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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-23
THE EAST.

DYNAMITE cartridges in the hold of
the steamship 6. Z. Booth exploded at
Brooklyn. killing two men and fatally
injuring four others.
THE gas tank of the Municipal Gas
Company in Rochester, y. Y. holding
500. 600 cubic feet of gas. exploded.
causing two deaths and great havoc
FIRE destroyed Bent Bros. carriage
works and five stores at Pittstield,
Mass. the loss being 100000.
For no known cause Thomas Vachon,
aged 36 years. shot and fatally wounded
Mrs. Nora Landry at Gardiner, Me,
and then committed suicide.
Miss Louise SHEPARD, a converted
society belle. offered the rings from her
fingers To aid in mission work at the
Round Lake meeting of the New York
Christian alliance. Her example was
followed l. the congregation until the
collection aggregated SI.5O0.
FIRE destroyed the pulp mill owned
by the Shawuiut Fiber Company at
Shawmut. Me. Loss. S25O.OOO.
FLAMES in the carpet mills of John
W. Priestly in Philadelphia caused a
loss Of $3.50. 600.
LIGHTNING struck the residence of 5.
;. Kelly at Union City, Pa, and Mr..
Kelly and his son Willis, aged 20 years,
were killed.
IL the White Hills Conn school dis
trict not child has been born in nine
years. The population of the district is
800
IL one day five persons living in the
same house at BraddOck, Pa, were in
jured in different ways so seriously that
all died.
OWING to sorrow the mother of Jen-
ME Cramer. who was 50 mysteriOusly
murdered at New Haven. Conn. ten
years ago. committed suicide at her
home by hanging.
KATE and Mary McGowan, two sis
tiers aged Is and 20 years respectively,
were drowned in the Susquehanna
river at Pittston. Pa
AT WAREsvILLE. Pa, twelve houses
We're wrecked and three women badly
injured by the caving-in of a coal mine.
The mine was damaged to the extent
of SlOO. 900.
BY a nitro glycerine explosion at
Washington, Pa, one man was killed
and a dozen houses wrecked
FIRE destroyed two of the finest bust
ness blocks at Lynn, Mass, the loss
being $500, 600.
THE firm of Bonnell & Co.. manu-
facturers of printers ink at New York,
failed for $500. O00
On the 18th thirty-one pauper immi-
grants were refused admission To the
United States at New York and twenty
eight at Boston.
At Niagara Falls Samuel J. Dixon. of
Toronto. Ont. walked across the whirl-
pool rapids on "a threefourths inch
wire cable
MICHAEL BARTo attacked Dominica
Peranda and his wife with a baseball
bat in New York because of an imag-
mary debt of five dollars and fatally
injured both of them.
Two LITTLE children of Carl Schwartz,
Of Erie. Pa. were burned to death
while playing with matches.
by taking laughing gas in order to
have teeth extracted Mrs. Ella Target,
of New York, was made insane
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FIRE in Broutelle's sash factory in
Montreal, Can, caused loss of 500, 600.
AT Buda- Pesth a stock broker, crazed
by his losses on the exchange, killed
his wife and three children and then
committed suicide.
IN session at Toronto, Can, the Ma
tional Educational association elected
J. II. Baker, of Denver, Col, as presi-
dent
DURING the laying of the corner stone
of new Methodist church at Durango.
Mex, the Methodists were stoned by
Catholics and some of them severely
injured. The American residents of
Durango would call upon their govern
ment for protection.
The legislature of Prince Edwards
island has adopted a resolution favor
ing unrestricted reciprocity between
Canada and the United States.
THE death of Edgar Marvin, aged 81
years, United States vice consul at Vic
toria, Il. c.. was reported.
Ar Toronto. Ont, the International
Educational association elected as pres
idcnt +. II. Cook, of New York.
The seyerest fire ever known in
South America occurred at Santiago,
the loss being estimated at more than
-. OOO. 0O0. The British legation was
consumed, including all of the ar
chives.
On the Newfoundland coast the
schooner Pubnico Belle was wrecked
and two women and five children were
drowned.
IL the harbor at Halifax four boys
Thomas Mcdonald, George f. Dewolf,
Clarence Murphy and Edward Duggan
were drowned by the upsetting of a
boat.
LATE census returns show there are
nearly 1000, 900 more females in Eng
land than males.
IN a railroad accident near Liverpool
eleven men were killed.
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WEST AND souTH.

The democrats of Ohio in convention
at Cleveland nominated the following
ticket: For governor. James +. Camp
bell: lieutenant governor. w. V. Mar
quis: auditor. 4. +. Peterborough; state
treasurer. G. F. Alderman; attorney
general, John T. Bailey; supreme court
judge. &. II. VALID: school commission
cr. c. c. Miller; food and dairy com
missioner. II. ). Strumbox; commits
>ioner public works, j. Mcnamara.
The platform opposes class legislation:
favors tariff for revenue only; favors a
graded income tax; free coinage of sill
yer; liberal pensions To deserving and
Disabled veterans; and denounces the
last congress for extravaganza.
Al Chattanooga, Tenn, Judge J. A..
Warder. who was under indictment for
the murder of his son-in-law. commit
ted suicide.
NEAR Fort Scott. Kan, a freight
train crashed into a chair-ear of the
Missouri Pacific passenger train and
ten persons were badly injured.
THE table-glasSware manufacturers
of Pennsylvania. Ohio and West Vir-
gjnia have consolidated.
OK the California desert Salton lake
continues rising until now the overflow
reaches 1000 square miles. The lake
will be permanent and will change the
climate and topography of the sur
rounding country.
THE railway postal clerks met at
Cincinnati and formed a nationsl or
ganization with c. \. Guthrie, of Chi
cago. as president
THE firm of SpoOner r. Howell & Co.
lumber dealers in Chicago and other
western cities, have failed with liabili-
ties Of S2.0O0.OoQ
THE directory of Chicago for 1891
contains over 500. 600 names and indi-
Gates a total population Of 1.25O. 600.
BY the death of her uncle. Sir James
Baxendalc. of England, Mrs DIR. J.
Holloway. OF Springfield, o., has fallen
heir 70 $1,000. Oo0.
AT Pine Bluff. Ark. Robert Williams
was hanged for the murder of Albert
Hayes in Novsmbe 1890.
TBE marriage Of Miss Nina Van
Zandt. the so-called widow of the ex-
ecuted anarchist, August Spies, TO
Stefano : Malato. a young Italian
journalist. took place in Chicago.
y. II. NAN SICKLEN. Of Chicago. made
. miles in l hour, 25 minutes and II
seconds in bicycle race at Detroit,
Mich.
AT West Superior. Wis. during a
windstorm a new building was blown
Town and five persons were killed and
some twenty others injured.
AT ST. Mary's. O, the chain works
were struck by lightning and seventy
Of the employees were knocked speech
les by the shock and some were seri-
ousiy stunned.
THE death Of Gen. b. F. Kelley. whs
raised the first regiment of loyal troops
18th Of Mason and Dixon's line during
/ the war OF the rebellion. occurred al
l his home near Oakland, Ma
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i Peculiar Plant.

There is curious plant, said TO be
native Of Palestine, but which is found
IN some part9 Of England, called the
calvary clover, from certain peculiari-
ties Of its growth The seed must be
sown in the spring superstitious people
gay on Good Friday. if one expects the
plant 10 thrive. The leaves, which re
scuble the common trefoil, or three
.cavsd clover. show a deep red spot,
like frcshly-spilt blood, as soon as they
appear above ground. This remains
for some weeks, then gradually dies
away. During the day the three leaf
let's stand erect in the form of cross.
with head upright and arms are
brought together. aud the upper leaflet
is bowed over them rs if in prayer. In
tic zine a small yellow flower appears,
and after that a little spirol pod cover
ell vith sharp thorns. As IL ripens
these thorns interlace with one another
and form a globular head which bears
a striking resemblance to a crown o
thoras. These peculiarities sufficient.
explain the name of Calvary clover
RAMS Horn.
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"You see she had kept up till the very
last moment IN the hope of reaching
the town before dark.
what the man did, how he felt when
he discovered that her heart had ceased
to beat there in the solitude upon the
mountains. with the town in sight at
the foot of the slope in the gathering
night. l can leave to the vivid imagi-
nations of you newspaper men, For
four hours he mourned over her body
by the side of the track, and those in
the trains that passed could not see him
! for the darkness.
'Then my pal took the body in his
arms and started up the mountain. for
the track at that point passed through
what they call cut, and the hills rise
steep ON each side of it. lie had his
prejudices against pauper burial, my
pal had, and he shrunk from going
to the town and begging a grave for
( her. lie didn't need a doctors GER
tifcate to tell him that life had gone
forever from her fragile body. He
knew that she had died of cold and ex-
/ haustion.
! AS he turned the base of the hin TO
/ begin to ascend it, he saw in the cloud
ed moonlight deserted railroad tool
/ house by the track. In front of it lay
broken, rusty spade. lie shouldercd
this and proceeded up the mountain.
/ 1T was a long walk and he had to
[ stop more than once to rest, but he got
/ to the top at last. There was a little
clearing in the woods here. where
some one had camped The ruins of a
shanty still remained.
My pal laid down the body of her
who had been his wife, with the dead
face turned toward the sky, which was
beginning to be cleared of its clouds.
I Then he began To dig.
1T was a longer job than he had ex
pected it to be, for my pal was tired and
numb But the grave was made at
last, upon the very summit Of the
mountain.
.'IIe lifted the body 'of the brave
girl. he kissed the cold lips, and he
/ took off his coat and wrapped ii care
/ fully about the head, so that the face
would be protected from the earth. tie
stopped and laid the body in the shall
/ low grave, and he knelt down there and
prayed.
'.He filled the grave up with earth
with the broken spade that he had used
\ in digging it, All these things required
a long time. lie didn't observe how
I the night was passing, nor that the sky
/ became clear and the stars shone and
I the moon crossed the zenith and began
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lYNCHED.
Mob of Indianians Hangs Frank Dice
In His Cell at Spencer.

1 IA Ills ttlt EPth'FHs
SPENCER, Ind, July 2O.-Between
and o'clock a. m. Saturday
| Sheriff Johnson was called by
some unknown person outside
the Jail, and, throwing up the window,
he asked what was wanted. Two
men stood below. with a third
between them, and one of the
former replied that they had a
prisoner whom they wished to place
in Jail. Descending in his night shirt,
the sheriff opened the door, and imme-
diately some forty or fifty men rushed
upon him, threw blanket over his
head and IA moment had him Sc
eurely bound and gagged. They
then demanded and secured the keys to
the various cells and began a search,
evidently looking for Frank Dice, who
had been in Jail for several days await
ing trial on charge of numbering a
man named CLANCY. Not word was
spoken by any of the men till Dice's
cell was reached. The prisoner had
been aroused by the heavy tread Of
the mob and was crouched in one
| corner of the cell. AS the door swung
open he uttered low groan, as if con
scious of what was coming, aud
moment later he was brought into
the corridor in front of his cell.
The gagged sheriff tried to ex-
postulate with the mob, but a hand
was placed threateningly over his
mouth, and the cold muzzle of revol-
yer was pressed against his temple,
while a low voice admOnished him To be
| quiet if he valued his life. Dice was
then told that his hour had come, and
he was asked if he had anything to say.
He was so terror-striclen that coherent
speech was out of the question, but he
managed to humble few sentences
that the sheriff could not understand,
While stilltrying TO talk member of the
mob threw a small cord around his neck
and he was drawn up to one of the cross
beams in front of his cell The mob
tarried a few moments till salts
! fled that life was extinct, and
then quietly left the Jail and passed
out of town. The whole af-
/ fair was managed so cleverly that the
nearest residents to the Jail did
not know that anything unusual was
going on. The mob was under the
command of tall, well-built man,
who uttered his commands i'm
a whisper and every act in the
terrible tragedy was performed with
the regularity of clockwork. Even the
prisoners in the remote cells were not
awakened, 50 quietly was the hanging
conducted.
Details of the killing of Clancy by
Dice show that they were rivals in their
attentions TO young lady at Jordan's
village, and of the two Clancy seemed
to be the favorite. CLANCY and Dice met
at public sale and with difficulty were
prevented from coming to blows. The
| following week Dice went to the
home of Chaney's father and asked if
anyone had bottle of whisky. There
upon young Chany walk, to his coat,
which was hanging on the wall. When
his back was turned, however, Dice
drew his revolver and shot him, kill
| ing him instantly.
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MANY Persisted.
Rebel Firebugs Cause a Holocaust I'm SAM
tiago. Chili-Between S2,00o.OO0 and
s3,O00.OOO Worth of Property swept
Away and Thirty or Forty Lives Lost.

Rebel Firebugs Cause a Holocaust I'm SAM
tiago, Chili-Between $4,000. 900 and
s3,O0o,OOO Worth of Property swept
Away and Thirty or Forty Lives Lost.
NEW YORK, July 30. = Special dis
patches received say that Santiago.
the capital of Chilli, has been visited by
most destructive fire by which be-
tween s., 100000 and $4,000, 900 worth
of property was destroyed Early
in the morning of June the
fire broke out in house on Augustinos
street, one of the principal thor
oughfares of the city, and spread rap
Idly. Every available engine and fire.
man was on the scene, but it was not
long before the water supply gave out
and then hope WIS very nearly aban-
doned. The large Catholic univer-
sity was one Ut the first build
ings to be attacked. II blazed fiercely
and so rapidly that many people
were unable to leave the building in
time. In full sight of the horror-stricb-
en- people they fell back into the
flames and persisted. The Banco de
Santiago and the Banco Popular, the
Hotel Hermano and the editorial rooms
of FL independents, in the direct path
of the fire, were quickly reduced TO
ashes. II was at this time that the
water gave out The crowds were inn
mense and soldiers were obliged to
drive them back with bayonets. The
houses on the opposite side of the street
caught fire and all that could be
done was to watch them burn. Some
of the principal business buildings of
Santiago were destroyed and there
were many narrow escapes. The most
exciting of these was that of Mr.. Ken
nedy, the British minister. Almost be-
fore he knew it his residence caught
fire and blazed so fiercely that il
was with difficulty that he escaped
He was partially overcome by
the heat and smoke The Ger
man and Nicaraguan legations
are also said to have been de-
stroyed After considerable period
the water rose sufficiently in the mains
to allow of its use by the engines. BY
this time, too, the flames had spent
themselves and were at last subdued
1t is believed that between thirty and
forty lives were lost. Government au-
thorities believe the fire TO be the work
of insurgent firebugs
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A ELIRTATION.

I've been flirting to-day with baby
In the window right over the way.
And the ueighbors are gOssiping. maybe;
But don't care a bit what they say.
Hes a dear little curly-lashed fellow,
With eyes that are laughing and sweet;
His hair was like grain, golden yellow,
He'd blue shoes-for he showed me his feet
He glanced at me, Pleasantly smiling,
As though saying; Il wish you'd remain"
Thcn he tapped on ths window oegullIng
And hattened his nose 'ganst the pane.
He threw me a kiss for a greeting,
He showed me the lace on his dress;
But ali why are moments SO feeiing?
The time came for luncheon, guess.
Then waved him good by-oh, the saddest,
And smiled to him over the way,
And he looked, OF all babies. the maddest,
When the nurse came aud took him away.
But sometimes he viii peep thrC the curtain
And hold the lace edges apart.
So tn watch every day, for Ia certain
That baby has broken my heart!
Kate Masterson. in once a Week
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GOT HIS DOLLAR.
He Had Ills Man Marked and was Bound
to Make Trouble.

He Had Ills Man Marked and was Bound
to Make Trouble.
A straDping young man sat in the
Erie depot, across the Hudson, the other
day, waiting for his train. lie had
twelve scythe-stones in bundle on his
right hand and a cuckoo clock in box
on his left. As he was looking around
the waiting-room he gave a sudden
start. Then he started some more. Then
he rose M and walked over TO a tlashily-
dressed man about forty years old,
whom anyone would have spotted as
fakir, and asked:
Don you travel around with tooth
POWDER"
mo, sir, was the sharp reply.
Wasn't you up in Elizabeth last
fall?"
NO, sirr'
YES you was. and III bet on it! You
are the same burned feller, and know
it,
''Sir! What does this meant de-
manded the other.
ut means that ! was in Elizabeth
last fall and bought a box of your
tooth powder. You changed a five-dol-
lar bill. and darn my hide if YOU didn't
hornswaggle me out of a dollar
SIR
NO use. old fellow! ] lsnowed We
the mint got eyes on We. Same big
diamond pin-same red neck-tic- same
nose. bumped up in the middle like a
circus camel ! want that dollar."
'Ihis is outrageous! I'll call po-
hceman!" shouted the falIir.
Call and Ice burned to We, but I'll
lick We first You either come down
with that dollar or I'll wallop We till We
can't hollerp'
Look here replied the other in
much miidcr tones, won are mistaken
il was my cousin who was in Elizabeth.
He IS dead now"
Then III take it ont of YOU
lie is dead, as ! remarked, and
rather than have any blot resting on
his fair .escutcheon l will pay you the
dollar"
That's all right! don't know any
thing about 'scutcheons, but I've got To
have that dollar or pull hair, I've bin
looliin' for your hump-backed nosc all
over the face of the earth. And I've
laid awake nights thinkin' how I'd make
yc boiler like an Injun if ever got my
paws on ye.''
lie WAS given dollar, and the falSir
disappeared at once. and the young man
explained 10 those about him:
I'm almost $ rry he give up 50 soon.
was just achia lean down To my toes
io lick him all over forty-acre lot"'-
NJ Quad, in y Y. World.
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The News Of the Week.
~ TELEoRAPH 80 III.
FROM WASHINGTON.


DURING the month of June the total
value of exports of beef and hog prod
ucts from the United States was So, 944.-
7s3
1HE money in the vaults of the treas
ury has been counted on the transfer of
the Office of treasurer from Mr.. Huston
70 Mr. NebeclSer II began April % and
involved the actual handling and count
ing piece by piece of SGI4.5iI.5S2 81
Every cent called for BY the books was
accounted for.
The report that English capitalists
have secured control of all the glucose
factories of the United States Is denied.
A BULLETIN from the census office on
the subject of paupers in almshOuses in
1890 in America shows a total of 20, 045,
as against 60. POS in 1850.
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 18th numbered 2T4 against pa the
preceding week and 207 for the CORE
spending week last year.
4 BULLETIN from the census Office
shows that the production Of bullion
during the year 1889 was: Gold, SS2,-
$50 "a; silver. SO, 596, 9Ss. In gold this is
nearly p per cent. of the world product
and in-silver II per cent.
THE wheat exports from coasts of
the United States Including -four as
wheatl during the seven days ended
ON the 18th amounted To >. 22O, 600 bush
els. against 1000, 600 bushels the pre-
vious seven days
The exchanges at the leading clear
lighthouses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
SI.004, O79, $50, against Sl.l17.953, 22O the
previous week. As compared with the
corresponding week of 1929 the decrease
amounted TO los
THE immigration bureau SAYS that
the publication of advertisements in
foreign papers for labOrers in this coun-
try Is violation IF the alien contract
law and that all offenders will be pun
ishcI
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Electrical Power for Ocean Steamers.

An exchange suggests the use Of cleo
tricity as "a motive power for propell-
ing ocean steamers. This idea Is by no
means as chimerical as might be imaJ-
ined The marvellous advances that
have been made in the electrical world
in the last decade furnish abundant
reason for believing that the uses to
which this subtle force may be and
viii he applied have only begun to be
discovered II would be nothing I'M
expected should a method be discovered
for utilizing il as a power in ocean
navigation The great difficulty in
modern war cruisers IS the ina billty to
secure sufficient coal capacity together
with the lines Of model essential 10 the
highest speed The Charleston has
lust furnished the country with a strik-
ing illustration of this She burns one
hundred and seventv-five tons Of coal
per day when running at full speed and
her storage capacity Is only eight hun
dred tons As result she could only
run little over four days in her chase
of the Itata without securing a fresh
supply of fuel OF course naval author
tiles fully realize the disadvantages of
this condition of things, but it is hard
to see how it can be avoided unless, as
has been suggested, d way be found to
make use of electricity as the propel-
ling powsr.-Kennebec Journal
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WELL STOP IN THE TOWN AHEAD"
to descend in the west. lie didn't no
tice that the stars began to pale. B-It
he worked on until he had finished.
And then he stopped and prayed again.
s.Nhen he arose his face was toward
the east; and over the distant hill-tops
he saw the purple of the dawn"
The outsider ceased to speak.
What them"
That's all My pal walked down
the mountain, jumped upon the first
freight train that passed, and has been
a wanderer on the face of the earth
ever since"
There were various opinions eA-
pressed of this narrative. quietly
asked the needy outsider, rs we left
the club at 81 nriSe:
.Will you cell me who your pal was
the man WHO buried his wife the
mountain tQ@p?"
There was contcmptuOus pity in the
outsiders look as It dwelt for moment
upon me before he replied The man
was myself
And then he condescended to borrow
a quarter from me. L. y. Stephens, in
Philadelphia Press.