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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-06-21
WEST AND 6ouTH,

THE g.. 4. r. National cncampment at
Columbus, o., will commence Septem-
Der T.
GEORGE TAYLOR shot and fatally wounded
Belle Brown in indianapolis on the 18th
and then put bullet through his heart
AT indianapolis a fire on the 18th de-
stroycd the establishments of the Indian
apolis Veneer Company. ID. Z. Stone & Co,
fancy Cabinetware. and NJ J. OsgOod q
Co. lumber. Total loss. 100000
Ok the 18th seven men were buried at
Mcnominee Wis, by the caving of a clay
bank in brickyard, and two were killed,
two FATALLY injured and the others seriously
hurt
THE following Congressional nominal
tions were made on the 18th; Minnesota,
Fifth district, : C. Comstock (Rep) /;
Iowa, Second district, W. J. Hayes,
tDcmD Indiana Second district, John III.
O'Ncil DEM, Sixth district, Douglass
Norris DEM, Tenth district, Rev. J. II.
Wilson PrOl.
JoHN MCCULLUCH, a broom maker, shot
his wife in st Louis on the 18th and then
walked block and sent bullet through
his own head
At Nebraska City, Neb, the thermom-
eter registered lG3 in the shade on the
18th. and there was several cases of sun
stroke
FiRE swept away large portion Of the
village Of Grecnup, Ill. on the 18th
The Democratic clubs organized a state
Democratic League at Springfield. H., on
the 18th. with Frank II. Jones, of Spring
tield. as president.
= STORM on the 14th did great damage in
Hancock County. O. houses being struck
by lightning. fences blown down and
orchards ruined.
4 GAMBLER named Schenck shot and
killed George Davis aud fatally wounded
an unknown man in saloon at Monarch,
Col. on the I4th- 4 mob then took
Schenck and hanged him 10 a telegraph
pole.
A STORM on the 18th at Tifin. o, caused
much damage 70 grain and fruit
AT Jacksboro, Tex, sheriff John Rains
and his son were killed on the 14th by W.
W. Terrell An old family feud was the
cause Of the fight
MISSOURI Prohihitionists met al Kansas
CITY on the 18th and nominated EN-. Lowe,
OF Kansas City. for Governor.
HOUSES were blown down by a severe
storm On the i4th in Big Bend, Mandt and
Rarnesville and other towns Of Northern
Minnesota, and several persons were in
jured The damage was very great
Tbs Mississippi river at Aitken, Mimi,
had on the 14th completely submerged the
residence portion Of Hungerford's addi-
ton, and many families has been com
PEELED to vacate their homes The back
water in Mud river had caused hundreds OF
families along its banks 10 leave.
n = WoRTHlSGToS was on the l4tn
nominated for Congress BY the Democrats
ct the Tenth lllinois district
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REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Flrst DAVE ProceedIna..

CHICAGO, June 2O.-The Republican Ma
tional convention was called TO order yes
terday at 2:3I by Chairman Jones, Of the
National committee. Rev. Frank W. Gun
saulus, of Chicago, opened the proceedings
with prayer, after which Chairman Jones
introduced J. $. Thurstou, of Nebraska, as
temporary chairman of the convention.
Delegate Osborn, of Kansas, objected 10 the
assumption on the part OF the National
committee Of the right to name the tempo
rary chairman and demanded roll call of
states, but no attention as paid to his de-
mand, and Mr. Thurston was escorted to
the chair, max ng a lengthy speech, thank
ing the convention for the honor conferred
upon him and criticising the administration
of President Cleveland
After the o her temporary officers Of the
convention were appointed Mr.. Horr, oi
Michigan, assembled the platform and pre-
sented the chairman a gavel made of the
oak und,r which the Republican party was
organized on til 9th of July, 1854, in the
village of jackson. Mich
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As soon as it became evident that the end was
near the Empress caused the royal family TO be
summoned. Ats o'clock all gathered around
the bedside. DIR. Voegel court chaplain,
who had been summoned by telegram, did
not arrive in time to administer the last sac
rament ana Court Preacher Persius therefore
offciated in this ceremony. Pastor Rogge was
also present in the death chamber. During
the administering of the sacrament, and in
deed even to within fifteen minutes before his
death, the Emperor appeared to be quite con
scious He showed by the expression of his eyes
and by the movements of his eyelids that he
still recognized all who approached the bed
side, relatives and Others and during the last
hour he made several fruitless efforts TO make
himself understood 4 number Of officials who
had been summoned early in the morning
reached the palace before death had taken
place. Among those present at the time the
Emperor died were Count Won Stolberg-
Wernigerode, General Won Alhedyll Count
Enlenberg, General Rauch, Count Radolin-
Radolinski, General Park and General Blnde-
quist.
A touching scene occurred at the bedside
while the Emperor's life was passing away.
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The News Condensed.
Important Intelligence From All Parts.
FfFTIETH CONGRESS-


"WEDNESDAY, June I3-In the Senate q
bill was introduced for the creation of a
tribunal for International arbitration to
promote peace among nations, and the Dis
trict of Columbia Appropriation bill was
passed. Mr.. Hale made speech on the
fishery treaty, which he declared to be a
failure The bill for adjusting the accounts
Of labOrcrs and mechanics arising under
the eight hour law was brought up, but no
action was taken. In the House the Tariff
bill was further considered
THURSDAY, June l4-Bills were passed
in the Senate granting leave of absence
to all persons now in the employ of
the Government and who were present at
the battle of Gettysburg to attend the re
union there on July next; appropriating
S215,O for the reconstruction Of the Gov
ernmcnt dam at the Rock Island arsenal,
and the Agricultural Department and Post
Office Appropriation bills Adjourned 10
the 18th In the House bills were reported
providing for an Assistant Secretary of
War, and to retire General Alfred Pleas
anton. The Tariff bill was further consid-
cred.
FRIDAY, June 15.-The Senate was not
in session In the House motion to con
slider the Army Appropriation bill was de
feated, and as no quorum was present nc
business was transacted.
SATURDAY, June 16.-There was no ses
ssiOn Of the Senate. In the House the
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill (S23, 7G4,
S9Sl was reported and the Military Appro
priatiOn bill was passed.
MONDAY, June 1S-In the Senate the
conference report on tho Indian Ap
preparation bill was agreed to, and tho
treaty providing for an adjustment of ths
Venezuelan claims was ratified. A bill
was passed for the representation Of the
several departments at the Columbus cen
tennial, with an amendment appropriatinE
S40O00- In the House bills appropriatinl
$4,000 cach for the erection of publ,
buildings at Fsribault and Red Wing
Mimi, were introduced. The Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill was considered.
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PEOPLE WHO WORRY.
They Are of No Earthly Use to Them
selves or Their Friends.

selves or Their Friends.
Don't worry, my son, don't worry.
Don't worry about some thing that you
think may happen tomorrow, because
you may die tonight, and tomorrow
viii find you beyond the reach of wor-
~. Don't worry over a thing that
happened yesterday, because yester-
day is a hundred years away. If you
don't believe II, just try TO reach afterit,
and bring it back. Don't worry about
any thing that is happening to-day,
because to-day will only last fifteen or
twenty minutes. If you don't believe
it, tell your creditors you'll be ready
to settle in full with them ut sunset
Don't worry about things you can't
help, because worry only makes them
worse. Don't worry about things you
can help, because then there no need
to worry Don'tworry at all. If you
want to be penitent now and then, 1t
wont hurt you 4 bit TO 90 into the
sackcloth and ashes business a little.
1t will do you good. If you want to
cry a little once in long while, that
isn't bad thing. If you feel like go
ing out and clubbing yourself oc-
casionaily. l think you need it and
will lend you helping hand at it. and
put a plaster on you afterward- All
these things will do you good But
worry. worry. worry. fret, fret, fret
why, there neither sorrow, penitence,
strength, penance, reformation, hope
nor resolution in it. It's just worry.
.-Burdeue. IN BROOKLYN Eagle.
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STRICKEN AGAIN.
The German Empire Mourns the
Loss of Her Ruler.
Death at Potsdam of Frederick Hills
Son, william H., Now Emperor-Sor-
row Over the Evcnt-The Final
Scenes-Bi Dgraphical.
UNSER FRITZ Is DEAD.

POTsDAN, June 16-Empcror Frederick died
at II o'clock yesterday morning. His last
hours we're painless and the end came without
a struggle Around the couch of the dying
monarch we're gathered all the members of the
royal family aud many Of tine Ministers, who
sorrowfuly watched while the spark OF life
grew feeblcr and feebler and at last ebbed
away.
An hour after midnight the Empress DIS
missed the members Of the Imperial family 10
their apartments, aud prepared herself to pass
the night watching in a room adjoining the sick
chamber of the Emperor. DIR. Howell shared
in the vigil. At this time the Emperor was in
the full possession of his faculties Shortly
after o'clock he wrote on a slip of paper the
following questions which he handed TO DIR.
Howell:
"How is my pulse. Are you satisfied with
it,
He then wrote something more but retained
the piece of paper in his hand after erasing the
words Between and o'clock his breathing
became terribly labored, and some moments OF
struggle would occur, alternating with spasms
and great distress as the fight with approach
inr death progressed. BY this time the strength
Of the dy ne Emperor was seen to be waning
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Instructions we're given that nobody should he
permitted to enter or leave except with new
cards issued by the ofic ais.
In accordance with the wishes OF the late
Emperor and Of the Empress, William H..
has ordered that the funeral be held
Monday morning The obsequics will be
devoid Of pomp and will be Of mill
tary character. Owing TO the limited
accommodation the attendance viii necessarily
be very small. IL is understood that general
period OF mourning of SIX weeks will be pro
claimed. All public amusements will be sus-
pended until two days after the funeral
The Official attsstation OF death and the
cause OF death was made yesterday afternoon.
The will OF the deceased, depositcdin the arch
ives of the minister of the household. viii
be duly opened in the presence Of
the Minister OF Justice. The Emperor's
remains viii probebly lay in state in
the Garrison Church al Potsdam. 1t is now
said that the remains Il be inferred within
the Friedenskirsche beside those Of Frederick
".
BY order OF the Evangelical Church Council
the bells Will be tolled at specified hours for
fourteen days in all the Protestant churches OF
the kingdom
Prince Bismarck and all the members Of the
Ministry, the aids-de-camp and the officers on
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Tn House passed hill on the 10Th su-
thorizing the appointment Of an additional
Associate Justice for Dakota.
c. l.. wExDELL founder of the village of
Norway, Mich, died at Ishpeming, Mich,
on the 10Th.
GEN. SHERDAN's physicians issued the fol
lowing bulletin ON the evening of the 10Th
Gen. Sheridan was troubled with coughing
before midnight, hut after that had but little
difficult and rested quietly. To-day he has
been quite comfortable. No changes in his
condi-ioa worthy of mention.
LEWIS PETERSON was drowned at Benson,
Mimi. the other day, while bathing.
A EUMox that Henry NJ. Stanley was dead
was in circulation at London and Paris on
the 18th.
The Travellers Protective Association be-
gan its convent n at Minneapolis ON the
1871.
h. $. HAYES was on the 18th e,ecteu Presi-
dent Of the st Paul a. Duluth railroad com
pany.
EDWARD Pierce. fifteen years of age, was
drowned near HUI crimson, MINI, recently,
while bathing.
THE people Of Helena, NJ T., have caused
notices TO be published in the papers of that
city threatening lynch law to thieves and
burglars
Ar Marquette, Mich, 81 the 10th, foot
pads attacked Lewis Glade, saloon-keep r
terribly beating him and robbing him of
1853 in cash ami drifts for $50.
JONI Il. DUNN. a lawyer, concerned in
the Manhatten Banking company robbery,
was sentenced at New York on the 10Th to
nine years and eight months in the state
prison.
THE Champion Grain Drill works at
Owego. y Y, were burned the other night.
Loss, 10000.
FORTY saloon Keepers we're arrested at
Grant Forks, Oak, on the 10Th and fined
$50 each for selling liquor in violation Of the
local opt on law.
DIsP.rcHEs of the 10Th place the loss by
the rent fire at Dubois, Pa, at 81 ,0o9,On0.
HoS. JoHx H. BBowS, of Dawson, MINI,
was killed by a stroke Of lightning the 9TH
er day.
CnARLENAGNE EMIL. DE- MAUfAs, seventy
years Of age, and formerly French minister
and member Of the Senate, Is dead.
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MINNESOTA.


The boiler of portable engine in the
Union depot at st. Paul exploded the other
day, killing six persons.
Six men were indicted at Winona a few
days ago for selling liquor to Indians
Fred F. Bickel, who pleaded guilty to
stealing S24, 900 from Duluth bank while
employed there as messenger in 1887
was sentenced recently TO five years in
States prison.
Twenty five persons were recently i'm
mersed in Lake Agnes at Alexandria as a
result of revival meetings that have been
in progress there.
Prof Luger, entomologist of the State
University, recently returned to st. Paul
from Otter Tail County, and reported
myriads of grasshoppers, of the Rocky
Mountain variety, Matching out. The dan
ger to the Northwest was imminent. Gov
ernor McGill had sent four carloads of
material to manufacture machines for the
destruction of the pests.
A recent rise in the Mississippi river at
Aitken did great damage to gardens and
wheat fields
| The seventh annual encampment of the
Southern Minnesota G.. A r. Association
was held recently at Owatonna. Forty
posts were represented, all accompanied
by bands and drum corps.
Mrs Ellen CrOnih, one of the oldest set
tiers of this country and, perhaps, the old
est person i'm the United States, died a
few days ago at the residence of Mr.. Puf-
cell, near Mulfords, aged one hundred and
seventeen years. She was native of Linn
erick. Ireland, and emigrated to this coun-
try in 1850
Mrs. John Dolsen, of Mendoza, died sud
denly the other day, and an inquest re-
vealed the fact that she had been poisoned
with paris green Shc had frequent quar-
rels with her husband, a section hand OH
the Milwaukee road, but it was not known
whether it was suicide or murder
At ST. Paul a few days ago, Frank
Bucher, a recent arrival from Vincennes,
Ind, cut his throat with razor at his
boarding house He was insane.
Shotwell, Clerhew q Lothman, of Min
neapolis, carrying a stock of dry goods val
ued at S1000,O00, suspended payment the
other day.
Articles were filed with the Secretary of
State recently, consolidating the Sault Ste
Marie the Minneapolis Il Pacific, and the
Aberdeen, Bismarck a. Northern railroads
under the name Of the Minneapolis, St.
Paul q Sault Ste Marie, with capital
stock of S21,OO0,0O0
Nineteen residents OF NASHUA were re
Gently poisoned, but not fatally, by eating
cheese manufactured in Wisconsin.
Louis Bloustein, second hand clothing
dealer at Minneapolis, committed suicide
the other day by putting two bullets in his
head Cause, family troubles.
Rev. John Barbour, pastor of the Presby-
terrain church at Bement. Ill, has accepted
call from the church at Mankato
The Peoples Theater at st. Paul was
opened the other night
Judge Shiras, at Winona, recently or
dered verdict Of not guilty in the trial Of
Charles Kinney, charged with completely
in the Minneapolis pOst-office robbery Of
two years ago, there not being sufficient
evidence.
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CURRENT COMMENT.


RAJ The Democrats love Cleveland
for the Civil-Service reform promises
he has not fulfilled. = Chicago Journal.
RAJ Free trade is the rich man s
scheme to abolish the poor mans lux
uries and contract the number of
the poor mans necesSarics. IiiiiGoCL-
paid Press.
RAJ Formerly the President was the
exponent of the people. Now the
President drives the Democratic mas eos
into support of his views on the tariff
with the whip of Presidential patron
agc.-h itlcaukee Wisconsin.
Eay- Somebody has presented Mrs
Cleveland with fine microscope. Its
use in the household may properly be
applied to the discovery aud examine
ton of the reform element in the
President > makeup. r. CtcUslaHd LeGd-
or.
ET~Now that JET Davis has been
crowned King of shreds and
patches the Democratic campaign
in the South may be considered fairly
under way, with the usual amusing
and picturesque accessories. st Louis
GlObc- Democrat
RD~The 6. A. Il has persistontly
demanded that no man who served his
country faithfully shall be Inundated
by consignment to the poor-house.
The Matson bill wants TO make COM
promise on the humiliation. and adj
minister it in broken doses. -NatiOnGL
Tribune.
BSs-When the Democratic conven-
ton in Illinois nominated ex-Govcr-
nor Palmer for Governor the Demo-
cratic newspapers of Chicago at once
interviewed Joe Mackin in Joliet PEN
itentiary. Is must be a trine huniiat-
ing to consult the party leaders and
learn their opinion behind the prison
bars. Kansas CITY Journal
Ea-"Can your august nibs tell me
why your free trade argument was like
one of the articles of manufacture it
injurcd? Art thou ut thy quips
again. Daniel? Well, wherefore sayest
thou?" Your Exccllency, one was
the steel rail. and the other was rale
stale" BE me halidons. It's good
jibe. But bring in the lemons and hot
water, and let us forget ourselves and
others. Albany Journal
pB-Therc are about two thousand
r,ce-growcrs in the United States
There are more than twenty times
that number of wool-growers. The
Democratic Tariff bill proposes to put
a protective du of nearly one hun
bred per cent on rice for the benefit
of the rice-growers, aud take away all
protection from the wool-grow RS. The
ricc-gr0wers are all Southsrners, and
were all Confcderates. The wool
growers arc mostly Northern farmers
who were Union men. That is the
plain reason why the rice-grower5 are
to be protected and the yool-grow-
ers stripped of protection. lansing
(Mich) Republican
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The execution of james Eady and Mi
chael Rosette, half breeds, took place at
Regina, Ont, on the 18th for the murder
of Alexander McLeish, Northwest set
tier
HAxLAS defeated Trickett by six lengths
in boat race on the 18th for s, 600 d side
at Brisbane. Australia
Is Toronto a society of people favorable
to Canadian independence was bein.
formed on the 18th.
A NEW Spanish Cabinet was organized at
Madrid on the 14th, with Senior Sagasta as
Premier.
FOREST fires destroyed the village Of
Last Rawdon n. s., on the l4th, and were
doing great damage in other places. -Four
persons were burned to death.
Tue death of Emperor Frederick of Ger
many occurred at eleven o'clock on the
moring of the 18th at the Freidrichskron
Palace, Potsdam. The dying monarch's
last hours were watched over by the mem
bcrs of his family and the royal physicians.
The direct cause of death was suffocatiOn,
the doctors being unable TO keep the
passage of his throat open. Frederick
william. the only son of the late Emperor
william, was born on the 18th of October,
1881, at Potsdam. On January p, 1855, he
married Victoria Adelaide, Princess Royal
of Great Britain, and she and seven chill
drcn survive him, the eldest On, Prince
Frederick William, now becoming En-
perOr.
A TRAIN on the Northern Pacific when
near Junction City, NJ. T., on the 10th was
stopped by eight masked highwaymen, who
broke into the cxpress-car and secured
800. The male passengers were also
robbed Of about 5000
On the 10th post-mOrtem examination
of the late German Emperor was made,
and il was found that the larynx was com
pletely destroyed by cancer. The court at
Berlin was ordered 10 go into mourning for
three months out of respect to the late En-
perOr.
EMPEROR NILLIAs' issued "A prOclama-
ton on the 18th in which he said: Called
to the throne of my fathers | have as
sumed the government, looking up to the
King of Kings, and have vowed to God
that, after the example of my fathers,
will be lust and clement Prince to my
people: that / will foster picty and fear OF
| God; that L will protect peace and promote
the welfare OF the country, and that will
be helper Of the poor and distressed and
! a true guardian of the right"
on the 18th the funeral service over the
remains of the late Emperor Frederick, OF
Germany. took place at Potsdam.
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WISCONSIN.


Prof William MiclSler, a prominent mu-
stefan, died at Milwaukee the other morn
ing, aged sixty-two years.
The contract for the erection of ~, Gov
eminent building at La Crosse has been
awarded TO Royal d. Reynolds, of La
Crosse, for 10000
The Atlas paper mill at Appleton, con
trolled by the Kimberly Clark Co, was
burned the other morning, Loss, $50, 900;
insurance, $4,000.
Four hundred delegates attended the re
cent annual convention of the Wisconsin
Woman's Christian Temperance Union at
Milwaukee. Mrs. Amy Kellogg Morse, of
Durand, was elected president.
Mrs Robert Martin, wife of a farmer liv-
ing near Darlington, was attacked and
seriously injured by vicious COW few
days ago.
The Wisconsin Central Hotel at Wauke-
sha was consumed by fire a few mornings
ago. Loss, 5000; insurance, $4,000
In fit Of insanity at Milwaukee the
other morning the wife of Ludwig Sikorski
attempted TO murder her three children,
first beating them with hammer and next
with club. The youngest child, aged two
years, was not expected TO survive.
Barney Dunno, assessor Of Prairie du
CHEN, died the other day, aged seventy two
years.
William Harmer, Of Springvale, aged
nearly one hundred years, recently attend
ed the funeral of his son, who died at the
age of seventy-six.
Milwaukee is to have a cable-car line,
Mayor Brown approving the ordinance to
that effect.
The other afternoon Thomas Henry, a
farmer residing near Cascade, while re-
turning home, in some manner set fire to
his carriage, his clothing took fire, and he
was burned 70 death
Jacob Farrar, an insane man, committed
suicide in the jail at Milwaukee the other
night by hanging himself.
At Beloit recently a young man named
Edwin Maltby had his arm cut off in a
planing-min.
The Mississippi Logging Company's
single and boarding house at Eau Claire,
together with two shiugle sheds and con-
tents and other buildings, were burned the
other day. Loss, $500
Charles Pouline. Frenchman, was shot
recently and killed by Baptiste Demere, an
Indian. at Count De O'Riell's station. The
murderer was arrested
Heirs of Horace White, one of the first
settlers of Beloit, have laid claim to, and
taken possession of, a public park in that
place, which was always supposed TO be
long to the city. The land is worth about
$1,000 The city will contest
At GAINESVILLE few evenings ago Conger
McEiroy, aged nine years, was drowned
IN Rock river.
John Kitsmann. Of Jefferson, died recent
IL from the effects Of beating received at
the hands Of roughs nearly two years ago.
His lower limbs were paralyzed bv fhe as
ssgt