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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

1t will be an agreeable surprise to per-
sons subject to attacks of bilious collie to
learn that prompt relief may be had by
taking Chamberlains Collie, Cholera and
DiarrhGa Remedy. In many instances
the attack may be prevented by taking
this remedy as soon as the first symptoms
of the disease appear. % and so cent
bottles for sale by r. s. Freeman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

Eggs 15c doz. Poultry food makes
eggs. The best at Taggart's.''
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

Many merchants are well aware that
their customers are their best friends and
take pleasure in supplying them with the
best goods obtainable As an instance we
mention Perry & Cameron, prominent
druggists of Flushing, Michigan. They
say: "We have no hesitation in recon-
mending Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
to our customers, as it is the best cough
medicine We have ever sold and always
gives satisfaction" For sale at % and so
cents per bottle by r. S. Freeman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

A high liver with a torpid liver will
not be long liver. Correct the liver
with DeWitt's Little early Risers,
little pills that cure dyspepsia and
constipation. Chapman Bros.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30
Advertised Letters

Letters remaining uncalIed for in
the post-office at River Falls for the
week ending Jan. %, 1896:
GENTS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30
The Local Market.

CORRECTED EVERY THURSDAY.
Following are the prices paid by River
Falls dealers and merchants for farm
products, etc., to-day:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

Call and get prices on crockery
before buying elsewhere. l can easily
suit you. II. N. JENsoN.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

One Minute Cough Cure touches
the right spot. 1t also touches it at
the right time if you take it when
you have cough or cold. See the
point? Then don't cough. Chapman
Brothers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

A number of the new and popular
novels have been added TO their circu-
lating library by Levings Sisters.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30
Secret Societies.

RIVER FALLS LODGE, !. o. o. FIN. G., Allen p.
Weld; v. g., F. NJ. Ulerich; r. s., II. Z. Fol-
iansbee; z. S., p. +. Lowell; Treas, N. b.
Bailey. Regular meetings every Saturday even
ing at T:30 o'clock
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

State Superintendent John @.
Emery OF Wisconsin is making a great
success of the administration of
education. He is native of the state.
He taught his first school lin a rural
district thirty-two years ago. After
experience in the common schools and
an academy, he became county super
inteudent, which position he resigned
for principalship at Grand Rapids.
His chief work as teacher was as
principal of the high school of Fort
Atkinson, where, for sixteen years,
he was one of the notable teachers
and educational administrators Of the
state. He was one of the most active
and influential members of the State
Teachers Association. In 1889 he
was unanimously elected principal of
the River Falls normal school. Here
he won national fame among those
whose eyes are out for men of brains.
spirit and discretion. His election
as state superintendent gave great
satisfaction in educational circles
New England Journal CT Education.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

Lester Boucher, o. l.. Florness,
Prof. g. G. Fray, Albert Jansa,
Allie w. Godfrey, Andrew Lee.
Il. MCGRE9oR. p. NJ.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

II. W. Levings has a nice folding
bed. new sewing machine and some
washing machines and other house,
hold goods at the house of Joseph
Goodman, for sale at a bargain, or
trade. Also horse and buggy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

W. NJ; NJ C. Pierce, 5. W.; f. J. Burhyte, J. W.;
s. ]. Rasmussen, Sec; n. b. Bailey. Treas.
Regular meetings the LIST and Sd Tuesdays OF
each month at O'Clock Pm
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

Havana as 1t Is" in the February
Midland Monthly, Des Moines, }
wildly describes the Cuban Capital,
now the center of all eyes. James
Harlan, Lincoln's Secretary of the
Interior, also contributes to this
number. The finest piece of lnonu-
mental art in the West, The Iowa
Soldiers and Sailors Monument, by
Carl Rohl-Smith, the Chicago
Sculptor, is pictured in detail, with
full-page views of its several statues
and medallions. Edinburgh is also
described and pictured. l.. j. Palda,
the Bohemian Orator, has a strong
paper on Bohemia's struggle for
home rule. "Anita's Wooing," by
Frank w. Calkins, the brilliant
writer of Frontier Tales, Michigan's
Women's Clubs, with over fifty
portraits, and poem, by Mrs. STAINS
bury, author of "How He Saved st.
Michaels," are among the other at
fractions of the February Midland.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

RIVER FALLS CHAPTER, r. A. NH. p, A. W.
kaler; X, f. L. Ainsworth; S.. NJ. G. Fierce:
Treas. NJ. Olson; Sec, S. ]. Rasmussen. Regu.
lar meetings the I'd and 4th Mondays ef each
month at S O'Clock p NJ
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

Quick in effects, heals and leaves
no scar. Burning, scaly skin erup-
lions quickly cured by DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salye. Applied to burns, scalds,
old sores, it is magical in effect. Al
ways cures piles Chapman Bros.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

The Gazette says that even the
sedate and industrious business man
is not free from the seductive fad,
and number of well known Burling-
ton business men have been seized
and bound by the habit of eating no
breakfast. They rise in the morning
and eat an orange or perhaps indulge
in the excess of glass of water, and
pursue the even tenor of their way
until noon before breaking the fast.
They who have tried it say their
appetite at noon is something
enormous and that they never before
enjoyed meal as they enjoy this
MONDAY breakfast In the evening
they eat light dinner and this
finishes the days eating.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker
Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker
Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker
for all diseases OF the blood. A posi-
tive guarantee with every bottle. Call
for and be sure you get Beggs' and
take no other. Sold by C. r. Taggart.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25
THE SULTAN RELENTS.
Miss Barton May Distribute Re-
lief to Armenians.
RED CROSS NOT TO FIGURE IN 1T.

The Porte VIII Permit Any Person In
dorsed by Minister Terrell to Distrib ute
Relief In the Interior OF Turkey. and
Miss Barton win lie the Person Named
Cherokee Indians Protest Against
the Dawes Commission-Capitai Notes.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Owing to the
Energetic representations of United States
Minister Terrell Miss Barton and her
party will be permitted by the Turkish
government TO distribute relief to tho dis
tressed Armenians, although the Red
Gross will not figure in the work. This
news came to the state department Friday
In cablegram from tho minister TO Sec
retary Olney, In which he says that while
The porte refuses such permission to the
hed Cross or to the members Of the
Red Cross, as such, and thereby declines
TO officially recognize that society, IL will
permit any person whom the minister
names and approves to distribute relief I'm
the interior of Turkey, provided the Turk
ish authorities arc kept informed Of what
they are doing
There can be no question that Miss
Barton and her party will be so designated
by Mr.. Terrell But it is apprehended
that they will encounter almost insur-
obstacles in reaching the field
OF action, as the mountain passes between
the seaboard and the interior are now
impassable owing to the deep
SHOWS
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25
IN ARMENlANs' BEHALF.
National Relief Committee says Fueds
VIII Certainly Reach the sufferers.

National Relief Committee says Eueds
VIII Certainly Reach the sufferers.
NEW YORK, Jan 25-Tbe national A.
menian relief committee has issued an an
nouncement, which Is in part as fol-
lows:
Now that the president Of the Natioh-
al Red Bross Society, Miss Clara Bartoh
and her staff, have loft for Turkey the
general work of raising funds and of or
ganizing Armenian rolef committees
throughout the United States will te
pushed with rdoubled efforts by the na-
Iional relief committee. The president OF
this committee is Justice Brewer OF tie
supreme court Of the United States and
the treasurers are Brown Bros. & Co Of
New York, Boston and Philadelphia
In case the Red Cross should be pre-
vented from entering upon the work II
distribution the committee says that il is
able to give assurance that all the funds
will reach the sufferers through RESPONSE
BILE agencies.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25
SUGGESTS 4 BIG CANAL.
Captain Burn, Tell. What England Might
Do Ia Ease of War.


Columns. O., Jan. 25.-Captain James
NJ. Burns, Seventeenth United States In
fantry, in "a paper published here and
which was read before the officers al his
regiment points out the present and pos
sible force of which England would bo
able to marshal upon short notice along
the lakes, and says Chicago or Cleveland
would be- the place first assaulted. The
capture OF Chicago would cut of north
western -four, grain, and meat for the
east The capture of Cleveland would re-
suit In an effort to cut rail communlca-
tion between She east and west at Colum-
bus, Chillicothe and Portsmouth, which
would blockade everything from the west,
including freight for the Chesapeake and
Ohio.
Captain Burns says the capture of Co.
lumbus would be of more Importance to a
British army than the capture of any port
south of Fort Monroe and argues for bet
ter lake defenses. One suggestion Is
canal loo feet wife at the bottom and
twenty feet deep across the state Of New
York TO use for commerce In time Of peace
and TO admit our smaller war vessels to
the lakes I'm time of war
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25
AHLWARoT AT JERSEY CITY.
Police Have - Hard Time to Prevent q
General Riot.

Police Have ~ Hard Time to Prevent n
General Riot.
NEW YORK, Jan. ga squad OF Jersey
City police had all they could do to pre-
vent general riot at the mass-meeting
which Hermann Ahlwardt. the German
anti-Semite crusader, addressed Thursday
night in Prosser hall. Jersey City
Heights. A delegation OF Hebrews asked
Chief Murphy in the afternoon to prevent
Ahlwardt from delivering speech. but
the chief told them he could only stop the
meeting In case Ahlwardt incited TO riot.
When the police took possession Of the
hall Thursday night IL was currently re-
ported a mob Of Hoboken ruffians had
been engaged Co attack the speaker.
The trouble began soon after Ahlwardt
started in TO attack the Hebrews. When
he charged bankrupts with setting fire to
their stores to evade their creditors sew
eral Hebrews shook their fists at him. In.
stantly there was an uproar. Several OF
Ahlwardts supporters jumped at the dis
turbers, and for time IL looked as II
there would be meloe. The police
jumped into the fray, and order was re-
stored only after the disturbers had been
thrown out OF the hall Ahlwardt de-
nounced the Hebrews for nearly three
hours under the protection Of the police.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25
SHOT BY HIGHWAYMEN
Chicago Artist Murdered in a
St. Louis Suburb.
THE VICTIM LURED INTO A TRAP.

weIl-known Jail Bird Offers To Garry His
valise aud the Artist Il Soon Stopped by
Two Bighwaymen-He Shoots One of
Them Through the Body but Receives a
Ball In the Mouth Which Kills Him
InstantIy-The Criminal Calendar.
ST. LoUIs, Jan. 25.-Bertram A. At
water, an artist living at l53 Wabash ave-
nue. Chicago. was killed by highwaymen
In Webster Grove, suburb Of this city. at
$3.50 o'clock Thursday evening Mr.. At
water arrived In Webster Grove at sos
o'clock ON a suburban train and employed
young man named Cotton Schmidt to
carry his valise to the residence Of NJ. c.
Orton, where be was TO visit. When at "a
point on Lee avenue near the home OF
County Treasurer Wilson two men
stopped him, presented pistols, and or
dered him to hold up his hands. Atwater
who had his pistol In his hand responded
with a shot. The highwaymen replied
with several shots and Atwater foil upon
the sidewalk.
Atwster Instantly Killed.
This is the story told by the youth who
carried the valise. Marian Strickland, NJ.
c. Orton and others went to the scene OF
the shooting and found the dead body Of
Atwater upon the sidewalk. A bullet had
entered his mouth and had caused death
instantly. About fifty feet from the body
Of Atwafer John Schmidt, aged about %
years, well known in Webster Grove, was
found, he having called for help. He had
concealed himself under a bridge and upon
examination it was found he had been
shot, the ball entering his body above the
heart. Hs was taken To DR.. Eickler's Of
fee and later to his home He confessed
that he and Sam Foster a negro of Web
ster Grove, had attempted 20 hold up and
rob Atwater
schmidrs Cousin Arrested.
Cotton Schmidt, the young man who
carried Atwater's valse, was arrested as a
party to the crime. He is under indict-
ment for completely In hold-ups at Grien
hoffer's saloon near Shrewsbury, and for
other robberics I'm the county. He con
fessed to those robberies He is a cousin
Uf John Schmidt, who was shot by At
water. Sam Foster, who is supposed to
have fired the shot that killed Atwater,
escaped. He is a desperate man and q
leader of gang of thieves who have been
operating in the neighborhood Of Webster
Grove. Atwater was well known 10 the
officers of the 1t Louis Terminal associa-
tion, for whom he furnished the, illustra-
tions for a book issued recently His
body was placed i'm charge Of Undertaken
Carvcl and will be sent to Chicago after
the inquest
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25
BIG MONEY GONE.
Strange story Which Has just Been Made
Public at Cincinuati.

CINCINNATI, Jan. ga strange story
Is made public OF the loss Of 100000 Of n
special fund deposited by President
Charles Fleishmann Of the Market Ma
tional bank Of this city In the vault In
care Of Cashier 6. w Ramp, 20 be kept as
a special reserve during the panicky sum-
mer Of 1898, and only 20 be used in case Of
absolute necessity by the bank during Mr..
Fleishmann's absence on his summer va
cation.
The story goes tnat not long Afterwards
Ramp went Co Fleischmann's attorneys
and made the astonishing confession that
he had spent the entire sum In gambling
In stocks, racing, etc. Flelschmann 10
save the credit Of the bank kept the story
quiet and arranged TO have Ramp elected
to the state senate as an excuse for sever
ing his connection with the bank What
arrangements, any, TO pay the money is
not known. But Fleischman says Ramp
does not owe him dollar.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25
NOT QUIET YET.
Matters in the Transvaat Republic Arc
still Unsettled.

stili Unsettled.
PRETORIA Jan 25-Ceneral Jubert,
commandcr-in.c chief OF the forces OF the
South African republic, in a speech at
Hcilbron Friday. in which he thanked the
burghers for their prompt energetic and
patriotic action in the recent troubles In
the Transvaal. said that the raid Of DIR.
Jameson and his followers was not the
work of the honorable anu noble section
Of the British residents, but, on the other
hand, was cunning and insidious at
tempt to overthrow law and order.
He said that the Beers were proud OF
the sympathy manifested by the govern
ment and people OF the Cape Colony, and
and he foresaw a great future for South
Africa II II were united. But, he said,
quiet had not yet been restored. Weapons
were still being discovered in the posses.
sion Of men who had been called upon TO
give them up showing that the fire OF
trcachery still smouldered.
Dispatches from Johannesburg repre-
sent matters as being quiet there, but \
feeling of. unrest prevades the populace
and the unemployed, of whom there are
a great many who arc becoming danger
Gus. They are leaving tie. city daily in
small parties. but their destination or OBJ
jccts cannot be ascertained.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25
TO SUCCEED MAYER.
Hon. John 4. Cowen Elected President cf
the Baltimore aud Ohio.

Hon. John 4. Cowen Elected President cf
the Baltimore aud Ohio.
BALTIMORE, Jan % Hon John t.
Cowen general counsel OF the Baltimore
and Ohio Rsilroad company and repre-
sentative in congress from the Fourth
Maryland district, was Friday elected
president Of the Baltimore and Ohio to
succeed Charles +. Mayer, who resigned
in November. Mr.. Cowen was decided
on as a compromise between the factions
in the board fayoring Major Alexander
Shaw and Second Vice President Thomas
NJ. King.
Mr.. Cowan wrs the choice OF the New
York and Garrett interests, their votes be-
ing cast solidlyfor him. Ills election was
mere formality, as it was decided at a
conference between the Baltimore and
New York DIRECTORS az the Hotel Stafford
Thursday night to- present his name. Mr..
Cowen was present at the conference, and
at first was averse 10 assuniing the presi-
dency Of the system, but finally yielded
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25
Suicide of a Bride.

Owosso. Mich, Jan 25-Mrs. Philo
Hughes, only % years old. who a month
ago became the bride of a prosperous
farmer in Hazelton township, in this
county, committed suicide Thursday night
while preparing for bed by shooting her
self through the heart using a revolver
her husband kept in bureau drawer.
She had attended n party with her hus-
band the evening before and seemed % be
in the best OF health and spirits There is
no cause so far as known, rs her married
relations have been happy and everything
about her life seemed pleasant.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25
View of the Venezuela Case.

LONDON, jan. %. In an editorial this
morning The Times says; Though no
formal communications have beon ex.
changed the attitude Of our government is
perfectly well known. and basis for ne
gotiations is provided in our Willingness
to discard the Schomburgk line as u limit,
and only to exclude the settled districts
from consideration II u proposal to this
effect were made 10y Venezuela. or the
United States on her behalf, a settlement
would Immediately come into view.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25
Cor. Held without Rali.

WAUKEGAN, Ills, Jan 25-Daniel
Core, who shot and killed John Dillon by
mistake for Joseph Backer, was given a
preliminary hearing before Justice Heath.
After few witnesses were heard he
waived examination and was held 10 tho
March grand jury without bail His re-
marks in court were not such as level
headed man would be likely TO make.
But he was loud in his declaration that
he was not crazy, and that the case should
not be tried on that supposition. His re-
gard for his wife and children appeared to
be extraordinary
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25
LAW AFTER LYNcHeRS.
Arrested for Delaying United States Mails
la Tennessee.

LOUISVILLE. Ky, Jan. ga special
from Fayetteville, Tenn, says: Deputy
United states Marshal Newman Thurs
day served warrants on r, Nj. Wallace,
Ike Hcyman, w. t. Derrick, Thomas Nc
Elroy, and Pleasant Neville. charging
them with delaying the United States
mails, and they were cited to trial Jan 60
The arrest resulted from an investiga-
tion made few days ago by Postoffice
Inspector Beard of the delay of the train
some weeks ago. when Fayetteville peo-
pie removed Joseph Robertson and Elias
McGaba from the train and held them
until Lewisburg mob could come and
lynch them The negroes were en- route
to the penitentiary.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25
PETITION OF cuERoKEEs.
Pray Congress That No Attention lie Paid
TO the Dawes Commission

Pray Congress That No Attention lie Paid
to the Dawes Commission.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The Cherokee
delegation now here have presented to
congress a strong memorial protesting
against the adoption of tho radical
changes recommended to the Dawes COM
mission appointed to treat with the five
civilized tribes. and making plea for the
indefinite continuance of their present
form of government They say that the
Cherokees have less than forty acres Of
tillable land to the individual.
They cite authorities to show that the
lands Of the Cherokee nation are absolute
ly the property of Its people, and conclude
thus: I'VE cannot believe the time has
come when our treaties upon which we
have so implicitly relied must be broken.
There is not upon the face of tho earth
today people more thoroughly contented
with their condition than the Chero.
KEGS"
The memorial is signed by Principal
Chief Mayes and Delegates Harris Benje,
Young and Smallwood
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25
suit for $4,000 Damages.

GALEsDUEG. Ills, Jan 25.-Parthenia
Connor of Knoxville, through her attor-
ney, the Hon. h. A. Willoughby Of Chi
cago. began In the circuit court Friday a
suit for Sl0 900 damages against the Hon.
James A. Mckenzie, one Of the most
prominent and best known attorneys in
this part of the state. The woman al
lcges that Mckenzie promised TO marry
her in 1892 but aftcrward married anoth-
CIR woman and so damaged her, as she has
since been single. Mckenzie says the
woman's story Is false and that malice
prompted the suit
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25
ENTIRE FAMILY DROWNED.
Four People Perish While Attempting to
Ford stream.

Ford n stream.
FoRT WORTH, Tex Jan. News was
received here OF the drowning OF an entire
family in Prairie Dog fork of the Red
river in Randall county. Joseph Wicker
wife and two children attempted to ford
the stream in covered wagon. The wat
ers OF the stream, swollen by recent rains,
swept the wagon and team down. The
father attempted to swim ashore with one
child on his back, but he sank to the bot
tom and both he and the child were
drowned. The mother and other child
remained In the wagon until 1t was over
turned and both were also drowned. An
other family in second wagon turned
back in time to save themselves. but
could give no assistance TO the Wickers.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25
HOPKINS at Peoria.

PEoRIA. Ills, Jan. a5 5-Congressman
Hopkins is here in the interest Of his can.
didacy for governor. The subcommittee
of the Republican state central COMMITTEES
appointed to investigate Peoria's facilities
for the state convention is also. here, and
as consequence all the local Republican
leaders were about the National hotel.
Mr. Hopkins held quite reception. He
expressed himself as very well pleased
with the proqrcss Of hi, campaign