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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31
THE EAST.

The gunboat Annapolis was launched
from Nixon's shipyard at Elizabeth,
N j.
In New York the New England So
ciety celebrated the ninety-first ami
yersary of it's organization and the two
hundred and seventy-sixth of the land
ing of the pilgrims.
In New York Solomon Sayles, whole
sale meat dealer. failed for S250,000.
Miss TyrreIl and Mrs. Henry Bond.
sisters. living at Woodbourne, Pa. were
killed by the cars at crossing.
Starting May Mrs. II. Es;by and her
daughter Clara, 10 years old, arrived in
New York from Spokane, Wash. hav-
ing walked the entire distance on a
wager that they could cross the conti-
nent in seven months.
The doors of the American Banking
and Trust company of Auburn, Me-,
were closed, with liabilities of SIS, 900
Anna Held, the French actress, who
is playing at the Grand opera house
in Pittsburgh. sang on the public
streets of the city for the benefit of
a charitable institution and over $500
was poured into her carriage.
Near Franklin. Pa, the home of Philip
McKim was burned and three littls
children persisted in the flames.
During a quarrel over buffalo robe
at Rathbunville, n. Y, Cloyd Meyers
shot and killed William Allen and vii
liam Harrington.
The oldest person in New York state.
Peter Cannon, died at Belfast, aged lis
years.
Flames partly destroyed the New
York Polytechnic hospital in New York
and compelled the removal of its pa
tients. drove a score of families from
their homes in adjoining buildings and
did $500, 900 damage.
Fire destroyed st. Stephens Epis-
copaI church at Wilkesbarre, Pa, the
loss being 100000.
John Drake Townsend, one of the
leaders of the New York bar, died sud
denly while eating Christmas dinner.
Fire destroyed a large part of the
business portion of Potsdam, y. Y, the
loss being 100000.
The Hawaiian queen. Liliuokalani.
took the first sleigh ride of her life in
Boston.
The death of Joseph d. Weeks, ed
itor of the American Manufacturer, oc
Cured at his home in Pittsburgh, Pa.
from a stroke of paralysis.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher fell and
broke her hip at Stamford, Conn.,, and
may be forced to use crutches for the
rest of her life. She is 81 years old.
At the age of 1O7 years Arthur Lin
gard died at Lancaster, Pa, leaving a
fortune of 50 ,OOO, 900 and no kin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31
The News Of the Week.
BIZ TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
FRoM WASHINGTON.


In Washington j. ID. Williams, 4 mu-
latto. shot his wife and then killed him
self.
The president has approved the gen.
eral pension and urgent deficiency APP
preparation bills.
In the United States there were PSF
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 25th, against 367 the week
previous and 522 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
Anna Hanson Dorsey, the pioneer of
Catholic literature in this country, died
ia Washington, s5ed s. years.
During the five months of the present
fiscal year the decrease in the general
collection of internal revenue has been
s65l.957.
IL the United States the visible sup
ply OF grain on the 2sth was: Wheat.
521,4i3.OOO bushels; corr, 1888, 900
bushels; oats. 1916, 900 bushels; I'VE,
100000 bushels; barley, 4,s75,OOO bush
els.
On the opening day in Washington
rnes ms committee in preparation for the
framing of tariff bill representatives.
of hundreds of millions of dollars made
brief statements OF their views.
In Washington IL cracks in the
bicycle world entered six-days'. eight
hours day, international bicycle con-
test
Fire destroyed the large furniture
house of Julius Lansburg in Washing
ton, the loss being 100000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31
LIVES CRUSHED OUT,
Nine Persons Killed by q Landslide In
Ireland.

Dublin, Dec. ga landslide has oc-
CURED near baltimore, County Kerry.
doing great damage to property and
causing the loss of at least nine lives.
Heavy rains have fallen in that part of
Ireland lately. with the result that some
places that are generally dry now re-
scmble vast morasses. Near Baltimore
there is an eminenoe about 1000 feet
high, known as Boy hill. and it was
here that the landslide occurred. The
rains percolating through the ground
gradually loosened a huge mass of
earth. and on Sunday night, apparently
without the slightest warning, large
part of the surface of the hill began TO
slide towards the valley. Gaining mo
mentum as it moved. il swept down
ward with a roaring sound. carrying
rocks, trees and everything before il
for miles. In some places the path of
the landslide was a mile wide, and as
il moved along ii buried everything.
entirely changing the aspect of the Sec
ton over which it passed.
The residence of Mr.. Donnelly, stew
ard of Lord Kenmare, one of whose
seats, Killarney house, is at Killarney,
was engulfed in the mass of earth and
debris and all of its occupants, Mr.. DON
nelly, his wife and seven children, were
killed. 1t Is supposed that the house
was swept from its foundations by the
crushing mass, overturned and buried
TO great depth. AS Its present local.
ty is not known, it is hardly probab'e
that the bodies will be recovered. All
the cattle, pigs and horses on the place
were also buried, and there is now a
scene of utter desolation where, en-
Sunday, stood the neat dwelling and
outbuildings of Mr.. Donnelly.
The movement of the landslide was 10
the southwest, in the direction of the
River Flesk. into which a large portion
If the earth slipped. blocking il up
The current of the river was employed
in running dynamos. which furnished
electric light for the Kerry lunatic
asylum and some buildings in Killar-
ney. The blocking of the river, OF
course, stopped the current and rem
dered the dynamos temporarily useless
All the buildings using the light from
this source were plunged into darkness
and it was some time before other lights
could be obtained
The part of the hill where the slide
began was bog, and much of the earili
that moved was very soft. Huge guam
titles plunged into the river, and there
is danger of the back water flooding the
country around about unless the cur
rent is able to carry the debris down
with il. If anybody was passing along
the roads at the time the slide passed
over the highways they would surely
have been buried. There have been nc
reports of anybody being missing, and
on this is based the belief that there
was no loss of life outside the Donnelly
family
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

At Constantinople an trade has been
issued granting amnesty to all Ar
menian prisoners except those SEN
fenced to death for murder.
Dispatches say that the Mohamme-
dan rebellion in the northern part Of
China is at an end.
In north Greece foods caused an
overflow of the Salambria river and
enormous damage was done, villages
being inundated and a number of per-
sons drowned.
Flames in the fashionable residence
part of Montreal, Que, caused loss of
100000.
In Mexico the Yaqui Indians are again
on the warpath, and a number of set
tiers in the laqui river valley have been
murdered and their property destroyed.
A decree has been ISSUED by the
French government in Madagascar abol-
ishing slavery.
The European powers, il is said, are
with Spain and that they will tolerate
no aid to the cause of Cuban insurgents.
In the vicinity of Fortune Bay, n.
f., thousands of persons were threat
ened with starvation because of the
failure of the herring fishery.
The death of Gen. John Meredith
Read, of Albany, \. Y, the well-known
diplomatist, occurred in Paris, aged SO
years He was the first United States
consul-general for France and Algeria
in ls69-73, and in November, 1873, was
appointed United States minister resi-
dent in Greece.
The story that European govern
ments are preparing TO help Spain as
against the United States is denied
landslide destroyed the village of
Santa Ana de Polago, Italy, demolish-
ing lis houses and rendering $50 fam
lilies homeless. There was no loss of
life.
Charged with conspiracy to yer
throw the Spanish rule, Julio Sangu lily,
a citizen of the United States resid ing
in Cuba, has been sentenced to impris-
onment for life.
At Ratsmore. England. laborer's
house was overwhelmed in landslide
and the man, his wife and seven chill
dren were buried.
In a storm fishing smack belonging
at Malaga, Spain, was wrecked, drown
ing 70 men and several children.
BY a landslide near Baltimore, Ire
land, nine lives were lost and a great
amount of property was destroyed.
Spain has offered, il is said. terms of
amnesty to the insurgents in Cuba, ard
has practically asked the United
States to propose these conditions to
her rebellious subjects.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31
The Grant Monument.

New York. Dec. 29.-At the sug-
gestion of Gen. Horace Porter. pres
ident of the Grant Monument as
ISOLATION, the board of estimate has
appropriated the sum of $4,000 to pay
the expenses attending the dedication
of the Grant monument on April q
next. In his statement to the board.
Gen. Porter said that the ceremonies
should be under the direction of the
city authorities, as the dedication of
the monument is to be distinctly a city
affair. lie further stated that Presi-
dent-elect Mckinley had agreed to he
pr, sent at the ceremony. and that all
the members of the cabinet, the diplo-
matte corps, the legislature, governors
of states and mayors of all large cities
ought to be invited. The government
should invite all nations maintaining
fleets in the Atlantic to participate in
a naval Darade,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31
NOVEMBER
JAPANESE LITERATURE.
Much Activity Among the Learned Me-
of the MIkado's Realm.

Much Activity Among the Learned Men
of the Mikado's Realm.
There Is a deal of literary activity in
Japan just at the present time, which,
however indicative possibly it may be
of better times TO come, is now and of
itself far from commendable, says the
London Dial. The overwhelming pre-
dominance ofthe mere periodical is what
the writer especially complains Of. A
native Japanese regrets, among other
things. the incompetency Of versifyirg
In the Chinese language, which is
spoken of as something common, the
degradation of literature by the COM
mercial spirit, the excessive prevalence
of fiction, the cocksureness of imPor-
tant airs taken on them by the class of
youthful critics that has sprung up.
lie says of the latter: with no ado
quate knowledge of English men COM
pose treatises on the comparative
merits Of English poets, and raw Ger
man students express preference for
one German poet rather than another"
Work, nevertheless, of a much more
substantial form than as thus indicated
is happily under way. A history Of the
recent war with China, in charge of the
government, IS in contemplation, which
It is expected will require five years and
10000 yen for its accom- ,l.shment. Be
sides, the Imperial university has
committee of 16 scholars Ia its employ,
collecting, classifying and editing the
voluminous material requisite in The
preparation of an exhaustive history Of
Japan
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31

In drnnken quarrel at Hinton. ".
Va. John Legge and his brother Rich
ard were killed by William Moore.
Flames destroyed most of the busi-
ness portion CT the town of Miami,
Fla.
At Dallas. Tex, the Security Mort
gag & Trust company, financial
concern. failed for 100000.
Albert Livingston. Ephraim Saunter
and Abram Page are dead. and several
other young men badly injured as =
suit OF a free-for-all fight r. Snow
Hill. Ala.
The firm OF Norton & Co., for years
millers and grain dealers in Chicago,
failed for 100000.
The state of Kansas is entitled 10
ten votes in the electoral college, but
it is likely that she viii cast but nine,
SIS one Of the electors is deserter from
the union army. and therefore not quail
flied TO serve.
A. b. Robbins, aged so years, pastor
of the First Congregational church of
Muscatine. Ia, for So years, died of
heart failure.
At the age of CO years Charles W.
Hoffman, IL. d., librarian of the
United States supreme court from 1873
to 1898. died at his home in Frederick,
Md.
In San Francisco the remains of Kate
Field were cremated and the ashes sent
east for int ,rment.
IN Chicago the Atlas national bank
has gone into voluntary liquidation.
All depositors will be paid in full.
In a fit of dependency Otto Was
mansdorff, senior partner in the coll
lapsed bank of Wasmansdorff G. Heine-
mann, of Chicago, killed himself by
shooting.
Near Ge--.>- y. ". II *. MS
son. Frank, nine years old, and Mi
nerva Robbins, a hired girl, were
drowned by the capsizing of boat.
At Batavia, ILL.,, William NJ. &J.S. Van
Nortwick, bankers and manufacturers,
made an assignment with liabilities OF
81, OOO, 900.
For no cause known Frank Z.
Clark, for is years editor of the Gray
vile Qll.) Independent, committed
suicide by taking poison.
In Minneapolis the Scandal bank
suspended payments with liabilities of
5000
A colored youth named VIII Robin
son, who killed his sweetheart in a
church in Pike county, Mo-, was taken
to the penitentiary for 1902 years.
At Independence, Mo-, the Mccoy
Banking company went into voluntary
liquidation with liabilities of S125, 900.
The doors of the Bank of Superior at
Superior, Wis, were closed, with liza
bilities of 100000.
Gregor Kirchbaum and his wife were
burned to death in their home at Johns
ton, r. l., by the explosion of lamp.
In Chicago 1000 saloon keepers have
been compelled during the last three
months to retire from business because
of hard times.
Iowa celebrated its fiftieth an
niyersary as a state.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31

sick person trying to keep up on mere
stimulating tonics Is like any one pretend
ing to swim while supported BY belt The
instant the support is Withdrawn down
you go.
Nearly all diseases result from deep.
seated impairment Of the nutritive powers
which cannot be reached by any temporary
exhilarstion. The only good that any med
icine can do is 10 increase your own natural
powers OF recovery and make you able TO
swim for yourself
The facilitating weakness, nervousness
and digestive disorder which indicates this
state of mal-nutTition can only be overcome
by a scientific remedy like DR.. Pierce 5
Golden Medical Discovery which acts di-
rectly upon the digestive and blood making
organs, and effects the nutTitive trausfc- a.
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corner of the system
II is vastly more nutTif .ous than matt
extracts. II does not paTsiyze the nerves,
but feeds them with heath II is better
than cod liver oil emulsi ms. 1t Is assimi-
lated by the weakest sfouachs. II does
rot make Aabby useless fat, but muscular
strength and healthy srve-l9rce. II Is the
only perfect invigoTan. for corIulent people.
Mrs. Ella Howell. o. Derby Perry Co, Ind.
writ.s: +" In the year Of 1894 was taken with
stom sch troubie-nervous dyspepsia Thee was
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seemed like a rock. Everything that ate gave
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sicians but got relief Then Dr. Pierce's
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me and got IT, and com menced the use Of IT.
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assistance. took DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and one bottle of the Pleasant Pei
let's began TO improve very fast after the use
Of few bottles. The physicians who attended
me said had .dropsy and that my disease was
leading into pc lmonary consusn ption- I had
quite cough and the home physicians gave NJ
up to1ic / THANK God that rnycure IS permanent"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31
HIS TERM REDUCED.
sanguily, American Suspect in Havana,
Given Eight Years in Prison.

Sanguily, American Suspect in Havana,
Given Eight Years in Prison.
Havana, Dec. 2S.-The reunited trI-
bunal which judged the proceedings
against Julio Sanguily, a naturalized
American citizen charged with conspir-
acy against the Spanish government.
met Saturday for the first time after
an adjournment for the Christmas holt
days. The judges decided that San
gully was guilty of modified quail
tication of the crime of which he was
accused and sentenced him TO eight
years and one day Imprisonment.
Sanguily was arrested with 30 others.
including many members of well-known
families of Havana. and confined in
MORO castle. An attempt was made to
try him by courtmartial, but through
the efforts of Consul Ramon o. Viii
liams Sanguily's American citizenship
was established and he was given a
civil trial, which resulted in his SELL
tence 10 life Imprisonment at hard la
Dor in the mines of Cedta. Africa. The
case was appealed to the supreme court
at Madrid. The grounds upon which
the United States government inter
yened in his behalf were that his trial
by a military tribunal did not accord
with the terms of the Spanish-Americar
treaty, and he was granted new trial
by the supreme court, resulting as
above announced. 1t is extremely prob
able that another appeal will be made
to the higher courts, the defense dur
inu the proceedings having vainly urged
that the tribunal was illegally consti-
tuted, since six judges should have pre-
sided, and not five.
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STOOD BY HER RIGHTS.
Row . Woman Lawyer Had the Last
Ward


The woman lawyer slammed pile OF
briefs down before the judge, accord.
ing to the New York Herald, and said:
II move to discharge the prisoner on
the ground that the prosecution have
not proved their case and that the evi.
dence is irrelevant and immaterial."
"Motion granted said the judge
"No more dastardly outrage was ever
pelpetrated." began the lawyer, than
tho incarceration of this, my innocent
client. lie was engaged in the pursuit
of his daily vocation, when the strong
arm of the law descended upon him.
He"
Madam" said the judge, "have not
already told you that your motion was
granted2 The prisoner is discharged"
ale was a man without guile" con-
tinued the fair counselor. ''IIe sup
ported his family as best he could. lie
was IN the mids, OF his family circle
when a minion of the law entered and
demanded his immediate incarcera-
ton"
81 have already decided in your
favor. madam. as I have told you
twice" drawled the judge. What
more do ron wait?'
"What more do I want, indeed?" cried
the woman lawyer, her face flushing 70
a crimson hue. "Why. want to argue
this case. stand on my constitutional
right as woman 70 have the last
word, and I mean TO have H."
And she did
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The LAST RITES.
Tributes to the Memory of Kate Field
Her Remains Cremated


Her Remains Cremated.
SIN Francisco, Dec. 2S.-After months
of weary waiting. while she slept in APP
parent neglect in the sun-kissed isles
of the Pacific, those VINO knew and
loved Kate Field personally and those
who knew her not but loved and hon.
ored her for the splendid qualities with
which she was endowed, have had an
opportunity to pay the last tributes
TO her memory.
The services Sunday were in charge
of Mr.. and Mrs. Highton. who accom-
panied the remains from Honolulu, as
sisted by the press of San Francisco.
Rev. George Walk, rector of Trinity
Episcopal church and former friend
of Kate Field. placed his church at the
disposal of those having the services
in charge, and himself read the burial
service of the Episcopal church over the
remains. At two O'clock the great edi-
flee was filled. for Miss Field had many
warm personal friends here, besides
hosts of admirers. The interior was
decorated with potted plants and ferns,
while the chancel was fairly banked
with floral offerings. President and
Mrs. Cleveland sent a beautiful wreath
of roses and ferns tied with long violet
ribbon. The black velvet casket was en-
tirely covered with pail of California
yiolets, the tribute of Mrs. George
Croker, of New York. Gov. James II
Budd's token was a wreath of ferns
with a cluster of orchids tied with vio-
let ribbon. Besides these. Mayor Sutre.
Mayor-elect Phelan, Miss Lillian Whit
ing, of Boston; Mrs. Sol Smith, Miss
Marian Y. Bunner. of Current Litera-
ture; ii. ii. Kohlsaat, members of the
Chicago Times Herald editorial staff
and many others, both here and at the
east, laid floral offerings on her bier.
Gov. Budd and his staff, and Col. w. r.
Shafter, U. S. A., and staff were present
in uniform
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Greater New York.

New York. Dec. 25.-The preliminary
draft of the new charter for the Greater
New York has been completed. and
was made public Thursday. The com
mission before submitting the charter
to the Legislature will hold public hear
ings from January 4 to 16. The pre-
liminary charter divides the city into
five Observation-Disclosures the Bronx.
Brooklyn, Richmond and Queens. The
central government of the city win be
in the hands of municipal assembly
consisting of two houses. A lower
house of 104 members elected from sen
atorial districts, and upper house of 81
members elected from council districts
created by the charter. There will be
one mayor, but each of the five bor-
oughs will have president to care for
local concerns, and there will be % local
boards, one for each senatorial district.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31

San Francisco, Dec. 26.-The war ves-
sells upon this coast are preparing for
an emergency. The magazines at Mare
Island are being heavily stocked with
ammunition and there is a feeling of
unrest among the officers of the navy.
who are liable at any moment to be
ordered to sea. While the heads of the
various branches of the navy depart
ment are in consultation at Washing
ton, discussing the proper modes for
defending the seaboard cities of the
country, action has been taken here
that seems to demonstrate that, in the
opinion of the directing powers. il is
we'll to be ready for anything that may
occur at short notice.