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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23

John Currier. an old resident OF
Cherokee, Iowa, died of heart disease.
He was fifty-one years old.
Capt. II. w. Johnson, assistant sur
geon, is ordered from Fort Logan TO
Fort d. A. Russell, Wyoming.
Judge Elisha Randall, pioneer set
tier of Mason City, Iowa, and founder
of Western Methodism, is dead, aged
eighty years.
Congressman John NJ. Langston,
colOred. died at Washington. He was
formerly United States minister to
Hayti.
Albert Oliver Wilcox, a well known
abolitionist and advocate of woman
suffrage and temperance, is dead ut
Saratoga. y. Y, aged 81 years.
Capt Charles e. Woodruff, now at
Fort Custer, Mont, assistant surgeon,
has been ordered to Jackson barracks,
Louisiana, relieving Maj. William {.
Shannon.
John Purcell, the champion heavy
weight and hammer thrOwer, died at
his home in Florence, Mass He won
the worlds championship at the
worlds fair contest.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23

Sioux City, Iowa. Specialize the
Iowa legislature fails to pass woman
suffrage this winter it will not be for
lack Of hard work on the part OF the
State Equal Rights association. When
the session opens, headquarters Will
be established at Des Moines. Until
that time Sioux City will be the center
for the movement. Mrs. =. II. Belden
of this place, chairman Of the iegis-
lature committee, will have Charge OF
the campaign. Mrs Ina Taylor of
Ruthven has been employed as chief
clerk and is already in the city to as
sist the chairman in her work. The
state has been divided into districts,
counties and townships, and such an
organization effected thar every man
and woman within their boiderS will
receive personal letter from the legis-
lative committee.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23

On the 22d of next January there
will be total eclipse of the sun, to
which astronomers are looking for
ward with great interest. The moons
shadow will first touch the earth
about three hundred miles southeast
from Lake Tchad, in central Africa.
In the early morning it will pass over
Gondokoro and after crossing; the con-
tinent and the Indian Ocean, will reach
the western coast of India near noon
about one hundred and fifty miles
south of Bombay. Thence it travels:
northeast, crossing the Himalayas near.
Mount Everest, and leaves the earth
about four hundred miles north of PEI
king Most of the track is practically.
inaccessible to astronomers, but in In
dia, especially near the coast, it Isl
otherwise, and good many stations.
will be occupied Where the shadow
strikes the coast it is nearly fifty miles.
wide, narrowing to forty in northern.
Bengal the duration of the totality
ranging from two minutes and ten Sec
onds to one minute and forty seconds.
On the coast also the weather condi-.
tions are usually very favorable I'M
January, so that the astronomers have
good reason to expect better fate;
than that which overlook most of the
observers in 1896.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
Two Children Found With TNe,,
Threats Gut.

Two Children Found With 1Nei,
Threats Cut.
Oconomowoc, Wis, Special-A mys.
ferrous and shocking tragedy WIS com.
mitted here at the family residence of
Ernest Cornell Two ch:ldren-Winie
Cornell, aged six, and Lille, aged four
were found dead lying on their bed,
with their threats cut, and Ernest Cor
nell, their father, was lying on the
floor with cash across his throat
which extended from ear to ear. Cor
nell is still living, but is unable to give
satisfactory statement. He was.
however, able to make statement
after his throat was sewed up. He
said that man named Lewis, a horse
skinner. had come to his house and in.
duced him to drink lot OF whisky
and that after drinking the liquor lie
started to read a newspaper, but soon
lost consciousness and knew nothing
more until he was awakened by the
clock striking at $50 in the morning
A statement from Cornell IS that
Lewis has been boarding with him for
some weeks and that his (Cornelrs
wife and Lewis were together much of
the time. Cornell said that the night
before he had asked his wife not TO
she refused and went in spite of his
entreaties. When Mrs. Cornell en-
tered the house next morning she ex-
pressed great surprise at the condition
of Cornell and later appeared greatly
shocked when she beheld the two chill
dren. Early in the morning Lewis told
George Shepherd that Cornell was
dead and Shepherd went to the house
to investigate, finding the children
dead and the father badly injured.
Later Deputy Sheriff Palmer arrested
Lewis. The coroner's Jury started an
investigation, but adjourned until Mon
day, when the inquest will be resumed.
There were four children in the Cor
nell family the two living being Mrs,
CornelHs by a previous marriage and
the murdered ones children of the pres
ent union. The news of the murder
created great excitement in the city
and surrounding country. The gen
eral opinion is that Cornell killed the
children and attempted to commit sui
eide because of his domestic troubles.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
WASHINGTON Tails.

EX-CongreSsman John NJ. Langston,
one of the prominent colOred men of
the country, is seriously i'll at his home
in Washington.
EX-President says he committed no
wrong in signing the petition for the
Princeton inn, and would do SO again
should occasion arise.
Secretary Alger has issued an order
for the retirement Of Lieut. Col. w. II.
Waters, deputy surgeon general, I'M
der the thirty-year service act.
Postmaster e. T. Page of Redwater,
Tex, will be retained by this admins
tration, and all because of the birth of
bankruptcies and two sets of twins in
his family.
The following assignments in the
army have been made: Capt. Charles
FL. Grierson, to Troop +, Tenth cav
airy; First Lieut.. Edward d. Amber
son, to Troop G, Tenth cavalry; Sec
ond Lieut.. Frederick L. Arnold, to
Troop II, Fourth cavalry.
jan 1 Col. William r. Morrison,
senior member of the interstate com
merce commission, will retire by eX-
piation of his term. and President Nc
Kinley will reOrganiZe the commission
by appointing a Republican successor.
Col. Morrison is preparing to run for
his old seat in congress.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
Two Men Were killed.

Milwaukee, Special.-A Special to
the Sentinel from Green Bay, Wis,
says: Mayor Desnoyer received tel
egram from Armstrong Greek stating
that an accident occurred at that place
on the 500 railroad line and two men
were killed. Peter Keller and G. Bole.
1t is said the men were from Green
Bay. The Murphy Lumber company
of this city, which has logging opera
lions at that palce, know of no such
men of that name working for them.
Nothing definite as to how the acci-
dent occurred has been learned
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain ana
Live stock Centers.

Live Stock CenFefs.
Chicago, Nov. %. - Wheat ~ NO. =
red, Soc; No ) red, 92Q94c; No. :
spring, soc; No. 3 spring. S2@S6c; NO.
hard winter, sec; No. hard winter,
S3@S7c; No. new spring. "a bic.
Cash corn-No. ,, 27@21 lie: No. .,
% 3-4027c. Cash Oats-No. 2, Il 1-2g'
pc; No. 3. 19@20c.
Milwaukee, Nov %. - Flour steady.
Wheat steady; No. l Northern, 92c;
No. : spring, sc lie: May. 91c. Corn
steady; No. 8, 81 1-2c. Oats higher;
24M24 lie. Rye steady; No. /. IS Il
as lie. Barley steady; No. :, 42c;
sample, 27@41c. Provisions higher;
pork, S7.30; lard. S4.15.
Minneapolis, Nov. 23.-Cash Wheat
November closed ut 80 1-2c; December
opened st 80 Lie and closed at 50 1-2Cd
SO 5-Sc; May opened at IS 3-Sc anu
closed at So 5-Sc. On track No. 1
hard, 90 1-Sc; No. l Northern, u 1-oc;
No. , Northern, So 5-Sc.
Chicago, Nov. %. ~ Hogs n Light
S3.35M3.55: mixed $3.35M3.57 IL;
heavy. S3. 2O03. 80 IL: rough, 5000
$3.50. Cattle - Beeves, S3.90@5.2
cows and heifers, $1.7504.40; Texas
steers, S2.S003 80; Westerns. $3.50
Il. Ia. StOCktIS dlu 1CC(lClf7, %C.AOSS 1870
Sheep-atives, S3M4.S5; Westerns, 40
OATS; lambs, $4.2506.
Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. %. = Hogs
So. 250345. Cattle Gamers, $1.5O;
COWS. $40; heifers, $3@320; bulls,
S2.35@3.25: stockers, $3.75@4; year
lings, $3.5004; calves, $4.25@4.4O.
South ST. Paul, Nov. %. = Hogs -
So. 25@3.35. Cattle-Cows, $2.2O02. 70:
feeders, $3GO03.7O; stockers, 5000
4.02 -; Gamers. 1925; heifers, $3.50.
Sheep - Muttons, $3S0@3.So; lambs,
$490M5.
ST. Paul, Nov. %. - Wheat - No. /
Northern, 91td91 lie; No. Northern,
sc 1-2@S9 lie Corn-No. 3 yellow, 26@
% 1-2c; No. 3. "a 1925 lie. Oats
No. 3 white. 21021 Lee; No. 3, 200
203-4c Barley and Rye-Sample bar
ley, 2402Sc; No. 2 rye, 45146c; No. 5
rye. 44QI45c. Seeds-No. l fax, $1.O4
CLOS; timothy, $1.10M1.3o; clover,
S. 4O0I3. 80
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23

A newspaper of Pottsville, Pennsyl-
Vania, records that One day recently
in Judge Bechtels court, a foreigner
was an applicant for citizenship. Be-
ing an Englishman, he had a most
confident air. The judge asked him
this question: did you ever attend
school in this country" Eyes, sir, !"
answered the man. What school?'
1.-THE naturalization school," was the
reply. To obtain an explanation of
this answer, the judge asked several
more questions, and the fact was de-
veloped that there is in the town a
sort of agency or process, connected;
with political headquarters, where for
eigners are regularly instructed or
coached" in the art of obtaining nat
uraliZation papers.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23

A difficulty encountered in the prep
aration of foundations for the Paris
International exhibition of 1900 is the,
character of the banks of the Seine,
which are formed Of stone and earth
filing. resting on fine sand, easily
washed out during periods of flood.
The difficulty is being overcome by a
new system, devised by M. Louis Du-
lac Wells, about two and one-half
feet in diameter, spaced about six feet
between centers, are sunk to varying
depths down to about fifty feet by
means of a special pile driver, having
a boring weight of conical form, and
these wells are filed with lime and ce-
ment concrete, which is rammed hard
nv a second weight of different form.
This process forms a series Of mono
uthic columns anchored into the
ground. the concrete spreading to some
extent into the sides of the wells. In
his first experiments with this system
tho inventor was enabled to construct
buildings exerting load of nearly four
TONS per square foot on ground that
previously would not carry tenth as
mucb and a later building Weighing.
ahout eight tons per square foot was.
nlaced on land where the first fall of.
the boring weight had thrown up a
let of semi-liquid mud to height of
thirty feet.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23

The national flag is cneapened by
making it common, says a. newspaper
critic who does not approve of the dis
play OF the flag over the schoolhouse
every day. This is not only unphilo-
sophical, so far as theory is concerned,
but experience shows it to be an error
of judgment. sacred thing is not
cheapened by fulfilling one part Of its
mission, namely: the inspiring of rev.
erence by sight as well as by thought
Forever float that standard sheet"
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23

A peculiar property of slang is that
word which fits a distateful persons
may at the same time characterize a
whole obnoxious class. The noun
"faker," for instance, means, Accord
ing to the Century Dictionary, a thief,
or a person who deals in worthless
merchandise, or a hanger-on of the
theatrical profession; and under its
comprehensive shelter one feels justi-
fed in arraying the cheap triclstcrs
who flock, self-invited, to agricultural
fairs, to peddle useless wares, exploit
gambling games, or give vulgar tent
shows" 1t is easy to determine the
proper attitude of good citizens to-
ward such persons, who menace order,
insult decency, and corrupt the young
and thoughtless; and the most cheer
ing news we hear from the fairs of the
present season is of an earnest and
general effort to shut the takers"
out
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
Held by n steamer.

West Superior, Wis, Specialize
steamer L. G. Waldo is tied up here
because of civil and criminal actions
against her captain and mate, who are
charged with brutality to a deckhand,
Roy Hutton. Hutton claims the cap
tain began to pummel him for COM
planning of the food, and was ably as
sisted by the mate. The mate is under
arrest and held on 5000 bail, and as
soon as the captain shows up on this
side Of the bay to command his boat
he will be arrested.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
still After Deer.

Ashland, Wis, Special county
clerk was obliged to wire to the state
game warden for another application
book for deer licenses. The total Of
licenses issued is now over 600. The
season expires with this week, but Ii
censes are still being issued. Attorney
General Mylrea has announced that
through a loophole in the state law
deer can be shipped to Chicago and
other places outside Of Wisconsin for
the first time in. years.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23

Des Moines. Iowa, Special Two
men, Jack Walters and William Bar
ton, were fatally injured by prema-
ture discharge of dynamite i'll a city
sewer They were in the trench plac-
ing the stick when, because of q
loosened cap, it exploded, killing Walt
ers and tearing his body to pieces.
Barton was terribly mangled. The
other men had narrow escape.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
MIGHTY CLOSE SHAVE.
Serious Accident In stone Quarry
-Ome Man Killed.

Baraboo, Wis, Special-An accI,
dent occurred at Ableman, this county,
in which August Mike lost his life
and Albert Yoeck was seriously, and
possibly fatally, injured. The acct
dent occurred soon after the force OF
men began work in the stone quarry
operated by the Northwestern Rail
road company A ledge of rock gave
way, carrying several men with it
down steep embankment, distance
of thirty feet. August Mike was
found crushed, and Yoeck seriously In
jured. Several others were bruised,
and the escape of any of the men is
considered miraculous.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
Pleasant Iowa Sno

Mount Pheasant, IOWa, Special
Mrs. Warren Beckwith, the daughter
of Robert II. Lincoln. arrived here
with her husband, who met her in Illi-
nois. The people of this city were ig-
norant of the fact that she was com
ing. The couple went Immediately to
Mr.. Beckwiths home, where they will
remain indefinitely.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23

Clinton, Iowa Special.-Mrs. Henry
Paysen was burned to death here in Il
vain effort to save her four-year-old
daughter Amelia from the same fate.
The childs clothing was ignited from
a bonfire near which she was playing,
and the mother, in an effort to eX-
tinguish the flames, caught the little
one in her arms and held her there
until both were fatally burned.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
WRECK ON A BRIDGE.
Car Axle Breaks and Interrupts
Traffic.

West Superior, Wis, Special A
freight train on the Duluth, South
Shore & Atlantic railroad was badly
wrecked on the long trestle, where the
road crosses the Omaha, near the Belt
Line junction. The accident was the
result of the breaking of a car axle,
letting the load onto the bridge. An
Omaha freight was passing under at
the time, and had the South Shore
train been running fast, there would
have been a disaster.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
Rnrned to Death.

Rock Valley, Ia, Special.-Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Hesig, residing on a farm
near this place. had sad accident
happen to their 5-yearold girl, who
was burned to death. The child was
playing with matches and set fire to
the chicken house and was fearfully
burned before discovered. She lived
but a few hours.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
To Re ,rried for Murder

Waukon. Iowa, Special. The trial
of Frank Arnold for the murder of H.
V. Duffy, in the latter's store on the
night of April % last, has commenced.
1t promises to be sensational. The de.
tense claims it will prove motives for
suicide, while the prosecution claims
damaging evidence not yet public.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
Leaped From the Train.

Vallisca, Iowa, Special.-Miss CALI
cote, on her way from Denver to
Clarinda, Iowa, for visit, leaped from
the window of the Vallisca & ST. Joe
passenger train a few miles north of
st. Joe, and was picked up nearly
dead. No reason for the attempted
suicide was apparent.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
OtherWise.

John s. Johnson is after match race
with Jimmy Michael in New York for
$1,000 a side.
G. E. Stanton, a sober drug clerk OF
Greenport, L. T., claims to have seen
two sea serpents, each fifty feet long.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23

The recall Of Weyler is the greatest
victory the insurgent Cubans have
won; and when his successor goes the
Spanish army will go with him.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
THE NEWS RESUME
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.

A Comprehensive Review of the
Important Happenings of the
Past Week CuIIed From the Tel
egraDh Reports - The Notable
Events at Home and Abroad That
Have Attracted Attention.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
A Serious Charge,

Milwaukee. Special. United States
Commissioner Blodgood issued war
rant for the arrest of Edmund e. Ray
mond, who is confined in Jail at She
boygan, Wis, and who will be re-
Leased In few days. Raymond is be-
iieved to be the man wanted by the
federal authorities in Clevenland, De-
troit, and Cincinnati upon the charge
OF impersonating a United States Sc
cret service detective.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
Was He Rohhed nnd Mnrderedl

Ashland, Wis, Specialize cap
tain Of the barge Connolly Bros. has
been missing since Thursday night
and no traces of him can be found ia
town. Officers think he was robbed
and thrown into the bay.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23

The forty proposals of marriage
which Luetgert has received within the
past week indicate desire to make the
sausagemaker a bigamist.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-12

Tin plate in the Mckinley bill was
made dutiable at ? 1-5 cents pound.
In the Wilson bill this was reduced a
cent. leaving the duty is cents. This
caused the Republican organs to set up
a veil that the new duty was ruinous
to the industry. Nevertheless, the man
ufacture of tinplate went ahead; not
only that. but whereas the American
made article was hardly a commercial
quantity under the operation of the
absurd Mckinley tariff. which also
taxed heavily the raw material of the
industry. under the Wilson tariff it
positively fourished and tin plate mills
were erected all over the land-not
mere dipping sheds for the coating Of
foreign black plates with foreign tin
to be used for campaign purposes. a
trick McKinleyites delighted to play
upon the American people. but bonafide
American tinplate mills. The Dingley
bill fixed the rate at IL cents, or only
S-l0 Of a cent more than in the present
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-12
THIS IS SCIENTIFIC.
The Combined Testimony of Some Leading
Men OF the Age.

What is cough? It is an irritation OF
the throat and lungs. What causes IL
Congestion. Stop the congestion. the irri-
tation ceases. and the cough is cured
Blu, how to stop the congestion. All. there
is where the physicians have always been
puzzled. Some doctors give cod liver OIL
Others cough syrups but the most al
vanced prescribe stimulants. Nature must
be assisted. Pure whisky viii do 1t. See
what physicians say
Professor Austin Flint. Of Bellevue (New
York; College. says: The Judicious use
OF alcoholic stimulants is one of the strik-
ing characteristics Of progress in the prac-
tice OF medicine during the last half CEN
fury"
Professr Henry A. Mott, of New York
saws: The purity Of Duny's pure malt
wh.skey as simple analytical tests Will
readily convince a physician or eXpenO
should certainly recommend it to the high
est public favor
DR.. William T. Gutter State Chemist OF
Connecticut. saws. "Duffys pure malt
whisksy. contains no deleterious or injuri-
Gus qualities. and its absolute purity. as
well as scientific mode of manufacture,
must recommend il 10 general use ana
Duffv's pure malt whiskey is a certain
cure and preventive of congestion. BE sure
and secure The genuine.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-12

Mr.. Bailey. of Texas, is not thought
much of. as leader in Congress. Up to
date during the present session Big
Bully Reed has had a soft thing in
Bailey, who has lazily acquiesced in all
of Reeds high-handed proceedings, or,
rather, stoppage of proceedings under
the mistaken impression that it was
good Democratic policy to interpose
no objection, Bailey evidently not ap-
preciating the fact that the Democratic
objection might have been recorded
without causing Reed to alter his
course a hair-breadth. When these
things have been brought TO Bailey s
notice he has dismissed them by COM
planning of the discordant Democratic
minority. Under such leadership the
lack of discord is not to be wondered
at.
The argument in favor Of giving the
Republicans rope in the expectation
that they will hang themselves may be
carried to a specious point. The Repub-
licans will carry out their designs with
or without the opposition of helpless
minority. Persistent opposition is as
likely to goad them on as to check them.
Frequently the madness that arises
from the goad of a sharp opposition
drives a powerful majority to extremes
upon which it would not otherwise ven
ture.
But the opposition owes the country
duty. It is charged with the task OF
promoting good and preventing bad
legislation. II it has not the power to
prevent bad legislation it can at least
expose the viciousness of the measure
supported by the majority. 1t can keep
the country informed of the nature and
the motive of the work done by the ma
iority. 1t can record a protest against
injustice and folly.
Reasonable and vigorous criticism is
Of value to the country and to the parry
az opposition, but it would be we'll for
Mr.. Bailey to bear in mind that leader
should reserve his public criticism for
the enemy. more especially in this case,
in view of the fact that he, mora than
any other Democrat. or all other Demo-
Gratis. is responsible for the discord and
folly of which he complains.