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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-10
He Takes Office.

Bismarck, N. d., Aug. 5.-H. J. Watt,
recently appointed land commissioner,
has arrived here to qualify and as
sumo office. Watt is prominent Re
publican of Pembina county.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-10
Cnnfract Let.

Madison. Wis, Aug THE state Ii
brary commission has let the contract
for completing the historical library to
Harry Johnson of Omaha. His bid
was 1924, 733.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-10
I.orgar rrbnn Last Year.

jamestown, N. d., Aug. S.-The total
wool clip handled here this season has
amounted to 10000 pounds, some 90
600 pounds larger than last year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-20

contrived to struggle on to the slope.
'Ithad been no easy matter. imprisoned
as | was in the stiff leathern casing
that hampered each joint and swelled
every limb to an elephantine size, but
at last | had done it, and the moment
II was done | knew that my search had
been successful There could be no
longer any doubt about 1t when seen
from above-it was a vessel | could
trace the outline clearly now: | could
distinguish the high stern and the
form of the lofty forecastle that jutted
out like beetling cliffs of rock. I could
even make out what must have been
the Jagged stump of a mast, though
now encrusted deeply with sheels, and
overgrown with coral; and-most con-
vincing token of all-that which from
below had looked like a solid rock,
showed only from above hollow shell.
Natural decay, or 1t might have been
fire. had destroyed part of the deck,
and before me there yawned a gan
through which | could catch a glimpse
of shaDeless heaps below that might
once have been cargo, ,overgrown with
seaweed and crusted with a myriad
shells.
1t was the galleon after all, and the
discovery was my own. The blood
rushed hotly through my veins; my
head swan and my eyes grew dim with
excitement as I peered forward in the
effort to see more of the recesses of the
hold from the spot at which l stood, til
in fancy had conjured up vast piles OF
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-20
PART II.

For a moment or two / felt myself
sway giddily in the strange, new atmo-
sphere of moving water in which 1
found myself then l recovered my
equilibrium and looked around me. To
say that the scene was a novel one
is to say but a little--it was that, in
deed, but it was far more. Looking
through the glasses that protected my
eyes and only very slightly dimmed
my vision. at the scene which sur
rounded me, felt as a man might feel
who suddenly found himself transport
ed to a mysterious, but, above ALL
strange and unfamiliar. l stood upon
a firm bed of coral sand that was
sirewed with thousand shells. The
sane was of a soft, creamy white col
or. and the shells were tinted scarlet,
pink and blue of a hundred shades. as
various as their shapes. on every
side | was surrounded by an ocean
shrubbery of coral plants, that rose
from "a foot to four or five feet, spring
ing from the silvery soil, and stretch
ing their delicate branches, that
glowed crimson and scarlet, purple and
blue, pink and green, in the soft, clear
light.
l looked round me, puzzled and be-
wildered. Surely no earthly garden
was SO wonderful as this! In none that
] had ever seen were the forms so va
Tious or the cUlOrs so vivid. Here and
there golden fishes darted like CLEANS
of sunshine through the colored
boughs while others of dazzling blue
and emerald green hung motionless,
like insects poised for flight, or nibbled
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-20
LIMITED BY NATURE.

1T was a hot fight, an no mistake,
sah" observed the colonel when the brush
at Burnt Hickory was mentioned.
You We're there, colonel?''
81 shud say l wuz, sab! l wuz in COM
mand of my regiment, with powah to use
my own discretion, sah."
"And you led them in?"
Not the resuvs, sab; not the resuvs
-
Let me explain, sab. You don't seem
to grasp the idea, sab. Il led fo' hund ed
and sixty men-'
I'm the regiment?"
Yes, sab. \ carful commandah noveh
takes in his whole foce till it becomes a
despit case, sab. When the enemy come
up in rifle shot, an made a stand. sab, l
an We sailed right up to pistol shot dis
tame, an thah we stood ouah ground, sab,
not man tiinchin', not a man moyin',
for twenty minutes, while the bullets flew
around US like sand, sah-'
How many men did you lead in, col
onel?"
1.-TWO hund'e an eightn
But why did you not rush in your re-
serves and end the hight right there
"Shows youah lack o. military skill
sab. We had reconnoited the ground, an
found We couldn't fight no mon two hun
d'ed an eight men--'
"Why so. colonel?"
"Why, gud Lawd, sab, thah was only
two hund'ed an eight trees in the patch.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-20

power to be healthy and consequently at
tractiye. The handspring of womans ma
ture Is in her distinctly womanly self.
When she suffers in that part of her organ
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-20

treasure cases from the shapeless heaps
before me. 1t was minutes before l
could think clearly enough to decide
what / should do. Should / get drawn
up to report my great discovery? But
even If | did, what chance would | have
of being believed? No, l must have
more than my story to show-I must
have something which could be seen
and touched to convince the most un-
believing of the greatness of my find.
| looked at the confused and shapeless
heaps again, and it seemed easy. If
this We're the treasure ship, ii could be
no long task to get a specimen of what
had been the cargo A single lump of
silver would do-still better a bar of
gold, such one as my fancy saw peep
ing out from the mass of fringing sea-
weeds and glstening shells, waiting only
to be rescued from its hundreds of years
of useessness. With the thought my
presence of mind returned, and I ex-
amined the place with critical eyes
Yes, it could be done; but for this ham
pering dress of mine l could do it with
ease. The hold had probably never been
very deep, and now it was largely filled
up by the heaps on which had feasted
sloping deck to the opening. l knelt
and peered eagerly into the darker
depths of the hold
No, there was no real difficulty about
the undertaking. In any case it could
of course, have been easy enough tC
get down, and ! now saw that the SlOp-
ing side of the galleon as she lay over
would insure an easy way of getting
out of the hold on my return. l saw this
| almost at a glance, but somehow l still
felt an uneasy feeling of curiosity
| which, strange to say, rather made me
| hesitate than hasten my descent.
1t was only for a few seconds, ant
| then ! shook off the impression an(
| prepared to make the attempt. TIL,
gap in the deck was only few fee
wide and it didn't extend all the way
across the deck so that l could see bu
very small part of the hold from
where | was. The part still covered b,
the deck was hardly visible at all from
above, but / did not doubt that Whel
once ! was there | should find tina
light enough found its wf.y in to guild
me in any search / might have t
make. l cast one last careful lool
around me; / saw that the tubing from
my helmet and the cord that was fas
tened about my waist were free; ! low
cred myself over the ragged edge of tn
deck, and in another moment | stoo(
in the hold of the Spanish treasur
ship.
| TO PIE CONTINUED
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-20

soft Eray-blue of the water I saw
framed in = halo of whittier light the
outline of the brig, lowering like some
huge bird overhead. She headed now
as she had done the evening before,
when first she swung to her anchor,
and with the recollection came the
knowledge of the course on which we
had been drifting. l looked up again
and marked the direction in which she
headed. Turning my face in the same
direction, | went in search of the gal
leon.
The task was an anxious one. NJ
maze invented by the ingenuity of mar
could compare with this for sheer be
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-20
SEEDS OF CONSUMPT TI0H
Catnrrh, Bron chitis and Throat Disease Are
sown by the Neglect of a r1arch Cold-Mun-
yon's Cold Cure Breaks Up the Worst Form
OF a Cold at Once,
WEAK KIDNEYS
The Result CT Extra Work on the Part of
These Organs During Cold Weather Are
Promptly Strengthened by Munyon's Kid
ncy Cure.
IMPOVERISHED BLOOD

And Deficient Circulation Call for Munyon's
Blood Cure, the Best Blood Tonic on the
Market-It Enriches and Purifes the Blood,
Promotes Appetite and Dives Renewed
Sire myth ana Vitality.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-20
SYNOPSIS.

The narrator, Hall, of the story Is max
ing cruise among the islands of the east :
ern Archipelago on trading prlg. ohe Is
supercargo, is familiar with the history OF
the islands, and tells a story of now, IN
1873, a Spanish galleon, laden with gold,
was said to have been burnt and sunk III
the bay by the natives. Hall Is gazing IN
the clear water as they drift along, when
he sees a form that resembles snip al
the bottom of the bay He tells Madlson,
who asks the captain to cast anchor'
without telling him why. Under the pre-
text of examining the coral beds, Hall de-
termines to 60 down in a diving suit the
next day and investigate the strange %,
ject he has seen. The plant he carried
out, and he finds himself at the bottom
of 1llolo bay.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-20

was, it was only for moment that it
had tie power to divert my thoughts
from the real purpose that had brought
m tAere-the galleon. Where, amid
all this strange wealth of natures
handiwork, should 1 find the remnant
of mans vanished handiwork, so long
given uo Cor lost? Which of all these
paths should take to reach the objec.
I had seen SO dimly from above? I
cast my eyes upward and through the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-20
After the Dinner.

Look here, old man, it's no use you try.
ing to unlock the door with a cigarette"
"Whatsh that?'
You are trying to open the door with
a cigarette"
''Blesh me, how strangsh Wonder
whethersh I've smoked the keysh|-
Judy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-20

A healthy wo-
man will always
find Love. Health
and Beauty are
twins that do not
have to seek far
or long to find
Cupid. 1t is the
woman who suf-
fers from i'll health
as a result of weak
ness and disease
of the distinctly
feminine organ =
= ism, who leads a
loveless and child
y less life. 1t is
in ayary vvOu,ou's
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07
CAMPOS NIGHT DO
CJASERV ATlYES NAY RETAIN or
FlCE tNDER HIS LEADERSHIP.
The Queen Will Make Her Choice
After Her Interview with senior
saSasta-Shc Desires to Retain
the Present Chambers, Fcarima
the Disturbing Effect Of a Gem
eral Election-senor SiIvela Sug-
gets Marshal Campos.

Madrid, Oct. 2.-Marshal Martinez
Sampos was in conference with the
queen regent for an hour and a half.
he expressed the opinion that a
change of policy was possible with the
present chamber If the majority sup
ported the new cabinets economic
measures and attitude toward the
colonies.
After he queen regent receives
Senior Sagasta and Senior Fidal. pres
ident of the chamber of deputies. she
VIII make her decision. Her majesty
expressed q desire TO retain. If posi-
Ole, the present chambers. believing
that a general election would nave a
disturbing effect. For this, how ever,
a Conservative cabinet would be nee
essary. None of the Liberals are III
clined to accept office, as they would
only find themselves at the mercy OF
Conservative chambers. Gen. Campos
has been ~endeavoring to effect ar
rangements whereby the chambers
might be retained in ease the Lib
erals were to take Office, but SO far he
has been unsuccessful.
During the conference of leaders of
the dissident Conservatives with the
queen regent Senior Silvela declared
that, In view of the difficulties in the
way OF dissolution it would be best to
retain the Conservatives In office un-
der the leadership of Campos. and he
said that on the assumption that the
cabinet would receive the support Of
all elements. a majority of his own
section would give it enthusiastic sup
port.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased 10 learn that there Is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been abe
to cure in all its stages n that is "a
tarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitution
al diSea Sc, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken
internally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation OF the
diseaSe, and giving the patient strength
by Building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith In its
curative powers hat they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that IL fails to
cure. Send for list OF Testimonials.
Address f. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo.
Sold by druggists TIC.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07
THE SAME OLD STORY.
Yellow Fever AT New Orleans Is stiu
Spreading.

Yellow Fever AT New Orleans Is still
Spreading.
New Orleans. Oct. :. Yesterday
YVES again something Of a record
breaker in the matter of new cases.
They cropped up in all directions, but
the death record was still low. The
fever is rapidly spreading in many di-
rections, but the large majority of
cases are said to be of Il harmless type.
The weather is warm and the condi-
tons excellent for new cases. There
were three deaths and tw~enty-four
new cases.
A bitter fight is being made on the
board Of health because 1t is insisting
in quarantining inmates of houses in
which yellow fever exists and those
houses which Immediately adjoin.
DR.. Guiteras expressed the opinion
that it is possible to confinc the in
lection within the room where the pa
tient may be lying, and this has
strengthened the fight of the public
against quarantine measures. In spite
of the storm Of protests, however,
many physicians are urging the board
TO continue its course. The crisis is
either here now or close at hand, and
1t is not considered wise. no matter
what may be the public Indignation,
to jeopardise the health of the whole
community by allowing people in in
fected houses or living next door to
them to go at random.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07
SlOO To Any Man.
WILL PAY 500 FOR ANY CASE
or Weakness In Men They Treat and
Fail to Cure.

An Omaha Company places for the first
time before the public a MAGICAL TREAT
MENT for the cure of Lost Vitality, Nervous
and Sexual Weakness, and Restoration OF
Life Force in old and young men. No
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PHOSPHORUS or other harmful drugs. 1t is
a WONDERFUL TREATMENT-magical in it's
effects-positive in its cure. All readers.
who are suffering from q weakness that
blights their life, causing that mental and
physical suffering peculiar to Lost Man
hood, should write to the STATE MEDICAL
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of their truly MAGICAL TREATMENT. fhous-
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cure, are being restored by them to a per-
feet condition.
This MAGICAL TREATMENT may be taken
at home under their directions, or they will
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prefer to go there for treatment, if they
fail to cure. They are perfectly reliable;
have no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure,
Free Sample, or G. O. ID. fake. They have
$25o,Ooo capital, and guarantee to cure
every case they treat or refund every dollar;
or their charges may be deposited in a
bank TO be paid to them when a cure Is
etiected. Write them today.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07


List of patents issued last week to
Northwestern inventors: Charles w.
Ahrich, Minneapolis, Mimi, heater;
Willis G.. Calderwood, Minneapolis,
Mnn., and ID. w. Edwards, Los An
gecs, CAL, propeiiing device for bicy-
Giles: William Il. Dean, West Duluth,
MINI, air cushion for niger bars:
William L. Hill. Eureka, s. d., sash
fastener: Erick Jackson. Duluth.
Mimi. time recorder and transfer
stamp; AXcl +. jacobson. Minneapo-
lis, Mimi. bedstead; Nelson Jerry,
Maple Lake. Mimi. plow: John G.
Kenmouth. Spearfish. s. D.. electric
alarm; John T.. Newton, Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, puncture-burning device;
Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson, Patent
Attorneys, 910, oil and 912 Pioneer
Press Building, st. Paul, MINI.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07
Two Remnrkab,e Convictions.

Marshalltown, Iowa, Specialize
lightest sentence ever imposed on the
two oldest men ever convicted of man
slaughter in Iowa was passed pron
Michael and Patrick Mccarthy. They
killed a neighbor named Jordan dur
ing a drunken row three months ago
and were convicted. Judge Brrnham
sentenced Michael to sixty days in the
penitentiary and held over passing
sentence on Patrick during good be-
havior. Both are bachelors, one "A,
the other 73 years old.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07
TRAGEDY.
a Hather Kills on His r, -,
Ahen Suicfues


carroll. Iowa. specrat 49,.
vel vi y mother and her six children
is'i at the home OF John Roeck.
er, y farmer living eight miles north.
"eo, " mere. Afterward the fiepdisb
OF denented husband aud father q,
whcse hands they died Completed his
pioouy by sending a bullet into
ms own mead, inflicting a fatal wound
Inc Family We're prosperous Ger,nons
ana, rs far as known. lived hanniI,,
NO motive for the tragedy bns hann
dlsciosed. Boecker's victims ara his
VIE and these children: Caroline IA.
christine, o; Henry, s: Lizzie, g: John
., n ar infant. All are dead INF
henry, and he cannot O from
his wounds. W
Blocker had an engagement n holm
a heighbor thrcsh. and IN his not mi.
ing In an appearance his brother
Henry, who lives about twenty rods
away, went to see why he did not
come. The doors If the house were.
locked II there were no signs of
ilie ABOUT. Henry tried to get !nto the
mousse put met no response. and finally
ne kicked down the door and came
upon a terrible scene. Boecker. wifi,
his wife and baby, slept in n back
room and the three corpses lay on one
bed. The wife had been shot in the
neck with a shotgun which stood in
the corner, and the baby had been
shot and its head crushed with the
butt Of a revolver. The man. still
breathing, had a bullet hole high ND in
the forehead and by his side was n
smith d Wesson ~six-shooter with two
chambers empty. The Blocker home
is a story and a half house, and up
stairs Henry and Lizzie lay on 9 he'd
WITH bullet holes in the forehead, the
latter dead. the boy still breathing. In
the opposite corner of the same room
Caroline, Christine and John were
dead, each with a bullet hole in the
forehead, though Caroline had two. 1t
is undoubtedly a case of murder and
suicide.
Blocker was "a years old, and for
over twenty years lived in the same
neighborhood, in fact on the same
farm. Members of his fathers family
say he had nc family troubles. his
financial affairs were in good shape
and they can assign no motive for the
terrible crime.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07
Sale Of RossIand Mines,

Boise, Idaho, Special.-Adylces re-
ceiyed here tend TO confirm the re-
ported deal for the sale TO an English
syndicate of the famous Rossland
mine and the lie Roi. The amount in
volyed is $5,0OO,000. Col. l.. y. Peyton
of Spokane and Senator Turner of
Washington will soon leave for Eng
land, 1t is said, TO close the deal. 1t
is rumored that a number of smaller
mines near the lie Roi Will be included
in the deal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-07
FAMILIES

Fire I'm n Chicngo suburb Causes
Serious Loss to- Many Peopic.
Chicago. Oct. 2.-Fire, which broke
ont at Willow Springs. sixteen miles
from Chicago, on the Drainage canal,
destroyed nearly half the town ahG
made fifty families homeless. Inc nre
apparatus was totally inadequate ana
assistance was telegraphed Tor 10
Chicago. A special train was at once
sent. but before it arrived the nre
had burned out. Loss about $oo,OOo,
with Int little insurance.