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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Second Session.


TUESDAY, Jan. s-lu the Senate bills
were introduced to make regulations as
70 the time, place and manner Of hol J.
ing elections for Representatives in Con-
gress, and 70 establish harbovs Of refuge
at or near Point Barrow and Point Hope
Alaska ami at East Cape. Siberia The
Tariff bin was further considered. In the
House the Sundrv Civil bill fS22. SIC $3.50
was reported. The rest Of the day was
devoted TO measures from the Printing
Committee and to further hlibustering by
the friends Of the Oklahoma bill.
"WEDNESDAY. Jan The Senate voted
10 nou-concur in the House amendment to
the Nicaragua Canal bill The Tariff bill
was further discussed. In the House the
time was passed in hhbustering over the
Oklahoma bill
THURSDAY, Jan 1O-Discussion Of the
Tar # bill occupied the time of the Senate,
nearly twelve pages being disposed Of
In the House the day was again passed in
flibusJering over the Oklahoma bill.
FRIDAY. Jan 1.-THE Tariff bill was
further discussed in the Senate. In the
House flitu .tering prevented the transac
tion Of any business.
SATUBDAT, Jan. 12-In the Senate the
reading Of the Tariff bill was finished
A b II 70 provide for egimental bands " 5
introduced and several Presidential nom
nations were confirmed. In the Hou Sc
the bill to revive the grade Of Lieutenant
General Of the Army was fayorabIy re-
ported. In scussing the Diplomatic bill
MT. MCAdOO N. J advocated abOlishing
United States Ministers abroad, sa the
interests Of the United States would not
suffer If Ministers were not sent abroad,
and said the system was absolutely unfit
ted 70 the character Of free country. The
Pension, Military Academy and Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation bills were
passed
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AT the annual session Of the National
Wool Growers Association on the 10th in
Wash ngtOn John Mcdowell Of Washing
ton, Pa, was elected president, and reso-
uti0ns demanding protection for their in
lustry were adopted.
DURING the seven days ended on the 18th
there were 3S7 business failures in the
United States. against 2S6 the previous
seven days.
OK the llth ex-Congressman o. r. Sin
yietOn, Of n ssissippi, died at his resi-
euce in Washington, aged seventy six
years. H. was a mem DER of the House
continuously from the Forty fourth 10 the
Forty ninth Congress.
ATtwenty-six leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the l2th aggreg lted
$40 522 SOC against 81 O95, 034 ga the pre-
vIOus week As compared with the cor
re spending week Of 1855 the increase
amounted TO ~
OK the 18th the National Department OF
Agriculture estimated last years wheat
crop of this untry at ala, SIS. 600 bushels.
valued at S3S4 n30, 600 The corn crop Of the
year was estimated at 1,9S5, 900 bush
els, valued az S657. SCI $50
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EoREIeN lNTELLIoENcE.

GREAT distress was on Jne SIN sal 10
exist among the crofters on the island Of
Lewis. Scotland. Crops were exhausted,
and in some districts people were on the
brink Of starvation.
MAvDALAY aiv.ces Of the Sth state that
a battle had been fought between the Brit
ish forces and the karens "A Wild tribe OF
the country, the British losing five killed
and the Karens over two hundred.
A sLEET-sToRM on the Sth at Kingston,
Can. did great damage TO the telegraph
wires, and manv orchards were destroyed.
Is portions Of Canada wind storm did
great damage on the 9th, the greatest de-
,truction being done between Cornwall
and Napanee, including Kingston. Hun
dreds of trees were torn down by ice and
wind, houses We're wrecked, and the total
loss was estimate at nearly $1,000. 600
PERU adrices of the 10Th say that in a
riot at La Plaza indiscriminate firing by
the troops killed l37 men, women and chill
dren. and sixty others were wounded.
OK the 18th the oldest musical society n
the world, the Antlitzgesellscha Of st.
Gall. Switzerland, celebrated its two hun.
dred and SEVENTEEN anniversary.
ADvICEs Of the 1lth say That the steam
ship MacGregOr was wrecked on a reef in
Ascension bay. Yucatan. and that both
vessel and cargo were total loss The
passen ers, crew. mails and valuables
were saved. The ship was valued at $780,
COO
THE damage done by the recent storm in
Ontario and Quebec was on the 18th said
10 aggregate s2,O90OOO. Wrecks of houses
and barns were seen in every direction
and numerous lives were lost.
ADVANCEMENT were completed by the
Mexican Telegraph c mpany on the 18th
for the laying Of a new cable across the
Gulf of Mexico from Coatzacoalcos to
Galveston, Tex, distance of one - u
sand miles
IL wreck in the English channel near
Finistere. nine persons were drowned on
the 18th.
On the 18th twenty seven Socialists. in
GLIDING the Socialist leader Becker, were
arrested in the suburbs OF Vienna.
BY tue wreckng Of the British steamer
/ Priam from Liverpool for Hong Kong, on
I the 18th on an island near Corunna, the
ship surgeon and -four Of the crew were
drowned.
Is the palace of the Archbishop OF
[ Valencia, Spain, n bomb was exploded on
the 18th. No lives were lost, but much
/ damage was done
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WEST AND SOUTH.

Ok the Slh W ". Hollis. a Louisville
boy who had saved $40 to attend com
mercial college. paid il 20 a stranger on
bogus check for 81 30
Tue Leg stature OF Dakota convened on
the Sth az Bismarck.
OK the Sth Mss Lucy A. Noyes, who
sued the Chicago City Railway Company
for $4,000 for ingBr cs received, recovered
$1,000 in Judge Gresham's court
In H " Davis carriage factorT NJ Gin
cinnati five hundred employees subTi tilted a
new scale Of wages on the Sth AMI were
DISCHARGED. The firm offered 70 treat with
them individually. but not as 90 ".
CkpTaIx Henry Bo0TH, OF Larned, was
elected Speaker Of the House in the organ
ization Of the Kansas Legislature on the
SIN At Topeka
oS the Sta the Minnesota Legislature
convened az St Paul Colonel Gree. Of
Duluth, being elected Speaker Of the
House
THE Legislature Of Wisconsin convened
in biennial session at Madison on the eth
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PIrTsRuRGn,s DlsAsTsa.

Nineteen Bodies Recovered from the
Ruins Caused by the Gale on wedues-
day.
PITTsBURGH, Pa, Jan. 1.-THE death
list Of the victims Of the cyclone here now
numbers nineteen, and the number Of
wounded is thirty-five. OF the latter
seven are in a critical condition. and
several are reported TO be dying
No one knows or will know before
the ruins shall have been thoroughly
explored Just how many lives have been
lost The great number Of Inquiries
made at The morgue for m ssing
friends inspires the fear that a
far larger number than was sup
posed were caught in the f.lling debris
and Coroner Mcdowell believes that
twenty-tiv or thirty bodies are yet I'm Ter
the bricks. Mr.. Mason, of Weldin q Co.
says that one Of his clerks is missing, and
that woman with whom he was trading
at the time Of the d .saster has not been
heard from; and, as they We're in the eel
lar il s probable that they both have
been killed.
CARLISLE, Pa, Jan. IL - The Govern
ment training school for Indians and q
number Of other buildings were UnroOfed
by the cyclone Wednesday. The loss VIII
exceed 500 600.
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RAIgs TO es MAINTAINED.
Meeting of Railway Presidents in New
York at Which a Plan 10 Enforce Rates
Il Adont.d

4 Meeting of Railway Presidents In New
York at Which a Plan 10 Enforce Rates
Is Adopted.
NEw YoRK, Jan. 1.-The meeting Of
railway presidents TO arrange a scheme OF
cooperation for the m sintenance Of rates
aud other matters Of importance met at
The residence Of J. Plerrpont Morgan 81 IL
a II yesterday. The progress Of the meet
ing developed the fact that those present
were practically in harmony. snd an adj
lournmeut was reached at r. m
The committee appointed to formulate
plan for the establishment and nam
tenance Of rates reported. stating that
the proposed scheme had been heartily
approved by the Interstate Commission.
The committees plan was adopted. and
the meeting adjourned TO reassemble in
Chicago at the call Of the chair An out
line OF the plan is as follows:
1t provides for an association OF presidents.
70 be called The Interstate Railway Asso-
ation. whose object is 70 enforce the Inter
State Commerce law and establish rates. one
of1cer Of each company shall be held responsi-
ble for street ma 'ntenance o. such rates By his
conn any. Through rates shah be SO arranged
that b diinE for business by private conCes-
ons shall cease. The board may, II ihev
choose, totally abolish commissions. Charges Of
violation 81 the Interstate Commerce Law or
OF Any rate 81 rule OF the association, IL sus-
tanned, shall either be communicated 70 the
Interstate Commerce Commission, or a pea
a!tS shall be assessed on the offending com
pahy OF mol Hes than $3.50. An enpIoye
guilty Of such v oIuv~- snail he efs-
Cd arged and not thereafter eual, ~rsd f.,-
any road except on approval n writing %
the executive hoard. The presidents agree
ment OF Janusry against rebates, etc, Is n
Guided in the plan. Provision IS made 10 Sc
cure each company lis due share Of eompeti-
We trafic by means OF the executive board
The agreement shall continue n force arsu-
lute.y sixty DAYS from January 10 ANY party
can Withdraw subsequently by giving thirty
DAYS mnr.ca-
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MOI RADICAL ENOUGH.

FO- mer Pupils of Herr Most DenOuuce
the AnRrch st Leader as Having Be
come Conservat We and Cowardiy.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-the Radical Ar
better Bund, which is made up Of An
arch SITS whom John Most taught in Aus
tria and Hungary from 1865 to 1872 held
a meeting yesterday at No. SO East
Fifth street and adopted a circular
addressed ITO All Honest Revoiu-
tionists" It says: "Since com ng to
the United States Most is rapidly be-
coming conservative, and since the Chi
cago Anarchists were hanged he has pos
itive'y become cowardly. The proclama.
ton appeals to all good Anarchists to
crush out all Leaders who assume author
ity 1t calls on Anarchists everywhere to
support the International Anarchistic Rev
dictionary Association and wage warfare
against Most and the Freheit
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IATER


II was learned on the ] > h that Dan Rey-
nolds. cOlored, living naar Helena, Ark,
was taken from his house on the Saturday
pre- vious and whipped so severely that he
since died
THE police at Tunnis Morocco, have
cap ured gang OF assassins and robbers
and among them is believed 60 be one who
committed the Whitechappel murders in
London
JUDGE TUI.EY of Chicago, ON the 10Th re-
fused 20 ssuu an injunction prohibiting the
anarchists from holding their meet u IS and
ruled that the police had no power 5n pre-
vent the same
DIR ADEIARD GUERSoS. collector OF Gus
toms for tn port Of st Paul. di d on the
15sh, on the stairway OF the posJoffice,
from heart disease.
GEORGE Meadows q negro who q short
time ago ravisned a Mrs. ksllam, was
taken from the al at Pratt Mines, Ala, on
h. 18th by a mob and lung.
DISPATCHES from Lond n dated the 18th
state tia direct information has been re-
ceived from official source to The effect
that Henry NJ Stanley Is SAFE.
IHE House passed bill for the estab-
lishmenJ of a ,ightship at Sandy Hook,
NY, TO cost S6O,0U0
A PARTIAL canvass of the Ohio legislature
shows a s rong likelihood OF the tx -ension
of the right OF suffrage 70 women in muni-
cipal affairs
CONGRESS on the 18th began oonsidera-
ton OF Spring-r's Omnibus btu which en-
braces IN admission OF Dakota, Montana,
Washington aud New Mexico
The proposed national skating tourna-
ment 10 have taken place at NewbuTgh- n /.
hrs been pos pcned on recount OF absence
OF ice IN the Hudson river.
ASrHoSY HIesISs of Wilmington Del,
was nom nate tho Republicans OF the
Delaware legislature for Z. 5 senator on
the l5lh hE Higgins viii be the first Re-
publican senator ever elected nom the
state
TELEGRASts from Singapore, dated the
Il b. state tnat The steamer Pdiapeket was
sunk BY col isiOn with an unknown vessel
and - persons were drowned.
The schools Of Albert Lea. MINI. on the
18th. We're closed on account OF diptheria
PA DELENoE farmer living near Sioux
Fails OAK was instantly killed on the 15sn
at the bottom Of well BY the falling OF .
bucket
TIE President on the 18th sent mes
sage to Congress calling attention aud Civ
ing the status Of affairs ia samoa and the
necessity OF protecting American interests
THREE boat loads OF No l Dakota hard
wheat were sold IN New York on the 15Sh
at the extremely high price Of I2s IL pei
bushel
TINS evening Critic of Washington, d
G on the l5ta received a threatening
letter from tn Alexandria Va White Caps
because Of published accounts OF recent
outrages
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HAVOC AT TIE Falls.
The wind Carries Away the Suspension
Bridge Nearest the CAtaract-A Loss in
the Xic..iity OF About 81 200. 900.

The Wind Carries Away the Suspension
Bridge Nearest the CAtaract-A Loss in
the Vic;.ity OF About 81 200. 900.
LocKPoRr. y Y. Jan II The suspen-
sion br dge for carri4 ges and fOot-passen-
gers that was built across the river within
hort distance Of Niagara Falls several
years ago was carried of its fastenings into
the stream below by a wind storm, and IS
a total loss II should be noted that the
destroyed bridge is neither the original
Niagara railway suspension bridge nor
the Michigan Central Raliroad Company's
new cantiiever bridge both Of which are
located a mile or two below the demol-
ished structure. The loss IS about So. u01
All POINTS Of interest along the river at
the waters edge suffered more or less
from the gale. The water was never
known to be so high The international
Hotel was uuroofed Several buildings
were blown down in the vicinity. The
gale was the severest known here ana
lasted from p N. Wednesday until day
light Thursday morn ne. The total loss
by the gale this vicinity VIII reach 81,
coo 600
The scene up the river is peculiar. All
the islands on the American size are sub
mergeI. The water is between six and
ght feet higher than usual The
houses on the Canadian side along the
river bank and the clubhouse on the
American side have been swept away and
destroyed. The Brundage elevator and
Butterys a Manning's have all lost tier
lower parts. The loss goes into the thou
sands
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HELENA. NJ. T., Jan. 10 Rel alive to
the condition Of cattle in Montana during
the present season and the outlook for
the winter Conrade Kohrs, the largest
cattle-raiser in Montana said that be had
never seen a more favorable state of
affairs during his twenty years resi-
dence in this territory Cattle are thriv-
ing and from ali indications not a single
head will be lost at the close of the winter.
de estimates the seasons exports from
the Territory at 100, 600 head, and the num-
Der driven in from I exas and Wyoming at
ia 0O0 head
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Thirty-sixth Annual meetinr-Repor, q
Sarrnfnr.. IA. .r.Ito.

Ihir'y-sixth Annual meeting-Report Of
Secretary ThwaiIes.
The thirty sixth annual meeting OF the
Wisconsin State Historical Society was
held the other evening in the Society's
rooms at Madison, with DIR. John A. Rice,
OF Hartland, the president, in the chair
In his annual report Secretary Reuben G.
Thwaites announced that the financial con-
al ion Of the society was excellent The
annual appropriation Of s5,OOO was chiefly
spent in the purchase of books. The build
ing fuad now amounts to 81 1871. or the
Income Of this fund 1904 were spent for
bineing and the salary of the binding
clerk The antiquarian fund now aggre-
gates S6S3 These funds are largely
formed by donations. The secretary rec
commended that copies of the reports
Of the society should be distributed
freely among the school Libraries Of the
State. The art gallery now contains $50
oil and crayon portraits of Wisconsin
WORTHLESS and the gallery was visited by
nearly 10000 persons tle past year. The
additions to the bray were :. 6d4 vol
umes, of which 1907 were by purchases
and ], l57 by donations. exchange Of aupli-
Gates, etc, and ? $50 pamphlets. The pres
ent strength of the library is 63, 50 vol
times, and 60, 107 pamphlets; total l2S, 1873
Nearly every newspaper In Wis onsiR is
regularly received at the library and
bound. By personal searches in the State
Secretary Thwaites has added very many
old letters, books, diaries, memoranda,
etc, 20 the collection, besides many valU-
able interviews with old settlers. The
secretary closes his report by earnestly
recommending the erection Of a sold iers'
memorial hall at the State capital, to be
the permanent home Of the Historical So
ciety.
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IT is no wonder that foreigners con-
slider the English language so difficult
70 master when we think OF the great
change that a single letter makes in
changes lover into clover. d makes d
crow a crowd. makes eyed keyed. G
changes a son into a song. transforms
a pear into a pearl, 5 changes a hoe
into a shoe. makes bOugh bought.
Innkes nmen into woman
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JosEPHISE BEDARD. pretty French
Canadian girl visiting in Lewiston,
Me. says she has eaten nothing in sew
en- years. subsisting entirely on water.
and now every restaurant man from
MOosehead to Penobscot Is trying to
sell her a twenty-One meal. four dollar
Communication nash ticket
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Mr.. AND Mrs. GLADSTONE are thus
pictured By a London daily paper a.
they appeared on the platform on the
occasion Of their recent visit TO Bir-
mingham: Both were in evening dress.
the lady charmingiy attired in crimson
silk. black lace and diamonds, and car
rying a swansdown fan; ar Glad
stone. with the customary cameiiis IN
his coat, his dress-shirt open at the
neck for strong OratOrical effort and
the way Of his white tie thus made easy
for it, customary journey to me side Of
the neck in the course OF his coming
nr-afinn
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SEVERAL years ago a coal mine in
Japan took fire and forty or fifty miners
we're entOmbed. Recently the mouth
OF the pit was opened, and on search
ing the bodies Of the victims were dis
covered. BY the action Of water they
had been converted into Stone.
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WAsH1NGrox, Jan. l4-Mr. somerville
2. Tuck. the Assistant Commissioner g n
eral of the United States to The Paris EX-
position in 1859 saws that applications for
space for exhibiting already number 80
and are from all parts Of the country.
Much more space has been applied for
than can possibly be allotted American ex-
hfhftors
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1t is reported that a Frenchman has
invented a shell in which is inclosed a
powerful anRsthetic. Il is intended to
explode in the enemy's breastworks
and put them all 70 sleep. when the
wide-awake host will march in and ar
range things before waking-up time
Il Is a great improvement over the
old nefhnd
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THE English laT Of libel has been
recently amended by Parliament The
new amendment makes the proceed
iugs of public meetings. IL accurate,
privileged publications. in case the
meeting one OF public interest and
concern Hitherto the newspaper
publisher in a prosecution for libel
was compelled to prove that the mat
ter complained 81 was published for
the public benefit; now il would APP
pear 70 be that the plaintiff must
prove the matter not 10 Ne Of public
Denefit- In many cases this might cas-
fIr he innn
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Mc1IMs OF TIE STORM.

Several Lives Lost in West Virginia Dur
ing the Recent Elemental Disturb
anee.
PARKERsBUR6, ". Va, Jan u.-This
city and vicinity was visited by terrible
storm Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Two large brick dwelling houses were I'M
rooted shade trees FRUSTRATED and plate.
glass windows broken At Belleville g
large brick dwelling was totally demol-
ished No lives were lost
At Rowelisburg ". Va, a mill and a
residence were blown down aud four per
sons killed
At Guyaudotte. W Va. two persons
We're caught beneath falling walls and
killed
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WOE AT READING.

The Death List from the Late Cyclone
VIII Reach Forty, While the Wounded
Number ia.
READING, Pa, Jan. lit is now be
neved that the number Of those who have
already or will Lose their lives as the re-
suit Of the havoc done by Wednesdays
cyclone wall be about forty. George Grlm-
shaw. Jr., one Of the proprletOrs Of
the wrecked silk milk. says that, to the
best Of his knowledge. there were
about 275 persons, principally girls
and boys, in the building when il col
lapsed. The work Of recovering the dead
and wounded was continued al Wednes.
day night and Thursday A revised list Of
the dead employees Of the silk mill show
the number so far to be twenty-eight The
number Of the wounded is ia The
majority Of these are seriously hurt, ard
many Of them may Yet die.
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ST LOUIS. Jan 1i.-Ward McManus, a
well known capitalist and real-e,tate own
er Of this city, was called to the door Of
lis residence Thursday and shot twice by
Henry Kriz The wounds are not serious.
The shooting is the result of a refusal on
the part Of McManus to aid Kriz financial
~ IN pr noting his interests in a car mo
tor which the latter has invented Kriz
escaped
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CmCAGo, Jan. "A The private residence
Of S. Warren Lawson. 3S9i Ellis avenue,
was partially consumed by trc Sunday
morning When the fire was eXtiuguished
the dead body of L0ttie Erickson, a domes-
tic employed 10 the family was found ia q
closet adjoining her sleep ng room, whittier
she had fed ami was suffOcated- The loss
10 building and contents Is So COO
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A MONUMENT has just been erected
in Sherburne, ChenangO County. y.
Y, over the graves of Colonel William
: Smith and his wife. He was a fav-
orite aide-de-camp OF General Wash
ington, and took part in twenty-five
battles Of the revolution, having en-
tered the patriot army at the age Of
eighteen years and served through
the war. His wife was Abigail adams.
the only daughter of the second Presi-
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WASHINGTON, Jan. Il, 1T is understood
that n appropr alton bf s1.5OO OO0 for The
construction of :he new cruiser desi gned
By Congressman Thomas, Of Illinois, mas
been inserted in the Naval ApprOpriat on
bill, which will be reported TO Congress
shortly THIS section Of the bill was in
serted on motion Of the chairman Of the
cnmmittee.
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The annual meeting Of the Milwaukee
Press Club was held the other afternoon
and the following officers elected: Presi
lent, II T. Myrick; First Vics-President
George H. Y enowine; Second Y ce-Presi-
dent, Edgar Coleman; Secretary, W. a.
Bowdish; Treasurer, Henry c. Campbell;
Executive Committee. CHARLES K Lush,
NJ. A. Aldrich, Herman Boyer, E. W.
Krackswiser, j. A. Watrous