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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11
Accidental Happenings.

The fertiIizing works of Daniel Baugh
& Sons at Philadelphia were damaged
by fire to the extent of $125,OOO.
Henry Kettering, a machinist at
Canton, Ohio, was instantly killed by
the explosion of an engine.
A fire at Cheboygan, Mich, destroyed
between five and six million feet OF
pine lumber and the docks on which it
was piled. The loss is estimated at
100000, and the insurance is $4,000
Manistee, Mich, was visited by a
$4,000 fire. The humber plant of EN-
cry & Stokoe, two miles east of Manis-
tee, was consumed, together with its
contents and 100000 shingles, 5000
cords of tanbark, etc.
The body of Alfred Steele, an Opt
clan of Buffalo, n. Y, was found float
ing in the Ohio river, near Evansville,
Ind. 1t is supposed that he was
drowned from a passenger steamer on
leaving for his home.
A cloud-burst in the foothills west Of
Denver, resulted in floods in which
Twenty-Five people are known to have
persisted, and was followed by another
terrible storm, the like of which has
seldom been seen.
A we'll known citizen Of Elkhart,
Ind, was knocked down by colt
which broke his windpipe in such a
peculiar way that in breathing the air
passed under the skin, causing the
body to swell enormously, and finally
producing death by strangulation.
A cyclone passed through Southeast
ern Michigan. Much damage is re-
ported, the worst in Hilldale and Cal
houn counties. Heavy losses have re-
suited from the rainfall, and it is be-
Iieved there has been loss of life, but
the telegraph wires have been so brOk-
en- that no definite information can be
secured.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11
Mrs. Arne Gets Her Boy.

st. Paul, Aug. 11.-Joy reigned at the
Colonnade hotel last night over the re-
turn of little Ray Arne, who was again
in his mothers arms. Ray was found
since he is said to have been abducted
by his father, Frank NJ. Arne, now
boarding at the Utopia, and who is
being sued for divorce by his wife on
the grounds of cruel and inhuman
treatment. The child was found on q
farm, four miles from Prescott, on
the Burlington railroad.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11

The trial of ''Bob"Mullen, police mag
istrate of Cripple Greek, has begun be-
fore the town board. He is charged
with malfeasance, oppression and III
competency. 1t was shown by wit
nesseS that he threatened to kill George
j. Bentley, an attorney, and anyone
else who should aid in the prosecution
of the charges against him.
James Banister,a prominent and we'll
to-dO farmer Of Greensburg, 1nS., was
stabbed by his grandson, Ray Bannis-
ter. aged fourteen. For some time the
lad had been paying attention to
neighborhOOd girl, much against the
wishes of his parents and grandfather.
The latter attempted to demonstrate
with the lad, with the result as stated.
Freight Conductor Rouse of Newark,
Ohio, alleges that he caught Mrs. Bush
i'll the act Of setting his house on ire.
In his night clothes he chased the
woman, firing twice at her, thinking
she was a man. Mrs. Bush had poured
oil on the house and ignited it while
the Rouse family was asleep up stairs.
She has been arrested She is proba-
bly, insane over the loss of cOnsidera-
bic valuable real estate.
While walking in her sleep Mrs. John
Harvey, wife of Policeman Harvey OF
Sioux City, Iowa, took her husbands
revolver from the pocket of his trouS-
ers and fired a shot through the par
titiOn wall and the oak door of the adj
Joining room. Harvey, who was UP
after q drink at the time, was M
roWly grazed by the bullet, ard, rush
ing to his Wife's side Snatched the
weapon from her hand just as she was
cooking it for a second shot.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11
Crimes and Criminals.

Frank Lomeo, an Italian blacksmith
in New York city, shot and fatally
wounded his wife and then killed him
self.
Col James T.. Lilly was shot down
in the Baptist church at Metcalf, Ga,
by John L. Rushin, and in the panic
several women and many others
tainted.
John Hazel of Popular Bluff, Mo,
in custody for horse stealing, leaped
from a train going at a rate of forty
miles an hour near Tuscola, ILL.,, and
was killed.
Mail Carrier Hempmeier, whose
stage was robbed by outlaws between
Okenee and Lacey, O. T., has con-
fessed he committed the crime himself.
Hempmeier is seventeen years old.
Patrick Coyle, sixty years old, was
killed at New Madison, Pa, by his son
Walter. and but for the intervention
Of a priest would have been lynched.
Singularly enough the priests name
was Father Lynch.
At Denver David II. Ramey, a col
ored Pullman car porter, shot and in
stantly killed his mistress, Matte
Clark, also colored, and then sent a
bullet through his own brain. The
cause of the deed is not known.
Annie Boch, twenty-three years old,
4 dissolute woman, was found dead
in bed at New York with her throat
cut from ear to ear in her room. The
police believe the woman was muir
dered.
Isaac Craft, twenty-five, of Title, a
hamlet six miles west OF Sergeant, in
Letcher county, eloped with Miss Liz
zie Collins, fourteen-year-old girl,
and walked over rough mountain roads
distance of fifty miles into Wise
county, Va, where they were made
zone" at Wise court house.
John Schmidt was found guilty Of
murder in the first degree at Clayton,
Mo-, for his part in the murder of Bert
ram Atwater, the Chicago artist, at
Webster Grove, last January. Sen
tence of death will be passed in case
the court overrules the usual motion
Tor new trial.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11
FOreiSn Gossip.

Ii Hung Chang, since his arrival III
Paris has lunched with Nj. HanotauX
on the Eiffel tower.
Lord Roberts has been granted $780,
600 for the purpose of the military ma
neuVres in Ireland.
The peerage conferred upon Sir Her
cules Robinson came after fifty years
service to the crown.
John Moreley has rented Hilders,
HaSlemere, from Mr. McLaren, Nj. f.,
for several weeks, and will go there as
soon as parliament is prorogued.
The London Daily News says: eve
have to congratulate the veteran tenor,
Mr.. Sims Reeves, on the birth Of
son. Mr.. Sims Reeves is seventy-four
years of age.
Patriotic Spaniards, living in Argen-
tina have given a Clyde building firm
an order for a cruiser of $500 tons, to
cost 81 100000 and to be delivered in
eighteen months. as gift to Spain.
4 dispatch from Meath seven miles
from Swansea, Wales, announces that
forty miners were entOmbed in the
BryncOch pit near that place, by an
explosion.
Rochester IN. W Free Masons in
response to an appeal by Very Rev.
Dean S. Reynolds Hole, upon his visit
there, raised a 500 subscription to the
fund for restoring the cathedral at
Rochester, Eng.
A wind storm at San Louis, province
of Santiago de Cuba, has demolished
the barracks there, killing two gueril-
las outright, and burying seven others
4 =
killed by electricity.
Corea has conceded to syndicate of
Americans the right to construct
railroad from Seoul, the capital, to
Chemulpo, the main port and harbor.
The Americans, in addition, have the
right to work the minerals along the
line Of this road.
A special from Madrid says that
great fire is raging at Rueda de Medl-
ma, a town of about 4, 1000 inhabitants,
twenty-five miles south of Valadolld.
Hundreds of buildings are said to
have been destroyed, and the inhab-
itants are in state of panic.
The captain of the steamer Costa
RIGA which has arrived at San Juan
del Sur. Nicaragua, from Ell Rama, re-
ports that heavy floods have occurred
at that place, destroying houses and
plantations and causing great loss OF
life.
The Mussulmans have burned 200
Christian houses in the village OF IA
hodike in the province of Selino. Chris
tians as reprisal are burning the
Mussulman villages. Hostilities have
been resumed in various parts OF Sc
lima.
Brig. Gen. Echague, with 700 rein
forcements, arrived at Havana by the
transatlantic mail steamer Catalina
from Spain. The same vessel brought
a quantity of munitions of war and ST.
100000 in silver consigned to the cap
tain general.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11
CROP CONDITIONS.
weekly Crop Report of the Weath-
err Bureau.


According to the weekly crop bullet
in of the weather bureau, the week
hos been warm and showery, and, on
tho whole. favorable for all crops eA-
cent that more rain is needed over I'M
tied area for corn, potatoes anu pas
ures Corn, however, continues hlah-
mo excellent progress and is earring
well. Wheat has deterlorateu solile
what. owing entirely to insect faSas5o'
that are now beginning to snow q w
crease. They have been most III JULIUS
In the west central counties ana III tlle
cou+baas ct corner of the state. In the
latter district army worms ana clilien
huos have caused the most damage
while in the west central counties II 10
the Hessian fly, weevil and maggoC
not named. The wheat and oat nai-
vest is we'll advanced, and CHUNG mas
heeun as far moth as Norman county,
while in the south stacking is under
way. But few counties report pros,
Dects of average yields, ana most oA
them do not expect more imam nal1 "
croD. Oats are more promising, ana IL
is expected will yield nearly the usual
amount. Barley yields are consldera-
bly, less than last year, but the qualtv
of the berry is good deal petteI.
Flax is turning brown, and some ol inc
earliest is being cut. This crop is quite
uneven, but has greatly improved dur
inc the past few weeks. Army WORMS
injured some flax fields in Wlnona
county, which is n crop they seluoh
touch Late potatoes must nave more
rain to maintain their growth, ana
their condition is already becoming
spotted, being best where rains are
most frequent. Haying continues, ana
a bumper crop is being secured. Rye
is yielding slightly less than last year"
Iater-Prof Otto Lugger, state en-
tomologist, states that the insects now
so damaging in the west central coun-
ties are frit flies, which are related TO
the Hessian fly, but do not cause so
much damage. He is now studying
and experimenting with this pest, ana
later will give out more information
about it. The best-known remedy IS
to plow Immediately after harvesting,
in order to pillow the insects under.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11
Otherwise.

Tomorrow several iron mills OF PlttS'
burg. Pa, are to resume, thereby set
ting to work at least 10000 idle men.
Saucy Chief, candidate of the half
breeds. has been elected chief, or gov
ernor, of the Usage nation after one or
the most holly contested elections III
years.
The will of the late Robert Garrett,
formerly president of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, has been filed Ior
probate. The bulk of his estate, which
is estimated to be worth $5,OOO,OOO, is
bepueathed to his wife.
Norman Williams, a farmer near st.
Johns, a small village in lower Michi-
gan, was bitten by a vicious hog few
DAYS ago. Blood poisoning set in, and
in spite of medical aid the victim
rapidly failed and died in great pain.
In refusing to grant naturalization
papers to two young Italians, Judge
Cole, of the District of Columbia SUI
Dreme court held that no one who is
in ignorance of the constitution Of the
United States is competent or entitled
to become admitted to citizenship.
A novel auction sale was held at the
Westdorf (Ky.) court house. Lawrence
Polk, a white man, was sold for six
months under the vagrancy laws. Dep
uty Sheriff NJ. H. Williams cried the
sale in the presence of large crowd.
John Creil was the purchaser. The
price paid was $12.15.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11

ST. Paul, Aug. II. = A writ quo
warranto was issued to-day by Justice
Mitchell, of the supreme court, citing
the members of the board Of county
commissioners of Grow Wing county to
appear before the court Oct. 6 to show
by what warrant they had annexed
thirteen townships of Cass county.
The members of the board are A. P.
Farrar, Joel Smith, John Bubar, Hen
ry Mahle and Harry Peterson. The
action is taken for the purpose of final
ly disposing of the dispute between
the authorities of Grow Wing and Cass
counties relative to the annex alton.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11
Cyclone in Mi1xxaukee

Milwaukee, Aug. ia wind storm
of cyclonic nature struck Milwaukee
at midnight last night Several build
ings were unroofed, small structures
demolished, signs blown down and
swept through the streets, shade trees
thrown down and other damage done
The storm came from the west, and
from it's violence is believed to have
caused heavy damage in the rural dis
tricts. A number of small boats We're
on the bay, but it cannot be learned
that there has been any loss of life.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11
1t is impossible, unless possessed of

1t is impossible, unless possessed OF
considerable means, to live with COM
fort in private house in Johannes
burg: rents are in proportion to all
other prices asked-enormous. 1t is
difficult for white working men en-
gagged i'll the mines to obtain a single
room in a tiny shanty under a rental
of $40 Il month at the very least, While
a small villa of five rooms, built OF
corrugated iron, will easily let at $50 to
$40 a month.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11

The discovery has been made that
the Paris Opera is the most dangerous
theater in Paris. Apart from certain
perils attached to the defective ar
rangement of the electric lighting, none
of the regulations ordered after the
Opera Comique disaster have been car
ried out. 1t is estimated that there are
10000 tons of infiammable scenery
piled up in such way that it takes
four days to dislodge a scene required.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11
Bryan as nm Attraction

Winona, Mimi, Aug. 1.-THE man.
agement of the Galesville fair wrote
recently to Democratic Nominee Bry-
an to see If they could secure him to
speak at their fair, which opens the
18th of this month. He has replied
that he is entirely in the hands of the
national committee, but if arrange
ments can be made with them he will
come as desired. Donnelly has also
been asked to speak.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11
Worse Than Slavery.

Monroe, La, Aug. II. = Letters re-
ceived in this city tell narrowing tales
of suffering experienced by colony
of Louisiana negroes in Guatemala,
who were induced to go there last May
to work on railroads. The letters say
that four of their number have been
killed and that those still alive are in
a condition worse than slavery and
they are anxious to return to their
Louisiana homes.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11
TOTAL WRECK.
The Pacific Coast Steamer st. Paul
GnRS Ashore

Monterey, Cal, Aug. II. = The Pa
cific Coast Steamship company's
steamer St. Paul went ashore at Point
Pinos early this morning and will
probably be q total wreck. There
were about fifty passengers on board,
but all were landed safely and no
lives were lost There was a dense
fog at the time, and it is supposed the
captain lost his bearings. The st.
Paul ran between San Francisco and
San Pedro, carrying freight and pas
sengers, and was on her way up from
San Pedro at the time Of the wreck.
The passengers will be sent to San
Francisco by train.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11

The longest distance that a shot has
been fired is a few yards over fifteen
miles, which was the range of Krupp' S
thirteen-ton steel gun, firing a shot
weighing 1000 pounds. The one hun
dred and eleven-ton Armstrong gun
has an extreme range of fourteen
miles, firing a shot weighing 1880
pounds, and requires 900 pounds OF
powder.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11

The Muggletonians were religious
sect that arose in England in the mid
die of the seventeenth century, being
so denominated from their leader,
Iudovic Muggleton, q journeyman
tailor, who, with another impostor,
named Reeves, asserted that they were
the two last witnesses Of God that
should appear before the end of the
world.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11

Sheep delight in the short grass and
peculiar heritage of hill pastures and
bare downs, and the mutton produced
in such pastures, and by the breeds
most suitable to them, is of superior
quality to that of the large, fat sheep
fed on richer soil. The multitude OF
tiny shells so often found on every foot
of down turf is also very efficacious in
fattening and nourishing the animal.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11

Ouick-firing guns are now more de-
pended upon at the present day than
extreme length of range, and in this re-
spect what is considered the most
wonderful of guns, perhaps, is the
Maxim, which can fire as many as 600
shots minute, and yet so light that
a soldier can carry it strapped to his
back
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11

After devoting a year to experiments
Tesla announces that electricity can be
transferred as motive power without
loss over a distance of at least 800
miles. 1t follows, therefore, that the
current generated at Niagara can be
distributed 500 miles in every direction,
which will take in the whole of New
York and several other states.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11

1t is said that the health of the bru-
nette type of eye is, as a rule, superior
to that of the blonde type. Black eyes
usually indicate good powers of physi-
cal endurance. Dark blue eyes are
most common to persons of delicate,
refined or effeminate natures, and gem
orally show week health.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11

There is said to be snake in Oregon
called the stupefied snake, which is one
of the most interesting species of the
family. This snake has a head on each
end and runs either way. One head is
about one-fourth as large as the other.
1t is of a yellowish color 1t generally
lies in loop, and is frequently OBJ
served summing in an apparently stupe-
fed condition on 4 rock or log.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11

An American in London who has
been making some studies in Newgate
says that the trial Of a murderer in
England frequently occupies only one
day. The facts are simply ascertained
and acted on In this country they are
deliberately muddled for weeks by elo-
quent shysters and other experts.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11

Mr.. H. Linden, secretary to the Ma
pies Geological gardens, has made a
boat which is said to induce the waves
as we'll as the wind to propel it. Mr..
Linden took the fins of the porpoise as
his model, and constructed, after many
trials. a boat with metal fins fixed fore
and aft ON out-riggers, which will
travel in the teeth of the wind faster
than any other tack
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11
Lumberman Killed

Brainerd, Mimi, Aug. IN. = James
Thompson, lumberman, was instant
ly killed at the landing of the Brain
erd & North Minnesota railway while
unloading logs. He was fifty years Of
age and unmarried.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11
THE NEWS RESUME
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.

A Comprehensive Review OF the
Important Happenings of the
Past Week CuIIed From the Tel
egraph RcpOrts-The Notable
Events at Home and Abroad IhoK
Have Attracted Attention.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11
The Nation,s CAPITAL.

Brig. Gen. Richard M. Batchelder,
quartermaster general of the army, is
to go Oh the retired list OH account of
age His successor has not been
named.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-08-11

Unborn babies in India are some
times used as security for debt. When
the father of a family is obliged to
borrow money to defray the expenses
of his daughters wedding, he will
pledge her first-born son as collateral.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-02-29

The little daughter of Mr.. Fred
Webher, Holland, Mass, haf 4 very
bad cold and cough which he had not
been able to cure with any thing. [
gave him a % cent hottie of Cham Der
laiu's Cough Remedy. says w. P.
Holden, merchant aud postmaster at
West Brimffeld, and the next time l
saw HIM ne said il worked like a
charm THIS remedy is intended es-
pecialIy for acute throat and lung
diseases such as colds, Group ana
whOoping cough, and it is famous for
its cures. There is no danger in Civ
ing it to children for it contains moth
ing injurious. For sale by all drug
gists and dealers. BENSON, SMITH q
Co, agents for H. i.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-02-29

The report of the execu-
tive officer of the Board of
Health relative to the
condition of the Nuuanu
reservoirs is suggestive of
something dangerous to
health. 1t also suggests fill
tiers, good filters, something
that will effectualIy separate
the water from mud and filth.
Nature has done much
toward providing the people
with neceSSarieS; it has also
done a little toward securing
for the people, luXuries In
some localities a filter is a
luxury, in others, Honolulu
for instance, it is a necessity,
but the natural filters that are
sold have been much inn
proved by the ingenuity of
man.
Charcoal is admitted to be
the most thorough purifying
agent known, consequently
MeSSrS. Slack & BroWnlOw Sc
lected it for use in the manu-
faCture of their filters. And
we are the AGENTS for this
particular brand of filter in
Honolulu, a sufficient guaran-
tee, by the way, of the
character of the article.
The latest invoices show
three different, styles of the
S. & B. Filters and these we
have in stock, just opened
them, in fact, and we
want your attention.
No I, 1--WE will call it No.
j is fitted with a movable
plate, so that when neceS-
sary, the carbon may be taken
out and washed. 1t has also
"a movable lining allow
ing access to every part
of the interior, which
may be kept perfectly sweet
and clean.
No. 2 and ; are provided
with the same conVenienceS
for cleaning as the other, but
they have the important ad-
dition that every part, in
Guiding the pure water
chamber, is accessible, Civ
ing them allthe requirements
of a "Perfect Filter"
The price of the S. & B.
filter is below the others.
You should have one, be-
cause it is a necessity.
II A OTTTN lnDVIv nT 90
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-02-29

guest at the residence of Mrs. c. l..
Wight.
The Misses Kitchen returned on
the Kinau yesterday afternoon
after pleasant trip to Ulupalakua,
Maui.
Mrs. w. T. Allen gave a luncheon
Thureday to the following ladies :
Messdames A. F. Judd, Mason,
Mills, c. NJ. Hyde, McGrew and S.
NJ. Damon.