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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
People Talked About.

Anthony S. Morrow, q prominent
Central Pennsylvania banker and cap
italist, died at Holidaysburg, Pa, Of
paralysis, aged seventy-four years.
William Wood, resident of Plain
field, Wis, since 1855, is died, aged SO.
Eight children, forty-nine grandchil-
dren and twenty-five great grandchil-
dren, also an aged wife, survive him.
Mrs. George II. Trimmings, wife of
the general secretary Of the 7. M. G.
A. at La Crosse, Wis, is dead of con-
sumption, aged thirty. She leaves one
daughter nine years old.
State Senator Charles J. Bronson OF
Lexington, Ky, was married i'll st.
Louis to Miss Wisdom Of Paducah,
Ky. Their wedding was announced
a year ago but the brides father OBJ
iected Since then the father has died,
leaving an estate worth over million
dollars.
Rev. w. A. Foster, pastor of the
First Christian church of st. Louis,
has resigned from that passionate to ac-
cept a call from the West London
tabernacle of London, England, which
is the largest church of the Christian
denomination outside Of the United
States.
Mrs. Hulda New, aged eighty-four
years, died near Columbus, Ind, last
Sunday! She was a cousin of John
G. New Of indianapolis, ex-treasurer
of the United States, and also of the
late Jeptha D. New, eX-congressman,
ex-circuit judge and ex-appellate judge
Of Indiana.
Mrs. I. N. Waggoner died at her
home near Hamilton, ILL.,, aged eighty
seven years. Her husband was one of
the earliest pilots on the Mississippi
river and was captain of a keelboat
propelled by poles and sails before the
days of steamers. Her father, Capt.
James White, bought from the Indians
the land which is now the site Of the
historic Mormon town, Nauvoo, paying
them therefor seven bushels of corn
for each wigwam and receiving an In
dian deed on wampum for the same.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

A Chicago faith-healer last week
rured a 81. 500 lawsuit for Goshen, Ind.
A year ago Orville Afford fell into a
street excavation and sued for dam
ages. The circuit court gave him $7,5OO
after q. long contest. Afford, whose
physician advised amputation of both
legs. consulted a Chicago faith-cure
practitioner, returned without his
crutches and says he is entirely cured.
He may get a few hundred dollars. Ex-
perts made the most critical investlga-
ton at the trial and pronounced the
plaintiff incurable.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
miscellaneous.

The battleship Texas has arrived al
Galveston, Tex. A silver service WIZ
be presented by the citizens.
Senator George of Mississippi has
recovered sufficiently to be taken to
his home.
The fight in Kansas for resubmls'
sion of the liquor question is apparent
ly los+ in the stae legislature.
BY Unanimous vote the athletic coun-
Gil of Cornell agreed to allow Yale TO
enter Corncll's race with Harvard.
The Dixon-Downey fight at New
York was declared draw in the TWEEN
tieth round.
The controller of the currency has
given authority for the organization OF
the First National Bank Of Newport,
Ark.
Kid Lorraine, who lately went to
coast, was knocked out in the fifth
round by Jack McDonough of st. Paul.
The Burns & Hunt Hardware COM
pany, a large retail house at Sioux
City, Iowa, has failed with liabilities
of $4,000. Assets are ample.
The lower house of the Kansas state
legislature has killed the bill giving
women the right to vote for presiden-
tial electors.
The Greater New York commission
has adopted the charter prepared for
the consolidated municipality as
whole.
The office of l.. w. Tynell dealer
in farm machinery at Riceville, Iowa,
was broken into by burglars, VINO
drilled the safe and attempted to blow
it open, but failed. They escaped.
Without a dissenting vote the New
York senate has passed a bill providing
that persons convicted of placing OBJ
structions on railroad tracks shall be
guilty of murder in the first degree. $
The statement that the refunding
bonds of Dubuque, Iowa, to the
amount of $26O,OOO, had been repudi-
ated by the purchaser turns out to be
untrue. ~
Navigation on the great lakes will
open at an unusually early date this
year. The steamer State of Michigan
will begin making regular trips be-
tween Cleveland and Detroit next Mon
day. N
Quantity large; quality poor is the
summary Of the German Rh1ne WINE
crop of 1896 as reported to the state
department by the United States con-
sui at Mayence.
The executive committee of the
church Of the Protestant Episcopal
church met at the Bible house, New
York, and voted to hold it's next con-
gress at New Orleans in November,
1897.
The Columbia, Pa, silk mill has an
nounced that it would put 100 extra
men at work at once, and upon the
completion of an addition this spring
will employ 200 more. 1t now gives
employment to 700 hands.
The wooden mill at Oak Valley, r. T.,
will resume operations in a few weeks,
after having been idle for sixteen
months. The other wooden mills in that
section of the state are nearly all run
ming.
The Ohio Steel Company Of Youngs-
town has commenced active operations
toward the construction Of ten new
open-hearth furnaces. The plant is
now running double time in all de-
partments with a good outlook for
still greater increase in business.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

Five weIl-known young bachelors OF
shelbyville, Ind, have formed them
selves into a club called The Coming
Benediots, and have bound themselves
to be married before next Christmas,
registering their oaths to that effect
before a magistrate. They are to
meet for dinner, with their wives, at
a hotel, Dec. Is. 1897, and if any one
of them has failed to keep his pledge
he must come down to the dinner in
charge of the sheriff, bound and
gagged, and must forfeit 500 to each
of the others. The chances are that
the asylums will get the most of them
before the year is out.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
Accidental Happenings.

While Bessie Morgan, Mary Evans,
Cassie Llewellyn and Mollie Williams
we're skating on the canal at Sharon,
Pa, the ice broke and Miss Morgan
and Miss Evans were drowned.
w. L. Schuch died at the soldiers
home at Marshalltown, Iowa, from the
effects of the terrible wounds inflicted
upon him year ago last November by
Henry Martin, who, since that date,
has been a fugitive from justice.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

The people of Manchester, Conn, are
taking steps to obtain legislative re-
strictions on the sale of cocaine. The
most prominent citizens of the town
are mad for the drug, and the habit has
become so widespread that the future
prosperity of the town is seriously
threatened. About year ago a local
druggist made a preparation Of cocaine
and menthol which could be used as a
snuff and was intended as a specific for
asthma. The prescription was passed
around, with terrible result. The prep
aration costs so cents an ounce, and
many Of the habitues consume as much
as So worth in a week.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
Gold From Frisco.

New York, Feb. 22.-The receipts of
gold from the Pacific coast continue to
attract attention. Since the end Of
January they amount to between 81
000,CG0 and 100000, a good deal OF
which has been received by registered
mail
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
cleveland as Autobiographer.

Washington, Feb. %. = The Posts
Washington special says: President
ClevelRhd told his personal friend and
admirts, ex-Commissioner of Agricul-
ture Coleman, that he was going to de-
vote hi% spare time during the next
few years or an indefinite period to
the writing of a book on autobiography
ical lines, dating from his election to
the mayoralty of Buffalo down to the
4th Of March, 1891
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
Montana MINIS Sentence COMMITTED

Montana MANS Sentence COMMITTED.
Washington, Feb. 22.-In the case Of
Marion Gamble, sentenced in Montana
Dec IS, 1883, to Imprisonment for life
for robbing the United States mails
and putting in jeopardy the life OF a
carrier, the president has finally COM
muted the sentence to fourteen years
actual imprisonment
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
Little Rows Dreadfu1 Discovery.

Falls Village, Conn, Feb. %. When
he awoke the ten-year-old son of Post
master Walter Chaplin found the
corpse Of his mother in the dining
room of their home, and near by the
dead BODY of Charles Mead, Many ac-
cept the theory that Mead went to the
house, an undesired visitor. or that he
broke in and that Mrs. Chaplin, in or
der to protect herself, shot him and
subsequently killed herself.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
revenue EmpIoyes Organize.

Cincinnati, Feb. p. = The national
convention of employees of the internal
revenue department organized here
with Robert NJ. Beecher of Syracuse,
n. ", as temporary chairman and NJ
j. Durkin as temporary secretary. The
convention adopted a constitution and
bylaws. It is proposed TO organize a
mutual protective national organiZa-
ton similar to that of the postal serv-
ice.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
Shnrkex and Nnher.

New York. Feb. 22.-Dan Stuart has
offered a purse of $4,000 for meeting
between Peter Maher and Tom Shark
ey in Carson City, New. AS soon as
this offer was announced Tom
O'Rourke, manager of the Broadway
Athletic club. offered to put up a
purse of $4,000 for a meeting between
these two in this city. Neither offer
has vet been accepted.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
Big steamer for the Lakes.

Cleveland, Feb. %. : The big steel
steamer Andrew Carnegie, building at
the yard of the Cleveland Shipbuild-
ing company for the Wilson Transit
company, has been launched. The
christening ceremony was performed
by Miss Mabel Wilson, daughter Of
Capt. Thomas Wilson and manager Of
the TRANSFORMATION company.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
A Catholic breaches Mt Harvard.

Cambridge, Mass, Feb. p. = Rev.
Father Fidelis (James Kent Stone, of
ST Joseph's monastery Baltimore,
preached in Appleton chapel at Har-
ward in response to an invitation from
the university faculty. This is the
third time that a Roman Catholic has
preached in the Harvard chapel.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
Ran Into a Washou4.

Cincinnati, Feb. 22.-The east-bound
Norfolk & Western express ran into a
wash-out near Lovelatte, Ky, wreck
ing the engine, baggage car and two
coaches The sleeper escaped. The
engineer, fireman and one brakeman
were dangerously injured. Several
were slightly injured.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
Eata1 sno,v sIiaea in Colorado.

Denver, Feb. % The week just
passed has witnessed the heaviest
snowfall and the greatest number Of
snowslides in the mountainous por-
tons of Colorado since 1884, according
to adyices from many points. There
have been many fatalities, numberless
narrow escapes and several persons
have been reported missing.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

The Salvation Army in Chicago
has a plan similar to that so effectively
employed by General Booth for the
regeneration of the jewellers in the
lowest slums of London, and which
mas been followed with good results.
They contemplate the drafting OF the
unemployed and penniless from chi
eago and putting them at work on
small tracts of land and in small 1ac-
tories outside of the city.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
Insurance Men Arrested.

Evanston, Wyo., Feb. pa sensa-
ton was created here by the arrest of
Col FL. S. Wright and A. V. Ragsdale,
agents of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York, charged with
obtaining money under fraudulent rep
reservations.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
Insane Man Cremated.

Youngstown, Ohio, Feb. %. - The
county infirmary at Garfield has
burned. Loss over $4,000. The 80
inmates were all rescued. William
Hartzell an insane inmate, escaped
from the attendants, ran into the fire
and was cremated
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
B1ameIess ms 20 the Brooklyn.

Washington, Feb. 22.-The court of
inquiry which inquired into the cir
cumstances of the grounding of the
Brooklyn ON Schooner ledge on Jan.
80 finds that the grounding of the yes
sci was not in any respect due to fault
or negligence on the part of any of the
officers or crew.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
John 5. Johnson,s Condition.

Toronto, Ont, Feb. %. = John S.
Johnson's condition has taken a de-
cided change for the better and the
doctors have great hopes Of pulling
him through, though he is not yet out
of danger. Blood poisoning has set in,
complicated with pneumonia.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

European doctors approve the de-
olson of the New York Board of Health
IN regard to the isolation of consump-
lives. They say, however, that it IS
theoretically imperative, yet in prac-
lice it is very difficult to carry on.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
Girl Baby for Harrison.

indianapolis, Feb. 22.--A girl baby
Weighing eight and half pounds was
born here to Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Harrison DR.. Henry Jameson being
the attending physician, Mother and
child ere doing well.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

A German scientist says that the
very best thing anyone can do is to
Eat apples If we remember correct
~ the late Mr.. Adam adopted that plat
form. and see where he landeds
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

Dr. Lyman Abbott is in trouble again
over that Jonah and the whale" mar
rative. Whenever a minister tries to
handle that biblical story it proves to
he all Jonah"
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

Honor is one of the things that gen
orally fall to the lot of those who are
not seeking it.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

Intending immigrants to the United
States who can't read will do well to or
ganize a good night school right now.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

No man ever became of much use tG
the world until he learned that ne
could not live on the promises of other
people.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

People who cannot distinguish be-
tween what they need and what they
desire are never satisfied.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

Myler Dono oliver of Kansas City
has four living grandparents ana
four grandparents. 1t is apparent that
be will not suffer for lack of parental
RdmOnition.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
THE NEWS RESUME.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.

A Comprehensive Review OF the
Important Happenings OF the
Past Week CulIed From the Tel
eEraph Reports-The Notable
Events at Home and Abroad That
Have Attracted Attention.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

The smashing of the Colorado potato
trust will result in more mashed pota'
toes.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

We are all too apt to think that bad
people will make an exception in their
conduct towards us.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

The report that Gomez is moving
back TO avoid the heavy Spanish col
umns suggests that Gen. Weyler should
break up his columns with more para
graphs.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

''The older a man gets" said the
corn-fed philosopher, "the harder he
finds it to feel sorry for woman
whose pug dog has died"
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
CRUSHED BY CUBANS.
A Spanish Force of 500 Men Is Put
80 Flight.


Key West, Fla, Feb. GA report
has reached here of rumors in Havana
of big fight in Santa Clara province
Tuesday between 1,500 Spaniards and
1920 Cubanss under Gomez, which last
ed eight hours The insurgents cut
down the Spanish forces first with ar
tillery and then with machete, the
Spaniards fleeing for their lives in the
greatest disorder. The losses on both
sides were heavy.
New York, Feb. pa dispatch to
the Herald from Jacksonville, Fla,
says: Consul General Lee has re-
quested in urgent terms that the Unit
ed States government send warships
to Cuba because of the attitude of the
Spanish authorities in relation to the
alleged murder of DR.. Ruiz.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23
N steinifz Derd.

London. Feb. PA Daily Mail dis
Patch from Paris says that Dr. Steinitz
is dead at Moscow.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

We are all too apt to think that our
wishes are really our rights.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

The Treasury portfolio seems now to
be formally engaged.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

People who have no malice in their
makeup are seldom amusing.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-23

1t is possible for people to be bright
enough to dazzle themselves.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-02-04
W. CT. U. MEETING.
The Ladies Meet and Listen to
Temperance Talk.

The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union met with Mrs. III. D. Brooke
last week. The committe on evangel-
istic work and house to house vista
ton reported considerable work done.
Mrs. Clipfell reported on the Ar
menian relief. Some work has been
done in the county. Morgan sent
SIX dollars. The public meeting part
" arranged for here last month was
necessarily postponed, but arrange
ments will be completed now and the
meeting held at as early a date as pos
sible.
Reports of jail work created an en-
thusiastic interest. Gospel services
are held in the county Jail every Sun
day afternoon by the W. G.. T. U. and
Epworth League.
An attempt will again be made to
ascertain the attitude of the farmers
toward the open saloon-only a par
tial canvass having been made two
years ago. Thirty-two new members
for the W. G. T. U. are reported since
the last regular..meeting. Xxx x ~
The hour for.theIl Mothers injecting
having arrived, Mrs. King took up an
article on sThe Alcoholic Habit" by DR..
Mary Wood Allen, National Supt. Of
Purity department. We would like to
quote extensively both from reading
and discussions but a few brief notes
must suffice.
DR.. Allen thinks that in considering
the question of alcoholic habit, moth
ers in christian homes do not so much
need to, give the first thought to the
formation of that habit in the saloon,
as to consider if the habit may not be
begun in the home in infancy or child
hood. The foundation of the habit,
she asserts, may often be laid by the
use Of alcoholic beverages by the
mother while nursing. Mothers ex-
cuse the use of beer and other bever-
ages on the plea that the baby is
quieter, sleeps more-but the sleep
produced is that Of intoxication to a
certain extent, the quietness that Of
partial paralysis Of the brain. In
some countries where alcoholic beyer..
ages are largely used by mothers
some physicians state that it is rare tc
find sober baby. DR.. Allen says she
has distilled from a twenty-five cent
bottle of Mrs. Winslow's soothing sy-
rup enough alcohol to make a burn
ing blaze two or three inches in height
for several minutes. Improper and
improperly cooked foods produce OF
leave in the system a craving for slim
ulants. In all these causes may be
traced foundation of the alcoholic
habit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-02-04
MR.. ARNOLD CORRECT.
Eastern Business Houses Prevent
Cuban Recognition.

To The EDITOR: In all your recent
issues of The GAZETTE you have given
us some excellent sentiment, we'll ex-
pressed, on the behalf of poor, bleed
ing Cuba. In this sentiment [ feel
sure that the vast majority of your
readers concur. In your issue Of Jan.
"a, however, you seem to have struck
snag, where you notice the great
change of heart in John Sherman, who
it seems is slated to be Secretary of
State under the new administration.
You are not the only: one who has
noticed his change from the roaring
lion to the cooling dove. nor is this the
first time of such metamorphosis by
any means. A Washington dispatch
to one of our Twin City dailies says:
sItmay now be accepted as foregone
conclusion that no further action may
be lookedifor by:thetpresent admins
tration in the Cuban matter. Presi-
dent Cleveland and Secretary Olney
believe that Mr.. Mckinley will
carry out the same conservative policy
in regard to Cuba as that pursued by
them and the present utterances of
Senator Sherman tend to confirm this
belief" A later dispatch says that
Olney and Sherman now have an
agreement to this effect. No doubt
many besides yourself are wondering
why this change has come over not
only John Sherman but many more
in Congress. You seem to be unaware
that the seat of the United States gov
eminent is now no longer in Washing
ton, D. G. but in Wall Street, New York.
AS New York has always been a tory
city it ought not to be a matter of sur
prise now, that it still upholds toryism.
It was tory in the war of Independ-
ance, again in 1912, also in the war of
the rebellion. New York has always
believed in legislation for the govern
ing classes, so called, and it is no diff
ferent to-day, only it has more power,
now it is the seat of all our most i'm
portant legislation. The old proverb
SAYS: "Small straws show the way the
wind blows and here is one from
Wall Street by Henry Clews, Wall
Streets mouth piece.a On Dec. 20, '96,
in his weekly letter he says: cat the
moment, the most sensitive element
in the stock. market is the situatio in
Cuba. The feeling in Wall Street as
we'll as in business circles generally,
is very strongly against the United
States unnecessarily committing itself
to any serious complications with
Spain" You can now see the effect
on Congress. "a wink is as good as a
nod to blind horse" says the old
proverb. Jupiter of Wall Street, has
nodded and Congress has seen it
therefore, don't look for any heIp-from
that quarter for poor Cuba. As Wal
Street, aided by the trusts and mon
oplies, furnished the sinews of war anc
Il 5 f.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-02-04

run the campaign for Mr.. McKinley's
election, Of course they will direct the
policy Of the incoming administration,
land don't you forget it." Nearly six
and q half millions voted at the last
election to restore the government to
Washington but you fellows we're q
little too many for us, and must now
take your medicine. Cuba may bleed
and the citizens Of the United States
may bankrupt and starve, but so long
as Wall Street is prosperous all is we'll.
JAMES ARNOLD.
VEsrA, Mimi, Jan. %, 1896.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-02-04
To Creditors.

All of my old accounts have been
turned over to collector for collection.
Parties owing me are invited to call at
my store and settle with him and save
the expense of calling on you and fore
ing. collection. GEO. LECHNER.