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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21
Operators WOMB Confer.

Charleston, w. Va, Sept. 20. - Inc
miners committee appointed at Mont
gomery to confer with the coal ope-
rators of the Kanawha and New
river valleys relative to arranging
wage scale have failed to sect re a con
ference with the operators. The Ope'
ratcrs declined to meet with the COM
mittee because it is composed largely
of outsiders. They say the superllni-
tendent of each mine will confer WIN
his own men with regard to prices ana
terms. There is little prospect or
settlement of the strike in KanaWha
valley.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21
National League.
Gen. Lee Retains Office.

Washington, Sept 20. - Gen. Fitz.
hugh Lee, consul general to Cuba,
had a long consultation with the pres
ident at the White House Saturday,
Gen. Lee carefully reviewed the situa.
ton in Cuba, and explained at length
all points upon which either the pres,
ident or Secretary Alger asked for in,
formation. Gen. Lee gave his own
views very freely to the president, but
after the interview was very reticent
about the nature Of the report he had
made. He said the president had not
given him an outline of his policy. 1t
is evident, however, that the preSi-
dent is deeply impressed with the crit,
ical character Of the situation as de-
scribed by Gen. Lee, as it is under
stood that at the conference he strong.
ly urged Gen. Lee to retain his Of
fee, at least for the present, and to
return to Havana at his earliest con-
yenionce.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21
A Wonderful Discovery.

Washington, Sept. 20.-Prof. Elmer
Gates of Washington says he has
worked out a process by which objects
can be magnified to size Of 800 times
greater than by any Of the micro
scopes now in use. His invention, he
claims, will revolutiOnize microscopy
and will advance science to a point
hitherto undreamed of. His discovery
he says, will be Of special value in
bacteriology and tie study of the Gel
lular tissues. The professor declares
that he has succeeded where all other
scientists have failed-in discovering
a way by which the magnified image
projected on a tense can be magnitied
by second as if it were the original
object.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

A committee of the British parlia-
ment appointed to inquire Unto the
methods of money-lenders, listened to
one witness who confessed that he car
ried on his business in several places
and under eight different ames. If
he traded everywhere under the anne
name, people, he frankly remarked,
would not be likely to enter the tray"
This worthy declared that he had
sometimes made loans at tn rec tho u
sand per cent. With certain classe. ;,
members of parliament for example,
he had no dealings. WOme n owning
annuities and tradesmen were the
chief victims of the eightfoh1 sharper.
The usurer owned that there were peo-
PIE who knew better than to come to
him. The people who do not know
better need to be protected against
themselves, and such protection is one
of the obligations of discernil lg and
discreet citizens.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

New Orleans, Sept. 20. = The local
fever situation has undergone niue
change. The record book III the nedlll
office showed a total of six new cases
and one death for the day. Two OF
the cases are in the extreme upper
portion of the city; one in the foulth
district, one in the st. Cloud street
house where the original SIX cases
were reported. and one in the VIII
Jams house, where two cases alreauy
existed. There are three cases under
investigation and the health authcfl-
ties still view the situation with some
Complacency. They do not yet an
ticipate an epidemic, as at It's last
meeting the board decided to ABANDON
it's nightly sessions and created II.
Oliphant master of the campaign
against the disease with leave TO So
Iicit advice from local physicians ana
the municipal authorities.
At a largely attended meeting OIL
bankers, business men, ministers ana
representatives of labor organizations
it was resolved to ask the board OF
health to consider the advlSaD1llty OF
adopting next Tuesday as a general
cleaning day. Acting Mayor Brlttln
and President Oliphant replied to the
suggestion, strongly deprecatlng II.
They wrote that it would be inadvlsa-
BILE and inexpedient to determine upon
a fixed day for cleaning purposes, as
such a movement would cause an ac-
emulation of filth and trash which
could not be removed at once, and by
stirring up of miasma would further
endanger the health of the city IN
stead of improving it.
There were no new cases reported
at Ocean Springs, but the weather
was healthy and sultry, and one OF
the patients was not expected to live.
Charles Zeigler, son of a prominent
New Orleans family, was among the
stricken at Ocean Springs, but his con-
ditiOn is not yet considered serious.
When the fever had been declared
epidemic and yellow he closed himself
up in his home and did not come forth
except to go to the detention camp as
soon as it was ready. Isolation, how
ever, did not prevent the germs from
entering his home.
The work of the New Orleans sani-
tary forces continued undated and
the officers employed themselves in
hunting up many old roOkeries where
people are closely crowded in lily
ventilated homes and where they live
in filth. Many of these places are sub
jected to complete disinfection and
cleaning. The weather has been warm
and threatening.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21
Caau@1ties.

The premises of the Hachette Pub
fishing company at Paris were de-
stroyed by fire. The loss was about
100000 francs.
At Poplar, Wis, Mrs. Ole Olson,
while chasing COWS in the woods, was
gored by a COW, which ran it's horn
iTto her lung. She is fatally injured.
The body of Eddie Henning, eleven
years old, was taken out Of the Mis-
souri, river at st. Louis. ten blocks be-
low where two witnesses say they saw
him drowned by fifteen-year-old Ar
thur Lambert, last Saturday evening.
He claims he threatened Henning, and
he fell in trying to get away from
him.
Fifteen hundred people were thrown
into a wild panic at the opera house at
Niles, Mich. by cries Of fire during a
fight between members of the theat-
rical ompany Several persons were
slightly injured. That no one was
killed is a miracle.
A fire has been discovered in the
Broken Hill mine, between Jamiesen' $
and the Broad Rib shafts, near Mel
bourne, Australia. Two hundred men
who were engaged in an effort to eX-
tinguish the flames, were overcome by
the poisonous fumes. Fifty have been
brought to the surface, and of these
three are dead.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

chief of the Russian forces in trans
Caspia. after interviews with the en-
peror, has suddenly shortened his Iur-
Tough and returned to his headquaf-
tiers.
At Ebbsfeet. Isle of Thanet, the Ro-
man Catholic hierarchy of Great Brit
ain celebrated the thirteenth centenary
of the landing of st. Augustine IN
England.
Daniel Goodman, an employe OF the
Phoenix iron works of PhoenlXvllle,
Pa, has just received word that Dy
the death of his sister he becomes the
sole heir of an estate of S5OO,OOO III
Staffordshire, Eng.
The Chinese government is negotiat-
ing with a foreign syndicate for a
loan of 100,00O,000 taels for the puf-
pose of paying off the balance OF the
indemnity to Japan, and it is DeEeved
that the matter will soon be brought
to successful issue.
A special from the City of Mexico
says The meteorological observatory
| here has received news from San Car
los. OXaca, that three distinct earth
quake shocks were felt there IN the
space Of five minutes.
The Japanese government has given
an order to Thompson & Co.. the fam
Gus Clyde shipbuilderS, for another
first-class battleship of 1900 tons. 1t
is also contemplating the building OF
first-class cruiser of 5000 tons at Yo-
kChama.
j The Spanish government has decided
to instruct the military authorities to
take proceedings against officers crit
iciSing the conduct of Capt.-Gen. Wey-
Ter, unless they are either senator's or
deputies. The decision is due to the
numerous outspoken censures upon
Weyler's management of the cam
paign in Cuba.
Mrs. Marshall, an American, was
riding on the top Of an omnibus along
the TUE de la Fayette, Paris, when
wheel of the vehicle was caught in the
tramway rails. The omnibus gave a
sudden lurch and Mrs. Iarshall was
thrown to the street with great VIC
lnnce. She was removed to the hos
Dital, where she is now lying, appar-
emily at the point of death.
A sensation has been caused at Ber-
lin by the statement that the Arch
duke Franz Ferdinand, son of the late
ArchdulIe Karl Ludwig and Princess
Annunciata, daughter of the late King
Fernando II. of Naples heir pre-
sumptive to the throne of Austria
Hungary, was married in London last
week to a middle-class lady from
Kohlschefdt near AK Ia Chapelle.
The trial of the king of Benin and
his chiefs, who surrendered on Aug. 5
to the British authorities, and who
were charged with being concerned i'll
the massacre of an unarmed eXOedl-
ton under British Consul Phillips, is
proceeding at Benin City. Three of
the chiefs have been already con-
demned. Two of them were shot and
one committed suicide.
Vice Consul General Vifquain at
Panama, reports to the state depart
ment that the Africans who have been
working on the Panama canal have
been notified by the canal company
that they will be taken back to their
native country in a vessel that left
London Aug. %, and is expected to ar
rive at Colon about the end of this
month.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21
A Cabinet Crisis May Result.

Madrid, Sept 20. = Fears are ex-
pressed in well informed circles that
a cabinet crisis may result from the
contumacy of the bishop of Majorica
Balearic islands, who, in defiance OF
the order of the archbishop, has per-
sisted in his accommodation of Sig:
J. Reverter, the Spanish minister OF
finance, for taking possession OF the
church in his diocese. The decree OF
excommunication was read with all
formality in all the churches OF the
diocese. The notorious sympathies OF
the bishop with the Carlist movement
also aggravate the situation.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

Mobile, Ala, Sept. 2O.-The official
bulletin for the last twenty-fCur hours
shows eleven new cases of yellow
fever and one death. Total deaths to
date, 3; total cases, %. The total
cases show persistency of disease,
but not a rapid increase, and all the
cases are in one infected district, save
in one locality on the Old Shell road
and in the marine hospital All the
cases with one or two exceptions are
doing well.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

Almond King, 2S-year-o1d sfl foot
er of Lansing, Mich, and Miss Lizzie
Young, a Boston, Mass, damse of
about the age of so years, WEI It to
Chicago recently for the purpose of
getting married and starting i'm .Dusi-
ness. A day or two later they left
town without having fulfilled their
mission. Their failure to do either
was due to the mysterious flight of
81, 1875 from its hiding place under a
pillow in the room occupied by King:
1t is needless to state that the money
belonged to the Boston lady, and that
her unsuccessful matrimo NAL venture
was quite expensive. But even Miss
Young is not too old to learn.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21
Commander-in-Chief Gobin,s Aids

Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 2O.-Gen. J.
P. S. Goblin has issued general orders
from the headquarters Of the Grand
Army of the Republic, assuming the
duties of commander-in-chief,a ard an
nouncing the appointment Of Gen. L.
J. Stewart, Post No. II. department Of
Pennsylvania, to be adjutant general,
and Charles Burrowes, Post No u,
department of New Jersey, to be quar-
termaster general In line with an
economical administration Of the az
fairs of the Grand Army, the COM
mander-in- chief states that the ap-
pointees will serve without salary
Headquarters have been established
at Independence hall, Philadelphia.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

Attorney A. R. Smith of Omaha has
confessed to stealing 227 bicycles. The
day he was caught he had captured
seven high grades, several low grades,
and had his optics fastened on others.
Smith moved in good society, was for
merly from Doylestown, Pa, and was
just starting for the KlondEke when
captured. An enterprising attorney,
indeed. What a success he would have
made in the gold camps!
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

He who does something at the head
of one regiment will eclipse him who
does nothing at the head of a hundred.
So wrote Abraham Lincoln to General
Hunter, in letter said to be published
now for the first time. Lincoln's ia
vorite officers were the mem who did
things. In what he said to Hunter
how succinctly he puts the general
truth that it is the use and not the
mere possession of opportunity that de-
termines the value of servTcet
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
western League.

st. Paul, Sept. 20. The base hon
season in the Western league closoa
Tomorrow Most of the teams havo
already completed their schedules ana
the result of the remaining games
will not change the relative STANDING
of the clubs as given below. Indian'
apolis, with it's team of Nationa,
league ball players, proved an easv
winner of the pennant. Columbus. St
Paul and Milwaukee follow closely
grouped in the order named. The
standing:
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21
Foreign Gossip.

The British banks refused to sub
scribe to the loan of the government
of Uruguay. amounting TO $5OO,o0o,
which is being fioated in order to de-
fray the expenses of the civil war.
1t is an open secret that France and
Russia have combined to prevent the
sultan from entering the military al
lance with Germany to the exclusion
of the other powers.
Gen. Kuropatkin, commander-in-
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

Mr. Booth-Tucker, commander Of the
Salvation army. is the latest inventor
of Utopia He wants to raise $500, 900
with which to establish what he calls
a Poor Mans Paradise" on lands to
be bought in Arizona or elsewhere on
the line of the Santa Fe railroad. Mr..
Booth-Tucker will learn much from sad
experience, long before he gets his
far western paradise in good working
order.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21
Greater New York Mavora1tx

New York, Sept. 2O.-Patrick Jerome
Gleason, mayor of Long Island City,
was nominated for mayor of Greater
New York at meeting of his sup
porters held in Cooper Union. The
city convention of the National De-
mocracy was set for the LIST of Octo-
Der at conference of representa-
tives of all the boroughs. The United
Democracy declare themselves as still
determined to nominate a full ticket
on Sept. q.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21
snow storm in Alaska.

San Francisco, Sept. 20.-A Speech
to the Call from Hal Hoffman, datea
Juneau. Sept. ID, says. The nLss
snow storm of the season swept over
the mountains last night, when - -
one indication that the same thing -
likely to occur at any time or con-
tinue steadily. :
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21
FEVER HAS THEM
LIST ON THE STRICKEN GROWING
CONSTANTLY LARGER.

New Orleans Record for One Day Is
six New Cases Bnd One DEAN
Business Men Urge General
Cleansing of the City - Sanitary
Forces Continue the Work of Dis
tnfactton-No New Cases at Ocean
snr;nes-sight Increase at Ed
wards.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21
Slight Increase at Edwards.

Vicksburg, Miss, Sept. 2O.-The fe-
yer at Edwards shows but slight in
crease and no deaths have occurred.
DR.. Purnell reported four new cases.
Disinfection has commenced and bed
ding is being burned when it cannot
be disinfected. DR.. Dunn, now at
Ocean Spri1 gs, has been ordered to
Edwards. The state board has re-
port from Biloxi showing SO cases to
date besides suspects and 81 cases
of yellow fever now on hand. No
deaths reported. Vicksburg is thor
oughly guarded ana entirely healthy.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

Cairo, III, Sept. 2O.-Dr. Guiteras,
the yellow fever expert, who arrived
here to-day, has pronounced the two
suspicious cases at the marine hospi-
tai to be yellow fever of a mild form.
Owing to the prompe measures taken
there is no danger of it's spreading.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

The cheapest freight carriage in the
world is on the Great Lakes, where
ton of ore is carried thousand miles
for less than dollar One could not
in reason expect a dollar to $50 far
ther''
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

London, Sept. 20. = The duchess Of
Marlborough, formerly Miss Consuelo
vanderbilt has given birth to a son.
both mother and son are doing well.
me mayor and corporation of Wood
STOCK nave wired congratulations to
tte duke and duchess. Bells were
rung throughout the town and Ecu de
Jole fired on the roof of Blenhefm.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21
Washington Talk.

The secretary of the treasury and
postmaster general have decided to
change the color of the 2-cent stamp.
1t will be green and is cheaper.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21
Quake i'm RuAisa.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 2O.-A dispatch
from Tascheund, Asiatic Russia, niue
ty miles northwest Of KOhokan, az
nounces that an earthquake shock
caused a panic among the lnhaDl,
tants of that place. The dispatch aIeo
says that there was an earthduaaIhe
shock felt at Samarcand, 100 mlieS
east of BOkara
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

Princess Kaiulani, the niece of Liliu-
okalani, expects to be queen of Hawaii
In case annexation fails. But it is ac-
cording to rules to come in" before
the auntie?
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

Tillman Watkins, aged 81, and Felic-
ity Slaughter, aged II, eloped from
Natchitoches the other day and were
married. Wonder if it was the opposi-
ton of their parents that caused it?
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

The Klondike mosquito screen may
also find market in New Jersey. The
Jersey mosquito is not much larger
and stronger than the Klondike mon
ster
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21
PlTH OF THE NEWS
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN A
CONDENSED FORM,

A General Resume of the Most Inn
pOrtant News of the Week From
All Parts of the Globe, Boiled
Down and Arranged I'm Con-
By Busy People.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21
Damaged nv Eiro

Trenton, n. J., Sept. 2O.-Fire broke
out IN the general store of G. r. wal.
uron at lmlaystone, twelve miles from
nere, ara d before it was. extinguished
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

Langtry might as well drop his di-
Vorce suit. London has a scandal in
volving a prince, a statesman and a
duchess. Three of kind beat pair.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

A woman in Delaware walked seven
teen miles the other night in her
sleep. What woman for night police
dutyi
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

Where now are those who said the
time would never come when horse
would trot or pace mile in two min
utes? Dead.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

Never get discouraged. Patrick KEEL
y Of Niles, Mich, had his neck broken
several weeks ago, and will soon be
put
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

By the death of an elder brother a
Boston man has become count. Here
tofOTe his life has been blameless.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-21

A correspondent wants to know what
can be raised in Hawaii Sugar and
the stars and stripes.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-28

The Canadian parliament has been
called TO meet on Feb. 3.
1t is asserted that Emperor Nicholas
Will visit the Paris exposition of 1900.
Gen. Gonzales Munoz will be nom
mated governor general of Porto Rico
in succession to Lieut.. Gen. Marin.
Aristophanes The Wasps" was per-
formed recently in Greek at Cambridge
university, England.
Artesian wells hay: proved success
full in New South Wales, the area with
in which underground water is found
extending over 62,000 square miles.
The Egyptian troops have arrived at
Kassala and the Egyptian flag has
been hoisted over the fort by the side
of the italian.
At the Duchess dues, last hunting
party one sportsman followed the chase
and was in at the death on motor
phaeton, while another used a petrole-
UNI tricycle..
King Leopold of Belgium has estab
lished a new decoration for the Congo
Free State, the "Order of the Grown"
divided into six classes, to be awarded
to those who distinguish themselves in
Congo literature of science.
According to dispatch to the Lon
don Daily Mail from Madrid the Span
ish government has issued a Semi-of-
fetal notice stating that the official
investigation disprOveS the alleged
torturing of anarchists and that there
is no ground for revision of sentences.
Dinah Salifou, the Senegalese prince,
who was on of the sights Of the Paris
1889 exhibition, has just died in the
fort at St Louis in Senegal. On leaving
France he found that he was a prisoner
no explanation was ever given to him
and he was kept in confinement till his
death.
An extra number of the Madrid Ga
zette publishes dispatches from the
Philippine islands saying that the in
surgent chief, Aguinaldo, has ordered
all his followers to submit, and that
he and the entire inSurgent govern
ment will be allowed to go to Hong
Kong.
A division of the Greek and Ruthe
MAN colleges has been made at Rome,
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
having furnished funds to establish an
independent Ruthenian institution.
Part of the money is the endowment OF
the Ruthenian college at Lemberg whic
was suppressed by the Austrian govern
ment. The new college has been placed
in charge of the JeSuitS, while the
Greek college is managed by the Bene-
dictines of the Swiss Monastery of
Einsiedeln. as the Benedictines are po-
pular in the Orient.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-28
Crimes and Criminals. f.

John Morgan was hanged at Ripley,
w. Va, for numbering three people.
Nathan Sigsworth, the burglar OF
Richardson, Wis, has been sentenced
to five years at Waupun.
At New York Actor e. j. Radcliffe,
accused of beating his wife, was con-
victed of assault in the third degree.
The coroner's jury in the Waughtal
case at Black River Falls, Wis, has
returned Il verdict that Dell Waughtal
came to his death from the effects OF
gunShot from the hands of a party
unknown. The officers think they
have a cleW.
A Walla Walla man is in receipt Of a
letter which says that Fred Bergedorf
who had kept the Hot Springs house
between Warrens and Florance, Ida,
Bergedorf. had recently sold between
800 and 400 head of fine cattle and
was going to Boise with the money
when he was Waylaid and murdered
He is supposed to have had between
$4,000 and $4,000 with him.