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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-30

TOBACCO merchants handle a larger
amount Of ready money than any other
class f business men
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-30
six Men Crushed to Death

LONDON, July Ely the collapse Of
the condensers at the chemical works
in Gates Head six men have been
crushed TO death.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-30
sixteen worl,men KiIIed.

VIENNA, July 25.-The tower of a
church which was in course of erection
at Szalatina, Hungary, fell, killing six
teen of the NNnrkm mon
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-30
seven children Drowned.

QUEBEC. Can. July %. A dispatch
r. ,eived from Seven Islands. on the
lover St Lawrence, reports the
.rowning of seven children, Alfred,
Joseph. Marie, Louise and Cecil Mon
tigny and Marmed and Marguerite
Fouras. Details have not been received,
bot it Is said that boy years old,
who was in the party, showed extra
ordinary courage and succeeded in saw
ing one of his companions, little girl
8 years old Five of the bodies have
teen recovered
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-30
GREAT FIRE AT DALLAS.
Property to the Value of S20O,OOn De-
stroYed bY Ilames.

stroyed by Flames.
ST. LOUIS, July 27.-A brief dispatch
from Dallas, Tex, says: \ fire broke
out in j. Il. Cowan & Co. s big liquor
house on Commerce street, shortly
after midnight Friday and spread so rap
idly To the Benbrooi School Furniture
Companys place, the Brewers Stor-
age Company's warehouse and Wolfe
and Company's cotton gin. Five hun
dred bales of cotton in the gin belong
ing to Sanger Brothers was destroyed
The loss is placed at 500, COO
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-30

While at work in the Horn coal mine
at Duouoin Frank jerks (coloredl was
Instantly killed by falling slate.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-30

Forest fires are reported in Califor-
MIA within . mile Of Lick observatory.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-30

OFFICIAL reports received from st.
Mande. near Vincennes. France, the
scene of the collision between the two
excursion trains loaded with paSSen-
gers returning from musical festival
at Fonteuoy. show that forty-three peo-
pie were killed and that one hundred
and four people were injured by the
accident. Six persons died after being
extricated from the ruins.
ALARGE and enthusiastic mass meet
ing was held in st. Paul on the night of
the 27th, in which ministers and church
members Of all denominations partici-
pated and law and order league was
established for the purpose of enforc-
ing the sunday laws regarding saloons,
etc.
FREMONT. O.. was cut off from all
water supply on the 27th, by ID. June,
who owns the property that supplied
the city. Failing to sell his rights to
the municipality he tore out the dams.
DAVID NEWTON was arrested on the
a7th. at Newcastle, Pa. for the murder
OF William Risor. The murder was
committed in 1859. Newton gave him
self away by talking in his sleep.
Two young murderers. named Ber-
land and Dore were guillotirfed in
Paris, France, on the eth.
THE entire business portion of the
village Of Blair. Wis. was burned on
the 27th. Loss $4,000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-30
LATER.
whole Family DESTROYED.

EIMIRA, y. V. July 27.-A peculiar
" distressing accident occurred this
evening about 6 o'clock at a crossing
IF the Erie railroad. near Eldridge
Park. in which four persons were
killed and two so seriously injured that
death is expected at any moment. Rev.
Wellington White. whose residence is
on Grove street, started out to drive,
having with him Mrs. White. their
three children. Hattie Hastings, a
daughter of neighbor, and Susie Me
Carthy. a nurse girl. Approaching the
crossing of the railroad freight train,
which had been cut in two to allow en-
trance to the park, occupied the nearer
track.
Seeing and hearing nothing indicative
of danger, Mr.. White drove between
the halves of the train mp the other
track Just in time to be struck by Erie
Passenger Train No. -. from the West.
Mr. White. his daughter Lillian, aged
nine; Hattie Hastings, aged nine, and
Susie Mccarthy, aged twelve, were in
stantly killed Mrs White and child
two years old received each fracture
of the skull and terrible cuts and
bruises.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-30
BehrInp sen nIocl.aded

VICTORIA. H. C.. July 27.-Sealing
certainly has been stopped in Behring
sea and all the Victoria fleet is now
sailing homeward. Entrance to the
Behring sea is effectually blocked and
is now patrolled by five American and
two British war vessels. The latter are
the Nymphe and the Pheasant. The
United States vessels are the revenue
cutters Bear, Rush and Corwin and the
gunboats Thetis and Mohican.
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7uu UldIs lhtIis anu MOhlcau.

John Condor, of Boone la, was acci-
dentally shot in the back by Henry
Friedly while they were hunting, and
fatally wounded.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04
THE BEHRING SEA.
Possibility of England Joining Hands With
This Country in Suppressing the Catch
ing of Seals.

Possibility of England Joining Hands With
This Country in suppressing the Catch
ing of Seals.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-The president
Yesterday afternoon received cipher
dispatch from Minister Lincoln at Lon
don saying that official notice had been
given in the house of commons that
bill would be introduced on Monday to
authorize the queen to prohibit British
subjects from taking seals in Behring
sea. The question engaged the presi-
dents principal attention yesterday
and he had conferences at differ
ent times on its various phases
with Secretary Foster, Secretary
Tracy, Secretary Proctor and Acting
Secretary Wharton. One point eonsid-
cred was the advisability of sending
war vessels to Behring sea to reinforce
the revenue cutters in preventing the
taking of seals in case closed season
is decided upon. This feet would, of
course, cooperate with the English
war ships now in those waters in the
enforcement of the agreement as coz
cluded. 1t is understood that the Sec
retary of the navy reported that there
are three naval vessels that could be
prepared for this service without much
delay.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04
UNDESIRABLE IMMIGRANTS.
The Rush to This Country Becoming se-
rious Question-Measures For Shutting
Out Undesirable Immigrants.

The Rush to This Country Becoming se-
rious observation-disclosures For Shutting
Out Undesirable Immigrants.
WAsHIyGToN, May 29.-'It Is time
this government did something in the
matter of regulating immigration"
said Gen. Grosvenor, chairman of the
commission recently appointed by Sec
retary Foster to investigate and report
upon immigration TO the United States.
Just what is specifically expected of
the commission" continued the gen.
cral, 81 don't know, for we have not
vet received our instructions, but do
know there is pressing necessity for
action on the part of the authorities.
Never was any country the receptacle
for such stream of immigration as is
pouring in on us now; all our previous
records as a receptacle are being
eclipsed. The increase which has be-
come so apparent of late has its
origin principally in southern Italy,
and as most of the material
now arriving is non-assimilative
something must be done to decrease
the volume. The labor organizations
complain that sufficient employment
cannot be secured for the people al
ready here, and there is a very general
demand for more rigid immigration
laws. The country is rapidly becoming
too strongly tainted with foreign odors.
Take Wisconsin as an instance-a state
that is almost European province.
The people there demand the conduct
of the schools in a foreign tongue and
- las,-
alienism. In a little while they will
insist on having the records of their
legislature kept in their non-American
languages, and on top of this will come
an endeavor to have the courts operate
in the language or languages native to
other lands than ours. This is all
wrong. We cannot afford to welcome
those who will not be of us.
USDEsIRABLEs SHUT OUT.
WAsHINGToN, May 29.-Secretary
Foster enunciated new line of policy,
holding that the polygamists come un-
der the debarred class of immigrants,
and hereafter should not be allowed to
enter the United States. The case
arose on the landing in New York
of Polyer Peterson and wife of
Sweden. Husband and wife were
both held in custody by Immigrant
Superintendent Weber on the ground
that, being polygamists, they came
under the excluded classes. The case
was referred to the treasury depart
ment and Secretary Foster, de-
cided that they were polygamists, and,
being such, were excluded by the i'm
migration laws from entering the
United States.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04
Gen. Errleston Dead.

WICHITA, Kan, May 2s-Brig. Gen.
B. B. Eggleston died yesterday morn
ing at the ripe age of "A. The deceased
was one of the prominent figures of the
war. At the opening OF hostilities he
enlisted in the First Ohio cavalry and
his brilliant service gave him rapid pro-
motion. He was brigadier-gen-
eral under Gems. Upton and
Wilson and chief of cavalry for
the department of the south and after
the surrender of Atlanta was made mil
itary governor OF the place. Con. Egg
gleston was prominent IN Mississippi
politics after the war.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04
FAMILIES BROKEN UP.
Piti:ul Result of the Failure of the Gigan-
tic Coke Strike.

Piti;uI Result of the Failure of the Gigan-
tic Coke strike.
SCorTDALE, Pa, May 29.-The rush
of old men for work at the various
plants continues. In most instances,
however, they are turned off with an
excuse and given to understand that
their services are not wanted. Hun
dreds of the old miners are drifting
from one works to another in
the vain hope of finding work,
but everywhere they go they are met
with the same statement: mo work
now" This simply means that the
black list has gone through the regions
and man refused at one works is GER
tain to be refused at another. AS re-
suit, they are either preparing to leave
the district for another field or are
drifting aimlessly about, and more
homes have been broken up by the
strike that has just closed than by all
of the strikes that have preceded this
most gigantic failure.
Reports are coming in hourly of the
helpless condition of hundreds of fam
lies. Heretofore many of them have
been given credit at the stores owing
to the idea that at some time or other
they would return to work. When the
operators refused them work, however.
they were at their wits ends. With
no work, no supplies and no credit,
hundreds of them are in far worse
condition to-day than they were at any
time during the strike. Hundreds of
others are living on bare subsistence,
and had it not. been for their garden
product-that every miner takes pride
in-before this they would have been
obliged to do more than ask their neigh
bors for temporary assistance.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04
CURRENT COMMENT.

Tue French chamber of deputies has
.dontcd tariff duties of francs per 100
,aograms on swine, 10 francs per head
COW, and oxen and 15Jf francs per
head % on sheep The protective propos-
"Is Of the tariff commission are gener-
"llv approved over the more moderate
tariff of the government
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04

lHE Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
M mas just completed what is said to be
.he most elaborate time service system
An existence. A code of signals giving
Nne exact time will hereafter be sent
automatically over the entire Burling-
~ .oh system at o'clock every day from
sne central Office in Chicago. The per-
.ormance begins three minutes before
ana after eleven connections are made
an ingenious piece of mechanism fin
.enes the work. Three thousand tele-
saapn Instruments from Chicago to Den
er and the BLACK Hills and from St
--Iais and Kansas City to st. Paul sig
MAJ .he seconds in unison with the big
CLOCK in Chicago.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04
Fugitive jews.

BERLIN, May ga relief committee
has secured long railway tunnel at
Charlottenburg to shelter Russian jews
en- route to Hamburg for embarkation
to New York. Clothing, tea. coffee.
bread and brandy are in readiness to
relieve the misery of the crowds
vomited forth by the trains.
Heartrending scenes are witnessed
and terrible tales of suffering are told.
Many left home on days notice and
were compelled to abandon everything
but what they wore. Others, many OF
them octogenarians hardly able to
walk, staggered under sacks which con.
tanned al their worldly possessions
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04

INSPECTOR RATHBoNE has been ad.
viscd of the sentence of Henry Miller,
the stage robber, to ten years in the
California prison. He is regarded as
one of the most desperate and danger.
ous men who has ever engaged in this
business on the Pacific coast He has
been concerned in numerous robberics,
for some of which he served various
terms in jail, It is said he robbed the
stage twice in Texas and it is positively
known that he committed six robbcrie
in California.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04

PRINCE LUCIEN BoNAPARTE, the sa
want who lives in England and ha.
oeen practically widowcr for the pas
,ortyyears, can scarcely be said to have
been bereaved by the recent death Of
MS wife, who passed away on the same
oay that Prince Napoleon did. The
prince married Marianne, the beautiful,
daughter of the sculptor, Conchetti
nearly sixty years ago, but the union
was not happy and tho couple finally
separated, the princess, however, de
Ginning divorce, although her consent
would have been paid for with a for
tune.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04

QUEEN VICTORIA has decided that the
Duke of Flies daughter (the recently
born granddaughter of the prince OF
Wales is to have only the rank ant
title to which she is entitled as the
daughter of a duke. The queen came
to this decision in spite of the fact that
the legal advisers of the crown con.
cured in the opinion that the prince OF
Wales granddaughter should rank as q
princess of the royal blood. The
queens decision, however, is final.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04

TIE papal encyclical has attracted
labor movement is altogether under the
control of socialism. The socialists
claim to expect to have a majority in
the rcichstag after the next general
election The encyclical is not alto.
gcthcr satisfactory to the wealthier
class among the German Roman Cath.
olics who consider that the pope lends
too much encouragement to labor agi.
tatiOn.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04

THE executive mansion at Washing.
ton contains, among its most prominent
attractions, portraits of the eY-presi-
dents Of the United States. To this
gallery of the country's greatest men
has lust been added a life-sized oil
nainting of cx-Presidcnt Cleveland
made by New York artist named
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04
TEN BURNED TO DEATH.
Terrible Holocaust at Petroleum Re
tinery.

DUNKIRK, n. Y, May 2s.--A FIRE
which started yesterday in petroleum
refinery at Condekerque turns out to
be more serious than was at first sup
posed. Ten persons have been burned
to death.
The flames are still spreading and
many houses in the vicinity of the re-
finery have been burned to the ground
There are eight large petroleum res
ePvoirs close 10 the scene of the fire and
great anxiety prevails lest they sS
plods.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04

RICH Jewish merchants of st. Peters
burg propose to follow the cxampl,
OF the Jewish merchants of Moscow
and abandon the city entirely t.
the Russians. They arc calling il
all the money they can, mucE
to the disgust and embarrassment OF
their Russian debtors, many of whom
may have to go into bankruptcy. Ii
TINS way good deal of private capita
Is leaving Russia for Berlin, Paris, Lon
don and other places. The police dc
"hat they can to stay the exodus of the
wealthy, but without avail.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04

THE London Times Rome correspond
ent gives n gloomy view of the finan
cial and political situations in Italy
He presents facts and figures to show
that constitutionalism in Italy is falling
into degradation and that the state i.
becoming bankrupt. Patriotism ha.
declined since 1870 and everything i.
given up to personal ambition and ;
struggle for existence. In case of ;
crisis the Catholic vote would probably
be thrown again and reactionary gov
crnmcnt put in charge.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04

NINE Japanese women, who were
hrourht to this country and who were
refuscd landing at San Francisco by
,be customs officers, on the ground that
,hev had been brought to this country
for immoral purposes, were brought
before the United States judge at Port
land, Ore, and ordered to be set at lib
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04

OWING to the disastrous failure of the
banking house of Buenoll & Scranton a
bill has been prepared at the instance
of fnanciers which will be submitted
to the Connecticut legislature next fall.
The bill is intended to secure deposits
of money with persons or copartner.
ships not Incorporated as banking in,
ctitutiOnS
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04

MRS. JANNA HINNICKs, a German
immigrant II years old, who arrived in
baltimore on the steamship Muenchen,
was dcbarred and ordered returned
unoer the terms of the immigration law
which excludes all aliens afflicted with
d loathsome or dangerous contagious
uisease. She was suffering from an
aggravated form of lupus or tubercle
o. Ui the skin. A son of Mrs. Hinnicks
ilVes at German Valley, Ill, and tele.
graphed that he was willing to support
ms mother, but the law is mandatory
~ TINS direction, leaving no discretion
III the matter to the department
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04

ooL. FRANK A. BARTLETT, a veteran
newspaper man, who has been con-
iaa ioe,ed In an editorial way with all the
.sau'ng papers at New Orleans, died
after 2 brief illness, Col. Bartlett was
c.mo Usother OF the late Coy Bartlett, OF
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-06-03
Nobly Done.

The natural characteristics of the
Irish, hospitality, freedom of speech,
and open heartedness, are worthy of
imitation, and the clannish feeling
which extends not only to the cousin
thrice removed, but even to those who
are simply neighbors, is finely illustrat-
ed in the following true story of
Irish life told in the Pail Mall Gaz-
cite:
In cabin on sunny hillside over
looking the Bay of Dublin dwelt a
middle-aged brother and sister. The
man was a helpless cripple, entirely
dependent upon his sisters eAertions /;
and on her death car was sent from
the poorhouse to bring him thither
for shelter.
The poor wretch clung to the only
home he had ever known, and utterly
refused to leave it, crying that he
would die if deprived of his "say air,
and shut up within prison walls"
His loud lamentations had brought
the priest and some of the neighbors
to his side, and one of the latter,
Maggie O'Flynn, felt a deep impulse
of pity toward the very unfortunate
man. She was single woman of
about fifty.five, of weather-beaten and
certainly not attractive appearance,
who acted as herd on the estate of a
gentleman to whom her services were
invaluable.
"Hould hard" she said to the work.
house officials; otis not O'Flynn
that'ull see a poor crathur taken to
the poorhouse when she can give him
a shelter. It's corner and well
come in me own cabin the unfortunate
Mick Costilloe shall have.
But here his reverence interposed
and vowed he would allow no such
scandal in the parish as an unmarried
man and woman sharing the same
dwelling.
"Shure, Maggie, you won't go back
on your word ?" implored poor Mick,
in despair.
Maggie hesitated moment, then
turning to the priest said. "If there's
no other way to save him from the
house, your riverince, I'll marry
him, an sorra a hapoth will any one
be able to say agin it thin"
1t was in vain that his reverence
pointed out the terrible burden Mag
gle was taking upon herself.
cts for the love of God I'm marry
in him, an not to please mysilf," was
the answer she returned (; "an' sure
the Blessed Virgin will niver let me
want for the bite an the sup when she
sees me sharin' it with a craythur
that has naythur."
The marriage took place, and until
his death, several years later, the
kind-hearted Maggie O'Flynn care
fully tended and supported the cripple
in her own cabin.-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-06-03

original raiser of $40 shifted uneasily
in his seat. Finally he said:
II raise you So"
"Call him." said the conductor,
handing over an x. "I'm in a hurry"
The delinquent passenger did so,
and was about to take in the money
on four aces, when the other player
showed straight flush and pocketed
all the money, including the conduct
or's. The latter was dazed the de-
linquent passenger meek and abashed.
"Now you will have to get off,"
snapped the conductor.
"Yes, sir; stop the train" he re-
piled.
The whole party got off.
"Know these fellers ?" inquired a
fat man on the opposite side of the
aisle.
"No," answered the conductor.
Slickest quartet of card sharps on
the road. How much did they do
you for ?"
"But the conductor raced himself
down toward the door, which he bang
ed shut without replying to the sardon-
ic inquiry."-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-06-03
Fleeced a Conductor.

"Fare, gentlemen" suggested a
conductor in the smoking car to a
party of four card players, who held
on their knees between them large
atlas. Three of them quietly handed
up tickets, but the fourth man near
the window became suddenly embar-
rassed.
"Fare !" again remarked the brass
mounted official, rather sternly. The
passenger addressed replied with a
series of spasmodic winks, and tapped
the back of his cards.
"Come, sir, I'm in hurry" said
the conductor.
"I hayen't got any ticket"
"Pay your fare, then, with the
usual slight advance"
"Boys, will you allow him to take a
rake-ofF" inquired the delinquent
traveller.
"Not much," answered the trio.
"My moneys all up" said the
passenger, appealingly to the con-
ductor.
"You will have to get of, then,"
answered the official. reaching for the
bell rope. The man laid his cards
face downward, and said in low
voice to one of the other players:
"What do you do?"
II raise you." was the reply.
"How much ?"
Twenty dollars"
The man by the window passed his
hand up to the conductor. The latter
gave it one glance. Then he released
a large fat pocket-book from inside
his coat, took out two $40 bills and
handed them to the delinquent
II see you 20 and go you 20 BETTER"
he said.
This complicated matters, and the