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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-21
HarNOr Precedent.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O-An interesting
question, raised by the last river and harbor
bill, was considered today by the house COM
mittee on rivers and harbors. Comptroller
Bowler has given notice to the chief Of engf-
neers of the army that he will not allow e.1-
penditures for repairing or rebuilding docks
which may be undermined or damaged by the
improvements on the Chicago river. A rcso-
luton mas been introduced to authorize such
expenditures and subcommittee was today
delegated to investigate the presidents and
report. The question is an important one.
as it Is likely to be raised in regard to the
expenditures for Improvements at Philadel-
Dhia, Cleveland and other Cities
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-21
GOLD FROM THE COAST.
Five Millions Received In the Past
Two Months.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2O.-The Evening
Post says: The receipts Of gold frcm
the Pacific coast continue to attract
attention. Since the md OF January
they amount to between 81, 600 900 and
100000, a good deal Of which has
been received by registered mail. San
Francisco has to remit in order, to dis
charge her obligations here, and az
neither New York exchange nor legal
tender notes can be obtained in San
Francisco to any large amount, the
gold has to be shipped. Some al the
gold that is being received here now
came from Australia for New York.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-21

The Minneapolis Times is as proud
as a boy with new top CT being de-
scribed by competent authorities as a
Glow Matchmaking sheet" and finding
nobody to deny it. Indeed, the tenor
of it's own remarks on the subject
seems to be that If it is not yet ex-
actly what 1t has been called, 1t "'opes
to be-"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-21

the state should stand with and not
before it's citizens and take it's proper
tional share Of the assets Of broken
banks
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-21
TEMPERATURES.
DAILY MEANS

Barometer 1856; thermometer, 50; relative
humidity, 80; wind, west; weather, cloudy;
maximum thermometer. SO; minimum Their
mometer. 27 daily range 8; amount of melted
snow in last twenty-fOur hours, Is.
NOte-Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. P. f. Lyons, Observer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-21

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-Forecast for Sun
day: Minnesota-Generally fair; colder in
eastern portion; northerly winds.
Wisconsin-Fair, preceded by light SHOWS
in eastern portions; northerly winds and
colder.
South Dakota-Light local SHOWS, followed
by fair; northerly winds.
North Enthusiastically fair and slightly
warmer; winds shifting TO easterly.
Montana-Fair; slightly warmer; variable
winds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-21
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
TODAY'S WEATHER.

Weekly, One Year ------ $I.oe
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
From Foreign shore.

The Hawaiian government has de-
ported some 800 Japanese laborers and
now has serious trouble with the jap
anese colony.
Private advices received at Montreal
contradict the announcement that the
Duke of Leeds will be the next gov
ernor general.
Rev. Fayette Pettibone, for 40 years
A missionary of the American board in
Turkey, died at Rockton, ILL.,, his for
mer home, aged 10.
The Italian cruiser Liguria, 2,2S0
tons. will be sent to New York by the
Italian government to represent Italy
at the dedication of the Grant monu-
ment.
The police are actively Investigating
the death of postal official who was
shot and killed on a train between
Geneva and Berne, Switzerland. Sew
eral mail bags were stolen.
A first-class state room in the cabin
of the steamship Mariposa has been
turned into a prison cell and in it MUIR
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06

In the United States senate a bill has
lately been introduced to establish q
national department OF public health
The bill is the result of efforts by the
Pan-American Medical Congress, &
gathering of physicians from the coun'
tries of North, South and Central
America. Such a department, if es-
tablished, would study in a systematic
and scientific way, not only diseases
and their prevention or cure, but many
kindred matters which have quite as
important bearing upon the welfare
of the people-matter such as the con
dition of the laboring classes, theil
workshops and dwellings, the cost and
nutritive value of various kinds of food
the purity of water supplies, etc.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
Cr;moa and Crtminnls.

Capt. e. w. Reed, of the ship T. T..
Cakes, has been arrested at New York
for starving his sailors.
The State bank at Oneida, ILL.,, has
been robbed. The safe was wrecked.
The amount taken is between $4,000
and $1,000
Charles f. Houghton, practical own
or of the Corning Glass company and
raputed to be worth half a million,
SHIT and killed himself at Geneva,
n. Y.
Joseph Enyske was stabbed to death
1T Lawrence, Ind, b yStephen Royce, a
butcher knife being thrust through his
body fire." the back until the point pro-
truded /. ugh the breast bone.
Prof. Ludwig Baltenerg, a music
teacher, who has been in Jail in Chica-
go since Feb. %, accused of the murder
of Saloonkeeper Henry Shoemaker,
was discharged after an investigation
Of his case by the grand jury.
Christ Yaeger, Convicted at Fond du
Lac. Wis, of assault with intent to
kill John BONN, his neighbor, was re-
handed to the custody of the sheriff
pending sentence. Yaeger was out on
$1,000 bail
Two convicts en- route from Monte
yuma to Fort Madison escaped from a
passenger train on the Iowa Central
moving at the rate Of forty miles an
hour. north of Oskaloosa. The pris-
oners were handcuffed together. A
posse is in pursuit
c. B. Catlin, for a year an Eldora,
Iowa, clothing merchant, has been in
;licted for embezzlement. 1t is charged
that Catlin mortgaged a stock of
clothing here for $1,000. but when the
mortgage was foreclosed not over
$500 worth of goods could be found.
1t is claimed that part of the goods
were carried away in the night.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
derer Butler will be taken to the scene
/ Of his crimes in Australia

derer Butler will be taken to the scene
of his crimes in Australia.
The French chamber of deputies has
adopted the port dues bill, imposing a
tax upon foreign vessels of franc %
centimes per metric ton upon merchan-
disc and upon each head of cattle or
passenger landed.
DR.. Won Stephan, secretary for the
imperial post department.; Herr
Fritsch, departmental chief of posts,
and Priyy Councillor Neumann will
represent Germany at the international
postal congress in Washington.
Archbishop Begin of Quebec, who
was received in audience by Pope Leo,
told the Associated Press correspond
ent that one purpose of his visit at
Rome is to consule with the ecclesias-
teal authorities regarding the Mani
toba school question. The Canadian
bishops, according to Archbishop Begin,
are unit in opposition to the Green
way-Laurier compromise, regarding 1T
as an illusory settlement of vital
issue.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06

The comparative statement of the
receipts and expenditures of the Unit
ed States shows the total receipts dur
ing February to have been $24, 400,997.
ana the disbursements $28,796,056
which leaves a deficit for the month OF
1895, O59, as compared with a deficit
of about $690,O0O for February, 1896
Since July 1, 1896 the aggregate deficit
is $4S, 1876, AL. The receipts from GUS
toms last month amounted to $11 $751;
260; from internal revenue, 10,S8S, 421;
from miscellaneous sources, 1925, 315
AS compared with February, 1896
there is shown a loss from customs o,
about $2,320,000, gain of about $4,000
from internal revenue and gain OF
about $550,000 from miscellaneous
sources.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06

Every public speaker is liable to say
what Punch calls things one could
wish to have expressed otherwise" MOI
long since, at a meeting of ministers
where a sermon that had caused very
general comment was criticised, 6
Brooklyn pastor said several ill-consid.
cred things about the preacher of the
discourse The next morning, on see.
ing them in the cold type of a newspa.
per. they seemed to him rude and of.
fensive. Immediately-being a Chris.
tan and a gentleman-he wrote to the
editor a letter for publication in the
next issue of the paper, wherein he
withdrew the offensive words as Gun.
warranted and uncalled for and con.
yeying an unfriendly judgment which
the criticised preacher did not deserve
The apology confessed the wrong an6
made amends for the infelicitous
speech. That was not remarkable.
Gentlemen do that every day. But
what is remarkable about it is, that ii
exhibits one theologian, who, living in
an atmosphere where there is no odium
theologicum Theological hatred), car
differ from another theologian without
exhibiting the rancor which cloaks it.
self under the guise of zeal for thu
truth.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
In South Dakota.

st. Paul, April Especial kilograms
from points in South Dakota, Iowa and
Nebraska bring word Of increasing
floods in all the rivers Rain has
fallen almost necessarily for the last
seyenty-tWo hours over an area of more
than 100 miles in radius from Omaha,
the fall being fully four inches for that
time. This has greatly increased the
volume of water il the already swollen
streams, and now what are usually
brooks have been transformed into tor
rents. Thousands Of acres of farm
lards are under from four to six feet
of water ,and many families have
moved in boats. Along the James
river in South Dakota a great MANY
farmers had gone back to their homes
when tie water receded early last
week and are now caught in this sec
ond food A Missouri river steamboat
has been sent from YaEkton to rescue
the sufferers along the James river.
Sioux City reports that the Missouri
has passed tie danger line there and is
overfoWing the lower part of the city.
Cherokee reports the second flood on
the Little Sioux worse than the first.
YanktOn is cut off from railroad com.
munlcatlon and most of the telegraph
and telephone lines are down. Pierre
reports the river clear of ice there. A
special from Yankton says the Jim riy-
er is on rampage, covering the bot
tom lands from bluff to bluff. and
threatening to wash away the Great
Northern, Northwestern and Milwau.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
Accidental Happenings.

John Hogan was found dead from
exposure at Saltese, Mont.
Fire did about $4,000 damage to the
plant of the c.. s. J. Michael Brewing
company at La Crosse. Wis. Insured.
MissMar yMorton. who was injured
by a bicyclist at Washington, is the
niece of eX-Secretary Morton, and not
his sister as was stated. Miss Morton
is improving.
John O'Sullivan, agent for the Della
ware 81 Hudson Canal company at
Comstock, n. Y, and William Huick.
Il storekeeper, were drowned in Wood
creek, near Whitehall
Elmer Anderson of Mystic, Iowa left
home last night. His body, ground to
pulp, was found on the Milwaukee
tracks this morning. 1t is believed
that he met with foul play and the
body was placed on the tracks to hide
the evidence.
Fifty miles were made homeless
and 100000 worth Of property de-
stroyed by fire at Portsmouth, Va.
Among the buildings burned was a
Catholic church. Several firemen and
Spectators were in jured by falling
timeberS
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
Going Against Durrant.

San Francisco, April 5.-The supreme
court has denied the application of
Theodore Durrant for rehearing Of
the application for new trial, previ
ously denied. Chief Justice Beatty dis
scented from the opinion. This settles
Durrant's fate as far as the state
courts are concerned He will now ask
for interference of the federal courts,
and, failing in that will appeal for ex-
ecutive clemency.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06

A Presbyterian congregation at
Steamboat Rock, Ia, disliked their pas
tor, Rev. H. B. Fonkin, and while he
was away they sent for congregations
al minister at Cedar Rapids to come
down and preach to them last Sunday
evening. After the service one of the
deacons arose and made a motion that
every member join the Congregational
church. And it was carried unani-
mously. Rev. Mr.. Fonkin is recovering
very slowly from the shock.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06

Now ana then we hear of girl type
writer's capturing the hearts and bank
accounts of their employers, or their
employers sons. In the day of wom-
ans supremacy the conditions will be
reversed. Already the first case has
been reported in the male typewriter
of ST Paul who eloped with and mar
ried the daughter of his millionaire en-
ployer. Why not give the boys an
equal show with the girls?
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
Peonle in Print.

Patrick Crowley, chief of police OF
San francisco, has resigned his office
after thirty-seven years service III the
police department.
; c.. M. Carter, a wealthy merchant OF
Boston, died at the Palace hotel San
Francisco, from pneumonia and heart
failure, aged sixty years.
e. FL. McHenry, chief engineer OF the
Northern Pacific road, has been elect
ed an honorary member of the Mon
tana Society of Engineers.
Most Rev. Conyngham Plunket Q4ord
Plunket, Protestant archbishop of
Dublin, is so seriously i'll that his
physicians consider his condition hope
less.
The mayor of Liverpool gave
luncheon to 4 number of representa-
tive business men in order to bid fare
we'll to the retiring United States con-
sui there, James e. Neal
James G.. Moers, one of the oldest set
tiers in Chicago, died to-day at his
home in I4aGrange, H., aged 100 years
and eight days. He first came to Chi
cago in 1888.
Dr. Joseph F. James died at his resi-
dence at bingham, Mass, of pneumo-
MIA. DR.. James Was professor of bot
Sny in the Cincinnati College of Phar-
macy from 1880 to 1888, and professor
of physiology, biology, geology and
botany for two years at Oxford, ONO.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
MORE LEVEEs GO.
Another Disastrous Break Which
VIII Cause Great Suffering.

Another Disastrous Break Which,
Will Cause Great Suffering.
Memphis, Tenn, April 3. = Another
disastrous break in the Mississippi
leyee occurred at Flower Lake six
miles below Tunica, Miss. The break,
while not yet of great width, is fully
fifteen feet deep, and the water Is
pouring through the opening with fear
FIJI velocity. This will probably be the
most destructive break that has oc-
Cured in the delta. The most fertile
farm lands of Mississippi will be in
undated. and the newly planted corn
crops will be laid in waste. No loss
of life is reparted, but the condition of
the poorer classes throughout the
flooded area is indeed critical. Half a
hundred towns stand in six feet Of
water and the yellow stream is creep
ing up slowly but surely. Advices just
received tell of a break in the levee
two miles south of Helena, Ark. This
is the !evee for which the people Of
Southern Arkansas have made such Il
desperate fight The waters from this
break will flood a great area and i'll all
probability will back up into the streets
of Helena The suffering along the
ST. Francis is appalling. At Memphis
the river is slowly rising again.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
New Mexico's Governor Resigns.

Santa Fe, N. Mex, April 5. = Gov.
Thornton has wired to Washington his
resignation as governor of New Mex
leo. His commission expires on the
10Th inst, but he always declared he
would resign as soon as the Burton
gang of conspirators were executed.
Private dispatches from Washington
indicate that the resignation will be ac-
cepted at OEce.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06

A st. Louis alchemist, Edwin G. Brice
by name, announces to the world that
he has discovered a formula by which
he can obtain gold and silver from
crude raw material and the baser
metals. The feat was performed the
other day in the presence of several
spectators whose probity cannot be
questioned. Mr.. Brice is a cousin OF
Senator Calvin H. Brice.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
STRIVING workinr Peon1e.

London, April 5. The Madrid cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says that
bands of starving working people
broke out into open disorder at Malaga,
destroying property and Selling large
sums of money. The police made
many arrests. The cause of the out
break is lack of work.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
At st. Louis,

st. Louis, April 5.-St. Louis is pa
tiently waiting for the flood. The gov
eminent gauge showed 28.03 yester
day, a fall of two inches in twelve
hours A rise to 30 feet had been pre-
dicted " the weather bureau but the
river declined to abide the programme.
The river is now rising.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06

The Chicago Evening Post calls Nc
Kinley the twenty-fourth president.
We hope this great question of counting
the presidents will some day be set
tied before all the brain tissue of the
country is worn threadbare.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
Cross-Countrx Championship.

New York, April 5.-The cross-coun-
try championship of America, which
has remained in allegiance for the last
five years, has been revived over the
Morris Park race track steeplechase
course. Fifty-seyen runners in all
were counted by Starter Bishop. Geo.
w. Orion, the Canadian long distance
runner, won handily by $50 yards i'll
1858,
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
where the Legacy. Where Charne.

New YORK, April 1.-THE police OF tnlS
city have received a letter from Eliza
beth Charne of Milwaukee asking for
information of Florent Charne, who,
she writes, left this city for Belgium in
March, 1895, to collect a legacy for her.
The woman says she gave the man
about $1,000 and that she has not
heard of him since He promised to
return in less than year.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
VIII Pay It's National Debt.

Buenos Ayres, April 5.-The govern
ment has received from the Roths-
chims in London congratulations upon
it's decision to pay the national debt
in full, principal and interest. The
bankers state that such action will
prove an excellent thing for the pros
pcrity of the country.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06

Rome, n. Y, April 5.-Drillers have
struck a big flow of gas at about 1000
feet on the plant of the Rome Brass
and Copper company at the junction of
the Black river and the Erie canal, in
the heart of the city. The flow is es-
timated at 100000 feet in twenty
four hours under 1000 pounds pres
sure
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
Ramsay Released.

Lima, Peru, April 5.-Ramsay, the
American sailor who was arrested in
the early part of the year at Callao on
the charge of disorderly conduct, con-
fined and subsequently sentenced to a
years Imprisonment without legal
trial, was released on Saturday night
by order of the superior court of APP
pealS.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
Difebed

Salt Lake, Utah, April 5.-The west
bound through passenger train on the
oregon Short Line was ditched near
Malad station. The accident was
caused by the breaking of a switch
lug. 2. Kennedy of Kansas City, Mo,
was killed and several were seriously
injured.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
PITH OF THE NEWS.
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK In A
CONDENSED FORM.

A General Resume of the Most I'm
pOrtant News of the Week, From
all Parts of the Globe, Boiled
Down and Arranged I'm Con
venient Form for Rapid Fer
usaI by Busy People.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06

w. A. Johnson, who is now associate
justice of the Kansas supreme court.
serving his third term, once was base
ball pitcher. He seems to be in the
game STILL He's on the bench.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06

kee railroad bridges which cross the
stream at that point. Over three
miles of each road has washed out so
far. The river is still rapidly rising.
1t is thought the worst of the flood is
vet to come.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06

Russell Sage holds a $50 mortgage
on his grand-nephew's little home.
That mortgage ought to be lifted as
soon as possible.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
stores Under water.

Middlesboro, Ky, April 5.-This city
is again flooded. Water is four inches
higher than i'll the flood five weeks ago.
Most of the stores in Cumberland ave-
nue. are flooded. At Pineville the river
is rising three feet per hour.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06

Russia does not really want to strike
Greece. 1t is afraid the little nation
might be hurt.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
STILL THEY RISE
FLOOD SITUATION IN THE NORTH
WEST GROWING WORSE.
The Swollen Rivers, Fed by Heavy
Rains, Continue to Rise ana
Many Northwestern Towns Are
Flooded Danger to Railroad
Observation-Disclosures Break in the
Levee Near Memphis.

Ortonyille, Nina, April 5. - RMS IS
the fourth day that Ortonyllle mas
been completely cut off from communl-
cation with the outside world IN every
direction. A train can't go twenty
miles from this city in any direction.
Lac qui PaIie lake, the Minnesota NV
or. Big Stone lake and Lake Traverse
form one vast sea OF hundred mlles
in length. At this point the lake ana
river is merged into one and rising
rapidly at the rate OF half an inch an
hour the result OF q narthWest VIVA
which is driving the ice, which is yet q
solid mass, out of Big Stone lake INTO
the overlooked bottoms of the Mime
sofa river, where it IS likely 10 90
great damage. Bridges are gone III
many places and boats are in demand
in the vicinity Of the depot and rail-
road yards. Rain has been falllhg
steadily for a week, making country
roads impossible and keeping farmers
eff their fields.
Anoka. Mimi. April 5. More rain
fell to-day. The Mississippi river rose
about a foot since yesterday and old
river men give their opinion that 1t
will rise over five feet more and will GO
a great deal of damage. The banks OF
the river are being steadily washed
away here Rum river is nearly as
high as itswas two years ago. Houses
en- the flats are nearly surrounded by
water.
st. Paul, April 5.-The river c0ntln-
ued to rise slowly but steadily all day
yesterday. The most important change
in the situation was the breaking OF
the upper levee at James street and the
inundation of the upper flats, the re-
moval of a number of families from
newly inundated districts on the West
side flats and the passage of an
enormous drive of logs down river.
There was considerable hurrying at
the upper end of the flats, near the
Omaha railroad bridge, where the
leyee broke. Many of the people living
there had confidence in the levee and
refused to move out. When the leyee
broke and the water began to pour III
on the flats there was great demand
for boats and people moved out in a
hurry Many did not have time to
save their household effects. There
were no injuries reported.