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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
BIG FRAUD REVEALED.
A Weii-Bno~n Pension Agent Charged
with RobbinO Tncla Sam

BUFFALO, n. Y, Jan. 9.-United
States Marshal Watts has al rested Mai
W. Bowen Moore. a pension claim agent,
on a warrant sworn out by Special PEN
sion Examiner Ayres, charging him
with issuing illegal penson vouchers and
filing false and forged affidavits and
writing in support of PEN
sion claim. Maj Moore served on
Gen. Grants staff in tn. late war and
for many years was pension examiner
in Washington. When Mai Moore
cawe to Buffalo and opened a pension
office he Immediately secured large
business and. 1t is said, received many
favors in the pension bureau. During
Commissioner Raum's administration
charges were preferred against Moore,
but for some reason-said to be strong
political influence brought 10 bear on
the case by the major--the charges
were dropped. When Commissioner
Lochren took Office he ordered a
thorough investigation Special Ex-
aminer Ayres has been in Buffalo six
months conducting a secret examine
ton, the result OF which is Moore's ar
rest.
Albert Moore. Mary Hanrahan and
Matilda Stock. clerks in Moore's office.
were also arrested by Marshal Watts.
hey are charged with having made,
altered, forged and counterfeited PEN
sion vouchers and willingly assisted in
doing the same. All were admitted TO
bail.
Moore did the largest pension bust
ness in New York state, and is said to
have secured since 1889 over 5000
claims, of which at least $500 are
fraudulent Examiner Ayres is author
ity for the statement that the esti-
mated amount which Moore has
fraudulentiy obtained for pensioners
is about 81 900, 600, and that already
the government has found where $780,
600 has been fraudulently obtained for
pensioners by him Other arrests Will
follow early in the week. as a large
number of warrants are out Several
prominent attorneys are said to be i'm
plicated with Moore and interesting de
velopments are looked for
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
The coRWIN Is BACK.
She Brings News from Hawaii, But It i
Kent n secret.

Kept n secret.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. S.-The United
states revenue cutter Corwin, which
left for Honolulu early in December
with important instructions for Min
lister Willis and which has been ex-
pected here for week past, was sight
ed miles outside the heads at
1890 o'clock Friday morning.
The exact date upon which the
Corwin left Honolulu is not known yet,
but unless there were special efforts to
make fast run it is probable she has
been at least twelve days on the voy-
age. which would make the date of her
departure December "a, only two days
later than the advices received from
Auckland Thursday night.
The regular messenger of the Mer-
chants Exchange. who had put off in
a small boat as soon as the cutter was
sighted, made an attempt to board her
at the entrance to the harbor. Capt
Munger, of the Corlgin. shouted to him
roughly frcm the bridge, and not only
refused to give him any information
but also refused 10 permit his boat TO
tie alongside the cutter. leaving the
messenger to return against a strong
tide.
The small revenue tug Hartley
started after the Corwin as soon as she
entered the harbor and went alongside
the cutter and offered her services.
Capt. Munger informed the commander
of the Hartley that there was no serv-
ice lie could perform for him, and re-
fused to allow anyone aboard.
The Corwin avoided the San Francis
co side of the bay, and at Ills o'clock
was off Sausalito on her way to Mare
island navy yard. 80 miles away. An
officer, presumably having govern
mental dispatches, was landed in a
small boat near Preside military res
ervation. west of San Francisco.
1t is believed here that the Corwin
brought the answer of the provisional
government to Minister Willis demand
for surrender. rhe reply is undoubt.
department at Washington.
WASHINGTON, Jan. s.-Cipher dis
patches have been received by Secre-
tary Gresham from the Corwin. He
will not reveal their contents. The
belief in Washington Is that the vessel
brought information that the status
quo was still maintained. but the great
est interest is To learn how the queen
received the news that the Cleveland
administration had done all it could
for her restoration and was under the
necessity of turning her case over to
congress.
The state department was not in
clined to credit the statements as to
Minister Willis actions at Honolulu
contained in the cable dispatches from
Auckland received by the Associated
Press Thursday. Such action, it was
said. was totally contrary to the in
structions sent to Mr.. Willis by the
Corwin and received by him December
IL. That he could have writ
ten TO the provisi 1nal government
after he received these instructions re.
questing that they surrender office was
denied with strong emphasis at the
state department, and the expressions
in the presidents message in this con-
rection were pointed to as refuting the
statement The setting afloat of such
report in Honolulu was attributed to
a malign purpose to impugn the good
faith of the presiden t,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

TWELVE naval cadets accused of con-
spiracy against the governm, Z Of
Brazil were shot on the plaza at Per-
nambuco.
A WAR between Nicaragua and Hon.
duras has begun in earnest, and the
Honduras insurgent leader has estab-
lished a provisional government at
Corpus.
EUROPE was storm swept, the suffer
ing among the poor was terrible and
many persons had been frozen to death.
SICILY has been declared IN a state of
siege.
The troops at Marineo, Sicily, were
attacked by rioters and thirty of the
mob were killed and fifty wounded.
IL the last six months of 1893 there
were sixty-five distinct earthquakes in
Mexico.
AT Napanee, Ont, the Napanee Pa
per company made an assignment with
liabilities OF 100000.
FIFTY THOUSAND persons were said to
be on the verge of starvation in India
THE province of Ontario by a vote of
almost to / declared for prohibition
of thu manufacture and sale of liquor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
A Marvel of the Raker.s Art.

The sensation OF New Years day
at Ashland was the feeding of
1000 children on a mince pie %
feet in circumference and inches
thick. weighing nearly quarter of
ton. Half dollars contributed by hotel
guests were put in the pie edgewise
and drawn in each piece Over 1000
pieces were given out from this one pie
to children, and it proved a happy and
a novel gift to the hundreds of poor
children.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
BRITISH SOLDIERS SLAIN.
A Captain and Twenty-Six Men Killed by
French Troops I'm Africa.

LONDON, Jan. s.-Military and po-
litical circles are excited by sensa-
tional report which reached here from
Sierra Leone, Senegambia, the British
colonial settlement of west Africa.
According to the reports Capt
L. A. w. Landy, inspector gem
eral of the frontier police and twenty
six men and several officers of the
First battalion of West Indian regi-
ment, who were engaged in an expedi-
ton against the Sofas. have been killed,
and it is added that they were shot by
French troops. 1t is also reported that
a French officer engaged in the attack
was captured, and that this confirms
the story that the British force was
destroyed by the French troops. The
affair has caused the greatest excite
ment; no further details have as yet
been received. The expedition started
a few weeks ago to chastise the Sofas,
who have been giving much trouble to
the British traders on the coast near
the French territory.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
MANY EARTHQUAKES.
s:xty-Five Disturbances Have Occurred
Mexico in Six Months.

s:xty-Five Disturbances Have Occurred IN
Mexico in Six Months.
CITY OF MEXICO, Jan 9.-The central
meteorological observatory here has
made its report of earthquake disturb
ances in Mexico during the past half
year. During the last six months of
1898 there We're sixty-tive distinct dis
turbances. The most general was the
one of October 80, caused 10y the great
eruptions of the Colima volcano on
the Pacific coast, and the oscillation
was observed over a great extent of
territory In the district of Coyuca de
Catalane the disturbance was unusually
severe. wrecking buildings and doing
damage to the amount of 5000. 900. The
earthquakes of Mexico for the most
part are of mild order, the whole half
year only showing one of any serious
consequence
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
MANY NEEDY VETERANS.
Pension Claimants Ask to Have Thei
Cases Made Special.


Cases Made Special
WASHINGTON, Jan. 0. Commission
er Lochren is daily receiving an un-
precedented number of applica-
tions to have pension claims made
special by reason of the fact
that the claimants are in distressed
circumstances and in urgent need OF
help. Never before in the history of
the office has there been SO much suf-
fering among old soldiers, and the
commissioner is doing his utmost to
relieve them Every case that comes
to his attention is made special, and
if it be found that the claim Is good
ore. it is Immediately allowed Many
cases have been taken out of their reg
ular turn, examined and allowed within
forty-eight hours.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

The Chinese Six Companies repre-
sent the six districts near Canton.
China, from which almost all the inn
migrants come Ia this country. The
companies bring the immigrants here.
paying then passage. supporting them
until they get work. burying them
when they die aud taking their bones
back to China For all this they exact
enormous rates Of interest. and black
mail their subjects a. occasion arises.
The highbinders are simply the agents
OF the companies in Matchmaking or in
removing Cinnamon who refuse to be
blackmailed or are otherwise obnoxious
to the companies.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

DURING the year ending with last
October 10 new national banks have
been organized. with an aggregate cap
ital Of st1. $50, 200. The number now in
operation IS 5. 59d. more than quarter
of which are in eleven states. as fol-
lows: Pennsylvania, 500; New Yors.
So; Massachusetts. 26S; Ohio. "a; Texas,
222. illinois 2,S; Iowa, 1863; Kansas. 49,:
Nebraska, lS5; Indiana. ia, Michigan,
100. and New Jersey. % The number
which have passed into the hands OF re-
eeivers since the beginning of the sys-
tenn. February 2S. 1852. is 2IS. and more
than a quarter went into insolvency in
the year ending two months ago.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

The receivership of the Santa Fe
adds over 1000 miles TO the already enor-
nous mileage Of American rail ways
that is being operated under the con-
troll of receivers II runs the mileage
of bankrupt lines up considerably
above the SJ.OlO-mile mark and makes
the year 1893 a record-brealSing year in
the history of railway receiverships
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

GOLD finds are common in Alaska
just now. and Juneau is stirred up
every week or so by the appearance Of
some miner from a newly inspected
region with rich specimens Of ore. and
occasionally with pockets full OF coarse
gold About three weeks ago a miner
brought in a pound OF coarse gold
which he got on jacob island in ley
straits. one hundred and seventy five
miles northwest OF Juneau lie said
the gold was mostly in decomposed
quartz. but there was also much coarse
gold in the region \ large party of
miners started imms diately To locate
claims on tbs. island
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
BURNED To DEATH.
Shocking Fate of Two Helpless Beings at
New Richmond, Mich.

SAUeATUCK, Mich, Jan. 0. = Mrs.
Rouse, an old lady feeble in mind and
body, and her deInented daughter,
aged 2l years, were burned te death in
their beds at New Richmond, miles
from here. They were alone in
small, one-story building, and it
is supposed they were suffocated
before they could make their escape
amid the flames. When the fire was
discovered by neighbors it was too late
to render any assistance, although the
struggling form of the girl could be
seen on the bed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

OUR government Is under debt of
gratitude to the British commander at
the PentecOst islands for his prompt
ness in avenging the massacre % the
crew of an American vessel and the
cannibalistic feast that followed Tn
fortunately we have no vessels of war
in the waters of that vicinity. but hui
manity found a defender in the British
commander
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

A PHILOSOPHER describes man as the
locomotive and woman the tender" 1t
IS fortunate for the philosopher that
1.-The tender is frequently TO the front
or his philosophy would fall fiat The
good wife in many homes is as much
the driving wheel" and ''wage-earner'
as the man who holds the throttle OF
the engine or drives the plane or wields
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

THE city Of Tacoma, Wash, has a
standing order which is in every case
enforced The tramp who visits that
city IS given free bath and secured
with soap and water. lie is then inter
viewed and. if able, IS set to work or
leaves at once. The plan is thinning
out the professional tramps. They
don't like il.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

RIOTS IN SICILY.
ThIrsy Men Killed In One City and Ten In
Another.

Another.
ROME, Jan. S.-A dispatch has reached
Naples from the correspondent of a
Neapolitan paper at Palermo announc-
ing most serious riot at Marine, II
miles southeast of Palermo, a town
having 1900 inhabitants. The dis
patch says that body of riot
ers who were demanding the alb
clifton of the octroi duties in the
manner now familiar through the dis
turbances in Sicily made an attack on
the town hall which resulted in thirty
of the rioters being killed and fifty
wounded by the troops, which were
called upon by the municipal authori-
ties to queil the disturbance.
A dispatch from Caltinesette says
that there was a demonstration there
under the auspices of the Easel del
Lavoratori. which wound up in con
flict between the troops and the peas
ants. One of the soldiers was wounded
by peasant and when this was
learned the troops fred a volley into
the crowd Of rioters and killed ten and
wounded several others.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
phi Evans Hanged.

BARDsTowN. KY, Jan. s.-The trap
that sent Phil Evans into eternity was
sprung at 1855 p. m. Friday. Before he
died Evans made a full confession of his
crime. His only excuse was that he
was drunk. Death ensued in nine
minutes In a speech from the scat
fold he begged to be forgiven by God
and man. Evans, negro, was con-
victed of brutal assault on little
"a hifa Girl
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

A PARLIAMENTARY blue book relating
20 the last census for England and
Wales shows that there were taken
1915, sos unmarried males and secs, Cos
unmarried females, 4,s5I.54S married
males and 1915, Gag married females,
as. $50 widOwers and !, 124. 80 widows.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
sMoTHeRED IN THEIR CRIB.
A Mother Had Wrapped a BlsFket Toe

a Mother Had Wrapped "a Bls'.Eet Toe
Tightly Around Her TWINS.
PITTsBURGH, Pa, Jan. 9.-Mary and
Frank Baslk, twins, months old,
smothcred in their crib early Sunday
morning. The father and mother are
Poles and reside at Braddock. The
babes were both awake early. The
mother nursed them to sleep again and
when she awolxe at I o'clock both were
dead. She had wrapped the blankets
too tightly around them.
Col Peter Sanborn died in Coontoo
cook, n. II. He was treasurer of that
state from 1857 10 1871.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

MILWAUKEE, Jan. s-Michael Du-
neen, a former merchant of Hudson,
was instantly killed by an oma- a pas
senger train while crossing the track
near Hammond One horse was also
killed. Duneen was carried on the
coweatcber distance of 300 yards be-
fore The train could be stopped.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

The practice of the Mojave Indians
in burning members of their tribe
charged with witchcraft is not nov
city. as recent dispatch from Los An
geles states, but has been in existence
in the tribe from time imnemoriaL II
has been frequently spoken o. by writ
ers. and Col a q. Bracket, now on the
retired list of the army. called the at
tention of the government and the pub
lie TO il some twenty years ago, while
stationed in the southwest But
although an old practice. there IS no
reason Why steps should not be taken
10 suppress It Excepting their super
stitions the Mojaves are good Indians
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
An Ohio Lady Crazed by Grip Dro ms
Herself and Babe.

DAYTON, o.. Jan. S.-Mrs. Joseph
Wautz, of Maimisburg, crazed with the
grip, seized her S-months-old child,
Sadie. and. hurrying to the canal near
by, plunged into its murlSy waters.
Some time later her absence was noticed
and tracks were discovered leading
to the canal. An alarm was given and
in a few moments almost the entire
village population lined the canal
banks The water was drawn from
the canal, when the drowned body of
the mother, with her dead babe
clutched 10 her breast was found
lodged against a lock.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
Panorama at Niagara Burned

NIAGARA FALLS, y. V, Jan. 9.-The
cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg
opposite Prospect park. of the state
reservation, was burned at midnight
An Italian who was lying sick in a
shanty in the rear Of the building was
burned 10 death Loss over 500 600
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
pnrn.d To Death.

New HAVEN, Conn, Jan. s.-Thomas
and Kate Kinney, and aged couple liv-
ing in Orange. near West Haven, were
burned to death in their home Friday.
They were about 20 years of age
and have lived in seclusion for many
years. The frame house burned so
rapidly that it was impossible for as
sistance to reach them before il WINS in
ruins, and their charred remains were
found in the cellar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

CARBoSDALE, H.. Jan. 9-Robert
Allyn, LII. d.. formerly principal of
the southern Illinois state normal uni
versity here. for many yesrs the presi
dent of McKendree college. Lebanon,
Ill, and an educator of national repu-
tation, died in this city Saturday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
FOUR KILLED.
fatal Disaster at the Latin Rand Works
In Ulster County, y. Y.


in Ulster County. y. Y.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, n. Y, Jan. 9.--The
Latin Sc Rand powder mill at Rifton,
Ulster county, IL miles from this city.
blew up Saturday morning. Four men
were killed and several badly wounded.
Six hundred and fifty kegs of powder
exploded in the dryingroom, and the
conclusion exploded 200 kegs in
the canning-mill. 200 feet away.
Both buildings were blown away.
scarcely a plank being left behind.
Gardner Friedenburgh and Joseph
Saunders, who were in the drying
room. were torn to pieces and portions
of their bodies were picked up 500 yards
away. Michael Gibbs, who was in the
canning-mill was burned to a crisp in
second. George Kipp, boss of the
powder-makers. was crushed to death.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
Cold weather CONTINUED ln England.

LONDON, Jan. 9.-The cold weather
continues in England. The southeast
ern part of the island is under thick
fog The streets of London and its
suburbs are deserted. trains arc de-
layed and navigation on the Thames
and Midway has been suspended.
Deaths from exposure continue To be re
reported from all parts of Great Britain.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

THE death of Sir Samuel Baker. the
African explorer. will be a serious loss
to science. lie was one of the few
men who conducted his researches in
the interest of science without Interior
motives, and ne added much to the
sum of knowledge of the dark CONT
nent that IS of great value TO the world.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
Tbeater Burned.

ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. s-The Albany
theater building on South Pearl street
was burned and for time it was
feared that the city building and adj
joining structures would go. The roof
of the city building was on fire for
awhile and the structure was drenched
with water. The total loss is about
SIM OO0
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
Caught a BANK Robber.

Burglars attempted to blow open the
vault of the Eastman bank of Mont
ford. The doors refused to give and
the explosion awakened boarder in a
hotel next door, who quietly gave the
alarm An armed posse attacked the
robbers and chased them a mile beyond
the town, fusillade being kept up by
both pursuers and pursued. One of the
robbers was wounded and captured
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

III Christmas day on Monday be, :"
according to the Harleian Ms, which
Is in the British museum. the year will
be stormy and cattle will die in great
numbers; but il there is any more
worthless debris in the British museum
than this same manuscript, time and
experience have not demonstrated it
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

COLORADO is not only developing her
gold deposits profitably but her people
are bOasting that she is looming up as
the great potato producing state of the
union Last year the Colorado potato
crop brought 81, 25O. 900 into the state
and this years crop is nearly as large.
The soil where the potatoes are grown
is all irrigated The land produces over
400 bushels 10 the acre.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

The twenty-fourth annual meeting of
the Wisconsin academy of science was
held in Madison. The officers elected
for the term ls93-'96 are as follows:
President. Dr. C r. Van Hise. Madison; vice
presidents. Prot. &. Dwight Marsh, Ripon:
Prof. a J. Rogers Milwaukee; Prof }. J.
Blaisdell, Beloit; secretary. Prof. C. r. Barnes.
Madison; treasurer, Hon. 5 D. Hastings, Mad
ison
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
Liberal Gift 70 Milton College.

Word was received at Milton that
George II. Babcock, prominent Sew
enth Day Baptist, who died at his home
in Plaintield, n. j., December II, had
willed to Milton college $4,000 as an
endowment Mr.. Babcock had given
$500 to the college before, this max
ing in all SS0. 600.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

THn citizens of Vicksburg, Miss,
showed their delight at visit from the
Princeton Glee club the other day by
conducting the members through the
cemetery. Their hospitality was only
SURPASSED by the mother who told her
LITTLE daughter that II she was good
girl she would take her to see her
grandmother grave
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
Indians Dying from the Grip.

Odanah Indians are dying from the
grip and attendant complications.
Four prominent members of the tribe
have succumbed TO the disease-Michi-
gan Star, Joseph Blakes. John Stock
ards wife and Joseph Fousday's wife.
The first three were witnesses in the
famous Moneypenny murder trial.
Pneumonia usually follows the griI
when an Indian is attacked, and the
result is generally fatal.