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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-31
The EAsT.


The death of James NJ. Wilcox, aged
Il, who first produced the localized
fiber" paper used by the government for
it's notes and bonds, occurred at Hayer-
ford, Pa.
In a collision on the New Haven road
near Hyde Park, Mass, one man was
killed and twelve other persons were
injured, a woman fatally.
In Albany, y. y, the fancy goods
store of Il. Stark q Co. was burned, the
loss being 100000.
Near Newport, Pa, a broken axle
wrecked a passenger train and Engi-
neer Wolfl1ill and Fireman Haines were
killed and nine other persons were in
jur, d.
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,, was
re.lected president at the closing SEES
sion in Washington of the national
conference of Unitarian and other
Christian churches.
a national congress of Free Think
ers. with representatives from every
CITY and STATEN the union and Canada
commenced in New York.
The worst forest fires known in the
history of Pennsylvania we're raging in
TIE vicinity of Huntingdon.
A resolution favoring union with the
Unitarians was defeated at the closing
session in Meriden, Conn, of the Uni
versalist convention.
In New York James Case, wholesale
dealer in boots and shoes. failed for
$50. 900.
At her home in Deadham, Mass. Mrs.
Eurice Russ Davis. the only surviving
member of the women's anti-slavery
board of Boston. and the oldest female
abolitionist in the United States, OBJ
served her 95th birthday.
The professional bridge jumper,
Patrick Callahan, jumped from the
Poughkeepsie bridge into the Hudson
river. a distance of PIP feet, ami died
soon afterwards from injuries received.
The death of John VI. Farnham, the
inventor of the Farnham type-setting
machine. occurred in Hartford, Conn.
aged 20 years.
Hire wiped out the Whitney glass
works at Glassboro, y. j., the loss being
500 600
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Turks attacked the Armenians in
habiting the village of Senius and
twenty-four persons were killed on
both sides.
Havana advices say that it is the
daily practice of the Spanish jailers to
take ten prisoners from the forts and
prisons each day and shoot them.
Henry Parkes, aged 80 years, ex-
prime minister of New South Wales,
Was uaI. led - 6, G.,y 10 Misc Julia
Lynch.
A suggestion was made by Great
Britain to this country to form an al
lance for the enforcement of the Mon
roe doctrine jointly as against other ma
tions.
In Honolulu the cholera epidemic was
pronounced ended.
Early next spring work on an extern
sive scale will again commence on the
Panama canal.
Great Britain was closely watching
Hussia's actions in the orient, the de-
parture of fleet of war ships for Corea
being taken as an indication that the
car had designs upon China.
The Turks killed 60 Armenians in a
riot at Birmingham.
The result of the recent census in
Prussia shows that the entire popula-
ton June IA. 1895, was 81 ,491 ,2oG, an
increase of 1859 since December.
| 1890.
Turkish officials drowned fifty
Young Turks who participated in the
recent Armenian riots.
The famous scientific explorer and
writer, Robert Brown, died in London,
aged SO years.
a census of the City of Mexico shows
| 491 ,1l2 inhabitants.
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FROM DuN's POINT OF VIEW.
State of the Industrial World-Statistici
Of ITaF

state OF the Industrial Orid-Statistics
of Failures.
r. G. Dunn d Co., in their weekly re-
view of trade, say:
"Ten days ago gold exports seemed very
near. But the break IN cotton which then
began ripened on Monday into collapse
sufficient to justify hope or a free move
ment. Hides have also dropped sharply at
Chicago, leather is weaker. and the adjust
ment of prices to real instead Of imaginary
conditions progresses rapidly. Already
lower prices in iron have brought out some
important contracts. Labor difficulties,
though including a strike OF many Pennsyl-
vania coal miners who do not seem to be
succeeding, are on the whole of no serious
Importance. Money markets cause remark
ably little trouble, considering the heavy
movement of products. Cooler weather
has generally helped retail trade, ana with
Increased consumption by the millions the
way will be clear for better business"
Exports improve but little because for
eign stocks are so large, and the lower
prices give more confidence to mills which
feared to purchase and manufacture when
decline was reasonably expected. Wheat
has risen three cents for the week al
though western receipts continue unusual
ly large, and Atlantic exports show plainly
a slack demand from abroad. Nobody can
give a reason for higher corn, and pork de-
clines Is cents. LARD a sixteenth and hogs
ten cents per 100 pounds.
Iron boasts some good contracts this
week, one from Russia for several months
production of armor plate by the Carnegie
works, one for government appraisers
stores here and theirs for $500 freight cars,
with prospect OF as many more. Bessemer
pig advances, but finished products on the
whole decline as much. other pig iron not
rising"
Failures In October thus ia show liabili-
ties of 1892, 53l, of which, So. -, l75 were of
manufacturing and $3,62l,556 of trading
concerns. Last year the aggregate was
IS. 639,7il of which S2.G2s.65l was of manufac-
turing and $685. 67 of trading concerns.
In 1898 failures the same week were Sl5,-
07k,920. Failures this week are 23l in the
United States against 2Sl last year.
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The News Of the Week.
BY TELEoRAPH AND NAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON


On December 10 the republican ma
tional committee will meet at the Ar
lington hotel, Washington, to desig-
nate time and place for the meeting
of the national convention in 1896.
Total collections of internal revenue
for the first three months of the pres
ent fiscal year were s37, 744, AIS, against
S5s, O45, los for the same period last
year.
T. Dewitt Talmage was installed as
co-pastor OF the First Presbyterian
church n-WashingtOn-
Charles H. Van Nyck, of Nebraska,
ex-United States senator, died of pa
ralysis in Washington. aged n years.
In his annual report Inspector Gen
eral breckenridge shows that the
United States army has attained high
standard of discipline and that the Of
ficers generally are competent.
In the United States there were 23l
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 25th, against 263 the week
previous and 253 in the corresponding
time in 1894.
Exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 25th aggregated ST.
rs. ,3II. against S1,161,962 the
previous week. The increase, com
pared with the corresponding week in
1894. was 25.7.
The report of the interstate com
merce commission for the past year
shows that railways in the United States
have as, SOS employees and 1885 general
officers.
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LATER NEWS.

THE French cabinet resigned the 2sth
IS result of a government defeat in
the chamber of deputies during the
debate on Southern railway scandal.
ANOTHER terrible massacre of Ar
meuians, accompanied by the outrag-
ing of women, is reported to have oc.
CURED quite recently In the Baiburt
district between Erzeroum and Trebi-
zond.
A CABLE dispatch has announced that
Brazil will call convention of Ameri-
| can republics to consider European ag-
gressions. This is true in part, but
the fact is that nearly every South
American representative has been
cabled by his home government to join
with others in presenting the position
of Latin-America on this subject to
the United States.
THE boiler in Salisbury's mill, Mil
waukee, blew up the 2sth. The build
ing was wrecked, but no one was in
jured.
The boiler house of the Atlantic
mine, Iron Belt, Wis, was burned the
2sth. The fire was caused by the ex-
plosion of kerosene lamp.
THE 4-year-old girl of w. w. Melon
aid, Chippewa Falls, Wis, was burned
TO death the 27th. Her mother, after
/ lighting fire in a stove. left the child
in the room while she went down
stairs. When she returned the childs
clothing had been burned from its body
aud its face was badly burned.
Mrs. WALSH. weighing 200 pounds,
committed suicide the 2sth by jumping
from the third balcony of one OF the big
department stores of Chicago to the
floor of the rotunda- The store was
crowded with customers at the time.
WARRANTS were sworn out the 2sth
by the attorney general of Arkansas
against Fitzsimmons and his manager.
and Gov. Clark insists that he will be
arrested as soon as he enters the state.
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AL RECORDS BROKEN.
A Lake shore a. Michigan Southern
Train Maksk Fast Time.

Train Mako Fast Time.
Buffalo, N. Y, OFT. 25.-Rallway rec
ords of the world Nere smashed Thurs
day by the Laket Shore 81 Michigan
southern railway.A 1t ran a train from
Chicago 10 Buffalo in hours SO min
utes and 20 secoTts actual running
time at the rate 4 GA S-10ths miles an
hour. The recordka as follows:
Chicago to Elkhaft, S7.4 miles. in So min
uteS 70 seconds.
Elkhart to Toledo 1894 miles. in IA min
utes 30 seconds.
Toledo to ClevelaSld. 1O7.S miles. in LOG
minutes seconds.
Cleveland to Erie E5.5 miles. in SIS minutes
So second.
Erie to Buffalo. 50 miles. in 20 minutes le
seconds.
here are the redprds that went by the
board:
New York Centfal-W ednesday, Sept.
ll.-New York (GItnd Central depoD 10
East Buffalo, 1851 sliles in All rs minutes
including Stops; Average 65.6l miles per
hour; time excluding stops. 4O7 2-S minutes;
average, 6426.
England Scotland West Coast Record
Thursday, Aug. o. AErom London (Euston
station) to Aberdeen, $40 miles in 5lz min
utes, including stots; average, 6S.2S miles
pei hour; time excluding stops, 5O112 min
utes; average, 1854 piles per hour
The run from ClicagO TO buffalo was
made for a practical object. 1t was
neither to beat Ne record of the Eng
fish roads nor to pow what speed could
be attained on n roadbed, but to as
certain at what hate n commercially
paying train coult be made 10 go safely.
New York. Oct 25.-1he New York
| Central Empire gate express brought
into Grand Gems - station at 1915
| Thursday night several of the party
that left Chicago pm the Lake Shore fast
train early ThuIfday morning. Some
| of the party VISITED the Empire theater
and the broadway theater. This is a
feat never before accomplished, to leave
Chicago in the ma rning, travel $50 miles
and attend the tteater in New York the
same evening.
The entire dist lance of $50 miles was
made in seventies hours, forty-tive min
utes and twenty three seconds. Chica-
go newspaper MIN who were on board
| had in their p4ckets morning news
| papers of Thursday. This was the first
time that regular edition of Chicago
morning paper has been read in New
| York the day of rs publication.
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HOME AND FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Their Work Considered by the American
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Are Low.

Their Work Considered by the American
Association-Eunds Are Low.
Detroit, Mich, Oct. "a. The sessions
of the American Missionary association
were largely attended Wednesday. In
the morning committees on Chinese
and Indian mission work were appoint
ed anu the remainder of the session
was largely devoted to a review of the
work done by Congregational mission
aries among the Chinese and Indians.
All of the speakers deplored the lack
of funds, which prevented the extern
sion of missionary efforts and serious
ly crippled the stations now in exist
ence
Detroit, Mich, Oct. 25.-The Americ-
an Missionary association at Thursday
mornings session selected Boston as
the place for holding the Jubilee" an
nual meeting next year,
At the afternoon session officers were
elected. Merrill y. Gates, of Massa-
chusetts, being chosen president. An
amendment to the constitution was
adopted providing that pastors of any
evangelical church contributing to the
fund of the association shall have the
right to vote at annual meetings. The
meeting came to a close Thursday even
ing with stirring addresses delivered by
President j. b. Angel, of the University
Of Michigan, and DIR. Merrill L. Gates.
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Victims of Forest Fires.

Green Bay, Wis, Oct. 25.-Informa-
ton has reached this city from the
Oneida reservation of the death of three
children as a result of the forest fires
raging in that region. a number of
dwellings were burned, some of them
on the reservation and others just out
side. Among those destroyed was that
of John Skanidore. His three children
were alone in the house. The fire came
down on the neighborhood very rapid
ly with sudden change of wind and
several had a narrow escape from
death. 1t is supposed the children be
came panic-stricken when the house
took fire and were unable to help them
selves.
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A CONFESSION
which Was Received In the wsy That He
ExuecfSd.


which Was Received In the wsy That He
Expected.
She knew he was going to proposes
There was a strained look about his
four-in-hand tie that clesrly betrayed
It
"Antigone," he commenced, "I ask
you to become my wife,
She glanced at the third finger of
her left hand, then clasped both hands
together and lowered her eyelids to an
angle of IS degrees
But" he continued, ~ feel that I
ought not to deceive you"
The angle was raised to 90, but sha
answered not.
Il am not what seem to you; You
are completely mistaken in me. The
man you have pictured me to be and I
have nothing in common"
go on" she said, coldly, her eyes
now open to their fullest extent.
However" he went on, desperate
", II am going TO lay my inner self
bare to you. come what mayw
We'll" she said, in one dull. heavy
monosyllableL He shivered. 1t had
the tone of funeral knen.
II am not a model man." he re-
sumed, with an effort II am not
even ordinarily well-behaved. ! smoke.
drink and bet-often. i read French
novels and &C to burlesques. Roof
gardens attract me, and prefer farce
comedy to Shakespeare. have even
firted with living pictures; nay, I
have"
GOOD grsciousi how you frightened
me-" she interrupted with sigh of re-
lief. ~ was afraid that you were go
ing to say that you did not care for
any of those things"
Then, burying her face in his four
finland, she whispered:
You can not shake me, darling,
am yours!'-N. Y. World.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-31
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER.
Continuation of the Armenian RiOts-SIne
Hundred Slain in Trebizond.

Hundred Slain in Trebizond.
Constantinople, Oct. 2S.-Details have
been received from Turkish source of
the recent rioting at Erzingen, in
Asiatic Turkey. II is said that the
trouble had its origin in the killing of a
Mussulman priest by an Armenian.
The murder bitterly incensed the Mo
hammedans against the Armenians and
an attack was made by the former upon
the latter. The Armenians defended
! themselves. and in the fight that fol-
lowed so Armenians and 10 Moham-
medans were killed.
The governor of Bitlis. Asiatic Tur-
key, has telegraphed to the porte that
body of armed Armenians attacked
the mosques in that city on Friday last
the MohammedanS abbath-while the
Mohammedans were at prayers. The
latter, being unarmed, had to defend
, their lives with sticks and stones. The
officials were speedily informed of the
outbreak and at once sent police, gen
darmes and soldiers to all quarters of
the town to restore peace. Some Of
the Armenians afterward barricaded
themselves in khans and continued to
use their firearms. A number of per-
sons on both sides were killed or
wounded.
London, Oct. 2S.-The Daily News
publishes letters from Trebizond, Turk
ish Armenia, stating that the number
of victims in the recent rioting are es-
timated at ZOO in the town and 200 in
menian women have vanished and there
is scarcely doubt that they have been
either murdered or kidnapped. Most of
the houses occupied 10y Armenians were
burned. There is great distress among
the purveyors, who in large numbers
are living in sheds or in the woods. Tel
egrams from Marash report that the
situation there is serious and that the
English and American missionaries are
| in r.atiI
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RUSSIA AND COREA.
England JeaIously Watches Developments
I'm the East.

I'm the East.
London, Oct. 26.-The dispatch from
Shanghai rsday afternoon, an
nouncin the departure ofafleet ofnine-
teen Lussian warshi IS from Nladivo-
stock for Chemulpo and Fusan, Corea,
and the Times dispatch from Hong
Kong, announcing that Russia has OBJ
tanned the right to anchor her feet at
Port Arthur, and construct railroads on
the Liao-Tung peninsula, have caused
intense excitement in official circles
here as well as in those having com
mercial relations with the far east.
These most important statements are
looked upon generally as being a sud
den reopening in an unexpected quarter
of the far eastern question in its widest
sense.
The Shanghai dispatch added that the
japanese feet in Formosa waters had
been recalled, that several British war
ships had been ordered to Corea and
that preparations for a struggle were
visible ON all sides. The Hong Kong
cable message to the Times caused that
paper to remark, editorially, Friday:
Russia cannot possibly imagine that the
great powers will view with Indifference
such a destruction of the balance of power,
which is almost unparalleled in It's audac-
ity. China's option to purchase the rail-
ways is a Jest almost too cynical to find a
place in any serious diplomatic transact
ton. Under the indicated conditions Man
churia would practically become a Rus
sian province, while Picking would be with
IA Russia's grip"
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QUEEN SOPHIA Of Sweden is one of the
most enthusiastic friends and pro
mOters OF the SalV zion Army. The
Salvation Army also is receiving tokens
of imperial favor at St. Petersburg
Among The cordial responses sent by
Emperor Nicholas in person to the mes
sages of coincidence which he received
from abroad NJ the time of his fathers
death. and of cOngratulation on his
marriage. We're dispatches which he
himself addressed To Gen. Booth.
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THE SIXTEENTH CONFERENCE.
onitarians Hold Their Annual Meeting n
WashtnxfOn.

Washington.
Washington, Oct. 25.-The subject of
church extension occupied great por-
ton of the morning session of the
Unitarian national council on Wednes-
day. Addresses were delivered by sew
eral prominent ministers. 4 resolu-
tion was adopted as the national coun-
ellis declaration of sufficient basis,
not only for Christian unity, but also
for the religious unity of the world. 1t
is as follows:
Resolved, That this church accepts the
religion of Jesus. holding. in accordance
with His teahing, that practical religion is
summed up in love to God and love to man;
and cordially invite to cur working
US in belief, are in general sympathy with
our spirit and our practice"
Washington, Oct. 25.-The closing
days proceedings of the national con-
ference of Unitarian and other Chris
tian churches were the most important
and interesting of the convention. A
resolution strongly denouncing the
persecution of Armenians and urging
governmental reform was adopted.
The annual election of officers resulted
in the reelection of United States Sena-
tor Hoar, of Massachusetts,, as presi-
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THE MINNESOTA IRON MINES.
Money sim Being Poured In for tho De-
veIopment.


veIopment.
A recent article in the Pioneer Press
throws a new light upon the iron in
dustry of Minnesota When the dis
coyeries on the Mesaba Range were
made some three years ago, hundreds
went wild over the prospect of imme-
diate wealth by investing $50 in state
lease. The sequel shows that only
with immense capital and indomitable
pluck can the iron mines be made profit
ably productive. 1t was only because
J. d. Rockefeller was induced TO take
hold of the properties on the Mesaba
Range in 1898 that great financial dis
aster was averted. Under the stimu-
lus of Mr.. Rockefeller's capital, the
Lake Superior Consolidated Mining
Company was formed. and the work
continued, employing hundreds of men
when nearly every industry in the
country was absolutely stagnant. Up
to this date not a dollar has been paid
In dividends on the Consolidated stock.
and much new capital is still being re-
quired for the development
II is said by those close to headquar-
ters that the Rockefeller interest, for
instance, so far from deriving profit
from the Consolidated mines, OF which
they are large owners, have actually
advanced about million and half to
the mines during the present season.
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dent; Rev. w. ID. Moorehouse, of New
York, general secretary, and William
Howell Reed, of Boston, treasurer.
Three of the vice presidents were re-
elected, the full list of vice presidents
standing as follows: United States
Commissioner of Labor Carroll ID.
Wright, Massachusetts,; Thomas j..
Morris, Baltimore, Md; Dorman b.
Eaton, New York; Roger Walcott, Mil
ton, Mass; Horace Davis, San Fran
cisco, Cal, and Daniel l.. Shorey, Chi
capO
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CLARETTE AVERY, the IO-year-old
negro girl who is converting so many
whites and blacks in the south by her
magnetic preaching has a ready com
uland OF pure and elevated language. She
comes from Washington, and her moth
er. who travels with her, says of her:
"Claretta has been preac ing for near
~ two years now, and she is just 10
years old. We taught her To read. but
beyond that she has had no advantages.
She is a perfectly artless child at home
has lot of dolls. and is running in and
out OF the house all the time. singing.
laughing and playing with other chill
tlren"
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New York, Oct. 26.-The national
congress of Free Thinkers, with repre-
sentatives from every city and state
in the union and Canada, was opened
in Hartman hall Friday. The espe-
cial object of the congress, which will
last for three days, is stated to be to
further the total separation of church
and state and to secure the impartial
taxation of all property, secular, pub
lie schools, abolition of sabbatarian and
blasphemy laws, free speech, free press
free mails and the rights of man, WON
an and children
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Corbett Changes HIS Mind.

st. Louis, Mo, Oct. ga special
from Hot Springs, Ark, says that Cor
bett Friday afternoon telegraphed to
Phil Dwyer and others in New York to
forward the stake money at once. He
stated in the telegram that he was de-
termined to remain in Hot Springs
until November and see the matter out.
This puts a new aspect on affairs. and
II is now believed that Corbett has made
up his mind to meet Fitzsimmons under
any circumstances.
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shake the Presidents Hand.

President Collier announced that Mr..
Cleveland would shake hands with the
people if they would pass by in an or
derby line. Instantly there was Dreak
for the reviewing stand. Here and there
ladies caught in the jam tainted, but
that did not deter others. For an hour
the president shook hands faster, he
said, than ever before in his life.