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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

DURING a riot between Turks and
Armenians in Constantinople over $50
persons were killed.
FELIX MoNTERo, an eminent lawyer
at San Jose, Costa Rica, and three
friends have been sentenced to four
years imprisonment for pu blicly con-
demning the government.
DAMASCUS advIces say that the French
consul at that place was attacked by a
mob, insulted and pelted with mud.
The French embassy has demanded
prompt redress for the outrage.
In the recent gales in the English
channel over fifty vessels and twenty
four lives were lost.
THE death of Manuel Romero Rulro,
aged 6s, minister of the interior and
father.in-law of President Diaz, oc-
Cured in the City of Mexico
AT Constantinople the Armenian
church and the other churches situated
in different parts of the Turkish CAPT.
tai were crowded with refugees to es-
cape Turkish mobs. According to the
Armenians about 200 of their number
were killed during the rioting.
DURING an engagement between the
insurgents and Spanish troops at Las
Veras the insurgents lost forty killed
and had 1876 wounded.
ONE French and two English vessels
were lost on the south coast of New
foundland and five men were drowned.
A RESOLUTION was passed at the in
ternational law congress at Brussels
providing that the next meeting of the
congress be held in the United States
during the year 1897.
Ten persons were killed and forty
injured, several of them seriously, by
collision between an engine and a
crowded passenger train near Wavre,
Belgium.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10
LATER NEWS.

THE mil of the Murphy Lumber Co.,
at Green Bay, Wis, and 5000, 900 feet
of lumber, were burned the 9TH. Loss,
500, 900.
THE home of DIR. w. C. Palmer, of
Kansas City. Mo-, was almost COM
pletely destroyed by a gas explosion
the 18th. The explosion was caused by
the lighting of a match by gas filter
searching for a leak. who was serious
ly burned.
AN explosion of gas in the Dorrance
mine at wilkesbarre. Pa, the 9TH. ia
tally injured VIM. Miller and Robert
blanchard. Five others were severely
burned.
THE inhabitants of Wenona, Ill, were
greatly alarmed the 9TH by an earth
quake that shook their houses.
A CHICAGO electric car was held up
on the outskirts of that city the night
of the eth by five masked men. The
conductor lost all the fares of the day
and passengers were relieved of several
hundred dollars worth of valuables.
ONE man was killed and another
fatally wounded the 9TH in riot among
ooatmen over the question OF loadlng a
boat at Scribner's dock, Tonawanda,
:. Y. About $50 men were involved
in the riot, and several pistol shots
were fired. Capt Phillips, owner of
the boats John Graft and May. was
shot in the head. as he stood upon his
boat. and he died soon afterward.
THE government does not propose
to have the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight
take place on territorial ground. Com
missioner Browning has prepared a
lie tier of instructions to Agent Wisdom
at Muscogee, /. T. directing him 70 see
that the laws are enforced, and to eject
forcibly any intruders who may enter
the Indian territory for the purpose of
creating a disturbance or organizing
anything that may be detrimental to
the Indians.
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The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON.

A MONTHLY statement of the director
of the mint shows coinage during
the month of September as follows:
Gold, s7.54S. 572; silver, S4T3. 500; minor
coins. Sol, 4l4; total coinage. s., O7s, 653.
The net expenditures of the govern
ment since June 80. lsg2. have exceeded
the receipts by sl2O. Isl, 467.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND issued an or
der placing Mai. Gen. Nelson A. Miles
at the head of the army of the United
States
SECRETARY OLNEY, il was said, had
sent a dispatch to Minister Bayard in
London declaring in the most positive
language that the United states would
never consent to British occupation of
the disputed territory in Venezuela un-
less that NJ sion's right thereto was
first determined by arbitration.
EXCHANGES at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 4th aggregated
81. 49,, Os9, ~. against S997. 924, 422 the
previous week. The increase, compared
with the corresponding week in 1894,
was 1876.
THE commissioner of the general
land Office in his annual report says
the total area of vacant public land in
the United States in acres is as follows:
Surveyed. SI3. s37, SIS; unsurveyed, 2s5,-
PAS, 7O7
IL the United States there were 207
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 4th, against 2l6 the week
previous and PIG in the corresponding
time in 1894.
The new diplomatic representative
of Hawaii to the United States, Minis
ter Castle, arrived in WashiE gton
THE director of the mint is of the
opinion that the gold product during
1895 will show an increase over last
year of from s.. 900. 900 to 81, 100000
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MAceo Wounded.
Leader of the ouba1 Insursent. Shot i. +.

HAVANA, Oct. s. The Spanish have
dealt the Cuban Insurgents a severe
blow, If the officis$ reports given out
are to be relied uptn. The rebels have
met with defeath and Gen. Antonio
Maceo has beet badly wounded
Many of his followers were killed OF
wounded
The battle, sal To be the most
bloody of the pretnt war, was fought
in the country tktween Soa Arribia
and San FERNANDO in the Holguin dis
trict of Santiago Cuba. The insur-
gents were CON mi hded by Gen. Maceo,
while the Spanish troops were com
manded by Gen. xchalgue.
The insurgentsJ numbering 5000 in
fantry and 500 cav lry, laid in wait for
Gen. Exchalgue, tho appeared at the
head OF / 200 infak try and 300 cavalry.
The Spanish troq&bs also possessed one
field cannon. Vsn. Exchalgue dis
tributed his mentn admirable fashion
and planned to fall at certain speci-
lied times uponl the positions held
by the insurgentst The revolutionists,
aware of his NOV ments, arranged for
a strong outpost D check the impetu.
osity of the SpanI sh troops. The reg.
ular Spanish fordSs paid little atten.
ton to the small kody of men stationed
at the outposts aid rushed To the main
force. The insurgents made desper.
ate resistance, mich lasted seven
hours.
Finally Gen. Mbceo. seeing his mer
in critical situk ton, rushed to the
front with his stSff. He had scarcely
taken a position b front of the line.
when he fell sert busly wounded. His
followers at OH placed him on
stretchers and 81 cceeded in carrying
him off the field.
As soon as it faS known that Gen.
Maceo had been Wounded all was con-
fusion in the RAJ 5 of the insurgents,
who, according II official advices here,
were put to flight, leaving upon the
field twenty lxilld and several wound
ed. Spanish q icials estimate that
before Maceo Hell fully $50 dead
and wounded in kurgeuts were carried
from the field.
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AIibi Destroyed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. s.-One of the
greatest sensations in the Durrant case,
and one which comes now as climax
with crushing weight upon the accused,
has become the property of the
prosecution. Theodore Durrant not
only confessed to a classmate that
lie had no notes of DIR. Cheney's lee
ture, but he begged his friends to take
his notes to his mother, Mrs. Durrant,
that they might be copied. Il have
no notes of that lecture" the accused
student said, land l only need them
to complete my alibi." The student to
whom Durrant made the fatal ac-
acknowledgement is his classmate and
friend, DIR. Gilbert +. Graham.
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hINshAW IS CONVICTED.
Jury Recommends a Life Sentence-A
<es New Trial Is Granted.

Jury Recommends Life Sentence-A
~ New Trial Is Granted.
DANvILIE, Ind, Oct. 4.--The jury in
Rev William L. Hinshaws case, who
was indicted for the murder of his
wife at Belleville, January 10, which
has been on trial for the past five
weeks, returned a verdict of guilty of
murder in the second degree, and that
he be imprisoned for life. at 4:30
Wednesday afternoon, after being out
two hours. Three members were in
favor of hanging the divine.
The minister never flinched when
the words which consigned him
to a felons cell were read by Clerk
Hathaway, but turned TO the sheriff
and said: Il am ready to return to the
Jail"
DANvuLE, Ind, Oct THE attor-
news for Rev. IIinshaw, the convicted
wife murderer, have decided to carry
the case to the supreme court if they
do not get a new trial here. De-
tectives who are working on the case
are said to have struck trail at Sheri-
dan, Ind, where they have two men
under suspicion as being the burglars
who killed Mrs. Hinshaw. The re-
quest of the attorneys for the defense
for a new trial has been granted
They are thought to be waiting for the
outcome of the detectives search.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10
FOOD ECONOMIES.
How the Housewife May Save. Yet Dslis
fously Utilize.

800 ~ AoubsWhe my saw k1t A<&A.8~
fously Utilize
What IL the truest economy In mar
keting? II is to buy the best and most
nutritious food materials that tho
markets afford. and then use those ma
terials with care. Nothing need ever
be wasted.
Mushroom stems, left after sauteing
mushrooms, may be chopped fine and
used for sauce Bordelaise with the
breakfast steak. Turkey bones
cracked, make the most delicious soup
cup Of left over tomato will season
soup or give the delicious sauce be-
loved of Mr.. Pickwiok with his chops
Bread crumbs dried in the oven and
rolled fine on the molding board Will
do for breading those same chops, or
assist in the creation of a scallop or q
dressing. A cup of sour milk will be
the motif for a johnny cake-de-
licious morsel! Bits of mutton.
In salads, croquettes or cannelonS A
saucer OF peas. a carrot, a few slices OF
beet. an onion, a little asparagus, or q
few string beans, by the exercise of q
little thought ard "a twist of the
wrist" take on added charms in an ap-
petizing vegetable salad. The yollTs OF
eggs. debarred from being a compo-
nent part of an angels cake, will flH
an aching void in a custard or q sun
shine cake. while the whites of egg re-
maining after a mayonnaise dressing
or a creation "a la Newburg" will be-
promoted to an angels or delicate
cake, or give tAs browning grace
TO pudding In the guiss of mer-
ingue-
A cup of canned fruit or fruit juice
will form the basis for a delicate or
roly-poly pudding. or q water ice. A
dish of cold boiled rice or macaronf
adds splendor to a scsllop mutton
Cold baked sweet potatoes. cut in
slices. buttered. sprinkled with sugar.
and baked are a popular southern
dish.
A few slices of sponge cake. or hale
. dozen ladyangers are a foundation
that calls for the erection of q stately
charlotte russo. while q cup of straw
berries or a saucer of canned pineap-
pie gives the browning touch 20 tho
edifce. A cup of winter squash.
baked in 9 pie" Is more TO be desired
than ''four-and-twcnty blsckbirdS"
while just half cup of the crust lsfe
over and baked in tarts FOR tea or
luncheon make the cook public bene-
factor. All these things rescued from
prolonged durance in refrigerator, cup
board, or cellar require both the time
and thought of the would-bs frugal
housewives; but IL a systematic review
of these possibilities is made every
morning before making out the menu
for the day, the result viii soon be ap-
parent in a more varied bill of fare, n
lessened weekly account, and g cons
science void of ofrense.-N. Y. Times
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10

LIEUT.. PEARY says that he never
will see the north pole unless il is
brought To the United States This is
his way of announcing that he is done
with excursions in search of the Tip of
the earth, feeling too old for labOrs of
that kind. Probably failure to catch
glimpse of the pole will not worry him
much Millions of people are in the
same predicaInent, and are not lying
awake nights over it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10

LIEUT.. GEN. JONI VI. SCEoFTELD, COM
manding general of the army, has re-
tired after fOrty-six years of service in
war and peace He is the last of the
older officers who commanded an army
during the war of the rebellion. He
has reached the age of "a years
lie will retain his present rank
and receive three-quarters of his pres
emit salary. Gen. Schofield is sue
ceeded by Gen. Nelson A. Miles. the
youngest man in that place since Gen.
Sheridan The retiring general Will
become an author. devoting his time
TO writing for the magazines and re-
views
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10

THE cow which gives milk contain
ing a large percentage of chalk and
water is found abroad as well as at
home. Residents of London are re-
ported To be very unhappy because of
their milk supply, and they threaten
10 make il warm for the mill1men who
have been imposing on them II the
present state of affairs continues much
longer the American as well as the
English people will have TO follow the
example of the Japanese and go with
out milk altngether
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10
Charged with Murder.

man giving the name of William
Mcdonald, of Detroit, Mich, was un-
der arrest at Superior charged with
the murder of the unknown man found
in the woods near Dedham. The evil
dence against Mcdonald is entirely
circumstantial. He is one of the two
men who was last seen with the vic
tim. The shot which did the work is
known to have been fired few min
utes after Mcdonald and the other
man had been seen with the deceased.
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EUCHARISTiC CONGRESS.
Great Gathering of Catholic Priests /
the City of Washington.


the City of Washington.
WASHINGTON, Oct 4.-The opening
Wednesday of the first eucharistic con-
gress to be held in the United States
was preceded by the celebrat on of
high pontifical mass in the Church
of st. Patrick. Mgr. SatOlli, the
apostolic delegate, was the cele brant;
Cardinal Gibbons and twenty arch
bishops and bishops were within the
altar rails and the edifice was filled to
OVERLOOKING by members of the Catho-
lie clergy from all parts of the country.
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
the opening session of the congress was
held within the walls of the Catholic
university. Cardinal Gibbons presided
and Arch bishops Satolli and Corrie an
spoke words of good will and greeting.
The congress is the outcome of a
convention held in August of last year
at Notre Dame, Ind, and is under the
Priests Eucharistie league, which
has for its object the pro-
motion of devotion to the holy
eucharist. The league has 35,-
900 members in Europe, 1000 in the
United NIateS anu ldTPt uuHlbcl
in Asia. Africa and South America.
The director general of the United
States is Rev. Bede Mailer, of Indiana.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-The eucharis-
tic congress Thursday morning
listened to the reading of four papers
on the subject of the Eucharist" by
Rev. j. L. Foley, of St Louis; Rev. II.
J. Heuser, editor of the American
Ecclesiastical Review, aud Rev. Ii.
Brinlxmeyer, of Cincinnati. The con-
gress concluded its session in the after
noon.
Resolutions were adopted pledging
the league to do everything in its pow
er to cause the veneration of the Sab
bath and endorsing the decree of the
plenary council of Baltimore on that
subject The plenary councils decree
urges pastors to secure the sanctifica-
ton of Sundays and specifies the open
ing of saloons as one way of its desc
Grafton. The only other important
point dealt with was that endorsing
chit npifsr
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10

Two men, both of whom have served
time in states prison, quarreled over a
dog at GAINESVILLE and one of them,
William Canary. was in Jail, while the
other. John +. Sullivan, alias Razor
Jack" was in bed with a bullet in his
lungs. His wound was thought to be
fatal one. Canary once served three
years in states prison, while Sullivan
has been sentenced three times for
burglary, but each time got condi-
tional pardon before his time was up.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10
Removed. Not Resigned.

SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 4.-Because of
their failure to file accounts and obey
other orders of his court, Judge Hanford
Wednesday morning refused to accept
the designations of Receivers Cakes,
Payne aud Rouse of the Northen Pa
cifie railroad, but his honor removed
these dignitaries and appointed An
drew F. Burleigh, general counsel Ore
gon Improvement company. as receiver
for all Northern Pacific property with
in Jurisdiction of this court.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10

JOsEPH BELL, the engineer on Ste
phensOn's first steam engine, the
Sproket, die recently in London at
the age of -. lie was all his life
railroad engineer, and had seen every
change made in these motors of travel
and civilization. The progress which
has been made Is summed up in a
single lifetime II. Joseph Bell sur
vived few years longer he might
possibly have seen steam displaced by
electricity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10

Now THAT we have secured our enor-
nous corn crop, the question is what
to do with It Some statistician has
figured out that the electric rail-
W IS have displaced 275,OOO horses,
which would have required 125,OOO
bushels Of corn or oats day. or more
than 100000 bushels a year. With
this tremendous appetite for corn
eliminated and the crop larger than
ever before. it is no wonder that the
price is so low that the farmers and
the railroads are not making the for
tune they anticipated
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FALL TRADE.
Indication. WAR knt the Most Hopeful
An4cipntions.

Indications War knt the Most Hopeful
AntScipntions.
New YORK, Och 7.-Bradstreet's says
OF the trade situt ton;
'Seasonable wea4her has stimulated sales
OF merchandise al increased the prospe. Is
of a favorable ia II trade generally Among
the less favorable fkatureS are a moderate de-
mand in staple linet on the Pacifc coast, a
action in the volumk of business at Baltimore,
and the check to III advance in prices Of iron
and Steel with "a ekction OF about one dollar
per ton at Ohio Hey and Pennsylv ania GEN.
tiers.
I'm letter to die editor Of Bradstreets,
concer ming tie Irrational finances, Hon
Worthington C. Fdkd chief of the bureau OF
statistics, treasury department, states the
reasons why, in his opinion, there will
be no deficit Yin the national rev.
enues during tha fiscal year ending June
90 1895 His estimates of the revenues
for the current yeSr is $50, 900, 600 from Gus
toms Ss5 coo 600 frotn taxes on distilled spirits
10000 O0O from tool cco and fermented liquors
and $1,000 900 fron4other sources, OF a total OF
1891 90 100 which, IL is declared, will be suffi-
cient TO cover the 3orInal expenditures OF the
government
september baas clearing reflect the spread
of favorable tradeF conditions, but more
pecially where slde has been backward
Total clearings at tlxty-one cities for Septem-
Der aggregate $l32.o55,55S, gain over
August OF about S -tenths of per cent; over
September 1893 tlnie year,, Of rs per cent
Comp ired with Is!k the decrease is Is per cent
Gains are heavies lin tho eastern and middle
states and are lars.e IA 10 western southwest
ern and northwest rn states than in August.
Among seventy me cities. comparing with
September last ar, only one-quarter show
decreases. CompEed with September, 1898,
only seven cities khow losses. The heaviest
gain shown by AM large city over September
last year is at Gle sland 81 per cent, but New
York Minneapolis Buffalo, Columbus, Boston
Pittsburgh New Orleans and ST Louis all
show heavy gains.
Chicago sales ~ dry goods. clothing and
shoes are larger Than last week, and at St
Louis the September volume Of trade is the
heaviest since 1871 Minneapolis, Kansas City,
St Paul and Duluth are conspicuous for activi-
" in trade circles Duluth's population is now
nearly 60OOO, compared with 5000 five years
ago Demand forf lake freights is active. and
rates are tending up New Orleans reports
large freight roofh engagements for Deem
Der and January u load grain, and on the Pa
citic cost Seattle announces 1t will export
about / .OO00 00 Shels of wheat this season.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10

In certain town in Indiana a man
by the name of Creese Mortified the
populace by allowing snake to crawl
out of his trousers as he boarded
train at the depot A man with both
a Creese and a snake in his trousers is
too swell for most anv state.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10
Mr.. Bass Big Family.

At the Lancaster fair at Boscobel a
premium was offered by local dealer
for the largest family present 1t was
won by Ben Bass. His family consists
of himself, wife and fifteen children
eight boys and seven girls-seventeen
in all, the oldest child being 2s and
the youngest 8. There are no twins.
Mr.. Bass is IS years old and his wife Al.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10
Too Drunk to swim.

A famous Chippewa Indian chief, ia
miliarly known as Little Pipe" OF
'Bunga Powagan," was drowned at
Cumberland in Beaver Dam lake. He
was supposed to have been about los
years old, but was still in robust
health. He was out with his squaw in
IA canoe when it capsized. His squaw
swan to shore, but he was too drunk
IN SxUim
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STATISTICS from the United States
railway service show that one passen-
ger is killed for every 1900. 900 passen-
gers carried, or every ~, lO3. 22s miles
travelled One is injured for every T.,
700, 77I miles travelled, or one out of
every 2O4, PAS passengers carried.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10

SoUTH CAROLINA occupies the unique
position among the states of the union
of being the only one which has no di-
vorce law, and has never had. And
now the constitutional convention, in
session at Columbia. after a hard fight.
by vote of 80 to ~. adopted section
of the constitution forbidding the
granting of divorces for any cause
whatever, and not allowing recCgni-
ton of divorces granted in other
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10

ONE of the few cities in the United
States which employ a special in
structOr in geography in the public
schools is san Francisco. The in
structOr, who has had great success, is
Miss Hattie Il. Steele. She has a col
lection of more than 5000 stereOpticOn
slides, which she uses in her lectures.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10

The length of the shadow which the
earth casts into space has attracted
some attention since the eclipse of the
moon This shadow is in the form of
a cone with the diameter of the earth
as its base. Ii is s64. 900 miles long.
That is if you travelled into space. away
from the earth, more than three times
as far as the moon. the shadow would
still shield you from the sun, provided
you remained on what may be called
the night side OF the earth. The diam
eter of the sun is s66, 200 miles, that of
the earth Is 1925 miles, and the dis
lance from the sun 10 the earth is
Fs. OOO. 600 miles
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-10-10

A man named Jim Smith was ar
rested at Neenah and confessed that he
was a member of the gang that held
up the Wisconsin Central train Sep
TENDER 10 He says the gang was led
by J;sk Connors, known as Diamond
Jack" but claims he does not know
the names of the other two members
of the gang.