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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
Fatal Mainly Quarrel in an Ill
inOis Town

Clinton. ILL.,, April s. To-day this
city was thrown into the widest ex-
element by a double murder and at
tempted suicide. Ed Pollen, formerly
employed at the shops of the Illinois
Central railroad in this city, murder
ed his wife, formerly Miss Myrtle
Green, and his mOther-in-laW, Mrs. Nc
Mullen, and then attempted suicide by
throwing himself in front of an east
bound freight train. Jealousy is Civ
en- as his reason for committing the
deed. Pollen left here a short time
ago for Creston, Iowa, and had just
returned with the intention of getting
his wife to return there. To-day he
went to the house of his mother-in-law
to talk the matter over with his wife.
Family quarrels were frequent, and
this interview resulted in a quarrel,
Mrs. NcMullen interfering. Pollen, in
his rage, grabbed a double barreled
shotgun, when both women fled to IL
neighbours yard. Pollen emptied one
barrel at his wife striking her just be-
hind the right ear, killing her instant
ly AS Mrs. Pollen fell forward on her
face Mrs. McMullen looked around
just in time to receive the second bar
rel in her face. Both women were
found dead just as they had fallen
Pollen coolly walked a few steps.
stopped, reloaded his gun and ran for
the railroad. A freight train was
pulling in. The officers and citizens
were close behind him. He dropped
his gun and threw himself in front of
the engine. The Lilot struck him on
the head, inf1icting injuries which are
pronounced fatal He was then lodged
in jail. A great crowd of excited cit
liens assembled in front of the jail,
but Mayor McGill addressed them,
and said Pollen would die of his in
juries, and the crowd finally dispersed.
1t is rumored that Pollen was taken to
Decatur for safe keeping. The Jail is
heavily guarded and no reporters are
allowed near it.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06
Evil Doings.

LoI;isina regulators prevented ne
groes from registering. A negro Killed
one of the regulators.
Robert Sacks was fatally shot at
Red Lick, Ky, in quarrel over the
cutting off of a portion of his saddle.
Thieves looted a Springfield ,Qll) dry
goods store, but were careful to select
this years patterns, leaving the Old
STYLES behind.
Tim Sheehan, discharged from the
service of the Cincinnati Southern rail
way because of color blindness, killed
himself with razor at Lansing, Ienn.
James Raines of Jellico, Tenn, was
killed in a drunken quarrel. Fifteen
hours later his son, Zeb, picked a quar-
REL with Frank SuSey and was shot TO
death.
William Strienbinger, a commission
merchant, whose place of business Is
No. 20 Euclid avenue, Cleveland, COM
mittad suicide at Detroit, because he
had Cost heavily in speculation.
Harry Hill, aged twenty-eight, a ho-
tel porter, shot and killed his wife,
aged twenty-one, at Kansas City, and
then committed suicide. Hill had
warned his wife against keeping COM
pany with a certain woman.
The aspllyxiated bodies of Mrs. Olga
gOuess and her three little children
were fodlnd at San Francisco by he@
husband. who is prosperous jeweler.
1t is believed that the mother suffocat-
ed the children and took her own life.
Arson B. Strong was arrested at Ra-
VIENNA, Portage county, Ohio, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Alvin y.
Stone, at Tallmadge. The evidence on
which the charge is based is largely
eircun stantial
On information from Alton, ILL.,,
Charles Conwell was arrested at Law
renee, Kan. for forgery. He made a
full confession. Conwell was district
attorney of Wyoming in 1878. Drink
caused his downfall.
William Royce, the murderer of Mel
lie Patten, was arraigned for trial at
Sioux City, Iowa, and created sensa-
ton by changing his plea OF not guilty
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06

The Old Dominion steamer Yorktown
IS ashore near Small's Point. Va.
The Butler express, on the west
PENNSYLVANIA railroad was wrecked
near Freeport, Pa, and hVe persons
were seriously injured.
Patrick McGuinness, ninety years OF
are. was burned to death in nre
which destroyed his home at Mlddle-
town. n. Y.
Fire at Ansonia, Conn, destroyed
Germania hall, brick block. The jan
itor. Henry Erban, fell from an upper
landing headforemOSt and was 1atally
INJURED. The loss is estimated at about
$4,000.
A southbound vestibule train on the
Southern railroad ran into the sldlng
at Eastman, Ca, injuring four per
sons. A mail clerk threw out bag
which struck a switch, breaking it ana
opening a siding.
The boiler of Fred Grover saw mill,
situated between Milford and Elenor,
Ohio. exploded. w. e. Fitzwater ana
Ernest Martin, employees, were killed.
Fred Grover, Hiram FitzWater ana
Mile Fitzwater were badly injured.
The wall of building recently de-
stroyed by fire fell upon residence at
Cleveland, Ohio, killing Mrs. Is. y.
Bradford of Olmstead Falls, Ohio, a
visitor in the house, and seriously IN
turing Miss Emma DeitEichS, q DO
nestle.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06
Men ON of Work.

East Jaffray, n H, April 5.-White
Bros. Of Winchendon Springs, Mass,
have decided to smut down for an in
definite period the Nelson and Glenal-
len cotton mills at yVinchendon and the
Jaffray and Cheshire cotton mill here
The shutdown will go into effect as
soon as the present supply of cotton is
consumed. They have on hand fin
ished goods valued at $250,00O. The
mills gill not start up until this stock
is disposed Of One thousand opera
tives Will be thrown out of employ
Inent. This is the first time these
mills have shut down in twenty years.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06
DEATH IN A FLOOD.
Fatal CIOudburst in the Mountains
of Kentucky.

Cincinnati. April 5. "A special from
ROCKVILLE. KY, says the cloudburst on
little Sexton and Buffalo creeks did
more damage than was at first report
ed. Instead of four, there were PROB
ahIy sixteen drowned. Sexton creek
rises near Burning Springs and is one
of the feeders of the South FORK OF
fine Kentucky river. It flows in some
places in deep gorges and surrounded
nv rocks. Through these gorges the
stream rushes when in food tide with
the speed Of a race horse, and, strlk-
ing the bottom lands below, spreads
out with wonderful rapidity.
People little thought that the little
brook would rise 50 rapidly or was
capable of gathering such volume OF
water. The cloudburst occurred up
in the gorges, the water gathered IN a
moment and the wild food poured
down in a solid wall, carrying death
and destruction in its path. Five peo-
pie were drowned by Little Sexton.
Buffalo creek is even more crooked
and tortuous than Little Sexton and
by it's action after the burst nine peo-
ple are believed to have lost their
lives. A great many logs were hurled
down with the tide and these Speedlly
knocked the CdDluS anu ouIDuAAe1Ah5S
to pieces.
The dead on Buffalo creek are Mrs.
George Gepson and three children.
Will Burns two children, Miss Mary
Garrett and two unknown. Those Ia
tally injured are Mrs. John Crane
john Crane, a rafter, managed to ride
the drift and rescue his family. His
house was lost George Gepson's'
house was carried away and his wife
and two children persisted. Will
Burns house went out on the waters
and two children were lost Lige Gar
rett's daughter, Mary, was drowned,
and two unknown people lost their
lives.
The drowned on Sexton creek and
it's tributaries were as follows: Capt.
J. S. j. Bull, Mrs. Wade Marders and
child and two unknown people. jack
son county suffered heavily, as did
Clay and Owsley.
IT was the most disastrous food in
years and came so quickly that it is
wonder any of the valley people es-
capped.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06
washington Talk.

The president nominated ". a.
Little of Georgia to be assistant az
torney general, vice John l. HAN re-
signed.
The act authorizing the st. LOUIS
Okla homa & Southern Railway coni-
nanv to construct a railway through
fhe Indian Territory and Oklahoma
has become a law without the presl-
dents approval.
The comptroller of the currency has as
declared 10 per cent. DIVIDENDS IN
favor of the creditors OF lnsolyV el.o
national banks as follows: Inc
German National bank OF Lincoln
Neb., the First National bank OF OF . Jonn1
son City, Tenn, the First Natlonal
bank of Middlesboro, KY
Secretary Bruce of Arizona, acting
under advice of the interior depart
ment, asked Gov. Hughes, who mas
been removed, to surrender ms Keys 7.s
and records. He refused, saying ms
removal was void until the appoint
ment of his successor is confirmed.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06
CUBANS BUTCHERED.
Many Innocent People Are Killed by
the Spanfards.


the Spanfards.
New Orleans, April 5. - The Plea
yune's special Havana letter, dated
March 81, gives this summary OF
events personally investigated by the
writer, which is declared to be ac-
curate in every particular:
In Balm, DR.. Vodal Sotolongo made
an opera ton on a poor old man, and
when he was convalescent he was
one night arrested and taken to the
armory Of the guardia civil where
they dashed him all over the body.
Then they took him on the outside of
the town where they compelled him to
make Il grave, where they buried him
after he died from the i'll treatment
he had received.
On the plantation Calvador of the
Count de BarTeto, Lieut.. PetancOurt, a
Cuban by birth. belonging to the troop
of Gen. Aldecoa. shot to DEATH after
hacking him with his macheta, de-
fenseless colOred resident who was on
his way to join his family. On the
first machete blow he lost his arm,
and the second his head. In the city
of BatabanO the chief Of police and
other local authorities arrested three
individuals and took them on the out
skirts of the town, where they were.
butchered and left dead on the road.
side, the murderers bringing the report
to the city that the insurgents had
killed the men
In Guatao alone, / am Informed by
reliable sources, the number of killed,
including women and children. was,
forty seven persons.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06
THOSE SEEDS
BY Which Congressmen VIII stand,
In WITH Their Commitments

by which congressman VIII Stand,
In with Their COnsiitucnts
washington, April 5.-The agricul-
tural department. has forwarded all.
senators ana representatives notices
that the quota of each one in this
year distribution Of government
seeds will be $4,000 packets of yere-
table seeds, in packages containing X
assorted varieties and 400 hackers of
flower seeds in go packages of Z mack
cts each. The allotments for tbe
Southern senators and members will
be distributed first owing to the ad-
vanced season All Of these seeds have,
been purchased and put up ready for
mailing in properly printed packets,
ana will be mailed by congressional
franks from the place of purchase.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06
FORGER CLARK'S ARREST
The Bankers Whom He Robbed of
$4,000 Have Hunted Him Down.

nave hunted HIN Down.
Pierre, S. D., April 5. = George M.
Clark, the Grant county forger who
fed this state a few months ago, is
now OH a ranch near Santa Lucrecia,
Canton Minattan, Vera Cruz, Mex He
is now under surveillance of a Pinker-
ton detective and his escape from ar
rest is impossible. His family, consist
ing of a wife and one child, is with
him, and owing to this fact his detec-
ton was easy. Sheriff John Williams
of Grant county sailed from New York
city the 31st for Vera Cruz and upon
his arrival Clark will be turned over to
him, the state department at Washing
ton having requested Clark's arrest by
wire on the Both, and the sheriff hav-
ing requisition papers in his posses
sion. Clark forged county warrants
on Day, Roberts, Grant and other
counties. While the amount is not
definitely known it is presumably in
excess of $4,000. These warrants
were sold to James n Brown & Co,
bankers of New York city, who have
hunted him dawn.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06
miscellaneous,

About 500 mechanics employed on
the big Siegel-CoOper building at New
York went on "a strike to-day because
non-union cornice and Skylight makers
had been engaged.
James %. Barber of Richmond, Va,
secretary and treasurer of the Ches-
apeake & Ohio Railway company, died
in a sanitarium at Indianapolis of a
tumor o. the brain.
J. f. Scott of Lexington, KY, who
bought Ashland Wilkes, sire of John
r. Gentry, at Wichita, Kas., has pur-
chased eleven pedigree mares in st.
Joseph, Mo-, paying therefor nearly
$4,000.
The senior class at the Allegheny
theological seminary has gone out on
"a strike on Rev John Wilson, D. D.,
the professor of church history, and
refuses to recite to him. SO far their
revolt seems to be a success.
The anti-coal trust bill, allowing the
attorney general to begin action to
prevent monopolies, passed the New
York senate by an affirmative vote OF
40, no one voting in the negative. The
bill had previously passed the assem-
bly,.
The Northern Pacific railroad will
run two transcontinental trains in
stead of one The time between Ia
coma and st. Paul will be shortened
eight hours by putting on fast mail
train.
Williams Hills Yale, aged SIS, died
at Meriden, Conn, Of blood poisoning.
He was the pioneer manufactures Of
timed ware in New England He re-
tired from business several years ago,
having sknassed a fortune.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06
From Foreign Shores.

The marquis of Salisbury has gone
to the north of France.
The French foreign minister has re-
signed, being made a scapegoat.
The Bermuda has succeeded in land
ing her cargo of arms and ammunition
for the Cubans.
A piece is to be produced at one of
the theaters in Berlin in a few weeks,
the author of which is said to be none
other than the emperor of Germany.
The Peruvian government has notl-
fed the diplomatic corps that all
claims against Peru out of the recent
civil war must be made within thirty
days.
An order issued by the Austrian min
lister of public instruction has been
published, admitting to registration in
Austria of women who hold foreign
medical diplomas.
The duke and duchess of Marlbo-
rough have arrived in LoU don after
their extended wedding trip. Great
preparations are being made for their
reception at Woodstock.
The London Times announces the
death of Senior Perrira, a Portuguese
vineyard owner, WHO IedNeS IL lO1IuH
Of 100000, and Joseph Spaeth, the
Austrian gynaecologist.
Field Marshal Yamagata, who COM
manded the Japanese forces during
the war with China, is in San Francis
co, on his way to Moscow to attend
the coronation Of the car as the rep
reSentative of Japan.
A serious fire occurred in st. Saveur
church and hospital at Lille, France.
All of the patients were rescued from
the burning building, but three of them
subsequently died from fright. Eff
teen soldiers, who were employed in
quenching the fire, went to a drug
gist's shop, and there drank some poi
son, which they mistook for gin. Six
of them died as a, result of the
draught.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06
| to guilty. His crime was cold-blood.

to guilty. His crime was a cold-Diood'
ed one.
DR.. f. Cecil Legar, who claimed TO
he from Donaldsville, La, and who ar
rived in Perry. Ohio, several days ago,
in search of his wife, kidnapped his
four-year-old boy from it's mother III
that CITY and Immediately left town
with the child.
The notorious outlaw, Carl Thorn,
alias Diamond Point who led the RAID
at Coffeeville, Kan, and who, Whlle
member of the Dalton gang, killed four
men, was killed by United States Dep
uty Marshal George Richards at DO
yer, Okla.
Fred Gorrell, a moulder of West Co
iumbus, Ohio, aged tWenty-one; shot
his wife, who was but seventeen, and
then stood before a mirror and cut MS
own throat with razor. Gorrell died
almost Instantly; but his wife will re-
cover. Jealousy was the cause OF the
affair.
The body of a man supposed to be
a brother of A GadboiS, 3S7 Blue Isl
and avenue, Chicago, was taken from
Twin Lake, at Laporte, Ind. He es-
capped from a hospital, having been
found in the railroad yards nearly
beaten to death.
Capt. J. Normal, a shipmaster of
Portland, Maine, was shot and instan-
" killed at Tampico, Mex, by Harry
Boston, an American boarding house
keeper. The cause of the killing is
not known. Capt. Norman was a
member of the New York Pilots asso-
citation.
Mrs Hiram Smith and family OF
Columbus, Ore, are the innocent vic
TINS OF an unknown persons hatred
and live in daily fear. Repeated at
tempts have been made to poison the
woman and her children, and of late
the WOuld-be poiSoner has grown bold
in his attempts.
George Proziclk, a Polish miner, re-
ceived three serious stabS in the right
arm at the OSceola mine, near Hough-
ton, Mich, while drinking at board
ing house. His assailant offered $500
in settlement of his damages. ThlS
was refused, and officers cannot find
him now.
Warren B. Sexton, general manager
of the defunct Sexton Security compa-
ny lat Kansas City, has departed. He
left a letter addressed to his brother,
Edward F. Sexton, vice president OF
the company stating that he had lost
several thousand dollars of the COM
pany's funds in wheat gambling.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06
PoouIe in Print.

Thomas Seay, who has been III at
mis- home at Greensboro, Ala, for Two
weeks with the grippe, is dead. he
was prominent in public life tor over
twenty-five years.
Prof. J. w. Hoffman, of Tuskegee
institute, the only distinguished negro
scientific agriculturalist of America
has been elected a member OF the
Massachusetts, Horticultural society.
Miss f. Jennie Duty, formerly gen
eral secretary of the National Non
Partisan w. G. T. u. and widely
known throughout the country as
temperance worker, died at her home
in cleveland, the result Of a paralytlc
stroke. The deceased was 40 years
DID,
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06
HAS A WIDE RECORD.
Notorious Criminal Caught While.
Attempffng HOune NnrgInrx


Attempting House Burglary
New York, April 5. = George john
son, who has a notable record as a
criminal, and who is alleged to be one
of the gang Of letter box robbers who
have operated in most Of the large
cities of the United States, is a pris-
Oner here, with a bullet wound in his
wrist. .IohnsOu's arrest was some
what in the nature of an accident.
Last night officers discovered three
men trying TO force an entrance to a
house in East Eighth street. The men.
ran upon seeing that they were Oh
served. Tue policemen pursued and.
hred at the fugitives, one of whom
was hit III the wrist. This man was
Johnson, against whom there are pend
ing numerous complaints. He is ~
years old and has served several terms
of imprisonment, one of fifteen wears.
for highway robbery
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06

The famous elephant, Gypsey, has
1ust killed her seventh man, yet the
vacancy of keeper has already been
filed. Tt would seem that her owners
could hardly be blamed for allowing
the beast to live, SO dong as men are
to be found foolhardy enough to be
willing ito put themselves at her mercy
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06

1t costs about SD, 900 year to run
Boston's great library; but, as the cir
culation of books in 1886 was over two
million, to say nothing of the use of
the reading rooms, a full equivalent
for The money lis secured. The amount
expended includes about $4,000 for
new books.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06

Quite the neatest thing in imprompt-
us that we have heard of of late was
Loie Fuller's response ito her manag-
er when he presented her with low
ing cup. "It contained but four words:
''Oh. you sweet thing" but it was &C
companied with the mcst eloquent OF
gestures, an embrace.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06

France is Strengthening her navy
and clearing her decks for action in
view of the possibility of trouble with
Great Britain over the Egyptian bust
ness. The present British lingo" min
istry is laying up store OF troGble for
their beloved country By embroilinG
themselves with almost every nation
on the globe.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06

The Wanderbilts are said to be figur
ing ON a plan to shorten the railroad
time between Chicago and, New York,
but whether with view to- ultimately
extending the limits of both towns
until each is a suburb of the other or
not does not appear.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06

Detroit, April 5. A warrant was.
sworn out this morning for the arrest
OF AID. John Jacob, charging him with
sollcltlnG q bride from firm of archi-
tecls III connection with the plans for
the new county building. Aid. Jacobs.
was indicted several years ago by the
grand jury on charge of boodling.
but escaped conviction.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06

One notable and deplorable feature
in the news of the day is that a great
many of the crimes in this country are
being committed 10y boys. For this,
more than any other cause, fash lit
erature is responsible, and the evllswill
grow until the cause IS removed.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06

The bill to execute criminals by cleo
tricity went through the Ohio senate
by unanimous vote. All doubt as to
the fatal action of the current seems
to have disappeared from the public
mind
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06

The new member Of the French acad-
envy, the Marquis Costa de Beaure-
gard, is the author of only one book,
history of a king of Sardinia. The
sighted lola will be apt to find in this
topic an analogy between little fish
and academicianS.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06

Chicago has had S3,664 arrests dur
ing the past year. This lis little over
S per cent of the entine population, as
given in the census of 1894. Consider
ing Chicag6's pretensions to size and
wickedness, this is not Suoh;a tremend'
GUS showing.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06

"'He can see as far through"a stone
wall as anybody" is an old proverb
that no longer has any meaning, since
in these days of the x rays that feat,
once considered the height of impossi-
bility, has come to be- the easiest thing
imaginable.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06

The cost of electric power in the
great railway tunnel of Baltimore is
rapidly declining, and in short time
Will be no greater than that OF steam.
Electricity in the industries is march
ing on with a steady and certain
sweep.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-04-06

Cleveland, April 5.-The stories that
have been told concerning the fortunes
inflicted by the Spaniards in CUBA are
more than confirmed by I. Il. IayloF'
who has just arrived in this city after
a residence of three years IN Havana.
In answer to inquiries regarding the
truth of the circulated reports he sald:
'"rhe worst has not been tod.
have known of prisoners being strung
up by the thumbs at Moro Castle TOT
DAYS at time to the mercy OF the
vicious foes in the shape OF flies, which
were attracted III swarms by molasses
smeared upon the victims face ana
chest for that purpose Many other
forms of torture are practiced upon
the unfortunate rebels when taken.
These outrages against humanity 90
occur, as any citizen of Havana can
testify. In fact, if they would allow
some of the prosecuted wretches III
the Cuban dungeons to testify, stories
of tiendish torture could be unearthed
which would shock the Christian
world