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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-06-17
wEsT AND sOuTH.

At Berea, o., three members of the
Scheffelbine family have gone insane
inside of fortnight.
Near WhiiiaS Ind, John crowell and
his four-year-oll son were killed by the
ears.
The doors of the private bank Of John
NJ. Gentle at Deer Creek. H., were
closed.
Flames that originated in the plant
OF the ST. Louis Milling company at Car
linville. III. caused a loss of S2oo,o00.
Soon after William Andrews (col-
oredl was sentenced 10 death at Prin-
cess Anne. Nd, for assaulting Mrs Ben
iamin Kelley. mob took Andrew from
the sheriff and hanged him.
From injuries inflicted by a horse,
DR.. Alvah Owen, inventor of the eiec-
trio belt. died at his home in Palatine,
III.
Near Mountain City. Tenn, cutting
ARRAY took place in which Budd Price
killed james Hampton and fatally
wounded Hamptons brother.
vt Harrison, Ark, the Boone county
bank closed its doors with liabilities Of
$4,000
Henry Foster and John Shootman
were killed at Albany, Ky, because of
family fcud.
At lyle, Mimi, and vicinity a cyclone
did great damage to property, and so
far as known seven persons were killed
and ten seriously injured.
~ Wahpeton. \. D., lightning struck
the main tent of a circus. killing two
men and fatally injuring three others.
The governor has vetoed a bill to
regulate the practice of osteopathy in
the state of Illinois.
Flames destroyed the building of the
Marshall Elevator company in Chicago,
causing loss of Sl2s 600.
The McEcndree university at Leb-
anon, ILL.,, has bestowed the honorary
degree Of Ii. d. upon President McKin-
lev.
In Cleveland. O.. there viii be no
more Sunday baseball.
Thomas Neal killed his wife and her
grandmother. Mary Jenkins. near Bias
combvillc, :. c, in a fiji of jealousy.
The president and party arrived a,
the exposition in Nashville, Tenn, and
the executive addressed an immense
audience at the auditorium.
The supreme court of Indiana has
sustained the law enacted last winter
/ limiting street car fares in lndianapo-
lis TO three cents.
Near GRANVILLE. H.. William Henley
killed Harmon Woods and John Mckay
in a quarrel over trout lines. All were
fishermen.
In Moody county. :. r.. F. y. Bliven
fatally shot a daughter of Frank Wei
gel. a German farmer. because she
would not elope with him and then
killed himself.
At Lcayenworth. Kan, the house of
Gov. Smith. OF the national soldiers
home. was partially wrecked with dyna-
mite. Mrs. Smith was seriously in
[ jured. and J. W. Oliver 4 dishonorably
discharged soldier. was under arrest,
accused of the diabolical crime.
At indianapolis William Owens. a
teamster. and Miss Ida Alyea were
/ killed by lightning a street.
81 Rockford. H., James French was
hanged for the murder of his wife on
July 9 last.
Later advices from Lyle. Mimi, say
that the recent cyclone laid waste a
I tract 600 Yards wade and ten miles long,
property valued at $4,000 was de
stroyed. Henry Hanson was killed and
J Is persons were injured
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-06-17
DUN SEES STEADY GAIN.
Improvement In Trade Is Moderate
But Distinct.

Hut Distinct.
New York, June 12.-R. G. Dun & Co.,
in their weekly review of trade, say:
''The gain I'm business continues. not
without fluctuations, and at the best mod
crate, yet distinct. 1t is still In quantities
rather than prices, although in some
branches an advance in prices appears,
but on the whole the number Of hands en-
ployed, the volume of new orders and the
amount of work done are slowly increae
ing. Prospect of good crops of wheat
and cotton helps. growing demand from
dealers, whose stocks a gradually gaining
consumption depetes, also helps, and in
the money and exchange market large buy
ing of American securities has an influence.
Neither cotton nor wooden mills can ex-
pect other than a waiting business with
change of tariff impending, but the demand
for bleached goods IS steady, though mod
crate. for print cloths slightly better at
244 cents. plus 4 per cent, and for print
goods though not active. Brown goods are
dull, though quotations are unchanged.
Some large wooden mills are preparing to
increase output and have bought heavily.
Production of pig iron has for some
months been in excess of the demand in
the manufacture of finished products. Fail
ure to form the rod trust caused wire mills
to yield cents. The general demand for
plates and sheets was better, and for bars
much larger east and at Chicago, with
some large orders taken at Pittsburgh.
Phila delphia reports decided Improvement
in finished iron, with fewer concessions,
and Pittsburgh large structural orders.
while apprehension OF labor difficulties has
Induced much buying at the west. The
strike at Pittsburgh ended without sue
cess.
Failures for the week have been 262
in the United States. against 246 last year,
and 30 in Canada. against q last year"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-06-17
The News Of the Week.
b TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
FlFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

Proceedings of the Special Session.
The United States senate had a period
Of tariff speeches on the 9th, and, as a
result, little progress was made on the
bill. The following nominations were
received from the president: To be
envovs extraordinary and ministers
pIenipotentiaries OF the United States,
Henry L. Wilson, of Washington. 10
Chill; William F. Powell, of New Jersey,
to Hayti. and John G. A. Leishman. of
Pennsylvania, 10 Switzerland. The
house Sc as not in session.
In the United States senate on the
10th the agricultural schedule of the
tariff bill was completed and the sugar
schedule was taken up. In the house
James T. Lloyd, elected 70 succeed the
late Representative Giles. of the First
Missouri district, took the oath. The
house then adjourned % the 18Th.
The first test vote on the sugar sched-
ule was taken in the United States sen
ate on the 18th, resulting in the adop-
ton Of the republican caucus amend
nent increasing the duty on refined
sugar from 1875 TO 1.95 cents per pound.
The house was not in session.
The sugar schedule was again the
subject OF democratic assaults in the
United States senate on the 18th and
practically no progress was made Jnly
one amendment was voted ION and
that was defeated. Vher the senate
adjourned the amendment of Senator
Lindsay (Ky) to strike out the differ
entail on refined sugar was pending.
The house was not in session.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-06-17

Near Parkersburg. W. Va, a storm
OF broken ice stripped all leaves from
trees. ruined crops and badly injured
horses and cattle.
At Chattanooga Mrs. Edith l.. Bruno,
an aeronaut, descended into the Ten
nessee river and was drowned.
From Fort Missoula, Mont, "a men
started on bicycle ride of nearly q
500 miles TO jefferson barracks, Mo.
Whether bicycles will be used in the
army depends on the result of the ex-
pertinent.
At Cumberland, Md, Thomas Cup
pett and his son and two daughters
were struck by lightning and the girls
were fatally injured.
Buildings were unroofed and hun
dreds of windows were broken by hail
stones during a storm at Caldwell, o.
Because of a political feud John r.
Richards. millionaire and mayor of
Bunker Hill. H.. was shot and killed by
Capt. +. Y. Hedley, editor Of the Ga
zette.
While crazy drunk a negro named
Sibley shot and killed three women and
two children in Kemper county, Miss.
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PITH AND POINT.


--Brown-"My son has very extrava-
CANT ideas" Stone-"He doesn't look
as If he had many of them. "-Yonkers
Statesman.
Did you hear Senator Simpson yes
terday? He made a fine speech against
it," Against what?" thine. ~ leve-
land Leader.
"A man on tandem, with his wife
or sweetheart on the front seat, always
has something pleasant TO look forward
to.-Bicycle Rider
-She-sA woman marries a man to
keep him indoors" He-''And a man
marries woman TO keep her in hats.
-Yonkers Statesman.
Gentle Hint.-Elderly Mai
MAY ask what your name is?" ..-.-
ber." ~ beautiful name. wis i'll.
was ike it."-Fliegende Blaetter.
-Prisoner-''Forty shilIinCs for steal
ing pair Of shoes?" Magistrate
That's wb said" Prisoner-.Whv.
your VIC ship, they didn't fit."-Tit-
Bits.
"A Widened Horizon.-'When I was
4AESA vic WIS inc
only woman on earth" How do you
feel about it now?' "Wen, there's our
cook. Chicago Record.
-Discipline.-"My wife is rearing
Bobby very carefully; when he is dis
obedient he goes to bed without his
dinner" isn't that rather severe?''
mo; she always carries his dinner up
TO him. Chicago Record.
BROTHER Jim has the bicycle face.
Joe has the bicycle back, and sister
Sue has the bicycle leg" ANY other
bicycle ailments in your family?'
We'll, papa says he has the bicycle
pocketbook, and it's badly punctured. "
Truth.
Fair customer-"Is this western
beef?" Eastern Butcher proudly
NO, madam; we don't deal in steers
from the rowdy west. This beef,
madam, is from a highly cultivated and
refined COW, formerly of Boston. ~. Y.
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Fire Horror in China.

Tacoma, Wash, June ia terrible
disaster that resembles the Paris fire
in all its details is reported from TEN
Tsin, China, where over 100 persons
lost their lives in a burning death-trap.
A festival was in progress in the tenn
pie dedicated TO the queen of heaven.
Al around the building awnings were
hung and infammable materials were
strung. The place was crowded day
after day, and it was when the fes-
tivities were at their height. with
women and children crowding the edi-
flee TO the doors, that the fire broke out.
A terrible panic ensued. Men and
women struggled for exits, trampling
the weak and the children under foot.
Many who were near the doors were cut
off from escape by the crowds. The ex-
act number who lost their lives will
never be known, but the estimates run
over 100.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-06-17

London, June IL. - The CONSTANT
nople correspondent of the Standard
says: At Tuesdays conference of the
ambassadors for the discussion of the
terms of peace, Tewfik Pasha was pres
ent, armed with categorical instructions
to persist in the retention Of Thessaly
given him by the sultan personally.
When the conference ended the sultan
summoned his ministers to a special
council at the Yildiz kiosk, which sat
until two o'clock in the morning Of
Wednesday. The decision arrived at
was that the evacuation of Thessaly
was impossible, but that there was no
necessity to precipitate action. Being
in possession, the porte, il was argaed,
was able to wait patiently and even in
definitely while discussing point after
point with the powers. IT was also de-
cided TO continue actively the prepa-
rations for war.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-06-17
Much Good Work.

Chicago, June 15.-The National W.
C. T. Z. officers have issued a report
regarding the work in various state leg
islatures in the sessions this year, and
from II this is taken:
Legislation In reform measures this
winter has been quite gratifying. Illinois
passed police matron bill to apply to
cities of over 800 Inhabitants also a strin-
gent temperance education bill and
cigarette bill Minnesota Passed a bill pro-
hibiting admission of anyone under q to
dance houses, concert saloons or any place
where intoxicating liquors are sold or
given away. The Iowa legislature made
liquor bills incollectible. Tennessee. Mas
sachusetts, Kentucky, Connecticut and In
diana passed strong anti-cigarette laws
In Washington an anti-vivisection bill was
passed. the legal age Of consent was raised
from - to is years, and a suffrage amend
ment is to be submitted TO the voters at
the November OS9S) election. The supreme
court OF Missouri has decided that women
may hold any office from which they are
not de barred by the state constitution
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INDIA CURRY.
A Hot-weafher Use of the Condimcnt
Scarcely known to Anne ricans.

g
Scarcely known to Anne ricans.
The use of that wholesome condi-
ment, curry powder. IN the average
American family is becoming greater
each year. This powder has been in
general use in England since the days
of Warren Hastings. and Englishmen
4 have become very fond of ii, some
/ sprinlding the curry from holder as
an American would pepper upon his
food. People living where the heat of
/ the climate makes it necessary to use
stimulating condiments in their viands
/ learn quickly 10 like a curried dish or
/ anything with this powder in it. Per-
/ haps it is not generally known that
slices of cold meat or fowl heated in a
well-seasoned curry sauce and served
for luncheon on hot summers day are
/ better for the stomach than the cold
Iaeats alone. a curry powder is used
/ with great success in seasoning fish
/ sauces and vegetable dishes as well as
meats, and a little of this powder in
soups adds to their flavor.
4 curry powder is pulverized very
I fine and smooth, and usually is pre-
pared with the following spices: Twelve
/ ounces of tumcric, one ounce OF cayenne
/ pepper, half an ounce of black pepper,
the same of paprika, six ounces of gin
/ ger, half an ounce each of cardamon
seed, cummin seed, mace, and CHINA
mon, and eight ounces of coriander
seed A bottle of the best imported In
! dia curry powder may be purchased at
a small expense and will retain its
strength for long while if kept closely
I corlxed. rolled in thick paper, or put in
dark place.
In the East Indies. where curries are
/ so successfully made. an acid fruit is
commonly and eocoanut is always used
with the other ingredients, which would
seem unusual to us, who are accus-
/ toned to associating coCoanut with
delicate cakes and dainty buildings.
/ Here is one recipe for India curry:
Break open a cocoanut, save the milk,
/ and CRATE half the nut meat. Pour over
this half cup of fresh milk and the
/ cocoanut milk, and let them stand in
4 cool place several hours. Take
4 boiled fowl and cut it into pieces of
/ the proper size, removing the skin and
bones and sprinkling the flesh lightly
with salt. Cut good-sized onion into
small pieces and put it into a frying
/ pan with three tablespoonfuls of but
/ ter; cook them five minutes, add half
chopped green pepper, and cook five
/ minutes longer; stir in two tablespoon
/ fuls of flour and two teaspoonfuls of
/ curry powder and stir until it is frothy;
/ slowly add one pint of the liquid in
Z r.s.nlra1
moving the grease carefully. Now press
the milk from the grated cocoanut and
add it to the other ingredients with
teaspoonful of sugar Allow these TO
cook slowly ten minutes. Put into
saucepan the prepared meat and strain
/ the curry sauce over 1t; add the juice of
/ half lemon: cover the pan, and let the
contents just bubble for 20 minutes;
then serve. 4 few raisins or pieces of
apricots are frequently added with the
other Ingredients: then the sugar and
lemon may be omitted.-N. y. sun.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In gale off The east coast of China
500 fishermen lost their lives.
The sultan has been notified that
the government of Great Britain will
not allow Thessaly TO pass under
Moslem rule.
At 81. Pierre. Martinique. the com
mercial firm of c. Aries & Co. failed for
100000.
At festival at Tien-Tsin, China,
fire broke out, and in the panic that
followed over 100 persons were killed.
In n mine at Maestig, Wales, a cage
fell distance of 800 feet, killing ten
men.
IN a fight with natives on the north
ern frontier of India Col. Bunny, two
other officers and 25 British privates
were killed and many others wounded.
At Welshampton, England, an excur-
sion train was derailed and nine per-
sons were killed and 25 injured.
Dispatches from Havana say that
more than 1000 persons die every day
in Cuba as a result of the famine and
disease. due 10 Gen. Weyler's enforced
RECOMMENDATION of pacificos.
Ia Calcutta, India, an earthquake
mock cracked the walls of nearly every
building.
At St. Vincent, Jamaica, a cyclone
damaged many buildings and killed
three persons.
While going to the Longchamps races
to see the Grand Prix President Faure,
of France, was fired upon. No one was
I hurt.
vt Cabana, Cuba. the secret court
martial of Gen. Ruis Rivera and Col.
Bacallao. the insurgent chiefs cap
tured il Pinar del Rio, sentenced them
/ 10th to be shot.
An appeal was made by the sultan to
Emperor Nicholas and Emperor Will
liam to support his claim to annex
Thessaly to the Ottoman empire. This
proceeding highly displeases the am
bassadors of the other powers.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

In the month of May the exports of
breadstuffs amounted 10 S13,Os7. or. an
increase of s.. $50 7S over May, 1896.
\ treaty is being prepared by the
state department for the annexation
of Hawaii. 1t may be submitted to the
senate for ratification at the present
session. and if not it will be ready for
the regular session next December.
In the United States there were 262
business failures in the seven days end
ed on the 18th, against 2il the week
previous and 246 in the corresponding
period of 1896.
In the month of May last the postal
receipts throughout the country
amounted to s.. GS5,7 os. an increase OF
SCI. sos over the receipts in May, 1896.
Throughout the country trade con-
tinues TO show a moderate but distinct
improvement.
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POSTAL REIMBURSEMENT.
Annual Classification of Offices and
Salaries-Many Changes.


Washington, June IS. - The four
teenth annual readjustment of classifi-
cation and salaries of presidential post
Offices has been completed and the
changes were given out at the post Of
flee department Monday. These
changes are required by an act of
March 3, 1883. to be made annually, and
the present ones become effective July
/. They are based on the fluctuations
of post office revenues at the respective
places. The charges in classification
for northwestern states follow:
Minnesota. Halsted relegated from third
to fourth class: Missouri, Carrollton adj
vanced from third to second: Kansas. Nc
Pherson and Manhattan relegated from
second to third, Jewell. Kiowa and Wa
keeney relegated from third to fourth:
Michigan. Au Sable, Lake City and Milan
relegated from third to fourth; Nebraska.
Atkinson. Hooper. Osceola and Rushville
relocated from third to fourth, Platts-
mouth advanced from third TO second /,
North Dakota. Bismarck advanced from
third to second; Iowa. Keokuk relegated
from first to second, Carroll and Ninton
relegated from second TO third, Dysart,
Mystic and Story City relegated from third
to fourth, Newton advanced from third to
second Indiana, Richmond relegated from
first to second. Greensburg from second 70
third and Franklin, Indiana Mineral
Springs, Walkerton and Waterloo from third
TO fourth. Bluffton advanced from their 70
second; Illinois, Fulton, haywood and Nor
NAL relegated from second to third. Alexis,
Ashland, Gardner and Kansas from third
to fourth. and Mount Vernon advanced
from third to second; Ohio, Gallipolis rele-
gated from second to third. Versailles from
third to fourth and Shelby advanced from
third TO second: South Dakota, Pierre rele-
gated from second to third Ipswich from
third to fourth: Wisconsin. Merrill and
Wauwatosa relegated from second TO third
Ahnappe, Iron River. Memekaunee and
South Superior from third TO fourth. White
water advanced from third TO second.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-06-17
WASHING BLANKETS.

Summer is the best time for washing
blankets. To do the " ork satisfactorily
fill tub half full of soft hot water in
which half bar of Ivory soap has been
dissolved, and wash gently with the
hands. Rosin soap and hard rubbing
ruins blankets. Wen clean rinse well.
hang on the line "a the sun. As soon a
dry. fold evenly and put away securely
in box or cleset. Blankets washed
thus viii remain fresh and soft for
years.
ELIZA r PARKER
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Pennsylvania has added to its col
lateral inheritance tax a two per cent.
tax on all personal property passing to
direct neirs. Estates valued at less than
5000 are exempted. It is estimated
that this new levy will yield not less
than 100000 a year. and perhaps 81
100000. The senate passed the bin. the
house concurred IN the senate amend
lnents and the COVE. .Ior signed il, all in
the same dav-
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Bellaire, o., June 1.-THE lives of
three young ladies were blotted out by
lightning while they were on II cir way
home from the NJ. +. church at Jacobs
burg. The victims are Minnie Nc
Guire, daughter of Rev. Thomas Nc
CURE; Alpa Taylor, daughter of Will
liam Taylor. and Emma White, daugh-
ter of Simon White. al aged about 10
years. Sarah Bohring was badly
stunned and may die. They were resi-
dents of Jacobsburg. a village on the
Bellaire. GAINESVILLE & Cincinnati rail-
way, II miles west of this city. and were
walking together in the road about 100
yards from the church when they were
struck by the lightning.
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Rnpid FIIght of pigeons.

Thirteen homing pigeons owned by
II. j. Baumgacrtner, president of the
Milwaukee common council, finished
fight of 400 miles IA the fastest time
for the distance ever made in the west.
The time was o hours and 90 min
utes, or less than a minute for each
mile. The birds were liberated at Iron
ton Mo
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THE EAST.

On Long Island sound the United
States torpedo boat Porter made the
marvellous record of 4 mile in less than
two minutes with scarcely an effort.
Admiral Sicard's flagship, the ar
mored cruiser New York. hurriedly put
10 sea from Boston under sealed or
ders.
At the age of 3 years James Hughes
Taylor, a veteran tragedian of wide
reputation. died at Downingtown, Pa.
In many New England towns floods
caused ny high water in the Connecti-
cut river I'D great damage.
Seven cars we're demolished and three
men were killed in freight train wreck
near Exeter. y. II.
At Georgetown, Del, James NJ. Gordy
was hanged for the murder of his wife.
lie died protesting his innocence.
Since April last the exports of gold
amount TO S17.3s4,72s.
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated ST.
Gus. Is2, $40. against SsS6.971,575 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was %.
rther advices say that the losses in
New England by the recent storm will
incluue nearly a dozen lives and dam
age to property to the extent of $780,
600.
a fund has been started by the New
ork Herald for Mark Twain, the cele-
brated humorist, with a subscription OF
81 900.
In the National league the percen-
"a yes OF the baseball clubs for the week
ended on the 18th were: Baltimore
.763: Boston. 200; Cincinnati, cal;
New York, $50; Philadelphia, .535;
Brooklyn. .525; Cleveland, .4s7; Pitts
burgh, 4sT; Louisville, .425, Chicago
$50; Washington. .3I2; 81. Louis, .1S6
+ In a panic in a schoolhOuse at Buff
falo, y. Y. caused by cry of fire
many children were badly injured
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Rnr-finr Steel

An experiment which demons rates
the capacity Of steel to endure greater
pressure than the hardest stone was
recently made at Vienna. Corundum
was chosen for the stone, and small
cubes of both substances were placed
under pressure. 4 weight OF six tons
smashed the corundum, but y tons were
required to crush the steel. When the
steel did give way. the effects are de-
scribed as most remarkable With d
Loud explosion. the metal flew into
powder. and its sparks are said to have
bored minute holes in the crushing ma
chine.-Youth's Companion.