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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-03-15
THE EAST.

OK the 9TH Mrs Garfield and her daughter
arrived az New York on the steamer Trave
from Europe
At Springfield, Mass. n FIRE broke out on
the 9Th in tie Etel ing Union newspaper
office. and the occupants Of the editorial
and cowpO>ing-rOCms on the fifth floor
were hemmed in V flames and but few es-
capped A dozen or more jumped from the
" ndows. six beng killed and the re-
mainGer dangerously wounded
The Massachusetts Senate passed the bill
requiring biennial elect Ons for state officers
and legislators on the 9TH
THE Democrats OF Maine will hold their
StaUe convention at Augusta May % for the
nOmin ton of a State ticket and delegates
10 : Louis
IEE Legislature of New Jersey. despite
the Governors veto, decided on the Sth to
make local option and high license a State
law
REPUBLICANS of Massachusetts, will meet
in State convention in Boston on April %
to elect delegates TO the National cOnven-
ton
AFRE destroyed Duden & Co.'S lace fac
tory IN New York City ON the Sth, causing a
loss Of 500 GOO
FLAMES destroyed Reilly's leather factory
and twelve houses at Newark, n j., on the
9th Loss, 800. coo
THE x-day -four hours a day) bicycle
race ended at Philadelphia on the 10th,
the record being broken by Croker VINO
covered 1883 miles
AT Shamokin, Pa, a Knights of Labor
assembly surrendered its charter on the
1Oth and declared the strike off They
We're ali railrOaderS
OK the 10th Cartwright won the seventy
two hour walking match in Boston, with
.fsFff miles bparfurr the American record
At SEQ. y. Y, train jumped the track
ON TIE 18th, killing one person and wound
ing twelve Others. four of them fatally.
HENRY BEBGH. of New York, founder and
president Of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty TO Animals died on the 18th.
aged xty-fve years IN 1866 Mr. Bergh
organized the society with which his name
has since been identfi d, and to the protec-
tion of dumb animals lie devoted all his
time and a great pant of a very cons .dera-
bic fortune. and he had the satisfaction of
seeing the society grow TO he a most i'm
portant institution with branches in almost
every State in the Union
o. the 12th the heaviest snow-storm OF
the year prevailed at New York, large drifts
forming. which caused a suspension of all
trains, street cars and ferries. The storm
was general in the State. and also severe in
PENNSYLVANIA. New Jersey, Connecticut and
points south
4 COLLISION of trains on the 18th near
Huntington. Pa. killed three employees and
C used a loss 10 the Pennsylvania road of
So. OO1
TIE Legislature OF the state of New York
for the first lime in its history was on the
10Th forced 20 adjourn because there was
not a quorum present on account of the
I great snOw-storm
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The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.


WEDNESDAY,. March IA bill was intro
duced in the Senate TO provide more eff
ciently for postal service between the Unit
cd States and South and Central Amer
lea The pension bill went over for one
day. In the House bills were introduced
for pensioning prisoners of war and to ere
ate department of agriculture and labor
The bill to divide the grea: Sioux Indian
reservation into separate smaller reserva-
tons was passed This throws open to set
tlement many thousand acres of valuable
land
THURSDAY. March SIN the Senate bills
were placed on the calendar TO provide
for a Joint celebration at Washington by
the xteen American republics in honor
OF the .ennial Of the parent republic
the United States; for an Indian industrial
school IN Michigan; applying the Eight
hour law to letter carriers A petition was
presented from thir.y-three States and Ter
ritorics, containing over one hundred thou
sand signatures, against the admission Oh
Ut1h IS 81 State so long rs its people are I'M
der the control OF the Mormon prizes thood.
The bill granting pensions 10 ex-soldiers
and sailors who are unable 10 perform man.
ual laEor and 10 the dependent relatives OF
deceased soldiers and sailors was passed by
a vote OF II yeas to rs nays In the House
bill was introduced 10 regulate the class
fication. compensation and allowances OF
postmasters The bill 70 establish n portal
telegraph was reported favorably, and the
measure 10 enable the people 10 select their
pOstm1sters was repCr -ed adversely
FRIDAY March 9 The Senate was not
IN session In The House the omnibus
war-c.aim iii was passed-y 100; nays,
100 At tie evening session tbirty-four
pension ILLS were passed, inc,u ling the one
increasing the pension Of the widow Of
General Roher. Anderson. the hero of Fort
sumter 10 500 a month
SATURDAY, March IO-There was no ses-
sion Ia the House bills were passed to
restore II the public domain part Of the
U-ntah Indian reservation in Utah, and
pr scrihing fine and Imprisonment for the
uni2wful cutting of timber on mdian reser-
yations The Dependent Pension bill was
received from the Senate and referred to
the Committee on Inv; lid Pensions
MONDAY, March l2-In the Senate re-
titions were presented protest ng against
the reduction If The du on lumber and
salt ami from leading wool manufacturers
aud growers asking legislation TO protect
the wool Interests bill was reported
tavordllT authoriz ng the appointment and
retirement of Arthur PleasantOn. a Major of
cavalry. In the House bills were intro
duced directing the Committee on Agri-
culture 10 inquire into the expediency of
prohibiting the sale OF compounds as pure
lard; the Randall bin relating TO tariff and
internal revenue; 10 encourage a Nat onal
exposition of the cOlOTed race, and prov d.
ing for a commission TO investigate trusts
and for repeal of the protective tariff on all
industries belonging TO trusts
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THE storm prevailing over the Atlantic
coast on the 18th and 18th did a great deal
Of d mage to the railroads and telegraph
lines In some places in \ w York State
the snow is over fivs feet deep, while drifts
in various l. cal ties stacked up fit cen fee
high. At Sarat Is a, the continuous fall was
exactly forty inches.
OSt 18th, the telegraph wires leading
east from CHICAGO were in very bad con-
ton only one wire being in worki &
order between that city and New Yo K.
THREE persons were frozen to death in
n W Yo City during the storm WIFI h
prevailed on the 18th and 18th.
NEAR Breme :. Ga, On the 18th thr e
convicts were killed ami one badly injured
by the premature discharge Of a cartridge
used in blasting.
ATM ,rietta, O., on the 18th, block of
buildings was destroyed by fir causing q
loss ofS6l,OoO.
II the House.o' Representatives, on tbs
18th. Mr.. Springer, from committee on
7, rritories, reported the bill for the adj
mission as States Of Dakot', Montana,
Washington and New Mexico.
AT Cincinnati, o., on the 18th, the Sagen
dorf Roofing Co. assigned Liabilities
si5,CCO.
The rooms in st. Paul in which pools
have been sold are now closed.
on the 18th, snow-sliie on King Solo
mon NJ untain, nea Silvert n, Co =, carried
mil carrier 80 feet down the mountain.
and he Ell before he p could reach him
TINS coal operators aud shippers OF the
Hooking Valley and Pittsburg district
agreed on the 18th to fix the price of coal at
g. IS for Pittsburg and sails for Hooking
Valley lump, free on board vessel
Iri rum red that tn, C. B. & @. road
has OF red 81 80 pc day and a bonus Of
$500 for engineers.
OSCAR METz, a 5 Cux City. Iowa, rag
dealer, found two drafts on the New York
Nat onal a. <, one for S2,Oc0 and another
for s.. 600, in b S days collection On the 18th,
and turned them over to the owner.
OK the 18th. Medad Y Miller was ar
rested at Detroit, Mich. Ee was a fsrme
near Huron, OAK. After mOrtgs ging goods
that he did not possess he took a trip
around the world
The funeral of T J. Potter, late president
Of the Union Pacific road, occurred in Bur
hngton, Ia, on the 18th.
SToRlTART FAIReuILD on the 18TH sent a
letter 70 the Senate Finance Committee
dis approving OF Senator Sherman's bill for
the nvestn Mt Ct the surplus funds for thu
redemption Of national bank nots
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FROM WASHINGTON.

The House Committee on Commerce on
the 1th author eel a favorable report on
the Postal Telegraph hill It appIOpriates
=, 600, 600 for the purpose of the tcs and
Places the general supervision OF the sys-
tenn under Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General
SECRETARY BAYARD informed the Presi-
dent on the 9TH that he knew OF no reason
to expect an early revocation of the decree
Of tie French Government agains- the i'm
porsation OF American PORK produces.
THOMAS J. IoTTER, aged forty-eight
years, general manager OF the Union Pacific
rOad. di on the 9th IN Washington
TIE House Committee on Military Affairs
on the 9th determined to recommend Cor
passage the Cutcheon ILL. apprOpriating
-, 10. coo for the public defense.
THERE were 19J bus ness failures in the
Tn ted States during the seven days ended
on the 9th, against 2O2 the previous seven
days
REPRE- SENTATIVE RANDALL completed his
Tariff L vision bill on ne 10Th. The esti-
mated reduction of revenue from all
sources ty this bill is S95. OOO. 900. of
which $50, 600, coo is in internal taxes
alone
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leves he may live from eighteen months 10
TWO years, while Drs. Schroeder ana Howell
think he may last for four or five years. the
latest reports indicate that his death Is more
likely to be question OF months or weeks.
Prince w helm, the eldest son OF unser
Fritz viii in all probability soon become En-
perOr OF Germany. According 70 reports,
seemingly rel able, his father malady IS fatal
in its nature and has reached such an advanced
stage that his death Is expected 70 occur within
q short time.
Prince William is only in his 2sth year. He is
het pride of the military party, was a tayorite
OF the late Emperor, and is the hop1 OF Prlhce
Bismarck. The young man hates every thlus
that is not German. and will be source
OF danger 10 the peace of Europe sfoLid
he come upon the throne. Every German
who discusses the question as TO what VIII
be the result when he is Emperor says;
"Tlere viii be war" Il s only a few years
ago that at a banquent ven by him 20 the OF
fcers OF his regiment he refused TO drink cham
payne. saying: - drink 10Th ng but German
VINE" His hatred OF Russia is no less tier
than that for France. it is said and FOR En-
gland he is known to have no great love
Prince William has been well educated ana
carefully trained. He received private instruc-
tons in classic languages. mathematics phys
les, religion and gymnastics. he was theh
sent 10 the gymnasium at Cassel, where ne
passed his examinat on for the untvers ~
with credit He was then sent 70 Bonn where
he studied diligently and was very popular
with the students. Joining vita them 70 their
entertainments in the knc!pen. IL is also re-
corded Of him that he had youthful pas
BY his feliow-students. One Of these pro
ductlons was on the subject OF Charlemagne in
9" Aix-la-Chapelle." He also translated some OF
the odes OF Horace. nally lie took his de-
gree, and then leaving Bonn returned to Pots
dam, wherr, IN 1877. he was immeas2t ely placed
in the military service as Prem er-Lieutenant
in the First Regiment Ct the Guards.
The Princes military rank al present Is
Colonel, commander Of the Hussars OF the
Guard He - very popular with the army ana
doubtless has the capacity OF q great General
From all reports be Is very anxious 70 nave an
opportunity Of proving himself a second FRED
ericx the Great.
He married February =. ISL. Princess Au-
gusta Victor, OF Schlesw g-Hoistein- 70
whom. however. he has OF been q model nus
band. HIS eldest son. Prince Wilhelm, was
born May 6, ISL. This Oh Id has now the pros
pect OF soon beng titled Crown Prince There
was curious prediction made years ago. in
which the Emperor IS SAID to have imphcIt
faith. Il was 70 u q effect that he would die az
the age OF 95 AM tL1t his son would not sue
coed him. THIS IS said to explain the devotion
be has always shown g Prince Wilhelm
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WEST AND SOUTH.

TIE Rush University. for coiOred students
OF 10th sexes, at Holly Springs, Miss, was
destroyed by fire on the 9Th, together with
It's fine library
II Harrison township. Ind. a band of
Young counterfeiters was discovered on the
eth VINO had been making a good counter
felt nickel and dIsposing OF it successfully.
OK the 7th nine valuable horses, smuggled
over the Canadian border without payment
OF duties. were seized at De Witt, Ia
AZ Pasadena, Cal. severe shock of
earthquake was felt on the morning OF the
7th Brick buildings we're shaken. but no
damage was done. shock was also felt at
Los Angeles
DEMOCRATS OF Alabama will meet in state
convention at Montgomery on the 9th of
May TO elect delegates to the National con-
ventiOn
At Middleton. No, a freight train was
ditched on the 9TH. and much live stock
was killed
Is Indian Territory three squatters were
killed by cowboys on the 9TH snd their
houses burned
THE Democrats OF Virginia will meet in
Richmond on May 10Th TO select delegates
20 the National convention Il St Louis
N the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
strike tns outlook was more peaceful on
the 18th. and the probability OF a general
str ze { n al the Western roads decreased
The Burlington officials made application
TO Judge Gresham for injunctiOns restrain
ing the Wabash road from further refusing
10 receive OF deliver Burlington freight and
the brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
ana its officers from issuing orders 10 en-
Cineers and hremen 20 refuse 10 haul Bur-
lingtOn freight
CHARIEs RICHTER shot and killed Louisa
Schmirt on the Sth at Evansville, Ind.
becauss she had rejected his addresses and
then kiliei himself
OK the Stl the PTOhibitionist majority
OF the Atlanta Gal Board of Aldermen
rejected the ordinance for free books in the
public schools because the hooks have 20
be purchased with money accruing from
sa-oon licenses
n Clarz County. Ca. a political quarrel
on the 9Th between Sheriff George W.
Allen and ex-Shsriff DAVIS Carter, esutod
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Frederick William, Familiarity known as I'm
ser Fritz" whom the death OF " Kaiser VIII
helm will raise to be Emperor OF Germany,
was born on the 18th of October 1881, in the new
palac; at Potsdam, and he IS therefore, IN ms
51th year. AS a boy he was sckly and his
life was often despaired Of; but he grew up TO
be strong and manly.
Hitherto, with TIE exception of the brief time
in which he was made Regent, after NObling S
attempt upon the life Of the Kaiser, he has
been kept as much as possible in the dark as to
the policy OF the Government. He has never
been able TO agree with Prince Bismarck and
his policy, and is not IN sympathy with the mil
itary party at the court which knows that with
h S coming to power he would devote more at
tention TO the commercial, intellectual ana ar
tistic development OF the empire, and endeavor
TO relieve the country as much as possible from
the present burden OF miitarism.
In 1858 (January 2D the Prince left Berlin for
England where he was TO wed Princess victoria.
He was accompanied by the Prince and Pincess
Of Prussia, Princes Frederick Carl, Albrecut
and Adalbert, the King Of the Belgians and
the Duke OF Coburg The marriage took place
on January %, and prosy Baron Stockmar was
made happy in seeing his plan ofthe houses
OF Prussia and England joined In more intimate
relationship.
The Princess never became very popular
with the Prussan aris;ocracy. Her influence
on the Prince, however. has been remarkable.
To her must belong the credit OF making him
what he has long been, model husband ana
father. Soon after the marriage, IL Will be re
membered that the Princess ran away from
Berlin on discovering some rich present that
she had seen in her husbands secretatre,
and which she had mag was IN
tended for herself as a birthday gift, worn by
one OF the fair ladies of the court. She got as
far as Cologne en- route TO England, before her
fight was discovered and there telegram
from the King ordered her to return at once to
Berlin. She had reluctantly to obey the royal
command.
The Crown Princes malady is evidently OF a
hereditary nature, his grandmother, the bcauti-
full Queen Louise of Prussia, having died OF
cancerous tumor in the neghborhood OF the
n art. This fact ought to dispose OF the
rumors which seek to attribute his disease TO
a dsgraceful source. Never has more un
founded charge been made, and few men have
ever led purer and more wholesome lives than
"Unser Fritz
The doctors disagree as to how long the IL
lustrious sufferer may 1--we. DIR. Mackenzie be-
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

TIE steamer Rafael Reyes exploded her
boiler recently a. Carthagena, and thirty
persons were killed
BERLIN official spatches say that EN-
perOr William of Germany, ed at $40
o'clock on the morning of the 9th He
passed away with his hand clasping the
hand of his wife. During the last hours of
his life he suffered little or no pain. The
Crown Prince Frederick William at once be-
came King of PRUSSIA ana Emperor OF GEL
many under the name of Frederick Ill
ADvIcEs of the 9th from London say that
the British bark Lanoma, with a cargo of
wool, was wrecked near Weymouth, and
the captain and his crew of eleven men
were drowned
FIFTY-EIGHT business failures occurred in
Canada during the seven days ended on the
oh
CHARLES MITCHELL and John /. Sullivan
on the 10th fought thirty-nine rounds, last
ing three hours and eleven minu and
ending in draw, near Chantilly, France.
Both men were arrested and locked up in
Jail by the authorities
TIVE silver wedding of the Prince and
Princess % Wales was celebrated in London
on the I0-h
PARTICULARS on the 10th of the earth
quake in China in December last say that
fifteen thousand lives were lost
An order was issued by the Government
Of Denmark on the 10th forbidiing the inn
portatjon of American bacon and steam
lard and other undressed pork products
HE British bark Tasmania, en- route
from London to San Francsc coilided re-
Gently with the steamer City of Corinth,
and twenty-eight lives were lost
DISPATCHES of the 10Th say that the re-
cent Yellow river inundation in China
drowned over one hundred thousand people,
and the number left destitute was one mill
ion eigha hundred thousand
On the north shore of Lake Superior a
terrific blizzard rGged on the 18th, and trains
on the Canadian Pacific were completely
blockaded
FREDERICK Ill was on the 18th formally
proclaimed Emperor OF Germany, and he
issued a proclamat on to the people in
which he declared that the policy of the
dead ruler should be continued.
A FORTUNE OF three hundred million
marks in cash as left by the late Emperor
William, of q many.
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CHICAGO, March - The Chicago, Bur-
ling on & Quincy striking engineers are
resting on their oars awaiting Judge Ores
hams decision in the injun etiOn proceed
ings againss the Wabash road. A rumor
that Receiver McNulta, of the latter road,
had revoked the order TO handle burlington
cars could not be confirmed Little danger
now exists of the strike spreading. The
attitude of President Martin HughiJt. Of
the Northwestern; General Manager st
John, of the Rock Island, and Gen
eral McNulta, receiver of the Wa
bash. has saved any very cons derable
extension OF the trouble. These roads are
The chief Western competitors of the Bur
lngton Company and they are more than
disposed 10 keep hands of
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CHICAGO. March THE Chicago Mexican
Colony Club and School Of Internal 20
Operation. the purpose Of which is the aug
mentation Of a colony 81 Tapolobampo,
Mex. is new organization The society
is also quite philosophical and literary.
Sarah VI Mills, one OF the leaders, IN
speaking OF the society said they looked
forward 70 the time when that colony
would be their home and they wOuld @par-
tic.pste in creating and enjoying the first
fruits Of incorporated, organized. co-opera-
tive human fraternity whicd, even in its
inc.piency, challenged universal admiration
and excited the jealousy Of oid-essablished
1uuniciDaljtfesH
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A Family Poisoned.

MASON CITY, Ia, March 13-Saturday
evening, as the family of II L Brown, con-
sisting of himself. his wife, SIX children
and a hired man, were seated around the
supper table, they were all taken yio-
Iently sick and in less than an hour
Mr. Brown and one of his children
were dead The seven remaining
are now very low, and it is thought
they can not recover No cause is assigned
The news reached here last evening, and
the matter will be investigated at once.
Mr. Brown stood high in the estimation of
his neighbors. and while the general belief
is that the family partook of poisoned food
many think that the poison was admins
tered bv some designing hand
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LONDON, March II 1t can be stated upon
absolute and direct authority that, provid-
ing his health viii permit, r. Hon. Will
lam f. Glads one VIII pay a visit to the
United States next fall He will be accom-
panied by his son Herbert and
SIR Lyon Playfair, but it is hardly
probable that Mrs Gladstone, who
holds sea voyages in mortal horror. will be
induced to form one of the party The
sit will BE- entirely private one, and the
ex-premier's physicians two of whom &c
cording to present plans will accompany
him. will see 10 il tina all invitations to
banques, formal receptions, etc, viii be
decl,n d on the plea OF advanced age and
the necess .ty Tor an ut,er avoidance of ex-
,ssa
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Suddenly the Emperor rallied and asked
for Count Won Moitke and Prince William.
with 10th of whom he talked about the
state of the army and the Prussian people.
entering into minute payticrlars when
speaking OF military mastsrs. to the
astonishment of both his listeners. He
then referred 10 Germany's alliances with
various countries and the possibility of
war But during the latter portion Of his
remarks the fantasies Of delirium were
mingled with coherent utterances
During the last TIL y-six hours the En-
peror w4s drowsy. eellrious and CONSCIOUS
alternately, art.ns 1t times excitedly to
make remarks relative to family OF politI-
cal matter Once he mistook Prince
Bismarck fer the Crown Prince and. taking
Ii, hand, pleaded that be would always lie
lind 70 tie Car He afterwurd recog-
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\ COFFEE merchant in Copenhagen.
Of large means. proposes 10 fit out an
expedition for the exploration Of the
interior regions of Greenland. Nobody
knows any thing about that country
for any great distance from the coast.
and if the expedition should succeed in
sIedging and snowshoeing itselfintot the
bowels Of that frozen land and then
out again the result would doubtless
lie interesting.
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An Eastern physician announces
that he has solved the mystery of ice
cream poisoning. and that electricity
IS ut the bottom of it all. He has
found that the rapid revolutions Of the
zine paddles used in the ordinary ice
cream freezers generate electricity,
and that the zinc is dissolved ana dis
terminated through the cream.