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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-16

In Essex county, y. Y. the farm once
owned by John Brown and where his
body now lies has been turned over to
the state as n public park.
Tn, failure was announced of k"cnc.
Sutterlee & Co, one of the larg-
est exporting and importing firms in
Philadelphia. for 100000.
At Ransomville. \. u. George IL.
Smith, who fatally she Robert Clap
saddle. his fatber-in-law, WAS pursued
by n posse of villagers and shot to
death
In a drunken brawl at their home
in LINN, Mass, Mrs. Larloire, aged SO
wears. and her dlughter-in-law. Annie
Lamoire, aged 2S, were burned to death.
In New York Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt,
the divorced wife of W. X. Vanderbilt.
and Mr.. Oliver III. p. Belmont were mar
ried by Mayor Strong.
In New York the ladies' international
six days bicycle race was won by
frankie Nelson, who made AIS miles.
Helen Baldwin finished just five lengths
behind.
William. David ard George Me- isson.
aged respectively 10. IS I'D seven
years. died al Philadelphia from in
iurics received in an explosion while
they were attempting 10 blow open a
toy safe with dynamite.
The New Jersey legislature began its
12gth session at Trenton.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

In the United States there were Ash
business failures in the seven days end
ed on the 10th. against 4O3 the week
previous aud 40 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
Exchanges at ths leah.ng clearing
houses in the United States during
The week ended or The 10ih aggregated
I,235, 652,555 against Sl.Y2O ca. 400 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1926.
was 1S.6.
The sessions of the Venezuelan COM
mission in Washington were resumed.
Exports of hreadstufls during last De
cemberaggregratcd S12.619.6T1, against
81, 476,947 during December. 1894. For
the calendar year 1895 the amount was
S119.973.9s7. against S1s1. 295 .292 for
1894.
In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain ON the 18th was: Wheat,
IS. ai5. 900 bushels; corn. 6.lSl 600 bush
els: oats. 6.369.o00 bushels; rye, =.
$4,000 bushels; barley. 5.73l 900 bush
els.
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died away. but the naval preparations
of the government are proceeding apace.
and so far as is known to the public
have almost been completed. Nothing
has yet been learned as TO the destina-
ton of the flying squadron. although
much conjecture = INDUCED in as to
where its field of duty will be- The
ebuliition of popular feeling against
Germany, caused by Emperor Williams
attitrde towards the Transyaal, was
altogether too violent to last long, and
there are now very few evidences of
any great desire 20 open active hos
tilitles against Germany.
So far as the Transvaal is concerned
all serious trouble N that direction is
undoubtedly ended. As stated in these
disps tches, the rank and file of DIR.
Jamcson's expedition has started for
the Natal boundary. and the release of
the officers of the expedition is expected
shortly. Every effort will be made to pro-
tect the members of the Rand Reform
committee, who have been placed under
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LATER NEWS.

South Cardinals general assembly
met at noon the 14th. The governors
message dealt only with state affairs.
lie recommended that in the passage
of election laws adjusted To the new
constitution. the famous eight-box bal
lot law be allowed to remain in force
as brcakwater against negro votes.
Two sections of a freight collided on
bridge near Kittaning, Pa, the i4tb
and a span of the bridge gave way
throwing an engine, caboose and three
oil tanks in the water. An explosion
Of the tank cars followed and the
wrecked ears were consumed. Six
trainmen were badly injured but none.
it is thought, fatally. The property
damage was heavy.
Joseph Il. Foraker was elected United
States senator the 14th by the legisla-
ture of Ohio to succeed Calvin Brice.
The Glouscester fishing schooner For
tuna was sunk in a collision with the
steamer Barnstable off Highland light
on the Massachusetts coast. Nine of
the Fortuna's crew were lost and four
teen saved.
Postmaster Johnson, of pendleton,
Ore, was held up and robbed of $500 in
government bonds.
While Mrs. Dean, of Topeka. Kas..
was absent from her home for few
moments the 18th, some one entered
and placed her l4-months-old babe up
on a hot stove. The flesh of the child
was cooked TO the -boue and its suffer-
ings were terrible until death came.
The large stove warehouse of 5. $.
Jewett & Co., Buffalo. n. Y, was to-
tally destroyed by fire the 14th. Loss,
5000. O0O.
Near Marvsville. Mo, the 18th, Mrs.
Joseph Hildebraut administered poison
to her eight children. ranging from .
TO II years of age, and then hanged her
self 10 rafter Seven of the children
died. Mrs Hildebrant had become de-
spondeDt on account of continued ILL
ness of her husband and IL is supposed
hor mind bc,.arue "A ffp,.fed
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The News Of the Week.
HFTY-FoURTH CONGRESS.
The Proceeefn~x ~ fha Egr.f saaalor
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.

The Proceedings of the First seesion.
Washington. Jan. "a bill was re-
ported favorably in the senate yester-
day TO increase the number OF enlisted
men in the navy. Amendments TO the
house bond bill were offered prohibit
ing the sale of interes T. bearing bonds
without the consent Of congress, and
making It mandatory TO redeem green
hacks and treasury notes in silver. In
the house MIR. Spalding tMich.l intro
6uCed a resolution providing that the
Sandwich islands be erected INTO a new
state. TO be called the state of Hawaii.
with a republican form of government.
10 be adopted by the people.
Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Baker
tKan.D introduced a resolution in the
senate yesterday that the United States
will regard it as an unfriend!y act for
any foreign power, without our con-
sent, to extend its territorial limits in
the western hemisphere on either of the
american continents. Refe:red to the
foreign committee. Senator Stewart
(Nev.1 in speaking in favor of u resolu-
ton prohibiting the sale of any bonds
ia the future except with t!-s express
consent of congress characterized the
proposed popular loan of the admins
traIion Is a cruel mockery." In the
house the pension appropriation bill
(SI4I ,325, S2OD WAS reported. Mr.. Liv-
iugstoII (Ga.) i troduced a resolution
demanding that no English armed
force should be allowed in tile disputed
enczueIan territory. Referred to the
foreign committee.
Washington, Jan. 1i.--A bill was in
troduced in the senate yesterday for the
general revision of the national bank
ing laws. Senator Jones (Ark.) spoke
in favor OF the free-coinage substitute
for the house bond bill. Senator oh
ard IL. c. favored the reenact ent of
The Mckinley law, and Senator Morgan
(Ala.) introduced resolution congrat-
ulating the republic of Transyaal on its
stand for independence. Adjourned to
the 18th. IL the house the time was &C.
cupied in discussing the proposed
aInendn ents to the rules of the 5Ist con
gress.
Washington, Jan. 13.-1he senate
was u II in session on Saturday. In the
house a resolution was offered directing
the foreign affairs committee to report
upon The advantage and practieability
Of the establishment of a permanent
SQUIRT If international arbitration, rep
rs enting the United States and the
british empire. The new rules of bust
Ic,,s and the amendments thereto were
adopted.
Washington. Jan. 14.-Senator Nor
cams speech on the silver bond bill was
the event in the senate yesterday. Bills
were il. ,rotluccd to refund the outstand-
ing United States and treasury notes
with bonds bearing two per cent. and
TO admit New Mexico into the union.
In the house bills were introduced for
the construction of n bridge across the
Detroit river at Detroit, aud appropri-
ating SlOO.OOO.Oc0 for the purpose of es-
tablishing coast defenses. The pension
appropriation bill was discussed.
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arrest, including the Anne ricans. II
is certain that bitter fight will be
made against allowing the Boer gov
eminent to confiscate their property
as punishment for their alleged of
fenss.
Little reliance caa be placed in many
of the newspaper dispatches published
here pnrporting to explain the attitude
of the powers toward Great Britain
I he continental nations may not be
friendly TO this country, but il is
thought that any one of them would
hesitate for a long while before stril<-
ing blow at England
London, Jan. It'll seems pre- tty
well established in the public mini
that Emperor William did not mean to
threaten war upon England by his mes
sage of sympathy TO President KurRer,
of the Transyaal. and lie reports which
were circulated few days ago of Eli-
ropean alliance back of Germany and
against England find little further
credence. 1t seems to be accepted that
the German emperor simply intended
to express his opinion of the Jameson
raid IN that message and the tempotai :
sentiment of irritation which il caused
him
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NO NATIONAL HOLIDAY.
Not Even the Labor-Day Act Creates On
Say the Lawyers.

Not Even the Labor-Day Act Creates One,
Say the Lawyers
There would seem to be no such thing
In this country as a national holiday
Lawyers assert that even Labor day,
which was set apart by an act of con-
gress in 1894 in such manner rs to lead
the confiding layman to suppose it at
least to be a national holiday, is not
such outside of the District of Column
hia, unless by state enactment. The
creation and regulation of holidays
have been left entirely to the legisla-
lures of the individual states.
The act of congress concerning Labor
day was approved on January rs. 1894.
1t provides that the first Monday OF
September in each year, being the day
celebrated and known as Labor day,
is hereby made a legal public holiday
to all intents and purposes, in the same
manner as Christmas, January /, Feb
ruary %, May 80 and July are now
made by law public holidays"
Clearly the proper construction OF
this statute can be arrived at only by
reference TO the provisions bearing
upon the other holidays named. The
act making holidays of January /, july
4. Christmas and ANY day appointed
or recommended by the president o.
the United States as a day of public
fast or THANKSGIVING" was passed in
June, 1870. and was restricted in its
effect to the District of Columbia
These days are holidays in the various
OF of hnt n 1. q .,
various state legislatures.
The act of January 81, 1879, makes
February 81 legal holiday, and the
act of August 81. 1sss. does the same
for May so. and both are restricted in
their application to the District of Co
lumbia. The act referring to Labor
day says nothing about the District of
Columbia. but it does say that the first
Monday of September shall be legal
public holiday. 10 intents and pur-
poses. in the same manner as Christ
mas. January 1. February %. MAY ~
and July are now made by law pul ic
holidays"
The intents and purposes for which
and inner in which those days ara
mae holidays are expressly limited to
,he District of Columbia, and so, by
necessary inference. is the act referring
10 Labor day.
The misleading language of the Labor
day act has led to a prevalent state
ment that the first Monday of Sep
tember is n holiday throughout the
United States by congressional enact
ment.-N. Y. Tribune.
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Fire DESTROYED ..The Par;si,n pe

Fire destroyed "The Partisan" gen.
sral store in ST. Louis. run BY the firm
OF Siegel. Hillman e. Co.. causing loss
of 100000.
At Narysville, Mich. Nielsen Mills
sawmiii, including large amount of
timber. was burned. the loss being $780,
600.
The death of George G. Wright, ex-
United States senator and one of the
most popular men in Iowa. occurred at
his home i'm Des Moines, aged 20 years.
In Chicago the factory of +. W. Gil
lett & Co., manufacturers of baking
powder and favoring extracts, was
burned. the loss being S150.O0o.
In a revival at Kingsbury. Ind. all
but two persons in the village of 800
IA habitants professed religion.
In the Drake medical college at Des
Moines, Ia. 10 students were arrested
on the charge of roabing graves.
Near Alachua, Fla. Harry Jordan. a
negro charged with attempted murder.
was burned TO death by mob.
The Occidental college at Los An
geles. Cal. was burned, causing loss
of 100000.
In Perry. O. T.. colored children were
refused admittance to the public
schools.
At the age of 101 years Mrs. Alice
Dooley died at Eoscobel, Wis.
In Carter county. ny. mixing up on
hats caused Tom Ross to fatally shoot
Frank Meade and John Higgins.
While skating on the river at Lacon,
Ill. three brothers manufacturer broke
through the ice and were drowned.
The doors of the Bank of Ogalalla.
Neb.. were closed.
Asa s. Bushnell was inaugurated gov
ernor of Ohio to succeed ex-Gov. Nc
Kinley.
In Chicago Jens Hansen murdered
his wife ard five children by turning
on the gas after they retired ard tool;
his life in the same way. He had been
living under the name of Peter Hou-
gard. and was said 10 be a fugitive
from Danish justice.
Forgers were flooding ST. Louis with
bogus ten-dollar bills.
The Goth Legislature of Iowa con-
vened at Des Moines. II. w. Eyers, of
Shelby county, was elected speaker Of
the house.
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P,TH AND POINT.


= Benedict-"Why don't She marry
you? Is there another man in the
case?" Singleton-"Yes; her father"
-Tit-Bits.
-Cholly-'How would-aw-lille re
own ittle-aw-puppy. Mis- Money
ful?" Miss M.-.This is so sudden, Mr..
Softleigh. Spare Moments.
-Lawyer-'You will get your third
out of the estate, madam" Widow
"Oh, Mr.. Bluebags. How can yol say
such a thing. with my second hardly
cold in his grave?"
- cannot understand re language"
said the despairing Frenchman. II
learn how 70 pronounce re word hydro
phobia' anG zen learn Eat re doctors
some times pronounce it fatal!"-Chi-
cago Tribune
The Chaperon-'The idea of your
allowing Mr.. Tuesoen to kiss YOU, Such
proceedings are disgraceful, and going
on under my very nose. tool" The
Daughtcr-"But / thought they went
under mine."-S Y. Ledger.
-Circumvented - "l'here." said
Dauber, "the committee eau sky that
picture and be blamed 20 them.''
what is ito" asked the man who is
no impressionist. ~ study of the
moon Indianapolis Journal.
-"Great Scott. DOCTOR exclaimed
the man in the chair. "You pulled the
wrong TOOTH" $50 have" replied the
dentist. regretfully. "WeIl. / can't
charge you anything for pulling that
tooth. and I'm out just one dollar.
That's what man gets for being in a
hurry.'-Chicago Tribune.
-Herzog-"Janns says he is going / o
be, ome a detective" PerEshv- -'ol,,
he's too slight for detective He is
very thin, YOU know" Herzog-"Yes.
but he SAYS he wi make a good
shadow" brooklyn Eagle.
Doubtful Econ any - Yabsley -
This is a dollar tie, but l got ii at a
dry goods store for "a cents" Nudge
"Ah. So you save,i % cents" Yabsley
mo, lost IL &C ITS. | had to wait so
long for my char ge that when came
out | had TO spen d 40 cents for a shave
and haircut. indianapolis journal.
AS an example of how easily the
most acute persons may lose themselves
to some extent in the mimic action of
the stage, a story is recalled of an emil
nent special p,eader who was witness
ing a performance of Macbeth" In
the scene where the -Thane of Cawdor,
questioning the witches in the cavern.
says: "What is't you do?" the answer
is: "a deed without a name" This
phrase struck the ears of the pleader 1t
once, and he cried out, excitedly: ~
deed without name? Why. tbs void!"
Household Words.
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GONE TO PIECES.
New York world" Declares the Bond
Syndicate Broken.


Syndicate Broken.
New York. Jan. I3.-The figures of
the New York World show that the
Morgan bond syndicate is broken be-
yond repair. Its calculations show
that offers have been made by persons
and institutions independent of the
syndca TO take $iO4,0O0, 900 worth of
The bonds. or Si.o00.000 more than the
requisite amount. The conservative
Chemical national bank. of this city,
was the first TO withdraw from the
syndicate, and it took out Si,000.000.
Next came the New York Life lnsur-
ance. withdrawing Si0,00o.o00. Sa'ur-
day smaller institutions withdrew
their syndicate bids. The individual
subscribers. according to the newspa-
per i'm question. are as follows:
Tho national banks 500. a00. 00N.
The state banks and savings banks. $751;
600 600.
New York Life Insurance company. &c.,
000,000
Chemical and other New York banks.
$4,000, 600.
German bankers s.000o.eo0.
Russell Sage and other independent
bankers, s3,0G0,Qn0
New York World s. 900 Oo0
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BuSlNs IS BACKWARD.
Trade In state of Hesitation Rath
Than of Hopefulness-

Trade In a state of Hesitation Rather
Than of Hopefuiness.
New York. Jan. l1.-R. G. Dun & Co..
in their weekly review of trade. say:
THE new year begins with such uncer-
tainty that business is somewhat retarded.
The proposed sale of bonds offers ground
for confidence in the future, but no one
is able to determine what its earliest eff
fects may be In the money market. and for
the time II Is a case of hesitation rather
than hopcfulness. Speculation In products
has not been active. Cotton is not un-
changed. although the receipts for the
week have not been very large, but some
slackcning appears in the foreign demand.
Wheat IS about one cent higher, and corn
the same. without distinct reason in either
case
The Industrial situation has not material
ly changed. There is much hesitation in
the iron business. with some advance in
Bessemer pig because of the expectation
that Connellsville coke and lake ore will
both be dearer, and yet finished products
of iron and steel are on the whole quoted
a little lower. Everything turns on the
contracts for ore which are still unsettled.
but the great excess in production of pig
iron over the present demand is no longer
denied. and II is expected that quite num-
Der Of the furnaces will presently discon-
tiflue production.
In boots ard shoes the average of
prices Is n shade lower. Leather is little
lower. but hides re on the whole about ffVc
per cent. stronger at Chicago, with scanty
offerings. The demand for boots and shoes
falls far behind expectations. and many
shops have been closed for time.
THE volume OF domestic trade Indicated
by 10 yments through the principal clear
lighthouses shows the usual large increase
of i46 per cent. over last year. but in COM
parison with the same week In 1893, shows
a decrease of 10 1 per cent. Part of this diff
ference must be attributed to the shrink
age in prices, but there is also without
doubt a considerable decrease In the dis
tribution of goods 20 final consumers.
Liabilities in failures for the first two
days of January amounted to s9ls. 1875, of
which s240.407 were of manufacturing and
s67S,3SS of trading concerns. Failures for
the week have been 4S1 In the United States,
against 800 last year. and s. in Canada.
against "a last year"
Bradstreet's says:
General trade has not improved appre-
Gladly Some wholesale houses are send
Ing out travellers. while others have not
completed taking account of stock. Milo
weather at western points has interfered
with business i'm some Instances. and the
week continues to present characteristics
of a between-seasons period. The impress
sion Is general that uncertainty as to finan-
cial action by congress and disturbing po-
litical conditions have an unfavorable in
fiuence on the prospect for new enterprises.
Mercantile collier tons east west and
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AN analysis made by the Inter o can
shows that 1,52S persons died from vlo-
lent causes in Chicago during The last
year. OF this large number 495 were
killed willfully by their own hands Or
by others; they were victims of rur-
der or suicide Not less than 35T volun-
tarily rid themselves of this ''life's lays
terry" and risked a premature expert
ence of the great mystery of the other
life. One hundred and eighteen were
murdered. Twenty of the lis murder
ers went wholly untouched by jus ice.
of the 9s murderers upon whom the po-
lice laid hands but one suffered death
nv hanging.
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LEARNING TO SING.
French Singing Masters Have Methods

That Are Quite Original.
The methods adopted by Frencl
singing masters have been amusinglN
barlesqued by French writer. Take
NJ. Delsarte, for example. who lives or
a sixth floor at Montmartrc.
When a young man goes TO this pro.
fessor something like the following
scene takes place:
''Have you courage?"
"Yes."
Il warn You my way is severe. But
we will try it. Rum down my 81,
fights of stairs as quickly as possible
and then run up again, crying out:
'Bonifaccio' in varying notes. DO that
for eight days. an hour and half eacf
Cay. Then we shall see about begin
ming lessons
The famous NJ. WarteI is less severe
though equally original. lie asks q
candidate to yocalize with closed
mouth, and, if a protest be entered
against the possibility of such thing,
eNclaims: $50 much the worse. You
must do it if am to be your professor
But a well-known tenor employs a
stranger method still. A young lady
goes to him, for example, and is met
by an order to stretch herself at full
length upon couch. She remon-
strates. but finally obeys. and then the
master piles upon her heap of books,
surmounting the whole with a glass
filed with water.
Now sing" he commands.
"Yes. my child; in singing you must
respire as little as possible. When YOU
sing thus. so as not to spill the Vater,
will undertake your training-not be-
re."-Berlin Tageblatt.
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George q. Wright Is Dead.

Dies Moines. la. Jan. i3.-tieorge g.
Wright, ex-United States senator and
one of the most popslar me1 in the
state. died at $3.50 Saturday morning
at his home, 1915 Pleasant street. The
immediate cause of his death was an
attack of indigestion followed by a
faintiug fiji Friday afternoon. Judge
Wright has been slowly failing for the
past few months and his health has of
late been i'm precarious condition.
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/ s.oo =. pn,zrs on OATS AND CORN

s4oo - FRIES on OATS AND CORN
Last year we offered $500 for the big
gest yield OF oats. 200 bushels Silver
Mine Oats was tins highest. This year
we offer $500 more on pats, 500 on Sill
yer King Barley. barley yielding in
1895 lie bushels per acre, and 500 on
Golden Triumph Yellow Dent Corn, the
corr of your dreams,
What's Teosintc and sand Vetch and
Sacaline and Lathyrus and Giant
Spurry and Giant Incarnate Clover and
lots of such things? They'll make you
rich if you plant a plenty. Catalogue
tells youl
IF You Will CIT MS OFT AND SEND
il with Zoe. postage TO the Jo..n A. Sal
zer Seed Co, Lacrosse, Wis, YOU viii get
free 10 grasses and grains. above oats.
barley. corn ard their catalogue. Cat
alogue alone, sc. (K)
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Vancouver, b. C., Jan. Is The suits
Tor damages brought y Niue Der, Grams
Ton and Johnston, ne Hawaiian exiles,
against the Canadian Australian
Steamship company, were commenced
friday before Mr.. Justice Drake and
Jury The ease of Cranston was
taken up first. The plaintiff was under
examination all day relating the story
Of his arrest and deportation. MIR. Ash
ford. who was attorney general under
ex-Qu,en Liliuokalani. and who was
himself deported, IS here watching the
case, end will. il is said. give evidence
en- behalf of the plaintiffs.