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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-04-20
WEST and SOuTH

AT Ramona. Kan, samuel Yarrum
celebrated his 1OSth birthday.
AT Bowling Green. Ky, George Brad
ley. a negro. killed his hoy while in a
rage. and then. Mortified at the deed, he
and his wife took poison.
THE Bohanan livery barn at Lincoln.
Neb.. was destroyed 10y fire and thirty
two horses and thirty-eight head of
Holstein cattle were burned to death.
A CYCLONE nearly destroyed the city
Of Akron. la, and many persons were
injured. some fatally. The storm fol-
lowed the Sioux valley south to West
field and its path was marked by de-
moiished houses and barns. \ man and
his wife were killed at one farm house.
Several others We're badly injured and
many horses and cattle We're killed.
u the southern portion of Kansas
three towns, Willis. Everest and Pow
hatten. were laid in ruins by cyclone.
FIFTEEN thousand men are at work
on the worlds fair grounds in Chicago.
The governor of Indiana has par
dOned Mcdonald Cheek, serving a life
sentence for murder in the state prison
south. lie had served twenty-one
years.
GOVERNORS of the southern states met
at Richmond. Va. the object being to
encourage immigration into that sec
ton of the union.
FLAMES swept away 'he entire bust
ness portion OF Mulvane, NJ" town
of 500 inhabitants.
OFFICIALS of the Ann Arbor Mich
road have begun suit against Chiefs
Arthur aneh Sargent, of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers. to re
cover damages tn the amount of $780,
600. The suit grows out of the recent
strike.
OvER portions of nine states cyclones
and windstorms did great damage. In
Indiana buildings were wrecked NJ JEFF
fer>onville. kolomo. Greencastle and
Rockport, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank being
killed in the latter place. At Npsilanti,
Mich. nearly all the business buildings
and several residences were demolished
In Mississippi the town of Robinsonville
was swept away and several persons
We're killed and many injured. At
COudray. Mo. only three houses were
left standing, nine persons were killed
and fifty Others We're injured, some ia
tally. I'm other portions of Missouri
trees. fences. houses and barns were
demolished and many persons killed
and injured. In Illinois many buildings
were unroofed and trees leveled at
Rockford. Quincy, Galena. Alton, Van
dali.,. Olney and at other points. Kan
sas and Iowa also suffered from the tor
uaih-
THE cyclone at Ypsilanti. Mich. de-
stroyed all of the principal business
blocks. stores. the opera house, post Of
fee. hotels and $50 dwelling houses.
No person was fatally injured.
GEORGE 1ESSoN's cottage in Chicago
was burned and his three little chill
dren persisted in the flames.
MATTHEW BITSoN. during a quarrel
on farm at bradford. Wis. shot and
killed his wife and Mrs. Arthur Hearn.
neighbor who was acting as peace
maker. and then burned the house in
which The two women las and made his
escape
enables REED, prominent horse
man near Gallatin. Tenn, lost his barn
by lightning and twenty-five brood
mares in foal by the celebrated horse
~. Rlaize were instantly killed. Loss.
SiOO. 900.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

THE explosion OF gas III a coal PIT near
Pontypridd. in Wales. entombed 500
miners and property to the value of
thousands of pounds was destroyed.
Seventy of the imprisoned men made
their escape and the rest probably per-
ished
IN the Sala Caladia company's mills
in Matara. Spain, an explosion killed
number of persons. The dead bodies
of nine men and the manager had been
recovered.
IL London the English, Scottish and
Australian chartered bank failed with
liabilities amounting to $40, 600. 900.
Ex-PREsIDENr GONZALES, of Mexico,
is not dead as reported, but his death
was hourly expected.
The stars and stripes have been lowered
from the government building at Homo
lulu. Commissioner Blount has officially
declared the protectorate of the United
States at an end and public affairs were
in sole control of the provisional gov
eminent. II was feared that an at
tempt would be made to reinstate the
queen. but the provisional government
would never give up until compelled TO
do so by force of arms.
THE firm of Samuel Williams & Co,
cotton brokers at Liverpool. failed for
$3.50. 0Oe
ADvICEs received at Zanzibar from
the son of Tippo lib confirm the report
that Emin Pasha had been killed in
battle.
Al belgrade bloodless coup detat
was effected and King Alexander l., the
youthful ruler of Servia, who had here
tofore governed the country through
regents. now rules in his own name.
FLAMES at Nesseprim. town in Hun
gary having a population of about -,
600. destroyed 14t houses and did dam
age 10 the extent of 100000 forms. One
thou,and persons were homeless.
IL Belgium the demand for universal
suffrage has created crisis which can
not much longer be kept from decisive
issue. The city of Brussels was already
in state of siege and civil war seemed
imminent
The total solar eclipse of the sun was
witnessed on tie 10th at Nina Arts, the
Harvard college station in South Amer
ica
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FROM WASHINGTON.

ADVANCE sheets of the report of the
chief of the bureau of statistics for the
exports of breadstuffs for the nine
months which ended March 81 show
that the total exports were only $I45.
o.. go. against s253, 1873, 9l2 for the same
period of last year.
Az unofficial list of members-elect of
the house of representatives of the
Fifty-third congress. as compiled by the
clerk of the house, shows that the dem
OcratS will have go. the republicans
l21 and the third party :.
II the United States business failures
to the number of 2O9 occurred in the
seven days ended ON the l4th, against
223 the preceding week and 226 for the
corresponding time last year.
AT the leading clearing houses IN the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the I4th aggregated ST.
21O.9OI.l9 against Sl,19S. az, 949 the
previous week. The increase as COM
pared with the corresponding week of
1892 was 90.
The statistician of the department of
agriculture shows in his report that
the approximate number of the several
classes of farm animals in the whole
country is: Horses, I6.2O5 900; cattle,
52.41s.OOO; sheep, 21,214,O 900; swine, 40,
O9J, 900.
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The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND mArL.
u. S. SENATE IN EXTRA SESSION.

TUESDAY. April lin the senate
the resolution for the admission of
the three senators appointed bv the
governors of Montana, Washington and
Wyoming was discussed. hut no action
was taken. The nomination OF Daniel
y. Morgan. of Connecticut Ia be treas
urer OF the United States. and that of
Daniel VI. Browning. of Illinois, TO be
commissioner of Indian affairs. were
received from the president
WEDNESDAY. April r. The nom
ination of James II. Eckels. of Ottawa.
ILL.,, To- be comptroller of the currency.
was confirmed in the senate after consid-
cradle discussion A resolution was re-
ferred to the committee ON contingent
expenses for the investigation of the
claim of Joseph W. Ady to a seat as
senator from the state of Kansas.
THURsDAI, April l3.--In the senate
a memorial signed by seventy seven
members of the Kansas Legislature
against the right of John Martin To hold
his seat a. senator from that state, and
asserting that Mr.. Ady was legally and
fairly elected. was presented by Mr..
sherman and was referred to the com
mittee on privileges and elections. The
nomination of Alexander W. Tyrell, of
Texas, To be minister of the United
States to Turkey, was received from the
president
FRIDAY. April 1.-THE senate was
occupied during the greater part of
its session with the resolution for
the investigation of the charges against
Senator Roach. of North Dakota. The
nomination of L. Q. c. Lamar to be
recorder of the general land Office was
received from the president.
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LATER MEMS.

SIX HUNDRED men employed in the
Union Pacific shops at Omaha struck
at noon. The men who went out were
the machinistS, boilermakers, black
smiths. moulders and patternmakers.
The employees claim that the company
has acted in bad faith.
THE British ships that will partici-
pate in the naval review arrived at
Hampton Roads the 18th. They are
the Blake, the Au ,tralia. the Magicienne,
the Tartar and the Partridge. The
Blake is of 20. 0OO-horsepower. and the
largest in this respect of any that will
take part in the maneuvers, domestic
or foreign.
THE island of Zante, one of the prin-
cipal Ionian islands off the coast of
Greece, was visited by most destruct-
i've earthquake the 18th, resulting III
great loss to life and property. The
shock appears tn have been most vio-
lent in the City of Zante, the grea ter
part of which was destroyed.
4 NEGRO prisoner in the Auburn. y.
Y. prison, named John johnson. ran
amuck in the broom shop the 18th. lie
was armed with sharp knife used in
emitting broom corn. and first attacked
Charles Peck. fellow convict from
Westchester county, leaving him dead
in his tracks lie next fatally stabbed
Daniel Britten. "A convict, and wounded
two others before he was shot by a
keeper and rendered powerless.
The treasury department was adj
vised the 18th that during the day ~,
$4,000 in gold was withdrawn from the
New York sub-treasury for shipment 70
Europe. This left only $40, 500 free
gold in the treasury.
CARTER HARRISON was inaugurated
mayor of Chicago the evening of the
18th.
THE Mechanics Savings bank OF
Nashville. Tenn, assigned the 18th.
Only SIo.4O in cash remained IN the in
Stitution.
The industrial revolution in Belgium
against the chamber of deputies is in
full progress. Tie strikers at Mons re-
sorted to the use of dynamite the 18th
to enforce their demand for universal
suffrage. The government has issuei
a decree calling ont the entire military
force Of the kingdom.
THE steamer Philip D. Armour passed
through the straits of Mackinac the
18th. bound for Buffalo, and the navi-
cation season 1898 was opened.
MAY wheat sold at IS cents in Chi
cago the 18th.
Ir was stated the 18th that Mrs. May
brick, n Woking prison, England, had
attempted suicide.
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BITsoN SAVED FROM A MOB.
Wisconsin Militia Take the Captured GRIM
inal TO the Baraboo jail.

CLINTON JUNCTION, Wis. April IT,
After Icing hunted from corner
To corner and hedge row TO hay
stack. Murderer Matthew Bitson was
lodged in the lime and wooden lookup
of Clinton Saturday afternoon. At
night company of militia arrived
from Madison to protect his life.
Around the shed all day were from
5000 500 people, good-natured crowd
as long as no attempt was made to
move the prisoner, "A savage. armed and
determined mob whenever an attempt
was made to put him on board train.
Twice the attempt was made. at 1910.
at $50, and at EACH time the sheriff was
deiied and told plainly that he could
never get his man away alive.
Bitson was caught in the house of
former employer, John Carrie, about ,
miles from this village lie said he was
almost frozen. but chatted about poll
ties and the weather, but said nothing
of the murder. Carrie ran out as soon as
he could get an excuse and cal ID VIII
liam Dooley, neighbor, and told
him to alarm the officers. Dooley threw
the harness off his horse and galloped
to town and ten minutes later thirty
five teams We're driving toward the
spot, the men armed with guns
and revolvers. Bitson saw them
through the window and shot him
self through the head tearing to
pieces the blood vessels of the neck. lie
then dropped the revolver and went in
to the bedroom and locked himself in.
Marshal Earl burst in the door and
took him to jerome Shimeal's buggy.
Shimeal galloped his horses all
the way To town, with a crowd
in front and rear. lie turned
from the main street as he
entered town. and the mob that was
forming in the village thought he meant
To take the prisoner TO GAINESVILLE. Cries
of Lynch him don't let him got" fol-
lowed. Clerk Mahaffy, of the Taylor
house, headed the mob, he being on
horseback. He fired navy revolver.
and the bullet ranged through the
buggy from front 20 back.
Bitson was able to say that he slept
in strawstacks while he was at large
and that he once got almost to the
county line, but was turned back by
the sight of armed passers by, who
were securing the woods
Adjt. Gen. Doe and the company of
Madison militia reached here by a
special train at 10 o'clock. They inn
mediately took Bitson from the jail
without any molestation from the mob
and started him off ON the special train
in the direction of GAINESVILLE.
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DURING the cyclone that wiped out
the town OF Robinsonville. Tenn,
seventeen persons were killed and over
100 Others were injured. some fatally.
IN Missouri the recent cyclone killed
eight persons at Hawkins Bank, five at
Lexington, two at Stan bury, two at
Steeleville and five at Page. A large
number of persons in the places named
were injured. some fatally.
SALINE. Mich. with population of
l.50O. was entirely wiped ont by a
cyclone.
OVER fifty derricl<s were blown down
in the Ohio oil fields b. heavy winds,
causing great damage.
THERE had been expended up 10 April
toward building the worlds fair SO,
7Os. s2G.4s, and the total receipts were
Sl7. 400 49,
IL Warren county. y. C., forest fire
swept over miles of country. destroy
ing over 200 farm buildings and much
other property.
IL the yards NJ the West Michigan
Lumber company at Diamond Lake
fire caused loss of 100000.
THE death of Nathaniel Straughn,
aged nearly l0l years, occurred at his
home near Mitchell. Ind
AT Rockville. Md. William Bond
lcoloredl was hanged for the murder of
Margaret Cephas (eolored) November
23. 1891.
JoHN L. MCBRIDE, of Ohio. was
elected president and Patrick Mcbride
secretary-treasurer of the United Mine
Workers of America at their meeting in
Columbus, O.
AT ThibodeanX, La, and vicinity a
cyclone wrecked several buildings,
killed fifteen persons and injured many
others.
TRAMPs while resisting arrest killed
two policemen, named Firth and Henry
Talcott, officers in the employ of the
Milwaukee Railroad company at Du-
buque, la.
NEAR Pendleton. Ore. valuable
paint mine was discovered. Two colors
were found. one a deep blue and the
other venetian red.
MANY houses and barns were burned
by forest fires in liodgman and Logan
counties. Kan. and large numbers of
horses and cattle persisted.
OFFICIALS of the Lake Shore railway
have refused to reinstate the engineers
who quit work at Toledo, o., recently.
THE discovery was made that John
Schardt, cashier of the Mechanics Saw
ings Bank & Trust company at Nash
Vile. Tenn, was SOS, 900 short in his ac-
counts and the suspension of the bank
followed.
FIRE destroyed the city stables of At
lauta. Ca, and 40 mules persisted in
the flames.
GEORGE REINFEIDr and Henry
Schroeder and his sister were drowned
in the harbor at San Francisco by the
capsizing of skiff.
AT the farmhouse of John earle near
Clinton, Wis. Mat Bitson, the murderer
of his wife and Mrs. Hearn, was cap
tured.
A DOZEN trunk line railways having
termini in Chicago have subscribed for
the last 81, 900, 900 worth of the s.. O0O,-
900 of bonds issued by the exposition
company to finish the work of building
the worlds fair
CHARLES SCoTT (colored) was exc
cuted at Tyler, Tex, for the murder of
u. ii. Curtis on July II, and Henry
Perry was hanged at Benncttsville, =.
c.. for the murder of l.. d. Taylor, Il
white man, on August q. 1892.
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GOAOED TO MURDEF
A Young Husband shoots Into "A Crowd,
killing Two Wen.

TOPEKA. Kan. April II "A double
murder is reported in Ness county sat
urday night at charivari. \ young
man by the name of Anderson was mar
ried in the forenoon and took his
wife 10 the home lie had provided
a few miles from Ness City About
midnight a crowd of nearly fifty SER
enaders surrounded his house and com
menced firing off guns. beating tin
pans and making other hid eous noises.
The gathering was largely composed
of the hoodlums of the com
munitv One cowboy had double
barreied shotgun loaded with buck
shot. Instead of firing into the air he
deliberately emptied its contents into
the house. The discharge barely missed
Anderson and his wife Anderson was
angered by this demonstration and
grabbing his double bar reled shotgun
raised window and emptied It's con
tents into the crowd, killing two Young
men of the neigh borhood and seriously
iniuring "a cowboy The latter is being
cared for at Anderson's home. The
sympathy of the people is with Andcr
sen, who has not been arrested.
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The MAY wide Awake

has an entertaining description OF
life on a lighthouse island in the
China Seas by the {. 5. Consul at
Singapore. lie calls it " How we
played Robinson Crusoe." Grace
Dean Mcleod has a Characters
tic Nova Scotia story Petit Pere
TeIix, q tale of the invasion of Acadie;
Joseph Hatton tells an exciting Incl
dent connected with the coin room of
the British Museum, The Princes Di-
lemma." Crawford Capen writes of
STAMPS and Stamp Collecting:" Annie
SAWYER Downs tells how the Young
Folks at the Eddy" dealt with the
servant-girl problem; Penelope Palmer
writes Of the wonderful Welsh boy in
the Pennsylvania mines who made
marvellous underground Music" Mrs.
Muller has a paper on the dolls of tho
world; bright short stories; Hugh ;.
Hart contributes to Vide -4iegke .dthlst-
ics. Golf: the Coming Game" the poet
nv of the number is from Celia Thax-
ter, Marion Ames Taggart, Sallie Mar
garet O'Malley, and Price Collier. A
delightful account of delightful boy
is Louise Imogen Guiney's sketch of
Hartley Coleridge. Ten Years Old"
illustrated by Wilkes portrait
Price 20 cents number. $40 year.
On sic at news stands or sent postpaid,
on receipt of price. by =. Lothrop Com
pany, Publishers, BIOS ton.
"YoU should see Mrs. Bunk.ns and her
daughter in their new dresses said the
marksmans wife. They are sights"
1--WE seen them" replied the opticians
wife. Il never saw such spectacles. -
Washington Star.
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CHURCH ITEMS.


THE archbishop of York has an
nounccd to his ..rchdeacons that he Will
contribute 5000 year-cne-tenth Of
his gross stipend to the fund formed
to increase the income of the poorest
beneGees Of the diocese.
REV. STETuEN II. IYNG.fo a long tiEac
pastor If the Church Of the Holy Trinity.
New York. but for the last twelve
years cngugcd in the Insurance bust
ness in ! arts. France. announces his in
tention of returning 90 the ministry
TuE late John ". Caughcy. Of Allie
gheny. has given S9.O33 each Is the
boards Of foreign and home missions;
the board Of missions 50 the freedmen.
81 coo. and 10 the board Of relief twenty
shares Of stock Of the New York Steam
company
REV. On TAyScE, Of The Fifth
Avenue baptist church in New York
asked las congregation 10 contribute
$4,000 last Sunday - convert the
heathcn- The contribution b5x went
around and the collection footed up
S}0.uO0 in cash
THE Cincinnati Post has taken a
ballot of the Presbyterian ministers on
the ,rigrs and smith eases. Blank
ballots were sent - every twelfth min
lister on this. church roll. Out of a25
votes received 3l9 iadorsed the general
assem- bIy's del.verance on the inerrancy
Of the Scriptures.
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STEAMER BLOWS up.
None of the Passengers Escape Injury and
Some NAV Die.


WISAMAC. Ind, April 1.-THE boiler
Of the passenger steamer Nellie Bly,,
owned 10y J. i. Fishborn & Co, while
making a trip down the river Sunday
afternoon exploded, seriously injuring
several persons George Crane, proprie-
tor of the Eagle machine shops of this
city, had both legs broken and crushed.
The others were less seriously hurt.
None Of the passengers escaped injury.
The boat was intirely demolished and
sank Immediately after the explosion.
These were seriously and possibly fatal
ly injured:
George Crane. both legs broken and crushed
and iujGred internally; J. f. Fishborn. pro-
prletor of the boat. scalded ami hurt internally
Clarence Fishborn. his son, la Nv scalded'
Daniel Rhodes, baily bruised ana internally in
jured; James Long, badly scaled.
When the accident occurred the boat
was in shallow water. The pilot had dis
covered that there was something wrong
with the machinery and was steering
for shore. But for this fact il IS proba-
BILE that every person on board would
have been lost. Daniel Rhodes was blown
80 feet and completely covered with
wreckage. His recovery is doubtful.
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FELL FROM a BALLOON.
An Aeronaut Receives Severe Injuries at
Quincy, III.

QvINcY, H., April l7.-Chcster Swear
niger. an aeronaut, was seriously in
iured in balloon ascension accident at
Highland park late Sunday afternoon.
He attempted to make parachute jump
and started up hanging to the parachute
The wind drove the balloon against
"a tree. and when about 40 feet from the
ground the man was knocked off. lie
struck the limb of a tree in his fall and
came whirliug TO the ground, alighting
on his chest. Ills rightarm was broken
and he was injured Internally.
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KILLED a WOMAN.
The Terrible Deed OF Railroad Man nt
Denn!sou. %.

CLEVELAND. O.. April IA young
woman named Emma Mcdonald was
murdered in cold blood at Dennison. O.,
Saturday night 10y Harry Stew
art. railroad flagman. Stewart
had bad trouble with his sweet
heart. v no boarded at the same house
with Miss Mcdonald. and he
imagined that the latter was in some
way responsible. Late Saturday night
stewart went to the house. and upon
obtaining admission forced his way
into Miss McDonald's room. He asked
her for an explanation. She told him
she knew nothingof the trouble. Draw
ing revolver Stewart shot the girl
dead lie at once gave himself up and
WAS taken to iail
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SOCIALISTS TO MELT.
a National Convention to he Held in Chi
cago July J..

CHICAGO, April 1.-THE national
congress of socialists will be held in
Chicago during the week beginning
July I. The congress will look to-
ward national politics and will issue
manifesto of principles and platform.
Delegates will be selected then to the
international congress of socialists
which will meet at Zurich, Switzerland,
in August At the congress in Chicago
distinguished socialists will he present
from belgium, France, Germany and
Switzerland
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HAP. mIsHAP AND HAPPENING.

Az earthquake wave once crossed the
Pacific in twelve hours or over six miles
a minute
A PIGEON. on one of whose legs was
a metal band marked \. 1862 was
killed at Altoona, Pa. last week. By I'd
ward Banks. who would Toe glad to re-
turn the band Ia the owner IL be can DO
found The bird had been seen about
the town for Z year.
4 Resident of Cincinnati, who attend
cd Clevelands Inauguration in 1ss4.
wore purposely cheap watch 50 that
If it was stolen he would not lose much
The timepiece was stolen. but an hour
afterward he found it in his oVereoat
pocket, the Disguised pickpocket hav-
ing returned It.
r. A. LEWIS, ST.. who lives near How
ardsvIlle. Va. slipped aad fell the other
dav TO the bottom Of & well said to be
seventy-five feet deep. He landed, it is
stated. in fifteen feet of water. and
according TO our authority, he soon
rose and climbed mp To where he eould
support himself until his friend srescued
him.