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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-07-02
THE EAsT.

The New York democrats in state
convention at Albany elected David b.
Hill, Roswell p. Flower, Edward Muir
ply, Jr., and Frederick II. Coudert as
delegates at large TO the national con-
vention on a gold standard platform.
The famous authoress Mrs. Adelaide
C. Mitchell, wife of Henry w. Mitchell,
Of Brooklyn. n. Y. died at the age of
AZ years. She wrote under the nom de
plume Of violet Etynge."
At Porghkeepsie, n. v. Cornell won
in the four-oared freshman boat race,
Harvard second. Pennsylvania third.
Columbia last. Time. 1O:OS.
The Hinsdale savings hank at Hins-
dale, n. H., and the Security savings
bank at Winchester closed their doors.
On the Hudson. at Poughkeepsie. ".
Y, the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Pennsylvania four-milc straightaway
boat race was won by Cornell's eight in
the record-breaking time of 10 minutes
20 seconds, Harvard second, Pennsyl-
vania third and Columbia fourth.
james Romkey. aged A. shot and
killed bis wife and then committed sui
eide at New London, Conn. Unfaith-
fulness on the part of the wife was
given as the cause.
Miners were at work in the Twin
Shaft mine at Pittston. Pa, when the
roof of the slope cavcd in and il was
believed that 100 persons persisted.
Fire destroyed the Todd silk mill at
Paterson. y. J., the loss being 100000.
Percentages of the baseball clubs in
the National league for the week ended
on the 2sth were as follows: Balti-
more, Gas; Cleveland, CAT; Cincinnati,
.633; Boston. OIL; Washington. 500;
Chicago. .525; Philadelphia, 500; Pitts
burgh. 500; Brooklyn. 500; New York,
AIS: st. Louis. PCS, Louisville, POT.
Stephen Legeza, who had served half
of a ten-year sentence for a murder
committed in jefferson county, Pa, in
1890, was found to be an innocent man.
by the collapse of wharf at South
Boston, Mass. four boys were drowned
and 10 persons were hurt
BY the upsettlng of boat four choir
boys and the choirmaster of st. Johns
Episcopal church at Charlestown,
Mass, were drowned.
The Cuban tilibuster barkentine, '.
L. Cassen. Capt. +. A. Cassen. CJm-
manding. was said to have left Boston,
successfully Guiding the government
authorities.
r. W. Dunlop and William Turner.
who confessed TO having robbed their
employer. /. Townsend Burden, of 500,
600 worth of jewelry. were sentenced in
., -,
In Pittsburgh G. Augustus Page.
cashier of the Equitable Life Insurance
company. was arrested at tine funer..i
of his wife ON the charge of causing
her death.
At the Charlestown (Mass.) navy
yard, W. ID. Wilson, naval constructor.
was stricken with apoplexy while on
duty and died.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-07-02
THE LESSON COMMITTEE.

international Sunday School Convention
Transacrs It's Most Important business.
Boston, June 27.-At the information
al Sunday school convention Friday
morning the election of the lesson com
mittee, the most important feature of
the convention, was held, and resulted
as follows:
Rhode Island-warren Randolph. d. D..
Baptist.
Iilinois-Mr n. f. Jacobs. Baptist
New York-A. +. Schaufiler. ID. d.. Pres
byterian.
Massachusetts-A Il. Dunning. ID. D..
Congregationalst-
Maryiand-E. b. Kephard. d. D.. United
Tennessee-Dr. John r. Pepper. Meth
odist.
Kentucky-Prof. John r. sampry. d. D..
Baptist
MISUNDERSTANDING Rhodes. d. D.. Luth-
Gran.
Province of Ontario-John Potts, II. u,
Methodist.
Pennsylvania-J. S. Stazer. d. D.. Re
formed church.
Tcnnessee-Prof J. L. ID. Kinds. Fh. d..
Presbyterian.
New York-B. b. Tyler. d. D.. Christian
church.
colorado1H. w. Warren. ID. D.. Method
list
Virginia-Prof. w. w. Moore. ID. ~,
Presbyterian.
Province of Quebec-Principal II. l. Rex
ford, Is. A.. Protestant Episcopal
The evening session was the most en-
thusiastic of all held this week. After
brief addresses by Rev. a. j. Diaz, OF
Cuba, and Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, OF
Boston, w. b. Jacobs, of Chicago, made
the closing remarks. The closing scene
of the convention aroused the greatest
enthusiasm. While the audience sung
verse of God Save the Queen" the
English flag was waved from the plat
form. Next verse of America was
sung while the stars and stripes were
waved. and then all joined in singing a
verse of ''Blest BE the Tie That Binds"
as the two flags were waved to the time
of the music.
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FEIGNiNo DEATH.
Many of the Lower Animals Practice rhia
Form of Deccption.

many OF tho Lower Aniknats IrHSLice Inn
Form of Deception.
The habit of feigning death for the
sake of protection can be observed
among many of the lower animals-an.
finals which differ widely in family,
genus and species. Indeed, says James
Weir in Lippincott's. this habit is TO be
observed in creatures microscopic in
size and of exceedingly low organiza.
ton, as well as those as high in the scale
of animal life as man himself; for even
man does not hesitate on occasions TO
avail himself of this natural subtcr-
fuge. when he thinks it will aid In the
preservation of his life.
With the aid of the microscope ono
can observe and study the natural his
tory of the minute animal world which
otherwise would remain a closed and
unread volume. This instrument has
shown me, beyond cavil, that creatures
as low in the scale as nctino-phryans,
very minute, microscopic nnimnlcules.
practice death-fcigning when surprised
by an enemy from which they cannot
otherwise escape. Thus. have repeat
cdly seen actinophryans fold their del
icate hair-like legs or ella and sink TO
the bottom of their miniature lake "a
drop OF water) when approached by N
water-louse, which preys upon them
They remain IN oil appearances abso-
lutely without life until the water lcuse
swims away, when they unfold their
ella and go back TO their feeding
grounds bit of water-weed or moss,
or decayed wood.
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LATER NEWS.

In quarrel over the admission of
colored children into the white district
school ten miles east of Guthrie, Okla,
J. III. Swain, a negro school teacher,
was shot and killed by w. ii. Arnold,
a white school director.
Another extensive cavern occurred
the SOth in the workings of the Twin
shaft near Wilkesbarre. Pa, shortly
after midnight. The cavern was in
that portion of the mine where the
victims of the previous cavern are
thought to be. II made terrible re-
port and was heard all over the town.
II had the effect of driving the rescuers
out of the slope. The news of the
second cavern had a most discouraging
effect on every body.
The l0-round fight between Solly
Smith and Johnny Lavack, at Cleve-
land, O., the 3Oth, was declared draw.
A fire a. Brooklyn, n. Y. the LIST
burned q. w. Piper's kindling wood
factory, E. C. Smiths lumber yard,
Richie. Brown & McDonald's iron
works. Post & McCord's iron works
and Brown & Bainbrick's asphalt
works. Loss 81, 900. 900.
SaultS AtoSSs itduinB dlIOTHcN OF
WinniFeg, Man. committed suicide
the SOth by drowning himself.
The indications are that the excess
of government expenditures over re-
ceipts for the fiscal year ending June
so will be about SIS. 500, 900, as COM
pared with a deficit of about s43, 600. 600
for the fiscal year 1895. The receipts
for the month of June will exceed the
expenditures by about 81. 400. 900.
At at early hour the 30th, the dead
body of Cecil Wayland was found dang
ling from tree in the woods near Han
nibal. Mo. A few days before he had
outraged a respectable woman of the
neigh borhood.
An explosion of gas In a coal mine at
Fayette City. Pa. the 3Oth, killed Mike
Barbaras and Louis De Risti. two
Italians
President Cleveland passed through
New York City the 30th, on his way to
Buzzards Bay.
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BURIED IN a MINE.
Disastrous Cave-In Occurs in Colliery
at PIttston, PA.

Disastrous Cave-In Occurs in a CoIIiery
at PIttston, Pa.
Wiikesbarre, Pa, June 29.-One hun
dred miners were caught sunday morn
ing under u fall of rock in the Twin
Shaft mine at Pittston. nine miles north
of here. II is believed that all per
ished instantly, but there is POSSIBLE
ity that some are imprisoned in the
drift between two cave-ins,
1t appears that several days ago the
officials discovered that the rock be
tween the fifth and sixth veins had
commenced working" and TO prevent
a continuation of this all day Saturday
and Saturday night the full compile
ment of day men and such others as
could be pressed into service from of
the streets were set at work pillaring
and propping the sixth vein so as TO in
sure the safety of the workmen who
were to go TO work to-day. Orders
went forth that about midnight Satur.
day that as many men as possible
should be sent down to assist in this
dangerous work, as constant cracking
and splintering of the roof gave indica
ion that the possibilities of danger were
UnoSl stTphgty 1odhuto' ~
with this order between twelve and one
o'clock Saturday morning about 30 ad
ditional workmen left their homes ant
loved ones and iourneyed to what nov
seems their end.
The men worked hard and faithful.
until little after three o'clock, when
probably without warning. the roof or
the 1,O0O-foot slope where the men were
Mt work fell in. The conclusion was
so great that it was felt for distance
of four miles. The foundations OF
nearly every house i'm Pittston were
shaken, and the citizens first thought
O violent earthquake had taken place.
Wilkes Barre, Pa, June 30.-Thero
were no new developments Monday
at the Twin shaft of the New.
ton Coal company. at Pittston, the
scene of the terrible mine accident
Superintendent Owens, of the Exeter
colliery, and Superintendent Thomas
of the Laffiin colliery, who were IN the
shaft all night directing the rescuers
came TO the surface Monday morning.
From them it Is learned that the work
of rescuers toward reaching the en-
tombed miners is progressing rapidly.
1t is not now possible to give the exact
number. but there is reason to believe
there are not less than 20 men entombed,
leaving As widows and 125 orphans.
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TRADE REVIEW.
Effect of the st. Louis Gold Plank
Viewed by Dun and Bradstreet.


Viewed by Dun and Bradstreet.
New York, June 27.-R. q. Dun & Co.,
in their weekly review of trade. say:
"The monetary outlook is not yet clear
70 some The strength shown In recent con-
ventions by advocates of silver coinage and
expectation that all the elements favoring
that policy may yet be concentrated. In
cline them TO a waiting attitude. Their
uncertainty retards improvement. notwith
standing the more widely prevalent feel
ing that the monetary action of the st.
Louis convention will be sustained by the
people. But many mills have waited as
long as they can with safety, and sigma
lures have been given by enough cotton
mills of Fail River to insure temporary
stoppage. II Is said, the nature of which
is now under discussion in conference with
the Providence manufacturers. Mean
while the Pacific. of Lawrence. and the
Naamkeag, of Salem, have closed for
time. and practically all the southern cot
ton mills will be represented at a meeting
on Monday with the same object. Wooden
mills are active without concert, but IA
are mentioned in dispatches as having
closed this week There is no similar move
ment in other industries, though the period
of summer closing Is at hand In many OF
them and important controversies as to
wages of iron puddlers and other hands
make Ii likely that the annual stoppage
in that industry may last longer than
usual.
Failures for the week have been 2l7 In
the United States, against 2J6 last year,
and "A in Canada. against % last year"
''The weakness of wheat. which has de-
clined 2l0 cents, and of cotton, which Is
an eighth lower for spots, though less for
futures, have full explanation I'm decidedly
good crop prospects. II may be doubted
whether the boot and shoe Industry has
ever been I'm better shape on the whole,
though manufacturers complain that an
advance In price Is necessary, which deal
crs are very reluctant 10 lay.
''The great combinations. which the Iron
Age wisely reasons. tend to cause disas-
trously low prices hereafter. stu control
The markets both for material and finished
products of iron and steel though 1t Is
reported that lower prices will soon be
made for coke, owing to better utilization
of products. and for nails, owing to heavy
decrease in consumption.
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Chicago, June 20.-There are 517,l22
names in the new city directory, as
against 500, 461 in 1885. This, according
to the estimate of the publishers of the
directory, shows the population of Chi
cago to be l,752,l00. This estimate is
the result of careful computation, based
on many years experience in compil-
ing directories, coupled with cGmpari-
sons with the few previous census re-
ports made on the number of inhabi-
tants of the city. The estimate is said
TO be conservative. and the publishers
of the directory are absolutely certain
the figures given by no means exceed
the population of Chicago at the pres
emit time.
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PETER WON'T suPPoRTTELLER.
Declares That PopuiIsts Cannot Fuse
with Democrats.

with Democrats.
Washington, June Ex-senator Peff-
er left here Thursday for home. Before
starting he said concerning the populist
attitude on the presidential question:
.sThe recent pronunciamento of few
oopulist gentlemen at st. Louis Urging the
democratic convention TO nominate MIR.
TELLER was. in my judgment, an imper-
Thence. and II was treacherous so far as
n attempted to speak for the populist
party as a whole. These gentlemen spoke
withou. authority from the populist par
ty. and do not believe the party will sus-
tain them They have not conferred with
the party and had been given no cornzlis-
sion to speak for II.
personally. / have a high regard for
MIR. Tei,er but / have no idea that the old
party spirit of the democratic organization
will be Sc far relaxed as to bring about
hts nomingtio In any event. L do not
think existing conditions warrant popullst
Endorsement IF the democratic presidential
ticket, even though the nominee Is tor
free silver and the platform contains
positive free silver declaration regard
the integrity and perpetuity of the popu-
list party as essential to carrying out the
plan of reforms We have espoused. The
money question Is but one of these. While
the democratic convention doubtless Will
be for free silver. yet 1t VIII not be eN-
pressive Of those other great questions or
land tenure and of Ia Dor which the popu-
list party regards as vital
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NATIONAL PARTY.
Arrangements Are Under Way for th'
Campaign.

Arrangements Are Under Way Tor the
Campaign.
Alliance, o., June 27.-Arrangements
have just been completed at the ma
tional headquarters of the national
party in this city for grand interstate
rally of the friends of the new move
ment in Minneapolis June 20 and 30.
Ex-Gov. John z. ST. John, of Kansas,
who is vice chairman of the national
executive committee. will be one of the
principal speakers of the occasion. The
leaders of the national party are seem
ingly jubilant over its prospects. Con-
MENTIONS for the nomination of state
tickets and presidential electors have
already been arranged for in the fol-
lowing states: Ohio, Pennsylvania.
Michigan, Indiana, Kansas, Colorado
and Arkansas.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Spain mas spent 1921 900 since
March. 1895. In attempting to suppress
the Cuban rebellion.
Oxford university conferred The de-
gree of ID. c. L. upon Thomas +. Bayard.
United States ambassador to England.
The Cuban insurgents served notice
on the people of Havana that every YES
tige of the city would be wiped out
this summer by means of dynamite,
if il be necessary to go TO that extreme
to deprive Spain of the island.
Advices from BudaPesth say that the
peasants revolted in Mehadeka and
eight were killed and 20 fatally wound
ed by the soldiers.
Over the northern section of New
foundland forest fires were sweeping,
doing immense damage.
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used by Chairman Thurston at the st.

used by Chairman Thurston at the st.
Louis convention.
Before sitting down to luncheon, the
members the committee filed through
the reception -roomand were introduced
to Mrs. Mckinley and the governors
mother.
The notification committee sat down
TO luncheon shortly after the speech
making. After lunch they were driven
about the city for an hour or two and
left for Cleveland about five o'clock.
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The News Of the Ween.
BY TELEGRAPH AND NAIL.
FRcM WASHINGTON.

In the nrst six months o. this year
TSS miles of rev railroad have been
built in 20 states and territories Oh So
lines, an Increase of about 20 per cent.
over the frs. six months of 1895.
n the United States there were 217
business failures n the seven days end
ed on tie z6.h. against 276 the week
previous ard $50 In the corresponding
period Of 1895.
Exchsuges at the leading clearing
houses In the United States during the
week ended on the 10Th aggregated
sseS.5 So. 1872, against sl.O3s. SIC, SOS the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1s95
was ITO.
For the calen' ar year 1895 the miner
al products of the United States were
valued at SOL, 795. 2sO, against 1927 $685.
594 for 1894. an increase of 10000. 600.
II the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the Goth was. Wheat.
~, 500, 900 bushels; corn. s.760. 900 buns
els; oats, s,716,OOO bushels; rye. l,547-
600 bushels; barley, 729, 900 bushels
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-07-02

The government always withholds
the fractions OF a penny in it's periodical
distribution of dividends on account of
the national debt. II is said that from
this source the state has accumulated
in the last 100 years the sum Of S75O.O 600.
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A Much-MarrIed woman.

So far as the records show, Mrs.
Emma May holds the championship for
the greatest number of marriages with
in a given time. Mrs. Mays record, as
presented in Judge Austin's court In
Milwaukee. is four marriages in four
years. The peculiar thing in these
marriages, as shown by the testimony
in the suit for divorce brought by her
last husband. is that in each case ex-
cepting the first she did not wait for the
formality of divorce.
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St. Paul, Mimi, June 26.-By tue cap
sizing of sailboat at Clear water axe
pear Annadale, Mimi, three Minneap-
oils young people and ST. Paul woman
lost their lives Thursday morning.
They were John U. Putnam, bookkeeper
for I. O. Adams, of the corn exchange,
Minneapolis; his sister, Miss Anna t.
putnam, a kindergarten employed in
the Minneapolis kiDdergartens; Miss
bessie Newhall, Minneapolis. and Mr..
Sherman. of ST. Paul. The party had
inst embarked for sail on Clear Water
lake. and had proceeded not more than
100 wards from shore, where the water
Was rough, when gale struck them
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-07-02
Old settlers Meet.

The Southern Wisconsin Old Settlers
association held their 18th annual re-
union in Palmyra with from 1000 20
10000 in attendance. coming from
southern Wisconsin. Illinois. Iowa, Da-
kota and Minnesota. Z. w. Keyes, of
Madison. delivered the address. ID. j.
Powers, of Chicago, founder of the
town. observed his annual custom of at
tending. o. p. Dow was reelected pres
ident for the 18th consecutive year.
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Reports from Alaska are TO the effect
that two persons have discovered a
solid ledge OF gold quartz, GOO feet
wide and 5000 feet long, beside which
the great Treadwell ledge is mere
stringer. There is enough ore TO keep
500 stamps going 100 years night and
day" Coming ON the eve of the failure
of crops caused by the grasshoPper
plague, this is important.
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Queen Victoria mas completed the 59th
year of her reign. Ii has been the inten-
tiun TO celebrate the event by a grand
public demonstration. but, owing to
her majesty's health and TO her ex-
pressed desire on the subject, the plan
was abandoned. The project of cele-
brating the Goth anniversary is already
under consideration.
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A Costly Hat.

Andrew Rio, farm hand, met sud-
den death in an effort 10 save his hat.
He was riding on the platform of pas
sengcr car travelling at high speed a
short distance east of Madison. when
the wind blew off his hat. In an effort
to grab it, he lost his balance and fell
from the platform under the wheels.
He was terribly mutilated and died in a
few hours. He was about 2s years old
and unmarried
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Japanese women are as industrious
and as skillful as the men and IRE doing
their share in developing the foreign
trade of their country. They are en-
pIoyed in the large factories that are
springing up in every japanese city
and some of them are receiving what
are reckOned as large wages in Japan
for their work as designers and artists.
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All of the odd people of the earth do
not reside In the United States. An
italian orange shipper who arrived in
New York with a cargo of 10000 boxes
Of oranges. valued at $4,000, says most
Of the oranges sent from Italy TO this
country are shipped ia boxes made In
the United States The ships that bring
orangez over take back boxes for future
shipments. The boxes are thus taken
az -oss the OCEAN twice. and after having
accomplished their mission are broken
tn pieces in the land which grew the tim
Der trcm which they were made. Italy
ships about A.O0O,OO9 boxes Of oranges
per wear to the United States.
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archbishop FalcOnio. the successor of
Cardinal SatOlli as the pope's ALLOCATE
TO this country, speaks English fiuently
and has already spent fifteen years on
this continent. He was at one time
president of the Beneventure college at
Allegheny. Pa, then he was sent as
vicar general to Newfoundland, and
from there he was transferred to Rome,
where he has held high executive Of
fccs in the franciscan order.
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NATIONAL SILVER PARTY.
Holds Its Colorado state Convention
Much Enthusiasm.

Denver, Col. June 26.-Five hun
dred delegates from two-thirds of the
counties in the state organized the
t,rst state convention of the ma
tional silver party, adopted a platform
and elected delegates to the national
convention which meets in st. Louis
July %. The convention was har-
monious and enthusiastic. The plat
form is a strong declaration for silver
and declares allegiance TO any other
national party and candidate for the
presidency that accords with this view
on the financial question. Senator
Henry NJ. Teller is Endorsed for the
presidency.