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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-03-01
THE EAST.

TIE PrOhibitiOnists IN convention on the
22d at Providence, + l., nominated 4 State
ticket. George ". Gould heading the list as
nominee for Governor
HE National Law and Order League held
their xth annual convention al Philadel-
phia on the 221 II c. Bonney, of Chicago,
WAS reelected president
DURING 1857 the output of coal in the
second anthracite district of Pennsylvania
reached J.O43, do tons. an increase over
1856 of $40. O8O tons In mine accidents
ffty-twO men were killed ana 146
wounded
At the annual meeting of the trustees of
the Grant Monument Committee on the Odd
in New York William r. Grace was elected
president The amount Of the fund on de-
pOsit was stated to be Sl26, 1872
PET & Co 5 three-story iron-clad build
ing in Pittsburgh, Pa. was burned on the
9th Loss. 100000
a WIND STORM on the 25th at Wilkesbarre,
Pa. unroofed many buildings and blew 10 wn
scores Of trees Grea: damage was also
done in the country districts.
DINGLEY won the seyenty-two hour
twelve hours day. bicycle race closed at
Philadelphia on the 10Th. making nine
hundred miles
The discovery was made by citizens of
EatOntOwn. y J., on the 10Th that when
they Iynched Samuel johnson two years
ago for assaultlng q woman they hung the
wrong man.
A FIRE in tie business section Of Buffalo,
y Y. on the 26tI caused loss of $780,
900
NEAR Portland. Ne, the schooner Nellie
Bowers was wrecked on the 25th, and Cap
tain Summers and three OF his crew were
drowned
Hon JAMES &. BLAINE. in an interview
in Florence, Italy, made public on the 26th,
emphasizes his letter of declination. which
was printed recently, and establishes the
fact hat he is ont Of the Presidential race
and does not wish 10 be nominated or to
have his name presented as a ndidate.
At Frankfort, a Philadelphia suburban
town, Julia and Kate FOrb tsistersl were
struck by train and killed on the 9th
On the 27th Mrs Florence Schlosson, of
New York City celebrated her l02d birth
day. She has 100 lineal descendants. Her
great-grar dfather lived to be 100 years old
IRE irm Of 6 aorge r Clark & Co, of New
York City, the oldest house in tn hat trade
n this country, failed ON the 9th for
$3.50. 600
SIXTEEN persons were killed It Councils
Vile Pa, by railroad or mining accidents
during the seven days ended on tn. 18th.
THREE THOUSAND employees of the Edgar
Thomson steel works at Pittsburgh, Pa,
Were d scisarged on the 275h by Carne lie &
Co for failing o accept tie terms offered
by the company.
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w. s. BARNUM, Chairman.
"FREDERICK .. PRINCE. Secret
AN OLD QUESTION SETTLED.

Chicago Compensated for the Loss of tho
Democratic Convention by a Favorable
Decision in the Lake Front Case.
CHICAGO, Feb II In the United States
Court room yesterday Justice Harlan read
the Supreme Court decis on in the famous
lake front" case The reading occupied
nearly two hours 1t was the final action in
suit by The city TO prevent encrOachmentsr
upon the harbor by the Illinois CenTa
Railroad Company, and the citation has
been dragging along for over twenty years
Justice Harlan frst rendered an opinion
on the quo-warranto case OF 1887 of the
State vs. the Illinois Central. which was
motion hy the Acknowledgement to remand
the case from the United S ates court to the
State court This decision was brief and
denied the motion. Then The lake-front"
case proper was taken up
Divested of legal phrgseologv the old
Fort Dearborn reservation is declared 10
have passed forever from the control of the
United States. which has no standing in
court in TINS c1se This affects not only
the vacant lots on the east OF Michigan ave-
nue. but also Dearborn park The Illinois
Central is confirmed in the ownership of all
its property and vested rights north Of
Ranuo ph rect but its main conten ion
VIZ, tnat under the 1869 act il owned one
mile in width Of the bed OF the harbor-is
set aside Ihe repeal OF the 1869 act by
the 1873 Legislature is declared TO be valid,
as the company did not lose any vested
rights thereby. but was simply relocated
to the rights and privileges OF its
original charter. The riparian rights re-
main in the city. with the consent of the
State, not only the natural shore, but where
filing IN has been done by the railroad
The three blocks between Randolph and
Monroe streets, where the company intend
ed erecting Is new depot, remain in the
control OF the city, the contract of 1869
having been made void by the company
Withdrawing its depUSit moneys
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The News Condensed
important Intelligence From All Parts.
FIFTIETH CONGRESS,


THUr7nAY, Feb % In the Senate bills
were .Orted from committees to ex-
tend tav southern and western boundaries
OF the State of Kansas, aud TO provide for
the compulsory education of Indian chill
dren, not including the five civilized tribes
nor the Osages Bills were passed to pro-
vide aid for state homes for disabled SOL
diers and sailors, and TO extend the laws of
the United States over certain inorganic ID
territory south of Kansas, popularity known
- No Mans Lands In the House S s
Cox. of New York. was elected Speaker pro
tenn The session was devoted 70 consider
ing bills for public buildings at various
places
FRIDAY. Feb "a A resolution was
adopted in the Senate requesting the Presi-
dent to inform the Senate whether the
French Government had prohibited the i'm
portation OF American products The bill
granting pensions to ex soldiers and sail
Ors who are incaPacitated from the per-
Torrance of manual labor and providing
for pensions to dependent relatives of de-
ceased soldiers and sailors was considered
Adjourned to the 27th In the House G
Senate bill 10 increase the pensions for
deafness was reported favorabiy, also the
bill increasing the pension for total disa-
b-iities 10 $50 per month The bill for the
eaAAtAAA11ANA u @fNA+A anu o01bA D4kULA as
separate 5 ates was reported adversely.
SATURDAY, Feb - The Senate was not
in session In the House a long discussion
took place over appropriations for public
build ngs, and the bill for the organization
of the Territory of Oklahoma was consid-
cred
MONDAY, Feb 27-The Senate consid-
cred the bill granting pensions to ex-
soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated
for the performance Of manual labor, and
TO dependent relatives of deceased soldiers
and sailors. The bill 70 incorporate the
Maritime Canal Company OF Nicaragua
was passed In the House tills We're intro
duced granting amnesty for all Offenses
against the inteTnal-revenus laws commit
ted prior Ia February %. 1sSS. and for
the admission of the State of Wyoming.
Resolutions were introduced extending the
term of office of the President until the 3Oth
of April, 1883. and changing the date of
the meeting OF Congress. and calling upon
the President for information as to what
steps have been taken to prevent the con-
tinued Immig grafton of Chinese Iaborers
into the United States
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FOUR NEW STATES.
A Favorable Report ON the Bill to Adm
Dakota, Montana, Washington Territol
and Nm nI.rHc.

A Favorable Report the Bill to Admit
Dakota, Montana, Washington Territory
and New Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24-By a strict party
vote the House Committee on Territories
yesterday agreed To report fayorably Chair
man Sprngers OmniLu5' bill to enable
the people OF Dakota, Montana, Washing
ton Territory and New Mexico to form con-
situations and State governments, and 10 be
admitted into the Union on equal footings
with the original States
1.-THE bill authorizes residents of these Terri
tories 10 elect delegates TO conventions, proper
Tomato IN number with the population Of the
counties The apportionmcn1 Of delegates is 10
be made by the Governor, chiefJustice and
United States attorneys OF each Territory, and
the Cl-cten is 10 he held on the Tuesday
after the first Monday Of next August. The
number Of delegates TO each convention is fixed
at seventy-hve, except in The case Of Dakota,
where the number Is increased TO 1J1. They are
% meet at the seat OF government OF each
Territory ~ tie second Tuesday OF Sep
tcmber next, adopt the constitution o.
the United States, and form constitutions and
SSatc Governments, expressly disclamiBg IN
favor 81 the United States an title TO unappro-
priated public lands and Indian lands lying
within the Territories. They are also required
to sssume the Territorial debts and
provide and maintain "a public-schooI system.
The constitutions ere 60 be submitted TO q vote
Of the people On the Tuesday after the first
Monday iu NCEember next, aud. u a majority
are IN favor Of il, the results shall be certified
10 the Pres dent Of the United States.
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THE grant jury il y " YORK, acting I'M
der instruct rs fro Judge Corning. de
Cided on Feb. 5 not to find an indi, tment
against Jay Gould and Russ Il S .ge.
A CABLE from London says the stakes
were deposited on February IS for the
sui van Mitchell prize fight. Mitche |
wen tie toss and would select toe
bait grouni.
A TELEGRAM from Houston, Tex, on Feb.
ruary . says hat five negroes were shot
dead at a settlement known as Spanish
Camp The tragedy is sad to be the out
COM Of suit over u laud title.
AT Clinton, Ky, on February 2s, sam
Price, white, and William Remus, black,
we're taken from jai and lynched. Both
were guilty of murder.
The three Oh ldren of farmer named
Miller were burned TO death at st. Cloud,
Yinn. on February Is, during the absence
IF their parents.
THE Wisconsin Supreme Court on Febru
airy 2S declared invalid the law which
makes drunkenness criminal act.
THE Senate bill for a public building at
Milwaukee pas ed the House on February
>, with the op reputation reduced from
81, $4,000 to 500 OO0.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has direct that
the new military post at Highwood near
Chicago, be designated as Fort Sheridan,
in honor OF Gen. Sheridan.
AT party at Hillshoro, OHIO, on Febru-
AIRY >, Dora and Lizzie Aikens were, it
was feared, driven insane by fright, two
other young ladies, hideous disguised,
having broken in upon the party in a spirit
Of Jun.
AT Ashland, Wis, on February ., a
i.covery was made of what is supposed t.
be natural gas.
Ok February p, the Union Square Thea
tire, New York City, burned TO tie ground,
involving loss of half million dollars.
six fremen we're injured and t4rned by
the falling ia OF the roof on which they
were standing.
IL St Louis, No, on Feb. q, David Gal.
lager cut his wi,e's throat aud then his
own.
Ar Toronto, Canada, on Feb. =, Robert
Neil was hanged for ths murder OF his
prison guard in January, 1851.
THE strike was sill on. on the C. 3. & Q.
road On February ss. Chief Arthur says
ltaat he has received no propositions from
the company looking toward settlement.
President Per xins arrived in Chicaso, aud
after conference with the officials of the
road i was resolved to declare all positions
vacant at noon on February -, unless
the strikers returned to work.
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The TRUST INVESTIGATION.
President Rockefeller of the Standard Oil

President Rockefeller of the standard Oil
Company Answers Some Questions.
NEW YORK. Feb 2S j D. Rockefeller. of
the Standard OIL Company. was examined
yesterday morning by the Senate Trust In-
vestigating Committee He said the COM
pany of which he is the president had
capital of So, 500, 600 lie is a member OF
the Standard Oh Trust, which had origin
ally a capital of $40, 600, 600. and was in
creased TO $50, 600, 600 by taking in other
refiners. The capacity of the trust is about
20, 600 600 gallons, and the trust last year
refined about 75 per cent of the total
product
Mr. Rockefeller believed all the refineri1s
entering into the agreement were corpora
tons No companies were taken afterward
except for reasonable value OF their re-
hneries No efforts had been made to force
their stocks down in order to force them
into the trust
The trust certificates are worth S1G5, par
-alue 500 They have been higher. In
1887 the sharehOld RS received 20 per
cent more stock, and in addition a divi-
dend of 10 per cent Dividends have been
declared every three months. Tie average
being zig per cent annually.
A number of refneries have been closed
and new machinery put in. The number
of retineries have been increased constant
ly, the trust doing nothing TO prevent pro-
duction. The trust only owns the stocks
of a few small wells, whose production is
about 200 barrels a day, while
the total production is 100 900 barrels
a day. The trust has not been able to Sc
cure better transpor ration rates than
are allowed the general public, nor has it
received rebates The trust owns the stock
of the pipe lines, for the stock of which its
certificates were given. OF the 500. OO0,-
600 of the capital of the trust about $780,
OO0,O represents the plant of the pipe
lines 1t costs about 45 cents to run a
barrel of oil to New York from the wells
The purposes of the trust are to mine for,
produce, manufacture, refine and deal in
petroleum and ali its products and all the
materials used in such business, and to
transact other business connected there
with. The trustees are given power to pur-
chase the bonds and stocks Of other COM
panies. Each trustee is entitled to a sal
airy not exceeding So, 600 a year except
the president, who may be voted $50, 900.
MI. Rockefeller said growing and dan
gerOus rival hat sprung up in Europe. The
R0thschilds are tai1ng advantage of the
American idea of tube. ard are successfully
working the Russian oil fi.ids
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

LARGE building at Cruz de PIeria, Mex,
used as the headquarters for the Twenty
fifth battafiUn, fell during a storm on the
22d, killing four soldiers and wounding
many others
A COMET was visible on the 23d in Mel
bourne and New Zealand.
THE Dominion Parliament was formally
opened at Ottawa on the 23d by Lord
L8nsdowne
DISPATCHES of the 25th say that another
disaster on the Yellow river in China re-
suited in the drowning of four thousand
Chinese labOrers
ADvIcEs of the 25th from Canton, China.
say two Buddhist monks had been legally
burned to death, the sentence being passed by
the abbOts for assaulting two young nuns.
Many hundred people witnessed the pun
ishment
ADvICEs of the 27th say that the vii age
OF Yaltorta. in the north of Italy, had been
half iur ed by an avalanche. Twenty-three
corpses had been recovered.
Ten natives and one European were killed
in a recent fire at Hanoi, Tonquin, and five
hundred residences and numerous business
blocks were burned
On the 9th the report that Mrs Marie
Burton's claim to three hundred thousand
acres Of land in Lower California had been
confirmed by President Diaz was pro
nounced false.
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WEST AND SnuTY.

a CAR loaded wiki mules ON a Missouri
Pacinc fr ghu train was burned on the 22d,
and twenty-tlree OF the animals We're
roasted 10 death
SAMUEL. l. TEvRE OF Hannibal, No, died
on the 22i aged ninety-six years His wife,
VINO IS nety five years old survives him
TIE couple had been married seventy-two
years
NORTH CAROLINA Democrats will hold
their STATE convention at Raleigh Nav 80
The express car of a Southern Pacific
train was robbed by two masked burg lars
OF a large amount OF valuables on the 23d
near STEMS PISS A T.
At the session Of the Grand Army OF the
r public OF Indiana on the 23d, at Indian
apoli= Argus d Van Osdel, of Madison,
was elected Commander
OK the 2Sd Colonel J. " Feighan, of
EmpOria, was elected Commander of the
Grand Army Of the Republic OF Kansas At
its seventh annual encampment in VIM
fed
CoIDwATER, Kan, was almost entirely
destroyed nv fire on the 23l
On the 2s5d Aunt Matilda Riley. of
Bardstown Ky. completed her one hun
dred ana twenty years Of age, and was said
to be spry and active.
ON the 23d Mrs Julia Sandgren was found
Z '
and in the same room were found the dead
bodies OF her two young children Mrs.
SandgTen died in a short time Starvation
was thought TO have caused the deaths
LEwIs MooRE, a negro. was hanged on the
/ sd at George town. Va Moore ascribed his
m sfortune entirely to whisky, and begged
all to beware OF it
The canvass being made by the Commit
( tee OF One Kindred 10 revise the registra-
ton in New Orleans had on the % result
ed in finding about twenty-four thousand
names illegally registered
At the National Encampment on the 23d
OF the Union Veteran League az Youngs-
town. O.. General A. L Pearson, Of Pitts
brfVh. Pa. was elected Commander
OK the 2.3d the G. A r Encampment As
sociation Of Missouri. Kansas. Colorado.
Arkansas. Illinois. Iowa and Nebraska was
orgGnized at a NEE. = Of Grand Army men
in Kansas CITY.
KNIGHTS or LABoR met IN convention ut
Cairo. IL. On the 23d and nominated 7. T.
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BosToy, Feb y = movement was
started yesJeId $ 10 erect memorial to the
memory Of Wendell Phillips TIE move
ment was inaugurated by two meetings in
fremont Temple under the ausp ces Of the
Wendell Phillips Hall Association The
first meeting was Largely attended by
delegates from labor organizations, who
formed a soc efv for raising funds The
evening meeting was largely attended and
was addressed rs General Butler and 9th
ers General butler made She 81 scch Of
the evening lie eulOgiz4d Pm iips and
claimed that tire war OF The rebellion was
principally inspired By the voice and pen
Of Philips lie advocates the building Of
the memorial rs tbs 20 uAt1ry mites OK
the EorLIfI---fLIa-u Of A.arina
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MooNsHINERs IN Wisconsin.
An Illicit sun Discovered and Captured

An Illicit sill Discovered and Captured
a Farm Near Two Rivers, Wis.
Two RIVERS, Wis, Feb 2a-Deputy Col
lector NJ II. Murphy, Of Manjtowoc, assisted
by T. J. Pierce, also of ManitOwoc, made
another capture Of an Illicit Etili Wednes-
day evening near the village OF Mishicott,
in this county. The still WIS found
in fun operation, and a number OF gal
Ions Of hot whisky were secured It
was located on the farm Of Sam
Dousey, a brother-ln-Iaw OF Slaeuter, who
was recently arrested for crooked distiHiDg
and whose case is now pending ia the
United States District Court ia Milwaukee.
THIS makes the third capture OF the kind
made in this vicinity in the past lew
Ha
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MONTREAL. Can. FEB 2I-Ai g Hanel,
Of New York. was robbed Of -. 400 on tho
train yesterday corning while on his way
TO Montreal He had the money IN a sachel
which he had By his side on the seat On
arriving at P.aitsburg. as is customary, the
passengers left the tram for breakfast,
Able HameI leaving his sachel behind him.
When lie came back he found that woman
81 rather suspicious appearance had. along
with he sacheI, disappeared
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ABANDONED THEIR MACHINES.

a Great Strike on the Chicago, BurIing-
ton & Quincy Lines -The Engineers and
Firemen Quit Work Because Their Re-
quest for Adjustment of Wages Is
Refused = knights of Labor Engineers
the Missouri Pacific and Reading
Roads Threaten Retaliation.
/ CHICAGO, Feb. 27-To-day the Chicago,
| Burlington & Quincy railroad and all its
| branches will have TO run its trains without
/ the help of the engineers and firemen of
/ the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and theBrotherhood of LocomotiVeFiremen-
/ The last conference held between the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy officials and rep
resentatives of the men was held last
/ Thursday afternoon at the Office Of the
Chicago Burlington Quincy railroad Mr..
Henry b Stone, general manager. rep
resented the railroad with its branches
while Grand Chief Engineer Arthur and
/ Grand Master Fireman L p Sargent spoke
4 for their respective organizations Three
/ points at issue were discussed at this meet
ing-the wages to be paid enginemen for
overtime, the rules regulating the
dismissal of men from The company s
service, and the scale of wages to be paid
engineers and fremen running on the Chi
cago Burlington & Quincy system The
| questions of overtime and dismissal might
nave been settled by means or cOmprO-
mise but in the matter of wages Mr. Stone
refused to make any change in his ex-
listing schedule. On the conclusion of
this conference the enginemen on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road and
| its branches were notified by Messrs Ar
thur and Sargent TO strike at A a. IN. on
Monday, February 81, 1888, unless notified
to the contrary. Since Thursday Messrs
Arthur and Sargent have waited for some
action on the part of Manager Stone tending
| toward a settlement of the difficulty, but as
nothing has been heard from him the or
ders previously given to the enginemen are
in force and the strike is on. The Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad system
operates over 4, 600 miles of track In adj
dition to the main line it controls the
Burlington & Missouri River railroad in Ne
braska, the Hannibal & St Joseph railroad,
the Kansas City, ST. Joseph& Council Bluffs
railroad and the Chicago & Iowa railroad
Over this great length of track the Chi
cagO, Burlington & Quincy road runs
nearly 500 locomotives, operated by 2, 600
enginemen.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive engi-
neers numbers abOut 25 600 mem hers-the
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Verdict Acainst Tascott.

CHICAGO, Feb 2S-The coroner's jury
which has been celebrating on the murder
OF Amos j. Smell for the last three weeks
concluded its labors yesterday Two or
three witnesses, whose testimony devel-
oped no material fact as to the cause of the
death of the murdered millionaire, were ex-
amined. the jury finding its verdict against
William B. Tascott from the fact that an
Indictment for murder has already been
fof,nd a-ofugf him
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ST. LOUIS. Feb 2S-Alonday night David
J. Gallagher quarreied with his wife. from
whom he had separated, then cut her
throat, nearly severing the head from the
body, and also drew the weapon across his
own jugular The woman, who WIS yourg
and pretty, died instantly, but Gallagher is
still alive
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New YORK, Feb IS Thomas J. Mooney,
who threw dynamite bomb on the deck
of the steamer Queen" in August last, was
tried Monday and acquitted on the ground
OF insanity. The defendant was walking
out of court when the judge said he had
better be sent 10 an insane asylum
MONEYS lawyer moved his discharge, but
the Judge reserved his decision