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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-12
May Yet Be Built.
Farmer Hines And His North Dakota
Railroad,

River of the North, is the head
quarters OF railway company
which has as yet built no track,
but which has been the most in
terestirg subject Of thought and
conversation Of all the topics
known to the farmers of the
North west. If this railway is
built, as now intended, it will be
one of the achievements of CEN
fury. There is, moreover, such
confidence In the success of this
crazy scheme, as it was called
few years ago, that one can hardly
find any farmer In this section
who is not confident that the road
will be built. The company is
incorporated under the name of
the Duluth, Superior and North
Dakota, but it is popularly known
as the farmers railroad.
Back of the whole project, it's
originator and inspiration stands
as unique character. About 10
years ago he was an ignorant labor
ing man in Cavalier county, TAX
ing care of horses and doing other
work. Later he entered a home
stead near Hannah, in the same
county, and proved upon" it,
was married and has been a pros
porous farmer. He is only 35
years Of age, and until two years
ago was distinguished for nothing
except his industry, piety and
honesty. He has never had any
Education and his manner of
speech is, to say the least, un-
gramma teal and uncouth.
He got an idea into his head and
it would not let him rest. This
was that the fret light which the
tanners had to pay for the trans
portation OF their grain to mar ket
was too much, and that means
should be devised to make the rate
lower. This is the great wheat
belt Of the United States, if not
of the world. The mo. hard
grade raised IN this valley brings
the highest price. There are in
this section thousands of acres of
government land, and most of
chose who came here have settled,
as Hines did. on this land. Sc
they have been poor and have felt
the lack Of money very much.
While the country has been more
prosperous than almost any other
agricultural section Of the country,
the farmers have been resting
under burden of extortionate
freight rates.
The great grain market of this
section is Duluth. At that point
the wheat is taken In steamers
and shipped to Liverpool. The
freight rate from most of the
points In this great wheat belt
ranges from 8 to - cents per
bushel. Two railways carry it to
Ouiuth-the Great Northern and
the Northern Pacific. Neither
line is at all direct, as both go far
to the south in order to avoid the
lakes in Northern Minnesota.
The distance from Grand Forks.
the metropolis Of the upper valley,
to Duluth is, by the Great North
ern, about $50 miles, and though
the Northern Pacific line seems
on the map to be shorter it has
been so surveyed that it is almost
as far. How to shorten the dis
lance has been the problem for
years. And IN the brain of this
poor, illlterate farmer of Cavalier
county came the idea.
DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY.
He determined that farmers
railway should be constructed
from Duluth to this great wheat
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
PICTURE ON THE RETlNA,
Captain Lees Smiles and Says 1t Is
Like Hamlet's Whale in
the Clouds.

Captain Lees spent all of Saturday night
in wakeful study OF what Mrs. Langfelt's
murderer could look like. His vigil wore
on tie old mans good nature and made
him cross until he read the morning
papers, in which, and especially in the
illustrations, he found something to make
him laugh.
"This brings me back" said the captain,
'to many years ago. 1t was in the days
when there was no water service in this
City excepting by water-carts, with their
ten gallon buckets hanging behind. The
driver OF one of these wagons and a
butcher who is here now were two sus.
poets. A woman OF the half-world had
been murdered and the evidence at first
sight implicated both.
subsequently, as the meshes became
entangled, the butcher was seen to be in
nocent, but the water-carrier's guilt be-
came more apparent. This fellow, bow
ever, bad gone off to Virginia City. where
he murdered another woman, and, being
caught and convicted, he was hanged.
But, this is not what / started to say.
"At the time of the Marie Smith muir
der in this City some German or other for
eign scientists had sprung the proposition
that dying persons eve retained an i'm
preston of it's last view, especially when
terror or horror was an element at the last
moment. In other words. a person being
murdered, and looking at the murderer,
would photograph his countenance and
general makeup in the retina of the eye.
1t was said that by developing this won
derful results could be obtained.
"Well, 1 tried it. 1 got Drs. Gray and
Rowell and lots of others. They were the
most prominent physicians here and men
who would be prominent anywhere. They
prepared the eye Of the woman to be pho
tographed."
As Captain Lees strung out the story
drawing upon his "reminiscences his entire
frame shook with merriment at his recol-
lections.
"Well," he continued, "you would
hardly imagine what we saw in that MUIR
dered woman's eye.
Sure as gospel there was a perfect pic
ture. Jeff DAVIS. beyond doubt, was the
murderer, according to the negative, or /
never in my life saw correct picture oil
him.
"By turning the negative at slant an
other likeness appeared, and for the mat
ter of that the lights and shades made
any picture the fancy would call for"
Under these circumstances and the fact
that the murderer of Mrs. Langfeldt must
necessarily have stood at her back while
cutting her throat, photographs of fee
ing murderer secured from the dead
womans eve must be drawn greatly from
Imagination. So thinks Captain Lees.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
STRONG EVIDENCE
AGAINST BLANTHER
Continued from First Page.

turer; neither was he acting as an agent
for Appleton's Mo dern Art publica-
tions. He had some of these art works
on hand, which he had bought al
the exposition at Chicago and wanted
to raise little money by selling them. II
he committed this crime insanity must
nave prompted him TO it. This is at least
my opinion.
He would frequently become very de.
spondent and threatened more than once
to take his life. He seemed to have al
times suicidal mania. | have often wor-
ried, fearing he would do something Oh
this desperate nature.
"His religion was of the Buddhist and
theosophical order. He would sit in nv
Office and enlighten me on the mysteries
of these cults. He attended the meetings
of the Philosophical Society on Post street
regularly.
"He visited quite frequently the National
Guard rooms on Ellis street and was quite
favorite with the boys
When questioned about nightgown
found in Blanther's valise yesterday by
the police, which appeared spotted with
blood. Mr.. Dodge said: "The nightgown
that was IN the valise in Blanther's room
/ saw some two weeks ago. / saw those
spots then, and Blanther called my atten-
ton to them. saying: This might be
taken for blood, but it is some acid that !
spilled on it.
HE was a pronounced goldbug in his
political views, and often e1patiated on
that subject by. the hour.
"The note of mine found by the police
yesterday Sunday in Blanther's room, to
the effect that l could not meet a certain
engagement, was written by me some
days ago, and went to his house by nv
little brother. 1t related to some writing
that he had asked me to do with him.
Speaking of his peculiar literary ability
he wrote story entitled 'Jailer,' which he
had endeavored to have published in the
Argonaut, but unsuccessfully.
This story evidenced the strange turn
of his thoughts. The story begins before
the creation and continues in categorical
style. The character Jailer is death.
81 have always been led to believe that
there was some woman who controlled his
actions, and who was at the bottom of his
extravagancies. / never heard from him
who this woman was, as he was not the
kind of man that would handy the name
of woman about. l also believed he was
on good terms with the woman when he
left me in Oakland.
Judging from the results of the crime
the instructive feeling have always held
as to his morbidness on the subject OF
death and his capacity to do some des per.
ate act has been confirmed. I have a faint
hope, however, that it m ay be proven be
is not the guilty man."
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
PORT ORCHARD DRYDOCK
Its Strength Demonstrated by the
Recent Test With the
Monterey.
No Indication of Settling or Weakness
in Any Portion of the
Structure.

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 17.-The
board appointed by the Secretary OF the
Navy to test the new drydock at Port
Orchard, Puget Sound, of which Captain
Nicoll Ludlow, U. S. N, was president,
has made its report to the department.
The board began its work by critically
examining the dock and all its accessories,
then tested the pumping plant, which
worked well, though little below the re-
quirements, which they think probably
due in great measure to the quality of
coal used under the boilers, and inexperi-
enced firemen.
They examined the cracked casing of No.
3 pump and decided that a new one should
be supplied. The LEAKS around the dock
were those usually found in wooden docks,
but not excessive, and these decreased
after the ship had been in dock twenty
four hours.
The Monterey, with displacement OF
3o40 tons. was dockcd twice, once at each
end of the dock, and both before and after,
as well as during the time she was in the
dock, levels were taken on all parts of the
dock. There was no indication of settling
or weakness in any part of the dock,
though the ship was in the dock twelve
days.
The drainage system worked very eff
GENTLY, though it indicated the necessity
of having very complete system of iron
screens over all inlets to the sub-fioor
drains to keep out the innumerable fish.
The sheet piling extension in front of the
brick discharge culvert, which had been
injured Zone of the results of break in
the cofferdam some months ago., did not
discharge properly and will have to be
repaired.
The caisson did not fit the inner stone
groove, consequently did not land properly.
This the contractors will have to remedy
by cutting the groove deeper in some
places. Some of the blocking was washed
out OF place in filling the dock and will re-
quire to be refastened.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
IN DREAD OF DEATH.
Abdul Ransid Causes the Arrest of Hun
dTeds of Armeninns.

" dTNAeHtdH5s
CONSTANTINOPLE, TURKEY, May II.
The Sultan has not yet recovered from
the fright into which he was thrown by
the news of the assassination of the Shah
OF Persia. The arrests which began almost
Immediately upon the receipt of the intel
Hgence have continued during the past
two weeks, until now more than 1900
Armenians have been taken into custody.
OF this number fifty-two have been exiled
to Anatoia.
Notwithstanding the fact that so many
Armenians have been arrested the agita-
ton against the Sultan is rather mong the
young Turks than the Armenians. A
number of young Turks have also been ar
rested and sixteen of them have been sent
with the exiled Armenians TO Anatolia.
Seventy-three Turkish students at the
m ilitary college at Kuleliah have been ar
rested, but the reason therefor is not
known.
The students of the Armenian college at
Galata have each been sentenced to
twenty years imprisonment for having in
their possession subscription lists for the
relief of tie Armenians in Zeitoun.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
A FOUNTAIN OF LAvA.j
Rev. DIR. Ollie Tells of His Experience,
in the Hawaiian Islands.

in the Hawaiian Islands.
Rev. DR.. Ollie of Central M. E. Church
has Just return d from Honolulu after a
six-weeks absence from this City. DR..
Ollie went to Honolulu to dedicate the
First M. E. Church there. He says that
the church is out of debt and has men,
bership of nearly 100. On April % he
and party of twelve visited the volcano
of Mauna Loa, which was in eruption, and
he says that the sight was well worth the
hardships of the journey. In the center
of the crater were two foun talns of molten
lava. One of these was at least $50 feet
in diameter and it reached length of 400
feet. The other was smaller, but the flow
of both was continuous for days. While
on the mountain the party was caught in
a regular blizzard and suffered intensely
from the cold.
In speaking of the political situation at
the islands, DR.. Ollie said that there is still
a great desire for annexation on the part
OF the Government with the United States.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
Deaths at santa Monica Home.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, May 1T he
latest death report of the Soldiers Home
near Santa Monica is as follows:
Isaac C. Dodge, late first lieutenant OF Co m
pany /, ThIrty-seventh Illinois Infantry; ad-
United in November, 1895, from San Francisco
age 50. Died from heart failure.
James Winter, late of the U. S. N, admitted
in May, 1894. from Downey, Cal; age 6s. Died
from heart failure.
Jacob H. Long, late of Company G, Eighth
Michigan Infantry; admitted in February
1893. from Fairbanks, Ariz.; age 90. Died
from pneumonia.
August Schwall, late of Company /. Fifty.
seventh Illinois Infantry; admitted in Noyem-
Der, 1894, from San Jose, Cal. age 81. Died at
San Jose while on furlough,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
CATBOAT CASUALTY.
TfUo fesD Yorkers Knocked Overheard
and Drotcned.

and Drotcned.
JERSEY CITY, N. j., May IA party
of six men, all residents of New York
City, came to this city this afternoon to
take a sail in the cabin catboat Edna of
the Oceanic Yacht Club, owned by Elmer
Cochran of New York. Mr.. Cochran was
one of the party, and two of the others
were Richard Kelly and Martin Gilday
whose addresses were not known. When
the Edna was off Robins Reef the boom
jibed, and Gildav, Kelly and third man,
whose name was not learned, were knocked
overheard. The latter was rescued, but
Gilday and Kelly were stunned and sank
Immediately. The bodies were not re-
covered.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
LAKE MICHTGAN DISASTER.

A Schooner Is Sunk in Collision and
Fire Are DrotUned.
CHICAGO, ILL, May 1.-THE steamer
Onoko ran into and badly wrecked the
schooner Mary D. Aver off Gross Point
this evening. The Aver was being towed
in by the City of Duluth when she sud-
denly collapsed and sank. The captain
and four of the crew were drowned. A
boat from the Duluth rescued two men.
The names OF the drowned are: Captain
William Williams, Mate Chris Matson,
Henry Shira, seaman; Tom -, seaman !;
FitZ -, cook.
The saved are: William Greer and Alex
ander Stern.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18

enty-three new cases of cholera and twenty
deaths were reported here yesterday. For
the week there were 216 cases and ISL
deaths. Every steamer leaving the port
is packed with people fleeing from the
scourge.
CAIRO, EGYPT, May 17.-Eleven fresh
cases of cholera were discovered here yes
terday. The deaths mum bered nine.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18

eel 1oyousness, great
gladness in every bone, muscle and fibre OF
your body. How? By cleansing the blood,
the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels.
You can do this with the best herb remedy
manufactured. 1t is joys Vegetable Sar-
saparilla- When you swallow joys you
find it palatable; when it does its work
you find it pleasant, agreeable. You will
be cured of habitual constipation and in
fact any bowel disorder if you use JOYS
Vegetable Sarsaparilla moderately.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
ATLANTA HOTEL. BURNED.
TtUo FIremen and Guest Said to Have
Lost Their Lives.

ItTU UHu u "ur6
Lost Their Lives.
ATLANTA. Ga, May 1.-THE Mark
ham House was destroyed by fire tonight
causing a loss of 5000 Two firemen
are reported to have been killed. and one
guest or servant was seen at the windows
after the hotel was wrapped in flames.
Whether this person escaped is unknown.
The fire started in restaurant on Decatur
street, and quickly spread TO Patterson's
livery stable. The hay in this building
was ablaze in few minutes and gave the
flames such an impetus that the citys
entire department could not for two hours
stay their progress. The block is bounded
by Lloyd, Decatur and Collins streets and
on the south by the railroad tracks.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
FLOWERS IN PROPULSION.
Tributes to the Memory of the Late
Colonel CockertH.

NEW YORK, n. Y, May 1.-THE re-
mains of the late Colonel John A Cooke
rill, former president of the New York
Press Club and well-known journalist,
VINO died in Egypt on the 10th ult., lay in
state at the Press Club rooms to-day. The
club was appropriately draped, and floral
offerings from the Herald, TO which jour
nal he was attached at the time of his
death, the Elks Club, Congre ssman Harry
Miner, Masonic clubs and even from in
dividuals and societies in foreign coun-
tries were displayed in the greatest pro-
fusion. The interment will be at st. Louis,
Mo-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
TESTIMONIAL.

THE EDWINW. JOY CO.-Gentlemen
1 tried to get another bottle of joys Veg
etable Sarsaparilla and the clerk in the
drugstore brought something just as good.
did not want something Just as good, but
l wanted joys Vegetable Sarssparilla, be-
cause know what it did for me last spring.
L was suffering from nasty sick headaches
and dyspepsia; my blood was bad. After
took the great Home Remedy" joys
Vegetable Sarsaparilia. could eat, sleep
and do my work as good as / ever could.
MRS. G. D. STUART,
12221 Mission street,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
SEARCH FOR BLANTHER.
Whereabouts of the Rings = The
Murderer May Take His
Own Life

Captain Lees on Saturday night at
tached the utmost importance to the rings
taken from Mrs. Langfeldt's fingers after
the murderer mad finished his bloody work.
He was particularly anxious that sketch
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
a French Cyctist Wins,

PARIS, FRANCE, May 17.-At the Seine
Velodrome to-day Worm, q French bicycle
rider, beat John S. johnson in a match
race. The distance WIS 1000 meters.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
THE CHOLERA ~ EGYPT.

Great Mortality at Aferandria-People
Fleeing From the Scour0e.
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPr, May 17.-Sev-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
SLAUGHTER IN AFRICA.
Palace of Emir Maiehs at Bida Blown Up
and Two Hundred People
H;fIa1

LONDON, ENG, May IA dispatch
from Lagos, on the West Coast of Africa
says that the palace of the Emir Malekis
at Bida has been destroyed by an explo-
sion and 200 people killed.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-24
Why Not ren-Cent Dollars

We all know that this country can
sustain limited amount of silver cur
lency at a ratio of sixteen to one, be-
cause it is already doing it. But if it can
sustain an unlimited amount coined at
the same ratio, why can it not sustain it
at ratio of three to one? In other
words, why can it not strike from our
ten cent piece the Inscription "one
dime" and make it lone dollar?" II
this be practicable-and it seems to
me that the one is as practicable as the
other-is not the proposition of unlim'
tied sixteen to one an extrayagant and
useless waste of the most valuable com
modify which the world has even
known? 1t tappears that there are great
er possibilities open to the advocates
of the white metal than even they have
as yet conceived.-T. F. Rice.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-24
A Billion Dollars at Stake.

There are now in the savings banks
of the United States deposits amount
ing to nearly So 600, OOO,0 the proper
ty of nearly 5000, 900 depositors, the
Individual accounts averaging little
under s4OO each. Every dollar of that
stupendous sum was, when deposited,
worth 100 cents Every dollar OF it is
today worth 100 cents. But the mo-
ment free coinage of silver at 16 to
should go into force every dollar would
be reduced in value to about so cents,
and nearly billion dollars of the com,
mon peoples money would be lost.
The man who had deposited hun
dred dollars worth 100 cents each would
called dollars worth 80 cents each.
The average deposit would still nom
inally be s4O0; actually it would be on
ly 5000. The aggregate for the whole
country would still be 81, 600, 100000 in
name; in practical value and purchas-
ing power it would be only 81 600, 900,
O0O
This would affect all parts of the
country. The majority of depositors
are in the East, but there are myriads
in the West and South. Iowa has
nearly $4,000 depositors, with accounts
aggregating nearly 1000, 600; Mime
sofa 43, 600, with $40, 100000; South Car
olina II, with s4,6OO,OOO; California
1859, 600, with 1927, 100000 What dc
these depositors think OF the scheme
for scaling down their accounts one
half? How do they propose to vote
upon it? A billion dollars are at stake
Not the money of the gold bugs" OF
millionaires, of National banks, but
the hard-earned savings of the com
mon people. Is such sum to be sacri'
feed in order that ring of gold-con-
matchmaking silver spectators may be
enriched?-N. Y. Tribune.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-24

A MOVE has been started at st. Clairs-
Vile to have the citizens of Richland
township raise fund for the purpose
of erecting monument upon the birth
place of the late VIM Window, of Min
nesota, at one time United States Sen
ator. and at the time of his death Sec
retary of the Treasury under President
Harrison. The famous secretary was
born in log cabin which stood south
of Lloydsville, in 1927, and at an early
age was taken by his parents to the
West. The idea of marking the spot
where the cabin stood is to be highly
commended.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-24
And continue in session for four weeks

Instruction in Arithmetic, Geogra-
ply, Grammar, History, Civil Govern
ment, Physiology, orthography, Pen
manship and Pedagogy will be free to
all who are teaching or preparing to
teach. Bring your textbooks with you.
Those who wish to secure boarding
are requested to write to Martin R. An
drews or w. w. Boyd of Marietta.
The Normal, Institute will close with
an examination on FRIDAY, AUGUST 2sth
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-24

A Duel to the Death in a Wood.

DANvlLLE, KY, July 22.-Bud Pen
dergrass, of Parksville, gave himself up
to the officers Wednesday morning and
confessed to having killed the. notori-
Gus Negro, John Thomas, of this city.
The body of Thomas was found in the
woods near Parksville Tuesday, with a
bullet hole in the breast. Pendergrass
claims to have done the work in des-
perate fight, to which there were no
witnesses
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-24
The TX" Rays at Washington, C. IL

WASHINGTON c. H., O., July o.
Miss Grace Hamilton, daughter of DR..
E C. Hamilton, had an X-ray photo
graph of dislocated bones in her leg
taken and the bones properly set She
has carried q crutch for years, but ex-
poets to be able to give it up now.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-24
why Gold Is Exported.

A single white metal standard paper
says that gold is going outevery week,
and that but for silver the country soon
would be destitute of coin. If it were
not for silver, gold would stay at home.
Chicago Chronicle.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-24
Died in the Field.

MARION, o., July 22.-John Rice,
aged rs years, wealthy farmer of
Claridon township, dropped dead while
overseeing some workmen in the field.
He leaves wife and four children.
One son is Sheriff Rice, of this place.