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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-12-16
LATER NEWS.


ln the United states senate on the
18th bin granting To settlers the right
TO make second homestead entries was
passed. Senator Fairchild introduced
bill To facilitate the enforcement of
the immigration aud contract labor
laws. II was decided to take a final vote
On the immigration bill on January Il.
I'm the house the legislative, executive
and judicial bill was reported. Ii car
ries total Of SCI, 562. 425, being $780,
ess than the estimates.
The first substantial rain since last
June fell in parts of eastern Kansas.
The American consulate in Havana
is constantly guarded by four soldiers
Of the military police and two detec-
ives.
It is said that Gen. Sangully. one of
the Cuban leaders, has deserted to the
Spaniards.
Adyices from Indian Creek, 100 miles
west OF San Antonio. Tex, say that the
recent gold discoveries there are Of
fabulous richness.
At Fl Reno. o. T., the Stock exchange
bank closed it's doors with liabilities of
$4,000
The special wheat investigation in.
stituted by the department of agricul'
ture Indicate a crop of 530.00O,0 0J bush
els in the United States.
The seventeenth annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor be-
gan i'm Nashville. Tenn, With delegates
present from every state in the union.
4 Sc - felF
at Lebanon, Ill.,. and people were
aroused from their sleep.
\ dangerous counterfeit ten-dolar
silver certificate is in circulation in Dem
yer. Col II is of the series of 1891,
check letter c, plate No. Z. treasury No.
Is.41I.125. Hendricks portrait.
The next annual convention of the
National Republican league will be held
at Omaha June 1916.
The residence of Mrs. John Frederick
was burned AT Augustine. Pa, and three
children were cremated
Two negroes arrested for the murder
of a storekeeper named Babin at St.
Gabriel. La, were lynched by a mob.
A tornado wrecked buildings at Point
La Hache Ia, and several lives were
reported lost.
Henry PrnLasco. ore of the most
prominent men in Cincinnati. who re-
tired from business 30 years ago. made
an assignment: with liabilities Of $780,
600.
Robert \. Van Nyck took the oath of
office as mayor of Greater New York
and will assume the duties of office on
January /. 1898.
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The death Of Rear Admiral Joseph L.
Green, L. s. y. (retired), occurred al
his home in Brookline. Mass.
At Myerstown. Pa. Luther l.. MIXER
a prominent business man. commit
ted suicide rather than submit to arrest
on charge Of forgery.
The civil engineer. Charles Mettam.
whose death at Bay onne, y. J.. is an
nOuuced. was the first TO suggest elc-
waited railroads in the city streets.
In Philadelphia Anthony Y. Dev.in
shg and fatally wounded his wife and
then committed suiciCe
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the 10th aggregate Z
St,352, 20. ssh. against Sl.323.s61 iG5 the
previous week. The increase compared
with tire sponding week OF 1896
was 26.7.
In the United States there were 312
business failures in the seven days
ended on he 10th. against 500 the week
previous and $50 in the corresponding
period Of 1896.
Word was received by the Cuban
iUnta in New York that the insurgents
were planning an immediate attack on
Havana.
On the section of the Central Rail-
way of New Jersey known IS the New
York, SomervilIe a. Easton branch
registered letters containing S1CO.COO
have been stolen.
Throughout the country business is
reported as stili improving and all
speculative markets \. stronger.
At the siN-day bicycle race in New
York G. y. Miller. of Chicago. was the
winner. his score being 2,OI3 miles.
heating all previous records.
Flames in John and Jane DObson's
carpet salesrooms in Philadelphia
caused 4 loss of SSGO.O 900.
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In Keokuk, Ia. 0dion Clemens,
brother Of Mark Twain, died while
seated at a table writing.
In Waverly, Ia, Judge Clyde ser
fenced Delilah Fales 10 be imprisoned
90 years and William Kern II years for
the murder of jerome Kern. Both con-
fessed the crime.
Troops % cavalry were ordered out
TO capture Indians who are on the war
path III Arizona.
Mrs. Nancy Allison Mckinley. the
mother of the nations chief executive.
died at her home in Canton, o., aged 50
years.
Maria James died at her home in
GAINESVILLE, o.. aged IA years.
At Springfield, O.. C. b. Buckley. now
champion quail eater of the world. fin
ished his sixtieth quail. They were
eaten ~ the rate Of two day for -
consecutive days.
4; Galena. H.. an ice flow destroyed
the government locks, which cost $780,
900.
In Kansas City. Mo. Lena Winslow
has been awarded $1,000 damages for
injuries received while being initiated
into he Ladies OF the Maccabees.
In the northc N Illinois fields the coal
miners strike is al an end.
In Texas Cuban buyers are making
heavy purchases of cattle for shipment
TO the island.
Fire destroyed the Cedar Rapids ia. ;
button factory and two employees were
probably fatally injured
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MEST AND SOIITH-

The governor of Georgia vetoed the
anti-footbalI bill.
Horton. Gilmore. McWiiliams & Co..
one of the largest wholesale hardware
firms in Chicago. failed for S2lO,GG0.
because Of illness Elmer ". Rose.
editor Of the Preston Ua) Times.
! Killed himself.
Burglars entered the post office at
Louisville, H.. aud stole S6s4 in stamps
aud money.
II. T. Reynolds. one of Ehicago's old
c>t aud best-knowu physicians. died at
the age Of % years.
II Chicago the SchaefIer Piano com
pany made an assignment.
Flames n Port Townsend, Wash.
destroyed the full data Of all the ship
ping Of Puget sound and rritish Co
lumb.a waters since the year 1868.
he death of Chief Justice Conway.
of the Wyoming supreme court, o.
CURED in CHEYENNE
Il was decided by the board Of educa-
ton to close the schools in Minneapo-
lis because of Jack 81 money.
Because she could not stop smoking
cigarettes. Miss Lille Arnold. Of Jones'
Vile. Mich. aged -, committed suicide
John Hassett and Frank Weber.
miners. were killed in a snow slide near
Glendale. Mont
In Texas Gel. Paul Vandervoort. a;
orc time com naEder Of the Grand
Army OF he Republic. has secured land
for colony Of 1000 veterans.
\ negro murdered the wife aud five
children Of Brown Smith. farmer in
Simpson county. Miss. during Mr..
Snsth's absence.
\ piece Of quartz with veins Of gold
VIII convey CALIFORNIA; invitation 10
President Mckinley TO attend the gold
en- jubilee Of the discovery Of old.
On the Chicago boarJ Of trade D.
tember wheat was carried up 10 Si09,
the highest figure since the famous
corner OF ISoi.
In Ohio the Ohio federation Of labo-
adopted a resolution recommending
the exclusion - foreign labor for a pc
Rod of ten yeas.
Al San Quentin. Cal. Harry AIlender
was hanged for the murder OF Miss
Wallbergen Fielner and Yinanzi Gro
Eetti Angus. 9. 1Ss,v.
Jim Glover and sam Fields. both col
cred. were hanged on the same gallows
at Ahbeyiiie. Ala. Glover was convict
ed for killing his wife and Field for
killing his mistress
On the stairway OF the courthouse at
Frauklinron. La. Joe Reed. a nr,mi-
nent lawyer. % Tangipahoa. was as
sassinafed.
\ mob lynched Charles Lewis tcol.
oredl, who murdered the wife and four
children Of Rrown Smith near Wesson
Miss.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

The presidents message TO congress
is praised by Premier Sagasta, of
Spain.
Starvation must have come to Daw-
son, for 1000 men were coming out
over the trails from the Klondike
Premier Saeasta said al a cabinet
council in Madrid that in the event Of
the United States interfering IN Cuba
II would find the government prepared
to defend the rights and honor of
Spain.
In Russian Asia there is general IN
rest among the Moslems and an upris-
ing is feared.
In Cuba Monday, the 18th inst, is
understood 30 be the day set for the in
stituiion of the provisional government
under the autonomy DEGREES
In a proclamation signed by the
Cuban military and civil leaders IN
Havana province the autonomy offered
by Spain is spurned.
Near Lydenburg, South africa, high
waymen robbed the mail coach of $780,
600 in gold.
Most u the business men in Havana
have abc~doncd the hope that the in
surgents will surrender or accept the
conditions of autonomy.
About Sl50.00O in gold was captured
by the Cuban insurgents in their brief
raid on La Caimanera.
Victoriana and Pantaleon Guillan, the
murderers Of DIR. Carpio, were legally
shot at Matamoras. Mexico.
Iokohamacapitalists inorder to COM
pete with The American product pro-
pose to establish sawmills in Japan
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LABOR TROUBLES N ENGLAND.
Engineers Refuse 10 Accept Employ
RRruas.


London, Dec 1.-THE ballot taken by
the unions o. the Amalgamated So
eiety of Engineers Is almost unanimous
against accepting the proposals Of the
employers. The hallot grew out of the
formal conferenoa between the repre-
sentatives of the striking engineers ard
their employers. which began on Nc
vember "a last, and after several ses-
I sions was adjourned on December 3
until December IA. in order to allow the
delegates of the engineers to submit to
the various unions the terms OF the
masters.
The employers, through their repre-
sentatiVes at the conference, have de-
clined to recede from tl,eir position re-
specting freedom in the management
of their business. without the inter
ference of the unions. and emphatical-
ly pronounce against n reduction in
the hours of labor, on the ground that
such diminution would mean small
er output and inability to meet foreign
competitors. The strike began on
July 10, last, with lockout upon the
part of some of the engineers, fol-
lowed by the engineers calling ont
large number of men, until about
hundred Thousand engineers were
thrown out of work. The ostensible
reason for the strike was the question
of payment for overtime. and incident
ally for eight hours work per day.
The engineers have insisted upon
eight hours work and that all over
time must count as one and a quarter
time for the first two hours and as time
and a half after that.
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MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. Arnie L. Diggs has been APP
pointed state librarian Of Kansas.
Belgium now has an output of o.
100000 pounds OF oleomargarine per an
mum from Is factories.
There are this year 25.S46 more chill
dren in the public schools of South
Carolina than there were last year.
Vilhelmina. queen of the Neither
lands, viii take the oath of accession
TO the throne on September 6, 1895.
Edward Dun. for many years United
large mercantile houses in Yokohama
and Kobe.
There are Il salmon canncTIes on Pu-
get sound, the total output for 1897 be
ing $500 900 fish. 467. 600 cases. bringing
in S1.634.5O0
Blue Jacket, late chief of the Shaw
nee Indians. who died near Chetopa,
Kan. was once . Baptist minister. He
was over SO years old.
George w. Vanderbilt. has taken on;
in the Mutual Life Insurance company
Sl.GuU,o0O poll on which he pays
$4,000 ann .al premium.
Uranium. worth $500 per ton. has
been discovered near Back Hawk, Col.
and the agents of French syndicate
have announced that they will buy all
that can be produced.
Paul Alexander tombstone, the mind
reader. now at Kansas City, says he is
going TO take trip around the world
blindfolded and at the same time try
and beat the record for globe trotters.
\ colony of Shakers from Lebanon,
o., is expecting shortly to settle near
Savannah. Ga. DR.. j. II. S.ingerland.
head of the Ohio colony. is in the south
making arrangements for the transfer.
Gen. Wade Hampton win devote his
time TO an important military book
which has been long a cherished plaa
of his. II is entitled "The History Of
the Cavalry of the Army OF Northern
Virginia"
Capt. John Lawson, who is now in
St. Louis. ran Robert Stevenson's first
steam engine between London and Liv-
erpool. He is the oldest engineer in
America and ran the first engine on
American soil.
The interstate commerce commission
has decided TO extend for two years the
period within which railroads must
comply with the act of congress re-
curing all railroads 20 he equipped
with safety appliances for the protec-
ton Of the employees and passengers.
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MOTHER M,KlNLEY pEAp.
President Was AT Her Bedside when
She Passed AnnN.

Canton, O., Dee. Infancy Allison
Mckinley, the aged mother Of Presi-
dent Mckinley, PASSED away at 2:0s
o'clock Sunday morning. The nations
chief executive, the son whom she had
lived 10 sec in the white house. was at
her bedside for hours before the end
came. The mother passed away with
her hand in his, but the crd was marked
by the inconsistencies that denotes
paralysis from acute old age. The
death scene was a touching and impress
sive one. The members of the McKin-
ley family, including children, grand
children and othe relatives, were
grouped about the bedsi lie, and as the
hours of the night wore on il was re-
allied that the sufferer could not live
until daylight. Pre- sident Mckinley
was constant attendant AT his
mothers side, and vainly tried TO Sc
cure some signs of recognition.
Mrs. Mckinley came Of a family which
as transplanted from England TO the hills
II Virginia The Allison family suisse
Iuently removed to Green county, Pa,
where Abn ~ All son, N,ancy's father, was
born, and where ne married Ann Campbell,
presen. century Mr.. and Mrs. Allison came
from Pennsylvania to CUiumhiana county
this state, travelling by pack horses. II
1863, near the present city of Lisbon, Nancy
Allison was born. Her girihood was passed
on the farm and in 1877 she married VIII
liam Mckinley, a young iron manufac-
turer. Tho couple first lived at Fairfield
and afterward at Niles and Poland before
removing TO Canton. Nine children were
born to them. They were: David Allison,
deceased: Anna, deceased; James. de-
ceased; Mary deceased; Helen Minerva.
now living at Canton; Sara Elizabeth, now
the wife of a. J. Duncan, of Cleveland
William, the president; Abigail Celia, de-
ceased, and Abner. whose home is in New
York. William Mckinley. ST., died in No
vember, 1892. at the age of s. years. When
President Mckinley entered congress over
20 years ago he was from his mother much
of the time until he retired from congress
TO make the canvass for governor in 1881.
During his service from 1892 to 1896 as gov
ernor, he went to Canton frequently TO
visit his mother, and he was with her from
January, 1896. until he went TO Washing
ton last March. Previous to entering pub
lie life the president was always located
near his parents and spent much time
NTH
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AIDS TO BEAUTY.
Items which May ne Of Interest 20


the Ladies.
Hold the head as high as possible
When sitting or standing. While sleep
ing avoid high pillows, unless you adj
mi-e a doable or triple chin or GIbby
neck.
Do not fret-worry is the indelible
pencil Father Time uses to punish
weak natures, and frettiug is early
death to beauty, says the Philadelphia
record
LNerclse az the muscles every da5
% your NE ior Ten minutes stop De
IoFe you Ieei 'hoFoughiy iired. Never
o'er'dA ire muscles OF ihey VIII re-
NehSe themselves.
''''ehlo-, '"' '"c sanitary en"l'-
toms on 'he .'"s iius- he ieFai'A VITA.
cur Iauiti lhat good blood means that
the hear'' hNer ana Eldneys are work
i"g properly.
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u's ciie9'' " HIH' ous' anu ihuuce
iCnseII'|'
bathe every CAY winter ana summer
when aoIc to be ABOUT the house. Study
e"retu!iy the hiAa q oath which suits
you pest ana then Stuck to Il though
me heavens Iai''
h"o" 'n"t oeautt Is me other 4a'l
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A HORRIBLE CRIME.
Mississippi Farmer Finds His Wife
md Children slain.

Wesson, Miss. Dec. 10.-0ne of the
most atrocious murders on record in
the south was committed Wednesday
night in Simpson county, this state, 20
miles from here. Brown Smith, a
farmer and son of Representative
Edward Smith, left his family at his
home in the country to go 10 town for
shopping purposes, thinking of no pos
sible danger for them. Thursday morn
ing when he returned he found his
wife and five children weltering in their
blood and apparently all dead An
alarm was raised Immediately and the
entire neighborhccd turned out to hunt
for the perpetrator of the foul and
bloody crime. There being no tele-
graph connections details Of the muir
der come in Slowly, but il IS reported
that one Of the little girls, supposed
to have been dead, has revived enough
to tell what she knew Of the occur
renee. She says she knows the man
who committed The deed, that il was
a negro, and described him. 1t is
learned that Mrs. Smith and the other
four children are dead
Wesson. Miss, Dec II. - Charles
Lewis, a negro accused of killing the
wife and four children of Brown Smith,
was captured By a posse, carried back
to he scene Of his crime, where he was
fully identified by he surviving girl.
and was put on trial by Justice r. D..
Holmes. lie gave testimony imp,icat-
ing two other neg2Des, VIII Powell and
Andy Smith, who are now in custody.
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Havana. via Key West. Fla, Dec. a.
It is officially announced that the Span
ish forces under the command of Gen.
Psndo, in the province Of Puerto Princi-
pc, have been pushing the insur-
gent leader, Gen. Maxine Gomez, so
closely that he was obliged, with about
200 men of his escort, to seek refuge in
the woods and mountains of Las De
licias. The commissioners sent by
Gen. Pando 10 different parts Of the
island with instructions to negotiate
with the insurgents for their accept
ance of the autonomous form Of gov
eminent proposed by Spain, have not
returned in single case, which seems
to confirm the reports that some Of
them have beer hanged by the insur-
gents and others have elected to remain
with the enemy. 1t is reported that
Juan del Gado, the insurgeut leader,
has hanged he two commissioners who
were sent TO him with peace PROPOSE
tions.
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Madrid, Dec. 13.-Gen. Weyler said
Saturday'at Barcelona that, consider
ing Spain's military and naval strength
and the courage of her soldiers. she had
nothing to fear from a war with the
United Ssatcs. Gen. Weyler continued:
IF such a war becomes necessary. !
will consiser II my greatest military glory
to take command OF military expedition
against the United states. I approve the
language of the papers hostile to McKin-
ley's message, but l think that even they
are too cold in their censures Never have
such insults as those Of Mckinley against
the representative of an army of a friendly
nation remained urpunishcd.''
Gen. Welyer said that in defense Of
his campaign and honor of the army in
Cuba he would ask the government 10
publish the diplomatic notes exchanged
with the United States, chiefly one sent
by Premier Canovas on the 4tl Of Au-
gust this wear
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Muller Rides in FIRST.

New York, Dec. 13.-Charles w. Mil
Ter, of Chicago. is the new champion Of
the bicycle track-the worlds cham
pion siX-day racer So he was ac-
Claimed Saturday night when he FIN
ished the great race many miles ahead
of thc worlds record made by Teddy"
Hale, Of Ireland, in 1896 After the end
Of the racing, N the presence Of the
management, the track was surveyed
and found to be 5Gi feet inches in
circuit, measured IS in hes from the
pole, according 10 the racing rules
These figures, multiplied By nine. the
number of laps said to have made a
mile, showed a total Of 5,07s feet 5
inches Accordingly the track turns
out 10 have been short POI feet inches
In every mile, and IT is estimated ON
this basis that Mil,er's record of 2,0GS
miles really represents nearly so miles
less. This'would bring his figures down
to about a0l3 miles, over 100 more than
the record made by Hale in the garden
last December.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

1t is estimated that every square
mile Of the sea contains l2O,oO0,O0O
fishes.
John NJ. Penniman has been for 80
years member OF the Boston police
force. His age is -.
II school for the training Of Young
eclorcd men in agricultural pursuits IS
about 20 be established i'm Tuskeegee.
ala.
Rice wine has been In use in japan
for over 1900 years. Next TO grape
wine, it IS the oldest alcoholic beverage
known.
-Four hundred years ago only seven
metals were known. Now there are 81.
30 of which have been discovered with
in the present century.
Blind fishes, two inches long. SIM
liar 10 those found in the Mammoth
cave, have been taken from a well be
longing to Mrs. Jennie Kristen. at Rus
sellville. KY.
Germany has S30,0O0.00o in gold
coin packed away in 1000 iron chests in
the fortress OF Spandaou This Is in
tended for use as an emergency fund in
case Of war.
Every soldier in the French army
who can play upon a musical instru-
ment will hereafter be supplied with
one At the expense Of the state. pro
vided ii is not a harp or q piano.
In some parts of China the young
women wear their hair in 4 long single
plat, with which is intertwined a
bright scaIet thread This style Of or
namentation denotes that the young
lady is marriageable
Ten welldrcssed Young men have
been parading the streets Of Paris as
advertising agents OF a concert saloon.
They had their smoothly shaycu chins
ornamented with the name of the con
cert saloon. painted in blue letters.
II church ia Hoy lake. England. has
over its arched doorway. cut ia stone.
these words: This is the gate IF
Heaven" \ written notice underneath.
placed there recently, contains this ad-
vice: go around the other way"
An ingenious curtain pole has been
devised. II is hollow, with a slot rl1-
ming lengthwise on the under side.
from this slot depend the rings, mount
ed on balls. which roll inside the pole
when it is desired 10 open or close the
curtains.
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Washington, Dec. 10. ~ Senator Hear
on Thursday presented monster pro
test in the senate from native Ha-
waiians against the annexation Of the
Hawaiian islands to the United States.
The protest filed several hundred pages
Of fooiscap paper. end YVES forwarded
by Enoch Johnson and Lila X. Aholo,
secreta riesres pectitel ytofthe Hawaiian
Patriotic league and the Hawaiian
Woman's Patriotic league, who made
certificate that the signatures were all
genuine OF the 21.2G0 signers 10000
were women, and 100 were foreigners
The petition was printed in both the
English and Hawaiian languages, and
was very brief, merely protesting
against annexation to the United States
in any shape or form" Representation
of the petition was witnessed by the
native Hawaiians comprising the dele
cation now here 80 OPP Sc annexation,
y no made their first visit to the capitol
on Thursday. They tod those with
whom they conversed that their people
we e unalterably opposed to anneXa-
tiOn
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settlement Effected.

Peking. Dec. IL. l. The German-Chi
nese difficulty is practically settled
The Germans refuse to discuss the oc
cupation of Kiao Chou bay; the govern.
moved from office, but viii not be any
further degraded; no monopoly OF
mines and railroads is conceded to Ger
many. but that country is given prefer
snce. Finally the area Immediately
surrounding Kiao Chou bay is set apart
exclusively for Germany. China yields
on all other points.