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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
A COINCIDENCE IN THEFT.
The Same Watch stolen by the Same ThI
from Two Different Owners.

The Same Watch Stolen by the Same Tho
from Two Different Owners.
A peculiar story of how the same
thief stole the same watch twice from
two different parties in entirely diff
ferent quarters of the city at an interva
of over year between the first anc
second theft was lately developed al
the Four courts, st. Louis. It came Il
/ light in the detective department, anc
Chief Desmond prOnounces it a crimina,
coincidence which is not likely TO have
/ duplicate for hundred years. SOME
months ago w. J. Miles, Of 2205 Olive
street. had valuable gold watch stoler
from his residence. He reported the
case to the police and gave description
of the watch, with manufacturers mum
Der, etc. One peculiar feature of tn,
watch was that on its crystal there wal
photographed in the glass the face
Mr.. Miles little daughter. The polio,
could find no trace of the watch at tina
time, however, and shortly afserward
Mr. Miles left st. Louis and settled il
Chicago Dnring the present week Alel
Lightstone, of Tenth and Franklin
avenue, went to the Four courts and re
ported that watch had been stoleI
from his house. He also left descrip
ton of it, and the following day it wa.
located in a pawnshOp. where Theodore
]. Printzler had pawned it for twenty
five dollars Mr.. Lightstone was sum
moned to the four courts and promptly
identified the watch. Chief Desmond
also took look at the timepiece and wa
instantly reminded by the photograph OF
the crystal of the ease reported by Mr.
Miles He turned back To the record OF
that case and found that the numbers
of the watch stolen from Miles were
the same as those of the watch identi
fled by Mr.. Lightstone as MS property
This fact was reported To Mr.. Light
stone, who protested still that the
watch was his property. Mr.. Miles
was written to in Chicago and asked fOI
a card photograph of the daughter
whose photograph was alleged to be il
the crystal of his stolen watch. II,
sent the photograph promptly, and il
was a counterfeit presentment of thai
on the crystal of the Lightstone watch
| Then Mr.. Lightstone stated that he hac
purchased the watch from a certain
local time-payment house The firm
was visited and it was learned tina,
they had purchased a pawn-ticket about
a year ago from a man who had stateG
that he had been obliged to pawn hii
watch and could not redeem it. The
time-payment firm had redeemed it ane
afterward sold it to Mr.. Lightstone. Mex
the pawnbroker from whom the time
payment house had redeemed the watch
/ was seen by detective. There il wa,
| found that nearly a year ago Theodore
j. Printzler, the YER same man who
/ had stolen the watch from Mr.. Light
stone, had pawned it for twenty-five
I dollars, exactly the amount for which
| it was pawned by Printzler. As
curiosity of crime" this weakness OF
/ the Miles-Lightstone watch fol being
/ ''burgled7 and pawned by P.intzler il
/ certainly unique st. Louis fost-Dis
/ patch.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

BY an explosion on board the British
steamer Petrolia, lying near Blaye har-
Dor, France, twenty persons were killed.
A. WILLARD, United States consul at
Guaymas, Mex. died there of paralysis,
aged 90. lie was a native of Connecti-
cut, and had been in the consular serv-
ice for about thirty years.
IN Canada cyclone caused great
damage To property and loss of life at
st. Rose, Lachutte, st. Johns and the
Ottawa valley. At st. Rose the school
house was blown down and the teacher
and ten children were killed. Several
persons were killed in other places.
1'HE report of Emin Pasha's death
was anfounded.
a SOCIETY," has been organized in Ger
many Ic placate France for the loss of
Alsace-Lorraine by a promise of be-
slowing Egypt upon the republic.
IN Africa the Germans were routed
and lost 100 men in battle with ma
tives in the Moshi territory near Kill
manjaro.
IN Ecuador Louis Cordero has been
elected president by the national con-
gress.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23

WASHINGTON. June 1S.-The depart
ment of state has been advised
Ivy cable from the United States lega-
ton at Caracas of the resignation of
President Palacio of Venezuela. The
situation remains quiet. little or no ex-
cite;ne prevailing. The executive au-
thorityo the state has been assumed
by the federal council until such time
as congress can be convened for the
purpose of electiug a successor to the
presidency. II is expected that con-
gress will meet for that purpose almost
immediately
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
TRAGEDY ON a TRAIN.

One Lawyer Murders Another Judge
Morgan, of Mississippi. shot m tho Back
by II. y. Foster.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 2O.-Judge
Bright Morgan, of He rnando, Miss,
was shot dead Saturday morning on an
Illinois Central train while on his way
to Memphis by Lawyer Henry Foster.
Judge Morgan was delegate to the
Chicago convention Morgan and Foster
had quarreled over law suit in which
they were opposing lawyers Two
weeks ago Foster had difficulty with
Morgan's son, hearing of which Nor
gan gave Foster sound Gaming.
They had not met since until Satur-
day morning. Foster boarded the
train at Alden and shot Morgan twice
without uttering word. lie sur
rendered to an officer at the next
station. Morgan was en- route to Chi
cago.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
GnftaIinn.

A new preparation for the purpose OF
replacing India rubber and gutta percha
has teen brought out and protected by
NM. Worms and Zwierchowski To a
quantity of Manila gum tempered with
benzine is added ) per cent. of Auvergne
bitumen, also mixed with benzine.
These are thoroughly mixed together
by mechanical means and by hand. BY
adding per cent of resin oil and al
lowing forty-eight to eighty-six hours
to pass between each treatment, pro-
duct is obtained having all the supple
ness, elasticity, solidity and durability
Of the best India rubbers. If the pro
duct is too fluid, the addition of per
cent of sulphur dissolved by means of
bisulphide of carbon will remedy this
The addition of per cent Of India rub
Der to this mixture makes an excellent
compound for certain purposes. The
yulcanizatior of this product can be-
carried out in the usual way.-Scientitic
American
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
Suicide of "a Daft Woman.

WALTHAM, Mass, June 2O.-The body
of Mrs. Martha II. beverly lies at her
home on High street a charred mass.
At noon Saturday she committed sui
eide under most extraordinary cir
cumstances. First saturating her
clothing with kerosene, She crawled
into the furnace in the cellar and set
fire to her garments. Before assistance
could reach her she was burned beyond
all hope of recovery. She has been suf-
fering for some months from the effects
of the grip and her act is the result, il
is supposed, of temporary insanity
caused by the malady.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23

THE new cable between Africa and
Brazil will be completed by the last of
July. II will De 2,2OO miles in length
u will be Of varying thickness. weigh
ing fifteen tons yer knot at the shores
and about three tons in middle ocean.
The copper wires are bcdded in gutta
perchl around hich is a band Of steel
wires covered with rcS;u. II i esti-
mated that since the first submarine
cable was invented 100000 miles has
h..am l..iI
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23

The statement was recently made in
a London journal tha; half the popula-
tiOn of Vienna have no permanent or
regular homes. Many live in boarding
houses, but the larger proportion oc-
curry furnished rooms taking their
meals at restaurants or having their
food brought To them. 4 similar state
Of affairs exists in Paris and Naples,
and is gradually increasing in London.
The like Is true in New York Chicago
and other American cities. That which
i known as the European plan of living
in house. but having no hou.e, Is fast
becoming general in the large towns in
this country
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
UNFORTUNATE CHILDREN.
Five of Them Are Drowned in the Ohio
River Near Pittsburgh.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. June 1S.-Five chill
dren, ranging from II to - years of
age, were drowned in the Ohio river at
Neville island. IL miles below this city,
at o'clock Friday afternoon. Their
names were Paul, Rudolph, Edith and
Maggie PittOck and Edith Richardson.
1t appears that the children drove
a buggy into the river to wash. In
some manner the vehicle was over
tured and the children were thrown
into the river. The two boys made
heroic efforts to save their companions,
but they were unequal to the task, and
before assistance reached them they
had all sunk beneath the waves.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23

TUE time of the high school com
mencemeut and of the speaking sweet
girl graduate Is here. and the sound of
the pink essay. neatly adorned with a
blue ribbon. Is heard in the land Now
we shall have To endure our greatest an
nual misery after house cleaning
of listening To sorrowful discourses on
''WIthered HOPES" blasted Expecta-
tions.' dissatisfied Aspirations and
the VANITY Of Human Existence"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
Train Wrecked.

BURLINGTON, Ia, June 2O.-The con-
struction train on the keithsburg
branch of the Burlington which left
Gladstone at o'clock Saturday morn
ing collided with drove of cattle at a
field crossing 3 miles out of that town
and was derailed. Engineer Robinson
was scalded to death. Two others who
were killed were members of the train
crew, consisting of thirtytwo Italians.
Seven others were more or less seri-
ously injured, some escaping with
broken legs, arms and other injuries.
A few were fortunate in escaping with
ont bruises
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
COUNTING LIE VICTIMS.

The Death List of the Minnesota Cyclone
Exaggerated Somewhat - Latest Esti-
mates Place the MEMBER of Lives Lost
mt from Thirty to Fi1y.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 1s.-The re-
ports from the cyclone which devastated
the southern portions of this state
Wednesday come in slowly. owing To
the extent Of the country covered and
the terrible condi ion of the roads.
rendering communication with the
towns not having telegraphic facilities
almost impossible. While fortunately
the first reports as To loss of life prove
To have been somewhat ovcrestimated,
the death roll is not less than thirty
and it may grow to fifty.
The trail of the storm is marked by
ruined houses, devastated farms. dead
and mangled men, women and children.
The groves of trees surrounding farm
houses were lail low Yin many cases
not vestige remains of houses, barns
or stock; everything fell before the
terrible tornado. Horses and cattle
have been found many miles from where
the tornado caught them in its grasp.
At Wells, Mimi, during the passage
of the storm, which lasted bout fifteen
minutes, the arr was full of rubbish of
every Observation-Disclosures, boards,
window sashes, chickens, ducks and
geese were whirled about in the grasp
of the current 200 feet above earth.
The cloud rose and fe at intervals of
a quarter of mile. and dozens of
houses were wrecked at every swoop.
The dead and in ured in the Polish
settlement, about miles northeast of
Wells. cannot now be estimated. So
far as known the list of deaths in this
neigf horhood number eighteen. 1t is
probable the list of dead is much
larger than now known. The injured
recorded thus far number twenty
seven.
Albert Lea reported the list of dead
in Freeborn county difficult to ascer-
tain, but so far as known numbers
eleven. The injured list is long one,
while the destruction to property is
very great, as the path of the cyclone
was through the richest farming see
ton of the state. blooming Prairie
also reports great damage in that vi
entity, but no loss of life.
Fairmont in Martin county reports
two killed there and a great number
injured. Seven persons were killed be-
tween Winnebago City and Sherburne.
The wind demolished n schoolhouse,
seriously injuring the teacher and six
teen scholars. Much damage to prop
erty is reported, but it is impossible to
estimate the amount.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23

LEoNIDAs +. STAcKHoUSE. repre-
sentative of the Sixth South Carolina
district. died suddenly in Washington.
He was serving his first term, Ia which
he was elected by majority Of S6.67O
over f. ii. Deas lrep.l. Mr.. Stack
houses death Is the seventh among the
representatives of the Fitty-second
congress. his predecessors having been
Kendall. of Kentucky; Ford, Of Mich
igan: Spinola- of New York; Gamble.
Of South Dakota; Houk. of Tennessee.
and Lee. of Virginia Prom the senate
Hearst, Of California; Wilson, OF
Maryland; Plumb, Of Kansas, and Bar
bour. of Virginia.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23

WASHINGTON, June 1S.-The house
worlds fair committee has completed
the bin making an appropriation
To aid the Chicago fair. 1t pro-
vides for coming 1O,OO0,OO silver
half dollars as souvenirs of the fair.
which shall pass current as money.
Ond hundred thousand dollars is appro-
priated for the expense of coinage.
The bill also provides for $4,000 bronze
medals and $4,000 diplomas TO be
awarded to visitors at the fair in ac-
cordanee with the act providing for The
fair and 100000 was appropriated for
this pnrpOse.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23

The census report Of fisheries on the
great lakes contains figures which prove
that fishing ia the interior of this con
tincnt Il far from being merely the pas
time which some people suppose 1t To be.
About 100. cor. 900 pounds Of fish are
caught each wear. These are valued at
first hand at $500 coo. hut cost much
more than that To the consumer. They
are captured by nearly 1000 persons
regularly employed in the business. who
use boats valued at S5OO. 900. The other
apparatus used is valued at SI.S50. 900.
II IS figured we are raising two pounds
Of FISH 10 the acre in the lakes each
YEAR
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23

THE enameIcd goblet presented by
the ear to Capt. Il. W Sargent. of the
steamship Indiana, in recognition Of
the part taken 10y him il bringing the
relief cargo Of flour from Philadelphia
In the starving peasants Of Russia, has
been received from the state depart
meut by Mayor Stuart. Of Philadelphia.
The goblet Is beautiful specimen of
the jewelers. art. II Is almost entirely
solid gold and Is studded with many
costly gems. Several inscriptions upon
IL in the Russian language Indicate the
reason for the Eift.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
MILK ApuLIERATION.
rwenty-Six Cases Found in One Month t.
IA, prOsecuted

ruenty-Six Cases Found in One Month to
lie Prosecuted.
Dairy and Food Commissioner ID. J.
Hardness has returned to Madison
from a trip through the eastern part of
the state, where he has been looking
after the farmers who are suspected of
adulterating or skimmiug their milk
prior to delivering il as the pure
article. He has twenty-six cases OF
this kind which he worked mp himself
asst month. besides large number
found 10y Deputy ". A. West. The
parties are scattered through the
counties of Manitowoc. Winnebago,
Waushara. Green Lake and others.
Prosecutions will be commenced
against them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23

QUEEN VICTORIA Is colonel of one OF
the German cavalry regiments by APP
pOintment of her grandson. Emperor
William. and now that parsonage has
conferred a similar honor on another
female representative Of roy atty. Queen
Regent Emma. Of Holland. with her T.
year-oid daughter. heiiess tothe throne,
are visiting at Berlin aEi WHl:ai.. has
made Emma colonel of the First regi-
meut Of foot guards. 10 which all the
HOhcnzcllerus nominally belong ON first
entering the military service. The Ger
man style Of comforting military title
on women is initiated by the Salvation
ARMY
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
lie pecIared The watch or.

Maggie Chapman. pretty miss of is
years, of Fort Atkinson, was to have
been married in Racine to J. Fahey. of
Fort Madison. wholesale grocer. The
young woman was at the church at the
appointed time, but the groom failed to
put in an appearance. The young
woman learned by telegraph that the
groom had decided TO declare the
match off, owing. as he claimed, TO
sickness. The young woman departed
for her home and damage suit viii
follow
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23

ONE Of the most interesting exhibits
IN the government building at the
worlds fair Will be a display of arms.
uniforms. tents and flags in use in the
United States army since 1916 This
display Il being prepared in Philadel-
phia. and Henry u. Thompson is in
charge. iie saws that all the articles
were made entirely 10y Americans and
If American materials There i col
lection of a least twenty-five flags, and
these aIone are valued at Ss.OOO.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23

JAMES RICHAED Cooke. who recently
graduated At the Boston university
school IF medicine at the head of his
class, IL the first person totally blind
from infancy to receive the degree of
NJ y. lie has been a diligcnt student
and reader of anatomy for eight years
past and obta ned 9S per cent. on his
examination
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
Two Boys Drowned in a Quarrel

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, June H.
George Murray and Frank Weston,
two young boys quarreled while play
ing on the boom at the foot of Mason
street Thursday night. Murray seized
his companion and attempted to throw
him off the boom. In the struggle both
fell into the river and were drowned.
Murray was S and Weston 6 years old.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23

Cart. Josiah ". LAwLEE. Of chelsea.
Mass, has started on another transat-
iantic voyage in a small boat. l. fee; i'm
length. : feet beam. and u inches deep
amii>hip. lie goes To Queenstown. and
il he ever gets back viii exhibit his
boat at the worlds fair
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23

THOMAS \ Edison SAYS that he be
came deaf as the result of a playful
porter lifting him by the ears from a
railroad train. This was when Thomas
was newsbov, and if there is now an
unsatisfied yearning in his soul. it Is To
shoot about two Thousand volts Of ciec-
tricity into the playful animal who
lifted him
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
pooer a. Mills, Successor.

GALVESTON, Tex. June 1.-THE re
turns. which are practically complete
in the election held in the Ninth con
gressional district mills old district
show that Antony ldemocraD has q
majority of 3,5i1 over Barber (thirC
party).
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23

KING MALIEToA Of Samoa is not paid
his salary So a week. with regularity
enough 10 keep him in easy financial
condition, 30 he has been having his
wives do washing for the well-to-do
white residents of Apia. If things do
not improve The king will wash his
hands Of the whole royal business.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23

THE Young grand duke Of Hessc.
grandson of Queen Victoria. who sue
ceeded his father few weeks ago. has
commemorated that event by pardoning
one hundred ;ald seventy-nine crImi-
mails who were serving terms i'm the
penitentiarics Of lIcs>e-D armstadt
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
Three Men Killed.

BURLINGTON, Ia, June 20.-A work
train ON the Keithsburg branch of the
Burlington road ran into a drove of eat
tie three miles north of Gladstone and
the engine and cars were ditched. En-
gineer Robinson and three laborers
were killed. 1t IS reported that over
twenty laborels were more or less in
iurad
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
vesn,ms in FulI blast.

NAPLES, June II. = Vesuvius con
tinues in active eruption. The sight is
magnificent one and thousands of ex-
cursionists flock to witness it. The
lava has formed bridge across the
yalley between Monte Somma and
Vesuvius.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
Masons Fleet omoers.

The grand lodge of masons in session
at Milwaukee elected officers as fol-
lows:
Grand master, Fred Ring, Of La Crosse;
deputy grand MASTER w &. swain, Of Milwau-
kee; senior warden, W. n. Ford, of Oshkosh:
junior warden, J. \ Black. of Platteville; grand
treasurer, DIT Won SueSmilch, Of Delavfn; grand
secretary J. W. Latin Of Milwaukee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
commencement without Pupils.

The public graduation exercises Of
the college academy at Beloit did not
take place as arranged for, and for
which invitations were issued, most of
the class declining to participate be-
cause the diploma was to be withheld
from one of their number. Nearly all
preferred to leave Beloit without their
sheepsl1ins rather than submit.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
sudden Death of a Tanker.

Horatio Il. Munroe, cashier of the
First national bank, died suddenly
in Racine at his home of heart dis
ease. He left the bank at o'clock
and went to his home and proceeded TO
work in the garden. shortly after his
wife went into the garden and found
him on the ground dead.
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Unconscious for a Week.

Thomas Shaunnessy, the man who
was taken to the emergency hospital in
Milwaukee "a week ago, suffering from
gas suffocatiOn, is dead. His case at
traeted much attention from physi-
clans on account of the length of time
Shaunnessy lay in an unconscious state
before death came.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23

INVENTOR EuIS0N received in one in
stance fee of $4,000 for his opinion as
an electrical expert lie was employed
hy the company organized To bore the
Niagara power tunnel 10 examine the
ground, study conditions and plans and
give an opinion a tothc feasibility and
practicability of the work.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
CHARGED with Murder.

Ole O. Moen and Otto Ii. Witte, young
men of Augusta City. Eau Claire eoun-
ty. were placed in Jail on the charge of
murder. 1t is alleged they are the men
who pounded August Stephen to death
at Augusta and left his body in barn.
Two brothers of the dead man from
Minnesota were in Eau Claire.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-06-23
VICTIMS OF AN EXPLOSION.
Lightning Strikes Kentucky store. Ig-
hitting Several Kegs of Powder Many
Persons Hurt.

hitting several Kegs OF foMder-Many
Persons Hurt.
PARMLEYsvuLE, KY, June 20.-Fifty
persons were injured here Sunday
night by terrible explosion. Light
ming struck the general store of w. II.
Ryan. Two kegs of powder exploded,
throwing a heavy iron safe through the
roof and wounding all the occupants
of the room, fifty in number Sew
eral physicians were at once called in
to alleviate the sufferings of the I'M
fortunate victims. Not one single oc-
cupant of Ryan's store escaped injury.
Many, it is thought, will die from the
effect of their hurts Mr.. Ryan is a
gentleman of considerable prominence
and "a former representative of Wayne
county in the legislature.