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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
The News Of the Week.
FROM WASHINGTON.
BY TELEoRAPH AND NAIL.

STATISTICS from the &C nsus Office
show that nearly one-half the families
in the United States own their own
homes
EXCHANGES at the leading clearing
houses IN the United States during the
week ended on the 3Ist ult- sggre-
gated s744. 23O. PAL, against ss1S, 49s. 631
the previous week. The decrease, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1898. was 14.6.
II thc United States there were 16s
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 31st ult.. against 2s3 the
week previous and $50 in the CORE
spending time in 1898.
TRE supreme assembly of the Pyth-
ian Sisterhood in eonelave at Wash
ington elected Mrs. George Bemis. of
Worchester, Mass, as supreme chan
cellor. The Pythian Sisters elected
Mrs Ida VI. Weaver, of Des Moines,
la. as supreme chief.
TOTAL receipts from all sources at
the treasury during August amounted
to SAL .O2I, $3.50, and the disbursements
to s3l .6ss. sO4. leaving surplus for the
month of -, 1872. 526.
WHISKY men will refuse to pay the
new tax, claiming that the increase
was illegal. and will appeal to the SUI
preme court.
The public debt decreased s1,TI3, 654
during August.
THROUGHOUT the country the first
national labor holiday was generally
observed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
THE EAST.

THE Brooklyn IN. W biscuit works
were burned, the loss being over $780,
600.
AT Beverly Farms, near Boston.
Oliver Wendell Holmes celebrated his
s5th birthday.
IN a tenement house fire in New
York city Mercio Levine. aged SO; Jo-
seph Levine. aged IS, and Elias Levine,
aged 10, persisted.
AT East Mortified, Mass, William
Revell Moody. eldest son of the revival
list. was married TO Miss Mary Whittle,
eldest daughter of Mai. ID. W. Whit
tie.
THE president arrived at Bu2zard's
Bay, Mass, where he will spend brief
vacation.
The eastward and westward Allan
tic records We're broken, the former
by the Campania, which made the trip
from New York to Queenstown in 5
days 10 hours and A. minutes, the lat
ter by the Lucania. which made tie
trip from Queenstown To New York in
DAYS hours and IS minutes.
NEW CASTLE. Pa, was literally
fiC oded with counterfeit quarters and
dimes.
Ex-VIcE PRESIDENT MORTON in an
open letter TO the republicans of New
York announced his candidacy for the
gubcrnatorial nomination.
PERCENTAGES of the baseball clubs
in the national league for the week
ended on the LIST were: Baltimore.
$50; Boston. .639; New York, $3.50;
Philadelphia. .561; Brooklyn, .542;
Cleveland, .524; Pittsburgh, .49l: Chi
eago. 1913; Cincinnati. .435; st. Louis,
4IS; Washington, .345; Louisville,
.296.
A NEW counterfeit two-dollar bank
note on the Commercial national bank
of Providence, r. J., was discovered.
In Boston smoke from forest fires
became so dense that artificial light
was necessary at noon.
AFTER a long illness Gen. Nathaniel,
P. Banks. famous as both soldier and
statesman, died at Waltham, Mass,
aged IS years.
In Pennsylvania forest fires were
raging and trenches were being dug
to protect the oil and gas plants.
ALLEN ATKINS, IL years old, broke
the world record for riding backwards
at the bicycle tournament in Palmer,
Mass, making half mile in 2:1394.
AFTER issuing $500 900 worth of bo-
gus policies w. VI. Granger, manager
at Pittsburgh of the Guarantee Com
pany of North America, has disap-
peared
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
KNIGHTS OF PHYTHIAs.
Officers Are EIected-Prizes Awarded 70
Division Drills.

Division Drills.
WAsHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The supreme
lodge Knights of Pythias elected Of
ficers as follows:
Supreme chancellor Walter p. Richie Ohio;
supreme vice chancellor, Philip L. Colgrove,
Michigan: supreme prelate. Albert Steinhart
Alabama; keeper of seals and records, A. 5. G.
White. Tennessee; master-at-arms, A. ID. Gar
diner New York; inner guard James Moulson.
New Brunswick; outer guard. John W.
Thompson. Washington. ID. &; chairman board
of control. John A Hinsey, Wisconsin.
WASHINGTON, Sept The ten prizes
for division drills, uniform rank X. of
7. won by the following divisions:
First Hastings, ot Hastings. Mich; second.
Parhersburg. No. g. Of Parkersburg w. Va;
third John Barr Glenn division Of Fan Claire,
Wis fourth Mystic, No. Il, of Girard, Kan; ;
fifth. New Albany, No 5. OF New Albany. Ind;
sixth Yellow Cross. No. IS. of Alliance. o.;
seventh Pr ovost, No l. of Kansas City. Mo;
eighth Terre Haute. No 3, of Terre Haute,
Ind; ninth, Lily No. 49, of Radcliffe, Ia;
tenth, Indianapolis, Nc. Sc, of indianapolis,
Ind.
The cavalry drill prize was won by
the ID. ID. Barnes Hussars. of st. Io-
seph. Mo. and the battalion drill by
the first battalion OF the First regi-
ment of Indiana, who were without
competitors.
A handsome stand of colors, offered
by the Evening Star of Washington to
the regiment making the best appear
ance in the parade, was awarded to the
First Regiment of West Virginia.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
He Never Came Back.

A London lawyer, now prominent IA
his profession, IN his yauth was mid
shipman. In this capacity he was left
in charge of the ship, as she lay off
Spanish port, all his superiors being on
shore. Some of the sailors begged to
go ashore, and he let them, on the
promise that they would bring him
back some oranges. One of them dis
appeared, and the midshipman suffered
consequently for it. More than twenty
years afterward the ex-midshipman
was looking in a shop window in the
Strand, when he seemed to know the
face of q weather-beaten man, who
was doing the same thing. Suddenly
he remembered, and put his hand on
the others shoulder. "My man." he
said, You have been long time after
those oranges The sailor recognized
him, in turn, grew white and took to
his heels
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

POLICE in Milan arrested an anarchist
in whose possession were papers de-
failing the plans of a conspiracy to
stab the king of Greece.
VAoUI Indians ambushed Mexican
troops near Los Guesimes, and twelve
soldiers and one woman were killed.
DURING fire among the flower boats
ON the Canton river 1000 Chinese were
burned or drowned.
TWENTY-FIVE persons were killed in
a quarrel over boundary lines between
San Miguel AchiutI. and Teposcolma,
Mexico.
FLAMES wiped out Point au Pic, a
summer resort 20 miles below Quebec.
SPAIN issued decree cancelling the
reciprocity treaty between the United
States and Cuba, to take effect the
moment the United States applies the
new customs tariff.
In Hayti seven persons were shot for
connection with conspiracy to muir
der a daughter of Hippolyte.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
LATER NEWS.
The Death List Grows.

DULUTH, Mimi, Sept. 4.-The death
roll resulting from the forest fires in
creases and now over $50 are known to
be lost, the greater part women and
children. At an early hour this morn
ing party of experienced woodsmsn
left on a special conveyance to scour
the woods for bodies of settlers in out
of-way cabins and clearings.
They are expected to bring back APP
palling reports. In the stretch of terri
tory 90 miles long and from to Is
miles wide, not a single human habita-
tion is left standing except the section
house at Miller, and in every part of
the track of the flames the bodies of
men, women, children, horses and cat
tie have been FOUND
The work of the flames has been COM
plete and cyclonic in character. Where
the fire held sway not single tree is
standing except as blackened stump.
A careful canvass reveals the fact that
70 settlers homes in outside towns fell.
There were 500 people in these homes.
At Brookdale, a little town an the East
ern Minnesota south of Hinckley. about
90 persons took refuge in the water of
small creek. Out of this place Ga dead
bodies were taken and buried, al some
so living persons were rescued, some
badly burned.
Another town has fallen a prey TO de-
vouring flames. making nine in all that
have been consumed This time the
village of Granite. on the Omaha road,
two miles south of Barronette. is the
victim. A good SHIRE of the town. a
saw mill aud 100000 feet of lumber
were consumed.
The list of the dead found within a
radius of eight miles Of Hinckley is $50.
The little village of Bruce, Wis, was
totally destroyed by fire. The people
creek.
A relief party has returned from the
scene of the wreck, The rowd was
made up into relief parties - six or
eight, which took supplies. medicines
and st-etchers with them and made a
systematic search for two or three
miles each side of the St Paul & Du-
luth track. They found over so bodies.
Nandals were found examining the
dead with a view of robbing them. DIR.
Magic had no less than three of these
men thrown from the train.
The total loss of standing pine timber
cannot be less then 200, O00 900 to 500, 0OO.-
600 feet in Minnesota alone.
The town of Thorpe. Wis, WIS re
ported burning the night of the 4th, the
result of forest fires.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
FATALLY BURNED.
A Man and wife Saturated with Dlazing
Alcohol.

SARATOGA, n ", Sept. 3.-0n Fri
day morning a fire started in the labo-
ratory of Farr & Brightman. manufac-
turers of fluid extracts. etc, by the
overheating of case of alcohol. eaus-
ing its vapor 80 ignite. The burning
fluid was thrown upon the garments
of George f. Newland and his wife,
Mrs. Newland. and at once enveioped
them in flames Before the fire could be
extinguished Mrs. Newland vas Sc
verely and probably fatally burned,
and Mr.. Newland was badly burned on
the right hip. the lower part OF the
abdomen and both hands and arms as
far a. the elbows Wallace French
and Oscar Guernsey. employed IN the
laboratory. sustained severe burns on
their hands and arms in saving Mr..
and Mrs. Newland from death IN the
flames. The building was but slightly
damaged.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
Russian Marriage Laws.

A newly issued blue-book on mar
riage AMI divorce abroad, contains one
fact amongst many others not general
ly Known in this country. by the laws
of Russia a man or woman must marry
before eighty years of age or not marry
at all. and they are also prohibited
from marrying more than four times.
The blue-book is naturally full of in
formation as regards the prohibited"
degrees. The Brazilian law permits the
marriage of uncle and niece, aunt and
nephew, first cousins and of brothers
in-law with sisters-in-law. In Italy
the uncle and niece alliance is valid,
and in France 1t is open to the presi-
dent to remove the prohibition against
marriages between the deceased wife's
sister and her brother-in-law, and be-
tween uncle and niece and aunt and
panbapv
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cAu1IousnEss OF ELEPHANTS.
Tue Animals Acateness In Locating Hid
den Dangers.


One elephant, which the officer coin-
handing six-elevea battery of the Royal
artillery lent to assist in extricating
some eamels which Were being engulfed
In the quiclzsands, showed an amount
OF sagaeity which was positively mar
velous. II was with the utmost diff
Guilty, says foreign exchange, that we
could get him to go near enough to at
tach drag rope TO one camel wanted
70 rescue In spite of our being about
fifty yards from the bank of the river,
he evinced the greatest anxiety. while
his movements were made with ex-
treme caution.
Despite coaxing, persuasive remon-
STRANGE, and, at last, a shower of heavy
blows dealt upon his head by the exas-
perated mahout, this elephant stub
bornly refused to go where he was
wanted, but. with his trunk showed out
in front of MIN, kept feeling his way
with his ponderous feet. placing them
before him slowly. deliberately and
metAodically, treading all the while
with the velvety softness of cat and
taking only one step at a time. Then
suddenly he would break out into a
suppressed kind of shrielE and retreat
backward in great haste.
When the animal had nearly COM
pleted a circuit of the ground with the
same. caution and deliberation, he ad-
vaneed to within ten yards of the poor
camel, but not another inch would he
move, though several men were walk
ng between him and the camel with
out any signs of the ground giving way.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
A DISASTROUS FLouu.
Great Number of People Drowned
Uyaide. Tex.

lsatde. Tex.
UvALDE, Tex, Sept ga terrible
catastrophe befell this thriving town
Thursday night and there is mourn
ing in many households. The ealami-
ty was entirely unexpected. The
treacherous Iecna river, swollen to a
raging torrent by recent rains rus he'd
down upon the town. submerging and
wrecking many houses and drowning
a number of people. In this arid sec
ton such destructiveness by the ele-
ments has never before been chron-
icled. in the excitement of the day it
is not definitely known how many have
been drowned 1t is feared that 200
or 300 people may have been drowned
in the lowlands south of Uvalde.
1t was about o'clock in the morn
ing when the food came. The wealth
er had been threatening and there were
ominous clouds TO the north and east
of town. The atmosphere had been
close during the evening and predic-
tions of a storm were freely made.
As the hours wore on the dark
clouds rose higher and higher. Just
as the storm broke over the city
in all its fury a torrent of water
rushed down the Leona river, over
flowing the banks of that stream and
flooding the low lands on either side
to depth of several feet. The east
side of the city is built on low land
and was directly in the path of this
water. All the houses in the heart of
the town were submerged and in the
darkness throughout the downpour of
rain could be heard the cries of dis
tress from the Inflated inhabitants in
their wild efforts to save their lives.
There were a number of miraculous
escapes, and the rescuers and the
rescued performed many heroic acts.
As soon as those in the higher part of
town were made aware of the terrible
flood and dire consequences the work
of rescuing was begun and carried out
as rapidly as possible i'm the darkness.
An earthquake shock of some sec
onds' duration was distinctly felt dur
ing the night. At one place near the
city about a quarter of a mile of huge
cracks appear on each side of the
Leona river. having apparently no
bottom. According to reports received
at the southern Pacific offices the ter
rible flood was augmented by a most
remarkable phenomenon which was
caused by the earthquake.
ST.. Louis, Sept. S.-Dispatches from
southwestern Texas report very heavy
rains in that section and heavy dam
age done to railroads and other prop
erty. Three bridges on the Southern
Pacific road over the Sage river were
swept away and several washouts oc-
Cured. The Rio Grande is higher than
for five years. The storm extended into
Mexico and several miles of track of
the Mexican International and the
Monterey & Mexican Gulf railroad are
washed out. The cities are badly
flooded and three children drowned
1t will require several days to repair
the damage to railroads.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06

WINDSOR, Ont, Sept. Thomas
Ryan and Ed Weaver. ecunterfeiters,
were arrested here Thursday night. A
search of their apartments revealed
molds for coming American dollars
and quarters, a quantity of metal, a
melting pot and other equipment
necessary for making spurious coin. A
few counterfeit quarters and dollars
were also found. The men are said to
be members of a gang who have
large and well-equipped den some
where near the city.
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Up to last reports the estimates of
the lives lost in the fires at different
points in the two states are as given in
the following list, and it is feared the
list is far below the actual destruction
of human life:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
Forest Eires In the East.

BRADFORD, Pa, Sept. 5.-Forest fires
are.raging all along the line of the
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh rail-
road. Reports from all points on the
narrow gauge roads state that the
woods are on fire for miles, and the
damage will be heavy unless rain
should fall. The woods along the pike
to Corydon are on fire for miles, and
oil property in the vicinity of the
west branch is threatened. Should the
fire spread to the oil field serious con-
sequences would result. On the big
level between Mount Jewett and this
city and the head of the west branch
the woods are ablaze, and several
l-well rigs are reported blazing. At
Song Bird and Quintuple the woods
are a roaring mass of flames and val
liable property is being destroyed. As
yet no loss of life is reported and the
extent of the damage cannot be esti-
mated
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
THE CAMEL MARKET.
One of the Queer Scenes Witnessed I'm
Tartary

One OF the Queer Scenes Witnessed I'm
Tartary.
/ had occasion to visit Tartary some
years ago. said New Haven man re-
Gently, and while there nothing inter
ested me more than watching the ma
tives trade in camels. The camel mar
ket is a large square in the center of
the town. Here the animals are ar
ranged in long rows, Their front feet
raised on q mud elevation constructed
for the purpose, the object being to
show of the size and height of tho
creatures. The uproar and confusion
of Ibis market is tremendous, with the
incessant bowling of the buyers and
sellers as they dispute, their chatter
ing after they have agreed and the
horrible shrieking of the animals at
having their noses pulled for the pur-
pose of making them show their agility
In kneeling and rising. In order to-
test the strength of the camel and the
burden it is capable of bearing they
make il kneel and then pile one thing
after another upon its back, causing it
to rise under each addition until it can
rise no longer. Another expedient
used to test the strength of the animal
Is this: While the animal is kneeling
a man gets upon his hind legs ard
holds on by the long hair of its hump.
If a camel can rise then it is consid-
Fred an animal of superior strength.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
An Appro,,r,ate Motto.

Upon the Temple clock in London Is
q singular inscription, the origin of
which is said so have been lucky ac-
rident. About two hundred years ago
a master workman was employed to
repair and put new face upon the
clock. When his work was nearly
done he asked the benchers for an ap-
propriate motto to carve upon the
base. They promised to think of one.
Week after week he came for their de-
cision, but was PIT off. One day he
found them at dinner in commons.
what motto shall / put on the clock,
your lordship?" he asked of learned
judge. "Oh, go about your businessl"
his honor cried, angrily. And very
suitable for a lazy, dawdling gangI'
the cloclkmal1er is said to have NUT
tered as he retreated. 1t Is certain
that he carved: go about your bust
ncs5" on the base.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
She rut It Onto Him.

A doctor related the following to
friend after visiting a widowed neigh
Dor: while we were conversing put
my hand on a cushion and said: Wild
ow, this is the incest. softest place l
ever had my hand on In IL my lifep
Looking benevolently at me, and at the
same time flushing up little said, in
melting and winning tones: Doctor,
give me your hand, and III put 1t on a
much softer place In a moment OF
rapture, consented. and taking my
hand, she gently, very gently. Tim,
and quietly, laid it on my head. and
burst into laugh that's ringing in my
ears vet
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
A New Record.

FoRT WAYNE. Ind, Sept. 3.-Robert
J.. the handsome bay gelding owned
by c. j. Hamlin, of Buffalo, y. y,
Friday afternoon travelled the fastest
mile ever credited to harness horse.
going il in 2:O3ss. He was on the pro-
gramme to beat 2:O6. the track record
made IS Joe Patchen Thursday. II
was not even intimated to the 1900
persons present that the great gelding
would attempt To beat the records of
90 made by Mascot and Flying Jio at
Terre Haute.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06

REV. Z. Z. BLODGETT, of Greenwich,
Mass, said To Be the oldest pastor in
point of service in the United States.
with one exception, preached his fare
well sermon To his congregation re
Gently. lie has been pastor of the
Greenwich church for fifty-one years.
During forty-three years of his pas
torate he was absent from his pulpit
only once. lie has Officiated at the
funerals of $50 persons, over 100 more
than the present population of the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
An Immense Deal Closed.

An English syndicate represented by
Frank Butterworth, of Chicago. has
practically closed deal at Ashland for
the purchase of all the paper and pulp
mills in Wisconsin. The mills in
volved in the deal number thirty-four
and the price agreed upon is SI4 ,0OO,-
600. The transfer viii be made March /.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-06
A THOUSAND PERISH.
Awful Loss of Life by Fire Horror in
China.

AWfui Loss or Life by Fire hoEFor ~
China.
Hone koNG, Sept. IA terrible fire
has occurred on the Canton river.
flower boat caught fire, and the flames
spread until hundreds of those craft
were destroyed. The progress of the
fire was so rapid that at least
1000 native persisted in the fiames
The flower boats were moored
stem and stern, in rows. and
large numbers of natives lived
upon them. The spread of the con-
fiagration from one boat to another
W so rapid that the unfortunate Chi
nese had no time to cut them from
their moorings, strong wind ma
terially helping the increase of the
fire. Many hundreds of persons on
board the flower boats leaped over
board and were drowned, while sew
eral hundred others remained on board
the craft and persisted in the flames.
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samuel }. kirkwood. Iowa's War Execu-
tive. Is Dead.

Iowa CITY, Ia. Sept. S.-Samuel
j. Kirkwood. Iowa's War Governor,
died at 1915 o'clock p. m. Saturday. He
had been gradually failing for some
time.
Flags are floating at half-ma t in the
city. Expressions of sorrow and re-
greet are universal among the people.
The funeral service will be held at the
family residence Tuesday at o'clock
D. m. Prominent officials and friends
from all portions of the state will be
nreseut