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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-19
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GREAT RnITAfN
NEW EXCISE LAW.
Raines' Liquor BiiI Goes to Gov. Mortoi
for Signature.

Raines' Liquor Bill Goes to Gov. Morton
for signature.
Albany, n. Y, March 13.-Behino
locked doors the assembly voted on the
Raines excise bill Thursday, and before
adjournment it passed by vote o:
81 yeas 10 50 nays. The bill passed the
senate last Tuesday, and now goes tic
Gov. Morton for his signature. II lie
conceded that the governor will sign
the bill aud that il will become law
Ii is presumed that the immediate eff
feet of the measure will be the whole
sale reduction of the number of saloons
in the state, and its adherents claim
a great increase in state revenue.
1.-THE Raines liquor bill is a measure to
put the entire liquor traffic and interests
under state control. 1t abolishes all local
excise boards and creates a state commits
sioner, deputy, three inspectors and sc
iEspectors-at-large. The commissioners
bureau is located at Albany. The bill raises
the license rates I'm New York city to
$500, in Brooklyn to $3.50. and in smaller
cities 10 $500 The present license rate
IN New York for saloons is $3.50, and the
granting of licenses is at the option of
the municipal xcise commissioners. Under
the Raines bill all-night licenses and the
sale of liquor on Sundays are prohibited
except I'm hotels with meals. This pro
hibition extends to clubs. 1t fixes a fine
for violation of The law at not less than
twice the amount of the licensee. 1t al
lows local option In towns but not In cities
1t compels the posting of liquor licenses
in windows Of saloons, and also requires
saloons TO leave open the shades during
the time they must close. No saloon can
do business within 200 feet of church
or school. The bill gives one-third of the
net revenue collected to the state and two
thirds to the county. Under the present law
the entire tax goes to me county or state. j
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WEST AND souIH.

In Cincinnati the big wholesale boot
and shoe house of Childs. Croft q Co.
was forced 70 the wall by the embez-
element of a large sum of money by
William Z. Huntington. the junior
member.
The residence of Valentine Mush-
hacker was burned at Bantam, O.. and
his daughter, aged Is. and veteran
soldier named lsler, who lived with the
family, were burned to death.
BY the explosion of an oil can Miss
Katie Wrinkle, prominent young lady
OF Peck. Kan, and Mrs. Meyers. lady
who tried TO save her. were burned to
death.
While insane Herman Bentert, the
Nebraska giant" committed suicide
near Hastings. He was young. wealthy
and nearly seven feet tall.
A train was boarded near Greenville,
Tex, by a masked and armed man who
entered the sleeper and went through
the passengers. The amount secured
was small.
At Harrisville, W. Va. J. NJ. Hall
was seriously burned and his mother.
aged so. was cremated in a fire which
destroyed his residence.
Misses Annie and Honora Cavanaugh.
who lived with and FOR each other dur
ing the past 70 years. died within few
hours of each other at Alton. Ind.
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THE EAST.

In a rear-end collision caused by the
snow at Kent. Conn, j. ii. Murphy, con-
ductor, and Jeremiah Nolan, assistant
roadmaster. were killed.
The legislature of New York passed
the Raines excise bill. II is measure
to put the entire liquor traffic and IN
terests under state control. 1t abol-
ishes all local excise boards and creates
state commissioner. All night IL
censes and the sale of liquor on Sun
GAYS are prohibited except in hotels
with me Is and no saloon can do bust
ness within 200 feet of a church or
school.
1t was figured by Joseph Manley, of
Maine, secretary of the republican ma
tional committee, that the delegates
already elected 20 the St. Louis con-
vention were instructed as follows:
Mckinley. 81; Reed. &c; Allison, 80;
Quay. 20; Cullom, 10; Morton, 5.
darlington Booths new Salvation
Army will be known as Gods Ameri-
can Volunteers"
In New York the international chess
match between the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland against an
American team was won by the Amer
leans.
From a poll of nearly every state in
the union the New York World predicts
the nomination of William Mckinley
by the St. Louis convention.
Connecticut democrats will hold
their state convention at New Haven
on June 10.
All over the United States poolroom
keepers were swindled to the extent OF
s4oO. 900 by false reports sent out of the
result of a horse race at New Orleans.
At Yonkers. n. Y. Alexander Nemet-
thy, butcher, murdered his stepdaugh-
ter, aged Is years. with whom he was
in love. and then killed himself.
Because she refused to marry him
Thomas Pelkilton, a coachmaa, shot
Miss Minnie Mansell, a domestic, at the
residence of Edward NJ rnderz in Seneca
Falls. n. ". and then killed himself.
Pennsylvania and Ohio branches of
the new Nypano railway company were
consolidated into one company with a
capital stock of S2O,OOO,OOO.
The once-famous league baseball
pitcher, Michael j. Madden. died at his
home in Port, nd. Me-, aged so years.
In New Yor.- the firm of George
Jardine & Son. organ builders, was
wiped out by death in three days.
The firm of Peck Bros. & Co. manu-
facturers of plumbers and steamfit-
ters' materials at New Haven, Conn.
failed for S65O.OO0.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

Exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
Se43. O9S, O24. against sI.O61 .s46.907 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1895. was so.
A report on the organized militia of
the United States. which has just been
prepared by the war department, shows
that the United States, in case of need,
can put 9 1867 GOA men in the field.
Senator Pugh and Don NJ. Dickinson
came to blows in a heated discussion in
Washington over the president.
Secretary Carlisle, it was said, would
seek the democratic nomination for
president.
The joint resolution directing the sec
rotary of agriculture to purchase and
distribute seeds. bulbs, etc. as has been
done in preceding years, has become a
law without the presidents signature.
In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain ON the 10th was: Wheat,
CO, 123, OO9 bushels; corn, 14,ss6,0O0
bushels: oats, 7.41O,OOO bushels; rye.
1,46T.OOO bushels; barley, 1,352, 900
bushels.
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The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
coNcPEss.


The Proceedings of the First Session
Washington. March 12.-In the SEN
ate yesterday the time was occupied in
discussing the Cuban belligerency reso-
lutions- Senator Hoar spoke at length
against their adoption. and Senator Al
len (Neb.) offered joint resolution
authorizing and requesting the presi-
dent TO make thorough and rigid in
vestigation into the present state of
war in Cuba. In the house the post
Office appropriation bill was passed.
Washington, March 13.-Senators
Sherman and Hill we're the conspicuous
figures in the Cuban debate in the senate
yesterday, the New York senat T
fcrcibly urging the mercenary char
acter of the pending resolutions, while
Mr.. Sherman upheld them with an
other graphic arraignment of Spain
and Gen. Weyler. Ia the house the
committee on territories reported ia
vorably the bill for a delegate from
Alaska. The contested election case of
Aldrich VS.. Pobbins, from the Fourth
Alabama district, in which the repuc-
licans recommended the seating Of
Aldrich, occupied the greater part Of
the session. but no action was taken.
Washington, March l4.-Ihe excite
ment in the Cuban debate gave way in
the senate yesterday to MIR. Cockrelrs
elaborate spee-h fayoring the free coin
age of silver. y bill was introduced
appropriating $50 600 for the erection of
a statue of Abraham Lincoln at Gettys-
burg and favorable reports were made
upon the bill for the admission of New
Mexico as a state and upon the joint
resolution proposing an amendment to
the constitution of the United States
providing for the election of United
States senators by a direct vote of the
people. Senator PETER presented a pc
tition asking congress TO make the 5th
day of April (Resurrection day. ma
tional holiday. After two days debate
the house by vote of I73 to 50 unseated
Caster A. Robbins from the Fourth Ala
bama district and decided that his re-
publican opponent, w. L. Aldrich, was
elected and entitled to the seat. Bills
were passed requiring officers of Ameri-
can steamers to be citizens of the United
States and repeating the laws exempt
ing from tonnage duties vessels from
countries which extended similar ex-
emptions to our vessels.
Washington. March 17.-In tie SEN
ate yesterday Senator Lodge spoke in
favor of his pill to restrict immigration,
Senator Pugh talked in support of the
silver amendment to the tariff bin and
Senator Morgan made an appeal for the
Cuban insurgents. In the house a bill
was passed prescribing punishment for
mutilating coins and for altering or
passing mutilated or lightened coins.
Bills were introduced for the deepening
o. the channel of the Fox river
from Green Bay to Depere, Wis, aud for
the establishment Of life-saving sta
ton at Port Huron. Mich.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-19

Flames at Louisville, KY, destroyed
the retail dry goods store of K. ID. Nu-
gent. the loss being Sl50.000.
Rev. L. G. Shouse, of Terre Haute.
nominee for governor on the Indiana
and S. NJ. Saylar, of Huntington. the
candidate for Encouragement. has
also withdrawn.
Frank Mapes, postmaster at Kansas
City. Kan. committed suicide to escape
arrest Tor embezzlement of S., 500 gov
eminent funds.
One of the foremost men of Mime
sofa. Patrick III. Kelly, and for a quar-
ter of a century leading wholesale
merchant in ST. Paul, made an assign
ment with liabilities of 81, 900 600; as
sets, Sl.2C0.0O0.
Ex-Gov. John ireland, of Texas, one
of the most prominent members of the
southern bar, died at San Antonio,
aged 60 years.
Fearing bloodshed in the legislature
Gov. Bradley, of Kentucky, placed
troops in the statehouse and declared
the city of Frankfort under martial
law.
At the age of IS years Daniel L. Bow
ersmith, formerly manager of the Ohio
State journal, and for Is years agent
of the Associated press, died at Column
bus.
Fire destroyed South Chicago's post
office and the mails ready for delivery,
together with all the office fixtures
and stamps, were burned.
In Terre Haute, Ind, Thomas III.
Nelson died at the age of &c years.
From 1861 to 1866 he was minister from
this country to Chill, and from 1869 to
1873 was envoy to Mexico.
The republican convention at Ports
mouth. O., renominated l.. j. Fenton
for congress.
The execution of Albert Wallace, who
murdered his sister, Mrs. Belle Bowlby,
on February 10, 1895, took place at
Pellin, Ill.
In Cincinnati Father Dominick
O'Grady, the Roman Catholic priest
who pursued Mary Gilmartin from Ire
land and murdered her, was adjudged
insane, and Will not be tried for his
crime.
The death of ex-Gov. b. Flanders, of
Louisiana, occurred near New Orleans,
aged so. He was assistant United
States treasurer under President Grant
in 1873.
In Chicago $4,000 persons were idle
because of the clothing cutters and
trimmers' strike.
Fire among business houses at Gin
ton. Wis. caused n loss of 100000.
At the age of SIS years DIR. Elnathan
Gavitt, a pioneer in Ohio Methodism.
died at Toledo. lie preached the first
sermon ever heard i'm that city.
The trouble which seemed so inn
minent i'm the capitol of Kentucky has
been avoided so far. Threats of vio-
lence proved mere threats, the occupa-
tion of the state house by the militia
having met with no resistance.
George III. Hatfield returned to Sc
dalia, Mo-, after Is years absence, dur
ing which time he had become wealthy,
to find his wife married to another
man. He quietly went his way with
out making his presence known to her.
In Chicago John Lane celebrated his
Tooth birthday.
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AMERICANS WIN.
British Experts Defeated I'm the lnterns.
tional Chess Contests.

British Experts Defeated I'm the Interna-
tional Chess Contests.
New York, March 16.-Contrary tc
general expectation, the second day OF
play in the international cable chess
match between Great Britain and Amer
lea resulted in a victory for the Ameri
can players, and the challenge trophy
offered by Sir George Newnes will cross
the water. The match throughout was
q complete success. Not only did the
cable work to perfection, but there was
not shadow of feeling on either side
that the slightest undue advantage hac
been taken. The day was full of in
teresting and dramatic incidents. Pills
bury, the youthful American champion
was defeated, but another player. still
younger than he, John Finnan Barry
of Boston, stepped in and saved the
day, winning for himself a right to be
counted in the foremost rank of ches.
players. His opponent. Samuel Tinsley
a veteran player and editor, is consid
cred by many to be the strongest ex
pert in London. The best that was ex
pected of Barry, and all that he expected
himself, was q draw. His victory wor
the match for America when all chanc,
of winning had been lost except foi
him.
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TROOPS CALLED OUT.
Kentucky Militia Guards Capitol
Building at Frankfort.
Four Hundred Men Ordered Into Active
Service to Protect Legislators
I'm the Duty of Eiocting

Frankfort, Ky, March 10. The
crowded hotel Hobbies and political
headquarters, which had been in a
over the expected crisis in the sena-
torial contest to-day, had relaxed into
state of quiet Sunday night, when at
ten o'clock intense excitement was pro-
duced by the ringing of the military
call which summoned the McCreary
guards, the local military company,
to assemble at once i'm the armory on
Main street. The continued ringing
of the bell caused almost panic, az
il was not known in many parts of the
city whether a riot was in progress
or whether a conflagration had broken
out.
Several hundred people collected in
the vicinity of the armory, and at first
Capt Gaines and Adjt. Sharpley, who
were in command, denied that the COM
pany was called out for local service,
and declared that they were destined
for Newport, where they were expect
ed to be needed in keeping Jackson
and Walling from being lynched should
they be brought to Kentucky. 1t de-
,eloped later, however, that no request
had been made for troops at Newport,
and that this was only ruse to avoid
it being known that they had been
called to take a hand to do duty at
the state house to-day.
Senator Bronston (dem.) called on Gov.
Bradley and inquired as to the object
of the resort to the militia. Gov.
Bradley stated that one of the presid-
ing officers of the general assembly
had made affidavit before him that the
local authorities had failed to prevent
rowdies from intimidating and over
riding members of both houses, and,
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Cuba advices say that Gen. Maceo
with 5000 insurgents was within five
miles of Havana. and was waiting for
Gen. Weyler to attack.
On board the Italian cruiser Lom-
bardia the total number of deaths from
yellow fever was 1O4. Seventy-six of
the crew were still i'll.
Railroad trains crossing the frontier
from Italy were crowded with Italians
who were leaving that country to es-
cape military service in Africa.
Flames at Royalm, Cuba, destroyed
the sugar refinery of the American
firm of Crabb, TRAY g. Co. Loss. $780,
OGO.
About 200 fishermen belonging to
Reval, on the Gulf of Finland, with
their horses and carts, were blown out
to sea on a piece of floating ice and
lost.
In session at Ottawa, Ont, Knights of
Labor decided to form a Canadian fed
Grafton, having no connection with the
United States labor organizations.
The Norway parliament adopted a
bill providing for the recognition of y
separate Norwegian flag.
Dispatches received at Havana from
the province of Santa Clara say that
the insurgents forbid the country fam
lilies from going into the towns in ac-
cordance with the orders of Gen. Wey-
Ter.
Insurgents were again in the certTa
portion of Havana province in force and
were marching westward to the neigh
hood of the city of Havana.
BY an explosion of giant powder in
the Center Star mine at Rossland, Il. c.,
four men were killed and two fatally
injured.
Japan decided to establish CONNER
cial steamship lines connecting the
United States with that country.
At Bona on the Congo river the Brit
ish steamer Matadi was totally de-
stroyed by an explosion of gunpowder
and 40 persons were killed.
On June ] Herbert Booth, the head
of the Salvation Army in Canada, will
give up his command and leave the
country.
Flames at Aetna Mills, CAL, burned
the larger portion of the town.
At Cameron, Tex, Crawford e. Craw-
ford, bankers, filed deed of assign
ment with assets of about 100000 and
liabilities of S150,OO0.
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BID THEM GODSPEED.
SalvatIonists In London Cheer the New
American Commanders.

saIvatIonists In London Cheer the New
American Commanders.
London, March 17.-Twenty thou
sand persons on Monday attended q
meeting of the Salvation Army held in
tie Crystal palace for the purpose of
welcoming Gen. Booth, the commander
of the army, who returned few days
ago from India. and bidding God speed
to Mr.. and Mrs. Booth Tucker, who will
sail shortly for New York, to assume the
command of the Salvation Army in the
United States. The principal feature
of the meeting was an address delivered
by Gen. Booth after which Mr.. and
Mrs. Booth-Tucker were called to the
front of the platform. Two officers
then lifted an American and Salvation
Army flag over their heads. which was
followed by remarkably unanimous
outburst of cheering and clapping of
hands which lasted minute. Gen.
Booth then grasped the hands of his
son-in-low and daughter and in few
thrilling words dedicated them to their
new work
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M'KlNlEY ON SILVER.
Views of the Ex-Governor ON the None.

Question.
New York. March 16.-Ex-Gov Will
liam Mckinley, of Ohio, has finally
broken the silence he has held for many
months when the general public crit
icism of his opinion on silver was re-
peated to him. At his home in Can
ton Saturday he gave his views sue
cinctly to pecially-commission
correspondent of New York paper
He was told that Sound money re-
oublicans complained that the Ohio
platform, which he was supposed TO
have written, was too favorable to sill
yer. while the silver senator's all said
1t was too favorable to the single gold
standard. Maj. Mckinley was told
there was universal demand to know
where he really stood. He replied:
II have discussed the question of cur
rency coinage in congress. and my record
is plain Vice President Stevenson once safd
the people were willing to chance free and
unlimited coinage, and responded that the
people were not prepared 10 indulge in any
such speculation.
You will see in the records ~ congress
said in 1880 we should preserve gold and
silver money side by side-that I did not
want gold at a premium or silver at dis
count. or Vice versa, but that ] wanted
both metals to be equal I'm purchasing
power and in legal tender quality: equal
in power to perform the functions of
money with which TO do the business and
move the commerce of the United States
My exact views are these" and ex-Ciov
Mckinley read from the Congressional
Record:
1t is only because OF the safe and con-
sentative financial policy of the republican
party, aided by conservative men of both
parties. which has more than once re-
ceived the approval of the country. that
since 1873 we have compelled gold and silver
to work together upon az equality. both
being employed as safe means of exchange
IN the business of our country.
They talk about silver being chear
money. i am not attracted by the word
cheap. whether applied to nations. or to
money, or to men.
Whatever dollars we have in this coun-
try must be good dollars, as good in the
hands of the poor as the rich, equal dollars
equal in inherent merit, equal In purchas-
ing power. whether they be paper dollars
or gold dollars, or treasury notes. each
convertible into the other, and each ex-
changeable for the other. because each is
based upon equal value and has behind IL
security. good, not by the fiat of the law
alone. but good because the whole CONNER
cial world recognizes its inherent and mex
tinguishable value +"
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BULLETS FOR TWO.

Young Lady Killed by the Lover She
Spurned Her Slayer Suicides.
Seneca Falls, n. Y, March ia ter
rible double tragedy occurred Sunday
morning which caused great excite
ment in this village. Thomas Pelkil-
ton, ccachman, shot Miss Minnie
ManselI, domestic, at the residence
of Edward Mynderz, in the northern
part of the town. Pelkilton had late
ly been paying attentions to the young
woman, who was highly respected, and
she refused to receive them from him.
Sunday morning he went to the Myn-
derz house, and. after shooting Miss
Mansell twice in the head, blew his
own brains out i'm the barn.
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LATER NEWS.

1t was announced the 18th that Car
dinal Satolli will say farewell to Amer
lea and sail for Rome early in May.
The legislature of Kentucky adj
journed the night of the 18th after so
days of pickering and quarreling. The
body failed to accomplish the two i'm
portar acts il had before 1.-THE cleo
ton of United States senator and the
enactment of legislation 10 save the
states financial reputation.
Daniel Armstrong was killed outright
and George l.. Senior fatally injured
the nth, as a result of fall of five
stories through an air shaft in tene-
ment house in New York city. II is
believed the fall was the result of a
quarrel.
Crawford Goidsby, alias Cherokee
Bill" was hanged at Fl Smith, Ark,
the 18th for the crime of murder. He
was but 30 years of age, yet many muir
ders and crimes were charged against
him. He began his career of outlawry
about three years ago.
Justice Harlan, of Cleveland. o.. the
18th, refused TO accept ID. Woodward.
a prominent colored man, as surety for
Bishop William Il. Campbell, of the
American Evangelist mission church.
who was arrested, charged with en-
bezzlemeut
A Havana dispatch the 18th says that
5000 of Maceo's insurgents tried to
penetrate into Sagua- The Spanish
garrison under Col. Inclan re pulsed the
enemy, killing % and wcunding so.
The insurgents set fire to the suburbs
of the town.
The house committee on naval affairs
decided the 18th to provide in its APP
preparation bill for four new battle
ships and 10 torpedo boats The battle
ships are to be 1900 tons and to cost
not more than SIS, $50, 900 each. exclusive
of armor and armament. Ten of the
torpedo boats are to cost $500. 900 each,
and FIVE of them Ss50,000 each. The
proposition to build six battleships was
lost by a vote of to :, only one Repub-
g. ~
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SELECTED A NAME.
Booths New Organization to BE Known
as Goods American Volunteers"

Booths New Organization to BE Known
as Goods American Volunteers"
New York. March l6.-Ballington
Booth has named his new religious or
ganization Goods American Volun-
teers." The standard of Darlington
Booths organization will consist of q
white flag, mathematical of purity. In
the center will be a large blue star,
typical of hope; in the middle of this
star will be a white cross, emblematical
of sacrifice for others. In the corner of
the flag, nearest the top of the staff, will
be As white stars, in field of blue, rep
resenting the states of the union. Over
the central large blue star will read the
motto: "The Lord My Banner" and
underneath the words designating the
number of the post to which the stand
ard is presented.