of the Missouri stat
utes) the court also
put its decision on an
OF er ground, which
was equally conclusive
against the d PENDANT
to wit, that even II
the trial court could in
its discretion allow the
add tional reasons for
q new trial 10 he Dre-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-26

LAArPAsAs. Tex, Jan - Another bliz-
gard ruck this section Saturday evening.
Reports OF the disastrous effects OF that UNI
precedented cold spell of last week con-
tinue to arrive from distant sections sur
roundiug this city Loss OF sheep was very
heavy, owing to the fact that very few
ranches are provided with adequate shelter
for sheep Il is es imated that fully 90
600 sheep persisted in the counties of LAM
pasas: Brown, Hamilton, Coryell and San
Saba, ali large wool-prodUc ng counties
Colonel Charles Coytngton, in Corven COun-
". lost 500 head of sheep n one flock
Mrs Mccullough. widow OF John MeCul-
Tough. the tragedian. died at Philadelphia