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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-09-19
ELECTRICAL SPARKS.

IT is said that steel containing twelve
per cent. of manganese cannot be mag
netized.
THE resistance of copper rises about
O.21 per cent. for each degree Fahr.,
or about O.3s for each degree Cent.
FLAMES and currents of very hot air
are good conductors of electricity. An
electrified body placed near flame soon
loses it's charge.
IN charging a secondary battery the
charging electro-motive force should
not exceed the electro-motive force of
the battery more than five per cent.
A LIGHTNING rod is the seat of a con-
tinuous current, so long as the earth 1T
it's base and the air at its apex are of
different potentials.
TIE effect Of age and of strong cur
rents on German silver is to render it
brittle. A similar change takes place
in an alloy of gold and silver.
LIGnTNING has an electro-motive
force of $500. coo volts and current of
1900, 900 amperes. The duration of
the discharge of lightning is One-twen-
ty-thousandth of second.
To OBTAIN the number of turns Of
wire in an electro-magnet multiply the
thickness of the coils by the length and
divide by the diameter of the wire
squarcd
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-09-19
WEST AND SOUTH.

ONO republicans opened their state
campaign at Springfield
+. T. IIoIIINsHEAD and F. J. Sulli-
van were killed in a railway wreck
near Evansville. and sew, raj other per
sons were injured.
AT Ncgaunee, Mich, strikers were
becoming desperate and guards had to
Ice kept along the railroads leading TO
Ishpeming to protect the passengers.
THE statement was made by DIR. A.
W. Hit, of Chicago. that there were
over 500 cases of leprosy in the United
States.
MICHAEL SABO and John BarillO were
asphyxiated while cleaning tanks at
the Standard Oil company's plant at
Whiting, Ind.
IN tit of jealousy William Ross
shot and MORALLY wounded Mrs. Philip
Kuhn at Denver. Col. and then killed
himself.
PINE regions of the Michigamme and
Paint rivers in Wisconsin We're being
swept by forest fires
On the Great Northern road trains
collided near Ashby, MINI, and five
persons were killed.
BY the explosion of ammunition in
the caisson of a gun being driven for
service in the G. y L. parade four
members of the Louisville tKy.) legion
were instantly killed.
FIRE wiped out the entire business
portion of Conway Springs, Kan.
HENRY J. GREEN and Ransom Smith,
leaders of a dangerous gang of coun-
terfe.ters, were captured at st. Joseph.
Mo.
SOME $4,000 veterans took part in
the parade of the Grand Army of the
Republic at Louisville, Ky. In the
evening speeches were made by Henry
Watterson. Lieut.. GOv. Jacobs. Com
mander in Chief Lawler, Gen. Lew
Wallace and Mrs. John 4. Logan.
Is session at Des Moines. Ia. the
United States Veterinary Medical asso-
citation elected Horace Hoskins, of
Philadelphia, as president
a NOR hanged William Caldwell (col-
oredl near osceola, Ark. for N ordering
Mrs Rhea. white woman.
INDIANS killed the wife and child of n
man named Stiles and his father-in-
law, J. ID. Borden. near Las Flores,
Cal
ADvICEs from various points in the
northwest reported extremely hot
weather, the thermometer ranging
from 30 To % degrees.
AT Duluth. Mimi. the Iron exchange
bank. owned by the Merritts. made an
assignment and will retire from bust
ness. Depositors will be paid in full
An earthquake shock lasting ten
seconds prevailed in lower East Ten
nessee along the North Carolina state
line No damage was done.
OF the thirty bodies of the men who
lost their lives in the Osceola mine
FIRE near Houghton, Mich, twenty
were recovered.
IN free-fOr-all class pacing race at
Louisville. for a purse of IS. 900, Robert
J. defeated Joe Patchen and John r.
Gentry, the best lime being 2;Oi4.
FoUR masked men held up passen-
ger train on the Santa Fe road at Cur
tbs Station. q. T., but got nothing.
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LATER NEWS

THE gold reserve in the U. S. treasury
the 10th was SOC, 34s, 642.
THE striking miners at Ishpeming,
Mich, returned to work on the 10th.
AT Marshaltown, Ia, hail as large as
hens eggs fell for 20 minutes to the
depth of n foot for a strip a mile wide.
THE international cricket match at
Philadelphia, Pa, between the English
and American teams was won by the
Americans by 100 runs.
THE Sovereign grand lodge of the
n. j.. the 10th.
THE London and Edinburgh Steam
ship Company's steamship Iona, plying
between Leith and London, caught fire
on her trip to Gravesend the 10th. The
fire started in her cabin and five women
and one child, passengers, and the stew
ardess were burned to death, and u
number of others were badly burned
and otherwise injured. The fire was
extinguished by the use OF the snip fire
apparatus.
THE cookers of Pennsylvania in con-
vention at Scotdale agreed to strike for
an advance of wages.
A VEHICLE containing six persons was
struck by an engine on the Southern
road at Lawyers Station. Va, the 10th.
Five were killed outright and the
othes died in few hours.
TIE Calumet blast furnace at South
Chicago, which stopped business three
wears ago, has resumed operations. and
the prospects are that no further inter
ruptions will occur. About 1900 men
will be employed at the Chicago plant
Two sleeping cars on the 500 rail-
road went down an embankment near
Anuandale, Mimi, the 10Th. 5. seral
passengers were injured but none
fatally.
PAT QUINLAN has sued Chicago for
$50, 000 for false arrest. He was sup
posed TO be connected with Holmes.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

PRESIDENT DIAZ, of Mexico, is de-
scribed by recent eyewitness as pure
ly Aztec in appearance.
EX-SENATOR CoNGER, of Michigan,
who fifteeu years ago was one OF the
leaders OF the republican party. is now
a poor man, living in Washington.
NJ. Louis VossIoS. the French con-
sui at Philadelphia, upon whom has
been conferred the cross of the Legion
of Honor. fought in the Franco-Prus-
sian war, being severely wounded at
Gravelotte.
Mrs. MARY REYNOLDS, widow OF the
famous steamboat man. Diamond Joe
Reynolds, who at one time had an alb
solute monopoly of all the steamboat
baeA.ess in the upper Mississippi river,
died at McGregor, Ia, few days ago.
Mis-. McREAGAS, a New York female
tramp, boosted that for twenty years,
she had seldom or never slept outside
of a police station when not on Black
wells island. She died in cell few
nights ago, thus carrying out what she
often expressed as her dearest wish.
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Cot. l. y. WALKER, of indianapolis
| was elected commander in chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic at the en-
campment in Louisville, and st Paul
captured the reunion and cncampment
in 1896 The report of the adjutant
general showed the total amount ex-
pended for charity the past year was
sl9s,s9 The total membership in
good standing on July was S57,639.
THE grand lodge 4. o. U. ". of Mis-
souri, were taking steps TO expel every
saloonkeeper and bartender.
In Louisville a portion of the grand
stand on which were seated at least
| 10. 600 PEOPLE witnessing the grand
army fireworks gave way, injuring
about zoo persons, but no fatalities
were reported.
ANNIE LONDONDERRY. aged % years.
OF Boston. the globe girdler who left
Chicago ON a bicycle year ago last
OF her scheduled time.
IL trot at Huntington, Ind, Dandy
Jim went the last heat in 2:l194. max
! ing new worlds trotting race record
on n half-mile track
WITH a grand barbecue the twenty
ninth encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic closed at Louisville.
The Woman's Relief Corps elected Mrs.
Elizabeth Turner, of Boston, as presi-
dent, the Daughters of Veterans
selected Mrs. Ellen NJ. Walker, of
Wol cester. Mass, as their president,
and the National Association OF ex-
| - w. a1ans.aI do NJ
George W. Grant, of Minnesota.
The Methodist conference at Ann Ar
Dor, Mich, Ottumwa. Ia, and Jackson
/ will, H., voted To admit women as lay
delegates.
AT Paris, Tex, Charles II. Key was
executed for killing Smith McLath-
lin in the Chickasaw Nation July p,
1894.
AT Wooster, O.. and vicinity wind
and hail storm did damage to the ex-
/ tent of $500, 900.
The Kearney (Neb.) national bank
for the second time in two years closed
| its doors, with liabilities of $4,000
IL the convention at Columbia, Col,
Robert Aldrich introduced a complete
constitution. Its most novel feature
was a provision that no negro shall
1 hold Office in South Carolina
FLAMES destroyed the candle factory
in Cincinnati owned by the Jacob Well
Ter company, the loss being Sl95, o00-
NEAR Cross. O. T., John Hall and
/ wife, daughter Maude. is years of age,
their son John and DIR. Gillian were
drowned while fording the Arkansas
river.
Ar her home in Mayville, Mich, Mrs.
; Sarah Hustled celebrated her Tooth
birthday.
! IL southeastern Kansas grasshop-
peIs by the million appeared.
The iirln of Wallace Bros, of States
vile, y. c.. the largest dealers in med
zeal herbs in the world, failed for $780,
/ 600.
HECTOR MACGAGAN and Fred A.
Weage, of Chicago. broke the l0O-mile
bicycle tandem century record, making
the run in hours % minutes. twenty
two minutes below the best previous
record.
BETWEEN the North and South Loup
rivers in Nebraska prairie fires did
thousands of dollars worth of damage.
A MONUMENT at baltimore to the
memory of Francis Scott Key, the au-
thor of the star Spangled Banner"
will be erected by the Order of Chosen
Friends.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

AT Windsor, Ont, and elsewhere
through the dominion it was proposed
to nominate candidates for parliament
on a platform of Canadian independ
ence. This is preliminary to annex
alton to the United States.
PARDoNs were issued by the council
of state at Honolulu to Ex-Queen Lii
iuOl<alani and several political prisoners
and exiles
Mr. GLADSTONE says in n letter to
George Peel, secretary of the Gold
Standard association in London, that
he believes England should stand
squarely for gold standard.
EXPORTS from Manchester, England,
to the United States for the year ended
August 81 amounted to S13,O67 ,3ls, as
against STAB, i46 for the previous year.
TIE death of Mrs. Mutchmeyer
(American) occurred in San Salvador.
Her husband, United States consul,
died there a few days ago.
a RAILROAD dam west of Matamoras.
Mexico. was broken by the overflow of
the Rio Grande and nearly half the
city was inundated.
Ir was decided by the German gov
eminent to expel all foreign socialists
from the country.
TIE Chinese officialssat Ku Cheng
refused to execute "A single murderer
implicated in the massacre of mis-
sionaries, unless assured that with the
execution of the men accused all other
demands should cease.
ADvICEs say that the Chinese steamer
Catterhun, bound from Sydney to
China, sank off Seal rock and fifty -four
persons were drowned.
MAN banana fields were destroyed
by violent storm which swept the
isthmus of Panama.
TIRE crops in Europe we're said to be
far below the average
The resignation of James O. Broad
head. of st. Louis, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary To the
Swiss republic, was forwarded to the
secretary of state.
AT Loschenbeck, Belgium, an aero
naut named Toulet and three COM
panions made an ascension, and the
balloon exploded in mid-air and the
four men were killed.
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Luxemburgers Celebrate.

The people of the town of Belgium,
Ozaukee county. celebrated the golden
jubilee, or fiftieth anniversary, of the
settlement of their town by a colony
from the grand duchy of Luxembourg.
The festivities took place at the village
of Holy Cross, and an immense
crowd was in attendance. Some
came from Chicago, some from
Dubuque, Ia, others from Min
nesota and from Michigan. Four
of the first pioneers were in at
tendance and were shown every mark
of attention. Many priests and digni-
taries of the Catholic church were on
hand and took part in the ceremonies,
which consisted of a monster parade,
speeches by prominent Luxembourg
ers, grand barbecue, fireworks and a
renewal of social ties by long parted
friends
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GRAND sTAND FALLS.
Veterans at Lou,svi! Are Injured in a

Accident.
LOUISVILLE, XVI Sept. l4.--At :
o'clock Thursday night, just as thou
sands of spectators had been seated on
the levee to witness the extensive fire.
works display on TIL river, there was
terrible crash likeE clap of thunder.
Instantly the cries Ind shrielxs of thou
sands of women, Ichildren and men
were heard, whilt appeals for help
arose from every 3de. About 10000
persons went downEr the crash of the
immense reviewingfstand of the citi-
zens committee, OF which were the
specially invited ri ests of the citizens
Grand Army comtnittee. Scores of
men and women ware pinned beneath
the boards of thu stand with the
weight of other ped ple bearing down
on them.
Several hundredi We're more or less
injured The repkrt spread rapidly
through the thro5g that many had
been killed, and ptople rushed to the
scene from eycryf part of the city.
Fortunately the report of loss Of
life proved to bef untrue, but it is
impossible to get attenuation from all
and it is feared that the injuries of
some may be more Serious than is now
known. Scores o1 women who were
not hurt tainted ffom fright.
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WIT AND WISDOM.


.-Yoh kin tell er good deal bout err
mans early ha'hdships or luxuries."
said Uncle Eben, by noticin' wheddah
he calls daisies will flowers or
weed Washington Star
AS a sticky fiy determined to perch
on your nose on rainy day. so is the
man whose only visible means of sup
port is the retailing of grievances
against humanity without license
Young Minister
Not Unlucky.- Spook - Do you
think thirteen is an unlucky humble
Hsnt-of course not. l got this suit
I'm wearing for thirteen dollars.
marked down from twenty-six. what
you paid for yours. -Detroit Free
Press
- wish you would be frank with
me, Miss Hilltop" said young Mr. Bir-
mingham, who was urging his suit.
Couldn't, reallyl' replied the girl
THAT would be too familiar. You NAV
call me Frances. tho."-Pittsburg
Chronicle
"A French lady, staying in America,
was wrestling with the English lang
guage, had made good progress, and
one day accepted an invitation to dine.
She was offered dish that was new to
her. Not fancying it, she declined.
saying: "Ah! thanks no. monsi sur; 1
eat only acquaintance. Lynn Item
Some mouths look like peaches and
cream, and some look like a hole chop
ped into brick wall TO admit new
door or window. The mouth is = hot
bed of tooth-aches, the bung-hole OF
oratory, and baby's browning glory.
II is the patriotism's fountain head and
the tool chest for pie. Without il the
politician would be a wanderer on the
face OF the earth, and the cornetist
would go down to an unhonored grave.
1t is the grocer's friend, the orators
pride and the dentists hope.-Mon-
mouth Spring Monitor.
Peculiar to the Sex.-"It surely
isn't woman's sphere" Mr.. Junius be-
gan, but Mrs Junius broke in Instant
": Well there now if that isn't just
like you men always running on and
running on ABOUT us women and
we your equal in everything and more
too, If you read the statistics, for there
are fifty thousand more women than
men in Massachusetts alone, and | sup
pose you think that because Won have
the ballot and smoke that woman has
no right to ride a bicycle and think
myself that she ought to be ashamed
in boomers but that is only matter
OF taste and l am sure | don't believe
one word that they put in the papers
about horses shying for some of them
look real pretty made of dark material
and trimmed daintily about the edges
and why in the world don't you speak
up Julius Junius you exasperating man
and not sit there dumb all day and tell
me what it is you think isn't woman's
sphere?' II had reference to foot
ball" Mr.. Julius softly answered
But Mrs. Junius had her breath again.
md he went to sleep while she was
still at it
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BLOWN FROM THE TRACK.
Train Wrecked by kclone in Wisconsin
Three MIN Hurt.


Three MIN Hurt
MADISON. Wis, Sept. 16.-The storm
that swept over TIN S section about 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon developed
into a cyclone mild south of this city
and resulted in a SCI ious wreck ON the
Northwestern road linear the Monon
lake assembly g{ounds. A south
bound freight of emf ty cars was struck
squarely on the sidethnd ten cars and
the caboose were h&rled down a %
foot embanlxment Three railroad men
were in the caboose bnd all were more
or less injured.
Half the train, ind uding the engine,
was out of the path kf the cyclone and
was left on the trick. The wrecked
cars are badly aplaged. The wind
blew at fearful Yflocity and several
big trees at the Scene of the wreck
were torn up by thd roots.
KALAMAZOO, Michk, Sept 16-A ter
rife electric and ra Il storm visited this
vicinity Sunday, tide rain falling in
torrents for several thours. the fall be
ing about l inch.I In many places
about the city \ the inlets to
manholes were Stopped up and
the streets werk flooded. The
large stone wall{ supporting the
cement walk on thehyest side of Rosen-
baum & Speyer's biz department store
was washed away, And the basement,
which is used as a carpet department,
was flooded, causing a damage to stock
of about 81. 200
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-09-19

MARY ANnERsoN's "reminiscences Of
her life ON the stage, aud her impress
sions through her professional career.
which will soon be forthcoming, should
lie read 10y all stage-struck young
women. If woman of such genius as
''Our Mary" aud one who has achieved
the wonderful success before the foot
lights that she did. can look back and
unhesitatiugly and emphatically say,
rs she does, that the day she voluntari-
Ii left the stage with all its triumphs
and hOnors, for She certainly won
them, was the happiest of her life,
what can other who tread the boards
aNnnrt2
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Onei,ia Indians, EaIr.

The Indians of the Oneida reserva-
ton, west of De Pere, will hold their
second annual fair and exhibition on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
October /, 2 and 3. The fair is held
under the auspices of the Oneida Agri-
cultural society and is a most unique
and unrivaled entertainment, being
the only Indian fair in America. The
programme includes horses, pony and
foot races, games of lacrosse and base
ball, and two war dances each day.
The Oneida cornet band, which made
a tour through the country few
wears ago, will furnish the music.
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The hal was then eltared of all not
members of the G. A. T.. and after
prayer the business session of the en-
.campment began. Commander in Chief
Lawler, In his annual address. touched
on many subjects oftinterest to the
veterans
Adjutant Generals Report
The report of Adit 8en. C. c. Jones
showed that the total membership in
good standing on JulH / was s57, 639
The number of membtsrs suspended at
the same date was 40, fOo, figures which
he regards as Astounding. Nearly
5000 veterans died dtring the year.
There are 7,245 posts Ia the country.
St. Paul tEins.
When the encampntent reassembled
at 2;30 the location bf the next en-
campment was made the special order.
The claims of st. Paul We're presented by
Henry A. Castle and amp ex-Gov. McGill,
those of Denver by Nicholas O'Brien and
Gen. John Cook, Jr., Ind those of Buff
falo by L. l.. Atkinskn, ex-consul to
Toronto, and JamesI Graham. The
first ballot resulted: Paul, 395; Buff
falo, 226; Denver, ISL Nashville, %.
The selection of st. Paul was made
unanimous.
Indiana Hobored.
The election of offiders was the next
order. For commander in chief Gen.
|. n. Walker, of Indianapolis, was
nominated by his only compc titor, Gen.
Thayer, of Nebraska, and chosen
unanimously. For sbnior vice COM
mander in chief Gen. tG. II. Hobson, of
Greensburg. Ky, an! for junior vice
commander in chief 81 G. Cosgrove, of
the state of Washington, were chosen
by acclamation.
Veterans Mt n Barbecue.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sebt l6.-While the
Ladies of the Grand Army and the
Woman's Relief Corpl as well as the
national encampmest proper, con-
tinued their sessions Friday, there
was n special attrdction for those
who are not delegates in either
of these three assemblages. At
Wilder park the sntire day was
devoted IL the bigger ''old Kentucky
barbecue" that was eker spread
The committee on bensions made
voluminous report id which the order
voices its solemn protest against any
policy which will ind pair or diminish
the liberal provisf ions male dur
ing the past thtty years for
the assistance of feterans of the
late war. The rep,tt denounces the
burdens and restrictions imposed upon
pensioners by rec snt constructions
placed upon the law4as unjust and un-
wise in the extremR 1t insists that
the law which cont itutes a pension
once granted vested right of which
the possessor canno3 BE- deprived eX-
cept by due process OF law shall be
carried out with the utmost good faith.
The newly elected officers were in
stalled and the encat pment adjourned
sine die.
At the meeting of the new council of
administration Friday night Com
mander-iD- Chief Wal zer announced the
appointment of Gen.l Irwin Robbins, of
indianapolis. to be atljutant general.
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Whipped by a Preacher.

When Rev. A. II. Wotton, the young
rector of Trinity Episcopal church at
GAINESVILLE, learned to pull an oar with
the famous St George crew while he
was studying for the ministry over in
England he probably did not realize to
what an extent he could use his
trained muscles at GAINESVILLE. But he
found out, and so did five drunken
toughs who tackled him on the
steamboat landing at Crystal Springs,
3 miles up Rock river. All five men
were whipped at once by the athletic
preacher, and the scholars, teachers
and mothers on the boat applauded
him every time he pushed his minis
terial fists INTO the forbidding coun-
tenances of his assailants.
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A HISTORICAL society in Ohio has set
an example which the people of other
towns might do well % follow The
society has erected several historical
stones and tablets commemorative of
events Of Importance which occurred
in the vicinity of the town. There are
hundreds Of towns in all parts of the
country, and particularly in the east,
which could in some such manner in
dictate the location of historic events.
The expense would be trifiing, com
pared with the benefit derived
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THE intention of Japan to have sew
eral battleships built in this country Is
a matter Of congratulation, asst shows
that the advancement in American
ship building is appreciated in other
countries. Ten years ago Japan would
have gone To England for her ships,
but the wise policy which inaugurated
the building up Of our navy gave a
stimulus 10 American ship building in
frpupv-al
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Lunatio Pound Dead.

Albert DavorkOsen, aged 81, an es-
capped lunatic from Mendoza asylum,
was found dead in a mill1hOuse at VIII
liam Sheridan's farm, near GAINESVILLE.
While Sheridan was absent Davor-
kosen crawled into the millhouse,
where he was found some time after
ward lifeless. Davorkosen's home was
at GAINESVILLE. The supposition was
that he either took poison or died of
r,nr,ia