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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
DEATH OF MAJ. GEN. COOKE.
The Retired Veteran of Several Wars Dies
at Detroit, Mich.

DETROIT, Mich, March Maj. Cen
Phillip st. George Cooke died Wednes-
day afternoon.
He was born at Leesburg, Va, in 1909. OF q
good old southern family. At the age OF IA he
entered West Point, and for ffty-seven years
thereafter stood beneath the stars and
stripes. When he was graduated from West
Point he went west The thirty years previous
to the outbreak OF the rebellion saw
him q DARING and intrepid fighter on
the plains In 1929 he dispersed the Comanches
In Kansas. In the Blackhawk war he was n
leading figure and against the filibusters OF
the Lone Star republic. short-lived as it was,
he bore himself with courage. He was
high in command az the conquest OF
California and New Mexico, and led the
hand which dispersed the Lipans in 1853, and
a little later headed the small army which
drove the Apaches 200 miles through the
winter snowstorms When the rebellion
broke out he stood by the flag. while
his own son, Gen. John X Cooke.
and his famous son-in-law. Gen J. y,
r. Stuart drew their blades for the confed-
eracy In this war he was supported by his
son-in-law, Gen Jacob Sharpe, mortally
wounded at Winchester lie was retired In
1874 and since then had lived in Detroit
widow and Mrs Sharpe SURVIVED
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DID NOT SIGN THE DEEDS.
Therefore Mrs. jackson Claims Dover In
terest In Certain Valuable ProDertv

Therefore Mrs. jackson Claims Dover In
terest In Certain Valuable Property.
SEDALIA, Kan. March 26-The
widow of ex-Mayor w. =. jackson
Monday fled a claim to a dover inter
est on one-half a block of ground
in the principal business por-
ton of the city which is COW
cred with two and three-storv
brick houses worth a quarter of mil
lion dollars. The land was sold by
jackson in 1866, but Mrs. jackson did
not sign the deed. The receiver of the
First national bank, which building is
located on the land in controversy.
Monday compromised with the claim
ant. Mrs. Jackson's attorney claims
there are other pieces of operty in
the city limits in which she still retains
a dover interest, and there is consid-
cradle excitement among property
holders in consequence
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
Indians on the warpath.

TACOMA, Wash. March Puyallur
and Nisqually Indians have decided to
go on the warpath and avenge the
killing of Medicine Man Jim Bouchette
who was murdered by Jerry Dominicl
of the Huskleshoot reservation. three
weeks ago because three of his children
had died after Jim" treated them.
There being no witnesses, Jerry has
been dismissed by the authorities.
This will be the first uprising in forty
Years
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
CHANGED HANDS.
Provisional Government Already In Force
In Peru.

Provisional Government Already In Force
In Peru.
New YORK, March 25.-The 1erald's
correspondent at Lima. Peru, tele-
graphs that the provisional govern
ment formed through the interv"- sion
of the diplomats and the papal nuncio
has been organized and is already in
operation.
Senior Candamo is provisional presi-
dent and also acts rs minister of for
eign affairs. The Caceres regime is
represented in the new government by
Louis Felipe-Villarana and Ricardo w.
Espanoza. For the revolutionary party,
Bustamente Salazar and DIR. Nal
partida have been selected.
Under the terms of the agreement by
which hostilities ceased, President
Caceres surrendered the reins of gov
eminent and will retire to Ancon.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

The State Press association in ses-
sion at Madison elected officers as fol-
lows:
President. John Maggie, Mani.ovoc Pilot:
vice presidents, c. A. Booth. Monroe Sentinel;
Peter Richards, Lodi Valley News f. L
Luckow, Baraboo Democrat; W. Cramer
Evening Wisconsin: W. T. Kelley. West Bend
Pilot; l.. w. Chapman, Plainfield Sun: Percy
Atkinson, Eau Claire Leader; W. E Gardner
Green Bay Gazette; J. Mitchell Chapple Ash
land Daily Press; c. r. Morse. River Falls
Journal: secretary. O. F. Roessler, Jefferson
Banner; assistant secretary. Mrs. Julia L. c
Osborne, La Crosse Chronicle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
A WOULD-BE ASSASSIN.
Fails in an Attempt Upon Ii Hung
Changes Life.
A Hot-RIooded Young Jap, Prompted by
Misguided Patriotism, shoots
China's yIceroy and Peace
Envoy in the Face.

SHIMoSosEKI, March 26.-As Ii Hung
Chang, the Chinese peace envoy, was
returning to his lodgings il this place
Sunday, after having attended con-
ference with Count Ito and Viscount
Mutsu, the japanese peace plenipoten-
tiaries, young japanese fired pistol
at him. The bullet sped straight, but
apparently did no more harm than to
inflict wound in Ii Hung Chang's
face.
Ii Hung Chang was shot i'm the
cheek. II is believed that the wound
is not serious. Prime Minister Ito has
teleg raphed to Hiroshima asking that
DIR. Sato, the imperial physician, be sent
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
The MoRTuARY URN.
Peculiar and Amusing Instance of VI
x,Iaczd

placed Comment.
More than one man and quite a num-
Der of women turned round to look at
the curious adaptation of old to new
methods. A hearse was being driven
slowly up Broadway above Twenty
third street with the curtain raised so
that tie whole interior could be seen.
There was no coffin there. but right in
the middle of the inside platform there
stood small. black vase about eight
inches high and perhaps as many
inches in width across the handles.
Well" said one gentleman. swing
ing round mis- companion to look at tie
hearse, II knew cremation was get
ting TO be more and more practiced,
but I'd no idea that the cremationistsi
ever made a funeral of the ashes.
There's the mortuary urn, you see, and
in il, l suppose, is The handful of dust;
that represents the dear departed. Il
wonder, by the b., who the dear de-
parted was"
There were no mourning coaches
that could De distinguished in the jam
of cars and carriages, and as the hearse
went slowly along with its curious
little load the general composite ex-l
preston on the faces of those that
watched it indicated that the wholci
thing might be all right from a hy-
gienic point of view. but that as a,
funeral it was strange, cold and heart
less.
And when the he arse stopped at the
undertal<er's rooms the driver pulled
out the vase and handed it TO the pro-
prietor.
The bit of spike to that there orn-
amint's drapped out agin," he said.
land ye'd betther be afther gluin'
ct on this tonne, I'm thinkin'"-N. ",
sun.
SOMETIMES said Uncle Eben, .'when err
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

THE two German savantS. Wagner
and Supon. who have for many years
been trying TO secure a census of the
world. estimate the whole population
at 1.45p. 80. 400 people. They give to
Asia SIS. 9t5. 900; to Europe, 81. 31g. 900:
to Africa. 1853. g53. 900: To America, l2I,-
$4,000: 10 the Oceanic islands and the
polar regions. 800. 400. and Ia Austria
liza. 3. .3O. O0O. The people who thisilS that
America j. crowded and are looking To
Africa will see that the Dark CONT
nent with about the same territory as
America. has 4s.nO0.O0O more people
now. and very few IF them are living
in cities.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
a SLEEPING CAR ODDLY.
Pennsylvania Road Folk Experiment Will
the Inflated Rubber Seats.

the Inflated Rubber Seats.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 2G.-Promi-
nent officials connected with the Penn
sylvania railroad, Pennsylvania com
pany, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
railway and the Carnegie Steel
company have formed a temporary
organization and subscribed 10
a fund to be used in testing
an invention of Linford F. Ruth.
general agent of the Mcclure Coke
company, for use on parlor and sleep
ing cars. 1t is combination of rub
Der seats and berths. to be inflated by
compressed air. Seats can be turned
into berths and vice versa. by the use
of the air. If the test is successful. the
device will be adopted by the big rail-
road system represented in the provis-
iOual comDany
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

a NOVEL. funeral cortege surpris ed
the people of Louisville recently.
The deceased had been prom
inent member Of bicycle club. and
the wheelmen gave him a bicycle
funeral. The pallhearcrs were mount
ed on wheels and rode on each side Of
the hearse. while another bicyelist fol
owed, leading the wheel which had
,een ridden by the deceased during his
lifetime. The bicycle has become 50
prominent feature of everyday life
that this event seems quite natural
and DroDpr
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

a NEW HAVEN Comm heiress To 81
OOO.UO has agreed to we'd a plain
American named Carl Stocked, pro-
vided he changes his name to Carl
Stoeclzel Battell. the latter being part
of her name. The young maHprompt
" proceeded to make the desired
CHANCE
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

THE thoughtlessness with which peo-
pie rush after divorces without seriou,
cause is illustrated by n ease at Macon
ia. A Mrs Ward brought suit for dI.
vorce and it was granted March 4.
Going home from court she met Mr.
Ward, and was 50 sorry for him in his
lonely condition that she sent for the
preacher and they were remarked
When two people can he divorced and
remarked ON the same day, il Is evident
that they had little cause for the sepa-
ration, and would never have seriously
thought of IL but for the ease with
which divorces are secured in this coun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

The mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance of William Plath, who left
Marshfield a week ago, leaving a let
ter that he would not be seen alive
again, has been cleared up He was
located at Wausau at work at his trade,
tailoring. Jacob Favor, who left with
out telling where he was going and
who was thought to be in the sand
pipe, was found at work in a sawmill
at Chelsea.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
Henry C. Thorn Passes Away.

Henry c. Thorn. chairman of the re-
publican state central committee, died
at Madison, aged 80 years. lie had
been dangerously i'll since the middle
of January, being stricken with par
alysis shortly after the Inauguration
of the republican state officers. The
cause of death was paralysis brought
on by blood poisoning, which followed
serious kidney arrangement.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

THERE IS much talk about the fire.
quency Of American divorces. There
are a great many divorces in this coun-
try. but it i big country and has a
good many people. While the actual
number Is great. the percentage rela-
lively To the population is small 1t is
estimated that the divorces amount to
only per cent. Of the whole number
of marriages.
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pIdn.t Like the Evidence.

The case of the state against DIR. w.
Pickin and his son. Asigal Pickin,
charged with assaulting Mabel Briggs,
was nolle pressed at Eau Claire by
the district attorney as to the doctor.
but the case of Asigal was continued.
District Attorney Farr had made up
his mind not to go into court with a
line of evidence which would have to
be sustained by a theory of hypnotism.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
New Spanish Minister,

MADRID, March 27.-The government
has accepted the resignation of the
ministers in London and Washington.
Count Casa Valencia and Dupuy de
Iorme probably will be their success
ors. Gen. Gamir probably will replace
Capt. Gen. Calleja in Cuba.
MADRID, March 27.-Senor Dupuy de
Lone has been appointed Spanish min
lister to the United States in succession
to Senior Muruaga.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

NEW ZEALAND Is to try new expert
ment in temperance legislation. Every
man convicted of habitual drunkenness
j. to Toe photographed and every saloon
keeper supplied with a copy Of the pic
ture. In ease such saiOonkeeper sells
to such habitual drun<ard he i to be
A.r..A
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

FIRE often destroys that which
money can't replace. The most destruc-
tive fire in this way WAS that in New
York which destroyed the shop of Nj
kOla Tesla. Mr. Tesla Is one of the
most advanced Of electrical inventors.
and in his shop We're many inventions
and much delicate work that ii will
take years of patient labor and study
10 reproduce The loss was not his
entitic world
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

THERE is an editor in the far west
who possesses in n large degree the
virtue Of caution. lie remarked the
other day: 1t Is said that a minister
named Parllhurst, in Gotham, is be-
ginning Ia be talked bout "a a reform
CT. We shall keep our eve on him and
tell our readers what he amounts to
in a month or So"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

\ KANSAS woman has applied to the
governor for a bounty because she has
raised thirteen children. She Is GER
tainly entitled 10 bounty. but I'M
fortunately the government has never
offered any such inducement for rear
ing large families. Canada does better
than the United States IN encouraging
natiye-bOrn population.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

II BcrIs county, Pa. there Is a
widow who might he made a leader in
the suffrage movement. She owns a
farm. which she manages, and she has
refused To pay her road tax in cash. de
handing the same right 10 work ont
the tax in helping to build roads that
Is conceded To men. IL i the FIRST case
ON record where woman mas considered
shoveling gravel and grading roads a.
mans right which woman ought to
have. but if it Is a sign of the new
woman she VIII get her rights without
agitation Men are not given - fight
ing against woIhan's doing the work
which no one gets paid for
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

HoTELs are becoming very exclusive.
They have drawn the color line against
the negro aud the race line against
the Jew. and now they are after the
professionals. One New York hotel
manager wants no drummerS at his
house. aud another draws the line at
actors. II this class discrimination
continues we shall soon have separate
hotels for lawyers. doctors. actors, etc.
and perhaps one exclusively for mill
liuutirpS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
Cream city Bigamist Caught.

Richard L. Klueg, formerly of Mil
waukee, was arrested in Philadelphia
charged with bigamy, desertion and OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
Klueg, it was said, was recently mar
ried to Miss Elizabeth Neuber. The
charge of desertlon and bigamy is pre-
ferred by his wife, who, with her three
children, is still living in Milwaukee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

The shipping II all nations is Of the
approximate value Of 81. 100. 900, 900,
while the 10000 locomof'--es at work
represent value Of $40 O.O0O The
railways give employment > 2.594, OgC
people. while shipping employs only
-O5 OD0
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

Tue intensity Of confined sound IS
illustrated at CarisbroOk castle. Isle Of
Wight, where there Is well 200 feet
deep and Il feet in diameter. When
pin IS dropped into it, the sound of it
striking the water, Is feet below, can
De-. distinctly hrard
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Thre. Men pead in the woods.

A party of men hunting in the neigh
borhood of Ingram found the dead
bodies of Ed Duffney. John Hanson
and another man in an old lumber
shanty. From all appearances they
had been dead a number of days. the
bodies being frozen stiff Duffney and
Hanson were formerly employed as
woodsmen but quit work to hunt
wolves, using poison to kill them. The
superstition is that in preparing supper
they accidentally got the poison mixed
with the food. Their dog was found
dead in the same room.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
Springer for Judge.

WASHINGTON, March 90. The presi-
dent Thursday made the following APP
pointments: William NJ. Springer. of
Illinois, TO be judge of the United
States court of the Northern district
of the Indian territory. Constantine
Buckley Kilgore, of Texas. to be judge
of the United States court of the South
ern district of the Indian territory.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

PROF YoUSG finds by investigation
that the suns light Is about $4,000
times as great as the moons. II, there
fore. the sky was covered with full
moons they would give but One-eighth
as much light "a the sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
RUIN BY a GALE.
A Cyclone Causes Great Destruction In
Georgia.

Georgia
AUGUSTA. Ga, March ga cyclone
passed over the southwestern portion
of the city Wednesday morning doing
considerable damage to property. The
large fiourmill of,Miller & Co, In track
of the cyclone, was partly blown down.
COLUMBUS, Ga, March ga terrible
cyclone and tremendous rainstorm
visited this sectios at . o'clock wednes-
day morning. The eyclonic disturb
ance was greater in Girard, Ala. ac-
cross the river opposite Columbus. The
roof of the fertilizer mandatory was
carried off and outhouses completely
demolished. Four houses were blown
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
Minister Thurston to Go.

WAsHISGToN, March 97-Minister
Thurston has accepted the ultimatum
of Secretary Gresham and has decided
to leave this country without wait
ing for a formal notice from his
government to return. Mr.. Thurs
ton reached this conclusion sud
denly and announced it to his friends
Monday afternoon.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
Perish az Tic Post OF Duty.

DENVER, Col. March 26-All but one
member of Hose company No. 3 lost
their lives at the st. James hotel fire
Saturday night the hose company.
excepting the captain. is composed OF
colored men. The dead are: Harold
W lIartwell. captain; +. 5. Brawley,
lieutenant: Richard cambridge and
stephen Martin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

LANSING, Mich, March. 26.-Thc re-
suit of novel wager has just come to
light Miss Ida Smith and Miss Kate
Doyle. prominent society young ladies
of Owosso. on wager of 500 walked
from Owosso to Lansing, arriving here
Saturday afternoon. They left Owosso
Friday, proceeded to Lansing. where
they remained over night. They
walked the entire distance of 2s miles
on the railroad track in twelve hours.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
amfnl Nine disaster a. f,ed Canyon. WV

EVANSTON. WYE. March 9e.-At $40
o'clock Wednesday evening an explo-
sion of gas tool. place in the Rocky
Mountain Coal & Iron company
mine No at Red Canyon, sew
eral miles from here.
EVANSTON, Wyo., March Sit IS
now figured ont from company lists and
pay-rolls that fifty-nine men persisted
in the mine disaster at Red Canyon,
Wyo.. Wednesday evening Seven We're
killed ON the outside.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

TH Chinese empire is divided into
eighteen grand provinces. represent
ing an average area of 24s,0OO square
miles The German empire contains
oil. 900 square miles, the French repub-
lie. 10000 and the British isles IL, 900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
Farmer KILLED in HIS Home.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mimi. March 25.-
About9 o'clock Friday night Solomon
johnson. living 4 miles south of the
town of Horseshoe Lake, was assassin
ated. lie was sitting in his own house
by a window and was shot by some one
from the outside. The ball entered his
back and passed through the heart.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

HARTFORD, Conn. March 26.-Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, who is APP
preaching her SD birthday. has
been growing weaker mentally every
day until now there is rarely =
flicker of reason in her once bright
mind She is childish and happy and
sings over and over again hymns
warbled in her schooldays, seventy
wears ago
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

THE inventiveneSS of Connecticut
Yankees Is unparalleled. Every wear
they grow more inventive \ good
proportion Of the population Of the
state are inventors and patentecS.
Their business in life Is To invent
things and take out patents for them.
Lots of the women Of the state
are patent holders. and their pat
entS are for their own inventions too.
Connecticut stands the first among the
inventive states of the union. The
patents taken o,;t last ye9r 10y the in
veators Of the nutmeg state number
one for every 903 Of the states inhab-
itants This was Tor single year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
Richard Naux Is Dead.

PHILADELPHIA. March %. - Exon
gresham Richard Vaux. who has been
i'll at his home in this city for several
days with the grip. died Friday morn
inn He was "a wears of are
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Five Men Drowned.

VICTORIA. b. c., March 25.-The tug
velos. bound for the stone quarries at
Nelson and Hadington islands, was
driven ashore on Trial island during a
gale and is total wreck. Five men
were drowned.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

II is said that comparatively few
Cinnamon at home know that war is
in progress They are concealed n
villages thousands Of miles from the
coast and the news Of the outside world
never gets to them
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

THE Maine Sons Of the Revolution
have just admitted to membership in
their order the descendant Of Pas
amaquoddy Indian chief who fought
for America in the days Of 1910.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

A YOUNG woman has been arrested in
New York for riding bicycle in man 5
attire. The question will have TO be
settled whether the bicycle boomers
are an infringement on mans trousers
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
ola Enough to Vote.

WICHITA. Kan. March 26.-Among
the women who registered in this city
to vote at tLe municipal election was
Mrs. Harriet MeMurray, aged ll5
wears
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

Near Elizabethtown, KY. Sunday
night David Nichols shot and killed
Ike Horn, his son-in-law. Horn is said
to have abused his wife.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

NEW YORK has a society organized TO
see that the constitution of the United
States is posted in public places where
all citizens may read II.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

Both houses of the Nebraska legisla-
ture passed the bill that bounty snail
be paid ou sugar.