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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31
Too Much Lumber Produced.

Seattle, Wyo., Dec. 29.-B Z. Stetson
& Post Sawmill company closed down
its plant Monday, throwing 20 men out
of employment The overproduction
of lumber together with the recent fail
ures of eastern banks, has affected
number of western lumber firms,
causing the suspension
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31
six Miners Meet Death.

Princeton, Ind, Dec. 2s.-As result
of a gas explosion in the mine of the
Maule Coal company here Saturday six
men were killed and eight badly in
;ured. One man. Robert Poneylight. is
still underground and all hope of his
icing rescued alive has been given up.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31

Uneasy is the head that holds crown
in Turkey. OF the IS sultans who have
ruled the Ottoman empire since the con-
quest of Constantinople b. the Turks
"a have died violent deaths.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31
schooner Goes Ashore.

Portland, Me-. Dec. rs. = Schooner
Robert Inglee Carter. of Newport, II.
l., and Cape Town. from Perth Amboy.
for this port, with coal, went ashore at
daylight on Aldens rock, off Cape Eliz-
abeth. The crew were taken off by the
life-saying men.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31
RAILROAD to Re snl,,.

Louisville. Ky. Dec. 29.-Judge Baar,
of the United States court, has ordered
the sale of the Ohio Valley railroad.
The upset price is fixed at si'0o0.00o.
Persons interested in the road are given
five months in which to redeem it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31

Salt Lake City, Dec. 25.-The official
returns for the election in the state OF
Utah were given out by the state board
OF canvassers Thursday as follows:
Pfesident--Bryan and Sewall, Ga .432;
Mckinley and Hobart. 1886; Palmer
ard Buckner. %. Congressional-W II.
King (dem.). 47.356; Lafayette Hpi-
brook (rep), 27.s13; Warren Foster
(pop.), 2,279.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31

An exchange remarks: 1.-THE old
drunkards are dying rapidly" But
there seems to be a surplus OF recruits
from the young drunkards. Are they
your boys? They are somebody's boys
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31
Sang for Charity.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. 25.-Miss Anna
Held, the French actress, who is playing
at the Grand opera house, sang on the
public streets of this city Thursday for
the benefit of charitable institution.
The crowds were so pleased with the
Young woman's efforts that over $500
was poured into her carriage.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31
x,o,,.,i,.d bx /. sbarne,

Kokomo, Ind, Dec. 25.-W. 4. Black
lidge, a well-known real estate and loan
agent of this city, was fieeced out OF
81 700 bv n professional shark.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31
convicted Of wife Murder.

Clarke, S. d.. Dec. %. - Christian
Christensen has been convicted of muir
dering his wife. He drove under tree.
adjusted rope to her neck and limb
and drove away. leaving her hanging.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31
r.-Congre.sman Hatch Dead.

gresham w. Fl. Hatch died at his home
in this city at ten o clock Wednesday
night of Bright's disease. after long
sll-a~s
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31

Dansers, IL, Dec. 25.-Thursday Mrs
Solomon Sruizlsn. aged ~. fell down
stairs. breaking her neck and dying al
most instantly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31

Athens, Dec. 29.-Floods have &C
Cured in the Livadia district. They
have been accompanied by some loss OF
Life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31

ssTHoNAs, see that tho D, l.. & w rail-
road had an accident Yesterday What does
D.. l.. and W stand for}n Dead, living
and wounded, sir"-Hallo.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31

Frederick, Md, Dec. 2S.-Charles W..
Hoffman, LII d.. librarian of the United
States supreme court from 1873 TO 1898.
died at his home in this city Sunday of
pneumonia. He was 67 years of age.
unmarried and leaves an estate worth
nearly 500 600
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-31
An American Diplomat Dead.
cold Reserxe Gaining

Paris. Dec. 2s.-Gen. John Meredith
Read died Sunday morning from pneu-
mOaia
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
HIT ASKED TO EXPLAIN.
Permitted Entries to BE Filed on
Lands Sold Years Ago to
EARLY Settlers.

Topeka, Kas., Dec. 27.-(Special) Re-
ceiver James j. Hit, of the Topeka land
Office to-day received letter from United
States Land Commissioner LamoreauX, of
Washington, asking for an explanation of
his actions in permitting people to file en-
tries on land in Pottawatomie, Jackson and
Riley counties sold many years ago by the
Union Pacific Railway Company to early
settlers. This is the case spoken of in
the Journal Friday morning, in a Wash
ington dispatch The letter read: Il I'M
derstand that you are permitting entries
to he made on certain lands in Kansas that
were included in a railway grant, and if
such is the case please send a reply at
once explaining your actions"
Receiver Hit this morning stated that
1t was true that he had permitted people
to enter the land in question, but that his
actions were in accordance with the laws
of the United States, and that the early
settlers would not be harmed in the least
if they held valid deeds to their property.
This property was sold by the Union Pa
cific company to settlers. but the company
never owned 1t and for that reason had
no right to deed it away. That is, # my
theory is correct. If the company did own
it. then the rights of the purchasers will
not be impaired. All we want is to get
the matter in such shape that the title to
the property can be cleared up. If 1t is
shown that the first purchasers have no
title then the entries made recently will
be held good and the original purchasers
will have to look to the railroad company
for redress. There is about 5000 acres of
land affected and entries have been made
on almost all of it. In many instances the
original owners have filed entries to pro-
tect their rights while the rest was en-
tered by outsiders. The entries have all
been made since last April"
While the receiver claims that the land
in question was not included in the grant
made by the government to the Union Pa
cific Railway Company, other federal Of
ficials assert that a few years ago con-
gress enacted law clearing up the title
and invested 1t in the original purchasers
of the company. The action of Hit is
very likely to cause his removal from
office, as the owners of the property are
after him with a sharp stick
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28

Men and women fremble at the mere
thought of the thief and assassin who steals
in at midnight TO rob and slay. Without a
qualm these same people face the deadly
advances of foe infinitely mC-e dangerous
All the robbers and assassius in the history
OF crime did not slay as many human beings,
as consumption kills in a single year One
sixth of the population of the world dieSof
this deadly pestilcnce. II turks in every
home and in every public place, waiting for
its victims. There is but one protection
against it The microbes of consumption
may be safely defied by those who keen
their blood rich in tissue building elements
and free from impurities. The lungs, if
supplied with pure blood, furnish no foot
hold for the germs Of CONSUMPTION.
Or. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is
the greatest of all known blood-purihers. II
is the best tonic and iHvigorator As flesh
builder il has no equal. II has cured thou
sands Of cousumptives who have been pro-
nounced iucurable by physicians It fills
the arteries with rich, red, tissue building
blood, and drives from the system all dis
ease germs. Thousands have testified to
its merits.
MIS-. Ursula Durham. Of sistersvilIe. Tyler Co,
". Va, writes: should have been dead had il
not been for your medicine. / was nearly dead
when began taking DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. had pain in nv side all the time.
had hut little appetite and grew veTv thin This
was before was married = Eve years ago MY
baby is now nearly year old She was born last
March. After she was born had local weakness
] could not stand up long enough to wash the
dishes. In September began taking Dr. Pierce's
FHvoTItc Prescription. took three bottles and Il
cured me. ] can now DO all nay work When nv
baby was two months old she took bad cold and
had phthisic. She whcezcd all the time till gave
he. about n third Of bottle of Golden Medical
Discovery She does not wheeze any more cx-
Sept when she has bad cold"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
Clothes for the Poor.

To the Editor of the Journal.
A letter from Enchoe, l. T., addressed to
the ". c. T. L. of Kansas City, has just
been put into my hands.
The writer recountS the failure of crops,
and the great number of people there in
destitute condition.
He says: IF you can help US with some
good books, or any kind of good reading
matter, we will ask Gods blessing on you.
We could use old school books to great adj
vantage"
Further on the writer adds: 'I believe
there are plenty of people in your city who
have lots of old clothes they will never use
any more and such clothes would be just
as good for us out here as new ones. Any
kind of clothes would be accepted by men,
women and little children, and l am sure
there are lots of people in your city who
will like to send their old clothes when
they know the poor need them so much
He asks that things be sent in care of
the postmaster at Enchoe. and if no cloth
ing is sent, that some old books may be
sent and promises to try and raise enough
money to pay freight.
This letter touches me deeply. 1t shows
mental hunger, as well as destitution of
physical comforts.
VIII the good people of Kansas City an
swer this appeal? In hundreds of homes
you have drawn an unbroken circle about
you. making each heart happy with love,
gift and beautiful remembrance. From
these homes, where want is unknown, will
you give old clothing and books, little cared
for, and less used, to those who are desti-
tute?
If any will give discarded clothing and
good reading matter mot trash), all may
be brought to 5l1 Rialto building, and the
Central Union will attend to the packing
and shipping of the same to Oklahoma.
1 trust that some generous soul Cor sew
eraD will furnish money for transportation.
have been all through Oklahoma and
know that in many little towns and country
districts may be found such isolation, de-
privation and destitution as should appeal
to all generous hearts.
Bring clothing and good reading matter
to 511 Rialto building. Bring promptly and
generously. CLARA c. HOFFMAN.
December &C. 1896.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
Books Received.

AN ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF THE
NORTHERN UNITED STATES, CAN
ADA AND THE BRITISH POSSES
SIONS. BY Nathaniel Lord Britton and
Addison Brown. In three volumes. illus
trated. Price, per volume, 50. Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York. H. T..
Wright, Kansas City.
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS AND OBJ
SERVATIONS OF GENERAL NELSON
A. MILES. Copiously illustrated by
Frederic Remington and others. Cloth,
$50 pages.
THE DESIRE OF THE EYES, AND
OTHER STORIES. By Grant Allen.
Cloth, 800 pages, with frontispiece. r. F.
Fenno & Co., New York.
MY VILLAGE. BY E. Boyd Smith. Cloth,
S25 pages, gilt top, illustrated. Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York. H T. Wright,
Kansas City.
THE COURT OF KING ARTHUR. By
William Henry Frost. Cloth, 302 pages,
illustrated. Scribner's Sons, New York.
H. T. Wright, Kansas City.
DUST IN THE BALANCE. By George
Knight. Cloth, 359 pages. R. F. Fenno
& Co., New York.
SENTIMENTAL TOMMY; THE STORY
OF HIS BOYHOOD. BY ]. NJ. Barrie.
Illustrated by William Hatherell. Price
S1.50. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
H. T. Wright. Kansas City.
ON THE TRAIL OF DON QUIXOTE; be-
ing record of rambles in the ancient
province of La Mancha. BY August F.
Jaccai. illustrated by Daniel Verge
Cloth, 23S pages. gilt top. Price $3.50.
Charles Scrihner's Sons, New York. H.
T. Wright, Kansas City.
POEMS BY H. C. BUNNER. Cloth, 249
pages. gilt top. Charles Scribners Sons
New York. II. T. Wright Kansas City.
THE NATIONAL COOK BOOK. BY Mar
ion Harland and Christine Terhune Her
rick. One thousand recipes. Price $780,
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. H.
T. Wright, Kansas City.
SHORT STORIES OF OUR SHY NEIGH
BORIS. By Mrs. NJ. A. B. Kelly. Cloth,
214 pages, illustrated. Price, so cents
American Book Company, New York and
Chicago.
ELEMENTARY METEoRoLoGY. BY
Frank Waldo, Phi. d. Cloth, 373 pages,
illustrated. Price $1.50. American Book
Company, New York and Chicago.
BEG PAHDoN. By T. c. Mcconnell. Pa
per. 2S3 pages. illustrated. Price 25 cents.
Lon Hardman, publisher, st. Joseph.
LIES GATEWAYS; or. HOW TO WIN
REAL SUCCESS. BY Emily s. Bouton.
Cloth, 1877 pages. Price so cents. Arena
Publishing Company, Boston.
THE BARKEEP STORIES. By Frank
Hutcheson. Paper, 212 pages, illustrated.
E. A. Weeks & Co., Chicago.
AN ARKANSAS PLANTER. BY Opie
Read. Cloth, 315 pages, gilt top. Illus
trated. Rand. McNally & Co., Chicago.
REFORM. BY Colonel Ralph De Clair
mont. Paper, 266 pages. Arena Publish
ing Company, Boston.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
Literary Notes.

An article on the causes of the failure
of the Confederacy which the Century re-
Gently printed will be the subject of a COL
lection of seven short articles which will
soon appear in the same magazine, con-
tributed by four well known ex-Confeder-
ate generals. Lieutenant General 8. Dice.
Lieutenant General Joseph Wheeler, Major
Genral Z. NJ. Law and Brigadier General
E. P. Alexander; and by the Union officers
Major General D. c. Buell., Major General
o. Q. Howard, and Major General Jacob
d. Cox.
Herbert D. Ward, the novelist and hus-
band of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward. has
written new novel, which will be the
fiction feature of the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal during 1897 It is a humorous story
and has the unique title of THE Burglar
Who Moved Paradise" It is a sequel to
Mrs. Wards IAN Old Maids Paradise"
the husband taking up the pen where Miss
Phelps had naturally to put 1t down when
she became Mrs. Ward.
Grants life as a cadet at West Point
will be the subject of a paper by Hamlin
Garland in the January McClure's. 1t will
contain personal recollections from Cen
eral Franklin, General Longstreet and
General Frost, who were cadets with Grant
and have most interesting unpublished
"reminiscences of him and his cadet life
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
PRODIGAL son RETURNS.
Scion of TO-Wa-e-He Triumphs Over
Barbarous Tribe Usages.


Barbarous Tribe Usages.
Pawhuska, o. t, Dec. 27.-(SpeciaL)
Amos Hamilton. a young Usage Indian,
who has been missing nearly a year, re-
turned here unexpectedly on Christmas
day, bringing with him as a bride a hand
some Pueblo girl. Amos is a son of To-wa-
e-he, a prominent fullblood chief, and when
he returned from Carlisle about a year
ago like a dutifui son, he at once repaired
to the lodge of his illustrous father near
Hominy Post. Arriving there, he was in
vited to at once lay aside the plebeian gar
ments of the training school and don the
purple and crimson of fullblood royalty,
but declined to do so. He was urged at
length to comply. but, neither persuasion
nor ridicule moving him, the next day a
committee of the tribe took him by force
to the dance house on O-pah-tum-kah
creek. and. dressing him in feathers. paint
and blanket, compelled him TO join the
ghost dancers and dance all day and half
tha night
Before morning he disappeared. and as
not trace of him could be found it was
thought that he had committed suicide.
He had, however. fled East, where he Sc
cured work and waited until he became of
age a few weeks ago, when he at once
returned to the Carlisle school and sought
the hand OF the prettiest girl there, a
Pueblo maiden, who had often smiled upon
him during his sojourn in the school, Once
married. he went to the home reservation,
where he takes his place among the tribe,
draws his own annuties and will live as
he pleases.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
CALLED UPON THE CARPET.
Judge Tnrsney Reprimands n County
Clerk for Contempt.

Ell Reno, o. T.. Dec. T.-(Special.) Judge
Tarsney is bringing the county and court
officers to time these days in a way that
makes their heads swim. A few days age
he had sent to the county clerk of Okla
homa county n statement of the costs in
the Reeves case, taken to this county on
change of venue, and ordered him TO issue
warrants for the same to the different
parties to whom the warrants We're due
Clerk Miller failed to do this and yes
terday he was brought here under arrest
for contempt of court and given lecturins
he will not forget for a while. The reg
lister of deeds of this county was also fined
$3.50 for not complying strictly with the
law regulating his office.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28

Reproductions of unpublished drawings by
Grant himself, valuable unpublished docu-
ments, portraits, and West Point views
will illustrate the paper.
The Order of the Kings Daughters and
Sons is described in an interesting and
well illustrated article in Frank Leslies
Popular Monthly for January. The author
is Louise Seymour Houghton, one of the
leading spirits in the organization. 1t con-
tafns portraits of the principal officers and
many attractive views. Another important
paper in this number is one on Bryn Mawr
College, by Madeline Vaughan Abbott, sec
retary of that institution. 1t is the third
article of the series on American Univer-
stiles and Colleges" and is profusely illus
trated with interior and exterior views of
the buildings. General Thomas l.. Rosser
contributes an able article on Personal
Traits of Robert E. Lee" and there are
papers on Canoeing Down the Rhine"
THE Egyptian Army THE Philippine
Islands," and Among the Waikato Maor-
IS" all splendidly Illustrated. Frank Lee
Farnell, the editor of the magazine, writes
of Books Christmas Presents" there is
some interesting matter about plays and
players; several excellent short stories are
given, with an installment of Edith Ses-
sions Tupper's fascinating serial, Father
John" and the young folks department is
as attractive ever.
The complete novel in the January issue
of Lippincott's is stockings Full of
Money" by Mary Kyle Dallas. 1t is
tale of domestic relationships and affec-
tions. but turns on the myterious disap-
pearance of two thousand dollars, and the
various suspicious to the thief. Henry
Willard French. in "a Christmas Midnight
in Mexico" narrates an adventure of the
road which might have ended disastrously.
The other short stories are IAN Anony-
nous Love Letter" by Virginia Woodward
Cloud, and Robert the Devil by Claude
NJ. Girardeau. The question, Are Ameri-
can Institutions of Dutch Origin?" is dis
cussed at some length by Sidney G. Fish.
er. who controvertS the late Douglas Camp
bells contention that the town meeting
came from Holland. R. G. Robinson, who
is an authority on the aspects and pros
poets Of his own region, writes lucidly and
instructively on South Florida Before the
Freeze" The relations of 1.-The Western
Hcusekeeper and the Celestial are de-
scribed from experience by May Hoskin.
Emily Baily Stone, whose speciality seems
to be woman in the middle ages, treats
lightly, with many citations, of Marrying
in the Fifteenth Century" "Theatergoing
in st. Petersburg is handled by Isabel
F. Hapgood. who knows pretty much
everything about Russia. Allan Hendricks
tells of an outing with the Whitefish
Nets and Lee j. Vance eXpounds the
mysteries of Walnut Lore The poetry
OF the number is by Marie NJ. Meinell,
Julien Gordon, Mary E. Stickney and Car
rie Blake Morgan.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28

To the Editor of the Journal.
Bryan. the boy orator of the Platte NOM
mated himself for president hoodwinked
the -old-line Democrats, led them into camp
and made them Popocrats. with his crown
of thorns and golden cross, from Castle
garden, he rose like a comet, his retinue of
calamity howlers following in his wake,
with free coinage of silver at Is to l. they
went from city to city and station to sta
ton. where crowds gathered to see and
hear the boy orator and his calamity howl
ers. all moving down to the great battle
of ballots, where the gold standard and
sound money gained the great victory of
1900 majority, to lay upon the altar of
our national Thanksgiving, with the stars
and stripes waving and the eagle scream
ing.
When the great comet and his calamity
howlers fell, like Satan what a Satanic
fall. 1t opened the money vaults, unlocked
confidence. started the wheels of COM
merce, labor rejoicing, gold circulating.
the lilies and roses embracing. all nature
rejoicing, Tillman, Altgeld. Bill Stone and
others, pallbearers takes the political
corpse OF the Platte, that great falling
comet. slowly went south by way of the
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
MUST WALK AND EARN MONEY.
James It. Cnrmody Engaged I'm Cross
ing the Continent Afoot.

Independence. Kas., Dec. 2L-(Special.)
James T. Carmody, a young medical stu
dent from Washington, D. c., passed
through this city yesterday on his way
to San Francisco. Carmody left Washing
ton August 2S. on wager of $4,000 that he
could walk all the way to San Francisco.
He has year to accomplish the trip. and
when he reached here was three months
and a half ahead of time. He left home
without money or valuables. and while en-
route must earn S2,Ce0. He must not beg.
although he may accept anything which is
offered him. He has already earned 1890
of the amount by furnishing accounts OF
his travel to an Eastern newspaper syndi-
cate. Carmody is five feet eight inches
high and weighs 1SI pounds. He has lost
forty pounds since he started on his trip
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
HamiIton College Alumni.

The annual meeting of the Hamilton col
lege alumni will be held at the Midland
hotel on the evening of the 18th. There will
be about sixty people present from Kansas
City and the various ether cities of the
West. The meetings have been held here
for several years. and have always been
well attended and interesting. Among the
prominent men of Kansas who are men,
bers of the association is Professor George
T. Fairchild, president of the agricultural
college at Manhattan. Rev. H. d. Jenkins
of this city, is also a member of the asso-
nio
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
IT. p. FenIon Improving.

Edward ]. Fenlon, of New York, who was
called to Leavenworth recently by the Sc
we're illness of his father Thomas p. Fen
lon. the we'll known attorney, was at the
Coates House yesterday. To Journal re-
porter he said that. while the condition of
his father was still serious, he was slowly
improving and gradually regainins his
strength. He is still unable to leave his
bed. or even sit up. but each day shows
slight gains, so that his ultimate recovery
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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
co Sgs:Iy E! Ed co
Free Homes.

Mississippi and Alabama Gulf coast. One
million acres or more, 81 to 81 per acre.
Alcng the Mobile & Ohio railroad, the
finest railroad in the U. s. to the Gulf
coast for passenger and freight traffic. Ex-
tends from st. Louis to Mobile, distance
of 6i0 miles. No railroad stands higher
with their patrons and employees. Settlers
along their line will always have cause for
congratulation.
Read our "ad'' in all the leading Kansas
City papers: changed twice each week. Send
stamp for home seekers guide Excursion
January s. Round trip, Kansas City to
Mobile and return, $3.50. good q days; stop
over privileges. Southern Land and Coloni-
zation Co., S05 Hall bldg, Kansas City. Mo-