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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-04-19

THE eighth annual meeting Of the Ameri-
can water WORKS association began at
Cieve and Ohio, on the 18th.
III Mississippi river at Winona, Mimi,
was sti ] us ug on the 18th. and the lower
part Of tie town was in danger
\ DISPATCH from Ottawa says the house
Of commons in co mitt o. the wh le ap-
provei tn fisheries treaty.
tHE SCI. tary Of the Treasury on the 18th
invited proposals for tie sale tn the United
st ites Of bonds .ssued in 1870 aud 1871.
TIE consideration Of the tariff question
began in Congress on the 18th
UN he i1t5, Joan Dillon was arrestei in
Dublin for participation IA proclaimed
meetings.
| CAPT RUsoI, 9th schooner Four Broth
ers, OF Racine, was knocked overheard by
loom aud dro wned viii the vessel was
entering the port Of Nani.ou, Wis, on the
Eth
ADIsPA ca from Ash and Wis on the
18th SAYS the In iians on the Odonah res-r-
walton have sent petition TO Indian Com
missioner Atkins at washin ton asking
labor on the reservation.
THE New York assent ~ on the 18th pass
ed bill which substitutes electricity. for
hanging
Two prominent hotel keepers, Harry Nc
Kittrick and Georgs Vetie were arrested ON
the 18th for completely in ths Tn on bank
lrobbery. Tns amount s olen from the
bank by Cameron $4,000 WIS found in
their possession.
THr Louisiana election occurred on the
18th AM resulted in tn election OF Nj hollis
(Dem for Cover or. At New Orleans oae
man wa; killed ami another seriously
wounded during faction fight.
Roscoe CoxKLtSs dsed az 1850 on the
morning o. the 18th. sir. Conkling was
born st AIsany in 1871 he was member
OF tae thirty sixth, thirty-seveafh and
! s...iS y ninth Congress, was elected United
State Senator in 1856 and was reelected
successfully until 1870 when he resigned
bis Sc t on account OF the appointment OF
Robertson as collector OF the port Of New
YORK by President Garfield
HuF rate excursions to prominent points
in Dakota Nebraska. Kansas, the South
and Southwest. The Chicago. Milwaukee
a st. Paul Railway will seli rounl trip
tickets at one fare on April p aud a.
Tickets coed thirty and sixty days accord
/ ing 10 date and points OF see. For partic-
ulars apply TO the e5mpany's egsnts in st.
Paul I'd Minneapolis or 70 ". II. Dixon.
Assistant General Passenger Agent, St
leai. Aiuu.
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THERE were lG1 business failures in the
United states during the seven days ended
on the l3th. ;gainst 1919 Tire previous
seven days Tho tO.al number % failures
from January 70 date were q. 302. agains.
j, 49, in the same time last year
IHE Executive Judiciary and I & slative
Appropriation hill, as 9greed upon by the
House committee on the 18Th, bpprOpriates
so, A.. 3yI
TRADE throughout the country was re-
ported fairy active on the 18th
SENATOR MoEEHL. of Vermont. celebrated
his seventy-eighth birthday N Washington
on the l4th ly q brilliant reception.
At twenty-sx Leading Clearinghouse IN
the United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the If-h aggregateI
Sg3J 200, 4}:i. aga INST 81. o4O. 90S. 500 the
previous week As compared with tic
corresponding week Of lss7 the decrease
amounted 10 rs per cent
The house purchased in Was IinEton bv
the friends OF General Hanco X for bis
widow was presented TO her on the 1G h
by the chairman Of the committee hav.ng
the aiIaiI ia CHARGE
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-04-19

A TEMPERANCE HOME.
Member, % the W. &. Il. L. Working
Hard Ia : cure Funds to Erect Build
ing to lie Dedicated tn the Cause

Member, % the ". &. I. L. Working
Hard to : cure Funds t0 Erect Build
ing to lie Dedicated to the Cause.
CHICAGO. April IL. The Central Wom-
ans Chris ian Temperance Union is doing
its utmost TO raise funds for ga $500, 900
building that it hopes to erect in Chicago
for National temperance purposes There Is
lot ON Dearborn street between Jackson
and Quincy that il wants TO get TOR the
building. II can be leased for $50, 900
year. The plans for the building are COM
pleted 1t is 10 be twelve stories high. and
its tower is TO be surmOunted with a statue
of the Sistine Madonna An auditorium
capable of seating 1000 persons will lie
located on tie ground floor and viii be
called Willard Hall. named after Miss
Frances L. Willard 1t is proposed to lay
the cornerstone MAY l, 1850 Miss Cox,
the private secretary of Mrs Matilda
b. Carse, president OF the union, says
that the latter expects to have the $780,
coo in stock subscribed before that time
1t is said that T250, 900 hes already been
pledged. number OF Chicago capitalists
are said 10 have promised to take stock.
Mrs Carse has been East for the purpose Of
securing subscriptions and Miss Willard
left on sin.ijLr mission yesterday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-04-19
WEST AND SOUTH.

T#E last brewery IN Esnsas 10 hold out
against The Prohibition law Was closed on
the Iith az AJchi>on by the United States
Marshal
THE Banks and Monroe feud broke out
nfresh on the llth m Wit Comfy. " Va,
and IA the fracas th-es Of the Monroe fam
ily We're Killed
THc Wiliium Arson Wool resper aud
mower works at Nuuuus own. o.. Were
burned on the i.5h Loss S25O. 600 Five
hundred men were thrown ont OF employ
menL
THsr part Of Oconto. wis. known as
FrcnclJ0wn." WIS under water on the
i2,h. and many families had been forced
10 move
william T. CATS. OF Chicsco. and George
". Gates. Of OshS0sI. Wis, tbFoghersl. Gel
co rated the silver wedding on the - h at
Frankfort. \ y where they were married
the clergyman who united them being in
Attendance
IL Chicago on the 18th Willie Grady
aged seven vc1rs. shot and killed his sister
FlI3 aged three wears while playing with a
pistol supposed to he uuloaded
l. a CoNsIsNT YVES on the 10Th el.cted
Department Comnnan der Of the Iowa G A.
p. atits session in Cedar Rapids
DAyE WAIEEE. the chief Of the Bald
KnOhbers. was convicted Of murder in the
first degree &c Ozark. No. on the l2eh, and
sentenced 10 be hanged May Is
lbs Ice carried away a railroad pontOon
bridge and one million feet OF lumber at
Wabasha. -. on the 12lh
KESTUCEx prohibitionssaS met st Louis
vile an tie l2ta and elected delegates 70
the National convention VINO favor Grel.n
Clay Smith for President
FIRE desi royed the village of MASSEY :
No. on the i2th. only one building being
leiz stlndiaG
EsrroYEs Of the several breweries IN
Chicseo strnck on the - h because the
proprietor claiiael the rights 70 employ
non-uniOn men 1T hey des red 60
OK TIE 12th J. : simon, the defauiting
cx-ireaSurer Of Darxe County. D.. was sen
teneed 10 SIX years imprisonment in the
nsnitentiary and 70 pay a me ct $4,000
DErnoIr detectives who had been investi-
eating the matrimonial record & NJ j
brown stated on thc Eta that BroWn had
no less than twenty living wives N & Her
emit portions 90 rhe country
THmTr families were driven from their
homes AZ Mouterideo. y m. en- tae l2th
hy high waler
CN he l2-l tro hnadrea people living
"a tae lats ou the west tank 81 the Aissis-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-04-19
WISCONSIN.


Thomas Hill, a business man, com mitted
suicide at Cacot n; other day BY shooting
himself through the heal Domestic in
felicity was ths cause
new National bank wi bs established
at Green Bay Nay l. with John Paley, of
Ianark, Ill, who will take half OF the
100000 stock, president, an W. Wag-
ner. cashier
The Wnnebaeo Indians encamped be-
tween Eau Clare and Black yer Ealls. as
wei as their STOCK, were recently said TO be
suffering from lack OF sustenance
Governor Rusk has appo uted DIR j. r.
eve, of Appleton, State Inspector OF IL
Eliminating DIS, Andrew F. Elmora. of
Fort Howard. member of The State Board
Of Supervision; IL W. Nickerson, OF Mil
waukee, cOmmiss ouer to the MARIETTA (0l
centennial, April
The first saw-m.n in operation in North
ern Wisconsin this JASON was that Of the
North VISIONS Lumber Comp my. at Hay
ward The company has Planned TO saw
from forty million 10 forty-tive million feet
tn ) season
Sneak thieves entered tie residence Of
u W. Watt, at Jancsvllle the other morn
iag, while the family were "a breakfast and
stole diamond valusl AT $3.50
Thu Layton AT l,ery nc Milwaukee,
presented % the C Is by M Fcsi Layton,
was opened 70 tn puai' the other day,
Mr. Law ,ou giving an additional 100000
as an endowmen. fund
Near Augusta G few day ego Ernest Lis
slck' little son was seald "a 10 death by
falling INTO q tub Of bojliu water.
An Omaha fr light train ran into the rear
end of a stalled j. sseu1er tran near Bo.ld-
Hasr leu
had an arm torn from his body
Tho city If Eau q. Re recently paid Mrs
Francis $500 IN settlement OF the suit Tor
$1,000 damages for injuries sust1ine from
defective walk
Twelve young ladies. movie OF ST. Clara
Academy At Sinsin1wa Mound, the mother
house OF the Domn can order in the West.
took the White vail few days ago at that
ms tuition
Dad S rles. "A well-known Cincinnati
commedan, WHO was filing an engage
mant ~ the Palace Theaier in Ashland,
died suddenly the other morning OF con-
wilson's
a misplaced switch threw Northwestern
pass ng tain on the track Il Ripon the
other dav. causing q long delay to travel
No one was injured
Judge @ L C.cmentson has been re-
elect clrcuif isdge in the Taird Wiscons IA
district wifhcus opposition
1 party OF surveyors are at work near
Madison lac ting lins for the Chicsgo.
Darlington < Quincy railroad Assurances
are given the the Midland road will lie
luIit from Madison to Fond On Lac during
thu summer
I2rs IngerliaidsOn, a well-to-do Nor
wegian Of Cafwri2bf. comu'i tsd suicide
the other day hy hanging
Tho Grand Council Of Wisconsin Royal
Arcanum met at waukesha recently. The
oraer has two thoussad menbers IN the
St9te. The amount ls~sd IN death benefits
during TIC year WAS Ss5. 600
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-04-19
WATERS RIsING RAPIDLY

Northwestern Streams Continue to spread
Over Adj AGENT Lands-Wost s.. Paul Ia
Undated - HoatnIen Navigating the
Streets of Several Towns.
ST PAUL. Mimi, April 3-The Misss-
sippi river has risen very rapidly at this
point within the last forty-eight hours, and
is now three and one-haif feet above the
highest point reached last year The
upper flats in West ST. Paul are
Hooded and residents are busy NOV
ing their household effects TO places
OF safety on high ground In many houses
the water is two or three feet deep Oper-
atoms on the bridge at this point have been
stopped. Great damage has been done al
really, and the water il still rising pidly
two inches an hour Ominous reports
are received as TO the condition of tr.b-
utary streams above. The freshet in
the Minnesota is the man cause of
the swelling in T.! VI ssissippi Farther up
the river the water had overlooked the
banks, and at Reimer's brewery the cur
rent is flowing through the lower part of
the building. neccssilating the removal Of
all the stock and fixtures to The upper story.
In this vicinity, TOO, many families have
been compelled to move
NoNTEvIDEo, MINI, April Is Tie Chip
pewa river is overlooking and the Mime
sofa is rising rapidly IAIty lanlIles here
have been forced to move.
RED WING Mimi. April Is The water in
the Cannon LEY river is slowly subs,ding.
The MinnesO,a st Louis railway will sus-
tain a loss OF from $50 600 10 $50 600
WISCONSIN sTREAAts nEIM FULL
IA CROSSE, Wis, Apru 10 dispatches re-
ceiyei here say that The lie carr cd away a
railroad pontoOn bridge at Nabasha and
about / 600 600 feet oi lumber belonging
to one of tie Iau Claire compan es. The
ic4 in the lower p TT of Lake Pepn began
breaking up, ana waen it C me against the
pies driven 10 protec, the brIdso they
snapped like pipe-stems
1REMPELEAU Wis, April Is. be- jam of
logs here broke an went down the MIS-
s.ssppi yesterday. Several steamboats, are
engaged recovering { sc log-s
OcoNTo, Wis, April I3.-i'hat part OF this
town known as Frsnchtown," STU ted up
on the tilt, Is under water and many ftnl-
lies have been forced to move The Chi
cago q Northwestern railway trains are un-
able 10 approach nearer than five miles
sou on account OF the bridge at Pcnsau-
liee being uns f.
DAKOTA STREAMS RISING.
WAHPETCN, D T.. april 13.-Ihe Bois de
Sous anI Oeser Tail MYERS ere overflow
ing d or banks IL Will he impOssil l. for
team 10 cross etwoen here and Be,ken-
ridec he dykes are CIumtLng and Breck-
enridre stau0s in danger Of inund ton
a gorge at Con,eys point is causing the
over ii1W
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-04-19
The NORTHWESTERN FLOODS.

West s.. Paut Surrounded by Water
People Forced q Leave Their Homes
Railroads Lasc Heavily Wisconsin
streams Out Of Their Banks aud Doing
Much Damage.
ST PAUL. Mimi, April Il The waser
rose about Two feet on tie d ats on the
upper ieYce during last evening. Most Of
the shanties there have been vacated, their
Occupl hts seeking shelter with friends in
other parts Of the city or in other houses
on The bluffs or ia the few houses tina;
stand on ground that has no1 yet been in
undated This morning the flats preseni
the appearance oT lake berdered by tn.
roofs OF houses Small outhuildings
have been lifted from their founda-
lions rnd. floating against the fences,
have toppled over Occasionally one
might soe a man rescuing his family
and household effects from the upper story
OF his shanty, whittier he had re.
moved them in the hope that the
water would not rise to the second floor.
Should there be heavy rains, however. the
water would be still higher and extreme
loss and suffering would cnsue West St
Paul viii suffer IN any event, as the banks
are likely TO give way IS SO, II as they are
filled and cluse much loss to property own-
eTs in that vicinity
Tao situation in that part OF West St
Paul east OF S ate street much worse than
anywhere else, because the land lies lower
and there are more numerous sioughs
through which the water cn find
e: sy access TO the more thickly set
tied portions of the Hat The oc-
cupants OF good many OF the houses
in that neighborhood have already
vacated them, and more are preparing
A. A. a.
water stands several feet above the first
floor in many houses nd is fast encroaching
on others At the St Croix Lumber Conn
Pany's mill, which is situated on Florida
street, the water is nearly up to the plat
forms on which the lumber has been piled,
and worsnen are now engaged in remov-
ing it to higher grounds. as well as the sash
IN doors from the mill. All that ground
east of State street and south % Plato av-
enue is entirely covered with water and
looks like one vast lake. The soil
Of the fats is of such a sandy
and porous nature that the water
p arcolates through it readily, and as a re-
sult many of the cellars in the blocks
along Dakota avenue are full OF water
Much fer is felt lest the water should I'M
icrmine tho ground 10 snch an extent that
the foundations OF tie bui ngs will sink
sud Gauss much damage 10 tie different
blocks The houses just under the bluff at
the west end of the ward ar surrounded by
water and reached only by boats
At other points up the river the water Is
falling slowly. From St Peter comes the
Information that fall of ten inches was
observed dnrrng the last twenty-four hours
Hamilton reports a stand-still since Thurs
day. At East Henderson there was a fa.l Of
one foot during Friday, and the wat,r Is
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-04-19
FRESH ALARM IN BERLIN.
Cravest Anxiety Over the Emperor's Com
ditiOn-The Imperial Family Summoned

Cravest Anxiety Over the EmPeror's Com
diG0n-The Imperial Family Summoned
20 the bedside and the Worst Feared.
BERLIN, April IL Emperor Frederick is
dangerously ill., All the members OF his
family were summoned to his bedside at
midnight and the worst is feared
The Emperor began to grow worse
Sunday night, wten he was discov-
cred 70 be suffering from bronchitis.
accompanied by high fever and short
ness OF breath. He passed bad night and
Monday morning inflammation Of the
lungs set in. by a marked discharge Of
bloody mucous from his throat and down
ward spreading OF the swelling His
condition was so alarming Ut that
time that Dr Mackenzie feared
that the end was approaching.
The Empress aTgent.v summoned
the members OF the family 10 has en- 10 the
castle. Crown Prince William galloped
from Berlin and arrived first he was soon
followed by Empress Augusta and others
Prince Bismarck was at the bedside an hour
after receiving the summons
The doctors held two conferences during
the day-one in the afternoon and tho
other during the evening, ana after ward
remoined in constant Attendance Tie pa
tents increasing fever puz2 ed the doctor
anu at tAAt SFNAta1A- 1E7Hts4A A'@+ tAAt
suggested that it was caused bv Al abscess
in the vicinity OF the trscaea
THE GROWN PRINCE 10 AcT
After the evening conference Of physi-
clans Prince Bismarck. accompa MED by
the Minister of Justice. bad another inter
view with the Emperor, when his Majesty
signed an order appointing the Crown
Prince to act rs his representative
Tae general public was ignorant OF the
grave condition of the Emperor until tho
evening papers appeared
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ooNvlcTs eRUTALLY TREATED.
Made 20 Work Longer Than Their SEN
tencc Called For.

ST LOUIS. April IA dispatch from
Iittle Rock, Ark, gives Developments of an
inyes iigation of the convict contract sys-
ten that has been in use there
with county prisoners convicted Of petty
crimes and fined small sums, which were
70 be worked out under contract
Il was develored that some of the men
were kent at work many days longer than
tie courts that sentenced them had re-
qnired, and some prominent citizens are be-
ing shown up in an unsavory light Brutal
whipping, neglect, filthy clothing and short
rations are freely charged. besides extern
sion Of sentence
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4 The body OF H. l. Brown, one of several
parties who mysterously died a month ago
at Mason City. has been exhumed and the
/ stomach removed to send to Chicago for
chemical analysis of the eoatents
I At Marshalltown the other dly Jessie
Dietrich, aged eighteen years, shot herself
in the room of Bert Emory, with whom she
had become infatuated
The receiver of the broken Commercial
National Bank at Dubuque has investigated
the books of that concern an finds no
criminal charges against it's officers. De-
/ pos tors would probably receive seventy
/ cents on the dollar
James HartgraYe, employed in the Stand
arb mines. near OskalOosa, WIS killed by
falling slate few DAYS ago His father was
killed in the same place about four months
ago
Buhman. tried recently for murder in
Nintou, was acquitted
Charles L Ransom, a leading lawyer in
Iowa Ci.y, died in New York the other
morning, where he had gone to receive
surgical treatment
Rev 7. Hardin, a Methodist minister,
committed suicide in Green County the other
day by shooting No cause was assigned
He was laughing and talking but a few
moments before the deed.
Edward James Holmes, for eight years
clerk or the supreme Court of Iowa, died
suddenly few days ago at Des Moines aged
fifty-eght years
Captain Chares J. Swan, prominent
lawyer at Sioux City, died suddenly from
apoplexy early the o.her morning
The reunion OF the Twelfth Iowa In
fantry was held recently at Waterloo The
next reunion will be held at Sioux City four
years hence.
Mrs C. W Theissen, aged forty-tive years,
wife of one of The wealthiest residents OF
Mason City, committed suicide by hanging
the other afternoon Mental arrangement
was supposed to be the cause
The State National Bank of Sioux City
has been put into the hand OF Bank Exam
liner Cir III n by q vote of the directors, the
reason being that the capital has been i'm
paired and the law in some respects no:
compiled with Depos.tors viii lose moth
ing.
\ six-foot vein of soft coal of good quail
fly was found recently near Lawn Hill,
Black Hawk County, at depth of 230
feet
l. is alleged that saloon-keepers in the
State are making preparations to sell i'm
ported liquors, lawyers setting up the claim
that the sale of imported intoxIcants can
not be stopped so long as they remain in
the original packages
At Sioux City the other day D. W Wood
laid claim to tue ~, 600 reward offered in
tie HaddOck murder case claiming it on
tie ground that he secured the return Of
Lsavitt on whose evidence Feel Muncrath
was convicted of manslaugh err
\ recent fire in II. L Spencer's wholesale
grocery at osSaloosa caused a loss of SO,
900
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the Gar in November last had reference 10
the proposed marriage OF Prince Alaxande
and the Princess Victor a, and the Cnan-
cellor at the time declared that such mar
riage should never take place at least while
his advice was accepted.
I he POST states that at the conclusion of
her long conference with Prince Bismarck
the Empress grasped the Chancelors
two hands ana said: Il sacrifice my
daughter on the altar of the father
land" Other papers print various re-
ports One story is to the effect that
Prince Bismarck before the conference
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FORT WATNE. Ind. April II Yesterday
morning the night Waterman at HOLY
manu's planning mills in opening and en-
tering the dry-kiln of that establishment
discovered the dead body Of James Dolan.
who had evidently entered he kin Thurs
dav night 20 sleep Steam had been turned
on. and Dolan had roasted to death. He
had applied for work at tue mills Thursday