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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
FROM WASHINGTON.

Gold coinage during March amounted
to 13.77O. 900. while !, 400, 250 silver dol
lars were struck off.
The statement o. the public debt is
sued on the 1st shows that the debt de
creased Ss.63s,254 during the month of
March. The cash balance in the treas
ury was ss75,239.759. The total debt.
less the cash balance in the treasu y,
amounts to SI,OO3, 962 200.
Secretary of State Sherman has pro-
tested against the execution of Gen.
Ruis Rivera, the Cuban leader in Pinar
del Rio who was recently captured by
the Spanish forces.
\ monthly statement issued by the
treasury department gives the money
circulation per capita as S23.0l, based on
an estimated population of 72.547,00O.
Having reached the age Of Ga years
Mai. Gen. Thomas II. Ruger, com
manding the department of the east of
the United States army, with head
qua. tiers in New York. has been retired,
and is succeedc,. by Maj. Gen. Wesley
Merritt.
In the United States there were 4,042
business failures reported during the
past quarter. compared with 4,512 in the
first quarter of 1896. a falling off of
about II per cent. The total liabilities
amounted to S62, 513,O 900. "a falling off Of
10 per cent. from the corresponding
total last year.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The proposed reforms in Cuba will
be introduced into the administration
of the affairs OF that island this month.
President Diaz, in his address, open
ing the Mexican congress, said the ma
ton was prosperous at home and at
peace abroad.
The king of Greece formally stated
10 the powers that a declaration of war
against Turkey would Immediately fol-
low an extension of the blockade to the
Greek coast.
In Berlin Prince Otto Won Bismarck.
chief maker of United Germany, cele-
brated his eighty-second birthday.
1t is said that blockade of Greece
by the war ships of the powers will
hasten conflict between the Turks
and the Greeks on the frontier of Thes-
sally.
At Putney the ftty-fourth annual
boat race between crews representing
the universities of Oxford and Cam
bridge was won by the Oxfords.
The musical composer. Johannes
Brahms, died in Vienna, Austria, aged
6I years.
Advices say that the powers have
ordered the admirals of the interna-
tional fleet to begin a pacific blockade
OF Athens.
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THE EAST,

Headquarters of the National Ameri-
can Womau's Suffrage association have
been transferred to New York from
Philadelphia.
At the age of 6s years George Steck,
the founder of the piano house bearing
his name. died at his home in New York.
While driving over a railroad cross
ing in Shirley, Mass. Lyman Cutting
and wife were instantly killed by
train.
President Mckinley and wife are to
summer at Lake Sunapee, near New
port, y. H., as the guests of Col. John
HAY.
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the eNohanges during
the week ended on the I'd aggregated
S9O5, 9s6,6i2, against sSs7,300,99s the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was 50.
Willard Spencer fatally wounded his
steppdaUghter at jamestown, \. Y, and
Miss Helen Van Svckle, of Union, Pa,
who was visiting her, set fire to his
barn. burning - head of stock, and cut
his throat.
Near Niagara Falls. y. Y, a sailing
skiff capsized on the Niagara river, and
Thomas Dowd, aged %, and Edward
Bowling, 80 years old. were drowned.
In the Pocono and Blue Ridge noun
tains in Pennsylvania forest fires were
doing immense damage.
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MUST NOT KILL RIVERA.
Secretary sherman Tells Spain to
spare the Cuban Leader.

Washington, April 3. - Secretary
Sherman has protested against the
execution of Gen. Ruis Rivera. the
Cuban leader in Pinar del Rio who was
recently captured by the Spanish forces.
Secretary Sherman, in his blunt way.
told the Spanish representative that
the execution of prisoners of war was
abhorrent to the American people. In
the Rivera case this repugnance to the
murder of men captured in civilized
warfare wa aggravated by the fact
that the prisoner is badly wounded.
Washington, April 6. = The senate
Monday by unanimous vote adopted .
resolution reciting the reports that
Gen. Ruis Rivera, the Cuban command
CIR, is about to be tried by drumnead
court-martial and shot, and expressing
the Judgment of the senate that if
these reports are true the president
of the United States should protest to
the Spanish government against such
a violation of the rules of civilized war
fare. This resolution does not go TO
the house of representatives and be-
comes effective as a measure of advice
to the president by it's adoption.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08

Fire destroyed the Maple Leaf ho-
tel at Richmond. Mo-, and James Ker-
nan and Frank Anderson persisted in
the flames.
In ST. Louis an ordinance prohibit
ing buildings of greater altitude than
$50 feet was passed by the city council.
William Westphal fatally shot Mrs.
CARR Deitsch. wife of William Deitsch,
at NorwaIk. Wis. He was insane.
Daniel Shirley and Edward Graham.
miners. were caught by an avalanche
near Tacoma, Wash. and killed.
In Tennessee 50 villages and cities
were covered with water six feet deep
and in the Mississippi valley $4,000
persons were confronted with famine.
The most fertile farm lands in Missis-
sippi, lying in Coahoma, La Flore, Quit
man ard Tallahatchie counties were
also under water.
J. Ii. Walton. a well-known physicia n
OF Dubuque. Ia. committed suicide in
Lincoln park, Chicago, while temporar-
lily insane.
windstorm struck the towns of
Enos, Hagaman, Eldred and Columbi-
ana, in Illinois. wrecking many build
ings.
Fire destroyed the Richardson build
ing in Chattanooga, Tenn; and Boyd
Ewing and S. NJ. Patton persisted in
the flames. The property loss is $780,
coo.
After 81 hours of hypnotic sleep in
a coffin in Chillicothe, o.. buried five
feet below the sod, Douglass Reece was
resurrected and said he felt as well as
ever.
Phoebe Couzins has renowned wom-
an suffrage and repudiated its |, ders.
Flames in the George q. Otte COM
pany's carpet store in Cincinnati de-
stroyed the entire stock. valued at $780,
600.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-08
A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION

Excessive tea drinking skaters the
nervous system. weakens the brain, III
iures The appetite. destroys the diges-
tive organs and causes cold feet. SO
says New York physician.
Nicola Tesla. the famous electrician,
says that nearly all long-Iivasl persons
have been great sleepers. ale believes
that if man could sleep IS hours a
day, without the aid of narcotics. he
might live 200 years.
Patrick AIiger, an old bachelor. sup
ported himself chiefly By begging in
the streets of Dublin. lie became ILL.,.
aud insisted on wearing his wig ard a
nightcap. After his death the sum OF
.03J in bank notes was found I'M
der his wig.
Coffee derives its name from KafTa,
East Africa. where the berry was first
raised. Mocha coffee is so named from
a port on the Red sea. in Arabia, where
it was collected and shipped. The
first coffee house in England was
opened in Oxford in 1851
In six months wheat viii shrink in
bulk two quarts TO the bushel. or six
per cent. 1t therefore follows that "a
cents a bushel in August. just after the
wheat is threshed, is equal 20 one dollar
in the following February.
just before his death c. jerome
Cary. of Milwaukee, directed that his
body be cremated and the ashes used to
nourish a certain rose bush. lie fur
Their directed that the roses he dis
tributed among MS friends.
An electric mouse trap is something
new. A bit of cheese is attached to
an electric wire. The mouse or rat TO
get at the bait must stand on a metal
plate. ard the moment he touches the
cheese he is shocked 10 death.
\ shorthand typewriter is in use in
Boston. The size is eight inches by
seven, and it is supplied with a roll of
paper. The reporter listens to speak
er. fingers the keys, and the speech is
taken down on an endless roll.
Herr Brunei. an actor in a Vienna
theater, while performing the part
of man who has Just re-
ceived appalling news. puts his
face IL his hands. and silently
weeps. On turning his countenance to
the audience. they note its paleness.
caused by the chalk on his hands. One
night wag put lampblac!S in his pock-
cts instead Of the usual chalk. and the
face he upiifted was ludicrously black.
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WEST AND SOIITH

Turnpike raiders of Lincoln county,
Ky. have formed an oath-bound or
gaLization pledged to destroy all the
toll gates in the county.
Flames Quilted the warehouse of
RousfieId e Co.'S woodenware factory
at Bay City. Mich, the loss being $780,
600.
In the Mississippi delta above Green
vile. Miss, the flood situation was inn
proving.
South of Star City, Ark. cyclone
wrecked many houses and outbuildings
and killed three persons.
Iiy rise in the Mississippi river be-
tween Minneapolis and St. Paul 1000
families were rendered homeless.
The worst snowstorm in 90 years
struck Laramie, Wyo., and vicinity, do
ing immense damage to cattle and
sheep.
At his home near Waseca, Mimi,
William Harding, the oldest veteran of
the Grand Army of the Republic, cele-
brated his one hundredth birthday.
He is also q veteran of the war of 1912
and of the Mexican wa.
The death of Rev. Fayette PettibOne,
ID. d.. for 30 years missionary of the
american board in Turkey, occurred
az RocktOn. H., aged % years.
Fire wiped out ten business houses
at Albany, Ind.
In Chicago the countess of Aberdeen,
the wife of the governOr-general of Can
ada. delivered the convocation address
at the University of Chicago, an honor
never before accorded TO a woman in
this country.
Editor ]. II. Flynn, of the Deadwood
Is. d. Times. fell from the steps of his
house and broke his neck.
Antonio Gonzelas. Francisco Come
lis. Sauriano Alarid and Patricio Va
lcucia. who murdered ex-Sheriff Frank
Chavez on May 20. 1892. were hanged
together on one scaffoid at Santa Fe,
/ y. VI.
Charles L. Dick. of Akron, o., has
been selected rs secretary of the ma
tioual republican committee.
In Chicago Christia Schultz. n book
keeper for the Kuh, Nathan & Fischer
company. was assaulted and robbed OF
$500 belonging to the corporation by
Edward Wilson. another employe of the
company. who made his escape.
For numbering Simon Begnaud. a
merchant at Scott. Ia. about year
ago. the Blanc brothers were executed
at Lafayette. la.
Near Indian Bay. Ark. five men were
drowned while fleeing from the rising
waters in White rive and five more
persons lost their lives in the food neaE
Madrid. Mo. In Greenville, Miss, the
streets were navigable only by boats,
and plantations never before under wa
ter were submerged.
In the southern portion of Cove
/ land county. Ark. cyclone destroyed
+ IS residences and wounded ten per
sons. William Shirley was killed.
By the sinking of the schoonerJ j. +. c.
Griggs in the river near Columbia. Ala,
/ five persons were lost.
\ petition of James Il. Dunlop. pub
Usher % the Chicago Dispatch. for ex-
ecutive clemency. has been denied by
the president Dunlop is under sentence
for sending obscene literature through
] the mails.
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The News Of the Week.
FIFTY.HFTH CONGRESS.
of the special session.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.

Proceeding. of the Special Session.
The United States senate began 70:
ing on the 31st ult. upon the miscella-
necus amendments TO the Anglo-Ameri-
can arbitration treaty. An amend
ment to the treaty was adopted pro-
viding that all questions of national
policy, the Monroe doctrine, etc, shall
be eliminated from the treaty and all
subjects proposed to be submitted to
arbitration shall be first submitted to
the senate. In the house the Dingley
tariff bill was passed by a vote of 205 to
122 and an amendment was adopted
giving immediate effect to the law.
The tariff bill passed by the house
was received by the United States SEN
ate on the 1st and referred TO the finance
committee. a resolution was intro
duced declaring that the United States
senate should accord both parties to
the conflict in Cuba full recognition as
belligerents. The arbitration treaty
was further discussed. The nominal
tons of Andrew ID. White, of New York,
T. as ambassador to Germany; William F..
Draper, of Massachusetts,, as ambassa-
, dor TO Italy, and Benjamin Butterworth,
Of Ohio. as commissioner of patents,
were received from the president. In
the house no business was transacted.
There was no session of the United
States senate on the Sd. In the house
the only business transacted was the
adoption of the senate resolution pro-
viding for chartering vessel to carry
donations Of food 20 the famine suf-
ferers of India. Incidentally. Mr.. Nc
Millin (dem.. TENN suggested an
amendment condemning England's ma
tional policy. Mr.. Corliss (Mich.) in
troduced joint resolution to -evoke all
the orders extending the application
Of the civil service laws which were
made by President Cleveland during
his last administration. Adjourned TO
the 18th.
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A Batch of Nominations.

Washington, April 6.--The president
Monday sent to the senate the following
nominations:
State-Alfred e. Buck. of Georgia, to be
envoy extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentiary of the United States to Japan
James Boyle, of Ohio, consul of the United
States at Liverpool. England; S. S. Day.
of Connecticut, consul OF the United States
al Bradford. England Fenton r. Nc
Creary. of Michigan, secretary of the leea-
tion OF the United States at City OF Mexico.
War-Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton. to be
major general.
IAlfred r. Buck the new minister to
Japan, has been for some time the recog-
nized head of the republican party in The
state of Georgia. He supported Mr.. Nc
Kinley for the presidential nomination,
and by hard work won over the Georgia
delegates to his way of thinking, a number
OF them being inclined towards Mr. Reed.
Mr.. Buck went south from Maine shortly
after the war, and during reconstruction
days represented the Mobile (Ala) district
in congress. He subsequently went 10
Georgia, and was clerk of the United States
circuit and district courts for the Northern
district of Georgia until 1889. In that year
he was appointed United states marshal
for the Northern district Of Georgia by
President Harrison. He held this position
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CALIFORNIA HISTORY.
Only Accident Prevented II from Becom
ing russian Territory

ing RUSSIAN Territory.
Nothing perhaps but the accident of
the establishment of the Hudson Bay
company and the Northwest Fur COM
pany saved northern California from
becoming Russian province. Virtus
Boring closed a life of adventure by
planting the Russian flag in Alaska in
l74i. Four years later Sitka was
founded. A quarter of century
elapsed before the Spaniards undertook
their first northward advance from
San Diego and Monterey. If the Eng
lish fur hunters had not interviewed be-
tween the two, Spaniards and Rus
slams would have gravitated iowa IS
each other, and in that case the chances
are that the Golden Gate and the Sac
ramento would have been the dividing
line between them.
Until the close of the eighteenth CEN
fury hunting and fishing on the Alas
kan shores were conducted by individ-
ual enterprise. The fur seal and sea
otter were hunted by tie Siberians.
who sailed the stormy seas of the north
in craft sewn together with thongs and
calked with moss. They belonged to
the primitive order of saYages, among
whom robbery, outrage and murder
were the ordinary events of the day.
and at whose hands the meek Alent
bent his neck to the knife as the inof-
fens;ve Peruvian had croueaed before
the countrymen of Pizarro a century
before. In the last year of the eigh-
teenth century order was established
in Russian America A company. in
which members of the imperial family
and the muscovite nobility were share
holders. was founded on the plan Of
the British East India company and
the Hudson Bay company. Exclusive
rights of hunting aud fishing were con-
ferred upon it. Its jurisdiction within
its territory was as broad as that of
the ear himself The Aleuts and their
neighbcrs held their lives and property
at its mercy. They were not only
slaves. but no slave code threw over
them a semblauce of protection. Over
this corporation was set Gen. Bara-
noff, whom Astor's agent, Hunt, de-
scribed as a hyper borean veteran, over
flowing with hospitality, who, if his
guests do not drink raw rum and boil
ing punch as strong as sulphur, will
insult them when he gets drunk, which
will be soon after ne sits down to the
table. He served the company faith
fully for 80 years, and then was thrown
over to starve at the age of 72.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
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New York, April 6.--Alonzo j. White
man, once mayor of Duluth, and subse-
quently an inmate of the California
state prison, was placed on trial Mon
day, charged with grand larceny in the
first degree. The Columbia bank of
New York claims to have been de
frauded of $3.50 by Whiteman in Feb
ruary, and the bank cashier, Walter
S. Friffith, was the first witness for the
prosecution. lie testified that White
man, under the name of j. II. Williams,
deposited a check on Brooklyn bank
for S3,716 in the Columbia bank, then
drew a check against his account in the
latter bank for $3.50. The Brooklyn
check proved to be worthless.
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Can't stand the Expense.

Washington, April 5.-The state de-
partment has received notice from the
Turkish government that it finds it in
convenient to raise the grade of its mis-
sion in Washington to that of an en-
bassy, on account Of the increased eN-
pense which would thereby be incurred.
This decision of the Turkish govern
nent will prevent the president, under
the existing law, from nominating eX-
Secretary John w. Foster as ambassa-
dor to Constantinople, as it is under
stood INas his desire
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DiSARM ED.
Foreign Troops Take Weapons Away
from the Bedouins.


Canea. April 5.-The actual work of
disarming the Bashi BazUuls began
early Sunday morning and continued
throughout the day. At the village of
Kalieni they refused to deliver up their
arms and demanded an order from the
governor of the island and the personal
presence of Edhem Pasha. The for
eign troops then eOrdoned the village
and the Austrian colo, y, who was in
command. ordered that search for arms
should begin, when Edhem Pasha ar
rived. Then the Gordon closed round
the Bashi Bazouks. who yielded quiet
ly. The European troops guard the
gates of the town. The Arab quarter
also is surrounded by European pickets.
\ proclamation has been issued an
nouncing that all who refuse to yield
up their arms will be shot. The insur-
gents have succeeded in exploding
heavy dynamite cartridges upon the
walls of the fort at Kissamo.
Canea, April 5.-Cretans and Mus
sulmans had fierce fight on the plain
OF Arkotiri Saturday. The battle took
place in the presence of the interna-
tional forces. Arkotiri is peninsula
between Canea and Suda. The insur-
gents were cut off from communication
with the interior by the guards along
the Suda road. II became known that
the admirals had permitted the insur-
gents to go down TO the plain. and
armed Mosiems streamed out of the
town unhindercd. passed the Austrian
guard and Saturday morning in full
view of the admirals at Suda attacked
the Christians at 200 yards. Maj. Dor
and the Italian officers endeavored to
stop the fight. The Moslems, driven
back by the insurgents. came 10 the
town and were disarmed by the interna-
taonal troops. Most of them left their
arms behind. Fifty Moslems, killed or
wounded, were brought into town.
Tie Moslems held an Indignation meet
ing because the European troops had
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Death of Angus Cameron.

Ex-United States Senator Angus Cam
eron, of La Crosse. died in Milwaukee
from general debility. Mr.. Cameron
went TO Milwaukee for treatment. He
did not rally. Mr.. Cameron was born in
Livingston county, n. y, in 1s2G, came
to Wisconsin in 1857, and engaged in
the practice of law. He held many
minor offices. and in 1876 was elected TO
the United States senate. defeating Matt
Carpenter in the bitterest senatorial
fight ever waged in Wisconsin. He was
reelected in 1851. After his term ex-
pired he rsturned 70 La Crosse and en-
gaged in the practice of law.
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RetrnNed Hi. Trust.

Kansas City. Mo, April G.-J. II. AID
rich, for several ears cashier and pay
master in this city of the Kansas City,
Fort Scott g. Memphis railroad, was ar
rested in his lawyers Office here Mon
day afternoon charged with embezzling
$4,000 of the company's money. He
quietly submitted to arrest and says he
will plead guilty and throw himself on
the mercy of the court. Aldrich's
stealings have been carried on for
eight years. The company does not
know exactly how much he is short,
and has only his word that s27, GOO is the
amount
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CattIemen Lose Heavily.

Denver, Col. April 5.-A special to
the News from Cheyenne, Wyo., says:
Reports of losses sustained by cattle
men during the recent storm are COM
ing in slowly. On many Of the large
ranches it is estimated the losses will
range from five to twenty-five per cent.
of the herd. The snow lies ~ feet
deep in Cheyenne and from five TO ten
feet deep in the ravines. Much anxiety
IS felt for many persons reported miss
inc
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c. \ Totten, the fOrecaster, comes
forward once more TO remark that 1--WE
ere at the initial date for the long-pre-
dicted beginning of the end" Long
predicted is the proper term TO use in
this connection. Since the days of
Mother Shipton, and even centuries be-
fore that, these predictions of the APP
preaching end of the world have been
made with frequency and regularity.
Even Mr.. Totten has made quite num-
her of them. changing his dates when
the expected failed TO come to pass.
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A Democrat SUCCEEDS Pingr-,.

Detroit. Mich, April Civilian c.
May bury, democrat, was elected mayor
Monday by about 400 majority over
Capt. Albert L. Stewart, republican. In
view of Mr.. Maybury's victory it is con-
sidered surprising that Judge John Mil
Ter, democratic candidate for police
Justice, was defeated by Judge Albert
F. Sellers, republican, who was reject
ed by 1000 majority. Maybury's cleo
ton is looked upon as a decided defeat
for Gov. Plngree, who practically
named Capt. Stewart as his successor as
mayor after the courts had overruled
the governors contention that he could
hold both offices of governor and mayor.
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In bicycle literature the reader IS
told that nobody can ride wheel in
France without puncturing a tire, be
cause the roads are streSyn with small
nails. Labored investigation discov-
cred that these nails dropped out OF the
sOIes of peasants wooden shoes, slight
~ shrunken by the sun. The man who
Invents q punctureless tire will make
a fortune in France.