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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06
LIKE A VOLCANO.
Remarkable Subterranean Disturb
ances in Ohio.

ances in Ohio.
cambridge, Ohio, July 3.-Some sub
terranean disturbance not unlike an in
cipient volcano disturbed a neighbOr-
hood a few miles from here near the
junction of Rose, Pike and Highland
counties 1t was attended by an I'M
derground rumbling and the appear
ance of deep assures in the ground,
from which smoke or vapor issued.
Daring people have attempted to faith
ON some Of these assures, but did not
find bottom. They are not accom-
panied by heat and the alarmed peo-
pie are at a loss to account for it. The
disturbance seems entirely local.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06
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
egraph Reports The Notable
Events at Home and Abroad That
Have Attracted Attention.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06

Johnson, the Logansport bank wreck
er, got ten years, which means seven.
Lucky for Johnson that he didn't steal
a horse instead of 100000.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06

More than 10000 tons of food for the
starving millions of India have been
contributed by philanthropic people
OF this country, but much disappoint-
rlent is felt on finding that the United
States government is absolutely I'M
able to furnish the means for trans
porting their benefcence to the
orient.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06

1t has been telegraphed all over the
country from Washington that the
government still owes Grover Cleve-
land one cent. Why don't it pay up
and shut up?
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06
Minister to Greece.

Washington, July Sit is understood
that the president has selected w. w.
Rockhill, late assistant secretary OF
state, for the post of United States
minister to Greece, and that his nom
ination is likely to go to the senate to-
morrow Mr.. Rockhilrs appointment
will not be a party one in any sense,
but will be based entirely upon his ex-
perience as a diplomat ana his eXcel--
lent work while in the department OF
state. He entered the diplomatic sery-
ice as far back as 1884.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06

Mrs. Alderman Wants Divorce.
Fond du Lac, Wis, July 3.-Ald. A.
e. PETERS was served with divorce
papers. The suit promises to be sensa-
tional, as many charges are made.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25
curVIDAN AND THE VALLEY.

General George Forsythe, OF the United
States Army. contributes an article to
the current number OF Harpers Maya
zine. upon what has been so much talked
and written about "Sheridan's ride from
Winchester" General Forsythe was at
that time an officer upon Sheridan's staff,
and this article is, naturally. laudatory
OF Sheridan, and one OF the usual efforts
of interested parties to foist Sheridan
upon popular credulity as a hero and a
great soldier.
But all these efforts are destined TO
igncminous failure. Sheridan was a very
ordinary soldier. an utterly ENJOYABLE
man, and mis- place in military history
will be of the most subordinate character.
Possibly when commanding a division or
n corps, and executing orders Issued TO
him by others, be may have been a trust
worthy officer OF this we do not know
enough 10 judge. But all intelligent STU
dents Of history look upon his campaign
in the Valley against General Farley in
the summer and fall of 1864 as one OF
the most remarkable instances OF military
~incapacity that history furnishes any re-
cord Of. His cavalry alone was almost
as numerous as Early's whole force, and
he had. in addition, almost or quite $4,000
perfectly equipped infantry and artillery.
The country was n broad open plain
without defensive positions of any sort,
and Sheridan could, almost any morning
get upon a high hill and see, with his
field glasses, that Early had no force
that conld be a match for him for a
single hour. How he was held at bay as
Early held him at bay for the long
during which he was fooled, Is one
of the most surprising things TO the stu
dent of military affairs in military his
tory. The defence of the Valley reflects
undying and ever-increasing lustre upon
the Confederate soldiers who partici-
pated in it, and the campaign is one as
scandalous to the army of the United
States from both the military standpoint
and the manner in which 1t was waged,
as is 10 be found in history.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25
r
OR MILEsIAN ExulBIT.

The following gratifying cablegram
from London appeared In one Of the
New York newspapers Of yesterdays
Gen. Nelson A. Miles. OF tho United
States Army, was one Of the most i'm
p~ressive OF the many imposing figures
i'm Yesterdays memorable military pa
rade.
He is q handsome man, and his uni
form OF rich blue, with brass buttons
and gold epaulets-a uniform which a
soldier who can fight might choose-pre-
scented "A favorable contrast 10 the
gaudy gold lace, feathers and fnlcky
frippery of the English high officers,
The General sat his horse like a real
warrior. and was cheered 10 the echo
frequently.
Americans are mighty proud OF him.
He has made a tremendous impression
upon English military society.
When General Miles went abroad, II
was given out that the object of his
trip was to study military operations in
the Turko-Grecian war, at the govern
ment's expense. and when 1t was after
wards announced that he engaged a state
room on the ship which transported him
at a cost Ito the governmenD of s6OJ,
and that the entire expense of his trip
do the government woul be several
thousand dollars. The Times protested.
We thought that he was going abroad
to study war, and We thought that the
game was not worth the candle.
But we were In error. We did not
understand the real purpose, the great
and noble purpose that General Miles,
had in view. Like the great soldier that
he is, he befuddled us with his tao
tics. 1t was q coup d'etat. which a mind
unframed in military manoeuvers could
not comprehend. But it is plain enough
now-our Miles went abroad 10 show his
handsome person, clad in a uniform OF
rich blu and adorned with brass but
tons and ~epanlets. lie wanted TO pose
something at the jubilee that Americans
could be proud OF, and he did, for the
cable tells us so.
We nave no Queen, but we have our
Miles, and we are thankful and proud.
Who talks Of cost in u q connec-
ton? None but the sordid. A Milesian
exhibit at only $1,000?
In the language of Mr.. Bundle. 1t was
cheap-dirt cheap.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25
July Lady, Home Journal.

In spirit and sentiment the July La
dies Home Journal is Interestingly IN
accord with hat Of our National BIRTH
month. An article on THE Greatest Ma
ton on Earth" by William George Jor-
dan, picturss, in a most vivid way. the
vastness Of the United States, and by
simple comparisons and telling illustra-
tons contrasts every phase OF our great
ness with that of other nations. Allied in
patriotic sentiment is Clifford Howard $
article, When Dolly Madison Saved the
Declaration OF Independence" This tells
the story Of the heroism OF President
Madison's wife. who.saved the most pre-
cious document in America from failing
into the hands Of the British when Wash
ington was in flames. THE Women s
Patriotic Societies gives the aims and
purposes OF these organizations and the
requisites for membership. Fifty Years
of Postage-Stamps' brings TO mind that
just a half century ago our Government
made and sold its first stamps for let
ter postage.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

ness and tho confidence will which the
Southern people looked forward to shat
event and the bitterness OF their disap-
pointment at finding that no recognition
came. We almost looked for 1t as the re-
alization Of a right and the people came
TO think they had been defrauded OF
something unreasonable when they did
not receive England's recognition. Our
expectation was an unreasonable ore.
however. Nations are always governed
in such cases by what they conceive to
be their own interests and we had no
right TO expect that England would do
what we wanted lone merely because IT
would have been Of great assistance to
us.
We can but look upon this Nashville
action as most unfortunate. We shall.
in the main, be largely Judged by 1t and
Il will not contribute to a favorable
Judgment OF us.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25
THE CONfEDERAIE VETERANS AC-
TON CONCERNING THE JUBILEE,

There are thousands upon thousands of
Confederate soldiers who will regret the
action OF the Confederate ssemblage in
Nashville in refusing 10 ADOPT a resolu-
ton c~ommcndatory of the reign of Queen
Victoria n Of praise for the Queens
Jubilee. 1t is really almost impossible TO
understand what reasons could have con-
troiied these Confederate soldiers to
make them take this action. Intelligent
people all over the world are frankly con-
ceding that the sixty years Of Victoria's
reign present the most astounding record
Of human advancement. TO which she has
been pre-eminently contributory, that tho
world has ever seen. Why should these
ex-Confcderatcs present the only discord-
ant note in the chorus sent up by the
whole civilized world? We cannot admit
that anything can be a reflection upon
any body OF Confederate Veterans. but
II W. could concede the idea at all. we
should he compelled to say that this
action Of the Nashville reunion was a
sad reflection upon II. IL is no doubt a
remnant of the bitterness engendered in
the South during the war by England's
refusal TO recognize the independence of
the Southern Confederacy. All who lived
through that period repember the eager
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

The very successful group Of college
articles in Scribner's Magazine is con-
cludcd with Judge Henry T.. Howland's
account OF Undergraduate Life at Yale
in the July issue. Judge Rowland has
kept in close touch with Yale life from
1880 TO the present day. and his article is
the very cream Of nearly half a century
Of rcminiscences and anecdotes. From
= store of memorabilia he has also re-
stored something Of the student life in the
eighteenth century. What Judge How
land has "a say OF the famous Yale secret
societies viii be widely commented upon.
As . m of the University crew of
1874. his remarks on rowing are also un-
usually pertinent. \ picture of the "a
crew from an old daguerreotype is one
Of the most interesting pictures. The
weil-known artist. Orson Lowell. so9nt
several months at Yale, drawing a series
of original sketches to illustrate this ar
ticle.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

Mr.. Stewart, of Nevada, made a state
ment in last Thursdays debate which
ought TO be q very interesting one TO the
people of the United States. He declared
with great positiveness that 1t was no
use criticising Mr.. Bryan as he is going
to be the next President"
We are not prepared to accept every
thing which Senator Stewart announces
as fact as Individually fact. Stil Mr..
Stewart has been known TO 'guess right
and that fact Is enough TO give an alarm
ing c~oloring to his predictions.
We called attention yesterday TO Mr..
Bryan's declaration at stanton last
Monday that money is nothing but n
creation of law. from which it follows
thai he believes Congress can turn broom
sedge. old shoe soles or any other worth
less things into the most valuable pos
session that we have. and we ask every
whether 1t could be to his interest that a
man should be the chief executive Of the
United States who entertains such ideas
as that? Is ii possible that q majority
OF the people OF the United States be-
lieves that a legislative body can, by its
own ipse dixit only. an utterly
worthless thing into the most valuable
thing in the world? and. IL they do not,
are they willing to see the administration
OF the affairs OF this nation committed
TO the hands OF Il man who does believe
this?. Mr.. Bryan frankly admitted in
his staunton speech that many persons
called him a lunatic. We are not of
those who believe that Mr.. Bryan was a
lunatic, but when he seriously makes such
u~ttersnces as he made at Stanton. can
he blame sohcr-mindcd people for think
ing that he Is Al least visionary?
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25
The Confederate Reunion.

a justification b. Judge John II. Rea-
gan. Of the taking-up OF arms by the
South against the authority Of the ma
tional Government sounds like a voice
from the dead past. Judge Reagan was
Postmaster-General in the Cabinet OF
Jefferson DAVIS. Reconstructed. he rep
resented Texas in the United States Sen
ate and held various state and Federal
Offices. Judge Reagan. now a venerable
man, but still bright AMI vigorous Of
intellect. was the orator at the Confed-
crate reunion I'm Nashville yesterday.
The old Confederacy was we'll represented
by such veterans as Gordon. Buckner.
Wheeler. Skies and Bate. Judge Reagan
n rather extreme type OF the ante-bel-
lum Southerner. wOull rave offended
against tradition had he not sought To
vindicate. 50 far as mere speech may
serve. the Justice OF the Lost Cause. ~
Is not 10 b. expected hat men who
we're 2 part OF the Government Of the
Confoderacy. or who waged q war tor
four years in which they lost everything
Of material value they possessed. should
recant and humble themselves. II is
sufficient for the victors that tho defeat
Cd acquit themselves like good citizens
and bear 10 malice. that in them loyal
~ to section has been succeeded by a
pa riOtism that covers the whole coun-
try and would rally around its flag against
a common enemy at the first call TO duty.
1t matters not that the ex-Confederates
now assembled at Nashville hold tena-
ciously to the opinion that they fought
for n just principle; 1t Is enough for the
brave and true men who opposed them
I'm the shock of battle TO believe with
Judge Reagan that to-day the people
Of the South are as earnest In their at
tachment 70 our common Government
as those OF any other part Of the Union.
and would make as great sacrifices. II
need be, In defence Of our Government as
could be made by any other part Of the
American people."-New York Evening
Sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25
Vampire Hotels.


a Tool there was and lie left his nest
Gwen as you and II.
Somebody convinced him 'twould be for
the best
To visit the seashore for change and rest;
So he hied himself out of the bounding
west
And now he is wondering WHY.
~,
In a summer hotel he was packed away
CTop floor, up next 10 the sky.
In a ffty-ccnt room at ten dollars a day
They seemed to regard him legitimate
prey.
oh, they went for his cash in a wonder
full way
Oiled him until he was dry).
lie went to the seaside for change and
rest
dike many a e~uileless guy.
In a week the hotel which claimed him
as guest
Had most OF his change and the rail-
roads the rest:
Now he's finding IT mighty hard walking
back west
OF you're wise, try an alibD.
Frank S. Pixley in Chicago Times-Herald.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25
PETROLEUM on LOCOMOTIVES.

II is strange that in this day OF inven-
ton and wonderful achievements in rail-
road equipment nothing has been done to
set rid of the smoke and cinders from the
locomotive.
At this season OF the year when 1t is
coach open. the nuisance is almost I'M
bcarablc and destroys the pleasure Of
travel. In addition to the discomfort.
the danger of impairing ones eyesight
and Of injuring the lungs by constantly
inhaling fine coal dust is great. and dis
astrous fires have frequently been kind
One remedy for the nuisance and one
hat has been successfully tried is the
use OF petroleum instead of coal for fuel.
Nearly all the locomotives in Russia and
many of the steamers on the Baltic Sea
besides thousands OF stationary engines
are, it is said. operated by petroleum and
1t has been found that this method Of
making steam not only has the advantage
OF cleanliness. but is more economical
than coal. In regions where oil is abund-
ant.
1t Is authori;atively stated also that
extensive experiments AVE been made
on the Great Western Railway with pc
troleum brought all the way from Russia;
and the advantages are such that TINS
compan has increased its equipment
tives OF this road in or about London,
thirteen stationary boilers n four fur
naces ntted with liquid fuel firing.
IL England can economically use petro-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25
MR.. BRyAN's SOP 10 THE POPULIsTs

MIR. BRYAN's SOP 10 THE POPUL1sIS.
The sensational charges OF bribery and
forgery which Committeeman Bateman
has made against the Hon. William j.
BRIAN are not TO be taken seriously. But
that Mr.. Bryan gave 1880 TO the Populist
committee IL an interesting political
fact, as showing his sympathy with
Populism.
The truth is Mr.. Bryan's one great hob
by is free silver and all other political
questions with him are OF secondary con-
sideratlon. He has shown his Willingness
to cooperate with any party whose aim
is TO promote the cause of "bimetallism.
as he is pleased to call IT, and his con-
tribution TO the Populists was given in
that spirit. He makes no secret OF this'
for In his reply to the Bateman charges
he says:
mo conditions were attached to the
money turned over TO Senator Allen, ex-
cept that 1t should be used according 10
Mr.. Aliens Judgment for the cause OF
hmetallism. All donations were made
for tina purpose. The money was Ovid
ed between Democrats. Populists, and
Silver Republicans. in proportion to the
vote cast. To have ignored the Popu-
lists In this distribution would have been
an inexcusab BILE slight.
And yet there are those who say that
Mr.. Bryan is a better Democrat than
he was n year ago. Mr.. Bryan expects
to ride into the Whitehouse on his free
silver hobby as the candidate of all par
ties favorable to free silver, and his con-
tribution 10 the Populists was made to
help him and his cause along.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

Tho recent lynching at Urbana' ONO
has been followed by another case OF
criminal assault. When will the people
wake UP to a realization of the fact that
lynching does not prevent crime, but that
Iawlessness begets lawlessnessY When the
best men in a community have no greater
respect for the law than 10 trample 1t
underfoot under the very shadow oil the
court, how can they expect men OF lower
order of morals to restrain their natural
propensity to break the law?
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25
His Bookings Complete.

Mr.. Thomas G. Leath has completed his
bookings for the first week OF vaudeville
at Forest-Hill Park. The bill will in
clude the Verdi Female Quartette, which
was last heard here under the auspices
OF the Mozart Association: Maud Caswell
and Charles Arnold. in an acrobatic
sketch. and the Les Vougeres. French
trick dancers. Professor STEMS full Or
chestra has been engaged.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

John Philips. a white man. VINO says
he e. p wears Of age. was arrested by
the police Of the First Station yesterday
morning as a vagrant.
Philips has been annoying people on
the street by persistent begging. and the
notice locked him up for the Police Court
in the morning.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

Mrs. Lease is 20 ne eIed for the bal
ance on the mortgage under which her
house was recently sold. She has money
to burn" but will resist on principle che
says. Being a lawyer, she Will conduct
her own case, Notwithstanding the kind
of client the old proverb says that a law
yer makes when he takes his own case.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

A Kentucky family was poisoned by
drinking from a bucket Of water. They
claim that Paris green was dropped into
It by rats. These Kentuckians do tell
the funniest stories whenever they drink
water.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25
S0uariug Tn.

Printers Devil (from Bungtown Banner
ofice-Say, de editor wants yer { pay
yer next years subscription in bromo-
settler. an let him have it right away.
Druggist-Why. what's the trouble?
Deyil-Well. a Teller paid three years
back subscription in applejack yesterday.
Puck.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

ieum for feeding locomotives. hauling II
all the way from Russia, 1t would seem
that the system might be successfully
operated in the United States where oil
Is plentiful and cheap.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25
GaIlautry.

Mrs. Scareface-Why. General, / didn't
hin " "Ild remember me. VIVA
memory you have Tor faces.
General Blunt-Madam, yours Is n face
one could never forget.-philadclphia
North American.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25
Has His Followers Still.

Mr.. William Jennings Bryan proclaimed
at Charlottesville Va, the other day,
Thomas jefferson is not deadi' That's
no joke; and that's why the Demorepub-
lipop combination of 1896 failed TO connect
with enough votes TO win.-Chattanooga
(Tenn.) Times tDem)
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25
Contributions.

IT'S now the ffty-dollar clerk
Chips In, with chastened glee.
For his thousand-dollar preachers
Summer trip across the sea.
Chicago Record.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

The Sangerfest in Philadelphia closed
with singing the "St~ar-Spangled Banner. y
1t was a great musical festival, and
nothing occurred TO mar the enjoyment
Of the participants.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

That batch of Illinois appointments for
Senator Cullom leaves Senator Billy Ma
son nothing but funny stories for Hon.
Tommy Needles ami ether patriots.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25
Ladies'
Muslin Underwear.

-Four items from our Muslin I'M
derwear that are a key to the
whole stock:
Ladies Cambria Gowns, tucked
woke and trimmed in embroidery,
reduced from SIPS to 75C.
Ladies Umbrella Drawers, three
rows tucks with wide embroidery
ruffle, reduced from 90 and Csc. to
37Hc.
Ladies fire Cambria Umbrella
Drawers, five rows tucks with
wide inserting and ruf1le of lace,
reduced from SIPS and SI.35 to
70c.
Ladies' fine Cambria Umbrella
Drawers, with eight rows tucks
and lace ruffle, reduced from IS to
48c.
Mems Shirts.
Mems 75c. and 81 Negligee
Shirts for SOC.
Mems White Shirts, Collars,
Cuffs, Suspenders, and everything
in Mems Goods sacrificed in price
to close out.
Some great values in Ladies
Wrappers and Tea Gowns for to-
day and Saturday.
J. M.
Receiver.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

The Milwaukee Sentinel says: "The
speech in which Mr.. Cleveland thanked
Princeton for that Ii. d.. is l6 IL lines
lon,. The words - me- and
my are used thirteen times" The Sen
tinel seems to overlook the fact that it
was purely q personal matter.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

The latest man-of-war OF Japan Is call
ed "Hiyie." They must have named 1t
Immediately upon hearing of the Ha-
Maiian annexation proposition.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25
Annie Justification.

IT is limited that the queen is only pre-
tending 10 be blind in order TO have an
excuse not 10 read the fearfuily and Won
d%erfully made poems Of Alfred Austin
Louisville Post.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

Mark Hanna's method Of pacifying his
political enemies is based somewhat upon
the Weyler formula.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

AS London holds two kings n three
oueens this week. General Miles may get
a run for his money after all.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

Now that the returns are all in. 1t
seems that Broker Chapman was fed
better than any other Of the contumacious
gentlemen.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

Kurtz. the anti-Hanna candidate for
the State Committee craftsmanship can
now probably utilize that cave recently
discovered in Ohio.