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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
WIPED OUT.
Fire Sweeps Away the Entire business
District of the City of Seattle, w. T.,
Causing LOSES Aggregating So. coo, 900.

Fire Sweeps Away the Entire business
District of the City of Seattle, w. L.,
Causing Losses Aggregatins So 100000.
TACOMA, W. T., June z Dispatches re-
ceived here state that the business portion
of Seattle, the largest city in the Ter cory,
is in ashes.
Every bank, hotel and place of amuse-
ment, all the leading business houses, all
newspaper offices and railroad depots, and
m.4cs of steamboat wharves coal bunkers,
freight warehouses and telegraph offices
were burned
The fire began near the corner of Front
and Pearl streets in the Seattle candy
factory building at 2:3O p m, and before
midnight had consumed the whole of tho
business section of the city northward to
Stetson & Posts mill, along Front and Sec
ond streets TO the waterfront, involving a
loss of over S5,O0O,000.
The city is literally wiped out except the
residence portion on high ground At $50
O'Clock p IN. the flames had reached the
wharves and the steamboats, and shipping
were compelled to head out into the
stream
A stiff breeze was blowing from the
northwest when the fire began, and it soon
got the best of the fire department. Water
supply gave out within two hours after the
fire began and then the flames had a clean
sweep. Word was telegraphed here and
train started with fire apparatus at 40 p.
m, reaching Seattle in sixty three minutes,
a distance of forty-two miles
The ocean steamers Mexico, for san Fran
cisco, and AncOn, for Alaska, escaped de-
struction by pulling out into the harbOr. A
great deal of property was saved only to be
burned up again, so quickly did the flames
spread
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NOTES ON MANUFACTURES.

ELECTRICITY is now applied TO tanning,
and it is said to produce leather from the
raw hide in the short period of four days.
THE making of veneered diamonds is a
new Partisan industry The body of the
gem is cut from quartz and then by gal
vanic action coated with a solution made
from diamond chips and stones too small
for cutting.
THE manufacture of wooden shoes is
novelty found at Grand Rapids, Mich. Last
year 1900 pairs were made there, one con-
Germ turning out alone 5000 pairs with five
men. They are made of Eastwood, and bring
from forty TO sixty cents pair.
SHOES are now being produced at such
low rates in the United States, through the
superior intelligence of our workmen and
the minute division of labor, which gives
perfection by the constant practice and con-
centration of ideas ON making one part, that
we can successfully compete with any ma
tiOn in foreign lands.
A NEW fence is made Of soft steel. cut
while in the plate and drawn out after the
fashion of paper love baskets. 1t Is pro
posed also to make iron lathIng by the same
process, which, it is said, will be fire-resist-
ing, and capable of being bent and ham
mered into corners and around curves in a
way 20 put wood quite out of coHntenance.
One Of the applications of a waste product
to useful purpose is the manufacture OF
paper oat of cedar wood pulp, for underly-
ing carpets, wrapping of wool, furs, etc.
The papermakers procure the cedar chips
Of pencil manufacturers, and the paper
made of this material viii, it is claimed,
preserve articles wrapped IN it from the
moths.
AMERICA, after long struggle, and the
expenditure Of vast sums, says a shoe jour
nal. has succeeded in making kid so cheap
and superior to that of France, that it may
be shortly imported into that country. Our
kid is tougher, more plisble, and less liable
to crack than that Of France and the day
is at hand when it will take the lead IN
South American countries
"ARDESBRITE" is a new invisible lacquer
recently introduced into London. 1t is so
strong as to withstand weather, steam,
smoke, sea air or sea water; and gold, sil-
yer, copper, steel, brass or iron does not
tarnish when coated whit As It's so fine
as to be unseen on the most delicate instru-
meuts, the new lacquer has an extensive
field Of application.
IL Columbia the American aloe-known
there as ''figue''-is of great importance on
account of its fiber, which is used for san
dals. sacks, ropes, girths, pack saddles, etc.
These manufactures are among the most
important Of the country; the yearly value
being variously estimated at from ten mill
ION dollars. No part of the plant except
the fiber is used, and this is now extracted
by so slow and laborious a process that q
skilled laborer can produce only about ten
pounds Of fiber daily
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SEEKING INFORMATION OF LOVED ONES.


after examining the dress she approached
the agent in charge and asked if he would
exchange il for black one. II have lost
all nv family she added, by way of apol
ogy. as the tears streamed down her
wrinkled face, ''and would like to have a
black dress if could get one. My husband
and four children are in that awful pile by
the stone bridge. and am alone now" A
black dress was found fer her
In many ca scs whole families persisted In
a small room of the school-house lay five
little children big boy sat by contem-
plating them They We're his brothers and
sisters His father. Squire Fisher, and bis
mother were drowned, but their bodies
have not yet been found The children
were in the attic and would have been
saved, but locomotive was hurled through
the house and knocked it down The sur
viving member of the family has since COM
mitted suicide
The sights and sounds heard that night
were the most painful that human beings
were ever called upon to endure. In the
darkness could be distinguished human be-
ings floating by the town on house-tops and
RATS Some were crying for help Others
were praying aloud for mercy, and few
were even singing as il to keep up their
courage About O'Clock big raft swept
by the village within loo yards OF the shore.
There was an entire family on it. and they
were singing Nearer, NV God, to Thee.
In the midst of their song the raft struck
large tree and went 10 splinters There
were one or two wild cries and then silence.
Mrs Mary Tenn stood by a muddy pool of
water trying t. find some trace of a once
happy home 4 reporter asked her con-
ceruing her loss. She said shes was left
alone. her husband and seven children be
ing swept away. She continued:
We were driven BY the raging flood into
The garnet, but tho waters followed US there.
Inch by inch IL kept rising until our
heads were crushing against the roof. II
was death TO remain. SO ! raised via
dow and one by one placed my dar-
lnys on some driftwoo3, trusting TO the
Great Creator. As liberated the last one, my
sweet little boy. he looked OF me and sad;
'..amma. you always told me that the Lord
vcgid care for me; y n He look after me ROW.
saw hin driit away with his loving face
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FOaEIoN INTELLIGENCE.

THE firm of J. & H. Taylor. railway sup
ply merchants of Montreal, Can, failed on
the 4th for slOO,OO0.
AT Reichenbach, Germany a hurricane
and water-spout on the 18th caused great
loss OF life and property.
TIE death of Hon. J. Hamilton GRAY,
Justice of the Supreme Court of British
Columbia occurred at his home in Victoria
on the 9Th
ADvIcEs received in London on the 5th
from missionaries reported that the
Mahdist fanatics had slaughtered thou
sands of native Christians in Western Abys-
sinia and sold thousands of others into
slavery
The fund being raised at the legation in
Paris for the relief of the sufferers by the
flood at jamestown. Pa, amounted on the
9th TO $1,000
THE Marchioness de Chasteler, an aged
lady of noble family, was found slain in
her bed on the 9th at Mons Belgium.
Is the village OF Libionsch, in Prussian
Silesia, a fire on the 9th destroyed one hum
bred and ninety-five houses, including the
village church and vicarage.
II Otfenburg, Baden, the cotton mills
were destroyed by fire on the 9Th, involving
loss of 10000 marks Several women
were killed.
NINETEEN men were crossing the river at
Granville, Que on the 9th when the boat
capsized and five of them were drowned
The houses OF two leading Boulangists
were searched by the Paris police on the
9TH and resulted in the discovery of papers
which implicated Boulanger in an interna-
tiOnal plot
The Car of Russia on the 9TH bestowed
de gry of one million rubles ON Princess
Militia, of Montenegro, who has been be-
trothed to Grand Duke Peter of Russia
ADvIcEs of the 9Th from Crete showed
that complete anarchy reigned on the ISL
and Murders and outrages of all kinds
were of daily occurrence, and went un-
punished
Four HUNDRED natives were killed in q
recent fight at Saadani, Africa Most OF the
property destroyed belonged to British In
dams.
In Canada American boodlers were great
ly alarmed ON the Sth over the statement
that the Weldon bill was retroactive, and
that they might be turned over to the
American authorities
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
TALES OF WOE.
Sad Scenes Enacted in the Cone
maugh Valley.
Remarkable Rescues from the Death
Wave Which Engulfed Johnstown and
Her Neighbors-Th List of the
Worlds Heroes Sweiied.
sroRIEs roLp nY sunvINons.

over and above all the feeling that
presses upon one as he reads the columns
in the daily journals that tell of the terrible
disaster at Johnstown and her neighbOring
villages is the helplessness of maa, woman
and child when confronted with the mighty
forces of physical nature let loose and
started upon their career of destruction
The awful details make the heart sick. The
people were caught without warning in the
midst OF their pursuits. Human nature
was displayed in its grandest light
in the numerous instances of personal
heroism and courage. More than one brave
man risked his life in trying to save those
engulfed in the awful wall of water which
came sweeping down the mountain ana
through the valley with force far bovond
that of the great cataract ut Niagara. Sons
stood back for fathers and mothers and
were lost while the parents were taken out
Many dear brother found a watery grave
that loving sister might be saved The
stor es by survivors and thrilling escapes
are in many instances most remarkable and
almost beyond belief.
\ man named Dougherty tells thrilling
story of q ride down the river on log
When the waters struck the roof of the
house on which he had taken shelter he
jumped astride a telegraph pole, riding a
uASAstitt VI EOAld tNNIAf thAN1 AAAlNS rum
Johnstown to Bolivar before he was res
cued
The eight children of James Mcmillan
the youngest of which is 10 months old,
were in their house ON Lincoln street in
Johnstown The family was in the attic
when the food came. Each of the large
children grasped a smaller one, and the
family got to the roof. The jam of houses
made it possible for them to walk from
roof TO roof until they reached the Morrell
Educational Institute whore they stayed
till next Gay. They suffered greatly from
hunger. One of the children kept the baby
alive by. moistening its lips with his finger
which he from time to time dipped in the
water
At Pine Creek, seventy five miles from
JohnstOwn, child not more than a year
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SHOT DEAD IN BED.

Laura Fleming Mysteriously Killed WhiIe
Visiting at "A Neighbour.
Laura Fleming the fourteen-year-oid
laughter of a farmer living near Eau Claire.
was visiting the other night at the house OF
James McCOmb. a neighbor She went up
stairs to bed with Mr. IcCOmb's daughter,
also girl of fourteen Suddenly the Nc
Comb girl rushed downstairs and said that
Laura was killed She was found lying
across the bed She had been shot in the
head and a smoking revolver was lying
near by. The dying girl could talk, hut
gave no explanation and died atfour O'clock
II the morning. The McComb girl said that
neither she nor the dead girl had touehed
he weapon, which lay on the window stll,
when they entered the room.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
t,cIectic Medical Coilcre.

The State Eclectic Medical Society held
its annual meeting recently in Madison and
elected the following officers: President,
H. NJ Ludwig, of Richland Center; Vice
Presidents. c W Bodecker of WonewOc,
and J. Alexander. of MrAwOnago; Secre-
taries. J. Y. Stevens, Of Prairie du Sac, and II.
n Rogers, of Whitewater; Treasurer, J. +.
Stillman, Of Kilb0urn City The next meet
ing will be held in GAINESVILLE in June, 1890.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

RECENT experiments to ascertain
within what limits the ear can distin-
guish the difference in the pitch of
two sounds show that the smallest diff
ference Perceptible by unframed or
only slightly trained ears appears to
be from One-sixth to one-fOrtieth of a
semi-tOne. 1t is said that peculiarly
that seems to apply alike TO trained
and unframed ears is that they detect
upward differences more easily than
downward
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

DEs MoINEs. la, June The state Pro-
hibition convention at Cedar Rapids Thurs
day was attended by seventy delegates
A long platform was adopted and this ticket
was nominated.
For Governor Malcolm Smith. OF Cedar
Rapids; for Northumberland. J. o.
Murphy. Of Jasper k-aaaty: for supreme Judge,
W. 4 Maginnis. OF Jackson Couaty; for Super
iuteuaent OF Public instruction.. Mrs. c. A.
Durham, OF Burlington; for Railroad COmmls-
sioner, ). W. Noble, Of Rirggo.d County.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
HIS MOUTH GROWN sHur.

nsdicaI Science Puzzled by = queer Case
iH the Town Of irving.
Richard Chandler, 8 prominent and
wealthy resident OF the town Of Irving ia
IA the verge Of the grave as the result of
IN affiiction that has puzzled the doctors
md which stands unique in the records
If medical history. For several years
handlers mouth has been grad Ially grow
ng together until now the orihre is only
IbOut the size OF a small marble. All efforts
o check the strange growth have b en- IN
Ivailing. Chandler is now unable 10 take
Dfficient nOUrishment 70 satisfy the de-
hands OF his system. 1t is proPOs ID TO cut
lis mouth open and prevent its further
dosing by artificial means, but tine patient
iays his affection is a forewarning OF his
approaching dissolution and viii not allow
Ms physician 10 operate on hin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

THERE are eighty-fve National Gem
eteries in the United States. These
cost the Government over $3.50. 600.
The registers of these silent cities Of
the dead show 325. 600 inhabitants, of
whom 1iS. $50 are nameless. The
graves Of the unknown are as careful
IL tended as those of the known.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

SURPRISING as the statement may
appear, it is asserted on good authority
that the coast line OF Alaska exceeds
that Of the United States. And its ter
ritory includes eleven hundred isl
ands, some Of them of considerable
size It's an empire in extent. with {,
vast interior region untouched by the
foot of civilized man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
THE LONE EIGHwAYMAN.
The Ellis junction Robber Commits Oar
ing Theft at Bondneil.

The Ellis junction Robber Commits a OAR
ing Theft at Bondneil.
A bold highwayman. supposed to he the
elbow who robbed the passengers on a Mil
Taukee Northern train at Ellis junction
'eeently, committed daring robbery the
1ther morning in Bondnell, Shawano
County. Shortly after eight o'clock he en-
cred the store of solomon Kahn The pro-
1rietOr was busy at his desk and the thief.
without being noticed, slipped up in front
If him, pulled his revolver, and demanded
all the money in the store Kahn handed
over about one hundred dollars-all that
was in the drawer The robber then ran
,ut and began uuhitching n farm team,
which IS tied before the door. He fired
wO shots at the owner for attempting TO
interfere, and then jumped in the wagon
and esC4ped
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

HAROLD T. Brown. OF New York
City. to whom has been let the con-
tract for furnishing the three electrical
machines to be placed in prisons OF
that State for the execution of crimi-
nails under the new law, says that with
his machine the time for the passage
of the criminal from life to death will
be the one hundred and fiftieth part OF
\ second
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

A GENTLEMAN OF Murray County.
Ga. has n genuine curiosity in his
possession 1t IS the deed to a tract OF
land in Kentucky bearing the signature
of the famous Daniel Boone as witness.
The document is musty and yellow
with age, but notwithstanding this the
chirography Of the old hero of a hun
dred battles appears in characters still
BRIGHT and legible.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
A Prominent Florida Politician Assaults
an Editor and Is Shot

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, June A long
standing feud between Captain J. W. Doug
lass, prominent Democratic politician Of
Dayton, and J. H. Benjamin, editor of the
Deland News had its outcome in the fatal
shooting at New Smyrna Wednesday night
of Douglass by BENJAMIN Angered
by an attack upon MIN which ap-
peared recently in Benjamin paper,
Douglass assaulted him, knocked him on
the pier into the marsh and jumped on
him While he was holding Beniamin's
head under water Benjamin managed TO
draw his revolver and shot his assailant
dead, the ball entering his heart. There is
much excitement
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

The terrible disaster when the
Bradfield reservoir embankment near
Sheffield, Eng, gave way on March
II. 1864, was secured enduring mem
DRY by Charles Reads wonderful de-
scription in his novel: Put Yourself
in His Place. About $50 lives were
lost. and the damage amounted to
81. 600. 600.
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freak of Nature.

John Kolb, of Nepeuskon, Green Lake
County, was recently showing a freak of
nature in the way Of a lamb with six legs,
the body dividing Just back Of the shoul-
ders the single backbone branching out
into two from there. it having one head,
two fore legs, one heart, two sets OF stom-
achs and four hind legs-it being two per
feet lambs from the branch in the back
bone to the rear, and one perfect formed
one in front
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

The Churchman, speaking of the
death of Damien. the leper priest. says
that outside of the walls of Jerusalem
Is p ieper hospital tended BY deacon
esses from the German religious
houses. Year after year these heroic
women. without pretentiOusness. with
out any trumpeting Of their work. al
most unknown TO the world. have
waited upon lepers, while themselves
literally dying by inches Their eour-
age has only come TO light by the
chance notice Of travellers
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

The next census Of this country will
be taken with electrical census ma
chimes The census collector will take
the names in the usual way, but his
report viii be rewritten and printed
by a novel device which is said TO be
Incapable Of making a mistake.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

THE Philadelphia Inquirer says:
when will we reach the enormous
figure OF round 100. GOO. 600? Barring
war. famine, or deadly and widespread
plaques. it should be before another
fifteen years have passed Assuming
the rate of increase TO be SSI per cent.
from 1890 10 I9lJ-and it will GER
tainiy bc no less than thi>-our pOpu-
latiOn in the latter should he more than
&C. 600. 600 Five years later it should
he 100. 600. coo. or more than that of any
other country on the globe with she
three exceptions Of India and the Chi
nese and Russian empires
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

The annual examination for State school
certificates viii be held in the Office OF the
State Superintendent at Madison, beginning
1t $50 o'clock a IL Tuesday, August and
continuing four days On Saturday, August
10, the standing of applicants viii be deter
mined and reported TO the State Superin-
5endent The Board of Examiners consists
Of Prof. }. @ Emery, of Fort Atkinson;
Prof T. b. Pray, of Whitewater, and Prof
T. A. Birge, OF Madison.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

GRANDMA SARAH is what they
may call her now in Paris. The
brilliant actress learned the other
evening while she was performing her
role - the Porte Saint Martin that her
daughter had gust made her a grand
rnOfhar
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sitting Bull Dying.

ROSEBUD AGENCY. d. T.. June Sitting
Bull, the great Sioux war-chief, IS dying OF
pneumonia at Standing Rock. Ills death is
momentarily expected, and the Indians
gathered here. upward OF Zoo in all, are wild
with excitement The news OF Sitting Bulls
dangerous illness was brought here by a
courier from Standing Rock, and announced
at a secret council II the chiefs and head
men in progress at Swift Bears camp.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

The honor OF having the most mag
niticent private home in New York
belongs. it is said. to Henry G. Mar
quand. the Madison avenue million
aire. Almost $1,000. 600, it is said.
were spent by him for the decorations
alone.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

The year lssg promises to be a
memorable epoch. The early hot
weather, followed by severe frosts
upon the last day Of May and the floods
and disasters TO life and property.
make up an extraordinary record
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turned toward me. and with a prayer on MY
lips for his deliverance he passed from eight
forever The next moment the root crashed
in and fioated outs de 70 be rescued fifteen
hours later from the root Of house IN Kern
vile. IL could only nnd ono OF my darlings /
could bow 10 tae win OF Go5 p-t they arc all
gone"
Near the center of the city were three
persons pulling apart the debris as best
they could They we're an elderly woman,
young woman, quite pretty, and little
girl, all dressed in mourning. A reporter
stopped % Match Thorn for q monenl
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The Madison & Portage Lands.

The land office in Eau Claire wi 1 be open
July for filings and entries on the lands
hitherto embraced in the indemnity with
drawals of the Madison & Portage railway.
These lands have been restored TO the pub
lie domain and opened to settlement under
the general land laws, excepting only APP
proved selections. by recent order of the
Secretary of the Interior
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

ELIZA JANE STARR, -an Oakland
(CaL) widow, has petitiOned the Su-
preme Court to increase her allow
ance Of pin money. Her husband
used to give her $500 per month.
and she is now only receiving $1,000,
which she claims is not sufficient for
her incidental expenses.
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state Appointments.

The Governor has appointed ". C. Gil
bert, OF Wausau. a member OF the State
Board of Supervisors for i've years vice c.
ID. Parke OF River Falls The place is
worth s.. 600 a year Frederick q. Short
has been appointed chemist to the State
Dairy Commissioner He is at present
agricultural chemist at the University of
Wisconsin. His salary will be 1890 a year.