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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-30
ABOUT OURSELVES.

The normal temperature Of the stom-
ach is about % degrees. Food has TO be
raised to this temperature before it can
be digested.
THE three small bones stretched in a
chain across the middle ear are named
the mallet, the anvil and the stirrup,
from real or fancied resemblances-
THE hair appears To have life of its
own Many well-authenticated in
stances are known of the hair of dead
bodies increasing in length after inter
ment.
Tn brain of man is the most high
ly convoluted of that II any animal in
the world. The lower the animal in
the scale of intelligence the smoother
the brain.
THE human lungs retain the air in
their substance with such Obstinacy
that il cannot be expelled by any com
preston short of absolutely disin-
tegrating the tissue.
AERATIoS of the blood takes place to
some extent through the skin. In man
the skin gives off thirtieth TO a six
tieth part of the carbonic acid gas Civ
en- out by the lungs.
THE test for symmetry is 10 turn 81
man with his face to the wall. If he
is perfectly formed his chest win touch
it. his nose will be four inches away,
his thighs five. the tips of his toes
three.
IN perfectly formed female figure
twice round the thumb should be once
round the wrist; twice round the wrist
should be once round the upper arm;
twice this is once round the neck; one
and half times the circumference of
the neck equals that of the waist.
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LATER NEWS.

7. II. WOODRUFF, late general grain
agent of the Northern Pacific road, has
taken charge of the Dakota business of
Woodward & Co., the Duluth and Min
neapolis commission men.
-TnE republicans of the Sixth Mime
sofa congressional district met in con-
vention at Brainerd on the 2sth. c. A.
TowHe, of Duluth, was nominated by
reclamation on the first call for bal
lot Mr.. Towne aceeIted the nominn-
ton.
JOE HARRIS. one of the most noted
bank robbers in the country, was ar
rested in Chicago on the 2sth. He had
been ont of the saltwater, Mimi. pris-
on only six weeks, where he had been
sent for attempting to rob the state
bank, of Minneapolis.
A RIOT occurred in Milwaukee, Wis,
the 2Sth. 0.er five hundred Poles re-
sisted the removal of smallpox pa
tent. Fifty policemen fought the mob
for an hour and were finally routed.
some of them badly injured The re-
m val was finally accomplished, by the
aid of leo policemen.
THE first regular session of the Fifty
third congress closed at p. IN. the 2sth..
There was not a quorum present in
either branch.
LATE on the night of the eth one of
the levees at New Orleans broke away,
inundating portion of the city
BEFORE Q a. IN. of the 2sth, all previ-
ous records of customs receipts at the
port of Chicago had been broken. BY
THAT hour. 500, 600 had poured in over
the ledge at the cashiers window. The
largest receipts for any one day hereto
for, were 100000.
FULLY fifteen thousand Knights of
Pvthias appeared in parade at Wash
iiIg,on, D. C., the 2sth. The processit
was more than two hours passing the
presidential reviewing stand
Two million playing card stamps
were applied for at the internal reve-
nue. Office at Cincinnati. o., the 2sth.
VEsrER. a numbering Town IN Wood
county, Wis. was wiped out by forest
fires on the 2Sth.
A WARRANT was issued the 2sth for
the arrest of Davis ii. Waite, governor
of Colorado on the serious charge of
opening and retaining letter addressed
to Mrs. Likens. formerly matron at
police headquarters ! he warrant was
issued by United States Commissioner
Hinsdale. who also issued warrants for
the arrest OF PEST lent Dennis Mullins,
of the police board: of nenver: Hamil-
ton Armstrong. chief of police. and
Kate Dwyer, matron at police head
quarters
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MINERS PERISH.
Fatal Disasters in Oregon, Penn
sylvania and Colorado.
A Total of Forty-Three Killed, Thirty
Seven Being at Franklin. Ore. Two at
GiIberton. Pa, and Four at
Creede. Ore.
A FIRE AND EXPLOSION.

TACOMA, Wash, Aug. 27.-Thirty-
seven miners of mixed nationalities
were killed Friday afternoon by an
explosion in the Oregon Improvement
company's coal mine at Franklin,
King county, 81 miles southeast of
Seattle. The miners were trying to
save the mines from destruction by
fire when the explosion occurred.
Those who rushed to the gangway
when the fire was discovered ESCAPED.
Those who remained to fight the dire
were first attracted by thin clouds of
smoke issuing from the bottom Of
slope or level 62. Believing the fire
could be extinguished without much
damage or loss of life resulting from
an explosion they set fearlessly to
work to locate and extinguish the in
cipient blaze. Instantly after the ex-
plosion occurred the flames burst out
from the bottom of the level and adj
vanced rapidly upon the manned and
imprisoned miners. Timbers, coal
dumps and large chunks of coal were
hurled in all directions by the force of
the explosion.
At o'clock the last of the thirty
seven bodies was recovered and then
the peop,a began to quiet down. Many
OF them We're completely Frustrated
with their violent grief and devoted
their time to methodieally caring for
the dead The origin of the FREEING
breast 81 is supposed to be due TO spon-
taneous combustion caused by refuse
and screening in the bottom of the
breast Stacking and catching fire
Disaster in Pennsylvania.
ASHLAND, Pa, Aug. 27.-Two men
were killed and eleven injured by an
explosion of gas in the Gilberton col
liery near this place Friday afternoon.
Those dead are William Birmingham
and Frank Mccormick. The explosion,
which occurred shortly after noon,
was primarily caused by fall of coal,
which became dislodged by the mining
operations. This released an immense
volume of gas and at the same time
forced it along the gangways to a
distance of more than 1000 yards,
sitting and choking the miners as it
swept along. Finally it reached a
gang of miners who were working
with naked lamps. and instantly ig-
nited. An explosion, which shook the
earth and was heard By the people in
their homes above, followed. Flames
and smoke burst from the mouth of
the pit, and inside and out there were
scenes of frantic terror. Rescuing
parties were organized and the men
were brought to the surface as rapidly
as possible.
Shaft Rope Burned.
DENVER. Col, Aug. 27.-A dispatch
from Creedc, Col, says that the shaft
house and machines at the Amethyst
mine were burned. The wire rope
burned, letting the cage fall to the
bottom of the shaft and killing four
men. Water is flooding the mine.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

II the United States there were 234
business failures in the seven days
ended on the gath. against 226 the
week previous and 4lO in the CORE
spending time in 1898
AT the leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges dur
ing the week ended on the cath ag-
gregated ssh. 49s, 631, against S79O,6SS
ls5 the previous week. The decrease,
compared with the corresponding
week in 1898, was 1873.
PATENT COMMISSIONER SEYMOUR re-
ports 81. 496 patents issued during the
year, and Is, l67 expired.
NEXT March the terms of thirteen
republican and nine democratic United
States senator's expires and the legis-
latures which choose their successors
are To be elected this fall
THE democratic tariff bill passed by
the Fifty-third congress became a law
without the signature of President
Cleveland In letter to Representa-
tive Catchings. of Mississippi. the
president gave reasons why he did not
sign the measure.
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MEsT AND souTH.

joins LIND and Louis Burg wer,.
killed and four others injured by the
explosion of traction boiler on "a
farm near La Moure. y. ID.
IuE ttorney general has decided
that women will hereafter be allowed
to vote for superintendent of public
instruction in North Dakota.
LIEUT.. J. X. RATHBoN. United States
army, committed suicide at Perry,
o r
GEORGE BALDWIN was murdered in
the presence of his family by Deputy
sheriff Jackson Lily and posse in
the hoctaw Nation.
Ar Davenport. Ia. Col. William f.
Bundy. Of Ohio. commander in chief of
the Sons OF Veterans.
AT the triennial convention at To
pel1a, Kan. John W. Coburn. of New
York. was elected grand master of the
general grand chapter of Royal Arch
Masons.
MINERS in Ohio who have been on
strike for an advance in wages would
resume work September at the OPP
orators prices.
J. NJ. NINsrEAD, prominent citizen
OF Greensboro. y c., committed suicide
By jumping from a balcony on the
fourth story of the city hall.
HENRY K. PEARSON committed sui
eide at Kansas City because of short
age in his accounts with the Plano Man
ufaeturing company
Il wreck on the Chicago & North
western road near Fort Atkinson. Wis
three men were killed and three seri-
ously injured.
Ar Helena. Ark. Philip Peters (co,-
oredl was hanged for killing his wife.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations We're
made as follows OF the esd: New
Jersey, First district. II. C. Louden-
slayer rep j. Tennessee. Third district,
Foster V. Brown (rep.1. Nebraska,
Sixth district. Omar VI. KEN pop.
Kansas. Third district. W. L. Sapp
tdem.l Pennsylvania. Fortieth dis
triet. d. ;. Walton (rep.l; Twenty
eighth district. Aaron Williams tdeTl. }.
North Carolina. Sixth district. J A.
Loclzart idem-) New York. Twenty
third district, W. T. Foot, Jr. rep. /.
Missouri. Seventh district, G. b.
Wisker (pro-l virginia Fifth dis
tri,t. Claude swanson (dem.l; Sixth
district. O. c. Rucker Up o.G Tenth
district. Edmund L. Cooke pop }.
Missouri Fifth district. Il. =. White
tpop.L Flo.lda, Second district, C.
VI. Cooper dem; Mont Atkinson
fpop.i-
NHIJAH BLAND. a prominent aud
wealthy ,.iffvaa ff the t.auepausrl,
committed suicide az Johnstown. Pa,
while melancholy from business -e-
verses and drink.
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A WIND OF DEATH.
Russian Towns Leveled and Their Resi-
dents Slain or Drowned.


ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 2s.-A most
disastrous cyclone swept across the Sea
of Azov Saturday. The wind was first
felt at Nogaislx. Nogaisk is peopled
mostly by fishermen. who were out on
the water. When the hurricane had
swept out to the north a terrible scene
was presented. The village was razed,
overturned. as though great pillow
had been pushed through it Lying
everywhere were women and children,
dead or i'm the last agonies. The shall
low waters of the Sea of Azov were
dashed to such height that it was
plain every fishing boat must have
been sunk.
The cyclone swept on to the north
east after wrecking Nogaisk. Its path
seems to have been unusually wide,
for at Marinopol it devastated the
country to point II miles inland, and
had its outer edge far upon the sea.
Marinopol was practically blotted out
of existence Not three houses in a
hundred are left standing.
1t is estimated that over 200 persons
persisted in this town alone. North of
of Marinopol the storm seems to have
made sudden turn to the eastward
over Dolga points, its left edge in
flicting slight damage to the town of
Berdanisk. Houses there were I'M
rooted and dozen persons were killed
by falling timbers.
Once at sea the storm made its full
fury felt. OF the steamers that touch
at the port of Berdiansk, not one had
come in at the hour of the late report.
Grave fears are expressed that every
craft in the sea has gone to the
bottom and that every passenger
is drowned When the wind swept
over the northern end of Azov
il took new course, going
southerly along the coast of the
land of the Black Cossacks. In turn
Fisk and Achueb were ravaged,
each town being almost totally de-
stroyed. Telegraphic communication
with this district is suspended, and it
is impossible to learn the extent of the
destruction, but at least | 900 persons
must have died on the two shores The
storm. as nearly as can be learned
seemed to suddenly lose its force near
Temrink. and passed off with compar-
alive quiet southerly over the Black sea.
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The News Of the Week.
tlFTYTHiRO CONGRESS.
Reg lar Session.
~ TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.


WEDNESDAY. Aug. 22.-In the SEN
ate the members present at the open
ing session numbered twcnty-One-
less than half Of a quorum. The vice
presiden. announced his signature TO
the deficiency bill. a motion was
made that the sergeant-s farms be di-
reeted to request the attendance of alb
sent senators. which he did. and an
executive session Wis held. The house
was not in session.
THURSDAY, Aug 23.-After n hours
secure a quorum, and ADJOURNED. A
clerk reached the capitol with
some important nominations. but
owing To the absence of a quorum they
could not be laid befo e the senate. In
the house the chairman of the com
mittee ON naval affairs presented
the preliminary report upon the inves-
tigatiOn Of the armor plate and hillets
furnished To the government by the
Carnegie Steel company. The bill to
give the Hutchinson 4 Southern Rail-
road company two more years in which
10 build the re- d through the Indian
territory was passed.
FRIDAY. Aug. p. In the senate the
house joint resolution was adopted
for final adjournment August
2s at = p. m, after which an eX-
ecutive session was held, and all
nominations TO which no objections
were offered we're confirmed. In the
house a joint resolution was adopted
for final adjournment on the 18th.
The anti-aHarchist bill was brought
up and an amendment To it ufered,
0ut objection being made to its con-
sideration the bill went over.
MONDAY, Aug. 27.-The senate held
short session and adjourned
without transacting any important
business. In the house a resolution
was offered to print the tariff bill, and
Mr.. Wilson saia the senate bill. which
is now a law, would increase the basis
OF taxation sos. 900, 600 over the Me-
Kinley law. The death of Congress-
man Shaw, of Wisconsin. was an
nounced. and committee was APP
pointed TO attend the funeral.
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WORK FOR PULLMAN ZEN.
Ex-Employes to Build Cars on the Co
operative Plan at Hiawatha, Kan.

Ex-Employes to Build Cars on the CO.
operative Plan at Hiawatha, Kan.
HIAwATHA, Kan, Aug. 2s.-A com
pany of ex-employes of Pullman, H.,
backed by Chicago capitalists, has been
organized to build car and general
manufacturing shops at iiiawatha,
Kan. Local men have taken 200 in
stock and Chicago capitalists 5000, 900.
Louis Meyer, president. and c. o. Allen,
secretary, will arrive in Hiawatha Tues
day<to select the site and complete ar
engagements to begin work on the plant
at once. The company will be managed
on the cooperative plan, though the
capital is guaranteed per cent on the
investment before the laborers come
in for their share. The company las
control of five patents and will manu-
facture all kinds of railway equip
ment. Eight hundred ex-employes of
the Pullman shops will begin the
building of the works as soon as the
preliminary arrangements are made.
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lax NO. PAID.
A Big Whisky Trust Fails to Secure Much
Needed Cash.

PEORIA, ILL.,. Aug. 29.-At the very
last moment the officers of the whisky
rust end the syndicate of New York
bankers failed to come toan agreement
regarding the loan of several million
dollars, and there is great perplexity
among the Peoria distillers regarding
the difficulty. They can see an explana-
ton only in the fact that there was too
great spirit for speculation mani
fest, and il is believed that fortune
has been made on the stock exchange
in New York. Every day for nearly
two weeks the hope has been held out
that the money would surely be
forthcoming the day following, and
when the Illinois Trust & Savings bank
of Chicago as trustee. last Saturday as
sumed control of four of the bonded
warehouses in this city-namely:
Woolner's, Manhattan, Great Western
and Monarch-and appointed Gus
todians, it was supposed that every
thing had been satisfactorily settled
and that Monday morning $1,000
600 tax would be paid here and
at Pekin. The regauging had been
completed and the banking company
had appointed custodians. The rumors
Saturday and the fall in stock oc-
casioned uneasiness here, for it was
regarded as a bluff. The money did
not reach here, however, the tax was
not paid, and Monday afternoon the
Illinois Trust company released the
bonded warehouse that had been in
its possession.
The total payment of tax here since
the passage of the tariff bill has been
2,4l9,7ls, or about half of what it was
thought the collections would be.
Most of it was paid by the trust. The
total Pekin collections have been less
than $1,000 600, most of j, paid by anti
trust houses. Nothing was with
drawn by the trust in Pekin Monday.
There are at present in the Star,
Crescent. Hamburg and Enterprise
warehouses in that city 1,S00. 900 gal
Ions, while in Peoria warehouses there
are 2,s72,000 gallons. all the property
of the trust. The distilling company
withdrew about half the goods it had
in bond in the country. All the spirits
were withdrawn from Cincinnati, Chi
cago, Omaha, Terre Haute, st Louis,
st. Paul and Nebraska City, leaving
only Peoria and Pelxin.
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IN HEATHEN LANDS.

MADAGASCAR sheep have a covering
of coarse hair, like that of goats.
THERE is constantly in all Japan an
average OF two earthquake shocks
daily.
EACH Malagasy noble has dye color
of his own which nobody else is allowed
TO wear.
In Persia the women of fashion orna-
ment their faces by painting upon
them figures of bugs and small animals.
IL some Hindoo temples in South In
iia the collection is taken up by an
elephant that goes round with basket.
CHINA raises and consumes more
ducks than any country in the world
On some duck farms fifty thousand a
year are raised.
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SIGNS OF IMPROVING BUSINESS.
Large Orders Coming in from the South
and Southwest

New YORK. Aug. 20 -Merchants here
say the best indication of improving
business comes from the south and
southwest, where the orders for goods
are almost normal and the buyers say
the merchants see an outlet for all
they are buying and expect to in
crease their orders. Two large houses
have sent their drummers out agar.
through the southwest, and particu-
larly through Texas. where the orders
have been particularly good. In the
west and northwest they say this con-
dition is reversed, and the buying
is only about % per cent. of what it
is in nominal years, the merchants
saying that the people will be too
poor to buy heavily. A prominent dry
goods merchant says he has given up
his vacation, arranged for the latter
part of this month and early in Sep
tember because he is compelled to re-
main and attend to buyers who are
coming here in large numbers. He
further says the demand for drum
mers exceeds the supply, and those al
ready on the road are sending in salts
factory orders. If retail trade is what
is expected fail business will be large
in dry goods.
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BUSINESS REVIEW.
Bradstreets Report Upon the Present
General Status of Trade.
NEw XoRE Ann - -RradStrpat'S


review of trade says:
Serious industrial disturbances In New Eng
land drought in central and far western states
curtailing nearly all staple crops and dis
position in all lines to continue to buy for
nearby wants only fail 20 greatly in
fiuenee general trade throughout the
country, the trend of which is toward
further Improvement Northwestern states
east OF the Missouri and the Atlantic and Gulf
coast southern states report relatively greater
gains in volume of trafiic and in the spread OF
that better feeling and confidence in larger
volume OF business in the fall on which I'M
provement in business depends.
prominent among the evidences OF expan-
sion in general trade is this weeks bank clear
ings total $500 900 600 a gain over last week OF
about per cent and over the Ike total one
year ago when elearings got down TO about low
water mark, the increase is 20 per cent. But
compared with the total in the like week two
years ago this weeks aggregate clearings show
a decrease of Ie Dpr cent -
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a MAN HUNT.
Two Bandits Are Captured After Har'
Fight.

Two Bandits Are Captured After Hard
Fight.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2s.-After long and
hot pursuit and desperate fighting a
posse of police and farmers on Satur-
day morning surrounded and captured
in cornfield the two men who on
Friday night boarded a freight train
on the Northwestern road at Deerfeld,
near this city, and after shooting
dead Detective Patrick Owens robbed
the conductor. Both men jumped from
the train after securing the watches
and money, both of the conductor and
the murdered detective, and disap-
peared in the darkness.
In the fight for their capture Special
Officer McGrath was shot at Mayfair
by one of the bandits One bullet
passed through his right breast, an
other broke his arm and a third passed
through his leg. McGrath was taken
to st. Luke's hospital, where he lag in
a critical condition
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DROWNED AT a FORD.

Ex-County Commissioner Parratt. Wife
and Children Perish ear Portsmouth.
PORTSMOUTH. O., Jug. 2s.-Word has
reached here of the drowning of four
persons IL miles north of this viii
lage. Adam A. Parratt, ex-county
commissioner, and his wife and
three children riding Il. a spring
wagon. attempted to f.. the Scioto
river. it being very low. but the team
struck a sinkhole and all the occr-
pants of the wagon were drowned ex-
cept a 12-year-oId boy, who managed
tn sref 10 Shora
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STRUNG UP AND SHOT.
Two Negro Murderers Are Lynched In
Alabama.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. 2T-Friday
night at Mitchell's Station, on the
Central of Georgia railroad, mob of
masked men, who collected unob-
served, took Richard Jordan and Riley
Walker, two negroes, from a passen-
ger train, carried them so yards from
the track and strung them up to the
same limb. After the negroes had been
hanged to the limb and were gasp
ing their last, the mob moved back
short distance, and the leader gave a
signal with whistle. This signal
was answered by volley of buekshot
and bullets being fired into the bodies
of the two negroes. making quick and
sure work. These two negroes were
tried at Union Springs for murder
and were convicted. Riley Walker
was sentenced to life imprisonment in
the state penitentiary. Jordon was
sentenced to twelve years
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FATAL EXPLOSION.
Boiler i'm an Indiana Sawmill Lets Go
Two Men Killed.

LAFAYETTE. Ind. Aug. 27.- The
boiler in +. f. Kramer's sawmill and
wagon material shop at Frankfort ex-
ploded J -iday morning, instantly
killing John Nermillon, engineer, and
William Jackson. laborer. injuring
several others and completely wreck
ing the mill. also a cooper shop
about 800 feet away, into which
a section OF the boiler weighing 200
pounds was blown, over the tops of
other buildings. On its fall through
the roof it injured workingman
named Iiarto. The xplosion shivered
glass and shocb H. = all over town
The same nil ~as desire. ed by still
more fatal Spiosion a5out three years
years ago Loss, $1,000; insurance.
81 500