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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
The News Of the Week.
By TELEGRAPH AND NAIL
FIFTYTHIRD CONGRESS.
Extra Session.

TUESDAY. Aug. % Mr.. NoOrhce ;
chairman of the finance committee
in the senate, reported back the
house bill repeating part of the Sher-
man act with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute. The difference
between the house bill and the Noor-
hees bill is found in the attachment to
the latter of a paragraph declaring
that it IS the policy of the United States
10 use both gold and silver as money
metals and 10 preserve parity. No ac-
ton was taken In the house an ami
mated discussion took place over the
rules between Speaker Crisp and ex-
Speaker Reed. Mr.. Springer intro
duced a bill TO provide for the coinage
of the seignOrage silver in the treasury,
which was referred.
WEDNESDAY. Aug. 3O.-In the senate
Senator Sherman spoke in favor of
the repeal of the silver law, but said
the present financial troubles were not
due to silver, and that alterations OF
the tariff laws would prove disastrous
To the country. a bill was introduced
providing for the dismissal from the
government service of all persons not
citizens of the United States. In the
house the urgency deficiency appropria-
ton bin $500, OOOl was passed The
new code of rules was discussed.
THURSDAY, Aug S1.-ln the senate
Senator Woleott Coli spoke against
the repeal of the silver law. A
concurrent resolution was introduced
directing the secretary of the treasury
to issue certificates not to exceed %
per cent. of the amount of gold coin
and bullion in the treasury. In the
/ house the new code of rules was fur
/ Their discussed.
FRIDAY. Sept. 1. - In the senate
/ Mr.. Voorhees, request for unanimous
consent that the senate bill be substi-
tuted for the house bill repeating the
/ purchasing clause of the sherman act
was objected to by Mr.. Cockrell. Mr..
/ Vance spoke against the repeal of the
silver law and in favor of free coinage.
The time in the house was passed in
discussing the rules. An amendment
the chamber at any time.
SATURDAY, Sept. :. "A joint res
OlutiOn TO amend the constitution re
lating to the election of senator's by the
people was introduced in the senate.
The house urgency deficiency bill was
passed. A bill appropriating 5000
to enable the enforcing of the Geary
Chinese exclusion act was discussed.
In the house the new rules were further
discussed a joint resolution was in
troduced for the appointment of a com
mission To inquire into and report upon
the recent change in the relative value
of silver and the effect thereof on
finance, trade, commerce, agriculture
and labor. Adjourned to the 9th.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
WEST AND SOUTH.

IN New Orleans Nathan Friedlander,
i've years ago a planter and commission
merchant, but lately a worthless char
acter. shot and killed his wife and then
killed himself.
IL a runaway accident near Cedar
Springs, Mich, Homer Bears, we'll
known farmer, and his wife were IA
tally injured.
THE American Bar association met
in sixteenth annual convention in Mil
waukee-
OK Hunting island, off the east coast
of south Carolina the steamer City Of
Savannah. of the Ocean Steamship com
PAW. was wrecked. No lives We're lost.
FLAMES caused loss of over $3.50, 0OC
to occupants Of Lindsay Bros big
block in Milwaukee. The Mccormick
Harvester company and the Transfer &
Storage company were the principal
losers
The First national bank of Grand
Junction. Col. and the First national
bank of DUBUQUE, Ia, resumed bust.
ness.
LATER advices saw that since the re-
cent storm in tho south 500 dead bodies
have been found on the islands about
Beaufort and Port Royal, :. C.. and that
the total number Of dead MD reach
/ 200. Over 1000, 900 worth of proper.
tn was wrecked near the same points.
Near jacksonville, Fla. fourteen dead
bodies We're found, and the damage to
fruit trees and orange groves was enor-
nous
AT the session in 81. Louis of the sew
enth international Sunday school con-
vention the report Of Secretary Porter
showed the number of Sunday schools
of the United States and British Amer
ica to be $50. 49,; teachers and officers,
So. SIS; scholars. IO,S7O, lO4; total, IL
- CO..
WHILE carelessly handling a revolver
supposed TO be unloaded Leo Stafford
shot and killed his bride of six weeks al
East Liverpool. o.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
rHE FRENCH ARMY.
4 Is the One Place In which Social Rank
Counts for Nothing.

4 Is the One Place In which Social Rank
Counts for Nothing.
The first and most salient point in
The French army seen from within is
The mixture of social ranks Now, this
mixture. which might in many societies
De a source of weakness. may be said
mere to be ore of the principal causes
Of the recuperation of the country. 1t
IS. believe, a unique experiment to
lay the military law equally. upon the
shoulders of every citizen, Of whatever
rank he may be.
The nearest approach TO the French
universal eonscription is TO be seen in
Germany, but even there he absolute
equality of men before the law is far
from holding good. Promotion from
the ranks is almost unknown; the rich,
who can afford university education
for their sons and who can pay a sum
Of money to the government, exempt
them from all serious soldering. These
young men pass a few weeks in bar
racks, and afterward attend a specified
time of drill, while they are allowed to
lodge outside quarters and to follow
their ordinary civil occupations in the
university. This lasts, if l am not mis-
taken. for one year, after which term
they pass into the reserve as officers.
Under the French law every man
without exception serves in the army
for at least one year During that year
he is merged entirely in the private
soldier. His social rank, If he has one,
is completely ignored; the officers who
command him regard merely his eff
cheney and his faithfulness to duty and
If any difference is made between a.
man of some education and the peas
ants around him, it is in the direction
of putting him into the Peloton din
struction-a species of school drill
where he may earn in six months or
year the grade of corporal. but in
which, on account of the extra duties
the place involves. the life is harder in
manual labor and has less free time
thar that of the unambitious trooper
outside
1t must not he inferred from this
that the peloton d'Instruction stands
apart. II is held merely during the
I hours which are otherwise free time.
/ Nor must it be imagined for a moment
/ that a man of a richer class than his
/ fellows necessarily belong to it, or that
men of such class form the majority
| of its members There may be IN a
/ company or battery from six to eight
eleves caperaux, and in whole regi-
ment less than that number of gentle
men.
The elevation TO the grade of reserve
officer is also proceeded with in man
ner very different from that obtaining
I in Germany. The places in the reserve
are given in part to retired officers O.
/ the active army and in part to those
men who have followed the Pelotor
! Construction for at least one year, and
who at the end of that time are com
petent to pass a special examination. =
! Contemporary Review.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

The nearest living relative of George
Washington IS Ebenezer Burgess Ball,
who keeps a little cigar stand in the
rotuuda Of the pension office in Wash
ingtOn. The Sons of the American
Revolution have investigated his claims
thoroughly and their verdict goes to
support them lie Is said to resemble
Washington's portrait much more close
IL than any other person claiming Tela-
tionship and pictures that have been
taken of him dressed in the continental
uniform have been mistaken by many
for representations Of Washington i'm
self Mr. Ball is 80 years old. but is
hale and hearty.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

A CoNGBEGATIoNAL clergyman of
Ohio has forwarded to the patent Office
at Washington a model of a device for
furnishing communicates with indi-
viduaI cups. They are about two
inches high, one inch at the mouth,
tapering down 10 nearly five-eighths of
an inch at the bottom. As many as
forty can conveniently Toe carried in a
frame, and be replenished in few see
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

The ministers have been discussing
the bad boy problem and casting about
for the best method of making the bad
boy good and preventing the good boy
from becoming bad. The first step
should be the education of the parents
to sense of their responsibility. Par
ents nowadays are inclined 10 intrust
too large a share of the training of
their children to the public schools
the church and the state Character is
fnrmrd al home
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

SOCIAL reformers have found another
good text to enlarge upon. A New
York state bride who was kissed by all
her friends came down with diphtheria
the morning after the wedding, and
now several of the friends have been
affected with the same disease Things
have come Ia n pretty pass when we
are not To be allowed TO indulge even
in kissing without a physicians pre-
ScriDtiou
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

SENATOR CoBNAN IL pachydermatous
So far as newspaper attacks are con-
cerned- The correspondent Of New
York paper who imagined that he had
fairly fiayed the Marylander alive for
his views respecting the silver question
called upon him To ask If he had any
thing to say in reply. Really" said
Nr. German, smiling sweetly, Il very
seldom see your paper, and have not
heard of the article referred to- Be
sides. the matter Is of no Importance,
assure you. And then the CORE
spondent vent out and communed
with nature for an hour or 80. but he
didn't feel any better.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

MOLLY STARK not only did not die a
widow because Of the valorous battle of
Remington. but she lived on 10 become
a noble mother IL Israel, and At one
time thirty out Of forty of the children
attending the district school in what IS
called the stark district" of New
Hampshire were named stark. They
were all descendants Of the four chill
Cren Molly bore 70 the hero of Rem
nington- Now, however. the name Is
almost extinct in New Hampshire. and
in Manchester. the center Of the Stark
district. only two or three persons are
left who bear the name of the brave
general of the revolution.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

THE forty-four United States owe.
collectively. $50. eco, 600, and they pay
10 the no ders Of state securities $40
00O.O .-ear as interest Though the
population OF the United States has in
creased during the ten years between
1850 and 1890 from 10000. 600 to g.. O00,-
OOO there has been no increase in the
debt Of tine several states ON the con-
trary. the total obligations were less in
1880. and are les now. than they We're
at any time between 1889 and $50
Careful fnauciering Is the rule in
American commonwealth to-day. The
states of Vermont, Iowa, Michigan, llli-
nois and Wisconsin are free from debt.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

a WOMAN has unraveled the secret of
the Aztec calendar and she'll give it
away. The discovery is expected TO
throw much light on the history and
customs of the ancient inhabitants of
America, and archROlogiSts pronounce
il a most important contribution To the
lore Of that branch of investigation.
Woman's curiosity, properly trained
and directed. can work wonders.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
Elections in France.

PARIS. Sept. THE second bolloting
occurred in France Sunday. At 1880
a. m returns show that 109 republicans,
six conservatives and seven rallied
rights candidates have been elected, a
republican gain of 10. Floquet, Glenn
enceau and Paul de Cassagnac have
been defeated
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

DIR MARY WALKER injured her right
leg some wears ago, and at times it
causes her great inconvenience. To a
friend who met her the other day and
asked the fair doctor how her health
was, she replied: My right Walker is
a little stiff nowadays, but otherwise ]
am all right"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
Train wreckIng suspected.

The south bound passenger train on
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
was wrecked near Amberg and Engi-
neer Ainsworth had one leg cut off, and
the fireman. whose name could not be
learned, was fatally hurt. The passen-
gers escaped with slight injuries. The
disaster was believed to be the work OF
train yvreclxerS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
cOnviets Need Employment.

The state board of control is not
pleased with the state of affairs at the
penitentiary at Waupun. One hundred
and thirty-five of the convicts are idle
and the remainder are working only
eight hours per day. This is because
contractors for prison labor are running
very close on account of business de-
preston. The idle men are hard to
manage. and the board is trying TO de
wise some means to keep the men en-
oinved
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

WHETHER IL would be better to live
with sloveniy, good-naturcd wife or a
tidy. scolding wife was the question
debated in a Washington county Me-
lyceum and was carried in favor of the
Elncl, NNnman
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

At last the size Of hailstones has
been reduced to a scientific certainty,
and there need be no more lying. Wal
nuts. hens eggs and potatoes AL vary
in size, but now that the baseball has
been adopted as the hail standard we
know where we are at. A professional
baseball has definite SIZE.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

TUsooLA. ILL.,, Sept 5.-Disastrous
fires in towns within radius of few
miles of here are credited to an organ
lied band of firebugs. Camargo, Villa
Grove, Murdoch, Sidell and Hume have
suffered by the work Of the incendia-
ries, and the total loss aggregates over
x1OO 600
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
Ier. n. shinned Rack to Ianan.

SAN Francisco, Sept. 5.-The steamer
China, which arrived Thursday from
Hong Kong via Yokohama, had quite a
number of Jewish exiles on board.
The immigration commissioner on
examination found they were near
ly all very poor and wretchedly
dirty, and decided to send them back to
Japan on the same steamer. Every
steamer that will arrive between now
and December will bring more of these
exiles. They have all been expelled
from Siberia, and Kobe, Nagaski and
Yokohama, Japan, are swarming with
them
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

A MAN in New York was arrested for
kissing another mans wife. The sen
tence of the court was that the prisoner
should kiss own wife. who was present
n the court room. He willingly did so
and was discharged If the judge con-
sidered that a penalty. ten to one he
has married a chrome himself
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
MAY Not BE Dead After An.

The suspicion is growing that Mrs.
Charles Irwin. the young wife of the
Chicago printer, whose suicide by
drowning in lake occurred at Madi-
son. or was supposed to have occurred.
is vet alive. She was a patron of a
merry-go-round the night before her
boat was found fioating.s and seemed
far from being victim of melancholia.
Then. too. her husband cannot be
fonpI
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
CLoUDBuRST IN GEORGIA.
People Compelled to Swim for Their Lives
and Much Damage Done.

SAvAasAH, Ga, Sept. 5'-A big
cloudburst is reported at Guyton, on
the Central railroad, about 30 miles
from this city. The people were caught
on the streets and country roads and
had to swim for their lives Bridges
were washed away. The approach to
the southbound bridge over the Savan-
nah river was swept away. 1t is not
known whether lives were lost, but
it is thought so. The water is now
said to be four feet deep in Guyton
straatS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

PROF. DENTON thinks express trains
will never 60 very much faster than
they do now lie bases this opinion
on the fact that the resistance increases
more rapidly than the speed, so that at
last limit must be reached.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

DURING all the stOppage of mills and
howls of the calamityites the mild and
peaceable coal barOns announce a meet
ing at Pittsburgh to advance rates
We intend use the attic stairs
for fuel this winter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
Asphyxiated in a New Wen.

The 1O-year-old son of James Brown
fell into dry well at Eau Claire and
was overcome by gas and was dead
when taken out. His mother tried to
rescue him and was partially asphvx-
lated. She fell in and was pulled out
with a rope. The well was new one
and only II feet deep.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
After Those who Hang an Efigy.

Tons RIVER, n. J., Sept. By Of
fering reward of 500 for furnishing
evidence to secure the conviction Of the
persons who few nights ago hanged
an efiigy Of President Cleveland in
front of the Van Hise building Thomas
w Middleton. prosecutor of the pleas.
has turned what many have chosen to
regard as a Joke" into a serious mat
ter Indignation has been growing
since the efiigy was found in front of
he Van Hise building.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
OUTLAWS IN KANSAS.

ADDE'S Hold Up Train, Kill the Express
Messenger and Plumber the Passengers
and All the Train Employees.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Sept 5.-Near the
little station of Mound Valley, Kan, at
o'clock Sunday morning three des-
perate men who understood their bust
ness held up the St Louis g. San Fran
cisco passenger train. Express
Messenger Chapman was shot and
killed. Failing to secure money from
the express car, the bandits robbed
the passengers in manner much
after the style of the James
Younger gang in their palmiest
days. The work was done with the
cool deliberation of typical outlaws. 1t
is estimated that the amount of booty
secured fell not far short of $500.
Watches, diamonds and other valuables
were taken along with the cash. Wom-
en- were not molested by the plunderers
hecauSa of their sex
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS,
Wisconsin sharpshootcrs.

The twenty-ffth tournament of Buff
falo county sharpshooters was held at
Alma. La Crosse, Winona and Foun-
tain City societies att ended. Fidelius
Gerlieh, of Fountain City, was crowned
king. having made sixty-nine out of a
possible seventy five on the honor tar
get and twenty out of a possible thirty
nine on a Stitch target at distance of
zoo yards In the team shoot Winona
came out first, making COL rings out of
a possible sT5. Alma was second with
649 rings
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
ASSASSINATEp.
Attorney Dan McCarty shot - E.s Own
Doorway at MarysviIle, la.

Doorway at Marysviile, la.
KNOXVILLE, Ia, Sept. 5.--Dan Me-
Carly, an attorney and a well-known
character at Marysville, Ia, was shot
and killed in his own doorway
at late hour Friday night He
lived long enough to say two men had
been lying in wait and shot as he
stepped outside the door. Some six
weeks ago McCarty was shot through
the lungs by John Netherow, and was
just recovering from what was at first
considered a fatal wound. McCarty
has always borne the reputation of a
desperate man and was greatly feared.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
salmon PacLsd for Market.

VANCOUVER, b. c., Sept. 5-The can
neries have all closed. The salmon
pack is estimated at 47l,Ooo cases, sur
passing all previous records by nearly
900 0OO ,.asaS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

DURING the reign Of Henry VIII. H.
800 persons We're legally executed in
England, the larger portion of whom
were guilty Of no Offense worse than
misdemeanOr. In one year 500 starv-
ng beggars were hanged for asking
aims
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

DON JOSH GALISDO, mayor of Valen-
Cia. Spain, has been sentenced TO four
teen years each on 217 indictments for
falsifying public documents, S,05s years
in all They might have taken of those
n.Il ID.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

QUINCY, H., Sept 5.-Felix Sheridan
was buried in the Catholic cemetery
Saturday. He was lO1 years old and
was veteran and pensioner of the
war of 1912. He had lived at the SOL
diers' home here for six wears.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

DAVID ;. PATTERSON, of Nebraska,
who has recently patented an improve
ment in the driving gear of locomO-
tives. Is seventy-ive years old, and has
been totally blind from infancy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

PUTTING a man on ice has always
been considered a humorous conceit,
but recently a New York man was
locked up in a refrigerating room acct
dcntally, where he nearly froze 10 death.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
work Resnmed ~ Homestead.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Sept. 5.-Carnegie's
Homestead plant. which has been par
TALLY shut down for the past six weeks,
will resume in all departments to-
day. This win give employment to p
600 idle men.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

THE sultan of Turkey has 500 wives;
the king Of Dahomey. 25O; the shah of
Persia, 400; the king of Siam. eco; the
king of Ashantee, 5000, and the en-
rerOr OF Morocco abOut g. GOO
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07
Murder and Suicide.

DUBUQUE, Ia, Sept. 5.-Joseph Henry
killed William Haney at Lansing, Ia,
Saturday, striking him with club and
then choking him as he sat in chair.
After telling his family to call the cor
oner Haney ran to the river and
drowned himself lie left note say
ing nobody but himself was to blame.
The murdered man was the brother OF
Judge Hanev. of Mitchell, 5. ID.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

PSYCHOLOGISTS say that active exer-
else of a mans arms and chest promotes
the activity of his mind. Perhaps this
is why pugilists do SO much talking.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

ONE-THIRD of the California fruit
ranches are either owned or managed
by women Sweets 10 the sweet.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

SCHOOL district in Hophinton.
y. H., contains this year but single
scholar, and the board OF education
has engaged the child's mother as its
teacher
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

PARIS, Sept. Miss Leal, young
Scotch woman. has broken the bank at
Monte Carlo. She won $500, 600 in one
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

William WiclSs. an employee at the
Decatur tIll.l linseed oil mill, fell into
= vat Of oil and was drowned.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-07

All Lo Doom. Chinaman, was hanged
at San Rafael, Cal. for the murder OF
William Shentor, painter. with whom
be had quarreled-