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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-03-31
WEST AND SOUTH.

TIE supreme court of Wisconsin has
declared the apportionment of the
state into senate and assembly dis
tricts made by the last Legislature to
be unconstitutional
IL Alto. Tex. twenty-five business
houses were destroyed by fire.
+. C. BUCHANAN & Co., grain dealers
at Memphis. Tenn. failed for S1OS, sos;
assets. $50. ESQ.
By the crashing of an Illinois Cen
trail train through a coach on the Ohio
X Mississippi road seventeen passen-
gers were injured at Odin. Ill.
FROM Minneapolis l75 cars of flour,
containing %. 600 barrels. were sent
out by the Washburn-Crosby Company
mills TO the Russian relief association
of Philadelphia
South DAKOTA republicans in state
convention at Chamberlain Endorsed
the administration of President Harri-
son and instructed the delegates to the
national convention 20 vote for his re-
nomination.
OK their bridal tour Mr.. and Mrs
Nelson Stewart, of Millersburg. o..
stopped at a hotel in Lima, O.. blew
out the gas and both were asphyx-
lated.
Louis NELSON and Daniel Stephen
son were burned 10 death in their cabin
near Crystal Falls. Mich.
Posi- OFFICE authorities in Chicago
have discovered that gang of eastern
green goods" men are operating ex-
tensively in the west
derailed ard six passengers were in
jured, two probably fatally.
THE North Dakota democrats in state
convention at Grand Forks elected
delegates to the national convention
and instructed them to vote for Cleve'
land
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FROM WASHINGTON.

IL February p, O6s immigrants came
to the United States. and during the
last twelve months 2G4. O65 Germany
sent $3.50; Italy, SO,O62; Russia, 25,-
O27; Sweden and Norway, 1912, and
Hungary and Austria. 10. 200 each.
EXPORTS of merchandise for February
were ssh. 63s. O97 and the imports $685.
ISL. 953. For the twelve months ended
February . the exports were 1899, 77O.
al and the imports SS2S, ~, 2S4, the
excess OF exports over imports being
SI7I. 637 $50.
PRESIDENT HARRISON in a message TO
the United States senate transmitting
the recent correspondence with Lord
Sail sbury in regard to the Behring sea
matter intimates that he is in favor of
protecting the seal fisheries against
poachers at all hazards regardless of
the wishes of Great Britain.
THE president has appointed STAN
ton !. Peele judge of the court of
claims of Indiana
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 25th aggregated
81, 4O9 555. OIL. against $1,000. 3ss. S2a the
previous week. The increase as com
pared with the corresponding week of
1891 was 23 >
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 25th numbered 23l, against 2iO the
preceding week and 256 for the CORE
spending week last year.
IL his reply to the note from Mr..
Wharton. acting secretary of state,
Lord Salisbury says the Behring sea
modus vivendi may be renewed, but in
sists that the pending treaty must first
be ratified and provision made for the
assessment of damages
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In Chicapas, Mexico, an earthquake
leveled a large number of houses and
trees.
IL Sonsonale, in Central America, a
train was derailed and thirteen per-
sons were killed and thirty-one
wounded.
THE ADMINISTRATION provinces of
Russia are now provided with food suf-
ficient to last until May.
NEAR Leon, Mexico. on the Central
road six train wreckers were caught
tearing up spikes and immediately
shot.
WHILE returning home through the
Arconi gorge in Venetia, Italy, six men
were killed by being caught in an
avalanche.
IN South Australia there is a severe
drought and sheep are dying by thou
sands.
ADvIcEs from Paris say the an
archists of that city have abandoned
dynamite and will hereafter use poison
as their chief weapon against society.
IL Rome fifty-two anarchists were
sentenced to imprisonment for terms
ranging from twenty-five days to two
years and eight months.
THE liberals in the British house of
commons would, it was said, arraign
Lord Salisbury as pursuing needless
" vexatious course in the Behring sea
controversy instead of asserting to the
reasonable arrangement by the United
States government
CHARLES III. STURGEON, the famous
preacher of London, leaves in his will
everything he possesses to his wife.
The personality is declared to amount
to ell, 100.
DEFINING, the Australian murderer,
has, it is said, confessed not only that
he killed his wife and four children,
but that he committed the two last
Whitechapel murders in London.
SHANGHAI advices say that in en-
gagements between imperial troops
and rebels in northern China over 5000
rebels were put to death with the
sword and 500 actually burned alive
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The News Of the Week.
RY TELEoRAPH AND MAIL.
FIFTYsECoNO CONGRESS.


TUESDAY. March 22.-In the senate
bills were passed appropriating SIS
$50. 600 for the Improvement of the
Mississippi, and for the relief of set
tiers on public lands. In the house
Mr. Bland began the DEBATE in favor of
his bill for the free coma &c of silver,
and Mr.. Williams, of Massachusetts,,
made the first speech in opposition. A
bill was introduced granting pension
of SI2 month to women who served
during the war as army nurses.
WEDNESDAY. March 2S.-A petition
was presented in the senate from
Maryland asking congress to secure
compensation for slaves taken by the
general government or emancipatei by
a state convel ton at the instance and
desire Of the general government The
Indian appropriation bill was consid-
cred. In the house favorable report
was made ON the bill providing for a
home government for Utah. The free
coinage measure was further discussed.
THURSDAY, March 24-The time of
the senate was occupied in discussing
in executive session the Behring sea
question. In the house the sundry
civil appropriation bill ISIS, 115, 7s7) was
reported The Bland silver bill was
discussed, and Mr. Bland, seeing that
he could not reach a vote, moved an
adjournment, which was carried. This
means that the silver bill loses its pre-
ferred place and goes back on the cal
endar TO take its chance with other
bills.
FRIDAY, March 25.-In the senate
bill was introduced To encourage
postal savings 20 invest the same and
10 divide earnings among depositors.
Resolutions of respect to the memory
of Senator Hearst were adopted. In
secret session a practical agreement
was reached to ratify the Behring sea
arbitration treaty with proviso that
the ratification shall not take effect
until an agreement has been reached
on the modus vivendi issue. Adjourned
to the 9Sth. In the house a favorable
report was made or the Paddock pure
food bill. bill was introduced to
prevent the use of substitutes for hops
or pure extract of hops in the manu-
facture of ale or beer. Mr.. Bland in
troduced resolution fixing Monday,
March 2S as the date for resuming con
sideratiOn of his free coinage measure.
SATURDAY. March 26.-The senate
was not in session. In the house the
time was occupied mostly in eulogies
OF the late Congressman Spinola, of
New York. The diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation bill Isl, So, 925) was
reported
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PAIGE SURRENDERS.
The Cashier of the gainesville Bank Gives
Himself Up.

CLEVELAND, o., March S-R. X.
Paige, the cashier and virtual head of
the wrecked gainesville bank, returned
from New York at 1 o'clock Saturday
and gave himself up to the
sheriff of Cuyahoga county He
is now in the sheriff's custody
awaiting an inve stigation of af-
fairs in gainesville. 1t was sup
posed that Paige had gone to New
York with the intention of embarxing
for Europe. President Horace Steele,
who was arrested at his home in
gainesville for having Endorsed notes
forged by Paige, was brought to Cleve-
land and held in custody until his
friends could furnish bail, which was
produced Saturday forenoon. The Ii
abilities Of the wrecked bank are now
placed at 500, 900, with assets of
$500. 600
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THE OFFICIOUS CLERK.
He Receives a saIutary and Much-Needed
Lesson.

Lesson.
The clerk with the waxed mustache
and bangs listened rather impatiently
while tine little woman explained what
she wanted.
Eyes, yes" he said at last. 81 under
stand" He took down n roll of cloth
and added: Here is just the thing"
"But / said" she began.
IL know" he interrupted. You want
the cloth for wrapper, and this h
something extra fine.
go. it tsp" said the little woman.
"Yes, it's all the rage" he returned
as he unrolled the cloth. Its just
what you want, and it's cheap, too"
Really" she asked
so. yes. 1t matches your complex.
ion, and nothing could be better for
wrapper"
"And you're sure / want it for e
wrapper"
"Why, l supposed, of course"
''And you're quite certain that this IL
the piece of goods / want?" she inter
rupted.
Really, I'm usually so accurate liz
NV Judgment that / can hardly be
lieve-"
.Can you think of anything else thai
want?"
"No. madam" he replied, with SONS
nervousness, Il confess that / can't"
Let me tell you. them" she said,
eying him sharply over the counter.
II want n clerk who will let me know
little something about what / want
myself. win you kindly ask the young
woman at the next counter to come and
wait on me?"
He did so. and she purchased material
for teagown. Tribune.
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BANKER PAIGE MISSING.
Queer Financial Methods of the President
of the gainesville (O.) Bank.

of the PalnesviIle (O.) Bank.
CLEVELAND, o., March 26. -Friday's
developments in the gainesville bank
failure are startling. Forged paper
to the amount of 100000 has
come to light, and r. X Paige,
the head of the bank, is missing.
These forged notes have been
placed on various banks. Seven thou
sand dollars left at the bank week
ago by the Fairport Dock Company to
pay its men is missing, and the men
have not received a cent Paige
left gainesville Wednesday even
ing, but nobody knows in what
direction he went, though it is
Believed he has gone to New York. f.
j. Jerome, the assignee, says the liza
bilities will amount to over 5000, 000
Steps will be taken to prevent Paige
from leaving the country. II is said
that Paige came to this city last week
and obtained So, 500 on a draft
on a New York bank in which he
had not cent deposited. He
tried to get $1,000 at other banks, but
failed This is believed to make a
case of obtaining money by false pre-
lenses. One of the attorneys of a
Cleveland bank said Friday afternoon
that Paige had been located, but refused
to tell where. 1t is thought he
is in New York with his brother.
David r. Paige. The assistant county
prosecutor here said he had no inteu-
ton of proceeding against Paige, he pre-
ferring to let the gainesville officials
take the first step.
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HIS ANSWER.
Reply of the British Premier to Assistant
Secretary Wharton's Note Of MARCH 22.

secretary Wharton's Note of March ~.
LONDON, March 2s. -Lord Salisbury,
under date of March &c, has replied as
follows to Sir Julian Pauncefote in
response to Mr.. Wharton's letter of
March %:
"In reply TO your telegram Of the ed
inst. notice has been given TO owners
of ships sailing for Behring that
both agreements at present under dis
cussion between Great Britain and the
United States-that as 10 arbitration and that
as to an intermediate arrangement-may AFFECT
the liberty of sealing in Behring sea. They
have ALL therefore, notice of their liability to
possible interruption and will sail subject TO
that notice. The question of time is not, there
fore, urgent
Inform the president that we concur in
thinking that when the treaty has been ratified
there win arise new state II things Until
il lis ratified our conduct Is governed by the
language of your note on The l4th of June,
1890 But when IL is ratified each party
must admit that contingent rights have become
vested in the other, which both desire TO pro
teet. We think that the prohibition Of sealing,
II IL stands alone will be unjust TO British seal
ers IL the decision OF the arbitrator should b.
adverse to the United States.
''Wea are, however, willing, when the treaty has
been ratified, to agree to an arrangement sim
liar to that OF last year IL the United States
will consent that the arbitrator should, in
the event of decision adverse to the United
States, assess the damages which the prohfbi.
ton Of sealing shall have inflicted on British
sealers during the tendency of the arbitration
and in the event of decision adverse to Great
Britain, should assess the damages which the
limitation of slaughter SHALL during the
pendancy of arbitration have inflicted on the
United States or its leases
"As an alternative course we are also vii.
ling after the ratification of the treaty TO pro-
hibit sealing in the disputed waters, if yes.
sells be excepted from prohibition which pro
duce a certificate that they have given security
for such damages as the arbitrators may
assess in case of decision adverse
to Great Britain, the arbitrators &c
receive the necessary authority on that behalf.
In this case a restriction of slaughter on the
islands will not in point of equality be neces.
sary Her majesty's government is unable TO
see any other than one of the two methods OF
restricting seal hunting in the disputed waters
during the arbitration which will be equitable
to both parties"
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
NOT CONSTITUTIONAL.
The Supreme Court Decides Against Il
state Apportionment.

The Supreme Court Decides Against the
State Apportionment.
The state supreme court has decided
that the superintendent of the state
into assembly and senate districts
made by the legislature of 1921 is a
violation of the constitution and there
fore void. The court says:
The decision Affects only the senate and as
sembly districts and does not apply 10 the con.
gressional apportionment about which no com
plant was made. The decision is made on the
ground that the legislature violated the constf
tuition, which requires that districts shall be
formed according 10 population as cOmpactly
as possible and that the county Is a terri
torial unit in the formation OF assembly dis.
tricts- Tho appOrtionment thus overthrown
was made upon the same lines every appor-
tionment has been since the organization OF the
state and the iniquities complained of have nos
only been found in every apportiOnment bal
most Of them entered into the apportiOnmeai
made by the constitutional convention which
was a part Of the constitution itself. The de
cision distinctly says that ii affects other act
OF any legislature. An extra session OF the leg
islature may be called and new apportionmeni
law passed TO govern the next eleet ton
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ANALYSIS OF THE SILVER VOTE.
Where the Anti-silver Democratic Votes
Came From.

Came From.
WASHINGTON. March 26.-In view of
the extreme closeness of the vote on
The silver question as disclosed Thurs
day night an analysis of the tie vote on
the test motion of Mr. Burrows to lay
the Bland bill on the table win be in
tere sting. On this motion each side Sc
cured l4s votes and S5 members are put
down as not voting, of which mum Der
the Congressional Record shows that
20 were announced to be paired on
this vote, leaving Is impaired.
OF the l4s votes cast in favor of the
motion So were cast by democratic
members of the house and &C by re-
publican memb rs. The negative vote
shows the names of IL republicans, the
other 1877 being either democrats or al
lance men. The unexpectedly large
showing of democratic votes against
the silver bill came from the fol-
lowing states: New York, 10; Penn
sylvania 10; Wisconsin, :; Massa-
chusetts, Z; Iowa, 5: New Jersey, Ohio
and Maryland, each; Illinois. Con-
necticut and Michigan, 8 each; New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Louisiana
and Minnesota, each; South Carolina,
/ (Mr. Brawley); Delaware, l (Mr.
Causey); West Virginia, l (Mr. VIII
son); Missouri, tMr. Cobb, and Cali
fornia, l (Mr Geary).
The IL repub lean votes opposed to
the motion made by Mr.. Burrows are
scattered over the far west, only
vote. that of Mr. Vincent A. Taylor,
of Ohio, coming from east of
the Mississippi river. Kansas con-
tributed 2 in Messrs. Brod-
erick and Funston; South Dakota
more-Messrs. Pickler and Jolly
while the other votes came from as
many different states; Colorado (Mr.
Townsend. Wyoming (Mr. Clark, Ne
ada (Mr. Bartine), California (Mr
Bowers), Idaho (Mr. Sweet and Ore
gon mir Hermann).
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THE EAST.

THE senate of New York has con-
CURED in the house amendments to the
bill appropriating $500, 600 for the
worlds fair aud demanding that the
exhibit be closed sundays
on April 80 Ferdinand Ward, the
notorious swiudler and financier, will
be liberated after a residence of six
years and six months at Sing Sing.
TWENTY-FIVE bodies of the thirty Zone
miners entombed in the Hill farm mine
near Dunbar, Pa, June 1, 1890, were
said to have been recovered.
THE death of Joseph Rigby, 60 years
old, occurred at Mansfield. Pa Eight
cen years ago he broke his back, and
since that time has been bed-ridden.
THE death of Rev. DIR. Frederick A.
Farley. the oldest graduate of Harvard
college, occurred at his home in Brook
lyn, y. Y, at the age of nearly o.
years
The governor OF Pennsyl vania has
pardoned Editors Mellon and Porter,
of the Beaver Star, sentenced to six
months Imprisonment for libeling
Senator Quay.
FLAMES swept away the Rankin
glass works near Braddock, Pa Loss.
500. 600.
IT was said that three members OF
the schooner Winnie Laurie's crew
were eaten by their comrades The
schooner has arrived at New York,
sixty days without food
The Good Gray Poet" Walt Whit
man. died at his home in Camden, n.
J.. aged 73 years
BY the explosion of a converter in
Carnegie's mill at Homestead, Pa, six
men were fatally burned.
FLAMES in the curtain works of John
Bromley 4 Son in Philadelphia caused
loss of $500. 900.
The steamship La Touraine made
the trip from Havre to New York il
days. % hours and so minutes. ths
fast on record.
THF failure was reported of the
American Bobbin, Spool and Shuttle
Company at WOonsocket, K. L., foi
5000 600: assets. 81, 500. 600
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tina. he be moved. The nurse turned
him on his side and in ten minutes he
was dead. Five Gays ago change was
noted in his condition. lie seemed
to be fast losing vitality and did
not care for nourishment. His iSspira-
tion became rapid, and there were
other things noticeable showing that
the end was near. Artist Aitlxen will
take a cast of the head for statue.
Whitman died poor, having only his
residence, library and copyright as his
worldly possessions.
In December last Mr.. Whitman
agreed with his attending physician to
allow them to perform an autopsy upon
him after his death. He did this in
view of the number of remarkable ill
nesses which he had survived and in
the interest of medical science. The
autopsy disclosed the fact that the poet
had died with his organs in a state
of disease that should by all laws OF
medicine have killed him years ago.
His left lung was entirely gone, while
of the right there was but breathing
spot The heart was surrounded by a
hhinDGI VI aOoNOootoi
and about two and half quarts OF
water. The pain in the left side, that
had been diagnosed by some physicians
as an internal cancer, was found to
have been caused by peritonitis. The
brain was found to be abnormally
large and in fairly healthy condition.
Walter Whitman was born at West Hills
Long Island, New York, May 81, 1919. His ed
ucation was obtained at the public schools Of
Brooklyn and New York city. and, on leaving
he first learned the printers trade
and subsequently carpentry. After teach
| ing school he edited for brie
time newspapers in New Orleans an6
Huntington, making in the meantime extended
pedestrian tours through the United States and
Canada. During the civil war he volunteered
as nurse and was in the hospitals of Washing
ton and Virginia. He was aftefward a clerk
at Washington Since 1874 he has resided
at Camden, N J. He is the author
of Leaves OF Grass" Drum Taps
Democratic Vistas,n Passage to India,
After All Not 20 Create Only" "As a Strong
Bird on Pinons Free 1.-TWO Rivulets" and
Specimen Way and Collect" His last publica
ton was volume u poems called November
Boughs," which appeared in the fall OF 1888
His books were first published in Boston
afterwards at Philadelphia, because the Massa
chusetts authorities objected TO its sale in thai
state on the ground OF immortality. Mr.. Whit
mans most marked regularity is his deviation
from the usual poetic forms OF rhythm and
meter
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PROGRESS OF INVENTION

CHRoNoGRAPHs are now being made
that are capable of measuring to the
ten thousandth part of a second.
a sMoKE-CoNsUMSG locomotive, from
which not a single puff of smoke es-
capes, has been successfully tested in
Illinois.
a HIPPoMETER, to record the number
of horses PAGES, and the distance he
has Travelled, has been invented by an
officer in the French army.
A MAN in Harrisburg claims TO have
invented an underground system for
proposing street cars, which is really
the trolly system reversed
RAPID travelling has been accom-
plished by a locomotive just completed
for the London and Northwestern rail
way, England 1t made trial run Of
ninety miles an hour between Crewe
and Chester, and it is believed that il
will soon make a record of ninety-tw Q
miles an hour.