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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03
accidental Happenings.

w. p. Sheehan's hotel at Alfalfa,
Ala was destroyed by fire recently.
Three of the volunteer firemen were
badly injured by a falling roof.
Fire broke out in the lumber piles on
the mill plant premises OF the center
Lumber company at Milwaukee, Mich,
and destroyed about 100000 feet OF
lumber.
A traction engine exploded ON the
farm of Thomas Lutz at Little Wash
ington. Ohio, instantly killing George
Anderson and probably fatally scald-
ING Thomas Lutz, aged 20 years.
The women's ,dormitory in connec-
ton with Carthage (Ill0 college was
burned to the ground recently. Many
CT the young women students lost thelr
Wardrobes. There is no insurance on
the building.
An explosion of natural gas at Ava
Ion. q suburb of Allegheny, Pa. killed
Bessie Osborne. aged ID years and Sc
riously injured her brother Dale, aged
9 years, and her sister Edith, aged D
years.
The north bound Houston g. Texas
Central passenger train was wrecked
sixty miles from Houston, Tex. En-
gineer c. E. Clark was badly hurt,
Walter Matthews, fireman, was PIN
Toned under the engine and killed. No
passengers were hurt.
While Andrew j. Spute, a grocer of
Denver. Colo, with his wife and five
children, were boating on Smiths lake,
a small body of water within the
southern limits of the city, the boat
xvac Inv some means overturned and
Mrs. Spute and her five children were
drowned.
Ronalds factory building, a five
story brick structure on Borum place,
in Brooklyn, was burned. The loss is
estimated at between 100000 and
1925, 900, covered by insurance. The
men employed managed to keep their
wits and with difficulty succeeded IN
getting the 200 young women on the
upper floors out in safety.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03
People in Print.

1t is said that Rev. Peter G. Yorke
of San Francisco may be chosen to the
rectorship of the Catholic university in
Washington.
Prof August Duhr, who died recent
ly at the age of 80 years at Friedand
in MeckleDburg, had published few
months before his death translation
of Homer into Piattdeutsch verse.
Hon. w. X. Miller, an old-time friend
of Mai. Mckinley, died at Canton,
Ohio, from apoplexy He was the Re
publican nominee for presidential cleo
tor in that congressional district.
The DR.. Henry Q. Tanner who is re
ported to have lost his life LII ire at
Akron. Ohio, is not DR. III. S. Tanner
of fasting fame. That DR.. Tanner is
now at Robinson, Ill, and he has been
heard from within the past few days.
A telegram from Monroe, Mich, an
n0ances the death of Hon. Edwin Will
letts. who was assistant agricultullst
under Secretary Rusk, and who con-
tinued in that position under Secretary
Morton. He was 66 years OF age.
Mai. Henry Ward, a we'll known
Colorado newspaper man, employed OF
Late as editorial writer ON the Lead
vile Herald, died at Denver OF pneu-
monia. He was born at Evansville, n.
Y, in 1871.
William Stevens, one of the oldest
members of the Kansas City bar, IS
dead, aged 50 years. He was born at
Canton. Ohio, and went to Kansas be-
fore the war. He gained prominence
by defending the free state men III
that state.
Uncle Marshall Ferguson, who lived
in Gwinnett county, Tenn, near Stone
mountain and who died recently, was
a remarkable man. He had reached
the age of Sc, and he and his Wlfe
lived together for over sixty years. lie
made forty-two crops with two horses,
having plowed with one for twenty
and the other for twenty-five years.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03
The Cabbfes, strike

London, Nov 3.-London is greatly
Inconvenience by the cab strike The
drivers have started a system of boy
cotting the railroad stations, which
has produced scenes Of confusion and
evaporation at the different depots,
where huge piles of baggage are set
down by the roadway, the crowds Of
indignant male and female Britons,
hampered by bags, travelling rugs,
packages, etc, are fretting and tuning
while pushing about in more or less
helpless condition, engaging messen-
gers, porters or anybody at hand to
help them out of their difficulties. In
fact, the middle and the trouble are
SO great that the officials of the rail
roads have been compelled to apply
for extra protection
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03
washington Talk.

The president has denied the appli-
cation for pardon in the case OF Luz
Their A. Hall, sentenced i'll Georgia III
1891 to Imprisonment for life for con-
spring to commit murder.
The longest star mail service to be
performed in the winter nthe United
States has just been established in the
postoffice department. 1t is from
Juneau to Circle City, Alaska, a dis
lance of 1913 miles each way.
The president has appointed George
f. Moore, at present assistant district
attorney for the middle district of Ala
bama, to be United States attorney for
bhat district, vice Clayton, removed for
active participation in politics.
1t is stated by Washington officials
that the United States will have the
cooperation and support Of both Rus
STA and Japan in the approaching issue
over establishing adequate protection
for the fur seals Of the North Pacific
ocean.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

The officials on duty at the admir-
atty in London denied the reports ca
bled from Halifax of the increase in
the strength of the British feet in
American waters.
The Madrid impartial has opened a
subscription in aid Of the Spanish sol
diers wounded i'll Cuba. The queen re-
gent has contributed 10000 pesetas to
the fund.
Emperor William has addressed an
autograph letter to Emperor Francis
Joseph fully explaining the Russo
German neutrality treaty which exist
ed prior to 1890.
The French cabinet meeting held re-
Gently decided to instruct the consul
general of France at New York to
make a special study of the interna-
tionai financial situation.
There is good reason to believe that
tribunal similar to the Boring sea
commission, with Sir Richard Webster,
the attorney general, representing Eng
land will be appointed to solve the
Venezuelan boundary.
A conspiracy has been discovered in
the Sulu archipelago, a portion of the
Spanish colony of the Philippine isl
ands Eight soldiers have already
been killed in the attempt to suppress
the uprising.
While Mgr. BartelomeoS, the lOcum
tenens Of the Armenian patriarchate,
was entering his carriage at CONSTANT
nople four men made all attempt to
assaSSinate him, but they were seized
by the prelate's escort.
The leaders of the young Turkish
PARTY have rejected the sultan's pro-
posal to grant reforms, including a
general amnesty and the appointment
of responsible ministry as the price
of the cessation of thei ragitation.
A Sepoy belonging to the British-In
dian troops stationed at Fort Sande-
man, India, ran amuck and killed
Lieut.. Yeates of the Royal Engineers,
Lieut.. Downes of the Bombay Lancers
and two private soldiers, besides
wounding Lieut.. MacLachlan, before
he was overcome.
Ex-Pope Tolstoi of the Russian
church, who was recently deposed
from the priests functions because he
had refused to clear himself of an ac-
cusation that he had been converted
to Catholicism, has been arrested at
Moscow and taken to Mini, where he
was condemned by a church tribunal
to seven years Punishment from st.
Petersburg and Moscow, and was for
hidden to hold any state office for
twenty years.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

The coroner.s Jury that investigated
the collision near St Louis which re-
suited so fatally has returned a YER
dict finding that it was due to the
carelessness of George Atwood. con-
ductor, and J. a. Dryden, engineer.
Henry H. Crane, at one time a
prominent grain broker in Newark ana
Chicago, hanged himself in his brother
in-laW's barn near Burlington, n. j.
He had lost his fortune. He leaves a
wife.
The toll gate raiders have not left a
toll gate on a single pike in Franklin
county undisturbed, and the owners of
these reads are very much incensed at
the destruction Of their property, and
will take such action as will bring the
raiders to justice.
Miss Alice Platt, aged % years, Il
servant in the household OF Charles
Mussey, a prominent attorney CT Kan
sas City, Mo-, is under arrest on SuS-
picion of having poisoned Mrs. Tor
renee, Mussey's m0ther-in-laW, aged
60 years, and three children. She is
believed to have been insane.
The citizens of Mount Pleasant,
Iowa, are indignant over the insult Of
fered the city council by the hanging
of Aid Davis in effigy to telegraph
pole in the public square. The entire
night police force will be dismissed
for neglect of duty in net removing
the etfigy.
Peter Lcnster, a night clerk in the
Droyer's hotel at Collinwood, commit
ted suicide at Cleveland by hanging
himself. Lenster had wife living
and was about to marry a Collinwood
girl His first wife was on his trail
and he had just learned that she had
discovered his whereabouts and was
coming from Chicago where she was
stopping with friends.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

Baltimore, Nd, Nov. 3.-Information
has been received at the Johns Hop
kins university announcing the death
of DR.. H. Newell Martin at Purley,
Eng, on Thursday last. Prof. Mar
tins reputation as student and teacn-
er of biology is international. At the
formal opening of the Johns Hopkins
university in 1876, Thomas B. Huxley
delivered an address in which he rec
commended the deceased as a young
man who had the ability to make for
himself name in the field of biologi-
cal research. He was accordingly app
pointed to the chair and filled it until
his resignation on account of i'll health
in 1893 DR.. Martin was forty-eight
years of age and a native Of Newry,
Ireland. He was a fellow of Christ
college, Cambridge, receiving the de-
gree of B. A. in 1874 and in 1877 that
of NJ. A.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03
Otherwise.

A we'll attended meeting was held at
the Academy OF Music, Philadelphia,
to protest against Entertainment of Irish
political prisoners in English prisons.
Monmouth township, Warren county,
Illinois, has completed 5000 feet of
brick pavement. the first hard country
road ever put down In the United
States.
Rev. r. H. d. Capon, president of
Tufts collage, Cambridge, Mass, has
filed a voluntary petition for in
solvency. The collage is in no way
affected. Too liberal endorsement of
paper of friends was the cause.
The monument to the memory of
Maryland citizens who fought in the
navy during the Civil war, erected in
the National Cemetery, in London
Park. Baltimore, will be dedicated on
Thanksgiving day. Louis and Victor
Bennett, sons of Capt. Bennett of Bal
timore, will unveil the monument.
G. A. Henty for two months dictated
literary notes to photograph. At the
end of that PERIOD when he wished to
put his work I'D manuscript, the ma
chine was thoroughly out of order, and
the lOO-lIuSllui dupliOA hdQ " houl II
the waste of the entire two months
time and eloquence.
The Chanler Paris art scholarship,
consisting of a fiye-years course in the
art schools of Europe, has been award
ed to Lawton Parker, q student of the
Students Art league of New York,
Twenfy-seyen students participated in
the preliminary competition, OF these,
thirteen were selected for a second
trial. and, by a unanimous vote, the
judges awarded the prize TO Mr.. Park
er. He is twenty-eight years old, and
a native of Seattle, Wash.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

Havana, Nov. 3.--Lieut Col. Fonde-
viela secured information that the in
surgents had camp in the neighbor-
hood of Cogimar, near Guanabacoa,
which is just opposite the city of IIa-
vana. He went in pursuit Of the in
surgents, but they were warned Of
the movements of the column. They
encamped between Penalvar and Cam
butte and countermarched to Dona
Felicia to the mountains of Guanaba-
Goa. The lieutenant colonel pursued,
overlook the insurgents as they were
passing the River Barucayabo. He
took the positions which they held at
Bodega Sitio, i'll the mountains and put
to the bayonet the last of them i'll their
retreat. The loss of the insurgents
was tifty-two killed, while on the
Spanish side the column lost one cap
tain and fourteen privates wounded
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03
rRocHA Nor CROSSED.
Maceo Has No Desire of Making War
in HaYann at Present

in H0V9Fsi 0t IFeSSnt
Philadelphia. Nov 3.-Private letters
received in this city from Havana
throw light upon recent events in the
Island Of Cuba. One letter in particu-
lar deals with late occurrences in
pinar del Rio and gives a very hope
full view of the present Cuban situa-
ton The letter says Antonio Maceo
has not attempted to reach Havana
province and that although he made
an attack upon the city of Artimisa.
which was partially destroyed, ne did
not endeavOr to force a passage Of the
famous trocha On the other hand, it
is stated in the communication, which
is from Capt. Degrade, who was re-
Gently in this city and who is an Of
ficer of Gen. Maceo's staff, that the
rebel army in Pinar del Rio province
is not DESTROYS of making war in Ha-
vana and Matanzas at this time. Both
of these provinces are comparatively
low and fiat, and the effect Of the
copious rains upon the soil is still det-
rimental to the proper handling of an
army.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03
CLUBS AND KNIVES.
they Are Used as Arguments in
Political Debates.

Political Debates.
Wilkesbarre. Pa, Nov. 3.-Both pc
litical parties had demonstrations in
the mining towns Of Duryea and ex-
crement ran high There We're many
ouarrels between the opposing forces.
Frank Bronski, a Polish Republican,
ouarreled with some Of his country
men. To-day his dead body was found
in a ditch The skull had been crushed
ia. His assailants had evidently used
=. heavy club. John Luby and Andrew
Drotski. Slays, fought in bar room.
I4uby drew knife and stabbed Drot-
ski in the abdomen. He died to-day.
Seized with remorse Luby drew the
knife across his own throat. The
floor Of the BIZ. room was sea OF
blood. The attending physicians say
Luby's death is only question OF
time.
jackson, Ky, Nov. 3. At Three
Forks City, on the Lexington East
crn railway, returning here from
Beattysviile Republican rally, Jerry
.Cardwell, town marshal Of Jackson,
and John g. Hargis. fought with PTS
tolls Hargis was killed and CardWeH
badly wounded Hargis was son OF
ex-State Senator Hargis and CardWell
is the so nof ex-senator Thomas Card
well. The cause Of the quarrel is
not definitely known.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

The English always have had plenty
to say about the seventies and ex-
tremes of American climate, but with
delightful weather prevailing on this
side of the Atlantic and heavy snow
storms reported in Scotland and north
ern England, it would seem as If the
handle were on the other side of the
Jug this season.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

All accounts agree that the helpless
inhabitants of the Philippine islands
are rapidly being Weylerized by
Spains most relentless methods. 1t is
the same old story of a tax-burdened
race revolving against tyranny and
misrule only to fall victims to Spanish
massacre.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

The Khedive has finished his little
trip to Paris, and it is safe to say that
he enioyed himself more than the car
did. He went where he pleased, ate
what he wanted, did not have to pass
under any triumphal arches, and was
SHARED the trouble CT having to talk
politics with the minister OF foreign
affairs. Paris is a good place to visit
when you are left alone.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03
Too Much friction

Chicago, Nov. 3.-The Chicago trades
and labor assembly, which has since
1854 been one of the strongest factors
IN trades unionism in the city, was
formally disbanded to-day in puisu-
ance OF a resolution passed a month
ago: The action was due to friction
among the members. A meeting will
De held SOON looking to reorganization
gIidef the auspices of the Federation Of
Labor.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

Mr.. Gladstone goes on pitching into
the Turks in general and the sultan ID
particular. Whether, by his impetu-
osity. he is strengthened or weakening
the hands of Lord Salisbury remains
an open question. The world is de
lighted to receive an intimation from
the English premier that there is now
nrospects that the Turks can be sup
pressed without plunging Europe into
war
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03
Inspecting .TaiIs

81. Paul, Nov. 3. -R. Y. Ia Dow
washington, d. c., arrived III the city
3 3es'eraay afternoon and registered 1T
Tue WINDSOR. While here he was the
dow is a special agent Of the govern
ment for the inspection of tails ana
E iSa lie left las evening for
naigo. Whlle in North Dakota he will
t thahe contracts with several jails
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

Lord Downshire, young nobleman
with a strong taste for mechanics, has
had a complete railway, mile and
half in length, laid down in his
grounds at Hillsborough, County
Down, Ireland.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

General Blanco is said to be so i'll
that he cannot assume personal COM
mand of the Spanish troops who are
suppressing the rebellion in the Phil
lippine Islands, and Gen. Weylers
health is such that it will not permit
him to leave Havana. A change of
climate seems to have a peculiar eff
feet on Spanish warriors.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

Undoubtedly the Koreans hate the
Japs, as the cable says, but what are
the Koreans going to do about it? The
Japs are there, and if they have any
intention to retire they have given no
notice of it.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

Claude NJ. Johnson, director Of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, IL
his annual report says that during the
wear postage stamps were delivered
to postmasters in the United States in
the following amounts: Ordinary
stamps, 1925, 4S1 ,467; special delivery,
4.4662 go; postage due stamps, 1888,
til; newspaper, etc, 5,5o2,672; total
number 1904, S02, 123.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03
Crimes and Criminals.

O. P. Morgan, guard at the peni-
Tertiary at Fort Madison, Iowa, COM
mitted suicide by blowing out his
brains.
Charles James fatally shot Jacob
Garrison at Richmond, Ky. The cause
was due to James objection to CARR
sons attention to the formers daugh-
ter.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

The man who jumped from a pier
at Milwaukee into Lake Michigan, de
claring that he was going to swim to
Germany, was probably several seas
over before he started.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

The government having bought 49,
900 pounds of dried apples for the In
dian schools, these institutions may
be expected to turn out some swell
graduates.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

The Vermont legislators are talking
about taxing the bicycles, but we
guess it will all end in talk. The blcy-
Gle vote is something that isn't ignored,
even by the Vermont legislator.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

The earl of WinGhelsea has gone into
the butter business, which shows that
the earl possesses common sense as
well as a title.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03
OF THE NEWS.
EVENTS Of THE PAST WEEK In A
CONDENSED FORM.

A General Resume of the Most Inn
portant News of the Week, From
all Parts of the Globe. Boiled
Down and Arranged in Con
venfent Form for Rapid Per
usal by Busy People.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

/ The Powers are biting their thumbs
at Turkey again, and Turkey is mildly
wondering how much more mastica-
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

A wise man of Gotham hitched him
self to kite If the kite had been
stronger this paragraph would have
been longer.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

!, A bookkeeper who smokes cigarettes
can be depended upon to have his
books muddled if he smokes and keeps
books long enough.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

The British parliament will reassem-
BILE on Jan. %. But we will have
troubles of our own before that time.
Congress will meet in December.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-03

Tt is reported that President Kruger
is growing deaf. But he can still see
a thing or two.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-03-19
Apples, cranberries and oranges at
Saltmarsh's. If
L. :. Postal Guide, 1896.


Very few of our business men know
that the %postoftice department ut
Washington issues in January each
year, a complete postal guide con
tanning 1000 pages, and complete
lists of post offices in the L. S., ar
ranged alphabetically, all rules and
regulations, money order Offices and
rulings of the department on postal
matters, time of arrival and depart
ure of foreign mails, and much valu-
able information for the public on
postal matters.
The book is exceedingly valuable
to those using the mails. 1t is the
guide of every postmaster in the
country and is sold to business men
by the publisher, Geo. +. Lasher,
lat n. 10th ST., Philadelphia, Pa,
in cloth cover, $3.50 OF paper cover,
$500. Can be ordered through our
postmaster and every business man
should secure a copy. l2t2
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-03-19
Personally Conducted Excursions to
California.

Personally Conducted Excursions to
California.
The North Western line is now run
ming personally conducted excursions
to San Francisco and Los Angeles
Thursday. The route is through
some of the most picturesque scenery
in America, and the tourist sleepine
ears in this service are of the most
modern pattern, neatly upholstered.
and furnish their occupants every
facility and comfort. These eXcur-
sions are accompanied through Cali
.ornia by experienced conductors, in
surfing passengers the best of care
and attention. Full information re-
latiye to rates, etc, will be promptly
furnished on application to agents
Chicago & North-W Western R'y. 9t4
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-03-19

4 Mr.. Neil, of Boston, arrived last
week and purchased H. W. Sawyer's
pacing mare Fleetfoot for $S5O.OO.
The purchase was made for Mr. Neil's
brother in London, where the mare
will be taken She has a pacing rec
ord of about 2:1O, and is perhaps
the speediest animal ever owned in
the state.