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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-10-18
WEST AND SOUTH.

ruE death OF James Cheek tcolored),
aged one hundred and two years occurred
on the nth in Eureka, III
The strike Of street railway employees on
the North and West sides in Chicago still
preva led on the l1th. Several cars were
run under police protection, and, although
the strikers made az angry demonstration.
there was little violence shown A proc
lamatian issue by the mayor requests al
peaceabse citizens not 70 cOugregate on
the streets. and saws that the law inn
poses upon the authorities the duty CT pre-
serving order and protecting property, and
this viii be done"
Tue following Congressional uomina-
tions were made on the ilth louisiana,
First district. T. 3. ;. P.nchbaCk lRep.);
Michigan. Fifth district, G. H. Lafteure
labor
The Minnesota Labor party Executive
Committee met on the 1lth at st Paul ana
decided 20 withdraw the state ticket
headed by IgnaJius Donnelly Tor 'ov-
ernor. from the ficiu-
LRnv RI-VKrr was sold on the TIth at
Lexington. ~. 20 Garrett Lang, Of Buff
falc. y Y. TOR S6 500. the highest price
ever paid for trottiug brood mare IN the
United states
A RfA<r 81 six thousand pounds Of pow
der was on the nth set on in "a quarry on
Telegraph HILL san francisco which
shook the earth for miles around aud dis
lodged from thirty thousand 10 nifty thou
sand tons Of rock.
AcArrLE steamer sunk on the 18TH fs'Ir
miles below Evansville. Ind. m thirty ic'sf
Of water Fifty head Of cattle, four horses
ami some freight were lUst. but the crew
reached shore in safety.
AN accommo alton train and q freight
train e0IIded IN the ilth near Massillon
o.. fatally inIuring several persons.
CLOVIS SorCY. oN-~upervl scr Of Canokia
township. Mo- was indicted on the l2th
for the alleged amhezzlemruf 81 81. un
TIVE post-ofice az Houston. Tex, was
robbed on the 18TH amt 10 was estimated
that the thieves secured iuiv $1,000 IN
money. checks and drafts
Is the Thirteenth Illinois district the
Republicans placed Dr. Charles Kerr n
the field fer Congress against W "
Springer
TuE West side csr--rlvcrs and con-
ductors In Chicago aerccd On the 18th 20
report for duty the follows < day AID lake
their cars out They adopted a resolution.
however. respecting the wages 70 re psid
10 the North side men which might not DO
accepted br President Nerkes, in whira
event they threatened 2 '-tie-upa he
West side system again Julius Kseseberg
was held IN $1,000 for placing dynamite on
a street track on the North side.
ACCORDING 10 the October report Of the
State Department issued on the 18th. the
Michigan wheat crop averages l5l65 bush
els per acre. indicating q total yield OF
- -. so bushels.
OK the 18th Minnie Boyd, aged seven
years. was burned 70 death at her home IN
Mexico. No. her dress catching ire, and
the smoke sufocated her two baby sisters
The parents were absent
tbs grand Jury on the 18th az RawlIns-
Wy. T.. found twenty-One Indictments
against conductors and brakcnaen 81 tile
Union Pacific railroad for systematically
robbing the company.
OK the 18th thrce masked meu attempt
ed % rob the pay-car on the Biafs Wis &
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The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
FrFTIETH CONGRESS-.

THURSDAY. Oct lin the Senate the
House bill appropriating s50.000 to
carry out the provisions Of the Chinese
Exclusion act was passed Senator
Mitchell tOre1 spoke az length on the Dill
TO reduce letter postage TO one cent per
ounce. When he concluded Sena or Cul-
lom IT. took the floor and spoke on the
tariff question. The House was not in
session
FRIDAY. Oct T. The feature Of the
proceedings in the Senate was the con
unuation Of the tariff discussion. A
message was receive from the President
vetoing the til grant ug restoration Of
pension 10 Sarah A Woodbridge Con
ference reports on the Fourth Of JAY
claims bill and the Dill TO retire General
Pleasanton were agreed u. Adjourned 70
the 18th. IN the House almost the entire
DAY was devoted 10 tn: discussion Of the
Nicaragua Canal bill The conference re
ports on tue Fourth OF july claims bill and
the Bill 70 retire General Pleasanton were
agreed to. Adjourned 10 the 18th.
MONDAY. Oct Is. In the Senate the
feature Of the proceedings was speech
BY Senator Blair N II on the Presi-
dents pension vetoes. Senator C5ckren
defended the course Of the President. Two
pension vetoes We're received. The Tariff
bill was discussed. and a petition was pre-
scented from the Wouan's Christian TEN
perance Union # Georgia for the repeal Of
internal revenue. II the House resolu-
ton was introduced prOviling for final ad
JOurnment on the 18th. a bill was intro
duced granting bounty Of leo acres Of
public land 70 soldiers and sailors of the
late war and TO the heirs Of those who
We're killed in battle; also granting pen
sious TO soldiers aud sailors Of the late
war who are mentally and phys ically dis
abied or who have attained the age of
s.xtv-fve years.
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COMMENT AND CRITICISM.

RsSF@Ihe difference between the Mills
{ Tariff bill OF the House and the Sen
ates substitute is the same as there is
real business. The Senate bill would
reduce the revenue about SO, 600. 600.
while it isn't certain that the Mills bill
would reduce it single dollar Cbica-
90 Journal.
Ras-Levi P. Morton's signature is
modest and monumental one It has
been seen in two places lately, how
ever, in both of which it did him
great credit, the one being at the bot
tom of a check for the benefit Of the
Jacksonville sufferers and the other
appended to his letter Of acceptance.
- Chicago Tribune.
RSThe story that General Harrison
once made insulting remarks about the
Irish has, of course, been disprOved.
The ideas which were % be the
g eat feature of the campaign, accord
in? to the Democratic leaders state
ment, are the same sort Of ideas as
those represented by the Morey letter
Of 1ss0.-St. Louis Democrat
BN~A Methodist minister in Illinois
who voted four years ago for st. John,
has returned to the Republican fold.
Some of the Prohibitionists asked him
that stock poser of the party. Don't
you intend to vote as you pray?' His
answer was Yes. | shall vote as |
pray; but I don't intend to do any
foolish praying this year ~ Spring
fe{d Union.
y~The Mills bill, if enacted into
law, will relieve all the small distiller-
les using less than twenty-five bushels
Of grain daily Of internal revenue tax
alton, this being done to aid the South
ern mOonshiners. and will take off the
special taxes on manufacturers Of
stills and retail dealers in liquors. If
this is not free whisky, what is it?
Toledo Blade.
neg~The removal OF the veteran
Union soldiers from tho Detroit custom
house service. to make places for
Democratic politicians, is another
notice to G. A r. men that Cleveland
and the Democratic party have no use
for the Union soldiers, though they
would like to fool them out Of their
votes just this once, if they can
Lansing (Mtch.) Republican.
RB- about a year ago Allen G.. Thur
man said TO reporter Of the Boston
Globe: u viii never run for politi-
cal Office again. Ny dag Is gone. We
do not in the least question the truth
Of that last remark, but Mr.. Thurman
ought not to let slip the chance that
letter of acceptance would give him Of
explaining why he has in less than one
brief year changed his mind about
running for political Office Chicago
Tribune.
be- President Cleveland conspicu-
ously revealed his ignorance on the
tariff question when, in his free-trade
message aud also in his letter Of ac-
ceptance. he toolr the ground that q
protective tariff increased the cost Of
imported goods to the consumer in
this country by the amount Of the duty
levied thereon. and also increased the
cost of similar goods produced in this
country by the same amount This
has thousand times been shown to
be an utterly false proposition, and
the President ought to have known
The fact N 4 Independent
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THE EAST.

A WOMAN aged fifty-five years named
Mary Griffin died Of voluntary starvation
On the 10th in tie aims house at Meriden,
Conn. She took nothing but water for
fifty FIVE days.
ADvIcEs Of the IIth say that fifty-seven
persons were killed by tie recent accident
on the Lehich Valley road near Penn
Haven. Pa, and over forty were injured.
JANIS :. CooGAN was on the 18th NOM
mated for mayor Of New York City by the
United Labor party, and the Republicans
nominated Joel Il. Eckhardt.
ON the 18th Mrs Lydia Bacon, OF sud
bury, Mass. celebrated her one hundred
and first birthday. Her physical and
mental powers were remarkably well pre-
served.
Ok the nth Henry 6. Hotchkiss, of West
Haven, Conn. a hardware manufacturer,
was arrested on the charge of forging
checks upon the Yale National Bank of
New Haven TO the amount or $50 90. and
confessed his guilt
A FIRg in the Standard Oh CgInpany's
property at Green Point, l. /, caused
loss Of 500. co on the nth.
Tbs death Of George Rumford Baldwin,
an eminent civil engineer. occurred at his
homo in North Woburn, Mass. ON the
18th, II the age Of ninety six years aud six
months.
TAMMANY HALL Democrats in View York
City maize the following Congressional
nominations on the 18th: Sixth district, f.
T. Fitzgerald: Ninth. ). \ Cox fFcnOminat-
ed Thirteenth. \. p Fitch
OK the 18th the post cffice at Mattewan.
y. Y, was robbed q all It's contents.
Is the New York market coffee advanced
one-half cent pound on the Eth, in
flucncg q b. continued higher prices abroad.
THE death Of Cheslcy Heal, aged oBe
hundred and nine years. occurred on the
18th at Searsmont. Ne. His long life was
attributed in part to his powerful lungs,
his voice being easily heard mile.
Base BALL games for the worlds cham
pi0nsh- p between the New 7 ork club. Of
the National League. and the St Louis
Browns. # the American Association.
have been arranged as follows Four
games in New York. four in st Ions, enc
in Brooklyn an one in Philadelphia The
first contest viii take place in P4il2del a'aia
October -
THE doors Of the Farmers & Merchants
Bank Of Pittsburgh Pa, were closed o2
the 18TH Liabilities over 800 COZ Depos.-
tors would be pad in full
A TRAIN struck a carriage near West
Barustable. VI s.. on the 18Th containing
Henry A CrowaIl and wife aud Howard
81 Lowell and wife. and the two men were
killed and tie IS fatally injured
JOIN l. SULLIVAN. the pugiiist, II was
announced on ne 18th. had accepted the
position of sporting editor Of a New York
illustrated paper.
THE death Of Jonathan Robe, pen
siouer Of the war Of 1872 occurred on the
18th AZ Bradford. Vt. at the age Of ninety
FIVE years. He leaves widow and eight
children.
WILLIE MoRsAN. aged six years. got hold
of his fathers shot gun at Reading, Pa,
on the 18TH and pointing il at his mother
and Little SISTER shot them both fatally
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

DISPATCHES on the 18th say that the
British expedition in the Black mountains
Of India had burned up four villages and
killed the inhabitants.
DoMINGO SkNUDo aud his wife, an aged
couple were found in their residence on
the nth in Havana, Cuba, brutally muir
dereti. A son-in-law and servant had
been arrested on suspicion Senior Sanudo's
fortune was estimated at - OOO,O 600.
Publication If morning papers in Con
slant. uople was forbidden on the 18th.
JAMES PATToN, Collector of Customs at
TorOn TO, Ont, was found dead in his pTi
vate office on the eth Heart disease was
the cause.
TIE death of Mr.. Levy, proprietor of the
London Daily Telegraph, occurred on the
18th.
OK the 18th J. VI Campleau, Secretary
OF STATE Of Canada, said tie Domin on was
satisfied with the present condition of
things and did not &c sire annexation to the
United states.
DISPATCHES received in San Francisco
on the 18th say that disastrous food had
occurred near Fang Shan Hsien, in the
vicinity of Pekiu, China. Twenty villages
were submerged and mere than ten thou
sand people were drowned. also a large
number Of draft animals
A FIRE DESTROYED a block Of seven-story
DulL1lu2S at N-sA-SONs cE0LAaUu. on the
18th. Loss sJOe.0JQ
A MADRAS dispatch OF the 18th says
that twenty fivA persons were killed by an
explosion Of gunpowder at village fes-
tival near there
! LAD walked into the Quebec Bank at
NJ 7ntreaL, Can. on the 18th with a soap
box put IL on the floor. stepped upon it.
reat ned over. grasped a parcel Of lis
vaIu ri at $1,000 and disappeared before
the G. erzs realized what had happened.
F. = MCDONNELL arrived in Ottawa
Ont, q the 18TH from making geological
explorf tiOn Of the Yukon river, which for
two IN udred miles forms the boundary
line bet Neeu Alaska and British Columbia.
The VI kon he described as a stream
tyventv-t. Tree hundred m les long and
navirabIe for rec quarters of the dis
lance. Tt region, he said. was a vast
gold and silver bed, and goId could be
seen with I, e naked eye in lodges along
the banks of the streams
ONE and nv e-doIlar American counterfeit
bills we're in circulation in Montreal, Can,
on the 18th.
THE Govern nent of France on the 18th
issued an orde forb dding the reception
Of foreign offiC ers In the military colleges
and also forbid ling their services in the
army
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Log Cabin Logic.
Drawn and Bra

Drawn and Brain
The powerful engine with rs wonderful
propeiling power. coupled 20 the long trair
full freigh:ed with the richest fabrics Of the
Intellectual looms Of the centuries what
obstacles can stay the progress OF this
mighty force, when once under fun steam
along life's highway
The American with Drawn and brain d0es
not see the necessity for titles Of nobility.
docs not care for elevation By descent, he
can reach oUt and pluck the stars
But with Drawn or brain impaired, a mar
is badly Handicapped In the mad race fof
success which IS the marged characteristic
Of the present age
The physical system is a most intricate
piece Of machinery Il ought To be kept
well regulated, 50 that o. viii work har'
rnoniousIy in ali = parts. then IL is capable
Of an immense amount Of work
Il IL said that "A watch II expected Okecp
perfect time, must be wound daily II vii
not keep good time unless j. o. runs regu.
lar More men break down because they
don't " run regular than for any other
reason.
Iii claimed By physicians that Few rner
are killed bv hard work Il - 70 the irregu.
lsrities Of modern socIai life that the higt
death rate is due Men burn their candle
a. both ends, then wonder why II burns out
50 quickly.
The main thing in keeping the human ma
chine in good working order - 70 keep tne
regulator all right THE blood IS the me-
and sound health is assured 50 long IS tnt
blood flows through the veins a hmpe
stream Of purity.
Regulate the regulator with Warner's Los
Cabin sarsapariIla the old fashioned blooo
purifier, pre- pared after the best formula II
use bv our ancestors j. good old Log CaplT
DAYS. and with the vig0r Of Drawn aud braiI
which must eusue. In your life's lexicon yo1
will ind no such word as fe4L
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Protect American Interests.

II the people Of the United States
should adopt the free-trade idea
should conclude 10 purchase abroad
every thing they consume that can
be purchased cheaper than at home,
is it not plain that two-thirds Of ou
people would have no employment
and. therefore. no money wherewith "a
purchase supplies, even though aour
be worth but one dollar per barrel and
beef one cent per pound And j. il
not also plain that TO the extent that
we purchase abroad such articles as
can be produced Al home a certain
proportion 81 our people must bc CON
demned TO enforced idleness. and,
therefore, TO poverty, ignorance and
degradation
The people OF the United States. ike
the people Of all civilized nations, are
compelled 10 contribute TO the support
OF Government. and ali the male in
habitants Of military age arc under
obligation to risk their lives in de-
Tense Of that government in the event
OF war. Is it not, therefore, both just
ard expedient that our own citizens
be prefcrrcd in our markets over for
eigners-not merely placed upon an
equality with them2 Giving the pref
erence 20 our own citizens implies nc
eurIity, no hostility TO the people Of
other nations, for we recognize the
right Of other nations 20 prefer their
people over us; and ever il we did not
they would exercise that right have
always done 50 and always will Otis
!stafe Journal
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IRE Hon. John Wentworth Better known
as Long John. - Gied at his uomo in Chica-
go. a. : 10 a. m on the 10th Mr. Went
worth was one OF Ghicago's oldest citizens
and in his day " as congressman, mayor
and editor OF the Principal daily paper His
age was - years
The standard CIT CompaIy's two ware
houses ut Duluth. together with eight cars
OF the s. Pau. & Duiuth Company. were
buried on the lii h. Tue fire was started
by sparks from burning brush Loss,
[ 81. Uol
IHE boiler OF the superior PAPER Mill at
YpsilanI Aich, exploded on the morning
/ OF the l6sh. Instantly Killing fireman john
Slonesou, and severely Inluring another
( fireman Damage 20 the mill, So, coo
I THE Cameron coliiery works az Shamokin,
\ Pa. were des royed BY tire on the I6tn
The ire originated from an explosion OF
gas Loss. S95,UD0
( At jacksonville, Fla, ON the 16ih there
were reported - new eases OF yellow fever
and = deaths. Total e-ses 3,627; total
deaths BIS.
AMIGO. Wis. vas visited by tire on the
18th lnat des royed four business houses
.y.oss SlJ. O0U
The Old employees oil the street car svs-
tel u Of Chicago VINO lately struck, feel that
the, have been 4uped in their settlement
There Nas a Lively riot on the night OF the
10Th. " the corner OF North Halls ead and
North I've Three ears were stopped by
arricaae and tie vehicles Were stoned
The : p, Jicem acting rs a guard were
pow lriess
AZ aet ide NJ occurred on the LehiCh VAL
I,v railroad near Lost Creek, Pa. on the
lUrh bv W hich SIX men were killed out
r..lt and tgycnty-sIx were injured. A con-
s,ruction ira a with forty HungarIans were
I'm o4dinz Ii Is whau the Pennsylvania
train came along aud dashed into the con-
struction cars Twenty Of the freight cars
were wrecked ID was three hours before
assistance could he secured fer the wound-
ed
A FEW days ago the women of Thompson,
u k look .le temperance law in their own
hands. and seized all tie beer and liquor
they eouiu md aud emptied tie same in
a. streets ON ths 1Hsh twenty-five men,
/ WI men and chi ren were arIsstet, charged
vita rolng and ,aken 10 Grand FORKS, for
trial
MICHAEL. O'NEEI1. a man aged about %
WIS knocked down NJ run over by q hack
team az BIZ dye square. St Paul, on tue
18th He was r moved 20 The hospital
where he died OF IN ernai Lemorruage.
The drives Of the hacS, Nm Pellet. was
arrested
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FRnM WASHINGTON.

The Secretary Of the Treasury on the
18th decided that FISH caught in Iceland by
men in the employ Of an American were
not entitled 10 entry into the United States
free Of duty.
CONGRESS disposed Of the last appropria-
ton bill On the l2th. and the grand total
amounts 70 1921. 6l7.O3S.
The 5 oux Indians who left their reser-
walton q confer with the President in re
gard to The proposed sale Of their reserva
tion arrived in Washington on the 18th.
THERE were 1876 business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 18th, against l46 the previous seven
DAYS.
THE exchanges 81 twenty six leading
clearing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the l$th aEgre-
gated 81. l;E}, 81 al against SI.3s9 651. 69sl
the previous week As compared with the
corresponding week Of 1881 the increase
amounted u 3 8 Eer cent.
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Inc issue Of The Campaign.

II you want to keep up the system
under which the highest wages IN
the world are paid 20 labor IN this
country-rote 70. Harrison.
If you want 10 Try an experiment
with your daily bread and see if you
can't be hest conditions To-
labor .-ds ever seen-yote
for Clt eiand-
This Il ali there is OF IT, You are
asked 20 exchange n certainty for a
possibility; a fact for a theory. And
all when the great rivals Of our trade
md manufactures are asking this step
D he taken. Ptilc.sglulia Press.
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The New York StH wishes that it
knew the name and address OF a Ger
tain young girl in Mississippi, for they
ought 10 be known Someone gave
her I'VE cents. With it she bought a
ward of calico and inside it into sun
bonnet. which she sold for forty cents.
She invested the forty cents in calico.
made more bonnets, sold them, rein
vested. made other garments. and
pretty soon had ten dollars She put
this money into potatoes. planted them,
paid for the cultivation, harvesting
and marketing Of her crop. and made
a clear profit Of forty dollars.
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DUEING the eight months ended with
August there came to the United states.
393. 937 immigrants. Or about 10000
more than in the first eight months %
last year While England and Wales
sent rs 2 900 e~s than last wear and Ire
land only zoo more. Scotland sent ,. 100
more The Germans were slightly less.
but ia all other natIouaiities there was
an increase Of the total every 100 was
made zap substantially ~ follows. Brit
jsh. 81. German. ia. Bohemian. AuStri-
AN. Hungarian, Polish and Russian.
Is; Scandinavian, 10. Italian. 10; other
cnnntries.
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MRs. RUrH HULL 81 Wulingford.
Conn. whose greatest wish was 10 he
buried in a coffin madc rom the cradle
in which she was rocked when babe.
died recently nj the age of ~evcnty-four
wears. The coffin was made from the
cradle two weeks before ana taken 20
her residence while she vas confined 70
her bed. Since then she had il kept in
her room. She seemed 70 take much
pleasure in Ill twas hcridea 10 have
the coffin made q number Of years ago
and use ID a. a lounge. Her dying wish
was that no funeral services be held
nor any minister attend
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The longest through-car service of
any railroad line in the world Is said
% De on the Southern Pacific road. be
tween New Orleans and san Francisco.
= i95 miles. The fastest through train
On this road is timed at Il3 hours %
minutes. or at the rate Of twenty-five
miles an hour.
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W u. WooD & Co. Of Pittsburgh.
Pa, intend 10 remove every boy en-
ploycd in their mills who i under
fourteen years of age. and urge him
to attend school. II his parents are
too poor 70 purchase him the necessary
nOoks the firm will do il. 1t is expect
Cd that a large number of boys will
take advantage of this offer.
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The Unitarians.

The Wisconsin Uaitarian conference at
its session in VI lwaukee recently elected
the following officers: President T. B. For.
bush, Of Milwaukee; Vice Presidents, w.
+. Allen, of Madison, and L. r. larson, OF
Eau Claire; Secretary, j. H. Croker, OF
Madison; Recorder, Lloyd skinner, of Mil
waukee; Treasurer, r. jackson, of Bara.
boo; Secretary Of Post-ofice Mission, Loui
Phillips, of Madison
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MONTREAL, Can, Oct 10 A youth en-
tered the Quebec Bank Monday with a
soap-box under his arm. lacing the box
on the floor ne reached yer railing,
grasped a bundle of bills containing Il 600,
placed them in the box and walked of
with the money The clerks were so
amazed at the proceeding that they failed
to give warning in time, and the boy-thief
escaped