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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-10-22
uNREQuITE0 LOVE
IL Causes a Double Tragedy an Iowa
Farm A Rejected sutton Kills the
Father and Fatally Wounds the Uncle
of the Object of his Affection.

1t Causes a Double Tragedy on an Iowa
Farm Rejected sutton Kills the
Father and Fatally Wounds the Uncle
of the Object of his Affection.
McGREGoR Ia. Oct. I9.-To unre-
Quilted love is charged a shocking
double murder that occurred near
McGrcgor Saturday evening. For
some months Henry Hahn, prosper
Gus young farmer living north of this
city, has been paving his addresses to
Miss Mary Otto, the pretty daughter
of John Otto. Hahn's near neigh Dor.
Hahn Is an attractive Young fell
low, and Miss Otto did not seem
averse to his society. Last week he
sought the young lady's hand in mar
riage, but was refused He was i'm
Fortunate and continued to press his
suit, however, until Miss Otto finally
declared that she would see nc more of
him. Saturday he drove into
town AMI bought a large re-
volver and a box of cartridges. In
the evening he repaired to the Otto
homestead and asked TO see the daurh-
ter of the house. A servant met him
at the door and shortly returned with
a message from Miss Otto begging to
be excused. Thereupon Hahn de-
clared that he must see the
girl and forced his way past the
servant and into the house In the
hallway he met John Otto. who had
been aroused by the alteration at the
doorway. The old man ordered the inn
Fortunate sutton to quit his premises
Angry words followed. and Hahn
finally shot Mr.. Otto in the forehead.
inflicting a fatal wound. William
Otto, a brother of Johns. entered the
hallway just as the shot was fired.
Hahn turned on him. leveled his smok-
ing weapon. and. with curse. shot him
dead. The frenzi-d murderer then
dashed out of the house, mounted his
horse and galloped away in the dark
ness.
News of che murder reached Nc
Gregor at midnight. and the sheriff at
once gathered posse of men and start
ed in pursuit of Hahn. The murderer
did not return home after the murder,
but has not had time to get ont of the
country. He is thought to be in hiding
in the dense forests along the Yellow
river, and probably cannot elude the
sheriif's officers.
Miss Otto tainted when her father was
shot and has been hysterical ever since
1t is feared she will lose her reason
There is intense excitement in and
about the city over the tragedy, and if
Hahn Is caught the sturdy farmers of
the vicinity will, in all likelihood,
save the county the expense of muir
der trial 1t is thought that when
Hahn went To the Otto house he in
tended to make one last appeal to Miss
Mary, falling in which he planned to
kill her and then shoot himSalf
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DEATH INvADEs HIS HOME.
Hon. Allen G. Thurman Left to Mourn
the Loss of His Venerable wife-James
Parton, the Famous Author, Passes
Away.

Hon. Allen G. Thurman Left to Mourn
the Loss of His Veneer bale wife-James
Parton, the Famous Author. Passes
Away.
COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 19.-Mrs. Allen
G.. Thurman, wife of the senator and
late candidate for vice president, died
at her home in this city Saturday even
ing. During most of the last week she
had been in an unconscious state. raj
lying occasionally. For some weeks
past there had been little hope of her
recovery. She was the victim of la
grippe during the winter and never
recovered from the attack. Advanced
age prevented her from ever re-
gaining her accustomed strength. Mrs.
Thurman was universally loved A
great point in her character was her
remarkable benevolence. she never
identified herself with any church,
but was church-going woman Judge
Thurman is much enfeebled and
broken down, and it is the opinion
of those who know him best and
understand his condition that he
will not long survive the death of his
wife
The only persons present at the death
scene We're her husband. Allen W.
Thurman, Mrs. Mccormick. of New
York, daughter, and Nor IS Nina
Thurman, Allen w. Thu rms eldest
daughter Angus Dun, oerf-ondon, o.,
a nephew, had just left tys residence,
and Allen w. returning to the
room found his mother dying. She was
unconscious and had been in that con-
dition for forty eight hours The scene
was an affecting one, but Judge Thur
man bore up much better under
the ordeal than it was thought
he would. He was grateful
that his aged partner should be
permitted To die in so peaceful
and painless a manner
Mrs Thurman was born in Chillicothe o..
in 1911 and her maiden mans vas Mary Dun.
Her father walter Dun. was . wealthy land
owner ana merchant at that place. While vet
n young lady her father moved 10 Lexington
Ky. Here she married Mr.. Tompkins out he
died aztec few years leaving one daughter
Nancy. She married to Judge Thurman
in November 1874, aad has been his almost
constant companion and helpmeet during his
long professional aud public carverl
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
LIE GOOD TEmPLARs
Annual Session of the ssste Grand Lods
.f -. f.I.fra

Annual Session of the ssate Grand Lodge
at Eau Claire.
The Thirtv-sixth annual session of
the Wisconsin Grand Lodge of Good
Templars was held in Eau Claire The
mem bership reported shows loss of
752 adults and 80 Juveniles during the
year. Fifty-seven lodges and forty-two
temples were organized during the
year. The receipts were SI2, POP and
the expenses S737 less. The total mem
bership was 10000 II was announced
that the Catholic church Of Wisconsin
had practically removed the ban placed
against secret societies so far as MEM
bership in the Good Tamplars is con-
cerned. The officers chosen are:
Grand chief templar. W. Frazier OF Sparta:
grand vic" templar. Miss Matte Humphrey OF
Waterloo; grand superintendent juvenile tenn
plars, Mrs Cora McAliister Evans. OF Wan
paca; grand councillor. Rev. A r. Brown. OF
Eau Claire; grand secretary. Col. B. +. Parker,
OF Milwaukee; grand treasurer, Mrs. B. f.
Parker.
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BACK 10 BACK.
American sailors Fight Bravely and Der
perateIy with an Armed Mob in Chilli

American sailors Fight Bravely and Der
perateiy with an Armed Mob in Chilli
VALPARAISO, Oct. 19.-Here are fur
ther particulars of the ARRAY between
the sailors from the Baltimore and tn.
CHILEAN man-of-war's men in the streets
of this city. Liberty was given the
American sailors Saturday for the frs.
time since the change in the govern
| ment The indendente assured Capt.
Schley, of the Baltimore, that full pro-
lection would be given the men.
The feeling between the American
and Gillian men-of-war's men, howev-
er, has been running very high. Tho
row between the Baltimore sail
ors and the Chilians first broke
out on a wharf but was stopped
before it assumed serious pro-
portions by some of the more prudent
OF the Americans. The quarreling
sailors. however. later IN the day again
met, this time in one of the numerous
saloons. and as both sides had been
drinking freely the fight was soon re-
newed The Americans had to fight on
the defensive all the way back to their
ship.
1t seems evident now that the row
was the result of concerted action, the
elimination of the intense ill-feeling
that has all along been evidenced
against Americans Whenever Gillian
men-of- wars men met the Baltimore's
sailors fierce fights resulted The
Americans were few in number,
but they made a plucky and deter
mined resistance. They fought back
to back with their fists only as
weapons They kept together as long
as possible, but at length were sep
arated by superior numbers and dis
persed The Chilians used their knives
all through the fights and in most
cowardly fashion, too. for, in every in
stance where an American was woun-
ded, the stab thrust was in his back.
Boatswain's Mate Regain, receiving
one of those stabs from behind. fell
covered with blood. The cowardly
Chilians threw themselves with their
knives upon the PROSTATE man
and repeatedly cut him in the
neck and stamped upon him
until he was dead. which was in
few moments. Another of the Balti-
more's men fed into house and
locked the door. The frenzied mob
rushed after him with cries of Kill
the Yankee" They hammered upon
the door, demanding that it should be
opened SO that they might take the
Yankees life"
The frightened residents of the house
at the anne time were doing all in their
power to push the unfortunate sailor
out into the street again. but
he fought with all the despera-
ton of one whose life was at stake, |
and SO successfully that before the |
mob could get at him the police, who |
had at last heard of the affray and |
had been ordered to quell it, arrived |
and rescued him from the fury of his |
would-be murderers. II was then |
found that besides the killing of Boat
SWANS Mate Regain six other sailors |
had been wounded. Ten Chilians |
had been taken to the hospital |
suffering from stab wounds probably |
inflicted by their own countrymen.
Two of the men are seriously injured. |
One CHILEAN was killed. Thirty Amer |
leans were taken into custody and are /
now in iail
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a GREAT TOWER.
Structure to BE Built at Chicago which
VIII Eclipse the ElffeI Afair at PAris

Will Eclipse the EiffeI Affair at Paris.
CHICAGO, Oct. 19-At a conference
between the president of the Keystone
Bridge Company of Pittsburgh and f.
Z. Cragin, representing the promoters
and several capitalists, the company
offer TO build tower for the world S
fair was accepted. The company has
agreed to construct the metal portion
of the tower and have it completed by
February |. 1898. The tower will be
built on ground adjoining the world S
fair and can be used after the fair is
over. The actual cost of the tower will
be about $1,000, 900, Sl,3OO, 600 of
which has already been sub
scribed or pledged in Chicago,
st. Louis, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
The height of the tower from the
ground to the top of the flagstaff will be
1,I20 feet and the width over all at the
foundation level 440 feet in each direc-
ton. According to the plans SUBJ
mitted and approved the first landing,
200 feet from the ground, will accom-
modate from II. 600 to $1,000 persons.
the second landing 400 feet from the
ground will accommodate 1000 and the
third landing 1000 feet up will accom-
modate from l, 200 to 500 persons. If
necessary over $1,000 people can be
accommodated in the tower at one
time
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Ietters Of Recommendation

Hundreds of these epistles are given
TO men who do not deserve them, mere
ly that the writers may get rid of the
opportunities of the solicitors. Bur
every letter of this kind that is given to
an unworthy object is an offense against
society. Whoever commends. over his
own signature, an individual whom he
does not know. must be considered moral.
ly responsible for the wrongs which his
injudicious Endorsement may enable it's
bearer to commit If a man puts his
signature on the back of noe, he must
forfeit the sum il represents if it is not
paid by the maker; and if he indorses
humbug, knowing him to be hum Dug.
why should he not be held accountable?
Many recommendatory epistles, if their
meaning were literally translated,
would amount about to this: THE
bearer bores me. This is given that
may be rid of him. Help him or not as
you please" But the text reads differ.
emily. and conAding people are victim.
lied accordingly.-N Y. Ledger
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WAsHINGTos Oct 90 In the Ecu
menical Methost council committee
made a reporupon the subject of a
week of prayerecommending that the
week beginnin Novem Der Is next. be
set aside for II purpose. The report
was adopted. report made by Rev.
DIR. Morley shes that since the Lon
don ecumenicaouncil met there had
been an incrse of 80 per cent in
Methodist heliers. The report says
that the totals all branches of the
church shows and totals as follows:
Ministers, 49,; members. 6,494, 500;
adherentS 20 2Q6
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TEMPERANCE WORKERS.
Woman Advocates of Cold Water from
All Countries Soon to Meet In Boston

Woman Advocates of Cold Water from
All Countries Soon to Meet In Boston
BosToN, Oct. o0.-The interest OF
| temperance women of the United
States and of the world is being CEN
tered about the coming worlds and ma
tional conventions of the Women's
! Christian Temperance Union, which
will be held in Boston November 10 to
IS the worlds convention meet
ing the 10th and 18th and the
national convention holding forth
from the 18th to the 18th This
will be the first worlds convention of
the w. G. I. u. that ever convened and
the eighteenth national convention.
Five hundred delegates are expected
from the United States alone, besides
large number from Canada and
abroad The conventions wIll'meet in
fremont temple; the committee meet
ings will be held in Park Street Con-
gregational church on Boston Common
and at the Massachusetts state head
quarters of the w. c. L. u. on fremont
street
The address Of the opening morning
will be made 10y Miss Frances Z. Will
lard, president of the worlds and ma
tional w. c. L. u. She will make a
survey of the world as to the present
traffic in and use of brain poisons, the
great deteriorators of the human race.
treating principally alcohol opium
and tobacco, against all of which The
faces of the white ribboners are set as
a flint The address of welcome will
be given the evening of November 10
by Mrs. Mary A. Livermore in Ire
mont temple. The governor of Mas
sachusetts and the mayor of Boston,
will deliver addresses of welcome also,
and Bishop Phillips Brooks expects to
make a speech in assisting the welcom-
ing of the guests. The response for
the union will be made by Mrs Mary
Clement Leavitt
Lady Henry Somerset, president of the
british Noman's Chrirtiar4 Tamperance
union, will be one of the most nota
BILE women to come before the conven-
ton. Lady Henry comes to America
with Mrs. Hannah Whitall Smith, who
will also address the convention Prof
Rena A. Michaels will address the con-
yeution on the "Woman's Ballot" and
Alice Fremont Palmer will also deliver
an address. Prof. Anna f. Morgan will
speak on The White Lady" Mrs Mol
lie McGee Smell, of Mississippi, will
have for her subject: What the
White Ribbon Has Done for Mis-
sissippi Women" Mrs. Frances Crit
fin, of Alabama, will also speak. DIR.
Kate Mitchell, of London, has for her
subject ''The Scientific Side of Tenn
perance." Mrs. May Wright Sewall
will write presentation of the Ma
tional Council of Women to be read be-
fore the convention. Mrs. Zerelda
Wallace will also deliver an address.
Matilda b. Carse win be on hand
with model of the Wom-
ans temple, of Chicago. Mrs
Mary t. Lathrop will speak to the as
sembled delepafes
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THE HUMAN FAMILY.
According to German Publication Its
Members Nov Number I.4.9. 1s9. 400.

Members Nov Number I.4.9.1s9, 400.
New YORK Oct. 90. An announce
ment of interest TO statisticians of the
world comes from the little city of
Gotha in Germany. 1t is to the effect
that the famous publishing house of
Justus Perthes. widely known for it's
'.Alnranach d, Gotha." and its numer-
Gus geographical publications. has this
year resumed the publication of the
"Bevoelkerung der Erle" The new
eighth editionis large octave OF go
pages, carefully arranged. The
present popuhtion of the world,
according to the edition of this
work just PUBLISHED. is 1,479, 729, 900
These figures would indicate an in
crease with he rate of 5,750,O 900 a
year since 1882, according to DIR. Behm's
estimate in tina year
According tottis work the area of
Asia, the Target of the great divisions
of the edrth's surface, is 1889, 6s6
square miles, and it's population is
S25. 95 q 900, or ortv-seven inhabitants
to the square nile. These figures do not
include the Arctic islands. The second
grand division in area is Amer
lea, including both the northern and
southern continents, but not including
Il Arctic regions. Its area is IA
81 l,402 and it population 121, T13, 900.
OF only eight to the square mile.
Third in ara is Africa, with H.
% ,364 squartmiles and 1913, 953, 900 in
habitants. or fHrteen to the square mile,
none of thesefgures including NADIA
gascar or othr islands. The area of
Europe is put t 3. 1855, $50 square miles
and its popuhtion at 357, $40, 900, or
ninetyfour to The square mile, these
figures not inclding Iceland or Nova
Zembla. Next comes Australia, in
GLIDING Tasmna, with 1891, 442
square miles ad 3,28O,000 population.
or only about oe to the square mile.
Under the heh of polar regions are
included l,73Of0 square miles, with
so, 400 inhnbitats. Finally, the islands
of the oceanare grouped together,
with 1888, 100 suare miles of area and
1920, 900 inhahants, or about ten 20
the square mil
In the figurefor America the results
of the censu in 1890 in the United
States are gen. There are eight
Americans tone square mile. Some
corrections ohreas of various South
American stat appear.
The most dasely populated country |
of Europe is Elgium, with $50 persons
to the squar, mile England comes |
next with 4s though the United /
Kingdom as whole has only 3I2. I
Holland has s. The most sparsely |
populated cotfries are Norway and |
Finland, wher,there are only sixteen
people to the snare mile.
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Killed hY AN Indian.

Indian Jim, Chippewa, entered the
house of Ed johnson, a homesteader
living 9 miles from Shell Lake, and
passed few words with johnson and
Andrew Wicklund, neighbor, when
he went out and shot through the win
dow, the ball passing through Wick
lund's lungs. He fired a second shot,
causing flesh wound in Johnson's side
and tearing the little finger from the
right hand. Wicklund lived about two
hours johnson would recover. The In
dian fed.
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DEATH cAsED BY FRIGHT.
IT Was Not Hanng by the Omahs Mob
That Kid Their Victim.

OMAHA. Neb. bet. 2O.-George Smith,
or Coe, the cored fiend who is gen
orally supposedo have been strangled
to death 10y Db, died from fright.
DIR. Allison ma the post-mortem ex-
animation of Sith's body. and, while
there were sixth wounds and bruises
on the head an his back was broken
in three placeshe doctor testified that
the contradiction iition of the heart
and the appeances indicated that
death resulted ON some great mental
emotion, and was satisfied that
Smith died of trht
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Drowned While Fishing.

While fishing at Stoughton, Lars
Amundson and Henry X. Lien were
eapsized. They chung to their boat for
about an hour. crying for help. when
Edward Severson rowed to their as
sistance, but both had disappeared.
He thrust an oar into the water which
Lien grasped, and he was brought up
and after several hours work was re-
vived Amundson sank IN about Is
feet of water and the body was recov-
cred. The deceased was ID years old
and leaves a wife and one child
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LOST CHILDREN.
How Waits and strays Are Cared for In a
Large City.

How Waits and Strays Are Cared for In a
Large City.
Between three and four thousand
children get astray during a year in the
city of New York, but the system of
caring for the little ones is so admir-
ably arranged that you never hear OF
a child dying in the streets for Lack of
food or shelter. or falling to reach its
parents or guardians, unless it has been
purposely set astray.
The place to look for stray children is
at the police building on Mulberry
itreet, on the top floor, which has come
to be known as the SKY Parlor.'' and
they are brought there from all parts
of the city, often as many as thirty n
day The children range from toddlers
a year old to those six and eight years
Some of them are so little that they are
! not able to speak plain. and others are
/ SO bewildered that they do not remem-
/ Der even the number of the street
where they live, or the part of the city.
! 1t is on fine days that the largesi
number of children is registered a. the
Sky Parlor''; on rainy or very cold
days there may not be one
Children get astray in many ways,
and the largest number is brough: in
when a circus parades through the
town, for the little folks run after IL,
and often run along with the crowd for
dozen blocks, not thinking that they
are getting SO far away from home.
They also follow hurdy-gurdy men ana
organ-grinders, national or other
parades. and frequently follow a crowd
=
to the station-house.
Some children leave their homes oyv-
ing to the cruelty of their parents or
guardians, and scores of little boys and
girls every year run away from homes
at points outside the city, the conductor
passing them along when they say they
have no money But the thoughtful
conductor questions the child carefully,
and If he finds that it is running away
from home, he takes or ends it back:
or else. on arriving in ae city, has il
sent TO the home of the $50
ciety for the Prevention of Cruel
ty 70 Children" But number
of the waits found astray in the streets
are put there by parents and guardians.
who want to 20 of to Coney Island or
elsewhere for a day or two An officer
who has charge of stray children makes
this statement
There are hundreds OF parents in
New York who purposely put their
children astray in the streets. moth
er. father. or guardian sets out for the
ferry, bound for some place ont of town.
and when police station is neared, the
guardian or parent stops some one in
the street and says 1 have found this
child in the street; will you take it &c
the station. as / have TO catch the ferr7
at once. The child is too little to ex.
plain. and is led off by the stranger &c
the station. where it is registered. This
thing, the officer continued, els done
to such an extent that it has become
nuisance to the police department OF
course. when the parent or guardian re-
turns. the child is reclaimed, and many
fictitious tears are shed aid false kisses
given to the little one.-Harper's Young
People.
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Or - z SYLVESTER and other we'll
known physicians Of Port and. Me, have
been experimenting with chloride Of
gold and manganese as a cure for con
sumption Solomon Cheney. a we'll
known resident of that city. who had
been given mp by his physicians a. hav-
ing an incurable case Of pulmonary tu-
berculosiS. has been undergoing the
new treatment for six weeks. and the
physicians concur IN the announce
ment that Mr.. Cheney has since been
steadily improving in health and
strength and that he i in fair way 10
be ah0ut his business aCain within a
very snort time