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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-03
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
FTFTIETH CONGRESS.

WEDNESDAY. April 25.-In the Senate Mr..
voorhees, spoke on the motion 70 refer the
Presidents .ariff message, and strongly
oa-Sunced the Republican party for its
protective principles The bill 10 enlarge
the powers and duties of the Department. of
agriculture was favo-ably reported In
the House the Mills Tariff bill was further
discussed A resolution was adopted limit
ing the general debate on the bill 20 seven
teen days, with two evening sessions week
II, the time 20 be equally divided between
the two parties
THURSDAY. April 26 The Railroad Land
Forfeiture bill was considered in the Sen
ate, and a Joint resolution was adopted
accepting the invitation TO participate
IN the Paris exposition Of 1883 The
resolution spprCpriates $3.50. 600 Ad-
iourned 70 the 30th IN the House the en-
tire day aud evening sessions were de-
voted 70 discussing the Tariff bis.
FRIDAY April 27-rEis senate WIS not
in sess on. In the House the day session
was devoted 20 discussing the Tariff bill,
and at the evening session seventeen pen
sion bills we're passed
SATURDAY April 2s There was no see
sion OF the senate In the House the time
was occupied in discussing the Tariff bill
MoNDAT. April 3O.-In the Senate bills
were passed providing FOR public build
ings al Youngstown, o. a a cost Of 500,
900, and al Akron, O.. at cost Of So
90 a bill was introduced to require the
purchase aud coinage of not less Than
1900, oo0 worth Of silver bullion a month.
The name Of Hon. Melville Fuller, Of Chi
cagO. FOR Chief Justice of the United States
supreme Court, was received from the
President, also messages vetoing two pri-
vate pension bills. In the House the ses-
sion was devoted 70 debate on the Tariff
h7U
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FROM WASHINGTON.

THERE were 1913 business failures IN the
United states during the seven days ended
on the nth, against Isl the previous seven
days
The late General Grants sixty-eighth an
niversaTy was COMMUNICATED ca the 27th
in many places throughout the country
aasASCEAIENTs for uniform rate Of
postage between TIE United States and
C-uadE OF one cent per ounce on oil mar-
chandise, including grain, seed, cuttings,
bulbs, scl0ns and grafts, were completed on
the 27th; and one cent per two ounces of
printed matter now known Is hiri class
matter in the domestic ma Is Of this country
At twenty-siX leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 2Sth aggregated $685.
$50, 543. sgsinst 1898. 400, 264. tire pre-
yiOus week AS compared with the cor.
responding week OF 1887 the decrease
amounted 70 &c per cent
THE President on the Goth ult. signed the
bill for the opening Of the great Sioux In
dian rcseryati IN.
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WISCONSIN.

BY tho careless handling Of a pail of boil
ing btine the three year-old son of l. T.
Parker, living near Eau Claire. was fatally
scalded few days sgo
At Manitowoc recently Captain Rusch, of
tho schooner -Four Brothers, was knocked
overheard ty boom while entering port
and drowned
Marks of violence on the head and face Of
Frank Rossman, of Whitewater, whose
frozen body was found in the snow Dear
Rhinelsnder the other day, Jeff little doubt
that he was murdered the day he d sup
Peared. early in February
Upon being arrested recently at Elkhorn
for deserving his wife Charles r. Soutb~iok
OF East DelavaG, dropped dead
UriSh Dahies, "a wealthy merchant OF
Columbus. whose princely gifts in behalf
OF Welsh religious works have made him
known to hls countrymen all over the
United States, died the other morning, aged
EiXty-fve years. He leaves d fortune of
$500. 600 Dabies was the founder of the
society Tor the support OF aged Welsh min
listers
A G. Wright publisher of the Milwaukee
city direc ory, is confident that the canvass
for names will show that the city has
population Of fully two hundred Thousand
people.
The E1u Claire sash Door Company's
wor@s were burned few Us ago, involv-
ing a loss of 800 600
James J. Anderton, sixteen years cd son
OF Alderman J. J. Anderton. of Milwaukee,
was residential shot dead by companion
while hunting recently.
]. T. Naughton, postmaster at Mansion,
died few days ago
The Indians % Bad River reservation re-
Gently sent petition to Commissioner At
uns asking him to forbid the employment
ot " bite men on their reservation
The winter wheat in Eau Claire and in
adjoining counties presents an unfayorable
appearance, end it is estimated that twen-
ty-fve per cent of the crop has lost its vi
tally being smothered by the deep snow.
and Is destroyed to an extent that its re-
eoverv Is impossible Many Of the fields rs
soon as relieved OF the fross viii be plowed
unisT and be sown with other crops
benjamin Ferguson. of Fox Lake. died
few days ago He had been prominent in
State politics. having been state Senator,
and Yves candidate for Governor in 1851
About one hundred and City men and
number OF teams have begun 70 break
ground for the building of the great steel
and mon works ct Superior The plant VIII
be built at cost OF $500. 900, end when
completed viii give employment 70 nve
hundred men. mostly mechanics
Henry r. Sherman, wealthy cheese
manufacturer and lumber dealer OF Wind
sor. died recently. aged seventy-e'Eht years
William Williams. foreman. and John
SHAY, head sawyer II the G l. 4 3. Co.'S
mil IN Chippewa Falls, were drowned Tbs
otter evening while attempting 70 run the
rapids In . skin
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Bridget Mcnamara, night telegraph op-
orator at Searsboro, in trying to hand an
engineer q message as n train started the
other day, fell under the wheels and was
beheaded
George Peters, "a blacksmith at Sheffield,
struck James Rankin, a farmer, over the
head with sledge hammer recently and
killed him. The trouble arose over the
shoeing of horse.
Rev. II. z Mott, recently refused adj
mission to the Dubuque Presbytery on &C
count of alleged heresy, was voted IN the
other day by the Presbytery at Nugento by
a vote of 10 to II
A Chicago, St Paul & Kansas City pas
senger train had a collision with Chicago
Milwaukee & St Paul freight at New
Hampton the other morning. causing q bad
wreck and probably fatally iniuring II A
Steward. brakeman.
At an early hour the other morning the
large roller mills in Carlisle caught fire
and, with seven other business buildings,
were burned, entailing a loss of $50, 600,
with but $40, 500 insurance
Miss Rebeccl King, ayoung lady en- route
from Florida to her home in Imogene. FIRE.
mont County, died of heart disease on a
train near Birmingham Ala, few days
ago.
Philip Held, a young farmer living near
lie Mans. shot and killed his mother few
days ago and shortly after shot himself
dead. lie had a quarrel with his mother
about the sale of horse
Young Hurlbut, on trial at Boone charged
with killing Constable Logan. was acquitted
the other day.
At the State oratorical contest in Mason
City recently Miss schermerhorn, Of that
place, was the successful contestant, with
Mss Ida Simonson as a close second
Constable Frank Pierce, the leader of the
gang of searching constablos In Des Moines,
was recently indicted by the grand jury for
receiving brides
Colonel John A. Graham, for several
years mayor of Keokuk, but for the last
twenty seven years resident of Washing
ton. died recently, eyed ninety years.
Bya decision of tie Railway Commission
ers the railway station on the Northwest
ern road known rs Whitman will hereafter
be called Luverne.
A cEild named susie Clark attempted 70
climb through the spokes of q wagon
wheel az Mason City the other day, ond
was crushed to death by the sudden start
ing of the horses attached TO the vehicle.
Addison G. Ellis, who was a soldier In
Company II, New York Cavalry ana MEM
Der OF General Sheridan's escort, died at
Gilman recently OF consumption.
Governor Larrabee has appointed Mrs
Mary Miller OF Des Moines widow OF q
soldier, to be State Librarian, In place of
Mrs. S b Msxwell. who has filled the post
ton for ten yenrS
While Henry Howard was operating a
horsepower saw near Eddyvile a few
days ago the fy-wheel burst, one of the
pieces striking him in the abdomen and
killing him.
Tie body Of Albert Hills aged forty
years, was found the other afternoon par.
THY buried in sawdust in one Of the old
unused houses at the Arensdorf brewery in
Sioux City. He disappeared November -
last, and probably committed suicide
The Board of Trustees of the State Nor
mai School Of Cedar Falls has reappointed
H. il. Seerly principal for two yenrs
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,'ohnston, BuclSner, Longstreet Lee, Mosby
| nd Sheridan, j. c. Bancroft and Governor
III General Mosby wrote;
/ Il regret that can not be with you on the
| occasion to add my m butte to the memory
| the generous soldier whose victories in peace
| feelings OF pride | remember that / honoret
| him in life, and not one OF those who did
not discover his virtues until he was dead
General james Longstreet wrote:
~ was more indebted TO General Grant for
| personal kindness than to any friend living or
dead"
Colonel Fred Grant wrote expressing tho
| thanks of the family for the kind renem-
brance of General Grant
PITTSBURGH, Pa, April rs. The sixty
sixth anniversary of General Grants birth
day was celebrated at the Monons thela
| House last night under the auspices Of
the American Club it being also the second
annual dinner of the club Among the not
| ables in attendance were Senators She
man, Harrison and Quay, ex-Trsasurer
! New, Governor Beaver, Acknowledgement
! Stone J. p Foster, president of the Repub-
lican League clubs; G. ". English, of New
! York; Colonel Fred Grant and others. SEN
ator Sherman responded to the toast of
Grant, reviewing important National events
from the birth of the republic 70 the time
of Grant and Lincoln The Senator te-
pea;ed the only political speech which
Grant ever made. This was at Warren, o.,
September rs, 1850, and was in favor Of
Garfield. Letters of regret from Senator
EvaTts, Simon Cameron, Judge Gresham,
General sheridan and Governor Foraker
were read letter from the late Roscoe
Conking, accepting an invitation TO attend
the dinner, awakened the deepest sympa-
thy.
CHICAGO. April rs. General U. & Grants
six y-sixth birthday was remembered by
the Grant Club in programme of eloquent
addresses Bouquets of flowers We're the
only decorations Addresses eulogistic of
the life, character and services OF General
Grant were made by hon. Leonard SWEET,
Hon f. B. sherman. Colonel r. S Tuthil
and o. VI. Gilmore of Woodstock.
WAsHrGTog, April IS The Republican
National LesgCe last night celebrated : e
birthday of General Grant at 8 club in
Thomas Circle. Alde3ses were made by
General Beale. General Burdette, Dr.
George b. Loring, Rev D. Newman and
Hon. Simon Wolfe.
KNoxvnLB, Tenn, April %. - General
Grants birthday was celebratsd by the
students of the Grant Memorial University
at Athens yesterday. A flag, the gift OF ex-
Governor Pattison. of Pennsylvania, was
presented to the university by Judge Rea,
of Minneapolis, Commanders Chief of the
Grand Army OF the Republic.
NEW YORK, April 26.-General Grants
tomb at Riverside Park was visited by many
Yesterday as a mark Of honor to his mem
ory Many bore floral tributes, which they
laid at tho gate OF the tomb
BosToN, April 2S.-The Massachusetts,
Club gave "A banquet last night in memory
OF General Grant Many distinguished New
Z CHAMBERS were present Governor Ames,
Hannibal Hamlin, General Devens, General
Banks and others mede speeches
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1 DANDIAs
| Charles Bates. the Government surveyor
| who will run the boundary line OF the Sioux
reservation, YVES at Pierre recently to COM
mence work at the initial point by astro-
nomical observations The work will oo-
| cupy two months He anticipated no
trouble from Indlaas
The Mitchell University re-opened re-
Gently with thirty pupils, a number from
out OF town not having arrived
In the probate court at Fargo recently
Judge Roberts rendered a decision In the
case Of the Clayton Miller estate Miller
was a resident of Keatucky ami eft proper
~ there and in Fargo worth 5000 900 In
his VIII h. left his widow, Endor.a G. Mill
or, no part of his Dakota property, but
/ Judge Roberts sustained her right 10 =
third interest therein.
At Jamestown the other day double
wedding occurred, the bride of one care
mOny and the groom Of the other being
| brother and sister
The new laboratory Of the School OF
Mines at Rapid City made its first
| run Of Dakota tin ore few days ago
/ The reduction process proved complete
! success Plans for the erection of large
works for treating tin by this process we're
| Immediately formed By leading cttzens
/ The process is so simple and chesp that 1t
| is thought tho works can no. fail To pay
A loss of SIG, 900 waa caused by the burn
ing OF the Farmers elevator az Grandu
few days ago
/ gorge formed in the James river fifteen
miles above jamestown few dsys ago
which backed the water up and Hooded the
country for miles Hundreds of residents
/ were forced to fly to the hills The water
I 4h 1~.h. Z
/ At aberdeen the other day Miss Hattie
Hunt. OF Chicago. was married to George
/ ". Griswold, OF Nina, ID T., whom she mad
met for the first time an hour previously
| The affair had been arranged by CORE
| spondence-
The Iudicus on the Sioux Reservation ere
said to be reconciled TO it's being opened,
and ready TO sign papers for the sale OF the
/ land
All over South Dakota farmers are at
work putting in small grain, and the soil IS
said 10 be in the best possible condition for
seeding and growing.
/ Students of the Grand Forks University
will Tx up a steamboat and make sum-
mer trip to New Orleans
At Pierre recently Charles Z. Alsop was
appointed auditor: p ". Comford. marsh
al; r. A wermore, attorney; and John
I Griffin. assessor for TWO years
The first prosecution in Drookings County
for liquor selling since the adoption OF pro
/ hibition occurred few days ago FRANK
Barker was defendant Bonds for his ap-
pearaDce at district court were txed al
500, but he skipped out while pretending
70 hunt BE- ndsmen-
| yankton clergyman from HIS pulpit re-
| Gently lectured to small boys who play
marbles for keeps
Aspark from an Illinois Central locomo'
tive set fire to the horse sheds OF W y
johnson. railroad contractor. &C Sioux Fsli'
q few afternoons ego. and twenty-five
harses and mules we're cremats1
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WILL WEAR a ROBE.


President Cleveland Fills the Vacancy on
the Supreme bench by Appointing Mel
willie w. Fuller, of Chicago. Chief jus
tice-His Action Gives General satIsfac-
tiOn-No Doubt of His Confirmation
Sketch Of the Appointee's Career.
WASHINGTON, May President Cleve-
land Yesterday sent TO the Senate the name
OF Melville W. Fuller for Chief Justice Of
the United States Supreme Court There
win be no trouble about Mr.. Fuller's con-
firmGtion, although the Senate viii not
take unbeconing haste in acting upon the
nomination u viii 90 first 10 the Commit
tee or the Judiciary, which is composed Of
Aessrs. Edmunds. H0ar, Ingalls,. Wilson
Ga). Eyarts, Pugh, Coke, Vest and
George. To roarly all Of these gentlemen
Mr. Fuller is personally known, and no OBJ
lection will be raised to him on the Repub-
lcau side. The Democratic Senators do
not always vote for the Presidents nomi-
Eecs, but it is not believed there's any rea-
son for expecting opposition 20 Mr. Fuller
When the nomination Of Mr.. Fuller as
Chief Justice Of the United States reached
the Senate, il was Immediately made the
subject of general whispered conversation,
and as far as could be ascertained, the com
lent was entirely favorable to the selec-
ton from every standpoint
Early in the Administration of Mr.. Cleve-
land, Mr.. Faller was rendered the Solici-
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QUE NEW MARSHES.

a Distinguished Party of Excursionists
from Washington Journey 10 PhiiadeI-
phia To- Lauuch "a New Gup-Isoat ana
Dyasml,c Cruiser.
PHILADELPHIA April 30.-The two trains
of Pullman GERS from Washington bear
ing Secretary Whitney ana party arrived
ct Washington street wharf a few minutes
before o'clock Saturday afternoon.
The distinguished party numbered over
800. ana Included quite number Of ladies'
They were at once taken on board the
steamer Columbia. where they were re-
ccived by the city oficiols and prominent
citizens A COLLATION. was served on board
the steamer which. meanwhile, pro
ceCded up the river 10 Cramps ship-yard-
The Yorktown was launched at 3:O6 p.
~. and IVES christened by Miss
Eleanor breckenridge daughter of Con-
gresham Breckenridge. of Kentucky The
dynamite cruiser followed of the ways
e. $40, beng christened by Mss Nell
lie Cameron, daughter OF Senator
Don Cameron, of Pennsylvania The
launches were unusually successful
Tie United States steamer Dispatch. which
Law out in the river, fired saiuteg as the
vessels moved of this ways into the stream.
amid the screeching Of whistles, ringing or
bells and the cheers OF the multitude Of
spectators
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LATER.

/ RE;. DH. .rox AZ cnsccrats SIS bishop
o. th- 4 tn di) Catholic diocese on the
Ist
- Jackson, Miss, on tae lst Gen. Writ
! Atsms postmaster, AMI John Msrti =, edi
tor Of localpapsr, Ought a duA in the
street and both were Killed.
T"r ~ y-six;h an ia me, ting Of the
iowa State entail ASSOCIATION c MN need
at Iowa City on the 1T.
Ar Buffalo, n, Y. o. the Ia. .0j union
emp Dyes in tie brew RIGS wen' cut on
strik- in obedience co OIL RI rom tie " =
tional union
| Is the senate on tn st Mr. spooner in
rOGucoi ia direct tax Liz as an amend
ment - tie Suniy evil appropriation
/ bill. Mr.. Stewards resolution Il inquiry
/ as TO purchases az liver bupioa by the
! Treasury DeFarim mt Was adopted. Mr..
! Ingalls, took the floor ana made a speech
I in reply Il r cent remarks OF Mir. Voorhe s.
/ IN tia lorlse tho Senate ri J granting right
o way through lad ga Terrific 70 the
Kansas City ard Paciic "a lroad was
! pa sod. after y hi 4 the ferin hill was d;s-
cUssed in committee Of the who'll, being
sddr, sss.'i iy br. NcCrssry OF KENTUCKY.
The National Methoiist conferences
opened its SESSION at New York on the ist.
THE South Carolina Republicans NIT in
state convention at Con b;a on toe LIST,
and selected an unPl. dyed and uniustructed
9 egatiOn TO the Chicago convention. The
California Republicans met at Sscraa ento
and siso sent an unpledgsi delegation.
AvEIN OF soft coal was struck 1t Huron,
OAK, on the Isl at dfpth Of 4ss feet.
The Pr,si lent on the lst signed the al
for the opsniny o; the Sioux reservation.
and lso the Montana bin by which ell
Northern Montana becomes part OF the
public domain
AT Fargo, OAK, on the LIST Pos master
Judd caused the arrest OF Eve citizens OF
Mspleton charging them vita riot ard ss
ssult. The action is in consequence Of Mr..
Judd being pelted witi rottoa eggs az Ma
pletoa recent Y. Judd has also commenced
suit again them for sas, 600 damage.
TEE Wisconsin Democrats met At Madi-
son on the LIST and elected delegates 10 tFie
ST. Louis convention. Resolutions were
adopted iudorsing the administration of
President Cleveland The New Hampshire
Democrats met at Concord and as, adoDt-
ed resolutions indorsing Cleve.ard
CuIET ARTHrR, Of the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers was in Chicago on
tbs LIST, and left for Cleveland O1lo, on
the same day. Il ~as rumorsd IN Chicago
that the Brotherhood had declared the Bur.
Nngtou zfrits e.
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The Northwest district. G. A. r, Depart
ment of Minnesota, will hold its next en-
campment at Morris, the 9th, 9th and 7th
of June.
Miss May Peck, daughter of W. q. Peck,
of Duluth, died of consumption in Orlando,
Fla. the other morning
Two hundred girls employed in the cloth
ing department of Shotweu & Clerihew,
wholesale dry-goods dealers in Minneap-
oils, left their work the other day on the
refusal OF the firm TO increase their wages
twenty per cent Many were averaging
only 50 80 PER week.
The residence of l. A. Paddock, three
miles south of Wadena, was burned few
mornings ago Loss, So, 600; insurance,
$1,000
Rev. Louis Salzerer of st. Paul, Cor
man Catholic priest who was being taken
from Wabasha to an insane asylum at
Chicago, jumped from car window near
Reads Landing the other afternoon and
WIS fatally injured
Michael Kelly, who was serving life SEN
tence in the penitentiary for thu murder of
Barney Lamb at ST. Paul, in 1874, was par
doned the other day.
Frederick Mix. a carpenter, fell nom a
scatfold on dock at Duluth the other day,
receiving fatal injuries
sad case of drowning occurred recently
four miles from Delano, in tho South fork
OF Grow river Mary Hem, her brother,
sister and her lover, Andrew Biehel, of New
Ulm. were crossing the river in boat when
they were upset Andrew Biebel and Mary
HEM were drowned but the others were
saved by clInging to the boat
Twenty-one carloads of hay were shipped
ont of Lakefield In one day recently.
Minnesota and English capitalists have
formed q company at St Paul 70 export
wheat directly FROM Minnesota aud Da-
kota, and thus avoid the mixing in the ele-
vatora
Near Ada few days ago Michalus Boer-
ner, a sixty-year-old farmer. had a dispute
with hts son John. aged twenty years. and
shot him, killing lin instantly, Boerner
was believed to be crSzy
Henry EndicUJra brother of seoretsry-of-
War Endicott. recently purchased for cash
S4s5. coo worth of st Paul buainess prop
erly in fouf blocks, oil belonging to the
Davidson estate
The elevator at N9thfeld was burned a
few days ago Loss, $4,000
A new Roman Catholic Archbishopric will
be formed OF Minnesota and Dakota, with
Bishop Ireland, of ST Paul, for the Arch
bishop, and Rev Father McGollrick, of
Minneapolis as diocesan.
The -four output at Minneapolis for the
week ended April q was IFS, 200 barrels,
more than ever made there in one week
before.
The loss 20 Wabasha County on account
OF tie destruction Of bridges by the late
food is estimated at $50, 600 The county
commissioners would meet In special sea-
sion to arrange for the replacing Of as
many of the bridges az the finances OF the
county would warrant