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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-29
sPoFFoRo's ACCOUNTS.
Shortage Reported Against the Librarian
of Innaress M &a5 0nO


of Congress of $4,000.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-The accounts
of Congressional Librarian Spofford.
which have been under investigation
by the auditor of the treasury for
the state and other departments since
last January, are said to show q
shortage of at least S35,O0o. This
shortage is said TO exist In the pay roll
accounts of the library, and in addition
To this is the discrepancy in the copy
right and search fee accounts, mem
ton of which has already been
made. The accounts have been exam
ined by an expert in the Office of Auditor
Holcomb, and his report is believed to
have been carried TO President Cleve-
land at Gray Gables by Assistant
Secretary HaInliu, who went to his
cottage at Marion. Mass, a few days
ago to spend his vacation.
In an interview Mr.. Spofford makes
the following explanation of the mat
ter:
The whole difficulty springs rom me
multiplicity Of duties that have been forced
upon me. I have not had time. in connection
with my duties as librarian. to pay proper at
tention TO those attached TO the Office Of
register OF copyrights The two positions
should be made separate and distinct have
recOmU ended this TO the treasury depart
ment, but Of course they en- do nothing to-
ward diyorcing the two ofices without legtS-
laliye action. / shall recommend the same
thing to congress when 1t meets
'In the press OF business it is true that my
accounts have become somewhat involved.
but l stand ready to make good any dis
erepancies that may be found by the treasury
officials. offered a short time ago TO make
up the deficiency Of So 600 that has been dis
covered but 1t is not correct to say that that
offer has been refused / have received no
definite answer TO my proposition"
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-It transpired
Thursday that A. Il. Spofford, congress
sional librarian, Wednesday deposited
with the treasury of the United States
SD, 900 as he had proposed doing some
days previous to settle the discrepancy
in his accounts as librarian and regis
ter of copyrights. The amount, it is
said, was placed to his credit. but the
payment Is not accepted as settle
ment of the matters in controversy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-29
BLACKS no BLAME.
Labor statistician philling on the Spring
vaIIet Riots.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Aug 27.-George
Schilling, secretary of the state bureau
of labor statistics, who was sent TO
Spring Valley by order of Gov. Altgeld
to investigate the arouble between the
Italian and netro miners there,
will state in his rdiport 20 the governor
that the imported colored miners were
the cause of the ttDuble entirely. The
town had been pd icefu, until negroes
were brought fror the southern fields
by the com .Iany. lColored women were
allowed to carry On orgies and dance
indecently in shloons, houses and
people were rob Bed and frequent as
saults were committed after the me-
groes came to town. AL citizens
sided with the ralians. Tho report
concludes with the recommendation
that the disturbing negroes be removed
from the valley n more trouble will
break out
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-29
LOST IN A GALE.
Crew of Eighteen Men Goes Down wit
III-Fated Vessel


SEATTLE. Wash, Aug. 23.-Capt Hig-
gins, of the steamer Excelsior, which
arrived Wednesday direct from St.
Michaels and Unalaska, brings news of
the wreck of the scaling schooner
Walter Earle, of Victoria.
The Earle was capsized on or about
April "A during a terrific gale off Ko-
diac island and though a number of
craft and steamers were reported TO
have gone in search of her, none of
them found her until the Cutting ran
across her drifting with the swells
and tides.
Not until the wreck was lowed into
Kodiak and she was righted did the
full story of the catastrophe break on
the finders In the forecastle were
found the corpses of eleven Indian sail
ors, unrecognizable. They were re-
moved ashore and inferred on the
island. No white maus remains were
found in the vessel, and the story OF
the struggle and drowning of Capt.
Louis Magneson, her skipper and
seven or eight other white men, will
never be told. They occupied the
cabin and are believed to have been
swept from the deck of the schooner
and drowned in the gale while the
Indian sailors were huddlcd helplessly
in the forecastle until she went over.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-29

JAMES Brown and Mrs. william Nc
CURE, brother and sister. were re-
united at Nevada. Mo-. after a twenty
years search for each other.
A MOB went to the Jail at Monticello.
Ark, broke down the door. secured
Jim Jones, a negro charged with muir
der, and hanged him.
For the second time uov. Culberston
announced that no prize fighting
would be allowed in Texas while he
was governor.
FLAMi-s at Shelbyville, Ind. de-
, stroyed CJnroy, Bierly s. Co.'S table
factory, the largest of its kind in the
world.
II Ohio circular signed by every
presiding elder of the Methodist church
has been sent to the members of that
denomination throughout the state
calling for united political action on
the part of ell Methodists in an effort
to elect to the next Legislature as
many members as possible VINO will
fight the saloons.
THE doors of the First national bank
of Franklin. o.. were closed with La
bilities of $4,000.
n ucSLIOlCu tilc
pany's extensive buildings at Irvona,
Pa, the loss being 100000.
JAMES HENRY, John T. Jones and
Henry Piper were indicted at Carson,
New. for the mint shortage discovered
last April
THREE men were killed and three
others were fatally injured by fall of
slate in the Algoma CIV. Va. coal mine.
FLAMES wiped out the whole south
side of the square at Osceola, Neb.,
with the exception of the bank build
ing.
AT Kenosha, VIA. the Dan Head &
Gu. bank closed its doors with deposits
o. $3.50. 600.
DURING fight between the Cox and
Tn Dmas families in the cumberland
mountains, near Whitesbury, KY. Will
liam Cox, John Boyd and James
Thomas were killed and Sam Cox fatal
" wounded.
! THREE masked men held up three In
dams near Lewiston, Idaho. and robbed
them of 81, 800 paid them by the gov
eminent for land.
AT Sioux City, Ia. Max Noack shot
Hazel Hammond and then killed him.
self.
AT Niles, o., the Falcon Iron & Nail
company, employing about 800 men,
posted a notice that all employees not
governed by labor unions would be
granted an increase in wages Of 10 per
cent.
IN fire In the house Of John Ander-
son at Menominee. Mich. his two boys
were burned to death.
By jumping off an electric car
George Z. Legge, editor of the Sum
field (Mich.) Sun, was instantly killed
in Grand Rapids.
FIRE destroyed three buildings In
Cincinnati owned by Bradford Shinkle.
the loss being S250.000.
The doors of the Bank of Dawn. Mo-,
were closed with liabilities of SAD, 900.
OFF Presque Isle an excursion
steamer from Toledo, o.. collided with
schooner, and five persons lost their
lives
FIFTEEN Bannock Indians were re-
ported killed by cattlemen under the
leadership of Rye" Smith. Smiths
reason was revenge for the murder of
his father In 1875 in Diamond Valley,
Ore
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THE EAST.

The driving park at Buffalo, y. Y,
the mother track of the grand cir
cult, which recently closed its Thrift
eth annual meeting. is to be closed up
and pass out Of existence as race
track.
The produce exchange of New York
estimated the corn crop this year at
2, 42j. 600, 900 bushels
Losses by the New Jersey forest
fires were placed at S2jO,O00. The lam
ago to the cranberry crop alone wes
siOO, 900.
Is New York William j. Winberg.
aged IS, a prominent banker, shot his
wife fatally and then killed himself.
Jealousy was the cause.
HEAVY frost. destructive TO crops
and fruit. visited Susquehanna, Pa At
Gulf summit ice formed to a consider
able thickness
IL session at Pittsburgh, Pa. the
Society of American Florists elected
William Scott, OF Buffalo. president
liz the overturning of a boat DIR. l..
+. Carter. of Boston. and Miss Foster
and Miss Flora, of New York, we g
drowned near Ellsworth
The death of Luaon Il. Morris, ex-
governor of Connecticut, occurred at
MS home In New Haven, aged IS
years.
FIRE destroyed the hotel at Air Line
junction, o.. and Timothy Mccarthy,
of Hillsdale, Mich, and two other men
persisted in the flames
On his first visit to the United States
the duke of Marlborough reached New
York. lie will tour the world.
PERCENTAGES of the baseball club
in the National league for the week
ended on the cath were: Baltimore,
.639; Cleveland. .632; Pittsburgh. SIS;
Boston. SOL; Philadelphia, $50; Brook
lyn, $50; Chicago, .544; Cincinn nti.
sal; New York, $40; Washington,
$50. st. Louis 81; Louisville. .235.
Is a hotel in Boston Louis Hammond
and his wife emitted suicide by TAX
ing poison. They left a note saying
they were tired of life.
DANIEL J. MCLEOD shot his divorced
wife at Melrose. Mass, anu then killed
himself.
by falling downstairs, R. ii. King,
president of the Cash Insurance COM
pany of Pittsburgh. Pa, one of the
wealthiest men in the country. was
killed.
TIE death of ii. o. Loughton, ST.,
head of the well-kuown publishing
house OF Houghton. Miffiin & Co, in
Boston. occurred suddenly from heart
disease at his summer residence in
North Andover. aged 20 years.
FLAMES at Rosendale, Y. Y, de-
stroyed seventeen buildings, the loss
being SIOO, 900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-29
Al Free But Dehs.

CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-According to the
testimony of the American Railway
union officials, who were on Thurs
day liberated from the Wood
stock Jail, their Imprisonment not
only furnished them with a much
needed rest, but has been the
means of inspiring the union with new
life. The six directors who were i'm
prisoned with President Debs at
Woodstock were liberated Thursday
morning, having served their three
months sentences. George w. Howard,
who, at his own request, was sent to
viii county Jail at Joliet, was liberat-
ed Friday morning. Debs has yet
three months to serve.
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The News Of the Week.
sY TELEoRAPH ANp MAIL
FROM WASHINGTON.

AT the treasury department it was
said that the iong delayed world fair
medals would be ready for delivery
early in September.
EXPENDITURES of the government for
the first two-thirds OF the present
month exceeded the receipts by y
OO9. 293.
BUSINESS failures in the United
States in the seven days ended on the
23d numbered 222, against 1876 the week
previous and 23i il the corresponding
time in 1894
EXCHANGES at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during
the week ended on the Esd aggregated
$500. .4I6. against ss73, 743, 725 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1894. was 107.
RETURNS Of internal revenue receipts
for July. the first month Of the current
fiscal year. show that the total receipts
were SI3.579. 653, a decrease as com
pared with July. 1894. of sIi,S7o,29i.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-29
WILL LOWER 1FE LAKE LEVEL.
No Fear, However, ~ At Government win
Stop DrahShge Canal.

WASHINGTON, Aug, 26.-The reports
of the board Of army engineers
appointed by be secretary of
war to examine land port upon
the effect the Chica. o drainage
canal would have Upon the waters of
Lake Michigan hat been received at
the war departn knt
Very little can I learned as TO the
contents of the REPORT, although it is
understood that thb board finds that
the canal probably would reduce the
average level of LAX Michigan about
inches and possibly Lake Huron the
same. This lower level no doubt would
be Objectionable tosthe shipping inter
ests, but from the fact that the lake
has varied from one cause or another,
such as lack of rainfall or unusual
evaporation, more Than one foot in diff
ferent years, ships kave been built with
view to accommodating themselves
to this reduced leytl
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-29
The Deadly Cigarette.

DEXTER, Mo, Aug. 27.-Oscar Cum
ningham. young man living miles
from Dexter, died Saturday night from
the effects of cigarette poisoning. When
death overlook him he was smoking
cigarette and had grown so emaciated
from the use of the poison he had to
take to his bed. lie awoke at ~
o'clock Saturday night, rolled a cigar
cite, lighted it, called for a drink of
water and expired in an instant. He
smok ed about 100 daily.
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For Free Silver.

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 24.-The demo-
cratic state convention mere Thursday
nominated for associate justice of the
supreme court Charles j. Phelps, of
Colfax county, and for regents of the
state university Ut. blackburn, of Holt
county, and Robert Kettle, of Dodge
county. A free coinage resolution Of
fered by ex-Congressman w. j. Bryan,
chairman of the committee on resolu
tions, was adopted by an overwhelm-
ing majority, but six votes being cast
AGAINST IL
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Six Went Down.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Aug. 92.-The small
pleasure steam yacht Brothers,
owned by the Burnley Brothers, of this
city, with thirteen passengers and
a crew of three, foundered early Tues
day evening between the inner gov
eminent lighthouse and the Reading
coal trestle and six of the passengers
were drowned. Their names are: AL
bert Stafford, Frank Cannon, Frank
Bugman, Jacob Bauman, Henry Shing-
Ter, Charles Fisher. All of the occu-
pants of the boat were employees of the
New York Central stock yards at East
Buffalo and had formed part of picnic
party who went down the Niagara riv-
err in the morning for a days outing
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HIS OWN MEDICINE.
A socialistio Journ list Is Treated to a
Dosdof IL.

DOseNoi III.
GREENsBURG. Ind. Aug. 26.-Julius
A. Wayland, editbr of the Coming
Nation, a socialit paper, is $4,000
wiser now than e was a year ago.
About fourteen mtnths ago he moved
the plant from IFS city to what he
termed his grand model colony at
Ruskin, Tenn. Tbe circulation then
amounted to 75,00land was rapidly in
creasing. WaylanE sought to impress
on the colony thattall property would
be held in commot but had no inten-
tion of surrenderink the Coming Nation
plant The papers We're carefully drawn
up and signed by dvery member of the
colony, including Maryland. When too
late he discovered his mistake. The
board of commissioners demanded an
equal sharing of Se profits. Wayland
refused, and the COURTS have compelled
him to turn the plant, valued at $780,
00U over to the cotOnV.
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BRADSTREET'S REPORT.
Business Shows Less Activity In ALI Parts
of the Country.
NEW YORK AuC o6 - RradStrPet's

New YORK, Aug. @6. = Bradstreet's
weekly review of trade says:
1.-The volume OF general trade throughout
the east. south southwest and on the Pacific
coast is no larger in volume In fact, al sew
eral southern and eastern eenters rather
more of quiet is reported than week
ago. At western and central western
points, with some exceptions, signs
are conspicuous OF the favorable
influence on business OF the prospectively
enormous Indian corn crop. and the very
large harvest of spring wheat AT the east
stimulating influences are found in continued
activity In leading Industrial lines. notably
iron and steel. the recent marked advances In
prices of which metals at eastern centers is
being echoed from Chicago and St Louis.
Mercantile collections at most western
centers remain slow, but many jobbers Ut Chit
cago St Louis St Paul and Minneapolis
have been rushed to keep up with orders.
which have not In all instances been confined
to necessities.
ION the Pacific coast business is not par
tlcularly active. The Oregon as well as the
California wheat crop is short Portland will
have an industrial exposition In October.
Rains in Washington have saved much valu-
able timber from fire The clipper service
from San Francisco to New York has been re-
sumed"
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A YOUNG man named Bennett has
put his bicycle 10 profitable use in the
Australian gold fields by establishing
with it a postal route between Cool
gardic, the center of the mining dis
trict, and Iiundos, which is $50 miles
away. Strapped on the wheel is a
small letter box in which he carries
letters between the two towns for a
shilling apiece, and kilograms for five
shillings, making one round trip a
week. 4 revolver, sharp knife and
water bottle comprise the rest of his
puffE
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LEXINGTON. KY, Aug. 27.-News has
just reached here of a terrible shooting
affray growing out of an old
grudge between the Cox's and
Thomas's, residing in the vicinity
of Looney's creek in the Cumberland
mountains. The battle lasted for an
hour, in which three men, William
Cox, John Boyd and Jack Thomas lost
their lives, and Samuel Cox was NOR
tally wounded, being shot twice
through the bOdV
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-29

FARMER JOHN HEDDES, of Verona. n.
j., believes the days of miracles are
not past Recently no moved a large
quantity of hay, and the next day he
took several teams to draw the hay
home, expecting To find it in an unfit
condition for hauling without throw
ing and drying, as a heavy rain passed
over the section the night before. Mr..
Hedden was surprised To find that not
a drop Of rain had fallen upon his
meadow. while to the west, south and
east of his lsad the ground was satu-
xnfad
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-29

THE Indian is a costly luxury. Up
to date we have spent over billion
dollars to fill him, % drill him and to
kill him There IRE 247,OO0 red men
left in this coun -ry. of whom about
two-thirds are SCI i-supporting. OF the
number 81, 900 live outside of the reser-
vations, and are counted as tax paying
population.
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FooIine the Busy Bee.

Mock bees and spidersl A writer
shows that some flowers form a strik-
ing exception TO the rule of cross-ferti-
lization The bee and fly orchids, for
example, which would be more COM
monty seen en- our English chalk
downs but for the ravages of greedy
collectors, fertilize themselves, and do
not want to be bothered by buzzing
bees and flies So cunning device
has been resorted TO. No bee will en-.
ter flower In which another bee is al
ready at work; therefore, to protect
the entrance, the lip is enlarged into q
process exactly resembling the hind
quarters of large bee lin the fly or
rchid it resembles a large fly. To tho
spider orchids, another British species,
1t seems 20 have occurred how a still
more trying shock might be admins
tered 10 the nerves of troublesome IL
sects, SC it displays in its orifce the
likeness of a large spider.-London
News
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-29

TESLA is reported to be labcring on
the idea that it IS possible TO produce
in our atmosphere vibrations similar
to those which cause the sunlight, and
thus obtain an artificial light as in
tense as that which comes from the
sun. but with no danger Of obstruction
from the clouds lie says that sulight
IS produced by 500 millions Of millions
of vibrations per second in our atmos-
phere, and in order TO produce the
same kind OF light it will be necessary
70 induce 10y machinery an equal num-
her OF vibrations. He says he has sue
ceeded up to n certain point, and is
still at work on the task.
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Ont nnr.es.

BALTIMORE, Md. Aug. 24.-0wing to
the low price of horses incident to the
general use of bicycles and electric
power, large shipments of horses are
being made from here to European
markets. The johnson line has made
FIVE shipments to Antwerp and Havre.
The steamship lines say this promises
to compensate them for the falling off
of cattle exports. owing to the foreign
exclusion of American cattle.
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A RoadRParIiament.

WASHINGTON. Aug. "a The secre-
tary of agricul tute is charged by act
of congress To col tect and disseminate
information CONCERNING the public
roads. To this Ind and under au-
thority of that lay, Secretary Morton
has issued : call for a road
parliament" in tie hall of the house of
atAtlanta on the nth,
18th and 10th of October, 1895, under
the auspices of the Cotton States
and International exposition.
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Trying to Raise a Steel Yacht.

TOLEDO, o.. Aug. 22.-The work of
raising the steel yacht Sultana, sunk in
the sqaall Saturday. is being hindered
by stormy weather. Tuesday when
the boat was being moved toward the
surface the chains parted and dropped
her again to the bottom Of the lake.
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EIGHT ARE SLAIN.
Awful Fate OF Workmen In Steel Works
at Braddock, Pa.

rate OF steer hOrhS
at Braddock, Pa.
PITTSBURGH. Pa, Aug. can explo-
sion at furnace III of the Carnegie
Steel company at BraddoclS, at 5 o'clock
Tuesday morning, killed six men, ia
tally injured FIVE more, seriously
burned fifteen others and destroyed
$40, 900 worth of property.
The names of the killed are:
Steve Havrels, cut in twain. 81 years old.
leaves wife and two children; Joseph Tuckay.
3s years old, burned, leaves wife and four chill
dren; Joseph Copp, burned. 30 years old. SIN
gle; John Meka, burned. - years old, single;
John Pookopovec burned IS years old, single;
John Grucha, burned, 30 years old. single
Michael Koperos, aged 26, and An
drew Drobne, aged 80 years, among
the injured at the explosion at the
Carnegie steel works at Braddock.
died while being brought to the Mercy
hospital, Pittsburgh. Nearly all OF
the victims were Slavs.
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BUDA PEsTH, A IL 20. The Hungar-
ian government hos issued its annual
statement concerning the wheat crop
of the world, which statement is based
Oh consular and .other reports. The
estimated produce bon of wheat import
ing countries isl 749, $4,000 bushels,
and of expoi ing countries 1,651, 70l,-
900. The total estimated production
is 232, 900, OCO buA hels less than the
amended estimate of 1894.
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Marsh Fires

Heavy marsh fires, running under
the sod and breaking out in unexpect-
ed distant places, We're burning on
what is known as the big marsh" in
Palmyra, Hebron and Cold Springs
towns, covering an extent of thousands
of acres Much valuable hay of this
years crop had been burned and more
must go. The burned ground is ruined
for years TO come, as the fires penetrate
deep. destroying its fertility.
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Ex.Gnr. Mnrris Dead.

New HAVEN, Conn, Aug. 24.-Ex-
Gov. Morris died shortly after 5 o'clock
Thursday afternoon. He was found
unconscious in his office at 10 o'clock
Thursday morning. Doctors, who pro-
nounced it case of vertigo, worked
over him for an hour, but ne remained
unconscious, when he was taken to his
home. where he died.
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The following officers of the Wiscon-
sin Pharmaceutical association were
elected at the annual meeting In She
boygan:
President f. W. Thieman. Sheboygan; first
vice president. n. Rumzel. Milwaukee. second
vice president, J. Hammel. Medford; secre-
tary. E b. Heimstreet. GAINESVILLE; treasurer.
w b. Clark Milton