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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
GUATEMALA AND MEXICO.
They Are Likely Soon to BE Involved In
the Tolls of War.

the Tolls OF War.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-War between
Guatemala aud Mexico seems inevi-
table. Guatemala can only prevent it
by complying with the demands of
Mexico, and this it is apparently I'M
willing to do. Mexico will not arbi-
trate. The efforts at mediation by the
United States have failed. From abso-
lutely reliable authority it is said Mex
leo has politely but most posi-
lively declined to entertain the sug-
gestion of the United States state de
partment that the difficulty be sub
mitted to arbitration.
The question at issue between the
two countries is one which easily adj
mits of arbitration. Briefly stated it is
as follows:
treaty signed at the City OF Mexico Sep
TENDER "a 1882, defined the boundary between
Mexico and Guatemala from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, which had been in dispute for
more than half a century, and provided
that a mixed commission should mark the
line with suitable monuments When this
commission reached the Usumaeinta, one of
the boundary rivers, it found that the
data furnished by Senior hungary, engi-
neer sent by Guatemala to survey the line be-
fore the treaty was made were not accurate,
because, according to his maps and the treaty
based upon them, the Usumaeinta river was
placed considerably above its actual course
This left in Mexico a very important part
OF what had been considered Guate-
malan territory. The government Of
Guatemala held that the Usumacinta
river began at point many miles below that
designated in the treaty, and that tie actual
boundary line ought to be the Chixoy river,
situated several miles west Of the Usumacinta
The government OF Mexico accepted this prop
osition matter of equity on condition that
no further objections should be raised by
Guatemala in the marking Of the boundary
line
Pending the marking of this boundary, how
ever. there has been frequent Disbursements
and delays in the works. Concessions have
been made by both governments for the cut
ting OF mahogany, and Guatemala at last bold
ly entered upon the area in dispute, de-
stroyed Mexican camps, and has occupied 1t
with an armed force. Mexico now demands
the area, and furthermore insists that Guate-
mala shall withdraw its troops and pay an in
demnity for injuries alleged to have been in
tiicted upon Mexican citizens.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
NEW FINANCE MEASURE.
Details of the Plan of Chairman Springer
of the banking Committee.

WASHINGTON, Jan 26.-The details
of the amended financial plan which
Messrs. Springer and Cox and two or
three other members of the banking
committee are discussing with Secre-
tary Carlisle were learned Thursday.
The most radical of the new PROPOSE
tions for which Mr.. Cox stands sponsor
is that for the coinage of silver. A
synopsis of the main points in the meas
ure follows:
1t contemplates the cancellation Of the Sher-
man notes when received at the treasury and
the issue OF silver certificates in denomina-
lions Of 81, 3 and 3d. OF silver dollars, il the
receivers prefer To back these silver certih-
Gates it is proposed 70 coin all the bullion in tho
treasury which, including s54000.000 seignior-
age, amounts to slsi.000O0j. IL is calculated
that not more than s40o00.e00 can be coined in
a year. The changes in the banking features
of the plan provide that while the banks shall
hold the same reserve now required, one-haIf
shall be in legal-tender greenbaeks or Sher-
man notes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


Solomon Packer. who disappeared
from Superior October 81. is in south
Africa. Mrs. Packer has spent several
thousand dollars in searching and adj
vertising for her husband. In letter
to her Mr.. Packer says he went to
Chicago on business in October, and he
remembers nothing from his second
day in Chicago until he was in mid
ocean, bound for Johannesburg. Ho
evidently did not contemplate the
flight from here, for he took only $3.50
and little valuable jewelry which he
kept for his own use. Mrs. Packer be-
heved her husband dead
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
The News Of the Week.
By TELEoRAPH ANp NAIL.
FIFTYTHIRD CoEGg. SIS.
Procsedfnga of the Second Session.


TUESDAY. Jan. 20. - The policy of
the administration as TO Hawaii was
again the subject Of sharp attack
and defense in the senate. Petitions
were presented from citizens of Ala
bana claiming that they were de-
prived of a republican form of govern
ment and asking the intervention of
congress. In the house the Indian APP
preparation bill was passed. as was also
bill to authorize the appointment be-
fore March of a cadet to the naval
academy from each congressional dis
trict not actually represented. The
conference report on the urgent de-
ficiency bill was adopted and the meas
ure was passed.
WEDNESDAY. Jan. %. = Bills were
introduced in the sena e for an amend
ment to the diplomatic and consular
bill providing $500, 600 for the survey of
a cable route connecting the Hawaiian
islands with the United States; to pro-
vide for a nonpartisan currency com
mission Of twelve members To make in
vestigations of fiscal questions and for
an issue of bonds to produce revenues
Ark introduced his financial and cur
rency bill. In the house the sundry
civil appropriation bill ls3s, $40. 72l) was
discussed. \ joint resolution was re-
ported 70 amend the constitution SO as
to provide that the president shall be
eligible to service but one term.
THURSDAY. Jan. Ex-senator Chan
der introduced bill in the senate
10 punish persons who steals news in
transmission by tapping wires. A
resolution was offered looking towards
the annexation Of the Hawaiian
islands, and that in the meantime
sufficient naval force should be main
tanned in Hawaiian waters In the
house a bill was reported providing for
officers Of the gular army to give
military instructions in public schools.
The sundry civil appropriation bill was
further considered.
FRIDAY. Jan. 2J.-In the senate the
Nicaragua canal bill was passed
BY a vote of 81 TO q. Senator
Burrows, tAiichl introduced a bill to
regulate navigation on the great lakes
and their connecting tributaries. SEN
ator Allen (Neb.l spoke in favor of the
resolution for the annexation of the
Hawaiian islands, ana Senator Mills
Tex upheld the administration pol
icy. In the house the sundry civil APP
preparation bin was passed with an
amendment authorizing the secretary
of the treasury to retire and cancel the
gold certificates and make them non
receivable for customs dues after July
l next.
SATURDAY. Jan. 26.-The Vest sub
stitute on the Hawaiian question in
dor5ing the course Of the adninistra-
tion and advising non-interference was
adopted in the senate by vote of
p 10 -. The bankruptcy bill was dis
cussed. In the house the bin to repeal
the difFereutial of one-tenth of one
cent per pound imposed by the tariff
act on sugars imported from bounty
paying countries was considered
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
iLL-FATED STEAMER.
TO 0pe Entertained for the Chicora O
Those on Heard

BESToS HARBoR, Mich, Jan. o4.-All
hope for the safety of the Graham &
Morton screw steamer Chicora has
been abandoned here by the finding of
wreckage from the vessel off South
Haven. The fate of twenty-nine men
who are said to have been aboard
when the steamer left Milwaukee for
this port Monday morning is almost as
hopeless. Veteran mariners number
every man with the dead. The Inflated
vessel was caught while crossing the
lake and fell an easy prey to the 70-mile
an hour hurricane which swept the icy
waters of Lake Michigan throughout
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

THERE are four poets in Canada who
have attained more or less prominence.
They are Bliss Carman, Charles G.. ID.
Roberts. Duncan Campbell Scott and
Archibald I.ampnan. Roberts has pro-
posed Carnan for the laureate Of the
dominion ami Carlnan has proposed
Roberts Scott has proposed Lampman
and Lanpman has proposed Scott.
Was ever a mutual admirati ion society
move cIeverly managed?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
VIII Not impeach.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.-The house
Judiciary committee by vote OF to
decided not 10 recommend the impeach
ment of Judge Kicks. This result wa
reached after two hours spent BY ths
committee in executive session. After
discussion the following resolu. IN, of
fered by Mr.. Harrison dem, Ala, was
adopted:
That while the committee is not satisfied
thar Judge Kicks has been guilty OF any wrone
committed While Judge that will justify II IL
reporting resolution OF impeachment, We
the committee cannot too strongly censure thu
practice under which Judge Kicks made up his
accounts"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
ON TRIAL AGAIN.
Debs Is Liberated on Bail and Appears
Before judge Grosscup.

Before Judge Grosscup.
CHICAGO, Jan. 26.,-President Eugene
V. Debs, Vice President George w.
Howard, Secretary Sylvester Keliher
and Directors l.. ". Rogers, NJ. J. FL
lott, Leroy NJ. Goodwin, James Hogan
and William Burns arrived in this city
from Woodstock jail Thursday morn
ing and gave bail IN the sum of g., 900,
William Skakel and William Fitzgerald
signing their bonds
The trial of Deks and his associates
on the first of the conspiracy indict-
ments, known generally as the ''omni-
bus indictment. ttgan fore Judge
Grosscup in the Tn ted States district
court at 2 p. m. T ursday, the session
being taken up in the impaneling of
jury. The trial, which will continue
for several weeks, promises to become
one famous in the legal annals OF the
country.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
Sure of Convicting "Fitz."

SYRACUSE, n. Y, Jan. 2s.-The On
ondaga county authorities say they
are confident of convicting Bob Fitz-
simmons under indictm emit here for the
killing of Con Riordan. The arraign-
ment of Fitzsimmons has been set
down for to-day.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
Married ana Held a Prisoner.

Miss Hattie A. Cakes appeared before
a justice of the peace in La Crosse and
made affidavit to the effect that She
had been drugged and married to
man by the name of Drugan, whom she
had never seen before, on the 23d of
last month. Drugan kept her prison
er for four days, but She finally escaped
and returned home. Efforts have been
made by officers to arrest Drugan, but
he cannot be found
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

The Stadt theater stage in Milwau-
kee caught fire from some electric
light complication and the whole
building was seriously damaged be-
fore the fire could be got under con-
troll The charity ball was To have
been held there in the evening and
valuable decorations were ruined. Tho
total loss was $4,000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
Want Good Roads.

The Good Roads league OF Wisconsin
was launched on its career at BAN
quet at the Pfster hotel in Milwaukee.
All sections of the state were repre-
sented. After the toasts the Good
Roads league was formed and the fol-
lowing officers elected:
President, Thomas NJ Blaekstock. Of She
boygan; vice president, Senator Thayer.
Fond du Lac; second vice president, ex-Gov.
w ID. Hoard. Fort Atkinson: third vice presi
dent, A Cressy Morrison, Milwaukee,; seere-
tary, Otto Eorner, Milwaukee. treasurer John
Johnston. milwaukee,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

A SEwsPApEg correspondent in China
relates that he recently saw fifty carts
loaded with bows and arrows for the
troops going To- the front, and he SAYS
that a large portion Of the Chinese
troops are thus armed. II IS hardly to
b. wondered at that the Japanese win
the battles
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

WoNES vino pose as prote ssors Of
p7lmistrv in this country will be glad
thu thev are not residents # England,
where 2 woman has recently Teen con
victed for such = PEI Torrance. The
conviction was under an old statute as
"A rogue and vagabond," and would
seem to have had some underlying
motive. for the young woman was only
practicing her character reading as a
supplementary attraction to an ex-
hibition OF pictures.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
Mercury Many Degrees Below Zero In tn
Northwest.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 29.-Sunday
was the coolest day of the winter in
st. Paul At : o'cspcl, a. m. the Their
mometer registered 20 degrees below
zero. 1t was excessively cold all day,
and at o'clock p. "a. it was still 10 de-
grees below zero. The cold wave
extends from st. Paul to the Rockies,
the register at Helena at o'clock Sun
day night being 10 below. Over in
Manitoba it is even colder than here.
All points reporting show tempera.
lures far below zero. The coolest
point Sunday night was QAppelle.
which had temperature OF 20 below
zorro
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
Arrested for Alleged BIgaray.

John Werner and his niece were ar
rested at Kilbourn City, charged with
bigamy. At an examination they were
held to the circuit court in bonds of
$500 each. The two had been living as
man and wife for several years.
Werners wife recently came over from
Germany and was the complaining wit
moss
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

TnE oldest bell in America IS claimed
t. be that Of the African Methodist
church at IIaleyyille, :. J. 1t is said
to have been once the property Of
Christopher Columbcs and was pur-
chased by Capt Newell on the bahama
islands and presented To the present
Gunner
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

Dir. TAI1fAGE tells rs to take a FIVE
minutes run every day If we would
live into hale and hearty old age. lie
SAYS il is better than a two-hours' walk
But where is man Going 10 take this
rum or woman either-thinl1 of it,
Isn't the man liable To be arrested as a
fugitive and the woman as a lunatic?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

QUISINE, which used to sell for five
dollars an ounce. now sells for twenty
five cents and has sold as low sixteen
cents an ounce The amount of this
drag used is enormous. Wholesale
druggists buy it in bulk. In places
where a few years ago few ounces were
sold now asmuch as five hundred thou
sand ounces are sold. \ medical
Journal cites the instance Of family
which buys guinine pills for home con
sumption regularly in five hundred
lots
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

KING IIUNBERT Of Italy is reported
to spend more in charity than any
other European monarch. lie gave
the poor so. 10 at Christmas and
abandoned the second hall at the Quir-
inal to save expense For year and
. half he has not touched the income
Of til. CROWN.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
ALABAMA MERCHANTS FATE.
Hound, Gagged and suffocated I'm Mat
tress-Two Tramps Suspected.

tress-TWO Tramps Suspected.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. 2s-A spe-
cial from Eutaw, Ala. sa' 5: Lew G..
Wilson, merchant near Fans Station
on the Cincinnati, Selma & Mobile rail
road. was murdered in his store
on the night of the 9Th. and
two well dressed tramps were Seen
hanging around his place for SOME
days past, and they are supposed TO be
the murderers. Wilson was found
early Saturday morning tied with ropes
around his legs and body. and three
handkerchiefs stuffed in his mouth
with his head buried in the mattress,
where he suffocated.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

MRs HENRY NEVER, who was dis
charged from the Tombs in New York
the other day, Is living contradiction
If the theory that women will talk. -
She would not talk Able lawyers
whose business in life is t. trip up the
guilty or the innocent with equal
facility. have tried to get her 10 make
disclosures with discouraging results.
Her husband IS in sing sing on 4 life
sentence for poisoning Ludwig Brandt,
and she has spent eighteen months in
Jail in the hope that evidence could be
procured - prove her an accessory.
but through il all has been rs stolid as
IL She had never heard the case.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
NJ. de Giers. Russia's Foreign Minister,
Is Dead.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. %. M. de
Giers, Russian minister of foreign af-
fairs, is dead. NJ. de Giers was married
to Princess Kantakuzene, who was the
niece of Prince Gortschakotf. NJ. de
Giers has for years suffered from a
sluggish liver and consequent rheu-
matte affection.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

IL vote 81 the Greek chamber Of
deputies the whole Of this years crop
Of currants viii be detained and de-
stroyed. This IS intended as heroic
measure TO save the eurrant trade from
the utter ruin threatened by overpro-
1uat1.rt
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
STRIKERS In BROOKLYN.
Employers and Employees on Troll
ley Lines Can't Agree.
Violence Is Used-Two Men Killed by Sol
diers - Judge GayDor's Decision
Says Companies Must Run
Their Cars.

BROOKLYN, Jan. PA charge was
made by the military at Broadway and
Halsey streets at IL o'clock Tuesda.
night. Some small boys had been
jeering the soldiers. and there were but
few men about. A drunken man
from New York started from John
Conway's saloon, on the corner, TO
cross Halsey street. He was fired upon
and hit in the face, sustaining COM
pound fracture of the jaw. His name
is Thomas Aims.
BROOKLYN. Jan. 25.--Henry Aims,
who was shot by militia Tuesday night,
died at ST. Mary's hospital Wednesday
The injured can be counted by scores,
but for the most part they have been
kept under cover In order that
they may not be prosecuted by the
police for creating disturbances at diff
ferent times at various points.
One Man Shot
The Second battalion was received
in the neighborhood of Hicks and Har-
rison streets with boots, and missiles
of bottles and stones. The first car
was not attacked, but the militiamen
themselves were the targets. Finally
all windows were ordered closed and
the sidewalks and doorways cleared
The people IN the windows did not
obey. The crack of rifle closed one
window. Missiles from houses across
the way brought other shots. On
Hicks street man was seen on
the roof. The order was given:
''Stand back there Almost stimuli
taneously several shots were fired and
the man dropped. He was a roofer by
the name of Thomas Carney. A bullet
entered his right thigh, passing up
ward through the groin and abdomen
The people of Hicks street had learned
their lesson. Windows were kept
closed and doorways We're deserted.
Two cars passed through the street
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
Suicide of Nebraska Merchant.

WYMoRE, Neb., Jan. a4.-P. w. Baker,
a local merchant, committed suicide
because he thought he was menaced by
a mob. His wife had lost her mind,
and some persons declared Bakers
cruelty caused it, and threats were
made of lynching, which so frightened
him that he blew out his brains.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
Left a Large Estate.

The win of Rudolph Nunnemacher,
late vice president OF the First national
bank of Milwaukee, disposing of an es-
tate worth over 81 500, geo, was filed.
The deceased leaves his entire estate
to his widow and four daughters and
two sons.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

TIE Boston Herald. commenting on
the Kansas ease in which hypnotism was
made the excuse for murder, says: 1T
Is tolerahly manifest that the defense
Of hypnotic influence offers great op-
portunities for murderers, whether
acting By themselves or through the
agency Of others, but justice falls be-
tyvixt the two stools
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
Receivers a verdict of s51s63.

The noted insurance case of L. j.
Pool, of Ashland, against nearly thirty
different insurance companies was fin
ished in the circuit court and the jury
brought in a verdict for Pool. lie sued
for 500, 900. but S5l, s63 was given by the
verdict
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
In Need of Food.

Chairman Cornellousen, of the town
of Rusk, made an appeal to the county
for aid. Twenty families were in starry
ing circumstances. The town funds
were entirely expended and all local
aid was exhausted. Gov. Upham vas
requested TO give immediate assistance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

tects who are little known 10 the world
ut large Their services deserve greater
fame. One Of these clever craftsmen Is
the man who has planned the North
west and the Northland for James J.
Hills great lake line. This architect Is
Mr.. Adolph L. sheldon, of the Globe
iron works Of Cleveland. lie isa Swede
and was educated AZ the Royal Naval
academy at stockholm lie began his
work in English shipyards, and then
went to Stettia. where he designed the
Fuerst Bismarck. Augusta Victoria and
Kaiser Wilhelm His first vessel in the
0leveIand var.ls was the virginia
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

the more important distributing centers fail
to reveal marked Improvements in the
movement OF merchandise ana products and
the conclusion is forced that the general trade
situation remains as previously characterized
by small volume low prices hand-to-mouth
sales. and the outlook favorin.- u very con-
servatiye trade for some time to come
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

NoBoDY ever tries to whisper in the
presence Of Queen Victoria. 1t would
not only be in bad taste, but useless.
The old lady's ears are supernaturally
sharp and she could almost hear per
s0n whining in the next room.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

4 SEw York paper assures US that
Miss Virginia Fair, daughter Of the de-
ceased millionaire, has "a tip-tilted
nose" This is important, if true,
That il j. important is shown by the
fact that great journal Of alleged civ
iaization takes time and space TO say il.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31
LI-FATED STEAMER "cnIcoRA. 8

tie moderation for another twenty-four
hours. The fears of all concerned were
confirmed when the following dispatch
was received from South Haven:
Capt. Donahue, the lighthouse keeper.
noticed Wednesday morning, through the
hay weather, portions of what seemed to be
wreckage floating abreast and ON each
side of the harbor here. a couple OF
miles outside and close 10 open water.
Capt Matthews. of the life saving station.
led party OF volunteers on dangerous trip
over the moving ice until they came into lot
of fresh wreckage. Some OF it was wedged be-
tween the ice, but the greater portion was
seen underneath the ice. The parts which
we're brought here were recognized by vessel
men as belonging to the Chicora"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

TIE corn crop last ear was one of
the smallest on record in recent times,
yet its value III dollars and cents IS
nearly as large - that Of the unprece-
dented crop of Iss9- The values are as
follows. lsgl. s554, 7I9, 00J; Iss9, S5g7,
81. 90
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-31

LONDON, Jan. 25.-Lord Randolph
Churchill died at clock this morn
ing. Lady Randolph Churchill and the
other members Of his family were at
his bedside when the end came He
was unconscious for hours before
death