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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-22
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS was visited by a terrific storm
and many people were killed. Numer-
Gus roofs were blown off, the tele-
graph lines were broken down aud the
provinces were flooded.
IT was said that Bashi-bazouls ruid-
ed a number of Armenian villages and
killed and wounded 6.oO0 persons
! IL Honduras the gold dollar of the
United States will hereafter be the
standard coin.
OFFICIALS of Japan want definite
proposals from China for settlement
of the war before accepting an offer
of mediation.
a FLOOD swept away the seaport
town of Limasol, on the Island of Cy.
press, destroying much property and
drowning twenty-one persons.
DURING a gale the British ship CuI-
more foundered so miles off Spurn
Head and twenty-five persons were
drowned.
THE Kurds subjected thousands OF
Armenian women to indignities and
then put them 10 death.
IN the provinces of Messina and Ca
labria severe earthquake shocks de-
stroyed many buildings and injured
several persons.
IN Paris NJ. Francis Maynard, editor
in chief of the Figaro, died at the age
/ of IS years.
N Hawaii rumors of a royalst at
tempt to restore Queen LiliuclSalani to
the throne caused uneasiness.
TURKS massacred 1000 more Armen-
ians at Sassan, and their bodies being
left unburied caused an outbreak OF
cholera.
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THE EAST.

AFTER q short illness Myron b.
Wright, of Susque 10 wa, congressman
from the Fifteenth Pennyslvs MIA dis
triet. died at Trenton, Ont, aged n
years.
WALTER ID. ALLEN, a Philadelphia
lawyer, pleaded guilty Of embezzling
S24, 600 belonging To his ellie nts.
y. L. You've was reelected president
nual ssion in New York of the Ma
tional Baseball league.
SOME twenty negroes left New York
for Liberia. the advau guard of an
army of 1000 awaitiT means of de-
portatiOn.
FIRE destroyed a breaker and its
outhouses with all machinery al Plym-
outh, Pa, the loss being 100000
The official election return, from
Connecticut give Coffin rep for gov
ernOr a plurality of l7.6ss.
THE town of Mount Vernon. n H.,
lost by the democrats for the first time
in ninety-one years. was the scene of a
republican celebration.
The death of Rev. Henry L. Kellogg.
editor of the Christian Cynosure, oc-
Cured from injuries received at the
burning of his home in Wheaton, Ill.
He leaves a wife and nine children
AT Ridgway, Pa, seven men were
under arrest for attempting to destroy
the family of miner who would not
strike.
Mrs ANNIE DOWNING KENT died at
North Andover, Mass. where she was
visiting, and her husband, Albert
Kent. died at about the same time at
their home in Hartford. Conn.
b. II. DOUGLASS IL Sons, confection-
ers at New Haven, Conn, failed for
500, 600.
BECAUSE of domestic trouble Martin
I. Strait, flour and feed dealer at
Elmira, n. Y, shot his wife and her
sister. Mrs. William Whitfor1, and
himself.
Bob FITZsIMMONs struck his mate,
Con Riordan, a chance blow which
caused his death during a boxing
match at Syracuse, n. y.
AT the age of 81 years Robert C.
Winthrop dieI in Boston. He was
the oldest surviving ex-United States
senator from Massachusetts and the
oldest surviving ex-speal1er of the ma
tional house of representatives. hav-
ing been elected u the Thirtieth con-
gress.
The death of Francs 4. Teall. who
read the original proofs of Poe's
Raven" and The Bells" occurred at
Bloomfield, y. j., aged u.
THE death of DIR. James McCosh, ex-
president of Princeton u. j. college,
was announced. lie was So years of
age and a celebrated writer
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knights of Labor.

New ORLEANS, Nov. 17.-ln his an
nual address before the Knights Of
Labor General Master Workman Sow
ereign severely criticised Maj. Gen.
John NJ. Schofield and his recommend
alton for an increase of the army. to-
gether with the action of the Chicago
millionaire aristocracy who were per-
mitted to present a stand of colors to
the Fifteenth infantry. IS an indica-
ton of an uneasy desire to sUbjugate
labor through the military powers of
the nation He urged that the assem-
bly, take strong grounds against an
increase of the military force of the
nation, and that they advocate de-
crease in the regular army and the
abolition of the state militia, for from
them are coming to the surface a
sense of m ilitary despotism.
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LATER NEWS.

a SPECIAL dispatch from Rome says
that Italy has informed the powers that
she cannot approve of any form of
| Intervention between China and Japan.
The Estell County bank at Irvine,
Ky, assigned the 10Th. Joe MELON
nell, the absconding cashier, took all
the available funds.
NAVIGATION at Duluth was closed the
10Th by the sudden cold snap.
TIE Elwood iron works and radiator
companies at Elwood, Ind, assignee
the 10Th. The companies had been
running three years and had a capital
of 100000.
A NUMBER of persons were overcome
by na ural gas escaping into the Meth
odist church at East Liverpool, o., the
night of the 18th. Six of them were
critically affected. All of these fell I'M
conscious before they were able to es-
cape from the edifice.
THE funeral of the late ear of Rus
STA, Alexander Ill, took place the 10Th
[ in the cathedral of st. Peter and St.
Paul, in St. Petersburg. The general
services began at 1880 a. m. and lasted
until p. m. Over so members of the
royal families of Europe were present.
AS a result of agitation, Mayor Hop
/ kins, of Chicago, announced the 18th
that he would create a non-partisan
commission to control the police de-
partment of the state.
/ AN explosion of keg of powder in
/ the Keystone coal mine in West Vir-
giuia the 18th killed Elmore Knight
and Sam Dunn and injured two others
All were colored.
THE United States cruiser Detroit ar
rived at Madrid, Spain, the 18th with
the Columbus relics that were ON ex-
hiNition at the worlds fair.
NEAR Wellsville, Mo, the 10th, Thos.
/ Portuchie1 killed his mother. sister and
/ Srother, saturated the room With coal
oil, set it on fire and then cut his
throat All four bodies were con-
sumed. He was crazy.
/ SIXTEEN cars of coal broke through
the bridge over Brush creek at Larimer
! Station, Pa, the 10th and six or seven
miners are supposed to be buried under
/ the wreck. The train was on its way
down the Larimer branch of the Penn
sylvania road to the main line. When
within six car lengths of the bridge a
car broke down and when it reached
/ the bridge il tore its way through, let
J ting the cars down into the creek in a
/ confused mass.
J Gov. JACKSON, of Iowa. announced
the 10Th that he would not be a candi-
! date for reelection.
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GUARDING THE MEXICAN LINE.
BeIIigerent Feeling Toward Guatemala
War Preparations.

War Preparations.
CoMTANT, Mexico, Nov. 20.-New
troops have arrived and taken station
covering the line. There is the strong
est possible feeling here in favor of
war with Guatemala. The Chapana
are all willing to shoulder muskets,
and many of them have made offers to
the government of arms for war pur-
poses.
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Nov. 20.-The
Nineteenth infantry has embarked on
gun boats to go to Tobasco. Two hun
bred and f'ty thousand cartridges
have been shipped south within the
last few days. The Fourth infantry is
expected here in few days to go to
Tobasco also.
Cry OF MEXICO. Nov. 20.-The ma
tional arms factory here is turning
out cartridges as fast as possible. The
greatest hustle is noticeable in the war
department
SAN CRIsToBAL DE LAS CARAs, Mex
leo, Nov. 2O.-The greatest enthusiasm
exists in this state in favor of war. The
government has been asked to accept
volunteers. Societies have been or
ganized who will tender their services
to the state and to the federal govern
ment, expecting to be sent TO the
front.
MAZATLAN, Mexico Nov. 29-The
steamship Jandro is now ready TO take
on her new armament, and 1T is re-
ported that she will Immediately get
ready to take 1000 soldiers to the
Guatemalan frontier from Acapulco.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

IL Indiana the official vote of the
election by congressional districts
gives the republicans a majority Of
55.647. For the head of the state ticket
the republican plurality is 47,649.
IN Denver Jack the Stranger" is
again at work, a Japanese girl of i'll
repute being his third victim.
NEAR Muslzo<ee, !. T., Bill Cook and
his robber band held mp Missouri.
Kansas & Texas train. They We're
unable to enter the express car, but
relieved the passengers of their valu-
ables.
FLAMES swept away the business
portion OF Ithaca, Neb.
TIE death of Charles L. Strong. gen
eral manager of the Chicago Newspa-
per union. occurred from paralysis of
the heart at his home.
COTTON growers in convention at
Montgomery, Ala. organized a nation
al association for the protection of
their interests. The cotton crop this
year was estimated at 9, $50, 600 bales.
IL the forest fires in Tennessee
eight persons were known to have per-
ished.
AFTER half a century of publication
the Eagle. the senior republican organ
of western Michigan, ceased to exist
at Grand Rapids
ROBBERs killed Emanuel Otto. a
wealthy farmer living near Morton,
Mimi, and ri1ed his money chest.
IL the Nebraska institute for the
deaf and dumb at Omaha an epidemic
OF typhoid fever was raging.
q. X. WHITwoRTH, of Nashville,
Tenn, enraged by his failure to Sc
cure reappOintment as clerk, killed
Judge Allison and shot himself.
The execution of Moses Christo-
pher. the negrJ who assaulted Mos
selle Carter. the 7-year-Old child. two
months ago and who was arrested,
tried and convicted the same day of
the crime. took place at Bowling
Green. V.
MANY important papers were read
and the different phases Of the arbi-
tration question were discussed at the
industrial Cancellation and arbitration
congress In Chicago.
AT the age of IS years William II.
Mauro. Sr.. the Oldest odd fellow in
AOfaA anu AAaN NAtANHN AAfAA4= Ra'A anu
master of the ]. .. O. F., died at his
home in Burlington.
Ar Louisville. Ky. Allen Prime tried
to kill his wife and mother-in-law,
wounded his sister-in-law and then
shot himself.
The legislature OF Alabama con-
vened at Montgomery and was swc-p
| in by Chief Justice Bickell.
The governor OF Illinois ap, ointed
Elijah p. Ramsay state treasurer to
I fill he vacancy oceasioned by his ia
( theirs death.
AT Smiths Ferry, o.. William Daw-
son. a storekeeper, was killed by a
shotgun he had set for burglars and
/ forgotten.
THE head chief of the Lower Brute
/ Sioux. Iron Nation. died in the reserva-
tion in South Dakota of / neumonia,
aged 90 years.
AT san Antonio. Tex, Joe Patchep
[ paced mile over haif-m lie track in
! EOS, breaking the worlds record
FIVE men were dangerously scalded
by the cracking Of a mud drum q:
q muck bar mill in Muncis. Ind.
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BADLY SHAKEN.
Scores Perish In an Earthquake i'm South
ern Italy and Sicily.


ROME, Nov. 2O.-The reports of dis
asters caused by the earthquakes in
southern Italy are still meager, but
they suffice to show that there has
been great loss of life. Procopic, a
village of 1900 inhabitants in Reggie
di Calabria, has been obliterated. Vir-
tually all the buildings were thrown
into ruins. The number of deaths
is not known, but in one
church forty-seven persons were buried
alive under fallen walls. The last au-
thoritative report was that the list of
dead was well above sixty. In another
village of the same province eight
persons were killed outright by falling
buildings. The damage to property
has been enormous Troops and Off
Gals are going % the help of the suf-
fering districts. King Humbert has
sent several donations from his pri-
vate purse.
At 10 o'clock Sunday evening reports
of deaths, injuries and the demolition
of buildings had been received from
seventeen comnunes. In Bagnara
seven persons were killed outright; in
Oppido Mamartina, four; in Santa Eu-
phemia eigAt. Scores of others were
injured in these towns. Many pro-
visions have been sent to the south of
Italy and the relief work is organizing
rapidly. Premier Crispi has sent the
project of Bagnara and the head men
of several smaller towns large gifts of
money.
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ALASKA.
Great "rogress shown by the Report of
Gov. Sheakley.


Gov. Sheakley.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1s.-That Alaska
is STEADILY progressing in civilization
with many of it's advantages, is shown
in the annual report of James Sneak
ley, the governor of the territory, which
he has Just submitted to the secre-
tary of the interior. During the year
the fisheries have been successful, the
mines have yielded profitable returns,
the population has been largely aug
mented by immigration and the peo'
pie have enjoyed season of unusual
progress and prosperity.
Crime is less frequent and law and
order quite as well enforced as in some
of the more densely populated and
highly-civilized communities. In ad-
dition to this showing the building
of sawmills and the manufac-
ture of lumber in the terri
tory has revolutionized the man
ner of constructing habitations in
nearly all the native villages. Educa-
cation in the territory is increasing.
The United States supports fourteen
day schools and fifteen mission schools,
while the Greek church of Russia pro-
vides for six more. In this connection
the governor says:
THE natives of Alaska, unlike the North
American Indian. do not reeede before the
march of civilization. but rather follow in the
walks of the white man Wherever there is a
center OF white population in Alaska near by
will be found the greater number OF Alaskan
natives. The tendency of these people
is to abandon 3 nornadic life and seek
employment in thu mines and mills
by which they can earn living
with certainty have white mans food, and en-
10Y some Of the comforts OF civilized men. In
whatever position or occupation the Alaskan
native may be. he Is always to be found self
supporting. receiving little from the govern
ment Of the United states ana wants nothing
but fair treatment from the local Ithorities.
/ earnestly recommend an increase in the APP
preparation for the education Of children Ia
A1acIra
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WILL TAKE TIME.
Business Cannot Suddenly BE Raised from
Its Depression.

New YORK, Nov. 19.-R. G. Dun &
Co. s weekly review OF trade says:
In nearly all branches of business gradual
improvement appears. and the hopeful feeling
observed last week has continued. Then it
was also noted that the main conditions Of
business and trade had not suddenly changed,
ana this becomes clearer, to the disappoint-
ment Of some. Low farm products, low wages
and only partial employment of labor still re-
T. ri distribution. and the limited demand him
ders the recovery of industries. Progress
toward recovery has not ceased, and many
establishments have resumed or added to their
producing force, some also advancing wages,
but it will take time to lift business out of its
depression, and the progress made, If less than
the sanguine expected, is at least encouraging
The decision to offer $50 600 900 bonds for re-
punishment of the treasury reserve was by
bankers. generally approved, but events are
showing that restoration of confidence cannot
by itself remove all embarrassment
Exports of breadstuffS cotton. provisions
and oil in October were 6.S67. against
s5s s2s 9S5 last year, although 100000 bales of
cotton went abroad, and the value of the same
quantities exported this year would have ex-
ceeded $40 coo at last years prices. the diff
ference in prices alone icing Sl0,6OO,0OO in cot
ton and 81 400 900 in breadstuffS
Failures in the first week of November we're
rather larger than of late, liabilities amounting
to 81 s44 AS, Of which S742 400 we're Of manu-
featuring and 81 81 of trading concerns. In
five weeks ending November /. Liabilities in
failures were s1ll27.290 of which S4.46isl3
were of manufacturing and S6,57l,974 OF trading
concerns The failures of the past week have
been go in the United States against 333 last
year and IS in Canada against SO last year.
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the governor snvs:
IMPORTANT GATHERING.
The Trans Mississippi Congress to Assem-
bic in IT. Louis Monday.

bic i'm st. Louis Monday.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. I9.-All local ar
engagements are now completed for the
trans-Mississippi congress which con-
venes in Music hall November 20.
The gathering viii discuss, as the
call announces, all questions which
may affect the people in I territory
lying west of the Mississippi river
and which may be the subject of
legislation by the United States con-
gress, and to express to it. through
resolutions and otherwise, the senti-
ments of the western people. 1t viii
also endeavor to take such steps for
the presentation of these resolutions
to that body as will commend its at
tention and action. Among the ques-
tions to be brought forward for dis
cussion are the reconciliation of
silver, irrigation of arid and other
lands, the disposition of Indian and
public lands, the Nicaragua canal, a
national bankrupt law, the improve
ment of western rivers and harbors,
anti-option legislation, mining laws,
admission of territories to state hood.
Delegates have already been appointed
from Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Mis-
souri,, Arkansas. Texas, Idaho, Mon
tana, Washington, Oregon, California,
New Mexico, Oklahoma and South
Dakota. and the attendance will be
prabably the largest the congress has
ever had and will include the most
prominent men of the territory named.
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The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND NAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON

GEORGE A HOWARD, the auditor of
the post Office department., in his ar
nual report states that the total num-
Der of money order offices in operation
June 80, 1894, was 10, 529.
A CALL was issued by Secretary Car
Isle for bids for $50. coo, 900 5 per cent.
ten year gold bonds.
THE postmaster general in his an
nual report shows that the total num-
Der of pieces of mail handled was TO-
534, 234, 255, in which but PSI, O9I errors
were made.
K. A. MAXWELL, fourth assistant
postmaster general, in his annual re-
port shows that the total number of
post offices in operation in the United
States on June 80 last was ca, sos. OF
these sc, 377 We're fourth-claSs offices
and 3.42S presidential. During the
year 1886 post offices were established
and LIZA discontinued. The total num-
Der of appointments during the year
was %. 100.
Is his report to the secretary of war
Paymaster Smith opposes withholding
part of the wages of soldiers.
The government officials unearthed
gigantic frauds perpetrated at the
opening of the Cherokee strip to set
Element
DURING the ten months ended with
October the exports of merchandise
from the United States were 5000. 1861
Gas, against $500. 9s7, 354 for the cor
responding period of 1876 The i'm
ports were s5G3. PAL, Ol8. against $751;
O5O. 694 in 1898.
AT the leading clearing houses in
the United States exchanCe IS during the
week ended on the 10th aggregated
81, O19, 202, S2s, against S94s, % .,499 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week IN
1898. was -
II the United States there were
27O business failures in the seven
days ended on the 10th. against 26l
the week previous and 2S2 in the
corresponding time in 1898.
GRADUAL Improvement was noticea-
bic in nearly all branches of business
throughout the country.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Thanksgiving Proclamation.

Gov. Peck issued the following
Thanksgiving proclamation:
by the grace OF Almighty God We have been
preserved IN health and strength during the
past year. While other sections OF the eOun-
try have suffered from various causes. within
our borders harvests have been abundant and
peace has -eigaed- 1t is proper that gil these
blessings should be thankfully and humbly
acknowledged.
''Therefore,'I George W. Peck, governor Of
Wisconsin, do set apart Thursday. the 9th
day OF November, 1894 as day OF public
Thanksgiving. On that day let all our people.
Withdrawing from secular pursuits. join, either
in their places Of worship OF in their homes. IN
humble acknowledgment to God OF all His
mercies vouchsafed to US during the past year
Let those who have been favored with an
abundance Of this worlds goods remember. as
they gather about cheerful nresices. they are
but stewards OF the Almighty's bounty, and, as
such, minister 70 the wants of the needy and
distressed. and by so doing give them cause 10
joir in thanksgiving and praise TO the Giyer OF
all good"
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A FATAL BLOW.
Bob Fitzsimmons Kills Con Riordan In
Friendly Sparring Match.


SYRACUSE, n. Y, Nov. 19.-At spar
ring match at Jacobs theater Friday
night Bob Fitzslmmons struck Con
Riordan an apparently light blow on
the point of the jaw Riordan fell to
the floor like log, unconscious Kior-
dan died at o'clock this morning
without having recovered conscious
ness. Fitzsimmons is under arrest
SYRACUSE, n. Y, Nov. 30. Bob Fitz-
simmons, who killed Con Riordan by
blow on the point of the Jaw during a
friendly sparring match Friday night,
is at liberty to pursue his vocation as a
theatrical star under a $4,000 bond.
An autopsy was held on Riordan's
remains Saturday. The certificate
issued gives as the cause of death
''hemorrhage within the cranial cav
ity, causing compression of the brain. ="
Riordan was found to be in perfect
health. DIR. d. NJ. Totman, who con-
Quoted the autopsy, says that Riordan
must have been struck a terrific blow
on the chin, which communicated di-
rect with the base of the brain. The
depression of the right side OF the
brain was very deep and remained for
half an hour after the clot was re-
moved