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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-06-24
her Nice MT of sarcasm.

Therese had two distinguishing gifts. Ons
was sarcasm aud the other was water Cpi-
ors She and Quato:Zc had been engaged
once and they quaueled Tor some reason.
Neither of them seemed to know exactly
why, and ! suppose that neither OF them
care Just now, for Quatorze was married the
other day and the girl sent present to the
wedding.
The present was a water color done by
her own deft fingers. The girl could paint
we'll The picture was beautiful thing. 1t
represented a great rock, which looked for
all the world like a platform with steps lead
ing up to the top of it. Overhead was a
cloudless sky, fun of sunshine and with
blue in It that made YOU wish that the world
were all sky and that you were floating
among the heecy clo ids on piuions OF arr.
There were trees bending over that enchaut-
ed rock. and beyond were the shimmering
waters of lake.
How beautiful" exclaimed the bride
"Ilow kind Of Theresa. she's such dear,
good girl. We will hang it in the parlor.
won't we, DEAR
I'm afraid the light won't be quite right"
said Quatorze aloud
To himself be said
The water color was picture of a rock at
Lake George, where he and Therese had sat
two summers ago when he Iroposed to her.
N. y. Telegram.
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FOREIGN lNrEIIIGENcE-

The death of Rev. Father Kneipp,
known throughout the world for his
water cure. occurred at Woerishofen.
Bavaria. aged IS years.
The sultan of Turkey. it is an
nounced, has abandoned the policy of
delay. and has decided to accept the adj
vice of the powers as to 4 settlement of
the Turco-Grecian troubles.
Near Jaruco, in Havana province, a
train carrying s25o,ooO to pay Spanish
soldiers was blown up by dynamite
and the insurgents captured the money.
The bodies of II suicides have been
taken from the Thames river, London,
in the past three weeks.
In France a cyclone swept over the
villages of Bezons ana Colombes. wreck
ing many buildings, killing 20 persons
and injuring 90 others.
Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee be-
gan with the holding of thanksgiving
services throughout the kingdom. A
private service was held in st. Georges
| chapel. Windsor castle, which was at
tended by the queen and the members
of the royal family.
More than 6,OOo lives were lost by the
recent earthquake disturbances in the
province of Assam, India.
OFF the Belgian coast seven fishing
boats were lost with all their crews.
and 90 fishing boats were lost off
Scheveningen. on the Dutch coast.
In a cyclone In France which swept
over the villages of Bessons, Colonies
aud Asnieres, 20 people were killed and
so injured.
Ten thousand Albanians refuse to lay
down their arms and declare they viii
not leave Thessaly before tie land is
Turkish property.
In London the funeral OF Barney
Barnato. the South African diamond
king, took place.
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Progress with the Tariff BIN.

Washington, June 22.-The senate
made giant stretches on the tariff bill
Monday, covering So pages and estab-
fishing n record for progress during
this tariff debate. The last two SEIZED
ules of the dutiable list, covering paper
and manufactured sundries, were COM
pleted with the exception of the para
graphs on hides, gloves, coal and some
lesser articles which went over. This
advanced the senate 10 the free list,
which was taken up at two p. m, and
completed in three hours. Early in the
day the wool and silk schedules went
over. After that the tobacco schedule,
the reciprocity provisions and the in
ternal revenue portions of the bill, as
well as the many isolated paragraphs
passed over, remain TO be considered.
The progress Monday was so marked,
however that for the first time there
was feeling that the end was not far
off
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FROM WASHINGTON.

In the United States there were 19s
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 262 the week
previous and 276 in the corresponding
period of 1896.
During the IL months ended May 81,
1897, the total receiT is from internal
revenue were 133, lie, 200, an increase of
S5I, $50 over the same time in the last
fiscal year.
1t is announced by Senator Davis,
chairman of the senate committee on
foreign relations, that he will make an
effort to press the Hav. allan treaty 10
final consider; ton in the senate dur
ing the present session of congress.
The president has determin d to re-
vive the abandoned treaty of general
arbitration between the United States
and Great Britain.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-06-24

The supreme court Of Ohio in n syl-
lsbus recently published holds that the
words "unus nal and unnecessary dan
ger" which insured are prohibited in
policies of accident companies from lay
ing themselves liable To. do not mean
such dangers as they meet in the dis
charge OF their duties. In the ease in
which the syllabus was given the In
sured ventured TO cross a slough which
he was told was dangerous. To cross
il was in line OF duty. however. and he
attempted IL aud went down TO death.
His widow. by this decision of the
court. gets the fun insurance on his
life
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AMERICAN RRooms.
Best In the world sud srger Part ofthe
World swept Them.

tfNet ~ stN WITH tHu at VI Aho
World Swept 4 Them.
American brooms are exported in
large num- ers TO many countries Our
exportaticns OF brooms to some coun-
tries have within recent years. owing
to na,araI causes. decreased; but our
aggregate exports are nevertheless,
now larger than ever and still inereas-
ing We send brooms to Central
America. South America and South
Africa. TO the United kingdom and to
France and Germany. We sent many
brooms TO Australia: now we send few
few brooms there, but we send large
quantities of broom corn, and we send
there. too, Recommending machinery.
American Recommending machinery Is
sent also to other foreign countries. At
one time many American brOoms were
sold in the Argentine Republic, but
now they are raising broom corn on
the Plate river, and making brooms
down there. too. We send. now and
then. lot of brooms to China. but we
send none, or practically none, to other
Asiatic countries, and our exports to
China are so small as 10 be of no con-
sideration whatever in the account
The climate of this country is favor
able TO the growth of broom corn. and
her broom corn is cultivated with tho
greatest skill and with the best results.
Considerable quantities of broom corn
are raised in Italy, but it IS of poorer
quality and 1t Is commonlv e. tilted
to ripen too much, unit = IS red ART
lifeless and brittle. n. Italian corn
is made into brooms il .ermany. where
the Ia Dor is much cl . iper than here;
but that eheapness is a'fset by the ef-
fective use of machinery ne In this
country even the corn its IF is harvest
ed and sorted by machinery. Auo~i-a
brooms of the lower grades are put
down in Germany at prices that are
very close 10 those of the poorer Ger
man brooms. The higher grades OF
American brooms cost more, but they
are the best brooms in the world. They
excel in durability and in all other
good qualities. Some brooms are
packed for expor. in DO, es; but there
are countries in which import duties
are levied on gross weight, where
packing box would be too costly
tare; and brooms for export are com
monty packed in burlaps, handles and
all being completely covered.
We send no whisl brooms TO Europe;
there they still cling to the old fash
toned clothes brush. But TO all other
countries to which we send brooms we
SEED whisk brooms, too.-N. y, sun.
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ITS DEMANDS.
Primary Principles of "Sociai De-
mocrncy of America"


mocrncy of America"
Chicago, June 21.-Eugene Y. Dehs
declared Saturday in an interview that
the free silver wave had receded 10
such an extent that it was dead issue.
Mr.. Debs has perfected the organiza-
tion of the Social Democracy of Amer
lea. and says he intends to encourage
socialism as the issue in 1900. The
Social Democracy of America" did not
adopt a constitution Saturday, as was
expected, but it did adopt a declaration
of principles. which was embodied in
demands for immediate relief" The
demands are as follows:
/. The public ownership of all industries
controlled by monopolies. trusts and COM
bfnes.
Q. The public ownership OF all railroads,
telegraph. telephones, all means OF trans
portation, communication, waterworks,
gas, electric plants. ana all other utili-
ties.
3. The public ownership OF all gold, sill
yer, copper, lead, coal. iron and all other
mines; also all oil and gas wells.
L. Reduction of the hours OF labor in pro-
portion to the progress of production.
5. The undertaking OF public works and
improvement for the employment of the
unemployed, the public credit to be util-
lied for that purpose
6. All useful inventions 10 be free to
all the inventor to be remunerated by the
public.
4 The establishment OF postal savings
banks.
g. The adoption of the initiative and the
referendum, the imperative mandate, and
proportional representa- ton
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vIctoria.s Many TitIe..

The proposal that Queen Victoria
make an addition to her many titles
upon the occasion of the completion Of
the longest reign. grows in popular
favor. and perhaps something will come
of it. There are plenty of precedents.
for there have been Is changes In the
royal style and title since the time Jf
William the Conqueror. The queen is
said to be hesitating between calling
herself Queen of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and ireland, and of the
Dominion of the British Nation. Defend
er of the Faith, Empress of India" etc.
and a formula which would describe her
as empress of India and the British col
onies. The dominating idea Of those
favoring the change is TO bring the col
onies IN somehow, because il is sup
posed that the colonists viii never be
wholly happy and thoroughly loyal nm
I'll the British monarch's sovereignty
over them is expressly set forth in her
title. The fact that they have managed
to rub along very well heretofore with
out il is regarded as an argument worth
serious attention.-N. Y. Sun.
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The News Of the Week.
FFTY.FIFTH CONGRESS.

BY TELEoRAPH ANr MAIL

Proceedings of the Special Session.
The United States senate made rapid
work on the tart bill on the 10th. Thir-
teen pages were disposed of, carrying
the debate through the agricultural
schedule and up 10 schedule II, relating
TO spirits. wines. etc. The Hawaiian an
nexation treaty. signed by President
Mckinley. Secretary Sherman and Min
lister Hatch, of Hawaii. was received. as
was also the nomination of Stewart L.
Woodford. of New York. TO be minister
TO Spain. The house was not in session.
The United States senate made
greater progress on the 18th on the
tariff bin than any day since the debate
opened. Two entire schedules. cover
ing 20 pages. were completed. In the
house Mr.. SuIzer (N. " made brief
speech in favor of Cuba. in which he
denounced Weyler as a thief" and
murderer" The bill for the relief of
the residents Of Greer county, o. T., was
passed. Adjourned to the 21st.
The tariff bill came 10 a halt in the
United States senate on the 18th, less
than one page of the fax schedule be-
ing disposed of. The debate drifted into
political channels. Bills were passed for
public buildings at Cleveland, o., to cost
50. 100000. and at MeKeesport, Pa. to
cost 100000. The house was not In
session.
The tariff bill was further considered
in the United States senate on the 18th.
and a motion to place floor mattings.
plain iute fabrics. burlap and cotton
bagging on the free list was successful.
The house was not in session.
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Collapsed without warning.

Watertown. S. d., June eat seven
o'clock Monday night the city was
startled by the general fire alarm, and
a terrible shock accompanied by loud
report. The fire department quickly
repaired to the scene on Oak street,
where the MuIholland building was
found in ruins. This was large two
story brick building occupied by Berg
81 Olsen as a saloon, and the upper
story filed with roomers. The walls
gave way without any warning. The
" DIRK OF clearing away the debris re-
suited in the finding of one dead body,
that of Philip Patterson. The badly
injured are as follows: Daniel Waller
house, hurt internally, will die; David
Bull, ribs broken; S. Mcdowell. cut
about the head; ID. w. Bradley, back
and head injured; Herman Seek, back
injured; Mrs. Austin, cut about head
and shoulders
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-06-24

Ambrose BierCe. the California war
horse. appears to have been most Sc
vereIy fouled 10y some careless book
reviewer. for he sveetly remarks that
the regulation bOok-whacker is the
snile. insulse, uugaciOus and hebetudi-
nous fabrication of some celestial fu-
tilitariau who. sleeping through the six
DAYS OF creation. awoke TO sluggish
activity on the seventh. grabbed the
first Cob Of mud that came TO hand.
fashioned il into an amorphous Thing,
and finding all existing beasts subject
20 Man. bespoke for it a narrow dOmin-
ion over the tardy mule" Now, viii
the critics be rOOdf
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HIS BODY FOB SALE.
Means by Which san Francisco Man
Homes 10 ProIong His Life.


There is a man in San Francisco will
ing to barter his body to pay his debts
IA man so honest that the duns of his
landlord drive him to desperation. Re-
Gently he tried to sell his body to the
board of health that he might be able
to live decently and honestly until the
time for delivery.
The mans name is Wilhelm Opper-
mann, and he is 81 years old. He has
lived in San Francisco ID years, and in
America 81. He first saw the light in
Hanover, and something of the father
land speech still fingers on his tongue.
The body he wishes TO sell is hand
some and healthy. and many a million
aire, who has not lived as well, would be
glad to pay ten times the price. could
the transfer take place immediately.
Oppermann has never been i'll, but he
is willing to sell the body that has
served him so well on condition that
lis soul be ALLOW I to retain his mortal
part as long as Il likes. Afterward the
purchaser OF the body can do what he
likes with it.
BY profession Oppermann is com
poser and teacher of music. his instru-
ment being the either. Years ago he
made fair living in San Francisco uu-
sic teaching. but his stringed instru-
ment is no longer the fad. Pupils have
fallen of. and if the Jew remaining ones
are i'll or have no engagement there is
no pay for the teacher.
And so things have gone on from bad
TO worse with the old master and his
old wife. They have mo, ed from place
10 pIace-always to a less desirable one.
Now they are not able to pay the rent
of the little house at % Julian avenue.
In January Oppermann sold his beau
tiful concert either, which he loved as
he loved his soul, and better than his
body. 1t went for third of its value,
and the money was grIped down 10y the
rent-ogre. Though it is only May. the
wolf is again at the door.
In his extremity Oppermann thought
out his novel scheme. He decided 70
offer his body for sale. So he ap-
preached the board of health and asked
them to buy. Taken back by his propo
sition. one of the members told him To
put his petition in due form and present
it on Wednesday. The old man is hop
ing that the proposition Will be ac-
cepted.
If not. he is going to the medical col
leges to ask them to buy fine. stalwart
old body. 10 be delivered to them when
the owner is through with it. In this
way the mind that owns the clay hopes
TO get another start in this slippery
world of ours.-San Francisco Chron-
icle.
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Original "Boycott" Dead.

London, June 22.-Capt. Boycott is
dead. He was about So years of age,
and became famous through being the
first man subjected to the boycott"
in Ireland. He was a land agent in
1881, in Connemara section of Coun-
ty Mayo, where he collected rents for
a number of landlords, notably the
earl of Erne. In 1880 Mr.. Parnell made
speech in the course of which he
urged the people of Ireland to abstain
from agrarian crimes and to adopt in
stead policy of sending harsh land
lord agents and bailiffs ito Coventry"
the I'D term for boyeotting. Events so
shaped themselves that Capt. Boycott
was the first man the Irish expert
mented on in this connection. and
hence the now familiar word boy
colt ~
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As New York has furnished many ex-
nmples of marriages for money Bos-
ton gives US a sample Of a pure love
match. the bride being an heiress with
many millions in her own right and the
bridegroom almost pennies. The eere-
mOny was as brilliant as society could
have wished. but il was something more
than the mere joining OF the son and
daughter of two wealthy houses It
was. from all that can be learned about
IL, an oId-fsshioned love match, such as
you read OF in story books. The bride
is the beautiful daughter Of an oh and
very wealthy family and her spouse IS
9 brilliant but comparatively poor man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-06-24

~ reports of recent discoveries in
Polynesia and Mexico are reliable it
would see. as though corroborative evi-
dence had been secured of the existence
81 the Chinese in Mexico before the
Christian era. II is 2 singular fact that
about the time of the discovery OF a
rock covered with Chinese inscrip tions
in Sonora. Mexico. there should be found
IN the Caroline islands evidences that
a fiourishing trade was carried on be-
tween China and Mexico by way Of
those islands at least 20 centuries ago
il thus appears that the Chinese ex-
plorcd and settled this country cen
fnries before Columbus was bern.
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PRESIDENT TO QUEEN.
Text of Mr.. MckinIey's Letter of ca
RratuIafIOn TO Her Mnierfr.


London, June 22.-Presi1ent McKin-
ley has sent the following personal let
ter to Queen Victoria, which was de-
livered to her by Mr.. Whitelaw Reid,
special envoy:
ITO Her Majesty Victoria, Queen OF Great
Britain and Ireland and Empress of India
Great an1 Good Friend: In the name and
on behalf OF the people OF the United
States l present their sincere felicitatio
upon the sixtieth anniversary of your maj
Britain.
II express the sentiments of my fellow
citizens in wishing for your people the
marked by advance III science, arts and
popular we'll being. On behalf of my coun-
trymen / wish particularly to recognize
your friendship for the United States and
your love of peace. exemplifed upon i'm
portant occasions.
1T is pleasing to acknowledge the debt
of gratitude and respect Cue to your per-
nal virtues May your life be prolonged
ano peace. honor and prosperity bless the
people over whom you have been called to
rule May liberty flourish throughout your
empire under just and equal laws and your
government continue strong In the affec-
tions of all who live under II. And / pray
God 70 have your majesty in His holy keep
ing
Done at Washington this 2Sth day OF
May, 1897. Your Good Friend,
WILLIAM MKINLEY.
by the President
(. IT NJ A
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IRISH MEMBERS DISSENT.
Their Action Cnuses Sensation In
the House of Commons.


London, June 22.-In the house Of
lords Monday the marquis of Sails
bury, amid cheers, moved and the earl
of Kimberly, the liberal leader in the
house of lords, seconded an address of
congratulation to the queen upon, the
occasion of her jubilee. The motion
was carried unanimously.
In the house of commons a similar
resolution was moved by Mr.. Balfour,
first lord of the treasury, and was Sec
onded by Sir William Harcourt, the lib
eral leader. Mr.. Dillon, chairman of
the Irish parliamentary party. pro-
tested in vehement language. Mr..
John Redmond, the Parnellte leader.
offered an amendment to the effect that
it deemed it duty TO place on record
that during the 60 years OF her
majesty's reign Ireland had suffered
grievously from famine, depopulation,
poverty and the continued suspension
of constitutional liberties, with the re-
suit that the Irish are discontinued aud
disaffected and unable to join in the
celebration. James O'Kelly. Parnell-
lite. member from North Roscommon,
seconded the motion. Mr.. Redmond's
amendment was rejected by vote of
436 TO z. The address of congratula-
ton to her majesty was then adopted
by vote of 459 TO "A.
When the amendment was put the
anti-parnellites left the house. but
they returned for the main question.
and on the speaker saying: THE ayes
have it," the anti-Parnellites shouted
loudly: THE noes have it," whereup-
on vote had TO be taken. Mr.. Balfour
then moved that the address be pre-
scented TO the queen by the whole house,
70 which John J. Cheney. Parnellite,
said that after what had occurred the
motion was absurd and an absolute
untruth. A vote was then taken. and
it resulted in the adoption of Mr. Bal
four's motion By All ayes TO Al noes.
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California has had an unusual sort
Of an eye opener. Although paying
5000. 600 a year for destroying coyotes,
II found their number increasing. An
investigation revealed that numerous
farmers were raising coyotes and then
slaughtering them in order to work
the state
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Anrcfa Tension CInims.

Washington, June 1S.--Assistant Sec
rotary Davis, of the interior depart
ment. has rendered decision that will
affect many claims for pensions. He
reversed the action of the pension of
flee in the case of Catherine Geronzin
"a widow of soldier in the Ohio in
fantry), which rejected the claim for
pension because there was no proof of
the death of the soldier. Geronzin left
home in July, 1866, since which time
nothing has been heard from him. The
assistant secretary holds that further
inquiry should be made concerning the
man. and if nothing is thereby devel-
oped throwing additional light on the
case, death may be presumed under
the act of March 10, 1896, making seven
years absence from home, without in
telligence of his existence, sufficient for
a presumption of death.
Fire In Iowa University Library.
Iowa City, Ia, June 21.-The library
building of the state university was
struck by lightning at four o'clock Sat
urday morning. and was destroyed BY
fire. The two-story brick structure.
with the library on the second floor. and
the physical laboratory on the first,
represents a loss of 100000. The Ii
braries of political science and econo-
my, history. German, French, Greek
Latin. English. and part of that of
chemistry were destroyed. These can
be replaced when the state legislature
meets in July. Fireman L. NJ Leek was
caught in the building under falling
roof and burned to death.