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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In London Mrs. Walter NJ. Castle. OF
San Francisco, who was sentenced to
three months Imprisonment for shop.
lifting, has been released.
The president of Nicaragua has is
sued a decree making lard, -four and
corn free of duty.
The Spanish government denies the
report that the revolution in the island
of Cuba will be suppressed within a
specified time.
In India in IL districts of the Deccau
end Concan i,250,00O people are said 10
be on the verge of starvation.
A committee on foreign affairs of
the chamber of deputies of Bolivia re-
ported N favor of the recognition of
the Cuban insurgents as belligerents.
One of the best-known grain and
lumber dealers in Canada, Archibald
Campbell, vas drowned at Colborne.
At the head of the Spanish troops
Gen. Weyler was driven from camp by
the insurgents near p;naE del Rio,
Cuba, AID during the retreat the Gu
bans killed "a Spaniards and wounded
6C others.
In London Edward j. Ivory, of New
York, an alleged dynamiter. was for
mally committed for trial.
Al Acapulco, Mexico, heavy earth
quake of considerable duration was
felt. No one was hurt, but great alarm
was felt.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-19
THE EAST,

Edmund III. Parker, prominent
physician, died in Poughkeepsie, y. Y.
aged % years. Tie was author of the
lines: "Life's race well run: life's work
we'll done; life's victory won; now
comes rest" and the lines were selected
by the widow of James A. Garfield as an
inscription for the tombstone of the
martyred president.
The w. w. Story, a fishing smaciS,
which sailed from New York septem-
given up as lost.
a. Troy, n. Y. George III. Morrison,
treasurer of Rensselaer, county, pleaded
guilty to the defalcation of nearly $780,
coo and was sentenced to ten years AMI
five months in prison.
Fred C.. Bulmahan, Thomas William
son and John Williamson were killed
by an explosion of gas in Worceste ter.
Mass.
The firm of Clapp & Co., doing a
brokerage business in New York, failed
for S15O.OOO.
At the recent election the official vo:e
of New Hampshire for president was:
Mckinley, 55.6T1; Bryan, 2l.096; plural
ity for Mckinley. 34.575.
In Philadelphia Louis Doerfel, aged
o., and his wife and Bertha Miller, aged
four years, were asphyxiated by gas.
The veteran life saver, Capt. John
Mavson Brown, died in New York, aged
SIS yeas. He probably helped save more
lives than any other man living.
Ex-Congressman Henry Sherwood
died - his home in Wellsboro, Pa.
5ged So years.
1t is said that Richard V. ID. Wood, for
many years assistant cashier of the
Metropolitan national bank in New
York, has embezzled 100000.
At the age of 65 years John Y. Foster
for IS years secretary of the New Jer.
sey state republican committee. died 81
his home in Newark.
In the United States there were 25S
business failures in the seven days end
ed OF the 18th. against 23O the week pre-
yious and 2s3 in the corresponding peri
cd of 1895.
on Philadelphia the battle ship Iowa
made 1927 knots an hour on her build
crs' trial trip. Her guaranteed speed
was &c knots an hour.
At crossing near Golden, Y. Y, a
train struck a wagon and killed a man
named Wingate and his daughter.
For the first time the electric power
of Niagara falls was sent out beyond the
confines of the city of Niagara Fall.
and direct 10 Buffalo. distance of some
p miles. where il will be used to pro
! pei street cars
In the will of J. " Harris. wealthy
I citizen of New London. Conn. Dwight
L. Moody. the evangelist. received $780,
600 10 be devoted TO educational work.
At Buffalo. y. Y. Henry Weyler. aged
three years, and Mary Weyler. aged sis
months. were burned 10 death in theii
home during the absence of theii
parents.
At Lyman. Y. H. Herbert r. Ash. :
well-to-do farmer. shot his wife and
then hanged himself No cause i:
I known.
/ Official returns OF the late election in
Pennsylvania give Mckinley plurality
of 3O4.sIi
Fire destroyed the racing stable OF
I Mrs W. r. n. Stokes. of New York. near
Lexington. Ky. and Josie r.. worlds
record pacing mare. and six other valu
I able horses were burned.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

Roderick Baker and Jack Francis
were killed and nine others injured.
three of them seriously. by boiler ex-
plosion in a sawmill near Lexington.
Ky.
At Unionville. Mich. Samuel WEIGH
shot and killed his wife and then killed
himself. Domestic trouble was the
cause.
At Austin. Tex. Frank Hamilton. for
20 years a member of the banking firm
Raymond & Co. committed suicide
because Cf financial losses.
Fire destroyed IA buildings in the
business portion of Traverse City,
Mich, and Ed New berry, porter in the
Front St.eet hotel. was burned to
death.
In Virginia the official vote for presi-
dent is as follows: Bryan, 10000. Nc
Kinley, I24.233; Palmer, 1.9ss; Lever
ing. 2.322.
Association of Merchants and Travel
ers. which has for its purpose the edu-
cation Of the business men of the coun-
try began IN Chicago.
burglars blew open the safe In the
Star brewery al Cleveland. o.. and Sc
cured 5000.
For no cause known Capt. Albert s
Merriam. a wealthy lumberman, shot
himself dead in Minneapolis.
IN the recent election the official vote
CT Ohio gives Mckinley a plurality OF
81 $50.
The complete returns from the cleo
ton in kentucky give Mckinley plu-
Iality Of PSI. One Bryan eiecto- was
chosen out Of Is
In Alaska the output Of the gold and
silver mines ihlg se r i Estimated al
- 500 coo. aa lneres Sc Fl - 500. 900 over
shs pFeYiors seer.
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The News Condensed.

Capt. Adolph Freitsch left Milwau'
kee with the little schooner Schlitz
Globe on a journey which will extend
around the world. The schooner is
only IS tons measurement and 40 feet
long, and Capt. Freitsch is the entire
crew.
The preliminary examination of f. q.
Durant, charged with embezzling funds
Of the Henrichsen Manufacturing COM
pany at Racine, resulted in his being
bound over 10 the circuit court for trial,
bonds being fixed at $1,000. which he
furnished.
Fred W. Burke, who .aked his Amer
lean citizenship on the election OF
Bryan. says that he is going to Cuba as
soon as he can arrange his affairs in Mil
waukee.
Harry r. McMaster, formerly as
sistant cashier Of the National bank in
Eau Claire, sentenced May l, 1895, to
two years in waupun penitentiary fol-
defalcation, has been released, his ti-.s
having beea. shortened for good be-
havior.
Tie establishment of Joseph Quit
man. the oldest clothing dealer in La
Crosse, was closed by the sheriff and the
stock leyiei on through executions ag
gregating sl4.265.
The Paul Paper company at Menashs
made an assignment, The assets aFt
placed 81 sll0,eoo and the liabilities q
$4,000,
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TO OPEN UP CHINA.
American and English Capital to Build
$500 Miles of Railway.

Chicago, Nov. l6.-Nearly Sl,000,000
capital already has been subscribed and
plans are already being matured for the
formation in Chicago within two weeks
of a gigantic commercial company
which is to enter the field of Chinese
trade before the end of the month as the
rival of the American Trading COM
pany, and eventually to obtain control
of American trade in China.
Greater than the plans for the trading
company, however, is stupendous
scheme for developing miles and miles
of steam and street railways in China.
lighting its chief cities with electricity,
dredging it's harbors and engaging in
public Improvements that mean profits
to the syndicate of millions of dollars.
Two Englishmen are directing the
formation of the syndicate from oppo
site sides of the globe. One of them is
now in Chicago concluding the deal and
the other is in China, where personal
acquaintance with Ii Hung Chang and
the members of the Tsung Ii Yamen
will be the basis, II IS expected. of the
power of the corporation. The latter
Is LOUIS OpitItl, MilO llC Nutii
fair has resided at Shanghai. He is the
head of the firm of Louis Spitzel e. Co.,
which prints on its letter head that il is
capitalized for C 10000, 900. or 500. 0OO,-
900, and which has headquarters in
London and Shanghai.
The man who is attending to the
formation of the company in Chicago
is John p. Grant, who for the last six
weeks has been a guest at the Virginia
hotel. Mr.. Grant is brother of Sir
George Macpherson-Grant, of Balm
dallock, County Elgin, Invershire, and
he is a son of the late Sir John Macpher-
son-Grant. lie is railroad promoter
hud n man of considerable commercial
interests in his own country.
The object for which the English
hmerican-Chinese Railway Construc-
ton company was formed is one of the
most stupendous railway projects ever
entertained by any country. It's COM
pletion will mean $500 miles of railway
in operation in the Flowery Kingdom.
equipped with the most improved APP
plances and rolling stock and most OF
the equipment furnished by American
manufacturers.
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RECEIVER NAMED.
Affairs of the vandalia System Placed In
Control of che Court.

Control of che Court.
indianapolis, Ind, Nov. IA. - Judge
Woods, of the United States circuit
court, on Friday evening appointed re-
ceiver for the Terre Haute & Indian
apolis Railway company, naming as re-
ceiver Volney T. Malott, president of
the Indiana national bank. The receiv-
er was appointed upon the suit of Mark
T. Cox, James A. Blair and James W..
Paul, Jr., against the company, and the
ground for the receivership was the adj
mission of the company in court that il
is insolyent. The Vandalia has been
known as one of the most prosperous
railroads of the country, and until n
year ago, when it passed into the con-
trolof the Pennsylvania company,which
purchased the ma iority of its stock, il
met its dividends and all charges with
the utmost promptness. During the
hearing Friday Judge Woods remarked
in court upon the peculiar fact mat all
the attorneys seemed TO desire a re-
ceiyer. and he did not make up his mind
TO appoint one until in the evening
Some of the parties interested in Sc
curities of the system who were not
made parties in interest are declaring
that the suit is a collusive one for the
purpose of freezing them out and sell
ing the system to the Pennsylvania at q
low figure.
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He WAS A SMART BOY.
Managed to Recover q Dropped Quarter
from a DImcult Spot.

from @ Dimcutt spot
He had deposited his ticket in the
box on the downtown station of tho
Sixth avenue Il" road at Fiftieth street
early one morning. and was counting
his change IN search for plugged dimes
and nickels. A quarter fell from his
hands and rolled along the platform
untSl il lodged under the raised steps
which form the edge of the platform.
There it lay in plain view, but as unob-
tainable as the golden apples of Hes
rerides. The loser was the picture of
rage. says the New York Mail and Ex-
press.
II don't care about the blame coin,"
he walled. I've got 'em to burn; but
ii just makes me mad 20 see that quarter
there, and can't &c s."
Gimme 2 dime, mister" said a mes
senger 10y. land five cents for ex-
penses, and III get your mum"
The man regarded the boy for mo-
ment and said: Go ahead"
He returned in few minutes with
! MS form working convulsively. In his
! HAND he had a piece of scantling. Tho
crowd watched him curiously. From
his mouth the boy took a we'll masti-
Gated wad of chewing gum. He stuck
this on the end of the scantling and,
thrusting he stick through the narrow
space, pressed the soft and sticky gum
firmly on the lost coin. Then he deftly
drew it out and presented the money to
its owner.
Keep the whole outfit, said the man.
boy, you're peach. We live and
learn" and he boarded a train. his facs
wreached in smiles. The face of the boy.
l was similarly decorated
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The News OF the Week.
BIZ TELEoRAPH AND NAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON.

rnOm WAoFiN0 ON.
In his annua, report william p
Hazen, chief of the secret service
treasury department, says the total
number of arrests made during the la.
year was $50. The amount of altered
or counterfeit notes captured was $751;
5SI.
Mai. Gen. Miles. commanding the
army, in his annual report TO the secIe'
tary of war renews his former reco n
mendations for an increase of the arm y
and Tor increased coast defense.
Estimates for the entire Indian sery-
ice for the fiscal year ending June 80
.s0s, call for an appropriation of 81.
2So, 900. This is 100000 more than the
appropriations for the current fiscal
year.
Gen. C. G. Sawtell, quartermasteI
general of the army, shows in his an
nual report that SI03, 541 was expended
for the movement of troops during the
past fiscal year.
On November 30 the committee or
appropriations of the house will meet
in Washington to begin the prepare
tion Of tie appropriation bills for the
coming session.
Chairman NJ. A. Hanna saws that per
manent republican national headquar
tiers will be established at Washinton.
At the leading clearing houses in tbs
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
81, 191, 117,147, against 1891 ,552,065 ths
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1S9;
is IL.
In his annual report Admiral Ram
sey, chief of the bureau of navigation
says that more than ~ per cent. of the
enlisted men of our navy are now
American citizens, and more than s.
per cent. Of the apprentice boys are
American born.
In his annual report the commission
er general of immigration shows that
during the last fiscal year the arrival:
Of immigrants in this country aggre
gated 3i3. 267. of whom 2.T99 were sen-
back. The arrivals of the fiscal year oi
'sJ4-is95 aggregated 25s,536.
From the various congressional dis
triots throughout the country returns
show that the next house will probably
have 2O7 republicans. 49, democrats and
- populists-
The exports of domestic merchan
disc during the ten months ended Dc
tOber 81 amounted 20 S762. s6s. lib
against 1851 SIS. SOS for the same period
ia 1895 The imports during the ter
months amounted to S572, 461. sos. a.
compared with 1910, 123, 4s3 for the same
period last year.
Gold exports for October amounted
10 S343,16s. against sl.s73,s97 for DC.
tOber. 1895. The imports were S27.961..
9sS, against 81. 1877 4O for October. 1895
The exports of silver amounted to So
794, 339. For October, 1895, the amount
was S4.594.447. The imports aggre-
gated ssss.422; for October, 1895, they
were 81 ,391,s31.
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HOW DOGS ARE sTuNTED.
Methods Employed In the Manufacture OF
Toy Terriers.

There is an era of tiny dogs in Eng
lish society. The more diminutive
parcel of canine flesh that you can pos
sess the more are you swell, says tho
Toledo Blade. But, alasi How many
feminine readers who delight in the
miniature 1oggies know thar they ara
an artificial product.
There is in London an establishment
devoted entirely to the stunning of tho
animals. The proprietor is an ex-
breeder of fighting dogs, but he now
finds more profit in rearing the lilipu-
tian CANNES, for which he has IA de
reputation. He does ? IT claim to be tho
originator of the process. for he says
that al dog men know of the dwarfinr
powers of alcohol, but he asserts thu / he
is the only man in London TO adopt the
principle Systematically.
His method is as follows: The pup
destined 10 lie stunted is taken from its
mother when few hours old and when
IL begins to whine for sustenance it ~
fed with a warm decoction of gin and
water. Deprived of milk. IL takes to
This readily. When il reaches a certain
age alcohol in various forms constitutes
the animals sole diet. The pups do net
die nor do they develop. They soon
cease to grow at all. After q genera
ton or two of mating the much-prized
liliputian canine is obtained.
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LATER NEWS.

An attempt was made. the 10th, o
blow up the Hotel Highland at Rox-
bury, Mass. with dynamite. The
chimney and one upper floor was
wrecked.
The Spanish loan of $50, 100000 Pc
setas has been greatly over subscribed.
The sum of $4,000, 600 pesetas has
already been subscribed, and reports
from numerous towns in the provinces
have still to come in. The bank of
Spain has been obliged TO open % spe-
cial counters ia Madrid, the 16th, ow-
ing to the crush of subscribers. num-
bers of whom we're only able to sub
scribe for single bond. Capital ists in
Havana subscribed 1000, 900 pese tas.
1t is understood that the Venezuela
affair will be that Venezuela will en-
power her plenipotentiary to settle
and siga british plenipotentiary n
treaty referring the boundary dispute
TO arbitration. IT is suggested that
the treaty will be signed in Washing
ton.
Alexander Stephens Clay was, the
18th, nominated by the democrats Of
the Georgia legislature for United
States senator.
At New York. the 10th. Peter Maher
defeated Joe Choyuslxi in SIX rounds.
Ch1ynski was knocked unconscious in
the last rounds
Fire broke out in the package room
of the Grand Central depot in New
York, the 10th. Before the flames
could be subdued all of the packages
were either scorched or water soaked.
Nels sunbeam, a millwright at Chas-
sci, Mich. the 10th, fell in an epileptic
ft across log and before the carriage
could be stopped he was carried to the
circular saw and his body cut entirely
in two.
The United States supreme court the
10 rendered an openion sustaining the
constilutionality of the Wright irriga
tion law of California and overruling
the decision of the United States cir
clit coart for the California district.
which was against the laws yalidity.
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Niagara Falls. n. Y, Nov. 16.-At one
minute after Sunday midnight Secre-
tary w. B. Rankine, of the Niagara Falls
Power company, turned the switch in
the main power house of the company,
connecting the monster 5.00O-horse
power dynamos with the transformers
in the transformer house. which are in
turn connected directly with the Buffalo
Power Transmission line. and at that
same instant the electric power of Nj
agara was for the first time sent out
beyond the confines of the city and di-
rect 10 Buffalo, a distance Of some %
miles. 1t was the grand finale in the
Iong-heralded power transmission to
Buffalo. and it was a success in every
sense of the word.
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SCIENTIFIC reason GIVEN.
Why the Eyes of a Painted Portrait Fol-
low the Ohserxer.


Wollaston's curious discovery was
that by adding TO each pair of eyes q
nose directed to the right or the left,
the eyes lose their front direction. and
look 10 the right or left, according 10
the direction of the nose. BY means 0s
flap representing the hover features
in different position. as DR.. Wollastonl
remarks, "a lost look of devout ahstrac-i
tion in an uplifted countenance of in
quisitive archness in the leer OF a
younger face turned downward and OBJ,
liquely toward the opposite side"
As by changing the direction of the
lower features we change the direction
of the eyes, says Notes and Queries. so
by changing our position. the eye OF the
portrait apparently follows US. II
vertical line be drawn through the tip
OF the nose and half way between the
eyes. there will be the same breadth of
head, of cheek. of chin and of neck on
each side of this middle line. ard each
iris viii be In the middle of the whole
eye. IL we now move to one side, the
apparent horizontal breadth of every
part Of the head and face will be di-
minished. but the parts on each side OF
the middle line will be diminished equal
ly. and at any position. however obliqre.
there will be the same breadth of face
on each side of the middle line, and the
iris will be in the center of the whole
Of the eyeball, so that, being on a fat
surface. the iris will be seen in front OF
the Dicture or obliuuely
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IMMIGRATION.
synopsis of the Annual Report of the
COmmiesioner.


Washington. Nov. l6.-The commits
sioner of immigration has made his
annual report. y synopsis follows:
During the last fiscal year the arrivals
Of immigrants In this country aggregated
IS, PSF, OF whom $40. 1853 were landed and
1,7s9 were debarred and deported at the eN-
pense of the various steamship lines by
which they came. OF those deported 75
we're found to be under contract to perform
,abor in the United States made prior to
their arrival, and 2.023 were returned as
belonging to other prohibited classes In
addition to the number debarred there
were 25s who became public charges within
4 year after their arrival, and hence were
returned to the countries whence they
anne The commissioner general states
hat ne knows of no immigrant landed in
his country during the last year who Is
low a burden upon any public or private
nstitution.
With some exceptions, the report says.
he physical characteristics of the year 8
immigration were those of a hardy, sound.
aboring class, accustomed and apparent
well able to earn a livelihood wherever
apable and Industrious labor can secure
omposed larg ely of the classes desgna ted
- skilled and unskilied laborers, with
3ome professionals. The amount OF money
vas at least s4.9l7,S1s. and probably was
argely in excess OF these figures
The report shows that the total number
4 Immigrants over Ia years Of age that
arrived during the year 5.O66 could not
write, and 1870 could neither read nor
write. which Is Is So per cent. of the whole
lumber. OF those who could neither read
Tor write 81, s7i came from Italy. 1856 from
Russia proper. lz.i54 from Hungary. s.l91
from Bohemia and Moravla, 5.2Sl from
other parts of Austria Hungary. 2.413 from
ireland. 1855 from Arabia and Syria and
1859 from Portugal The report shows
that of the whole number of arrivals 2l2.-
iss were males and o.S01 females
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cbInamen BuyInu WIve..

The Cinnamon of Australia, when they
take a notion to marry. write to mat
rimoniaI agent in Hong Kong some
what as follows: 81 want a wife. She
must be a maiden under 20 years OF
age, and must not have left her fathers
house. She must also have never read
a book, and her eyelashes must be half
an inch in length. Her teeth must be
as sparkling as the pearls of Ceylon.
her breath must be like unto the scents
of the magnificent odorous groves OF
Java, and her attire must be from the
siiken weavers of Ka-la-Ching. which
are on the banks of the greatest river
in the world-the everilowing Yang
-Kiang" The price Of q Chinese
woman delivered in sydney is $3.50, but
two Chinese women only cost $500:
therefore. the Chinese import the wom-
en- in couples. The importer never sees
the women before they arrive. and then
he generally selects the best one. The
other is shown around TO number OF
weIl-io-do Chinese. and after they have
inspected her she is submitted 70 .has
may be called public auction.